St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-11-03
DAVIS ON THE Chinese.
OUR SENIOR SENATOR OPPOSES THE
EXCLUSION ACT
LONG SPEECH IN THE SENATE
He Thinks the Geary Law Is
Vicious, and Argues for a Post
ponement of the McCreary
Substitute-AH IT his Flagi-
tious and Ferocious Legisla-
ton" Should Be Wiped Out.

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substitute-AII 1T his Flagi-
tious and Ferocious Legisla-
ton" Should Be Wiped Out.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.-The house
joint resolution amending the act OF
April %. 1889, relating to the admission
of articles intended for the worlds fair,
was taken up in the senate today. 1t
was advocated by Mr.. Cullom rep,
Ill J, and. after the amendment of the
committee on finance was adopted, linn
iting the articles TO be released from all
customs duties to those acquired and
purchased by the Columbian Museum
of Chicago for its own use. was passed.
The house resolution donating an aban-
doned cannon to the committee in
charge of the national encampment of
the @. A. r. at Pittsburg, in 1894, was
reported and passed. Senate bill to au-
thorize the Missouri River Power Com
pany of Montana to construct dam
across the Missouri river, was reported
and placed on the calendar. Senate
bill to grant the right of way to the
Kansas, Oklahoma Central q South
western Railway company through the
Indian and Oklahoma territories was
passed, The house bill providing for
the construction of a steam revenue
cutter of the first class, to cost not eX-
ceeding $685. for service on
THE GREAT LAKES, WAS PASSED.
Mr.. Stewart introduced bill for the free
and unlimited coinage of silver, and it
was referred to the finance committee.
Mr.. German Dem., Md offered
resolution authorizing the employment,
'during recess" of certain employees,
and it was referred to the committee on
contingent expenses.
The reading of the words "during re-
cess" caused surprise, as it is generally
expected than an adjournment will soon
fellow.
Mr.. Gray moved to take up the Chi
nese extension bill, but yielded to the
appeals of Mr.. Hoar, upon whose mo-
ton the bill to relieve the sufferers from
the recent cyclone on and near Sea ISL
ands, off the coast of South Carolina
and Georgia, was taken up.
MIR. Cockrell (Dem., Mo- objected to
the third reading of the bill. Mr..
Stewart started to make free silver
speech, when the house concurrence in
the resolution providing for an adjourn
ment of congress en- Nov. 3. at p- M,
was received. Later the resolution, on
motion of Mr.. German, was referred to
the committee Oh appropriations.
After further discussion by Messrs.
Caffrey, Mcpherson, Allen, PETER and
others, the hour Of 2 o'clock arrived,
and the
CHINESE EXTENSION BILL
was laid before the senate and the
cyclone lill went over. House bill to
increase by twenty-five the number of
officers that may be assigned to col
leges was amended and passed. The
house bill to extend the time for the eX
ecution of the Chinese expulsion act was
then taken up, and Mr.. Davis (Rep.,
Minn.) addressed the senate. He offered
an namendmentre-enac the act of July
5. 1854 10 execute certain stipulatiOns
of the treaty OF May 6, 1882, and contin-
uing such act in force for ten years
1ouGer. After numerous historical cita-
tiOnS Mr.. Davis pointed out that Russia
had expelled the Jews, and the moral
sense and sentiment of the civilized
world had risen against it. Her action
provoked the protest of the religious
press and communities and the indigna.
tion of every tolerant man. Even the
fit to convey to congress his disapprova
of the action of Russia. Mr.. Davis
closed his argument by expressing mis-
desire to see ''all this flagitious anC
fer0cious legislation" expunged from
the statutes. Mr.. Call argued il
favor of the proposed amendments Of
the act of 1892. The house bill to aiC
the worlds fair
PRIZE WINNERS
exposition to be held in New York wa
laid before the senate, and referred t.
tha committee on finance. Mr.. White
Oem., Cali then addressed the senate
Oh the Chinese bill. He referred to tn,
highbinders, a criminal organization
whose members killed men for paw
He said the Chinese empire stood toda'
not as the indication of progression, bu
as nation incapable of absorbing any
thing more than it had already takel
within its confines.
When confronted with a situation
which meant ruin to his people, whel
he had to choose between his peopl
and an alien race, then Mr.. White SAT-
he would stand by his hearthstone AM
guard his home.
Mr.. Squire (whose amendment wa
the pending one, appropriating 500, 90
to execute the law withdrew hi
amendment in order that the bill Nigh
become law during this session. A
the other amendments offered yestel
day and today were rejected, and tn
house bill was passed without amend
ment.
Senate bill granting to the state {
California per cent of the net prC
ceeds Of the cash sales OF public land
in that state, to aid in the support of il
public OF common schools and maxim
an appropriation for that purpose, wa
on motion of Mr.. White, of Californl;
taken up and passed. The senai
then, at $40 p. m., went into executiy
session, and at 5:45 adjourned until Il
morrow