The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-10-12
THU CHURCH MUST
KEEP ITS HANDS OH.
Geary Objects to Petitions from
Religious Bodies.
MUST ACT INDIVIDUALLY
Five Hundred Millions Have Been Sent
to China.
China Has Never Neglected an oppor
tunity to Defraud the United
States-The Chinese Merely
an Army of Leeches.


Illinois, presented a resolution for
cess from Oct ID, to Nov. l. Referred
to the committee on rules.
Hunter said it would give the mem
bers a chance to attend the World S
fair.
Brickner, of Wisconsin, secured the
passage Of a resolution authorizing the
state of Wisconsin to erect in the
statuary hall a statute of Pere Mar
quette
Cummings, from the committee on
naval affairs, presented and had passed
a resolution calling on the secretary
of the navy for information as to the
amount Of premiums paid the contrac-
tors for the construction of war ships
developing a speed in excess of the re-
quirementS, etc.
The bill to remit the penalties on the
dynamite cruiser Vesuvius came up
and Sayers, of Texas, vigorously OPP
posed it, claiming the Vesuvius was
worthless for the purposes for which
she was built
Talbot. of Maryland, read a letter
from Secretary Herbert declaring the
claim an equitable one and saying if
the dynamite guns did not show an
Improvement that the Vesuvius be fit
ted with other armament.
The amount involved is SIS, 900.
The bill went over without action
Anderson, Of West Virginia, intro
duced a bill to amend section 552S of
the revised statutes by striking out
the words unless such force be nee
essary to repel armed enemies of the
United States, or keep peace at the
polls This is one of the federal stat
utes not repeated in the Tucker bill
and the amendment was intended to
prevent an army or navy officer bring
ing troops to the polls.
cultivate presented an order for
consideration of the McCreary bill to
amend the Geary exclusion act from
day TO day until disposedof. Without
division, adopted.
McCreary opened the debate. The
bill, he said, affected the contention
between the two great countries con-
cerned. There are 100000 Chinese in
this country, and if passed it would
save billions of dollars to the United
States and at the same time meet with
widespread demand for the discontin-
uance of the undesirable Chinese i'm
migration He explained at length the
provisions of the bill. which have ap-
peared in the Associated Press re-
ports; also reviewed the treaties be-
tween China and the United States
and the legislation leading up to the
passage of the Geary exclusion act He
said this bill simply gave the Chi
nese of this country six months ad-
ditional time in which to register, they
having declined to do so on advice
from their attorneys pending the decis-
ion of the Supreme Court The Chi
neSe. he said, had able lawyers who ad-
Vised them not to register, as the law
would be declared unconstitutional.
The fact that but five of nine justices
of the Supreme Court" said Governor
McCreary, could be found of the opin-
ion that the Geary law was constitu-
tional, certainly shows those attorneys
had good ground for their advice -
He said the Chinese who acted on the
advice of their attorneys should have
an opportunity to register. To trans
port $1,000 Cinnamon who have rot
registered would cost the government
according to the estimate of the secre-
tary Of the treasury, $1,000, 600. "Over
S5O00,' said he, ARE anxiously await
ing for Congress to decide their fate
and thousands of American mission
aries in China are waiting with fear
and trembling lest If we are precipi-
tous the Chinese may in their wrath
retaliate upon them
McCreary said in conclusion the ex-
pulsion of the Jews from Russia or the
Hugenots from France was not more
barbarous than would be our action if
we forced $4,000 Cinnamon to depart
because they had been misled by their
lawyers.
Geary, who followed, was granted
leave to proceed without limit He be-
gan with an indignant denial of the
reflections made upon the Pacific coast
people in their war upon the Chinese.
The M0orS were not expelled; the Jews
were not driven out; the Huguenots
were not forced from their homes be-
cause they refused to obey the laws of
the country in which they resided.
The chairman Of the foreign affairs
committee was no more humane than
he no more Christian than he. while
I don't believe the Chinese are enti-
tied to any new rights" said he, eff l
believed this bill would give us a set
tlement of this question, give us an
opportunity to regulate their stay here
and prevent more from coming, would
vote for it. I am against it. because
/ believe it only temporizes with the
situation. We will offer amendments
which we believe would make the bill
effective. If they are rejected we will
vote against it."
He went on to speak of the adverse
criticism of the bill that bore his name.
He spoke of the resolutions adopted
by the different religious bodies. All,
strange to say, were in the same phraS-
eology, demanding the immediate re-
peal of the Geary law. What right,
he asked, had any church to ask Con-
gress to co anything. He had sup
posed the line between church and
state was sharply drawn in this coun-
try He did not deny the sacred right
of petition, but churchmen must petit
ton as individuals and not invoke
the influence Of the church. (Applause.)
Ever since 1882, when the United States
declared its hostility to the Chinese,
there never was an hour when. by
fraud and duplicity, the Chinese were
not trying at all the borders of the
United States to break into this coun-
>S.fY-y. China, knowing this, could have
Nstooped the violation OF the laws, but
china remained silent There is no
room for sympathy for China She
has never neglected an opportunity to
defraud us The surplus earnings OF
the Chinese, which they had carried
rack to China, amounted to the enor-
7,snlls sum of $500, 000 600. do you won
Ger Why we don't like Chinese in Cali
fornia2' he asked. If in any one OF
ro1r eastern states 100000 laborers
9ere sarping from your wealth $780,
oo0 a day in surplus earnings would
IA, not want to get rid of them? They
are an erny of leeehes,t not an army 81
laborers.
Haven't they given value received y
asked Baker Of New Hampshire.