The Washington times., 1894-08-07
SENATOR'S LIVELY DEBATE
Hills Anarchist Bill and Chandler's
Resolution the Cause.
MR.. MILLS DECLINES AN OFFER
He Will Never Serve on ANY Smelling
Committee Passes the Exclusion
Act-It Applies to Undesirable Persons
Already in the Country.

The discussion OF Senator Chandler's Do
minion Coal Company resolution and of Sen
ator Hills anarchists exclusion bill occupied
the time OF the Senate yesterday. and fur
nished the texts for two very interesting and,
at times, lively debates.
The resolution went over without action
by the expiration of the morning hour, and
the exclusion bill was passed. The confer
ence report on the river and harbor bill was
resubInitted and agreed 10.
When Senator Chandler opened the debate
on his Dominion coal resolution Of inquiry,
Senator Mills thought the Senate investigating
committee was impartial and could be dele
gated to consider this matter. Mr. Chandler
preferred new one. the reason for which,
Senator Mills intimated. was because he
wanted place on it.
Mr.. Chandler generously offered to yield
his chance Of appointment on the committee
to the Senator from Texas but Mr. Mills re-
jected the preferred honor, for he declared
he never would 20 on any smelling commit
tee."
Messrs. White and Gray then got into
sharp debate with Mr.. Chandler the Delaware
Senator asking what difference there was be-
tween a company organized to get the benefit
OF n reduction OF duties on a certain article
and one increasing the duties. Mr.. Chandler
saw none, and then Senator Gray said he was
surprised not to have heard some pious out
burst when the Mckinley tariff was putting
duty on tin plate and factories were started
TO get the benefit Of that duty. Mr. White
also spoke TO similar end.
CHANDLER STARTED LAUGH.
Mr.. Chandler started laugh on Mr.. White
by saying he accepted the opposition Of the
Californian as matter Of course, for ne had
long ago recognized in him the permanent
defender of the administration, while he
recognized the Senator from New York (Mr.
Hill as being only temporarily engaged in
it. [Laughter.l
Mr.. Chandler then read from the Presi-
dents letter to Chairman Wilson that por-
ton in which the President says that the
Democratic party should not be driven away
from the policy of Il duty on sugar for fear
that it might incidentally encourage a cor
poration of sugar-reiining interests.
The President, however need not be sensi-
tive, he said. 'about sugar or the Dominion
Coal Company, for he could place himself
high up in the sky. standing upon his princi-
pies, and tell US not TO encourage the sugar
trust or the Dominion Coal Company.
1.-The Senate owed it 10 itself to be sensitive
on this subject. whether the Senator from
California and the Senator from New York
were sensitive or not and both these trusts
should be treated alike" The resolution then
went over, the hour of o'clock having ar
rived, and Senator Hills anti-anarehist and
immigration bill came up.
Senator Hill feared this country would
soon become the dumping ground Of anarchy.
He did not want TO make a belief in anarchy
a crime, and therefore no attempt had been
made to define the term.
INSPECTION BY TREASURY AGENTS.
He favored the provision of the Senate bill
for inspection by Treasury agents instead Of
by consuls and was sure. he said, that no one
could attribute his attitude on this section to
a desire to secure more patronage for ths
Secretary of the Treasury. Both the SeCre-
tary of the Treasury and the Secretary of State
were opposed TO consular inspection and he
thought it unwise TO impose this duty on the
consular service.
Mr. Palmer pointed out the difficulty Of
dealing fairly with the question and the
danger of doing injustice to the harmless So
cialist while protecting ourselves against the
dangerous anarchists. He asked Mr.. Hill
whether the bill would apply to undesirable
persons already in the country and Mr.. Hill
replied that it would.
The discussion then turned upon the right
of country to protect itself against unde-
sirable aliens. Mr.. Hill pointed out the mod
GRAFTON OF the pending bill as compared with
the act recently passed by the Parliament of
Great Britain, and then Mr.. Kyle asked him
to more accurately define the term anarchist,
for there were, he said. turning
toward Senator Hoar. peaceable and learned
people in Boston who held that it was possi-
BILE for people to become SO highly civil
lied as to live together without laws and,
therefore. according to the usual definition
they were anarchists.
Mr.. Hill replied that they were at liberty to
hold this belief. but if they tried to overturn
the laws for the purpose of putting their be-
lief to the test then they became dangerous.
After some further debate and the adoption
OF some amendments the bill was passed, and
Messrs. Hill. Faulkner, and Chandler were
appointed conferees.