Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-04-18
Motion Closing General Discussion
Friday Prevails In the House.
SENATE VOTES ON EXCLUSION
Lodge Amendment Prohibiting the
Employment of Chinese ON Amer
lean Ships IL Carried by .
Vote of ~ to 70.

| )Orlty Ieauef, attempted TO secure an
agreement to close general debate on
the Cuban reciprocity bill at 3 o'clock
Friday. After some sparring Mr.. Will
liams Miss objected, whereupon Mr..
Payne placed his proposition in the
form of motion and upon that motion
demanded the previous question.
On the division upon the previous
question the Republican opponents of
| the bill voted with the Democrats
nine-tenths of whom opposed the de-
mand. While the house was dividing
Mr.. Williams (NIiss.) withdrew his OBJ
| lection to the arrangement suggested
| by Mr.. Payne, but Mr.. Jones (Wash.)
Immediately renewed it, and the divi-
sion proceeded.
The demand for the previous ques
ton was sustained 103 to 80, but on
rising vote upon Mr.. Payne's motion
to close debate on Friday the oppo-
| nents Of the motion won, 105 to 120.
The announcement Of the result gave
the Republican leaders a surprise and
caused some excitement. Mr.. Watson
Ond), the Republican whip, demanded
the yeas and nays. The demand was
sustained by the friends of the bill,
and the roll was called. The voting
was followed with intense interest.
While the vote was proceeding sew
eral conferences were held on the Re
publican side. Mr.. Tawney (MinnJ.
| one of the leaders of the Republican
| opposition, had agreed with Mr.. Payne
| after conferences with his friends that
there should be no opposition to the
motion to close debate. and he was
busily engaged In persuading his
| friends to keep the agreement. y
number Of the Democratic friends of
the bill also broke away from the lead
ers, and the result was that Mr..
| Payne's motion was carried easily, the
vote being: Yeas. 1853; nays, 1913.
| Mr.. Roberts (Mass.) made a speech i'll
support of the bill, taking occasion IN
der the latitude allowed for debate to
make vigorous argument in favor of
an amendment to the Dingley law to
place hides on the free list.
Closing Words In Chinese Debate.
1 III Lnc oCUutC 4 vi ANA ShtSANN w
on discussion of the merits of the
| Chinese exclusion bill. He spoke of
the Chinese, declaring that two faced
ness is characteristic Of that people
from which not even the emperor Is
free. He also declared that the great
Chinese viceroy who had recently died
had amassed his colossal fortune by
the corrupt use of office and followed
this remark with the statement that If
Chinese were to be admitted to the
United States upon the certificates OF
Chinese merchants there might as well
be no pretense of check upon 1t.
Mr. Patterson spoke with especial
reference to the Platt amendment call
ing attention to the fact that as at
present constituted that amendment
fails to prohibit the Chinese from 60
ing into the Philippines Mr.. Patter
son defended the provision in the Mitch
ell bill excluding Chinese from Ameri-
can ships, declaring that it is essential
to the protection of American labor on
the sea. The opposition to this provi'
sion meant, he said, that it was intend
ed to substitute the ships and then al
low their owners to 60 into the cheap
est markets to secure labor, leaving the
American seaman to his fate.
Mr.. Hanna's Views.
Mr.. Hanna was the next speaker. He
said that he had not intended to ad-
dress the senate on the subject, but
that, In view Of the fact that he had
received numerous kilograms express
ing an anxiety to know where he stood
with reference to the bill, he had
changed his mind, believing he said
laughingly, that he would save postage
and telegraph tolls by making public
address, He then read the text of on<
of the messages which he had received.
which said, I'VE demand and insist up
on your supporting every essential fea-
ture of the Chinese exclusion bill"
IT'S telegram was, he said, so similar
to az the others received by him that
he had concluded all Of them had a
common origin. Whether this was true
or not, he reserved, he said, the right
to determine for himself what were the
essential features of the legislation nee
essary for the exclusion of the Chinese
and be had reached the conclusion that
all those features were embodied In the
existing law, which it was proposed tc
re-enact by the Platt amendment and
the additions to them which had beer
suggested.
He felt confident, he added, that with
the amendments suggested the inter
ests of the workingman would be abun
dainty protected.
When voting on the bill began, the
first vote taken was upon Mr.. Lodges
amendment to strike out the clause OF
the committee bill prohibiting Chinese
sailors on ships carrying the American
flag. The Lodge amendment was car
ried-47 to 20.
The Dillingham; amendment allowing
five representatives of Chinese mercan-
tile houses to come to the United States