The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-04-08
CHINESE MINISTER
H0TLy CRITICISED
Vest Says We Wanl no In
dustrial Parasites.
HE THUS DU3S CHINESE
BE Pays a Brilliant Tribute to Wade
Hampton.
A CHRISTIAN GtNTLEMAN or HIGH TYPE
Lodge Speaking on the E.clusion Bill Holds
That the Philippines Should Not b.
Opened 10 Unre s,ric'ed Ad-
mission If Chinese.
mission If Chinese.
(By the Associated Press,

Washington, April PA feature az
ate today was the sharp criticism Of
Minister WI, Of China. because OF his
protest made to the Secretary OF State
against the enactment OF the pending bill
Mr.. Mitchell, Of Oregon. ana MIR Teller.
Of Colorado, sharply attacked him. de-
ciaring that he deserved to have been
given his passports and that no self
respecting nation would have permitted
fairs. Mr.. Foraker, OF Ohio. and Mir.
Hear, OF Massachusetts, insisted that the
Chinese minister had done no more than
his duty and that he would nave been
oerelict Of his duty had he lone less. MIR.
Lodge, OF Massachusetts, delivered a
speech in support of the pending Dill. al
though he a~ntagonized that provision
which prevented American ships from
employing Chinese seamen. He vigorous
" urged the enactment of the measure
with the notifications he suggested,
maintaining that Congress should place
permanent and not merely tentative leg
~lslation on the statute book.
During consideration of the Chinese
Exclusion Bill Mr.. Vest (Mo), briefly ad-
dressed the Senate in opposition to some
features Of the pending measure. He
sympathiZed entirely with what had been
said in opposition t0 the admission of
Chinese. Il think" said he, that any
immigration is undesirable when it
brings into this country people who want
all the privileges of this country without
participating in any of the responsible
tiles
The Chinaman,'' he continued. lis a
social, political and industrial parasite.
and ought not to be admitted to this
country
He opposed the provisions excluding
Cinnamon from participating in exposi-
tions in this country and excluding Chi
nese from the Philippine Islands.
Mr.. Vest insisted that the inhabitants
of the Philippine Islands were citizens
of the United States. Passing from the
Chinese question, Mr.. Vest regretted ex-
ceedingly that a sectional discussion had
! been injected INTO the debate yesterday.
He had hoped such discussion never again
would be heard in the Senate. He paid
a tribute to Lincoln, Garfield and McKin-
ley and said the people of the South We're
sincere mourners at the bier Of all. The
p ople of the North, he said. should re-
member that the South had produced
great and patriotic leaders and among
them he mentioned General Washington
and Robert E. Lee. He said he never
should cease to feel kindly toward Presi-
dnt Roosevelt, who, in the broadest spirit
OF craftsmanship, had ~eulogized Robert
E. Lee.
Mr.. Vest adverted with deep feeling
to the death of Hon Wade Hampton.
In the course of a brilliant tribute to
the highest type of q Christian gentle
man, whose memory would live for CEN
turtles.
Mr.. Lodge hoped some sections Of the
bill would be omitted and some others
modiied If we are prepared, said he, to
admit Chinese from the Philippine Is
, lands. it is for the Senate to say so, but
in his opinion. Chinese from the Philip
pines should be excluded. Congress had
excluded Cinnamon from Hawaii, and he
regarded it as idle that Congress had
not the authority to prevent the Chinese
| from coming to this country from the
Philippines.
my belief is" said he, that it is best
to shut the Chinese out Of the United
| States from the Philippines He urged,
too. that the Philippine Islands should
rot be opened to unrestricted admission
Of Chinese. They should not be permit
ted to enter the Enthusiastically not
Until the Filipinos desired them to en-
ter. He maintained that the operation
OF the pending bill would not disturb our
trade relations with China.