The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-08
CAPITALISTS Want NO
chinese EXCLUSION
San Francisco Money Kings
Protest to Senate.
ADVERSE VIEW IN HONOLULU
Mr. Patterson Of Colorado Presents the
Hawaiians' PetitioE-Strct Compli-
aHce With Treaty Provisions Urged By
MT CUllom Of Illinois.

The President pro TEN. laid before the
Senate this morning lengthy telegram
Of protest against the passage Of the
pending Chinese exclusion bill II was
signed BY Claus Spreckles. H. d. Scott.
and dozen Other capitalists Of san Fran
cisco, and characterized as gross injus-
tioe that provision Of The measure exclud-
Ing Chinese merchants. The remonstrance
was leid en- the tatIe.
MIR Patterson Of Colorado presented a
petition frcm 3l9 American citizens Of
Honolulu praying fer the exclusion Of
Chinese ard japanese Iaborers from the
United states or any cf its possessions.
This was referred tc the Committee on
Pacific Islands
When the bin was laid before the Sen
ATE. Mr. Cullom of Illinois took the floor
in an exhaustive review Of treaties and
legislation on the subject, commencing
with the treaty CT 1893. which vas the
FIRST treaty between the United States and
China. He -analyzed tEo pending meaSure
and pointed out wherein it's provisions
were violation OF the spirit and letter
Of the treaties.
Continuing HIS remarks, Mr. Culiom de-
clared that there is nothing in the pres
ent situation that makes it either expedi-
ent or necessary 10 pass a law in disre-
gard Of our treaty with China He thought
the question involved in the disposition
CT the pending bill very Serious one
II is easy to adopt extreme views and
favor measures in dealing with China" he
said earnestly. bat ear great nation can
afford to do nothing In either case that is
aot upon a high plane OF honor. Ny belief
is Re continued, we ought not 10 pass
any laws in Disregard Of the spirit or
;atter Of our treaties; that We can con-
tinue the present laws until the treaty OF
1884 shall expire. II notice shall be given
that this Government does rJt desire il
. be continued another ten years. and IN
the meantime new treaty can be agreed
70. which viii abrogate any possible
treaty stipulatlons against the absolute
exclusion Of Chinese laborers. and which
viii permit us 10 exact such legislation
as we may deem necessary for the protec-
lection OF our country from the influx Of
these Chinese labOrers into the United
States. II China should decline to enter
into a new treaty Of this character. We
mlght then be justified in going ahead
and passing any law on the subject OF
Chinese immigration We might choose
1T seems 20 be assumed" he further
declared. that there must be great haste
in passing some law before the first Of
Nay. when the present laws, by their own
terms. expire. II every law on cur statute
books pertaining 10 the immigration OF
Chinese Iaborers should expire al once.
stiH the treaty Of 1894 would prove a bar
rier against Chinese laborers coming into
the United States That treaty has all
the authority and weight OF an acr OF
Congress under our Constitution. L is
part Of our supreme municipal Jaw. and
it, would be the duty Of the Executive De-
partmenJ TO see to it by such measures
as they may find il necessary 10 adopt
that no Chinese Iaborer shall enter the
United States. except as provided in that
treaty"