The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-04-14
EXCLUSION
BILL DEBATE
MEASURE INTRODUCED IN BOTH
OUSES-PROGRESS OF
DEBATE.
MINISTER WI TING FANG A
SPECTATOR.
Mitchell Introduced the Committee Re
Port in the Senate and Hit in the
House e-Kahn's Speech

WASHINGTON, April 4.-Chtnese ex-
Clusi0n had the field today i'm both
houses of Congress. Minister WI Ting
Fang sat in the diplomatic gallery of
the Senate for three hours during the
lengthy speech of Senator Mitchell Of
Oregon and the subsequent reading Of
the Mitchell hahu bill as amended by
the Committee on immigration. In the
House the speakers were Perkins Of
New York, who reported the bill from
the Committee on Foreign Affairs;
Champ Clark Of Missouri and julius
Kahn of California. who spoke for over
an hour.
Eahn's effort was a strong presenta-
ton Of the matter from various stand
points. He was listened to with close
attention by both Republicans and
Democrats and at the close of the
speech was surrounded with friends in
both parties, who congratulated him
upon his effort Representative Adams
of Pennsylvania spoke on the bill the
trend of his remarks being that the eE-
clusion bill should be drawn so as not
to interfere with the development of
trade with the Orient.
In the House the debate is expected
to be resumed tomorrow, and continue
until action uDon the bill The five
minute rule will apply, as usual, in
Offering amendments and a lively, crsp
debate is sure to arise. Representatives
Kahn and COOmbs viii offer amend
ments as agreed upon by the Pacific
| Coast members, and chances are that
most of them will be accepted without
| trouble. COOmbs and Perkins of New
York had a conference this evening
and Kahn will meet Perkins tomorrow
morning to go over the amendments
with a view to reaching an agreement
without debate on the floor. on the
more important amendments, however,
the committee will insist upon fighting
the matter out in committee of the
whole.
In the Senate this afternoon after
| Senator Mitchel's speech the Immi-
grafton Committees draft of the bill
| was taken up and read as amended
About half of the bill had been read al
! the hour of adjournment. During the
| course of the reading remarks were
made by Callinger Quay, and Platt OF
| Connecticut, indicating some antago.
nism to the bill, though they did not &c
to the extent of opposing it, Gallinger
in asking that the bill be laid over til
| tomorrow said he though it was go
| ing too far in some lines and needed
careful study.
Quays opposition to the bill was
| characteristic He again offered al
amendment which had been offered by
! him in the early session, providing thai
! the exclusion law should not apply tC
/ Chinese Christians nor to those Chinese
who assisted in the defense of the lega-
/ tions during the Boxer trouble.
Senator Lodge secured the adoption
of an amendment including Bridgeport
Vt, among the ports of entry for Chi.
nese. This is precisely what the labo
people do not want, and a bitter fgh
will be made if the attempt is made t.
retain in the bill any port alng the
northern border 1t is claimed that tn
Canadian Pacific is anxious to get al
open port in Vermont for the entry o
Chinese, where the machinery of ins
pection will be lacking and fraudulen
entries consequently easy.
Senator Platt of Connecticut tOda.
introduced the following as a substi
tute for the Chinese Xclusion bill:
THAT all laws now in force prohibit
ing and regulating the coming of Chi
nese persons and persons of Chimes
descent into the United States, and tn
residence of such persons therein, b
and the same are hereby extended an
continued in full force and effect unit
the 7th day of December 1903, and s
long as the treaty between China an
the United States, concluded Marc
, II, 1894, may be continued i'm force b
J virtue of the extension thereof"