The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-13
HANNA AND THE
BARTENDERS
Ohio Senator Produces a Re-
quest From Liquor Chemists.
CHINESE EXCLUSION BILL
ARGUMENTS PRO AND CON ON
THE PROPOSED MEASURE.

IT, AsHINGToN, April IA feature
w Of the Chinese exclusion debate
in the senate today was the
sharp criticism of Minister WI of China
because of his protest made to the sec
rotary Of state against the enactment
/ of the pending bill. Mr.. Mitchell of
Oregon and Mr.. Teller of Colorado
sharply attacked him, declaring that
! he deserved to have been given his pa
/ pers and that no self-respecting nation
would have permitted such interference
I in its legislative affairs.
Mr.. Foraker of Ohio and Mr.. HOar of
I Massachusetts insisted that the Chinese
minister had done no more than his
/ duty and that he would have been der
/ elicit of his duty had he done less Mr.
4 Lodge of Massachusetts delivered "a
/ speech in support of the pension Dill
although he antagonized that provision
/ which prevented American ships from
! employing Chinese seamen. He vigor-
ously urged the enactment of the meas
ure with the modification he suggested,
maintaining that congress should place
y permanent and not merely tentative
j legislation on the statute books.
| He urged that there were not enough
I American seamen on the Pacific coast
/ 70 meet the requirements Of the bill,
( and he points out that the provision in
/ the measure would operate to the dis
/ advantage of the country. He main
/ tanned that the operation of the pend
ing bill would not disturb our trade
/ relations with China.
Not Against the Treaty.
He was firmly devoted to the sanctity
! of the treaties of this country. and
! knowingly would not vote to violate
/ any treaty--certainly not any treaty
with China.
/ The very legislation now on the stat
ute books was in a measure a violation
[ of our treaty with China, as it was en-
! acted before the treaty of 1894 was ne
( gotiated. The pending measure, he
/ maintained was not in contraventiOn
of the treaty of 1894, which provided
that Chinese laboTeTs should be eX-
l Guided.
Mr.. Hanna Of Ohio interrupted to
/ read a telegram from the president of
/ the merchants exchange and the pres
4 ident of the chamber of commerce Of
/ san Francisco and several other prom
inent San Francisco business men, urS-
ing the re-enactment of the Geary act
because it would protect fully Ameri-
can labor and doubtless would add to
the trade of the United States.
While I am on my feet" said Mr..
/ Hanna, 4 will present an antidote to
that dispatch. It is a telegram from
the Bartenders' union in support Of the
pending bill"
Bartenders' Request Ignored.
Amid some laughter Mr.. Lodge said
he did not think the senate ought to
follow the suggestions of the Bartend-
] erscsf4 mi
ganization. In conclusion Mr.. Lodge
made a general argument against the
/ admission Of Chinese and against un-
/ restricted immigration generally.
In the presence Of Monaghan labor
I our own labor would perish and he
I hoped the senate would get out of the
I pending bill the best legislation posi-
BILE to meet this great question.
Mr.. Frye Of Maine explained that as
/ president pro TEN he frequently re-
/ ceived dispatches and letters bearing
| upon legislation proposed. He had re-
/ ceived some concerning the pending bill
/ and he read several dispatches from
business men of San Francisco express
/ ing the hope that the pending bill would
/ not pass because it was too drastic in
/ its provisions; because il would inter
fere with our trade with China, and
I insisting upon the re-enactment OF the
/ Geary act, which, they said, would pro-
tect amply American interests and
/ American labor.
Fairbanks Spectacular Speech.
Speaking of the provision in the bill
| relating to the employment of Chinese
on American ships Mr.. Frye referred
! to what he called ''a spectacular per
Torrance" the other day between the
/ senator from Indiana (BIr- Fairbanks)
/ and the senator from California (AIr.
Perkins,.
Senator Fairbanks took exception to
Mr.. Frye's reference and said some
1 what warmly:
1T seemed a spectacular perform
! ance' to only the senator from Maine"
Il doubt it," insisted Mr. Frye. 1t
seemed so 10 many senator's.
Mr. Mitchell of oregon had read a
TELEGRAM from Thomas J. GeaTy, author
of the exclusion law. declaring that
nothing short OF the seante bill would
efectually exclude Chinese laboTers and
protect American laborers.
Mr.. Mitchell criticised the Chinese
minister for a letter he had written TO
the secretary Of state protesting
against the enactment Of the pending
eXcIus on bill. Mr. Mitchell insisted
that the letter was a gross violation Of
=
document been written by the ambas-
sador of Great Britain. France or Ger
many. he would have received his pass
ports within twenty-four hours.
Says WI Had Authority.
Mr.. Hoar Of Massachusetts took
sharp issue with Mr.. Mitchell, main
tanning that the Chinese minister had
ample authority under the treaty TO
make his protest. to the secretary Of
state. Mr.. Foraker Of Ohio maintained
the right Of the Chinese minister %
communicate with the secretary Of
state concerning matters arising under
that treaty He urged that the minis
ter had an undoubted right TO protest
against the proposed legislation and
to make such a protest was not only
his right but his duty, and il ne had
not made it he would have been der
elicit Of his duty.
In opposition to some points Of the
bill. Mir. Gallinger of New Hampshire
said the author Of the pending measure
would not know the creature Of his
brain after it had passed through the
ordeal which was awaiting It IN the
senate.
What on earth. he inquired. are
the supporters Of the bill making this
huIiabaloo about anyway
Mr.. Teller of Colorado said It was
the wish Of the advocates Of the meas
ure TO exclude absolutely Chinese Ia
borers, and he believed it could not be
done axcpuf nv snr77s dra gric measure