The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-13
CRITICISED Mr.. WI
ANTI-CHINEsE SENATORS SCORE
HIM SEVERELY.
Mr.. VEST WAS ELOQUENT.
PAID BRILLIANT TRIBUTE TO
WADE HAMPTON.

The Highest Type of a Christian
Gentleman, Whose Memory Would
Live for Centuries, Said the Mis-
sOurinn-He Regretted the Intro
ductiOn of SectiOna1ism in the
Senate Debates and Paid Tributes
to Lincoln, Garfield and Mckinley.
The People of the South sincere
MOurners Mt the Biers of All.
Washington, April PA feature Of
the Chinese exclusion debate in the
Senate to-day 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
| and Mr.. Teller of Colorado sharply at
tackled him, declaring that he de-
served to have been given his pass
ports and that no self-respecting ma
ton would have permitted such inter-
ference in it's legislative affairs.
Mr.. Foraker of Ohio and Mr.. Hoar
| of Massachusetts insisted that the Chi
nese minister had done no more than
his duty, and that he would have been
derelict of his duty had he done less.
Mr.. Lodge delivered a speech in sup
port of the pending bill, although he
| antagonized that provision which pre-
vented American ships from employ
ing Chinese seamen. He vigorously
urged the enactment of the measure
with the notifications he suggested,
maintaining that Congress should
place permanent and not merely tenta-
tive legislation on the statute book.
During the consideration of the Chi
nese exclusion bill Mr.. Vest of Mis-
souri, briefly addressed the Senate in
opposition to some features of the
| pending measure. He sympathiZed en-
| tirely with what had been said in OPP
position to the admission of Chinese.
Il think" he said, that any immi-
| grafton is undesirable when it brings
| into this country people who want all
| the privileges of this country without
participating in any of the response
bilities.
THE Chinaman," he continued, sis
a social, political and industrial para
site, and ought not to be admitted to
| this country"
He opposed the provisions excluding
| Cinnamon from participating in expo
| sitions in this country, and excluding
Chinese from the Philippine Islands.
Regretted Sectional Discussion.
! Mr.. Vest insisted that the inhabit-
ants of the Philippines were citizens of
the United States. Passing from the
| Chinese question Mr.. Vest regretted
| exceedingly that sectional discussion
had been injected into the debate yes
| terday. He had hoped such discussion
would never again be heard in the SEN
| ate. He paid a tribute to Lincoln,
| Garfield and Mckinley, and said the
people of the South were sincere
mourners at the bier of all. The peo-
pie of the North, he said, should
remember that the South had produced
great and patriotic leaders, among
them he mentioned Washington and
Robert E. Lee. He said he never
should cease to feel kindly toward
! President Roosevelt, who, in the
broadest spirit of craftsmanship, had
| eulogized Robert e. Lee.
A Tribute to Wade Hampton.
Mr.. Vest adverted with deep feeling
to the death of Hon. Wade Hampton
In the course of a brilliant tribute to
Wade Hampton, Mr.. West said he was
the highest type of a Christian gen
tleman. whose memory would live for
centuries.
Mr.. Lodge hoped some sections of
the Chinese bill would be omitted and
| some others modified. If we are pre-
pared, said he, to admit Chinese from
the Philippine Islands, it is for the
Senate to say so but, in his opinion,
Chinese from the Philippines should
be excluded. Congress had excluded
| Cinnamon from Hawaii and he re-
garded it as idle to argue that Con-
gress had not the authority to pre-
vent the Chinese from coming to this
country from the Philippines.
my belief is" he said, that it is
| best to shut the Chinese out of tho
United States from the Philippines
He urged, too that the Philippine
Islands should not be opened to I'M
restricted admission of Chinese. They
should not be permitted to enter the
Enthusiastically not until the Fill
pinos desired them to enter.
He maintained that the operation of
the pending bill would not distrub our
trade relations with China.