The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-06
EXCLUSION OF CHINESE Again Occupies the House
 and Senate. ~ - S FAIRBANKS FAve $ BILL
 -$ Delivers Exte Speech in
 Suppor $ Measure. Senator Gallinger and Senator Platt Indicate Belief That Some Pro- visions are in Contraven- ton of the Treaty. /


 Indian appropriation bill today, tfe Sen ate considered the Chinese exclusion measure for nearly three hours. Th' principal speech of. tho session was mad' by MT. Fairbanks Qnd.) In support of tho bill He analysed it's provisions to demon' strate that they were not in contraVen' ton of our treaty with China and dis' cussed at length the right of Congress to exact exclysion legislation. He main tained that it was cardinal principle of this government to protect Its labor against such low priced labor as would come to the United States from China. MT. Gallinger (N. H.) and MT. Platt (Conn.) indicated their belief that the provisions of the measure relating to the exempted clauses. were in contravention of our treaty obligations to China. MT. Lodge, MT. Penrose and MT. Fairbanks combatted this view.
 Mir. Fairbanks maintained that the United States had an absolute right to enact such laws as would safeguard our citizenship against contaminating in- fiuences from any quarter of the globe. Indeed 1t was plain and imperative duty of Congress to preserve the purity of the currents which vitalIy affected the stan dard of our citizenship. To do this, Con- gress had enacted laws prohibiting the admission to this country of many classes of persons. The pending bill, saio ne, lis not departure from the well settieo and we'll known policy of the government. ba. Iaaan fa maintain high wage scale upon the generally accepted theory and belief that we'll paid labor means better citizens and a better coun- try than we could possibly enjoy Il wages were forced to a low standard A low wage market Is advantageous neither to capital nor labor our course is not dictated by any Ill will toward the Chinese empire. We find our chief pride in the character and quality of those who constitute the So.- 900 900 of American citizens.
 Much has recently been said or the need for more land and more territory. We must not be too prodigal of our op- portunites and resources The admission of cheap labor may for a time stimulate enterprise on the Pacific coast and else where, but a surplus of labor is in the nature of calamity.
 That the opportunity of American >labor is curtailed to the extent that Chinese labor is introduced, is ebvious, The Chinese do not harmonize With us.
 "A most serious objection to the ad- mission of Chinese laborers is the gem eral disregard of the home relation With all of it's humanizing and -ennohling In fiuences. The American home Is the unit of the republic. Abolish the Ameri- can home and the days of the republic are numbered.
 "The Republican party adheres to the wholesome doctrine of protection against unfair competition with alien cheap labor. The admission of Chinese laborers, whose condition is so far below ours, Is in flag rant violation of the principles and pur- poses of protection
 After discussing our treaty with China, showing that the proposed legislation was not in contravention of it. and that Chi nese exclusion practically had been ac- ouosced in by China, MT. Fairbanks con- tinues as follows
 That the Congress has the most plen- ary power to enact into law the bill be- fore us, there can be no doubt, for the power to exclude undesirable aliens is an inherent attribute of national sov- ereignty."
 Mir Gallinger cN HD inquired if the measure under discussion would not be in contravention of our treaty with China.
 Both MT. Penrose and Mir. Mitchell as sured MT. Gallinger that there was no violation of treaty obligation.
 MT. Lodge said he would be entirely unwilling to vote for any measure which violated any treaty obligations
 Mir Fairbanks read from the testimony given by Mir. Dunn before the 1mmigra- tion Committee to show that immense numbers of Chinese were brought into this country bearing fraudulent certih- catcs of admission. many of them being in collision with the Pacific Mail Steam ship Company.
 Mir. Dillingham; said he had been called from the chamber by the Vice-President of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. who had denounced MT Dunn's statement as false.
 MT. Fairbanks replied there was no doubt that immense frauds were being perpetrated upon this Government in the traffic in Chinese laborers.
 MT. Platt CConn) insisted, that the United States could not afford to disre- gard it's treaties with any nation, nartic- ularly with a nation which was unable to defend itself
 Concerning the importation of Chinese women in this country for immoral pur- poses MT. Gallinger suggested that con ditions among other peoples than Chinese were deplorabIe in San Francisco Boston and New York, and it was not necessary to go far from the dome of the Capitol in Washington to find gross immortality.
 Without any action on the bill. the Sen ate at 4:30 o'clock went into executive session and at 4;i5 D. m. adjourned