Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-04-17
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ate today by Cullom, of Illinois. against
the passage of the Chinese exclusion
bill in its present form. Coming from
the chairman of the committee on
foreign relations. the protest made a
deep impression In the senate. Gull
lom. while expressing himself as in
favor of the exclusion of Chinese la
borers, said that many of the provi-
sions Of the pending measure were in
contravention of our treaty obligations
with China. He declared that the Unit
ed States could not afford to ignore
its solemn treaty, although he con-
coded the authority of congress to en-
act the proposed law II 1t saw fit to
do so. Patterson, of Colorado. and
Perkins, of California, supported the
pending bill, maintaining that in no
way did 1t contrayene existing treat
les, as by the convention of 1894 China
agreed that Chinese laborers should
be excluded from this country. The
bill was drastic in its provisions, they
admitted. but no more so than was
necessary to eliminate the possibility
of fraud.
House.-The first day of the debate
IN the Cuban reciprocity bill, which
opened in the house today, was disap-
pointing from a spectacular stand
point. There were no sensational
clashes after the debate was actually
begun, and none of the bitterness
which was expected to crop out on the
floor came to the surface. The vote,
1T to 80. on the motion to go into
committee of the whole to consider
the bill, however. developed the lines
of cleavage and showed that the dem
ocrats are quite as much divided on
the question as is the majority. In the
division, which is regarded as prac-
tically test vote on the bill, ia re-
publicans and So democrats voted for
the motion and Al democrats and 80
republicans against it. The vote was
in reality more embarrassing to the
democrats than to the republicans, as
the members Of the minority had call
ed conference for tonight, at which
they desired to get together on a
course of action. The vote forced the
before the caucus.
Washington. April s.-Throughout
:oday's session OF the senate the
Chinese exclusion bill was under con-
sideration. Gallinger, of New Hamp-
shire. and Dillingham;. of Vermont, op-
posed the bill, and Turner, of Wash
ington, supported 1t. Gallinger urged
that the pending bill was unnecessary.
unjust and un-American. and was
clearly in contravention OF our treaty
obligations with China. In an extend
ed address Tur-er appealed to the
senate to pass the proposed bill, not
merely for the protection or the peo-
pie of the Pacific states but to pre-
vent the entire body polite from being
contaminated by the Chinese. Dill
bingham advocated the re-enactment
of the present Geary law. He declared
that representatives of the Pacific
states had expressed themselves as
perfectly satisfied with the operation
of existing law, and there was no
proper reason for a change. particu-
larly as the change would involve
great trouble and expense. Fairbanks,
of Indiana. reported favorably from
the committee on immigration the
Chinese exclusion bill passed by the
house of representatives. II was
placed on the calendar.
House.-The feature OF the second
days debate in the house on the Gu
ban reciprocity bill was an impassion-
ed speech In opposition to the meas
ure by William A. Smith, Michigan
republican. Senators Spooner and
Quar,es. of Wisconsin. and Dolliver, of
Iowa. and a group of Michigan beet
sugar manufacturers in the gallery,
were in his audience, and he was liber-
ally applauded by his republican sup
porters as he assaiied the republican
leaders who were advocating the bill.
bodily charging them with being false
to the republican doctrine of protec-
ton. He announced that he was will
ing to vote to override the chair in
order to support an amendment to
take the differential off refined sugar.
Morris. of Minnesota, another repub-
iican who made strong speech
against the bill. also made similar
announcement. The other speakers
today were Bal (democrat), of Texas,
and Sparkman (democrat). of Florida,
both of whom opposed the bill. and
Mondell, of Wyoming, who advocated
its passage.
Washington. April 10.-Senate.--An
effort was made to obtain an agree
ment for vote on the Chinese ex-
clusion bill. but 1t was unsuccessful.
The measure was under discussion
during the entire session except for
about an hour, in which time the post.
office bill was considered and passed.
Three speeches were made against
the Chinese bill in its present form,
Dillingham;, of Vermont, concluding
his remarks, and Stewart, of Nevada,
and Hoar. of Massachusetts, stated
their objections to the bill. Stewart
said he would vote for the measure IL
1t was the best that could be obtained,
as he favored the exclusion of Chinese
laborers. but he was opposed to many
of its provisions. Hoar. with consid-
cradle feeling, announced his vigorous
opposition to the bill, declaring that
he never would vote for 1t. Depew.
ce New York. spoke briefly against
the adoption of the resolution provid-
ing for the election of senators by
popular vote. In effect. he served no
tice on those states winch had limited
their suffrage that II the resolution
was enacted demand would be made
on them to accord all their citizens the
right to vote, or suffer loss of repre-
sentation in congress.
House.-The debate on the Cuban
reciprocity bill was devoid O. enliven-
Ing features. The nost notable speech
OF the day was made by Grosvenor,
OF Ohio. He answered the critics who
have charged him with inconsistency,
by saying that reciprocity was a SOUND
republican doctrine and that tariff
schedules were not sacred. He pre-
dicted that the time would come, al.
though 1t had not yet arrived, when
there would be an memorable demand
Tor revision of the present rates.
Prince. of Illinois. made strong
speech against the measure. The other
speakers were Lawrence, of Massa.
chusetts. and Miers. of Indiana, for the
bill. and Weeks, of Michigan, and Kle-
berg, OF Texas. against II Witt. OF
Illinois. chairman of the foreign anairs