Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-16
VOTING IN THE SENATE
Lodge Amendment to Exclu-
sion Bill Adopted.
CHINESE ON OUR SHIPS
CHAIRMAN PAYNE GAINS HIS
WAY IN THE HOUSE.
Debate on Cuban Reciprocity to Be
Closed Friday-Vote Was 1853
Yeas and 1873 Nays.
CHINESE ON OUR SHIPS

Pursuant to yesterdays agreement tbs
Senate today was called TO order al 10
O'Clock, two hours in advance of the usual
hour Of meeting. This hour was aNed in
order ID permit more extended debate on
the Chinese exclusion bill prior TO the Vot-
ing on that measure, which is TO begin at i
o'clock. The attendance was very slim.
Only three senators-Messrs. Pettus, kean
and Kittredge-faced Mr.. Frye wh,n he
called the Senate to order.
Mr. Morgan gave notice that tomorrow he
would call up the Nicaragua canal bill for
the purpose of addressing the Senate
upon 1t.
The president pro tempore laid before the
Senate number Of kilograms bearing upon
the Chinese bill These messages were all
from the Pacific coast, sixty-one of them
being favorable to the Plat substitute and
twelve opposed to 1t.
Mr.. Turner then took the floor 10 reply
to the speech made yesterday by Mr.
Spooner, but before he could proceed Mr.,
tuiberSon suggested the absence OF quos
rum. This was at 1918, and 1t took twenty.
five minutes TO get quorum.
Mr.. Turner Resumes
Mr.. Turner (Wash) then proceeded, ex-
. y.
concerning the republican party. lie said
he had no bitterness toward that party,
and that he had been a member of it so
long it was true to its principles. He
declared that the party now on all occa-
sions prefers the dollar to the man, and that
this fact is demonstrated by the republican
organizations attitude toward the F1lipinos.
In that proceeding, he said, there had been
no regard for principles of liberty and dem-
ocratic government, and they Were, he de-
clared, allowing this tendency TO drown
in sea of blood the aspirations Of an al
lied people for freedom"
He said that the shipping interests and
the transcontinental railroads have agents
in Washington using their strongest efforts
to defeat the pending bill.
Mr.. Turner then entered upon a discuss
sion of the merits of the Chinese exclusion
bill. He spoke of the duplicity of the Chi
nese, declaring that two-facedness lis q
characteristic of that people, from which
not even the emperor is free. He also de-
clared that the great Chinese viceroy who
had recently died had amassed his colos-
sal fortune by the corrupt use of office,
and followed this remark with the state
ment that If Chinese were to be admitted
to the United States upon the certificates
of Chinese officials there might as well
be no pretense of check upon 1t.
MI. Quay's Intention.
When Mr.. Turner concluded Mr. Quay
(Pa.) asked how much time he would be al.
lowed in speaking upon an amendment he
would offer for the admission Of Christian.
iZed Cinnamon. He said he did not desire
to make a speech in the usual acceptance
of the term, "as that practice" he said,
Il am content to leave to the senior
wranglers of the Senate. being entirely
satisfied to sit at their feet while they eN-
plain the mysteries of legislation" He
added that he desired to have read some
printed extracts bearing upon the conduct
Of these converted Chinese during the
Boxer uprising. He was assured that he
would be heard.
Mr.. Patterson spoke with especial ref
erence to the Platt amendment, calling at.
tention to the fact that as at present con-
stituted that amendment fails TO prohibit
the Chinese from going into the Philip.
pines.
Whatever the motive of senators in this
omission, he said, he was quite sure that
those outside the Senate who are opposing
the pending bill have a well defined and
clearly determined policy, and that that
policy is to leave the Philippines in such q
condition that those islands shall be ex.
plotted by the aid of Chinese labor, no mat
ter what the result to the real Inhabitants
of the islands or TO the honor Of the Unit
ed States. He quoted with appreciation
the report Of Gen. Macarthur, and said
that the proposed legislation is equivalent
to a notice that the policy of exclusion is
looked upon with disfavor, and he could not
conceive a more indefensible act than dur
liE lIt ptllou III the tnlllpDlneS
to flood that country with people whom
the natives hate, and who. they believe,
would drive them from their land and its
trade and commerce.
Chinese on Our Ships.
Mr.. Patterson also defended the provis-
ion in the Mitchell bill excluding Chinese
from American ships, declaring that it is
essential to the protection of American la
Dor on the sea. The opposition to this pro-
vision meant. he said, that it was intended
to subsidize the ships and then allow their
owners to go into the cheapest markets TO
secure labor, leaving the American seaman
to his fate.
The effect would be to drive American
sailors from the American ships. which
would be contrary to the policy of the
American people, who want American ships
under the American flag and manned by
American sailors. AS for the flag il was
a mere piece of cloth. its only significance
being attached to what ii stood for If it
was TO be raised at the masthead OF ships
manned by yellow skins and white livered
men, the representatives of cowardly
race, it was far better that ii should be
taken down and should not aioat CD the
seas at all.
MI. Hanna's Laughing Apology.
Mr.. Hanna was the next speaker. He
said that he had not intended TO address
the Senate on the subject but that in view
of the fact that he had received numerous
kilograms expressing an anxiety 10 know
where he stood with reference to the bill he
had changed his mind, believing he said.
laughingly, that he would save postage
and telegraph tolls by making public ad-
dress.
He then read the text OF one of the mes
sages which he had received which said:
I'VE demand and insist upon your support
ing every essential feature of the Chinese
exclusion bill
This telegram was he said. so similar 10
all the others received by him, thar he had
concluded all of them had n common orr
gin. Whether this was true or not, he re-
served. he said, the right to determine for
himself what were the essential features Of
the legislation necessary for the exclusion
Of the Chinese. and he had reached the
conclusion that all those features were en-
bodied in the existing law. which il was
to re-enact by the Platt amend
ment and the additions TO them which had
been suggested.
He felt confident that with the amend
Tents suggested the interests Of the works
ngmeu would be abundantly protected.
Mr.. Hanna then turned his attention to
the connection of j. r. Dunn, Chinese ins
spector. with the bill. He read a lettey
from Secretarv GhaW eYplatnfpo that M