The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-08
SEES YELLOW PERIL.
Senator Patterson Fears an In
rush of Chinese.

Washington, April 8.-When the SEN
ate convened today, bill was passed
relieving the Alaska Construction com
pany from the payment for the next hVe
wears of the license fee of 500 per mile.
Mr.. Patterson then addressed the SEN
ate on the denunciation of the Chinese
exclusion treaty of 1894, by the Chinese
government He announced his convic-
ton THAT unless additional legislation
is had before congress adjourns, every
barrier against Chinese immigration
that has been built will be removed on
the seventh day of December next and
the ports of the country thrown open to
the unrestricted coming of the Chinese
hordes, whose invasion of the United
States was arrested p years ago. This
opinion was based upon China's denun-
citation of the treaty of 1904, making it
of no effect from December Z next" He
traced the prospective trouble to the
failure of congress in its vote of 1902
to duplicate the act of 1892, continuing
in force for ten years the exclusion act
Had China not denounced the
treaty. he said, there would be no
trouble now with the exclusion laws for
the act of 1902 would have kept them
all in force; but with the 1904 treaty out
of the way, under the act of 1902 our
exclusion laws will all fall to the ground
on the coming of the seventh of De-
cember."
s.The cause OF this is the wording of
the 1862 act. For the first time in this
Chinese legislation the validity of ex-
cllsiOn laws was made to defend upon
the terms of treaties with China.
He said that the treaty of 1894 was
the only treaty that absolutely pro-
hibited the coming of the Chinese to
this country. He admitted that the
treaty of 1880 provided for Chinese ex-
clusion, but called attention to the fact
that under that agreement the United
States could only suspend, regulate
and limit Chinese immigration.
Quoting further from the language
of that treaty he said:
"'This treay is all that exists. Leg
islation must be measured by it and
whenever its provisions are found to
be inconsistent with the treaty's pro-
visions that treaty is a nullity-'
In conclusion, Mr.. Patterson said:
"The legislation that must be COM
pared with this treaty of 1880 is the
act of 1902. The acts of 1882 and 1892,
each suspended immigration for ten
years, but the act of 1902. absolutely
prohibits it and is therefore not in
conformity with the treaty of 1880 and
the result falls to the ground.
In the House.
Washington. April s.-The Lewis and
Clark bill passed the house without
division.
Upon convening today the house re-
sumed consideration of the Philippine
shipping bill.
After Mr.. Grosvenor CO.) had spoken
in favor of postponing to July 1, 1906,
the date when the bill shall go into ef-
feet, Mr.. BirdsaH Qa.) offered an
amendment fixing July 1, 1906, as the
! time when the bill shall become opera
/ tive. To this amendment Mr.. Spight
| (Tdiss.) offered one extending the time
/ to July 1, 1909. On this latter amend
ment the yeas and nays were ordered.
The Spight amendment was lost, Ia
to 127.
The question recurring to the Birds
all amendment was agreed to without
/ division and the bill was passed
Mr.. DaIzeu CPa.) from the COMMITTEES
on rules, presented resolution dis
| charging the committee of the whole
| house from the consideration of the
Lewis and Clark exposition bill and
calling for its immediate consideration
Mr.. DeArmond (Mo.) criticized the
| action of the house, which he said, per-
! nitted small coterie of men to deter
mine what matters outside of those OF
| absolute privilege may be considered
| while hundreds of other measures OF
| Importance lacking the favorable con-
sideration of the committee on rule
perished on the calendar.