Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-09
ON YELLOW PERIL"
Senator Patterson ReViVes Dis
cussion of the Chinese
Question.
SAYS SOMETHING MUST BE DONE
Ir Not, All Barriers Against Mongo
Iian Will Soon be
Down.

Washington. April .. - Patterson
addressed the senate on the denuncia-
ton of the Chinese exclusion treaty
of 1894 by the Chinese government.
| He declared that unless additional
! Iegisla ton is had before congress ad-
| jOuTnS every barrier against Chinese
| immigration that has been built will
be removed on the 7th of Decembe.'
next. and the ports of the country
thrown open to the unrestricted COM
ing of the Chinese hOrdes, whose in
vasion of the United States was ar
rested TWENTY-FIVE years ago"
Treaty That Prohibited.
He said that the treaty 0f 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 tho fact
that under that agreement the Cnited
States could only suspend. regulate
and limit Chinese immigration. Qdot-
ing further from the language Of that
treaty. he said: 1T is by this treaty
that all existing legislation must lie
measured. and whenever its provisions
are found to be inconsistent with the
treaty's provision that legislation is a
nuIlifv."
Questioned by Others.
In the course of Patterson's speech
Mitchell. CullUm and SpOOner ques-
toned him as to whether the treaty
Of 1894 had not had the effect Of
entirely superseding and repeating the
treaty of 1880. but Patterson contend
ed that such was not the case. SpOOner
made the point that if the treaty OF
1894 had the effect of reTcaling the
treaty of 1880 the later treaty must |
have had the effect of supcrSeding the
treaty Of 1868. Patterson. however did
not yield the point
Spooner suggested that the treaty !
between the United States and China |
would have the effect of holding in |
force the other treaties existing at the |
time including the treaty of 1894, but |
Patterson did not accept this cOnstruc- |
ton. He cOntended that the only safe |
method was to make explicit declara-
tion in the form of legal enactment. |
rs he predicted that unless this course |
was Dusued serious agitation would |
ensue
Tells About Presidents Yacht.
Washington. April 9-PCT'vin% to \
criticism Of the use IF the naval steam |
yacht Mayfiower. filed in tho house for
in the COn-rcssiOna! Re-
ord. by Williams of Nj MiSis+ippi. in the
form of Il newspaper clipping. Repre-
sentative FoSs. chairman of the naval
affairs committee. has filed. also 10 lie
printed i'm the Record. letter from
Secreary Moody. giving Il detailed his
tory of the use of the Mavtlower by |
the president. He says IL" Nayfl0wcr
is not. as was stated In the criticlSC1.
denOminated the presidents yacht
-snate and House in Brief
Washington. April 9.-The contracts
for cancelling machines used hy the
pOStOffice department was debated at
length in the senate in connection with
the postoffice appropriation bill. A
TO reduce the rental was
under discussion at adjournment. An
executive session was held.
The house passed large number Ok
bills. including the Philippine shipping
bill and the bill appropriating $4,000
in aid of the Lewis and Clark CEN
tennial exposition. The only amend
ment made to the Philippine shipping
bill was one extending until July !,
1906, the time when the law shall be-
came operative. one hundred and six
ty-nine private pension bills were
passed