The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-02
SOME HOUSE
EXPRESSIONS
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mental principle, act advisedly on
vested privilege. declare that human
rights are more important than COM
mercial rights for the welfare of
free and progressive people, and
invoke the impartial judgment of
every liberty-loving and right-think
ing citizen in our country on the JUS
| tification of our action in the prem
ises.
The press and the pulpit, the bench
and the bar, the Jew and the Gentle,
the poor and the rich, the weak and
the powerful, the Catholic and the
Protestant throughout patriotic Amer
| lea demand that the Russian treaty
be abrogated The people are aroused
about the matter as they never have
! been before over the question, and the
time for action by the Congress has
come.
There can be no arbitration of this
elemental principle of our govern
ment there must be no more delay;
| the matter must be settled now and
/ for all time, and a new treaty here
after negotiated in which Russia can
/ find no loophole to enable her in the
| future to discriminate against any
Amrican citizen on account of race
or religion; a new treaty that will be
up to date; that will be in harmony
with the twentieth century that will
be in sympathy with human rights;
that will not override bur Federal
Constitution; that will not violate our
national ideals; and that will not dis
honor the virtue and integrity of the
passports of our splendid and intelli-
gent and patriotic American citizen
ship. Oong and loud applause.)
Series of Humliations.
Mr.. Kendall of Iowa. hope | do
not underestimate the serious import.
ance of the action which the House
by this resolution, is invited to adopt
this afternoon. 1t always is a grave
matter when one great State consid.
ers the termination of friendly con-
nections with another, and I think
that in this exigency We would not be
justified in calculating the advantage
or disadvantage, the propriety or i'm
propriety of severing our relations
with Russia if the circumstances were
not so persuasive as they are.
But unless the government of the
United States has aliented all the
virility which it possessed at its or
ganization it will compel Russia to dis
continue her determinations against
American citizens of Jewish extrac
ton or it will summarify suspend al
| treaty relations with the Empire o.
the Car. The situation we are as
sembed to consider is aggravated be
yond endurance and its adjustment
can not be further postponed without
confession of our own utter i'm
potency We have forborne until for
bearance has ceased to be a virtue
We have delayed until dilatoriness has
! come to be a crime. The indignitie!
of which We complain are not EN-
in an isolated instance. They con
! stitute a series of humiliatiOns eX
tending through a period of nearl!
two score years, which, when thor
oughly comprehended have been gen
orally condemned. The legislatures o
nineteen sovereign States nave urgeC
that the national authority be assert
ed The pulpit the press, the plat
form, all the influential organs of pub
lie opinion in our land have insisted
that the dignity Of the Republic be
maintained The people themselves
with undivided voice, from ocean tt
ocean, have decreed that American
citizenship shall be indicated in the
exercise of all it's constitutional pre-
negatives, here and everywhere. Boil
the great political parties have Spoken
on the subject.
Chinese Exclusion Different.
Mr.. Harrison of New York-Tht
gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Mann,
is in accord with all the rest of us il
desiring this resolution to pass, bu
he has confused the issue in the minds
of some gentlemen upon this floor
- He asserts that he would amend thii
resolution so that there should be il
it an express declaration Of the RICH
of the United States, If it so desires
to exclude people because of thei
race. We have the right to exclude
from the United States any race o
people whom we wish to exclude un
less treaty rights interfere, and it viii
not strengthen that right to declar,
1t in this resolution. But Russia cal
not claim to have any right to eX
clude any Americans, least of all Of
account of religion or race. The gen
tleman from Illinois forgets that whel
Jew becomes an American citizel