| Show CHINESE EXCLUSION Teller Says China Had a Bight t to Ecject Blair The Question hem the Hamlpnlnt of International Interna-tional Law iVSQ t of the Governments to Abrogate Tuatles at Any Time WASHINGTON April 23After routine usiness Teller offered a resolution re q uesting the President to inform the Senate Sen-ate what steps i any had been taken t towards securing an international conference nce to consider the question of the free oinage of silver at the mints of the nations p articipating in such conference or as ton a to-n enlarged use of silver In tho currency o f such countries Also to transmit copies of all correspondence between tho United States and the governments expected to p articipate In tie proceedings of such in cfnationul conference Sherman suggested the insertion of thc w ords Hic not incompatible with public in terests1 Teller cgreert to the suggestion a Ithough he did not ha said see how such i p ublication could hurt the public interests T he resolution ns modified was agreed to Call offered a resolution which went ver without action for the appointment o f a committee of nine Senators inquire I I uto the present value pEr mile of railways o f the United States their present capital z ation and the alffereice between such c lapitalization and tLo actual cost of construction s truction and equipment their gross and I net receipts number and compensation of heir employees their amount of indobt dness and capital Stock and amount of bonds and stock held by stockholders and I ondholders distinguishing between home a ud foreign holders Hoar asked and obtained leave of absence S from and after Monday next for the remainder re-mainder of the session It is understood Hoars purpose is to make a trip to Europe 1S to consult the most distinguished specialists i n eye diseases The Chinese exclusion bill was then taken up Teller addressed tho Senate There could not be ho said any dispute touching the rejection of tli United Spates minister to China I wu n elementary principle of international U r that a minis tar must serve an such with the consent of both nations Both nations had to consent before Ie could be liniter in other ords he must be received as well as sent Ho therefore had no fault to find with the Chinese government because it rejected Blair It bad aright to reject him even on absolutely false premises and without any promises whatever Comin4to the question ques-tion of the abrogation of tho treaties ho held every nation which agreed with another an-other nation did so with the understanding i might retire from it at any time it saw fit and it might do eo notwithstanding tho fact there was a provision in the treaty that it should continue for a limited period of time Legislation by the national legis ature would set aside any treaty inconsistent incon-sistent with i Merrill while inclined to believe Congress Con-gress had the power to pass a law super sFding I treaty asked Toiler whether 11 thought other nations had the same power Cellar thought he stated explicitly all nations na-tions had that power and said he would have a very poor opinion of a nation which would surrender that right Morrill remarked Japan had for years endeavored t get a release from her treaty with Great Britain and had not succeeded Teller said a reason for that might be Japan was not willing to create friction with Great Britain The United States had been trying a great many years to get rid of a treats with Great Britain and cot rid of it by the action of Great Britain in violation of it He referred to the Clayton Buhver treaty and said there never had been such a condition 01 affairs Nitlier nation wanted to propose its absolute ab-solute repeal or violation yet neither Great Britain nor the United States respected re-spected its terms But it was very evident evi-dent the people of the United States would insist on the abrogation of that treaty whenever it should appear inimical to the interests of tho great mass of people of the country Reverting to the peculiarities of Chinese immigration Teller remarked an American would never assimilate with Chinamen because if an American would a Chinainun would not in tho whole catalogue of nations na-tions as Chinese their civilization was to them infinitely superior to the civilization of Europe and America A Chinaman would live in contact with the civilization of Europe and America remain a Chinaman and therefore reasons existed for keeping them out of the country which did not exist ex-ist for keeping other people out China men came to the United States simply to take money out of the country and return to their homes They took no part in the building up of the society in which they lived The lowest immigrant that came from Europe whether convict pauper or otherwise contributed something to civil society His children went to the public 11schools and the great mass of them contributed con-tributed materially to the prosperity of the country But tho Chinaman contributed simply his cheap labor and in that he camo in competition with tno American laborer and deprived him of his opportunities He Teller was in favor of the restricted immigration im-migration of all classes of people although ho confessed i it were left to him to determine de-termine how it should be done ho would be unable to arrive at any plan that would bo acceptable to himself Still in relation to the Chinese Congress could not afford to puss harsh and unreasonable laws Teller said Chinamen legally in tho country were entitled to domicile but the United States had a perfect right rlght to say no more should come Ho denied the existence exist-ence of a great trade with China which was spoken of and said American exports ex-ports to China last year were not have half what they n ere five years ago Hiscock did not favor the violation or treaty obligations until diplomacy had exhausted eX-hausted itself In efforts to amsno a treaty Morgan favored the Senate substitute Frjo said the Pacific coast benators on the river and harbor bill were askjng large appropriations holding Puget sound would be the scut of an enormous Oriental com rmcrce Now said GYyo ui the people 1 of the Pacific coast build a Chinese wall by insulting the people and government of China what is the necessity of any further improvement of rivers and harbors on tho Pacific coast in Mitchell said inasmuch as the United States had paid over J20JOOOOOO in gold and silver in the last twenty years for trade balance ho asked the senator from Maine whether he thought Chine would break off trade with us if we pass the exclusion bill Fryo said he had no doubt whatever if tho house bill becomes a law aud the Emperor Em-peror of China does not in less than sixty days declare his ports closed to all United Stales commerce and withdraw his diplomatic diplo-matic representatives from the country Im entirely mistaken about the Emperor and his ministers Sanders favored the House bill After Afer executive session the Senate adjourned I |
