| Show TO EXCLUDE CHINESE Senate Devotes Another Day to Consideration Con-sideration of Measure Senator Fairbanks Delivering Speech L Washington April 5After passing the Indian appropriation bill today the Senate considered the Chinese cxclu r I slon measure for nearly three hours The principal speech of the session was made by Mr Fairbanks of Indiana hl support o the bill Ho analyzed Its provisions to demonstrate they were not in i contravention of our treaty with China and discussed at length the right oT Congress to enact exclusion legislation legisla-tion He maintained that it wus ll car dinal principle of this Government to protect labor against such lowpriced labor na would come to the United States from China He said In conclusion conclu-sion A most serious objection to the admission admis-sion o Chinese laborers Is tIme general disregard of the homo thoJellral al of Its humanizing and qnnobllnq Influences Influ-ences Tlio American home fs Indeed tho simlt of tho Republic Abolish the American Ameri-can home and tho days of thc Republic Republc jr numbered 1 immigration which Ig ilorcs this great potential fact is n serious menace und IB not to bo desired The Republican party adheres to the wholesome doctrine of protection against unfair competition with alien cheap labor jinMho country Itself Is I tho amplest Ics llmonN as to the wisdom of this iollc The mIssion of Chinese laborers whoso condition Is 1 so far below ours Is In tin grant vloliilon of thc very principles and purpose of protection It follows as night tho day that tho lower paid and the lower fed will cause his higher paid and betterfed competitor to come down to his unfortunate condition Against this we enter our protest We do It from i no ungenerous motive toward the Chinese empire wo do It out of national self respect and in our national Interest and no one cm consistently challenge tho wisdom of our policy An extended debate upon some of thc provisions of the pending bill followed fol-lowed Mr Falrbankss Vpcech Mr Galllnger o New Ianipshfte and Mr Platt of Connecticut indicated their be lief that the provisions of the measure relating to the exempted classes were in contravention of our treaty obligations obliga-tions to China Mr Lodge Mr Pen rose and Mr Fairbanks combatted this viewWithout Without any action on the bill the Senate then at 435 p mwent into executive session and at 145 p m adjourned ad-journed r 1 |
