Show RACE restriction Th the house eHouse passes the amended chinese immigration bill with overwhelming majority after sunset cox has made the members laugh by western asad A sad press to the II erld 11 a in the house rice opposed the bill amending the chinese immigration act referring to some remark of henleys Hen leys relative to the religion of the chinese Cli inese he quoted from a letter written him by a i chinese merchant inc inclosing losin a subscription of for the garfield memorial fund he ile prayed his cali vali 2 lornia ania friend frienda a to amend the act b providing ro viding that instead of passports pas 1 the lie anen who had subscribed to tile garfield memorial fund should pre i ent their receipts fur for not less than before they were permitted to come to this country to view the lioi hoi pital they had helped to build who showed best the disciples of Con fuci us who years before tile christian Chris iian I 1 era ra had taught do not to others that which you do not wish them do to you or those who do not wear the si sign sin n of jesus of nazareth h he feared feied they did not always exhibit the spirit of their master in their act budd indu inquired I 1 red whether the gentle gentl C man did not know that the chinese chine be had no regard for their daughters did not even give them names and sent them into prostitution that chev sold their wives and killed their children rico rice replied the house should not dot d ot do that which would cover the braad pacific with the red flags of war and conquest but rather that which will cover it with the white sails and iron keeled ships of commerce and weave indissoluble bonds of unity across the ocean let not congress Coner build upon the pacific coast a chinese wall with 1 gates opening only within n and cannon frowning without but rat rather herlet let the high turrets of chris tian civilization the electric light of science and philanthropy shino line across the pacific to illuminate the tile dark places of tho old lands where the race was born glasscock in a brief ed the bill from rices criticisms and expressed amazement at the misapprehension which existed in the tile eastern states as to chinese character notwithstanding the assertions of the gentleman from massachusetts there is not an amendment proposed to IQ the t he law that is not based on some sound substantial reason sumner Suc of california said the purport of the bill was to perfect the law enacted two years ago and remedy the defects found to exist in it lie defended the legislation on moral and religious grounds hitt opposed the measure as repugnant to the free institutions odthe of tho country and denounced the inquisitional system which was adopted toward the chinese as more insulting than even russia adopted towards toward S people coming into her territory in time of dynamite terror cassidy said the representatives of the pacific coast in asking congress to make the tho law effective were sim simply recording the will of both both of the great political parties of the country as expressed in their national conventions vent ions the last eight years brown of indiana was opposed to it because it violated every idea of human rights the keynote to this infernal legislation was that were not white Ilo recalled a speech made bya by a distinguished member referring to cox of new york in which ho lie had referred to the negro as being low ignorant debased and degraded since the negroes had been made voters their character had undergone a change in tho the opinion of that gentleman and now in church and hall and lecture rooms that gentleman sought to establish the fact that the tile negro wa was the wittiest mot social anil cleverest person in the world laughter aorl cox ot of new york having left the chair replied to the laist reniah k he ile admitted he had had bad u bome prejudices against the lexro the tile great senator morten bad had had them indiana had had them the ablest of all alie representatives which indiana ever bent jeremiah wilson in the forty third congress bad brought in a bill and it to break up till the sa ble colored government of the Di district of columbia the they had got to stealing they stole even the spittoons spit from front the legislative assembly A republican majority had bad taken from froni them the right of voting the negro wan war better than he used to think him ho lie was kind and gentle and liked the democratic party better than ho he used to LL laughter aughter if he knew who stood ly him when howards were developed when ac schemes heines connected with the Fre edmans bank were discovered when the republic can rogues were after ills his money therefore he lie acox cox said sald all hail bail I 1 Ethl ethiopia opla is stretching out her hands bands to the democracy and the democracy was saying como come on como come on poor children of ham come at last to your ur refuge 11 laughter toa cox x having resumed the chair brown asked leave to extend his remarks in the record he lie wanted to supplement them bythe by the speech made by tho gentleman cox in on the negro question laughter brente and eaton favored and te kinner of new now york opposed the bill the bill was then read bisections by sections for amendments rice offered several amendments which were voted down brumm offered an amendment applying the provi provisions inions i 0 of f the bill as far as practicable to persona persons from whatever nation imported to this country under any system of contract ruled out on a point of order on motion of hammond an additional dit ional section was agreed kopro to providing that nothing herein contained shall be construed to affect any prosecutions or other proceeding civil or crimin under tinder the act of which this is amendatory rico rice moved to amend the title so as to read tin all act to violate our treaty stipulations with china and oilier other nations lost the committee then rose and the bill passed yeas nays 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