Show DOLPH HAD THE FLOOR the repeal bill had to take a back seat yesterday bill appropriating money to enforce the chinese exclusion act becu died the senate sept 2 in the senate voorhees gave notice that he would on monday move to begin n the daily sessions at 11 k go instead to a 1 I of at noon adding that he lie had the old fash fashioned nea notion that the senate should submit to the will of the majority the silver men see in the motion and accompanying remarks indication of an all intention to force matters in the repeal bill debate with the probable effect of adopting the cloture the silver senators senater at once held a conference and decided not to be caught napping as they were yesterday with no one re ready a dy to talk palmer presented a joint resolution for the election of senators by the direct vote of the people referred to the committee on privileges and elections together with one on the same subject by Al Mitch itchell ellof of oregon some sometime time ago voorhees ea asked that the repeal bill be laid aside temporarily in lit order that dolph might proceed with some remarks an another subject the committee on appropriations reported the house bill to provide for certain urgent deficiencies in the appropriations passed with amendments the repeal bill was laid aside and dolph spoke in favor of his bill appropriating pria ting for the enforcement of the chinese exclusion act he ile then went on with a statement of the evil influences and undesirable features of chinese immigration reciting the disastrous effect of chinese com competition pe in the western states dolph reviewed in detail the legi legislation SIR and treaties relating to the subject a and rid the conditions which led up botho to the enactment of the geary act the provision for the registration of C chinese was drawn by himself and intended to bo within the limits of the treaty and was not onerous thobro the provision vision requiring chinese laborers in this country to register and obtain certificates was not inserted for the purpose of preventing any chi chicco eso authorized under the existing laws to enter the united states and reside here from doing so it was not inserted for the purpose of securing the deportation of chinese but it was inserted for the single pur purpose se of enabling the government to see that the designated chinese laborers in thia this country were entitled to remain here that they inight might be distinguished from those being smuggled across our borders there had been a great deal of absurd talk and ignorant criticism about the provision he ile was more responsible for the provision of registration than any other man in the united states for ho lie d drafted raf it the talk about the provision be being ing degrading was absurd in every state in the union voters were required to register in order that they might lawfully be entitled to vote and yet there had been no suggestion of it being degrading As the deportation of chinese was not the tile purpose of the law it was not incompatible wit with lithe the intention of the act to extend the time in which chinese may register I 1 white democrat of california said the senator from oregon dolph seemed to have been treated badly before he lie white came there in bailin fa failing ilin tolia to have v his name attached to the geary a act et e the bill which the senator from oregon introduced had bothin nothing in it with reference to registration ho was not the father of the registration idea because that idea had been incorporated into the original house bill there was not enough money appropriated to C enforce n force the act and therefore ho lie was in fa favor vor of some legislation to enable the law to be carried out dolph asked whether all the money appropriated for executing the act had been expended white said he lie had the fian figures u r es and proceeded to give them S since c 1 1889 S 89 had been appropriated of which there was an all unexpended balance of fifty odd thousand 0 O ra it would be better lie said if do dolph ph tn stead of trying to establish himself as the father of the measure would devote himself to securing au an appropriation to enforce the law dolph replied that lie had done all he lie could to ea ure the appropriations and there waa was noth ingin ilia its remarks to justify the tile suggestion that lie claimed to be the aut I 1 bior of the act or that lie had been badiac badly t treated rea ted by the senate toller teller 0 of colorado 0 0 O rado called attention to the tile fact th that at an abrogation of the treat treaty was not a violation of the treaty which carries with it implication OI 01 of misconduct on oil it its part of the government violating it the abrogation of a treaty carries no such inference certain sawyers in new now york influenced know doubt by largo large fees offered by the tile eix six companies concluded the geary act waa was a violation of 0 the constitution tit ution in his mind there was n no 0 8 doubt of the constitutional power of a governa government ent to exclude undesirable immigration he ile had not read the areu arau ments of the new york lawyers be cause he lie did not think there was enough in them to justify ft a busy man in reading them A nation that cannot clear its borders of a hostile alien element is not a natian with full national prerogatives and rights teller continued this was not lot a political question in the sense that either party part could bo be said to be responsible for the khz it bad or could claim credit forit for it if it was good od he ile aadne biad never ver voted tor for the masgo ex exclusion I 1 on of 1 legislation gi because it was desired dired by the P people e 0 0 of california but because of tho the evil pi 1 r resulting from chinese labor in commet competition I 1 with w ith american labor abor at 2 the repeal laid b bill 11 being unfinished business was laid before the senate but was temporarily laid aside to allow the tile discussion to continuo on the subject of chinese exclusion gray democrat of delaware while agreeing in the main with the senator from colorado teller wished to express hie ills dissent from the viewed view expressed by him biln that an abrogation of a treaty waa was not a violation of it some of the recent legislation had wen in in direct violation of the plighted faith oi of tile government and the violation was of such a character as seemed to him blin tc to have been entirely entire entirely lf unnecessary the united states had been ven fit to undertake obligations obliga tiona imposed by the treaty relations which it entered into with china and in such undertaking had pledged pled gea the tile faith of this mighty mighty people to theli their par performance f 0 ri nance he ile did id not believe thai that I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 A i a great country could V violate its treaty obligations without bious cerious evil to the country itself there was a mode by which tho the united states could honorably rid itself of those obligations other than the ruthless one of disregarding erding the treaty there had never been e n a time during which the recent legislation biad been dircus discussed in congress that the united states could not fress have lave initiated by diplomacy a modification of the treaties and have accomplished all that was sought to be accomplished by legislation mitchell republican publican lle of oregon inquired liow how the senator from delaware gray reconciled his statement with the fact abat that after the tho united states had bad negotiated the treaty with china having for its purpose the exclusion of chinese laborers from this country and sent that treaty back to china that it was held by the chinese government for months and months without acceptance and in fact never accepted gray responded thai that the treaty was held in china because at that time legislation which asir proposed 0 sed ruthlessly and violently to set aside the treaty obligations I 1 ons was being discussed in congress mitchell stated that an examination of the record would deve develop 1 op the fact that the scott bill to which I 1 i th the e senator doubtless referred was not int introduced in the house until the treaty t to which he be mitchell had referred had bad been been for soine some months in the hands of the chinese eso government george democrat of 0 mississippi said he be had voted against the geary act because he considered it con contained bained apro a provision which was an insult to many of his constituents in requiring w white hito witnesses to swear to the right of to remain in the united states he ile desired to know upon what process of reasoning what public policy demanded ni a provision of that cortina sort in a government government having a constitution which ma maket et a black man equal if not the superior of the white race dolph replied that the use io of attlio the word white whit ept was accidental and that it was not the intention to disqualify colored perso persons as witnesses 1 tresses tn esses the design being merely relf t to p provide se r 1 I do for witnesses witness eq other tb than an chinese hin at thola the laef 1 ses session ion he lie had introduced a bill to correct the mistake and it was favorably reported from the foreign relations committee but when he endeavored to get the bill up opposition came from the democratic side of tho the senate call democrat of Florl florida dit while not objecting to exclusion as the objectionable portion of the ch chinese nese hill bill regretted the manner in which which the legislation was rushed through li not pei haps by one e or alie other party arty but hot by both from political considerations relative to the success of the parties in this country there was a great commercial interest the interest cf A civilization the interest of religion and the interest of good faith and the good opinion n oi of the people of the world worl towards this country involved therefore the hie legislation was not in hi his a judgment t justifiable bill at tho the collOt conclusion slon M 1 of t alie le debate thereon was refe referred i to the con committee cittee on foreign R de te lations berry democrat of arkansas moved that the tho senate proceed to consider executive business and after a brief executive assion nt at 3 the senate adjourned until monday |