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JT. ff nvi- . . 1 r r. . i i. l h..4 - - PART OXb; TITT2 INDIANAPOLIS . SUNDAY, APRIL G. 1002 Oi co or S I Jutr fu til T b n t; d t t r r 1 t C I I I . ? T 1 3 i V , V t V J i t I cl fro':r th; rnimUt'O on appropriation! t,r ! pty..!. A to aitthoru- th rs- : t.l.!;.-r.r.-nt of a lli'-PHVitic station on 1 '-rn - kt i-lanl, on th co.i?t of North Carolin., al-o wa.s ra.fd. m:vtou i-'aihii mvs MT.r.t 11. Mrcng Anstimmt AßHint the Admis sion of t'lilnr I.nhorrr. fellow in:; is the toxt of th Brooch Uliv trM l y Senator I'airLanks on th Chint?e x lnion LIU: 'Mr. lr ! r.t. the r"n lint; .mure is to prohibit th- mxins of t'hinsc lahorrrs to th Urlt-'l .t.itf-s ar.-I to any territory vnd'.r It jurfMi tk-n. The prohibition. hv.- v r. not a j iIy to tii- rtturn to the Vr.itol St.it. of any rgi-trM Chirac la l ,r--r who h.iH a lawful wir.-, hiM or p.i rT.t tf.t r in. or property of the value of 51."', ,,r (it0t.- of a lik- amr.-ir.t lue him thrrin anJ n-iir, ? ttl'rnnt. The bill ) r.ot rrohiNit the a'lmi.-.-ion of Cl.iruse "IcUI?. ttach.r?. Mi:i r.t. rr. r( liants and tr.tv W-rs f. r curlo-ity or j l' tsare. "It c.jnru t ro .io:ttr-'l tint wo have an nhs..I-it" riuht to n.irt Mich laws as will tafiuar.l our ( itiz. iv-lip aaln-t contami t atlr, Jp.fl'i. rir from nr.y quarter of th ,l..;,v. Mor than this, the- Juty to preserve tn.! purity of the currents whhh ltaliy af X. 1 t th stan.Janl of our ltlz n-hip Is i-laln av,- lmptralivf. our natior. tl j-h'.y has al vr.ivs l.rn a r-roa-l ani .-r.. rous or.f. We :.ive -n h'iituMe to ail of thoo. born l.iie.tth aiit ii s-tiios -who dalre to come and in.ike tii i r h-m' i with Ii". anl for many 3 t-rs we hrp'.-il uj-.n tho.- .-ekir.K ud-j.-.i-H-m no -.:;Iiti.-.ns or 1 -frictions what f.i -r. Million froui ahroad have le n jid W d to our itiz ri.-hip and h tve partiri-att-d in the d.-Vvl'.p:n. r.t and upbuilding of fur Nation. In cmr aratlv-ly rtceiit years or.gri-?s has de-nud It a wise j.olicy to (I'.-orirninatc: nrd to exclude from all quar ters tho vicious, immoral and und'sir RhJe f dement? which would not add to the v.dl-behis; cf our society. The restricted c!a?.-es have hn n few. indeed. We have l:i.l a'lml'Mon to Idiot, insane persons, rauj er?. or p r.ns liable to become a pub lic charge, p. r?ons with a loathsome or ian-ri)U.i ror.t.i -tiou ilifoas. p'-r.-ons who l.ave bn ro:.iet-d f.f a tel. my or oth-r Infamous crirr.e or nüs.l in arw'T Involving rural turpitude. po! ami-t. assisted im n iterant.-, contract and Chinese lntorer. Th re were no r strict Ive laws prior to 170. except thos which prohibited coolie trade. "No one who Kives serious thounht to the r,'i stion will Insist that our present immi gration laws nre unduly restrictive. The xc!u.-ion of the elements indicatnl would tni to be dictated only by a wholesome "jard for our own welfare. Purin? the last draee tl.e total Immigration to the Vnited State? was .I.MH.lCt. During the year V. U'.Ul were add'd to our ;)Opulation frm ahro.td. or eti'mch to found a city r.carly two and a half Um- larger than the city of Indianapolis. Knoujjh are annually omir.K t. our sh rs to make a city larger than the city of Cincinnati, and nearly as lirire as th- combined cities of San Fran- ci.-eo, I'ortland and Seattle. KATE OF 1 MM IC, KATION. "At the. rate of our immigration for last year there will be added to our population In hlx yrars enough to found a State us larK and populous as the State of Indiana. This Immigration does not Include any ap preciable number c f Chinese, and the query naturally arises: "What would be the total annual Immigration with no restrictive laws af ru.irdintr th l'acltio coast against the mimis.-inn of Chines.-? For the most part thi immigrants who have come to us have t'-en intelligent, weil-ilispot d people, de-t-lru5 of buihJinx hom-s anions us, and of uniting their fortunes with ours In the full est degree. They come inainl of their own Volition. No others: are desirable. "For some years it has teen the policy of the Rovernment to eicluie Chinese labor rrs lrom a-lmission. This policy has found its txpressioti In treaties and in the stat utes of the United Statt:. Our treaty rela tions with the Chinese empire cover a period less than sixty years. Th titVt treaty was la 1MI. This was fiipersoded by the treaty of VI. Iter came the. treaty of 1. known as the Hurlingame treaty, by which was recognized the mutual rht of citizens and subjects of the two powers to migrate from nnn country to the other for the purpo.Ts cf curiosity, trade or perma nent residence. It was ugrted that each rvernmcnt should ly law make it a penal ffense for any one to take the subjects or itizens of either into the country of the ether without their free and voluntary consent, respectively. "President Hayes, on March 1, IST'J. In a ri'ssage to the Congress, called attention tjthw desirability of some modification of 'the liurlingame treaty. 'The lapse of ten 5 ears,' said he, 'since the negotiation of the ilurlir.game treaty lias exhibited to the no tice of the Chinese government, as well as to our own people, the working of this ex periment of immigration in great number? f Chinese laborers to this country, and their maintenance here of all the traits of race, religion, manners and customs, habi tations, mode of life, segregation here, and the keping up of the ties of their original liomo which stump them as strangers and t-ojourners. and rot as incorporated ele ments of our national life and growth. This experience may naturally suggest the re consideration of the subject as dealt with t)y the Hurlinsram? treaty, and ma:- propr py become th- occasion of more ciirct and circumspect recognition in renewed nego tiations of the difficulties surrounding this j'olitlcal Jind social problem, it may well be that to the apprehension of the Chine.se trovernrne nt. pu less than our own, the im- jle provisions of the Kurliname treaty may ned to replaced by more careful methods, s curing the Chinese? and our tclvea against a larger and more rapid in- TO-DAY'S WEATHER FORECAST. y'alr nnil Cooler In Northern Imllunn Mioer lit Southern. WASHINGTON, April 5. Forecast for Sunday fcr.i Monday: For Illinois and Ir.liana Fair ant cooler In r.crth; lowers in south portions on Sunday; flonday fair, with ct-ctr in south portions; fresh Wf.t to northwest n-;n(i. For Ohio Sh.-wt-rs tn s:tin-2ay. with hishr temperature; Mir..!ay ooter; fresh to brisk Bouta inJi cr. the !o-.v?r Pik?. Loenl fllisrnatioiis on Saturday. l'ar. Tj II. II. in. I. 'Weather. I're. T a. m :'. i N"w.Jt. Clear. C.k) f p. m 2? ?J 74 South. Lt. It. T Majilraum tsmrtrature, .; minimum tempera ture. 3. Cor:-, purst I v sratTnt ot t!:o mr.m tcn;pcra ture and t jt.il i :t-up;tu;i..ri on Aj nl Z: Ttmp. Vro. hernial M v.l. Jvparfjr . 3 -V.irtar. 1 :"- April 1 I i. LciTrture siru J in. 1 21- 1. W. T. id.VTIii;. Section Director. Sntnrduj Teniiertnre. Satlor.3. Min. ilax. 7 p. m. 'Abtlene. Tex s VmArlllo. Tex S ;5 Cairo. I'd f'i 6J C.Atta.oc.ga. T-r.n ;6 S Chicago 3S w -mein natt. o rs t) Concorlla. Kan 44 : f,.; lavfn?ert. Ia ft 5J 3nver. Ccl 42 TJ .t J Moinn, I a i 4 ; s Jjo-ige City. Kan s TS T'i J ub,:r;ui, U 42 2 H J'. l'i4. Te si J'crt :r.;th. Ark 4 yj Jrani Haven. MUh 4; 44 Ortnl Junctl' n. "o! 34 7J -; Kr.eM.t 'it. AIo 4 1-i f.; l.ar.itr. W .: ;i :,j J.!tl R'xV. Ark 4 7 7i Juiv;;ie. Ky 4-t i-; Mrorh:, Tern 4 7- S ;.!odeii.. L'th 2-i 7 J JCashvt'.le.. Trim 4 J 6J ,. Js' rth l'Utt-, Nvr . M ;.i klhv..nv. . T :. st - S' fnnah. Nh .. 4 t",i 2 Jrker.-lurr. W. Va "4 li :,i iitt.'Jurr. l'a 51 io uetlo. c'cl CS TS 70 F.ap! i ity. s. i :s :i fait Lake City H .-.4 t-t. I-'iii 4- ' mj ranta I. N M i 72 (, tlUnffU. Ill a t-"rrtn?:i-ld. f Tt n ickt uri. Mi l i 71 HOVEMENTS OF ST1IAMEHS. NKW YOItK. Arr!l :.-Arrive!; Clrnf Walderse. from Ii imburi?; Avisustä" Vic toria, from lifH'.-a; 1 Aquitaine, from Havre: St. Louiy. from Southampton and Cherbourg. ail-I: Mesab.i. for London; Jtomjolnn, for l!r?ow; ICet t rdam, for JlnttfT'l.tm, v!.i IV'iiln'; Umhrin, for Liv- rr(d: I-ihn for N.i;h-s and Genoa; Pa tricia, for Hamburg, via Plymouth and Cherbourg; Ii Pretagne, for Havre. HORTON". Arril 5. Arrived: Sylvania. from Liverpool and tJu--ntown; Sardinian, Xrom Cila.'gow, vi v Halifax. LIVHItrOOL. April 3. Arrived: Cam rania. from New York. Sailed; Saxonia, Xor New York. CHKRBOITKG. April 3.-Sai!ed: Philadel jfja. from Southampton, for New York. GENOA. April Z. Arrived: Ilohenzollern, from New York, via Naples. A NTtV K 11 P. April 5.-SalIed: Kensing ton, for New York. IiAVItK. April 5 Sailed: La Cham .cc, Xur New York. fusion of this foreign race thin our system of industry and fociety cm take up and ahfimilate with ease and s if ty.' "It bcame obvious in iwi that the Pa cific coat was In danger of Invasion from the densely joj ulitrd empire of China, and nur goernment was obliged to deal with the subject of exclusion, and the treaty of 1ji was agreed to. restricting the admission of Chinese laborers. This change in policy was dictated purely in the Interest of American labor and American rltizenyhip. Th tjhinee were jo unlike our own p-ople in tradition. In religion. In habits and cu--tnmi, that they would not assimilate with :f, and their admission in such vast and Increasing numlr? became a great men ace, and ws d-emed unwise. TItRATV NECnSSAUY. "It was perfectly evident that the. unre stricted admission of Chinese labor would inevitably result in a serious Inundation of the labor markets, and the inevitable tend ency would be to depress unduly the wages of American labor. The necessity for the treaty of l) waa declared in the preamble: Whereas, The government of the United Stats. because of the constantly increas ing Immigration of Chinese laborers to the territory of the I'nlted States, and the em barrassments consequent upon such immi gration, now desires to negotiate a modifi cation of the existing treaties which shall not be in direct contravention of their spirit. "The first article of the treaty was as fol lows: 'Whenever, in the opinion of the gov ernment of the United Staes, the coming of Chinese laborers to the United States, or their residence therein, affects or threatens to affect the Interests of th;it country, or to endanger the good erder of the said coun try er of any locality within the territory thereof, the government of China agrees that the government of the i'nlted State. may regulate, limit, or suspend such com ing or residence, but may not absolutely prohibit it.' "On April 4. 12, President Arthur, in re turning to Congress a bill with respect to Chinese e xclusion with his veto, because; he believed th measure to be violative of the national faith, among other things, said: 'Our Intercourse with China is of recent date. Our tirst treaty with that power is not yet forty years old. It is e.r.ly since we acquired California and established a great s at of commerce on the Pa ilic that we may be said to have broken down the bar riers which fenced in that ancient mon archy. The IJurlingame treaty naturally followed. "This treaty, it will be remembered, was concluded July 23. ISCs. and proclaimed Feb. 5. 171. 'Under the spirit which inspired it many thousand Chinese laborers came to the United States. No one can say that the country has not profited by tluir work. They were largely instrumental in con structing the railways which connect the Atlantic with the PaelHr. The States of the Pacific slope are full of evidences of their industry. Knterprlses. profitable r.like to the capitalist and to the laborer of Caucasian origin, would have lain dormant but for them. A time has now come when it Is Fup pos d that they are not needed, and .when it is thought by Congres-s and by those most acquainted with the subject that it is best to try and get along without them. There may, however, be other sections of the country where this speeies of labor may be advantageously employed without interfer ing with the labors of our -own race. In making the proposed experiment it may be the part of wisdom, as well as of good faith, to fix the length of the experimental period with reference to this fact. "In K4 the friction between our own citi zens and Chinese laborers became so acute that a further modification of our treaty relations was deemed essential. Tho Chi nese government expressed a desire, in view of the 'antagonism and much . deprecated disorders to which the presence of Chinese latiorors lias Riven rise in certain parts of the United States, to prohibit the emigration of such laborers from China to the United States. PROVISIONS OF Till: TREATY. "The provisions of tho treaty for the ex clusion of Chinese laborers are as follows: " 'Article I The high contracting parties agree that for a period of ten years, begin ning with the date of the exchange of the ratifications of this convention, the coming, except under the conditions hereinafter specified, of Chinese laborers to the United States shall be absolutely prohibited. 'Article II The preceding article shall not apply to the return to the United States of any registered Chinese laborer who i:as a lawful wife, child or parent in the United States, or property therein of the value of Jl.lMi. or debts of like amount due him and pending settlement. Nevertheless every such Chinese laborer shall, before leaving the United States, deposit, as a condition of his return, with the collector of customs of the district from which he departs, a full description in writing of his family, or property, or debts, as aforesaid, and shall be furnished by said collector with such certificate of his right to return under this treaty as the laws of the United States may now or hereafter prescribe and not in consistent with the provisions of this treaty; and should the written description aforesaid be proved to be false, the right of return thereunder, or of continued residence after return, shall in each case be for feited. And such right of return to the United States shall be exercised within one year from the elate of leaving the United States; but such right to return to the United States may be extended for an addi tional period, not to exceed one year, in cases where, by reason of slckn ss or other cruise of disability beyond his control, such Chinese laborer shall be rendered unable sooner to return, which facts shall be fully reported to the Chinese consul at the port oi uejiai iure, aim uy mm ccriineu, IO trie satisfaction of the collector of the port at which such Chinese subject shall land in the United States. And no such Chinese la borer shall lie permitteel to enter the United States by land or sea without producing to the proper officer of the customs the re turn certificate herein required.' "lt was further provided that 'The r o visions of this convention shall not .' rt the right at present enjoyed of Ch". - subjects, being orlicials. teachers, stut - i ,s merchants, or travelers for curiosity o" pleasure, but not laborers, of coming to tl United States and residing therein.' PENDING MEASURE CODIFICATION. "The pending measure is, in effect, a codi fication of existing laws and the rules and regulations which have been promulgated by the Treasury Department to carry such laws into effect. The rules and regulations have been suggested by experience in the enforcement of the exclusion laws. They have' been found necessary to give the laws effect, and to prevent the ingenious and syst matic efforts which have been made continually to evade them. The executive department has experienced gnat difficulty in circumventing the efforts which have been systematically made to secure the ad mission of prohibited classes. Organizations have been and are now maintained in China and the United States for the purpose of securing the admission of Chinese through )ur ports contrary to the letter and spirit of tho law. Fraud and bribery have been employed in every conceivable form to evade the law and the rules and regulations issued by the Treasury Department, and the vigilance of our officials has failed to exclude all that should have been debarred. The vast extent of our boundary line along the Canadian and ilexlcan borders, and the large profit to be made by the successful admission e.f the excluded classes, makes it exceedingly difficult for our officers to ex clude' all who should be denied admission. "It was made apparent to the committee that agencies are now established v.hich undertake, for a consideration of from J2o0 to JJ't per capita, to secure entrance into the United States of Chinese who are with in the prohibitions of the law. These rich inducements mako it necessary, in order that the policy of the United States with respect to Chinese exclusion may be made effective, that the laws should be carefully framed and made to meet the requirements e.f the. department charged with their en forcement. "Some of the provisions of the bill may seem to be unduly drastic, yet they are such only as experience has suggested. The-y are such in the main as are now found necessary to enforce existing law and to prevent its evasion. To those who respect and obey the law they will not seem burdensome; they will seem severe only to those who wish to nullify it and to secure the wrongful admission of Chinese for the large pro:lt which the nefarious traffic of fers. "It may seem to some that existing nile anil regulations were adequate and that lt was unnecessary to enact them into the form of a statute. Put experience has shown that they are not regarded by some officials with that respect which they have for the written law. and that they are too readily and easily set aside by those who are appointed to administer them. runrosE or a hill. The bill before us is not a departure from the vcell-settled and well-known pol icy of the government. It is a policy the full purpose anil scope of which is as well known in the Chinese empire as It is known in the United States. "It is with especial pride that we ioint to the fact that our labor Is better paid than the labor of any other country. Our effort has been to maintain a high wag scale, upon the generally accepted theory and belief that well-raid labor means bet ter citizens and a better country than w could rxssihly enjoy if wages were forced to a low standard. A low wage market is most undesirable. It is not in the interest of either capital or labor, and we phall fail in our duty if we shall open the way to the free admission of Oriental cheap labor, which will inevitably result in lower wages to our laboie rs. "The Chinese empire is teeming with a population of some ,'" of human be ings. With many It is a struggle for the barest necessities of life. It is a notorious fact that many of the people there live unon that which no decent American would wish one of his own countrymen to be obliged to subsist upon. The great Chinese ports are but twenty days from San Fran cisco. Portland ami Puget sound. Transpor tation facilities are ample, and the cost is moderate. The opportunities in this country are so much gre ater a nil more inviting than In China, that countless thousands would seek our shores were restrictions re moved. "The opportunities which this country af fords are very well known in China, and the agencies which are now s-o fruitful in devising means to evade existing laws would soon send her vast numbers to in vade our labor markets. NOTHING IMMORAL IX EXCLUSION. "There is nothing Immoral in our exclu sion of those who do not tend to elevate our civilization. On the contrary, we would be recreant to tho high trust committed to us if we should enter upon a policy of admis :don of vast numbers w ho must surely tend to bear it down. Our course is not dictated by any ill will toward the Chinese empire. We have but to recur to tho events of the past few years to find the amplest assur ance of American friendship for that great and venerable empire. When other nations sought her dismemberment and the distri bution ef htr provinces among the powers of the earth, the United States stood first and foremost in favor ot the preservation of her solidarity. We wish for China the most enlightened progress and prosperity, but our lirst duty is- to our own country. We wish to see our country grow in strength and power; not in numbers only, for we do not find in mere numbers our greatest national strength and chief glory. We find our chief pride in the character and quality of those who constitute the SO.OOO.WO of American citizens. "If numbers alona constituted the real strength of a nation, China would, indeed, be one of the strongest, one of the most puissant upon the face 'of the globe. "We value our broad fields, our great cities. They stimulate our pride, but above and beyond all that, as great and splendid as they are, we value our citizenship. It is, indeed, our chief glon. It means more to us. more to our children and to their chil dren, more to the future strength and maj esty of the Republic than all of the myriad material things which surround us. "A high order of citizenship is the chief end and aim of the Republic. We establisl schools and found universities that they may elevate our people to a higher and broader and better plane. We have a care for the humblest among us. We want men and women who are in love with our Insti tutions, and who will support and defend them, and transmit them unimpaired to posterity It has been a part of our national policy to gree t at our ports those from ev ery land who are assimilable with us. We have been actuated by no nativistic spirit. We have made them joint sharers with tis in the blessings ana opportunities with which a beneficent Providence has favored us; but we should not invite those who will pull down ami degrade our high standard. "We have heard much recently of the necessity for more land and for more terri tory. The vast plains of a few years ago have been largely occupied. Homes have been built and cities have been founded there. We read in the decennial census of our tremendous progress, ami the eye of prophecy can already see how soon the unoccupied places, comparatively small, will be required to accommodate our rap idly increasing numbers. "We mu.st not be too prodigal of our op portunities, or of our resources. "We may wej husband them for the future. Not for those of us who stand here to-day, but for those who shall follow us, and to whom we; owe a supreme duty. OUR FIRST CARE. "Our first care is to our own country and its citizenship, native born and foreign born alike. Our policy toward those of for eign birth, as I have hitherto said, Is a broad and generous one. So soon as an alien sets foot vipon our soil, every avenue, save one, is open to him, as it is open to the native born. The ways of trade and com merce, the professions and politics, are as free and open to him as to those who are born beneath our benignant skies. Being thus liberal, have we no rightful concern as to who is admitted? Is it of no concern to us whether or not we shall 'have in him the elements of gool citizenship? What were our country without its citizenship? Destroy it or corrupt it and our chief glory is gone. "Tho admission of cheap labor may, for the time being, stimulate enterprise upon the Pacific coast and elsewhere. It may ciuicken the wheels of commerce, already turning with greater rapidity than at any period in our history. It may, for the time being, promote the interests of capital, but 1 do not believe that in the long run lt will do so. I do not believe that there is a right minded and Intelligent citizen of the Re public who views the multiplied agencies for cheap production production with de creased labor who does not put the query to himself, 'What will be the result when we shall have a surplus of labor?' A sur plus of labor is in the nature of a calamity. We can conceive of no worse misfortune than a great country with labor unem ployed. A surplus in the labor market is one of the serious probabilities that often faces us. "That American labor Is displaced by the admission of Chinese labor, and that the opportunity of American labor is curtailed to the extent that Chinese labor is Intro duced, is obvious. It. may be said that the same is true with respect to the admission of European labor, but in the latter case we admit those from whose ancestors we are descended, ami who. speaking largely, are readily and fully incorporated into our American citizenship: while in the other case v e have no racial elements in common. They to not harmonize with us. Upon their admission they become an undigested and undigestlble mass. "The pending bill Is intended to carry into the public law as the policy of the United States, recognizee! in the Gresham treaty and sanctioned by the almost universal judgment of the people, the absolute ex clusion of Chinese laborers. It recognizes as entitletl to admission Chinese orlicials, teachers, students, merchants and travel ers for curiosity or pleasure, excepted by the terms of the Gresham treaty. "It has been found in the administration of the law that Chinese laborers have been smuggled into the country as belonging to the excepted classes, and it has become necessary to define such classes so as to prevent a gross abuse of the privilege. A SERIOUS OBJECTION. "A most serious objection to the admis sion of Chinese laborers is the general dis regard of the home relation, with all of Its humanizing and ennobling influences. Tha American home Is, indeed, the unit of the Republic. In the final analysis, great issues which cngago our attention from time to time, in fact the destiny of the Republic, are determined at the American fireside. Abolish the American home, and the days of the Republic are numbered. Immigra tion which ignores this great potential fact is a serious menace, and is not to be Oe sired. "The Immigrants who have so materially added to cur national strength have come mainly from those countries where the home and family relations are sacred, and they have built among us frugal and virtu ous homes whence wholesome influences have permeated the entire community. The home is. Indeed, the Nation's supreme de fense. Can you conceive that the Chines, who are excluded by the terms of the bill before the Senate, would erect homes throughout the country, as has been lone by the immigrants from the United King dom. France, Germany, Scandinavia and other European countries? "Competition letween American labor and Chinese labor is unequal. The two start in the contest upon an entirely different plane. The American laborer must have better clothes, better houses, better food. His wants are more thank God for that! anil they must be supplied. He Is to live and labor, educate his children, and his ashes are to repose here among his kin elred. "What he earns is to be ppent here among his own countrymen and not in some foreign lard. The Chinese laborers are not without points of merit. They are do cile, patient, and have remarkable power of endurance, but their necessities are few and easily satisfied. They are but human machines of the lowest order. They may. if ncd be, subsist upon what the American laborer throws away upon what we would b-: ashamed to see him obliged to live. upon. "The Republican party adheres to thr wholesome doctrine of protection against unfair competition with alien cheap labor, and the country itself is the amplest testi mony as to the wisdom of this policy. The admission of Chinese laborers whose condi tion Is so far below ours Is in flagrant vio lation cf the very principle and purpose of protection. If the Chinese would speedily rise to our standard the case would be dif ferent. But experience unfortunately dem- onstrates that they continue upon a lower plane, and' th inevitable tendency is to bring American labor to their undesirable level. Can it be possible that Amerl-an la bor and Chines labor can work side by side, the one receiving less than the other In wages and subsisting uporr much less than the other? It follows as night the day that the. lower paid and lower fd wiil cause his higher paid and better fed com petitor to come down to his unfortunate condition. Against this we enter our pro test. We do it from no ungenerous motive toward the Chinese empire; we do it out of national self-respect and in our national self-interest, and no one can justly chal lenge the wisdom of our policy. SELF PROTECTION. "We enter upon no denunciation of th Chinese empire or upon any wholesale ar raignment of her subjects. There are Chi nese scholars of renown, statesmen of ability, merchants of honor and sagacity, but they are not of the classes which are so unattractive to us. "We exclude contract laborers from all countries. No contract laborer, whether from the United Kingdom or any country In continental Europe or elsewhere, is per mitted to enter the gates at Ellis island. The exclusion of Chinese laborers, whether under contract or not, is dictated solely by the same motives and in tho interest of American labor and of American civiliza tion. "Some question has arisen rs to whether the law should operate beyond the term of the Gresham treaty of 1514, it being sug gested that the present bill should termi nate with the expiration of that treaty. The sixth article of the treaty provides that 'This convention shall remain In force for a ieriod of ten years, beginning with the date of the exchange of ratifica tions, and if, six months before the expira tion of said period of ten years, neither gov ernment shall have formally given notice of its tinal termination to the other, lt shall remain in full force for another like period of ten years.' "It thus will be seen that unless one or the other of the hiuh contracting parties shall elect to terminate the treaty and notify the other to that effect six months before the expiration of the period of ten years, the treaty will continue in full vir tue and effect an additional decade. So, whether the treaty shall terminate In ll4 will depend upon the fact as to whether either of the powers parties thereto shall denounce it at the end of the first ten years. "The pending measure is not In contra vention of the terms of the treaty, and it is not necessary that a time limit should now be fixed. If enacted into law it will be in force so long as Congress wills and no longer. The Congress may repeal it when ever it deems that the public welfare shall so require. It may allow It to stand upon the statute books until Dec. 7, 1!01 (when the treaty may be terminated in the dis cretion of either power), or for an addi tional period of ten years, the extreme limit of the treaty, or longer as It shall deem best in the national interest. During the continuance of the Gresham treaty it cannot be said to contravene any of our in ternational obligations for It but gives force and effect to the provisions of the treaty. CHINA'S ATTITUDE. "Our policy of the exclusion of Chinese laborers has been maintained so long, and the reasons for its maintenance are so well known to the Chinese empire, and are as cogent now as ever, that it is entirely prob able that that great power will deslro that the treaty shall continue for the maximum term of twenty years. If lt shall be thought after the expiration of the treaty that our exclusion policy should not rest alone upon an act of the Congress, then, In advance of the expiration of the treaty, a supplemental or additional treaty may be negotiated by the two governments, which shall fully acknowledge the right of the United States to maintain In full force the policy em bodied In existing treaties and laws. "If there bo any Just apprehension that the Gresham treaty will be denounces! by the Chinese empire in K'04, and that, in con sequence, the measure before the Senate there-after may be in derogation of anv treaty obligations, we may assume that the executive department, upon which the duty of negotiating treaties devolves tmde-r the Constitution, will take nil necessary and timely steps to negotiate a treaty which shall sanction the right of the Con gress of the United States, without breach of the national faith, to deal in its wisdom with the subject of the exclusion of Chinese laborers from the United States and all ter ritory within its jurisdiction. "The necessity of an early enactment of the pending measure is urgent. On Mav 5 I next the act approved May 5, 1$:2. known I as the Geary law, and which continued in force the thm existing laws, will expire, and the executive department will be with out the requisite authority and power to debar from admission the Chinese whose exclusion is so essential in the interest of the laborers of the United States upon the Pacific coast and elsewhere. "Mr. President, that the Congress has the most plenary power to enact into law the bill before us there can be no doubt, for the i nower to exclude undesirable nlnn I Inherent attribute of national sovereignty. Our laws with respect to the exclusion of Chinese laborers should be stringent, and they should be so administered that they will be effective. This is in the mutual in terest of the United States and the Chinese empire, for it will avoid inevitable friction and discontent and the disturbance of those friendly relations which always have sub sisted and which now happily exist between the two great powers." Di:n.vTK ix tiii: iiorsn. 3Ir. Ilrick, of Indlnmi, Spenk in Fn vor of CIilneHe Exclusion. WASHINGTON, April 5. The Chinese ex clusion bill was under consideration in the House throughout to-day, general debate being closed. Without exception the speeches were favorable to rigid exclusion and" expressed the feeling of repugnance to the Chinese. Mr. Kahn, of California, the author of the bill, was gratified during the day at reaching an understanding by which most of the amendments proposed by the Pacific coast people will be accepted by the committee. This probably will lead to the withdrawal of the minority bill and the passing of the majority measure. The only amendment at issue is on tho sailors' clause and this, by agreement, is to be sub mitted to a vote. Mr. BflcK, of Indiana. In his speech, re ferred to the contaminating influence of the Chinese and to the necessity as a means of self-preservation and of self-defense of excluding the Chinese. Bills were passed to authorize the West ern Bridge Company to construct a bridge across tho Ohio river at Allegheny City, Pa., and to authorize the Kansas Citv, Northeastern Ac Gulf Railroad Company to construct a bridge across the Missouri river at Parkville. Mo. Mr. Tayler, of Ohio, from the committee on elections, presented the report on the Horton-liutler contested election case from the Twelfth Missouri district, which de clared the seat vacant. The minority were given three weeks in which to file their views. Horse Thief to De Tried for Murder. COLUMBUS. O., April 5. Ben Wade was released from the penitentiary to-day, after serving eighteen months for horse stealing, and was immediately rearrested and taken to Toledo by the sheriff of Lncas county. Wade will be tried for complicity in the murder of the Sullivan sisters at Toleeio a number of years ago. The murder, which was committed for the purpose of robbery, was a most brutal one. Wade was the leader of a notorious gang of horse thieves that operated In northwestern Ohio and was sent to the penitentiary by Ben Landis, a member of the gang turning State's evidence. Wade now claims that Landis was the leader of the gang that killed the Sullivan sisters and says he is willing to tell all he knows about it. Landis is In jail in Darke county under indictment for robbery. Colnrovc's Condition Serious. ST. PAUL. April 5. Prof. F. A. Colgrove. of the State University of Washington, who cut his throat with a razor while on the way to the city on a delayed tireat North ern train, continues In a serious condition at the City Hospital. His mental condition is alarming, and he is violent at times. His wife Is expected In St. Paul to-morrow from Hamilton, N. Y. It is proposed to keep Mr. Colgrove at the hospital until he is in a conditoin to proceed to his home in the East. Lieut. Ashnrldife' Hotly Itrcnvrred. DETROIT, Mich., April 5. The body of Second Lieutenant William Ashbridge, Fourteenth United States Jnfantry, who was drowned in Detroit river Thursday, to gether with First Lieutenant Howard S. Avery, was recovered to-day. The river is being dragged for Lieutenant Avery's body, A Sherman Ciranlte nrcnphagn. MANSFIELD. O.. April 5. The executors of the estate of the late Senator John Sherman have placed, an order for -a mas sive sarcophagus on the Sherman lot in the Mansfield Cemetery'- It will be of Rhode Island granite, eighteen by eljht feet at the base and will weigh thirty tons. PENNVILLE BANK ROBBED JAY COINTV IMUVATi: INSTITUTION LOSES aiOllK T1IAX $3,KX. nnililins DamitKnl nnl Safe "Wrecked o Clew to tlie Thieves Clny lool Snane'ct Arrestee!. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PORTLAND, Ind.. April 5. The Bank of Pennvllle, at Pennville, Jay county, twelve miles from Portland, was burglarized at an early hour Saturday morning, the cracksmen escaping with their booty, this amounting to ?3,? without leaving the least tangible clew behind. The work evi dently was done by professionals. The Hall safa containing the currency was blown, the three doers being forced open, the ex plosion which wrecked the inner one being so severe as to throw fragments cf the door through the front of the bank build ing. Following the explosion, the robbers quickly ransacked the safe and escaped with the loot. The explosion was heard by some of the people who live near the bank, but not a great deal of attention was paid to it. The burglary was about, it Is supposed. 3 o'clock In the morning, but lt was not known until three hours later. T. J. Cartwright, a resident of Pennvllle, camo out of his home about 6 o'clock and noticed that Lee Bowmen's blacksmith shop, just across the street from where he lives, was open. lie walked over and saw that some nocturnal visitor had been there. Just then John S. Emmons, cashier of the Bank of Pennville, came down the street, and Mr. Cartwright called his attention to tho fact, and suggested that something might bo wrong at the bank, knowing that cracksmen often obtain their heavy tools at some shop. Mr. Emmons hurried over to the bank, and his first glance told the story. The front of the building had been punctured by the flying pieces of steel, and the whole place was In confusion. The bank building Is a frame structure, about forty by twtnty-two ftet, and two stories high, the bank occupying the lower room. Entrance to lt had been obtained by plac ing a crowbar under one of the rear win dows and prying upward, thus breaking the fastenings. There are two safes in the bank, one a Mossier and the other a Hall, the latter containing the money and tiie former books and papers. It was to tho Hall safe that the cracksmen turned their attention. Each safe weighs about 7,0"') pounds. The dial on the outside door had been knocked off, so that the combination could be successfully manipulate!; then the sec ond door, one cf sheet steel, was drilled through and the lock forced off. The third tloor, which has a time lock on it, was forced next. The door was drilled, nitro glycerin poured in. and the heavy mass of steel blown open by the use of a fuse. Mr. Emmons and others who were first on the scene found a sledgehammer, crow bar, cold chisel and a drill. All of these had been vtaken from the neighboring blacksmith shop of Leo Bowman, with the exception of the drill. Near by was also a cake of coap, which was used to fill the cracks around the safe doors. The books of the bank were gone over as speedily as possible, the discovery being made that the robbers had got away with about Quite a little money perhaps two hundred elollars in all was found scattered on the bank lloor, this being mostly in fractional coins. In the safety vault, where the cur r-ncy was kept, and which was opened by the explosion, were fragments of a number of bills of large denomination fifties and the like practically burned up. The Moss ier safe was untouched. All of the loss is covered by insurance, the. bank carrying l'y) on deposits in the Fidelity and Cas ualty Company of New York and $.sOO on the safe. The bank Is a private financial Institu tion, the stockholders being- A. C Lupton. of Hartford City: Mrs. Adelma Lupton. of Pennville; Mrs. W. C. Horn, of Pennvllle, and Orier F. Gemmill, of Pennville. The bank carried deposits to the extent of $110, (, but kept its government bonds and val uable papers in tho Blackford County Bank at Hartford City, and its surplus In that bank and the People's Bnnk of this city. It hardly ever carried over $5.000 In cash. Notice of the robbery was sent to all the surrounding towns. Communication was also established with those Interested in the institution. This accomplished, little could be looked after until the arrival of A. C. Lupton. of Hartford City, who arrived a little after 9 o'clock, having with him sev eral thousand dollars in currency. Upon receipt of this business, so far as paying out money was concerned, was resumed. A'ehriiNkti Dank Ilolibed. BEATRICE, Neb., April 5.-The State Dank at Ruskin, Neb., was robbed of $20) in cash and a bundle of notes last mid night. The burglars, supposed to bo five in number, gained entrance to the bank by prying up a window and then opening the f?-nt doors of the building. Holes were ilrilled in the doors of the safe and charges of nitroglycerin exploded. The explosion blew both doors off and made access to the money box easy. A number of citizens who attempted to prevent the escape of the men were ordere! back at the muzzle of revcl vers. Four men were arrested this after noon at Geneva, one .of whom has been identified as having been in Ruskin yester day. Another Sunpect Under Arrest. WARSAW, Ind., April 5. Joseph F. Brown, a saloon keeper of Fackerton, Kos ciusko county, was arrested by Sheriff Smith and brought to the jail here to-night Brown is charged with being one of the men who attempted to rob the Kinsev Pank, at Claypool, on Thursday morning. He Is the second suspect now in jail here on that charge, the other being Ernest R. Hall, of Markle, Ind. den. I,cf Xot Seeklnnc Cnban Mianion. CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va.. 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