Speech #470007257

There has come to be an impatience upon the Pacific coast that he is trying to parry here. There has come to be an outcry on the Pacific coast that there are hundreds and thousands of Chinese coming to that shore under unrestricted treaty stipulations. which mnst be stopped. and yet the Senator standshere and tells the people of California that rather than have a democratic Secretary of the Senate displaced he will let them come and bring all the evils they please. He knows that so far as any prospective restrictions are concerned. he could stop the influx in an hour if he did not care more for a democratic Secretary of the Senate than he does for all the Chinese on the Pacific coast. for all the outcry against Chinese emigration upon that coast. and for all his desire to ameliorate the condition of his people.. Sir. he will have to answer to his people for choosing between a democratic Secretary of the Senate and such treaty stipulations as he desires. He will have to answer that. He will have to answer their question: "Why did you not elect as the Senate desired the Secretary it pleased. and then go to the consideration of those treaty matters which are of such vital interest to us ?" He will have to answer. why he chose to cling to a democratic Secretary of the Senate and let all the evils of Chinese immigration roll over his State. That is one question he will have to answer. and the other question he will have to answer is this: " When for two long months you had the power. when there was no question of whether a democratic Secretary of the Senate should continue in power or not. when there was nothing in the way. why did you not secure for us on the Pacific coast that which is dearest to us and that which is of more consequence to us as we understand it than the question of all the officers of the Senate of the United States ?" This is the language that will cone up to him when he goes back to his constituents. "Do you understand that when you had the power for two long months you did your duty by not raising your voice for action in the Senate of the United States upon that which is of such consequence to us? Do you understand that afterward you got up in the Senate of the United States in open session time and again and told us and the country that you would stand by a democratic Secretary of the Senhte till the crack of doom whatever might be the consequence to us on the Pacific coast. and that you have indulged in dilatory motions and have made half of them yourself. when you have been told by the Senate that if you would forego them onehalf hour you could have all the action desired by and most dear to us ? " These are questions that the Senator will not answer. and now at this late hour. coming in at the death. coming in at the last chance. 1e utters this dying malediction upon the Senate itself. when he has had it in his power to have accomplished all long since.