Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-22

Amendment WAS tnAt winch sIikcb oul
tho FREQ coinage feature Of the House bill
and inserts the provision limiting coinage
Of tho silver dollar and providing that any
gain arising from that coinage shall b
paid into the Treasury. II was c%oncurred
in-yess 203, nays IL. The next vote wa
on the third amendment, providing for an
international silver conference. and II was
agreed to-yeas 1876, nays II.
Tbs next vote was on tho fourth Senate
amendment authorizing tho issue Of GER
tiicates In exchange for silver coin. II
was agreed 10 without division. The 9th.
or amendments were simply formal and
were agreed 10 without division.
Tho bill now goes 10 the President for
his approval.
John Chinamsn's Defense.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 2i.-The session Of
the House Committee on Education and
Labor to-day was wholly devoted 10 hear.
ing tho remainder Of Joseph Kcnncdy's
~prodigiOusly long argument on the Chi.
nose question. He denied that Chinese
labor In this country Is servile or invol'
untary. The Mongolisn immigrants. no
said were under contracts to repay their
passage money and TO work for less than tho
ruling rates for those who had advanced II,
but many white people had done the same
snIns .I.nou' uc,ns
nc ihstAhced hmerieAns who hsu sono "
0AhIornlA anu ~ cs,.y ny un'
uei cohsIsce WIN ~. : A1,no mat psWaH.s
snip company ana inc rAn.mA ia'IIv,u
company ana saia tno oniy no r,ta
ainetence oetween .nen' Auu W.. u S,inese
IN this par.lcuiIl Wa ,,.,s,,.., .,'.in aom'
nsd more sc,uPuIous'y 'uii,I.u sen @
uAcs. nc .h.n msuo 49,. a.
ment 70 NOV 'nA' W. Nv h.s'V 4, az
mving oneapcr ~ .nu,ai, az 1l.,in,sL'
Essterh sl,,es ahu s'.,,o a.1nasn - nLi
90 COST l I',ns sno mni.s Siaa
nese iaoor anu inuus.ry: slusis'ou, siso,
hat white lAoorcrs IN oaiiiorhIA, VINO Aro
now receiving 20 pei cent. less Wages thAn
formerly can nevertheisss ivezo per cent
cheaper. he said CAihorniA Iast yea, OK
ported loO,OoO hides anu large qnAntiies
OF leather. while ~ the same 'inio sno Im,
ported iis,ooo packages :, ooou snl
shoes u iarse quahtiues oi c.hu,e. Anu
soap, etc., AL OF which mower Inss 'ne,e
10 still Don Tor . In California. az
next quoted from The Nan Francisco Nat
iefiH . comparative statement showing that
In many trades higher wages are paid In
California than In the Atlantic States but
Willis and Haskell. two Of the members OF
| tho COMMITTEES, exposed tho fallacious na-
ture Of his intended argument by remark.
ing that the higher California wages men,
toned seemed to be In mechanical work
| and skilled labor OF certain descriptions
| with which the Chinese had not yet been
brought into competition.
Luttrell also informed tho committee
that 1000 white men In San Francisco had
offered 10 work for tho Central Pacific Rail.
road Company Immediately In response 70
Us dve,tsemeh' 'or i'''' 'he"A
Kennedy said II was not true that 1000
men had been thus employed tho first or
SeIona oi u it !, ~ .,ov /, N n.
fact. have iiyedin California for twenty.
Ave years, and ! speak for the people. l
am NOT psiG Iysn, " "'
Rannady-Nor do I belone IN sny ssso.
an 49, 20 v%io,s,a an. I.wsof ,ba
I,st.e, s,.,oS .rJ IN Jr,ve Chimes frnm
.ra s=onn,rv
A9 .n.ii.oro,,o Al. ~i,s,,,.,io, and
nn.n - Aha .omwi,s.a ra.,orsJ
tns cn.mn = V.noann 20, e.
oruer' I,Ip a.ai.iuaS. ma
more s W snn 20, .a.I.Saj ,h.t mi.
senuemm ~ r.,iyorr,s !. ha.cJ on soma.
.suinn a.. ,Ssn ,ha in.,s,cicnt nrice N
,.hus,s pa than ono,eJ largely from
.,.,ar,s,t. msao Inv Colonel Hollister.
Co,onsI Colby N Butto county. ID. O.
Mir. and oiber omployers OF Chinese
cha.n i,Ior. ali prsl,inu Chinamen i'm en-.
trrmrly high terms for industry, faithful.
ness and general excellence, and all taking
the ground ths' 10 exclude MongollaLs
.n,a.d sn.nei.I md business deprcs.
sion, and lead to general bank.
ruptey. lie ALSO quoted a long iet,
GI Iroh ~n'in..,,. Min. h, ,ha limited
St.tes new ani variable ideas, and that
-. can learn from them tea culture, silk
m.nuisc,uro and the boarded secrets Of
~sgriculture. besides many other things too
nnmerous IN mention, Kennedy insisted
FRAT testimony Of osrnest. good men like
thcse. tooetbcr with similar expressions OF
bonest. Religious men and students Of
p%oiiticsi like Professors vii.
iisms and Loumis, DR.. Otis Gibson aud
BenIsmin q, Brooks should be considered
AZ. .o.. .,h., ,an.