Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-07-03
CALIFORNIA REPRESENTATIVES INTERVIEW
THE PRESIDENT ON THE CHINESE
QUESTION.
His Sympathy is with Them.
RESTRICTION OF CHINESE IMMI-
GRAFTON.
Anderson Again Recalled to Testify,

Anderson Again Recalled to Testify.
WASHINGTON, July 2.
Senator Sargent and Representative
Page, and Horace Davis, conformity called
at the Executive Mansion yesterday, for
the purpose of promoting prompt action
on the part Of the President in the matter
Of the negotiations recommended by Con-
gress to provide for the restriction of Chi
nese immigration. They had a brief but
satisfactory conversation with the Presi-
dent, in the course of vhich he again ex-
pressed his cordial sympathy with the
prevalent California view of this subject,
and illustrated his comprehension Of its
gravity by incidentally remarking that he
had no doubt that the presence Of 10000
Cinnamon in any Eastern city, such as
Cincinnati, for instance, would lead to
great distress among the white working
men, and very seriously endanger not only
the prosperity but the peace Of the com
munity. He was, therefore, not surprised
at the state of feeling in San Francisco
and elsewhere on the Pacific Coast, but he
earnestly hoped that it would be kept with
in the bounds of respect for the law and
good order, for the reason, even if there
were no others Of greater moral force,
that outbreaks or violations Of treaty obi
cations would manifestly embarrass the
success of the efforts to provide
q remedy for the admitted evils.
The President, in conclusion, promised
that through the medium of the Secretary
of State, he will promptly ask the Chinese
government to consent to some such
amendment of the treaty as would of itself
restrict Monaghan immigration to the
United States, or otherwise leave Congress
l., 4nIx~ froa II Cv1nb rcofptrttxo
laws as both Houses may deem necessary.
Sergeant, Davis and Page then proceeded
to the State Department, and had a long
interview with Secretary Evarts, who ex-
pressed himself in entire sympathy and
accord with their wishes. He was sur
prised that Congress had not already taken
direct and positive action to check the i'm
migration to our shores OF the u~nconvert-
ed millions of Chinese aliens who were at
| liberty to transport their uncongenial hab-
its and institutions to our sparsely popu-
lated States and Territories, and remain
there an unassimilating and pernicious
| element in our body polite, and he was
not only willing, but periodically DESTROYS
to aid in erecting proper barriers against
this threatening incursion. The Califor-
mans explained to him that they had en-
countered great difficulties in their en-
| deavors to obtain legislation, owing to the
pressure of business, indifference, ETC.,
and to the failure of many East
ern members to perceive that Congress
| had constitutional power to override q
treaty, and to the belief of many others
that, although the constitutional powers
exist, it should not be exercised until the
treaty negotiations previously fail they
therefore looked to the Executive Depart
ment to make q timely and earnest effort
to procure the consent of the Chinese Gov.
eminent to what otherwise must, and in
their belief will be done by Congress next
winter, regardless of the existing treaty
obstacle. Secretary Evarts assured them
| that he would lose no time in preparing to
| give instructions on the subject to Min
lister Seward, verbally, in case that diplo'
| matte officer, who is believed to be en-
route for Washington, arrives here in sea
son to convey them promptly on his re-
turn to China, and that if his visit to
Washington is delayed, the instructions
will be communicated by letter to oul
| charge d affairs at Pekin. Secretary
Evarts, in p to a suggestion that
| Minister Stewards personal views on this
| question are understood to be somewhat
a~ntagonistic to the California statement
| remarked that his instructions would BIZ
such rs to leave him no option in the mat
ter. 1t may be mentioned, in this con
nection, that Assistant Secretary Seward
was present during the greater part Of the
above described interview, and as upon
previous occasions, showed himself to bt
in intelligent sympathy with the move.
ment for restricting Chinese immigration
The Potter Committee to-day recalled
Thomas C. Anderson, who testified thai
he did not see any one sign the certificate
Of TIE electoral vote while in the Govern.
or's Office at New Orleans. That Mrs,
jerks, pleading the poverty Of her mother,
asked him to appoint her brother, A.. r,
Murdoch, to a place in the custom-house
The witness promised to do something fol
him this month, but has not yet. Muir
dock has had a letter from Senator Kellogg
for some time requesting witness to dc
something for him. A long examination
of the witness, regarding the operations Of
the Returning Board, elected nothing new.
In reply to Gen. Huntoon, the witness
said the Returning Board, as q body, never
attempted TO fill q vacancy with Demo
Gratis. He had spoken to Mr.. Smith, al
present q reporter on the New Orleans
Democrat, about accepting an appoint
ment on the board, but he refused; never
knew Of the board having asked Smith;
never heard 1t stated by any member OF
the board that the presence Of q Democrat
was undesirable. The witness, in reply to
Mr.. Cox, said he had heard that Daniel
Weber was killed because he had signed
his protest; never heard that he was killed
As Judge Campbell had testified, because
he was supposed to have had the Sherman
letter on his person.
Gold In the IA Paw Mountains.
NEW YORK, July Q.
The Times Bismarck special says: News
q week old from the Bear Paw mountains
represent wi gulches with gold, and two
mining districts organized with Recorders.
The latest discovery is Of placer mines, the
bonanza yielding as much as $50 already.
Nearly every man in Benton has gone out;
it Is q regular craze; there are men here
from the Hills going up.
Democrats Acknowledge that they
Have Numbered.
New YORK, July 2.
The Tribune commenting on its Wash
ington special says: The leading Demo-
Gratis now acknowledge having blundered
in a~rraigning Secretary Sherman and
General Noyes in name in the Potter reso-
lutions. Tie faiIure of tho case acainat