Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-12-14
Morning elegrams.
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MoJAvE, Dec. 13.-Mrs s +
Smith, Master G. Tilden, Mrs p X
Rodgers. Miss Griffith. F Griffith,
P Griffith, Mrs Jasynski, Max
Mey berg, Rosalie Meyberg. Il u
knight, D Farquharson, Mrs H
To m pkins, Mrs NJ f Brighton and
family, w II Conn, sc Truman,
VIC Furrey, @ e White. f Con.
ley, D Denman, 8 b King, Chas
RO,s, G Behrend,, e Woolrich, H
Pooler, D H Gilman, ii Ray.
mond.
a Libci suit Agni"st = fck eri"g and
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. ia
complaint was sworn out in the
Police Court yesterday br VIM. l..
Reed against LUring Pickering,
George X. Fitch aud A. f. T..
Worley, charging them with the
publication of libellous matter con.
cerning the conduct of complain
ant Ms one of the Jurors in the re
cent Placerville liuel suits against
the Chronicle. Bonds were filed in
the sum of 81 900 each.
The -Q"vension.
SACRAMENTO, Dec. 13.--Conven-
ton met at $3.50.
Winans presented an article
from the Committee on Edu-
cation. .z
Ewing presented memorial
from citizens of San BernardlnU
against prohibiting the Legislature
from making appropriations in sup.
port of orphan asylums.
After long discussion the Con-
vention adopted u resolution by
Webster changing the rules limit
Ing delegates to fifte-n.minutp
speeches except the Chairman OF
Committees opening debate.
The Convention Indefinitely
postponed the motion offer. d by
Barnes to take from the table his
resolution setting apart 81 900 from
the Convention fund for the pay
ment of attaches.
On motion Of Miller, the Con,
vention went into Committee of
the Whole on the article on Chi
nese, the pending question being
Barnes's substitute.
Vandyke was the first speak 2
He asserted that no greater curse
could be inflicted upon California
than the presence of Chinese; new
ertheless he viewed the treaty as
the supreme law of the land. Van
dyke quoted from Madison In sup
port of his proposition.
Brown, of rulare, argued In favor
of testing the right Of the State to
exclude Chinese.
Reynolds, of San Francisco, ap.
proved the substitute by Barnes on
tthe ground that If the State bad
the right to prevent the Chine ,e
from landing, it had no power to
deport them.
Estee announced his intention OF
supporting the 1-t aud Sd sections
Of .he article reported by the Com.
.ni,tee. He believed the cry
1.-The Chinese must gon had re-
suited In great injury to the cause.
The proper cry woull be "The
Chinese shall not come" In con.
sonance with that view he would
support section 4, prohibiting Chi
nese immigration, amended so as
to make it general and Include all
aliens not eligible to citizenshi o.
Congress considered the race un.
fit for citizenship 1t was good req
son for preventing its members
from coming here. ,-,.
Capron, of Sacramento, submit.
ted that 1t would not be wise ir
framing the Constitution to array
the timid and over-conservative
against the instrument by inserting
anything which may be regarded
as u defiance of the Federal Gov
ernment.
Barnes asked the consent OF tht
Convention to change the wore
"Mopgolian" to "Chinese," bu
objection was raised. -. ~s
Ayers, in support Of che change
said that, accordlng to leading
ethnolovists, the word mongoiiai
included North Americans.
A substitute to section !. al
offered by B,rnes, was defeated
under viva uooe vote.
On reading Section 2, Terry of
fered substitute to read. no corpo
ration now existing or hereafte
formed under the laws Of thi
State shall, after the adoption n
this Constitution, employ an.
Chinese or Mongolians. The Leg
islature shall pass such laws a
may be necessary to enforce thi
at 's,on.
se.}, df 22u Rr2 ncisco, mad
.ssas spaeea in th5 Convention
re'aa1ega erguEuHr against tn
tlli 41f
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