Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-12-11
LAST NIGHTS NEWS.
Especial to the HERALD by the Western
Union Telegraph Company.
Pacific Coast News.
rha. Preclou. Convention.

That Precious C0avensinn.
SACRAMENTO, Dec. 10th.-The
Convention met at $3.50 A. NJ.
Condor and Welleu presented
memorials in favor of lien law
clause in the Constitution.
Bowling offered resolution that
three delegates be sent at once to
Washington to lay before the Pres
ident and Congress the true aspect
Of the Chinese question, in order to
obtain immediate legislation on
the subject.
Crouch moved to lay the resolu-
tion on the table. Carried.
Wyatt, of Monterey, offered a
resolution that the Congressional
delegation be requested to obtain the
passage of a law reducing the price
of public lands within the railroad
limits to bona fide settlers to 81 %
per acre for homestead purposes;
second, to obtain the passage of a
law restoring to presumption and
to homestead all lands within the
forfeited railroad grants of this
State. Laid over one day.
The Convention went into Com
mittee of the Whole on tho article
on Chinese immigration.
Beefstecher obtained the floor,
arguing that there was full power
within the State to prohibit Chi
nese immigration. Klein, of San
Francisco, here delivered a speech
which, it is understood, he has
been for weeks preparing. He
spoke for three-quarters of an hour
upon the evils attendant on Chi
nese immigration.
Barbour next took the floor. He
maintained that the people of Cali
fornia had right to regulate their
own internal affairs.
At 1890 the Committee reported
progress and the usual recess was
taken.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Convention re-assembIed at 2
o'clock.
Barbour asserted that until the
Chinese are expelled there will be
an irrepressible conflict in this
country conflict between the
white and Mongolisn races. He
concluded by appealing to the
Convention to put something in
the Constitution which should aid
in remedying the Chinese evil in
California.
The verbal amendment to section
one, as proposed by Ayers, was
then agreed to.
Joyce offered as substitute for
the section clause making it the
duty Of Mayors of cities and Super.
visors Of counties, after the lst of
May, 1880, to see that no Mongoli.
ans be allowed to reside within the
limits Of their respective jurisdic-
tlons, and further making 1t i'm.
perative upon the Governor to use
all the power of the State to assist
the Mayors and Supervisors In en-
forcing the provisions of tile Sec
tion.
Barton, of Humboldt, and
Wickes, of Nevada, made lengthy
speeches against the evils OF the
presence of the Chinese, after
which the previous question was
moved and negatived; and, under
the ruling of the Chair, this carried
section one over until tomorrow.
On section 2, which provides that
incorporated companies shall for
felt their franchises and charters If
employing foreigners not capa BILE
Of naturalization, Bert, OF Placer,
to amend by changing the
section to all companies employing
not having declared their |
Intention to become citizens. Bert
stated that the amendment was
necessary because the courts in the |
States were admitting the |
Chinese to citizenship.
Rolfe preferred using the word |
Mongollan In the section, because
he mining companies might have
% employ persons from England or
France. II the amendment by
Bert was adopted such companies
would, under those circumstances,
orfeit the franchise. The amend.
nent by Burt was negatived, and
rDonnell offered a further am end.
nent combining the operation Of
he section to the Chinese. This
7as also defeated.
Beerstecher submitted q substi.
ute requiring all persons Of foreign
irth, not citizeus, to obtain certifi-
ates before they are allowed to
'ork In the State and excluding
hinese from receiving such certif.
,ates.
Shoemaker offered another propo-
tion prohibiting incorporated
from employing subject
the Emperor Of China under pen