The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-03-23


Senator JONES of Nevada has already
made known his purpose TO revive the
Fifteen Passenger BILL SO amended as to ault
Mr.. HAYES.
On examining Mr.. HAYEs's recent mes
sage, to see what encouragement 1t might
hold out for n second anti-Chinese crusade,
We find that his essay began as follows;
"Thc bill asst was sent to the from the House
dReprcscutatycs was confined IN Its provisions to no
object named IN It, title, which Is that Of An act to Re
st let Immigration Chinese to the United states
The bill as amended in the senate and now pre-
sned TO me includes an indie pendent aud additional pro
vision which at AMI requires the abroSa
ton by this Government articles and Of The treaty
with China
II is certainly true that in the sharp con-
trast thus drawn and emphasized in what
follows, between the bill as it entered the
Senate and the bill as II left the Senate,
there is color for Senator JoNEs's theory
that HAYES objections apply TO the final
rather than to the original form Of the
measure. When we find the message going
OH to attack almost exclusively that new
section Of the bill, added by the Senate,
which enjoins Mr.. HAYES to notify China
that two sections OF the treaty are abro-
gated by Congress, it becomes plain that we
may thank Mr.. HAYEs's peculiar faculty OF
hdecisive decision for the prospective re-
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tifteen-Passenger bill will be, it is under
stood, brace Of resolutions, one asking Mr.
HAYES to negotiate with Great Britain for the
suppression Of all illegal cody emigration
from Hong Kong, and the other directing
Mr.. EvARrS to find out and report whether
II Is true, as alleged. that under a Chinese
peOnage system, bOndmen are brought into
this country by the Six Companies to work
out their debt liens.
These resolutions require no prolonged
debate In the Forty-sixth Congress. They
concern subjects proper TO inquire about.
and that ought to have been inquired about
long ago, without waiting for Congressional
urgency. Nearly all the Chinese immi-
grants come from district lying around
Hong Kong, so that it is high time, instead
OF insulting the Chinese Government by
treaty violation, 10 learn how much Of the
passenger trade from this British port is Of
q sort that violates Chinese edicts as we'll
rs British colonial laws, and how far British
authorities are responsible therefor When
properly wOrded these resolutions may be
passed without hesitation; the only ques-
ton is whether Messrs. HAYES and EvARrs
will pay any more attention to them than
they paid to the ignored Chinese resolutions
which Congress passed last June.
The Ffteen-Passenger bill cannot be ac-
oeptable to tho country in any shape.
The BURLINGAME treaty, in its fifth ar
nce, binds the United States and China to
"recognizo the inherent and inalenable
night of man 10 change his home and allie
glance, and also the mutual advantage OF
free migration and emigration of their cti-
sens and subjects respectively from one
country 10 the other for purposes OF curl
Dsity, of trade, or as permanent residents; :"
and this compact the Fifteen Passenger bill
proposes To violate
The BURLINGAME treaty, in its sixth arti-
ele, declares that Chinese subjects visiting
Or residing in the United States shall enjoy
The lmc privileges, immunlties, or exemp-
lions in respect 10 travel or residence as
ma be enjoyed by the citizens or subjects
Of the most favored nations" and this the
Fitteon-plssengcr bill proposes To violate
The Forty-aiXth Congress need not fritter
away its time AMI temper, during this ex-
ira session, over Anti-Chlnase bills.