Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-03-04
THE PACIFIC COASF,
HOW THE VETO WAS RECEIVED,
Universal Lamentation Over the Postpone
ment Of Deliverance from the MON
gOIan Curse The Entire
Coast Ablaze with
Indignation,

lNulS"'''O"'
/ SAN Francisco, CAT, March 3.--Ow-
/ ing to the fact that for the last two or
three days the community had been
| led to expect veto OF the bill To re
strain Chinese immigration, and that
anxiety on the subject had to some eX-
! tent worn itself OUT, the actual receipt
of the news had failed to create any eX-
citement in the city 1t can not, how
ever, be regarded from this that uni
yersal feeling Of deep regret and ihdig-
nation does not exist throughout the
State and the Pacific coast. All day
sunday dispatches were pouring into
the office of the Associated Press Sthe
varying sentiments Of the press and
people on the action ol the President.
With thus lar but three eXceptionsper
feet unanimity has prevailed in these
expressions, the only difference being
in degree.
The city journals, OF course, all treat
the subject editOrially. The cal, after
briefly reviewing the points OF the veto
message, SAYS: "There is no lntima-
ton that negotiations are pending To ac-
Complish the purpose aimed at 10y the
bill rejected. On the contrary, lac seems
to regard the nation rs pledged To per
nit the immigration uf free Chinese,
Il Il. 4 "a
NAV limit the influx Ot the Chinese To-
the capacity of the country tu absorb
them. This message does not indicate
any comprehensive conception on the
part OF the Executive Of the question ~
il affects this coast The argument of
the message is not Ol q character to
mitigate in any degree the keen disap-
poinunent the people Of this coast will
icel at the failure of the bin on which So
many hopes had been built
The .lHd saws: I'VE iail 10 find any
satisfactory reason IN the message Tor
withholding his approval, except the in
ference that, it being a treaty, therefore
IL must stand until negotiations can bc
inauguratcd for 4 revision OF 1t, That
is, We are bound, and can not irrr our
selves except 10y permission ul the En-
perur ut China. II Is pity that the
President could not have realized that
the people ui the Pacific coast believe
they are threatened with great evil
that they are suffering from an evil;
and, realizing the great strait ol the peo-
pie who have pctitioncd Tor his inter
ccssun, have exercised his pcrugatiye
Ia allow the hill To- become law. But
it required more courage than the
President possessed tu listen tu the
voice Of the people in the section most
directly interested, and hc has chosen
the easier course To- follow in Difference
Ia the clamor Of those who are ucarurtu
him, but who are in nowisc affected 10y
the evil Ia be removed 10y the hill.
The Chrpuia, SAYS. The message
will, no doubt, receive the applause OF
the Eastern pres, as an act ul Justice
aud good faith toward China. ca shis
side ut the Continent, where il is N,ull
known that the second clause ui thv
fifth article oi the Burlingamc treaty is
ia effect violated 10y every exporter ui
Chinese from Hong Kong, a British port,
and that the vast majority that are
brought hithcr are srryilcS or coolies,
the sentiment ol the people will not
approve the Presidents arguments or
conclusions The veto settles nothing.
Agitation OF the question will 20 on all
the same as ii it had not occurred, and
with increasing Nigor as the public
comes to a better understanding Of the
situation"
The opinions oi interior papers re
ceiycd 10y telegraph, IN many cases IA
advance of publication, are generally
much stronger in tone than the utter
anccs of the city journals. Tho Prcsi-
dent is spoken of as having dIssTdrrd
his Presidential chair, killed the Rrpub-
lican party in the State, turned a deaf
ear To the wall of citizens OF the Pacific
Coast out OF Difference to the feelings ut
the Emperor OF China, and yielding "a,
coward, and tlmc-scryer tu the popular
ClamOr ul a people ignorant ui the sub
jcct under consideration. The language
ui denunciation pretty we'll exhausted
on the subject. Some take calmcr
view of the veto, and, while crcdltu-
the President with a StatcSmanlIkc de-
yutiun io international courtesy, regret
hI~ action none the less.
The Marysyille appeal san Jose N.r-
rlru and Santa Barbara Press alone dp-
prove the veto.
In addition to the press utterauccs,
the wires from all parts ot the state are
hurirncd with reports otmas> meetings
and other demonstrations, resolutions
ui county committees ut both parties,
and ui asscmbldgcs ut citizens, all de
ploring in the strongest terms the aC-
ton ui the President, and many Induls-
ing in gloomy furchoding~ 1T trouble t.
arise from the disappointment ut the
people.
At mass meeting at ll1llIstcr, san
Benito county, the President va, burned
in ctfigy; and at Fairfield, the county
scat ol Souuma county, flags were iiown
az half mast IN reception ui the news ot
the veto. At Dutch Flats the last Chi
nesr shJnty in the town limits was
burned, and an indignation meeting
called tur this evening.
From Nevada and Oregon public
press opinions are coming To- the same
purplrt - above aUd the whole parlh
Coast seems tp have united IN q general
expression uf regret and dCuUuulatlun.
In thu, city. notwithstanding the
deep feeling prevailing, there Is no hiUt
~ ANYTHING bordering on violence. At
the stnt lots SUNDAY afternoon there
was an unusual attendance, about -orru
thousand being present. The PTusittut
was roUudiv dvuuduCcih tGC speakers
aud Iu circulating through tHc crowd 70
WAS noticeable that general sentiment
ut diSaPproyal 90 the veto prevailed