Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-01-30

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tion three, making directors O
corporations Jointly and severally
responsible to creditors and stock
holders for all money embezzled O
misappropriated, was next con
= sidered.
Rain lH san Bernardtno.
SAN BERNARDINo, Jan. 29.-I
3 has rained continuously since re
s port of yesterday, and there is nj
indication of any cessation. Their,
Is heavy fall of snow in the noun
tains. The farmers are jubilant.
Tho Teller Inquiry.
CHARLESTON, s. c., Jan. 29th.-
Before the Teller Com mittee to-day
VIM. Riley, colored Republican
from Barwell, testified that the
night before election he was taken
from his house by band of white
and colored men, tied to q tree and
severely beaten.
Fred Knox, colored Republican
from the same county, testified that
he was assaulted by Democrats at
n meeting at Blackville Oct IL.
A colored Democrat fred at Con.
gresham Smalls.
On the other side, Thes. w.
Moses, colored Democrat, testified
that a majority of the colored peo.
pie in the thickest colored sections
of the county were Democrats.
j. e. Steadman, white Demo-
crat, testified that there was no
disturbance at the Blackville meet
ing.
L. ]. Iselar, Mayor of Blackville,
confirmed his testimony and test.
ified that the Republicans endorsed
the whole Democratic ticket except
two candidates for the Legislature.
| j. Billinger, colored Democrat,
testified that VIM. Riley was noto.
iiously bad character, whom he
would not believe on oath.
rOngressiOne'-Dm cussing the
Anti-Ghinese Measure.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-HoUsE.
The time for the discussion of the
Chinese Immigration Bill was linn
tied by the Democratic caucus to
one hour, and Willis gave one-half
of his hour to Townsend, of New
York, the only Republican known
to be willing to speak against the
bill. The purpose of these tactics
was to obtain for the Democrats
the largest possible apparent credit
for the bill's passage. Townsend
declined to share his time with
any Republican except Page, and
yielded only five minutes to him,
during which Page argued mainly
to show that the bill did not, in
fact, contravene the Burlingame
treaty, as the latter provides In its
fifth section for restriction of i'm.
migration OIL either side for certain
specified purposes, and that the
ChineSe immigration agaipa.
which the bill legislates is not i'm
migration in the true sense.
Townsend made an earnest but
somewhat rambling speech, argu-
ing that cheap labor is desirable;
that Chinese are valuable to the
country, and that the crusade
against them is simply repetition
of the efforts made few years ago
to exclude or discourage the immi-
grafton of Irish and Germans. He
also claimed that it is an outgrowth
of the same spirit which, in past
ages, incited persecution of the
Jews in Europe. His speech
throughout was based upon the
brotherho ood .of.man sentiment, ,and
he INDUCED in many sarcastic
references to the story of "Bill Nye
and the Heather Chinee.n
: Luttrell made q five minutes
speech devoted mainly to an at
tempt to show that the Republican
party had obstructed legislation on
this subject by refusing to adopt an
amendment offered by him to an
appropriation bill to prohibit en-
ployment of Chinese in the navy
yards. He did not state that this
was ruled out because it was new
legislation and inadmissible under
the rules of the House. Williams,
of Oregon, before Luttrell spoke,
had endeavored to offer similar
amendment to this bill but the
Democrats objected to its recep-
tion.
Willis made q calm, forcible
speech, recapitulating the argu-
ments of his report, and laying
special stress upon the unanimity
Of Pacific Coast sentiment on this
subject, and upon the fact that all
other countries to which the Chi
nese had emigrated had been
forced by similar experiences to
adopt restrictive measures.
| Amendments were offered by
Copger, exempting Chinese stu
dents from the restrictions of the
bill, and by Garfield, providing
that a formal diplomatic notice
should be given the Chinese Gov.
ernment of the termination Of the
treaty before the bill goes into
effect. All amendments were ex.
cluded by O demand for the previ-
Gus question and the bill passed on
yea and nay vote as already
stated.
Senate Proeeeaiugs.
i WASHINGTON, Jan. 2e.-SENATE.
The House amendment to the
Senate bill making the 22d Of Feb
ruary a legal holiday in the Dist
rict of Columbia was agreed to and
the bill passed. The amendment
provides that it shall take effect
February 3d.. 1879.
Dawes, from the Committee on
Public Buildings and Grounds, re-
ported adversely to the memorial
of the Missouri Legislature asking
the removal of the National Capt.
/ tai to a more central portion of the
( Union.
D Plumb, from the Committee OIL
Military Affairs, reported favorably
a bill to the Senate to authorize the
: Secretary of the Treasury to ascer'
r. taiu and report to Congress the
- amount # money expended ant
@ the indebtedness assumed by the
}. state of Kansas In repelling inya'
;. alnna nd sunnressing Indian hos