Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-05-15
EASTERN WIS.
NIGHT DISPATCHES.
Iss.c1AL TO rz EuzzKa DAzLr sEsTIszL-i
Searching Criticism Of CalifOnia's
New Constitution.
IN CONFLICT WITH THE NATIONAL AU-
THcRITY.
Ssf~exe Iabor In the South.


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THCRfIY.
Chfnexe Labor In the South.
NEW YoKK, May IA.
The "Bnlletin" has . sharp criticism on
the nulIificafion attitude Of California
under tine new Constitution Either Cali
forniz must ignore certain provisions OF
the recently adopted Constitution out OF
respect for the authority Of the United
STATES, or the Federal Government must
remodel its treaties out ct regard fer the
authority Of California The new Consti-
tuition Of that State has placed it in direct
conflict With the National Government in
respect 10 the rights and liberation Of the
Chinese situation thus created. and must
soon engage the serious attention OF the
Cabinet and Congress- California has
daringIy thrown down the gauntlet. and 1t
should ~ promptly be taken up
The Times" prints q lengthy commit
nication, signed .-Old Californian. at
tripufing the adoption Of the new Constr
fution to the work Of shysters- The
Times SAYS we have all sorts OF theories
from California. and from ex-Californians,
to account for the recent revolution in that
State. One Of these, which We publish to
day, excuses the alleged tyranny Of the
large corporations Of the State, and lays
the blame for the present discomfort upon
the people. who do not appre-
bend the real state Of the case 1t
must be confessed, by all who
know anything OF the public feeling in
California, that ever since the Pacific rail-
road was completed. the country has been
constantly agisAsed in various ways by men
who have finally succeeded in foisting q
Communistic Convention upon the STATE
and that this faction. however called, has
drawn most cogent arguments from the
contrast afforded by the COM
parison Of the condition OF the rich and
poor
Tie New Orleans Times says the
Chinese are not the kind Of people wanted
in Louisiana They would be Of no more
value to the State than so many mules.
whereupon to-day's bulletin" here COM
ments /: Planters, as . class, are disposed
to give Chinese labor q fair chance Since
the war, every possible effort has been
made, with private enterprise and corporate
to supply the South with precisely
the kind Of people the Times" prefers,
but somehow or other the effort has failed.
1t seems to us that Louisiana and Missis-
sippi planters have but little choice left
them. Ii is to the credit Of the planters
they are very generally disposed to
accept these conclusions. They are will
ing to give Chinese cheap labor q fair
and have not come to this deter
mination without knowing what they are
about. Some Of their number have been in
to inquire n the qualifications
Of the Chinaman TO do the work in reserve
for him in the South. One Of these, Mr..
Graves. for many years a cotton planter in
Kinds cnunsy. Mississippi. reports that he
tried them, as field bands, and found
them in every respect as efficient as the
laborers Of California. or the negroes
Of Mississippi To put it in his own
words, they are willing 70 work for q very
small compensation, and take no interest
in politics, religious or educational mat
tsrs. Six or seven dollars PER month for
wages, with an allowance Of twenty-five or
thirty dollars q year for provisions, on the
Of the South, he says. would
meet their utmost expectations, and even
at these wages, they would live better and
save more than the negroes de- We are
inclined 10 think it viii take something
more than sentimental objection to pre-
vent their speedy introduction in the
Gulf States ut least
Washington yewsLA Remarkable
Indian Decision at Omaha.
WASHINGTON, Ma II.
Vest gave notice Of his intention to in
= bill proposing to organize the
Indian Territory into . State, and provid-
ing for its admission into the Union. His
resolution, making inquiry as to whether
any part Of the Indian Territory had been
purchased by the United States with a
view Of locating the Indians or freedmen
was agreed TO-
Consideration Was resumed Of the Legs
Executive and Judicial Appropria-
ton bill. and Herman advocated the repeal
Of the test oath and spoke against the use
Of the army st elections
L. E. Eggers and r. 8. Stambaugh Of
Kansas had . hearing to-day before the
Committee on Privileges and Elee~
ions in regard to the allegations Of q me
mortal signed by them and others charging
the election Of Senator Ingalls, was
procured By bribery.
The decision Of Judge Dundy at Omaha
the Standing Bear habeas corpus case.
in which be virtually declares the Indians
10 be citizens with the right 10 go where
they please, regardless Of treaty stipula-
is regarded by the Government as a
heavy blow to the present Indian system,
and that if sustained it will prove ex-
dangerous alike to the whites and
Indians. II the power Of our Government
10 hold the Indians upon their reservations
Or TO return them when they escape 10
the indiana become . body of
moving E;thout restraint wherever
please. and exposed TO the attacks Of
frontiersmen without redress from the
The District Attorney at
Omaha has been instructed to take the
steps to carry the question to a
court
Beceher In Tenaessee.
MEMPHIS, May IA.
Henry Ward Beecher lectured here last
night to 4. 900 people. He was introduced
by Colonel j. N. Heating Of the appeal"
formerly Beecher's bitter opponent. Mr..
Beecher gave him . check for $3.50 for the
Asylum. A great deal Of preiu-
dice has been alkayed by his visit to Mem
phis. His Chattanooga and Atlanta en-
gagements have been cancelled aud Beecher
to Brooklyn on account Of his
physical inability to fill them. While in
this city Beecher has been treated with the
respect, and his coming was the oc-
casion Of excursion trains being put on all
the roads leading into Memphis. They
were crowded with people from West Ten
nessee, North Mississippi, North Alabama
and Arkansas.
A Virginia MlscegenatiOn Case
RICHMOND, Va, May II.
In the United States Circuit Court to-
day. . writ Of habess corpus in the mis-
cegenation case Of Edward Kenney and
Mary Hole, now confined in the Peniten-
tiary, for violating the States statute pro-
hibiting intsrmarfiage between the white
and races, was refused by Judge