Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-02-16
Morning kilograms.
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MoJAvE, Feb. 15.-J M Wede-
les, Bryson and wife. ] G Bart
lett, M S Frinburg and wife, May
Cohn, p o Riley, ] r. Smell.
Kearney's southern Trip.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 15.-The
line of Kearney's southern trip has
been definitely settled. He will
start on or about March 1st from
San Francisco, going first to Red
wood City, thence 10 Santa Clara,
San Jose, Gilroy, Watsonville,
Santa Cruz, Hollister, Salinas,
Monterey, Soledad, San Benito, San
Miguel Mission, San Luis Obispo,
La Purlssima, Santa Barbara, San
Buenaventura, Los Angeles, Ana
helm, San Juan, Santa Margarita,
San Diego, San Bernardino, Bakers.
field, Kernville, Visalia, Sycamore,
Fresno, Merced, Mariposa, Modesto,
Sonora, San Andreas, Stockton,
Lodi, San Leandro, closing at Mar
tinez and returning here in May.
Rain In San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 15.-It is
raining again to-day, wind quite
fresh.
. A Errnbiic.m CINb Mskas u False
start.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 15.-The
Republican club of the Tenth Sem
atorial District met last evening,
but, before accomplishing any
thing, fell into q wrangle over the
Federal Brigade question and ad-
jOurned for u week without action.
sh"sis News.
SHASTA, Feb. 15.-J. r. Will
liams, u leading citizen of Nell
Shasta county, was arrested yester-
day for forgery and is now in Jail.
The Extra Mining Company, of
Copper City, has suspended and
made an assignment for the benefit
of its creditors. This Is the largest
company in Shasta county; liabil-
tiles unknown.
The COavension.
SACRAMENTO, Feb. l5th.-The
Convention met at $3.50 A. NJ, Pres
ident Hoge in the chair, and 10Y
members present.
Tinnin's motion to reconsider the
vote by which the Convention
passed to engrossmen at the article on
water rights was debated and laid
on the table. The object of tie mo-
tion was to strike out section 2.
A resolution to adjourn at p. NJ.
to-day, and bold no recess, was
adopted.
The article on cities and towns
was taken up. Objection was raised
to Section 8 on the ground that,
under its provisions, new counties
could not be created.
Evey and West offered amend.
ments 10 remove the objection.
Evey's amendment, as follows, was
adopted: "Nor shall q county be
divided or have any portion taken
therefrom unless majority of all
the qualified electors of the county
or counties affected, voting at a gen.
eral election, shall vote therefor"
Amendment as follows, offered
Nv Rhodes, was adopted: "Every
county which shall be enlarged or
created from territory taken from
any other county or counties shall
be liable for just proportion
of existing debts and liabilities Of
the county or counties from which
such territory shall be taken"
Section 3 was adopted as
amended.
Winans moved that considera-
tiop of section be postponed until
next Monday. This refers to the
manner of framing a charter for
San Francisco, and it was particu-
larIy desirable that all delegates
from that Congressional district
should be present. The section
was temporarily passed.
Nore oil the senate Debate a.
Chinese.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-Jones,
of Nevada, upon taking the floor
made an elaborate argument in
favor of restricting Chinese immi-
: grafton. He referred at length to
their habits and said that in dex.
teriiy ard imitativeness they had
no superior. He argued that If
they should be permitted to come
here they would drive out Ameri-
= Chi Iaobus All thcy hccueu was
capital and that they would speed
lily accumulate. Many more China
men would have been here il
the immigration had not been
checked by popular indigna.
tion. He spoke at length or
the labor question and
argued that Chinese competition
was dangerous to white labor just
as negro slavery was prejudicial t.
1t. The Chinese, under all circum
stances, maintained their national
character. Jones spoke about two
hours and ably discussed the ques
tions involved in the bill from {
great variety of stsndpoints, in
Guiding, especially, those of polite
al economy, ethnology and the Law
of nations.
Mr.. Hoar, OF Massachusetts, al
six o'clock moved to adjourn.
Mr.. Sargent urged the Senate tt
remain in session and dispose o
this matter.
Mr.. Window, of Minnesota, CAV,
notice that he would insist upon th,
Appropriation bills tomorrow.
The Senate, by rising vote o
yeas IA, nays 81, refused to adjourn