Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-13
THE HEATHER CHIN-AIsE.
Senator Jones, of Nevada, Ready to He
new the Agitation, when the New
Congress Meets, with q Bill
that it Is Believed the
President VIII Sign.

WASHINGTON, March 8.-The agitation of
the Chinese question will begin with the as
sembling Of the forty-sixth congress, when
Senator Jones, of Nevada, will appear as the
champion of anti-Chlnese legislation, in
place of Ex-senator Sargent, as there will
be no delegation from California IN the house
during the called session. Senator Jones will
introduce bill in the senate as sooE as 1t
convenes. The bill will be a more careful
elaboration of the original measure reported
by Mr.. Willis, of Kentucky, from the house
committee On education and labor, during
the last session, which simply restricts the
number Of Chinese immigrants III any one
vessel coming to oar shores to fifteen. The
humane features OF the vetoed bill
will be preserved in the new meas
ure, and the restrictive clause will
be SO framed as to meet the objec-
tons made as to interference with treaty
rights. 1t is claimed by the advocates of
anti. Chinese legislation that the Presidents
veto of the Chinese bill was directed against
the proposed notice of abrogatlon of article
5 and of the BurliDgame treaty, and not at
the power,sf congress to legislate for the ex-
clusion Of an Objectionable class Of emigrants.
Indeed, they claim that he virtually acknowl-
edged both the right and duty of congress is
do this. Therefore, the new proposition to
to be made TO conform to the Presidents
views as expressed IN the veto message, IN
der the belief that ne will sign it. The friends
of this measure claim that the Chinese en-
bassy IN this country, speaking for Its gov
eminent, fully comedies that that there IS no
necessity of involving our treaty relations in
tins controversy, but that this government,
through Its legislation, has a right to take
such action as will suppress the immigration
OF contract iab0Ters held under debt liens.
The embassy claims for It's government, 1t Is
said, that 1t long ago took effective steps to-
ward suppTessIng open coolle traffic, and that
this lad been done so fully that the British
port OF Hong Kong is the only place of de-
parture for Chinese emigrant laborers, the
shippers of whom, it Is claimed, under a fc
ton Of law, are permitted to violate both the
Chinese edicts and the British colonial
regulations. Basing action upon this semi
official declaration, Senator Jones, in addition
to presenting the restrictive bill, will offer
resolution requesting the President to open
negotiations at once with the British govern
ment for a more restrictive regulation of the
Hong Kong traffic, with view of getting
some Immediate relief He vail slso ask the
state department to cause a special inquiry
to be made through cur consular officers, or
other agencies In China, into the truth of the
statement so positively made by California,
that the lien over the Monaghan laborer
brought to tkis Oonntry is made sH---iso
China by system of family ensiaYement,
which the peon has to work out, to the Six
Companies, after his ARRIVAL here. The OBJ
ject of establishing officially this fact, if it be
true Is to give this government ground upon
which TO make a diplomatic appeal to the
Pekin government, calling attention to the
unjust nature Of such a system, and urging
1t TO assist IN Its suppression. Another OBJ
ject in making these efforts is to keep the re-
lations between this and the Chinese govern
ment upon a friendly basis, and to show that
it is the desire OF the United States to pre-
vent the immigration only Of Objectionable
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