Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-02-26
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Or ThurIow Weed and Joa-
qnin Miller ON h Chinese.
New YORK. February rs.
The veteran Thurlow Weed writes the
Tribune q letter on the Chinese bill.
Besides the usual ~threadbare arguments.
he says: Now we want only to violate the
treaty on the ground, among others, that
the Chinese are '.heathens," and yet China
enjoyed civilization thousands Of years be-
fore this continent was discovered. Nor
10 this the only wrong w have perpetrated
upon China. When hard pressed by Eng
land and France, we availcd ourselves Of
the opportunity to extort several millions
Of dollars from China, to which We had
scarcely the shadow Of q claim. This
money, which remains u-nappropriated,
ought to have been returned to China for
the relief Of the millions who have recently
died Of starvation. This was Q most in
hospitable acknowledgment Of the priv
ileges and protection which American mer-
chants always enjoyed in China. !.
joaquin Miller writes to the Tribune
ON the Chinese bill. He says: l venture 10
assert that not half Of the solid wealth ard
power Of the Far West, outside Of the
politicians, favor this bill. l have many
letters protesting against 1t as . coarse,
cruel measure. Ny parents, all my people.
my heart and my home are there. !
know the hardy, honest.hearted settlers
there, and I know they protest against
this measure, which the politicians are
trying to pass through Congress in their
name. No n yet, 30 far as ! have known
has gone 10 Congress and had the man
hnn4s % ~taa So HE H1~no ard hpA~ayp fall
the truth, and speak . fearless word for
this silent and friendless stranger. The
Chinese were taxed in Grant county, Ore
gon, IS per head, which they paid uncom-
/ sat on the Bench as Judge
this county for four years, and I will
state, ON the honor Of . magistrate, that
the calendar, both criminal and civil,
the names OF 1t least ten white
men to one Chinaman, although the Chi
nese population, during this time outnum-
the whites. Let me here say that /
never, during all my yeazs Of intercourse
with this people, ~ minev or magistrate,
. single drunken Chinaman. l never
saw q Chinese beggar; I never saw . lazy
They are, perhaps, the most
Industrious people in the world.
Interest In the Chinese
BiIl-.The "world" Thinks the
President Ought - vet0 the Bill.
New yoRK. February IS.
The lula. for . dy or two, in the COM
on the Chinese bill, has given place
to renewed interest on the subject, and ~
the time shoi tens up the excitement o q
to increase.
The World" says: The Chamber OF
Of San Francisco, yesterday,
sent President Hayes q Geographic mes
sage, which ought to insure q veto of the
bill restricting Chinese immigration. The
World" then criticizes the merits Of the
and ridicules and denounces
the writer, and don't think any Monaghan
of the Pacific Coast is threat
ened or possible, and if it were, the billsin
question don't meet the emergency. II the
Of the bill were merely to clear the
Chinese question out OF the way before the
election in California, its pro-
would doubtless be adequate to that
end. Open violation of our pledged faith,
as a people, is a high price to pay for get
ting the politics of California into a condi-
ton satisfactory to the politicians, even at
the outset of the Presidential contest.
Our fellow-citizens of California cannot
expect the rest Of the country
to believe in the existence of a tremendous
emergency, which seems to them so clear
and imminent, until greater pains have
been taken and more time has been devoted
in proving its existence.
The President VIII Veto the Chi.
Mese BilI.
New YoRK, February 25.
The ATribune's" Washington CORES.
pondent says 1t is now certain that the
Chinese bill will be vetoed. The message,
with which the bill will be returned to the
House, will set forth in strong terms the
idea that q proper regard for the national
honor demands a strict observance of all
the treaties until they are modified by the
usual methods recognized among nations
holding diplomatic relations with each
other. 1t will also maintain hat the bill
violates the traditional principles upon
which the Republic was founded.
The Greenback National Labor
Party.
WASHINGTON, February 25.
The G~reenbackers of the coming Con.
gress have already formed . Congressional
committee, with Murch, Of Maine, d
Chairman. This committee will immedi
otCiy tuhC psCRS w pA"So ShO 0lCChUSSs
National Labor party candidates in thu
held in all the State and county elections
throughout the country next fall. The,
will issue an address to the people within
day or two. in which they will arraigr
both the Democratic and Republican par
ties as political organizations entirely con
trolled and managed in the interests of thu
money power Of the land.
Shot Unnwares.
GALVESTON. Texas, February Is.
A "News' Jacksonville special says
Joseph E. Douglass, Of the firm Of Doug
lass 4 Son, while standing at the Postofict
door conversing with several acquaintance
was killed by e. H. Edmundson, who ap
preached unobserved from the rear with
shotgun, firing the entire charge Of buck
shot into the formers head. No reason il
known.
Arehhlshop P~urcelf's Affairs.
CINCINNATI, February %.
The "volks Freund," . German Cath
olic organ, to-day demands . statement o.
the affairs Of Archbishop Purcell, which il
has reason TO fear may be worse than rep
resented. The German Catholics charge
that the money, much Of which is theil
own, has gone to build Irish churches.