Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-02-25

ceived out of order and ordered
printed in the Journal.
Huestis introduced resolution
that the President appoint COM
mittee to prepare an address set
| ting forth the merits of the new
Constitution. Adopted.
Shurtleff introduced the follow-
ing resolutions:
Resolved, That the thanks Of this
Convention be and are hereby ten
dered to the Congress of the United
States for the triumphant passage
of the bill restricting the jmmigra-
ton of Chinese to this country; and
that the members of the Senate
and House of Representatives who
supported that vital measure merit
and will receive the lasting graft
tude of the people of Califosnia.
Resolved, That the Secretary is
hereby directed to transmit copies
hereof to the Senate and House OF
Representatives Adopted, ayes
los, noes 8.
The delegates voting in the rega-
tive were Barbour, Crouch, Eilger-
ton, Mcfarland, Reynolds, Stuart,
Sweasy, Swing and Van Voorhees,.
Barbour introduced the follow
ing: .
Resolved, That the thanks Of this
Convention be and they are hereby
rendered to Denis Kearney for his
services in the anti.Chinese cause.
Laine moved to lay the resolution
on the table. Carried, ayes 81,
noes SO.
Consideration of the article on
the judiciary resumed.
, The Convention defeated by
, a large vote the proposition
!. recurring all sessions of the SUI
preme Court to be held at Sacra-
, mento. The Los Angeles delega-
tion vigorously opposed the meas
ure.
Reynolds offered a substitute for
section 2 and spoke against the
system reported by the Committee,
asserting that it placed too much
power in the hands of the Chief
Justice. Reynolds substitute was
lost, ayes 56, noes 81.
Inman's amendment, in the
language of the existing Constitu-
ton, was rejected.
Adjourned.
Meeting of tne Inambsr OF Conn
mere Reso,uiisn Trans,ntfted
,n prs. .drni rsnds ssa-
tIsItcs.
SAN Francisco, Feb. 24th.-At
: the special meeting Of the Cham
Der Of Commerce this afternoon
the following resolutions were
adopted and ordered telegraphed tc
: President Hayes:
ResolUed, That the Chamber ol
Commerce of the city Of San Fran
cisco, as q commercial body, and
understanding, as we necessarily
!, do, the scope, object and purport OF
the bill just passed by Congress,
! known as the bill to restrict Chi
= nese immigration, and which bill
Is to be or has been presented te
the President for signature, ear
: nestiy, dispassionately and delib
V eratelS recommend his approval O
8 the bill in the interest of American
territory, American labor, Ameri
:. can peace, American commerce
u American home philanthropy
= American protection to the mos
l valued social interests Of the Pa
D cific Coast and on the broad grount
: of the wise and timely guarding OF
modern civilization and Christian
. ity against social contact will
. Overwhelming numbers of ancien
J, and incorrigible social barbarian:
u upon American soil. Our Language
is concise and we mean it to be
i comprehensive TO the last degree
= When we recommend your ap
= proval Of the bill in the interest O
American labor, We mean to pro
q tect it from the descending grad,
d toward squalidness and want; ant
@ when we refer to American peace
: we mean protection from war 0
races and the calamities that fol
g low in the train of race prejudice
e where no assimilation is possibl
and no social sympathies exist ii
r common. The Judgment of th
- West on this subject, which /
y overwhelming, should be regarde
~ by the East as conclusive. We ar
n on the ground and know whereo
- we speak.
- (Signed) GEO. G. PERKINS,
N President.
T NORRIS MARCUS, Secretary.
,, The question of calling o publ
}. mass meeting was referred to tn
IS Mayor with request that he &C
10 without delay.
u The San Francisco Journal G
/, Commerce, in an article favorin
/. the restriction of Chinese immigra
Q tion, gives some carefully prepare
i statistics of the balance of trade be
l. tween China and the United States
c showing that the total imports an
exports to and from China, as en-
tered at the Custom House In thi
.e city, for 1878, are as follows: Elk
is ports, $35, ,926, ,S12; imports, Sl4. SO4
Il 047. OF these exports S2S, ,532, 90
- represents coin and bullion. Th
- export trade, such as it is, is mainl
" in Chinese hands, while the impol
d trade, when we exclude goods use
v by our Chinese population, is
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