Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-01-30
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rHE CHINESE MUST NOT COME.

THE CHINESE MUST NOT COME.
That Is What the Bill Which Passed
the House Yesterday Says-fhe
Senate Favorable.
WARRINGTON. Jan. 29.-Ths passage
OF the Chinese Immigration bill by the
House and the prospects for its passage
by the Senate have been the ~sngrossing
topics OF conversation In Pacific coast
circles at the Capital to-day. aud your
correspondent is this evening in pos.
session OF sufficient data to warrant an
unqualified prediction that the bill will
pass the Senate without material amend.
msnt and become a law before the 4th
Of March. Personal inquiry elected the
following expressions Of opinion and
statements OF purposes from the Sena.
tors named: Sargent believes the bill
can DO passed. and although ho has not
yet reeained his usual health or strength.
he intends to do oil he possibly can to
promote early, favorable and 6nal action
upon 1t. When It Was received from
tho House and laid before the Senate by
the Vice President to-day, Sargent had
Il referred TO the Foreign Relations
Committee, because they have had the
subject In charge ever since the begin.
ming OF the present Congress and heard
arguments at several meetings last ses-
sion for and against Sargent's bill, which
Is substantially Identical with the meas.
urs passed by the House, except that the
number OF Mongolians admissible by one
vessel has been fixed at fifteen. instead
Of ten. a. Sargent proposed.
1NorE.-Ths action OF the House
Education and Labor Committee was
based upon the bill introduced by Wren
OF Nevada. which WAS an eIact copy OF
the bill previously introduced by Sar.
gent in the Senate. -.
Sargent to-day publicly invited special
attention OF the committee TO the bill
Just referred to them. and privately says
In case they do not report II back to the
Senate promptly after their next regular
meeting he will move 10 discharge them
from It's further consideration, and In
the event Of its being reported adversely
he believes II can DO passed after dis.
cussion In the Senate In spite OF them.
Chairman Hamlin and Senators Howe
and Conkling have hitherto been op.
posed to legislation OF this sort, and Of
the remaining six members OF the com.
mittes, Kirkwood (Rspublican) and
Eaton (Democrat) are the only ones
who have thus far made up their minds
TO favor the bill. But Matthews, John
son, McCreery and Morgan are con.
sidered more likely TO vote for II than
against II, 30. on the whole. there Is u
very fair prospect Of q majority to re-
port Il favorably.
Senator Booth says: 81 think II will
pass the Senate" and adds that he will,
OF course, work to that end. lie says
that most OF the Senators with whom
he has heretofore ~converssd on tho sub
ject had not made up their minds. but
he believes that in view Of the political
importance lately attached to the ques-
ton. Senators Of both parties will now
find less difficulty In reaching Q conclu-
sion favorable In the pending bill. He
agrees with Sargent that the bill should
DO referred to the Committe on Foreign
Relations, for the reason that they had
already had the subject under considera.
ton q long time. aud the friends OF the
bill could insist upon q more prompt
report from them than from any other
COMMITTEES.
Senator Jones, Of Nevada, is very
sanguins that the bill will pass, but says
be thinks II will require industrious
work. more especially In the line Of
private conversation and personal argu.
mcnt with individual Senators. whose
prsjudices, constitutional objections,
etc., can DO removed much more
stfsctually than by formal debate or
written arguments. He firmly intends
TO employ his conversational powers aud
social influence very earnestly to the
task OF making converts for the Pacific
Coast sentiment on this question, and
n i, ouits probabls that he will also pre.
pare q speech for delivery In the Senate
when the bill comes up for action.
Senator sharon saws he has not yet
had An opportupity 10 learn the views
Of bis colleagues concerning Chinese
Enumeration. 6ut he intends TO do what.
ever be can 10 promote the passage Of
the House bill. and believes IL will DO
.n.ctsd.
senator Mitchell Ia confident that the
b;il car he pss,sd and In view of the
sood [r.snI,s In An. House Of Democratic
c-sncusino ON mi, subject he proposes
that \ caoeus Of Republican members OF
ths s.nsts bs held In which the import.
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