Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-20
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Steps to Restrict Chinese immigration
The Strike Of the Chicago Packers.
GRANT ASKED TO EXPLAIN.
A Defense of the Maine Returning
Board.

GRANT ASKED TO EXPLAIN.
A Defense of n Maine Returning
Board.
WASHINGTON, December 10.
The letter of Governor Irwin officially
stating the result Of the vote in California
upon the question of Chinese immigration,
which has been laid before the House of
Representatives by Speaker Randall, has
been referred by that body to its Com
mittee on Education and Labor. Mr..
Willis, of Kentucky, chairman Of this
committee, yesterday expressed to the Cal
ifornia Representatives his continued de-
sire to do everything in his power to OBJ
tain Congressional action for the r~estric-
ton of Monaghan immigration, aud in
quired what steps they purpose taking in
the matter this session. They informed
him in reply that they intended to have
>ome measure prepared for introduction
Immediately after the Christmas recess, by
which time Congress will be ready for
work, and a plan for united action will
doubtless be matured. Congressman H.
u. Wright, Of Pennsylvania, also expressed
q warm desire to promote Congressional
action on this subject.
A Defense Of the Maine Returning
Board.
CHICAGO, December 10.
Hon. E. f. P~illsbury, answering q tele-
gram from the editor of the Chicago Daily
News, telegraphs from Augusta to day a
long defense Of the action of the Maine Re-
turning Board. The apparent Republican
majority for members of the Legislature,
he says, was obtained by wholesale sys-
tematic bribery, bulldosing and fraud.
There was a popular majority for Governor
in opposition to the Republicans. In
many districts, giving a Fusion majority
for Governor, the Republicans succeeded
in getting a majority for members of the
Legislature by trickery and other frauds.
The Governor and council have not based
their action on these frauds in any in
stance. not having the jurisdiction.
They strictly followed the Constitu-
ton, and threw out such returns
as were fatally defective, whether
Republican or Democratic. In some
counties more Democratic than Republican
returns have been thus rejected. The Re-
publicans have been in the habit for years
Of secretly returning defective Republican
returns to the town officials for correction,
but always took ad, antage of such defects
in the Democratic returns. During the 90
years of the Republican rule they have
never lost an officer by reason of such de-
fects, while the Democrats have lost more
or less nearly every year. This has served
to make the Democratic town officers more
careful and the Republican officials more
careless. The present Governor and Coun-
Gil have held the Republicans to the Con-
stitution and laws. The result is an anti
Republican majority in both branches.
They have in no case Travelled outside of
the precedents established by the Republi-
cans themselves, and in most of the cases
their action was based upon the opinions
given by Judges Of the Supreme Court.
For instance, the Judges gave an opinion
in 1875 that the Governor and Council
could not count the votes returned for
civilian Il. Smith" and Nv. H. Smith"
for the same Office as having been given for
one and the same person. Applying this
rule this year the changes result in q large
number Of districts.
Chicago Labor Troubles.
CHICAGO, December 10.
There was Only a trifling amount of work
done in the packing-houses at the stock
yards to-day. All hogs have been cleared
up in the houses, and packers profess them
0QANC AU0u W 8WRLt tAG iiotRoAa Va eAV
striking workmen. Daniel O'Connell, the
President Of the Union, claims that there
are 10. 600 members To- OF a strike. They
are well organized. and say they have
plenty OF money. and intend to do no
work In any house which employs nom
Union men. They will att mpt no VIC.
lence. and are perfectly quiet, although they
held two secret meetings to-day, and in
one house 1,400 men left because three
non-Union men were employed, and In an
other house 700 struck because one nom
Unionist was employed.
CoId.blooded Deed.
QUINCY, ILL.,, December 10.
Suspicious Of q foul murder have been
aroused at New Canton. twenty miles south
Of here, BY finding the house recently oe.
cupied by q man and his wife entirely de-
serted. but with all the furniture intact,
md blood on various articles about the
place. Cries Of murder were heard COM
ing from the house last Thursday night,
but no investigation was made until yes
terday, when it was found that q neighbor
who had threatened their lives had ship
ped his goods at the same time to Lorraine
In this county. The theory Is that he
packed the bodies OF his victims in casks
and took them along. The excitement Is
inten Q In that section, and men are scour-
ing the iry in search Of the remains
and Of the supposed murderer.
Conversational Business.
WASHINGTON, December 10.
After the reading Of the journal, Thur
man said there was evidently no quorum
present, and no probability that one would
be obtained, and moved to adjourn, but
withdrew his motion temporarily to permit
the transaction of some important business.
This done. the Vice President appointed
Voorhees,, Vance. Pendleton, Window and
Blair q committee to investigate the causes
Of negro emigration from the Southern to
the Northern States, and the Senate then
adjourned.
Grant Asked TO Explain.
New YoRK. December 10.
The Tribune calls upon Grant to set at
rest the stories concerning his acceptance
Of the Nicaragua Canal Presidency, and
his intentions regarding the Presidency Of
the United States. 1t says the ex-Presi-
dents most intimate friends, being active
aud confident in both of these movements
In his behalf, have placed him in the com
promising position Of appearing to occupy
two mutually incompatible positions. The
time has come when true dignity requires
speech rather than silence.
California Constitution.
New YORK, December 10.
Letters from San Francisco speak OF the
general want Of confidence in the workings
OF the new Constitution, and intimate that
the business Of California, except its agri.
cultural interests, has not enjoyed its pro-
portion of the general prosperity Of the
country. and there are no immediate signs
OF more thar ordinary business.
Failure of Cattle King.
PEORIA, ILL.,, December 10.
Thomas Neil. q local cattle king. whose
operations have been very heavy, has failed