Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-03-23
THE PACIFIC COAST.
The REVENUE BILL SIGNED.
with the Fl.
CHARACTERIZATION i'm she PARROT
Case-u il declared Incousti-
rasieaaI-The Burtiu.aae
Treaty Alone To Remedy
1t Found Dead.

~ Ar4r-E1A1 70 me c(ulIeA-t
Say F~xAScfSco. March 22-The Gov.
ernor TIL. morning signed the revenue bill.
The Sorta Bonanza lewis an assessmen
Of Is oeass and the Navajo 10 cents
Another breeze has been raised in the
cary and county treAsurer's Office by the
COMMITTEES OF the Board of Supervisors
i~nsiruesiag the expert Of tie Board, Scion
PAtfee, to eoCni the money in the vaults Of
the treasury. Viece by pieoe. The proceed
ing 5 regarded by the Treasurer, Mayor.
Auditor, and The attorney uiih whom the
Treasurer consulted, As a ~high-handed out
rse. and wishou. warrant OF law. P2tsee
enpl1yed s. his ASSISTANTS Messrs. Hunt,
Stewart and Newell. As . precautionary
measure the Auditor sent his chief clerk to
watch the conduct Of the experts. At $50
his afternoon the City and County Attor-
nsr ADVISED the Msyor, auditor, and Conn
" Jodee to take charge Of the eoant. The
Mayer AID Auditor went 10 the Treasures
ofEee shortly before 5 o'elsck 10 oversee
the COUNTING as tse law 9ufh0rizes them
10 cunt the money in the treasury, and no
one else
The decision in the habeas corpus ease Of
P2rrots Was rendered BY Judge Hoffman
thls morning. and. In effect, declares the
anti Chinese law enacted by the present
Legislature In Sacramento, TO lie in conflict
With The CniEed States treaty with China.
and the Constitution OF the United States.
In reudsring the decision the Judge quoted
81 unusual nnmb~r Of authorities He said
that II the right Of the Legislature TO re
sfrleE corporations in the manner intended
BY tie law in Question shonid be admitted.
there would lie 10 limi, 10 the harm which
might lie ACCOMPLISHED. TIE Chinese are
here and are granted all she benefits Of
trade or tr4ve by solemn treaty. which sre
enj0yed ty any other foreigners. II the
Legislature has the power to declare that
corporations shall not employ Chinese. is
has the same power 10 daelare that Ger
mans Iri-h or Americans shall not be so
employed. Further, they could exercise
the right to d elarr that employees Il cor
poratinns shall be Of a certain creed. If
the facts Of the Law enacted were not so
plainly before us il would be difficult TO be-
Iievs that tie Legislature caald declare 8
law seemingly = cOntenplafivs breach Of
treaty obligations In conclusion judge
Hoffman remarked that il Is generally adj
luAAcA " tE7 u<>t Ef1r>cs oE tA~ CAsk tH4t
unrestricted immigration of Chinese is s
menace TO our peace and EVEN 90 onr civil
izstion. II Is an evil, however. which the
Ahrngstion or sn1endment Of the Buflin-
game Treaty alnne can remedy The Sense-
less cry OF the Chinese must CO." Is an
insolent denial of the authority Of the
United Stats. and asy measure Of the
police or health laws, or State legislation
made in the spiritof that CRY. viii promptly
be set aside by the Courts Of the United
States. When Judge Hoffman finished
reading the decision. Judge Sawyer said,
the prisoner is ordered discharged.
SIERRA CRY. March n This morning
an Italian was found on the trail. leading
from Logsnville 10 the Sierra Butses mine.
dead. with his throat cut.