The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-03-20
WARRINGTON.
The Deficiency BilI-ChInese
Question A SRfn-Ge2eFal
GOSSin.

lace since the exciting periods of 7
De extra session, and the intricate
Official and parliamentary struggle Q
yer the various amendments called :
nto play the ablest efforts of au G
unusually large number OF the lead
ng men of both parties. 1t is gen.
rally conceded tonight that the
maL@avTe of accepting
md treating as an original comprc-
Mise the proposition which was
,fered by Garfield yesterday, simply
IS an amendment to an amendment,
gave them decidedly the best of the
position, and the republicans, IN
finally voting solidly sgains: this
upon the ground OF
its being q rider to an appropriation
bill, were not altogether judicious or
iustifable. The proposition finally
adopted provides in the first place for
the payment of the 81 600 due to Cal
ifo!nia deputy msrshals of electione,
and next provides that all such OIL
cers shall hereafter be appointed by
United States judges in equal numbers
from different political parties, and be
paid 50 per diem. 1t will be observed
that no restriction is placed upon the
number that may be appointed. Sew
eral republicans voted for the pro
position when the bill was in commit !
Zee of the whole, including Horace |
Davis, Garfield, Kelly, HisccCk. Rice,
Harris and others of prominence, bat
when the amendment came to final
vote by yeas and nays, all the repub-
licans, acting under GArheld's own
leadership voted against 1t, with the
execution of ButterWoTth, OF Ohio.
During the progress of the debate,
Page obtained the floor for two or
three minutes, and in reply to the
declaration of South Carolina mem.
Der that the democratic party was
always in favor OF fair elections,
made decided nit and called forth
much applause from the republican
side of the house by showing that in
various southern districts, where the
republicans are VIGOROUSLY in the
majority. democratic members are
returned as receiving practically all
the votes.
The Star, this evening, publishes
al article asserting that new treaty
with China hiss been concluded,
placing restrictions uloa chi
nese immigration 20 this co9n-
try, etc. There is the very best
authority for pIonouncing this
statement untrue. 1t is cert sin that
no conclusion has been reached, and
it may be stated, with entire conf
dence, that little or no progre.a has
yet been made in these so called ne
gotiations.
Reports are also current that
| Stewards resigns ton is now, and hss
| long been, in the hands Of the Presi.
dent, and the Post to-day takes the
President severely to task for Withhold
ing action upon it, charging that his
purpose has been to give Seward as
long lease of official life as possible,
and allow him to escape impeach-
ment by accepting /! at the last me-
ment. These repoltI and CHI rges
are also destitute of foundation.
Che only other fresh gossip on this
subject is TO the effect that
Secretary Evarts thinks of trans
fering Minister Bingham from Japan
10 Pekin, and also that John Russell
Young is strongly arged for appoint
ment as Stewards successor.
Representative Page, to-day, Dc.
Iiyered to Postmaster General Key
the letter to which he obtained the
signatures Of Gil of the Pacific Coast
delegation, protesting against the
prohibition of Wells, Fargo & Cos
letter carrying service, and Judge Key
agreed that the case shall he held
open for further argument up &c
May 1st.
| The bill introduced by Senator
Slater to provide for the completion
of the Oregon and California Railroad
is 6 copy of the bill recently intro
duced by Representative Whitaker,
authorizing the Oregon legislature &c
designate the corporation to complete
the road in case of a failure by the
present company within q specified
time.
Secretary Schurz, to day, modified
the decision of the general land Office
in the case OF John w. Gaberel Us
Loais Wilson ct al, involving the
title to lands in San Francisco Dis
trict, so as to allow the filing oil
Gaberel to stand subject to his com
pliance with the requirements of the
presumption law, and the filing O
Wilson 10 understand the object tc
q such compliance on the part o
Gabei ed.
The special report on the Chinese
immigration question of the House
committee appointed to inquire int
the causes of the depression OF labor,
was presented to the House to day
The majority report is sigued By
Chairman Hendrick B. Wright, anl
Mesers. Murch, Dicksy and O'Oon-
nor, and was accompanied BY
: two minority reports, one signed
by Messrs. Martin and Sherwin, anC
E the other by Cowgirl. OF Indiana. TIL;
majority report, it is asserted, i:
based on a careful examination O.
witnesses, and at once concludes thai
Chinese immigration is destroying the
trade and materially affecting the
business of San Francisco and the
whole Pacific Coast. Thousands o!
= industrious white men and women
5 are absolutely thrown cut OF employ
: ment, Chinese labor being used
throughout the whole coast as substi-
tute for white labor. 1t asserts that
the subject is assuming alarming I'M
portance, and that the entire popula-
ton of the Pacific Coast, as tar as
could be learned, is hostile to Chinese
immigration, and especially in the
city of San Francisco, where a
population of $1,000 or 10000 Chi
nege are located in the heart of the
city. This Asia.ic element is gov
erned by their own laws, living in
dirt and filth, and eva1ing sill re-
sponsibility of municipal taxation.
This state of things. the majority cay,
induced the authorities of the state 20
propose a law and submit it to the
people to ascertain the sentiment of
the citizens of the state upon the
propriety OF allowing the immigration
to continue. The result OF the vote
testing public opinion on this CUES
ton was of almost entire uue-
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