The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-03-26
The Republican Party asd the Chinese
Question.

ton upon iis assembling Al Chicago is
the Chinese question. Four wears ago,
u Will be remembered. at Cincinnati.
the party convention took strong ground
on that question. The delegates from
the Pacific States insisted that strong
ground should be taken. They had
been instructed By their constituents 70
demand that the Republican party
should commit itself To the docirire *
Mongolian oppression or extinction a.
condition precedent to receiving the
votes Of California Oregon and Nevada.
They dared not 20 home and ask Re
publicans TO vote for the candidates II
the convention unless they could take
with them the solemn assurance that
the party was entirely sound on the
Chinese question. and that the Cali
fornla doctrine in relation 10 the rights
and wrongs-of the celesfials was
cherished BY the entire Republican
household as one Of its most sacred
political convictions.
Thus adjured. the party felt that
strong ground must be taken. and
promptly took it, With scarcely dis
senIlng voice. the convention courage
ously declared that il was ~ the imn,s.i-
ate duty If Congress 10 fully inyesti-
gate the effect of the immigration and
importation Of Mongoiians on the moral
and material Interests of the country"
There was no trimming or evasion.
II will be observed; no shaily-
ing or delay. or procrastination.
The investigation was 10 be i'm
mediate. and il was TO be full. 1t
WAS not 10 bear upon the material in
terests" Of the country alone. but upon
those high moral Interests whereof
the party has 50 long regarded itself
the especial custodian In word. il
was . grand, spontaneous proiIer q
party sympathy with the Republicans
Of the Pacific Slope in their noble indig-
nation against the almond-eved immi-
grant from far Cathay; and although il
took the Pacific Republicans, who saw
II for the first time in cold and unimpas-
stoned type. some time 10 realize its
grandeur. its spontaneity and its SYM
pathetic quality. they were easily per
suaded by their representatives to &C
cept il la the same cordial spirit in
which. according 10 those representa-
iives. Il was rendered. - accepting II.
they gave the Republican candidate
their votes. and sat them down to wait
for the expected extinction Of tie China
man.
Az they are still waiting Little by
little il has dawned upon them that the
grand spontaneous utterancc IF the con
vention was humbug. the sole object
Of which was 10 hoodwink the voters
and capture the votes on the shore 81
the Pacific. As they ponder the fact that
the Republican party never did anything
toward solving the Monaghan question.
and realize that its leaders ne-er in
tended il should do anything. beyond
the making Of promises which meant
nothing and could be easily broken.
they begin 70 look forward 10
the coming convention as an oppor-
tunity for asking pertinent and emhar-
RAISING questions. The Conklings and
the CamerOns, the supporters Of Blaine
and the supporters Of Sherman If
there are going 10 be any would do
WELT 10 prepare themselves for answer
ing these questions They would DO
well. also. to prepare satisfactory an
swers. No promise If investigation
will be sufficient II the votes Of Cali
fornia and Nevada are 10 be had. or
even expected. for the Republican can
didates. the Republican Convention will
have TO take positive ground in respect
70 the checking or forbidding of Chinese
immigration and the abrogafi0n II AL
treaties which stand in the NAY.
That the convention will hesitate
about taking this ground. or any other
which is deemed necessary 10 the secur-
ing Of votes. there is no reason 10 doubi;
but there is a possibility that IN taking
il the party viii be involved in some
thing like contradiction Of the cen
Trailing doctrines to which il stands
committed and which have so re-
Gently been approved by Re-
publican Supreme Court Right or
wrong in itself. the California
opposition to the Chinanan and
the California method Of carrying that
opposition into effect embody together
doctrine of Sfate-rights n advanced
as any that can be extracted from the
Virginia or Kentucky resolutions The
newspapers Of the Pacific slope see this
and comment on II in way that irdi-
Gates very clearly the sort Of contro-
versy that awaits the Chicago Convcn-
ton. The Eureka Scniinsi. for i'm
stance. Nevada paper which believes
in the doctrine expressed in the formula
I" tho Chinese must CO." SAYS:
There is a lndicrous Side 20 this anfi-Chlncse
business in the California legislature. Every
thing that has bcen attempted involves the
dDctrine ~ Sfaic-riChts In the hrnadcst sense
The idea OK = single State 81 the Union setting
up in opposition 10 law O. treaty stipulation
~ the Federal Government IL too funny Tor
anything and state. too. with . Republican
LEGISLATURE ana ooNernnr. Accnrdtng y the
the Lawmakers q the Golden State arr guilty,
each and every one Of them. o. high trcasoni
Detroit Free Press.
THREE maiden ladies Of Auburn. Me-,
carry on large farm, attending person