Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-03-29
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5pociAl correspondence OF the Register.
WAsuINGroS, March p.
The House Committee on the Dcprrs-
sion a, Labor .Hrndrick y. Wright,
Democrat, oi Prnnsy van a, chairman)
has Just made lengthy rrpOrt on Chi
nes,, Immigration, and the wonder IN
reading il is that the people Oi the Paci-
H. slope have 50 long endured the pres
one oi such degraded race in their
midst This report shows there are l6O,'
900 Cinnamon west oi the Neyadas, be-
sides ,JOO 10 q, 500 Chinese women, Of
the vilrst character, who are slaves,
These %, cpl whoa coolies and prac-
ticarIv b.lun, Ia "Thc Six Companies,
pay less taxes than Chinese criminal eX-
penses amount Ia. They send 100000
a dav, S3,oUp OOOO month, SiO.OOO,OOO
a year t0 China. The money paId them
in thirty Years, the committee finds, has
reachel stu0, ,uOO OOO, and yet they buy
no land anil spend M money, except
for a Itt.r coarse food, because
they g,t their rice from
China. They have ruined, the
report shows, Shormakiug, shirtmak-
ing. the manufacture oi cigars, harness,
g., AMI have almost driven ont ut cm-
ploymrnt all white Tlastcrcrs, miners,
farm hands aud labOrvrS. lu tCt,
scarcely a trade, En occupation, or m
dustry, has escaped the blight ot their
presence, and white men testify that
they are being reduced to heggary, and
will have Ia leave the Pacific coast un-
less something II speedily done by the
G1yrrumrut | could not help think
ing, while reading this part ut the report
which il iull ui startling facts takenirom
the testimony ni white mechanics and
others, how California Republican Com
yrrSSmrn find % In their hearts Ia Tr-
spond Ia the appeals at New England
Tor protection against European CHRIST
ian Labor When New England allows thc
Chimes. pagtuS tu lnirst the fdcttC
coast and increase, hy imm grafton, ike
yermIn. Not alone their degraded pa
ganIsm aud iudlhsume and cor
Tuptlng practices and lmmoralltles,
but tho tact that they are deprlying
nearly an Americans ui living support
and living there Without employment
and without hope, is what the commit
tee most dWrllS coo. The report closes
with a resolution that the Presl-
dent hr requested by Congress to
inform the ChIurs"e Government that u
IA the desire ol our Government to abru-
gate and annuI the clauses ut the treat
Irs between the two countries winch
permit emigration. The COMMITTEES, IN
their report. recall the fact that when a
vote was taken IN California on Ch'nese
immigratIan only SS3 voted tOT 70 and
l54, ,6iS against H.
Railroad Matters In Congress.
Railroad matter, before thus Congress
are very much mixed. The suh-tOuI-
mlttrr ui the Judiciary ot the Sena e,
Ma-srs Mcdonald. Garland aud Car
prutrr. have agreed 90 report biI oi
brirIturr ui all land grants To railroads
amounting a. lOOOOUO acres, while
the senate Railroad Committee were
ready o. report an extension oi ten wears
for the completion ut the Northern fdcl-
lie. which extension would ne'c 'csSafl'S
carry the land grant With u.
EN-Guv. John &. Brown arrived To-
day o. luuk after a SIulldr Wll Ia eA''hd
the time iur the completion oi the Texas
ParIhr ten wears. The Texas Pacific Is,
however. not effected by the acton OF
the JUDICIARY Committee, as they got
their Land grant from Texas and not
from the General Government.
Col. F. n WhselDyk, oi New Orleans,
amt Mr. Whitney, representing Morgans
railroad ul Louisiana, had an animated
discussion this morning before the Rail
road Committee 0t the House, bOth
claiming the land grant tor the projected
Tuals from New Orleans tn Shreveport,
General Joe Johnson Was invited To
appear before Mir Cabells House Com
mittee ON Railways an! Canals, TINS
morning. 10 glye his views as 10 the
military necessity Of the projected ROAD
from San Antonia a. lerado, ON the
Mexican border and did 50.
Our Contributions TO the berhn fisn
Convention.
TODAY a model at our new fish hatch
ing steamer, recently built al Whining
ton. Delaware, aud another ot that pr
ton of the ship devoted to nSh hatchlhs'
Iait for Rarlin, where they are to be eN-
bibited ON the 10Th II April, when the
International Fish Congress assemblies
thsr. Those familiar With the pro
grass artificial fish culture has male IN
the countries OF the world say that froi.
B,iri will b. able tO make most cred
liable exhibit.
Gloomy Day at the Capitol
Then, MAS no session of the senate Ia
day and the proceedings ot the House
were not of An interesting character. No
imnortant committee, either ~ the
House OF senate side Vas in session.
The weather, which vas a. gloomy as
possible. kept aNSy visitors. ami every
thing about the Capitol looked Just a.
dreary as the weather.
Personal News Items.
Senator Hereford has been called sud
denly 10 New York by a telegram which
stated that his brother, who Is theTa on
business connected with mining opera
tions. is not expected 10 hive
Gen. Joseph +. Johnston SaS at the
War Department in spite otIhe weather
looking after the appointment OF "a con-
stituent.
Senator Davis, Who ran up home
Friday. will be back in time tor Mon
day's session of the Senate.
Additions to the House Deficiency Bill
The Senate Appropriations Commit
tee mas agreed to increase the House Lul-
mediate Deficiency bill SSS0, 900. Among
the items added are S2S6, 900 Tor the nsu
Nayy and War Department, and sSO,-