Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-01-19
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ton, as follows:
WHEREAS, The treaty recently
concluded between the United
States government and the govern.
inent Of China is. now before the
United States Senate; aud
WHEREAS, Said treaty provides,
among other things, that the Chi
nese now In this country and All
others who shall be allowed to
come here for any purpose, shall be
entitled to all the privileges, inn
munitles and exemptions that may
be enjoyed by tine citizens or sub
jects Of tho most favored nations,
thus conferring upon them the
rights Of naturalization and citi-
zenship; and
WHEREAS, The said treaty fur.
ther provides that It shall not
be competent for the government
of the United Statss to prohibit
the immigration Of the labOring
classes Of said empire to this c0uu.
try, therefore.
Resolved, BY the Senate Of the
State of California, the Assembly
concurring, that we are upaltera-
bly, opposed to the ratification of
said provisions of said treaty and
that we respectfully urge and de-
mand, "a we are most to be affect
ed by said PROVISIONS, such amend
ments to said treaty as shall posi-.
lively prohibit the naturalization
In this country of any subject or
native of the Chinese EN- pire, and
as shall empower this government
to prohibit entirely the immigra.
ton to this country Of any Of the
Coolie or laboring classes Of China.
Resolved, That our Senators In
Congress are hereby instructed and
our Representatives are requested
to use all means within their pow.
er to carry out the wishes of the
people OF this State as herein ex.
pressed.
Resolved, That the Governor o.
this State be requested to transmit
by telegraph these resolutions tt
our said Senators and Representa-
Davis desired o suspension Of the
rules so that the resolutions could
be sent at once to the Assembly, al
the treaty was pending in the
United States Senate.
Glasecock's motion to refer was
carried. Ayes 10, noes Is.
AssEMBLY.-Edwards, OF the
Committee on Municipal Corpora.
tions, reported adversely to As
sembly bill 46. Assembly bill 49,
providing for the CLASH f1cation Of
municipal corporations, was re.
ported for passage IS amended, and
the Committee recommend that
the bill be declared matter oi
urgency and passed at once.
Baker, Of Yolo, moved to take up
Assembly bill 4S. providing for the
classi ficatiou OF municipal corpora.
tions and read it a first time. Car.
ried.
On motion of Edwards, the bill
was read o second time.
Leake moved to amend by Gre.
ating q sixth class having Q popu.
lation of 5000 or less. This brought
out long discussion In which
Matthews, Of San Benito, Leach,
Whipple aud others spoke in favor
of creating smaller class OF towns
which might not be encumberad
with q municipal government too
large for ther1.
Whlpple moved to create q sew
enth class to consist of towns hav.
ing q population OF $500 or less.
Harrison thought the question
too important to be con nsidsred In
this hasty way.
Hendrick moyed to make the
bill special act for Thursday, and
after a protractsd discussion on
this point the motion was carried.
Recess.
Fatal Fight beswern Aniss scs~s ~ud
LAS VEGAS, N. NJ, Jan. 18TH
At q ball given by Mexicans of
Los Mula, this county, on Sstur-
day night, eight America ns attend.
ed. A bitter feeling was epgen-
dered between the two nationali.
ties and free fight TOOK place.
Doc Hodges and Frank Smith, two
from Watson & Levy's
tie camp, were murdered In cold
blood. Hodges was snot twice In
the head and once in the chest and
his body snatchsd by the Mexi-
cans. The remains were found the
next day burned to crisp. Smiths
body was also carried off, being
Eound the next day perforated with
bullets and the skull crushed. One
Mexican was killed and several
The feeling among the
lie choppers ls at fever heat and q
conflict may result between the
.wo factions.
DVsogs OF sise State s~oaJr.
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 1Sth.-The
senate convened at 1870 p. M.
Sears's resolution, asking Con.
.ress to take charge of mining |
lebris matters, came up and was |
discussed. The resolution was re-
committed to the author. for
It was returned
and adopted almost
unanimously.
The nomination Of John A,
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