The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-05-06
FOREIGN NEWS.
BE- the schooner Anna, arrived at kahului.
we have news from the Coast to lith ultimo-
The New Chinese Bill

BIZ the schooner Anna, arrived at Kahului.
we have news from the Coast to l4th ultimo.
The New Chinese Bill
j. thus de-cri bed by the San Francisco Chronicle
The bill prepared by Senators Miller and
Jones and Representative Page, and which will
be introduced "a tHe House on Monday next,
having already neen approved oy the Committee
Jn Education and Labor. differs materially from
the measure vetoed by tie President, although,
"a it, changed lorm. il cannot be considered a
whit les Effective than the original bill. In fact.
sOme OF the changes are for the better. That re-
hating to the registration Of departing Chinese Is
a marzed improvement, upon'the passport system
included in the vetoed bill, and which formed one
Of the grounds Of Arthurs objections.
- In the enacting clause the period the bill IS
10 remain in force i reduced frOm twenty To ten
years. IL will be remembered that Edmunds
stated ia the Ssnate Jnat he fully approved oil tHe
principal Of the bill. tut objected 10 the period
OF twenty gears as unreasonable. lie was sup
ported in this position by at least two other Re
publican Senators. who may, now that the point
is conceded, be expected to lend their votes and
support the new bill. The suspension os lmmi-
grafton by the terms Of the newly-traned bi!
will commence Sky DAYS alter Its passage.
e. Instead of the passport system provided for
in the risinal Act. the new bill devises a system
Of registration by the Custom-house authorities
Of all Cinnamon leaving the country. All such
are TO be provided With certificates, which will
ue-CElDC lllelE pcISihii uptCdtdhSCs NaotibSOiC''
ing marks, etc. This certificate must be ex-
Elbited By the Chiuaman on his. return 10 Amer
lea. Ii IL true thnt tils paper may 'e improperly
used, but il "i "ut be any more subject 20
abuse than III, ptS-pOrt system winch the Presi-
dent objected fu on the ground that ii would
thrust on the cvu.'try ! practice being rapidly
abandoned by ah civilized nations. In any con-
tingency, under the registration plan proposed by
the new bill sac number Of Chinese IN the State
at the time II Z1ts into force cannot be increased,
5000 -. -g ii - ~ A.lE fnr
prohibition OF naturalization is retained in the
new bill, and the definition .! the term lahorer Is
the same as in the first bill. Several immaterIal
changes have been made which those IN charge
of the bill think will prove sufficient to disarm
the hostility OF the President.
Fremont CO.,, April IA bank with ex-
President Hayes heading the list of incOrporators
opened subscription books here to-day. Fifty
thousand dollars Of the capital was immediately
taken It's name IS the Fremont Savings Bank
Company. Hayes will undoubtedly be the first
President OF the institution.
DIlis (rex) }, April l3.-The total damage
done by the hailstorm of yesterday in this city Is
estimated at $3.50, 900. The ram this morning
flooded the easements of many of the business
houses.
Washington, April 13.-The House Committee
on the law respecting the election of the
President and the Vice-President have agreed
upon Il bill to carry into effect the provisions
of the Constitution respecting the election
of said President and Vice-President of the
United States, and have directed the Chair
man to report the same favorably. The bill pro-
vides that electors shall be chosen on the day
next after the first Monday in November, in
every fourth year, except III the cases specified
in Sections lat to 149 of the Revised Statutes.
That said electors shall vote on the third Tues
day of the December following their appoint
ment. That between the day of choosing the
electors and the day they are to vote, the title to
a.. sc M ala.for ma ha 1atarmIna1 which ~
made by the right judicial tribunal of the State
having Jurisdiction, shall be conclusive. That
Congress shall be in session on the second We'd
nesday in January next after the meeting of the
electors, and shall count the votes. That upon
the reading of the certificates the President of
the Senate shall call for objections which, If
any, shall be made IN writing, and shall state
clearly and conclsely, with argument, the ground
thereof, and shall be signed by at least one
Senator and one member of the House of Repre-
sentatives before the same shall be received. In
the event of any controversy in any State as to
appointment or eligibility of electors, the decl-
sionthereof by its highest judicial tribunal
having jurisdiction shall be conclusive, and the
votes shall be counted in accordance Herewith,
unless reversed by both Houses. If there be
more than one judicial decision, the two Houses
shall determine which shall be received. Where
there has been a controversy in any State, and
no certified decision has been transmitted or
when two or more such certified decisions have
been transmitted, the contested vote from such
state Sltit llO De COuultO, unlSS DOlu u
concur therein and if there be several electoral
certificates from any State, and no such judicial
decision, the certificate held by both Houses to
be executed by the proper authority shall be
conclusive that if the result is not reached
before the fifth calendar day after the first meet
ing of the two Houses, no further recess shall he
taken by either House that, Notwithstanding
the decisions and declarations mentioned, tie
title to office of any person declared to be electSGd
President or Yice-President and tbetIt title of anv
claimant thereof, may beItIIed and determined
by action IN the natppffe of quo carranto, and ac-
ton may be-5rOught prior to actual entry or
usurpatlop, and must be commenced within ten
days alter the declaration of the election of the
! defendant in the Circuit Court of the United
States for the district in which the defendant, or
either of them, reside.
The S. F. Chronicle, abiding to the report that
the paper had changed hands, says - There is
absolutely no foundation for such a report. No
O%vertures have been made for the purchase of
the paper, and its present proprietor on. H. De
Young does not intend to sell nor has he at
any time contemplated the sale of the Chronicle,
or any portion of it. Any statement to the con-
trary may be set down as Il deliberate and mali
cious attempt to misrepresent."
Washington, April 13.-The flight of Howgate
is the talk of the city Tonight. Up to midnight
nothing has been learned of his whereabouts.
Soon after his arrest--nearly a year since-his
property here, amounting to about $50, 000, was
attached by the Government, and is now held.
Boston, April 1.-Two private letters, dated
Irkutsk, February II, 1882, were received in
Salem to-day by the family and friends of Ray
mond Newcomb, taxidermist on the Jeanette,
and one of the survivors now on the way from
Irkutsk to st. Petersburg. Writing from near
Augsburg on the Siberian frontier, Newcomb
says that, barring unavoidable delays, the party
will arrive in St. Petersburg about the 1st May.
Lieutenant Danenhower, the writer states, was
improving rapidly, and that he tNewcomb) has
acting as the ~latter's amanuensis. Every men,
Der of the party has gained in health. The tone
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