Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-03-30
TELEGRAPHIC.
THURL0W WEEDS LETTER TO
THE TRIBUNE.
He Says There Are Two Sides to the
Chinese Question.
HE is IN FAVOR OF THE FIVE
YEAR LIMIT.
Hundreds Of kilograms Urging the Presi-
dent Not to Sign the Bill.
JONES SAYS the PRESIDENT CANNOT AT.
FORD TO VETO THE BILL.
The Pacific Slope Cannot Be Depended
Upon to Vote the Republican Ticket.
JONES SAYS the PRESIDENT CANNOT Az.
FORD TO VETO THE BILL.
Especial TO THE SENTINEL

New YORK, March 29.-The venerable
Thurlow Weed writes to the Tribune:
s'There are two sides to the Chinese ques-
ton. In our national infancy we com-
menced housekeeping by opening our doors
to guests from all portions of the old world.
1t has been our boast for a hundred years
that America would welcome strangers
from every cline, but China is tasking
our hospitality too severely. In the Paci-
fc States the Cinnamon deprive our indus
trious classes Of employment. They work
cheaper, do their work better, and are far
less troublesome than laborers and domes-
tics with whom they come in contact, and
it is alleged and feared that Chinese immi-
grafton will crowd those States with an
homogeneous element, an clement which
does not, and will not assimilate or
fraternize with our institutions or people
in the Atlantic States. The Chinese, com-
paratively few in number, are Industrious,
frugal and inoffensive. The question is
further embarrassed by diplomatic and
treaty relations. Will not the passage of
a law closing our ports against the inhabi-
tants of a friendly Power not only disrupt
our relations, but provoke retaliation?
Without entering upon this or other feat
ures of the question, / must be permitted
to express my regret that Congress did not
limit the operation OF this law to five years.
That would have given time for negotia-
tions which might result in an amicable
adjustment of the question. In view of
It's importance, and the difficulties by
which it is surrounded, would it not be
wise for the President to return the bill
with a suggestion of modification, which
would make it acceptable to fair-minded
men of all parties !"
For and Against the Chinese Bill.
NEW York, March 29.-Washington spe-
cials to the Graphic say that hundreds of
kilograms are being received at the White
House urging the President not to sign
the Chinese bill. They come from all
parts Of the country except the Pacific
Coast. 1t is understood that the President
is being strongly advised to both sign and
veto the bill, and it is becoming a very
grave question what to do in the premises.
There are two phases of the question, the
right and wrong of it in the abstract, and
its political bearing. 1t is strongly main
tanned by Senators Jones of Nevada, Mil
Ter Of California, and others from the
Pacific Coast States, that it is not only
right but a political necessity, and the
President cannot afford to veto it. Others
argue that the bill oversteps the bounds of
the treaty, and is not right, and that for
this reason it will not stand the cool in
spection of time when the excitement
wears away, and the people Of the country
come to reflect upon the question. 1t is
urged that the Pacific slope cannot be de-
pended upon to vote the Republican ticket.
California and Nevada both went for Han
cock. and there is no guarantee Of an i'm
minent change Of heart in that section.
At any rate, if it becomes a law the DEM
ocratic party will reap what credit there is
in 1t, because they voted solidly for it,
while the Republicans refused to do so
unless it was modified.
Condition of n People in the
Overlooked Districts.
ST. LOUIS. March 29.-General Beck
with has just received a report from Lieu
tenant B. H. Randolph Of the Third
Cavalry, dated at Delhi, Louisiana, in
which the latter sums up the situation as
follows In the district from the Red
River to the Arkansas State line, and
about fifty miles west of the Mississippi,
there has been no loss of life except q few
children on Black River, and there is no
actual starvation or restitution at present.
The supply of r~ations, If judiciOusly hus-
banded, will supply all pressing needs un-
til April 10, when, if there is no improve
ment in the situation before that date,
there will exist general restitution among
the people, both black and white. Should
the flood fall decidedly by April 10, l
think there will be needed only about half
rations of bacon and meal to May l for
so, 900 persons. If there is no change for
the better before April 10, there will be
about Is, 1000 persons without food or
credit. Should the water fall decidedly
by April 10, the probability is that plant
ing can be done by May l, and with that
prospect large planters will prefer to feed
their own hands.
The Judge Advocates Opinion.
WASHINGTON, March 29.-It ia pretty
well understood that one Of the principal
points upon which the Judge Advocate
General bases his opinion in the Mason
case is that the charge Of assault to kill
was not fully established by the evidence
presented. Another point, said to have
been raised by General Swain, is that
Mason was not arraigned on the proper
charge, as his most serious ~offense, from a
military point OF view, was seditious con-
duct, under circumstance that might have
resulted in mutiny among the soldiers
serving with him at the time. The ap-
proval of the report by the President
would result In the discharge Of Mason
S.a~& o,a&nIy s.I ran1a. hsn ~a.oN
from further proceedings on the part of
the military authorities for the same Of
tense.
The Illinois State Senate yesterday adop-
ted q resolution asking the President to
pardon Mason.
Passage of the Tariff Commission
Bill.
WASHINGTON, March 29.-The Senate
this afternoon, by . vote Of 38 to Is,
passed the Tariff Commission bill. The
bill provides for q commission Of Q mem
bers, to be appointed by the President and
confirmed by the Senate. who are to re-
ceive for their services $40 . day. when
actually employed, and their travelling and
other necessary expenses. They are TO in
vestigate all the various questions relating
to agricultural. commercial. m~erchautable,
manufacturing, mining and industrial in
teres.s Of tina United States. so far as the
same may be necessary for the establish
ment OF judicious tariffs and = revision Of
the existing tariffs, and the existing sys-
TEN OF internal revenue laws, upon a scale
OF justice to all Of the interests. and are
to report TO Congress from time to time,
and are to make their anal report not later
than the first Monday in January, 1888.
A u Affair.
PINE BLUFFS tArk.). March 29.-Mrs.
Ballard Of Lincoln County, after 6 dis
agreement with her husband on Monday
morning, took her children. aged seven
and four years, and q four-months-old in
FAINT, and went to . pond In the rear Of