The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-03-11

Debate ON the Chinese BIN.

CONGRESSIONAL
Debate on the Chinese BIN.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, March Tin the Sen
ate ut l:aO the Chinese bill was again
taken up and Miller Of California called
attention te the recent popular demon
stratiOn in California and Nevada In
behalf Of the bill. He forwarded to the
Clerk and had read dispatches from
mass meetings, the largest he said ever
held in California ut San Francisco,
Stockton, Los Angeles, Santa Cruz, Ne
va,,a City, sonora and various other
points rritin. their proceedings and
resolutions they adopted in advocacy q;
the hill. Farley said he had also re-
ccivc.l Il number Of dispatches similar in
im,yDrt from meetings at sacramento,
Oakland and elsewhere.
Fair i.ai received. Il dispatch from
the Governor OF Nevada dated March
4th stating that mass meetings tor re-
stric:ion then in progress in all the
prominent towns in the State, were
una ni.,.tN,~ly in favor vi the bill.
Dave, being entitled! to the floor said
he was :, ware the friends of the measure
were impatient for II vote and that IN
their Op;nicn debate was exhausted.
His sense cf duty, however. compelled
him t" proceed. lie said it had ne:n
confessed ~ supporters Of this lcgisla-
lion that il wa, invoked under the in
fiur:nv Of an overimwcrin< passion.
Whether ;:,,:iy or unust!y public olin-
ion on The Pacific Sic pc had been
wrn, hit ND to such - heat that it was
now climcd we were incapable Of com
si.lcrinv the economic and other aspects
of The question with ,lciii"ratinn. Dis
catches lust read furnished ample proof
oi the blind, furious and tiarkcninE
,r,ss;Un which threatened L" swallow up
every effort to deliberately consider the
economical or what might liz called the
sentimental! oh:ec.in.. to the bill. lie
criticised the position o. ingalls, as I.
surre,slt: IL what he called the dictates
oran ovcr.,,IStrTing passion of a locality
uymn the condition. One should revolt
that the suspension should continue
even for only ~ years. In reply to n
si,l. remark Oi Jones OF Nevada that the
assertion Just made. was unwarranted,
Dawes ~:,i.! the evidence of it was before
the SENATE in the dispatches just ~
stivctl showing that Il holiday had been
declared in California im Orsler to gather
together something in the form Of tss-
tinOnv t. TX. telr:;,ra phcsl tn the Senate
Of the United! States, as tic instructions
10 it upon il. .'u,v. lie depicted the pol
lev of moulding legislation for the whole
country u;,on the dictates Of Il locality
AMI tsI,,:rn.icd that restrictions upon
ocr,ni!tin. classes as well AS the practi-
t:.l prohibition against Chinese labor
ers ior twenty years cOntr;sven.sl not
only the hate but former treaty. Slater
here remarked that the Burli!l: game
treaty rave Chinese SUI ju.ts the p:ivil-
......s only which lrrta;nrl to residents
from, other countries and that those res
lriciive word, were not included in any
other treaty. dawes said tll'Se privil-
eyes protected the new conner in his resi-
.l.mce :.n.t in giving to him freedom
wherever II: was located in the United
States, hut that the bill drawn in spirit
Of hate AMI SUMMARIZED by the same sclti.
,ue,,t w:,iri, actuut..l the s;ln,llntters vi
San F'rai,riscs'. made "a distinction in
the Chinese already here as against the
Jxn,r lalMrrr AMI in favor Of the aristts-
crat. lie charged that the treasure was
!xs.sl upon this discrimination while It
assumed not to prohibit la(Mrers, 1t
threatened Will, the pcnitcntiary those
Of then, who might liz found without
from this Inconsistency it did not indi-
cate how the distinction should l,c made
between tile permitted class and any
either. Teller remarked that the fact of
u l,lm,rpr bcin. here would I,e sufficient
e!ialeIIcr of his having \ passport when
he came. and that WAS the only time
when lie is rtxiuirc'i to exhibit it.
dawes. r..suniny. said the trainers Of
III
spirit Of winch fifty years ago, prompt
I'd the people "f certain : ates tN inn
l.ri>rn Tree negroes coming within ITS
.vn:ines even when they came is cm-
p!Oya 49, of the masters Of vessels and
when not claimed Ivy their ,nploycr up
on their departure to sell them into xl,-
s,,t,tc slavery. The discussion was con-
tinutsl by Jones, Of Nevada, am,l Ed
un,,,l,l< and Piatt. The latter however
gave way for u motion by Howe for an
executive session and the matter lai.l
over until Tomorrow.
WASHINGTON, March SIN thu. Sem
ate today Miller, Of New York, pr;.Srut-
I'll Il memorial from numerous. New
York merchants for action, l.mking to
the termination Oithc lIlwain rts.iprOci-
~ treaty. Ii it shall appear that its pro-
visions nave been evasletl l,y passing u
different grade OF sugar than that con-
tc,',l'lated III the treaty free of duty the
action 10 be taken is to remedy such eva
sion.
In tho H"lls.. Dccrlns from the conf
Inittee "n Indian affairs reported bill
to- ratify the agreement entered into by
lcShO>i!Oncs Isannscks and Sllecpe.,tcrs
t"r the sale of Il portion 0f their lands i'm
0Tl,116, Hss(s.rran1 II, fl,ss a,s,,,aanitto 1>f
the whole.
Ain>lcy, Of Idaho, from the same COM
mittec, reported u bill to ratify the
agreement entered into by the ShO
xl,Oncs and lsannacks for the sale Nf
their reservation in Idaho for the Use of
the Utah 4 Northern railroad company,
which WAS referred to the same commit
tIr.-
The Court Of Claims to-day upon the
application ei the Attorney General
made IN order for extending the time
for taking testimony in the case Of the
cl,oc.aw nation. which is Il claim i'm