Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-03-30
VETO OR APPROVAL.

There is speculation going on all over
the country to-day whether President
Arthur will sign the bill to prohibit Chi
nese immigration to the United States
for the next twenty years. kilograms
are being received by him, say the dis
patches, from every direction, except
from the Pacific Coast, urging him to
veto the bill. Should he do SO he would
be acting consistently with the evident
policy Of the Republican party. The
vote in the Senate, and especially so in
the House, makes this clear enough.
The effect of the vote has been to raise
the question into extraordinary consid-
Grafton as a party issue. Should the
President approve the bill his party
could claim but little credit before the
people for its enactment. He would
moreover appear as acting in opposition
to the wishes of the majority of his i'm
mediate constituents. Should he veto
the bill the stand of his party on the
question would not be appreciably more
pro. Chinese thar it is already. The Re-
publicans can gain little in a partisan
way on the Pacific Coast by his signature
to the bill. and his veto cannot make the
situation much worse, as the representa-
tives of the Republicans in both Senate
AMI House have so plainly exhibited the
animus of the party. In view OF this,
and of the fact that the Republican party
nav think they can afford to lose the
support of the Pacific Coast, it is not
unlikely that they may try to turn the
situation to their advantage by presum-
ing to take the high ground of the "uni-
versal brotherhood of man," and come
out altogether pro-Chinese for the sake
of popularity in some sections OF the East.
They will be mistaken in such a calcula-
tion as this, however, for the working
classes in New England and everywhere
else in the United States are apprised OF
the real facts with regard to the Chinese.
Information in the matter is more general
among the laboring classes than among
those whom Chinese immigration will
affect less directly and less seriously.
The 'sinvasion" is dreaded by those,
especially, from whom the Chinese take
meat and bread. The signs are, never
theless, that Mr.. Arthur will veto the
bill. 1t may be well for him to do so,
for one reason, which is, that the whole
story will be complete in this act and
the people will then know beyond cavil
where they should put faith and whence
expect sympathy. Thurlow Weed has
written to the New York Tribune, and
he suggests FIVE for twenty years OF
restricted immigration. 1t will not be
surprising if Mr.. Arthur should veto the
bill and make the term of twenty years
one of his objections for so doing. Those
who are familiar with the facts think
there is no reason for a change; they are
satisfied that Chinese immigration is a
great evil and should be stopped sum-
marily and altogether. Can nothing
better be had in the way Of legislation
thar five years security, that will be a
relief; but there can be no friendliness
in tampering with the bill, now 1t
ought to pass, and if Mr.. Arthur vetoes
it he will make a serious mistake, as
judged by the great masses of the peo-
pie, though, as said before, he will, in so
doing. carry strictly into effect the
wishes of the majority of his own party.
His action is looked for with daily in
oraaoinO intarast