The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-04-08
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The World, IN. Y %editorially, say
The message i'll which the president hi
exp essed his objections to the bill SUI
pending Chinese emigration for twenl.
years, is, for the most part, well reas.
oned and well written, from the poll
of view which its author has seen fit /
q Iopt. Ali depends, however, as the pro
verb tells us, upon the point of view
and it is at once singular and painful,
The first reflection OF the readers of til
message, both in and out of congress.
will be that Gen. Grant, who represent
himself only, has been more potent will
the president than Senator Jones, VIII
represents the Pacific coast 1t is sun
ciently we'll known aver since he IT
turned from the east, that Gen. Grab
has cherished with much fondness H.,
project OF eularging our commercial +,
lations with the east. 1t has also betI
extensively said, and believed, that u }
new minister to China was appointe,
because lie believed in Grants urienla
SO0Lay oAAu lldu INlObNl
him to bring that project from IL
realm OF drama to that OF custom hour,
statistics. Young could scarcely haN.
had worse credentials tor entering p
his mission than the presidents signn.
ture TO the Chinese bill, and he coui,
scarcely have n better credential thai
the presidents veto. 1t is quite pos !
BILE that Grant believes that before H.,
next session that the sight of the var
commercial currents setting unlimite,
Quantities Of tea and lacquer eastward
and Of petroleum and wooden Wal
westward, across the Pacific, may softer
the hearts of the most obdurate Cali
fornian congressman, and that the muI
muir of the hoodlum may be lost in I'll,
plaudits of the solid men of San Fran
cisco. If we take this view Of the mes
sage we shall be at no loss TO under
stand at whose instance the eloquen
passage about the trade of the east b,
ing the key Of the commercial empire
or words to that effec WAS introduced
and We shall also be able to appreciate
the large and liberal administration o.
" rat the vulgar call ''taffyr to tt
people of San Francisco in particular
aud the Pacific coas in general. Thes
things will, in this view, be taken I,
mean that Grant is TO be allowed ''re =
sonabl time," not In the meaning o,
the Chinese treaty as interpreted b,
Congress, to ascertain whether an or
entail boom can be 80 worked as to max.
the absence of Chinese trade appear t,
the Influential classes of San Francisco
10 be a greater evil than the presence OF
1t remains to be seer how
far the president has reckoned withou
his host, in opposing the judgment OF
congress upon a question which ther,
a scarcely be said to be a doub
Public opinion seems 10 be unanimous
against the position taken by the pres
ident. 1t is to be noted that the pres
ident's veto places him in direct oppo-
sition to the principle Of protection, so
Tar as protection is applied to labor
1t Is a common complaint of Europe
an writers that European laborers ave
n OF the products which we admi,
without taxing 1t, yet the pretense o,
everyone of of our protective tariffs
has been for the protection of Amer
a labor against the pauper labor Of
Europe. The president and the ma.
jority OF the republican party in COLI
gress have refused to exclude from CON
petition with American labor the labor
ers OF the east, who can and do live OF
wages far more inadequate to the SUP
port of a Belgian or an English lahore
than to the support of an American
laborer.
The National Republican says: Pres
ident Arthur's veto message of Tn.
Chinese bill will be read with profoun,
Interest His objections are stated H.
clear, forcible language, and will re.
ceiye the careful consideration which
the Importance OF tho subject demands.
1t appears to be the general sentimen
among leading legislat rs that the bill
will he re ENACTED by congress with thu
twenty year clause reduced to ten years.
and such oth- notifications as will
suggest themselves IN further lexisla-