Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-05-04
LATE TELEGRAMS.
ESPECIAL TO THE HERALD.I
Judgment In the Majors Case
mrmed by the Supre me
Court.

w tne supreme
Court.
SAN FRANcIsco, May 3.-ShcriT Nc.
Cleverty. OF Alameda county. received q
Telegram from the Clerk Of the Supreme
Court notifying him that remlttituI
affirming the judgment of the lower
court in the Majors murder case, has
been forwarded to HIM This finally
settles the fate Of Majors. Unless the
Governor interierts he will be hanged
in Oakland ON the 23l inst.
Departure Of the Revenue Cater
Thomas Corwtn.
San FRANCISCO, May 3.--Tno United
States revenue enter Thomas Corwin
will start ON her northern cruise for the
exploration Of AiNska to-day, the oh.
jec,s being prime p lily the exploration of
the northern coast line OF Alaska be.
yond Point Barrow survey, and tho ex.
animation OF the volcanoes Of the Alue.
tian Islands, that We're in eruption sew
eral months ago, AMI the exploration of
the new Alaskan rivers.
Murder Case Dismissed In u Snn
Francisco Police Court
San FEAScIsco, May 3.-Police Judge
Webb to-day dismissed the charge Of
murder against Amasa Thayer, who ac-
cidehtally shot laac Abbott in row
with Edward Frolsham, ut a meeting OF
the Dashaway Society.
The ChInese Question In the
House.
WAsnINGTos, May 3.--In the House
on motion of Morrison the order for the
evening session tonight was vacated by
the House. which then went into a
Committee Of the Whole, Cox, of New
York, in the chair. On the b,ll amend.
Ing tho Chinese immigration act, llenly
spoke in support Of the bill, which he
snil was the joint product Of the del, :
cations from California, Oregon, Ne.
vada, and Arizona aud Washington
Territory. Never Ia measure
received such endorsement more nearly
unanimous or mere earnest than had
this bill received from tho people on the
Pacific Coast Whlo It might be
assailed on the ground that in some way
II was hostile to the doctrine of univer-
sal fatherhooJ Of God and brother.
hood Of man, while it might
be criticised by those who had
not studied its subject matter,
there WINS thi, fact connected with it.
That the inhabitants Of n tract of coun.
try sufficient for an Empire come with
prat teal unahirily and demanded the
enactment OF this measure, its opponen =
could not be acquainted with the civilza-
tion Of the Chinese. 1t wus u civilization
which presented strange paradox Of
civilization without tho slightest ameli.
Grafton of humanity. The minority re
port intimated that the enactment of this
law might break our friendly relations
with England. This proposition he con-
sidored utterly baselcss. England her.
sell, in Australia, he'd enacted measures
Infinitely moro restrictive in their pro
visions than any which can be found in
the pending bill. Eng was not going
to quarrel with the United States for
doing what she had done herself
but II apprehension Were founded, 10
momentous was this question and far
reaching in its results he would still say,
let this measure pass. IL amiiy with
Great Britain was only 10 bo purchased
at price OF degradation to our laboring
people 1t was too large n price for it.
Congress could do nothing nobler than
to answer no. George siid that
it would of necessity enter into
the discussion Of the passage
this measure. When tho original act
was before the House he had declared
his views on tho subject and only
wished now TO reiierate these declara-
tions in all their force and import TO tho
people Of the Pacific coast, who came
before the 18th Congress aud pointed
out some of the defects which time and
experience had shown to exist in the
original act.