Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-01-12
The Chinese Restriction Law.

The Chinese Restriction Law.
WASHINGTON, January 11th.-" You can
tell your California people," said Governor
Rice, Of Ms7sachusetts, to a correspondent,
- that the Representatives of the Eastern
States in the House are Just as rampant
against the law restricting Chinese immigra-
ton to-day SIS they ever were that we will
fight the proposition to amend the law as
hercely as We did its passage, and that we
expect to have better luck than we did in our
fight before. You can also say that we be-
lIeve public sentiment now is rather in favor
II repeating the entire lsw than for strength.
ening it. America should be Tree for sll to
come or stay and Chinese or ary other people
should be welcome" This statement was re-
pested to Representative Budd, who said be
was happy to be able to say thst Governor
Rice was farther away from the real facts in
the case than he was when he led the fight
against the present law, My in vestigations
in this House convince me-" said Bu3d,
that our amended Chinese bill will pass the
House by over tWo-thirds msjority."
No Record on the Chinese Question
WAsHISGToN, January 1lth.-Senstor Will
SOD, of Iowa. returned to this city yesterday
and appeared in the Senate to-day. He is the
fifth Republican member on the Committee
on Foreign Relations, and the only one of that
question. AS Milier's bill to amend the Re-
strction Act is before that committee, vii.
sons attitude and opinion on Chinese mat
ters are important. Edmurds, Sherman,
LaphaD and Brown, the latter named being
a Democrat, voted against the ten-vear bill
Miller, Morgan, Pendleton and Vance, tins
last three being Democrats voted for it. The
committee, therefore, stands four to four
Wilson vote being necessary to get favor
able report on the bill. Your correspondsu Mt
to-day asked Senator Wilson if be had given
the matter sny thought, and how he stood.
He said " l have not seen Senator Miiiers
bill, and therefore have not considered it. |
will tell you better how l stand after reading
it.
'' But you must have some opinion OF the
subject in general
"Of course, returned Mr.. Wilson, "but
| have no record on the Chinese question, not
having been in Congress when the present
law was passed. l am open to conviction
| The Committee en- Foreign Relations has held
no meetings yet. but probably will next
week. The Chinese bill will be one Of the
first subjects considered.
Prize Fight OF twenty-five Rounds
PHILADELPHIA, January 11th.- Thomas
/ Wycherly, OF this city, and Leonard Boyle,
Of bridgeport, fought hour and y minutes
/ with bare fists for $500 in Montgomery couu-
/ ty yesterday morning, and the battle was
/ desperate enough to satisfy the most brutal
( OF the 20 spectators, In the twenty second
round Wycheriy struck his bleeding and bat
/ tered but plucky opponent 10 the threat and
+ won the fight. When time was called for the
twenty-third round, Boyle was sitting on his
/ secc: d's knee very much exhausted. 81
/ can fight no more" he said. at is no use
/ standing up when l have not the strength. -
/ Wycherly Is a peddler. 2G years old, and
/ weighs 80 pounds. He was born Ia Pitts
/ burg snd hiss fought FIVE times in the ring.
/ His most famous battle was with Jack Mo
/ ran, in Allegheny City. They fought eleven
rounds and Moran won. Boyle is q laborer
/ on the Pnilsdelphia and Reading Il abroad.
snd works at Bridgeport lie is q wears old.
/ weighs l53 pounds, and had fought in the
/ ring twice before he faced Wycherly. Wych-
/ erly lives in Richmond and when be boxes
IN public calls himsslf Kelly. Ee is known
/ to all boxers in the city as s quick and hard
hitter. Wycherly backed himself for the
/ fight to-day.
Result OF a Family Feud
| WEST POINT Gal January lltb.-Robert
| Hucka5s, together with several Others. was
| employed near Black Jack mountain in
I quarrying rCck. While so employed. J. T.
Smith and James Craven. members of the
family with whom Huckaba's family had a
feud, came up, apparently on n pesceful
errsnd. A few minutes later John Smith
also rode up on horseback, armed with s shot.