The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1886-03-06
TIE ROCK SPRINGS RIOT.
1t Is Officially Placed before
Congress.
A PLAIN MESA GE.
The President Thinks that the Gov.
ernment Is Not Legally Liable
for Damages.

WASHINGTON. March 2.-The President
sent the following message to Congress to-
day:
To the Senate and House of Representa-
tivrs:
1t is made the constitutional duty of the
President to recomm nd to the considera-
ton OF Congress from time to time such
measures az he shall Judge necessary and
exp dent. In no matters can the necessity
OF this be more evident than when the good
faith Of the United States, under the
solemn obligation of it's treaties with
foreign Pow RS is concerned. The question
of the treatment OF the subjects OF China
sojour ing within the jurisdiction "i the
United States presents such m tier for
the urgent and earnest considerat ton OF the
Executive and Congress. In my first
annual message upon the assembling OF
the present Congress. adverted to this
question. THE President here quotes a
pa ssage from his message upon the Chinese
question and continues:l At the time /
wrote this
THE SHOCKING OCCURRENCE
ut Rock Springs. in Wyoming Territory,
were fresh in the minds If all, and had been
recently presented anew to the attention
Of this Government by the Chinese Minis
ter in n note, which, while not unna turally
exhibiting some misconception Of our gen.
eraI system OF administrn ion ia the Terri
tories. while they as vet are not in the
exercise uf the fall measure Of that SOW
errign self government pertaining to the
States of the Union, presents in truthful
terms the main FEATURES II the cruel out
rage th+r" p-ri'-trai ed upon tine inoffensive
subjects nf China. In the investiga ton of
the Rock Springs outbreak and ascertain
ment of facts on which the Chinese Minis.
ter's statements rests, the Chinese repre-
sentatives were aided by agents Of the
United States and the reports submitted
having been thus framed and recOunting
the facts within the knowledge Of the wit
nesses ,.n both sides, possess an important
truthiuIness which could not fail tn give
them inDressiveness. The facts. which SO
far are not cuntroverted or affected by any
exculpatn"y or mitigating testimony, show
the murder Of a number OF Chinese subjects
at Rock Springs, the wOunding OF many
Others, and the -pnilation If the propt rty
of FL, when the unhappy Survivors had
been
DRIVEN FROM THEIR HABITATIONS.
There is-Rs sAsses,4r,n thatthe victims by
any la wIsAJ.y dia"rdefiy att on their part
hat a., -, - .s +t'.t tho !. -,
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.nl,l;r,t;,ns wL.,.s IL, no 1890 ~
az t,rk u,,,,, tba.,Y T., ,,Mf 70 I'D ,snnn +irl
II, ~ ;, IA ,tra.tv anya 49,. y cn,n IA
bv +, J., wjrsI Hoir N,..s..of the ap.rasst,{{ssi.
bauuily { r. our national ond fame. an ,etr
hy re,'urts to hav, been citix ,1iSs ii. ..1ke-
United States. They were alie,A Isnaaksaaalh
in that remote dis, rjct ia mi ing 'l4&sE
who became excited agains, the Chinese ja-
b. rprs as it would seem because of their
refusal tp ioin them in strikes to secure
higher wages The oppression of these Chi
Dr1e s'lhl"rfs ny thrir riVA's IN competition
o.,l;t,. r,',.,, +h.,+ ,,,n,,, -. ,tho, ,.i,.so
80, 81 .. .'Ea, h,i,',s .,o wv ao,,"'n,.
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TIE RIGHTS OF CHM sE SUBJECTS,
did they come hither as all other strangers
Who voluntarily resort t" this land of free
peareably to- win bread and to live their
lives. There can he no question that they
would be entitled to the same protection
from vioenre aud the same free form for
redres of their grievances as any other
aliens, so far rs the trea ties b-tween the
Unit ed States and China stimulate for the
treatment uf Chinese subjects upon the
same basis a. the most favored nation
sre treated. They create no new statutes
for them They simply recognize and CON
firm the general and exis,ingrue applicable
to all aliens alike, for none are favored
above o,h rs by domestic law, and none by
i"re'sh trea les, unless 1t be the thihese
bird arr, ici. nf tba treatv' - Novaubsr =?
1880 b.twe., tho Jynita'i States snI rb;p,
It is provided that
oo,>,,,
'''f' La
or Chinese 'f any other class now perna-
nently or temp"rarily residing in the terri
tory ct rhr United States shall meet with
all the treatment due 80 many other per-
sons
The Government OF the United States
viii exert all its power t" devise measures
or tn Hr pr 't-ctl"n ana {" secure {" tbe'',
the same rights, PRIV tges, imhun>ties ana
eN'Hip'loHs AS may oe eij"yed ny the
''I"e"s VI SUI! 80 VI wv n'""o .'' y"
nation ana to when th"y are entitled nv
the treaty. lh's article may ne he'a I"
,"ns'ilu,e sl,rr,a' prV'lpge lor h'''eSe
,,ith ,,thar ali.n.. not tbat 4 crnat,s !
an. peculiar rights which Others do not
share. but berauSe in case OF the illtreat-
. ent OF Chinese In the United States tins
Government Is bound t"exert all IT. power
to deviSe measures for their protection hy
securing to them the lights to which equally
"i' a y and all other foreigners they are
entitled. Whether it is now incumbent
upon the Uni ted Stalesto
nrxn ,ur,p crxrp1 LAVA
,r devise new measures IN this re ARD, q"
not consider in thepresent tc"mmun'ratlnn
)nt confine myself t" the particular point
caused toy the outrage ana massacre at
Rock Springs. The note "t he Chinese
Minister aud the d0rume is which accom-.
oany i. give, as its b-li'f, an unexagg'ratrd
;tateme t. The lamentab ble lncldent ana
lie present impfessl'e'v a'"e '''."h
# ,st;cs f,r the ascertainment of the
.ri,,,n snd tho Gxino nf the r.snonsibilty
b.rn mr. w.rs :, oh,st,v mnck.ry uf i,stice.
,n l,,na ,r tba q ;nes,. Minister. under his !
makes This The basis of an
,,,a.,l -, tt,a ~, ;nr;uI.s and convictions If