The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-03-09
MINOR MATTERS.
The President Announces that q New Treaty
Is Being Negotiated with China.

The President Announces that New Treaty
Is Being Negotiated with China.
WASHINGTON, March S-The President sent
to-day to the Senate the following message:
copy of the following resolution passed by the Sen
Ivered to me on the the Sd Instant: -
Resolved That in view of the difficulties and
that have attended the regulation of the
immigration of Chinese laborers to the United States
under the limitations of treaties with CHINA the
President of the United States be requested nego-
tiate treaty with the Emperor Of China containing
provision that no Chinese laborer shall enter tho
The importance of the subject referred to in this
resolution has been by overlooked by tho
executive branch of the government charged under
the Constitution with the formulation of the treaties
Emperor of China for treaty, such is mentioned
and sI hs se may
negotiation thus inaugurated has heretofore been
and of its committee on foreign relations as sought
information concerning the same 1t is, however.
in expressing the in response its resolu-
ton, the hope and expectation that treaty will
aborers which will meet the wants of our people and
the appreciation of the body which it will be sub
EXECUTIVE MANSION, March 8, 1855.
Gen. Brownies Efforts in Behalf of Richmond
Special TO the indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, March S.-General Brown to-
day laid elaborate statements before the House
and Senate committees public buildings and
grounds in support of his bill making an appro-
priation for q federal building at Richmond. 20
is an able argument, comprising tabulated state
n1ents of date from the postofce and other insti-
tutions at Richmond demonstrating. among other
facts, that that is the fifth city In the State,
leading South Bend, Lafayette, Madison aud
other cities, and that all four cities in the State
above it have federal buildings-Indianapolis
Evansville, Terre Haute ana Fort Wayns.
There were over BOO, 600 pieces of mail handled
Richmond last year. The bill in the House
has been referred 90 a subcommittee of the
committee public buildings and grounds,
composed of Messrs. Neal, of Tennessee, Me-
Shane, of Nebraska, and Kennedy, of Ohio
The chairman of the subcommittee informed
General Browne this afternoon that it had de-
cided to unanimously report the bill favorably
to the full committee, and that there was little
if any doubt that it would be unanimously re-
ported by the full committee to the House.
Wonderful Efficiency of the Mail Service.
WASHINGTON, March Sin answer to the
Perkins resolution OF inquiry into the alleged
plants prevailing in the West against the pres
emit unsatisfactory mail service, the Postmaster
general to-day sent to the House commune
cation, in which he says that careful inquiry and
close examination of the complaints made from
several divisions of the railway mail SERVICE as
to the services in Kansas, and generally in the
regions Oft the Mississippi fails to disclose
any tenabie ground for the complaint quoted in
braced in the system of the railway mail service
has there been. during the past three years,
more prompt and liberal res ponse on the part OF
the department. to the needs of the people. The
Postmaster-general unhestiatingly asserts that
the entire mail service. not only in Kansas, but
throughout the entire West and the whole field
of its operations. is in better and more efficient
condition than 1t has been ever before.