Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-09-04
MORE LAUNDERING.
Clevelhnd's Chinese Bill Shown to BE
Very Defective.

Very Defective.
Copyright, 1855, by aie California Associated Pres,
WASHINGTON, September 3d.-Congress-
man Morrow said to your correspondent to-
day: L understand that Scott's bill came
from the White House, and, like this retail
iation bill, is an effort to break the effect of
the failure of the recent treaty, which was
not what weNwanted, and | am glad if it
has not been ratified. The bill introduced
by Scott to-day is a confession that the
treaty is worthless. The bill abolishes and
provides against the return of prior resi-
dents on return certificates. This is what
we have been contending for all the time
We have pointed out over and over again
the utter fruitlessness of every effort to pre-
vent Chinese immigration as long as there
were privileged classes entitled 10 return.
The bill will, of course. pass the Senate
and become q law. There will be some
criticisms of Congress in legislating against
the provisions of the present treaty, but the
Representatives from the Pacific Coast will
not make any such objection. We are for
tunate in having Presidential election at
hand. The desire of the Democratic
party to
CHANGE THE ISSUE FROM THE TARIFF.
Is in our favor Just now, and we will i'm
prove the opportunity all we can to get out
all of the Chinese. For three years we
! have been appealing for effective legisla-
| ton. We were ready for the official an
nouncemeGt of the fate of the new treaty
to prepare legislation excluding all Chinese
except diplomatic and Consulars officers.
Such bills are now before both committees
of the Senate and House, and we would
have called them at once, and will proba-
bly, do so anyhow, since the Scott bill
DOES NOT CHANGE THE PRESENT LAW
AS to the term of exemption, nor does it
provide against the coming of Chinese as
merchants, teachers, students, or for curl
osity. The coming of Chinese across the
frontier from British Columbia is also un-
| provided for in the bill that passed the
| House to-day. 1t would be well to i'm
prove the opportunity now to close these
| doors and end the question. The Act to
! which the Scott bill Is an amendment has
| four years to run, and l think it would be
4 good time to extend the period indefi-
nitely.
The point to be reached is to set the
whole question into our hands, so that we
can legslate as circumstances may require
! We do not want to be hampered with any
treaty stipuladons on the subject"
| REPRESENTATIVE M'KENNA's VIEWS.
/ Mr.. McKenna said: Everybody knows
! that it has for years been the desire of the
! California Representatives in Congress to
| prohibit the landing OF Chinese in this
| country. Our delegation has been a unit
on this proposition, regardless of parry. II
! will however occur to any person that tbs
President is singularly insinceze in the
way he has dealt with this question
SCOTS bill might ss well be called the
! Presidents bill, because it is undeniably
true that it had the Presidents approval
before It's introduction. Now, Mr.. Cleye
land has always professel the creates
anxiety, in whatever Congress might un
derIake to do, not TO interfere with existin.
treaty relations between China and III,
United States. As soon, however, as he i
!, informed that the Chinese Governmen
had refused to rstify the recent treaty, h.
proposes bill which
sTULTIFIEs EvZRY ACT AND EXPRESSION
OF his in the past, and oyerrules ever