The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-19
CHINESE CHEAP LABOR.
THE TREATY CORRESPONDENCE
SENT TO THE SENATE

Thirty Years the Period Fixed for the
Duration of the Treaty-Indemnifica-
ton for the Wyoming outrages
Prerequisite to Negotiations The
Action on the Senate Amendments.
WASHINGTON, Sept B.-The President
to-day transmitted to congress, in answer
to the Senate resolution, a letter from the
Secretary of State, together with the ac-
companying correspondence, in relation to
the Chinese treaty. The substance Of the
correspondence was almost the same as has
been already made public in connection
with the discussion of the treaty in congress
The original project submitted to the Chinese
minister by Secretary Bayard, under date
of July r. 1887, embodied the proposition
that for period of thirty years, beginning
with the date of the exchange of ratifica-
tions of this convention, the coming of, or
return to the United States of Chinese
laborers shall be absolutely prohibited,
and il six months before the expiration of
said period of thirty years, neither govern
ment should formally have given notice to
the other of an intention to treat
such proposition as at an end,
it shall remain in full force
for another period of thirty years, but it is
expressly understood that the provisions OF
this convention snail not affect the right at
present enjoyed of Chinese subjects being
teachers, students, merchants, or travellers
for curiosity, or pleasure, but not laborers
to come to the United States and reside
therein"
INDEMNITY FOR THE oUrRAGEs.
The Chinese minister, in his reply to Sec
retary bayard, states that he also has sew
eral things which he intends to propose, but
cannot under his instructions do SO until
the outrage cases are settled. Referring to
the outrages upon Chinese in Wyoming, he
says:
You kindly gave me repeated assurances, in
person, that indemnities would be awarded and
the cases settled within certain time which /.
in my dispatches, more than once commune
Gated TO the foreign office; but, nevertheless,
they still remain unsettled. Consequently
find myself placed in a rather delicate position,
which 1t seems hard for me to extrcate myself
from. II seems premature for us to enter into
negotiations for concluding treaty, as sug-
gested by you at the present moment.
PLAN OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT.
The correspondence shows that on March
Is, 1887, the Chinese minister left docu-
ment giving in detail and minutely the
plan proposed by the Chinese government
in letter to Minister Denby, dated Jan.
10, 1905, 10 pTOhADlb Jl6 eIItlkThbiOn Oh lLS
subjects to this country. The document re-
quests that the President proclaim that,
with view of preventing its subjects from
suffering i'll treatnent, the Chinese govern
ment has, of its own accord, prohibited the
coming OF Chinese laborers into
the United States; that this will
reduce the number of Chinese in
the United States, and that Chinese subjects
In the United States shall enjoy entire
liberty of conscience and shall be exempt
from all disability or persecution, and that
any person who may commit hereafter acts
of murder, arson and robbery similar TO
those in the past against the United States
shall be severely punished without the least
leniency. It also asks that officers shall be
appointed to be specially charged with look
ing after the safety OK Chinese in the west,
with authority to cali On troops to protect
the Chinese.
MEETING Ar OBJECTION
In anticipation Of any argument that may
bs advanced that the government has not
authority to take action against those COM
mitting violence, the minister says that
China's treaty stipulations are with the
United States and not with the local gov
ernments, and that Americans in China
have asked and have received similar pro-
lection in China.
The correspondence closes with notifi-
cation by Secretary Bayard to the minister
of the ratification of the treaty by the
Senate, inclosing two additional amend
ments adopted by the Senate, and the min
ister's reply, in which he says: II have care
fully examined the amendments, and as
they do not alter the terms of the original
treaty, 1T viii give me pleasure to
accept them in due FORM The minister
further says that he has telegraphed the
amendments to his government. and, that
as soon AS he shall be notified of the
ratification of the treaty by his august
sovereign he will in exchanging the ratihca-
tions, have the amendments written in the
protocol to be appended to the treaty.
MORGAN AND THE CHINESE.
In the Senate to-day Mr.. Morgan
stated that he was not present
when the vote was taken yesterday
on the Chinese exclusion bill. He had ar
ranged "a pair with Mr. Turpie, but through
some inadyertance the pair had been trans
ferred to some other senator. IL present,
he would very heartily have voted ''yeas