Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-09-27
China Kills the,,Treaty.
OUR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALLY
NOTIFIED OF ITS nEJECTIoN.

A Sad Blow to Republicans Who
Hoped to Make Political Capital
Out OF the Passage ofthe Scott Bill
The Event Proves the Wisdom of
the Democrats.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.-The Chinese
problem was solved to-day by the au-
thentic information received from
minister Derby, that the recent treaty
negotiated with China has been re-
jected by that government. This re-
lieves the situation of the embarrass-
ment over which the Republicans have
for several days been gloating. They
have everywhere proclaimed that the
President, whether he signed the Scott
Exclusion bill or vetoed it, would pay o
heavy penalty at the November cleo
tion, but the rejection of the treaty by
China removes the only objection to
the signing of the bill by the President,
and this, it is assumed, he will prompt
ly do. The bill was delivered to him
by Colonel Kilgore to-day.
The fight on the bill in the Senate
did not relate to its merits, but solely
to the fact that it was deemed inad-
visable to pass legislation which would
be tantamount to abrogating the treaty
while the treaty was still pending
The House proceeded upon information,
which it considered reliable, that the
treaty had been rejected. In that view
of the case the sentiment of that body
was unanimously in favor of the total
exclusion of the Chinese. There is no
reason to doubt that similar unanimity
of feeling and action would have been
recorded in the Senate but for the fact
that the news upon which, the House
had acted was found to be incorrect.
1t is assumed here that the President
will sign the Scott bill. It meets with
the cordial Endorsement of the leaders
of his party In Congress, and the senti-
ment of the Democratic press through
out the whole country favors legisla-
ton which will exclude from these
shores race so radically unfit and in
disposed to adopt or work in conso-
nance with the spirit and civilization
of this Government.
Mr.. Bayard tonight, in conversation
with the Star correspondent, would
only say that the news of the rejection
of the treaty has come through the
proper channel and could be relied up
on.
Section of the Scott bill provides
that from and after the passage of this
act it shall be unlawful for any Chinese
loborer who has been, or who may now
be, or who may hereafter be resident
within the United States, and who
shall have departed therefrom and
shall not have returned before the
passage of this act, to return to the
United States.
Section 2 provides that no certifi
Gates of identity provided for In the
fourth and fifth sections of the act tt
which this is supplement shall here
after be issued, and every certificate
heretofore issued in pursuance thereo
is declared void and no Chinese laborel
Claiming admission by virtue thereo
shall be permitted to enter the. United
States. g.a .
Section 3 provides that all duties
liabilities, penalties and forfeitures pre-
scribed by the second, tenth, eleventh
and twelfth sections of the act to which
this is a supplement, are extended anC
made applicable to the provisions o
this act. "E
Section 4repeals all such portions O
the act to which this is supplement
as are Inconsistent with this act.