Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-03-20
Our Washington Letter.
uS~ Our R.sal.s cpus.P"'ds'iJ
w..nlsaros. March, 10. ISIS.

wAsnIssros, March, IL, 1889
tn, new Chinese treaty vii be signed
xnhIn . few day. by Secretary B.ys'd
fs the United States and by the Csins"
minister Zoe the ho-sry Kingdom. Ihs
,,,.,y. 4, /. understood, contains very
,;,n pro,i.Ions sssins, the importation
oTchias.. lsborrrs into this county. IL
!. an absolute prohibition against ,seh
importation. bat one question o' dinsf'
enc, thu, vas no, easily settled srose IN
AZ. demand Of the Chinese minister ths,
chlu.msn Who he'd lived In he Oni''u
s,,,,. and bad acquired . residence here
.boqld b. permitted To pass be'-esn 10"
country and their native land al ''oHs"''
The ,roabl, In regard to ,ki. matter arose
f,om the belief that. under the Lac 70.
.,rie,,ns Chinese immigration. the PIE. o.
former ,,,idsnee h.d been utilized to efns
IN Ten. % ,hou.snd. Of new Cinnamon
I, ga. finally arranged iha, any Chins'
man Who had made the United states hi'
rome aud had acquired possession OF prop
,,,, valued at I'll 900 shall be PsImi'-
led 10 visit Chins aud return.
The treaty -ill be SEQ, to the senate
~, n. action. ard IL vii probably meet
nth strong opposition from the fAsihs
Coast sensior,, mainly on the ground o.
the pri,il,s, 1, aseOrt'. TO the "-,sn's
,..sse.- Who h.y, accumulated sl 600
worth Of property. The P.siha Cast
o.opl,. Who have obtained an insight IN
10 Chlre.e character by srPeiisnee' 'sy
thu, any II them would swear TO the own
r.hip Of OIL 900 OF Of any other sum .
q mean. OF importing mote Of Their race
"Ihsr. seem, TO be di'Po-iiion on 'be
mar, Of msmbe- o. Congrt''." remarked
{. D,p.rmsn, otfeial TO !oar eorfs'Pohd'
en-, the other day. "lo inuoduos bills pro
posing change. in the sfi'iing methods
Of e.rrJins on the public Business which
are no, demanded by the public OF .ss'
gu,.,sd by any abuse. The msln IDEA
seem. 10 be 10 make peponsl capital lou
h.,. no idea Of the number OF such
measure. ,hs, have besn Introduced IN
the pr,.,n, Const. Certain methods
and custom, have been adopted beeau'e
sIp.rsnee in the Standardization Of pub.
lie Affairs h.. tested their wisdom. There
/. no complaint. and the practical work
ing /. perfectly satisfactory. Some mem.
b.f wishes 20 pose a, rsfofmsr IN ue
eve, Of the people Of bis distinct. lie
doe, not kno- exactly how TO 70 about
II, and ha.lly be concludes TO introduce
bill 10 do somstking II seems TO b. Of
LITTLE consequence what this 'omsihins !,
a. long q. Il sound. ~,ll ard appears TO
civ. .ome Advantage Which 10 no, At pfe'-
en-, enjoyed. Thee bills arc in the eoai'i
Of business, referred 10 the D,psr,msa'
for an opinion. whleh /, gwen. AID gsn-
orally ths, 1, the l..i heard % these meas
ur,,. Perhaps. ko-svtr, they are si'sh
favorable r,Por, by the committee, and
then they sTs deesn,ly inisfrsd IN the
calendar, u the i-o Houses The co.,
.ti,asn, u the members, ho-s,vr. ATE
fully informed thu, their msmber Is alive
aud active 10 their Interests. and %. after
ell. the main obJse, Of the bill i' scout
ed"
Hanging in one corner Of The room u
the Ssn.,s library committee ga picture
-ilh an interesting History. II pot
trait q Henry Laaisn'. Of South Carroll.
na. l, ". painted In 1881 shlls L,ar.
en-. vi. eonhhsd a. pisonsr 10 the fo..
sf u London. lie h.d been sent ~ the
Confidential Consrrs, q, minister 10 Hol.
lard. Nth the view Of his ,f,eiibg losn
Of money from ,h., uvvrrnmsh, 10 is,.
In route TO Holland Lauren, vi. seized
upon the high seas by G,., Britain add
taken to l,oadon. lie ~u ,hu, up In
the tower a. pri.onsr Of s,ale. Cjp.sy.
.n American artist. "a. in London q, The
time. and be painted the portrait Of Mt.
L,ur,n, which now hang. Ia the Capitol
The pri.on wall. form the background.
and in ohs h.nd the sturdy American
p.,rio, hold. {. sheet Of manuscript, on
which the iollo-ing can b, Rad
III have acted the par, f.i,h ,h,r. tbs
thumb hide. . portion o. the -ori) sub
jee.. nov 70 resolved .,i.l TO labor for
peace, at the same time determined Ia
the last event 70 stand or fAll -ilh my
eouniry. h.v. the honor TO be
Henry LAur,n,"
Thi. !, supposed 70 be one Of the re-
spouse, he made to the titqasn, 'oliei.
tAton q those in power Ia Rnslshd Tor
him to ,'poh,e the British cause. ia,
neither by severe punishment nor tonsysd
word, could the British power NOV. him
Ga the upper mA'gin Of the portrait az
pear, the following;
"liOn. Henry Lluren,, president Of
the American Congrs'', painted 1891.
while Ia ,hc tower"
The P0r,rsi, IVES sent 10 this eouniry .
sale aud va. placed in the Corco.n AT
Gallery on exhibition. There Senator
Butler .A~ H.. and ., once determined
tia, the Government ought to osn IL, a.
| a. ia the only tietuf. ~ I.u,.n. sts.p,