The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-09-02
What the Pacifi: Coast Rep
reSentatives Think.
HOW THE ISSUE WILL BE MET.
Secretary BayaYd Refuses to Talk
Until the Statement
is Verified. IN
Rejection OF the Treaty.

California Representatives in the
House are much interested in the
u sws that the Chinese government has
refused to ratify the new treaty with
the United States. They are disposed,
however, upon advice from the State
Department to await the confirmation
of the original dispatch:before taking
steps to meet the emergency.
MORROW SAID:
The Senate amendment to the
treaty submitted by the President was
vital and without it treaty would be
ineffective. The amendment caused
the rejection of the treaty by the
Chinese government. Yet it was in
serted to meet the decision of the
Supreme Court and the amend
ment was in the very language
of that part of the decision
which pointed out the stipulation
necessary to exclude Chinese from the
United States-that no person should
be permitted to enter the United States
without the certificate provided for in
the treaty. 1t has been the purpose of
Congress to prevent prior residents"
from returning TO the United States
for, otherwise, all Cinnamon might
residence. which it would be impossible
of thu rejection of the treaty should
be con 6rmed. the California members
would ask Congress to pass bill re-
oracSinur proGiHonf RI
months to the Chinese government
and that, thereafter, no Chinese, except
diplomatic, consular and other OIL
GERS of the Chinese government be
permitted TO enter the United States.
mat nouce would amount to the reyo-
cation of all the asserted rights of the
Chinese TO enter this country. Morrow
did not appear to fear retaliation by the
Chinese, saying that there were but 6i2
Americans ali told, resident IN that
country. he believed, while the
| Chinese rnment regarded the
amendment to the treaty as unduly
stringent. the most potent reason for
| the rejection of the treaty was that 1t
| has probably been caught in the
revolving wheels of the diplomatic ne
| goliations between China and Great
| Britain. The Chinese government had
protested strongly against the action OF
| the British government in returning q
ship load of Cinnamon from
| Australia as an unfriendly act,
and it was probable that in discussing
the negotiations, the English gorern-
ment dragged into the discussion the
policy of the United States, questioning
the justice OF the protest against the
| exclusion OF Cinnamon from Australia
while the Chinese government was
about to ratify the treaty permitting
| the United States to reject such immi-
grafton. In Morrow's Judgment the re-
| lection of the treaty would be sdvan-
| Iageous to California in the end. as II
would result in such legislative action
on the part of our government as would
effectually protect it against Chinese in
vasions. Farther legislation would
necessarily cover the defects of the ex-
listing treaty and the existing legisla
ton.
| Mr.. vANDEvER
said it appeared that the Senate amend
ment had caused the rejection of tbs
treaty, which had been ratified before
the amendment was attached. Un-
| doubtedly British influence brought
about the results.
Friends of the Administration say the
treaty arran 5emeuts With China,
which tue British government was
1uusG anxious TO MAKE and Brush IN
fuence To the extent OF the power o
tlat government were used to secur,
the rejection of the treaty by China BAG
been apprehended by them. For thu
reason the amendments to the treaty
after it received deliberate apprOva
of the Chinese government through ii
Minister here, although regarded en-
tirely unnecessary, and useless wa!
not believed to be dangerous and mis-
chievous to the imperial government
The objections sought to be obtained
upon our size in the long pending ne
gotiations settle the important ques-
ton. When President Cleveland came
into power very unsatisfactory stat
of things existed on the Pacific Coast
regarding the Chinese question and on
of the earliest important tasks tina
Secretary Bayard set for himself upol
assuming the duties of his presen
Office was to secure the negotiation Of ;
new treaty.
MINISTER CHANG,
a gentleman OF great Intelligence. the
representing China, was absentin Sout
America and on his return, fe1
months later the subject was broache
to him. He had, however, recent
been stricken with paralysis and III
successor was already on the way from
China. The beginning of the Lesotia
lions were DO stponed until the srriva
of tie new representative. Se3retar
Ba, aru su..eht from the outset to i'm
press upJB the mind of the Chimes
minis er the fact tnat the different con
diuons ui social and political life IN tn
TWO countries made anything like mu
tuahtv or equi vasence in the terms G
concessions TO be made on one hand an
the other impossible, and to the EN-
that these conditions might be full
appreciated, be recommended the Chi
nese minister to travel through tn
country at his leisure and observe th
habits and modes of living of our PEG
pie for himself. The chief point OF dill
ference, of course. was the fact whic
was to be considered as the yer
starting point that the whole length an
breadth Of the United States was open t
residence and occupation by any Chime
man who skouli secure entrance
his country, whiie only few restricte
poris of China could be visited by a
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