Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-09-22

Doubtless the FIRST thought which will occur IN
e'etyohe on reading the news OF the rejection OF
INC Sninese treaty Is that "Cleyeland's luek- IA
, ie An the ascendant II does seem Ike
something more than an accident that events
saoula nave 90 consplred to relieve the President
Va tue Necessity OF alternating one wing OF his
supporting host In order 70 satisfy the demands
VI another wing. Up TO the time that the senate's
MS we on the Chinese exclusion bill was taken
aior'nisht ago, the fates seemed TO be working In
la'Vr oi the republicans. Had the Senate acted
W suo oin as promptly as the House, It would
nave gone through there aud been rel urped to the
mouse on the afternoon OF the 4th OF September
tne morning OF the 9th. Allowing the three days
winch are the average time for enrolment, the
VII would, In the natural order have gone
70 the President oy the sth OF sepIem-
ger. and must have been approved, vetoed,
VI permitted TO become a law without signature
py the lsth- Had the President approved it, he
would have called down upon his head the repro
patton OF the more enlightened element Of his
party and OF the mugwunps in a body. Had he
vetoed II, no matter for how excellent reasons,
ne would have been execrated all over the Pacific
coast and In many other parts OF the country
where the sympathies OF the working people are
strongly enlisted for their brethren the extreme
west III ne had allowed the bill to become a law
py the expiration or the constitutional limit. he
would have been accused on both sides OF an igno-
minious straddle
But how were the hopes OF his enemies blastedi
The republican majority In the Senate In order TO
prevent the democrats from taking all the glory OF
Ar scotts brilliant stroke, or the President from
reaping any pront one way or the other, insisted
upon making speeches on the bill, which consumed
30 much time that the fnal vote was not taken
until the 9TH OF september. Even then the
chances favored the republican program But
once republican senator proposed a reconsider
H. UrlaN HaIl fhaaUa o
ten days more and the 18th Of September was
reached before the act could be sent over signed by
the presd mt Of the Senate the other end OF the
Capltol. There Mr.. kigore's discovery that no
law existed which could force him into surrender
Ing custody OF the act, and the amusement he
found In playing fast and loose with Mr.. Morrow,
prevented further progress I'LL yesterday. Finally,
on the very day the act was presented TO the Pres
ident to receive his fatal decision, comes from
China direct the news which solves the whole difn-
Guilty at one stroke, and the Chief Magistrate
AL trouble In the premises Is IL any wonder, after
such marvellous series OF related facts, that the
faith OF superstiIious politicians In "CIeveland's
luck" should have received fresh impetus9
The STAR to-day contains another OF the inter-
estng series OF letters from Japan written by our
special round-the-world correspondent Mr. Henry
Norman Mr.. Norman has had special facilities
anorded him by the Japanese government for See
lug al tue puOlC lnS1lIutlOnS anu visiting every
part Of the country, accompanied by an ofictaI
interpreter. and Is thus able 10 write a number OF
letters upon subjects that no other foreign visitor
has ever had the opportunity OF adequately In
vestigating. These letters Will embrace Japan
In Arms" study OF the naval and military posi-
ton aDc prospects Of japan; 1.-THE Great Japanese
Question" discussion with special polittca In
formation OF the future rea ions OF Japan with
other nations; The YOshiwara," the first CON-
hy nj OF
lice OF the extraordinary quarter OF the capital In
which the japanese authorities carry out their
peculiar and strict arrangements for the separa-
tion or the denl monde from the respectable
world; japanese Journalism" Japanese JlnkS-
q description OF the theaters. the dancing girls
the singing girls the tea-hOuse nfe the river par
Ties, the wresters, the top-SpinnerS, and all the
other native amusements: "The City OF Tokyo;-
"a Day with the japanese Artincers," describing
how the famous LACQUER ivory work. enamel por-
celain bronze, &c, are produced, and "The Mikado
and bis Palaces &C.