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Show Major Alvoi'jj) ioesiit lerwe-Vli lerwe-Vli 11'. Saii Francisco, Mayor Alvord, to-night. v-Ui the eclohrated pigtail" onlinance of the Kianl of supervisois, requiring the heatls of Chiiuso prions ei in the county jail to bo shaved. He vetoitl it on the ground thai the punishLuciiL was infamous and making mak-ing unjust distinctions, and on the ground that it was contrary to the treaty with China and lhe laws of the United Slates. He vetoed the unler obliging the Chinese laundrymoii to pay $l" per quarter for each man employed. The action of lhe Mayor meets the approval of the great majority ma-jority of the people, even those op-positl op-positl to Chinese immigration, for the attempted municipal legislation had taken the form of persecution. |