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Show A GOOD BILL, Representative Grover has introduced intro-duced in congress a bill which strikes more directly at the Chinese question, and with less injustice than auy measure mea-sure yet proposed. The bill provides that no person not a citizen or who has not declared his intention to be come one, shall be employed upon any of the public works of the United States. The penalty imposed upon a contractor or officer for the employment employ-ment of such labor, shall be tho lor feiture of all money? paid or contracted con-tracted to bo paid for the labor, the amount to be withheld by government govern-ment from any sum due or payable on account of such public wort. No injustice cau be charged against a government for cm; toying citizcuu of the country in preference to aiieu?; and while this bill, should it become h''f will directly affect Cnincsc, it w:ll not discriminate against the Mongolians, aliens nil beipg treated aiike. No law can be made to prevent individuals individu-als from employing tucli labor as tn-y prulu; and whether it be 1 urk, Chines, Hi.teuU t or Cucasijii, U e one who will do the mo-u wuik lor a given sum will be eni; oy.d. This is a law wbiuh f-gLUtors cannot repeal or overcome with eUtutory enactments, enact-ments, and any attempt to nullify it will net only prove vain, but be an act of inhumanity and injustice. |
