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Show TELEGRAPHIC iiiM-Mri.. i ti:r. Nil 1 tasrrellng 4lrr Our Wnshingtou, l'J. J. P. Kennedy, formerly Huporiutendetit of ceneuo aud now n-presenting the Chinese aiz cum pan lea cf Culiluinia liere, ap-petired ap-petired ie(ure the aenalo committee uu foreiwa relnLioiiH to tiny and roud a long eBBHy in behalf of Onineae. He held tli tit treaties are beyond tbe roach of ordinary IciiinhUioo, and illuatratod tbia by a deuiuion of tbe Uiiltl'jrnu CLiirtu that etnte luwd aifHitiHt Chinese are void bucauue in coullict with the trealy. He quoted froiu the San Francisco Cbromole ita declarations that w bat it called "tho bloody ayitiitora," like Kearney, must bo pot duwn as evidence (hat those who are to restrict Chinese immigration are debased people. He denouueed those who lavor such legislation as ignorant and murderous. murder-ous. It was the weight of a few ihous'ind lo reign era having no support. sup-port. He argued that our trade with China was a valuable valu-able interest which Bbould not be relinquished for the poople who care nothing for the national honor, like the auti Chinese people of California. He held it was not right : to deprive people who settle in California, Cali-fornia, not to employ Chinese, negroes or Indians. Tho Biz companies are willing to bave Bonis restrictions placed on tbe number of Chinese who are to arrive, but did Dot coincide with tbe abusive and strenuous resist ance of all legislation touting to that end. He said if, bowovur, any re airictiou should be placed on Chinese immigration, California would soon clamor for more CniriRmen. He referred re-ferred to Bargfui'a lLCCLumondation to prevent aliens who cannot become citizens from acquiring real estate in fee, as outrageous, wiohing to state tbat Ntw York has just tucb a law, and tbat it ia right for the state to do what it can to help itself. He attacked at-tacked Sargent for beiDg a momber ol the commission, saying he belonged to a society pledged lo exclude Chinese. Li a d.d not consider con-sider there vn danger c f any large influx of Chim-sr-. All allegations allega-tions that Chines uru immoral are false, and tbe repoit i.f the majority of the commission that visited California Cali-fornia was prejudiced. Speaking of the tr ut b fill nesH uJ Chinese be qaoted Judg Suuley'd testimony btfore the comoiiaMon that peijury of white men belore tbo California court is as common as smoking in the streets, and Judge Heydenf ;idt, as test'lyiu that Coinese are better laborers would make better citizens than the average cf emigrants. He accuatd them cf debarring Chineec children from schools, and asserted tbat there were 8,001) so kept from tchool. At this point be was interrupted by one of tbe commission who proposed au the argument was very long, that it should be printed by tbe commission. Sargent or-jectcd unless his reply should be printed with it. He said tbe document libelled himself, and tbe people of California, was false and malicious and should not go out without truth accompanying it. Tho commission thereupon ordered that th ducuments should be placed in Sargent's hands for reply, and that publication be made ol the attack and reply simultaneously. |