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Show TELEGRAPHIC Chtncae Imulgrsiion Tbe iMovrmenL to Slop It. Washington. 4 Willis o( Ken tucky and Jxiring of Massachusetts, ol the eub-coojiaiuee, of the bouse committee on educa'.ion and labor, were not quite reaJy to report on tbe Chimse qjfation today, and consequently conse-quently all action on ihe subject was postponed until Thursday next. The committee, however, continued its informal di"CUision to some extent this morniuj. The prominent opinion opin-ion was apparently that the most expedient course to pursue tor the present will be to report a joint reso lutioD for adoption by con crew, instructing in-structing the president to invite tbe cooperation of China and Great Britain to restrict Chinee immigration immigra-tion and prevent the importation of tbe coolie clans to this country; but if ihe committee decide to report such a proposition, it nil! be with tbe distinct dis-tinct undemanding that the committee com-mittee reserves the right to recommend recom-mend legislative action by congress in advance of tbe desired results being attained through diplomatic channels, in esse of serious delay or threatened failure. The disposition of some muibers of the committee to adopt this circumlocutiary method has been strengthened, and tbe prospect pros-pect of succeed fer directing eflectual legislation is awaktned by tbe ill-considered ill-considered action of the California legislature in recently adopting a resolution asking ODly for treaty modification thrnuch the instru mentality dl an international convention, conven-tion, etc. ii ie hoped, however, that the councils of the more far-sighte.l ! mercbera of the committee and the arguments of the California delega-tiau delega-tiau may provail beture tho meeting to secure the committee's recommendation recom-mendation or practical and quickly-operating quickly-operating 1 eg idhi live action. Sargent's brief, as to tbe power of congrets to legislate in contravention of the treaty stipulations was delayed by toe printer until this afternocn, Dut copies have now cen p: zed in the hands ol all Uts memuers of the committee and will in due season be di i,ributed in congress. This brief, 1 alter citiog in logical order and with great clearness the numerous decisions deci-sions of tho United States courts and attorney generals, and tbe utterances of Wbeaton and Vattel bearing on tbe question discussed, concludes as fellows: "We may summarize this whole matter by snying that the United Btates government, by virtue of its sovereignly, has the right of self preservation and has a duty to exercise its powers. That protection includes tbe preservation of its people peo-ple from influences injurious to their bappineBB, curtailing the necessaries' of life or interfering with their laudable laud-able and innocent enjoyment; that it is bound to exercise these powers for benefit of its own people when necessary, neces-sary, at the expense of the convenience conveni-ence of the people of other nations, and that congress ib the possessor of constitutional power, by the passage of a law, to abrogate or modify treat-, les. This power has been Irequently exercised by congress, and its action upheld by the executive and judicial branches ot the government. It is not tbe purpose of this brief to state the reasons why this power should now be exercised, but simply to show that it exists. We assume that tbe committee com-mittee bave full light upon tbe great evils afllictine the western states and territories from tbe influx of vast numbers of Asiatics, who do not come as ordinary immigrants or with tbe purpose of making tbe United States their home, who are alien in every respect and remain so, and are an indigestible nonaseimilative mass in our body politic. We merely point out that congress possesses the power and is bound by duty to provide a remedy for such evil." |