Show FORTYNINTH CONGRESS 1 he Semite ABIIISUIOV May 11 Mitchell submitted I concurrent resolution I expressing it to bo th 10 seam te Congress that negotiations sh > onld bo entered Into between tho UnIted States and Chinese governments with a view to securing I such niodiflcalions of lho present treaty with China as may result in stoppini this coming Chinese to this country except In the cases of diplomats and their servant and except alsoin the cases of persons nt son riven to sock n place of shelter The con current resolution was referred to the Cora ittco en ForeIgn notations Stanford gave notice thai on the 27th hist ho would submit resolutions in respect to his Into colleague Consideration the Inter btnte Commerce hill wns then resumed The Ilouoc WASHINGTON Mny 12The messages from the President jcstcrdny presented to the Senate were to dny submitted to tho House and appropriately referred In the morning hour I Hclraont called up he joint resolution providing for Indem ryjo to certain Chinese rctUde for osscs sustained within the jurisdic tlon of the United Slales Iho resolution was considered in Committee of tho Whole Belmont gave the history of the Chmcso assacro at Hock Springs Wyoming Nona of this persons engaged gjI the outrage appeared ap-peared lo bo b American citizens Hook iprings consisted of two settlements ono habited by Welshmen and Swedes the other by Chinese and all receiving the slime mate of pay For eight years white and Chinese miners have lived peaceably jst summer a striko was attempted to be 1 organized by white miners n which the Chinese refused to Inks hart The evidence is clear and satisfrctory that 110 other cause of offense was given On tho Jd of September white miners to tho umber of IBO armed themselves with rifles ai id made an attack on the defenseless himraen killing twenty eight wounding many and burning and plundering their i quarters By the passage of this resolution Ohio United Sates would cxprcssilssyropalbv will the victims of a wrong that the United States could not prevent nor foresee TIulm t I see It must bo clear that ho results of mob violence had only to bo made known to the House to meet with the condemnation which it merited All considerations as to the re ponsibihly of the Federal Government ins in-s relation to State and Territorial juris iction should waived in performance of a plain duly Jommilteo Fclton of on California Foreign Affairs Ihought had that If J gUs g-Us lime in examining the cansesnnderwhich them outrages arise if it had looked Into the history of the past it would have t found that these outrages vcro Olin natural result of Chinese immigrn tlon rho committe should havo addressed its attention to remedying tho evil rather han to palliating nnd paying for scones like this Morrow of California said that standing lone the measure was of doubtful pmt priety but considering the relations be eIleen the Chincee and the Untied States ansi for farther legislation and for tile treaty stipulation absolutely prohibiting ho immigration of Chinese subjects he was disposed to think that tho benovolenco of Congress might bo an net of wisdom Ihe wholo affair nt Hock Springs had been disgraceful dis-graceful |