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Show JTlonster Petition Against the Chinese. Chi-nese. . . - San Fbancisco, January 31. District As- J sembly No. 53, Knights of Labor, this city, j are circulating a petition on the Chinese question, addressed to the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, which in behalf of the State of California requests re-quests Congress, either by legislation or change in the present treaty with China, to j forever prohibit the further immigration of Chinese to the United States. The petition is already signed by Governor Stoneman, two ex-Governors of the State, other State officials, Mayors of the principal cities,Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Superior Judges, and by the municipal and Federal officers generally. The Knights of Labor expect to obtain a quarter of a million signatures sig-natures on the PacifioCoast. |