The Daily News Batavia, Genesee County, New York State September 24-1888 THE CHINESE QUESTION. The rejection of the new treaty by the Chinese Government is a relief to both the executive and legislative branches of the government of the United States, more especially, however, to the President, who is in the midst of an exciting and important campaign. The exclusion bill was passed upon mere heresay that the Chinese had rejected the treaty, and if that report had turned out to be untrue it would have put our government in a hole, but fortunately official news of the treaty's rejection has been received. In reference to this the Washington 'Post' of Saturday said: "All the Members of Congress about the Capitol to-day are talking of 'Cleveland's luck.' They all look upon the rejection of the treaty by China, considering all that has been done on the subject, as very fortunate for him. The bringing in and the passage of the anti-Chinese bill is spoken of as the most daring thing that any Administration was ever responsible for, and that it should finally turn out to be all right is regarded as the most astonishing luck. The California members are glad over the rejection of the treaty as they like the new bill much better." The new bill is now in the President's hands and it is expected, of course, that he will sign it. It is a very stringent measure, absolutely forbidding any further entrance of Chinese laborers to this country. If any of those who are now here return to China they must stay there, as they cannot legally come back to this country again. The Chinese question has been before the country for twenty years, and there has been considerable legislature on the subject. At first this country magnanimously threw its gates wide open and invited the Mongolians to come and abide with us, but when they arrived in droves and threatened the prosperity of our laborers three developed a feeling of strong opposition to them, and various measures restricting their immigration were proposed, some finding their way to our statute books, the most rigid and severe being the bill now under Presidential consideration. The greatest opposition to them is on our Western coast. "On this side of the continent," says the Buffalo 'Express,' referring to the subject, "We see so few Chinese, and those we do see confine themselves so exclusively to the one employment of washing clothes, that there is no very strong or active popular feeling as to whether they should go or come. But on the Pacific slope the case is much different. There they are numerous and have invaded all employment's. The white working people find them very difficult competitors; not because they are more competent, but because they are content to live in an uncivilized and bestial way, and therefore require but small wages. The feeling against them in the Pacific States is very strong, and though some employers like them and would like to have more of them come, the politicians of all parties have respect enough for the labor vote to be strenuously anti-Chinese, and that feeling undoubtedly controls the politics of those States." +++ Buffalo is having a trial with small-pox, thirteen new cases being reported on Saturday, including three cases of varioloid, one of the latter being that of a wife of Deputy City Comptroller ALBRO. Ten of the other cases were found in one house at No. 263 Lovejoy street. The building is a large three-story tenement, occupied by five Polish families, and the disease has been there three weeks, but owing to mercenary motives nothing has been said about the malady by the men, who wished to continue at their work,, which they have done without taking any precautions, and no doctor was called until Saturday. Fortunately the victims suffered light attacks and many of them are about recovered, others improving daily. +++ A local item in Saturday's 'News,' referring to the trip of a coaching party from Batavia to Mt. Morris, states that "horses will be changed every ten minutes." It wasn't written that way, but the astute compositor thought such a statement would be an improvement on the reporter's, that fresh teams would be attached to the coach every ten miles. The gentlemen enjoy fast riding, but they do not insist upon having their horses changed six times every hour. +++ submitted by Linda C. Schmidt