In 1669. when labor in California was distressed. there was pendiug before the Democratic Legislature of the Slate a bill granting n large body of tide lands to a railroad corporation. To this an amendmant was offered prohibiting the employment of Chinese by the bencficiary. Of the 42 votes recorded against this amendment 32 were cast by Democrats. On the 4th of December. 1861. Thomas D. Elliott. of Massachusetts. a Republican Representative in Congress. offered a bill prohibiting the importation of coolies into the United States. It passed both Houses and was approved by Abraham Lincoln. and thatis the bill I have read. In 1877 Mr.