The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-05-04
TEN YEARS.
The Anti-Chinese Bill Passes in
the Senate.
BY Democratic Votes Chinese Immigra-
tlOn is Suspended For the Next
Ten Years.

WASHINGTON, D. G., April 20
The consideration of the Anti Chi
nese bill was resumed. Mr.. Morgan
spoke in favor of retaining the section
defining Chinese laborers" to meaI
both skilled and unskilled labOrers
Mr.. PendletOn also argued that the Sec
tiOn was necessary. Mr.. Edmunds sug
gested that the exact words of the
| treaty should be enacted. The motion
| to strike out the section was lost, the
vote being yeas 20, nays 20. The mega
tive vote was made up of Democrats
with Messrs. Miller (Cal.). Jones (NeY.)
ChilcOtt and Cameron (Wis) A motion
of Mr.. Edmunds to define labOreTs as
persons usually engaged in manual
labor" was rejected. He then moved to
amend the naturalization section so as
to read nothing in this act contained
shall be construed to change the exist
ing naturalization laws so as to admit
Chinese persons to citizenship" He
said his purpose was to leave the law
as it is now, and to avoid what might
prove an unhappy precedent. Congress
had never by an affirmative declaration
prohibited any persons from becoming
citizens. The motion was lOst-15 to
20. A motion made by Mr.. Ingalls, to
modify the penalties for knowingly
bringing a Chinese labOrer to this
country so as to omit the forfeiture of a
vessel, thereby protecting innocent
owners from the consequences of the
unlawful act of the vessels master,
was also lost. The bill was passed
yeas, 32; nays, 10.
The vote was as follows:
Yeas-Beck, Butler, Call, Cameron
,Wis.), ChilcOtt, Coke, Davis Qll.), Fair,
Farley, Garland, George Grover, Hale,
Jonas, Jones Nev.), Macy, Miller (Cal.),
Miller IN. ", Morgan, PendletOn, Pugh,
Saunders. Slater, Vance, Van Wyck,
Vest, Walker and Williams-32.
Nays-AllisOn, Blair, COnger, Dawes,
Edmunds, Frye, Harrison, Hawley,
HOar, Ingalls,, Lapham, Mcmillan, Nor
rill, Platt and Sherman-15.
Messrs. Aldrich, Anthony, Ferry, Nc
Dill, Sewell, Logan, Window, Rollins
and Kellogg, opposed to the bill, were
paired with Messrs. German, Bayard,
Salisbury, Jackson, McPhergon, Ran;
som, Davis (W. Va.), Jones (Fla.), and
Lamar in the affirmative.
The bill suspends Chinese immigTa-
tiOn for ten years, and goes into effect
ninety days after passage. 1t is made a
miSdemeanOr for the master of vessel
to land any Chinese labOreT, and the
punishment is fixed at a fine of not
more than $500 for each Chinese la
bOrer 80 landed, and Imprisonment for
not more than one year. When a Chi
nese lahOrer who was in this country
on November II, 1880, or who shall have
arrived before the expiration of the
ninety days, is about to depart from
the United States, it is provided that
the Collector of Customs of the district,
or his deputy, shall register the Chinese
labOTeT, and shall then give him GER
tificate for purposes of Identification
which shall enable him to return to
this country. Provision is made for
similar certificates for Chinese labOrers
going out of the country by land. Chi
nese persons other than labOTers who
may come to this country are required to
bring with them certificates of identity.
The Justification or forgery of a GER
tificate or the peTsOnatiOn of the right
full holder of a certificate is made mis-
demeanOr, punishable by fine of not
more than $1,000 and imprisonment for
not more than a year. Every vessel
whose master violates any of the pro-
visions of the act is liable to seizure
and condemnation.
To bring into the United States by
land or water any Chinese person not
entitled to come, or to assist in so doing,
is made a misdemeanOr punishable by
81 900 fine and one years Imprisonment.
The act is not applicable to diplomatic
and other officers of the Chinese Gov
The naturalization of China
men is forbidden, and the words "Chi-
lese laborers" are defined to mean both
skilled and unskilled laborers and Chi
lese employed in mining.