The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-03-26
LATEST TELEGRAMS.
THE CHINESE BILL.
The President VIII Probably
Veto Ii.

las nave the following: Friends OF
the President announce it as theiI
belief that he will veto the Chinese
bill in its present shape and endea
vor to force Congress to accept the
restriction of ten years. In case il
should become law, doubts as tC
its efficacy are already being ex.
pressed. Colby, one of the employees
OF the House who has spent some
time IN China, called attention to
how easy it was for Cinnamon to
avoid the restriction placed upon
their immigration to the United
States; He said Eong Kong is a
British colony, and large numbers
OF Chinese go there and become
naturalized. Mongolians wishing to
come to this country can 90 to Hong
Kong and become British subjects,
and then come here without violat-
ing the prohiDitory law, and I un-
derstand that the Six Companies
are fully aware of this fact, and
have made arrangements with
British companies, which were pre-
vlOusly interested in the coolie
trade, to import Cinnamon to Hong
Kong, have them naturalized there,
and IN due season send them in
large numbers to the United States.
In addition to this, there is also an
opening for cOolie importations
through Mexico and across the
American border. The secretary of
the Chinese legation will have an
interview with the President early
next week, when he will present
the views Of the govern.
ment of China on the sub
ject. The Chinese minister at
Washington says he has not deter
mined whether in case the Presi-
dent approves the bill he will trans
fer the embassy to Spain, but thinks
he would not. He says that under
the bill some ten thousand China
men In Cuba and twenty thousand
In Central America and Mexico
would be forced to remain there,
because they could not get home
without stopping at San Francisco.
When 1t is remem bered that Chi
nese religious belief has consider
able to do with their desire to go
home on certain occasions, and be
sent home when dead, there is no
little embarrassment pending under
the bill to Chinese and danger to
the American embassy in China.
Some of the. friends of the Chinese
bill think because General Grant is
a guest of the White House his in
fluence will be used in favor of
veto. Grant was much courted by
the Chinese government when In
China. and he is said to be under
stood to be opposed to some features
of the bill. The state department
pronounce the law a
violation of the treaty, and it is
evident if their voice is heard the
President will veto the bill. The
action of the Executive, however, is
likely to be controlled by qualifica-
lion and considerations. Statements
are made in the press that the rail-
road lobby was very active in at
sempts to defeat the Chinese bill
and that one agent of the Six Com
Danies was conspicuous in his eff
iorts in the lobby. Any one who
chooses to examine the negative |
yOte on the bill will readily con-
dude that the accusation that any
If those votes were obtained by cor
'upt influences must be groundless.
The list is composed of the names
f men who are above suspicion.
Washington, 25.-Under the head
ng of: How to evade the anti
IhineSe law" the Post, to-day, after
living the story that Chinese can
et naturaliZed as British subjects
nd then come to America, saws:
he author and publisher of the
paragraph is evidently
OF familiar with the language of
he bill, for it nowhere speaks of
ihineSe citizens or Chinese subjects,
ut simply of "Ghinese" or "Chinese
sborers" or Chinese passengers.
or instance, the first section COM
rehensively suspends for the term
twenty years, "the coming of .
hinese laborers," and the heavy I
of the second section are
i'll more comprehensively pre- I
,ribed against "any master of eny
essel of whatever nationality, who
lall knowingly on such vessel,
ring within the jurisdiction of the
nited States and permit to be :
nded any Chinese laborer from ;
~ foreign port or place"
Each day brings new develop
.ents as to the ineficiency of the {
ninese bill. Lawyers say it can G
9ver be operative, but car be
AIDED with the greatest ease. 1t 4
ems to be intended but as an en- e
ring wedge and subsequent legis-
ton will be absolutely necessary ]
carry it out. Our new minister O
China, who will sail in May, will U
We an up hill reception on ac- a
unit of the passage Of the bill, aud S,
me predict that he will encounter $,
0lence there. Large numbers of C:
ople IN Washington who have ST
ldied the Chinese subject pretty
Ill, seem to think that the bill is
nply an advertisement to in
ce Cinnamon to emigrate to- this
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