The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-04-20
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
The Chinese Bill.

New York, 18.-The Commercially
Washington says the California delega-
ton are satisfied that President Arthur
will sign the Chinese bill passed by the
House yesterday, and that it will check
the growth of any feeling against the ad-
ministrAtion on the Pacific Coast.
Washington, lS.-Iu order 10 obtain
the desired authority 10 report back the
House Chinese bill from the foreign rela-
tons com mites without delay, Senator
Miller was obliged, at to-day's meeting,
to accept q number of amendments Of
fered by Edmunds, including the. recon-
mendRtion to strike out the fourteenth
and fifteenth sections, known as the Far
ley and Grover amendments to the orig
iaal bill, but he will heartily cooperate
with those senator's and friends OF the
vetoed bill in hsying the com mlttee rec
Ommendation in this regard promptly
reported. he says he has no doubt what
ever that these sections will he retained
by 8 decisive vote in the Senate. The
other amendments, in Miller's opinion,
although not made ct his instance but
solely on the motion of Edmunds, will
strengthen the bill. All but two Of them
are verbal amendments, which makes the
phraseology somewhat clearer, and these
two see m 10 be based on amply sufficient
grounds. The first provides that the de-
portati on of all Chinese who unlawtully
enter the United States, shall be accom-
plished by authority of the President I'M
der such regulation as he may prescribe,
and after judicial examination by a
federal judge or commissioner in
stead OF deYolving the whole duty
upon the collector OF customs of
the respective customs districts In which
the Chinese may be found. This change
is proposed because it is found that the
collection districts do not embrace all
the land within the states or territories,
but only shores and bays, ETC., and for
the further reason that any collector de-
porting Chinese would act at his peril,
and would therefore be likely to hesitate,
whereas if the deportation is ordered by n
commercial decision, no per- onal respon-
sibillty is incurred By the officer who eX-
ecutes il. Tho other material amend
ment, aside from the one just described,
and those which propose 10 strike out the
fourteenth and fifteenth sections, is a
simple provision that q ChinsmRn be-
Ion. iDg 10 one OF the excepted classes,
who wishes to pass through The United
States on bis way home from foreign
country, may be allowed to do so by OBJ
tanning a certificate by a diplomatic
agent of the Chinese government IN the
foreign country without being compelled
to get it direct from the authorities at Pc
king. This provision does not apply to
lsborers. Senator Miller and all other
members of the Pacific Coast delegation,
being irrevocably opposed to taking the
risk of opening the door for fraud by al
lowing transit through this country for
sny Chinese except such as belong 10 the
admitted classes. Senator Farley, In
conversation with your correspondent
this afternoon, SAID he will not press any
amendment to increase the term of sus-
pension beyond ten years, because he be-
lieves any such attempt would leopard
izs the enactment Of the bill. he will, |
no Rever, make an effort to have the Sec
tions prohibiting Chinese naturalization
and defining the term Chinese laborers
in the bill, and is confident that !
they will be retained.
Congressman Berry, in speaking oil
the new bill, to-day, expressed great
dissatisfaction, not only because the |
term Of suspension is reduced TO ten |
years, but also because it provides no |
punishment for Chinese who may con-
tinue TO ship in unlswfully, and more
because it provides no check |
upon the issuance of certificates by the |
Chinese government except the good !
faith Of China, which he does not believe |
in. While, however, he strongly pre- |
fers the original bill In all these psrtIcu- !
lars, he says he would have Chinese i'm
migration suspended only for q day
rather than not have il suspended at all,
Therefore he hopes the present bill will
pass, ss there is no chance 10 gel any
other during this session