, 1888-10-02
JOY %UNBOUNDED.
How the Message was Received
in San Francisco
Demonstrations Held in All
Parts of the State.
Some Opinions as to the Effect
iVeness of the Bill.

SAN Francisco, Oct. 1.-The news of
President Cleveland's approval of the
Chinese exclusion bill was received here
to day with a marked degree of interest.
Largo crowds congregated around the
newspaper bulletin boards and discussed
the situation. The news reached this
quarter of the town early, and the an
nouncement of the presidents approval
of the bill was soon posted on the bulletin
boards here. The Chinese manifested
considerable excitement.
The principal subject of discussion here
Is as to what effect it will have upon the
several thousand Chinese who have ar
rived here within the past year and have
been landed by the federal courts upon
wrlts OF habeas corpus and are out on bail
awaiting examination, and also upon the
1000 more Chinese who are now on their
way to this port.
About 200 Chinese arrived Saturday on
the steamer City of New York and the
Belgic will be due next Thursday with
500 more. Three other steamers are now
on the Pacific with over |, 900 celestials
bound for this port and there is consider
able speculation as to whether the courts
will permit these Cinnamon to come
ashore on writs of heabeas corpus and
then release them upon bail pending ex-
animation, or compel them to remain
aboard the steamer and return to their
own country.
Collector of Port Hager, expressed him
self to-day as being doubtful of the bill' s
effectiveness. The present BILL" he
said, is intended to exclude Chinese; SO
was the restriction act, but did the re-
strlctlon act exclude them? If the same
principle is applied to this bill as was APP
piled to the other [ don see that it is 60
ing to be any great improvement. If the
courts can continue to land Chinese on
wrlts OF habeas corpus and allow them on
our soil on bail that will abrogate any
KIND OF restriction attempted by congress.
w hen they are allowed bail they are in
this country and they then forfeit their
bail and remain here in spite Of the law"
The collector concluded by stating that
In all probability he would, when officially
informed OF the passage and approval of
the bill, refuse landing to Chinese whether
bearing return certificates or not unless
Wrlts of habeas corpus were issued by the
IL nlliSu CdSG VIC maJlpT WOulu De
out of his hands.
United States District Attorney Carey
stated that in his opinion the bill could
not affect the 5000 Chinese now out on
bail, but he believed that those now on
their way here would be refused lanGing.
He further stated that he did not believe
wrlts habeas corpus would be issued,
except, possibly, in one or two cases in
order to make a test Of the matter.
A prominent lawyer, who handles Chi
nese cases almost exclusively in the fed
eral courts stated that in his opinion
writs of habeas corpus would still have to
be issued to the Chinese demanding
them, as it is a constitutional right. He
also expressed the belief that all Chinese
holding return certificates could return to
this country in spite of the exclusion bill,
as the United States supreme court has
decided on several occasions that congress
cannot annul existing contracts such as
these certificates are.
Demonstrations were held In this city
and other places in this state this evening
to celebrate the passage and approval Of
tho hill