River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-10-04
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4 LAW OF The LARD.
he Coolies TO BE Kept Out Altogether
The Chinese Exclusion hin Approved BY
the President In a Lengthy Message
Further Legislation Ursed-The Docu-
meBf In Full.
WAsaISGToN, Oct 2 The President
sent the following message to Congress
yesterday:
i have this dag approved House bill No
iI.ts6 supplementary TO an act entitled An
! act 70 execute certain treaty stlpula-
lions relating 70 Chinese approved the
sixth Day Of May, lSs2 II seems 20
me that some suggestions and rccommenda-
tons may properly accompany my approval OF
this bill It's object IS TO more e1ecfGally ac-
complish by legislation the exclusion from this
country OF Chinese laborers- The experiment
Of blending TIE social habits and
mutual race ID osyncrasies Of the Chinese
laboring classes with those Of the great body
OF the laborng people OF the United States
OF twenty years and ever since the
Burlingame treaty OF Is6s 20 be IN
every se-se unwise, impolitie and iniur Gus 10
both nations With the lapse OF time the
necessity for its abandonment has grown in
force. until those having IN charge the
Government OF the respective countr es
have resolved 20 modify and sufficient
IS abroeate all those features OF PRIOR
convent onal arrangements which per
mitted the coming Of Chinese laOorers 70 the
United States. In modification OF prior con
ventons the treaty Of November II,
1881 was concluded, in which. in the
FIRST article thereof IL agreed that
the United States should at will regu-
late, limit suspend the coming Of
Chinese laborers 10 the United States but not
absolutely prohibit it. and under this article
an act OF Congress, approved May G, lSS2.
and amended july 5. 1884. suspended for ten
years The coming Of Chinese laborers TO
the United States and regulated the
going and coming OF such Chinese labor
ers as were at that time in the United States.
II was, however. sOen made evident that the
~ ercenary greed OF the parties who were trad
ing in the labor OF this class OF the Chinese
population were proving too strong for the Just
execution OF the law. and that the virtual de-
feat Of the object and intent of both
law and treaty was being fraudulently accom-
plshed by false pretense and perjury contrary
10 the expressed will OF both Governments To
such an extent has the successful violation of
the treaty and the laws enacted for its ex-
ecution progressed. that the courts ia the
Pacific States have been for some time past
overwhelmed by the examination of cases OF
Chinese labOrers who are charged with having
entered our ports under fraudulent certificates
OF return or seek TO establish by perjury the
claim OF prior residence.
"Such demonstration OF the imperative and
produced deep-seated and increasing discomfort
among the people OF the United States and
especially with those resident on the Pacific
coast. This has induced me to omit no
effort to find an erectual remedy
for the evils complained Of and TO answer the
earnest popular demand for the absolute OK
clusion OF Chinese laborers, having objects
and purposes unlike our own and wholly
disconnected with American citizenship.
Aided by the presence in this country OF
nh int % 1fuynn fNfFlR IL and
sular ofheers OF the Chinese Government, and
the representations made from time 70 me
by our Minister in China under the instructions
OF the Department OF State, the actual con-
dition CT public sentiment and the status Of
affairs IL the United states has been fully
known 10 the Government of China.
The necessity for remedy has been fully
appreciated by the Government, ana in Au-
gust, 1886, our Minister at PeSln received from
the Chinese Foreign ONCE a communication an
nouncing that China, OF her own accord, pro
posed TO establish system OF strict and abso
lutte prohibition OF her laborers, under
heavy penalties, from coming 10 the United
States and likewise TO prohibit the return TO
the United States OF any Chinese laborer who
had any time gone back 20 China In order
On the words OF the communication that the
Chinese laborers may gradually be reduced in
number and causes OF danger averted and lives
preserved
This view OF the Chinese Government, so
cOMpletely IN harmony Win tnab OF the L ulteO
States. was by my direction speedily fOTmu-
lated in a treaty draft between the two ma
tons. embOdying the propositions so pre-
sented by the Chinese Foreign Once. The de-
hoerations frequent oral discussions and
correspondence on the general questions
that ensued have been fully communicated by
me to the senate at the present session, and
as contained in Senate Execut We Document
parts ! and 2, and in Senate Executive Docu-
ment No. 272. may be properly referred to as
containing complete story OF the transac-
ton.
1t is thus easy 70 learn how the joint des res
and unequvocal mutual understanding or the
two Governments were brought into articuIated
form n the treaty, which. after mutual exhi-
oition OF plenary powers from the respective
governments was signed and concluded
by the plenlpOtentlartes OF the United States
and China az this capital on March = last.
Being submitted for the advice and con-
sent OF the Senate lis conf nation
on the tn day Of May last was &C.
eomplshed by two amendments which that
body engrafted upon it On the 18th day OF the
same month the Chinese Min ster. who was
the plen poteatiary OF Is Government
in The uegOt alton and the conclusion
OF the treaty, IN note 10 the Secre-
ta-y Of state. gave his approval OF these
amendments. as they did not alter the terms
Of the treaty, and the amendments were az
once telegraphed 70 China whittier the origin
81 treaty had previously been sent Immediate
ly after its signature on March y.
"On the 18th day OF last month I ap-
proved Senate Dill No. 30i TO prob Dit the com
ing Of Chinese laborers 10 the United States.
This bill intended 70 supplement the
treaty, and was approved IN the confident an
tcipation Of an early exchange OF Publications
OF the treaty and its amendments and the
proclamation Of the same, upOn which event
the legislation so approved was by its terms to
take effect.
No Information Of any definite action upon
the treaty by the Chinese Government was re-
we'd until the 21st ult, the day the bill which
1 have Just approved was presented to me-
when telegram from our Minister at PEEK n 70
the Secretary OF State announced the refusal OF
the Chinese Governm cnt TO exchange ratlfica-
tons OF the treaty, unless further discussion
should be had with q view to shorten the
period stipulated in the trepty for the exciu
sion OF Chinese laborers, and 10 change the con
ditiOus agreed on which should entitIe any Chi
nese laborer who might 90 back 70 China 20 re-
turn again to the United States. By note from
the Charge a Affaires al interim OF China 20
the Secretary Of State, received on the
-evening OF the 25th ulumo "a COPY OF
which IS herewith transmitted, together
with the reply thereto. third
amendment proposed, whereby the
certificate under which any departing
Chinese iaborer alleg ny the possession of
property IN the United States would be
ableu 10 return to this county should be grant
ed by the Chinese Consul instead OF the
United states Collector has been pro-
vided in the treaty. The obvious and nee
essary effect OF this last proposition
would be practically TO place the execution OF
the treaty beyond the control % the United
states. Article OF the treaty proposed TO be
so materially altered had, in the course OF the
negotiations. been settled in aequiescence with
the request of the Chinese plenipotentiary
and to his expressed satisfaction. In 1886,
as appears in the documents heretofore re-
ferred TO. the Chinese Foreign once had
formally proposed 70 our AliIister strict ex
clusiOn OF Chinese laDOrers from the United
States without limitation ana had otherwise
and more definitely stated that term what
ever for exclusion was necessary for the rea-
son that China would Of itself take steps 20
prevent its labOrers from coming to the United
STATES.
3" In the course OF the negotiations that fol-
lowed. suggestions from the same quarter led
70 the Insertion behalf of the United States
Of a term Of thirty years, and this term, upon
the representations OF the Chinese pienipo,en-
tia-y. was reduced 70 twenty years and finally
50 agreed upon.
Article was wholly OF Chinese origin, and
70 that alone owes 10 its presence in the -.eaty,
And IL is here pertinent 70 remark that every
where IN the United States laws for the coil
lection OF debts equally available TO
all creditors without respect 10 race. sex.
nationality or place Of esidenee. and equally
with the citizens or subjects OF the most