The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-09-04
MUST KEEP OUT.
Another Chinese Bill Rushed
Through the House.
IT ABEoeArEs THE TREATY,
All the Statesmen as Eager as Dea-
mis- kearney Could wfsh-A Demo-
cratic senator Delays Progress of
the BiIi-rhe Chinese Must Go,
aud Remain.

WAsHiSGTsx. sept. a-ln the house To-
day scott OF Pennsylvania asked unani.
nous consent 70 introduce for present con
sideratson q bin supplementary 70 the act
70 execnse certain treaty stipHiafso1s re-
lAfiag 20 Chinese approved NAY e. The
second one provides that froFa ard after
The passage 81 the &C; il should be unlaw-
ful Tor ABy Chinese lsbeser " ho should al
any time heretofore have been. or who
may now OF hereafter be resident within
the United States. and who shall have de-
parted or slfosld depart thefefnam and
sboaAd Ret have returned before the pas
sage Of this act, % return to the United
States.
The second provides that no certificates
OF identity provided Tor in the fourth aud
hf,h sections Of the set 10 which this is a
supplement should BE- issued, and every
certificate heretofore Issued IN pursuance
thereof : hereby declared void and Of ro
effect. ard a Chirese iaAorer claiming al
mission By virtue thereof shall nos be Per
nsftiea 70 enter the Unised Ssatex.
section Z provides that all duties Pre-
seFibed aad Liabilities. penalties and for-
FIXTURES prescribed by the second. tenfh
eleventh ana twelfth sections Of the act 10
which taIs : a supplement. are hereby tsx-
tended and made applicable 70 tse nro-
visions OF ttls act
Section provides shat all such rart az
paris Of the act TO which this Is a s,lDp}s-
ment as are Inconsistent herewith, are
hereby repealed
scott stated that the proposed ieyfSlEfin,
was the only means by Which Chinese
labor could be kept cut Of the country.
faN sou OF Illinois inquired whether the
bill had been submitted 10 the Republican
members from California.
off - 81. l. z.
mltied 20 them now. II the report as To
The rejectiou of the Chinese treaty was cor
rect. Or II the trcAiy was hereafter ratified,
there was nothing ia the bin In violation
OF any treaty.
Morrow Of California said that the bin
was difeeted 70 revocation OF the issuance
9f the certificates of Identification. The
California delegation WIS cnfiraly Ia favor
OF any measure which would cure the
evil existing on the Pacific coast. but the
pending bill, as he had heard II read, aid
not cover the point al issue. IL proposed
for repeal OF that provision Of the act of
May 6, lSs-, which provided for the isSu-
auec of certificates of identity. The trog-
be was that the treaty Of 1850 provided
that Chinese who were IN the United states
could go and come Of their free VIII and
accord II was not until iss3 that any law
was placed on the statute books pFoy ding
for Identification Of those who should De-
part between the date OF the treaty and the
act OF 1Ss2s Twelve thousand Chinamen
departed without certificates OF Identified
ton Now, according 10 the decision Of
the court, these PEOPLE are entitled to re-.
turn on parole Testimony. The bin did not
cover this diaieuliy. If the gentleman
from Pennsylvania would. in the course OF
the afternoon, Introduce q bill which
would provide that Cinnamon who left the
United states prior 10 the act OF lsS2 should
not be entitled 10 return, he would cover
the GifaquitV
scott c0nld see no reason for waiting
until the afternoon. II the gentleman
from California offered an amendment he
would accept t.
The bill then. Ak Mcrsows request. was
rcad, and Morrow expressed himself a.
satisfied with Il az It stood
There was ne objection and the bill was
passed without division.
Tue following bills gcre introduced and
referred
BY Wheeler Of Alnhaua- Placing cotton
haggius on the free iist
8T Newton of l.nuisiana-T0 punish per
spus connected with truSis. by tue OF
sl3s1 - -e.e0, of imprisonment fsom one
20 ilgc years.
The speaker stated the regular order Of
business was the motion made by iowa
snsua 81 Aaneis TO suspend the rules and
pass the senate bill relative to the detail
oi the army aud navy officers 20 educa-
tianal Institutions
ua tats Aluiiou 10 quorum yotc4, aud q
eaii OF The house was ordered. which de
Nei@ptd quorum. which Immediately
disappeared when a vote was again taken.
fnfney % Alabama interrupted the pro-
cccdiugs Is calling mp the conference re-
port On tnr sundry civil appropriation bill.
bur ioWnsbcud raised question against
consideration. and in his opposition 10 the
conference report be was sustained by
Breckturidee # Arkansas. who q sired au
opportunity 90 cali up the ban FOR free cot
Ton bags
The house refused 70 consider the con
ference report
After more than az hour speat la secuf-
ing a quorum, ToWusheads motion was
agreed To- The next unfinished business
was motion made ~ Warner of Missouri.
% suspend the FUSES afld pat tAe oklahona
biii ua iis passage
fayson Of Illinois demanded a second
secaudiug motion. No quorum voted auG
mis- poiDt was raisea By Clements 81 (,sor-
Eia aud The hoHse asijourued