Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-02
TIE CAPITAL.
CLEVELAND AND HIS PRO. CHINESE
PROPOSITIONS.
The Debris Bill sigued-That ARMY
Prescription Circurar-In
Congress-Etc.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE REooRD-us1oN.}
ALL OR NOTHING.
Pacific Coast Republicans VIII Fight
Cleveland's Pro-Chinese Plans.

tCopyrg, 1885, by Tie California Associated Press
WASHINGTON, October 1st.-It is not
| probable that any action will be taken by
the Genate toward the enactment of a law
to allow Chinese who had embarked on
their return to the United States, duly pro-
vided with certificates before the passage of
the bill signed to day, to land upon their
arrival in this country. The President, in
his message to Congress to-day, suggested
that some such law as this be enacted by
bill or resolution, and he also ASKED that
S276,6i9 10 be appropriated to indemnify
the Chinese for outrages committed upon
them in frontier camps and settlements
An item TO pay this money was entered in
tie treaty rejected by China, and an appro-
pziation therefor has since been inserted in
the general deficiency bill, of which fact
the President should have been aware.
There IS diversity of opinion as to the
rights of Chinese now III transit to snis
country, and provided with bona fide GER
tificatss, to land on their arrival. The
question at issue seems to be whether
Chinese now en- route to the United States
enjoy any acquired rights under the forme->
law that cannot be taken from them by the
law enacted to-day. In any event, lawyers
here say chat the question will probably be
settled by the United States Court in San
Francisco, and that it viii require that
Chinese now in transit cannot be permitted
TO land upon their arrival, and that they
must DE returned to the port of embarka-
'tien. The law is mandatory, they affirm,
snd cannot be evaded.
AN EXTRAORDINARY PROPOSITION.
Senators Dolph and Stewart say that they
regard it as a very extraordinary PROPOSE
ton for the President to approve bill
cutting Oft suamarily and completely the
entrance of Chinese, and then ask Congress
to disapprove of it and amend it.
Representative Morrow did not think the
House would take any action on the sug-
gestion of the President and enact a law
allowing those Chinese who had left home
prior to to-day to enter the United States.
" You see" he said, I'VE have had this
thing for thirty years now, and are about
tired of it. For thirty years the Repre-
sentatives of the Pacific Slope have been
trying to close the Golden Gate against the
Cinnamon. 1t has been done at last, and
we have no wish to open the gate-not even
crack. lido not think the Foreign Affairs
Committee of the House will take any
action, although cannot speak authori-
tatively. Should an attempt be made, there
is little probability that it would be success
full, as there is not quorum of the COM
mittee in the city at the present time.
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will be made by
THE AGENTS OF CHINAMEN
Who left China before this law went INTO
effect will be unsuccessful. They will claim
that they left their homes in good faith, and
that when they were on board an Ameri-
can vessel they were under the protection of
our flag. That would not hold good in my
opinion. 1t would seem to me that this
law would so affect those who have been
allowed to land temporarily and are out
on writs of habeas corpus. When their
cases are called up in Court and their GER
tificates are presented, it would seem to me
that the Court would hold that the evi-
dence was void from the time of this law
going into effect. This would send those
already here back.
NO -7,SDEMNTTY FOR CHINAMEN.
There is one thing in the message that
am going to fight, and that is the indem-
nifty clause. If am not mistaken, the
general deficiency bill has been held back
for this law. They will now try to pass
this bill. 1t will never become law with
the Chinese indemnity clause There is
not quorum in. town and there will not
be. They must take out the Chinese
clause or L will make the point of no quo
rum and defeat the proposition"