The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-11-08


Board OF immigration or certified by its
secretary shall issue, from time 10 time
special permits for persons OF Chinese
birth 10 enter and reside within this
Kingdom, upon the terms and condi-
tons hereafter prescribed. Such per-
mits shall issue 10 persons or corpora
tons engaged in agriculture in this
kingdom for as many Chinese laborers |
as he or they may, on oath, declare 10 be |
necessary Tor carrying on such several |
enterprises. Each OF such special per- |
mits shall be issued in triplicate one 10 |
be held by the Chinese presenting the |
same, the other two TO be disposed Of as
provided by Section OF this Act Such
! permits shall be signed by clerk of the
| Foreign Office. Each Of such permits
| shall contain the following conditions
The amendment passed.
First-That the bearer who presents it
| for entry into the kingdom shall remain
| therein for a term not exceeding five
| years.
The subdivision passed as read.
Second-Ihat such bearer shall be
photographed and copy OF such photo
graph shall be attached to each of the
special residence permits before leaving
the vessel in which he arrived, or the
authority of the Board OF Immigration
upon arrival.
Noble Baldwin moved this subdivision
be stricken out 1t would be better to
give the Board of immigration power to
adopt some means OF Identification.
Noble Muller moved that it pass as in
the bill. He was not in favor of giving
too much power to the Board of Immi-
grafton.
Rep. Bush favored Noble Baldwin's
motion on general principles. 1t was
not right to legislate against a certain
class OF people.
Rep Lucas said the subdivision ought
to pass as in the bill. If they could not
| pass law to check the Chinese, then
let them come in and we will get out
The Chinese are the most cunning
beings in the world. They are not con-
sidered human beings by the majority
: OF people. A country with sixty mil
lions OF people is legislating to keep
them out. The subdivision ought to
l pass unanimously.
g Rep. Brown thought that if any other
mode OF Identification could have been
made surer to the committee they
would have favored it. The Chinese
nave superstition against being photo
o graphed. | firmly believe we must have
\ some other means of Identification than
the recollection of their faces, as they
q look very much alike.
9 Noble Walker said that the remarks
O of Rep. Lucas ought not to be pub.
= lished, they should be withdrawn.
n Rep. Lucas-They are not treated like
q human beings on plantations.
Il Several Voices-They are.
Noble Macfarlane said that if they
# were to allow Chinese to come here the,
n must be treated to such methods o
% Identification as would protect the work
n ing classes from their competition out
.r side OF the plantations. He could no
agree with the representative from tn
v first district, in his suggestion that TIM
q Board could photograph the Chimes
without their previous knowledge. Thes
restrictions must be imposed. / canno
agree with the subdivision being stricken
out. These Chinese who come mus
understand the conditions on which
rt they come into the country. l am no
re in favor of taking this restriction on
here and smuggling it into the privat
y regulations of the Board of immigration
Ill | claim the photograph is an essentia
lie feature of Identification. But if there
q a bonafde objection to the photo W
lie must do something else
at Noble Widemann did not consider
s. human being abused in having hi
photograph taken. He had had hi
.y taken also those of his family, and b
lg did not consider them abused by S
d. doing. A long time ago he sent a In
resident Chinese to get fifty laborer:
to He brought them to work three years
on consideration that their passage
| A chor - 90 4 L.,
ed been here, three ran away an
s. could not be found. This long resider
It who felt under obligation, sent all owe
id to find them, but failed. How will tn
he case stand with the plantations if tn
Chinese run away Ii they do find them
will be in the same way as blind he
to finds bee. There must be some NEAR
M of Identification. think the open fac
Id measure is the best; they should be tol
ed that they are to be photographed.
Noble Baldwin said that the hor
ly Noble has no objection to photograph
But this all depends on the object of TIL
ne photo. In this case it is for identific.
ton, and that is obnoxious to the Oh
ne nese. They are very superstitious as
ok photographs, therefore let us leave til
as obnoxious clause out so that we can g
laborers. The better class of Chimes
ch merchants tell US it is obnoxious. w
&c cannot afford to put in clause that wi
er annul the whole bill. The sugar industry
re dependent on labor. The stringenc
it must be relieved. In some district
ed they are paying 500 a month for laborel
lis where short time ago it could be g
re for $l8. Some Chinese have said thu
ne before the crop is off it will be up to s.
no month. No plantation can stand tina
ne and as a consequence they must go
ny the wall.
n Minister Peterson was in favor
ed striking out the subdivision. The phi,
ry tographing of men for identification doe
not fill the bill. The ingenuity of me
ng will in the course of time invent som
be way probably 1t does not work we'll
he the Jail. a man changes considerab
On in three years. 1t may be that Il
Board Of immigration may find SON
al better way of Identification.
et The motion to strike out the subdiv
IL sion was carried SO to s.
ct At noon the House took recess.
"a Afternoon Session.