The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-04-02
coMsiiTrER WORE
The House Jullciary-Thc judicial System
;Disetssed-The chin tse Census Amend.

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WASHINGTON, April 1.-The House
judiciary Committee is about to,give
serious consideration to'the subject ol
tho trusts. Several prohibitive billaare
already before it, andthis morningjthe
committae rcsolved'to ask! tho Hsuse to
commit to It tho Lacy bill, which was
referred'to tho Committee on Manufac.
lures early In the season, and has not
yet been considered. " 1.
I Tho, sub.commfttee (which has for
eStime been considering a number
OF bills to regulate and revise the
present judicial system reported n gen.
eral bill, which will be perfect In some
details and reportetlto;the House with a
favorable RECOMMENDATION. The inten-
|tion Is to relieve Nhe United States
Supreme Court and the Circuit Courts
OF u part OF the work which is accumu-
lated rapidly on the dockets. The SUBJ
committee has conferred with members
OF the Senate Judiciary Committee who
have shown much interest in the subject
and vlile tho meas lure ireported to-day
lis in most respectsl acceptable TO the
Senators referred to, tho House sub.
committee have rejected the Senate
proposition to increase the number
OF Supreme Court judgesTto stT eaty.one
and to provide forsa practical division.
into three, courts. The House commit.
tee bilfiproposes 10 increase heiCIcuit
Courts BY the addition d one Judge in
each circuit, :writssof error and appeals
may be taken from District to Circuit
courts substantially as ut present. Tho
District courts alone nre to have original
jurisdiction,- and appeals are to be from
tho. Circuit to. the -Suptame Court Id
cases involving the sum OF at least $780,
900, involving, constitutional or treaty
qnestt0ns and all Questions OF sufficient
to require final decision by
the. Supreme Court, and in patent and
copyright cases in!eqpity. n Il
SENATE foMN1rrEEs, ~S
S-Ata meeting. OF the,Senate Committee
on the Census to-day, the House bill
for furnishing certificates to
Chinese residents on the lst OF june
$780, by enumeratorsH Of the Census,
with aiylew to prohibiting further i'm,
migration Of Chinese to the United
States, was considered and amended,
AS reported to the Senate the billlin ad.
dition to the provisions heretofore
given. provided that Chinese children
born in the United Suites subsequent I'd
June l, 1880, shall not be held to ba
Chinese persons within the meaning of
lie act. 9i9C Yiflrl
: Another amendment makes, the pro-
visions Of the net apply only to those
Chinese who refuse to give the informa-
lion required by the census tenumerators
At the time Of 5taking5the census in
June whcn SO called upon, and who
shall then fail or refuse to obtain the
OF Identification provided for.i
BY another amendment Ohihess mer-
chants, tourists and students are ex3
empt from the operations OF the act, pro-
vided they have the certificates required
blythe 4act ofJuly 5. 1854. An addiT
.ional section to the biil:enables a Chi
nese resident. who fails to obtain the re-
luired certificate Of Identification, to-
prove by competent testimony his right
TO possession, which is sole evidence OF
being lawfully inlthe United States. It
is made misdemeanor for census emu
merator to ;wilfnlly neglect or refusejto
give the required certificate of identif-
cation to a Chinese. /
limits present shape the bill will be
wholly unacceptable to the representa-
lives Of the Pacific coast.