The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-04
ATAG ON THE CHINAMEN.
THE CENSUS BILL CLAUSE AGAIN
UP IN THE SENATE.

Support Of the Arguments Ad-
vanced in the Protest-The Debate
Unfinished.
WASHINGTON, April Sin the Senate
this morning, on motion of Mr.. Edmunds,
it was ordered that, tomorrow being Good
Friday. the adjournment to-day shall be
till Saturday.
Mr. Blair, at his own request, was excused
from further service on the committee on
public lands, and Mr. Pettigrew was ap-
pointed in his place.
On motion of Mr.. Pasco the Senate bill
to extend to the port Of Fernandina, Fla,
the privileges of the statute es to immedi-
ate transportation of dutiable goods, was
taken from the calendar and passed.
THE BIOLOGICAL GARDEN.
The House amendments to the Senate bill
for a geological park in the District of
Columbia were laid before the Senate The
principal amendment was that half the ex-
penditure for the park should be paid out
of the taxes collected in the district. The
discussion upon this amendment was some
what prolonged. 1t was finally non-con-
Cured in and a conference was ordered
MIR. Blair broke in upon what he called
ian important discussion in behalf of wild
beasts, reptiles, bad birds, and all kinds of
dangerous things" in order to read a me-
mortal from Zion church, in Washington,
asking for the re-opening of the case of the
educational bill, and declaring its rejection
by the the Senate asa "great public cal am
ity." The Vice President announced his
intended absence for a few DAYS, and Mr..
ingalls, was elected president pro tenn. An
effort was made by Mr.. Sherman to have
the adjournment over Good Friday re-
scinded, but it failed.
The Montana contested election case was
taken up as the unfinished business, and Mr..
Gray resumed his argument in support of
the claim of the two democratic claimants,
Messrs. Clark and Msginnis The burden
OF his argument was against the throwing
out OF ia votes cast in precinct 81 of Sill
yer Bow county.
AT the close of Mr.. Gravs speech
technical discussion on the point of law in
volved in the question was carried on be-
tween Mr.. Hoar on one side and Messrs.
Gray ana George on the other side. Finally
the matter went over until Monday, when
Mr.. Vance will speak in support of the
minority resolution.
A CENSUS OF THE CHINESE.
The Horse bill to amend the census law
by providing for the enumeration of the
Chinese population was taken from the cal
endar and read, with amendments reported
by the committee on census.
Ar. Eustis asked Mr.. Hale, chairman of
the census committee, as to the necessity for
the bill and whether the enumeration of
the Chinese would not be taken without it.
MIR. Hale said that it was very desirable
for many reasons that there should be COM
plete enumeration of the Chinese, and that
could not be had under the ordinary provis-
ion for enumerators. The bill had an un-
doubted object, aside from what was strictly
census business. There was demand from
the Pacific coast that there should be some
Identification of the Cinnamon who were
here and who had right to re main here as
against the Cinnamon who were constantly
stealing into tho United States.
A PROVISION FOR CERTIFICATES.
Taking advantage of the census (which
was to include Chinamen), the bill provided
that every Chinese person enumerated by
the census takers should have an engraved
certificate duplicates of which would be
filed in the census office, and which should
be permanent record of all the Cinnamon
found here ON June next. The bill as it
came from the House had been altered by
the census committee in very material
ways. The House bill, for instance. pro-
vided that any question arising hereafter
with reference to the right of a Chinaman
to remain in the country should depend
upon the certificate, which was to be, in
the language of the bill, "sole evidence of
his right.n
The Senate census committee had not
thought that to be just or right, and had
reported an amendment that Chinaman
shall have right to show by competent
evidence that he was resident at the time
the census of 1890 was taken 1t was un-
doubtedly the purpose of the bill to segre-
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Quent accessions to their number.
PROTEST AGAINST THE BILL
Mr.. Evarts said that he had received only
this morning petition or protest from the
missionary society of the Methodist Episco-
pal church, which he asked to have read.
Tie protest was read. 1t declares that if
the bill were passed there would be danger
of retaliation against American mission
aries IN China; that the Cinnamon are
among the most quiet and inoffensive of all
immigrants; that they are seldom found in
the jails or poorhouses; that the passage of
the bill would be great outrage and an
additional act of injustice, and it asks the
Senate to wait until the christian senti-
ment of the United States can be heard on
the subject
MIR. Hale said that the subject matter of
the memorial had been before the census
committee and was covered by amend
menis reported from the committee.
In the debate which followed Mr.. Eustis
made speech in harmony with the views
expressed in the memorial just read, while
MeSsrs Stewart and Hale defended the bill
in its object
Finally Mr.. Evarts suggested that the
bill should be allowed to go over until Mon
day next and Mr.. Halo assented to the
suggestion.
Mr. Mitchell gave notice of several
amendments which he would offer to the
bill on Monday.
AfteEan executive session the Senate at
$40 o'clock adjourned till Saturday.
DENOUNCED IN NEW YORK.
NEW York, April 8. 3.-Representatives of
the board of Foreign Missions of the Pres
byterian church. American board Congre-
gationaD, the Protestant Episcopal board,
American Baptist Missionary Union, Mis-
sionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, American Bible Society, Evangeli-
cal Alliance, and the Society of
Friends, met yesterday at the rooms
of the Presbyterian Foreign Missionary
board in this city to consider the Chinese
enumeration bill now before the Senate.
missionary work and property In China.
The sentiment of the meeting was
strongly opposed to the bill. II was
urged that its adoption would be a
violation of treaty rights and all
who were present were apprehensive that
it would endanger the personal safety of
the American missionaries now resident in
China, and greatly hamper them in their