The morning call., 1891-02-19
CHINESE EXCLUSION.
Salient Features of the Amended
Restriction Bill.
Animated Debate in the Senate on The
Worlds Fair Appropriation.
The Alti-BOyCOtt Bill Referred Back to The
Committee Resolutions on the Death
Of General Sherman.
Special to THE MORNING CALL


exclusion, registering and deportation of
Chinese. When this bill was placed be-
fore both Houses of the Legislature, THE
CALL stated that high Government official
was interested in its passage. The Govern
:. mentOficial referred to was Assistant Sec
rotary of the Treasury Spauding. Upon
: being informed that the Legislature of Cali
'-fornia upon assembling would consider
. plans for making the Exclusion Act more
efTectual, he wrote to General Coon, Inspec-
Tor Of Chinese immigration at San Diego, in
strueting him to go to Sacramento and aid
"the Legislature by supplying them with
data and suggestions that might prove valu-
able in framing a State Exclusion Act
General Coon, acting upon these instruc-
tons, drafted the bill providing for the ex-
.cluSion. registration and deportation of
Chinese
A LEGAL BILL.
This act was introduced in both Houses,
and placed in the hands OF the appropriate
committees.
The Attorpey-General OF the United States
then requested Attorney General Hart To ex-
i, anime the bill ana determine whether It is con-
stitutional or not, intmatng that the passage of
AL act excluding Chinese from California would
go far toward settling the vexatiOus Chinese
question, as the people Of California are the
most stTenuously opposed TO Chinese immlgra-
tion. Attorney General Hart obtained the bill
from the committees, ana for weeks studied
With unremitIing care, closely scrunizing every
provision 10 determine whether 1t was opposed
10 either The State or National Constitution He
made many changes in the BILL and now believes
thai II VIII stand any ordeal TO which 1t may be
subjected. The bill, as changed by the Attor-
Dey General, will be submitted 10 both Houses
next " elk.
AusDESEANoR.
The act provides that 1t shall be unlawful for
any Chinese. whether a subject OF the Emperor or
not as well as those now in the Slate and who
. may leave It and attempt 10 return, and those
who lave never been here, or, having been here
have left the State, excepting representatives of
the Chinese Government, 10 come 10 the State
WHEELER for The purpose Of transit or otherwise.
The officer or agent of any vessel who brings 10
the Stale any Chinese not Government officer
small ne deemed gulliy OF msdemeanor and
shall be hned not more than $500 for every Ch-
nese brought, and any railroad, steamship or
-purSer, or stage line agent, or the master OF any
vessel when applied TO by Chinese or other per.
son for The passage of a Chinese from one part
Of tins State 10 another or 10 any part of the
Union, must demand certificate of residence
tie number of which shall be placed on the
t;eket sold TO such Chinese, and il The certificate
Is mol produced The Chinese seeking 10 purchase
a ticket shall be arrested and fined or Impris-
oned.
CAUSE FOR ARREST.
All conductors or ticket agents masters or
pUrsers shall demand of any Chinese seeking 10
enter The country his certificate of residence
and should he refuse or fail to produce certif-
cate lie shall be arrested by such agent, con-
duclor or ship officer and turned over TO any
onlcer Of Tie peace, who shall make a complaint
against lin before any court having Jurisdiction
VINO shall me MN not more than 5000 or i'm
prison him not more than one year. ANY per-
son who assists Chinese To enter the State
snail Oe deemed guilty OF felony and on convic-
lion fined not more Than $1,000 or sentenced to
The State Prison not more than one year, and II
Chinese lie shall be depofted.
Any CEinaman found unlaWfully Ia tile State
and The burden Of establishing citizenship shall
rest on lin shall be depoTled and Tie United
States shan he ed TO bear the expenses OF de-
pOrtalion ana II il refuses such expense shall be
paid oGt OF Chinese fund Ia be created by fees
foE regis eflng Chinese ana fines collected from
them, provided that any person who aldeI in
bringing lhe Chinese convicted Into The State
shall be liable for The EXPENSES incurred In this
nVeSugali6n and removal. The court, instead
oil deDorllng may imprlson or impose me OF
MOI le,s iIan S3u0 on any Chinese convicted Of
being unlawiGily In the State.
APPLICATIONS FOR CERTIFICATES.
Within ninety days af er the bill has become a
law the Labor Commissioner OF Tie Stale must
molly all Chinese 10 appear at his office ard ap-
ply Tor cerhcates OF residence. Their names
and their iudTks OF identification shall be re-
corded and !hey shall be given a certificate OF
residence. aud any Chinaman found at the ex-
Piraiion OF 0ae Year after the passage OF the acI
without certificate shall! be declared unlawfully
within lie State and subject 10 punishment.
! Each Chinese registered shall pay fee of SIS, 10
90 into The Chinese Fund, which shall be drawn
upon To Iay Tie EXPENSES Of the execution OF Inc
law. Al tie end of the year from the passage of
The act The Governor is required 10 offer re.
ward of $50 for evidence necessary to cause a
conviction Of Chinese person violating the act,
but tire reward shall not be allowed when such
Chinese IeFscns are deIorted for the violation Of
-otheT laws 81 state or municipal orders.
CAUSE FOR EXPULSION.
Further. The bill, as amended by tile Attorney
General provides that Chinese may be expelled
from HE county for any crime other Khan
capital onen>e. A Chinese having been found
guiIy OF violating State law or municipal ordi-
nance Shall be deemed ana sdjudeed as having
forfeited ali right to leman in the State, and it
shal lie the duty OF the court 10 pass sentence
OF deportation upon him, to be executed after he
shall have satisfied he penalty OF the fine or
Imprisonment for violation OF such law or ordi-
nance, provided that the court may pass such
sentence OF deportation in the frstiInstance as
the only penalty" Any person who shall falsify.
alter OF substitute any name on any registered
cerincate OF residence shah be deemed guilty OF
misdemeanor. This is The gist OF the law. which
believe is constitutional, and which, II passed
will mol only keep out the undesirable Mougolian
but viii enable the State TO get rid OF the entire
brood,of bighbinders, smugglers and criminals
tn infest the many Chlnatowus within lis
boundaries.
WORLDS FAIR APPROPRIATION.
The Worlds Fair Bill, which has passed tile
Hohse, was read The second time IN Inc Senate
This morning. Senator CTandall moved to amend
10 S2Uu,Ooo. he Thought that a credltable ex-
Intuition could be made for that amount; $780,
oOO was very large sum to spend upon the
SNOW. NO oturr State in The Union, with the
solitary exception of The State Of illinois, will
exprnd so much. New York, with five times the
much.
Carpenter Of Los Angeles opposed any reduc-
lion OF the amount which Messrs. Estee, De
Young ana Mills thought would be none too much
10 civilization.
eounly were opposed 10 paying s30O.OeO. They
Thought the amount too large. II this amount is
appropriated 1t would not only be spent by the
commissioners, but he would guarantee that they
would come back to The Legislature and ask for
more The men who are so anxious 10 advertise
The State are the men who have land 10 sell No
State. " '"o
.Dray also thought $500, 600 was too nnch
he also though; that the big land. holders who
nave raised lie price OF land until no poor man
can buy IL, would derive the chief benefit from
Inc proposed advertisement.
slmnson and Bailey favored the advertisement
the latler candidly admitting that the land
owners would be benefited By IL.
MeConlas OF Los Angeles confessed, without
Diashes, That he came from county that be-
$50 heVed IN advertising itself, and wanted the bill
pass without amendments. For every peck OF
gOlo spent IN advertising the State he said
bushel OF gold had been returned.
Mead reminded the Senator from Los Angeles
mat hey who few days ago voted against
compelling the railroad TO pay its debts 10 tue
stale, cut pooI figure as advocates of the vel
IAre OF tue state. II they had voted on reassess-
ment as they should have voted and as The
people wanted them to vote, there would be
De Long o. posed the bill on the ground that
the Slate could not appropriate any money which
MOuu NOT DC entirely under its control. where
lore u this money was appropriated, The state
would De Obliged to erect its own building at
Chlcago al time when labor and material
would be very dear. 1t would be obliged 10 hire
AZ Inc Officers necessary for the exhibition, and
snefe would be many OF them, and $500, 900
able exhibition. "
Oslrom declared that The appropriation could
nor De MADE without violating the Constitution
and he believed that IL the matter WEE NH,
nlIteo 10 the people they would oppose 1t to /.
Dray SAID ne did not believe that the north and
middle oil The State should be taxed 10 boom Los
Angeles. ~ '
Berry OF Tulafe said: "The San Francisco
chronicle IS The only paper that advocates this
appropriation, and what does II not advocate
when II sees chance TO get its finger In the pie?
Los Angeles, that cannot pay It's taxes, and is on
It's knees begging the State 10 buy little bug TO
eat M lis scales, wants the show. The fair Is 10
be held 1000 miles from here; transportation
rates are very high; we are 20 send all the ma
terlal for The California buildings from this Stale