The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-08-31
THE LAW OF EXCLUSION.
Nc signs Vat Visible 1t = Fight In tn
Courts Against this Act.

Ma Signs Vat Visible 1t = Fight In the
Courts Against this Act.
WAsHrNaToN. Aug. "a statement has
been made that an ofiosr, high In tbs
Chinese government ssrvt1s, had come to
this country for the purpose Of encouraging
. hght against the Doiph Chinese exclusion
Law. and that 1t was intended to make .
test case over the arrest Of some Cinnamon
in Detroit, TO carry the case to tho snprsms
court and obtain = decision upon The son
s~titutionality OF the Dolph iaw. II was
stated that the Cinnamon would no longer
Try to avail themselves of tho privileges Of
the law. in s'dsr 20 secure themselves from
nolestatien, and that they wsuld ignore It
until the suprsns oourt passed upon the
test case. Secretary Foster says that, even
II ths test esss were made. pending its nom
sideration and decision the treasury de-
partmsnt would 10 right along enforcing
the law, and that the Treasury officials
would be instructed to carry out its pro-
visions. No officials in Washington ara
aware Of the presence in this city OF .
representative from the Chinese govern
msnt who wants to ssours the best legal
talent to beat the Chinese exclusion act.
At the oGios Of the con missioner Of inter
nal revenue, the i'm probability Of the pro-
posed action 1t this time IL pointed ont,
from the fact that nc test case under tho
law could possibly arise until May s. 1885.
a. n year after the passage Of the act 10
allowed to Chinese residents, in which to
take out the CO. tihcatss Of residence re-
CURED BY the act. .
The only slight basis Of truth OF proba-
bility in the Chinese story rests on a dis
patch of Sunday last, setting forth the diff
~ticulties which zone Of the most exper-
fenced officers in the internal revenue ser
vice" (nons other than the acting commits
sioner Of inland revenue anticipated might
arise in the attempt which his bureau was
compelled to make to put the law in opera
ton. Officials OF ths Chinese Rovernms nt
cannot enter this country without their
presence being known. They sav:
their inter dsd arrival, and ths treasury de-
pArtment has to issue a 20 NIT to the col
lector Of the port OF landing before they
can set foot ON shore. Tue treasury de-
pxltment had had no application for the
landing Of a Chinese official since the pres
ent minister in Washington returned from
his trip to Paris and Peru. The Chinese
legation here has not only received no in
formation OF the arrival OF such an ennis
sary from the Chinese government, but its
nsmbsrs say that NO sseh official could
possibly have rived here without its
knowledge. Obviously the whole story 10 a
"fRke." Nevertheless. the facts ~ stated in
the dispatches raiso a strong presumption
that the attempted enforcement OF tho
latest Pacific coast panacsa for tho Chinese
evil mt meet with serious obstruction in
the oourts.
nese now in the United States are here in
clear conformity to tho second article of
the treaty solsmnly ratified between the
United States and China, July 10, 1891.
which says:
Chinese laborsts now in the United
States shall be allowed 10 70 and COM OF
their own free will and accord, and shall be
accorded all the rights, privileges. immuni-
ties and xemptions which are accorded to
the citizens and subjects of the most "a
vored nation"
Probably any court in the United States
would find a difficulty in 'reoonciling this
Favored nation" rrivileRe with the oDliga-
tien imposed by the act of May 5 last, 70.
curing every pc. son he = under the provis-
ion of that treaty to Ale ''sun pictures of
himself or herself, affixed to papers by
strongly adhesive PASTE" and to be accom-
panied by the a6davits ''of W. e.editabIe
witnesses OF good character swearing 10
the correctness Of the likeness. and the
lsaeth of time aud legality Of the appli-
osnt's residence iu the United States. In
asnuoh ~ the only method Of securing
compliance with this law, that has been
placed in the hands of the revenue officers,
is a threat Of sending tho Cinnamon o.
fusing to obey the act back to China at the
expense Of the United States, the revenue
officials arc thought to be within the bounds
of reason when they express doubts as to
whether the law can be enforced.
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