Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-04-26
CHINESE EXCLUSION.
The Senate Passes an Amended Copy
of the Present Law.
IT EXCLUDES THEM FOR FULL TEN
Years and Provides for More Stringent Enforce
ment-Mr. Reed and Speaker Crisp Have
Few Words in the HOuse-Rsed Tries to
Justify His Style Of Rules, but Fails

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 25.-The
Vice President not having returned to
the city, the Senate was presided over
to-day by Mr.. Henderson, its president
pro TEN.
Mr.. Coke gave notice that he would
address the Senate very briefly to-mor-
row on Mr.. Morgan's silver resolution.
The Chinese exclusion bill was then
taken up and the presiding officer put
the question on the adoption OF the
substitute reported by the Committee
on Foreign Relations. -
Mr.. Sherman gave the atfimative vote
and there being no vote in the negative
the presiding officer declared the SUBJ
stitute adopted.
Immediately afterwards, however, as
Mitchell (who had been to speak against
the substituted came into the chamber
and the presiding officer was proceed
ing to put the question again when Mr..
Butler said that he understood the sub
stitute had been adopted.
The presiding officer admitted that
he had so deciden, but said he would
put the question again.
The Senator from Ohio, said Mr.. But
Ter, was unanimous. Laughter.
The chair did so decide, said the pre-
siding officer, but the chair will count
it as no vote, Is the Senate ready
for the question?
"No, sir" said Mr.. Mitchell. In
stantly, however, proceeding with
his own argument against the sub
Stitute, he yielded the floor to
Mr.. Squire, who argued in favor
of the q House bill, or OF
some other vigorous measure to ex-
clude Chinese. He declared, however,
that the great trouble in the matter
was the lax and Intellectual manner in
which the existing exclusion laws were
executed, and that to sustain that view
he read copious extracts from testi-
mony taken by Senate committee in
shat subject few years ago. 1t was
very doubtful he thought, that the
House bill would pass and would vote
for the amendment, believing that to
be the quickest way Of arriving at re-
enactment Of the existing law. But he
also believed that there should be en-
grated on it provision for the regis
tratiOn OF Chinese and for the issue OF
certificates containing photographs.
MIR. Mitchell said that much as he re-
gretted to antagonize the deliberate
Judgment Of the Committee on Foreign
Relations, he felt impeled by sense OF
duty to vote against the substitute re-
ported by that committee and in favor
of the principles Of absolute Chinese
exclusion as expressed In the House bill.
The discussion was continued until 4
! O'Clock, when the vote was taken on
the substitute reported from the Com
mittee on Foreign Relations for the
House bill and the substitute was
agreed to. Yeas AZ, nays IA.
After the rejection Of several amend
ments, the bill as amended was then
passed without division and the title
was amended so as to read Ito prohibit
the coming OF Chinese persons into the
United States"
A conference with the House was
asked, and MessrS. Dolph, Davis and
Butler were appointed conferes on the
part Of the Senate. The bill as passed
is as follows:
That all laws now in force, prohibiting
and regulating the coming into this country
| of Chinese persons, and persons of Chi
mesa descent are hereby continued in force
for period of ten years from the passage
of this act.
Section 2.-That any Chinese person or
! persons Of Chinese descent, when convicted
| and adjudged under any Of said laws, to be
not lawfully entitled TO be or remain in the
! United States, shall be removed from the
| United States TO China, unless he, or they,
/ ch % in6pn
or commissioner before whom he or they,
are tried, that he, or they, are subjects or
citizens Of some other country, in which
case he or they shall be removed from
/ the United States to such country
/ provided that in any case where such other
/ country Of which "a Chinese person shall
| claim to be citizen or subject, shall de-
mand any tax as condition of the re-
moval of such person to that country, he OF
she shall be removed TO China.
| Section .3-That any Chinese person OF
persons Of Chinese descent, arrested under
/ the provisions of this act, shall be adludged
/ TO be unlawfully within the United States
unless such person shall establish, by af
/ firmative proof, TO the satisfaction of such
! justice, Judge or commissioner, his lawful
! right to remain in the United States.
/ Section THAT any such Chinese person
| or person of Chinese descent, once convict
] ed and adjudged 10 be not lawfully entitled
! TO be, or remain In the United States, and
/ having been once removed from the United
States, in pursuance of such conviction
who shall be subsequently convicted for q
like offence, shall be imprisoned at hard
/ labor for period of not exceeding six
months. and therefore removed from the
United States, as herein before provided
After a short executive session, the
/ Senate adjourned.
- REED,S TACTICS