Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-05-09
The I,clns,on Ac, Way Yet ia, seri.
Gas Results.


'hc LA1nsion Act Way Yet ia, seri.
ous Results.
WAsiiiSG1US, May I.-On inquiry
~ theChin,se legation today IL II asceT.
tained that the published statement il
Incorrect, that no protest has been
made TO the state department by tho
Ihinese minister against the exclusion
pm pas,ed by Congress on the 9Th
INST lhe minister says he called In
oison NJ Tue department on the morn.
ing OF INC 9th, and, In the absence OF
blaine, saw Assistant Secretary Whar.
Ton, aud notified him that he would
tehu 10 TIE department at once a writ
ten protest against the bill, which no
asked might loo laid before tho PfeaI.
dent Immediately.
the MINISTER'S onIEcTIoNs,
The written protest reached IN, d.
lhr'moht at O'Clock today. III,
minister states that he objects 4,
the bill mainly for the reason tina, /,
rencws the Scott law Of 1855; second.
u doprlvcs the Chinese Of the IIRht o,
bnil Ia habcas corpus cases; third. Il re-.
qulres the registration OF Chlnes. labor
ere, which II IN practically impO.slbl.
ior them TO comply with. They must
all prove by white Witnesses that they
arc lawfully entitled TO DO In the
United States, nnd as the first exclu.
slon law was passed In 1889, every
thinhmHn must produce before tho
collector OF Internal revenue white
Witnossoa who knew him ton years
ago, anu can swear that he was IN tho
United states at that time. This law
leaves the Issuance Of certificate OF
registration entirely to the discretion
OF the revenue officer, aud provides no
way OF compelling him TO do Justice 10
Chinnman. He must register and
produce his evidence In the district
where he roridts. His white witness
may bc 1000 miles away.
The sunhton from Wyoming had
carefully examined the bill and an.
nounced In the Senate that ils practi.
cal effect would be 70 comtel nll Chi.
nese labDrers TO leave tho United States
within the year fixed for the rcsistra.
tlon.
sherman, chairman OF the foreign
affairs committee, had said that this
registration was similar TO the slave
regulations In force before the Civil
War, and to the ticket Of leave OF ths
Australian convict system. The
minister said that these features OF tho
bill are In direct - violation OF
the ttenty Of 1854 which guar
nntees Chinese laborers In the United
states the treatment Of subjects OF the
most favored nations. He further
says that the treaty Of 1850 was agreed
To by Cliinn Mt the express request OF
the United States, which sent three OF
IT, most distinguished citizens 10 Pekin
10 ask Tor II.
lie declined TO state what course his
government would take on account Of
the passage Of the bill.
THE CHINESE Will orEE HosrILirEs.
MEMPHIS, May An evening
paper prints an Interview with Tom
Lee, a Chinese merchant, In which
the latter sayt: go suy that the
Chinese IL greatly displeased over the
passage Of the Exclusion bill woIla
be summing up the matter In a mild
manner. Thousands Of my fellow
counltymon have signincd their inten.
ton Of returning 10 their native land
and opening hostililies against
America and Americans. The situa.
ton II serious M II now stands, |
assure you. For several weeks past
conferences Of the leading Chinese
have hccn held IN most OF the large
cities In the country, looking toward
the adoption OF plan for n general
exodus. While l havs not yet
received Official notification Of The
result OF the conference at Phila.
dolrhia this week, | know that some
definite action waa taken in the mat
teiS, for the Chinese mr.. more deter.
mined than ever since the passage Of
tho exclusion bill. The conference all
journed yesterday. All the proceed.
ings are relig iously kept seorcd, hut 1t
Ia ascertained that the principal thing
discussed Ia what 'purports to be An I'M.
pcrial proclamation from China calling
all the Chlnesc In this country back TO
their native land, ana declaring that
all that 10 not go by certain time
will be- bchesdcd should they return ut
a future date"