The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-06
LIVE WASHINGTON TOPICS.
Nh. 6EARY TELLS wHY HE n ron fHE
EXCLUSION OF THE CHLNESE.


busterine IN the House on the Wool nill-
The Treasury short OF Available Cash.
WASHINGTON. April s. Representatlve 0eary
OF California. In an interview on the subject OF
the Chinese Exclusion bill. passed By the
House yesterday. condemns the system OF tax
ing ball In Chinese cases. He says:
There are now 5000 Chinese habeas cor.
pus cases on the docket in San Francisco. A
ship comes In with 500 or 600 Chinese. and
they are taken before the court to be exam.
ined. All the cases cannot be tried in one day
and hundreds are admitted to bail. 4 China
man comes In. swenrs he Is the owner OF real
estate. his bond is taken. and tho newly arrived
Celestial departs. When the case comes for
trial the immigrant has disappeared and It Is
found that tho Chnnman who went bond has
transferred all Of his property. Tho District
Attorney ut San Francisco has $2500 worth
Of bonds on which ho cannot collect cent.
This is the reason why bail should be refused"
1T Is said that your measure abrogates
treaty rights"
80 did the Scott law. accordinRto decision
Of the United States Supreme Court. Those
rights , Ter T nbrogated four years ago" ,.,. A.
United States. viii not the Manufacturers hero
D5s rs Is Hsts, r Of ss,ss q 1sS ar
ports were S2OO0.O0 Last year we bought
sl9,10 S 1S3 Eve worth from China and exported
trade has averaged about $ 5000: 900 u favor
Wien %S WISH ss aa sGs fs pts
worth Of goods she Is not likely to abroEate
Of green cheese. which do not believe 10 the
to sSsnno j. China oxpol Americans from her
"CeI,ainly But what. would that amount
hs etsey toS
| in trade. and the remainder are missionaries,
soan,ry to T Po9tsrs e sn;s
Sase Hn to sss 81 aG hS
who are he5H send than
result Of their: .interference with Xmeriean ian
Sasmsn e !sEsS sss:s
N \ ndw Our State prison has lis Chinamen In
Why do you exclude merchants"
For the simple reason that when a China
amount, and then Is entitled TO certificate as
certificate and the new owaer Comes In mum under
IT. # Is very difilcult to detect fraud. and the
S6i ,S S, t. enter; Eyea tSis Is osestsd 70
should they be abused. This prom ut ess
enacted BY Congress-. and no Secretary viii
al!o q, the Chinese IN, to take advantage Of him."
"i have en- no dc dop Dbss 81 III il "'0nA'''
The House Committee on Mines and Mining
decided to-day to report favorably the bill in
troduced by Mr.. Caminetti of California to
mining. The bill provides that the general
design ana duties 81 this department shall be
tlhc experiments In geological research, or
otherwise. useful information on subjects con-
pected with mines in the general and compre-
appointed by the President, and transfers to
by all laws and parts OF laws relating to mines
and mining affairs exclusively upon any exc
yidcs further that the Geological Survey 'S and
the Bureau Of the Mint email be transferred to
eed ao ON &srss i The act is to 20 into
Mr.. Bacon Of New York. from tho Committee
on Banking and Currency reported to the
House to-day. with tho recommendation that
ternational American bank. In his q pep eoe ON
the measure he says that in the opinion Of tho
ssns snst The has arryed
Connected with the commer u, " Of tie so9ts
actions between their citizens and those Of
this country. The profit now comes to tho
upon US The committee. he s Says. sSe eeSSe
that the commerce iss certain in the near iu-
Pf Il IT sSs s w
duct the business Of making these exchanges
ourselves l added loss for the benefit q the
ness to continue in Its present channel
Mr.. Sherman. from the Committee on FL
nance. reported adversely in the Senate to-day
n NJ Do Ia Apo nj ooIo MI
included Mr.; PETERS bill for paying pensions.
setting idle laborers to work. and preventing
crime ciin am ems the poor and vice among the
Nj. sherman said. provided prnciple Of tax.
Sns TX b to the ssa
the power OF the Secretary Of the treasury to
% M TIE iii o pIesS 6SSaS
Ssnss.s aS sans sn. snd M r.
keeping in CIRCULATION q tinted States Treas.
population.
ly consumed in nllbustering on tho Free Wool |
bill The Democrats refused to allow one hour
on each side for debate on tho first section
when Mr.. Burrows Of Michigan made motion |
fnSs eWa The decided that
spectlnR the debate This caused Mr.. Burrows |
to resort to lilibustering methods. which, un- |
der ibis leadership., were successfully carried |
out until 5:20 O'Clock. when the House, finding |
itself powerless to transact business on mo. |
ton Of Mr.. McMillin OF Tennessee adjourned
until tomorrow. The same tactics will be |
pursued tomorrow. and there Is no telling
pow when the Free Wool bill Will reach the
The Senate settled down to-day to the con-
sideration Of the Indian Appropriation bill.
The discussion was kept up mainly by Sen.
at1 fIa understood to DO uniavorable to present
actlon ON tho lver question II their object
was the consumption OF time so as to shut n'It
innrtheT silver debate It was successful for the
eay; ME a palmer NJ cnlom and Mr. Dawes
aamth9rizlnf the President to detail army OH.
gers Ger to act as Indian agents. Congress-. Mr..
stigma Of condemnation on tho adminiso
ffration OF the Interior Department for tho
Secretary Of the Interior woui feel. but he
Mr.. Dawes! would not stay an hour II he were
nj fha Int L.