The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-11-28
CHINESE WON'T COMPLY
Only Five of Them Have Regis
istered Under the New Law.
WILL THE MEASURE BE ENFoRoED9
II Would Entail an Expenditure of
Nearly Eleven Millions to Send
Them Back to China, as Provided
by the Act of Congress.

~ "oulu Entutl an expenditure ut
Nearly Eleven Millions TO Send
Them Back to China, as Provided
by the Act of Congress.
WASHINGTON, Nov. est seems to be
he unanimous opinion of those intrusted
with its execution that the latest Chinese
restriction act has fallen dead letter.
The law was passed on the 9th of May
fast, and required that within one year
from its passage all Chinese laborers
within the United States should take out
registration papers before the collector
Of internal revenue of their respective
districts and furnish photographs Of
themselves for purposes of Identification.
On the 7th of July the internal revenue
Issued its forms Of application for regis
try to all the officers having Chinese la
borers residing in their districts, and dis
tIibuted warnings i'll Chinese through
the Chinese quarters enjoining every
Chinalnan who wanted to remain in the
United States to come up and register
and bring his photograph with him, and
70 be ready to swear that it was cor
rect likeness. Up to Saturday just five
Cinnamon in the whole United States
had complied with the law, and they
were residents Of far off Oregon. Two
others had Offered to do 80 provided the
certificates to be issued them covered the
right to 20 to China and return; but as
this was something distinctly forbidden
by the law their conditional offer was
rejected.
Over Two Hundred Thousand Here.
According to census figures there were
107,4 AIS Chinese in the United States
June /, 1890. These figures are believed
10 fall far short of the truth. The diff
culties of enumerating Cinnamon are
very great, and their evasive powers are
far above the average. Wong Ching
Foo, secretary of the Chinese Liberal
Rights League, claims that there are not
fewer than 100000 Chinese in this
country possessing qualifications which
he contends should entitle them to suif-
rage. This would make the total Chinese
population double that number, or at
least 100000.
The only penalty provided in the law
for failure to comply with its provisions
is deportation back to China. Taking
the lowest estimate, that given by the
census people, l07 500, and the average
cost Of shipping each Chinaman from
United States to some port in the flowery
dominion at 800, a very moderate esti-
mate, the enforcement of the law would
involve an expenditure of SIC, ,750, 900.
The duty of carrying out this little pro-
gramme is imposed by the statute upon
the secretary of the treasury and the at
torney general, and $50,O00 is appropri-
ated for the purpose.
A Deficient Appropriation.
The additional $40, 700, 900 required for
the purposes must be appropriated by
Che next congress if the law is to be en-
forced by the 9th of May next, for it has
been made evident that the Chinese now
resident in the United States have not
the slightest intention of attempting to
comply with its provisions. Assistant
Commissioner Wilson, of the internal
revenue bureau, is inclined to think that
when congress convenes the question of
what further legislation will be needed
TO carry out the objects of this law will
be merged in the general question of re-
Btricting immigration all round.
II was in Now Orleans two weeks
ago." he ssid, "and the surveyor of the
port took me down the river in the rev.
enue cutter to sec the landing of over a
thousand Sicilians brought by one of the
italian steamers. The big sheds of the
Bouthern Pacific were rallied off, and
stood there close TO the gangway and
watched them land. Such repulsive
crowd of Undesirable emigrants /
never before saw. The very youngest
Of them had hard, vicious looks stamped
npon his face, and many of them were
Is villainous looking us Shakespeare's
Calibanko-a freckled whelp. hag born,
not honored with a human shape.
mo inquiries were made where they