The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-08
"ME NO WANT PICTURE. -"
BUT JOHN CHINAMAN MUST PoSE
BEFORE MELIOAN HANS CAMERA.

All Over the Country the Chinese VIII
Be Photographed and Descriptions
Taken of Them for the Future serv-
ice OF Uncle Sam-Savannah's Colony
Not at All Pleased With the Prospect.
Savaunah's Chinese colony is likely to be
thrown into o state of perturbation soon
shat will exceed that OF the discovery Of q
leper in their midst.
The act Of congress, passed on May 5,
last prohibiting the immigration Of Chinese
into this country, requires that every
Chinaman at present residing in this
country shall register his name. ad-
dress, description. and all particulars
tending to identify him with the United
States internal revenue department.
The object, Of course, is to so identify all
Cinnamon at present residing IN the country
as to prevent other ChiHamen from coming
in and assuring their names or establishing
a residence through obliglng friends who
are willing to swear that they were resi-
dents Of the country at the time of the
passage Of the act To make this portion
Of tho act work effectively orders have
been issued to the collectors Of the internal
Of New York to secure photographs Of
every Chtnaman in the district in addition
TO securing his name and other Information.
The photographs are to be inscribed with
the names OF their originals, aud are to be
preserved for purposes of Identification.
The Second district of New York includes
the world-famous Mott street, the earthly
paradise OF the American celestial. SINH
lar directions will be issued covering China
men throughout the country.
To say that the Chinese are in q state of
CONSERVATION mildly expresses 1t. II there
ia one thing a Chinaman objects to 1t Is
being photographed. One of them told a
MORNING NEWS reporter yesterday that
they have superstition that any China-
man who allows q likeness Of himself to be
taken is not long for this world. He feels
that an evil eye has been cast upon him and
begins to make his preparations for an
other sphere of existence. For still other
reasons a Chinaman is not going to be
photographed If he can help it.
SAvANNAH's CHINAMEN OBJECT.
Some OF the Savannah Cinnamon were
spoken to about the matter yesterday. Il
seemed to be their first information about
the law and they did not appear to relish
the prospect. They did not say 30 in SO
many words. but they gave the reporter to
understand that they were not going to be
puOtORThpu0u, no uuhtkoT Wudb tue To3SOuS
were for such q requirement.. They seemed
to prefer not TO discuss the subject, though.
1t will be great fun for the newspapers
when the revenue officers begin to get in
their work Of photographing and other wise
securing proofs of Identification of the
celestials hereabouts So far as the use Of
the photograph for any such purpose is con-
cerned. however. it would seem to the
casual observer that ii would be just as we'll
to take all the copies needed from a single
negative and inscribe them with the names
of the Chinese Of the city. They nearly all
look 80 much alike that, as New Y ork
revenue official remarked, one Chinaman
has to tattoo mark on his arm to keep
from mistaking himself for some other one
The members of the families of Lee,
Ching and Wong are to compelled TO suffer
many indignities in the laud OF the free,
and not the least of these will be that Of be-
ing forced TO face the "Mellican" mans
camera to get photographs for which they
have no desire and no use.