The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-11
ANTI CHINESE a111s IN CONGRESS-.
The InneAlate Renewal OF the Exclusion
Act that Expires In . Few Weeks.

AoO Anne010Vo Mo40~oA o. t10 L1cuUoAOD
Act that Expires In . Few Weeks.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1O-There Is no doubt
that one or other Of the Chinese Exclusion
bills recently introduced into Congress will
be adopted before the close OF the session.
The members from the Pacific States and from
the other States lying adjacent to the western
Canadian provinces are especially DESTROYS
that speedy action be taken on the subject.
Three anti Chinese bills are now under con-
sideration in Congress-. two Of them In the
Senate. introduced by Senators Sherman and
Dolph. and the other in the House. prepared
by Representative Stump OF Maryland. Chair
man of the Select Committee on immigration
and Naturalization.
Senator Dolph's bill. which was rerorted
from the Committee on Foreign Relations .
week ago. as a substitute for several other
bills before the committee is both brief
and plain. 1t provides for the continu-
ance in force for ten years. or until 1902. OF all
existing laws prohibiting on regulating the
coming to this country Of Cinnamon or per-
sons OF Chinese descent: and it further pro-
vides for the punishment and the Punishment
Of all violators Of these laws.
duced on Tuesday OF this week. was drawn up
for him BY Chinese i9;spector 9 Gooh ThG is
Country. It provides that ali Chinamen now
here shall be registered under a new system
tho United States. that their certificates may
be g at s tha
certain restrictions in carrying. Chinese pas
try trv sSaii constitute CHINESE Fund. to Be-
used in defrayin9 the expenses incident to the
bil. With oifIcial Correspond ence relating to
its subject. was referred to the Committee on
that i had been At the snGbs t De-
partment to enforce existing legislation rela-
The bill Of MISUNDERSTANDING, Stump is more
stringent than any OF the other bills on the
sms to Sse q Senator If nrSSGaf
Rtsdft ts .1a, Va for ssaSS
6es' q ae0
any to obtain Ss
the, American Consul at the port Of departure.
a The
also provides for tho registry OF all Chinamen
here resident and for the deporrtsstion Of those
istration. 1t prohibits any. State or Federal
court from admitting any Cinnamon to Ameri;;
can citizenship; Kepresentatye Stqmp's t bill
consideration OF the House Committee on I'm
MI liz .Si reliability is that tho Sherman bill.
after certain nmondments are made in it. will
meet with the approval q both Houses So Of Con.
Republicans in tho Senate and the House are
of ,o in re
Hnaef any There gsetexs or By route th
way Of the passage q the original Chinese EN-.
clusion act. but ever since its adoption there
has been an n%Se ms
@on Saf would i! s%fs
try. try and nd they would doubtless have consti-
tutctl II majority Of tho population OF our Pa
sc The Hrt sxPyss May
shall DO renewed or else DO replaced by an
other Of similar tenor. .,o-,.,. A.. o,,,
ese-haunted regions OF tho fur West have in
view Of tho expiration OF the existing law. APP
1s aEaaes
thousands OF them have crossed the Can9dan
E I've %Snths Gov anf ae'
Fuser ss n 70
Government had failed to protect his State
against the, systematic smuggling e.. q China nina
several ss Of tie Chinese invaders have
been captured upon our NORTHERN frontier at
ana as FAR a vest est 81 %ashnston
There is a steady immigration OF Cinnamon to
United States BY way. OF an underground
railroad resembling that which used to be OF
service to fugitive slaves in the years before
The adoption by Congress Of any one Of tho
for the new method OF registration would very
surely be effective in preventing the further
Immigration OF Chinamen to the pnited States
labor which has long been dreaded by our
Caucasian toilers.