The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-03-15
CHINESE MERCHANTS
4 Commercial Domicile Not For
feited by Temporary Absence.
THE SUPREME COURT so DECIDES
The Senate Considers the Behring Sea Cues
tion-A Message From the Presi-
dent on the Subject.

WASHINGTON, Marcn l4--Lou pu bou
can remain in the United States. The
supreme court of the United States this
morning reversed the decision OF the
United States circuit court for the North
ern district of California, which ordered
that he be deported from the United States
and returned to China. Lou Gu Beu
is a Chinese merchant of Portland, Ore,
who went to China on visit and when ne
returned to San Francisco was refused
permission to remain in the states because
he failed to seure the certificate of idenu-
fcation, required by the Chinese RESTRICTION
act, to be obtained from the Chlnese
government by merchants and others COM
Gag to the United States. The United
Btates courts in California affirming the
legality of the commissioners action, Lou
brought the matter here on haoeas
corpus proceedings. The court in It's
opinion, says it is of its opinion 1t was not
intended that a commercial domlcne pc
forfeited by temporary absence at the
domicile of origin, nor that reslaenJ
merchants should be subjected to the loss
Of the rights guaranteed by treaty II they
failed to produce from the domiclle OF
origin that evidence which residence In
the domicile of choice may have rendered
;tdificult, if not impossible, to obtain. AS
Lou is unofficially restrained OF MS
liberty. the court instructed the lower
court TO reverse the Judgment and dis
charge him from custody.
The Behring Sea Question in the Senate.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE Senate in
executive session to-day spent an hour in
the discussion OF the Behring sea question.
The matter came before the Senate in the
shape of message from the President IN
reply to a resolution requesting further
information as to the effect of pelagic seal
ing. The President sent extracts from the
official reports of the Behring sea commits
sloners showing, contrary TO LORD SANS
bury's statement the British commission
ers had conceded that seals had diminished
in number by the hand of man, which, OF
course, meant largely through the acts OF
poachers in killing seals ct sea. The mes
sage was laid before the Senate, and Sher-
man moved its reference TO the commit
tee on foreign relations, but Senators
wished to hear the extracts enclosed
by the President and defeated the motion
The matter was read in full, then followed
n debate very similar in character to those
which occurred last week. The point o.
difference was to be seen in the strength
shown by tie sentiment favorable to thu
protection of the claimed rights of thu
United States, in Behrlng sea, by all tn,
resources of the government, pending arDi
tration.
Short speeches were made by Sherman
Butler and Morgan, of the committee Oh
foreign relations, and by Platt White an
others. The papers We're referred to tn
committee on foreign relations.
An editorial article in the London Time
of March ?. on the Behring sea question, ha
excited considerable comment at the stat
department The article is based upon tn
news published IL London of the decisio
of the supreme court in the Saywsrd cas-
and the signature of the Behring sea arb
tration treaty. In the editorial the follow
ing language is used: at is understoo
that as an award cannot be given befor
the opening Of the next sealing season,
will be necessary to renew the modu
ViVendi for another year.
This declaration was made one day afte
Lord Salisbury had, through the BIRTHS
minister in this city, notified Secretar
Blaine the modus vivendi would not be re
newed, but before that fact was made pul
lie.
The House committee on reform in I'll
civil service has agreed to report favorabl
bill TO EXCLUDE political influence in the en-
ployment of laborers under the authorii
of the United Siatns.s