The morning call., 1893-09-08
But There Is Certainly to Be an
Effort at Deportation.
OLNEY OUT OF HIS LATITUDE.
Had No Authority to Instruct At
torneys and Marshals Not to
Interfere With Chinese.

dllIgent Tor the past few Gays in an en-
deavor to secure from President Cleveland,
| Secretary Carlisle and Attorney-General
Olney an idea of what may be expected
| from this administration in the way of
enforcing the anti-Chinese laws. On Tues
day President Cleveland repeated to Geary
his former declaration that the law would
be enforced to the fullest possible extent
with the funds available. Mr.. Geary was
| consequently very confident and much
! elated.
However, as President Cleveland prom
! ised this much to REPRESENTATIVES Mcguire
and Caminetti on a former occasion. not
much reliance was placed in Tuesdays in
terview as far as the Presidents state
ments were concerned.
| To-day Senator White and Mr. Geary
had consultation with Secretary Carlisle
and later with Assistant Secretary Ham
lin of the Treasury Department and At
torney- General Olney. The whole matter
was discussed exhaustively. and, as a con-
sequence, Senator White and MIR. Geary
state tonight their firm belief that the law
will be executed to the full extent possi-
bic with the available funds.
The amount on hand is said by Mr..
Gesry to be about $4,000. He says the
| Treasury Department people say that
considerable portion of this amount must
be reserved TO defray the expenses of ex-
ecuting other parts of the Chinese excu-
sion laws, leaving only about $4,000 that
can be used to defray the expenses of de-
| pOrtation.
| Attorney-Genera Olney has been very
| strongly opposed to executing the law.
| He instructed United States Marshals that
the law should not be enforced on account
of lack of funds, but it is now stated
that he will withdraw these instructions
and advise Marshals that the Chinese
must be conveyed to California ports and
thence deported by Collectors, and that
the expense of conviction of and deporta-
! tion will be betrayed until the amount OF
mon ey on hand is exhausted.
A telegram was sent to-day to Collector
| Wise iustructing him to see what con-
tracts can be made with steamships for
| tho trans portation OF Chinese. Mr. Geary
believes that the cost of passage per head
will not exceed $50, but the estimate made
by the Treasury Department people
| doubles this amount.
| Senator Whites resolution, which passed
| the Senate to-day, calling upon the Secre-
| tary of the Treasury for a statement of
the amount of money on hand for the pur-
pose of enforcing the exclusion and depor-
tatiCn laws, and how much more will be
required will, it is believed, develop the
fact that about $4,000 is available for de-
portation purposes.
| There was no objection made to-day to
! Whites resolution, except mild one by
| HOar OF Massachusetts. who was soon in
! duced by Senator White to withdraw his
| opposition. Mr. White told H oar that he
was gong to Chicago to-day to be absent
| from Washington for several days and he
would like to pair with the Massachusetts,
Senator. inasmuch as the latter was op-
posed to the resolution. Mr.. Hoar declared
that he was not so very strongly opposed
TO it. and after little persuasion by Sem
ator White be gave his consent to the pas
sage of the resolution.
| II is stated that Carlisle himself Is now
| in favor of enforcing the law so long as
| the money now on hand will last. It is
| said further that he even interpolated in
| his own handwriting several sentences in
| Whites resolution. This in Itself is con-
/ Slrued to mean that the Secretary will
make an estimate of the amount required
| to enforce the law for the fiscal year, and
| that he will recommend an appropriation
accordingly. 1t is further stated on good
authority that Carlisle said today that
Attorney General Olney's orders to United
States Marshals not to execute the law
were indrfensble.
| In order to show what amount will be
ne cessary for the deportation of Chinese
who have failed TO register Mr.. Hamlin
said to-day that it wonld be a simple mat
ter of calculation. He said the depart
ment would first ascertain how many Chi
nese had registered and then try TO find out
how many had not He supposed that this
would be very easy matter, as there was
a reasonably accurate census Of the Chi
nese liz the United States who would be
affecteh by the Geary law. He would esti-
mate from S35 TO $50 head for deporta-
| tion and then multiply with these figures
the number of Chinese who have failed TO
comply with the requirements of the act
/ He haZarded guess that not less than
| $1,000, ,0c0 and rObably $500 200 might be
required. but of COURSE he could not tell
until the figures were obtained officially.
In this connection it is rather signif-
cant fact that the United States steamship
Baltimore recently sailed under sealed
orders for the Pac fc. and there are those
who insist. despite the fact that the story
of the sealed orders has been denied, that
this war vessel has been ordered to China
10 protect American interests. The
rumors of retaiatory measures to be taken
by the Chinese against citizens OF the
| United States residing in that country find
credence in well-informed circles, and as
| the American vessels now on the China
station are OF the most primitive character
/ the addi ton OF the Baltimore Is concadah
10 be very wise action.
Senator DoIph has resolution before
the Senate asking an appropriation of
100000 10 carry the Geary law into effect
but IN view of the present developments
no action will be taken on that resolution
until the reply of the Secretary of the