The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-12-29
EIGHT CLERKS APPOINTED.
Chinese Can Register on Next
:: :. r.. -. Wednesday,.
AN: OUTSIDE OFFICE SECURED.
Places in the Southern Part of the
:; State Where Registration Bureaus :
s S.. . :; viii Be Established. ::

On Wednesday next. January 3, 1894
the office: for the registration of Chinese
labnrers in the Southern District of Cali
:. t0Fn1a VIII be onened at .538 Washington
: street, pstairs, Ten THOUSAND Of the new
= registration blanks and the books for re-
: cerding registrations were received by Col
! rector WeibaEn= from Washington. d. c.,
yesterday morning after delay of almost
: TWO: months, and knowing that in his dis
: tr1cf rhe majority Of the Chinese lsborers
: reside. Collector Welburn lost no time ia
!. getting TO work, for with the small force
:: OF men and the scant appropriation allowed
himhe REALIZES that it is necessary for
: 'nlfn; TO take: advantage of every working
: hour Of the days between this date and
: May 3 1894. if be intends Offering anything
: like: the facilities for registering the Chi
: nese which the McCreary law requires.
{ Even with prompt action upon the part of
the Collector and his deputies it is ex-
= tremely doubtful whether or not the
: money appre DEiated VIII enable him TO-
. keep the various offices which he must
establish open. and running con tinuously
up up 20: TIE date OF the expiration of the
time Limit fixed by the law.
!: :. Collector Welburn will commence his
W0Tk this city. The rooms for the reg
lstIatlGn bureau have been rented, as
stated; and will be furnished with desks
ana other needed furniture this week
Inc outside Offices will be located in the
IoIEQWlng places and will; be opened as
soon as poSslble: San Jose. Los Angeles,
San Diego, San Bern ardino, Fresno. Tu-
lare, Bak ersfield. MariineZ, Oakland, Ala
media, Bishop Greek.
" AS speedily as !: possible these Offices
Will: be, III an ned with clerks, but an add
.tlenal supply of blanks and books will be
neceS sary before work ca n be commenced,
i mere is n trouble about getting mem.
enough, there being fully a. dozen appli-:
Giants for every position. For this city the:
force Of clerks has already been selected:
nalllts as follows: James SharkeY, E. J.
Harrington, Thomas: p .Gusiek, "A. T.
Patton, hauneey Barbour. James Strand
Jehn j. .Mulcteayy and W. C. Curry. 1t
lspre babe that two and it may be three
add lt1onaE clerks will be appointed, but.
the*men have been s9fecteu and no: new
aspirations will be considered.
: Celiector. WeIburn ordered from the
+Chlnese printers stHrday &c, 600 circulars
to or printed in The Chinese Language fog
QfstEl butlQu IN THIS city and thToughoE1
his district The body of the circular wild
be the same as that originally iss1es by
ex-CQllecter John G. Quinn: under the
GearY act, the only changes being IN the
dates and AN addendum TO the effect that
&alEChinese Whohaye previously registered
must procure new certificates: g.:
-. The news that registration would cam-
*mence ne t week few:like wild fire through:
Chinatown. yesterday, but it caused no:
:: excitement. Not a single Chinese called.
at the Collector S o flee TO make INQUIRIES
concerning the Law, and everywhere the
utmost Indifference was manifested. To
all questions as TO whether the Chinese in
tend te.register tho same answer is made.
''.Ob, yes wittra shrug- of. the shoulders
that may mean anything. a prominent
!: Democrat: received a letter from Benicia,
:Solano: County, yes terday, from which the
following extract is taken: .:: =
:: There area great mary Chinese in and around,
this SOEano; district. There are: at the present
:. ing around. t0the various Chinese camps and
vegetable gardens i1structiDg the laboreis
.. what TO do: 1.-TWO of the galdens near:hefe L
spoke TO the =laboreTs ard asked them if thew.
Intended to register. They OILY laughed and
said they. would. not register, but mat No.
man would make it allfignt.
=: The Mol man is the Chinese merchant
::or boss=wh0 employs the Chinese laborers
in. China, brings them here and sublets
them to white men,, or works them on
ranches of his avn. They obey him in ali
!. things, ana unless the boss man says regis:
tel; mot a lAborer under his control Will.
: obey. the law. SO far. none of the boss
men is kno%nto have issued an order, and
persons we'll informed say. that no orders
to register have been issued. IF this lis
true. 1T means thar:tne Chinese capitalists.
propose either to. fight the McCreary law
: or else allo W:thefr laborers'to be deported.