The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-10-17
I'HE NEW CHINESE Bill
1t Passes the House by a Nearly
Unanimous Vote,
THE PROVISIONS OF THE MEASURE.

IT Extends ror SIX Months the Time Al
lowed tho Celcstinls to Register, and
Those Now Subject to Deportation Must
be Deported.
WAsHtNGToN. Oct, 17.-The bill extend
ing for six months the time within which
Chinese may be allowed to register under
the operations of the Geary law was passed
i'm the house, with little or no opposition.
This was due to- some extent to the fact
that the amendment defining Chinese
merchants was agreed TO almost unani-
mOuslY There was no attempt made to
procure the yeas and nays, and the oppo-
nents Of the measure allowed 10 to 20
through by default The final vote stood
17S to T. The Cox bill for the better CON
troll OF national banks was then taken up,
and after remarks by Mr. Cox and Mr..
Cannon the house, without disposing Of
the measure adjourned.
The McCreary Chinese bill as it passed
the house contains but two sections. The
first is a repetition Of section Of the eX-
isting exclusion act, except that iteXtends
until six months after the enactment the
time allowed Chinese TO register II also
amends the provision as to witnesses to
certificates so as to remove the inadver-
tent discrimination made against colored
persons Under the bill any credible per-
son, other than Chinese can be q witness
The section has an addition i'm the shape Of
a paragraph defining merchant as a person
| buying and selling in his own name at a
| fixed place of business and performing no
other manual labor than is incident to his
| business, Returning Chinese merchants
are required to prove by two witnesses
that they conducted business for at least a
year, without other manual labor, before
! leaving the United States Chinese under
order Of deportation are to be kept in the
| custody of a United States marshal, and
| are not subject to bail. Certificates must
| contain photographs of their owners.
! Chinese convicted of felony may not regis
! ter and such Chinese now subject TO de
! portation shall be deported The second
section defines laborers to be persons en-
! gagged In both skilled and unskilled man
ual labor, such as mining, fishing, huck-
stering, peddling laundering and curing
| fish.
! The proceedings of the senate were in
| teresting. They opened with action on a
house joint resolution fixing the qualinca-
| tions to vote and to hold Office in the Chero-
| kee outlet Oklahoma Territory, at the
first municipal elections The joint reso-
! luton was passed. after an unsuccessful
attempt by the Populist senator from
Kansas (Mr. PeGer) to engraft women suf-
frage upon it. The attempt was sustained
| by only nine senators. The Union Pacific
receivership led TO the introduction of a
! bill by Mr.. Morgan for the control of
the Union and Central Pacific railroads
until their debts to the government are
O. al 9
hours assigned by the rules to morning
business was taken up IN debates upon
| Mr. Lodges resolutions to amend the
rules They propose to prohibit the read
ing of prepared speeches; require the
counting of senators who are present and
refuse to vote for the purpose of making a
| quorum, and propose an arrangement
similar to that now existing In the house
| under which (through a report from the
committee ON rules debate may be stopped
and a vote taken. The Lodge resolutions
went over and the repeal bill was taken
up Mr.. Jones New occupied three hours
but did not finish his speech, and Mr.
| PETER (kan.) went on with the speech
which he began last Friday.
The senate got into a curious parliamen
tary tangle just at nightfall. During the
course of the proceedings, at a point wheT
quorum was temporarily absent, Mr.
voorhees, moved that the sergeant-at-arml
be directed to secure the attendance of the
absentees. Soon afterwards a few strag
lers came into the chamber, and made up
quorum to answer cali Of the senate. Mr.
Voorhees, wished to withdraw his motion
but Mr.. Dubois refused his assent. There
was nothing to do but call the yeas ant
nays, and the pairs were so numerous tha
a voting quorum could not be obtained
AS soon as the vote was announced on tn,
yeas and nays, under the rules, anothe
call was in order to develop the presence
of quorum. The quoru m answering Il
the call, again the motion required on Mr.
Voorhees, original proposition, and so I
went on, changing from tho yeas and nay
to the call of the senate, This continued
until 10 o'clock, when a motion to adjourn
was carried.
Point for the Y ace Track Men.