The herald., 1893-10-12
ANOTHER CHANCE TO REGISTER
The Chinese Question Taken Up
in the House.
McCreary's Amendment to the Geary
Law Discussed.
Geary Opposes the Measure I'm n vigor-
ous ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Nec-
essary as Means of
Identification.
By the Assoeiated Press.

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WAsHiEeToN, Oct. 11.--In the houee,
today, Hunter of Illinois presented a
resolution for recess from October 14th
to November Let. Referred to the COM
mittee on rules. Hunter said he wanted
to give the members chance to attend
the worlds fair.
Brickner of Wisconsin seconded the
passage OF resolution authorizing the
state of Wisconsin to erect in the statu-
ary hall a statue OF Pierre Marquette.
Cummings, from the committee on
naval affairs, presented and had passed
resolution calling on the secretary of
the navy for information as to the
amount of premiums paid contractors
for the construction of war ships devel-
oping speed in excess OF the require
ments, etc.
The bill to remit the penalties on the
dynamite cruiser Vesuvius came up
and Sayers of Texas vigorously opposed
it, claiming the Vesuvius was worthless
for the purposes for which she was
built.
Talbot of Maryland read letter from
Secretary Herbert declaring the claim
an equitable one and saying that if the
dynamite guns did not show improve
ment the Vesuvius would be fitted with
other armament. The amount involved
is $4,000. The bill went over without
action.
Anderson of West Virginia introduced
a bill to amend section 552S of the re-
vised statutes by striking out the words
unless such force be necessary to repel
armed enemies of the United States or
keep peace at the POLLS" This is one of
the federal statutes not repealed in the
Tucker bill, ard the amendment is in
tended to prevent any army or navy
of1cer from bringing troops to the polls.
CHINESE REGISTRATION.
Outhwaite presented an order for the
consideration of the McCreary bill to
amend the Geary exclusion act from
day to day until disposed of. 1t was
adopted without division.
McCreary opened the debate. The
bill, he eaid, affected the contention be-
tween two great countries, it concerned
100000 Chinese in this country, and if
passed, would save billions of dollars to
the United States, and at the same time
meet the widespread demand for the
discontinuance of undesirable Chinese
immigration. He explained at length
the provisions of the bill, which have
appeared in the Associated Press re-
porte. He also reviewed the treaties
between China and the United States,
and the legislation leading up to the
passage of the Geary exclusion act. He
said this bill simply gave the Chinese
in this country six months additional
time in which to register, they having
declined to do 40 on the advice of their
attorneys, pending the decision of the
supreme court. The Chinese, he said,
had able lawers who advised them not
to register, as the law would be declared
unconstitutional.
1.-The fact that but five of nine justices
of the supreme court" said Governor
McCreary, ''could be found of the opin-
ion that the Geary law was constitu-
tionsl, certainly shows that those attor-
neys had good ground for their advice"
He said the Chinese who acted on the
advice of their attorneys, should have
an opportunity to register. To trans
port the So, 600 Cinnamon who have not
registered, would cost the government,
according to the estimate of the secre-
tary of the treasury, 100000 "Over
S5.000," said he, are anxiously awaiting
for congress to decide their fate and
thousands of American missionaries
in China are awaiting with fear and
trembling lest If we are precipitous, the
Chinese may in their wrath retaliate
upon them"
McCreary said, in conclusion, that the
expulsion of the Jews from Russia, or
the Huguenots from France, was not
more barbsrous than would be our &C.
ton if we forced $1,000 Chinese to de.
part because they had been misled by
their lawyers.
GEARY's GREAT SPEECH.
Geary, who followed, was granted
leave to proceed without limit. He be-
gan with an indignant denial of the re-
fections made upon the Pacific coast
people in their war on the Chinese. The
Moors were not expelled, the Jews were
not driven out, the Huguenots were not
forced from their homes because they
refused to obey the laws of the country
in which they resided. The chairman
of the foreign affairs committee was no
more humane than he, no more Christ
ian than he.
"While do not believe the Chinese
are cnblblcu W any A6W Ilkutb, Hdlu
Geary, "if 1 believed this bill would
give US settlement of this question,
give us an opportunity to regulate their
stay here and prevent more from COM
ing, would vote for it. | am against
it because I believe it only temporizea
with the situation. We will offer
amendments which we believe would
make the bill effective. II they are re.
jected we will vote against it,"
CHURCHES CRITICISED.
He went on to speak of the adverse
criticism OF the bill that bore his name.
He spoke of the resolutions adopted by
different religious bodies, all, strange to
say, in the same phraseology, demand
ing the immediate repeal of the Geary
law. What right, he asked, had anv
church to ask congress to do anything2
He had supposed the line between
church and state was sharply drawn in
this country. He did not deny the
sacred right of petition, but churchmen
must petition as individuals, and not
invoke the influence of the church.
Applause Ever since 1882, when the
United States declared it's hostility to
the Chinese there never was an hour.
when by fraud and duplicity, Chinese
were not trying at all the borders of the
United States to break into this coun.
try. China knowing this, could have
stopped the violation OF the law, but
China remained silent. "There ia no
room for sympathy for China. She has