The morning call., 1893-07-30
THREE OF A KIND.
Chinese Merchants Who
Were NaturaiiZed
Came Back on the Oceanic and Pro-
duced Their Papers Renouncing
the Ruler of the Sun.
ONE REFUSED A LANDING.

Among the 1876 Chinese who arrived here
on the steamer Oceanic there were three
who possessed naturalization papers.
Their names and places Of residence were
given respectively as Chow Kow of Gal
weston, Tex; Lui Yew of Kansas City.
Mo-. and George Sam of st. Louis. All
three represented them selves to be mer-
chants, and this, along with the fact of
their possessing papers of citizenship,
made their cases very interesting to Col
lector Wise. who, seated in a small room
on the hurricane deck OF the big British
liner now lying at the Pacific Mail dock.
has been personally looking into the Gre
dentials Of the Chinese arrivals. with the
assistance of Inspector O'Leary, Deputy
Surveyor Ruddell and Interpreter Huff.
However, the mere possessing of natural
ization papers does not entitle Chinese
10 n landing. Consequently. it was simply
necessary for the three mentioned to give
satisfactory proof that they were mer
chants. Chow Kow of Galveston and Lui
Yew of Kansas City could do that, and
Mr.. Wise decided TO land them. but George
sam, notwithstanding his gooG name, WAS
not so fortunate, and could not make any
shoWlng OF being merchant, so land
ing was refused him. The Texas Oriental
could speak English about as we'll as any
body, and could prove that he had cotton
plantation OF 800 acres in the Lone Star
State, which he had leased and managed
FOR many years. he went 10 China several
mouths ago on visit, and, everything
considered, his conversation proved him 20
De quite an interesting person, and Mr.
WISE was very favorably impressed by his
polite ard agreeable manner He had
letters from Judge and some citizens of
good standing In Texas, too. His COM
patriot Of Kansas City had letter even
from the Secretary of State of Missouri.
1t was pretty good document which
George Sam Of st. Louis produced, and it
advertised to the world that that gentle
man was full citizen of the United States
Of America by virtue OF an order OF the
Second District Court, for the parish OF
New Orleans, in the State Of Louisiana,
on Saturday, October l, 1870 Judge Louis
Duvigneaud being the sole judge OF said
court ut that time and Nj. 0. Tracy clerk
The two witnesses whose names appeared
On the paper as swearing to George Sans
residence ana character were Albert
Sacksrby and John Austin. and the in
formation was recorded that Mr.. Sam
came 10 this country in 1S4S. when 10 years
of age.
But Mr.. Wise does not consider all this
20 oe worth the value of blank sheet of
jeRal cap In tile case of native OF China.
lie holds that the laws of the United
states expressly fort bid the naturalization
or MonSoilans and refers to the restriction
act which went into force in 1882 ''What
OF that3 one might ask; twas not the
man admitted to full citizenship as early
as 1S1o?. Very true; and then Attorney
Lyman Mowry. who would naturally be
on tho other side. comes 10 the rescue. as
ne did aboard the Oceanic Yesterday. by
digging down into the mass of legal lore
he carries ana bringing up the treaty of
1868, which declares That nothing in this
treaty shall authorize the NATURALIZATION
OF Chinese. 4 Therefore Mr.. George Sam