Arizona weekly citizen., 1893-09-16
BILL FAvoRING CHINESE.

| act extending the time for registration
three months after passage and repeal
ing that portion requiring witnesses in
| cases against Chinese shall be white
The bill continues in force the first SIX
sections of the Geary act until the
treaty can be made with China for
regulating Chinese immigration.
Stewart submitted a resolution for a
| committee of five to report whether any
senator is interested as stakeholder oI
otherwise In any national bank. Hill
objected TO it on the ground that it WE
a reflection on senators; went over till
| tomorrow.
| The repeal bill was taken up. Pugh
OF Alabama spoke in opposition to it.
IN THE HOUSE.
| The house remained in session only
half en- hour, with less than 100 mem
| bers present.
The chaplain in the prayer asked for
the continued health of Mrs. Cleveland
and child.
TARIFF Thinking.
CHICAGo,Sept. 11-Says Washington
| special: 1t has become evident as ex-
pressions of the ways and means COM
mittee develop that the tariff bill will be
much more moderate than if framed siq
months ago, but there is practical unity
in the committee in favor of putting
wool on the free list and making a
heavy cut in wool manufactures Some
mem bers of the committee viii work
hard for free lumber
San FRANCISCO, Sept. II. - Three
hundred Chinese left San Bernardino
and vicinity yesterday for San Francisco.
They say they are ordered back to
China by the six companies. The COM
panies, however, say they gave no such
orders and the Chinese will be ordered
back to San Bernardino.
MUST GO WHILE THE MONEY LASTS.
SAN Francisco, Sept. 1.-THE decis-
| ion of United States Judges McKenna
| and Morrow, Ia the case OF YIng Lee, q
| Sacramento Chinese, arrested under the
| Geary law for being illegally in the
country, was handed down today.
The judges decided that under the
law warrants for the arrest of Chinese
who have not registered must be issued
| on complaint of any private cit;z
The judges say that Unites States
District Garter showed there was not
| enough money available to export all
| the Chinese in the country, but he did
not show that there was not enough to
send YinI Leo away and he was accord
ingly deportAd. The judges further
said that whenever IT is shown
that there are DO funds to 6eport
Chinese the cases of those on trial will
| be dropped at once but until that is
shown the deportation must go en-.
THEY APPEAL.
r. e. Ling, attorney for fge Los
Angeles Chinese ordered depor ed by
Judge Ross, today applied to thetedaral
court for the release OF bis clients on a
writ of habeas corpus and the writ was
denied and Ling appealed to the state
supreme court. This appeal acts as
stay OF judgement and the Chinese will
not be deported on the steamer which
sails tomorrow.
CHICAGO, Sept. 9.-Ths was the final
day in the Catholic congress. The re-
suit OF weeks of deliberatlors was to be
embodied in platform. Intense in
terest was manifested in the report Of
the committee aud what action the
Coz gross would take on the report.
Scarcely had the congress been brought
to order when tie matter came to a
focus
1t was thought by many that the
school plank might arouse q heated
discussion in the convention and that
it might be amended or voted down.
Gossip was current that there was a
decided difference of opinion in COM
mlttees, some members being pronounc-
ed for declaration defining the att,-
tude OF the congress toward public
schools No fight took place, however
When the re1d,ng of the resolutions
we're finished a motion to adopt the
platform entire by a rising vote was
promptly put and carried. Cardinal
Gibbons then made an eloquent address
commenting on the magnificent sue
cess Of the convention.
A lively incident took place at this
juncture. Just rs the convention was
about 20 adjourn sine die, Delegate
Thomas p. Fenelon. of Leavenworth. |
Kas., secured the floor aud in a few
ringing words called attention of the |
to the action of the British |
house of lords last night in London
killing the home rule bill. The
of the house of lords was
greeted with a terrific and instant |
hiss. Fenelou moved the Congress |
xtend 20 Csthoics in Ireland pro-
found sympathy and express the hope
that the defeat of the grand Old man |
was only temporary. The sentiment |
of the convention was overwhelmingly /
ins favor of the resolution, but mem
bers uecame involved in a parliament
tary tangle from which the assembling
was only rescued by Judge Morgan of |
In a spirited address he de-
clared home rule not Catholic but a |
political question, and that some of the |
best home rulers were non Catholics.
At bis suggestion the convention re-
solved itself into mass meeting in favor
Of home rule, personal liberty and civil |
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particular attention To the struggles
against tyranny by Ireland. Catholic |
Poland and the Jews ia Russia. Amid |
great enthusiasm the convention ad- |
ourned sine die.
Following are the resolutions:
With feelings of profound gratitude
10 the Almighty God for his manifold |
blessing which has teen vouchsafe6 to
he church in the United States and the
whole American people, we adopt the
following resolutions:
Flrst-We affirm the resolutions of
he Catholic congress held ia Baltimore
November II and II, Ammo Domiui, 1889.
Second-We declare our devoted 10y
.lty and unalterable attachment to our
holy father, Pope Leo XIII, and thank
Tim for sending US special representa-
i've, and we enthusiastically hail his
ipostolic delegate as proof of his love
or America and pledge of his paternal
olicitude for our country and its insti-
utons.
Third-We congratulate our heir