The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-10-17
THU HOUSE PASSES
IHB M'CREARY BILL.
The Registry Limit Extended Six
Months.
MUST BE PHOTOGRAPHED.
MUST BE PHOTOGRAPHED
Geary Declares it Will Settle the Chi
nese Problem.
..In Course of Time" He Says. eth,
Chinese viii Disappear from These
Shores"-The Administration
Is Also Satisfied.

Washington, Oct. 16.-The House
this afternoon passed the McCreary
bill with amendments offered by
Greary and Caminetti. The bill, as
passed, extends the provisions of the
Geary law six months, defines Chi
nese Iaborers," and Chinese merch-
ants" makes mandatory Photographic
Identification, requires the marshals
to carry out orders for deportation,
jails Cinnamon without bail, pending
the execution of the deportation writ,
and excludes Cinnamon convicted OF
felony from permission to register.
Geary declares the bill as passed is per-
fectly satisfactory to the coast, and
| if enforced at the expiration of the
time limit will settle the Chinese
problem. Those who depart will not
be able to transfer their registration
certificates, and in course of time all
will disappear from these shores.
The administration is also satisfied
with the bill, so Chairman McCreary.
of the foreign affairs committee AYERS
In the House debate on the Nc
Creary bill to extend the provisions OF
the Geary Chinese act six months
was resumed.
Blair, of New Hampshire, who was
nominated to the Chinese mission by
Harrison, but whose execquatur was
not granted by the Chinese govern
ment on account Of his hostile ex,
pressions toward the Chinese When
| the exclusion act was passed in 1899
spoke in favor of the bill.
Dinsmore, of Arkansas, favored the
bill, and also advocated the enforce
ment of the exclusion act.
| Caminetti, of California, opposed the
bill. He. proposed an amendment pro-
viding that no Chinese convicted OF
felony shall be entitled to register IN
der the act, but shall be subject tc
deportation.
Chairman McCreary, in closing the
debate, declared he favored protecting
| American labor against the millions OF
| Chinese laborers; but while he favored
exclusion, he did not think 1T just OF
honorable to deport $1,000 men without
giving them an opportunity to register
when they were led to refuse to regis
ter on the advice of their attorneys ano
employers. Honor and conscience de.
lmands so much. If at the expiration
of six months the Chinese were not reg
| istered, he would vote with the Pacific
coast members in favoring any meas
ure to deport them.
| At 3 o'clock, by terms of agreement
the previous question was considered as
ordered on the bill, and the pending
amendments (Geary's three amend.
r1ents) were consolidated into one, de.
fning the term Chinese merchant, pro-
viding for photographing registered
Chinese, and requiring United States
marshals to execute the deporta tior
clause with dispatch, and providing
pending its execution, that Chinamer
shall be confined and not admitted t.
bail, were agreed to-120 to 10.
A vote was then taken on the Nc
Creary bill as amended. The rising
vote resulted in 1877 ayes and nays
Loud made a point of no quorum
Tellers were ordered and a quorum
developed.
Loud's request was withdrawn ant
the bill was declared passed
Cox then called up the bill to afford
additional safeguards for nationa
banks, directors or attorneys by com
binations from absorbing the asset.
of the bank
Cannon, of Illinois, said the presen
laws were sufficient. The depositors
and stockholders were amply protect
ed, if the law was complied with. Hi
objection to the present bill was i
would embarrass honest men in tn,
transaction of business The bill
would only annoy and harrass tn,
borrowers.
AT 5 O'Clock, Cannon yielded fo
adjournment