The morning call., 1893-09-15
GEARY is ANGRY.
He Asks No More FavOrS
of Cleveland.
WILL FIGHT TO THE END.
There Was Stormy Meeting at
the Shoreham.
WILL FIGHT TO THE END.
VICTORY is WITH THE CHINESE.
The Restriction Law Will Be Doc
tored Merely to Suit the Follow
ers of Confucius.

| WASHINGTON, Sept. 14-The sub COM
mittee Of the Foreign Affairs Committee
of the House of Representatives met to-
night at the Sboreham Hotel for the pur-
pose of considering Everett's bill to extend
the time in which Chinese may register.
There were present Chairman McCraary
and Representative Geary. Everett, Hit
and Harmer. The session was a hot one.
Geary insisted on all OF his points, namely ::
an extension of only three months, instead
of six months; the definitions of both
Chinese merchants" and "laboIers" :;
having photographs as a means of identifi-
cation, and that Chinese be prohibited
from making transit under bond across the
country. He failed in getting anything
but definition of Chinese laborers.
The subcommittee finally agreed upon a
bill, which will be submitted to the full
committee at its next meeting 1t provides
that the time of registration shall be ex-
tended for six months. Chinese laborers
are to be defined as skilled or unskilled
artisans, hueksters, peddlers. men engaged
in fishing or curing or preparing fish for
export, and men engaged in mines and
mining.
Geary attempted to get the insertion of a
clause providing that when Chinese mer-
chant applied for admission to the country
he should be required to prove by other
than Chinese witnesses that he had con-
Quoted business at a fixed place for
at least one year prior TO his departure,
and that his business had paid him at least
500 per month. This was voted down,
and the proposition to prohibit the transit
of Chinese across the country under bond
was next defeated.
Geary then insisted that photographs be
| required as means of Identification The
committee thought this would be "degrad-
| ing" 10 the Chinese and it was voted down.
aud the means of Identification is to be left
to the discretiOn of the Secretary of the
Treasury. The words white witness" in
the Geary act are changed so as to read "by
at least one witness other than Chinese" +"
The bill as drafted may yet be changed
! In some minor details, but these will be
mainly in the phraseology. Geary is very
much disappointed aud in the conference
did not attempt to conceal his vexation
In fact he denounced the administration
roundly and declared that although it
might avail him nothing in the House he
would at least have the satisfaction of OBJ
structing the passage of some OF the pet
measures of the administration and of
those Congressman who seemed to be the
tools of the President.
"You will not object to some OF our lit
tie local steals. will you?" asked a men,
Der of the committee.
Yes" declared the Californian saw
agely, 81 will object to everything that l
can"
He was particularly savage toward Nc
Creary. and said: You people have been
for years filibnstering and obstructing
legislation in your desire to prevent negro
domination iD the South, and now when
we Pacific Coast mem bers propose to do
something to prevent the Chinese from
running our people on the coast you refuse
utterly to assist us.
Geary declared to the committee that
the administration had not yet made an
effort tn enforce the law in good faith. He
said that Carlisle had made an order
which was practically to the effect that the
law be not enforced. and that the$modif-
cation of this order which was proposed
lately has never been promulgated, there
by practically nulifying the law. He de-
clared that Attorney-Genersl Olney had
ordered his District Attorney in California
TO go into court and take steps which
amounted to notification, as far as the De-
partment of Justice was concerned
| Olney. had in an interview with Geary a
few days ago begun to explain to the Call
ifornian that there were three CO. coordinate
branches of the Government when Geary
interrupted him with. mo; / beg your
pardon. there are only two and a fraction
The fraction is up on the hili'-at the Cap
itol.
Geary further asserted tonight his belief
that Olney had entered into au agreement
with the Chinese attorneys before May 5
last that a special session of the Supreme
Court should be held to pass on the regis
tration act. Geary hotly declared that this
was not within the province of the execu-
tive officers of the Government. 1t was
their business to execute such laws as
were on the statutes and not seek to in
! fiuence or dictate to the judicial CT legisla-
tive branches OF the Government.
Representative Geary acknowledged TO
THE CALL correspondent that the action
| of the committee had practically nullified
his law.
1.-THE law is of no effect unless a photo
graph for Identification be required" lie
said. 'It will do no good to describe the
color of the eyes. weight or height of the
\ ODlUcScs EsclJoOuy lildL TO
leave such description discretionary
with the Secretary Of the Treasury is not
step forward. 1t leaves matters as bad
as at present"
Mr.. Geary has faint hope. but very
| faint one indeed, that the full committee
will modify the bill as agreed upon to-
night in some essential details. He ad-
mits, however, that it Is the intention nf
the administration to secure a special rule
| from Crisp and that the bill agreed upon
will be rushed through in this way or
under suspension of rules. He believes
that If he could secure half an hour in
which to speak on it be might succeed in
defeating its passage. The only real hope
OF defeating the bill, however. will be in
the Senate, and even then there is not
much chance. 1t may be predicted with
reasonable degree of certainty that Ever
ett's bill will become a law in the very
near future.
! Harmer o: Pennsylvania was the only