New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-17
THE MCREARY BILL PASSED.
CHINESE RESIDENTS TO HAVE SIX MONTH,
MORE To REGISTER
ONLY ONE NEGATIVE VOTE CAST AGAINST
THE MEASURE EOwIls's REMARK
ABLE UTTERASCFS.
fBY rsLEGnArH TO THE TEinvSEl

Washinston oct 1.-THE IIous" passed to-day
by a vote OF lis to l. the McCreary bill. nier
its provisions the Geary Exclusion act OF NV II
amended 50 az to give Chinese residents in the
United States another six months III "hich 10 GUM
ply with the requirements in regard to registry
Tho debate has been a tedious one. not slngic
new argument having been advanced by the ''"''
incorporate defender Of the sand-lot nflsa"' ~
show why this most extraordinary "e's'",
calling for the immediate deportation OF hundred
and odd thousand people at cost variousiy esti-
mated at from 100000 to 100000 should not be
rescinded or amended Mr. Cultivate. or ONO
Is guilty occasionally OF the indiscretlon OF ieV'hs
the cat out OF the bag. and he propipN III" '"'S
when he said the other day that IN the race oi IN
election we passed the Geary bill. but AFTER the
election We failed to provide the necessary means
for nutting that law into execution. AMI now we
blame others for not having done their duty 'Mr
Everett also pointed out very clearly thai BON
the Scott act OF ISIS and the Geary act OIL Is-
were passed with scarcely any discussion ana
that each had led 10 results not anticipated !"
the face OF public opinion founded perhaps OH I'M
pcrfec, knowledge OF facts. but strong ana I'M
,,is,aka,ie and in the face OF a remonstrance by
q friendly Power he did not think that the exc
cution OF the Geary act was ELMER Wise u P"'
ucabie This argument. no doubt P'oNc' N''.'"
sye with most OF those who voted to-day LOT III.
Mccreary bill and compelled others VINO l"No''"
more drastic legislation to fall into ilne ana "Of"
full. t...
In the course Of this whole debate some '"' ,o"'
speeches have been delivered. notably ohe-""' ). "
only BY "A stretch Of courtesy that IL can p' '"'
specch-by Mr Bowers. OF California ne a'Cs ,s
the christian missionaries IN china, alvhs ~" ~,
things. OF being "conspratofs' ana ". ,, har,c
the Government o; China should sehn l""'n srn,i
.-rbc covernm,nt OF China" said he. - p"'ftIai
Government. religious ooNsiu'hrn'' 49,. cv.r.
vou overiurn the religion OF China you nave owl
;,,rn.J Tho chinese Government and the Only way
you can overtun that GoveInmeht ~ ys,a,i.s,
their religion Hence say they uhr W'sro ',n,
have no business to attempt To oveftuin th' 'h'cS
Government. They are oonspiraiors. ,.. ou.s,,o,
broad srounds not rho IRON ,nGstrioI habps
temporary cxpedieney h, cauas,iv for work
their readiness in adapting themselves TO ,hs Ian"
tcristics il one of the most serious objections 10
their presence. That may seem Strahge ue'I", mn
.o,, " thai IS one of The most valid grounds that
can be urged in favor u not aIloWlhh any "au t
10 come IN and eventually 10 eliminate those VINO
Nj bowers speech, In fact Is fairly represent
tive OF a class or speeches that IS being DELIVERED
whenever the chinese question comes up IN sttW-
ing Contrast to il. and to most Of the arguments
in fact advanced this time, was tn speech OF Mr.
Ia sty.g' and scholar ii bristed with legal refer
.nces and historical quotations. lie expounded the
decisions of ,hc Supreme Court with the sam.
ease that he explained the teachings OF Confucius
the dreams OF Lao-Tse and the pantheistic ocean
Of Brahma hs condition Of Arha, wh,rr ahsTe
can be rebirth. and of Nirvana IN" utter ann,
him as they seemed perplexing 70 Jerry simpson;
the sockless stat sfan rom WI n"nSan hd
,vond.r al the introduction Of such heatnensh mat
Ter in the debate. for once in his life forgot TO
object. 49,.
fbe McCrearv bill now goes to the Senate, where
viii undoubtedly b. passed. receiving In due time
the Presidents signature.
The bin as II passed the House today contains
ONLY two sections. The first Is repetition OF
section OF the existing Exclusion Act. except that
Il extends until six months ate" enactment the
time allowed Chinese TO register u also AMENDS
Tho provisiou AZ witness to certificates 40 as To
r. move the inadvertent discrimination against
Iniar
sen other than Chinese be witness. The
- cond section defines laborers to be persons en-
yaeed In both skilled and unskilled manual labor.
such as mining fishing huckst-rng. peddling laun'
dcring ana curing fish.