Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-10-20
MODIFIED EXCLUSION.
GEARY SLIGHTLY AMENDS TIE
M'CREARY BILL.
Six Months Longer Time for Reg
IS;ry -Biii Defines Chinese La
PhOIOgra phic Identification.

Isiry Bib Defines Chinese la
bOrer> and Makes Mandatory
photographic Idcntisicntion.
Monday afternoon, the McClcary
bill passed the House, with the amend
mcntS offered by Gcary and Caminctti.
The bill, as passed, extends the provi-
>ions OF the Geary law six months, ,
defines Chinese laborers and Chinese |.
merchants, makes mandatory photo
graphic identification, requires mar
shals to carry out orders for depOrta
ton, and excludes Cinnamon con-
victed of felony from permission to
register. Geary declares that the bill
as passed is perfectly satisfactory to
the coast, and if enforced at the expi-
ration of the time limit, will settle the
Chinese problem. Those who depart
will not be able to transfer their regis
tration certificates, and in the course
{ of time all will disappear from these
shores. The administration is also
satisfied with the bill, so Chairman
McCreary, OF the foreign affairs COM
mittee, AYERS.
When the bill was taken up, Blair
of New Hampshire, who was nomi-
mated to the Chinese mission by Har-
rison, but whose exequatur was not
granted by the Chinese government
on account OF his hostile expressions
toward the Chinese when the exclu-
sion act was passed in 1889, was the
first to address the house He spoke
in favor of the bill, as also did bins
more of Arkansas, who followed. The
latter advocated the enforcement Of
| the exclusion act. Caminetti OF Cali
fornia opposed the bill. He proposed
an amendment providing that no
Chinese convicted of felony shall be
entitled to register under the act, but
shall be subject to deportation.
Wilson of Washington characterized
the bill as one of the most remarkable
ever presented to Congress. The
Geary law had passed by lS6 to q.
He reviewed the alleged course OF the
administration in debating to Con-
gress, in multiplying the Chinese and
pension laws. For 80 years, said he,
the Democratic party has howled
about usurpation and the centraliza-
ton of political power. There had
been, he said, more Capitalization of
political power, more usurpation Of
legislative functions by the executive
department since March 4, than since
the foundation of the republic to the
present time.
Chairman McCreary, in closing the
debate, declared he favored protecting
American labor against the millions
of Chinese laborers, but, while he IA
vored exclusion, he did not think it
just or honorable to deport $1,000
men without giving them an oppor-
tunity to register when they were led
to refuse to register on the advice OF
their attorneys and employers. He
claimed that honor and conscience
demand so much. II at the expira-
ton of six months the Chinese were
not registered, he would unite with
the Pacific coast members in favoring
any measure to deport them.
At 3 o'clock, by the terms OF the
agreement, the previous question was
considered as ordered on the bill, and
the pending amendments-Gearys
three amendments consolidated into
one, defining the term "Chinese mer-
chant" providing for the photograph
ing OF registered Chinese and requir-
ing the United States Marshals to exc
cute the deportation clause with dis
patch, providing that pending its
execution Cinnamon shall be con-
fined and not admitted to bail-were
agreed to by a vote OF 120 to 10. A
vote was then taken on Caminetti's
amendment and it also was adopted.
Then came the vote on the McCreary
bill as amended. A rising vote re-
suited in l67 ayes and 9 noes. Loud
made the point of no quorum. Tel
lers were ordered and quorum de-
veloped. LIQUIDS request was then
Withdrawn and the bill was declared
passed.
The Chinese bill, as it passed the
House, contains but two sections. The
first is repetition OF section l OF the
existing exclusion act of September,
in that it extends until six months
after enactment the time allowed Chi
nese to register. 1t also extends the
provision to witness as to certifi-
Gates, so as to remove the inadvertent
discrimination made against colored
persons. Under the bill any credible
person, other than Chinese, can be a
witness. This section has an addition
in the shape of paragraph defining a
merchant rs person buying and SELL
of business and performing, no other
manual labor than is incident to his
business. Returning Chinese mer-
chants are required to prove by two
witnesses that they conducted business
for at least year without other man.
ual labor before leaving the United
States. Chinese under order of depor-
tation are to be kept in the custody OF
: a United States Marshal, and are not
; subject to bail. Certificates must con.
| tain photographs of their owners.
, Chinese convicted Of felony may not
register, and such Chinese now subject
to deportation shall be deported. The
, second section defines laborers to be
persons engaged in both skilled and
, unskilled manual labor, such as farm.
ing, fishing, huckstering, numbering
and curing fish.