The herald., 1893-09-05
WHAT WILL JUDGE ROSS Do?
The Attorney-General Takes a
Band,
ana Today the Chinese Deportation
Matter Will Be Settled.
The Anti Ooolie Proce edfngs Yesterday
In the Federal Courts-The
Farmers Association
in Earnest.

II, therefore, while much regretting
That tho application has been made to
me, feel it my duty, under my oath OF
Office and in view OF the obligations
resting upon me to administer the laws
Of the United States In all cases prop
erly brought before me, to award the
warrant upon veriGcatlon of the COM
plant, in the absence OF any judicial
knowledge that the department OF the
government, charged with the execution
OF the provisions OF the act OF May o,
1892. Is not provided with the means 70
carry out its provisions. .6sa.s. !
"Were / 40 advised. I would not hesi'
tate to refuse the warrant" ,.
~ Judge Ross used these words, in his
decision OF q fow days since, granting
warrant for the arrest OF All Wong.
Yesterda morning, in the presence OF
a crowded court room, filed with Chi
nese. lawyers and labor men, District
Attorney Denis read the following dis.
patch from the United States attorney
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2, 1893.
To United States Attorney Denis, Los Angeles,
1 am advised by the secretary of the
treasury that there are no funds to exc
cute the Geary law, 80 far as the same
provides for deportation of Chinese who
have not procured certificates Of resi-
dence. On that state of facts the
circuit court OF the United States for
the southern district of New York made
the following order:
"Ordered that - be, and he hereby
Is, discharged from the custody Of the
marshal and ordered tO be deported
from the United States whenever pro-
vision for such deportation shall be
made by the proper authorities" Ask
court to make similar order in like,
cases. OLNEY, Attorney General.
And now people are asking what Judge
Ross will do.
The first move in yesterdays federal
court proceedings was made by q COM
mittee from Redlands, composed of II.
@. Gable, r. W. Mcintyre, ir., and r.
w. Musgrave, who asked District Attor-
ney Denis for warrants for the arrest OF
170 Chinese in Redlands.
One hundred and seventy Cinnamon.
District Attorney Denis looked at the
list and softly sighed. After some de-
liberation he approved the issuance OF
warrants for a dozen and withheld the
remainder.
Then came the trial of Chun Shong
Yuen.
The proceedings showed that the
Chinaman has been raising vegetables
for two years, on small tract OF land
near Cahuengs.
He had no certificate of residence.
Colonel g. Wiley Wells, representing
the defendant, called George Lem, who
endeavored to show that Yuen was a
partner in a company formed for raising
vegetables, and therefore a merchant.
Judge Ross found that Yuen was la
borer and not q merchant, and an
nounced his intention of handing down
his decision, in written opinion, to-
morrow morning. The other five cases
were continued until Wednesday, Judge
Ross announcing that he would, admit
OF no further delay. AA
Should Judge Ross disIniaa the cases
against Chinese on the grounds OF there
being no funds for deportation puf
poses, the Cahuenga farmevs' aesocia-
tion will attempt to prove that there are
$4,000 available, giving a section of the
federal statutes at large, volume. ~,
page $50, as their reason for the Htate-
ment, which section reads as follows:
Enforcement OF the Chinese exclusion
act: To prevent unlawful entry OF Chi
nese into the United States by the ap-
pointment of suitable officers to enforce
the laws in relation thereto, and for ex-
penses of returning to China all Chinese
persons found to be unlawfully in the
United States, including the cost of inn
prisonment and actual expense of con-
veyancs OF Chinese persons to the from
tier or seaboard for deportation, and for
enforcing the provisions OF the act ap-
proved May s. 1892. entitled "An act to
prohibit the carrying of Chinese persons
into the United Ststes," $50, 1000, to-
qether with the unexpended balance Of
the appropriation for this object for the
fiscal year 1893.
The same association also declare their
Willingness to pay the expenses of de-
portation themselves, which they figure
as $50 per capita.
The Farmers association yesterday
sent q dispatch to Senator White urging
him to endeavor to obtain an appropria-
tion for the deportation OF arrested
Cinnamon.