The morning call., 1893-03-30

There's nothing unconstitutional about it.
1t Will mold in every word. in every line aud
In every section. There is no faint of uneon-
stftutionality about Ii. All legal objections
to it have been fully weighed and rejected.
l am no enemy to the Chnaman or the
Chinese. have nothing against them, but
] believe they should be compelled to obey
the laws of the land.
ITO tell you the truth, am getting very
sick of these sO-called lawyers. They can
be indicted, every one Of them, for con-
spring to resist the enforcement of our
laws. They have no privilege to advise
their clients to refuse to obey the laws of
the country. What would you say Of
lawyer. or any other man. in war times ad-
visiDg a man not to enlist? The advice to
the Chinese not TO register is just as heinous
an Offense. The Chinese lawyers are put
ting the Chinese in the attitude of rebel
lion."
Here Mr. Geary became slightly tinged
with a carmine color about the temples as
his utterances gathered both volume and
speed, and the bonbons came near splitting
out on the marble-tiled floor.
If we're United States Attorney of this
Northern District OF California" he ex-
claimed with considerable momentum. 81
would have Thomas ID. Riordan and the
heads of the Six Chinese Companies be-
hind the bars within three days. l would
arrest every one of them On charge of
conspiracy There is a section of the
United States Revised Statutes, No. 1896, l
think, under which they can be criminally
prosecuted. The Grand Jury Is now In
session, and they can find indictments
against them II the District Attorney will
only do his duty / have just come
from long conference with Mr.. Quinn, the
Collector of Internal Revenue, and we
have talked this whole matter over for an
hour or two. Something decisive VIII have
to be done and done quickly, too, or there
will be serious trouble. Let these indict-
ments be once found aud you will see the
end of all this nonsense Matched by Chinese
lawyers.
Another thing" said Mr.. Geary, "must
be settled, and the sooner 1t is settled the
better it will be for the cause of good gov
eminent. We must determine whether
aliens on our soil are subject to our laws or
to laws set up by themselves. Are these
Six Chinese Companies to be a law unto
themselves or are they to be subject 10 the
authority of the Government of the United
States2 That's the whole question in
nutshell.
I'VE must in some way stop the immigra-
tion of the Chinese. No effective means
has yet been found to stop the evil unless
this registration law can be enforced. 1t
is reasonable law. Everybody comedies
that much. 1t works no hardship upon
those Chinese who desire to remain In the
United States. We have a constitutional
right to prescribe the conditions under
which they shall enjoy a domicile here.
The mischief with which we are confronted
at this moment is the resistance Of the
Chinese Six Companies to the law, which
course on their part has been prompted and
encouraged by the sinister advice of their
lawyers.
The remedy at this time, | report. is to
indict the heads of the Six Chinese Com
panies in San Francisco, together with their
aideTs and abettors in the new and wicked
and dangerous rebellion against our Gov
ernment ! predict that before many days
pass you will see that this course has been
adopted. You viii then see their dupes
making grand rush to be registered.
what about President Cleveland's attI-
tude in regard to this law? Well all have
to say in regard to that is that during an
interview with him upon this very subject
he assured ne that, as the chief executive,
he would see to Ii that both the letter and
spirit OF the law would be thoroughly car
ried out / saw the President Immediately
after his receiving deputati0n of Protes-
: tant Episcopal Bishops, headed by Bishop
Potter, and the first thing he said to me was
that he regretted | was not present when
they called, as / could have very readily
answered all their objections to the law,
which they had urged was cruel and unjust
In its operations. / found, however, on
further conversation with the President
that he had fully set their minds at ease.
Their principal objection was that the law
subjected the Chinese to great expense in
the matter of registration. The President
explained to them that there was no ex-
pense to the Chinese, and the Bishops went
away satisfied, saying that the law was a
good one for the Chinese people and that
they had visited the White House under
misaprehension.
II sea it has been reported in dispatches
from Washington that the Chinese Minis
ter, accompanied by Mr.. Choate, the we'll
known lawyer had an interview with the
President on this question. 80 1ar as Mr.:
Choate is concerned there Is not a word Of
truth in the story. Mr.. Choate has not ap-
peared in Washington since he was retained
by the Chinese to argue against the consti-
tutionality of the law.
II can give you another interesting fact.
had an Interview with Attorney General
OIney before came away. He secuted the
idea which has been bruited abroad that
test case would be brought before the Su-
preme Court and decided at once or at least