The herald., 1893-05-16

csivec Telegram from Collector Of Cus-
toms Q1inn, directing him to take no
proceedings until the receipt OF further
orders.
Should the arrest of the Chinese be
ordered, Mr. Maxwell stated that he
should Fire Naud's warehouse and there
corral the Celestials. The fret 70 30
would be the highbinders and gamblers,
list Of whom would be obtained from
Chief OF Police Glass.
The only resource left to the Chinese,
in Mr. Maxwoi's opinion, would be TO
obtain writs Of habeas corpus, which
would have TO be Immediately heard by
Judge Ross II they can show TO the
satisfaction of the judge that they had
no opportunity to register, they will be
turned loose, but they will be obliged to
produce as least one credible white wit
ness TO support their testimony.
Mr.. Maxwell, when questioned as TO
the expense OF deporting so many Chi
neee, was at rather loss for an answer.
He could only suppose that special APP
preparation would have to be made.
SENATOR WHITE INTERVIEWED.
No demonstration in this city followed
the news that the supreme court had
sustained the Gaary act. The people
seem to take it philosophicslly. the gen.
eral expression being that it Was what
had been expected.
United States Senator Stephen NJ.
White was seen yesterday afternoon by
q HERALD reporter and asked for some
expression on the subject.
We'll, !" sold Senator W hite, ''I am not
surprised ovor it and regard it as right.
II is, in fact, similar to the Chae Chan
Ping case which was argued before the
United States supreme bench in 1889 by
Il. A Johneon and myself. The principal
involved was identical with that in this
test case OF the validity OF the Geary
act, whether or not by reason OF its
sovereignty country cannot close its
ports to aliens and decide which for
eigners shall be transported from it's jur-
isdlction. In the Chae Chan Ping case
the court decided that country pos
sessed that right, and it has, in sub
stance, been reaffirmed in this latter de-
cision."
"What do you think will be the next
step taken by the government?"
"Now that the act is constitutional
the oficiala will probably begin shortly
to enforce it. They will use what money
congress has already appropriated for
the purpose after which more will have
to be appropriated. Without having
looked closely into the question |
should think congress could vote to
transfer money from some other source |
to meet this necessity"
"How do you think the Chinese will
be transported ?"
"Welll I don't know but that it
would be an excellent idea when the
navy has finished the parading and
maneuvering to have it come over to
this coast and take the Chinese out of
the country. Il will cost money, you
know, to pay the steamship companies"
"Do you see any way in which the
Chinese can now avoid the enforcement
of the law 2"
"Nol Not unless they bribe the
steamboat companies to establish an
enormous rate for carrying them from
here, but that would cost the Chinsmsn
money also. / do not anticipate that
they will after any physical resistance.
Whatever else the Chinaman may be,
be is not so foolish as that"
'In fact, to sum the matter up, do
not see why. the Chinese have any
cause to feel ineulted at having to
register. All of US who are citizens are
required to register, and also give de.
tailed description OF ourselves before we
can vote. II we have piece of an ear
gone, or one side OF the face SCARED, or
any other Disagreement or anv disease
we have to enumerate it and are COM
PEELED to give detailed description of
ourselves, in order that we may be iden-
tilted. Now il we, as citizens, have to
be subjected to all of this formality, it
seems to me that the Cinnamon have no
reason to complain or feel ineulted at
having to go through with this simple
system of registration"
MAYOR RowAN's OPINION.
Mayor Rowan think the law is a
good one and that its enforcement will
be OF mutual benefit to the people of
the Pacific coast and the Chinese as
we'll. The Chinese will now know just
what they must do to stay here, and in
the very nature of things the effect Of
the law will be to relieve the people of
this coast of the burden Of cheap Asiatic
labor.
/ think, however, that the Chinese
here should be given time in which to
register now that the law has been up
held, because it is not by their fault but
by the absolute orders of their bosses.
the Six Companies, that they did not
comply with the requirements of the act
before.