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dated by the Six Companies, which con-
troll them, will doubtless be literally con-
strued into sufficient cause for their non
compliance with the law. The object of
! the Geary Act being merely means of
enforcing the original exclusion law, and
not to Danish the Cinnamon already here,
the spirit, if not the letter, of both will be
complied with by such construction.
Inyo Index: This is how Andrew
Jackson talked to the people of South
Carolina, and the way President Cleve-
land should have talked to the Chinese,
when they assumed to disobey the law:
1.-The dictates of high duty oblige me
solemnly to announce that you cannot
succeed. The laws of the United States
must be executed. l have no discretion
ary power on the subject-my duty is en-
phatically pronounced in the Constitu-
ton. Those who told you that you might
peaceably prevent their execution, de-
ceived you-they could not have deceived
themselves. They know that forcible
opposition could alone prevent the exc
Cut-on of the laws, and they know that
such opposition must be repelled."
Oakland Enquirer: Every Chinaman
must have his day in court before he can
be deported. That is one essential differ
ence between the expulsion of the Chi
nese from California and the Moors from
Spain. There Will be real hardship in
many cases in the deportation OF the Chi
nese, but they themselves are RESPONSE
bic for it. Had they not respected the
order of the Six Companies more than
they did a law of Congress they would
not now be in this fix. If all the Chinese
in California were to be Withdrawn from
the labor market tomorrow the indus
trial effects would be serious. But the
process of removing them from the coun-
try is going to be so long drawn out that
there will be time for other laborers to
come in and take their places.
Oakland Times: The decision of the
Supreme Court declaring the Exclusion
Act constitutional, while not exactly a
surprise to the people of the Pacific
Coast, was certainly relief, for it cannot
be denied that we were doubtful of the
result. 1t has been asserted that although
the Act has been passed upon favorably
as lar as our interests are concerned, by
the highest tribunal i'll the country. we
Will nave no reason to congratulate our
selves until Congress appropriates the
SlO,OOO,OOO necessary to execute the law.
On this score, however, we are not very
doubtful. This is q Democratic Congress
and the attitude of that party on the Chi
nese question has been consistent
throughout. The Democratic policy has
always been in opposition to Chinese
p
they will stultify themselves at this late
day.
San Jose Record: The Government has
only very small amount of money on
hand to pay for this business, and it is
not likely that certificates of residence
Will be denied to well-known Chinese
who neglected or refused to register
within the prescribed time. The law was
intended rather as protection for the
NaTh ~ al ar,.1r -
rights they have acquired, and to protect
the people of the United States against
the influx of the millions of Cinnamon
who would like to come here. 1t will be
the duty of the Administration to enforce
1t, and when the money appropriated is
all exhausted to call on Congress for more
money. The people of the United States
have declared against Chinese immjpra-
ton, and they are bound to stop it. The
only way to stop it is to stop it. and to
make every Chinaman who stays here
provide himself with the proof of his
right to remain.
Los Angeles Express: The Chinese
have no one but themselves to blame for
whatever hardship, inconvenience. or loss
the enforcement of the law may bring
upon them. They had a years time to
secure certificates, without cost, and their
neglect to do so was Intentional, deliber-
ate, and in defiance of the authority of
the Government of the United States.
They obeyed the orders of their import-
ers, the Six Companies, whose commands
haye more weight with them than has
the law of the land. This country can
Better afford to spend millions of dollars
in the enforcement of its laws than to
permit aliens to set them at defiance and
TO escape the consequences of their acts.
r II If any constitutional way
can be found to admit of registration in
stead of deportation, in the case of those
Chinese who have failed to take out GER
tificates, there would probably be little
objection to allowing them the benefit
of it.
San Jose MercaU'y: The mower of n
nation to restrict or prevent the immi-
grafton of aliens or to require aliens to
remove therefrom is a settled principle of
international law confirmed by an un-
broken line of precedent. The nation
has right to determine the conditions
under which aliens may be permitted to
remain within its borders, and finally
that there is nothing in the Consti-
tuition which prevents our Government
from exercising this right which is iu-
herent in every Government on earth
The constltutionality of the law having
| been declared, it now becomes question
how the Administration will enforce it.
The money appropriated to carry out the
10" - "hOAAJ lOE IDO purpose,
1t was not foreseen that the Chinese as
mass would refuse to register, and per-
haps there were not few members of
Congress who wished TO go on record as
voting for the law. but who were still verv
willing to cripple it by neglecting to pro-
vide sum ample to enforce it.
Perhaps some way may be found to per-
init the Chinese to register even at this
late date, or perhaps the law will be al
lowed after little spasmodic activity tn
become practically lifeless on the statute
books. The latter course would be a
hazardous one for the Administration to
adopt in face of the resolute public senti-
ment on this coast, and if it should be at
tempted the next Congress would prob
ably be compelled by the force of popular
demand to provide money for a rigid en-
forcement of the law, even if it required
the wholesale deportation of every China
man from this country.