The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-10-17
THB NEW CHINESE BILL
It Passes the House by Nearly
Unanimous Vote.
THE PROVISIONS OF THE MEASURE.

II Extends for SIX Months tho Time Al
lowed the CoIostials TO Register, and |
Those Now Subject to Deportation Must
be Dsported.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 1T.-The bill extend
ing for six months the time within which
Chinese may be allowed to register under
the operations of the Geary law was passed
in the house, with little or no opposition.
This was due to some extent to the fact
that the amendment defining Chinese
merchants was agreed to almost unani-
, mously. There was no attempt made to
procure the yeas and nays, and the oppo-
nents of the measure allowed 1t to go
through by default. The final vote stood
; 17s to l. The Cox hill for the better con-
troll of national banks was then taken up,
and after remarks by Mr.. Cox and Mr..
! Cannon the house, without disposing OF
: the measure, adjourned.
The McCreary Chinese bill as 1t passed
. the house contains but two sections. The
/, first is repetition Of section of the ex-
:; isting exclusion act, except that it extends
= until six months after the enactment the
: time allowed Chinese to register. 1t also
!. amends the provision as to witnesses to
O. certificates SO as to remove the inadver-
a tent discrimination made against colored
persons. Under the bill any credible per-
!, son, other than Chinese, can be witness.
, The section has an addition in the shape OF
:. paragraph defining a merchant as person
buying and selling in his own name at a
fixed place of business and performing 10
!. other manual labor than is incident to his
:, business, Returning Chinese merchants
n ara required to prove by two witnesses
,r, that they conducted business for at least a
% year, without other manual labor before
,rt leaving the United States Chinese under
! order of deportation are to be kept in the
le custody Of United States marshal, and
y are not subject to bail. Certificates must
u contain photographs of their owners
4, Chinese convicted of felony may not regis
Il. ter, and such Chinese now subject TO de
81 portation shall he deported. The second
10 section defines laborers to be persons en-
8 gagged In both skilled and unskilled man
. . ual labor, such AS mining fishing, buck
:, STEERING, peddling laundering and curing
Nj fish.
ltl The proceedings of the senate were in
+, teresting. They opened with action on {
ID house joint resolution fixing the qualifica
N tions to vote and to hold Office in the Chero
;, kee outlet, Oklahoma Territory, at tn,
~ first municipal elections. The joint reso
i, luton WIS passed, after an unsuccessful
a, attempt by the Populist senator from
II! Kansas (Mr. PETER to engraft women sui
al frage upon it, The attempt was sustaine'
n by only nine senator's. The Union Pacti
II receivership led To the introduction of
bill by Mr. Morgan for the control o
the Union and Central Pacific railroad
, a until their debts to the government ar
bt fully paid up or secured. Most of the tw
a. hours assigned by the rules to mornin
y" business was taken up IN debates upo
IL Mr.. Lodges resolutions to amend til
rules. They propose to prohibit the reaC
AZ. ing Of prepared speeches; require th
no counting of senators who are present nm
refuse to vote for tho purpose of making
quorum, and propose an arrangemer
similar to that now existing in the hous'
Us under which (through report from til
Oie committee on rules debate may be stoppe
and vote taken. The Lodge resoluto,
went over and the repeal bill was take
NJ up. Mr.. Jones (Nev.) occupied three hour
~ but did not finish his speech, and NJ
1r PETER (Kan) went on with the speec
ne which he began last Friday.
The senate got into curious parliamel
th' tary tangle just at niGhtfall. During IL
'sh course of the proceedings. at q point whe
~ quorum was temporarily absent, NJ
T., Voorhees, moved that the sergeant-at-arn
NJ, be directed to secure the attendance of II
absences. Soon afterwards few stra
lers came into the chamber, and made Ut
!. quorum to answer n call OF the senate. M
are Voorhees, wished to withdraw his motto
~ but Mr.. Dubois refused his assent. The
~ was nothing to do but call the yeas al
nays, and the pairs were so numerous til
voting quorum could not be obtaine
nj As soon as the vote was announced on Il
cal yeas and nays under the rules anoth
w call was in order develop the presen
of quorum The quoru m answering
icy VoorLees, original nronosition' md 60
:. d. went on, changing from the yeas and ma
'U9 to the call Of the senate. This continu
y until 10 o'clock, when motion to adjou
Was carried