The morning call., 1893-05-16
and commercial. A great harm will result
to the United States.
LOCAL OPINION.
The Decision Gives Universal Salts
acknowledgements Of Interest
by Attorneys and Others.

Governor Markham was found at the
Palace Hotel yesterday and was asked
what he thought of the decision of the
United States Supreme Court. He
wrinkled his forehead, caresled his chin
and said: what do you think of it ?"
Then he said, II haven't considered the
matter"
What effect will the operation of this
la W have upon California ?"
WELL" said the Governor after medi-
tating for a few moments, ''it wont hurt
US. The State would be just as prosperous
as it is if no Chinese had ever set foot upon
its soil. The fruit-growers and the owners
of big farms and shops who now employ
Chinese will suffer for time, but they will
ultimately secure other laborers. There
are so many thousand Chinese in the State.
and If they are driven out just so many
white men will take their places. The
fruit-growers and farmers will find other
hands and all be WE'LL"
The Governor said that in his opinion
no attempt would be made to enforce the
State exclusion act passed by the Legisla-
ture OF 1889, as its provisions are almost
Identical with those of the Federal law.
The constitutionality of the act has
now been declared" said Attorney W. NJ.
Plerson, land the matter is settled. OF
course the President has no power to sus-
pend the operation of the law. II he did
he would be liable to impea chment. There
is no doubt that if all the Cinnamon who
have not registered ars deported the cost
to the Government will be tremendous. I
should think that private individuals
could do the work for much less than the
Government. which always pay about four
times more than the work is worth. Only
the other evening transportation man
was hgurlng that he could contract to ship
all unregistered Cinnamon TO China for
about S1,5O0,0Oo. The Government will
pay at least S2,500,000, l should think,
making. of course, mere guess.
The new law is. of course. much better
than the old, for the reason that it pro-
vides more abundant safeguards against
fraud and trickery.
The idea of deporting residents of the
United States is certainly a novel one in
American history and will no doubt give
rise to many practical difficulties. For in
stance every single Chinaman will be entl-
tied to trial under the wise provision of
our constitution that no man scan
be deprived of his property or liberty
without due process of law. The trials
will doubtless be complicated by the fire.
quent production of fraudulent certificates
or other defenses, and besides many China
men may be arrested who were born in
this country and who therefore were not
compelled to register, and they would be
obliged to prove their right to remain
AT the present time l have a Chinese
domestic who asked my advice as to
whether he ought to register. When he
told me he was born in this country l told
him it would not be necessary. The fact
that he is native was judicially deter
mined by Judge Hoffman, but he would
be subject to arrest by any police officer
when walking upon the streets and put TO
the trouble and delay by proving his de-
feDse.
ION the whole 1 am OF the opinion that
any sudden execution of the law is highly
improbable. Haste is not necessary and
would only tend to augment the difficult
ties and complications that are likely to
follow. The law will oubtless be exc
cuted gradually and carefully by such
means as may be from time to time
adopted
"Cleyeland's plain duty" said j. j.
Dwyer, was to enforce the law with
promptness and dispatch and by every
means, both ordinary and extraordinary.
'And il the money already appropriated
is found insufficient" continued Mr..
Dwyer, II believe there is a reserve fund
from which additional money may be
drawn, and l think the exigency would
wsrrantit. 1 am afraid that in interior
provinces Of China Europeans and Amer-
will fara hodir of
those fierce Tartar Chinese hear the news.
In the seaport towns do not believe there
is any danger of massacre"
ID. NJ Delmas had read the dispatch on
the bulletin board of THE CALL with con-
sidersb bic interest.
ITO tell the truth, was considerably
surprised" said Mr.. Demas. 81 thought
The inclination OF the court was against
the act, and l rather expected that they
would find some way to upset It. think
myself that the act was constitutional, but
in the face of the dissenting opinions of
three such Judges as Fuller, Field and
Brewer the constitutionaliiy OF the act
may by some be considered as hardly yet
settled. notice, also, that the court has
entertained petition for rehearing, and
it is therefore not impossible that the act
may still be declared unconstitutional In
the event of notification at the next ses-
sion of Congress the decision may possibly
be changed on rehesring.
"But if the law stands it will undoubt-
edly be enforced. 1t would hardly CON-
port with the dignity of the people of the
United States not to give operation 10 its
own laws.
And if You analyze the Gea;y act you
find it to contain what? The Chinese are
asked to do no more than every voter in
the United States must do-register their
names and give description of them
selves. But l do not think that the Chi
nese people regard the law as an in
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