The morning call., 1893-05-19
TO ALLAY ALARM.
The Chinese Say Cleveland
Is With Them.
A MONGOL EDITORS ADVICE.
The Six Companies Wire Riord an to
Secure Six Months Extension
for Registration.

States has no money to enforce the Geary
law, and the President of the United States
and the three big Judges are for the
Chinese. The Six Companies have tele-
graphed their attorneys in Washington to
secure six months more time for the
Chinese in which TO register. No one need
be afraid. All will yet be WELL"
Such is the substance of an editorial on
the Geary law which appeared in Hoon
Hong's paper yesterday morning. That the
Six Companies had asked for an extension
of time for registration is indeed news,
and it is Furthermore an indication that
they have realized that the United States
means business and proposes to enforce
the Geary law.
For the past two days the head men Of
the Six Companies and the officials at the
Consulate have been Singularly cheerful.
They have been constantly receiving tee-
grams from Washington, and beyond ques-
tion they have received news which leads
them to hope and believe that notwlth-
standing ths decision of the United States
Supreme Court the Geary law will not be
enforced at once but that time will be
given the unregistered Chinese in which
to comply with the law.
The Six Companies have all along de-
MED having receded one inch from the
stand they first TOOK, but Hoon Hong
would hardly publish the fact that t. d.
Riordan had been instructed to ask for
an extension of time in which the Chinese
might register unless the Six Companies
had authorized the publication.
Hoon Hong goes on to say that the
United States has less than $4,000 which
it can use in enforcing the Geary act and
that arrangements have been made where
by that amount of money will be used up
In New York alone and that no more
ha haI until .Iuly I
MEANWHILE" the Chinese editor says,
'sthe President will help US. He does not
want the Chinese driven out. When the
Russians drove the Jews away the whole
world cursed the Gar. Now President
Cleveland is asked to drive the Chinese
away. and if he does he knows the whole
world will point its finger at him."
In all there are seven articles in yester-
days issue of the weekly Occidental" or
Hoon Hong. all bearing upon the registra-
tion question, and all having but one text,
Don't get scared, Don't be afraid.
Wait" The editor of the Hoon Hong also
intimates that the Chinese in San Fran
cisco will be greatly benefited by O m lid
enforcement of the Geary act, inasmuch as
they will get rid of the sick and cripples
and the dreaded highbinders, and by the
time these Objectionable people are out OF
the way the United States will have given
the good" Chinese another chance to
obey the law.
All talk about another lAghbinder war
at present is absolute nonsense. A morn
ing paper that published yesterday q SEN
satiOnal fake" as to Sam Lee, the presi-
dent of the Sam Yup Company, being
threa tened, was the laughing-Stock of all
Chinatown yesterday. In the first place
there is no such man as Sam Lee connected
with any one of the Six Companies and in
the second place the circular was a vulgar
screed issued and written by crazy Chi
nese who has no connection with any OF
the companies or societies.
His letter contained no threats whatever
in relation to Chinese registration and
was meant for Chin Tai Chun. president
of the Sam Yup Company. who refused to
give him money from the benevolent funds
OF the company few days ago.
The very fact that Chin Tai Chun 10 the
man who holds that two highbinders now
under arrest and charged with murder are
innocent. and that he is doing all he can TO
clear them, is sufficient TO show that the
highbnders regard him as good friend
and not as an enemy.
Where the danger of a highbinder war
exists is in the fact that if the Geary act
is enforced the bona-fide Chinese mer-
chants will make strenuous effort to have
all the highbiDders arrested and deporied.
They, the Chinese merchants, are quite as
anxious to get the highbinders out of This
country as is DR.. O'Donnell or Denis
Kearney.
But the highbinders do not want to go
for the simple reason that they know as
soon as they are landed upon Chinese soil
the Emperor will promptly order every
one of them beheaded. 1t is only reasona-
BILE to suppose, therefore. that the high
binders are going to make the hardest
fight possible against deportation. They
are going to threaten the merchants and
tell them that unless money is furnished
to save them from deportation several
merchants will die, and die quick.
Collector Quinn says: II am ready al
any time to enforce the law. 1t is true,
there is only few thousands of dollars
available for the deportation of Chinese,
but we could send away four OF five hun
dred and get the others in shape TO be sent
away when the $4,000 that will be availa-
Bile July next is paid over, and then those
left over could be sent home later on.
II am satisfied that THE CALLS state
ment about dumping the lepers, lame,
halt and blind Chinese on the street is
true, but we are not going TO take them al
first. The city and State will have to care
for such persons until we are ready to de-
port them.
81 am also convinced that the incorpora.
tion dodge will be worked to its fullest
extent, but think we will be able to
checkmate the Six Companies.
What want is an order 10 enforce the
law and then we will have all these things
sprung at one time and be able to NEE,
always looked upon the Chinese as an ig-
norant race are beginning to realize that
they are about as shrewd people as we
have to deal with, and, being absolutely
without conscience or scruples of any
kind, they prove far more difficult to man
age than other races of people,"
Congressman Geary went home yester.
day. OF late he has been extremely mild
in his utterances on "his" law and has
almost ntirely ceased to want it 'spushed
through at once He has nothing more
TO say about "arresting the Six Com
panies." not word Of advice or counsel
for the Government officers other than
We'll have to wait until we hear from
Cleveland" In tact, as gentleman said
yesterday within the hearing of the author
of the Geary act, "Geary seems to have
been sat on real hard. His law is like
some of the immense cannons we read Of
big thing in looks, but it takes too mucl
powder to work it.'' Geary said nothing
The situation IN San Francisco to-day i
simply this: The unregistered Chinese
still pinning their faith to the Six Com.
panies, believe that the law will not be
enforced, first, because of the lack OF
money. and secondly, because Cleveland
does not believe tho law Just one and
they also believe that il the law is TO be
enforced Cleveland will delay its execu-
tion long enough to allow all the Chinese
who want to remain IN the United States
to register.
Everything is quiet in Chinatown, out
side the placards of the cranks which scare
nobody, and the Chinese propose Il
"wait." They are tie ones who are n ov