The morning call., 1893-05-21
ALL FOR DELAY.
CIeYeIand's Cabinet on
Record.
GIVING THE CHINESE TIME.
There Is a Practical Notification
of the Geary Law.
THE OLD STORY OF NO MONEY.
Nothing Will Be Done to Deport
Chinese Not Registered Until
After Congress Meets.
Special to THE MoRNINe CALL

ASHINGToN, May 20.-IhiS Admin
istration has adopted a tempOriZng
policy in dealing with the Chi
nese who have defied the law of Congress.
The announcement by Secretary Carlisle
to-day that the new registration act, COM
monty known as the Geary act. would not
be enforced until Congress had appro-
priated more money for deportlng pur-
poses, but that the former exclusion laws
would be executed, is a mere makeshift, a
make believe. to deceive the people of the
country.
The intent was to deport every China
man who was not possessed of the neces-
sary certificate of residence, bnt under the
policy to be pursued oy the department.
by order of the President, they are 10 be
allowed to remain until Congress takes
further action. That is to say, indei-
ntely, for the President, and Secretaries
Carlisle and Gresham, as well as most. if
not all of the members Of the Cabinet,
secretly believe and hope that Congress
will not appropriate money to deport the
Chinese.
THE CALL correspondent believes that
the administration sympathiZes with Chi
nese because a Justice of the United
States Supreme Court has good reason to
believe so, and because almost every word
and act of the Federal officers has so indi-
Gated. 1t was the President who suS-
pended the law of Congress arbitrarily,
until the Su preme Court Sitting on case
at his request made through Chief Justice
Fuller handed down an opinion, but one
which turned out 20 be disappointing to
the President and his Cabinet as we'll as
to the Six Companies.
It was Secretary Gresham who. after
receiving a visit from the Chinese Minis
ter, said, He is great man.; and now it
is Secretary Carlisle who announces that
the Geary ACT will not be enforced on ac-
count of a lack of money. 1t has been re-
peatedIy stated in these dispatches that
the Treasury Department will have
S36,o0O al its disposal; ana this amount.
though small, will at least be sufficient TO
SEND back big shipload of Chinese who
have not certificates, thereby committing
the administration to the enforcement of
the law.
But 1t does not want to, be thus commit
ted. 1t Is seeking to procrastnate and
delay matters with the hope that the Geary
act will be repealed. Secretary Gresham
does not want his administration of the
State Department to become involved in
trouble with the Chinese Empire, and the
President does not care to execute law
which he believes is considered inhuman
By the church and missionary influence.
1t is well known that previous admins
trations have attempted to execute the eX-
clusion act of 1882, as amended in 1884
and 1886. but with little real success-so
little in fact, as to call for the passage of
dent Cleveland and Secretary Carlisle Or O.
pose to do is to continue the enforcement
of the old laws and let the Geary act 90.
The only difference will be that when a
Chnaman is arrested in the future. the
Government will not have to prove that he
is here unlawfully. but the coolie will have
to show that he has right to be here; the
burden of proof rests with him.
Those acquainted with the habits of the
Chinese do not doubt that lie and his con-
federates. aided by the Six Companies,
will be able to prove anything he wishes
II the Geary act was enforced, as it should
be, Chinese not holding certificates could
be bundled up and shipped to China in
short order, but under tile policy to be
pursued much time will be consumed in
each Chinaman's examin atoms, thus af-
fording means of delaying the laws
execution. The courts could not dispose
of enough cases to do much good where
testimony has to be adduced in each case.
This has already been demonstrated.
Under the policy of the department
when Chinaman is arrested it may posi-
bly, happen that he is one of the few thou
sand who secured certificates Of residence.
In such case he will he lucky Mongnlian.
and will be glad that he registered, for the
certificate will be regarded as prima face
presumptive evidence of his right to re-
main.
When another Chinese is arrested who
does not belong to the lucky few he will
be allowed to prove that he was here when
the exclusion act was passed and has the
right to remain. The chances are that.
with the help of the Six Companies and
perhaps one or two perjured white wit
nesses, he will BE- able 10 Establish this
affirmative proof, upon which he will be
allowed TO stay, although he has not ce r
tiicate Of residence.
To sum up the whole situation. the
Geary act will amount to naught under the
policy to be followed by the administration
until Congress can be prevailed upon to
be secured by earnest. determined and
united effort of all the Pacific Coast peo-
pie; for they will have the administration,
three Supreme Court Justices, the South
ern Pacific Railroad. Pacific Mail Steam.
ship Company, Huntington, Senator Stan.
ford, the Chinese Empire, the Six
Comnauies, the churches, the missionaries,
the Eastern press and the Holmanites to
battle against.
There is, of course, the promise to dc
better, whatever it may amount to, fol
Secretary Carlisle said to-day that after
having sent out the Chinese who we're in
the country in contravention of the law oi
1884 he would turn his attention to the
other and larger class, those who had failed
to comply with the Geary law as 10 regis.
trati0n.
But $4,000 remains of the appropriation
for the present fiscal year to carry out this