The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-11-02
is A DISHONOR
TO TIN COUNTRY.
Frye So Characterizes the Chinese
Exclusion Law.
COAST PEOPLE LIKE IT.
Perkins Makes Strong Argument in
lis Favor.
Eight Hundred and Ten Million Dollars
Have Been Sent Out of the United
states by the Pig-Tail
People.

Washington, Nov LIN the Senate,
Hill offered a resolution to amend the
rules and prevent endless filibustering.
Referred to the Committee on Rules.
There was also one by Hill to author
ize the presiding officer to count
quorum present but not voting.
Hoar had read the bill providing Tor
an appropriation of $4,000 for the re-
lief of sufferers of the recent storm
in the Sea islands on the coast OIL
South Carolina, and with II a memoir
ial prepared by Clara Barton, OF the
Red Cross society.
The House RESOLUTION for printing
instead of writing engrossed and en-
rolled Congressional bills was asree''
to- 49,
The bill amending the act for the
aycl,,sion of the Chinese was taken up,
and Gray explained its provisions.
Hoar offered an amendment IN the
nature of a. substitute striking out al
but the enacting clause. The amenu-
ment suspends Chinese Immigration
pending the settlement OF the Whole
question by a treaty with the Chlnese
government, and amends the Plonls-
ions of the existing law regaiuiis
registration and trials OF Chinese
aliens. ..44o nro-
viding for the repeal of all existing
laws excluding Chinese immigration.
palmer took exceptions to the pro-
visions of the bill rejecting the EVIL
denca in court Of Chinese witnesses
and the clause refusing bail to Chlnese
arrested under the provisions OF the
bill before guilt has been esta 5.07! u
Perkins, of California, SAID the Ca an
fornia people were satisfied Win inc
present law. It is the admlnlsl I'm
and the attorneys of the Chinese max
inp a request for a change. Perkins
said tbe Chinese now see their mistake,
and if the time for registration were
extended according to the PROVISIONS OF
the bill, they might comply. Inc
people of California and other states
have doubts. however. He thought the
result would be the Chinese Six COM
panies and the attorneys would ask LOT
another extension. Perkins read a let
ter from the chief Of police or san
| Francisco, saying that OF the arrests
for crime. except drunkenness, IN san
francisco, about so per cent. were from
the Chinese Inhabitants. Not 20 per
cent. of the Chinese in California nave
been converted to- Christianity Care
| full computation reveals the fact, Per-
i kins said, that since they began coming
to this country in numbers, they, have
taken or sent back to China SSl0,OOO,-
900 of American money.
Dolph spoke in defense of the .Geary
law.
At 3:55 the clerk of the House ap-
peared and presented the repeal bill,
announcing the concurrence of the
House in the Senate amendments.
The president announced his
signature to the bill.
The consideration of the Chinese ex-
clusion act was resumed and Squire
offered an amendment appropriating
500, 900 for the enforcement during the
present fiscal year of the several acts
regulating and prohibiting Chinese i'm
migration, and addressed the Senate in
| advocacy Of it.
Frye said the Geary law was a dis
honor to the country, morally a crime
and commercially a blunder.
| Gray attempted to secure unanimous
! consent for a vote on the pending bill
at o'clock, saying the hope was ex-
pressed on the Democratic side that
there could be an adjournment OF
Congress the day after tomorrow.
Hoar objected.
After a. brief executive session, the
Senate adjourned.