Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-09-14
EXTENSION OF TIME.
In Amendment to Chinese
Exclusion Act.
PROPOSITION SANCTIONED.
Condensed Report Of Yesterdays Pro-
ceedings in Congress.

WAsHINGToN, Sept l4-The following
Is the full text of the bill relating to
Chinese introduced In the house by Repre-
sentative Everett of Massachusetts:
bill TO amend an act entitled IAN act TO
prohibit the coming Of Chinese persons into
the United States" approved May 8. 1894. Be
itenacted, etc. that section of an act entitled
AN act To prohibit the coming OF Chinese
persons into the United States" approved
May s. 1897, Is hereby amended 90 as TO read
rs follows:
Sect. 9. And It shall be the duty At all
Chinese laborers within the limits Of the
United States at the time of the passage of
this act. and who are entitled to remain In
the United States, to apply to the collector Of
internal revenue of their respective districts
on or before the first day Of September, 1894.
for . certificate OF residence and any
Chinese laborer within the limits Of the
United States who shall neglect. fall or
refuse to- comply with the provisions of
this act. or who, after said first day Of Septem-
ber, 1894, shall be found within the jurisdio-
tion Of the United States without such certih-
cate OF residence, shall be deemed and
adJudged to be unlawfully within the
United States, aud may be arrested by any
United States customs official, collector of in
ternal revenue or his deputies, United States
marshal or his deputies, and taken before
. United States judge, whose duty II
shall be to order that he shall be deported
from the United States. As herein before pro-
vided. unless he shall establish Leariy TO the
atisfaction Of said Judge that. by reason Of
accident sickness or other unavoidable cause.
he has been unable to procure his certificate,
and TO the satisfaction of the court. and by 1T
least one credible white witness. that no
was q resident of the United States at the
time of the passage of this act; and II upon the
hearing II shall appear that he Is 30 entitled
70 q certificate, IL shall be granted upon his
paying the cost.
Should II appear that said Chinaman has
procured a certificate, which has been lost or
destroyed, he shall be detained and Judgment
suspended a reasonable time TO enable him TO
procure duplicate from the Office granting
IL, and In such cases the cost Of said arrest and
trial shall be In the discretion Of the court.
And any Chinese person. other than Chinese
laborer, having right to be and remain In
the United States, desiring such certificate -
evidence Of such right, may apply for and 10
ceive the same without charge.
Sect. Q. That no proceeding for q violation
Of the provisions Of said sect Q Of said act Of
May 8, lS92, as originally enacted, shall here
after be instituted, and all the proceedings for
said violation now pending are hereby discon-
tinued-
Considering tho Measure.
The house committee on foreign affairs
referred the Jill to q subcommittee for
examination and report. When the com.
mittee met in special session to consider
the matter all the members were present
but two.
Chairman McCreary laid the bill before
the committee with q statement that upon
examination It had been found necessary
to revise and amend IL in several partic-
ulars, in order that 1t should be effective
for the purpose intended He therefore
suggested that It be referred to Q sub
committee for examination, and a motion
was adopted referring 1t to q sub-commit-
tee of five, with Chairman McCreary a. its
head, the other members being Messrs
Geary, Everett, Hit and Harmer. The
subcommittee will meet at an early time
and proceed with its work.
In the course of the discussion there
seemed to be a unanimous sentiment
favoring the extension Of the registrating
period for six months from the date Of
passage, and this will In all probability
be the term fixed in the bill as reported
from the committee. The Everett bill
proposes period of year, but this II be-
lieved to be longer than Is necessary. Mr..
Geary himself, member Of the commit
tee, is In favor of the extension. and II he
can secure with 1t certain amendments,
which will make the measure acceptable
to his people at home, he Is satisfied.
voorhees, Asks For Closure.
An effort vas made IN the senate, after
the repeal bill vas laid before 1t, to have
q day fixed for clUsing general debate, but
the result Of that effort was not very en-
couraging to the hopes Of those who look
forward to not distant final disposition
OF the bill The proposition came natur-
ally and with due modesty from the chair
man OF the finance committee, who sug-
gested that general debate should close In
o week, that the discussion on the substi-
tute and various amendments should CON.
tinue until the following Saturday, and
that then voting should begin. He de-
sired to elicit the views on that point Of
senators on the other side of the question.
Those views were expressed through Mr..
Dubois of Idaho and held out no hope Of
an agreement to having any time fixed
Thereupon Mr.. Voorhees, recognized the
situation and withdrew his suggestion,
promising, however, to submit another
proposition at some time hereafter. In
Che course of the discussion upon IL Mr..
Voorhees, declared his readiness to engage
n legislation In behalf Of silver a. soon
Is the Sherman law should be out Of the
way, and denied that the repeal Of that
aw would demonetixe single one Of the
B1x nu0Qre0 O0Q bltVcT OOllaIB IN
the United States. 1t would only put an
end to the traffic In silver a. a commodity
"A miserable commodity.
Mr.. Dubois, however, expressed, on be-
half of the friends Of silver, an unwilling
ness to trust to future silver legislation,
knowing that there could be none during
the next three and half years Of Mr..
Cleveland's administration.
MI. Voorhees, proposition having thus
failed, the debate on the repeal bill went
on-speeches being made by Mr.. Shoup
Rep., Ida) against II. and by Mr.. Dolph
Rep., Or In favor of It
The house attempted to get down to
business Mr.. Talbert Is. C) made the
first effort with q resolution instructing
the committee on banking and currency
TO report the McLaren bill for the issue Of
e125, ,000. 900 Of treasury notes. But this
attempt was frustrated by an objection
tom Mr.. Brosius (Pa)
Then Mr.. Richardson. the chairman of
the committee on printing. came In with
. report of the bill regulating public
printing and binding, and asked for it,
Immediate consideration. But Talbert,
aching under desire for retaliation, and
Kilgore, acting on general principles, OBJ
jectsd, and the bill was placed upon the
calendar. Subseq quensly IL was considered,
but without disposing of IL, the house ad-
5ourned-
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