The morning call., 1893-04-12
CARLISLE'S MOVE.
Officials Say Photographs
Are Needed.
QUINN AND THE SECRETARY.
Some Official Opinions = About One
Per Cent of the Chinese Here
Have Registered.
QUINN AND THE SECRETARY.

Up to o'clock yesterday afternoon just
625 out of the 5000 Chinese in this revenue
district had complied with the regulations
for the required issue of certificates of resi-
dence by registering in Collector Quinn's
office. But few more than a dozen regis
tered yesterday.
John G. Quinn himself was found IN a
meditative mood in his Office in the APP
praisers' building.
He was looking at the Washington dis
patches and cogitating over the many IN
feeling remarks Secretary Carlisle is quoted
as having made about himself and his
methods. lie turned weary eye toward
THE CALL man who paid him a visit and
sad
THAT is what get for trying to do my
duty. They are now blaming me for all
kinds of things never was guilty of at all.
Il was simply trying to impress she Chi
nese in my district with the necessity of
their compliance with the laws, and what
ever ! have said or done was intended to
make them see the importance of the
thing"
Then he took a more hopeful view of the
affair, by stating that he was quite confident
that lie would register at least 10, 0G0 Chi
nese before May 5, and that the present lack
OF Interest on the part of the MOnEolians is
only due TO their waiting for orders from
headquarters before they do anything. I'VE
viii have a rush here just as soon as the Six
Companies get ready to tell their people to
register" said he, land this may come to-
morrow, next day. or probably not for
week to come"
Speaking of the severe criticism Secretary
Carlisle Is said to have uttered against Col
lector Quinn, the latter bearing it meekly,
pointed with pride to an editorial which
appeared recently in a Washington ID. CD
paper. and which Endorsed his own and
Collector Phelps administration in glowing
terms, recommending both of these officials
to the new administration.
Although under the modified rules
Chinese who want to register are not re-
quired to furnish photographs of them
selves, full description being sufficient.
there are many who apply for registration
who insist upon their photographs being
part of the record, although they know the
law does not compel them to 90 that far.
As a matter of fact there is not an official
in the Federal building, from Collector
Phelps down 10 the youngest inspector In
the custom service. who does not privately
say that Mr.. Carlisle's modification act is
folly, because they all know that without
photographs the whole registration BUSH
ness is n farce.
San Francisco Custom-house officials have
had heaps OF experiences with the willy Mon
gOlaDS and they know whereof they speak
far better than their brethren across the
Rocky Mountains where the Chinese are
they use in smuggling themselves into the
United States are comparatively unknown.
ut Is allvery well for people in Washing
ton to talk about Identifying Chinaman,"
said veteran Inspector yesterday, "but |
Will bet you months salary they wouldn't
, know one OF these slit-eyed fellows from
another IL they were taken tn the Chine Sc
quarters every day for a week"
Everybody around the Federal building
feels Just like the In spector quoted, and
te oil INN II
the Chinese Government or the big Six Com
panies have empted q very large sack in
Washington so as to create lobby whose
business it is to mislead the new admins
tration on the Chinese question.
A red-hOt letter from the Interior Depart
ment is supposed to be on its way to this
city, and its address is John C. Quinn.
Collector of Internal Reyenue;" but what
ever its contents may be Mr.. Quinn is quite
sure that 1t has been dictated by Mr.. Carlisle
hastily and before he understood the facts
as they exist.
1t seems to be the old story of Eastern
people who know nothing at all of the
Chinese question, as they are legislating
and talking about them, while California,
which has to bear the brunt of il all, Is
entirely ignored and its Judgment is not
wanted.
Many have expressed the opinion that the
Government made mistake in the start by
not providing for paying for the photo
graphs of Chinese applicants for registra-
ton. instead of requiring the Chinese to
furnish them at their own expense. This
would have afforded the present admins
tration no ground for dispensing with the
photographs, on the plea that the law con-
templated registration without expense to
the applicants. II the regulations had been
modified by Secretary Carlisle 10 that effect
1t would have saved The Government large
amount of future expense and trouble in
dealing with cases of fraud, and the law
could have been effeetually carried OUT.