The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-17
Chinese Granted Six More Months in
Which to Register, Be Photographed
and Take Out Certificates.
PACIFIC COAST SATISFIED
Hearing of the Indiana Railway
Tax Cases Postponed.
Argument Will Be Heard When Justice
Brown Is Better and Mr.. Horn
blower Is Confirmed.

"AOl1i4NOlON, Oct. lo.-Ine House, tillS
afternoon passed the McCreary BILL with
the amendments offered by Mr.. Geary and
Mr.. Caminetti. The bill, as passed. extends
the provisions OF the Geary law six months,
defines Chinese laborers and Chinese mer-
chants. makes mandatory Photographic
Identification, requires marshals to carry
out orders for deportation. falling Cinnamon
without bail pending the execution of d :
portation writs and excludes China :
men convicted OF felony from per-
mission to register. Mr.. Geary declares
that the bill, as passed. is perfectly salts
factory to the coast, and II enforced at the
expiration of the time limit will settle the
Chinese problem. Those who depart will
not be able to transfer their registration
certificates and, in the course Of time, all
will disappear from these shores. The adj
ministration is also satisfied with the bill,
SO Chairman McCreary, of the foreign af-
fairs committee, ayers.
There were about one hundred members
present when the House was called to or
der. Mr. Bowers, rising to 81 question Of
personal privilege, sent to the Clerks desk
and had read a newspaper extract saying
that in his speech few days ago he had
attacked the Christian religion. He felt it
due to himself to deny the correctness of
this statement. He had never attacked the
teachings of the Christian religion.
The House then resumed the discussion
of the McCreary bill to amend the Geary
Chinese exclusion act Mr.. Blair said that
whatever might be accomplished In the
way OF legislation at this extraordinary
session, 1t would be conceded by all, it
would be the verdict of the future. that
never, in so short a time had three great
IL Ill
cussed as the three questions that had come
before the House. First, there was the
currency; then there was the federal cleo
ton PHI, ana now tnere was rn tne no, Dil
ing bill covered the whole question of the
exclusion of the lower forms Of Chinese
labor from this country without national
appropriation, If this bill was defeated.
that act would be nullified- He went on to
defend the Photographic feature of the
Geary act. No honest man would refuse to
give his certificate with his picture at
tached. The Chinese had established a
Sodorn in San Francisco and Gomorroh
them. They were aliens. and the right to
deport them was as strong as the right TO
exclude them In the first place. he dld not
agree with those sentimentalists VINO SAID
the United States had dealt with China in
q dishonorable way. In the name OF re-
ligion, of education and of morality ne
protested that Chinese immigration should
cease -,
n.
the most remarkable ever presented to Con-
gress He criticised and denounced the ad-
ministration for its failure to carry out
the law The President had nullined, sup.
pressed and rendered nugatory the laws OF
the United States
Mr. Morse INQUIRED whether,~if Mr. Har-
rison had been reelected, there would not
have been the same denunciatlon-
Mr. Wilson said that then the denuncla-
ton would have Son He1ocrat the administra
ton. 1t was due the Republicans 10 smte
Il hip and thigh. That was what hey We're
there for, and he thought mat Tor the
last two months they had been doing 1T
very we'll Oaughter.) He compared Pres
ident Cleveland with Charles l, seeking sup
port by the distribution of office.
Mr. McCreary closed the debate with a
few remarks in support OF the Dill
He had voted for. the Geary act. he be-
lean laborers should be protected from
the millions OF Chinese who would come
to this country # not prevented mt, n by la%;
give them a chance TO prove their resi-
dence and register. This great country
defended the administration against adverse
criticism, and Endorsed every action taken
by the administration.
At o'clock, according to the special or
der, the House proceeded TO vote upon the
McCreary bill and amendments thereto. The
first amendment called up was that Of
merchant and containing the Photographic
feature. 1t was agreed 10 with practical
unanimity, the vote standing lZO 10 H.
on motion of Mr.. Caminetti an amend
ment was agreed TO providing that no Chi
nese person heretofore convicted in d court
OF the United States shall be permitted TO
register.
The question then required on lengthy
substitute offered by MIR. Mahon, the pur-
port OF which is that II shall be the duty
OF the master OF any vessel carrying all
Chinese or other alien immigrants 10 re-
ceive a statement from each passenger.
The substitute was defeated.
passage of the BILL and on a standing
vote there were 167 in the affirmative and
IN the negative.
Mr. Loud raised the point OF mo quorum
IN the hope of being able TO get yea and
nay vote. but the vote by tellers stood las
TO 1. so the bill was passed without 4
struggle.
Mr.. Cox then called up the bill for the
better control of national banks. He ex-
planned the provisions of the bill, which
he advocated and which Mr. Cannon OPP
posed. Without disposing of the bill the
House. at o'clock. adjourned.