Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-11-20
Oh. lese "Fathers."
How They Are Produced in order That
More Celestials May Come Into This
Countrv via RtchfOrd.


More CeIestiaIs May Come Into This
Country via RichfOrd.
All Chinese bound for the eastern part of this
country enter through the port Of Burlington or
the port Of Plattsburg Those who come by the
port Of Burlington cross the border at Richford,
whore they are examined by Capt. Gates, a
Chinese inspector and Chinese interpreter. The
men are questioned fully as to their former resi-
dence in the United States, their firm, the street
10 which they lived, etc. II their answers are cor
rect they are allowed to enter. In spite OF all
this care many Chinese get into the United States
who have no right here.
But II is not IN the manner described that the
great mass get in according to the story told by
Boston Record corret pondent. The Cinnamon
whose papers read native born American" are
never invited to come. These papers are always
returned to the port of entry marked IN. g."
The collector notifies the railroad company that
the Cinnamon cannot enter. The railroad officials
are visited by James Brown, one Of the lawyers
who is getting rich out Of counsel fees from the
Chinese. Brown is a Burlington man His neigh
bors say that his business for the last two years
has been almost exclusively Chinese business, and
within year he has purchased a house and
paid $1,000 cash for IL, and he has thousands more
In the bank. Brown calls on the railroad officials
and tells them that he is counsel for batch OF
native American Cinnamon who are in bond, the
company being on their bond. These men, he
says gravely, are entitled to enter the United
States, and he demands that the company for
ward them according to contract. The railway
on ss p just I as SSveSy s thSt s 6a%
tickets and carry them only as far as the border;
that the United States authorities have forbidden
the company to take the Chinese on American
soil; but being common carriers under the laws
of Canada, that they cannot refuse TO take them
as far on Canadian territory as the Chinese wish
to go, provided their fare is paid.
Mr. Senter promptly asserts that this is not
true, whereupon Solicitor Brown mods to one OF
his Chinese witnesses Bible is put in the
hon ho, and haf u unt aaf hat
he is Bow Sing, and that he is the father " Sam
Sing He tells exactly the story that Solicitor
Brown has told He tells IL in Chinese, and his
| testimony is interpreted by Moy 10y Mr.. Senter
| goes at HIM hammer and tonRs and tries to break
down his evidence. Bow Sing sticks to his story,
and does not permit himself to be led ast'ay. FL
| nally Mr.. Senter ceases, and Solicitor Brown says
| that his case is complete.
| The commissioner turns to Mr.. Senter and asks
what evidence he has to prove that Sam Sing was
not born III the United States Mr.. Senter says
| he knows he wasn't, but he can't prove a mega
| ton, and so sam Sing, born in China, though he
was laborer and by law prohibited from enter
ing the United States is discharged from custody
and goes back to the railroad station, and resumes
| his journey.
Sings who came into the United States by this
| route and by producing fathers was 33O
The collector thought that at least that evidence
| should be a record OF birth in this country. The
| first lot of Cinnamon who came down after this
he sent back because they could not show such
| evidence
In about two weeks the whole lot appeared
! each with a brand new certificate signed by the
clerk Of the board of health of San Francisco, set
| ting forth the date Of birth and the father and
mother of each. The collector had TO let them in
but he was not satisfied and he wrote to the cerh
Of the San Francisco board Of health.
Re cord evidence being valueltss the collector
cast about for some other method of discovering
whether or not the alleged native born ChinameI
were what they claimed. At last he refused K
admit any of the Chinese, and thus the cases go
into the department Of justice. The collector
talked with the United States commissioner. auC
they decided that they could stop Solicitor
Browns business by refusing TO accept hines
evidence, and compelling the Cinnamon to pro
duce white witnesses 10 corroborate their stories
This was only little STUMBLE, z block. The frs
case In which the Chinese evidence vas refused
was taken to the Unte1 States court at Mont
pelier, and the United States judge decided tina
Chinese evidence must be accepted, and tina
where q Chinaman produced evidence of birth il
this country the district attorney would have Il
prove that evidence was false or the Ch1namal
had right to enter. This decision, according &
the collector, forms the gateway through whicl
the Cinnamon have been slipping in e' er since
The Chin are brought to Rlchford, the off
cials are notified of their coming. and the Celes
tias are promptly arrested. Attorney Brown cor
tends that the men have a right TO be in this coun
try. They are taken 20 st. Adams, and after
time have a hearing before Uniled States Com
missioner F. w. McGettrick, United states Dis
trict Attorney ]. H Senter of Montpelier appear
ing for the government. Solicitor Brown call
the case of Sam Sing. Sam may be % or 40 year
old or he may be only 90 Assuming that he is 2
years old, the examination proceeds like this
Mr.: Senter asserts that Sam Sing is citizen G
China and laborer and is therefore Of the elias
excluded by law FRI IN the United States.
| He is in the United states in violation Of tina
law, and formal motion Is made that he be d,
ported. The commissioner turns to SolictC
Brown, who smiles at the absurdity of saying tbs
his client hasn't the right to enter the Unite
, | States.
J Then he says that Sam Sing is a dor
American, and has as much right in the Unite
States as the learned district attorney himsel
Going into details he says that Sam Sing We
born in the city of San Francisco, July 10, 1877
that his father was Bow Sing, and his mother wa
, Bow Sings wife; and at the age of five veal
Sans mother returned to China taking sam vii
her. so that he could be educated in the land
his fathers; and so on and so on.