Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-11-03
FOOLS UNCLE SAM.

'Melicar man thinl1'm smart.
Think'm Chinaman no smart. He, he.
Chinaman foolm. Heap big joke on
Mclean man. Ha, ha, ha.'
Wah Foon, second-rate politician and
Observation-Disclosures held his sides
arI guffawed uproariously.
Come right down to it, this pig-tailed
Rainey of the Celestial quarters had
right to ha-ha. Worse, al of China
town is with much difficulty suppress
ing its mirth over n new dodge, by which
Uncle Sam is being played for "good-
thing"
When a heathen gets tired of this
country and wants to return; to his ma
tive flowery kingdom nowadayShe does
riot have to bother his barbered head
about grub stake, passage price or
anything else in the way of expense. He
is sent home by this goverrment-and
that's where the joke on Uncle Sam
comes in.
When congress passedi a law requir-
ing all Chinese residents of America to
register and provide themselves with
certificates showing that they had
bowed to the will of the government, il
was hoped that by this means the fed
eral authorities could keep tab on its,
Chinese population and effcctunlly reg
u3ate immigration of this class.
The officials were clothed with au-
thority to seize and dePort, after given
date, all CeIestials found within tho
boundaries of the United States who
could not show that they had complied.
with the regulation by exhibiting the
necessary certificates. Thi1 was GOOD
enough as far as it went, but it appears
that it went not far. True. fhc Chinese
when they once got starteN registered
in droves-50,00O, for insta CO. 1T ~,
port alone. Duplicate certificates CT a,l
OF these @istrations are ri!cd'un Wit
in the local custom house hU;lG'cC. brt
inasmuch as no index Of thc spr me- 1r"e
ever complied, it is next to all impossi
biity for the government Ct'tccre 70
tell who has Or w'') has not Registered.
Their only recourse is to keep sh3r-.
eye out and grab every Chinaman wlo
cannot show a certificate.
Now, it is this very state of affa:~c
that gives the "honthen Ch;nee" tho -
portunity to exhibit the superiority -
his cunning and ingenuity. IT hns no.
NluSu DlIl WIFI lne means OF Pn1ONl"'' - y
free trip tU China whenever he takes .
notion.
Here is the modls operandi: Al "'>
wants to go home. He hos enough :
America and American godl He gcr~
to certain agency in Chinatown w1::r
makes business Of purchasing ccrt:f-
Gates for the purpose of rcse,l;rg the
to Chinese who are smuGg1cd' into C.
country and are naturally nervous o
their chances of remaining. lie IN
creases his pile by bartering away his
passport
The agency's contract does not cease
with the mere purchase Of the paper.
One Of the minions is disrntched to ~"
| United States marshal's cffice with ttn
| information that one Ah Sin, who 90
be found at this place or that p,on".
has mo certificate, and dccnsequcnt!r hrz
| no right to sojourn in this cor:.t...
The marshal has the law before +:
and has no alternative but to 90 n"d
seize the supposed contraband. re
man haeno certificate, of course. Vth"~
Uncle Sam undertakes to deport, he
must pay the bill.
No wonder Wah Foon ripples with
| glee.
| The federal officials say there is no
help for 1.-THE law prescribes what
they shall do, and pers rec they must
do it'-San Francisco Call.