The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-09-01
CHINESE LEAD OFF
Colony Has Hearing Be-
fore Commission.
Represented BY Attorney F. M
Hatch Many Questions Asked.
reCedent-TwO Lawyers.

TESCeOSnI- / WO Lawyers
The interest of the Chinese colony had
the floor AT the session of the Commission
/ yesterday II was a field day, but there
was not a large attendance. Goo Kim. the
/ Chinese Consular Agent and his deputy,
/ Wong Kwai were present with their al
/ tOrney, +. NJ. Hatch. At once Mr.. Hatch
was invited TO address the Commission
/ He said that the Chinese stood to suffer
more injury from the change Of sovereign
/ ty than any other nationality, on account
/ of the laws of The United States. There
ought TO be a distinction made between
the Chinese who had been here a great
many years and the Chinese against
whom United States laws were devised.
/ All that those gentlemen asked was that
no discrimination be shown against them
/ It might fairly he claimed that those
/ Cinnamon who had been here long time
! had vested rights. At the same time he
/ thought they were more disturbed than
| they had reason to be. They did not ask
/ for departure from the established poll
| Cy of the United States with regard to
doors be thrown open to indiscriminate
immigration. They thought those who
| raised should be protected in their prop
! erty interests. Their property holders
! hoped there would be no discrimination
| against them TO their rights to do bust
| ness and to hold property. They had a
desire that those born in the country or
InatlIralized should have the rights of citi-
zenship. That appealed to all members
Of this community, who thought that all
| who We're Hawaiian citizens should nave
! the rights of American citizenship. Speak
ling for himself well as for those China
men who have been citizens of HaWan,
he thought rights of citizenship should
| be given to all.
| NT Norgan-To fun citizenship-giving
| YES When once they departed from the
regular course the door was opened for
Iarbitrary procedure. There were many
aliens here when the flag was raised. lie
over this country it should take coShlZ-
ance of the conditions found in HaWall;
1.-The Government OF HaWaH had grauI5eu
rights of citizenship to people OF 0IueI
races but to a moderate extent. some
Chinese We're naturalIZed VINO nad the
Isame rights as any Hawaiian citizen.
What is the exact state OF the law re-
There has been very rigid exclusion
Act Beginning eight or ten years age
it has been made more exclusive from
year to year until now it is very rigid.
! Has it been rigidly enforced?
| Yes Provisions were made for the re-
turn of Chinese who had already beeI
here. If it had not been rightly enforced
there would have been great many more
here because there has been u larger de
Inland for labOrers. His claim was entire
lily for present Chinese residents.
| Mr. Morgan-ChineSe merchants are al
lowed to enter the United States.
Mr.. Cullom read the clause in the an
nexation resolution excluding Chlnese II
Hawaii from the United States.
| Mr. Hatch-They have made no request
on that account. They are opposed e
any more strict regulations against theH
going to and from their own country
They want liberty to send their children
to China to be educated, also Tor repre-
IsentatiVeS of mercantile establishments &c
leone here. without making any attempt
to have the policy of the United States
Lob
what their position would be mere IL any
undue application of those laws WeIt
Imade to them. They have mercantile
houses established here for many years
land simply wish that they may continue
their business without any more fest .fl
tons than now from the rigid HaWallaL
| Exclusion Act. 1t was desired that the
six months residence privilege to mer-
lchants be preserved. They made their ap-
peal under the impression that the Com
mission was here to receive recommends
tons.
=, How w, many many naturalized Cinnamon are II
Seven hundred and twenty-five have
been naturalized.
Have they been Disseminated against
regarding the franchise?
| Yes. They only ask for the preserVa ton
tOf the rights they had under the Hawai-
liam law Those naturaliZed men wish tC
be treated as citizens with the right &c
come and go-the right of birth i'm a given
jurisdiction. It simplifies the matter very
much that the number is so small.
They plea is for civil rights rather than
for political right?
| Entirely civil rights. They should not
suffer from construction Of the resolution
the exact terms of which should be OBJ
| served.
Mr. Hatch here made legal argumen1
to the effect that ChlneSe OF HaWallah
citizenship ought not to be treated as
| Chinese under the resolution but as Ha-
waiian citizens.
| Mr.. Hit asked II they We're not CLAIMED
as Chinese subjects as soon as they came
under the power of the Chinese Govern
ment
Mr.. Hatch replied that there was no m
formation mere on JhaJ point. no cram
had ever been made on the EtaWahah GOV
eminent in that regard. Some naG es'
tabHShed resioence mere. some NAG IN
tern4arrIed WITH ftaWallah Woinen anu 5Ilt
! ttSullS i5u ,eeH H6tRpE. AHtI W. =
900 Chinese here. lie thought that diC
not include half caStes
| MI DoIe rather ItouSHL the NUMBER III
GUIDED those OF Or. C9lnf ne descent, r,r,
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