Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-06-15
WANT cEARY
| LAW REPEALED.
..,,o,e Throughout Country wiz
Organize
"a vENORlALIzE CONGRESS-.
IN Personal influence ana
p'P''' IA, of Minister WI TO Get
congressional suppor'

v,rk June l5.-The Tribune
Ne" rho chinese in the United states
Hy'' oorlpg for an organized fight to
ore pV 'ho absolute repeal OF the Geary
'''aD ,or net at the coming session OF
AD' ss The movement was started
''pS ". clty early in the week and 1t Is
y y ',.d TO spread rapidly to Phlladel-
'l " chicago, Portland, Seattle SAN
p ~, and other cities having large
%a,se populations
powerful organization has been
.o1 among the Chinese merchants
,Fs city. Within the next two weeks
.gone of the 1900 Chinese here Will
,,kpd to sign a carefully prepared
.oriol 10 the United States govern
o.ldng that the exclusion act be
I'M The memorial viii protest in
s,Tongest possible terms against
,g the act extended for twenty
"si ronl the date of It's expiration in
Il will be forwarded to the gov
.msnt along with similar memorials
'.mrd IN other cities through wa
Ey Fang. the Chinese minister at
Washington,
a, Sfort will also be made to obtain
a. .npport Of thousands Of Americans
y. no Chinese believe are opposed
:. mo exclusion act. The Chinese rea-
NJ me- handicap which Is placed on
~ moyement through their lack Of
s.srage. Their strongest hope of
'-.s,1al success lies in WI Ting Fang.
Wv say that It was on his advice that
~, organzed for the struggle. They
S,sol largely on his personal popular
NV "A get them lighting supporters In
4, senate and the House Of Represen-
nires. II,
mother thing which has given the
chinese hops that public and official
,.Dtiment Is about to turn In their ia
Il, 4 the stand which the United
s,is, has taken in dealing with the
INK IN the Chinese crisis The present
rsyanent would have begun year ago
AN me- Boxers remained passive, When
"A egatlons were besieged in Pekin the
C1rese in the United states almost
ave up hope. The clearing OF ,he war
Sg6 ana the subsequent show Of inter-
N IN the Development of their father
IND have given them new and
gpBger hope. The offer when the
rttd States made to the powers TO
I'M me Indemnity in two made fav-
e,be Impression on the Chinese
Chow Ts2chi, consul general at this
prt holds daily conferences with the
tsrsn OF chinatown who are pushing
e;,Dpostons, The wealthy Chinese
ussants association-Top Sing Hong,
png call it's giving active support
irspresident, Moi Ping Fun Is one
b. mast active workers,
Ns,ronger evidence that the Chinese
On In earnest could be offered than the
fact that they have started a weekly
newspaper IN this city for the purpose
Of arousing the Chinese to action
against the exclusion act. This paper
recently published the text Of the exclu-
. act and recently 1t told Of the bill
watch Congressman Julius Kahn of San
Francisco intends to bring before Con-
gess and which provides for the eXclu-
sion Of Chinese until 1922. Through It's
influence a movement similar TO the one
Just started here will begin In Chicago
reXt week
The memorial 10 Congress will de-
nand he absolute repeal Of the exclu-
hin oct on the grounds Of fair play and
asa sort Of reciprocity for the opening
q Chinese ports,
Commercial benefits which America
would derive from granting free com
rgnlcation with the Chinese will be
Rnt strongly pressed.
Chow Tszchi in an lntervitw said
Epeople like this country very much,
riteel that they have been misunder-
g@ They want to settle here, cut
W hair as ! have done, and adopt
EtIcan customs. AZ II is now they
W. no right to become citizens. Yet
Nsl exclusion law only partially ex-
tldes' You keep out the reputable
A'' who would not come into the
NlnlTy by underhand methods Every
tne 80 into the Chinese quarter see
ieF faces, How do they get here? They
lFe ways Of getting past the expensive
gam OF customs and Chinese officials
shiCl your government keeps along the
Nlldares. With the exclusion act re-
Falel this expensive service would be
hI'ely done away with. There are
many parts Of your country which are
.rselued and a great deal OF land that
ga never cultivate with profit.
! have influential American friends
sao live In the Southern
,9'es They have asked me
way The Chinese who are the best PLAN
Huon workers cannot be induced to
S ',e In the South and help develop the
Svhity' My reply has invariably been
gA' NE Chinese are not allowed under
ls exclusion act to settle In the South
W ID any other part OF the country"