Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-04-26
SENATOR eLAr1, WHO AMENDED EXCLUSION BILL.

that the Senate bill be substituted for
T.. but II was ruled that all amend.
rients to the Mitchell.K Kahn bill, in
Guiding the Plat amendment or sub
stitute. should be voted on first. Nal
lCry moved as an amendment to the
Plat amendment the seaman's clause
If the Mitchell.Kahn bill It was de.
fCated--ayes 30, noes 80.
Wellington wanted to strike out Of
the Plat amendment the provision
prohibiting Chinese from coming
from the islands to the Mainland ter
ritory of the United States on the
ground that the people in the Philip.
pines or other insular territory can.
not constitutionally be prevented from
coming to the Mainland If they desire
to do so. Lodge pointed out that Con
gress had prohibited the Chinese In
Hawaii from coming to the Mainland
Wellington's amendment was reject.
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Mitchell called attention to the fact
trat the Plat amendment, ii adopted
as II stood, would be defective in not
providing for the registration and GER
tihcatlon of Chinese in the newly &C,
Quired insular possessions. He there
fore proposed as an amendment sec,
nnI 1 ~ mo MiTnnnl1
Kahn bill to be inserted at the end of
the Plat amendment as section :.
These sections require all Chinese
laborers other than citizens or those
! rightGully in any of the insular terri
tory of the United States except Ha
wall, to obtain within eight months
after the passage Of the act a ccrtiR
cate of residence. Provision Is MADE
lCr securing such certificates. penalty
TO- failure to procure, renewal OF lost
certificates, etc. Mitchells amend
ment was adopted by vote of II u
&c. The question then came on the
motion to substitute the Platt amend
mCnt for the Mitchell.Kann bill and II
prevailed. Mitchell then offered an
other amendment providing that in the
insular territory where there are nc
United States courts, jurisdiction fol-
'he purposes Of the act shall be vested
in the courts of highest jurisdiction IN
such territory Plat accepted this
8I"endment, and the substitute, thus
an ended was reported TO the Senate
Teller said that he was not at al
81 tisfied with the bill, and that. in his
opinion, it was not such a bill as
would have been drawn by rea
friends of the policy of Chinese exclu
sion. He announced that he would vote
Tor it, however, because 1t was better
than nothing. Scott of West Virginia
I said he, too, was dissatisfied, and sug
gested that the bill should be recon-
m'tted. No attention was paid to this
suggestion.
Senator Hoar said the bill as finally
agreed upon indicated great progress
of public sentiment. There had been
ir some quarters, he said, disregard
OF treaty obligations, constitutional
limitations and moral duties. But the
Senate had passed upon the question
with a temperate desire to do what
seemed to 1t best for the laborine
sNon. Even in this shape, however
Senator Hoar said he felt bound tc
enter his protest, as he was opposed
~ the principle of Chinese exclusion
He said he would vote against the bill
even II his We're the only negative
vote. The roll call then was taken,
and, oddly enough, Senator Hoar's
was the only negative vote
The bill will now go to the House
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