The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-23
COMPROMISE ON EXCLUSION
CONFER EES AGREE ON AIL BUT
 ONE FEATURE.
Excluding the Chinese Are Adopted Point still Unsettled is Regarding the Extension of the Exclusion Indefi- Mttely After May :.
nitely After May :.

Washington, April 22.-The conferees | on the Chinese exclusion bill have prac-
 tically reached an agreement. The
 main features of the senate bill have
 been adopted, but there are some alter
 ations
 The agreement reached is on all but
 one feature of the measure. Under the
 agreement the senate substitute be-
 comes the exclusion measure, but the
 house conferees have secured a conces-
 sion specifically re-enacting sections
 to 14 of the exclusion act of September 13, 1888. The point still open is as to ex-
 tending the exclusion indefinitely after May next. The house bill extends the
 prohibition indefinitely, but the senate limits it until new treaty is made.
 The house conferees are insisting on taking out the reference to new treaty so that there will be no limit of time to exclusion.
 Following is the specific provision re- enacting sections of the act of 1888, which was inserted at the instance of the house members:
 "All laws now in force prohibiting and regulating the coming of Chinese per- sons and persons of Chinese descent into the United States, and the resi- dence of such persons therein, includ- ing sections B. 6, [, 8, 9, 10, H. 1S and 14 of the act entitled An act to prohibit the coming of Chinese laborers to the United States, approved September 1S, 1888, shall be, and the same are hereby, re-enacted, extended and continued"
 Under the agreement reached by the conferees the above quotation will be the first provision in the compromise bill.
 The senate bill is also made more spe- cific iii its application to insular terri tories The provision relating to Chi- nese laborers in islands belonging to the United States is made to read as fol- lows:
 Said laws shall apply to all immigra- ton of Chinese laborers, not citizens of the United States, from the island to the mainland territory of the United States whether such were in the island territory al the time of cession or not, or from one portion of the island terri tory of the United States to another portion of said territory
 Sections and of the senate bill, the first relating to certificates of Chinese residents in the insular territory of the United States and the second pertaining to judicial proceedings, were stricken out by the conference and the following for the two sections:
 That it shall be the duty of every laborer other than a citizen, in and entitled to remain in any of the insular territory of the Unit ed States (Hawaii excepted) at the time of the passage of this act, to obtain, in one year after the passage of this act, a certificate of residence, in the insular territory wherein he resides, which cer- tificate shall entitle him to residence therein, and upon failure to obtain such certificate as herein provided he shall be deported from such insular territory and the Philippine commission is au- .horized and required to make all regu- ations and provisions necessary for the of this section in the Phil ppine Islands. including the form and substance of the certincate Of residence, | SO that the same shall clearly and suffi- i 'iently identify the holder thereof and l enable officials to prevent fraud in the | transfer of the same; provided how i ,ver, that if said Philippine commission ! shall find that it is impossible to com- ,lete the registration herein provided | or within one year from the passage of ! his act, said commission is hereby au- ! horized and empowered to extend the ime for such registration for further period not exceeding one year"
 The original senate proposition vested he power here given to the Philippine in the United States courts nd the corresponding insular courts