The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-08
CHINESE BAR RAISED
NOT EVEN MIXED BLoODs CAN
COME IN NOW.
HOUSE PASSES THE BILL.
MoNGoLIANs BARRED FROM PHIL.
IPPINEs, ALSO.

The Opposition Appeased by the
Adoption of Several Amendments
Making the Bill More Drastic in
Characterization Allowing Chi
ncse Sailors on American ships
Had Close Cali, but Was Allowed
10 Stand-Report on War Revenue
Repeal Adopted and Bill Sent to
white House.
Washington, April THE House to-
day passed the Chinese exclusion bill
after Incorporating in it several
amendments which increased the dras-
tic character of the measure. The
principal one not only excludes Chi
nese by birth and descent, but all Chi
nese of mixed blood. The chief strug-
gle was over an amendment to pro-
hibit the employment of Chinese sail
qFs on American ships. An amend
ment covering this proposition at first
was ruled out on point of order, but
subsequently was modified to evade the
ruling and was adopted, 100 to "A. AS
passed the bill practically re-enacts all
the existing exclusion laws and incor-
porates with them the existing treas
ury regulations.
1t extends these exclusion laws to
the Philippines and the other posses
sions of the United States and forbids
Chinese laborers in our colonial pos
sessions coming into this country. The
Philippine commission, by the terms
of the bill, is directed to adopt proper
measures for the enforcement of the
provisions of the bill in the Philip
pines.
Mr.. Clark of Missouri Offered the
amendment to tSe Chinese exclusion
bill prohibiting the employment of
Chinese laborers on American ships.
as follows:
And 1t shall be unlawful for any
vessel holding an American register
to have or to employ in its crew any
Chinese person not entitled to admis-
sion to the United States, or into the
portion of the territory of the United
States to which such vessel plies; and
any violation of this provision shall be
punishable by a fine not exceeding
two thousand dollars"
Mr.. Clark made strong plea for the
amendment, declaring that the purpose
of the exclusion bill was to protect
American labor. His amendment, he
said, was to protect American sailors.
In order to meet a ruling of the
chair, the amendment was modified so
as to provide that II should be unlaw-
full for an American ship for a voyage
terminating at an American port to
employ Chinese sailors.
Mr.. Hit vigorously opposed the
amendment. He declared that such a
provision would drive the American
ships on the Pacific under the British
flag.
AZ CIarly fa.,criuo, tha oix,,nx,d,, ao,,t
served notice that if the provision was
defeated, he would offer it as an
amendment to the ship subsidy bill.
Report on War Revenue.
At this point the committee rose to
permit Mr.. Payne, the majority leader
to call up the conference report on the
war revenue repeal bill.
Mr.. Richardson, the Democratic
member of the House conferees, ex-
planned why he declined to sign the re-
port He said the Democrats did not
believe that all the war revenue taxes
should be repealed and taxes on the
necessaries Of life remain. For instance,
he said, he favored the Senate amend
ment, which would have allowed the
tax on bucketshops to remain, but
which the conferees disagreed to.
Mr.. Payne, in reply. stated that he
because he did not believe in taxing the
small gamblers and allowing the big
ones to go scot free. Besides" he
said, I'VE promised the people that we
would remove every vestige of the war
taxes and want to keep our promise. .
The report was then adopted with
out division. This completed the bill.
and 1t was sent to the White House.
The consideration of the pending
amendment to the exclusion act was
then resumed Mr.. Cannon agreed with
Mr.. Hit that the adoption of this pro-
vision would force American ships to
sail under foreign register.
Upon the completion of the bill Mr..
Clark announced that as the main fea-
lures of the minority bill had been
placed upon the majority bill and in
that way had made 1t more drastic
than the original majority bill. he
would not ask a vote upon the substi-
tute.
AS amended. the bill was then passed
without a division.