Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-27

thelr right to enter, and We're to be
returned according to the law, when
| last month, the circuit court of aDpeals
granted delay.
Officials of the government believe
that strong organization, well equip
ped with funds and managed by shrewd
and INSCRIPTIONS agents. is engaged
in importing Chinese aliens on the
ground that they were born in the
United States. The agents of this or
ganization have a simple. yet ingenious
plan. whereby, it is maintained large
numbers of Chinese have wrongfully
secured admission. The plan of proceed
ure most favored and generally acted
upon is said to be this:
Laborers in China are brought in ships
landing in Vancouver. ard from thence in
bond by the Canadian Pacific Railroad
to Malone. where they are delivered at
me detention house established by the
Bureau of immigration. Somewhere.
either before leaving China or during the
journey, these laborers are drilled to saw
when examined by the immigration OH
Ger that they were born in the United
States, and then to decline to answer fur
ther material questions The officers at
Malone are morally sure that the claim
OF citizenship is utterly false, and as no
credible evidence is presented to support
II. the applicant is, of necessity. refused
ADMISSION. Immediately after such re-
1uSai. following the well arranged pro-
gram. an attorney upon informatio and
bclle1 swears to petition alleging that
the Cinnamon are citizens of the United
states. and secures the issue of a writ
or habeas corpus. Then the custom is tn
demand that each man have an entirely
new hearing before the court or a COM
missioner as to whether he was born in
the United States and upon that hearing
a properly prepared father or uncle and
other Inscriptions Cinnamon are pro-
duced as witnesses to prove such birth.
The Department of Commerce and La
Dor reports that during the six months
ending December Il, 1909. 1856 applications
Were made for entry at Malone by China
and that writs of habeas corpus were
sued out on behalf of 3aG.
In its efforts to defeat this fraudulent
that when a Chinaman presents himself
TO an immigration officer at the frontier.
asking FOR admission on the ground, that
ne was born here. that officer has au-
thority TO pass upon his claim of citizen
snip. If the decision be against the APP
phcant, subject to an appeal to the Secre-
tsry OF Commerce and Labor it shall not
be subject to review by the courts except
- tNli noiuiH CdScS. Ills lOea OF the
laws. treaty and regulations relating to
the exclusion Of Chinese has been upheld
by Judge Ray, of the Northern District,
of New York. and Judge Wheeler of the
district of Vermont
The condition of affairs in the detention
house at Malone. already full to over
flowing with Chinese. is said to be ex-
ceedinely bad. with tendency to grow
worse. 1t is therefore n matter of grave
concern to officials charged with the adj
ministration of the Chinese exclusion laws
that their duties and powers be defined
1t Is hoped that the decision of the
United States Supreme Court in the case
under consideration will so cripple the
organization in this Legitimate traffic in
Chinese labor that it will be forced to dis
continue operations.