Arizona republican., 1905-07-13
Chinese Immigration Dis
 CuSSed at Oyster Bay
EXCLUSION OF COOLIES
Will be Rigidly Maintained and Re-
 cent Ruling was no Lifting Down
 Of the Bars. President Holds Con- ference with GOmpers and Duncan.

Oyster Bay, J,hy 12.-Immigration to the United States and it's relation to the labor problem formed the sub ject of a conference this afternoon be- tween the president and two of the pers of Washington, and Jas Duncan of Quincy, Mass. respectively the president and one of the vice presi- dents of the American Federation Of Labor.
 The conference was devoted partic- ularly to a consideration of the order issued recently by the president re- Sarding the enforcement of the Chi nese exclusion law. An impression had been gained by many members of the labor organizations that the order, to an extent at least, let down the i'm migration bars so far as the Chinese are concerned. The president assured his callers, however, that no such construction could properly be placed on the order, and that he was just as vigorously opposed to the admission to this country of Chinese cooIies as they could be.
 MT. GOmPers urged upon the presi- dent the desirability for an intelli- gent, practical and humane consider ation of the general question of inn migration by the people and by con gress. The people of this country and of the whole civilized world are en- titled, he maintained. to such a con sideration of the problem.
 Said Mir. GOmpers after the confer .ence: '.The presidents de ermfnation is thaz both skilled and unsl<iIed Chi nese laborers shall be excluded from the United States, and he says the law will be rigfdly enforced
 His order related only to the so- called exempt classes, merchants, stu dents. travellers and the like who heretofore have had di hculty in gain ing admission to this country because of many fraudulent certificates issued 10 them and to coolies who are not en- titled tR certificates tn any event. We went over the entire matter thorough ly, the conference Icing perfectly sat isfactory to Us.
 "The president says he was deter mined that the diplomatic and consu- lar representatives Of the United States in China should perform their duties thoroughly and imp3rtialIy and that the law as to the issuance of cer- tificates to members of the exempt Chinese classes should be complied with absolutely. He added that any officer of the United States who issued a false certificate would lose his of fcial head the instant his misconduct was discovered.
 We also considered with the pres ident the eight hour law and the diff faculties which we had encountered in securing its enforcement on govern ment work We instanced violations of the law and requested him Co con slider them. He asked us to present facts in a formal document, he re- fusing to take up the subject at once. Meantime he expressed himself as be- ing in entire sympathy with the law and insisted that it must be observed [ We pointed out to him that the off, cers of the war department under whose direction much government ! work is being done, were not inclined 1 to insist upon an observance of the !. law and many of them had declined to 1 regard it as their duty to bring suit | to compel it's enforcement. The pres 1 ident agreed that the government of ! fcers ought to see to it that the eight l hour law was obeyed."