Arizona republican., 1910-11-26
BUSINESS BEFORE
 COURT COMMISSIONER
Two Chinese Cases and One Charge of
 Selling Liquor to Indians.

united States Court Commissioner C.
 w. Johnstone yesterday had two Chinese cases before him. one being
 that of Tom DOlan, who was ordered
 deported, and the other that of Sui
 Sing, concerning whom the government
 withdrew its charge. Sui Sing con vinced the officials that although he
 was reared in China he was the son
 or Chinese who was native of this
 country, and he was therefore entitled
 to reside in his fathers fatherland.
 Tom Dolan in the order for deporta-
 ton was victim of ignorance it would
 appear. rather than studied violation of the law. He was the owner and
 possessor of a regularly issued certifi- cate or chOckdee, but on one occasion he went to Mexico without first having his proposed journey into foreign land made a note of by registration be- fore the proper authorities. The law requires this and on his return into this country he was grabbed by the immi- grafton officers and brought to ac- count. His guilt was proved and as there was no other penalty provided for thus snubbing the government. he was ordered back to the poppy fields of the orient.
 Another incident of the day was the arrest of two Indians by Constable Murphy for drunkenness. and on being locked up they told the officer that the wine had been bought for them and left where they could get it. by Col onel' R. NJ. Hudson. When he was ap- prised of the story of the Indians Hud son went to the court house and await ed the arrival of Deputy United States Marshal Anderson, who took him into custody. He will be given an exam ination this morning at 10 o'clock. Hud son says he is not guilty of the charge.
 In this connection Commissioner Johnstone said he believed he would take up with Delegate Cameron the matter of having congress amend the statutes so that the same punishment would be inflicted on the Indian who secures liquor as on the person supply ing it. Under the present laws there is a constant inducement to the Indians to get others into trouble by securing liquor for them, and sometimes perhaps by making a pretense of it when the accused is not guilty.
 There is no punishment now for the Indian except perhaps a jail sentence of a few days in the event he is very drunk and boisterous On the other hand he is allowed s1.5O per day as a witness in the commissioners court. S3 per day while awaiting his turn to tell the grand jury about it and 8 per day while waiting to be called as wit ness in the trial of the case. If he can by spending a half dollar, get bottle of wine. or even drink of It. bv swearing against the man that fur nishes it he is sure of at least S150 for one days services before each of these tribunals. and if the cases are continued along from day to day the fees may run up to twenty or thirty dollars. all on an investment of few cents. for usually the Indians time IS worth nothing.
 That of course does not excuse the citizen who violates the law, but It makes the weaker class of citizens a constant prey to the temptations of the Indians who see in the industry fine business for them. And the harder the Indian swears the better he earns his money. His victim if guilty might just as well plead SulltS anu "i'" Indian witness he might almost as well throw up the sponge even If he should chance to be innocent. It is the opin- ion of the commissioner that many ot the cases tried are instigated by the Indians merely as business proposi- ton. getting men into trouble who otherwise would not think of engaging in such practices. |