Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 October 1888 — ON THE PACIFIC COAST. [ARTICLE]

ON THE PACIFIC COAST.

Nsclissing tlie Effect of the New StatuteDemonstrations of Ap .vival. [San Francisco speei .I.] The bulletin boards announcing that the President had signed the Chinese exclusion oill were surrounded by large crowds discussing the situation, and the news was received with considerable excitement in the Chinese quarter. The principal subject of discussion was as to the effect of the bill upon the several thousand Chinamen who have been landed by Federal courts on writs of habeas corpus and released on bail, and the 2,000 more Chinese who are now on their way to this port. A prominent lawyer who handles Chinese cases in the Federal courts almost exclusively gave it as his opinion that writs of habeas corpus wouid still have to be issued to Chinese demanding them, as it was a constitutional right, and that bail also would have to be issued as heretofore. He also thought that Chinamen holding certificates could not be prevented from landing, as the United Stutes Supreme Court had decided on several occasions that Congress could not annul existing contracts such as these certificates were. The passage and approval of the bill were celebrated by demonstrations in this city and other places.