Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 April 1902 — BARS THE CHINESE. [ARTICLE]

BARS THE CHINESE.

SENATE PASSES BILL TO RE-EN-ACT GEARY LAW. Final Vote Is Unanimous, with Single Exception of Senator Hoar - Plan Provides Against Shipment from the Philippines—Runs Until Dec. 1, 1904. Exclusion of Chinese laborers from the United States, such as exists under the present law, will be continued until Dec. 7, 1004, according to the bill passed by the Senate. The Platt amendment, extending the present exclusion act until that date, was passed by a vote of 76 to 1, the only man voting against it being Senator Hoar. By a vote of 48 to 33 the Senaite adopted the Platt amendment as a substitute for the House bill, which provided for the exclusion of Chinese indefinitely. The present laws relate only to the coming of Chinese into the United States proper, but the new bill extends their provisions so as to apply to the insular possessions. The Chinese in the East Indian possessions of Uncle Sam cannot, under the provisions of the measure adopted, go to his West Indian possessions, or vice versa, but those residing in one group of islands can go from one island to another of the same group. Article 6 of the Chinese treaty provides that the convention will remain in force fpr a period of ten years, beginning with the date of the exchange of ratification, and, if six months before the expiration of the period of ten years neither government formally gives notice of its final termination to the other the treaty will remain in force for another period of ten years. The bill passed provides that in case the treaty be terminated as provided in article 6 the exclusion laws now upon the statute books and the legislation adopted will be extended and will remain in force until a new treaty respecting the coming of Chinese persons Into the United States has been concluded and laws are passed carrying into effect the provisions of the new treaty. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to make rules and regulations not inconsistent with the laws of the land necessary to carry out the legislation enacted. Under the laws now in effect every Chinese laborer who is entitled to remain in the United States is required to secure a certificate from the government, showing that he is entitled to reside here. In the absence of such a certificate a Chinese laborer may bo arrested and deported unless he can show that he is entitled to remain here.