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Show Tim M.Yt ciiimsi: ixclumov HIM. In the early palt ot Aptll thellou.e of Ilrptesentatlvva at Washington laraed ly n very large majority Ihe (lenry Cldneso exclusion bill. In lis I revision, thlstmaiuro wai aa sovero aa uven the old nclutloll method' adopted In China In bygone ttmts. It absolutely ) rohlbltt C'hlnca-i from entering en-tering the United Btatra under any condition excel t aa diplomatic aud consular tfllclals and their servants. I'.veu Chinese who may ImVu tho . United Hlatca were pieventid from returning. re-turning. The master of a visael who would knowingly land a Chluiruan ou Ibiso shores would be sulject to a flnu -of toOiJO aud Imprisonment for ono yinr. Citizens aiding or ubeltlug In any way to Introduce titter Chinese or iraona of CJilnrso descent wcro autjtct to a fine of f lOOi) and Imprisonment Imprison-ment foroneyiar. Jlven Clilneso lour. Istabe.'oieeulerlng the United HUUs would le rtqulred to obtain i-ermlU from the Herniary of the Treaiury. The bill also niiltcd Cblne.e now nsldeutliire to ebtalu certlficatia of Idintlfliatloufrom the Commisalontr of Inland ltevenue, such ctrtlflcate to bestniid with the portrait of th reisonlturorli to Identify. Thero wera a hunilr of oilier provisions equally aa severe, but thoao already touched ou, amply llluslrato tho character char-acter of Iho measure. In the Hrnato a luUlltute to tho Geary bill was rrputtcdfroralheCom-mltteoou rrputtcdfroralheCom-mltteoou Torilgu Itelatlona by Beua-tor Beua-tor Dolph of Oregon. That measuro virtually provides for thu continuation of existing laaa for a period of ten )eara longer. Mr. Hqulre ol Washing-lou Washing-lou and Mr, Mitchell of Uregou vigorously vigor-ously opposid the auballtuto measure, but the repoit was agreed to by a voto of forty-three yea. to fourteen nays. The title of the bill wai next amended, making It riadi "To toblblt the coraluz of Chlnrie persona Into thu United States." A conference wllb the House waa next asked for, and Beuatora Dolj b, Davlaand Butler woro andolnted con. feres. on the put of Iho Benate. Btea were lakcu by whlili a conference between both House, waa held. Ou the 8rd It at. the report of this conference confer-ence waa lalj be'.rv the Benate, and after some iliacusslon vr a agreed to by a'toteof 30coaand 15 nays. Ou the Hh Inst. Mr, Qeary prrientcd tho conference report In the House, After some Ineffectual opposition the report was agned tu by a voto of IS" yeas to S3 najs. It apicara that the comj remise measure which Iho confjnnce agreed ou embodies essential essen-tial featurre of Ivth the, original lloutu bill and Its Binitu subitltute, Judglug (mm what Mr. llltt of I 111-uola 111-uola tahl In o pt eltlou, the compromlie mtusure rilalna tho cittlflcate featuru with portialt atlaihiHl of Ihe tleary bill for Chlnrsn now risldcnt In this ccuutr). Healludoatelt as reducing a human being to tho level of a dog by the laggings) stem. Tliooljcitlonlo existing legislation on this question I. that it Is defective lu Idt-nlltltniloii. When nChlnsman have, thu UulleJ State an 1 n turns to his own inuutry, another take. Ills itrtllli itu and returne on It to this onuuU), and (riseut irovlilou aro not ndcquite tu delict Ihe fraud, UnJir Hie i-orlralt aystem of ldeutl-lliutlou, ldeutl-lliutlou, II stems Hint the old defect I cau be, to a large extent, effectually removed. In future Iho celestial must enter tnllrely on III own cheek aud queue, |
