Show chinese exclusion bill passes the house washington april 8 the house yesterday passed the chinese exclusion bill after incorporating in it several amend i which increased the drastic char the measure the principal one not only excludes chinese by birth and descent but all chinese blood the was over an amendment to prohibit the employment of chinese sailors on american ships an amendment covering this proposal was ruled out on a point of order but subsequently wag modified to evade the rul ing and was adopted to 74 As passed the bill practically re enacts all the existing exclusion laws and incorporates with them the existing treaty regulations it extends exclusion laws to the philippines and the other possessions of the united states and forbids chinese laboy in our colonial possessions coining into this country the philippine commission by the terms of the bill is directed to adopt proper measures for the enforcement of the provisions of the bill in the philippines |