The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 5, 1901, Page 2

2 BARS TO BE KEPT UP A 2 LAWMAKERS SURE TO PASS THE ACT Provisions of the \ Be Made Decidedly lore Binding. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1901 Geary Law- Are to Continued From Page One. was silent, as usual, probably dodge the vote he did in 1892 ~AVanamaker's paper, the Philadelphiz North American, is making an earnest fight for exclusion. Its columns are daily filled with urgent edi- torials and with memorials and petitions of labor organizations. Wanamaker and Quay are po- litical enemids, as is well knewn. For this reason, Quay may pos- sibly oppose the bill, unlezs he fears the big labor element of Pennsylvania. Penrose, his asso- ciate, is for exclusion, and to-day introduced 2 bill barring the Chi- nese. So did Quay, but he did it “by request.” Frye and Depew Silent. Frye of Maine positively refuses to dis- | e question of exclusion, but he w vote against an exclusion 1 bill probab! end in favor of the Pacific railroads, as he did in 1502, Senator Depew, chairman of the York Central board of directors, m: oppose exclusion. He refuses to eéxpre his views, however. It is-gra e ———————— ADVERTISEMENTS. WHAT CAEE§_PEAFNE§§T The Principal Cause Is Curable but Generally Overlooked. things may a v often it is difficult to trace Bome people inherit deafness. a like scarlet fever sometimes ness. But by far the most comn ca of hearing is catarrh of the head and throat. A prominent pecjalist on ear trou n that nine out of ten traced to threat this is prok v overstated, ba! Ttainly true th es of poor hear arrhal secretion in ds way into the eu: y clogging it up very hearing and the hard ion makes the loss of the nose a. tube and fects the the sec nard of hearing ‘may little far fetched, but a have not x a will ng and that catarrh if long r glected w! tainly impair the sense hearing and ultimately cause deafness. If the nose and throat are kept clear and free from the unheaithy secretions tarrh, the hearing will at once grea! prove and anyone suffering from deaf- s and catarrh can satisfy themseives s point by using a fifty-cent box of tuart's Catarrh Tab| a new catarrh re, whi the past year has won the roval wousands of catarrh suff well as physiciar because it is convenient form to use, contains no cocaine or opiate and is as safe and pleas- ant for children as for their elders. 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Cures guaranteed. 731 MARKET ST, EAN FRANCISCO, CAL and will | | SUPPRESSIOH OF ANARCHY —_— will be supported by the leaders on both sides in the Senate and the House. ' Henderson, the Speaker; Payne of New York, Dalzell of Pennsylvania, Hopkins j of Tlinois, Babcock of Wisconsin, Dick of Ohio, Richardson of Tennessee, Cum- mings of New York, Grosvenor of Ohio| and Sibley of Pennsylvania, all leaders, | will vote for exclusion, and do not hes | tate to say so. The Bill Sure to Pass. There are many new members of the | House, however, who are green as legis- lators, who fmagine that the fate of the nation hangs on their utterances, and they pleaded for time to carefully con- sider the question before expressing an opinion on so weighty a matter. ¥ Having = thus refused to answer the question, “Are you in favor of Chinesée exclusion?” they were later approached by other emissaries of The Call who asked, “Do you think an exclusion bill will pass?’ and in most cases these | doubtful ones replied, “Yes.” So in the tabulated column appended many of | those who are cl d as doubtful wiil probably yote for exclusion, for natural- if they expect the bill to pass, the in- | | ference would be that they will vote| for it. However, aside from the doubtful ones, | positive expressions were obtained from cnough House members to show that the | exclusion bill will muster 239 votes out | of a total of 357; at least fifty-six Sena- | tors will vote for exclusion out of a total | of ninety. Letter Sent to Lawmakers. The following letter was.sent to each Senator and Representative: CALL BUREAU, 140 P STREET, N. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 2—Dear The law of Congress providing for b m of Chinese laborers com- monly known as the Geary act being about to expire by limitation, the Pacific | t people are apprehensive that the failure of Congress to continue such act in force would resuit in an enormous fux of cheap labor from China. nia with her great Califor- length of coast lire | fairly exposed to Chinese inroads fcels | nat she is entitied to be heard. | Monster | conventions of merchants’ assdciations | labor organ ations have been heid Francisco and elsewhere on the | Pacific Coast, and the people are stirred | up as t never have been before con- | | cerning Chinese exclusion. | | *The San Francisco Call, wishing to | obtain the sentiment of Congress, re- spectfully requests from you an expres- i sion of opinion on the subjoined blank, not necessarily for publication, but mere-. ly as a poll. If you will kindly write a | | few lines stating whether or not, in your | opinion, the present law excluding Chi- | | Rese laborers should be continued in | force, or strengthened, if need be, you | | will greatly oblige The Call. Respectfully, “C. C. CARLTON, Correspondent.” Replies not having been received from many of the Congressmen, representa- tives Gf The Call sought personal - inter- views. As a rule the leaders expressed themselves as positively in favor of ex- | an | clusion, though in many cases the new | Congressmen consented to express an opinion provided only they were not | quoted. i It will be observed that very few Con- smen were willing to express them- —_— Continued From Page One. Ical doctrines in the United States. | Punishment of Assassins. Senator. Hoar to-day introduced a bill | for the protection of the President which provides as follows: | “That any person who shall, within the limiis of the United States or any place subject to the: jurisdiction:theregf, will- | fully kill or cause the death of thé Pr | dent of the United States or any officer | thereof, or who shall willtully _kill | cause the death of the ruler or magistrate of any foreign country, ‘ unished with death. ‘hat any person, who shall, within the | iimits of the United States or any pla | subject to the jurisdiction theres | of, make an attempt on the life of | the_President of the United States, or | any officer thereof, or who shall make nn | attempt on the life of the ruler or chief | { | | magistrate of any foreign country, shall be punished with death. “That any person who shall, within the limits of the United States or any place | subject to the jurisdiction thereof, advise | the killing of the President of the United States or any officer or shall conspire io | accomplish the same, or who shall advise { or counsel the kiiling of the ruler or chief magistrate of any foreign couptry or conspire to accomplish the same, shall be punished by imprisonment not excecd- ing _twenty years. “That any person who has conspired as aforesaid may be indicted and convicted separately, although the other party or parties to the conspiracy are not indicted or justified. “That” any person who shall willfally and knowingly aid in the escape from | punishment of any person guilty of either of the acts mentioned in the foregoing | sections shall be deemed an accomplica | after the fact and shall be punished as | if a principal, although the other party or | parties to said offense shall not be iu- | dicted or convicted.” | McComas’ Resolution. Senator McComas' resolution declares that Congress has power and should by law provide that a person or persons wno | wiifully kill or assault with intent to kill the President or Vice President, or both. or any officer upon whom the powers and duties of President may devolve under the constitution and laws, shall be pun- ished with death, the Federal courts to have jurisdiction of such offenses; also for the exclusion and deportation of alien anarchists; also that Congress shall sup- port the executive department in procur- ing an amendment to all extradition trea- ties similar to the provision in our con- vention with Belgium for the extradition of criminal anarchists. INTERNATIONAL SUPPRESSION. Powers of the World Likely to Unite Against Anarchism. 3 CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.—Interna- tional suppression of anarchism will be possible the moment authority is given to | President Roosevelt to negotiate treaties. | vote. A vote recorded against exclusion of Chinese cheap.labor would ring . the | death'knell of any Congressman who had the temerity to oppose it. The few who are opposed to exclusion will dodge - the vote. The following named Senators who are yet members of the upper House voted against the Geary bill in 1892: Bate, Frye, Platt. G S Those who are now Senators and voted for the bill are: Allison, Cockrell, Cul- lom, Gallinger, Hansbrough, Jones of Arkansas, Mitchell, Morgan, Stewart, Vest and Warren. In the House the Geary bill mustered: yeas, 186; na: ; ‘not voting, 115. In the Senate: Yeas, 30; nays, 15; not voting, 37. EXCLUSION TWENTY YEA.BS. CALL BUREAU 1406 G STREET, N. This is the consensus of cpinion of European diplomats in Washington. The feature of the President’s message re- lating to anarchism was especially inter- esting to these gentlemen and all of them have cabled it and other points of inter- national importance to their governments. At this time it is impossible for the United States to engage in any treaty contemplating the suppression of an- archists because its laws do not. permit it to reach accomplices of a regicide who are in this country. ' # < One diplomat who discussed the Presi- dent's message said to-day that he ex- | pects the anti-anarchism récommendation | will cause a revival of interest on this subject jn Europe. It is the expectation that representation will ‘be made to the United States to ascertain how far it is iling to go to stamp out anarchism. Russia, Germany, France, Italy, Austria and Spain will gladly join with the United States in adopting repressive measures. Great Britain is in much the same position as the United States in respect to the ab- sence of laws which enable the apprehen- sion of anarchists and before effective in- ternational action can be taken she will have to follow the example of the United States and authorize her judicial officers to create measures for the punishment of anarchists. DUTIES ARE DISCONTINUED. Secretary of the Treasury Issues Or- ders to Customs Collectors. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.—The Secretary of the Treasury to-day issued the follow- ing circulaf of instructions to Collectors of Customs regarding the refund of duties collected from imports from the Philin- pine Islands: Referring to thé recent decision of the Su- preme Court of the United States relative to importations from the Philippine Islands, I have to confirm-the department’s telegram of the 3d inst., as follows ““Discontiriue entry and collection of duty on ‘merchandise shown by manifest of vessel to be shipped from the Philippines. Allow freedelivery goods in bond. . Detain cigars and cigarettes until internal revenue stamps are affixed under circulars 81 and 85, current year. Refunds will be made by certified statement where protests are duly filed.”” .. With due regard to matter of refunds, I have to state in addition to forwarding certi- fied statements as above directed, you will for- ward certified statements where no protests have been filed, when 80 required by the par- ties in interest, with a view to submitting esti- mates for appropriation ta Congress-should it be found that no existing appropriation should be avallable. i —_— PLAN TO HANDLE TRUSTS. | Maryland Representative Offers Sug- gestions About Dealings With Combines. ey ‘WASHINGTON, Dec. 4—Represéntatty Pearre of Maryland has proposed a pldn of dealing with the tariff and tg&a somewhat similar to the plan g:opo last year by Represemtatige Dabeock: which caused much_ discussién. Pearre's bill authorizes and the suspension of tariff duties uwmu when their sale or manufacture is monopolized. Pro- vision also is made for a commission to report to the President on the subject. _— ————— 4 To- Cure & Cold in One Day - Take tive Brom e o iveis, Reciey, s E. Grove's signature is ¢a each box, %c. * B A A T R s ST R - COMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATION AND SENATE LEADER WHO ARE WORKING FOR EXCLUSION. i | the (feary exclusion law td-day, with a proVigien that it shall be in effect for twenty years. Senator Penrose feels con- fident that the Immigration Committee “will ‘be able trom this.bill, and others yet 53 be introduced, .to frame legislation hich will make’Chinése exclusion more effective.’ Several Chinese exclusion biils were also introduced in the House. * Senator Penrose will to-morrow intro- duce two immigration bills, each of which complements the other. One was pre- pared by Commissioner General Powderly and is-intended-to-remedy defects that have been found in the existing laws regulating- immigration. The other bill is the one championed by Senator Lodge some time ago, which providés for an educational test of would-be immigrant: Tt has added; it is understood,” provisiol for the deportation of anarchists and .cr their rigid moral and physical inspection, both at the foreign ports of embarkation and at the ports of arrival in the United States. It is believed that these two bills, which have been most carefully consid- ered, will form a basis for legislation that will cure many of the evils of the present CUBA FINDS FRIEND IN ROOSEVELT el Continued From Page One. to get on her commercial feet again, to treat her as a coming republic. Any pos- sible injury, at most temporary, that we may be doing to the beet sugar.industry is but small compared to the great good we are withholding from a young nation. These arguments put forward with the President’s’ well-known energy and per- sistence, are bearing fruit, and even high protectionists admit they are undecided in their views. Senator Spooner sald to- night that the question was still in the air, and the friends of the administration position assert that each indecislon as is shown just now means an early yielding to_the President's views. Chairman Payne ~of the Ways and Means Committee. however, told The Call correspondent to-day that he.had not yet changed his opinion and could not see how we could tréat with Cuba when Cuba had no government. In answer to this it 1s said that Senator Platt of Connecticut | and his followers found a way to deal with Porto Rico and it ocught not to be difficult now with Cuba. CANAL BILLS PRESENTED. Senators Morgan and Perkins the Y Authors of the Measures. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4—Two bills look- ing to the construction of a canal via the Nicaraguan route were introduced to-day in the Senate. The first of these was pre- lsented by Senator Morgan and is as fol- ows: That the President of the United States be and is hereby authorized to acquire from and + = 'HIGHEST PRICES PREVAIL SINCE THE CIVIL WAR EW YORK, De¢. 4—Dun's index number, to be issued December 7, will say: If a . ' man purchased his supplies for one year on December 1 they - would have cost $101 37, while the same quantities of the same aru- cles would have aggregated only $72.45 on July 1, the lowest point on record, and $12175 on_ January 1, 1860. . These nr:lce-rec- ords are compiled .by muitiplying , quotations of all the neces- saries of life by the per capita consumption. ‘Prices are now at _the highest point in many years ‘| and in fact surpass all records | since present improved methods of manufacture and distribution have been in use and agricultural operations were first begun on the - present extensive scalé with labu saving machinery. — + eign Commerce Committee, told The Call correspondent to-day he would offer the isthmian canal bill in a few days. It will be practically the same bill-that passed the House last session. WOULD EXTEND GEARY LAW. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.—Senator Lodge to-day introduced a bill providing for the removal of the ten-year limitation on the Chinese exclusion act, thus leaving the provisions of the Geary act in force. That act, which was approved May 5, 1892, ex- cluded the Chinese indefinitely, but the Scott act of November 3, 1893, limited the exclusion to ten years. In case there is no legislation in the meantime the ten years’ limit will expire next May. Sen- ator Lodge's bill is brief and is as fol- lows: “That so much of section 1 of the act of Congress approved November 3, 1892, to ‘prevent the coming of Chinese per- sons into the United States’ as limits the exclusion of said Chinese persons to ten years from the passage of said act of May 5, 1802, is hereby repealed.” et Internal Revenue Collector Named WASHINGTON, Dec. 4—The President to-day sent a number of recess appoint- ments to the Senate and the new ap- pointment of George W. Lieberth of Ken- tucky, to be Collector of Internal Rev- enue for the Sixth District of Kentucky. st ex . igration system. st exclusion. The reason is | w. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 4.—Sen- | "Ropresentative Hepburn of Towa, who I3 | Among the recess appointments sent in They are’afraid of the labor | ator Penrose of Pennsylvania introduced | to be chairman of the Interstate and For- | was that of Attorney General Knox. * B e e e e e e o] to conclude agreements with the states of Costa Rica and Nicaragua, or either of them, for and in behalf of the United States for the full control of such portion of territory now belonging to Costa Rica and Nicaragua as may be desirable on which to excavate, construct, govern, regulate, police and protect a canal of such depth and capacity as will be sufficient for the movements of ships of the greatest ton- nage and draught now in use from a point near Greytown on the Caribbean Sea, via Lake Nicaragua to Brito on the Pacific Ocean, andg such sum as may be necessary to secure neces- sary rights, privileges and such control 'is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury otherwise unappropriated. The other bill was introduced by Sena- tor Perkins and provides for a perpetual lease by the United States of the right of way across Nicaragua and Costa Rica and confers military, police and sanitary con- trol of the route by the United States. It mgic¢s an appropriation of $120,000,000, of ‘which sum §12,000,000 is to be expended an- nually. A non-partisan commyjssion is to be appointed by the President to have charge of the candl, the members of the commission to be sclected from different parts of the United States and to be paid $10,060 salary each per year. This commis- sion is to have its headquarters at Rivas, Nicaragua, with a branch office in Wash- ington. The appointment of engineers is also authorized. It is alse provided that the canal shall be of the dimensions recommended by the Isthmian Canal Commission. The com- mission proposed is empowered to make all contraets and to supervise their per- formance, no contract to be legal until ratified by a majority of the commission- ers. The commission is to report semi- annually to the President and to keep ac- curate accounts of its transactions. It is explicitly provided that no commissioner or employe shall be interested in any con- tract connected with the construction of the canal. The bill authorizes the Presi- dent of the United States to make minor chanfes in the route recommended for the canal and the methods of construction. SR Anti-Trust Bill Introduced. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4—Senator Jones of Arkansas to-day introduced without amendment the anti-trust bill which passed the Hcuse during the last session of Congress, but which failed to pass the Senate. Doctors Tell of Her Injuries. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4—The defense in the case of Mrs. Lola Ida Bonine, on trial for the gnmng of James Seymour Ayers Jr. on the night of May 14 last, introduced to-day testimony of several Washington physicians, including the jail physician, regarding bruises and abrasions on Mrs! Borine's person,.and also the state of her health at the time of the tragedy. Dr. H. D. Fri’se said that he had found twelve such bruises. Will Distribute Turkey’s Money. ‘WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.—Secretary Hay has ordered the final distribution of the indemnity fund, amounting to $90,000, patd by Turkey to the United States on ac- count of the destruction of missionary prurerty at Harput and elsewhere, the killing of Bicyclist Lenz of Pittsburg and mgsr ?-&Eerst ?f ]t)ze ‘;‘:flmsz"{mt ‘were at the State ment forty-o were disallowed and forty-two alln:ed?e WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.—Bricadler Gen Cmfn. elgg ?:lt orhd‘nlflw. h:'-“ been deufl’:} gmnd.aeium to -u&ua General Bnflnllon,.:-.‘ GAINST COOLIE LABO BOTH SIDES READY FOR THE CONTEST Chinese Lecturer Travels East, Whil: Congressman, Woods Gathers Data. N order that he may be well posted upon the Chinese question when the exclusion law comes up before Con- gress, Hon. 8. D. Woods, who repre- sents the Second District of this State, has been gathering data from all sources. There is no inconsiderable Chi- nese population in his district and he Is supplementing his personal knowledge with that of others who have been more closely in tquch with them. ! The following letter has been sent to him from this city: SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 5, 1901 Hon. S. D. Woods, Member of Congress, Washington, D. ir: In apswer to your request for a statement of the moral condi- tion of the Chinese in San Francisco, I spectfully submit the following My experiences during the past twenty-five years as organizer of Chinese Sunday-schools in Eastern America, as a missionary in China and to the Chiness of the Pacific Coast. and | as an official Chinese interpreter in the Fed- eral courts of California, have led, me to ob- serve with much interest and ever-growing concern the conditions surrounding the Chi- nese laborers in Californta and the probable effect of those conditions upon the home lov- ing people of our own land, as weli as upon e Chipese themselves. B o ot speak Trom racial prejudice. I Have none. What I have to say about the Chinese with whom I have come in such close col tact is said from a sense of duty and with t hope that it may call attention to the alarm- ing conditions now existing in the clcss, my terious, fetid atmosphere of the Chinatown of San Francisco so apparent to any WOrker amc g the Chinese of that quarter. . In the spring of 1886 I had occasion to ad- dreas a Sunday evening audience in the Church of Strangers in New York City. Upon that oc- casion 1 said in effect that during my five years' rosidence in the part of the province of China from whence the Chinese of Califor- nia_have mostly come I bad been given & cepticnal opportunities for observing and com- paring the Chinese who returned home from California_with those who had never left China, and as the result of my observations I was strongly in favor of the restriction laws | and of making them even more restrictive, be- cause of the demoralizing effect that emigra- tion had had upon the Chinese themselves. | Since that time I have studied conditions | earnestly and thoroughly and I seen tenden- cles among these Chinese thet fill my mind with_alarm_for their own future welfare and | for the welfare of American youths who come in contact with them. Conditions of Life. | | | Practidally all of the Chinese who come to | California are from a small region of ome of | the eighteen provinces of China. Most of them | are farmers’ sons, unaccustomed to city life. | | They leave their wives in China, where they can support them for about $4 a month, mak- ing visits home every four or five years. There are at oresent about 18,000 of these men in San Francisco, huddled together within ed of a blocks, separated . with no home Jife and with- influence off women. A condition of immorality has resulted only paralieled by that w h called down in old times the judgment of God upon Sodom uml‘ Gomorrah, and the same perversions of morality exist in Chinatown to-day. Another evil calling for drastic measures is the importation of women for immoral pur- | pos There are at present in Chinatown | a spaca comp from their wives, out the restrainin hundreds of Chinese women who have been in- duced to come here to marry rich husbands and who upon their arrival were soid into the lowest form of human slavery. Since their | organization the Presbyterian and Methodist rescue homes have, under great difflculties, | rescued over nine hundred Chinese slave girls. | What must have been the number who have | lived and died in bondaze] o Under the instructions of the Atforney Gem eral, the United States Attorney for the North- | ern’ District of California, his _associates, and the Chinese Burcau at San Francisco, have | made every effort to cope with this evil and | have had the encouragement of the San Fran- elsco ess, but the present laws have ren- dered nugatory many of their efforts by reason of the fact that if through any fraudulent means the owners of these girls can establish their American nativity the law as it stands to-day cannct compel these owners to release | them. ¥ 1 There are a number of earnest - Chinese Christians and others in San Francisco, whose morals are beyond question. I love these Chi nese Christian brethren as I do- the Christ of my own people and I do not feel couraged in the work of the Gospel among them. But knowing as I do these alarming | facts, I feel it my duty to call attention to | the: | Suggestions for Amendments. | Under the present law thousands of laborers return to this country every year after a \'ASIS o China. I believe conditions are such and {he danger to our own youth so great that not | only should the present exclusion laws be re- enacted, but made o as (o exclude all alien | Cl rers returning to this country ex- there should be strict provisions requiring the | registration of such families and the deporta- | tion of any who should for immoral purposes | | abuse the privilege. P 1 would respectfully suggest to you that come such restrictions as_the following would in my opinlon very largely tend to exclude all undesirable Chinese persons desiring to enter this country and would also mitigate the evils ove complained of: et That all alicn Chinese females in the | United States be registered annually. That | information as to the United States regarding | slavery, with directions as to where to obtain relief 1t held in bondage, be printed on their | certificates in English and Chinese, and that | such Information and directions be read and | explained to the hoider of such certificate by | the officer issuing it at the time of rezistra- | tion, such certificate to be retained by the fe- male to whom it Is {ssued. That information and directions similar to that contained in the certificate be conspicucusly pusted in every apartment occupled by Chinese females. ‘Second—That any allen Chin¢se person who shall be guilty of any crime against the mar- Tiage laws of the State or Territory in which he shall reside shall be deported. Third—That any alien Chinese person who shall engage in any business or occupation | contrary to the laws of the United States, or of the State or Territory in which he shall carry on such business or occupation, shall be ed. AR ourih—_That any allen Chinese person who shall be found present at any meeting of any society or corporation where any business is transacted contrary to the laws of the United | States, or of the State or Territory in which | such meeting is held, shall be deported. Very respecttully. D. D. JONES. Interpreter of Chinese for the Federal Courts. ROOSEVELT REFERS TO THE COLLECTORSHIP Fresident Eopexmnton Bard‘ and Perkins Will Be Able to Agree. WASHINGTON, Dee. 4.—Senator Per- kins failed to see the President to-day. He took dinner with the President last night, but it was a formal dinner and California appointments were not mentioned. But on Jast Monday, when Senator Bard called at the White House to present U. S. Grant to the President, the latter said to Bard, in a pleasant and off-hand way: “Senator, I hope you and Senator Per- kins will be able to get together on the Collectorship.” Roosevelt laughed and Senator Bard re- plied: “I trust so, Mr. President.” “Senator Bard has made no formal ree- ommendation, neither has Senator Per- kins, who wishes the matter to be de- cided by the California delegation, for he has reason to belleve they favor his man. Bard will call on the President in a few days to formally recommend Kelly. - e AL NAVY DEPARTMENT BILLS. Ope Recommends Creation of the Rank of Vice Admiral. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 4—Senator Hale to-day introduced a number of bills, drafts of which had been prepared at the Navy Department and ‘were rec- ommended by Secretary Long. On o Vides for creating the grade of viee ad- | terpreter. | take the words of Mimister Wu and | lator on our own paper, Ng Poon Chew, | injure the United States; | United States re-emact the exclusion act trade miral, with four admirals of that rank and reducing the number of rear admirals to fourteen. and others to increase the number of lieutenants from 300 to 330, and the number of junior leutenants and en- signs from 350 to 600; to increase naval constructors from forty to sixty; increase civil engineers from twenty-one to forty; to change the title of naval cadet to mid- shi ltlll)b nu{1 to the number of cadets by allowing ten = ments by the President. . 2PPoInt HAT the Chinese are determined to fight the renewal of the exclu- sion act by the present Congress is evinced by an editorial in the Chinese daily paper, Chung Sai Yat Po, published at %04 Sacrament street. In an editorial published on No= | vember 26 the details of the plan of cam-= paign are outlined. Four persons will compose the party. They are Ng Poon Chew, the editor of the paper and a Presbyterian minister; Low Choy and Low Chee, sons of a prominenc Chinese merchant and at present attend- ing school, and Brewer, a singer and in- The party bas laid out an elaborate plan of campaign. The article in the Chinese paper, translated by Rev. John Endicott Gardnmer, the Chinese spector and translator attached to Chinese Bureau, is as follows: Going Together to Lecture. The vexatious law of Geary's that has beem in operation in the United States for the e clusion of Chimese will expire in the comix the year. At present the labor umions and the newspapers in the western portion of the United States are making continued exclusion their chief theme; furthermore, fearing th: the merchagts in the East might regard the exclusion law as inimical to trade, and that consequently they would not consent o a r enactment of the law upon its expiration, they resort to sophistry in their arguments, clai ing that we Chinese have no patriotism, th: in spite of exclusion Chinese will not purchase one whit less of American goods, that fro the time the exclusion act went into effect t trade tiat the United States has attained fro China has been perceptibly and gradually i g every day, hoping thus to im asterners into the position of not I ing the continuance of exclusion. Minister Wu and Consul Gener: expend mueh lip and tongue emergy or labe: much with pen and ink in answering their ar. guments, the people in general and the schol- ars of those cities might say ‘‘These are of! clals—one a Minister and the other a Consul— y in and they are merely performing their du their respective offlcial positions; what el can they do?” Even the best and most ex- haustive energies would thus be swept as with this one saying. We could no longer bear looking upon these passing events and do nothing. Thought Preacher the Best. We desired some one thoroughly versed in English and capable of expressing himself t travel widely in the East, lecturing every where for the purpose of saying to the me: chants of the different States and peopi of wealth that the exclusion act is exceedingly inimical to trade in order that they General Ho as statements of fact, but it was dificult to find such a person and there was fountain from which the money was Subsequently we thought of the tr no. come. has been a preacher for many years, a man locked up to all along by Westerners, and one who, because of those qualities, had been repéatediy and earnestly invited to lecture by the people of the University of fornia ar anford Universit various associations at Alameda, Oakland and this city, when they would variably listen with rapt attention. Th! ing so, our paper decided to appoint Mr to the position of lecturer. Still the matter ses incidental to traveling through th t States presented us with dlfficulties. ‘Will Utilize Churches. While planning about it the project hap- 4 pened to _reach the ears of the General Board of the Presbyterian Church ef this eity and New York. The board signified its willingness to help, also beforehand to the people of the di nt cities asking them to iend their churches for the lectures. The several tens of t sands of notices printed in English for By be: circulation at the various cities the Pres- n church took held of and distributed s setting forth the dates when certain s would be reached. In addition to this e will be two brothers, Low Chee and v Choy, and an American named Brewer, who will go along to play and sing. Low Chee and Low Chey are the highiy_intelligent sons of Low Wan Shang of Fook Wo & Cov., dealers in Japanese wares of this city. They are. students at ome of the colleges in this city, but for the time being on leave of ab- sence in order to go along on the lecture tour. As to the American named Brewer, he has been for some time past teaching English at the Chinese Pr: erfan Church of this city. The Plans Proposed. These three will go along and play and sing as a means of enticing Americans to listen It is estimated that it will require several thousand dollars to ver the traveling ex- penses and hotel fare for the four people, aill of which amount will be paid by the Ameri- can Presbyterian c! At every place they arrive a8 they will set forth in general terms the benefit that will come from mutual inter- course between the two nations, using the Boxer trouble of the past year merely as an intreduction in_order that the hearers may not be consclous of the fact that they have come especially on acount of the exclusion._act. Later on in course of the lecture they will say that with the vexatious Chinese exclusion act in force the Americans are not diffe ,‘ from .the Boxers, as the Boxers claim to I China, but as a matter of fact injured Chinmy 50 the exclusion act, though claimed to benefit the United States, as a matter of fact wyl that should the can certainly not prosper; more since the United Stat the bencfit of China's trade s the exciusion act in order Chinese. Have Letters of Introduction. This is but a general outline as to the par- ticulars. Doubtless Mr. Ng wiii be able tc deal with them very cleverly. We hope that Mr. Ng_will on this occasion move the hearts of the Easterners so that as a result the ex- clusion ‘act will be-.abolished and our peoplo will be so invigorated as not to be unworthy of the project. There are many prominent American citizens as weil as presidents of universities' who haye given Mr. Ng letters of recommendation in order that upon arrival at Washington he ma; be able to go before the high officials of t different departments. A “legislator of thi State named Kaan (phonetic imitation of som: English name.—TFransiator) and Consul General Ho also gave him letters of recommendation S0 that he may present himself to Minister Wu. Low Chee and the others have also let- ters of recommendation of the educational or- der so that wherever they go they may be able to meet distinguished Amertcans. ‘We have engaged Chan Sow Shek to be act- ing translator on our paper. Mr. Ng and party will start in_the morning at § o'clook on their journey to'the different cities, which 2re as foilows in ‘thé order in which they will and that furthe desires. to ‘have e must abolish to satisty us s be reached: Fresne, Los Pasadena. Alhambra, Denver, Omaha, e Toledo, Cleveisnd, Columbus, Wheeling, — Pittsburg, det: Washingten, Baltimore, Phil hia, York, Brooklyn, Hartford, Sprinsfield, Bosten Albany, straight aéross to Canada..Montre and Toronto, back to the United States, Bu falo and Detroit, besides over ter smaller towns in the East mot yet enumersted and others not prepared for, but which might be taken in on the way back. The party is said to have started on ‘Wednesday of last week and will proba- bly be heard from in a few days in some of the southern cities. RECLAMATION OF LANDS. Irrigation Bill of the Last Session Contains More Amendments. WASHINGTON, Dee. 4.—Senator Hans- brough to-day reintroduced his irrigation bill of last session, with various amend- ments. It provides for 'Lhe sexhunx lash:: derived from the sale Of ke ands in_ the arid and semi-arid Feglons of the United States and the eol- lection of ‘these mofieys in a fund to be used for the reclamation of arid lands. The Secretary of the Interior is given charge of this fund and of all the details of its collection and expenditure. He is authorized to make surveys and construct Teservoirs where necessary and to_ com- demn the lands when necessary to do so. Water is to be distributed and persons! whose lands are benefited are to pay for the same, the funds thus collected to into the reclamation fund. nator Hansbrough has borrowed section from the Newlands bill, proviu- ing that nothing in his proposed law shall be allowed to conflict with State laws bearing on the subject of irriga- tion. The of B authorized to fmm. le‘y;ah:eemfl:: i are arid Td semi-arid lands.