Speech #520048717

Carey. the United States attorney from November 29. 1886 to November 6. 1890. referring t habeas corpus cases where bail has been taken. says: Ihave notprosecuted these cases because I think it a useless expenditure of time and money. Therefore I have practically abandoned them. In another place he says: I concluded that every one of these bondsmen where I have declined to istitte cii suits are not the persons they rereesented themselves tobe. and had nothing and were fraudulent. that was my judgment. le also says that since the exclusion act 70 to 75 per cent of he Chinese claim to be native born. and consequently citizens. Before that act but 5 per cent made that claim. and he recommends that at least one white witness should be required to prove native birth. I have read thus extensively from the testimony in order that the difficulties of carrying out the exclusion act may be properly understood and dealt wjth by the Senate. The great question in San Francisco is that of identification. The best legal opinion in San Francisco. so far as ascertained by the committee. is that the present law will expire in 1892.