Speech #570041770

The proprietor is Frederick Marriott. It seems to be a semiliterary paper. It is edited with a good deal of ability. and here is what this San Francisco paper says about the examination of Chinese in San Francisco and their treatment there: Now that the matter of Chinese exclusion is prominently before Congress it might be well to look into some of the methods employed against the Chines3 landing here. and to exploit a few of the abuses that exist in connection with the examinations they must go through before it has been decided whether or not they are to become residents of the United States. Every Chinaman coming to San Francisco must satisfy the collector of the port that he is qualified to landthat he is a merchant or that he is a bona tide resident of the United States returning from China. If the collector is not satisfied with his representations. the Chinaman is taken before the United States court. there to give reasons why he shoild not be sent back to China.