Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1877-04-21
OUR VOTES MUST DO 1T.

VCh WILLS hCNA nv
II the people of the Pacific States
will pursue the course indicated be-
low, Chinese immigration can soon
be stopped. No other. we are firmly
convinced, will bring about that
desirable end. No amount of in
vestigation and newspaper argument
will svail us anything. The various
Protestant religious denominations
are against us. and they will control
the action Of Congress in the matter
Of legislation on the Chinese ques
ton. There is only one possibility
for us to overcome this combined
influence, and that Is by our votes.
Let the people of the Pacific States
resolve to go solid against any and
every administration that fails to
give us relief, and all We ask will
be acceded to. For instance. if
this administration fails to put an
end to Chinese immigration, let
California, Oregon and Nevada,
with their twelve electoral votes. go
for the Democratic Presidential
candidate in 1880, by such maiori-
ties as will convince the people of
the East that no party tie shall bind
us until this question is settled.
It is very probable that the Pa
cific States will hold the balance of
party power at The next Presidential
election, as in the last, and ii we
are not granted relief before 1880,
We hope to see every one of these
States go Democratic for President
and send to Washington not a single
Republican Congressman. 1t would
be best to begin now, and let every
election on this coast go against the
administration. 1t there is not
action in our favor at the extra SEES
sion of Congress soon to be held.
let the voters OF California over
whelm the Republicans by forty or
fifty thousand majority. Let the
vote be emphatic and convincing.
Let the next Senator from that State
be Democratic. And if relief be
still delayed, let the people of Ore
gon and Nevada follow suit with a
total overthrow of everything and
everybody that claims the name of
Republican. We believe this course
would cause the stoppage of Chinese
immigration some time during
President Hayes term; but if it did
not, and the next administration
should be Democratic, then let the
same plan OF opposition to
it be adopted if our demands were
not complied with at the earliest SEES
sion of Congress. When our object
has been attained, then we can re-
turn to party utilization as each
voter feels inclined. But let there
be no administration triumphs for
either party until the influx of Chi
nese is totally prohibited by the
Federal Government.
The voters of all these States have
hitherto left party ranks for less
cause than the one under consider
alton, and we believe they will do
80 for this. Independent organiza-
tons have been strong in all three,
but in this case nothing Can be
gained by that kind Of party tactics.
Only by giving the anti-administra-
ton party extraordinary strength can
our object be accomplished. By
holding the balance of power. as we
probably shall, and thus consoli-
dating our votes in every Presi-
dental contest, we can succeed.
Otherwise, we must continue to
bear the evils now affecting us. In
our opinion, this is our only and
last hope. Wall the people of the
Pacific States adopt this plan, and
obtain relief? What say voters?
What say contemporary journals ?