Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-10-25

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portance, not only to our own citizens, to oul
own laborers with regard to the reward that
they shall get for their labor, but in regard to
the
MORALS OF THE COMMUNITY.
The people on the Pacific Coast have suffered
an invasion there worse than the grasshopper
plague, worse than the plague of the locusts.
| They have found people who bring with them
| no respect for our Government, no knowledge
| of our language brutslized people; people
| that recognize neither honesty among their
men, nor virtue among their women and they
have planted themselves like leprous sore in
our midst; and believe there is scarcely any
difference of opinion on the Pacific Coast with
regard to the action thst should be taken by
the Committee on Resolutions. Many of us
there are in favor majority of the lawabiding
people are ia favor, of protecting the Chinese;
but we find that public opinion is so strong
against them there, that it is almost impossible
to do SO. The very language of the Chinaman
has degenersted into a bibidinous slang. They
do nothing
TO SUPPORT ORGANIZED SOCIETY
In the country. One of these Cinnamon can
work for ten cents day and perhaps, success
fully compete 1cih the american tGbOrer, 10hO sup
ports schools and raises family, and, oOhen the
country is in danger, places himself in the fore
most ranks of defense. In the resolutions al
ready offered here, and to which no opposition
has been made, find one in relation to the
tariff, providing that the duties on imports
shall be so levied that the rights of the Ameri-
can Iaborer shall be protected; that he shall
receive as high wages as it is possible for him
to receive. l have no doubt that the gentle
man who addressed you, opposing the present
resolution submitted by the committee, is in
favor of these imposts of tariffs for the pr0tec
ticn of the American labOrer; that is to say. he
is in favor Of imposing tariff upon the intro
duction of goods or manufactures from abroad
under the pretense that the American labOrer
will be protected but he shows himself to be |
in favor of
AN UNLIMITED FREE IMPORTATION
OF the coolie semi-servile laborers to compete |
with the honest American laborers of the Pa |
cifc Coast. This resolution asks for nothing /
but this-that this convention shall call upon |
Congress to appoint committee to inform it
self. SO that it shall know much about this |
question as those who live on that side of the
country and have been subject to all its hOr-
rOrs. All that it asks is, that Congress shall |
investigate, and if nothing shall be necessary,
then, of course, nothing will be done: and l
hope there will be no serious opposition to the
passage of the resolution as offered by the com
nittee.
The resolution was also supported by Mr.
butcher of New York and Mr.. J. B. Bedford IF
Colorado. and opposed by Mr.. George W. Curtis
Of New York. motion to strike out
legatived on the call of States By
,ote of $50 to 2l5, and the resolu-
ion passed. The votes of California,
Colorado, Florida, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska,
NEVADA, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania,
itOries but Montana, were unanimous in favor
# the resolution. majority Of the delegates
rom Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois
forty against twOl, Indiana, Louisiana, Michi-
an, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York,
forth Carolina, Ohio. Tennessee and of West
irginia cast affirmative votes. The New En-
land delegations cast thirty eight votes fOrsld :
hirty-seven against the eleventh resolution.
outh Carolina and Montana were the only
elegatiOns voting solidly to strike out That
lOtion received, besides these two, majority
ote from but six delegations. This result was
ne almost wholly to the personal exertiOns and
ne debate in the committee carried on by the
enstor from Nevada. His speech had sharp .
feet and aided the success that was achieved. l
4 the Senate he has since voted for all meas g
res that looked to investigating, checking ard
Expressing this great evil. He has made no
beech thereon, as Mr.. Sargent and Mr.. Booth .
1vered the ground thoroughly that with
,nstant personal canvass to inform Senators, /
which Mr.. Jones was always most active, II
lere was no need of speeches other than those
AIMED. q