Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-28


Favor of the Congress BilI-Ministers of
the Gospel Unite In an Appeal to the
President to Approve the Measure-Pro-
test from the New York Chamber ofsCom-
merce.
San Francisco, Feb. 27-The mass meeting
called by the mayor and board of supervisors
at the request of the chamber of commerce at
flatt's ball this afternoon, was an imposing
demonstration. Long before the doors were
opened Montgomery street was blocked by
thousands awaiting entrance. Several hum
dred, including the vice president, prominent
citizens and representatives of the press were
admitted by private entrance, filling the seats
on the platform and in the body of the hall.
Shortly before O o'clock the doors were opened
and In five minutes the building was packed to
its utmost capacity, nearly 5000 in the hall
and as many more on the street unable to gain
admission. The platform seats were occupied
by leading merchants and business and pro-
fessional men of the city, and three fourths of
the audience was composed of substantial citi-
zens, while Worklngmen were represented by
large attendance.
At 2 o'clock Mayor Bryant called the meeting
to order, and after calling attention to the i'm
portance of the occasion and briefly reviewing
the story of the anti Chinese agitation, intro
duced Gov. Irwin as presiding officer. The
Governor made a short and forcible address.
dwelling upon the magnitude of the occasion
and the propriety of calling such meeting to
convince the President of the United States
that it was not. as had been been intimated by
members of his own cabinet, merely the hood
lum element that demanded the restriction of
immigration, but the solid men, property hold
ers and mercantile classes of California.
hon too he bo;r I'D n
Bodr1ck, secretary of the Republican State
central committee, read resolutions reaffirming
the resolutions recently passed by the chamber
OF commerce and telegraphed to the President.
The resolutions we've adopted with the great
est enthusiasm. and the following gentlemen
then addressed the meeting: Irving w. Scott,
OF the firm of Prescott Scott Co.; Hon. Phil
lip A. Roach; A. P. Williams, of the firm of
Livingston Co.; Lieut.. Gov Jas. A. johnson:
Col. W. W. L. Barnes; VIM. F. Coleman; Rev.
DR.. Cox, of the Methodist church. and Hon.
Geo. Perkins, president of the chamber of COM
merce.
The speeches were all of brief nature dwell
ing upon the Importance to the interests of
California of the ti-Chinese bill becoming
law. deprecating the evils attendant upon the
presence OF an assimllative servile race, and
the efforts made by the people of California to
obtain peaceful solution of the question
1t was strongly urged that whatever the action
OF the President might be, agitation would be
kept up to influence Congress, if possible, to
pass the bill over the veto, or failing that to
rouse the people of the whole country to an
appreciation of the Importance of the issue
that will eventually result in obtaining the
desired relief
The greatest enthusiasm prevailed and not
one incident occurred to mar the unanimity of
expression, except that on one occasion few
men In a knot in the rear of the hail. induIged
in groans at mention of Mayor Bryant. They
w Asha rohu Lo1 hx,f fov
and the disturbance was not repeated.
Gov. Irwin, IN adjourning the meeting, said
1t was called for one purpose, and that purpose
had been accomplish,d-to let the President
know the true feeling of the people on the
subject under consideration. Time alone
would tell what It's effect might be. It could
only be hoped that when the President learns
that all classes Of people were unanimous on
the question he would put his signature to the
bill,
TIE MINISTERS PLEA.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 27.-The following has
been telegraphed to the President: We, minis
tiers of various religious denominations in San
Francisco, earnestly entreat you to sign the bill
restricting Chinese immigration, believing as
we.do, that the presence of large numbers of
Chinese on this coast is highly detrimental to
the spiritual. moral and material welfare of our
people. (Signed) VIM. Ingraham, Episcopal
bishop of California; DR.. Elkan Cohn, rabbi
Congregation of Emanuel j. NJ. c. Burchard,
s. j.; Dr. H. Vidarn, rabbi Congregation of
Sheriff. Israel; 3: P. Gallagher, St. Joseph's
Catholic church; W. A. Scott, st. Johns Pres
byterian; T. K. Noble, Plymouth Congrega-
tional; Jos. A. Gallagher, st. Joseph's; A. s.
Bethlehem, rabbi; Patrick Ward, St. Joseph's.
AN EARNEST PROTEST
NEW YORK, Feb. 27.-The chamber of COM
merce to-day earnestly invoked President
Hayes to withhold his signature from the So
called anti Chinese bill. The measure is char
acterized in the resolutions as establishing
bad precedent, unworthy political con-
cession to the iawless spirit of single State,
under whose laws the subjects of China have
enjoyed neither peace nor safety, as tending t.,
degrade the national character in the sight of
all other nations; as calculated to imperil the
life of the missionary and impair the value of
his teachings; as exposing the merchant in his
dealings to the consequences of the public dis
honor; and finally, presenting the hasty ac-
ton of our Congressional body in sorry con-
trast with the more cautious and dignifed wis
| dom of the heather empire.