, 1879-02-28
THE CHINESE.

a RonA1nH Meeting in San VrNnctAco-The
Frraidcnt UrEut to Sign tho Pending Bill
New York Merchants Opposing the ulil.
BAN FaANc1sco, Feb. 21.-The mass~mcet!ng
called BY tho Mayor and Board Of Supervisors
ut thu request Of tic Chamber Of Commerce at
ptott's Hall, this afternoon, was Nh imposing
demonstration. Long before the doors vera
opened MONTGOMERY street WAS blocked by
thousands awaiting entrance. Hovcrnl hundred,
Including Vfce.FresiIcuts. prominent citizens,
aNd representatives Of the press, were admitted
by n private entrance, lilIng the scats on tho
ptatforM md In the body Of tho hatl. Shortly
bcforo o'clock the doors were opeAed, anl In
tive minutes tho building was packed 10 its ut
most capacity, ncarly 5000 being IN tho hal, and
aa Many tnoro OH the street unable to gain nd
mission. Tho plntforr-scats weru occupied By
leading merchants and business md professional
men Of the city, and thrcefourths Of the attend
ancs was composed Of substantial citizcns, wh!ln
the workingnicn wcro represented by largo at
tendance.
At 3 o'clock Mnyor Bryant called Tho meeting
to ordct, and, after calling intention to the i'm
portance oi the occasion and briefly reviewing tic
stoFy Of anti Chinese agltation, introduced Gov.
Irwin as The presiding officer. Tho Governor
ulale short, forclblc address, dwelling upon
The magnitude OF the occasion and the
propriciy Of calling such n meeting to cnnvlnco
the President Of tho Uuttcd Stntes that It was
not, us had hccn nLinatcd by n mcmbor Of bis
9wn CabfpGt. merely tl,e hoo1!nm element that
tion, but tho solid me1i, property. holders, aud
then took the chatr, and VI. D. Boruck, secrc-
tasy Of the Republican State Central Commit
tee, renu the resolutions raafrGning tho resolu-
tIon recently passed. by the Chamber OF COM
,ncrec, and tc!egraphed to the President. The
resolutions were adopted with tho greatest
enthusiasm.
The following gentlemen then addressed tho
meeting: Irving II. Srott, Of the tir,n OF Pres
cott, Scott Il Co.; tho Hon. Philip 4. Roach;
4. I. Williams. Of tho firm Of Livingstone y
Co.; Lieut..Goy. james a. johnson; Col: ".
Dr. Cox, OF the Methodist Church; mud the
Hon. George C. Perkins, President Of The Cham
bcr Of Commerce. Tho speeches wcre all Of q
brief, forclblo nature. dwelling upon the In
chlncso bill becoming Inv; depicting tho OWLS
nttGntlant npon tllc presence Of MI unnssImila-
tive, seFvle race. aud the, efforts made by the
people Of California 10 obtaln peaceful aolu-
that, whatever tic actlon Of the President might
be- tho ugitntfon would be kept Up, to influence
Congress, II possible, to pass The bisl uver the
veto, 9r, failing in That, to rouse the people OF
rortaneu Of the lssuo that will eventually result
Ia obtaining the dcslrcd relief.
Tllc grentest cuthusiasm prevailed, md not
an Incident occurred to mar the unaufInfty Of
expression, except tint on one occnslon a fow
mem in knot near the rear of tho hall ndulged
in groans at tile mention of tho name of
Alayor bryant. They wcro sharply rebukcd by
;o, ,as nfesaas0feer and tho disturbance was
tiov. irwin, In adJournine tho meeting, said It
was calcd for ono purpose, mud tllnt purpose
llnd been Rccomnl|shed.-to let tho President
know the true feeling Of the people on the
subject ,inlor consideration. Timo alonc would
tell what its effect might be. It could only be
hoped tint when the President learned that nil
classes OF people were unanimous on tho quas-
tlon, l'o would nut hta signature to the Bill.
New YoKK, Feb. 27,-'rhe Chamber OF Com-
1ncrcc to-day earnestly invoked President HnYes
to Withhold hta signature from the so-ca!led
In the resoluttons as establishing butl. preco-
dent: as IN unworthy political conccesi0n to
thu lnwless spirit Of d sIngle State, under whose
laws the subjects Of China haye enjoyed ncithor
peace nor satcty; ns tending to degrade tho na-
sfonhl charnctcr in sight Of al other nations; ns
calculated to imperll the life Of the missionary
md impair the value Of bis tcaelnge; as expos
qucnccs Of public dishonor; nt1d, finally, as pre-
seutng tllu ilnsty action of orr Congressional
body Ill sorry contrast with tho H,ure courteous
md dgn|ed wisdom Of tic hca.hcn Empire.
Special pisHasch 10 i.s 1,:..:E:
1sptANAroL1s; lna;. Feb. H.-ln an interview
on the Chinese question. Ile said tho mistakc
we Ind nalo with the negroes, costing US mill
Inn bf lives a1la great treasure tesidg, ought to
have served ns lesson not to commit similar
Injustice to tho Chinese, anu suffer, may be,
fonlowl'at in tho salno way. II tie American la
SUPERIOR to the chlnanan he ough. not 10 fear
thu result VI fair competition lu laboy,