The New York herald., 1879-02-28
A SAN FRANCISCO MASS MEETING.

mass meeting called by the Mayor and Board
of Supervisors, at the request of the Chamber OF
Commerce, at Platts Halls. this afternoon an
imposing demonstration. Long before the doors
opened Montgomery street was blockaded by
thousands of persons awaiting their opening.
Several hundreds, including the vice presidents
promine mt citizens and representatives of the
press, admitted by a private entrance
filling seats on the platform and in the
body Of the hall. Shortly before two o'clock the
doors opened. and in five minutes the building
was packed to it's utmost capacity. Nearly five
Thousand persons in the hall. and many
more were the street unable to gain sdmittance.
The platform seats occupied by leading nler-
chants and professional of the city, and three
fourths of the audience composed of substan-
tial citizens. while the working men were largely
represented.
ORDER and after referring to the Importance of the
occasion and briefly reviewing the story of the anti
Chinese agitation. introduced Governor Irwin the
presiding officer. The Governor made a short,
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
was not, as had been intimated by members of his
own Cabinet. merely the hoodlum element that de-
manded the restriction of Chinese immigration but
the solid men-property holders and mercantile
classes--of California.
The Governor then took the chair. and NJ D.
Boruck, Secretary of the Republican state Central
Committee, read resolutions rcaifrming the rosou-
ton recently passed by the Chamber or Commerce
and teegraphet to the President The resolutions
adopted amid the greatest enthusiasm
The following gentlemen then addressed the meet
ing:-Irviug NJ Scott, OF the firm of Prescott, Scott
n Co.; Philip A. Roach A. p Williams, of the firm
of Livingston Co.: Lieutenant Governor James A.
Johnson. Colonel W. II. L. Barnes, William 7. Cole
man. the Rev. DR.. Cox, of the Methodist Church, and
George c. Perkins President of the Chamber of Com
merce.
The speeches were all of brief and forcble char
acter, dwelling upon the importance to the interests
of California of the antChnese bill becoming law,
depicting the Evils attendant upon the influx of
unassimiave, servile race. and the efforts made by
the people OF California to obtain peaceful solution
of the question. 1t strongly urged tha: what
ever the action of the President might be the alta-
tion would be kept up TO influence Congress, II pos
sible. to pass the bill q veto. or, fall
ing III that, to rouse the people of tho
whole country to appreciation of the i'm
portance of tho issue that will eventually
ult obtaining the desired relief The grcatt 1T
enthusiasm prevailed. and not incident occurred
to unanmity of expression. except that few
men ia n knot the rear of the hail INDUCED in
groans at the mention of Mayor Bryant's name.
They were sharply rcbuked by the presiding officer.
and the disturbance was not repeated.
In adiourning the meeting Governor Irwin said IL
called for one purpose, and that purpose had
been accomplished 1t to let the President know
the feeling OF the people on the subject under
consid ration. Time alone could tell what it's effect
might be. IL could only be hoped that when tho
President learned that all classes of people were
unanimous on the question he would append mis- sig
natu re to the bill