, 1879-03-02
THE COOLIES.
The Chicago Workingmen' De.
mand Their Departure.

l
/ mand Their Departure.
Large Meeting at Maskell Hail.
| Speeches and Resolutions.
a large and h}y-representatiye bod
Of ToFkingmen met last evening at Maskel
Hall for the purpose Of taking action in regar
to the hnti-Coolie bill now awaiting the signu
ture Of President Hayes. All parties and creed
were represented, and the meeting was very en-
| thusiasttc and unanimous throughout. On mo
tton, Judge Telch Was chosen Chairman and Mr
Thomas Randall Secretary.
| TIRE CHAIRMAN
stated the object of the meeting tn speech, II
which he declared that the troubles which hat
oVertaken the industries OF the country arost
from the attempt which had been continuousJ1
mace to oVertax and oppress labor. The Chi
nese question vas m outgrowth OF this system
Of oppression. White men could not work and
sustain themselves and families on the prices
paid to Ch1namen. The American soil would
not bear serf; but the Introduction Of Coolfe
LABOR meant slavery for American citfzeus, The
speaker deplored the lack Of craftsmanship in
the politicians of the present day, and declared
that they all represented some ring or corpora
tfon,-anything, in short, but the people. II
such. line Of demareatfon was to be
drawn, trouble must inevitably follow.
DR.. DUFF
said that this meeting was in no sense political
meeting, but had been called simply to consider
the Coolie question and the bill passed for the
restriction of Chinese immigration. It had been
cof3 f1ot fho nf r.
some 6tlffening, and they were there to give ex-
preston to the views Of the workingmen Of
Chicago On this important question. He then
offered tie following series Of resolutions:
Re,o!ped, That this meeting Of citizens OF Chi
cago fnlly express themselves in sympathy with
the people Of California in their endeavor to rid
themselves OF the incubus OF Chinese Coolie i'm
portation. and promise t.. aid them by every means
in their power to accomplish the object 40 much to
he desired Tor the prosperity OF the Pacific Coast
and the happtncss Of its people.
Resotced, Taat We consider the bill passed bv
Congress to restrict Coolie immigration right ana
just, and such as meets with the approval Of the
people, and regret that the President OF the United
States in the exercise Of his high prerogat1vs has
thought proper to veto the same.
Ae4o!ued, That we now look to Congress for
tvo-thirds yote to override the Presidents veto
and pass the bill into law
Re*oiced. That we extend the thanks OF this
meeting to the Senate of Illinois for passing res
oiuton requesting the President to sign the Anti
Coolie bill, and to Senator Artiey, Of Chicago, for
At this point the Chair called up Senator Art
ley, who took SCAT on the platform amid much
applause. The resolutions were then adopted
without dissenting voice.
MIR. WILLIAM HALEY,
former resident Of the Pacific coast, was intro
duced, and was received with much cheering.
He said that the flooding of the United States
tion OF freedom on American soil. 1t had cost
thousands of millions Of dollars and hundreds
Of thousands Of lives to sweep the curse Of
negro slavery from the land; but nov it Is
threatened with a worse Invasion. The original
adopted By the people before they could hear
from Washington prohibited slavery or i,,-
voluntary scry1tude IN the State forever. That
was the Keystone Of the Constitution Of the
State, and Was designed to protect labor against
At that time the Chinese we're not thought Of
II the United States as nation was to be per-
petuated in the future it must be BY dignifying
labor, and not BY flooding the land with new
system Of slave-labor, fncomrarably worse than
negro slavery.
Mr. HALEY quotedJ. Ross Browne and the late
Bayard Taylor to prove that the Burlingame
Treaty was gigantic humbug, and had benefited
no one except few capitalists, while it had
easEs 50 @fsf m ao ISL fSF % sS
tion had agitated the minds Of the people OF
California. Now the politicians had been pushed
to one side. and thereopie themselves had taken
hold. OF the question, determined to settle it
port Of the Committee Of the Senate Of Cali
fornta appointed three years ago to inquire into
the Coolie question, and said that the report |
vas convincing beyond all cavl Of the evil re- |
suits which Chinese importation had wrought
Oh the Pacific Coast. The people OF California |
SET, up a claim for sympathy and help,
and,, unless supported by the East, the |
West, and the South, they must continue |
to groan under the wrongs of Cooltc labor.
They had rejected both the great political pnr-
Lhcir leader and mouthpiece, and it Dennis |
kcarncy was the leader Of California to-day the |
people Of the East, who had refused to listen to |
he just complaints Of the Califoruians, we're I
,nly to blame for it, The States OF the Pacific |
,lope would decide who should be the next
President Of the United States, and If Mr.. Hayes
would not listen to the cry, The Chinese must
TO-" be must at least nay attention to the de-
nand that no more Chinese should come. loud
The speaker referred to sfr. Blatne's letter,
md showed that the Chinese knew no
ar but the wilt of the Six Com
'anies, and were entirely antagonistic to
American institutions. To food California With
;hine5e would drag down the whites OF that
'tase and reduce them to the level Of the
poor whites'' Of the South before the War.
Asiatic customs and morals, or rather want OF
morals, we're being introduced into California.
thousands OF White American citizens, men |
18th wives and children depending upon them,
hronged the labor Offices Of San Francisco In
carch OF any work, however poor or poorly
aid, that would furnish them bread. The
hoodlum - Of the California cities was an un-
appy fact, but hoodlumism had been forced
pom the younger men BY the ruinous competi-
ion OF heather labor. The Chinaman was not
onest in any respect, be had no will
t his own, was simply q. seEt by
ature and tens OF centuries OF teaching.
he speaker declared that the comparisons
rawn between negro and Coole labor did not
t; the negro was brought here against his will,
nd had right to stay, but the Chinaman had
ever been invited, aud was not wanted. The |
zen who werc so fond OF the Chinese might as
ell fondle the fever and. take the plague to !
,eir bosoms. Already there is on the Pacific
oast Chinese laborer for every white man
no has vote. Such being the case now. what |
light be expected in twenty or hundred
ears9 Long before that time Boston would |
now how it was herself, and would join In the j
=, st1hc Chinese must 60" The Pacific Mail j
,ea1nship Company, the Central Pacific Railroad {
he worst gang Of robbers that ever exfsted),
ere strainlng every nerve to defeat the anti
hinese bill. The railroad company, which had
'bbcd the rorkingmen Of America Of S400, ,000, /
u, employed the Chinese to build their roads,
Id they did not want them expelled or pre- :
'ntcd from coming. Every European fmmf- d
ant who came to this country was worth from '