Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-03-24
HOFFMAN'S DECISION.

A decision in the case of the State of Cali
fornia vs.. Liburcio PARROT has been rendered
BY Judge Hoffman. He declares the act in
conflict with the treaty with China and the
Csnstitut ton of the United States He says
among other things: If the Legislature has
the power to declare that corporations shall
not employ Chinese, they possess the same
right to declare that Germans, Irish or Amer
leans shall not be 80 employed. Further;
They could exercise the right to declare that
the employees of corporations shall be of a
certain creed" Judge Sawyer concurred in
the decision and the prisoner was discharged.
The whole fact of the matter is, that the Chi
ness are here; those that are here now will
stay and more will come. They are like GER
tain class of weeds III garden, which once
having taken root can never be extirpated.
We have yellow elephant on our hands, and
considering the fact that secured the ele-
plant ourselves and wanted very bad to have
it, we have no valid reason tor growing if the
animal proposes to consider himself owned by
as. The Chinese were absolutely dragged
over here from China. When the proposition
Of q treaty was first made with the Chinese
Government, it was proposition which the
rulers of the Empire would not entertain for
moment. Then the American representatives
begun to wrestle with them on the proposition
and pictured the delights of a residence on this
coast and the invlgorating effects of Calfer
mia climate until they entranced the ears of
h. ap1 tho ros,lt thafu
got the Chinese. They received a warm wei
come and they liked their new country. They
sent back glowing descriptions of it to their
sisters, cousins and aunts, who fecked in upon
MS with the generous assistance of the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company. 1t soon became
apparent that they were not the sort of people
We wanted. They did not spend their weeks
earnings in Saturday night sprees, and they
were Of no earthly use on election day. There
was nothing left to do but kick them out. No
one denies that they should be kicked out,
but the more thoughtful are looking about fer
the men whs first induced them to come here.
These are most assuredly the parties to kick
No nation can make serfs of another without
serious detriment to its interests. The South
brough the blacks from Africa and sowed a
wind which they reaped years afterwards in
the whirl of civil war. The presence of the
Chinese on this coast is liable to prove in the |
end an evil equally gigantic. They irrita.e
the body, social and polite, like malignant
rash, and the irritation can not much 10 niger
be endured. The present agitation is doing |
but little good. The exodus to the East
amounts to nothing. They arrive as fast as
they depart, and will continue to live with IL.
as long as every man, woman and child in the |
community patronzes them with coin. The
fact is, that the desire on the part Of nearly |
everybody to save few paltry cents, is what
keeps the Chinese here and will keep them
here for years to come. If every soul of the
population would cease to patronizs them for
one week there would not be Chinaman left
within onr borders. Even Denis Kearney,
when he bowls in the sand lots wears shoes
made by Cinnamon, and addresses an assem-
blage of workingmen, two thirds of whom
have their legs encased in Chinese made over
ais We cannot legally eject them, and the
spectre of the Burlingame treaty will not
down.