The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-04-18
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Anti-CAlnese chicago,

Chicago, 16.-The anti Chinese meetin,
Of Seamen's Hall, on West RsndoIni
street, last evening, was great success
in point of attendance and enthusiasm
All the seats being occupied. II was th,
| frat of a series to be held under th,
auspices ofathe trades assembly. Tn,
representative body OF the wages worker,
Of Chicago who hope to create here ,
public sentiment which shall spread owe
the country, and bring about the re
enactment: of the Chinese bill. The SOC
tradesmen were called to order by Mr.
Rogers, president ofthe assembly. Mayol
Harrison was chosen chairman. His
honor, who wRs warmly greeted, said be
had not prepared q speech, but the
subject wss one TO which be had given
much thought. When the news came
from Washington, that the President
had vetoed the bill restricting Chinese
immigration, there was feeling Of pain
in the hearts of nine-tenths Of the people
west of the AlleghenYs, and of thousands
east, of indignation on the part Of mil
lions, especially in California, where the
Chinese were q curee and nuisance.
(Applsuse.) Hayes blundered, but Ar
thur went deeper into the question,
feeling called upon to euiogize the Chi.
Heses to applaud them. They did not
work for our benefit alone, but on ac-
count of their greed Of gold which they
did not spend here, but took back to
China with them to enjoy. DE did not
intend TO say anything of party nature,
but it hehooved him to remark that the
party behind Arthur, feeling that
he had committed q terrible blunder,
was doing its level best to
correct it. (Applause.) The democrats
had sunk enough in folly to attempt TO
check the passage of restrictive Chinese
bill. The question was whether we were
to allow that vast hive of humanity, 400
600, 600 people, to come here.
Mr.. William HALEY (of Sacramento),
the next speaker, began by saying he
was glad the better class Of newspapers
meet with him on the question, mention
ing particularly the Tribune. (Applause.)
He had lived in California for 8 years,
and told what q curse the Chinese were
to that state. The Burlingame treaty,
which was responsible for their comipp,
was delusion, the Chinese caring moth
ing for it and the United States deriving
20 benefit from it, as was anticipated,
morally and socially, physically or
politically. The Chinese were q dis |
appointment and not desirable as neigh |
bors. They were simply imitstors, origin |
ating nothing. They did not progress. |
On the contrary they have been going |
backward for 200 or 800 years. He |
wanted to see the monopolies 20 teo. |
.Applause.) Leland Stanford and other |
plunderers had turned California into q |
moral and physical desert, they having
DO sympathy with the feelings aRd hopes |
If white workingmen. Referring to the
Teto the speaker said the Presidents
'easons were very weak. The monopolists
md their hireling preachers telegraphed
lin to do 1t. These men we're 10 league
against the producing classes of the
country and it was time there was a
change. (ApplauFe.) No people had ever
stood SIS meek as the7e of Californis, hav-
DgIthe remedy In their own hands. He did
lot think thePresident should have power
70 Veto everything unfortunately,
especially when the will Of The people
was distinctly expressed and clearly I'm
ierstOod upon any m essure. (Applause }
The President had no right to say that
he Pacific Coast could be q slop pail for
Asia, thus preventing the development
If the country and making it not only
he pride of the United States, but of the
whole world.
The following was adopted:
Whereas, There is a radical distinction
n the race, civilization and manner Of
life between the American native and
he Chinese people, who have come to
he United States merely to make
money, to spend next to nothing and to
axe it away with them on their home
Quincy Rt the earliest opportunity, re-
naming alien and unassimilated during
heir stay among US, and constituting q
moral and social nuisance as provided Oh
be Pacific Coast, which is acknowledged
" the anti-Chinese bill passed By the
pressure of unanimous public opinion.
it was not fslsified by q snbsi-
Lied press in the interest Of souless
nonopolies; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That We stIgmetize the FIRE.
idents veto Of the Sntl-Chinese bill a.
reason to civilized society in opening
his continent to an avalanche OF Mon
.olian bsrbsrisns who would degrade
he standard of life Of tue whole white
ace By practices and manners of living
which cannot be tolerated among civil
lied nations of these enlightened times.
Resolved, That we demand from Con-
,resI the re.enactment Of said anti-Chi-
Iese bill until il can be passed over his
xeellency's veto. and that we call upon
he people of the whole United States to
elegate to private life all Ofice-holders
nd all legislators who have proved
themselves traitors TO their race and
ountry.