The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-04-20
OPPOSED TO CHINESE.
What a Prominent Californian
Thinks of the Veto.
Believe the President Was
Influenced by the Pacific Railroads
In His Veto.

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the Pacific coast States to the Demo
Gratis beyond the hope of recovery seems
to have been well founded, if the voice
of the California press and the senti-
ment of the merchants and business
men of that section are to be regarded
as indications of the popular pulse
there.
Mr.. Michael De Young, proprietor of
the San Francisco Chronicle, who ar
rived in New York yesterday, reports
that in all his experience he never be-
fore knew the people of California to
be so deeply exercised or more thor
Oughly angered than they are at the
present, over the defeat of a measure
which they had so confidently hoped
would remove the incubus which they
claim is blighting the business of the
entire cOast-the Chinese.
"It is useless" he said this morning,
"tO disguise the fact the Chinese bill
was defeated by Republican votes, and
that party whose prospects never before
were brighter on the coast is held re-
spOnsible by people, and will be forced
to accept the consequences, which
means its utter overthrow. 1t is mis-
taken idea in the East that only the
hOOdlums, the unintelligent and the la
boring classes are opposed to the further
immigration of the Chinese. The fact
is the people of every class throughout
the entire Pacific coast are thoroughly
united and in accord on this subject, as
has been repeatedly demonstrated, and
more particularly in the election three
years ago, when, out of a total vote of
13O,S31, 10000 votes were cast for re-
districting Chinese immigration against
831 in favor of their admission. The
story circulated while the bill was on
its passage, that Congress was being
cOerced into pandering to the tastes of
the 'rabble,' was refuted by the great
meeting held in San Francisco, COM
posed of the foremost men of the city
and State, and which was addressed
even by such man as Vim. T. Coleman,
the cOnsignee of the Chinese Steam
ship Company, who strongly urged the
passage of the bill.
"The charge that the Chinese are
detriment to the progress of the coast is
true beyond question, as any one can
testify who has lived there and is at all
familiar with the situation. If | should
attempt to Tecapitulate the various
channels of trade in which the MOngO-
lians have become identified to the en-
tire exclusion of white labor, | could
fill page of your paper, and it would
make startling exhibit. Suffice it to
say that they have absorbed about all
the industries in California which for
meTly gave lucrative employment to
thousands of white men who now are
rendered helpless. They come to us in
swarms, not like other immigrants to
make permanent homes and become
thrifty, productive citizens, but solely to
gain few hundred or few thousand
dollars, and then return to China to
spend it. The Chinese Consul in San
Francisco openly acknowledges this, and
this fact is verified every day"
"TO what Influences, aside from that
of the failure of the Republicans in
Congress to stand by the bill, do the
people of the Pacific coast ascribe its
defeatP"
"The people of California" said Mr..
De Young, "believe that the President
trail Pacific and the Atlantic & Pacific
Railroad Companies, which employ
thousands of Chinese labOrers, and are
anxious to obtain thousands more, Ow-
ing to the low wages for which they
can be obtained. The capital was and
is swaTming with their lobbyists, and
they have left no stone untuTned to do
the bidding of their masters. Ten min
utes had not elapsed after Senator
Miller's bill had been handed to the
Clerk before it was telegraphed to
This shows the power and
influence of these men.
IF the bill had passed, California,
Oregon, Nevada and Colorado would, |
believe, have been wrested
from the Democrats. Now all is
changed, and there is no doubt in my
mind that the opposition will carry ev-
erything before them at the next State
elections. Cinnamon are now pouring
into California by the shiplOad and 20
600 new arrivals may be looked for
within the next three months. They
fill all our workshops and our factories,
and if the Massachusetts patriots who
have battled against the interests of the
Pacific coast could only see for them
selves the injury these people are doing.
l am inclined to think that they would
change their opinion. Lately they have
entered our wooden mills, an important
San Francisco industry, where they
have succeeded in making another con-
quest and have driven away the white
labOrers. If this should happen in
Massachusetts,, what would be said?
Yet 1t may occur, since it is among the
possibilities after the Presidents veto.
Every man from the East who has
visited the Pacific coast and has wit
messed the baleful influence of Chinese
immigration on the Industries there be-
comes a convert to our own cause.
Sentiment gives place to disgust, and
he returns with his views changed. As
an instance, l refer to Mr.. Medill, of
the Chicago Tribune. He came to the
coast filled with sympathy for the Chi
namen and admiration for his thrift
and industry. What he saw with his
own eyes dissipated to a large degree
these sentiments, and to-day he is one
of the foremost advocates of the restric-
tiOn of immigration. Y. Graphic.
THE PHILADELPHIA MEETING.
PHILADELPHIA, April 16.-The open
air Indignation meeting of labor people
held on Broad street, opposite the Union
League building, last night, under the
auspices of the Trade and Labor COun-
ell of Philadelphia, to give expression
to their disapproval of President Ar
thurs veto of the Chinese bill, was one
of the largest assemblages of the kind
ever held in Philadelphia. The speakers
stand, which was decorated with flags
and bunting and abundantly hung
with lanterns, began to be filled at 8
O'Clock. From that hour until almost