Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-09-27

officials in most of our towns, as in Sacra-
mento, that the Chinese must be permitted I
to herd together and live in such state as
would not be granted to whites. But re- !
Election will convince any one that the |
Chinese have no such right, that no such !
privilege is necessary, except it is 10 enable
them to live so cheaply that they can by
disastrous competition drive out citizel-
laborers who must contribute something to
the material interests of the country,
set up domestic affairs and raise up sons
and daughters to defend and adorn the re-
public BY consenting then to the filth
inseparable from the herding system of the
Chinese and its accumulation in the
heart of the city, we not only assail
the health of those who do observe the
health ordinances, but we give the China
man ruinous advantage over the American
laborer.
There is, il short, no reason that can be
advanced for permitting to the Chinese the
privilege to live in state of defiance to the
health ordinances, while we compel Ameri-
can citizens to obey the health regulations
vigorously. If the Chinese are privileged
class. then Chinatown is sweet-smelling
SAVIOR. and should have its bounds enlarged
for the public good. The Supreme Court
has said to us A landlord may not let
his premises for a smallpox hospital,
because it will be noxious use and con-
trary 20 the maxim that every person ought
to so use his property as not to injure his
neighbor." And again: " Private interests
must be made subservicnt to the general
interests Of the community" Ii has on
more than one occasion declared the
charter valid and impregnable that gives
| the CITY the power to determine what are
nuisances and prevent and remove the
same" There is no clearly citizen not
directly or indirectly interested in China
town property, we take it, who does not
| know and will not so testify that the
! quarter referred to is detrimental to the
| general interests of the community; that
| the property is so used rs to be noXiOuS and
offensive to the community; that it is a
quarter that invites disease of contagious
character, and is therefore Il threat to the
whole city. Perhaps one of The very best
! illustrations that can be drawn is to sup
pose Tor a moment that the Chinese invade
] or X streets, and set up their trades and
shops and ill-smeliing vacations, and main
tain their dank cellars and offensive vapor>
on those highways. How long would TIL.
community hesitate in determining The
question Of nuisance?
We maintain, therefore, that before th(
coming of another summer the city Of Sac
ramento should take steps TO make private
interests in Chinatown subservient to The
general interests of the community. w,
are inviting to our city new. residents; w
expect to lave more than usual attention
drawn to Sacramento in the next year VI
anticipate within the next three Years, anC
thereafter each year, the advent of NOR
strangers than i'll any previous history o
the city since the pioneer era. We Ger
tainly should put offensive Chinatown GU
Of sight therefore. If cannot be done if W
cannot make | street as clearly and pleas
ant to the senses as J street or NJ street
the Chinese or any other class have tn
right to appropriate a street and so abid
upon it as to offend the whole community
then it follows that the Chinese govern tn
city and not the voters, and from the i'm
munity the former enjoy from the regula
lations enforced in all other parts of tn
city upon the latter, we would be quit
justified in concluding that indeed the Chi
nese are 4 political power as well as Al
offensive unit in the community.