Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-11-06


violence and disorder. Public sert;-
ment says they must 90, and thai IA
what ve have 10 deal With. Treaties
are frequently broken. the Chinese
Government mas violsted iss pledges,
and We should not haeals over treaty
stipolaticns"
JUDGE THOMAS supKE
Was next called: at was eonsidered by
a number Of persons Who net today
that it vas tue duty Of all good citizens
10 Unite Tor the purpose of considering
this question. and advising as to tbs
best lice to pursue. False stories have
been carried to and fro, 10 insite kos-
ulIiy, and they. like poison. have done
their mischief, by tending to ALLEVIATE
one class from the Other. IL WAS the
judgment of thsa9htfui men that a
sneetinR where false statements might
De pierced by tue keen point of truth,
soold be conducive Of good, and tend
to unite tie Community. here il no
sivision among the honest people. We
are all laborsrs. and the stiemp. TO
draw eiase lines is false and malicious.
We want. by lawful and fair means.
that this comDunIty and toe Territory
STALL be freed from the presence OF the
Chinese. There are bat two questions
Shall re do 1t, like Americans, accord
rag to iawf or as foreigners, oatside the
lavI l am an American, and appeal TO
Americans. Or the tao methods-the
lawful aud unlsvful-I favor the Anerl
can metkod. rhs deputy sherfis we're
organized to protect the interests of the
laborers History records the fact that
no class suffers 30 mach from riots as
ths working men, sEd 10 the future YOU
will curse the counsel Of thoss who in
cite or advise you TO laxles-nsss. This
nation has tarnsd TO the oppressed OF
Europe, aud welcomed them to her
doors. After being here two years they
can take farm, and in five years be
accorded the ballot. which requires an
American II years to attain. All fields
are open to them. ALI that is asked of
them Il to uphold the laws. hsve pa
tienee with the Germsn. the French
man. or the Epgiishfsan, when he eueers
at the laws Of this country, bat none for
the Irishman. | Am but one remove
myself, having been born in America,
and have a right to speak of him. He
comes from a land where be is ground
down. burdened and oppressed, TO free
America, where be IL given q farm, his
car grow up and be educated,
a. our public schools are throws
open TO them, bis sons can,
and do, fill offices Of trust, and
every freedom 10 accorded to him.
When an Irishman raises his voice
against this Republic then my patience
ceases, and | stand aghast at the base
ineratituds. How can they raise their
hands against the laws of government
that has done more to elevate the Dor
ing man than any other government on
the face of the earth? / am q poor man,
and don't hire much help; but I have
not bad a Chinaman In my house for
two years. pay q white woman five
dollars more per month than a China
man would do the same work for; bat
It is matter of principle with me.
much has been accomplished. There is
not 4 corporation in King county en-
ploying Chinese, and outside Of the
in private families, aud they
are being replaced as speedily as pos
sible. This il all being accom-
plished by peaceful means. Three
Dr. fsur hundred armed men at Tacoma
vent around and packed up the Chi.
nese, bag and baggage, and marched
tuem through the streets and eight
miles out to Laksviev, where tsey
we're lief, on the prairie all night, ex-
posed, without shelter, to a drenching
storm, and two died from exposure.
After the expulsion of the Chinese,
their stores and houses we're burned.
The Mayor Of Tacoma Is a foreigner,
- H.. Il - l.
susge. / have read how the Germ ans
rose mp against the Jews and drove
hem from their homes. ! remember
how they drove the Russian peasants
,ut but what am to think that ozly
thirty miles from where stand. in the
Republic OF the United States, such
atrocities have been committed. IL
souid not be d jne under an American.
Il was dons under a Germ N Dsrisive
shouts aad Kisses from the gallery.
q ,orge V. smith, hope the working
men will be patient and listen to what
she Judge has TO say.
Mr.. Burke-Exouss me. Mr.. Smith,
bnt can assure you ! need ~ one to
ntersede with \ Seattle audience for
me. know the people Of Seattle. They
will hear me IL they hate me. They
u I
always been their friend. Why, gen
iiemen. injustice to q dog vosld de-
noance. One year from tonight you
sill say | am right. In Tacoma they
have gone furtner. aud actu ,lly notified
awful American citizens to go. TIE
American mast go" That's the werd
n Tacoma. / am free man, and
would rather live under the autocrat
Ill A.
he rule of dozen or twenty
awlsss men worse than tyrsnts. You
nay go outside the Law, but you will be |
,iad 20 get hack. Mark the e0urse Of
he French RspusIic mark the course |
u our Nation. Look at the English |
shile they Cypress they demand their |
,berty. because the greatest King OF |
England cannot go outside OF the law. |
have never advised you wronRfully. |
Look at IL! One year ago. while you
we're voting for the forfeiture OF the |
,neart ed land grants held by Rraspine
the people of Tacoma stood
almost 90 man for monopoly. Nov |
hey 20 TO the other extreme. do not |
believe there Is city In the United |
states presided over BY an American. |
,r a man with an American heart, |
where such outrsges could or would be
permitted. They say they did II psace- |
lully. IL n hiehwayman presents pistol |
10 my head and takes my pocket book |
rom me, or comes to my house and
holds bludeeoa over me aud compeis |
ne TO leave, be does not use force or |
riolencs. He would do IL peacefully, |
but would IL be lawful or rights To
,all such work peaceful IL adding insult |
10 injury. In the future the blsckest |
page in the history Of Washington Ter |
ritory will be that On which 10 10 re- |
corded that 200 human beings were
driven oct Of Tacoma like dogs. and