National Republican., 1885-09-22

has arrived In Washington now, and In behalf
ofmy industrial sisters, and as their represen,,
lativc, ! demand that the Chinaman must
leave, and | call upon the clcrgvmen Of this
city and the entire country to support me In
MY demand.
The Chinese MS n class are naturally obnoxi.
oIis TO us MS people. They are opp bscd " rs
In every relation OF life. They neither love our
country, our institutions, nor our God, They
have surrounded their country for ages With an
immense wall TO keep out the outside bar
bnrlnns, as they term the rest Of mankinL
together, live like hogs In filth and corruption:
exist on rice and water, aud are thus enabled
to work for lower wages, and thereby deprive
ploymcnt which rirbtGiliy beiSugs to them.
Besides all this, they rob every community in
which they live by hoarding the money they
make and sending the same back to China.
The Chinese profit no civilized country, and
stand as a curse upon the shores of ours.
"A stitch In time saves nine" is an old adage,
and ana now is The goper time to ERA eradicate these
do this without exchanging ablow. Lot every
man and woman in our midst refuse TO pt-
,ronize these lanndries and they win close:
effective way to dispose OF them. The Chini
man can find no other employment In our
Gities-certainly none ~ the villages or rural
men and women, young and old, to grant no
PATRONAGE to these elaundries or rthcirsupporters,
md the red curtain Of the Chinese laundry
If the few Chinese now here are sufficient TO
cause so much agitation of the public mind
ma So mueh apPrehMensIon M 70 our iemae Is M in
| labor element of the country combine to put a
stop to their employment In our midst.
THE CHINESE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
The picture of Chinatown, drawn by COM
mittee appointed to inspect the locality by the
supervisor of that city, should be of warning
| TO other cities and stands rs the foucst blot OH
| the fair name OF California,
| There are apparently in Chinatown but few
families living as such with legitimate children.
| In most instances the wives are kept In state
| Of seclusion, carefully guarded and watched,
| ns though eternal vigilance on the part OF
their husbands is the price of their virtue.
| They live mostly In concubinagc. The follow
| ing statement is thought 10 include all tho
women and children living. rs families:
Women, 81; children, 90 lIerded together In
apparent indiscrlminatc parental relation and
no family classification, so fur as could be as
certained: Women, 76l. children, $40. Pro
fcssional. prostitutes and children living to.
gether: Women, 567; children, 81.
perhaps the most startling fact brought out
| by the report is the extent tD which white
prostitution prevails in the Chinese quarter.
The number Of white women who ply their
vocation there is unknown, but there arc large
numbers who obtain their patronage ex-
clusiyely from Chinese. There are also numer.
are living with Cinnamon as wives or mis-
iresses The report further says that there is
hardly phase in Chinatown that does not
municipal laws. In fact, it is broadly stated
that the whole Chinese community lives in
open defiance of law. Concerning the horrl-
bic filth of Chinatown the report says:
1.-THE frequent custom with this people Is
to have the brick ana mortar bench where
cooking Is carried on, the sink, always more or
less filthy, and al open, filthy. bad.smelling
watercloset, all adjoining each other in the
same room or under the same cover. FIRE.
qucntly space at the end of this cooking
the only outlet from which is the absorption OF
.and seepnge through some earth placed there
for that purpose, while the intermngling otors
of cooking, sink, water-closot, and urlua
added to the fumes of opium aud tobacco
smoke, and the indescribnble, unknowablc, all
peryading atmosphere of the Chinese quarters
make up Il perfume which can neither DO i'm
agined nor described. This is no eXaggeration
nor is II fancy sketch. 1t is one OF the com
mon features of life In Chinatown. The atmoS
pherc at night In these crowded dens-many o
which, 1t Will be seen, are in cellars-whcn Tho
occupants are in possession, Is somewhat inde
scribably horrible, especially when vitlated BY
from surrounding filth, and the exhalatlon
from The bodies OF the celestials who inhabi
them"
WASHINGTON THREATENED.
Afer reading this report our citizens cal
judge for themselves what Washington ma
become In n very few years, If steps arc no
, taken TO prevent the employment and cmigrl
| tlon of Chinese TO this city: The people on th
Pacific slope and In our large cities are wild
, awake TO the importance of the occasion. AM
| the necessity Of doing something to protcC
, themselves from the influx of this worse tha
plague-more dangerous and disgusting tha
I | the swarms OF locusts and frogs sent upo
> | Egypt as punishment by Jehovah.
, Why are the Chinese no longer hooted |
, our streets by the little urchinsi The pigta
1 of John Chinaman passes and repasses th
r streets and avenues without n word of con
, ment The little ones have been bought up b
Johnny with the cigarette containing opium
! evening hanging around the windows of tn
Chinese laundries-hc has now no jeer 10
= John Chinaman. who plies his sadlron an
!. elects the water from his mouth all over Oh
/ shirt. front he Is ironing and plastcrin
. to hide the dirt. The cigarette cor
, tanning the opium has closed all hostilit
; but in the meantime, the use OF the deadl
4 | drug Is oil the increase. Chinese laundries ar
! filthy opium dens, and the sight of little chill
dren smoking around them Is nightly seer
From the cigarette to the cigar Is short ster
}. A few nights since, while passing along tn
v street Inoticed many little boys smoking: On
d had an immense cigar In his mouth, and ha
S the curiosity to learn his name aud age. ii
q gave his name as Willie Reed and his age at
!. years, and said he wassmoking a cigarette whic
(. he got from Chinaman. Under tho bancfu
/ practice of using opium even the little one
/. wear the looks Of premature old age. Opium
y a seductive drug. The habit grows upon tn
|, use. They dream away the hours like indolen
Q Turks. The use OF the drug is spreading in on
n county.
In a conversation with Mr.. Milburn, tn
n druggist Of thirty years experience n mi
0 on the increase of 90 per cent; that women bu
!, more, but in smaller quantities than mel
4 When once the habit of using 1t has been cor
i tracted it Is hard to stop it. Its deleteriiou
|. effects are soon noticed In every user Til
J. mother gives It to her children under tho nam
: OF soothing sirup, which Is composed Of I'll
h drug. 1t soothes the infant TO sleep, and give
NJ the mother rest also for Il brief season, bt
II plants In the system of the child desire {
t opium that after years fail to wipe ont, Th
r use leads to drunkenness shame, and deatl
q and comes to us from Chna-ns the produ'
e tion of the Mongolian empire-and Ike th
10 Chinese laundries proves curse TO the so
4 Independent of the curse of cheap labor an
Q opium, which follow Chinese emigration, tho
}. bring along with them the most loathsome i
/. curable disease known to the materia medic
/. the leprosy. Here is a true picture OF Chin
# town. Read for YOURSELF:
r. "SAS FRANCISCO, Sept. l5.-A horrible disco
n cry was made In Chinatown to-day. lntorm
d ton was given the city coroner that frightf
I; stencil was being emitted from a cellar on II
" citc street. He went to the cellar and ioun
% the floor covered with human sknllsand bone
|, partially covered with flesh in the last stage
i. decomposition. IN an inner room the coron
y found u number of Chinese engaged in boiI
,r down the remains of other bodies, while Sc
$. eral other Cinnamon were Engaged in scraplI
IT the boiled bones and packing them In box
1t for shipment to China. 1t Is estimated III
y thecelar contained over 300 dead bodies, whiC
=, have been taken secretly from various Gem
terieB throughout the state. As an instance
N Chinese ingenuity, It is stated that those
n charge OF these operations lehrinS that u
e us to attract attention outside, had procur,
4, two living skunks, so that the odor of the Ia
Ne ter might overcome that of the former III
"a coroner has taken charge Of all the remains
" How many dead lcpers were there amor
ID the 800 bodies Who can answer tho que
n. tion2 Opium, leprosy, immorality follow
~ the walks OF the Chinese, and shame and d
10 grace should rest upon any officer ofour go
"a ernment who lends them aid or countenanC
n, Who is worse than the hoathen, asks Ho
Thn mi n Nth "A "a Eap
20 their interest and gives them the labor NJ
Is the bread rightfully belonging to the indu
ne trans OF his country Is the answer
A. 10 show the popularity of the movement /
r. augurated by the Womlns League against d
10 Chinese laundries, II Is only necessary to r
10 | count the substance. Of the many lettors ha