Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-11-18
LIVING OVER A VOLCANO.


Il ia time this matter Was adjusted.
We are living over social volcano,
whose mutterings and uphsavals have
given as premonitioRs Of tae eruptions
to come. There Ia such feeling Of op-
position 10 the Chinese pervad ng the
entire socisl fabric of the Pacific slope,
As cannot be changed and cannot be re-
pressed. IL may be called prejudice;
bat call il What you will. it is there. and
IL grows with the increased number Of
Mon9olians who coms among as. Every
argument made for the Chinese 10 90
based on the Ignorance of the whole
question, that IL only confirms rs that
the Monaghan is q psstifsrous element
In our body polite. and that hs must
necessarily remain so while he remains
With Us. The Monaghan has no politi-
cal, religious or social sympathies With
rs; he oan not be assimilated; he will
always remain a Monaghan and gan
ereae on our civilization. This 10 What
all history teaches us.-Helens Inds-
pendent.
THE CHINESE WILL HAVE TO GO.
30 far the work OF ejecting the Chi
west appears to have been carried on
without disorder or bloodshed-a fact
all the more 10 be reioioed At inasmucb
as IL seemed to be hardly To be hoped
for. The citizens of Tacoma have set
an example Of frmness guided BY self
restraint which the other cities Of the
Puget sound region will do we'll to imi-
tate. There can be small question that
she time has arrived when the China
man will have to 90 from the northern
sectieu at least Of the Pacific Coast.
Poor John has been so often threat
ened that 10 Is not strange II he SHOW q
himself reluctant to believe that his
enemies are in earnest ut last. But they
are in earnest and, for the time e
least, every Chinamau will have to iesve
the cities of Oregon and WaabiDgto u
Territory. Tue work of expulsion
might have been undertaken Ia man,
ways; and frem the tone adopted by q
section Of the press, and q section OF
the public also. of the INFECTED dis
trioss," there have been grave grounds
for fearing that the worst way would BE-
chosen. The news Of this orderly mi
grafton from Tacons, then. somes AZ q
distinct relief, and the citixsns OF that
place are altogether TO be ooaRrata
lated upon having 90 submitted them
selves to the guidance of better coun-
sels-Kisnsdpolis Tri6sn<.
TIE CRUSADE wfDEsPREAD.
The expulsion OF the Chinese from
Tacoma, in Washington Territory, on
Tuesdoy, by the combined action 81
10 pTk rr>A ~.
the anti Chinese crusade. Coepled With
this event 10 she calling toRether Of tie
Grand Jary Of King coopty. apparently
with view to indict certain leaders IN
tbis crusade. Still more important 60
ton is that Of Gov. Squire, Who. in view
of the fast that today had been liked in
q large part Of the Territory for driving
out the Chimes, issued yesterday Q pro-
elamation calling on all the officers OF
the Law 10 preserve the peace.
Undoubtedly the serious element In
the anti. Chinese crusade 10 Its extent.
In Wyoming lie demonstrations have
been made mot only at Rock Springs.
but at Evanston. Almy and Green River.
while ct Cheyenne the Chinese have
been notified 70 quit the touu. Pog,t
sound 10 the scene Of like intimidations.
In Souak valley the Chiness hop piokers
were attacked some weeks ago and
three Of them killed. while others have
been badly beaten. One Of the seven
men indicted for killing the Chinsmen
vas acquitted on Tuesday, and like
verdict il expected In the other six
cases- AZ the Goal Creek mines, twenty
miles from Seattle. the lodging houses
Of the Cinnamon were burned and
their inmates driven into thu woods.
Al the Newcastle coal mines .
mashed mob expelled the Chinese.
Meetings In Washington Territory
have asked committees everywhere 20
notify the Chinese to msve away from
the region al fixed date. In Butte.
Montana, the policy Of driving oas the
Chiusmeu has bssn resorted 10. and Il
Anaconda they have been driven oat.
AZ several important points IN Caiifcr-
mia. including San Francisco, action has
bean beeun against the Chinese. In .
Loo Angeles Coonsy vineyard, on Tees
day, serious trooble occurred between
white and Chinese laborsrA
Nevertheless. u h not In every ordi-
nary labor disturbance. out only 10 Q
dangerous rising against the Lao. which
cannot Be represssd By Ordinary mssns.
that the troops, on specific Application
and orders BY the prspes ausaoritase,