Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-11-11
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Sss FkAkcrsco, Ssv. She anti
tciLese movement IL rApidly extend
ing % o.her cities and towns on the Pa
enc Coast Meetings have been held
a. stocktsn, san Jose, Santa Cruz. Ne
vada Csty and other places IN CalIfor
MA, 20 adopt measures for TIE removs
OF the Chinese. and reports have beef
receised from Tucson that q strons
feetiee prevails throughout Arixou,
against the Chinese. Who little by it'll.
have absorbed nearly all the small trad
ing stores, restaurants and laundries
Reports recsived from SEATTLE and Ia
coDs have intensified the anti ChIuess
feeling existing 10 this city. Mr.. J. II
Holmes 81 5 attic. in An interview pub
ltshed in tue Cal, said:
at Vas high time something "a.
done IN COR town n prevent the spread
hov they have almost gained control OF
the town. l remember not many year.
ago when there we're comparatively fes
Chinese IN the place, sad everything
WAS booming. Business was good
money vas rlen.y. and the prospects OF
SEATTLE were exc-llent. Then the Chi
nese began 10 increase. The railroads
that were being built we're instrumental
IN bringing toe mslor portion Of them
They we're brought into the country by
hundreds TO vork ss laoorsrs upon the
railroad. and a. work became slack they
we're let DOT. OF course. thew settled
into various channels Of business II
was the old. old story. The whites vers
gradually crowded to tbs vail. Now
however, the people are aroused. and
have sent forth their fat that the Chi
nese must move. have lived some liz
tie time in Tacoms also. The same
story applies TO that place With more
force. There the Chine-e have settled
in greater numbers, until they have be
come a nuisance and pest"
What do yen think the outc 1me will
be?'
"Siuply that despite the prsclana
tons OF tue President, the Chinese will
be compelled to emiRrate. / know for
one there is q secret organization IN
Seattle, composed of some Of the best
citizens OF the place. sed the sole par-
pose of that organization 10 to expel
the Chinese. do not think that q sin
gle white resident of Washington Ter
ritofy will disagree with me when say
think the Presidents proclamation is
an Insult to or people. The Governor
OF tbs Territory 10 an able N 40, honest
and upright. He will see that outrsees
are not committed, or II they are that
the offenders are punished. The people
Of the Territory rspose great deal Of
confidence in their Governor, and will
respect his proclaim alton; but bitter
feeling will only be engendered by
President Cleveland's interfeIeucs. As
you know there is still q sore feeling ex-
isting between our Western people aud
those in the East on the Chinese ques
ton.
'In what manner does this secret Or
eaniz4tion intend to 60 abont the task
Of getting rid Of the Chine SEP"
81 am a member of the society. but I
msst not divulee its secrets. This will
say: That We are not inceRdiaries. We
do not intend to pursue the Chinese
With rife or torch. Tue people of Ia
coma have acted seusibly in giving the
Chinese notice that they must quit the
town in 60 many days. The present
Dances in Seattle am convinced,
have not been she work of an orRaniza-
ton, bat rather of some few hos headed
perhaps done by the agency
OF professional rioters, who would like
10 see nothing else than riot and tear
ing out with a hope that they may fall
In for plumber"
ANOTHER ABSURD INTERVIEW.
San FRANCIsCo, Nov. l0.-A. j. Ovens
Of Port townsend, rs present visiting
this city, was interviewed 10 regard 10
The Chinese Who steal into Washington
Territory from British Columbia. He
says:
There are several boats engaged in
that traffic. They lie at the docks all
day and their officers are asleep. As
soou a. darkness comes on one may
notice them getting up steam as though
preparing for trip. these boats steam
over to the Columbia shore, where, per
hsps, q scsse or more Of Chinese are
waiting. They gather them aboard and
No one notices their arrival, aud they
day Wight. They then take passage BY
steamer for San Francisco. or else they
wait around Tacoma or Seattle until
tsey become tired, or they either seek
job or go into the interior Of the State.
In this way they have gathered In Ia
soma until they have become no longer
bearable. The smell of their settle
ment can be distinguished q mile. The
people Of Port Townsend are we'll aware
that Chinese are Struggled into d Q
eountry every night Of the year. bot
what Gao they do? The Government
officials fail to oa,ch taem, and the peo-
pie are powerless-"
COMMENTS OF TIE NKv YoRK PRESS.
SAN Francisco. Nov. i0.-The Bale
FIN this sfternooa publishes the follow
ing New York press comments on the
anti Chinese movements In Sc ,ttle. Ia
coma and other points:
The Times says. The Presidents
proclaim alton has had wholesome ef
feot in Washington Territory. Ii 10
Government il 10 be used. II necessary.
tD subUTx8s tQGoH iusurIUSs4UoU nalo uHH
Stays Of domestic violence. They will
hardly be attempted anev OF On for
midable scale. Let 10 be made clear
that the lives and property Of Chinese
residents 10 this couatry are 70 be pro-
tect-d at all hazards, and reckless,
" rthless sRitatsrs. Who are far great
or pest to the communities Which they
infest. than any other class Of heatben-
will subside."
The Herald says: The practical
questions nov are-What redress shall
hundreds Of unodendinQ Cinnamon
have. Who have been piand .red and ex
iledf What punishment. also, shall be
meted 10 the murderers? A dispatch
from Portland gives tue list Of hood
Inns Who have Just been indicted At
Vancouver. Prominent among them are
the names of the Mayor of Tacoms
and the President OF the Young Mems
Christian Association. What proba
bility is there Of an honest vsrdios by a
petty iary drawn in the neigh bofhood
where the principal civil magistrate and
chief protesting CHRISTIANS headed the
anti Chinese mobf"
Tie Sss says: "A noticeable feature
OF the proclamation 10 that although
intended for the projections OF the Chi
nese against violence, il does not men
tion this fact. not by % much a. the use
of the word 'Cniaes Al Tacoma aud
al A.