Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-09-24

knthastasife Meeting Of Property
owners and Taxpayer.

AT least one thousand persons re-
sPonded to the call Published BY Mayor
Yesler in the PosT-Isrr1rIGKxcEs 70
meet for the purpose OF discussing the
Chinese question. Il Was found Yes
ler's Hall would be too small. and Frye's
Opera House vas selected az the place
Of meeting. At a quarter 10 eight
o'clock Judge Jacobs appeared on the
stage and said, 1T Is time for the exer-
cises TO commence. 1t is necessary to
have a chairman nominate Hon. II.
L. fesler, Mayor Of Seattle. for Chair
man.
Mr.. fssler was unanimously elected,
and In calling the meeting TO order.
said: F,lEOse CitszsHs-We have been
called together TO consider the Chinese
question, IN order 70 see il We can ar
rive at satisfactory solution of this
very important problem. / will an
nounce a. first speaker
JUDGE oRASGE JACOBS.
until this afternoon" said the
yudee, " / had no idea of being called
upon 10 address this meeting, but I am
always AC1Ay W XIV We've VI 4uc4~
tions al ectIRq the welfare Of the peo-
pie. Ii Is always well, when q subject
comes up, to ascertain its historical
situation. Ii vas the policy of the
Chinese Government. 30 far back that
the memory Of man knoveih not to
the contrary, TO have no intercourse
With any other nation. England first
opened her ports to the vessels of the
ais z.1 unrlA
reaped great benefits from her trade
With China. Finally the United States
Government concluded that this Nation
should share sone Of the benefits of
trade With China, and the result was
the Buflingame treaty. Its consumma-
tion was hailed with delight ali ever the
United States. 1t gave rs q right to
place American oonsuls at every Chi
nese port, TO send a Minister to China
to represent our Government there il
gave eur merchants the privilege Of es-
tablishing business houses and afforded
protection TO American citizens in that
empire. All treaties must be mu: al !;
they guaranteed our oitizsns protection
in their life and property, and We did
the same for their citizens. Ii turned
out, however, that we made bad bar
gain, for hordes of Chinanen hocked
here and overran the Pacific Coast.
The fact that We had made a bad bar
gain was impressed upon the
minds Of oar lawmakers, and
Chinese immigration was ordered
stopped for ten years, but our Govern
ment. by treaty stipulation, had guar
anteed to every Chinaman within our
borders the same protection extended
to an American citizen. Oar Govern
ment made mistake. The immigra-
ton of Chinese to this coast has been a
curse. Public sentiment against su,h
immigration is growing stronger every
year. While representing this Terri
tory in Congress the Chinese question
came up, and urged that the immiera-
ton be stopped. made the only
speech made BY Delegate on the sub
jsct, and urged that change be made
in the BsrliBgane treaty which would
avert this evil. l realized that their
presence here Is menace to the labor
ing men. We like to see our laborine
men well housed and comfortable. Ii
has always been a proud boast that
American labOrers are the best housed
laborers in the world. In America a
family of i've or six require house of
at least six rooms to live comfortably.
They need carpets and furniture, and
buv books and papers. On the other
hand, rs Cinnamon oan live in house
only large enough for one family of
whites. They require no furniture, no
carpets, buy no books and take no pa
pers. 80 that, say $40 per month for
the house, ths white man Is compelled
to pay the whole amount, while the rent
divided up among the Cinnamon
amounts to less than 50 cents per month
per head. Nov. 10 Is a manifest fact
that those Cinnamon can afford to labor
for less than the white mas, hence /
felt that the existence of Cinnamon on
the Pacific Coast was menace
to the laboring men of the coast.
teld the members OF Congress
my feelings IN this matter. told them
this feeling wsuld strengthen and deep
en-, especially in case of hard times.
Our first daty. after our duty TO God, is
to protect the rights and foster the in
terests of the Caucasian race. The
Cinnamon brings his religion, and can
never be absorbed by our people. They
can never inter marry With our women.
We are a heterogeneous race, but can
never assimilats with Chinese. A Chi
naman can never become citizen, and
never should. | am an American citi-
zen and believe in the principles of my
country, and among its highest laws
are the treaties Of oar Government
Propose to be loyal to those treaties
The honor Of this Government is pledged
by solemn treaty stipulation that Chi
namen In the United States shall be at
forded the same protection extended to
our own citizens. / read with heavy
heart Of the brutal murder at Squak,
for feared that the telegraph would
bring the news of retaliation and
slaughter of American citizens in Chi
ua. Liberty Is the effshoot of law. II
the citizens of this Territory, Who have
always been Law abiding. sst the laws
of the United States ct defiance,
ne who have waited 90 long for admis-
sion, will never live 10 zee Washington
in the sisterhood Of States
J. T. RONALD
Was the next speaker. He had lived on
the coast eleven years, and was well
posted on the evils Of Chinese, bat 81
am In favor Of lay and order. ] have
been informed that il this agitation is
continued every FIRE insurance policy
will be cancelled. believe there 10 q
clique, Of q few irresponsible persons,
Organised 70 drive away the Chiuamep,
right or vrose. They have no connec-
ton With the knights Of Labor. which
organization will assist the officers in
case Of laviessnsss. am opposed 10
any scheme Which transsends or over
steps the Lao. There are bat few in
favor Of violence, and they are being
watched Tue men In Jail shall have
fair trial. This agitation is not calcu-
lated 10 help their oase. Is behooves
everybody 10 be calm. Taxpayers
should remember that the property de-
stroyed by Q mob must be paid Tor BY
them. Bills amounting TO $1,000 have
already been Aled for presentation 70
the Board Of County Commissioners at
its next session, for property already
burned during this agitation. II the
people stand by their officers there viii
be no further iawlessnees-
aovKzxoR W. @. s0uTRk
vss introduced. He said: Ladies
and gentlemen Of Seattle, l have no
speech prepared for yoa. vas going
20 Olympia this morning. bat yoor
Mayor United me 10 address you on
this occasion A learned more and
more Of the feeling Of uArest in yoor
midst, I conclsded 10 stay and parsici-