Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-04-20
HEATHEN.
CONGRESSMAN siLlrSrs IN CHINATOWN
Ma.hlnltoa cor. rcnland AdrsIu.sr.


wAshingion Cor. rorIland Advertiser.
mo other city in the United States
would tolerate Chinatown for twenty
four hours. IL Chinatown were dropped
down on Boston Common the people
would hold their noses and run." Such
Il the emphatic language In which Rep.
~resen,aiiye Miliken Of Maine puts his
conclusion. AFTER a visi, 10 the celebrated
Chinese quarter in San Francisco. Mf.
Milliken was . member Of the Congres.
.ional committee appointed TO accompany
The remains Of the late Senator Miller to
California. While In San Francisco
Representatives Milliksn. SPtiggs Of New
York. Hepburn Of Iowa. Lafoon Of Ken
lucky and Morgan Of Mississippi. with
two detectives who were familiar with
Chinatown. and Several San Francisco
gentlemen. made a tout u the Chinese
quarter and examined IL thoroughly.
The result vas unanimous verdict by
the Congre,smea ,hA, Chinatown was
great ulcer on the beautiful city Of the
Golden Gate. and a unanimous conelu-
sion. 70, tia, The Chinese mus, 20. but
that no more Cinnamon mus, come.
Bu, We will lei Mr.. Milliken tell bic
own story Chinatown" he says, SOC
eupie. four blocks In the hear, Of the
city. You break OF abruptly from the
res, Of the city when you 70 into this
quarter. You see none bu, Chinese.
They are as utterly separated from the
whites sIoep, fof the police and occasional
visitors like ourselves. A. though they
were It'll in the heari of,hs Celestial En-
pirr. The Chinese are inveierAie gam
bier. AID their gaming shop, are thick
along the streets. Yoa sec groups OF
men. a very few women aud almost no
children. doa'i think ! saw q dozen
ehildren in Chinatown. There ate no
family OF organizations amons these
people. We vtn, down into the Chinese
dens ,hye ,iorc. under ground. In
these dives, which are reached through
narrow. dArk. filthy passages. sc found
crowds q Cinnamon smoking opium.
The stencil vas Almos; unbesrAble 20
American nos,ul.. | believe Chinatown
would cause = pesiilenoe Ia almost any
American city sxosp, San Francisco,
where the wind, from the ocean sweep
across The city every day At certain hours
and clean Dat the poisonous atmosphere
"while The Chinese ATE reported TO b,
good servants And GA the whole peace.
abe people, their filthy habits AID their
gro.s immonliiiss make them a BIO, And
a soOurse 70 the city Of san fnnei'co.
They have 10 families o. homes Ike
other people. They buy their elo,hias
ia China. they send their moasy 10 China.
they have the boaes % their dead taken
10 China ior burial. aud Ia 90 way DO
they as.imilA,e With American oiulifa-
;ion."
"wka, remedy would Yea suggest soi
,hi, state Of ihing,' vas asked
"Chin,se immigration should a, once
Be utterly prohibited" wA' The reply.
emo; oaly on Aeooani Of tie evils have
mentioned bat because the coming q
these people tend. to ehsaPea aud de-
grade lAbOr II they were scattered
i~hfoaghoa, the country - ,hickly a. IN
California. their competition would eaa'-
The ruin q our native AmsucAn lAbofing
classes. stated iaa speech While Ia
Saa Fnnei,oo TIA, | ikogsh, the Chinese
Who have already come 10 this eoaaify
should b. fairly and deosnily treated. bat
that I believed the East would stand BY
the Pacific coast ia the passage q laws
10 exclude any further immigration. TIE
respectable and inisllissni people o. san
Francisco 10 no, approve Of dnving The
Chinese on, by %violsn, or unlAvfal means
o, Of mAlir,aiing o. abusing. OF muiilAi-
Ing or killing those Alreidy here. They
regard the Chinese A. "a incubus on san
Francisco. And object to anything that
will increase The size Of that iacuba'.
So few Chinese children are bora ia this
e~oun,ry ,ha, II immigration i stopped
these people will gradually die oai, and
this The CaliiorniAns regard a. the easiest
method Of geiiing ri Of them