Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-03-04
DAILY P0ST.lNTELLleENcER


Il UE Eftc1 tH 1AAtE - fHshNaF
blame for this tro1nIe. II Il bad
discouraged the aEiess tendency
of the anti Chinese agitation daring
the pat fsz nb0oths, n Il had hoid,Y
called rios breeders and inssDdiaris- bJ
heir true names. II IL had printed o1'
t5s certain Consequence OF lasis5-nss-,
II II had done ala this ~ note lso3
enough 20 ssir up the peopis. tie shane
ssd the iujary u RIOS and biood-ssd
would have been aFerted and the city
would NOS uox suffer the dl-ersft OF
military rnls The dixlcattg
with tie seattle prs@s is that It - MT
financially strong. IL fezrs the Ip-- o.
public favor or Of business, Tor Titn'o'
their sss.dy egutinasncs H Ep9li 50
10 the wall. Il be-it sted - sussk o15
the disaQreeabls truth became u "a"
afraid publis s@atiBsut v0nid DOT - p
port it.--Povtla'd Orsg1saaf' fsD- I'm
10 viex Of the oasrssss perpesfased
upon shs Chinese Of Oregon City sba
Eas. Por land. aud the Ill concealed
restlessness and scsrseiy restrained tuf-
suIency In the city of Portland proper
., may be yell 10 inquire whether th'
journals Of Portland realize shat they
are about. Toe press Of Portland l.
largely to blame for this troGbis. III
IL bad discouraged the lsvIsss tendency
OF the anti Chinese agitation daring tk'
p.st few months" without confsuHdinR
vita laxiessness the sober eonviotion OF
the evils Of Chinese la migration held
by the Law abiding peogle OF the Paeih'
Coast. wiisoas misrs presenting the sen
timents Of toe people OF toe Coast 80
the general subjees Of Chinese immi
grafton; "if il had boldly called riot
breeders and ipcsndiariss by their irue
Names" withsut unfAysrasly esmpar
ing American ~orkingmen ~ q class
With Chiuese laborers, without boldly
calling American vorkiagmen drunken,
idle and shiftless; 'if is had pointed
cut the certain consequences OF Law
lsssncss," without confonnding lavlo-s-
ness and lawful agitation; "n 1t had
dops all this In note loud enough 10
stir up the people," the shame and in
jury Of having Chinese Iaborers robbed
and driven by night from the saburbs |
Of Portland woald have been sverted, |
and the city vosld not now suffer the |
discredit Of being compelled 10 &C
knowledge the inpotency of the au-
thorisies 10 prevent these outrARes.
The following resolutions we're adopt
Cd By 90 anti Chinese meeting at Port
land on Monday evening:
BE it resolved. That We, the oiiizens OF
thus meeting. recognize IN A. White
trus friend 10 the cause of white labor;
and be- it further
RssotVed, That, a. We have not the
means 10 20 his bonds. we will stand 4
BY him, even though our lives pay the
forfeit.
In the stereotyped phrase OF the Ore
gonian, this means riot or it means
nothing. IL resolutions Of such char
aotsr had been passed in Seattle. the
press would not have failed TO point
out the certain consequences Of la siess
ness. Why does the 0vegoHiaH pass
them over 10 silence? Why does 1t no,
denounos them and those WHO passed
them ''in note loud onsugh to stir up |
the people? Can It be- that the press
OF Portland Is not financially strong;
that II fears the loss OF public favor or
of business. for without their steady |
Continuance It would go to the wall; |
that It hesitatea to speak out the dis |
agreeable truth because 1t is afraid |
public sentiment will not support itr
There are two classes Of people who |
at this crisis, IL allowed To have their
way, will stir up strife and disorder in |
any community. In the first are those |
pestiferous aoitators who have no idea |
above physical force, Who profess to
believe that the popular sentiment of a
small aud unimportAnt eommnnily can
safely defy and override the laws Of the |
United States, and whose narrow minds |
are incapable Of oomprehending how a |
mar can be sternly devoted to the laws
Of his country and determined to up
bold them at all hAx ards and yet not be |
a"white Chinaman," China lover"
an employer Of Chinese or an enemy Of |
American workinemsn. In the SEQ ,nd |
class are those fierce extremists who be
lisve that no concession should be made |
10 popular sentiment who believe that
. man Who takes different view OF an
economic question from thai held by |
themselves is necessarily q fool and |
who believe that man who discouraees
the employment OF Chinese and favors
the complete prohibition of Chinese
immigration, is q riot breeder aud a
traitor. no matter how earnestly he may |
discourage any violation Of Law or how
great sacrifices he may make 10 support |
the Law. In the arst class are such pa
pers as those Of Tacoms, the Seattle
Cal, the snohomish Eye, the Blaine
!o~rnai and the whatcon Rspefils. The |
second class is represented BY the ORE.
ss~sa~. Between them is the great mas.
OF truly American citizens Who earnest.
iy desire 10 relieve American labor from |
Chinese competition, who do no. EN-
pley Chinese and discourage their em.
pioyment by others. and Who will re
joioe when laws are passed which will |
snessuslly exclude Chinese from the |
United states bas who realize that the |
hrss duty Of the citizen Is 10 .bcy. aad |
not only TO obey bat TO support. the la~
Who can see no ias,iaea,ion fer a viola. |
sion Of law. and Who comprehend tha,
In this country and this century the |
only adequate remedy for ss evil is sde
qaste legislation.