Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-01-20
THAT ORDINANCE.
SPEECHES MADE BEFORE THE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
nese-Expulsion Ordinance
Refused u Passage.

The Board Of City Trustees met in
special session at 10 A. N. yesterday, all the
members present. Mayor Brown, in call
ing the meeting to order, said they had
convened for the purpose of considering an
ordinance looking to the expulsion of ali
Chinese from within the corporate limits
of the city of Sacramento. The lengthy
whereases," he said were no part of the
ordinance; he did not believe them to be
true, especially the one which said our
youth were debauched. He said that was
an incorrect statement, ill-advised, and
SANDER upon the fair name of the city of
Sacramento. He claimed that no city in
the Union had happier homes, more de-
cent, respectable and virtuous young men
and women than Sacramento, and anyone
who dared say differently was not ac-
quainted with the facts of the case and
was not aware of the high moral and social
standing of the Sacramento youth. After
reading the proposed ordinance, the Mayor
said: The City Attorney and Hon. 4. 7.
Catiin were asked for their opinion as to
the legality of the ordinance in question,
and their answers | will now read" THE
replies read and referred to were published
in full in the RECORD UNION Monday jan
uary 18th.
The Mayor then said if any present
desired to say anything upon the subject
they were invited TO do so.
Dr. q. 6. Tyrrell said he was member
OF the committee appointed to draft the
ordinance and he wished TO state in reply
to what had been said by the Mayor, that
in the many years of his practice in this
city he had found that the things spoken of
in the "whereases' had been fruitful
source of the ruin of the youth in this CITY,
Boys, many of them from to Is years of
age, had been ruined both in body and
mind by the things spoken of in the pre-
amble which the Mayor objected to read
ing. He instanced one case where
young mana competent mechanic in the
railroad shops of this city-had contracted
disease by indiscreet associations in the
slums of | street, which resulted in his
leaving this city, and afterwards, thinking
he had the leprosy, committed suicide in
the city of Oakland by putting bullet
through his brain. II is not SANDER, but
| many and scores OF cases have come under
| the observation. of the medical practice in
this city.
ARE THEY TO BLAME FOR ALL THE MISERY?
Mayor Brown-Doctor, | have the ut
| most regard for your medical and surgical
| ability, but | would like to ask you whether
you are sure that the diseases from which
those patients suffered were not contracted
in the low dens of infamy and vice on Sec
ond and L streets, instead of the Chinese
quarter?
DR.. Tyrrell-All | know is what they
told me. They said the disease was OBJ
| tanned in Chinatown, and ! have no reason
| TO doubt their statement. On the contrary,
| have every reason to believe it. 1t is
well-known fact that these Acknowledged
| females stand in their doorways and in
yeigle the youth into their dens. and the
| life of many fair boy is bighted. and dis
| eases contracted that are in reality worse
| than death for the horrible effects viii be
| transmitted to children yet unborn.
| Mayor Brown-Fr0m what | can learn
| | am OF the opinion that the evil spoken
| of comes largely from the quarter | spoke
Iof, instead OF Chinatown. The Mayor then
gave many reasons upon which he founded
| his belief He still maintained that the
| imputation against the morals of the youth
of the city was all wrong. The number of
cases where youth had been ruined were
intinitesimally small, considering the
| great number in this city, and not in excess
or even equal to that of many other cities
where Chinese formed no part of the pop
| ulation. The laws now on the statute
| books, and city ordinances now in force
permit US to drive out diseased individuals
| Migrants, lepers, etc; ana to cover that
| there was no occasion for the passage of the
proposed ordinance, which the Trustees
were advised was unconstitutional. En-
| force the police regulations and Won can
| do wonders. He said the Chief of Police
| had shown, by the suppression of gamb-
| ling in this city, how easy it was to sup
press crime and illegal acis. when sworn
officers Of the law were disposed to do their
duty.
DR.. Tyrrell-I did not come here to speak
upon the legality of the ordinance, and was
not appointed upon the committee TO look
| out for that part. of the ordinance. Nv
opinion was simply asked rs to its effects
| as moral and sanitary measure | am
strongly in favor of the ordinance so long
as 1t is intended to take away this vice from
our midst
Mayor Brownie have police and sani.
tary regulations that can accomplish that,
and Chief OF Police and Health Officer
competent to see that 1t is DONE Mr.. Cat
lin, whose opinion has been read, is as true
to principle as is the North Star to iirec-
ton a man whose legal ability | regard as
equal to that of any lawyer in this city. and
you have heard me read what he saws about
this ordinance.
ONE OF THE COMMITTEE SPEAKS.
Frank d. Ryan, one of the lawyers who
framed the ordinance, was the next
speaker, and urged its passage. Hequoted
the same authorities and used the same
argument as that advanced by Mr.. johnson
in the Metropolitan Theater on Monday
evening, and a synopsis of which was pub
lished in the RECORD UNION of Yesterday.
He dissented from the opinion of Mr.. Cat
lin, held that it was constitutional, author
lied by statutory law, and it was not only
necessary for the public good, but manda-
tory upon the Board to pass it. Much as
he respected the legal ability of the CITY
Attorney and Mr. Catlin, he advised the
Board to ignore their advice and pass the
ordinance, which, he contended, would aid
the California delegation in Congress to Sc
cure much-needed legislation
DEFENDING HIS POSITION.
City Attorney Anderson said, having been
ridiculed the evening before by speaker
at the theater meeting, he felt called upon
to say few words in his own behalf. He
recognized the evils attendant upon the
Chinese fsidents among US. They were
dangerous 20 our civilization. and he was
ready 10 attempt anything to ALLEVIATE the
evils and wrongs complained of. He said
he was sincere in the matter. practiced
what he preached, was no moral coward
had lived in this community since he was
three airs old, having come here in 1910.
and in al those years he had never shirked
duty, Dor curried favor with anv CLIQUE.
corporation or class. When admitted to
the bar, and again when sworn into the
Office be now holds, he had taken an oath,
and solemnly pledged himself to support
the Constitution of the United States and
also that of the State of California. the
Constitution of the former being para
mount. When legal matters of this nature
are referred to me | will give an honest
opinion. Without intending TO cast anv
reflections, presuming that those men. able
and learnedin the legal profession. who had
drawn this ordinance had carefully digested
/ 1t from every conceivable law point. |
suggested some questions, and to which |
have received as yet no reply. These evils. !
as the Mayor has suggested, can be in a |
great measure remedied by the enforce |
ment of Section $40 of the Penal Code. |
do not say it boastfully, because | am a |
public official, nor because of my probable |
candidature again for office, but because | |
am workingman and q workingman's |
friend, that | am the author of all the CITY |
ordinances relative to the correcting Of !
Chinese evils in this city have no idea |
that the people are so hind as m tIipL- tba,,