Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1886-03-13
THIRD MEETING.
Good Speeches-A large and In
terested Audience.

SOuit IiouSc, idol hoiludJ evening" was
called to order by w. w. Byron,
Chairman. The minutes Of previous
meeting were read and approved. The
Executive Committee reported additions
to the list Of signatures to the covenant,
and having visited some Of the business
men to invite their cooperation. That
some had signed and that doubtless
more would during the week. They
also reported having received one appli
cation for a white cook to replace a
Chinaman. Report adopted. A meet
ing of the Executive Committee was
announced to be held Tuesday evening
March 9th, at the office of the LYON
COUNTY TIMES.
Mr.. Sam Davis of the Carson Appeal
was introduced to the audience and de-
livered an address lasting over an hour,
full of interest and practical sugges-
tons. Mr.. Davis prefaced his address
by saying that difficult case in court,
in order to insure its successful plead
ing needed an eloquent tongue, and ora
tor. But case in which every element
Of right was apparent needed not
Fitch, Edgerton or Ingersoll, but any
one horse speaker would be sufficient,
and that was his apology for being pre-
sent to speak in the anti Chinese cause.
Mr.. Davis spoke fully of the origin of
the movement upon this coast. Showed
how Truckee succeeded in triumphing
over gigantic opposition in displacing
seven hundred Chinese laborers, and
filling their places with American citi-
zens. Mr.. Davis explained how all
that beneficial reform was brought
about by the continued, but fruitless
efforts of a mother to procure employ
ment of the Chinese employers for her
sons. How it caused the sympathy and
interest of the citizens, manifested in
her case, to fan into flame which con.
sumed all opposition. He gave in de-
tail the obstacles which had to be met
in Carson by this movement, the means
adopted, and the success accomplished.
Frank Pixley of the AygoHaM received
well merited scoring for prostituting
his splendid abilities by using
his pen against his fellow men and in
favor of the Chinese. Mr.. Davis spoke
about the opposition in Dayton by the
business men TO the movement; how
they were laggards elsewhere at first,
but at last were clamerous to join when
, they found their short-sighted policy
was a loosing one to them, and pre-.
dicted that the same result would fol-
low here. He showed that the Bur-
lingame treaty contained no provisions
that were being Distracted or violated
by the Chinese movement. How
the restriction act was a burlesque and
utterly inefficient to accomplish what
it purported TO do, and that every man
who preferred his own race to a China
man had therefore no valid excuse to
offer for not helping in SO good cause.
Eight million of dollars were shown by
statistics to be drained annually from
the Pacific coast and sent to China where
it is lost to us. The principles of the
"boycott" were explained, its irresti-
BILE power to force "kickers" into line
was demonstrated by its being every.
where victorious where applied.
Mr.. Davis speech was listened to
with rapt attention and was greeted
with applause.
Mr.. Wells Drury, Deputy Secretary
of State followed in a short and inter.
esting speech, in which he enlarged
upon some facts and touched upon others
omitted by the first speaker. In refer
ring to the absurdity of ever trying to
make christians of the Chinese. Mr..
Drury brought down the house by re.
marking that the temporal welfare Of
one American citizen was worth more
to him than the spiritual welfare of the
whole Chinese nation.
Upon the conclusion of the speech
vote of thanks upon motion of E. F.
Morton was rendered both speakers,
The Chairman invited any who were
present, and opposed the movement to