Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-08-21
MASS MEETING.
THE BOYCOTT SAFETF COMMITTEE
OF SACRAMENTO
Declare Their Prin4ipies-Speech
by Members of the Isegisla-
ture at Turner Hall.

Turner Hall was we'll filled last evening
TO listen to speeches made by members Of
the Legislature under the auspices of the
Boycott Safety Committee of Sacramento.
A large number of ladies were present.
The meeting was called to order by Cap
cain John P. Dalton, who announced the
following list of officers President, SEN
ator Joseph Routier: Presidents
Senator C. W. Cross. 4. G. Johnson, SEN
ator J. NJ. Days, William Mclaughlin,
Senator NJ Kelly, J. B. Devine, Jerome
Porter, Hon. G. G. Goucher, E. W. Hale
Hon. N. f. C. Munday, w. A. Caswen
Captain H. Weinstock, William Gutenber-
ger, Hon. Thomas II. Mcdonald, J. G..
Knowles, c. A. jenkins, A. E. Hornlein,
Captain l. G. Mesick. Secretaries-M. J..
O'Reilly, NJ. Conner, c. A. Carlson, Robert
D. Muir.
When Senator Routier walked upon the
platform he was greeted with rounds Of ap-
plause He said he was more than pleased
for the honor conferred-that of presiding
over SuCn Il IlG Sdlu LIS llcllt L
was in the cause His heart was in this
work first, last and all the time. He said,
You know me of old; you know that
when l take a stand from principle stay.
We used to have q citizens bovcotting or
ganization 1t lasted only few weeks, or
q few months. 1t was soon ascertained
that the managers of the organization who
said thev were standing in for white labor
were simply lying. While pretending to
be anti Chinese. while crying out against
the evils of Chinese labor, they were en-
ploying Chinese domestics Chinese did
their laundrying: Chinese made their ci-
gars; Chinese did their cooking; the
waiting maids Of their wives and daughters
were Chinese. The did not boycott those
who employed Chinese, but what they
did do was to boycott lots of your
workingmen. In speaking for my
self, | would rather be a boycott
ter and know that l was right,
and be nominated for any office
and be conscious of the fact that l was
wrong Applausc.l We have formed
secret society-the Boycott Safety Commit
tee of Sacramento-an organization en-
tirelv peaceful in character, one that has
for its only object the ridding ourselves of
the Chinese quickly and peaceably. AL
ready we have a large membership in this
city; we permeate every line OF business
we are represented in every class of labor,
and our aim is to ascertain the name of
every individual who employs Cinnamon,
and then to boycott him, in our hearts, and
Withdraw from him all our patronage.
There are no published lists but they are
boycotted all the same, and will sooner or
later feel the weight Of our influence
through that medium, the best of all teach
ers, experience" The Senator spoke OF the
number Of gentlemen who We're in the
movement heart and soul, and paid glow
ing tributes to Senators Reddy and Fllcher
and Assemblyman McGlashan.
SENATOR P. REDDY.
He introduced as the first speaker of the
evening Senator 2. Reddy, Of Mono. When
the Senator came upon the stand there was
"A wild outDurst OF applause, ana cueS OF
He's our next Governor
The Senator said be was sorry to say that
he would be unable to address the meeting.
He ought not to be present, but if he had
obeyed his physician's instructions would
be in his room. However he had come
before them to bear testimony that he was
with them, heart and soul, i'll their efforts
to release themselves from an acknowl-
edged evil. He was pleased to see so many
present who were not afraid to stand up
for and maintain their rights against the
Mougolian evil. There should be 4 remedy
and it should be found speedily. He could
find none but the boycott, therefore he had
no hesitancy in announcing that he was a
bovcotter lie was . boycotter, first, last
and all the time. 1t was 4 legal remedy,
but involved self-denial and seli-cOntrOl.
He claimed all had a right to exercise a
natural inherent privilege, that of choosing
their own company, favor those who favor
us and our friends, and withheld the same
from those who would rather give aid to
Mongolian aliens than those of their own
race, their own flesh and blood. APP
plause7 Some objected to the name of
boycott He knew many people who took
nauseous potions put up in bottles labeled
with Outlandish names still they took
their medicine all the same. He saw
nothing in the name of boycott that should
alarm anyone. 1t was not very long. not
hard to spell, very easy to pronounce, and
he was in favor of its use.
AssEMBLYMAE M'GLAsHAN.
The Chairman next introduced C. f.
McGlashan as the Hero of Truckee," the
man who had been the means of banishing
all the Chinese from the TruCkee basin.
The speaker was greeted with uproarious
applause. He said that the boycott was
freedoms battle: it had begun, and battles
for freedom always won. He said they
were contending with an enemy of great
resources. There has apparently been a
cessation OF hostilities, and those against
us say the movement is dead. How sadly
are they mistaken. The nti-Chinese agi-
ton is not dead Our forces have been
busily engaged digging a mine under the
enemies, and now we are ready to explode
the mine and teach the prO-Chinese that
the boycott is not dead. It is the mine of
the Boycott Safety Committee Ap-
plause.l In all towns of any considerable
size in the State have these silent organiza-
tions grown up; their secret meetings are
well attended their work progressing
harmoniously, and tonight in Sacramento
the capital city of the State, where the boy
colt was born the Boycott Committee holds
its first meeting Boycottersl We are
proud to be called boycotters. 1t is the
edict of the people, and the people are soy
ereign. 1t is the weapon of the laooring
man, and in this warfare is their only
weapon. Pro-ChineSe advocates and SYM
pathizers can use, if they so desire, Chinese
cigars and other articles manufactured by
Chinese, but the time has not come when |
they can compel Americans to use the pro-
ducts of Mongolian labor. In this State |
there are 900 Chinese engaged in the man. |
men can get employment in that industry. |
A cigar made by q white man should be as |
good as one made by a Chinaman, yet We |
20 on smoking Chinese cigars. Any article |
by white man should be as |
good as that made by Chinaman, still we |
those articles regardless of who |
them. We thus furnish en- |
ployment to the Mongol, and people of our |
own race are left to starve. When you |
employ Chinese, either as domestics or in |
directly by purchasing the result of their |
abor. YOU are helping him snatch the |
bread from the family table of the white |
aborer. Thousands of Cinnamon in this |
State are not only taking the bread from |
he white families, but are the cause of |
heir boys growing up in idleness, be- |
coming hoodlums and opium tiends: |
heir daughters are forced into the |
laths of death because all avenues of |
abor are monopolized, and there is left for |
hem no means of earning an honest and |
living Go where you will, .
the Chinese are employed. Go |
where YOU will everywhere, and you find |
hundreds of white persons in forced idle
less. The steamers that arrive at San !
francisco are bringing to our shores far
more Chinaman than they take away. The
tatementS of the large numbers that leave
md the small number that arrives, that are
published in the papers, are untrue. The
eporters only get for publication such
igures as those engaged in their transport
tion see fit to give. Smuggling Chinese
trough the British possessions has become
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