The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-03-22

public attention. A large and in
iluential convention had been in ses-
sion at Sacramento, and the results
of its deliberations are given in the
1ltd of the 18th. The main planks
of the Anti-Chinese platform adopted
are: -
WHEREAS, The people of the
State of California are, with an
unanimity of sentiment unparalleled
in history, opposed to the presence
of Chinese in their midst, and arc
likewise opposed to the further i'm
migration of that race into the United
States and whereas, this opposition
is not of sudden growth, but is the
result of more than thirty years
experience and whereas, the history
of all countries where the Chinese
have been permitted to reside among
other races is precise counterpart
of our own; and whereas, the evils
arising from the presence of the
Chinese are:
/. Their coming is an invasion,
not an immigration.
2. They have no families or homes
among us.
3. Their domestic relations and
mode of life are such as forever
preclude their assimilation with our
people.
/. BY education and customs they
are antogonistic to q republican form
of government.
3. They maintain in our midst
secret tribunals in defiance of our.
laws.
6. The presence of so many adult
males owing allegiance to a foreign
Government is dangerous.
Z. They deter laboring men from
coming to California.
s. The contract system by which
they come to this country is virtually
n system of peonage, hostile to
American institutions.
.. Their presence deters the
growth of reliable labor element
among our boys and girls.
10. After subsisting on the lowest
possible portion of their earnings
they remit the residue, amounting TO
many millions annually, to China,
while the substitution of American
labor would retain this vast sum of
money in our own country.
! For these and other reasons they
are constant and growing source
of irritation and danger to our State,
and it is necessary that their immi-
grafton he Immediately stopped,
and every lawful measure be adopted
to remove those now among us.
Therefore, be it
.ReSolced, That we demand that
the Government of the United States
take immediate steps to prohibit,
absolutely, this Chinese invasion.
Resolved, That to encourage the
early removal of the Chinese we
accept the suggestion of the Consti-
tuition of California, which says that
no Chinese shall ever be employed
upon any public work of the State,
except in punishment for crime.
Resolved, That the interests Of
the people of the State of California
demand, in harmony with the organ
ic law of the State, that the presence
of Chinese should be discouraged
in every particular, and that in every
instance preference should be given
to white labor; and we earnestly
appeal to the people to do theil
utmost to supplant the Chinese will
such labor. We are not in favor OF
any unlawful methods, but so firmly
are we impressed with the great i'm
portance of discouraging the en-
ployment of the Chinese, that We
recommend that they be not patron
lied in any way, and we are in favol
at the earliest moment of boycottine
any person who employs Cinnamon
directly or indirectly, or who pur
, chase the products of Chinese labor
The date at which the boycott com
mences in different localities shall il
all cases be left to the local leagues
r A mass meeting was held in th'
: Senate Chamber in the evenin!
4 under the auspices of the Knight
, of Labor, for the purpose of hear
| ing speeches upon the aims and pur
: poses of the organization. Tn
| meeting was well attended, tn
e chamber being comfortably filled
4 The meeting was called to order b.
President Hoffmeier, who caused th
e platform of the Knights of Labor t
: he read. Speeches were made b.
A f. j. Clark, Rev. n. F. Ravlin, an
t others, on the relations of capita
n and labor. All the speakers endorse
t the policy of the Citizens Amt
a Coolie Convention in adopting boy
S cotting resolution.
n An anti-Chinesc meeting was hel
;, on the 18th, at San Jose, at whic
5 the boot and shoe dealers adopte
q nm aUreoment that after Anril Is