Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1886-05-28

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held in Portland, and which the R,
publican ring organs have misrepr
sented. We ask every voter in Orr
gon to read it. /.
PoRrLAsD, March II, 1886.
To THE ED,. OF THE oREeosrAs:
You and I have been neighbors an
friends for about twenty years. w
are still such and hope we may re
main such for the remainder of ON
lives All that we both have mad
was made and is now invested in Port
land, and we both ought. therefore
upon every question affecting Portland
and Oregon to advise that policy which
we think to be the best policy. If
however, we should happen to dife,
las we very often do) it is no reason
why 1 should abuse you or you should
abuse me. We ought, in discussing
questions affecting public interest to
treat each other respectfully and
fairly. have carefully read what you
have said to day on this Chinese ques.
ton and although havo very materi-
ally differed with you on every point
except when you have urged compli-
ance with, and an enforcement of. the
law, have held my peace, until now.
But now when you have come boldly
out and have demanded, as 1 read it.
IN plain and unmistakable terms the
formation of a vigilance committee.
which Is nothing else in the world but
measure of outlawry, it is high time
that l and every other iaw-abidinp
citizen of Portland should most sol |
emnly protest against it. Why should
a vigilance committee be formed9
Are the courts of justice obstructrd9
Has the sheriff been resistedl The
courts are unobstructed, and the officers
OF the law have not in one single in
stance, met with resistance. Then
why this appeal to mob law, for vig-I.
lance committee is nothing else in the
world than well organized mobY Is
It for the purpose of hanging two or
'hree men without judge or jury, for
'he sake of intimidating othersY This
would be simply murder, and nothing
Use. The condition of affairs that /,
low exist in and about Portland is {
leplorable, indeed. Bands of lawless :
Midnight marauders are abroad, and :,
is deliberately proposed to organize ;
mother lawless band to oppose them. r
his is a sad state Of affairs. How /
nuch better they manage things in !,
california. There last week a state !.
onvention was held, composed in part n
the best citizens of the state, and a =
nited resolve was made to use every !,
awful effort toward the removal of =
ne Chinese from the state, and one Of ;,
ne means employed was boycotting OF {,
ne Ohinese. This measure is perfect 6,
lawful, expedient, practical, iustifa- !,
lie and effective. Why do not the y
eople of Portland and of Oregon per- r
ne the same policyf Why are thew u
OF acting unitedly on this question. as :.
re the people of California; In that .,
ate the leading men joined the anti 4,
'oiie movements, and the leading pa 81
era espoused its cause. But both :.
ZEN and papers there purused the T.
'me course that John Myers and the al
ews have endeavored to pursue here. a.
hey used influence in keeping the Il
ovement within the bounds of the :.
W. 1t the Oregonian had also pur- al
led the same course we undoubtedlv :,
ould have had united action in this :.
ate the same as has been had in Cal -,
'rnia, and the organization could a.
wv De doing effective work in a law 7
way removing the curse Of Chinese ~,
avery from the soil OF Oregon. But n
. oregonian saw ft to oppose the
ovement from the start, and to be. =.
tie those who engage in it. This :,
8 embittered some and has had :.
ndency to drive them to extreme -
assures, and the result has been the -
of feeling between neigh =
rs who differ on this question, the me
lboldening Of the Chinese and carry -,
OF weapons by both PARTIES, and !,
the Chinese also, so that with the ~,
blood that is aroused, and the Z
rying of weapons, we are really :.
nding on the verge of volcano -
u Is liable to burst forth at any mo- -,
Mt. Let us both endeavor to pour r.
ter instead of oil upon the rising rof
mes. e1
ant
You and | must agree to the fact -,
t the presence of the Chinese here -
Oregon is an unmiigated evil Put -
9 the average of the number of os
Chinese in Portland at the low flo -,
OF 1000, and putting the money l. :
, , have earned at rs cents day, and the
the last twenty years they have ac- the
nulated $1s,7so,o0O. The proba. mi,
t1 really ia Aha4 h.. noa a boz