Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-02-07
.xTt.CaIxE.E MEETING.


,seting, very large crosd gathered
:, ,hs b iou Theatsr last evening "a
o.r,isipate in the exercises either AZ
.,.aksrs or spectators. The thsater vas
Lar and well hested and the stage
..,nesed With bright tapestry. The bar
=, the entrance was covered over With
..nyas 90 that it could not be seen. The
.,a,ence vas large, but owing TO the
..o,n prevailing a, the time Was prin
.n.Ily CON Hnpossd Of msn- As = role the
1,sn,s v.s well behaved, but there
- considerable interest manifested,
"a the various speakers we're warmly
.oolsuded The boxes. "a vel a. the
sss,.oriom, we're flied. There were
,-,hablg six hundred persons present.
M M,MiIlAn vas caosen cnsifm .n,
"a in tina, earnest and straightforward
~snosr which has characterized his
sonr.s and actions throughout the agi-
,s,iou. stated the object of the meeting
M. ]. KnOf, very Courteous and
..,oneteut young member Of the knights
"A Labor, vas chosen secretary.
Alter Mr.. Mcmillan had fiaished his
,smarks. John Ksaue. the witty sSn Of
,hs Emerald Isle, amused the audience
o., a time vito his droll sayings, and
,,scoentIy oonvulsed them with laugh
YER.
Mr.. X. Kidd took the platform and
,ntroduced the foIioving resolutions.
vhich we're adopte!:
WHrKxAs, About four years aeo GER
tain OF our leading citizens, business
nan and sshers. foroibly took from the
ofhcsfs Of the Law and from the county
i.ii thrse persons charged wlta crime.
md without trial and against lag. san
marily executed theB, and, according
n the letter of the Law, said citizens,
tuznsss men and other persons, oom
pitted deliberate and prameiitated
morder and set at defiance the Law of
the land, aud
WHKsxas, Such ao.s have gone with
oat ufosecation. and although several
grand iarIes wera expressly instructed
10 ind indictments against the guilty
psrtles 10 saoh acts of murder, no in
de,meut vas ever found thereon, aud
,ss parties thas guilty have not only
eess antoasaed by even the rneroies OF
the lag, bat their acts have been
shisldsd BY public sentiment under tbe
pIsa OF necessity, and under a public
issling OF adherence and indignation
Al the heinoLs crimes charged against
ths victims, although there hsd been no
suoh laxrty 10 the administration of
iastice tnas should then jastify such ex
ifeme measures under tne exesse OF a
Iass resort, bat not nov wishing to palli-
ate she necessity or jastiee OF such acts
on the part Of those who thus took the
- l. k. mr. AneAaaA
70 omaking tish OF one set of oitlzsns and
fowl Of another; therefore
Resoiued, That In onr opinion ths oi.i-
xsxso of Tacoma, who removed the Chi
psse from their city by force which WAS
ensrasterizsd by no violence or unoIvll-
szsd eel, we're moved by q greater pub
iic necessity anu public indignation
than sasfained the people OF Seattle in
taking the lives of their viotims as
above mentioned. and that said latter
necessity and public Indignation vas
founded more IN the laxity OF the ad-
minissration of the law, the otherwise
inemsdiable public injuries Of a worse
character than was charged against the
seattle victims, as being or leading TO
multiplication of such acts 30 charged.
and after the people Of Tacoma, IN CON-
muu Nitu DtuoFS tht StR1ts
have been more forbearing under
greater wrongs and oppreseions Of long
sodering from the Chinese curse, by the
neglect OF the Government and its non
protection of its own citizens against
insaffsraole injuries thus allowed TO
continue and accumulate, without other
hope OF relief.
Resolved, That il il the almost unani.
.sf nnhtta nm.
the Pacific Coast, where the facts and
circumstances are known aud ander
stood, that the citizans OF Tacoma who
are indicted for renovina the Chinese
from their city have effected great pab-
lic good in the only effectasl manner,
and although we are not new advising
others to attempt the like dangerous
methods, yet we, in common with the
mass Of citizens on this coast, believe
that the prosecution of said indictment
vill effect no good d-woald be an iojus.
toe 10 the defendants. whilst the Seat
tic lynohers go unproseouted - ard
therefore that no oonviotien Of said
defendants Ia possible; but that great
Unnecessary costs and annoyanoes to
other cillzens will snsue upon said
prosecution; and We therefore reqaest
that either suits for indictments be dis
missed, or with such proposed prosecu
ton the Seattle lyuchers be also prose
eated, 90 that justice without discrImi-
nation will be meted out by the so
called impartial administrator OF
justice under q free government
Rssoleei farther, That it 10 oar opin-
lon that the United States Attorney
should wash his hands of the charges
sx.N N..kx rt N the
ton Of the thrse men Ia Seattle before
he undertakes 10 prosecute the Tacoma
citizens; at leas, We trust that his CON
science will stay his hands and weaken
his psrpose against the Tacoma citi
xens. should he persist in their prose
eution from pressure from Washington
or other unavoidable cause.
A. q. Turner spoke next, and related
his experience with the Chinese problem
In California.
Judge I. Ii. Cam was called for. He
told the audience his history from the
time he vss a barefsoted boy in Cali
fafnia. Without even the rudiments Of
"a educatisn, ap TO the present tins.
and gave his hearers the benefit Of What
he knew about the manner Ia which
Chinese iaundrymen sprinkle their
~tsst1t1t anu hVN hh1 N&dA1to~ "Nkps1otN
peddlers enrich their gardens and make
the vegetables grow, and promised next
time 90 read of a list of his acqaaint
anscs who ps,ronizs these vegetable
venders.
Mrs. keuworthy spoke at some length,
after Witch Mr.. Mcmillan insrodaccd
the following resolutions. which were
adopted
wHKnkAs, NosvithstandinG the pots
onous elemeRt Of Chinese slave labor
which has los; recently convulsed the
vhole social state tn its efforts TO throw
ed the nausea, which will aot assimilste
nof ever leave society IN any other than
aspssmodic condition until u shall be
totally relieved from this foreign eie-
ment; and
wHxzsAs, There are selfish. narrow
minded persons. many OF whom have
fsiiened OF Of the pubic prosperity and
The misfortunes Of better men, who rs-
fase 10 tsks upsn themselves any OF tns
cares or responsibilities for the pabiic
good, bai With bluntsd sensibilities aud
eiutted appetites are still inseosible 10
Toe demands Of an overwhelming poo
Ne sentiment in matters of most serious
concern TO all, aud blinded by the i'm
neciltty Of selfish obesity, they still per
slst In the employment and patronage of
CAinese labor and products: aud as such