, 1886-03-12

anti Chinese convention, now here in ses-
sion, adopted the following resolution:
That no man now directly employing
or patroniring Chinese be placed on the
committee Of resolutions"
The stringency of this resolution nearly
created a difficulty, as, owing to the alb
sence of white labor. all employers in Cal
ifornia have been dependent on Chinese
labor. The good sense of the chairman
prevented trouble, and all members of the
committee, representing the best and
most influential interests of the Pacific
coast, were accepted. A committee was
appointed to prepare a memorial to on
gress, setting forth the evils from which
the entire Pacific coast suffers from the
Chinese laborer. The memorial was pre-
scented this evening. 1t is a long docu
ment, embracing about 10000 words, and
is a review of the whole Chinese ques-
ton from its earliest incipiency to the
present moment After the adoption of
tuc mtnnOIiais fccolutiouS "eit Ohcicu
and referred. They opposed violence, adj
vocated an uncompromising boycott, and
requested the appointment of a commit
tee to solicit subscriptions to hire ships to
deport Chinese; requested all congress-
men to discharge Chinese; demanded that
the Chinese be cut OH from all the privil-
eyes enjoyed by citizens; requested con-
gress TO abrogate the Hawaiian treaty.
and demanded the removal of the Chinese
Six companies. Several other resolutions
of a similar tenor were offered, all OF
which we're referred. The finance com
mittee reported a measure advocating an
assessment of 81 25 per member, proxies
to be paid for at the same rate. Adopted.
The following is the platform presen-
ted by the committee to the convention.
WHEREAS. the people of the state Of
California are, with unanimity Of senti-
ment, unparalleled in history, opposed to
the presence of Chinese in their midst,
and are likewise opposed to 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 other
countries, where the Chinese have been
permitted to reside among other races is
the precise counterpart of our own; and,
WHEREAS, the evils arising from the
presence of Chinese are; first, their com
ing is an invasion, not an immigration
second, they have no families or homer
among us, third, their domestic relations
and modes of life are such as forever
to preclude their assimilation will
our people; fourth, by education
and customs, they are %antagonistic to Z
republicanlform of government; fifth, THEY
maintain in our midst secret tribunals il
defiance of our laws; sixth, the presenc,
OF so many adults, owing allegiance to a
foreign government, is dangerous; sey
enth, they deter laboring men from com
ing to California; eighth, the contrac
system, by which they come to this com
try, is virtually a system of peonage anC
hostile to Americans ninth, their pres
cnce deters the growth Of a reliable labo'
element among our boys and girls; tenth
after subsisting on the lowest possible
portion Of their earnings, they remit thu
residue Amounting to many millions nnu
ally to China, while the substitution o
American labor would retain this vast sun
Of money in our country. For these rea
sons theyare aconstant and growing SQUIRE
of irritation and damage TO our state, it !
necessary that their immigration beimme
diately stopped and every lawful measur
adopted to remove those among us;
RESOLVED, That We demand that tn
government Of the United States take i'm
mediate steps to prohibit absolutely thi
Chinese invasion.