Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-07-01
ChAnese Exclusion

United States before continue to pour
into San Francisco under the "prior-
residence" act. If the Chinese are to be
excluded, the law should be carried out.
The way things are conducted at present
is demoralizing in the extreme.-[Times.
The Cleveland organs take it for granted
that the new Chinese treaty will be
strictly and honestly enforced. 1t may
be if Mr.. Harrison is elected, but II Mr..
Cleveland continues another term, there
is small chance of improvements. f.
Call.
Sunday the steamer Gaelic arrived
from Hongkong, bringing a large addl-
ton to the Chinese Colony in this city.
The vessel carried as many as she is
allowed to by law-the number being
|I,l7S. OF these III are provided with
certificates, while 3S2 will seek landing
on the prior residence plea. OF the "cer-
ti6cate men" 742 are laborers and 29
merchants. There are thirteen in tran
sit for Panama, seven for Havana, and
five for Guaymas. The certificate"
men on her will be landed as fast as they
are examined, and the landing of the
guarantee" men will begin in the early
part of next WEEKS. F. Bulletin.
"The exclusion frcm our shores of
Chinese laborers has been efectually
secured. - Democratic National Plat.
form.
The last excerpt is from the Eapress OF
last night.
There is not an intelligent man in
America who does not know that for
years the Democratic party in general
joined readily with the people of this
Coast in an earnest endeavor to exclude
the Chinese from our shores. When
General Harrison and the other Republi
can members of both houses Of Congress
were voting almost solid against every
measure proposing to shut out the Mon
gols, the Democrats with quite as neal
unanimity were voting with this Coas'
for such bills. AS to the pres
ent time the Bayard Treaty, if it had
been passed by the Republican Senate
when laid before that body months ago
would have shut out every. prior sresiden
now arriving in this country. This th'
Republican Senators failed to do. Will
that slavish subserviency which Repub
lican politicians always develop toward
any interest of the millionaire classe
and against any interest of the laborin,
masses; with that rank and mealy
mouthed hypocrisy which always char
acterizes the methods of Republican
politicians, the Senators of that part,
refused to ratify the new treat,
with China. Cold, callous, false
lhypocritical John Sherman ant
others of his ilk insisted on making
unimportant and unmeaning amend
ments to that convention. The result
are months of delay, and an opportunity
for all who have and for all who cal
flch certificate, to flock back before tn
treaty goes into effect. There were tw'
purposes in the mind of Mr.. Sherman
and his abetters when they provided thi
respite for their Mongol pets ON
was that the party might set up
claim on this Coast for zeal in thi
Chinese matter, and at the same time ex
plain to the Eastern Philo-C Chimes
Republicans that in reality their amend
ments allowed these Chinese to get bacl
before the treaty went into effect. Th
other was that as many Chinese as pos
sible might get back, pending the ratif
cation of the treaty. The more of th
"little brown men" get in, the better
will please the Republican Senators, tn
Republican nominee for the Presidency
and that party generally.