The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-08-05

A TAX ON IMMIGRANTS.
| WHEREAS, One Of the greatest evils Oh unfe.
strlcted foreign immigration is the reduction Vi
| the wages Of the American working man ana We
man 10 the level Of the underfed and unaerpaiu
| labor OF foreign countries,
Therefore, we demand that Congress pass
| immigration laws whereby per capita tax shall
be levied upon and collected from all Immigrants
coming to the United States, and that sucn tan :.
| be made large enough 10 restrain immigration
from all foreign countries; and further, Ihat an
| persons not in sympathy with our Cover nInenl
| should be prohibited from immgratlng 10 these
| United States.
| We regard the American common school sys-
4 tenn as one Of the chief factors IN the formation,
and one OF the principal powers lor lne perpeiIu In
/ alton OF our republican form OF government. N
| Government .'of the people, by the people anu
for The p ople" intelligence Is one OF the primer
| pal elements OF safety, and common scnOol Gu,
| ucation should be made compulsory by law. Ed
| ucation is secret debt which the present gen
Grafton owes to the future. The common schools
must continue 10 be the nurseries OF cltlZeDSblp
| where our youth shall be taught the common
branches, the history, the PRINCIPLES and me
| spirit of American Institutions and where the
highest standard OF excellence as regards moral,
| mental and Industrial education shall be main
tained, and from which shall be rigidly excindeo
all sectarian and denominatlonal teaching, III
] order that children OF all natlonalities moideu
| by them shall become Americans.
The common schools must be protected from
all assaults, native or foreign, sectarlan or &c
| cleslastlcal; and all private schools must 10
under State Inspection and teach the EnglIsh
| language as preparation for intelligent citizen-
| snip. The American flag ought 10 float over every
school building in The land us an object lesson III
patriotism for childhood, and as symbol 10 t. ne
world that We consider these buildings Inc
| arsenals OF our strength.
AS an important step In defense OF the COM
mon school system of education and in the per
| petuatloD OF The separation OF church ana Stale
| we join with other citizens in seeking TO lncOr-
, poIate IN the Constitution OF the United States q
| sixteenth amendment embOdying the following
prohibitions:
No State shall pass any law respecting an es-
Enlistment OF religion or prohibiting the Tree
exercise thereof, or use its property or credit OF
any money raised by taxation, or author lZe
either to be used for the purpose OF foundlng =
maintaining or aiding by appropriation payment
| for services, expenses or Otherwise, any cnuren,
| religious denomination or religious society, OF
any Institution, society or undertaking which Is
wholly or IN part under sectarian or eeclesiasti'
| cal CONTROL"
RESOLVED, That after the year 1885, no person
| shall be allowed to exercise the right OF Suffrage
| unless he can speak, read and write Inc Engllsn
language intelligently.
THE SALOON IN POLITICS.
Resolved, That the American party recognizes
| in The saloon the great agency by which cOIrup-
LION IN politics Is iostered and the power Oh ahG
bosses maintained; and hereby pledges Hsell
honestly and earnestly 10 work Tor Inc reslrlc-
tiOn OF the evil 10 the narrowest possible limit.
| ReSoiued, That the American party believes III
and will DO It's utmost toward maintaining pure
ballUt-b box, and to that end are In favor OF an
election law which embodes the features ana
| principles of The Australian ballot system
| ReSolred, That the American party DeHeVes
| In a free and full expression Of The people upon
all questions OF public interest, ana Tor inc DelteI
attainm ent OF This end we favor the enactment oil
| law by which any question of general import,
upon lie petition TO The Governor, OF three per
| cent Of the total vote cast at the last previous
election, shall be submitted TO the electors at the
| next general election for their approval or re-
| lection.
| Believing that the industries OF America de-
| mand Increase of circulating medium, the
American party hereby declares Itself III favor Of
| the free coinage of silver.
| Resolred, That We are heartily in favor OF the
| bill introduced in the Senate OF tile United
States by the Hon. Leland Stanford, providing
| for loaning the money Of tie Government lC
agricuturists al low rates OF interest, taking as
| security therefor the land OF The borrower; and
We earnestly urge upon Congress The passage oil
| this bill. j. NJ. BASsETT, Chaltlrman.
w. MAYERHoFER, Secretary.
The free coinage, reconsideration vote,
| Australian ballot, anti-saiOoD, religious
schooling, English-speaking voters, and
| Senator Stanford farmers loan bill clauses
were applauded during the reading.
| AIMED AT LA NDLoRDISM.
Some discussion was bad over the clause
! denying the right of foreigners and aliens to
| hold real property. Several delegates con-
sidered the clause as opposed to The Consti-
/ tuition.
Delegate William Thompson stated that
the clause was valid and should stand.
| Delegate E. C.. Williams considered that
| the clause was aimed TO stay the growth of
| foreign landl0rdism, which had attained
enormous and alarming proportions. He
| iDstanced the holding of millions upon
| millions of acres of land in America by En-
| glish capitalists, who had never even
| crossed the ocean to America, and were, in
| fact, following the same rules as 10 real
property in this country as in England.
| Still, as capital is needed IN America, II
! should be welcomed, only foreigners should
be prohibited from owning the land and
| then not living on it.
A motion that the word "real," preceding
tie word property, in the clause under
consideration. be stricken out. was lost
sTANFoRD'S LOAN BILL.
Delegate Simpson moved that the resolu-
! ton indorsing Senator Stanford's bill for
providing loans to farmers be stricken out.
Delegate Williams Endorsed the re5olu-
| ton and thought the Government able to
! loan money to the people cheaper than any
| banker or capitalist aud thought ii a wise
and excellent idea. He saw no reason why
| the Government should not help poor farm
ers, and the only opposition he ever heard
| against the bill was from capitalists who
| had money to loan. 1t was the duty OF the
| Government to furnish cheap money 10 the
| people and Senator Stanford's bill is step
| in that direction.
| F. NJ. Pixley contended that Senator
| Stanford'S bill is one OF the best ever IN
troduced. A congress of farmers would
certainly indorse It, He instanced the
| great depression in agriculture in the
Central, Western and several of the South
| ern States owing to the heavy mortgage
| rates of interest, ana referred TO the fact
that at recent meeting OF distressed
farmers the Legislature OF one State was
petitOned to pass law deferring the fore
closure Of the States farming mortgages
for one year. Americas Treasury is over
flowing with money and 1t is not being
! utilized. Half the farms In California are
now under mortgage. No farmer can pay
| per cent interest or half the value OF his
| land and escape bankruptcy.
CLASS DISTINCTION MADE.
Delegate Peet opposed the views of the
| previous speaker, holding that it made a
! class distinction. Also, that it was intro
| duced in favor of the large land grants held
| by the railroads. Besides, he did not know
that the Government had any surplus to
| dispose Of.
| Delegate Lyons of Los Angeles argued
that tie Government had, sumo twenty
years ago, loaned large sums OF money to
the Central Pacific Company, which had
| not been repaid. 1t looked to him as ii
Senator Stanford was trying to have the
farmers and the railroad in the same box.
Delegate Thompson thought 1t as right
| for the Government to loan money to the
farmers at 2 per cent as to Wall-street
bankers for nothing.
Delegate Wright of Tulare said the prod
| uct of the soil furnished the capital of the
country. He pronounced the bill for the
| relief of the farmers an excellent one. Now
the farmers were almost insolvent, and I'M
less the Government came to their rescue
they would all be bankrupt. Farmers could
not afford to pay per cent interest; il
meant bankruptcy to them.
The motion to strike out the resolution
concerning Senator Stanford's bill was de-
feated by vote OF ~ to a.
TIE PLATFORM ADOPTED.
T. NJ. Pixley's motion to adopt the plat
form as read was put and carried.
An assessment of 50 was then collected
from each delegate. A resolution was next
presented that only q straight American
ticket be nominated and that no one should
be nominated who accepts a nomination
from any other party.
Delegate F. NJ. Pixley differed as to the
merit of the resolution and suggested that
the last clause as to not nominating any
one who had accepted nomination from
any other party might cause the defeat Of
the Republican party. The American party
did not expect victory at this election, but
the Republicans success is of greater i'm
portance to the American party than that
| of the Democrats.
| This brought out an acrimonious reply
| from Delarafe Simnson hut amid snme con-