The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-09-11

and seeks 1t. let it then first declare the con-
| tract which has been made between the two
countries at an end, not keep such of its
| obligations as ii thinks best, violate others
without regard TO the pledges it has made,
aud then ask that the Emperor of China
keep every promise he has made in the face
| of all this.
1.-The Geary bill Is unconstitutional and
against every principle of free government.
"As said before, under the constitution
| OF the United States, every male child, of
whatever nationality. who Is born in this
country is citizen, free and equal With all
the rest.
Thousands of brave men have said so
again and again.
They said it in 1776, in 1912 and in 1860
why, your War of the Rebellion was
based upon the upho lding of this principle
| of your tree government.
Put side by side the emancipation
| proclamation and the bill known as the
Geary bill aud let any honest man read both
Of them and then let him, as free and
honest American citizen, answer this ques-
.!ou:
why should the grown up child OF African
parents, who were raised In the jungle and
brought here in chains, be cltiZ-n and
| voter when the educated child of Chinese
| parents. race that boasts of civilization
| dating hundreds of years back of This ma
| ton, be made an outcast?
"Why should the American Indian, who,
| when he chooses, slaughteTs and kills and is
| only subdued by the bullet and the bayOnet,
| be preferred TO the Chinese boy or girl born
| in the United States, educated in your
| public schools, and the descendant of race
| that, so far, has never lifted hand against
the injustice OF oppression by your people |?
Tell me honestly, man to man, which
| are the better citizens to-day, the low class
| of pauper-labor from Europe-the Hun
garians, the Scandinavans. the Italians and
| the Greeks-or the Chinese laborers?
''Can you find white family or a mer-
| chant that wants one Of these men in pref
erenee to Chinese? Answer honestly"
Here maze some placating remark.
An, Ike all tie rest, you commence with
IF and but and suppose
Justice for the negro, justice for the adj
| herents OF the Mafia justice for the class Of
emigrants that have brought the cholera to
| your very doors, but oppression and in
| justice for the Chinese.
| why. only last week you saw the In
Justice to my people too plain to be mis-
| taken.
| "The howl of filth in Chinatown was
| romptly met by proclamation from the
| Consul General. which the Chinese obeyed.
where did the Health Inspectors find
| the filth when they Inspected this quarter
of the city?
flake their reports and see how China
| town compared with the Latin quarter.
Take every locality they condemned and
| see whether or not members of the eau
| casian race we're not in the majority OF the
| jewellers In that locality.
| Remember. again, / am speaking only as
King Owyang. Chinese educated in your
country, and one who numbers his friends
among your people.
DO you know what the Geary bill means
70 the laboring Chinese in this country
ut means, sir, that they are placed On the
level with your dogs
IF you have dog, black and tan, a
| Llewellvn setter, pointer - you buy a
license tag for 1t and fasten 1t to the dogs
collar and the number 10 the dogs tag is its
Immunity from arrest by the poundman.
Under the Geary bill the laboring
chinese carry their number 10 their pocket
and any man who so desires may stop them
and demand to see their tag
do you think my people are going to
stand this? No. Never.
why. suppose case.
Merchants are not required to register.
Let us suppose the law went into effect
and was complied with and merchant
from here went on tour through the State
10 collect his bills.
I'm every town he could and probably
would be made to suffer the indgnity OF
arrest and the punishment OF lying in some
jail until he could prove his identity.
while the Office OF the Consul General
here has nothing whatever to do With the
proclamation Issued by the Six Companies
other than to notify the Minister at Wash.
ington and the Imperial Government that Il
has been issued, still we know the tempe,
Oh our people and we know that they will
not submit to the law as it now stands.
What will they do IL the law is declared
unconstitutional? Well, in my opinion
they'll go home in obedience to its REQUIRE
mente. and when the laborers 90 the mer
chants will have to follow.
wonder II any Of your capitalists hav,
ever thought OF the result to trade and bust
ness In California il say hall the Chimes