The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-09-24
H WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
THE CHINESE MUST GO.
SATURDAY. sEPTEMBER. "a. 1892.

To enforce the new Law against thu
Chinese is going to be difficult in al
parts Of the country, but it will be espec
tally troublesome in California, where
there are SO many of the Celestials, and
where they are organized with a deter.
mination to resist the law. Ike official
representatives of China in this country
have their heads set against the enforce
ment of the Geary bill. They make the
claim that it is a law which could not be
enforced, and even if it could, would be
a breach Of the treaty made with China
by this government. 1t requires every
Chinaman residing in this country to
have a certificate of registry which
shows on its face that he has been al
lowed to remain in the country, and all
who are found after May 9Th next with
out such certificate will be arrested and
sent back to China.
There can be no question as to the right
of the United States to prohibit immi-
grafton from any country it pleases, or
from all countries. for that matter. There
is already "a strong belief ia many quar-
tiers that it would be desirable for this
government to put a stop to all classes
of immigration for a certain period.
There are many undesirable classes of
immigrant people who come here and
make an attempt to go to the ne wer
~portions.of the country, where, if they
were industrious and energetic, their
presence might be of some value. 1t is
through this class of newcomers that
the cholera has been brought here, and
that many other evils have been fastened
upon the country. But of all the unde-
sirable elements probably the most so is
the Chinese, who are a race with whom
it would not be possible for the white
race. who make up the greater part of
the population of the United States, to
associate or deal on equal terms. 1t
matters not what may be the merits of
the Chinese. the fact still remains that
they are so ~uncongenial to the white
race as to make it wholly impossible
for the latter ever to regard them as
equals. There is in fact no combination
of circumstances that could be imagined
which would make it possible for the
Chinese to live here. except as they live
now. in regular "Chinesc quarters" and
under sufferance. 1t would be far bet
tor tn hoya this pp.tfnr nplarofpnl and
at once and forever.
If the Geary act is ever enforced there
will still remain in this country, and es-
pecially on the Pacific coast, too many
Chinese for the country's good.
The best and only way to settle the
question is that which has been adopted
10y Great Falls. to give the celestials no
encouragement and to prevent them alb
~solutely from gaining IA foothold in any
American city. II may be difficult to
break up their nests in such cities as
San Francisco. anu there is no wonder
the people of that city are alarmed
by the present phase of the dispute. But
the American government has the power
and the right to settle this question in
is W way and there is but one way 8
hat will be safe for the govern Z
or satisfactory to the people,
which is to absolutely prevent any further
Increase of the Chinese population, and i
he taking of such measures as will rid s
he country of this undesirable element {
With the decease of those who are now {
N our soil. ,