The morning call., 1893-05-23
sane and he has been so considered by
Chinese for months


Chinese for months.
1.-The man Hughes is said to be sailor.
At any rate he took part in O'Donnell and
Kearney's procession and howled at the
meeting. Then he went up on Barbary
Coast, got drunk and stood out on the
street corners making maudln anti
Chinese speeches. He finally started up
Mon tgomery avenue and ran into crowd
of six Chinese. whom he attempted to
whip in bunch. One of the Chinese blew
police whistle, and at the same instant
another Chinese banged Hughes over the
head with an iron rod that had once done
duty as the core of a rubber roller on
clothes-wringer. Hughes began to yell
and the Chinese seeing an officer approach
ing broke and ran. Hughes got what he
was looking for, namely, fight"
The above are facts, as Chief Crowley
has them from his officers and eyewit-
nesses. An Foo carved himself about II 80
O'clock at night at a point a mile away
from where Hughes was given sound
thrashng at o'clock the next morning.
The truth is there are not enough high
binders in Chinatown now to create war,
and the few that are there still are devot-
ing their whole time to securing means to
get out of the country.
At present there is an absolute lall in
Chinese matters. The Chinese themselves
are doing nothing and Collector Quinn is
quietly awaiting orders from Washington.
II can do nothing without orders,'' he
said, "and propose to do nothing until Or
ders arrive. Then will carry out my in
structions to the letter."
A large number of people who were loud
est in condemning Collector Quinn for is
suing circulars written in Chinese in which
he set forth clearly the provisions of the
Geary act and warned the Chinese of the
consequences If they did not obey. are now
praising him for his foresight, for in San
francisco and Collector Quinn's district In
California alone in all the United States
the Chinese cannot fall back on the plea:
'The Six Companies deceived us. We
didn't know the law" That is the plea
being made all over the country, but no
such excuse can be offered here, for Col
lector Quinn not only told The Chinese in
general that the Six Companies were de-
eetving them, but wrote to the Six Compa-
Dies themselves and warned them not to
longer delude the Chinese.
Chief Crowley was laughing yesterday
over sermon preached in Oakland Sum-
day scoring the police for not doing exactly
what the law says they shall not do, but
giving them no credit for what they have
done. Both the Chief and Collector Quinn
think there is something behind this sud-
den craze of certain ministers who are de-
livering pro-Chinese sermons.
Collector Quinn said: Il am of the opiu-
ion that the Six Companies are acting
| on instructions received from the East to
carry out plan of inducing the ministers
of the different churches to advocate the
Chinese side of the question. do not
say that l am in possession of any infor-
nation which would say that money is
being used; but it looks like it.
1T is unjust tossay that there are thou
sands OF people on the Pacific Coast who
do not desire the Geary act enforced. Th
Vices of the Chinese and their trickery are
too we'll known. The police are scored
because they do not abate the nuisances
that exist. In justice to Chief Crowley and
his officers L can only say that such s ate
mepts are erroneous. When sympathy Is
sought to be awakened for a race of people
who have no interest in the community.
the pulpit, in my opinion, ought to be the
last place used for such controversy.
Christians obey the laws of the land. The
Chinese will not obey the laws, and they
are encouraged, apparently. in bidding
defiance TO the law by Christians. don't
think this is good policy, to say nothing Of
biblical teachings"
Chief Crowley said: "Some discretion
should be used in making such statements.
The police have been diligentln their labors
to suppress evils in Chinatown. They still
exist. it is true, and always will exist as long
as Chinatown is thickly populated. In the
last twelve years $500, 900 in fines has been
paid by the Chinese, and nearly 10000
Chinese have been arrested. Tons upon
tons of lottery tickets have been destroyed.
Chinese highlander societies have been
raided time and again, and the members
arrested, and the only result Is that the
work has TO be done over again and again."