Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-09-22
EHFoRcE THE GEARY ACT.
Citizens Of La Grande After the
Coolies Of Union County.

Opera House, La Graude, Saturday !
evening, September le. the following
resolutions, Introduced D. ex-senator }.
II. Slater, were unanimously adopted;
Where's: ,rhe failure Df the Chimes,
resident ia the United States, 70 regis
Ter in accord4bce with the require
rneuts Of the Gezry Act was by tue ol
lection of the xix Companies, 50 called,
under whose auspices aud control sali
Cbipamen were brought into this cOun
try. and under whOse c01trOl and dlree-
tion they remain while here, and
Whereas: Said action of said Six
e. 5mt anies, so advising and directlDt
their servile couutTyinen nos to comp
with the requirements Of said act |" a.
inimical to the gOgeTnmen! OF ths
United States, and evinced determ.-
nation on their part to defy It's author
ity and to defeat the due execution Of
its laws, and
Whereas: These Chiname1 are e.
eentialIy the slaves Of said cOmpauies
displace free LABOR, aud are inImical Z
our free institutions: openly acknOwi-
edginR sefvile and abject allegiance l.
the authority of said cOmpaDIes; i'm
plIcity obey their cOnIulaDds ~ Opeh
defiance of the Laws Of the Uni'ed
States; habltually commit perjury Ia
our courts and before custom Offieers,
and prostitute processes Of our courts IL
aid OF their criminal acts and purpose,
and
Whereas: The failure Of the China
men TO register subjects them 70 Oe de
ported, aud the Act having been pro
nounced constitutional, nothing re-
mains to be done 10 nd the country Oi
the great body Of these servile alien Ia
boreFs but a prOmpt and efficient en-
forcement Of the provisions Of said Act.
and
Whereas: Bills have been recently
introduced in congress proposing
amendments TO said Act, extending the
+. tune wherein Chinamen may registe'
under the same, to the end that tnese
Chinese may escape deportation, the
penalty Of the law they defiantly aud
contumaciously violated, 10 obedience
10 the commands OF a conspiracy Whose
edicts they recognize as more binding
than the laws of the country wherein
they have determined to remain,
Tbefore be It resolved, That the Chi
nese, resident in the United States, ,hav-
ing, in obedience to the commands OF
said Six Companies refused and neglect
ed to register as required by the Geary
Act, have assumed an attitude Of resist
Ance tawards this country which
stamps them as enemies, and have
shown themselves to be willing instru-
ments In the hands Of an organized
conspiracy whose purpose -as
manifested by its numerous act.
Is to thwart and defeat execu'
ton OF all laws designed to pro
tect this country from an invasion OF
AsiAtic coolie labor, should be promptly
expelled from the country as enemies
Of the Republic.
That the organization or organiZa
tions known as the Six Companies
having assumed and exercised the pow
eF and authority to direct the Chinese
resident ia the United States to disre
gard Its laws requiring all Chinese
within It's Jurisdiction TO register as 8
means Of preventing the unlawful en-.
try into the United States Of other
Chinese, stamps II as an unlawful con
splrAcy, dangerous In character, and
NE demand that Its acts and proceed
ings be the subject Of Investigation 10y
the government, and that its memberi
and agents be brought to condign pun
ishmenL
That the time to parley or temporizs
with this inundation Of Asiatic coolit
labor 10 passed; that the purpose Of thii
immigration Is not To be restricted or re-
main stationary. bat TO tenaeiously aud
At all hazard hold the ground already
gained by the one hundred aud ten
thousand Chinese already here, as all
army Of occupation 10 be utilized "a
keep open the channels Of ingress u
the millions that are pressing TO come,
Il too apparent to be doubted by any
one, and least OF all by the people Of
the Pacific states. That the proposed
amendments 10 the Geary law allow
ing Chinese residents la the United
States TO register AT future time. after
their insulting and oontumAcloas refus-
al to register, as required by the Geary
Act, at the dictation OF an organized
conspiracy, Is not only illadvised, but
n oonsnmated, will be an exhibition OF
weakness in the presence Of menaeing
danger sure 10 Invite further aggFes-
slons, and will lead TO painful cOInpll.
cations In the future. All such at
tempts cannot be too severely con-
demned AS paltering with the most
sacred interests Of our people, and the
Pacific states should protest against the
same In such tones as to command at
lentlon at the Nations capital;
That we request our senators, and in-
.trnot our representatives 30 present
heae resolutions In their respective
,ouses, and 20 urge upon the president
nd upon the department Of lusiioe the
necsss o. OF prompt, faith
u, aud rigorous execution OF the Geary