The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-04-28
DEFENDING THE CHINESE
They Are Not Vagabonds
and Are Not Treated
Fairly, Says Mr..
Maine.

Never was the full strength Of the
Christian Endeavor made more manifest
than it was last evening, when represen'
tatives of me Societies OF Christian En-
deavor of Hudson County completely
filled the Westminster Presbyterian
Church on Summit avenue. Perhaps
three hundred Christian people, repre-
senting thirty societies, listened to testi-
monIuls.
Those on the platform were the Rev.
Ell. McMinn. Pastor OF the Summit Ave
III Baptist Church Mr.. X:
the local g. E. Union and Presi-
dent of the Westminster Society;
| The Rev. James Hathaway, Pastor of the
Westminster Church: Mr.. E. J. Colheld,
President of the Social Union; Mr.. Hor-
ace Tracy Pitkin, of the Union Theologi-
cal Seminary. New York. and Guy Maine.
manager of st. Bartholomew's Chinese
Guild. New York. The music was under
the charge Of an excAlleut choir, composed
of Mr.. and Mrs. john Sage, j. e. Banks,
Mrs. Kerap, Mrs. j.. w. Beach,
and Frank Souley. MI. William
Hunter, President Of the Summit
Avenue Baptist Church. G. E., rem
first extended a cordial welcome to all. IN
behalf of the G. Z. Union. and Mr.. Col
field, who presided, introduced Guy
Maine, the Chinese representative of ST.
Bartholomew's Guild, who set forth the
alleged gross iujustices done the Chtnese
race as a whole.
cURIo AMONG NATIONS.
ssThe Cniuese natioa.'' he said, "i5 re-
garded as a curio among modern nations.
Ishan dwell upon che subject which Is
Of most interest to the American people,
the treatment of the Cninese by Inc
United States. They say this is Free
America" 1t is in theory, but It Ia
was the d~isGraceful treaty of 1857,
another in 1864, and another In 1881,
which reduced the rights OF the Chinese
people in America to a minimum. line
Chinese 1aborer clamored for recognition
of his rights as a free citizen, and poiitlcs
and the churches talked OF the evil OF
recognizing him. A bill was passed by
Congress and signed by The President OF
the United States, on May 8, 1882. exclude
lug the Chinese for ten years. La 1899 the
act requiring Identification was passed
by Congress, and In 1s90thi was amended
or added to by an act imprlsonipg any
Chinaman rot being identified, for a term
of five years aud hard labor. But, for
tunately, the American people arose in
the interests OF the Chinamap. aud fought
against this outrage of the government,
MOST INFAMOUS ACT.
ssBut here is tha most Infamous of all
the acts, That of May 8. 1892. making it
limits OF the United States to ap-
ply to the Collector Of Internal
Revenue for permission to cou
tinue to live here, aud anyone fail
lug to comply with this act after May B
SHOULD be deemed unlawful and be sub
ject TO arrest, and might be ordered de-
ported from The United States after one
- ,y 4. a., H.tonnypo II txyno a q - a f1i
disgrace.
II ask, in the name of common sense.
is il a crime If the Chinaman laborsf
And yet 1t appears so. The last act passed
compelled the Chinamau hsviug resided
here previous TO 1889 TO produce a witness
to testify that he was Il citizen before the
enactment of the laws passed then, or
else he would be expelled from
the country. Many Of the Chin ese
here have not a single white
friend. Then it can be understood how
difficult aud impossible il would be for
one or Two thousand or more Cinnamon
to live here. being unable to procure any
one to swear TO their having been a pre-
vious resident beft = the passage of that
act. They would be denied their rights.
and be arrested and deported, like any
convict.
THE CHINAMAE NO TRAMP.
1.-THE Cninaman is no v~agabond. He is
NOT ihZJ, anu uUeS QOG cTOWu OUT any lG~
dustrys but alwaTs gives something In re-
turu TOR his services, another point in his
favor. he does not vote for fat whiskey,
or money ether
When the speaker sat down be was ap-
plauded heartily.
Horace Pitney was the next speaker,
and he delivered al extended address Oil
the foreign field, and supplement ed the
remarks of the previous q. eaker by say
ing that there rs u claim in China upon
you aud upon me. There is only one
missionary there to every $4,000 per-
sons"
.'If every person here should pnt a
penny a week IL a box for missions. that
would amount TO the same as is now
given to the foreign mission. Why mol
put in the five cents for candy or cigars
or lrinkets. or even the evening paper.
into the box, and help on the great and
necessary workp
AT the conclusion of the talk, all joined
in the Doxo1ogy.
~. M m ~ r.