The morning call., 1893-10-16
SHOULD ALL BE DEPORTED.
Ringing Speeches of Congress-
men Mcguire and Hiiborn.
A CONTEST OF CIVILIZATIONS.
Why Sentiment Should Not Prevent
the Mongols From Obeying
the Laws of the Land.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 1.-two Of the Cal
ifornians distinguished themselves in the
House yesterday. Judge Mcguire finished
his speech. which was begun Friday after
noon. 1t was very forcible argument,
livered one of the strongest and most
scholarly addresses yet heard on the SUBJ
ject of Chinese immigration.
The only other speech that was note
worthy was that OF Everett of Massachu-
setts, who appears to have inherited some
of his fathers ability along with his senti-
mentalisn.
Judge Maguire's speech was full of in
formation.
He touched upon points that have
hitherto been overlooked by the partici-
pants in this debate. He opened his re-
marks by stating that Chinese immigrants
to this country were slaves, virtually
owned and controlled by the Chinese Six
Companies. This declaration, made en-
phatically, Immediately arrested the at
tention of every member then on the floor.
Continuing he said: "The gentlemen
claim that deportation would be cruel. and
that no civilized nation has ever driven
such a body of human beings into exile.
To this will answer that no other nation
has ever had 10 deal with such body of
law-defying aliens.
Nearly every civilized nation has pass
port laws, and every self-respecting nation
enforces them and drives from its terri
tory all aliens who refuse obedience to
them. The Chinese refused to register
because their importers and owners-the
hap
hey our law.
"a large and lucrative part of the busi-
ness of those companies consists in uE-
lawfully importing Chinese coolies. and
the registration of those having right to
be here would enable US to identify and
deport those fraudulentiy imported. The
individual Chinese has no objection TO
reg gistering, but that would break up the
slave traffic of the companies, and the
Cinnamon. fearing the iron bars and
pistols Of highbiuders more than the PEN
alties of any of our laws, obeyed the CON-
panies.
1T is a serious matter to have 100, 900
aliens in our country Q believe there are
more than twice that many Chinese here),
who can be moved to open and concerted
defiance of our laws by half dozen lead
ers or owners. Industrially their pres
ence has well nigh reduced American
labor to a condition of slavery.
This is well stated in the resolutions of
the Building Trades Council of San Fran.
cisco which I have presented. They say
the oppression of monopoly on one hand
and the com petition of Chinese slave labor
on the other threaten to speedily degrade
our American laborers below the standard
of family life by reducing wages to the bare
cost of maintenance Of unmarried coolies.
I'VE protest against the passage Of any
law here which Dostpones relief 10 the
laborers of the West. TIE Chinese have
incurred the penalty of deportation by
their willful defiance of our laws and we
are asked to relieve them from the conse-
quences of that defiance. Let us bs rid of
them"
Judge Hilborn's speech was his first in
Congress and he acquitted himself IN ex-
cellent style. His presence is good, his
voice strong. he is self-posssssed and has
natural evolutionary powers Of a high
order. He said the statement made fire.
quently that the sentiment in California
and the Pacific Coast against Chinese i'm
migration was confined to the hoodlum
class or sandlotters was great mistake.
The people of California were substan-
TALLY unanimous against it, as evidenced
by vote of the people of the State In 1879,
when 154, 630 voted against and only 8S3 in
favor.
"There has been no change In senti-
ment." said he, ''and can safely say there
Is not newspaper published on the Pa
ciic Coast shat favors this immigration.
"This is not now and never has been
contest between different races or nation
alities. 1t is a contest between two civil
izatons-Oriental civilization, if 1t can be
called civilization. and our own. One was
hoary with age before the English Ian
guage was spoken on the face of the earth
"a civilization which eliminated be-
fore our Western civilization began
a civilization OF want and of
CALLING poverty. Under such
civilization the Chinese race has been de-
veloped. With them, from the cradle to
the grave, it is a hand-to-hand struggle
with starvation. These hard conditions
have produced race of people whose
serious faces are seldom lighted with
smile. They have solved the question that
a human being can live and labor on so
cents day"
"There are 4oo,ooo,oo people in China.
They could overrun us like an army of To-
Gusts. They could duplicate our popula.
tion and the absentees would scarcely be
missed in their own country. China could
spare a man to compete for the bread of
every American ilaborer and mis- absence
would not be noticed in that grea. hive of
humanity.
1.-THE question may be asked why 1t is
that an American laborer cannot COM
pete successfully. and | have heard the
cruel opinion uttered that If he canno.
compete with Chinese he ought to perish.
The American laborer can successfully
compete with Chnaman in the struggle
for existence If he can and will go down
to his level and live as he does.''
In alluding to the hard conditions re-
sulting to American laborers from ChiDese
competition. Hilborn said: II have seen
these very men = educated. respectable.
Christian men. husbands and fathers, use-
full members of society - robbed of
their employment by this compet-
ing with Chinese reduced to penury and
almost to starvation. ] have heard them