The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-01-21
HE STONE BILL WAS ENDORSED
Citizens Opposed to Pr0mis-
cuous immigration.
Ex- Governor Sheldon Made Pointed
Address.
Resolutions Adopted Asking California
Members of Congress to Work
for til Measure.

A meeting took place yesterday after
noon in the old chamber of commsrcs
hall on Main stree, near Seco i'd under
the auspices OF the Junior Order of
United American Mechanics, to protest
against thu continuance OF indiscrimi-
nate immigration and to ent>rss tbs
Stone bill. nov pending b Store con-
grees.
The hall was we'll filed by on appre :
ciative audience.
The stand, drapsd with the national
fl in the front OF the stage, held an
open Bible.
The Ray. Burt E,tss Howard, OF the
Flrat Pre,by terian church, opsnsd the
meeting with an earnelt aud eloquent
prayer, ia which he tbs nked God that
the land wa lived in Was orr own. and
asked him to keep oil dwelling in it
faithful to their trust
The Star Spaugled Banner was then
admirably sung by Miss Delphi ne
Todd.
Iho NIiciTL1hil, III. ItJut6, bu5u inGrO'
duced A. IL. 5. Perkins. who recited the
poem, Oar Flag aud Oar Book. by Jessie
MacGregor
GOVERNOR sH sLDoN's ADDRESS.
Governor Lionel A. Sheldon WAS then
introduced,
"You are aware" said he, "of the
cauee which brings US together today,
tar n nj AZ mr. iua Il p,i i
nate i'm migration and to endorse the
Stone bill. Owing to cod have con-
trac ed | would not bs here today but
drom the fact that 80 much cowardics is
shown on the part OF American poiti-
cianB and peope generally regarding
discussion OF this matter deemed it my
duty. This question ia OF thu first I'M
portancs to All. Public questions OF any
kind should not bs discussed except in
fair aud candid spirit. In that way
only can the truth be reached. Strive
to deal fairly in tina matter and be just,
then when the difficulty is discovered,
means can be found by which to alle-
yiata it.
Glance back over your lines as far ae
you can remember and see whether
what am going to say is false or tue.
II remains a fact that it is rare that an
audience has Daen addressed On this cub
Ject. Its. agitation should have been
negun lar back in the past. Everv day
elbows to what enormous proportions
this kind OF migration IS growing and
every day increases the injury it stfl cts
upon the American people. II Is the
means used by unscruplous politicians
to gain power and position, and even
now L presume some ward politician lie
goin around and telling the Germans,
the lrlsh, the s vedes and all others of
foreign extraction that the people as
sem oled in this hall are hostile to them
u believe in the Brotherhood CT man.
| don't think i'll of q man beaause he
WAS born across he ocean aud wants to
make his llvIihoou in our country. /
have nothing against him personally at
all. The question Ia, what effect will
his entrance have on our own pc )plo?
They are to be tifst considered. You
discriminate who you Introduce into
YOUR family circle. You are very care.
full az to their moral and Intellectual
character. The people of our country
are alaO great family and il mt. there.
tore, just di.cri mutation OF th3 first I'M
portance regarding those introduced
among them?
I'VE arc placed under different condi-
iions to-day from, those In which our
ancestors lived in the far past. AT that
time we inhae,ed a great country full
of inviting land; since then We have
acquired greater stretches OF country.
In those days we desire i'm migrants;
we even gent abroad and induce them
to come. NAturaliz ation was qIica and
easy, and it WA arranged aud 80 worded
that the people coming 10 would fill up
and develop oar idle lands. These peo-
pie are still coming to US. and their adj
vent is still encouraged, not by the
people. because the maj lrty of them
are those whom the countries OF Europe
have cast off, but they are desired by
the politician. to be used by him as
stepping stone to undsssrvsd emolu-
msnt.
I'VE are now under the reign OF the
demagogue. These foreigners. when
thew reach our shores. are marched 40
to tho conrts and naturalizsd. Witnesses
are provided who falsely swear the
applicant has been a resident for Eve
years. when, in reality, many times he
has been only five hours on American
soil.
This family OF ours just at present is
WY 'oiSot anu ~ 10 o'oIy uhy luCIdhS-
ing. A time will come-you may not see
it, probably, nor l, but it will come
wnen our own people will be asking for
room themselves.
This meeting is not aimed against
honest, hard working. well-to- do for
we gladly welcome and
valuable addition-but we do
not want the pauper, the diseased OIL
the criminal classes. We want no
dynamiters nor anarchists to disturb
our peace. and from experience we know
how this troublous element conducts
itself. oe9 apasa
"We want to check this i'm migrat
OF men who are uneducated, immoral,
half civilized, who, when they are
brought up to the polls, do not know
enough to vote for themselves, but do |
the bidding Of some political boss.
ut is owing to the skillful mani pula-
ton OF this pauper, this criminal, this
ignorant element, that the boss can ex-
list, and it is through their blind assist
ance that he rules at present in so many |
Of our great cities.
II thank God that the American peo- |
pile were reused sufficiently to act as
they did in New York sometime ago |
and wrest the government Of that city !
away from the rule of Tammany. |
We don't want people to be natural. |
led, to have rights equal with our own,
II they can be made to do the bidding OF |
,ome political boss and If knaw an |