The record-union., 1896-03-30
SACRAMENTO DAILY RFooRD-UN1oN MONDAY 80,

titled to more protection than the pro-
ducts of his skill and Ingenuity. We
believe that the time has come when the
Nation must take a firm and decided
stand against the incursion of the un-
derpaid and ignorant laborers Of the Old
World that are flocking here now in
such numbers as to drive the American
laborer from his work, with the in
evitable result, as seen at the present
time, of causing disturbances in the
manufacturing centers of the Nation,
reducing the price of labor, breaking up
happy homes and prosperous business.
We demand the enactment and strict
enforcement of such laws as will abso-
lutely and effectually prohibit the immI-
grafton of all foreign laborers, both
skilled and unskilled, into this country.
Upon that platform the six Republican
Congressman from California were
elected. Hence / speak to-day, not only
for myself but as representative OF
125, 900 Republican voters of the State
OF California
This, however, is not a party or
partisan but a national question. The
Republican party has as basic pfln-
ciple the doctrine of protection to Amer
lean industries. We have claimed that.
by protecting the manufactures OF the
country we have built up our nation
and given employment to the American
laborer. The Democratic party, whether
it has announced itself in favor of free
trade or a tariff for revenue, has al
ways claimed to be par-excellence, the
friend of the laborer. 1t has accused
the Republicans of favoring the manu-
facturers and not the Workmen. | have
sometimes thought that there might be
some force in the accusation thus made
against the Republican party and that
it had not always labored to protect
the laborer while protecting the pro-
ducts of his labor. To the end that this
accusation may be robbed of any force
and the further end that the principles
enunciated by the Democracy, that 1T
favorS the American laborer and de-
sires to advance his interests, and to
the further end that the principles of
the Republican party, which also claims
to be in favor of the American laborer,
may be carried into full fruition,
have introduced bill No. % to protect
the American laborer.
The reasons given in the plank of the
California Republican platform, here
tofore read to you, seems to me unan-
swerable. 1t is said there, 1--WE believe
that the American laborer is entitled
to more protection than the products of
his skill and ingenuity" This is good
Republican doctrine. 1t is good Demo-
cratic doctrine. 1t is good American
doctrine and ought to be sustained by
all the people. There can be no ques-
tn 10 Of
enact such a law 1t is expressly recog
nized by the decision of the United
States Supreme Court in the case of
Lem Moon Sing VS.. United States, de-
cided in 1895 with reference to the
Chinese Exclusion Act.
It being decided therefore that Con-
gress has the power to enact such a
law, the only question remaining to be
decided by your committee is. is it ne
cessary? To this question l unhesi-
tatingly answer yes, and feel in that an
swer that 1 am sustained by a large
majority of the American people. l
may say in passing that 1 am in favor
of the bill introduced by Representa-
tive Mccall, providing for literary test
of immigrants, and regard that as good
as far as it goes, but it does not go far
enough. / am in favor of the bill intro
duced by Representative w. A. Stone
of Pennsylvania, providing for consular
inspection. 1t is good as far as it
goes, but it does not go far enough. 1
am in favor of the bill introduced by
Representative COrliss of Michigan,
providing for consular inspection and
for using more care and caution in the
admission of immigrants particularly
from Canada. 1t is good as far as it
gees, but it does not go far enough. All
of these bills should be recommended
favorably by your committee and will
receive my support, but if all three were
passed they would still not remedy the
evil complained of. If the adventurous
boy climbs the fence and makes an in
curSion into his neighbor's orchard ere
the fruit is ripe and fills himself full
of green apples ad green pears and be-
comes sick in consequence thereof, it
will be impossible to cure him by cleans
ing the unripe fruit or by having horti-
cultural expert certify that the green
fruit is free from worms or disease,
because if he still continues to eat the
green fruit the result will be an in
ternal convulsion, which will disturb
not only himself and the family but may
result in the early death of the promis-
ing youth. The only certain remedy
which will be recommended by the
family physician and enforced by pa
rental discipline, will be the edict, you
shall eat no more green fruit" The ex-
perience of all of us as boys will con-
firm this statement.
Our nation resembles the boy of whom
l have spoken. We have not climbed
the fence which surrounds the orchards
of other nations, but we have refused
to build any fence around our national
orchard, and have invited to our borders
some of the greeneSt national fruit that
it is possible for the earth to produce
We have partaken of SO much unripe
immigration that we are in a worse
disturbed condition than any person
could be from. physical sickness. We
cannot stand any more of this green
material, even if it comes ticketed by
every Consul in every port in Christen-
dom and able to read and write any of
the foreign languages spoken on this
earth. We must stop eating this kind
Of fruit if we wish to succeed as a ma
tion: 1t scarcely needs any statistics
to show the necessity of action, prompt
and radical on our part The facts are
within the knowledge of all of us per-
sCnally that justify, nay demand, the
passage Of this bill at our hands. We
cannot, if we would, shut our eyes to
the sights that beset us on every hand
or close our ears to the noises that echo
and re-echo from every quarter of the
horizon.
We all know of the many strikes that
have occurred lately of the workmen
throughout the length and breadth of