The San Francisco call., 1897-10-05
THE COOLIES WOULD COME.

coast of evening contemporaries tells all about how
Secretary Gresham outwitted by MongoL Itsays:
Though the treaty concluded in 1882 and amended
in few unimportant particulars in 1894, until recently
have the Chinese avaed themselves of the opportunity for
fraudulent entry"
Now, Gresham Federal District Judge in Indiana
from 1860 1882 He Postmaster General under Pres
dent Arthur from 1882 to 1854 and then became Federal Judge
again. He left the bench become Secretary of State in 1893
and died in 1896 the treaty amendments made in 1894
unimportan: has difficulty in seeing how Gresham
outwitted Mr. FeInghuysen was Secretary of State in
1884.
But all this aside, why strain at gnat and swallow
camel in this Chinese business? collector of customs
Puget Sound is under criminal inquiry because Chinese landed
his district at the of $50 and the danger signals
set because oone have landed in this city, Precautions
foot to shut out also the Japanese undesirable
petitors in domestic labor market
Yet the Journal and others which like the oherubm
continually do cry against Aatc competition advocate the
annexation of Hawaii with her population of 244o7 Japanese
and 2ToI6 Chinese and ASS backbrds from the South Sea
Islands We scared by al Chinese propose to extend
Senator Morgans good government 46o23 Asatcs at
one throw.
Let no man be deceived Those Asiatcs ohce annexed
have privilege enjoyed by their countrymen domi
ced in the United States The courts will hold that Con-
gress cannot build pale the territory of this republic
In our system there no foundation for the repetition of
Roman Ghetto and the Frankfort Judngasse. The sugar
plantations of Hawaii cannot be worked bv white men, but
the higher wages of California will drain off their cooe labor
to this State and the frank declaration of Mr. c. P Hunngt
that want cheap Asatc labor here will
pfshed policy annexation becomes fact
Both countries will be hurt; Hawaii by losing the only
kind of labor that has successfully produced sugar
and by denial of the right replace by further importation
of contract coolies from Asa and California will lose by the
transfer of nearly $4,000 Asiacs her soil under cover of
annexation.
We desire to lay stress upon the physical facts involved
Hawaii cannot continue her present industries found
ones AngloSaxon labor The kingdom of the Kamehame
has did not restrict but invited white immigration the
United States from 1920 1895 and the ogachy since then
in power has continued this wde-open policy Yet only
Americans there and scarcely field laborer among hem
The climate is not friendly to and cannot
the laws of nature Casual visitors the islands write rap
lures of the arguorous voupuousness of the climate 1t
good brief doses but breaks down the AngloSaxon fiber
like hasheesh when long INDUCED.
We have no need to climate. California has it in
every agreeable variety and is tropical
stand. Nor do we need to take in any cooe labor
white labor not boastng of degree of prosperity which
enables to retire from business favor of the owstandard
brown
We politicians here of these elements in annexation
They added the fact that instead of annexng more
tory to fory and defend all the appropriations
such purposes be spent here where they will the most
good and not miles in the sea- where they will no
good ALL Another Gibraltar should the hills of San
Francisco EsquimaIt and our bay should
shelter the powerful fleet warshps found on the
shores of the Pacific. These preparations with Hawaii
pendent and neutral the Switzerland of the seas make
military position independent and impregnable.