New-York tribune., 1899-07-30
CHINESE NOW TOLERATED.
A GREAT CHANGE IN SENTIMENT IN
SAN FRANCISCO.
ruE ONCE HATED MoNooL1ANs cHEERED IN THE
RECENT FOURTH OF JULY PARADE-wHAT
HAS LED TO THE soFTENINo OF
PREJUDICE IN TWENTY YEARS

Sqn Francisco,
able changes OF recent years in san FRANCISCO
and throughout the State Of California Is 'he
softening OF the popular prejudice against 'ne
Chinese. So great has been the transformation
-, ,,,hlic sentiment in regard to these Orientals
that fully one thousand OF the once ha'eo anu
doenised race participated in the recent Fourth
10 1ulv narade in San Francisco and carried
oe the bonors by their superb display and their
evident delight in the spectacle The Chinese
Consul and his associates, clad in their finest
ceremonial robes, lent dignity to the orientai
exhibit and the Six Companies loaned many OF
their most precious banners and temple oecora-
tions to add lustre to the pageant. The Six
Companies spent $4,000 on the display which
uas an exact reproduction of Chinese parade
in honor of any of the great holidays III 'ne
Middle Kingdom.
To one who knew San Francisco twenty yea's .
syo lust after the storm and stress Of the
K.arnev riots. It seemed incredible that the ap-
plause and words of praise shouted to the Chi
r.so IN this narade could be real Yet all along
the line Of march these Asiatcs with their bar
haric music their banners stiff with god ana
nrecious stones, and their splendid silken fass
and costumes formed the feature that exclteu
most enthusiasm a tinge of patriotism mixed
rese who served on the cruiser Boston IN the
battle Of Manila Bay a passer Of ammun!-
t,on. He rode in a buggy, and carried several
big Spanish shells that he picked UP IN the
Cayite fort after the Spanish flag was hauled
down He was one of the Chinese whom Dewey
wanted the President to make American ciu-
rens for their fine work in helping to get am
munition to the guns.
NATIVE CHINESE CITIZENS.
Another feature Of the parade was a delega-
ton Of a hundred members Of Chinese Parior
OF Native Sons Of the Golden West All thes
vounr Chinese were born here, and by virtue
~ the birthricht are entitled to all the privileges
NJ American citizens Most Of them go 10
school and many have adopted mobilization
OF American dress.
Anv reader Of James Rryce's "The American
Commonwealth" will get a clear idea from ms
cbanter on Kearneyism Of the intense prejudice
against the Chinese which Denis kearney
aroused over twenty years ago during his short
,uDrcrnacy as a popular leader Of the Ignorant
masses in san Francisco. Had Kearney pos
sessed real courage. the blow which he gave to
San Franciscos prosperity would have been
irreparable. But he was weakened when he found
against him by William r. Coleman, the old
loader of the biz Vigilance Committee, and that
he and mis- lieutenants Were marked for death
in the very first armed encounter that shoul
take place with the authorities. Coleman hac
organized large body Of his old associates
ready for action. and so secretly was the WORK
done that the public never knew OF II ior years
It checked Kearney on that famous night wher
l.fI ,ic raf, 1a 10
summit Of Mob Hil with the purpose of burn
ing and lootng the palaces Of the railroad mill
iorares. Soon afterward partisan jealousy re-
tired the leader who for five years had beer
the greatest menace to the security of life anC
property in San Francisco
KEARNEYs LITERARY BUREAU
One Of Kearneys favorte slogans was "Th
ehinese Must Go" and when other topics be
came well worn he could always fall back upo'
a denunciation Of the Chinese, sure OF respoh
sive cheers from his followers Kearney had
literary bureau that wrote his speeches ana tur
nished him with the picturesque ncknaInes Una
he applied to his opponents and that have stuc
to many OF them to this day He named III
summit Of California-st.. where the railroa
~nagnates built fine houses mob HilP'; he Gale
the Southern wing OF the Democracy that
opposed the Honorable Bilks" and he ma
equally felicitous names for many OF the me-
who antagonized him. He roted in livid rhet
eric over the "leprOus horde of Chinese wh
were swarming into this country through Tn
Golden Gate and crowding out OF work tn
honest white laborers. who in most cases pre-
ferred political agitation to hard work In ever
way he innamed the popular hatred OF IN
Chinese to such extent that one day severa
thousand OF his followers marched on the ia
cfc Mail docks, determined to wreck and bur
the property of the steamship company tina
brought the coolies over from China The