The San Francisco call., 1901-11-26
HO VOW TALKS
To UN|ThRIANS
Chinese Exclusion Forms
Subject for Long
Debate.

The Unitarian Club listened last evening
to a debate between picked orators con-
cerntng the re-enactment OF the law
which excludes Chinese from tne Unlteo
States The champions OF continuing tne
present policy of exclusion were mayor
Pbelan and Thomas j. Geary. Tne otner
side was taken by Chinese Consul Ho VOW
and DR.. Fryer of the University OF can
fornia. President Gregory of the UNI
tartan Club presided at the debate, Whlch
took place after a dinner In tne MeI-
chants Club rooms. Business ana prOAeS-
sional men listened and applauueU iOei
ally. .. NJ
said tnat exclusion was the settled poilcy
of the United States ana nao DE- Deer Of I64a I6a
for twenty years; ;r,1ne,ame AT 1ne treaty there
was an opinion that cheap CnlneSe IdOoL
would help California Wltnln zen I.,.s %
twelve years from tnat perloo me STTen
marled change in pubic sentiment w nen
the first restriction act was adopteu CVu. 1
gress acted clearly in oDedlence 70 IL. Ino
will of the peopIC. The Cnlnese OTre Og'.ei[,, ~
mant bv treaty consented to the eXcIuSlOn
of the Chinese from this country. .4s
Tbsre was no question that the Unteo
States had power to exclude any unueslL unsll5
aT1Ie class of immigrants. PauperS anu
oDp+rect labor from Europe were sent
hack Chinese labor was DoLn pdupe1L. an az
Contract. 1t came to the Umted STATES
under the patronage an9 pr"fTTS1eot fT5s n,Iestion
snip u tVear oio 81 The chinese were desirable
"a citizens of the United states! Wnae
was this country? II was tSs Se'ts9r cornerstone
" The Goyernment was equality in CITIZEN
ship. sr,i,-i+
The spirit that inspired the prlnglns ss,,fd u
cheap labor here to enPlen m lencT1nIate wealth
40 uee- the same spirit that favored slageay
in the Southern States, ana hlstoLy nar .a
proved that there % eou11 Gb,Dese De ~ could not
ossiniiate with Caucasians. A snort Illle inllt
tnrned Europeans into goou AlieiA00'1A
citizens. ,o,,1d not bring
- ~ Chipese to the place where they co couIo
he considered fellow clt1zens.. ~ 4Ai ~ ~ San
wears the Chinese haTe ha:Tyt one aes q ,erma-
francisco and they still were PEI PEI Ta
sd,a+i1- foreign element. They could not pc
come American in thought OF IN uex Sr.Ittod
TO the flag If the Chinese Were PaIL tbe
HI,aricon neople would not long SuDIIl1t. IL
Trade with China had 1ncreaseu Will WIZ
+he exclusion law has been IN lOIce; <Al1,v- -
sao s1le oed dignified labor and 1t was the GUY
lca lin nau on5,ntrv to oppose anything that
would lower the standard OIL clF4iAA'' Si0-- -
the United States 5o5 that the
7roi{n5 01i,5uis states had launched out to get
fhe trade of the world, anu M tads $500
IN with the times. Inc OniIeu S'"Ioo 10
.os Up commercial country ana ne
49, wess that the commercial question
Inous4h5 Lss 4he IN most important Of any, The
sxeIusion %aI ion act was not INTRODUCED be be
cause this country was afraid OF the rodra Gnl
ls uese "a 30 oO0 Chinese in the country be-
fnTe flrn the first law to exclude them was
passed The auestiUn wfs f7o goap Soxes
inen @ Strdant would know that the Chi
Ams Hass IN the United States came from the
Canton proynce which hsa edcf@sion fEnIy GoU law
vid IVY foil To be re-enacted the effect
Smv wonIS be that only the Cantonese would
come here.