The San Francisco call., 1901-11-23
MAYOR-ELECT SCHMITZ
WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND
Sends Letter Expressing His Ideas
on the Exclusion of the


Labor had it's inning at the afternoon
session of the convention. Mayor-elect
Schmitz leader on the labor unions
ticket, was unable to attend, and sent the
following letter:
WATSONVILLE, Cal. Nov. 90 1901.
To the Chairman of the Chinese Exclusion
Convention, Metropolitan Temple. San Fran
cisco-DeaF Sir; regret that shall be unable
to attend the meeting of the Chinese Exclusion
Convention. but beg to express through you 20
the convention my earnest and sincere SYM
pathy with the objects of your meeting.
The Chinese race must be excluded from
our shore; from injurious competition with our
labor: from obstructive interference with our
industries and from damaging contact with our
civilization.
This is not a problem of race prejudice but
one OF conservation OF our American homes and
nese exclusion is no longer problem at all. 1t
is a demonstrated proposition. No one this
telligence and foresight can see two sides to
the question. There is but one. The Chinese
must be excluded The Chinese exclusion act
must be re-enaeted and it's provisions fortified.
and it should be made also to embrace Japa-
nese. whose unchecked immigration is becoming
even as disastrous as that Of their Chinese
neighbors.
1 believe in the protection of American labor
against the cheap labor of foreign lands and in
the protection of the American iaborer and his
home and family against the invasion Of Mon
colian hordes.
of these views and the objects Of your conven-
tion l shall ever be at your command.
Cheers were given for Mayor Schmitz,
and when the applause subsided Con-
greSSman Woods secured the attention of
the convention and said:
1 forgot this morning in that razzle-dazzIe
talk of mine Qaughter) to make Of you re-
quest for the delegation; and that is that we
don't want you to bite off here more than we
can chew in Washington. 1 mean by that this:
If we re-enact. in the presence of the pos
sible opposition which we will have there the
Geary act with the proposed amendments
thereto. we will have achieved a great victory
a while and we will take of that a little
later. applause and cries of "Good.")
w, A Cole, member of Carpenters
Union 4SS, was next introduced and
was given hearty reception. He re-
ferred to the failure of the Chinese TO
| assimilate the customs of the country and
expressed the opinion that the declaration
of the Chinese Exclusion Convention
would have great weight with Congress,
as 1t represented every phase of life in
California
Mr.. Ryan Of San Jose followed and
bility of laboring men to Compete with
these mere human machines.
j. A Mclvor expressed the opinion that
laboring men throughout the JYnited
States would come to the aid of CaIifor-
mia and bring about the exclusion of tt e
E. L. Malsbury smother representa-
tive of the Carpenters Union of San
Francisco, spoke in the same strain r
c. Wheeler of Los Angeles indorsed the
sentiments of preceding speakers.
A delegate called attention to the fact
memorials had no authority to employ .
secretary. He therefore made a nofion
| granting them the necessary power Ths
motion prevailed.