The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 1, 1897, Page 3

+OPPOSITION TO THE ANNEXATION b OF THE ISLANDS Unanimous Sentiment Among Southern Californians That the Bars Must Not Be Let Down for the Asiatic Hordes in Hawaii. 31 there is practical t among the people pon that of he consansus of T n toitisalmost a unit. wouid be most ill- d States to take a ke the islands a part contined to the promi- one of the on ition tudy of tha quest 1d not otnerwise at'ention. oppo one inexation u ed to favor e aiter investigating de- s to be un tiedly op- eversal inion they x strong reasons s y BAILEY. Labor Champicns of Los Angeles Who Give Weighty Reasons for Opposing the Annexation - . Los Angeles Coun ( r held on the 19th day s resolutions were B. Colvz of this cit [he treaty in States a the of ra nt of the be now dt into to the sugar industry it directly labor in es for 1, therefore ve it e Coune:l of Labor of Los 105t earnestly urge our Congress to do all in te said treaty and to nexa the time of the adoption of these and they were agreed to by a the question of annexa- was found that equally asstrong favorable to the tions us vole sed and it ol nani t 8y as expressed by the Council annexation and for the e treaty is but indicative held by the 5000 toilers ed by this central body. er i< the treasurerof He has been con DAY NEW TO- Japan Tea off :red for shipment. Only that which is absolutely pure and of quality is allqwed toleave that country. 7 ] All grocers sell it. @ hi; h | organizing c. | | watch at the Golden Gate, but at Hell | | a resident of | vast, { south for the benefit of his nealth. —If there isone | nected with the body for the past fourteen years and has been for forty years an active trades-union man. In talkingabout | the feeling among the workingmen as to annexation Captain Colver stated that he had been one of those who had always | opposed it, for the reason that he could see no field in the islands where American white labor could be employed. Oa tie other hand he dia see where an unde- ble population of at least 90,000 people would be added to the United States. Tois added population would soones or er come tto competition with the al- ady suffering white labor now in the country The capt summarized his ideas by stating that after careinily reviewin ion he had arrived at the conclusion that the people of the United States had everything to lose by annexing Hawail, and nothing to gain. Asked to give his views more in detail, Captain Colver pre- parad the following written statement for THE CArL: McGLYN M. M. of Hawaii. different. Disguise it under what plausible term we wiil, the proposition is a direct and tempting appeal to our basest and least bonsted of attributes—greed. We are told, in effect, that here is 8 splendid opportunity to acquire & fruitful land without cost and with- outresistance on the part of the owners of said iand. grab We are al:o told that if we do not Hawaii Engiaud, Janan, Germany or other nation will grab it—ergo, having " in the game of grab, iet us rake in the pot. I am aware that the foregoing 1 terpretation of the long-termed and verbose flapdoodie u vent to by some of our atesmen (God save the mark!) will be ot- ted to by them and by the newspapers hich uphold their ideas, yet I pledge my I have notread nor heard a single pro- nnexation erzument that did not beiong to the “grab” family. 1 was not asked. however, to berate the pro- exationists, 10 give some of the rea- sons for my owa views on the subject. Ido not think I can offer any aaditions to the al- je them to oprose annexation upon every honor able ground. As far as I am concerned this action of our Council of Labor was not taken hasuly. I had given to tne subject some considerable thought and study before I arrived at a con. clusion. The first ground, and the maia ground, upon which I base my opposilion to annexation is that the population that would go with the territory would be aitogether undesirable. There are thousands of coolie laborers who would come, and we all know, by dearly bought experience, that white labor cannot compete with it. The plantations, they say, cannot be profitably conducted without coolie 1abor, and therefore there is no field on the islands for a white man. Now to govern and protect the islands wounld be a constant burden upon the Federal Gov- ernment. The revenue we would derive would not be sufficient to meet the expense of government, and the deficiency would ne Sarily have (o be mads up by the already over- burdened tax-payers of the Uniied States. Our country is large enough now and I think that it would be well enough for us to correct the evils of goverument here at home before we take under our wing the 1siands of the Pacific where a white laborer will be called upon to compete with Chinese and the lowest character of labor {rom other quarters of the globe. Iam unqualifiedly opposed to annextion. D. BAILEY. Los Angeles, October 30, 18! All branches of labor are together in their opposition to annexation. Those who do not happen to work with their hands at actual manual iabor are just as strong in their opposition as ihe work- man who digs in the sewer trench. The following is prepared for THE CaLL by H. P. Moore, the secretary of the L>s An- goles Musical Association, wh ¢ca body is affiliated with the Council of Labor: To the Editer of The Call: The workingmen of the United States, who fully understand the situation with regard to Hawaiin an- nexation, should, in_my judgment, oppose 1t as one man. Tuc position taken by United States Senator Stephen M. White I consider to be absolutely unasssilable. 1i the islands ate ever annexed we are tying to the United Siatesa populalion wnich can | only be an injury and a detriment to our country, and I wantto tell you that working- men think more of their country than they are given credit for. | “With the Haweiian Islands a part of the | United § ates we throw open the doors to over | 50,000 coolic laborers. Ii all T1ead is true as | 1o tue conditions existing on the-islands, it | will always be impossible for American labor {to find & ficld for ils employment oa the | islands. Therefore, if the anuexed territory most_endless list of well known and well grounded obj-ctions which obtain among the trades unionists of this coast and among the political economists who look forward a mo- ment’s length beyond to-day. These obje tions I v1all oniy hint at, leaving their elabora- tion to others From the viewpoint of # wageworker on the Pncific Coast, I caunot but protest against the idition to our miresdy overcrowded labor mark-ts of some 60,000 or 70,000 cheap waze- workers. And poons can or asre deny that this would b2 one of the first results of an- nexation. The contract coolies, Portuguese and half-breeds now toiling for a pittance in Hawail would find speedy opportunity to shift heir habitat. Nor is there the faintest pos- sibitity thet eny b.r will be placed to such a result. Should auy desireso to do be man - fested by our lawmakers, we may rest assured that the Federal Constifution as interpreted by our United States Supreme Court, would brush the pronivbitive laws aside without de- lay. We, 100, have Senator Morgan's recent CAPTAIN F. B. COLVER. ) THE Epitor oF THE CatL: Some) ths ago resolutions were presented to | hes Los Ange'es County Council of Labor ata rezular meeting of that body, in op- »sition to the annexation of Hawaii to his country. At that time I took a very | n ced stand in favor of those reso- lutions. I have sesn no reason why I shonld change my opinion which I then heid and which I had formed after a thorough investigation of the question. The resolutions were passed by tne Coun- f Labor by a unanimous vote. As far a~ 1 know orgarized laborstands as asolia phalanx against the annexation of this erritory to tne United States. s for myself, I belleve in building up the beet-sugar industry of California in preference to a competition with the hordes of Asia. 1 do not believe the ma- jority of the population of Hawaii has | any interest in common With the people of this country, and it wonld be an unde- | sirable element as a component part of the United States. In this eraof injunc- | tions the working people of the United S:ates have enough to contend against at the present time without adding to our population the incongruous, non-assimi- lating people on the other side of the lope It should be the settled policy of hi< Government not only to carefully | G ite, so that the pauper labor of Europe | and Asia is not dumped upon our shores. Why annex a territory in which no Ameri- can workingman can successfully compete | with three-fourths of the population oi | an island so far from our shores, and who | have no sympathy with American ideas | 1d customs, and who are illiterate and | erous? I say emphatica'ly no. My opinion isthat the 1,400 000 men in the ranks of organized lavor throughout) the United States wou!d be a unit in op- position to annexation if they but knew | facts of the case. I have deue all 1 could in my humble capac.ty to give them information. I consider it a duty to my | ‘ellow-workmen, and I have performed it | to the best of my abilit B. CoLVER Los Angeles, October 30. M. M. McGlynn, a member of the mmittee of the Council of Laoor is well informed on all subjects in reference to labor and its interests. Mr. McGiynn wes formeriy connected with the San Francisco Labor Council, but nas been this city for several years having been compelled to come Upon the Hawalian annexation question he has most pronounced views in opposition. He | red the foilowing signed article for ALL upon tue sulject: To the Editor of The Call: 1f I were asked to recepitulate the advantages of the annexation of Hawaii I would be tempted to paruphrase the fsmous chapter on “Snakes in Ireland”— i. c., there are no advantages in the annexa- ton of Hawaii. But to expatiate upon the disadvantages of such step—that were almost an end!ess topic, since new and fresh arguments spring up on every sides The subject 1s bounded only by one’s time @nd THE CALL'S patience—the first of which 1 uare not and the second I wiil not too neavily tnx. It is understood that east of the Rocky Mountains the popular sentimentupon this matter is distinctly favorable where not in- assurance that there will be provision whereby those on the islands Who now possess the right of **denizenship,” will enter upon the rights of American_citiz>uship in the course of a short tim» Now, here, were there no other objection. I protest. i ore Chinese we hzve with and with curses and vices y unknown to the “The 100,000 or us have filled this unnameable end previousl Caucasian race. They h induced more corruption and debauchers of eivil officials than were ever before attributed to any 1actor in our civilization. They nave chaosea our iu- dustrial conditions in various directions, and are an incurable ulcer in every sense upon the body politic. Yet we are askea to approve of the turther 1niroduction of hali a hundred thousand more of these yests, and that, too, with tee granting to them of eitizenship right. Isay, God forbid. I am not unaware of.the existence of a quarter of & hundred thousand natives of a Caucasian rice equally threatening to the interests of American wage-workers, but their vresence is lost sight of in the predominating evil of the Mongo ian influx, We may assimi- late iznoran’ Portuguese, but our plane of vilization offers noattraction to the Chinese. He will drag us down, unless we eliminate him. 1s there a single cogent argument for annex- atiou thatdoes not smack of robbery. actual or premeditated? Hewaii will serve as a coaling station. Why 50 would Cape Town and with asmuch re son. We have not to-day, and will not have inten years, ships sufficient to adequately guard one-tenth of our inhabited seaconst. Yet we will grab a piece of territory 2000 miles away in_ order that_ome-cighth of our naval force mey be required (o constantly guard it. And guard it against whom? Ha- waii never raised enough revenue to pay its expenses. We will not annex Hawaii as part ot Ca.ifornia. We wiil not establish a territo- rial form of government there. We will make neither fish, flesh nor good red herring of the islas We will grab them and trust to luck. Pah! Iam tired of thesubject Is it true tnat the powers to be are eager only to direct public at'ention from pressing politico-econo- m.c_questions by inviting the diversion of war? 1should hate to be forced to this conviction; yet 1 cannot close my eyes to the fact that the annexation of Hawali carries in its train the possinilities of iuternational strife and com- plications. We of the Pacific Coast have inrd often to bemoan the evils inflicted upon us by the Federal administration because of ignor- | anceof our distant land’s requirements. What will Hawaii have to say on this score? Have we not a sufficiently vexatious problem to solve in the intelligent government of & terri- tory 3,609,990 square miles in area without reaching ot for more? In short, I see neither necessity, profit nor honor in ihe acquisition of Hawaii. Per con- tra, I sce all the evis that greed ana precipi- tancy bring in their train. May the American yeople have the wisdom to renounce the uu- worthy proposition. M. M. MCGLYN Los Angeles, Octobar 30, 1897. J. D. Bailey has lived in Southern Cali- fornia for a long period of years. He isa member of the Carpenters Union and is district organizer of the Knights of Labor for Southern California. Mr. Bailey pre- pared the following statement for THE Cavy, which embodies his views upon tue annexation question: 7o the Editor of The Call—My judgment is that if the proposition to annex Hawaii to the ‘United States were left to. the Inbor organiza- tions and the people it would be overwhe:m- ingly voted down. All great questions should be submitted to & vote of the people. I know that the sentiment of the Los Avgeles County Council of Labor is decidedly ageinst it and we have embodied our ideas upon the question into asetof resolutions, which nave been forwarded to the members of the California Gelegation in Congress, asking offers no field for human endeavor at & p_oper | iving recompense for such effort, what is the | necessity for annexation—where '1s the glory | of our country to Le enhanced or tae profit of | our citizens to be aaded to by such action? We huve all the coole Jabor in the United taies now that we care for. We need no more territory than we already have. What we have now we want 10 see properly goveraed, and we have not altogether succ:cded in that as yet. When we perfect our government here at home then will it be time enough to com- mence to annex the ilands of the ses, but until then Iam In favor of confining our ef- forts to the Vst territory we now have, half of | which is undeveloped. | "1 heartily indoree the prsition of the Los | Angeles County council of Labor when it de- clared against the annexation of Hawaii and Ithink that labor organizations throughout the United Statescan and should take similar | | action. A careful polling of the more prominent | representatives of organized labor in this city fails to discloss one individual who is in faver of the proposition to annex the islands. The four opinions expressed by | the gentleman above are truly indicative of the feeling and seatiment as it actually | | exiscs 10-day. | The Mercnants’ and Manufacturers’ As- sociation of this city has never directly ex- pressed itself upon the question of annexa- tion. Tneboiy includes absut every mer- chant of any standing in the city and the manufacturers as well. It isaconservative body and it is a difficult maiter to se- curé an opinion from 1t on a subject that is not directly and admittedly properly within its jurisdiction. | However, the Merchants’ and Manu- | facturers’ Association of Los Angales, by | a unanimous vote, some time ago, adopted | the following resolut.ons as to the abroga- tion of the Hawaiian treaty: WiEREAS, The treaty now in force between the United States and the Hawaiian Isiands provides for the free entry into the [ | States of raw sugar, to the great detri ihe beei-su, y [ under suitable protection witl suy en- tire home market within the next iew years, thus retaining millions ot dollars in the United States; and whereas, since the cx- istence of this treaty ull goods bought by Hawaiian firms have been ob ained 1in the cheapest markets of the world, without re- gard 10 their obligations uader this treaty; therefore be it Resolved, That our representatives at Wesh- fnglon be earuestly riquested (o use their in- fluence for tue abrogation of said treaty. The arzument used by the Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Association for the | abrogation of the treaty applies w:th equal forca against annexation, and if the question were to come before that body there is but little doubt as to what posi- | tion the as-ociation would take. It would be against annexation. BOGUS CERTIFICATES BASY 10 PROCORE Chinese Arrested at Fresno Come Into Possession of Passports. Off clals Belleve That the Docu- mants They Hava Produced Are Not Genuine. Special Dispatch to THE CALL. FRESNO, Oct. 31.—Ten Chine:e were arrested in Fresno last Sunday for being in the United States without certificates. One of the prisoners e caped before reach- ing jail and six otbers who were exam- ined by United States Commissioner | Prince produced cartificates and evidence | showing that they were entizled to remain in this country. The six were discharged from custody and but three of the ten Chinese captured in the raid remain in jail. Iuis thought that two of thess will be able to show certificates when exam- ined next week. The Chinese prisoners obtained their certificates from San Franacisco, ana the officers, who have been making investiga- | tions since the:, have good grounds for suspecting that the papers are irzudulent, although from inspection they appear right in every way. The Government in- spectors and special officars are collecting evidence in regard to these illegal certifi- cates that will create a big sensation if ever brought to the attention of the pub- lic. The celerity with which the Fresno Chinese procured the certiticates was con- tirmation of the suspicions in regard to the manner in which bogus certificates may be procured. A former registration deputy, who de- sired that his name be not ziveu, said to Tue CALL correspondent to-aay: “[t 1s very easy for the Chinese coming into this couatry iliegally to procure cer- tificates, and no douot fraudulent certifi- cates are held by Chinese in this State. W nile I was registrar I missed the oppor- tunity of my lifetime to make a big stake. I was approached by representatives of the Chinese who desired me to supply cer- tificates to them by the wholesale.” The certificates were valued at fron $100 to §150 each, so you can figure out what there would be in it it a man worked indus- triously in making out the certificates. A book ol certilicates was lost by one of the registrars, who claimed that it was sent from a certain town to Bakersfield, but failed to arrive there. Tae registration certificates might easily be printed and tilled out by private parties. The seal could be procured to givas it the'appear- ance of legalitv. 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