The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 22, 1901, Page 1

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7 B 2 VOLUME XC— - SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1901. PRICE FIVE CENTS, CHINESE EXCLUSION CONVENTION OPENS FIGHT IN DEFENSE OF AMERICAN LABOR PRESIDENT WILL URGE RE-ENACTMENT OF EXCLUSION LAW. ASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 21, 1901.-—-Hon. James D. Phelan, San Francisco, Cal.; | have seen the Fresident. | have the best authority for saying that he will not only recom- mend in his message the re-enactment of the Geary law, but will go further and urge that it be made stronger. J. C. NEEDHAM. FAlEviNG, - — oo AoV~ CHINESE QUESTION ONE OF RACE - WILL REMOVE ERRONEOUS IDEAS : S . | 17/ E are the warders of the Golden Gate; we must stand X s = HIS convention, meeting at this peculiar time, is to my /Y here forever in the pathway of the Orient, and if there < £ ta) mind the most potent instrument that could have been is any danger or trial it is for us to sound the alarm. - .{' —— chosen to manifest to the people of the East that the story I regard t ese question as a race question. I regard 5 that California has changed her mind wupon the question of it as an nal question; and above and over all, a - fi p Asiatic immigration is at least erromeous, if not absolutely false. ervation of our civilization. The State 3 b1 California, through this convention, will tell the people of the East s seven hundred miles of seaboard facing % that she is as loyal as she zver was to her laboring population, tled to speak on this question for the people of and as determined as ever to protect them against the cheap man s.—Excerpt from Mayor James D. Phelan’s ad- from the East—Excerpt from Chairman Thomas J. Geary's-ad- dress wese Exclusion Convention. dress at the Chinese Exclusion Convention. — — 4 * ; o Leading Citi Gath i + i eading Citizens Gather to Urge ; Strong Addresses in Behalf of the & CHINATOWN’S 0 Re-enactment of the REMOVAL IS Laboring People of the G L ADVOCATED eary Law. . sin Coast. i HE taxpayers of this representative | in order that they may without molesta- city will soon be called HEN Mayor Phelan called and on account of the opening, as it were, of A S e t i - | the Pacific by the vict De: t M = e = : upon to_wote millions b Hirmagplorsigp bt wdghy b dyvgridbionp ol - nvention Begins Crusade. o g o : of .dollars for schools, hos- afterncon every seat in the | Of California have also changed their views; Of the 3000 accredited dp—lcFates frem all ehed d oth . e body of the hall and in the | IR other words, that the proponents of Chi- s of California fully 2500 were present o : pitals and other improvements. gallery was occupled by dele. | 7S¢ Immigration have taken advantage of at 2:15 o’clock when Mayor Phelan rapped L - Gentlemen, there is no- better- Eatin et e the effect of the exclusion law and of the in- for order. The hall presented a scene of o / h . Aft 1 the venti t a terest that we all have in the opening of the animation, which the hearty enthusiasm . ment that this city can pro- = "Pchal it e e v:i .| Facific. to msidiously, with the assistance of of the delegates as well as spectators e cure which is more an urgent | | gaver oo Gelivered the following 83°| the ‘Imperial Minister of China at Washing® served to heighten. The hall was deco- e it th th e Tess: ton, Minister Wu, and the Imperial Consul saind with the Batiseal colols, wiilie oW necessity than the removal of Personnel of Convention. General at San Francisco, Mr. Ho Yow, the platform was suspended a large sign Chinatown to the southern end Fellow Citizens of the State of California: | impress upon the minds of our Congressmen i 9 = - se Exclusis s It 18 my honor as Mayor of this city, pursuant | and of our editors throughout the broad ex- | ‘;:‘.’;iuzi_e ;ozrdzoun(z:‘i_"e ;O;’Ce“l;'; of San Francisco Excerpt | |to a resolution ot the Board of Supervisors, | tent of country east of the Mississippi that it Civilization” Pinned to the lapels of the | + '} ‘from B. Sbarbord’s’ address |!|'e 2l this conveition o erder. It i mads |- wouid he diplematie; {hat & wouid e im e + S g I B , o stal s country, am coats of the delegates were badges of MAYOR JAMES D. PHELAN ADDRESSING THE DELEGATES TO THE before the Chinese Exclusion ress, the officials of the State, the counties | would be conducive to greater trade - i gress, gre to let the S white silk suitably inscribed. Side by side BIG CHINESE EXCLUSION CONVENTION, WHICH HELD ITS INI- Bt et b ORI rntngT 8 Tt Mo wil ] Cantiniely’ it bl i bk e f that character | . v o . g o7 " | wih the Tarmpr et Srfpresgutsiivps ; oftfl . o RINLASHEION NESEREOAYI S HIRNOON, ool trades organizations and of civic soclety. This | twenty years, die by legal expiration. When public move- | State, national and county governments, | . e A % is, In the judgment of the Board of Supervis- | we in San Francisco observed that a system- vhi € ac- | all animated by the one great desire to b TR SN YT TER ) A open whic legisia- | protect American labor against the Orien- tal competition which must inevitably fol- low the refusal of Congress to re-enact the Chinese exclusion law. On the stage | were Mayor Phelan, Mayor N. P. Snyder of Los Angeles, Senator George C. Per- Lieutenant Governor Jacob H. Neff, Frank Coombs, Rev. Wii- Assistant United States Dis- man tion were loudly applauded. The people of this State, he said, had a right to speak for the people of the entire union. He aroused enthusiasm by a vigorous denial of the story that the sentiment of the residents of California concerning Chinese immigration had changed. Were it pos- sible that advantages might be gained by the general admission of Chinese into the Act, was placed in nomination amid a considerable display of enthusiams. The name of Mayor Snyder of Los Angeles was advanced for the honor, but that gentleman respectfully declined, and took occasion to second Geary's nomination Mayor Phelan was also placed in nomina- tion, but declined the honor with thanks Geary was then chosen by acclamation, Clara was nominated in opposition. In order to prevent an elcction which must have engendered feeling and cause an unnecessary waste of time, the election of both as secretaries was ageed to. A committee of five on credentials was then appointed after numerous motions ‘were made and amendments offered. The committee ‘on credentials ors, called a representative body, a body which, when it epeaks, Will be listened to with consideration and respect. The State of California, With its seven hun- dred miles of seaboard fronting the Pacific, facing the Orient, is entitled to speak on this question for the people of the United States. (Applause.) We may speak, as it wgre, as experts. We have had a long familiarity with this question, and I contend that it is only atic campaign was being made for the purpose of undoing all the work for which we had struggled for twenty years, we deemed it nec- essary to call this convention; and I am sure that none of you will resent the fact that San Francisco, your commercial emporiuzi, has taken the leadership in this matter. Our Commercial Emporium., San Francisco is a commercial emporium. e It is like all commercial cities, h he: Attorney D. E. McKinlay, ex-Sena~ | United States the people of California and | and when he advanced to the platform he retired . and | ynoge who are ignorant of its true meanmg | - s e e o A 4 after some minutes rerorted in favor of 14 hesitate to indor: g er of trade, unsentimental: tor A. P. Williams, Congressman . D. | of the Pacific Coast would be the first to | was given a hearty ovalion. In his speech | S71eF some minmtes rero fvor of | and significance who would hes o ot | o e Woods, A. Sbarboro, president of the | Tecognize and advocate them. The Mayor | of acceptance he referred to the anti- :aigs":t :J s;re:’afl:s ;;‘:‘e:e fln wa: the position which California has uwn:'slm):;n e e AR e s Manufacturers' and Producers' Associa- | declared that the question was a nationa! | Chinese exclusion sentiment prevalent in s S i A58 Eeqasmat ';’d "’(";::: “:":’“l"" 0 e | Chinese immigration we would not oppese it. needless to tion; Supervisors J. P. Booth, L. J.|©ne and that the whole people should rise | the East, and expressed the conviction ” N SurSHion: ummiurAticn. o PR 1f it brought commerce to our warehouses and is to be a Dwye muel Braunhart, Charles Box- | UP against the danger of a Mongol inva- | that the convention would do much to re- Senator Perkins was then Introduced, | It has been said in the East, where a propa- sympathy e only for the awaiting the coolie ex- | ton ipervisor-Elect William Wynn, H. sion. move the erroneous impressions concern- and in a brief address he expressed his ganda sgainst the re-enactment of the exclu- to our marts there would be a very considera- ble element of our population that would be A. McCraney and others. Geary Chosen as Chairman. ing the Chinese which had been formed | STatification at the patriotism displayed | slon laws has been carried on, that the sentl- | ,o4ive in the demand which every commer- The issues of the hour were presented | The convention began business without |in the territory east of the Rocky Moun- | PY all classes of citizens of California in “’"1‘: "‘l"’":;‘:’r‘e'”b““‘::“‘fv‘::- ‘t::‘ :;;:!: cial city makes for trade and more frade. by Mayor Phelan in a strong opening ad- | delay after the Mayor had finished his | tains. His reference to the strong atii- | the matter of. the exclusion law. The | California, Bt - (Applause.) Theretore, I say, when San Fran- dres; his He was received with warmth and allusions to the determined stand SENATOR PERKINS WOULD GO FURTHER. | T is our people who pay the taxes that have built up our splendid institutions, and we should draw the line further, only this is not the time nor occasion. Iwould permit no one to come into this country unless he felt as he approaches these shores as Moses did when he approached the burning bush—that he stood upon sacred ground; and the voice coming out of that bush from the merican people is “Unless you love freedom, unless you believe in republican - institutions, unless you believe in the free public schools, you cannot come into this count address before the Chinese Exclulion Convention. / address. The matter of selecting a ry.”—Excerpt [rom Senator Perkins’ _—— chairman was brought up, and Thomas J. Geary, author of the Chinese Exclusion + tude of President Rooscvelt in the mat- ter of the re-enactment was hailed with wild cheers, and cries of “Good bey, Teddy!” He held that the advancement of American commerc2 was subsidiary to the advancement of tae welfare of Am- erican labor. The fundamental principle, he argued, should be recognized that without labor there could be no com merce. Temporary Organization Perfected. At the conclusion of Chalrman Geary’s address, the work of temporary organi- zation was begun. The idea seemed to prevall among a portion of the conven- tion that politics backed the exclusion movement, and when H. 8. Mason was placed in nomination 7or temporary sec- retary, Charles B. Schaeffer of Santa failure of Congress to re-enact the law ‘Continued on Page Two. population, due to the beneficent effect of ex- clusion, has fallen from 76,000, acording to the census returns in the year 1890, to about 45,000 in 1900, it has been said that on that account cisco takes a stand as it took twenty years Continued on Page Two. 0 LRk G U Mt D ol R e A A 7 IR S FRANK L. COOMBS VOICES HIS PROTEST. S I understand it, it is because e have thought that there might prevail in the East some idea or suspicion .that the people of this country were not united as they were ten years ago that we have called this convention. And it is your office mow, echoing the voice, the sentiment and the majesty of the people of this State, to send in clarion tones to the capital of the nation your protest, as it was your protest of old, against the admission of Chinese further into the . State of California and into the nation.—Excerpt from Congressman Frank L. Coombs” address be- fore the Chinese Exclusion Convention. e ——— Y

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