Proceedings of the Asiatic Exclusion League , September, 1908

As is usual, I'll just deal with the most interesting bits of the proceedings.

Under the Credentials heading in this report, we have Musicians No. 6, Machinists No. 68, Carpenters NO. 1640 and the Golden West Lodge Junior Order Machinists representing labor groups.

Part of the answer from a letter from Geo. C. Perkins, a Senator.

Part of a letter from J.R. Knowland, representing the Third Congressional District of California.

Part of a letter from the representative from the Fourth Congressional District.

Part of a letter from the representative from the Fifth Congressional District.

This representative from the Sixth Congressional District took a different tack, saying it was illegal for the League to ask the questions it did (from a questionnaire they sent to various politicians.)

From the representative from the 39th Assembly District.

These incidents are reported as facts, but many such “factual” statements turned out to be nothing but rumors. I don't know if the events are true or not, since I don't have access to all the information.

Dual hate, a “Jap” and a “Darkie.”

A riot in Canada for which a branch of the League was blamed, and they're not actually denying it.

It doesn't make a whole lot of sense to claim that Asiatics are an inferior people, and then have reports of riots carried out by white people, especially over something that turned out not to be true at all.

Another example of Japanese being attacked.

There's also a couple of notations about anti-Hindu (Hindoo, in the article) violence.

From an article entitled “The Japanese The Most Important Question of the Day. A Menacing Danger to Our Country, written by A. Sharboro, President of the Italian Bank, come these quotes:



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