The Chinese in American courts

Abstract

The huge convention of three thousand distinguished delegates had gathered in the Metropolitan Temple of San Francisco at the invitation of the Board of Supervisors of the city. There were mayors from cities and towns throughout the state, Congressmen, labor and civic leaders, prominent businessmen and clergymen. The governors of Montana, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, and California sent telegrams of support. The Honorable James D. Phelan, Mayor of San Francisco, announced to the convention that the Chinese population of the state, “due to the beneficent efforts of exclusion,” had fallen from 75,000 in the year 1890 to 45,000 in 1900. He received applause and cheers from the audience.