The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-05-21
THEIR RECORD.
From the Salem Statesman of the 18th
instant, we get

GROWERS CHINESE RECORD:
Grover having denied at Portland, in
hie public discussion, that any negotia-
tions had been had for the employment
of Chinese in the Salem factory, and pro-
nouneed the charge made by Gov Woods
a false, the Oreognianof yesterday 12th),
says:
The statement is no &c SANDER" nor
was it originated by the Oregonian. We
made the statement in the first place on
the authority of the managers of the lac
tory at Oregon City, who, from the ma
ture of their business are likely to know
And secondly, we called upon the agent
of the Chinese companies in this city,
VI o states that propositions have been
made by the Salem factory company to
the Chinese, with view OF introducing
this class ef labor in their establishments.
The Chinese consulted their agent about
the matter, and expressed .disinclination
to go, through fear of receiving violent
treatment from mobs at Salem.
During the discussion at Oregon City,
Wednesday evening, Gov. Woods repeat
ed the charge, and called on Mr.. Jacobs,
of Oregon City Mills, who rose and said:
have never addressed an audience
of this size on political subjects, but as l
have been called on to state what | know
about the matter in question, / will SIM
ply state that some time ago had con-
versation with Mr. Doland, Democratic
Treasurer of Multnoma county, and at
that time agent for the Chinese, in which
Doland told me that Mr.. Grover had
written him letter that he wanted to
negotiate for Chinese labor for the Wool
en- Mills at Salem, but that he would
delay final arrangement of the matter
until he could see how that kind of labor
would work in the mills at Oregon City"
Mr.. jacobs avowed himself willing to
make oath to these statements.
Mr.. W G.. johnson also arose and
stated that Mr.. Doland told him the same
thing.
We are informed that Mr. Grover did
not find it convenient to take any notice
of these statements. Of course Grover
had a right to talk of hiring Chinese and
to hire them, and to work them when
hired. but then why need he go and deny
it SO fercely.
To fully and completely establish the
fact that the manufacturing company of
Salem, in which Mr.. Grover is the main
pillar, have been negotiating for Chinese
labor, we publish the following affiiavits.
taken from the Oregontam of May 14th ::
STATE OF OREGON,
/ Clackamas County,
! /, r. Jacob, do solem My swear that some
time in the fall of 1868, and at several
/ times, [ had conversations with w. p.
| Doland, acting agent of the Chinese in
/ Portland / was managing agent of the
/ Oregon City Woolen Mills. Mr.. Doland
| was extremely anxious to have me take
! Cinnamon in the mill at Oregon City.
Among other things he stated in the fall of
| 1868, in his Office over RandalPs store, in
Portland, that the Salem mill was about
to employ Chinese that he had just re-
ceived a letter from Mr.. Grover, the
agent of the Salem mills, proposing to
take Chinese ; that they were waiting for
me to do the same, and then they would
90 in. Mr.. Grover he said was only
waiting to see the result here, and then
would take them.
(Signed,) RJACOB.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
May 18th, 1870.
F. o. McCowN, Notary Public.
STATE OF OREaoN, 50.
Clackamas County,
I, L. Z. Pratt, being first duly sworr
say: That while I was agent of the O.
G. NJ. f. Co., in the winter of 1866
w. P. Doland, the then acting agent o
the Chinese in the city of Portland, called
me into his place of business (Randalls'
in Portland, and proposed to furnish
Chinese laborers for the Oregon City fac
tory, and said at the same time he was
negotiating with:the Willamette Wooler
Manufacturing Company of Salem, t.
employ Chinese operatives in their facto
ry. He further said, in substance, tha
we Ii. e. the O. G. Nj. F. Coz woul,
have to employ them to compete with tn
Salem Company.
(Signed,) L. E. PRATT.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, o.
the 18th day of May, A. D. 1870.
f. q. McCowN,
; Notary Public, in and for Oregon
STATE OF OREGoN, =
Clackamas Oregon. -
/, W. G. johnson, do solemnly swea
that for two or more years before May
1868, was one of the Directors of til
: Oregon City Wooden Manufacturin
Company that Mr.. w. p. Doland, the