Daily globe., 1878-09-02
KEARNEY,S CAREER.
4 Dtsrepatable Lie iu California-TAe
ADttatOs's Parted EHterpriscs-The Man,
Br0ecH. VHO Acconnnn;es Hin

ADitato''s Parted En.es.prises-The Nan
Brosc", Who accompanies Him.
leading member of the State executive
committee of the Workingmen's party of
California writes as follows to the Boston
Adoertiser:
AS the people of Boston and the East gen
orally appear TO be taking lively interest
IN hearney and his belongings, few items
fr. m his home may be of interest and value
to the workingmen-the earnest, intelligent
workingmen-who have been disposed TO
look upon him, at distance, as the comino
emancipation of labor. Kearney's public
career began in San Francisco as an timer
! ant expounder of doctrines opposed to
orthodox Christianity. In this he failed.
His next appearance was as a member of a
| lyceum for "self-culture,' in which he ad-
| vocated the doctrine that he lived to own
thousands OF acres of land, upon which he
would employ men, giving them just enough
to eat and wear, because if be gave them
more they would become lazy, idle, drunken,
and rebellious. He then became a member
of "plece' club, known by the name of the
''Irade and Labor Union association for
which he acted as secretary, and with the
president, one Day, levied and collected sub
scrlrtlons from the candidates nominated bv
his 'party,' and pocketed the whole, said to
amount to 5000. He applied for admission
to the membership of the Workingmen's
party of the United States; but as his char
acter as an advocate of monopoly and a
piece striker was we'll known he was re-
fused admittance. Then he attached HIM
self to so-caled committee of safetv,-an
irresponsible body which did more to fan
the flames Of anarchy than to suppress them.
The agitation with which he is credited with
being the principal and spirit owes him
| nothing whatever. A strong anti Chinese
sentiment has prevailed here, and dog with
the capabiity of saying "The Chinese must
go" would have had as many followers as
Dennis Kearney. To fill up, however, he
introduced speeches with the phrases, "hell-
| bound thieves" "midnight thieves and day.
hight robbers" "bank-smashers," 'showling
Jesus Christs.''
hearneys idea, as fa1 as discoyerable, was
to make the movement simply one to rid the
State of the Chinese. How to accomplish
that he has never been able to define. AS
force is the only element he acknowledges,
at one time he seemed to desire only that
method to accomplish the result He adyo-
Gated the use of the rife and bullet; but in
Ferrall he said it was paper bullets he had
in view, and not leaden missiles. 10 get out
of many charges preferred against him he
threw the responsibility upon the reporters,
whom he now lauds; charging that in report
ing his speeches, they failed to insert ssif''
and other qualifying terms. His testimony,
judged by his talk and conduct at the time,
would induce many to conclude that he pre-
yarIcat60 tO hos.
term. Not till other mon acquired an in
tluence in the movement was there any well
defined course indicated. When it had be-
come political issue he did not compre-
bend it, Notwithstanding The Chronicles
promptings and Browns platltudes in a
highly odorous and senseless rag which he
edited and controlled, named The Open
Letter, q "lie on journalism" and an offense
to decency Originally, people were dis
posed to accord honesty to Kearney, but as
the movement grew the plaudits of The
| open Letter turned his head, and at the same
time he became tool in the hands of the
| Chronscte to destroy rival sheet, the CaW,
and actually canyassed O portion of the State
with that object, for which it was claimed he
was subsidized by the former journal Dur
| ing this time he claimed to have sacrificed
his business of draymal, but, in fact, he had
| it transferred to another, where it is to-day,
and he received from the party according to
his own statement on the sand-lot, only $35
per month, which looked indeed as if he was
sacrificing something for the good of the
cause. On one occasion he appealed to the
people to help him feed his family and paw
his rent, when he had actually moved to
larger house and had it furnished in a
superior manner. Kearney's whole charac-
ter may be summed up as follows: He pos
sesses a deal of ''cheek" that opposition en-.
hances; will lie and retract, as it suits his
purposes; is overbearing and cowardly; sub
Ject to t1attery, which he receives with great
JUNCTION; is parsimonious to degree, and as
ayarlclous as he can possibly be. He pos
sesses none of the qualities of genuine re-
former and lover of his kind, but desires
to trade upon the honesty of the people,
that his popularity may be advanced. He is
devoid of principle, is neither magnanimous
nor generous. Like all small minds, he is
vindictive and jealous; and he possesses to
superlative degree, all the qualities of the
Doors ignorance, seltishness and presump-
ton.
| Brown, his henchman, is the prime mover
IN all kearney's doings and sayings. He
| lays the plans while Kearney executes,
W. DAo"h AoaIuey WOulu De sorry
spectacle indeed. Originally scenic artist
OF low pretensions, he established a weekly
illustrated paper named The Great Strike,
opposed to the Chinese but it failed through
want of support. Starting The Open Letter,
and knowing Kearney's weakness, he gave
him twenty-five shares of stock in the en-
terprise, and praised him in such fulsome
fashion that it become disgusting to all but
the ''god of the sand-lot.' . The Open Letter
during its existence acted as jackal to The
| Chronicles lion; gained in brief time an
extensive circulation, considerable advertise
ments, and became quite profsable-the
profits being divided between these two
and Wellock, Kearney's second in command,
British subject and an alien, but an ex-
FOUNDER alike of infdelity and liberty as he
understands it, which is vague, to say the
least We have had many troubles in the
| party here attributable to this man Brown,
who only joined it, as he said, as a ''speula-
tlon." The people of Boston need be
neither shocked nor surprised at Brown
selling the report of the interview between
Kearney and Butler, because that is his
business with Kearney. The trip East is a
speculation. Brown is the manager If
there is money in it, Brown will
not only know but take advantage
Of it, and conduct the negotiations
with a .fnesse that will do him credit and
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