The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-02-02
BIG MEADOWS LABOR. Parry.
A Reply to "Citizen :" and Advice
to Workingmen.

BIG MEADOWS. Jan. 90.
EDITOR SILVER STATE your issue
OF January 23rd appears
A COMMUNICATION FROM "cITIzEN.
In which he proposes to enlighted the
readers of the SILVER STATE as to the
"origin, organization and members of
the Big Meadows labor party" The
sentiments expressed in that communi-
cation are too contemplate to be de-
serving of much notice, but to remove
any wrong impression it may have
made on the minds of your readers, I
would make few corrections. I do
not wish to be personal, but the fact
that Oitizen" represents no consider.
able part of our people here, compels
me to refer to him alone. His chicken
story and his Lung Kee story, SO far as
they relate to this organization are silly
faoricatlons gotten up for the purpose
OF misrepresenting its members, its
sentiments and its aims. OF
THE CHICKEN STORY
l know nothing whatever except what
have learned through that communica.
ton. The story of the assault made on
the Chinaman. Lung Kee, is an exag
gerated account of drunken ARRAY
which happened about that time at
Lovelock's Station. but none of the
now members of this organization
had anything to do with it, I believe.
The man who went after the Chinaman
and received the wound, and who is
good, honest man when sober. was mn.
der the influence of liquor at the time,
and on becoming sober he acknowl-
edged that 1t was his own, and not the
Chlnamau' s fault. To show how true
are the assertions of this "Citizen. N
would state that the meeting called for
the 18th of December was held in an
unoccupied house that was chosen for
the occasion because it was vacant.
The movement was started, not throu Oh
any personal hatred towards the Chi
nese, but through the sentiments and
opinions entertained. and frequently
expressed. by majority of our citizens.
His statements in reference to
OUR FOREIGN BORN CITIZENS
| would pass in silence, because they
oniy reflect upon his own ignorance,
and serve only to point him out as be.
longing to that element in society which
is ever ready to appeal to prejadices of
people for the purpose of binding them
to the truth. so that the object in view
may be more easily attained; but in
justice to those citizens il il, we'll
enough to state that. although they
represent the people of almost every
country in Europe. but more especially
Germans and Danes, they are, as a
general rule, sober, industrious and en-
terprising men. Native and foreign
born citizens alike, take an interest in
the labor movement, and men who have
fought long and hard in support of our
government aud in defence of the
privileges that all our citizens have a
right to enjoy and to guard jealously,
are the very staunchest of its members,
and were among those who started the
movement here. Citizen" ought to
know that all our citizens, no matter
where they Were born. have
AN EQUAL INTEREST IN THE WELFARE
OF THE COUNTRY,
And have an equal right to speak or
to act in defence of the laws which
govern it and the happiness of its peo-
pie. No true and intelligent American
would entertain such sentiments to
wards his naturalized fellow citizens
as those limited by - Citizen" in that
communication. Our organization is
largely made up of laboring men, who
are poor enough it is true. but men
owning fine barns filled with hay and
grain" and men possessing" substan-
tial dwellings," as we'll as men who
command much social influence, be-