Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-09-14
"THE CHINESE MUST CO.,"


Jail for period OF twelve days.
THE CHINESE MUST COZ
That H"p Lee. Al Chin. Geo no g. Co..
ThiMk oJ Dennis K.nrney.
New York Sun.
"The Chinese must co. said Dennis Kear-
ney, at Jersey City, the other night, and he
has said the same thing in every public
speech he has delivered. There are two sides
to every gu sti"n. Mr.. Kearney holds to his
side of the Chinese question. The China
man, on the other hand, has his opinion; bu,
he Is at n disadvantage. To him labor is the
chief business Of life, and the end and aim
If it happiness in some quarter Of the Celes-
tial empire, with n goo stock of rice and
Opium on hand, and an accumulated store OF
cash wherewith to rep.enish as necessity NAV
demand
A reporter called yesterday upon several
prominent Cinnamon to chin-chin them on
the subject brought so conspicnously before
the public by Mr.. Kearney in his speeches.
Sam Wuir, laundrtman at Chatham and
Chambers streets. was hard at work at his
ironing board, and was dsinctinel to enter
into any conversation that hal not dollars
and cents rs its ultimate object. In small
recess under tha pavement three Chinamel
lay in weil-dressed bnnk f,st asleep. and
another skipped to and fro through thu
main apartment intent UPON the business OF
his life.
''Me no speakoe Mclean said Sam Wuir
as he filed his mouth with water and sent il
in thin spray over the bosom Of Il 80 cen
shirt. '.Chinam1n no time lealee MeIic II
papee Dam Kanny. Man name Yet HOOP
l,vee big house Mott sleet. he speokee muci
Mclean. All same ee leadee papee. Go Sc,
hee. Dam Kanny.''
At 129 Cnatham street. in n wall ordere,
basement the reporter found Gay Lee, wit
l face as Il licate IS that of woman. Ga
Lee. with his one assistant, was also vor,
hnsy. 81 Gun no speakee much Mclean" b
:aid snapp;shlv. ''What you want? Wan
veshee? all light. can no leadee Melica1
oapee. Man name Yet Hoop, livee big hous'
Mott stleet, he speaker reap Mclean. Al
same lie leadae Mclean newspaper like,
'ebbil. D.m Kenny. Kanny dam laskl
Don't bodice me-"
In Mott street, just west Of Chatham
square, is Chinese grocery. The characte,
Of the place is sufficiently ind catel by
long, thin, shinsle-l,ke sign swinging before
The door, and bearing upon it dozen Chi
nese hieroslyphics. Into the queer little
place the reporter stepped Tea chests COW
cred with gilt legends covered the shelves.
and boxes and barrels encumbered the floor
5nt the room was scrupulously clean. At
TALL desk in the corner stood little China
man with number of little white pape,
books before hi ., each inscribed with Chi
nese letters and signs in perpendicular rows
Il; i,,H<
polished knobs he frequently manipulated as
be busted himself IN casting up the accounts
Of his credit customers.
"John," said his visitor, " I wish to find
Chinaman who can read English. Do
yon know of one?"
"Me speakee not Mclean" said the book
keeper. II hen. with n sudden Jerk ut Lis
head to one side, he calculated, '.Mnw!''
1t was like poor attempt to initiate the
:rv of a tahbv cat, but it brought to thu
door of 1t side room tho face and then the
form of another Chinaman.
"Mow.' said the bookkeeper, .schik lin
to kala Mclean koo to pikitak zap how
GAIL light" said the new appearance
';What you want?"
Then after the visitor hal made known
his wishes ho received the following reply:
"Dam Kanny. He Ilish sconnell. You 90
see Gee Wo. He livee landly West Bload-
way. He talkee Mclean likee debbil, alec
same leadee Mclean. Speakee much b,w
K,nny. dam Ilishman. Go see he. He bully
Chinaman.''
At Gee Wo's place were found All Chin
an aged Chinaman; Hop Lee, q retired
laundryman; and Lee Hoop. dried mp
specimen. who might be 25 Or lo5 Gee Wo
refused to converse further than to say.
Dam Kanny." All Chin was evidently IN,
Ter the influence IF opium, and could speak
NJ word of any tongue, hut Hop Lee was
voluble in the extreme. He was so voluble,
| indeed. that not one word of ten that h.
uttered could be understood. He had heard
about Kearney. however. and spoke of him
frequently as Dam Kanny,' with an en-
phasis that was refreshing.
In Twenty ninth street.. near Fourth
avenue, the reporter, guided partly by
California laundry sign, and partly by the
tugubrious and ear-splitting notes of q Chi
nese violin, wendell his way to the establish.
tnent of Ali Heep. The music of the fiddle
was like that what must be the wall of lost
souls i'll Hades, and the voice of the singer
was like unto it, only worse. Alb Heep could
not read Mclean, but he had heard Of Kear
ney, whom he and the musician also termed
Dam Kanny. Al Heep said that he was
too busy to read, and thai he did not like to
talk. He was not in good humor. for the
sky was overcast and he was behind In exc
cutting a contract. "Nummee one Joss up
topsde,'' said he, "makee much black. Some
time come lain. Bad for washee. Go see
Wah Long"
Wah Long is a prosperous laundryman on
Fourth avenue, near Twenty fourth street.
y. \:
though very busy. With him were his
assistants, Sam Yep. 10 Kow and Nov Lee,
the latter with his cheeks distendel till they
made his face resemble molasses- candy
colored balloon. He was getting ready for
sprinkling.
g"Oh. yes said Wah Long s:Me ]eadee
Mclean papee. Me leadee bow Dam Kanny
heap, all same Mclean man. He no Nell
can. He Ilishman. Dam sconnel.
Nc wakkee, no w1shee. Makes