Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-03-13
THE LABOR QUESTION.
what is Thought of the Situation
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In making the rounds yesterday a report.
er OF the SENTINEL ran across a knot Of Ia
borers, who were taking their noon lunch.
They were all workingmen in the true
sense, and there was not o man among
them who was not fully posted on the live
topics Of the day. The reporter, after sal
uting the men, ~propounded the question as
to what they thought of the situation in
San Francisco.
Three or four Of them responded together
that things down there are working well.
OF course they did not indorse Kearney's
threats Of fire and birthstone, and assassi-
nation. but Kearney did not mean to do any
such thing as that; he was only b~lufing.
1t was a part Of his policy to make the
agitation of the Chinese question hot
enough to attract the attention OF the pub
lie in every section Of the Union. The evil
was an overwhelming one, requiring q
desperate remedy. Kearney knew this, and
everybody else ought to knOw 1t. Nicely
worded petitions from the people OF this
coast to Congress had been tried long
enough; they amounted to nothing. Long
haired Eastern Congressman had merely
chucked them into pigeon-holes, without
paying the least attention to them.
Kearney's rumpus they said, would cause
Eastern statesmen to pause, and give some
little attention to the Chinese curse. In
this regard Kearney had done more for the
laboring men of the Pacific coast than any
other man who ever came prominently be-
fore the people. They had no doubt that
Kearney's threats OF violence had frightened
capital and made times in San Francisco
temporarily dull, but this made no differ
ence; it would be all the better for San
Francisco in the end. He had already sue
ceedcd in turning the Chinese tide East
ward, and that was something to be put
down to his credit. "If the last mothers
son of them would go, everything would
be lovely on this coast"
Referring to the health ordinance, de-
claring Chinatown a nuisance, our Work
ingmen said that was correct, and Kearney
was perfectly right in insisting on a strict
enforcement Of the law. All classes in San
Francisco, they thought, should stand by
him in this regard. He was claiming
nothing that every good citizen could not
indorse.
The reporter next inquired whether the
Workingmen Of this coast could discern
any hope Of relief from the Chinese curse
in connection with the coming Presidential
election.
"Ohl yes, said they; "if the right
| party gets in. We have no faith in the Re-
publicans. They have maintained the Bur-
lingame treaty in the face Of our petitions
for the last fifteen years. We want no
more OF them. We shall cast our fortunes
with the Democratic party this year and
see what they will do for u.s."
But, said the reporter, what about the
candidates? Have you no choice
Certainly, we have. Thurman and
Blaine are both sound on the Chinese
question, and, il we had our way about it,
We would make one Of them President.
We would like to see them run on opposite
tickets, SO that we would hit it right, no
matter which was elected"
But Grant seems TO have the call on the
Republican side, remarked the reporter.
Grant be-damned. Grant said over in
I China that the Chinese were welcome to
this country, and their presence very de-
sirable. He would be a nice dnck for any
Nottingham to vote for. No Grant in
ours, If you please"
Well, what about Tilden?
GAS against Grant, he is our man. We
don't know how he stands on the heather.
but then, he has no record against us. We
will chance him. We expect both parties
10 give some attention to this Chinese ques-
ton in their platforms, and if Tilden is
elected he will carry out the Democratic
doctrine. Indeed. the Democrats in Con-
gress voted for us strong, while the Repub-
Leans were mainly against us, and Hayes
vetoed the Anti-imfnigration bill We
shall not trust the Republicans again"
At this point, some n called thine"
when the men resumed their work, and the
SENTINEL man sauntered off, revolving the
interview in his mind. and wondering il he
could not evolve from il a readable item.