Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-10-09
FRIENDS OF THE CHINESE.

Pixley, one Of the Pacific Coast dele.
gates to the Republican Convention at
Chicago, wrote back to his paper as fol-
lows
You may imagine our surprise. The
army swore terribly in Flanders. The
delegation met, and resolved that this
thing should not be-. We all went to work,
and each in his own way. Some coaxed,
some argued, some swore. / leave your
readers to guess who got the madest, ragged
the most, and swore the loudest. IA deli
cate allusion to Mr.. Pixley himself. We
made sheet-iron thunder roll through that
Convention for about one hour. I went
before the committee, and, to my utter
surprise and indignation, found not only
Mr.. P~ierrepont's milk-and-water resolve in
his W handwriting. but in another reso-
luton q clause authorizing the Chinese to
become citizens and to vote. Then, as the
parrot said Of his fight with the monkey,
1--WE had . hell Of a time" The Conven-
ton was at . temporary recess awaiting
the report OF the committee, and 1t gave
US the opportunity to storm. We threat
ened the Blaine delegates that Mr.. Blaine
should not get n vote from the Pacific
Coast ; that we would make q fight in open
Convention that we would d~enounce the
subcommittee with treachery, and its
Chairman. Mr.. Edward P~ierrepont. with q
~dishonorable misrepresentation, q dishon-
est suppression Of the Phelps resolution,
and that we would appeal to Mr.. Phelps
himself for proof that the sub committee
had violated its agreement; and we further
threatened that IL bafied in u efforts, we
would take down the shields bearing the
Pacific States and Territories, and in for
NAL procession march out Of the Conven-
tion-and we would have done it. This,
Of course. created . commotion. Not only
were the Blaine men justly alarmed at
such q possible detection. by which he
would have lost twenty-four votes, but Re-
publican leaders were alarmed. and stated
that such . demonstration would destroy
the Republican party. Senator Conkling
came to the delegation for personal expla-
nation Of the trouble. The California dele
cation had already made its impression
upon the Convention by its reply to Logan.
Mr.. Raymond was regarded as q speaker
who had force, and . quarrel over the Chi
nese resolution was deprecated by all the
moderate men Of the Convention. Every
man OF our delegation was active, angry,
and resolute to eliminate the Pierrepont
!" slop" from the platform. We succeeded,
and with Mr.. Phelps Of New Jersey I
agreed to what now stands as the Chinese
resolution. It was the best we could get.
1t was all we could get. The Coast dele
gates all think hat we have achieved q VIC
tory under the circumstances, and that We
do not deserve unkind criticism because
the resolution is not as full and resolute Is
public opinion on our Coast would desire.
The provision admitting Chinese to full
citizenship was stricken out. II Is amaz-
ing-the ignorance and prejudice upon
this question. Puritan sentimentality and
commercial greed lay at the Foundation Of
dense and impenetrable idiocy. and there
was no other or better way to secure anv
consideration Of this Chinese question IN
. Republican Convention than the one We
took.
The anti-Chinese laborers Of Nevada,
without regard to party. should vote the
Democratic ticket; for the Republican
party fAvors Chinese slavery, and but for
the opposition Of the Pacific Coast dele.
CATION would have had a plank in their
platform making the Chinese citizens.