The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-10-30
Address OF the Working1nen's FartS o.
California to the Workingmen ana
Women of the United States.

SAN Francisco, CAL, Oct, 2T, 1880
Tow. II, DAENUn, No, 1873 Fifth Avenue NEW
York. r
To the Workiugmen and Women Of
the United States: The .Workingmen
nsrty of California, heretofore not afhh-
atiug with any other political party, but
now having unanimously resolved to
support Hancock and English, send greet
ing to their brethren and sisters OF labor
throughout the East, North and South OF
their common country. withoutsdistlnctlon
of party. and appeal to them for relief.
The toiling masses of California. once
occupying the proud position of being the
best paid end most prosperous OF any IN
the Union, are now reduced to want, and
in many instances beggary. by a horde OF
Chinese who have obtruded themselves
into everys branch of industry. So The
Chinese come without families, know
none of the attachments of home or
domestic surroundings, live in holes and
sleep on shelves: subsist on rice aud
other food imported from China and do
not assimilate with our civilization. On
| the Pacific coast the work of the factory
and domestic services is 10 great measure
monopolized by them; SO that the inter-
ests of thef laboring women and children
no less than that of the men, are. involved
| in the disastrous and unequal
eouhict between the two races
the one of a. higher, the other
of lower civilization. They have
almost entirely driven the whites from the
cigar, boot and shoe and clothing factories,
They are exclusively employed in wooden
| and broom manufactures. and the curing
of fruits and fish. The laundry work is
completely in their hands, and IN fact
there is scarcely any employment or man
| ufacture in which they have not entered
and supplanted the Caucasian Our
skilled laborers. men who have spent years
| in learning trades, walk the streets with
out employment during the day and
/ return at night in despair to their impov-
erished families and homes. Our boys are
no longer apprenticed and are growing up
| in idleness, without work and without
/ trades. Our girls are driven from domes-
H tic service. No one can hops TO compete
! with the Chinese 10 any branch CT isbor
in which they choose to enter, unless he
| sinks to their level, gives up all home and
family ties, lives as the Chinese do and
become as they are, mere human
| machine, The Monaghan evil has reached
us and is now destroying US.
IT WILL SOON BE UPON YOU.
| Il is not so far from New York to San
| Francisco, as it is from Hong Kong to San
Francisco. The 100000 900 Chinese have
awakened from the slumber of ages; and
unless their influx is checked. they will
| food the eastern states as they already
have the Pacific coast.
WE CAN HOPE FOR NO RELIEF FROM THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY.
That party and especially Garfield have
always worked to promote Chinese emf
grafton TO this country, and TO give the
Chinese the right of suffrage, La 1863
Garfield showed by his vote in congress
that he favored Chinese suffrage; in 1874
that he was for displacing whites By Chi
nese upon the works at the Mare island
navy yards; and in 1879, he voted to sus'
tain the presidents veto Of the Chinese
passenger bill, measure introduced and
passed in congress by Democrats, and
which would have solved this great and
burning question.
! OUR ONLY HOPE Is. THE ELECTION OF HAN
=, COCK AND ENGLISH
The platform on which they stand speaks
in no uncertain terms, We are not politi
cal agitators or malc0ntents, but thi
representatives of machinists and othe1
toliers who have been schooled and made
to understand the Chinese problem bl
suffering and want, This appeal is made
made not only for our sakes and our fam
lies but for your sakes and your families
Heed itl'
j. FL. GRADY,
Chairman State Central Commute.
Workipgmen's Party. California
| ID J. GORDON. secretary.