The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-11-11

was to be speedily, peaeeably and
effectuaJly abated, and that too by
and with the consent of the evil
breeders themselves. The commit
tee who reported on the subject, in
sympathy with the general impulse
and recognizing the necessity Of
regular wash-house exodus, recon-
mended that suitable place be
chosen at once.
Two or three weeks then elapsed,
and the public had no more than
cast the subject into the waste
basket Of forgetfulness. so to speak,
than it was surprised one bright
Wednesday morning, to read in The
HERALD that another petition on
the same subject had been sub
mitted to the Council, the nature
of which could not be con-
sidered to be In the strictest
harmony with its more accept
able predecessor. In brief, in
this second manifesto all the
copper -colOred menials OF soap-suds
aud opium within the common
wealth, proclaimed to the public in
general and Mr.. Lung in particular,
that the impression relative to their
being un ited in a common desire to
emlgrate to the enyirOns aud there
to prosecute their "Washee, washee,"
to use the suggestive and rythmic
parlance Of one Of the petitioners,
was all "beshee, bOshee." Further
more they went on to say that SO far
from being in sympathy with the
"mOVe," they were Numerically
and "allee timey samey" opposed to
the idea, and concluded with the
gentle insinua ion that if Jim Lung
and his co-agitators desired to be
consigned to the solitude of the Jor-
dan swami ps, they were not aware
that any Of them would offer any
serious objections. The committee
in reporting upon the latter COM
municaliOn, stated that 40 new cir
cumstances or conditions, to their
knowledge, had arisen since the for
mer report, and therefore reaffirmed
their previous determination that
1.-THE Chinese must 60"
1t has taken all the time inter
vening between the acceptance of
this final report on Tuesday even
ing last until yesterday, Tor the
Cinnamon to ascertain that they
had been "sat down upon," but i'm
mediately the intimation came to
them, Jack FOng, the leader of the
opposition party, and head signer
of the remonstrance to the removal,
Immediately dropped his wash
board, rolled down his flowing
sleeves, and went over to the
"Ciddy Hall to Shee about it," Jack
runs a wash house couple of doors
east Of the Theatre, and from a
weather = beaten sign which is
fastened over his front door, the
passer-by may learn. if he chooses
to look, that his is "GoOd Laun-
dry" He has been in Utah as
long, perhaps, as any other China
man here, and has made and lost a
number of small fortunes in the
various mining camps in the noun
tains surrounding this valley. He
is quite literary in his tastes, always
having a shop full of Chinese news
papers, some of which are published
in California and others hailing clear
from the land OF his nativity. He
can a'so read and write little
English and is often called to act as
interpreter in police court trials
wherein his brother beathens are
concerned. By reason Of these
varied and versatile accomplish
ments Jack Yields considerable in
huence among his fellow Celestials,
which very naturally puffs him UP
with pride to the extent that he
wears riveted overails and sits in
the frat circle at the theatre.
When Jack appeared yesterday
morning about o'clock at the City
Hall, he had a pale, anxious look
upon his Mongolian cCuntenance
and a much worn. badly soiled SEMI
WEEKLY HERALD clasped tightly
in his clenched but quivering hand.
He waited till the man who is let
out of Jail long enough to clean up
the Offices, had made four fires, and
then presenting the paper to him,
in a husky voice demanded an ex-
PLANTATION. The utility man was un-
able to give the requisite satisfaction,
being deaf and dumb Danishnian,
and so the irate son of Shem. Tor
was it Ham, or maybe JapheD re-
turned to his wash tub, and took
his revenge out on an 'oblivious gen.
tleman's linen.
Later in the day Jack found suffi-
Gent of a crowd of police court
idlers tisengaged to give him a
hearing, and 80 clearing his throat
and looking as homely as pile of
adobes, he produced the battered
remnant of a newspaper and asked
what it meant. Upon being told
that the City Council stated in the
paper that all the Cinnamon must
vacate, and there was no help for it.
Jack fell to eXecrating the cause OF
all the trouble, viz his fellow
countryman, jim Lung. and intim-
ated in the course of his remarks,
which however were heated, and
should be taken with allowance,
that certain white "Mellican men"
had given Jim Lung money to sign
that first petition to the City Coun-
Gil; that Jim was a bad character
and smoked opium all the time;
that he never did any work. but had
recently had plenty of money and