Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-12-06
THE ANSWER
TO the "Tribune's" COnun-
drums to Workman.
HIS DIRECT STATEMENTS.
Developments on Boyle Heights
Made by Mr.. Workman.
What Contractors Say.


bune contains an editorial headed,
"More Conundrums" in which six ques.
tions are propounded touching my can
didacv. The Iribnne wishes to know,
in the first place, whether it is true that
not a single contractor of this city who
has done work for nae is supporting me
in this campaign. will answer this
question by stating that it is not true
On the contrary, contrac tors, as we'll as
other men, who have worked for me are
supporting me. The second question
asked is the following: SIS it true that
w FL. Workman is the steadfast friend
of the Chinese and has paid them thou.
sands upon thousands OF dollars, to the
detriment of white laboring men who
would have been glad to do the work."
and the third question, which is of the
same character, and may be considered
with the second, is in these words "Is
it true that w. H. Workman never gives
employment to white men under any
circumstances? If so, does he expect
these white men, to whom he has re.
fused employment, to vote for him now?
Will he solicit the moral influence of the
Chinese?' Whether the editor of the
Tribune ever received any information
upon which to base these interrogatores
1 do not know, but if any one made
statement to the effect that have ever
employed Chinese when l could get
white labor the assertion is absolutely
false. During the last year have had
from ten to fifty white men working for
me; never less than ten and most of the
time many more. To save my crops
from perishng l have sometimes been
compelled to employ Cinnamon, but
have never done so when white help
was available. If the editor of the
Tribune thinks that it was my duty to
permit my crop to be lost rather than
employ Cinnamon to gatEer it, he takes
a different view of the situation from
that of any other vineyardist in Los Ange.
les county. l am opposed to the eml 10y
ment of Chinese, but there are cases
where persons in my situation are abso-
lutely forced by the necessities of thu
situation to accept their work. The as
sertion that am the steadfast friend of
the Chinese is false, as is also the dec
laration that 1 never give employment
to white men. The man who wrote
these sentences must have done 50 ma
licously, because no one who has ever
visited my place or knows anything
about my business is unaware Of the
fact that have white men, and num-
bers Of them, constantly in my employ
am therefore justified in assuming that
this statement was known to be untrue
when it was made.
As to the fifth and sixth questions.
which relate to my expectations as to
votes, will simply say that am rely
ing upon the working element, as well
as upon every other intelligent and hon.
est element in this city for my election.
If members of the Republican party
wish to vote for me, and believe that
owing to my long residence in this city
and other qualifications and circum.
stances it will be to their interests and
the interests of the city to elect me, l
shall cert linly be glad to receive their
votes. OF course, do not expect the
TriJune's support, but l supposed that
l had right 10 expect that that paper
would tell the truth. But from its conduct
as evinced in the article to which l have
been alluding am disposed to think
that had no reasonable ground upon
which to base this expectation"
/ might add to the above that the as.
sertion made by the Tribune in its issue
of the Sd, to the effect that have pro.
cured hundreds of thousands of dollars
of the peoples money to be expended
for my own benefit on the East Side
ditch, is also untrue. l was instrumen-
tai, am proud to say, in procuring the
construction of that ditch, and l refer
to the improvement which has followed
its building, not only in my immediate
neighborhood, but throughout all that
portion of the city. This improvement,
too, has gone on without any other Sec
tion of the city suffering any detriment
whatever. 1t has extended the infu.
ence and wealth Of the municipality, has
made land which was heretofore worth
but little, and the appearance of which
was far from inviting, immensely valu-
able and attractive. The city did not
bring the water upon nay property, but
I spent $50, 900 out of my own pocket in
piping from the ditch so as to enable me
to irrigate my land. If it is the opinion
of the Tribune that the improvement OF
the section of Los Angeles city in which
/ live is public detrment, aud that it
would have been better to allow it to re-
main in its original condition, l will not
argue the matter further. There are
three thousand acres of land under the
East Side ditch, owned by large num-
ber of persons, and these lands were as
sessed, less than ten years ago, at from
$5 to $40 per acre. The same property
his now assessed at million and half
dollars. Has the city lost anything by
the construction of this ditch? If so, in
what manner?
WIN. II. WORKMAN.
5 Los Angeles, Dec. 9th, 1886.
have been Mr.. Workman foreman
for five years. Mr.. Workman has uni
formly instructed me to get all the white
men could and to employ them in
preference to any one else, and l have
only employed Cinnamon upon the place
when it has been absolutely necessary to
do so. Had l not done so Mr.. Work
mans crops would have perished. There
are some classes of business incident to
wins and tree growing white men do not
wish to perform and which are of
such character as to affect
the health of persons attempting
to d. the labor. For instance,
Ih., fo Ind from personal experience
that whit man who endeavors to irri-
gate ines an trees 10 any great ex-
tent runs he risk of becoming Sc.
riously i'll, and / have attempted
to do such work myself, and
although my health when l made the
attempt was good and my institution
is as strong as the average, l ascerta ned
that could not follow it with impunity.
Mr.. Workman has two Cinnamon en-
ployed who do this kind OF work. /
will further say that if the editor of the
Tribune desires to test the accuracy of
nv statement in this regard, he will be
employed at fair wages upon the Work.
man place and will be afforded an op-
,,ortunitv to irripate, at no loss to him