Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-12-05
THE ANSWER
To the "Tribune's" COnun-
drums to Workman.
HIS DIRECT STATEMENTS.
Developments on Boyle Heights
Made by Mr.. Workman.
What Contractors Say.

what COntrdctOTs ody.
EnrroR HERALD:-Y esterday's 1ri'
Bwne contains an editorial headed,
ssMore Conundrums," In which SIX ques'
lions are propounded touching my can
didacy. The Tribune wishes to know,
n the first place, whether it is true thai
not single contractor OF this city who
hes done work for nae is supporting me
IN this campaign. l will answer this
question by stating that it is not true
On the contrary, contractors, as well as
. other men, who have worked for me are
supporting me. The second question
nsked is the following: "Is it true that
w H. Workman is the steadfast friend
of the Chinese and has paid them thou.
uands 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 rs
it true that w. II. Workman never gives
employment to white men under any
circunls tances? 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
anon which to base these interrogatories
1 do not know, but if any one made a
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 les than ten and most of the
time many more. To save my crops
from perishing / have sometimes been
compelled to employ Chinamen, 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 gather it, he takes
different view of the situation from
that of3lny other vineyardist in Los Ange.
les county. l am opposed to the employ
Dent OF Chinese, but there are cases
where persons in my situation are abso'
lutely forced by the necessities of the
situation to accept their work. The as
eertion that ara the steadfast friend OF
the Chinese is false, as is also the dec
laration that l never give employment
70 white men. The man who wrote
these sentences must have done so ma
lic.0usly, 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 il 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
a. 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 quallficati 5ns and circum-
'ahnoes it will be to their interests and
the interests of the city to elect me,
shall certainly be glad to receive their
votes. OF course, ! DO not expect the
Tr;June's support, but ! supposed that
/ had right 10 expect that that paper
would tellthe truth. But from It's conduct
IS evincsd In the article to which have
been alluding ath disposed to think
that l had no reasonable ground upon
which to base this expectation.
Imieht add to the above that the as
sertion made by the Tribune in its issue
of the 3D., to the effect that have pro.
cured hundreds of thousands OF dollars
of the peoples money to be e'expended
for my own benefit on the East Side
ditch, is also untrue. was instrumen-
tai, am proud to say, in procuring the
construction of that ditch, and refer
20 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 lnfu.
ence aud 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 my property, but
/ spent $50, 900 out of my own pocket in
piping from the ditch so as to enable me
to irrlgate 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 detriment, and that it
would have been better to allow it to re-
main in its original condition, will not
argue the matter further. There are
three thousand acres of land under the
East Side ditch, owned by large mum.
ber of persons, and these lands were as
sessed, less than ten years ago, at from
IS to SO per acre. The same property
il now assessed at a million and half
dollars. Has the city lost anything by
the construction OF this ditch? If so, in
what manner?
WIN. H. WORKMAN.
Los Angeles, Dec. 5th, 1856.
have been Mr.. Workman's foreman
for five years. Mr.. Workman has uni
formIy instructed me to get all the white
men could, and to emplyy 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 not done SO Mr.. Work.
mans crops would have persisted. There
are some classes of business incident to
wins and tree growing white men do not
wish to perform and which are of
such a character as to affect
the health of persons attempting
TO do the labor. For instance,
i have found from personal experience
that white man who endeavors to irri-
gate vines and trees to any great ex.
tent runs the risk of becoming Sc
riously ill, and l have attempted
to do such work myself, and
although my health when made the
attempt was good and my constitution
Is as strong as the average, ascertained
that could not follow it with impunity.
MIR. Workman has two Cinnamon en-
ployed who do this kind OF work. l
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