The Labor enquirer., 1886-06-05
LEANDER THOMPSON.

Which there abide inalienably his,
, And indestructible as are the stars.
LEANDRR THOMPSON.
THE ANTI-CHINEsE MOVEMENT.
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month matters were quiet, antagonlsms
had nearly worn out and people gener'
ally had turned their attention to the
prosperity of the city, when all at once
the Post Intelligencer, formerly quite
conservative and the leading paper of
the territory, changed hands and there
upon daily belched forth the most SEN
sational charges, such as arson, assass!-
nation and the like, raked up from the
debris of our troubles last February.
Such charges, having their foundation in
nothing but the mouthings of drunkards
and passed without notice at time
when the martial power filled the city
with detectives and officers who relent-
lessly followed up every shadow If Of
fense chargeable against any anti-Chi-
nese person.
On the same day the CALL an anti
Chinese paper, absorbed the Chronicle,
railroad organ which bitterly abused
the anti Chinese leaders, and the COM
bination of the Chronicle and Call re-
suited in a new evening paper called the
Press, which takes the same field for
merly occupied by the Call.
This removed the abusive articles of
the Chronicle, and they, backed by the
"rule or ruin" set of politicians, started
new paper called the Times. 1t is
small, struggling sheet with no standing
or circulation, but what it wants IN
these respects it amply makes up in
Biilingsgate of the lowest type. This
abuse is directed mostly against myself
and others who are supposed to have
done the work which crushed out the
Chronicle and lost these writers their
positions. But the main object of such
editorials in the Post and Times are for
the purpose of manufacturing public
sentiment against the anti Chinese peo-
pie for effect in the city election in July.
1t Is to be regretted that there is an ele-
ment here who would ruin the prosper
ity of this city to carry an election. AL
ready have such articles deeply injured
business and prospects here, to say moth
ing of the old sores nearly healed, lacer-
ated again. | was greatly in hopes that
peace and harmony would e rapidly
restored in Seattle, and although | had
many bones to pick for the outrages per
petrat4d on me under martial law, |
was willing to pass them over in order
that we might have harmony. and had
done much writing and private work to
that end, and now that | am not can
didate for any Office, but working for the
Puget Sound colony exclusively, avoid
ing all acts and speech and touching or
interested in nothing that might create
antagonism, the Times las understand,
for never read it, hurls its daily abuses
at me. The articles are too disreputable
to notice or to iDjure me; in fact, learn
that they are hurting themselves more,
and | am glad also to know that the ir-
rltating policies pursued by the two
papers above mentioned are much dep
recated by large majority of the clti-
zens.
The Post has some respecta bic stand
ing and it is to be regretted that that
paper is not conducted with more mod
Grafton. fear however that the gap of
hatred and misunderstanding is cOntiu-
ally widening between the rights of the
many and the privileges of the few :"
between entrenched monopoly and the
people, and that this process will con-
tinue until their positions will be irrec-
onCllable. In this lies the great danger
for the near future. shall, howev er,
continue to hope for the solution of all
the troubles between labor and capital
IN cooperation and other scientific
methods, until "hope deferred maketh
the keart sick
1t is strange indeed that there is a
large class in every community, which
We here call the "so-Called better class" !"
who cannot understand the tendencies
and necessities of the times, but con-
tinue to look upon the organized efforts
of labor and labor agitators as not only
the natural results of great wrongs which
must be rghted, but are the natural ef-
forts to right these wrongs, and although
this so called better Glass; without
knowing the cause are daily suffering
from the same evils, are daily getting
poorer and having less opportunities,
and yet, when troubles come and losses
occur the evasons Of law by the wealthy,
their unjust expressions and extortions
which are the direct causes of all the
evils which occur, are lost sight of in
their abuse of the poor workingmen,
who, driven to desperation have moth.
ing to lose in kicking over everything
and certainly are not so responsible as
are those who have driven them to ex.
tremes.
My announcement of the Puget Sour d
colony In former letters t. The ENQUIRER
have attracted much notice 10 it and
brought applications from many states
and shows that your paper has a wide
. circulation.