St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-20
CHINESE GOLD FOR VOTES.
The Allegiance OF the Mongol to
the G. .. p. Only Equaled by His

IHe AiIeg1ance OF the Mon gOi to
the G. o. p. Only EquaIed by His
Love of Home.
San Francisco Examiner
Chin Wah Foo, a wealthy Chinese tea
mercha Mt of San Francisco, is in Hell
ena, Mont, On visit to his brother.
Chang Foo.
Chin Wah is an intelligent gentle
man, who speaks English fiuently. He
has knowledge or the affairs of the
leading governments possessed by few
Americans. He takes keen interest
in the political situation, and claims to
have taken out his naturalization pa
perS.
lie was seen by a representative of
the Herald, who asked him about Har-
rlson's chances for carrying the Golden
state. He said that no man could have
been nominated by the Republicans
who could poll as large a vote in Cali
fornia as Mr.. Harrison.
''lS 1t true" asked the reporter, s'that
Californians want the Chinese to go?''
Nothing of the kind" answered Chin
Wah: THAT cry was taken up by the
hoodlums after Dennis Kearney had
promulgated it in the bitter speeches
he made against our race in his noto-
rl0uS Sandlot addresses"
''The citizens and Cinnamon are then
on the best of terms?"
Exactly. The prejudice against our
race is wholly confined to the ignorant
and illiterate classes
And they are Democrats?''
''The enlightened people of California
are Republicans. There is a large
Chinese population in California, as all
know, but what very few people know
is our power and strength there. The
Chinese are better fixed financially, ac-
cording to our numbers, than the Amer
leans, and L am willing to wager any
amount that we contribute more gener-
OuSiy to campaign fund than any other
race in the United States. In your
slang, money talks.''
do you mean to say that the Chinese
are assessed for campaign purposes?''
''Most assuredly. Why shouldn't
they be? We do not wish to see any
one elected to Office inimical to our in
terest. We have strong and sturdy
friends among the Republicans of the
slope, who are always on the alert to
further our interests, and it is nothing
more than right that we should assist
them with our means and supply the
SlneWS OF war, as it WERE"
1.-The Chinese. then, are Republi-
cans?"
ITO man. The allegiance of the
colored race to the Republican party is
nothing compared with the love the
Chinese have for that party. The time
will come, and that shortly, when
Cinnamon are allowed to vote, and then
it is but natural that we should remem-
ber our friends and punish our enemies
at the ballot box"
THAT may be true, but how will Won
make your power felt next November?''
Through our money, as l told you.
|, for one, will give $4,000 to the Re-
publican campaign fund, and | stand
pledged to raise S500,000 can do that
easily. That amount of money, added
to what the state and national commit
tees can raise. will insure a Republican
victory in California. OF course, we
Cinnamon must keep in the background,
but we will enjoy the victory as well as
those who make speeches, OF the rank
and file who carry torches"
You are positive that California will
go Republican,"
Il am positive for this reason: l know
enough of the inside of politics to know
that with money the floating population
can be induced to vote for the party
which pays them. California has that
fipating population. 1t can be pur-
chased, and Chinese money will pur-
chase it. We are all for HARRISON"