The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-08-31

The Exact Facts Regarding the
Naturalization Of MOng0ll-
ans In Imdianas


y Naturalization Of MOng0ll.
J ans In Indiana!
I Indianapolis Sentinel.
In the Associated Press report OF III
I debate In the House on the Chimes
! question last Saturday, occurs the fol
Z lowing:
!, : sIn reply to one Of Mr.. Bynum'
! charges, to the effect that in 1850 severa
: Cinnamon had been naturalized in In
!, ldianapolis. and had voted the Republi
= can ticket, presumably with the knowl
ledge Of Gen. Harrison. Mr.. Owen (Ind
read . telegram just received from Gen
. Harrison's law partner denying that b,
had ever heard OF such thing"
! The Journals special report OF ths
same debate says:
/. "Mr. Owen read q telegram from
! Messrs. Miller & Elsm. stating that thu
! allegation made in relation 10 the natural.
! ization Of Chinamen ct indianapolis ID
! 1880, or 1t any other time, was false
! that such . thing had never been heard
|, Of. had never taken place, and that nc
!, Chinsmsn was ever known to vote a
indianapolis"
4 Just exactly what Mr.. Owen really
did say will probably never be known
Ito anybody but Mr.. Owen and the
House s.enographers, for Mr.. Owen
levidently wasn't exactly satisfied with
his remarks. and he has taken the
trouble to revise and edit them. The
Congressional Record Of Sunday, in the
place where Mr.. Owens statements
should appear. has the following signif-
cant paragraph:
i [Mr. Owen withholds his remarks fol
.lrevision, and they will appear hereaffer.]
\ Certain IL IL that Mr.. Owen read
I what purported to be 9 telegram from
Messrs. Miller a Elan. saying that no
Cinnamon had ever been naturalized Of
voted in indianapolis.
4 Now :he facts are quite the opposite ;
and il Messrs. Miller & Elan, and even
Mr.. Owen himself. were not familiar
with them. they are not the astute and
ll-informed gentlemen which COM
mon repute credits them with being
For the purpose Of enlightening them
and all Others who may not be thor
oughly informed, The Sentinel will give
!. the history of Chinese naturalization IN
indianapolis.
In the year Of our Lord, 1880. there
-lived in the capital Of the Hoos:cr Stat,
one Benjamin Harrison, the grandson o.
William Henry Harrison, who wante(
rIelaVop{ ex>oedod over l00I1na. ~
Igrandson, BENJAMIN, was deslrous 0
becoming . u. 8. senator from the stat
of Indiana 70 carry out his ambition
|it was necessary thst the legislatur
should be Republican. Il was prett.
! hard 10 get enough votes to secure . Re
J publican Legislature, 90 some Of th,
! leaders secured the naturalization d
|. several Cinnamon, who were then en-
|, gagged IN the laundry business in thil
! city.
i It il stated that only twenty China
! men were ever naturalized In the United
| States, Of these seven got their papers n
indianapolis, and six Of these sever
were made citizens just in time to vote
at the October election in 1880, one hav.
ling secured bis papers the day previous
TO the election. Below will be found Z
list Of this now famous seven, With the
date OF their arrival in the country and
the date Of their naturalization:
Dateof Arrived II
Naturalization. America
ysb. Z, isso--shsue roy sung Noy, nay. Isl:
June Is. isso-Chang Sing, Before ls7s
Sept. 8 1850 Back sing Pane Aug. Isl;
! Sept. 8. 1SSO-Jo Qui Sing, April. 1871
s IAN e $50 lsse Ins ,pnsn v,s Zee. June; M -;
\ The naturalization papers for these
Cinnamon were secured by . Republi-
can lawyer named Carter. Dan Ransdall,
then as now, an ardent Harrison boom
Ter, and then county clerk, signed the
naturalization papers. The Cinnamon
were then marched BY this same Re-
publican lawyer TO the polling place 10
the Eleventh ward, on Massachusetts,
ave., within . square and half Of Mr.
I Harrison's law Office, and there these
Chinese lsundrymen voted the Republi-
can ticket over the protests Of the Dem
ocralic challengers. Mr.. Joseph w.
| Nichols, . nephew Of Senator McDon-
laid. was Democratic challenger at the
Eleventh ward polls, and protested vigo-
rously against the depositing Of these
Illegally naturalized votes, but the Re-
publican judges permitted them 70 60
into the box.
At the rirst precinct OF the Seven
lteenth ward similar scene was enact
led. Rhody Shiel took two OF these
iCuIuomcus VINO - tuoJ tlt0o TN l8uus
dry under Short's drug store, opposite
THE Grand Hotel, and voted them at the
Seventeenth ward polls on South-st
near Brycc's bakery. PAng Yin, who
appeared with kis fret papers, taken
out but the day before, was challenged
Iby the Hon. Austin H. Brown. Shiel
Iand Brown had Z long and heated dis
Icussion over the matter, but the votes
were finally allowed to 60 in. These
are the plain, unvarnished facts coLcern-
Ing part OF the votes which elevated
Harrison to his seat In the Senate.
n Messrs. Owen, Miller and Elam are
informed In the matter, perhaps they
will make public statements % emphatic
and far-res ching % their incorrect report
lin the House Saturday.
Subsequent decisions OF the II. s..
courts have held that these naturaliza-
|tions were unconstitutional, and these
votes cast for Republican Legislators
who voted for Harrison were clearly
illegal.