Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-09-21
Nd DOUBT ABOUT INDIANA.
VHY DEMOCRATS THERE HiIE
CLEVELAND.

ONE OF THEM EXPOSES A YARN
ABOUT CHINESE vOTERs-A LET
TER WRITTEN BY HENDRICKS
AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION.
From the New York Tribune.
Henry ID. Pierce, Of Indianapolis,
a relative Of Vice President Hen
bricks and formerly a law partner
of Senator Turpie, and for q long
time assistant United States Dis
trict Attorney for Indiana, Is
staying with his family at Nor
mandie by the Sea-" near Long
Branch. His father, Winslow >.
Pierce, who recently died at his
home in New York, was well known
through the country as an I'M
swerving Democrat, active IN every
campaign to the present from Jana
including that Of Franklin Pierce,
whose cousin he was. The son,
like the father, has always been a
Democrat, the father having been
the friend and adviser of stephen
A. Douglass, Samuel j. Tilden, ana
twice a brOtherinlaw Of Thomas
A. Hendricks, having married both
of the Governors sisters.
Mr.. Pierce being asked by a
Tribune reporter recently ~ to the
prospects in Indiana, said that the
assurances of Harrison's carrying
that State grew stronger every
hour, and added: Zone does not
need to be told the discOuraglng
result of the recent Democratic
poll of the State; he has but to
mingle with the quiet, unobtrusive
voters to hear on every hand the
most determined and deep.seated
expression of President Cleveland's
personal unpOpularity, as well as
widespread opposition to his free
trade imposition upon his party
Two instances will serve az eX'
amples. A leading citizen whose
close relations with Vlce.PreSident
Hendricks, If the nature OF them
we're mentioned, would at once
disclose his identity, told me it was
hard to vote against his party, but
that he did not think 1t wodld be
possible for him to vote for the
impostor who poses as the only
Democrat in the land. Another
influential citizen, a business man
greatly respected said to me a
short time ago; Il have always
been a Democrat, but | will vote
for our States pride, Ben Harrison,
though | say 50 little, because | do
no. court the abuse of Democratic
journals The gentleman added
But for the abuse OF the news
papers, should proclaim my III.
tentlon publicly; however, | shall
IN a quiet way do quite AS much
service for Harrison as a business
man.
at is said that you know some
thing about the charge as to
Chinese voting for Harrison /"
"Such charge is ridiculous ; the
Cinnamon never heard of Harrison,
nor Harrison of them, and while |
did not see them vote, am largely,
ifnot in in the beginning entirely
responsible for the voting at all,
and had | been at home or on
hand, they or some of them would
certainly have voted the Democratic
ticket. The naturalizing of the
Cinnamon was a scheme entirely CT
nv own, for a purpose quite foreign
10 politics, and wholly professional
in it's aim, and | have had the
credit of the act as an ingenious
legal device to aid MOngolian III
rather desperate situation. 1t
came about in this way. One Chan
Foy. whose naturalization IL pa
raded conspicuously in the Demo.
cratic papers, has been a servant III
nv fathers house. was his cOuD
sci in complications growing out OF
bad ventures (and as a result OF
this. | have continued ever since to
do more or less OF the Chinese
business in our city, for the Mon
golians as a rule go in droveS)'
Chan Poy had left China a few
DAYS after his marriage to JOIN a
previously arranged party in Amer
lea. 4 son had been born and he
was naturally anxious to return TO
China, bat having adyices from the
Chinese six Companies in San
Francisco, that owing to the
agitation of the 'Chinese question,
he could not hope to come back to
America, he was in a desperate
plight. After examining the legal
questions, in desperation Int upon
the idea OF making him an American
citizen ! 1t was, therefore, upon
my advice and for this purpose
alone that he was naturallzed, and
upou my especial recommendation
that he voted. How he should
vote or for whom, was not at all
the question, but that he could &c
to China as a citizen OF the United
States who had actually exercised
the highest right ard privilege OF
citizenship here was the object (and
it succeeded admirably for | armed
him with certificates establishing
these tacts), and he went aud CANT
across the Pacific with as little
molestatiOn as you or I would. } on
will notice that his name is the tirsl
Oh the list paraded, and 1T should
be particularly observed that he
was naturallzed in January while
he did not vote until October
This alone should refute the ide'
that Harrison had anything to dc
with it. Cinnamon are prOverbia
imitatorS aud the result was that
became burdened with Applicant
for naturalization. Those Chiuamel
who were clients of another attorney
we're urged 10y Chang Foy at my
suggestion, to follow his example
and / always understood that TIN
movement vas entirely accredited
to me as measure of protection t
them. At least, several whos'
names are inclnded in The seven o
eight published were clients 0
niue and acted upon my advice
alone and the others simply fol
lowed lheir fellows. 1t will b'