Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-03
JENKINS, CHINESE.
The Democratic Elector Wrathy-Candi.
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| The Democratic Elector Wrathy-Caudi.
date O'Conuor's Laundry Burned.
Democratic candidate for Presidential
Elector c. A. Jenkins came to the REcoaD-
UNION Office yesterday angry-more hurt,
however, than wrathy. Said he:
i don't deny employing Chinese. But
you misrepresented about me when you
said that l denied or evaded the fact that
employed Them in 1888. ali want is
fair play"
If your card, sent TO this Office, does
not mention 1888. but does say 1856 and
1887, will you then hold that the RECORD.
UNION lied about your"
"Of course not, but it can't be that way?"
replied the candidate inquiringly and ner-
vously.
The copy" was then produced and
there the sentence stared Mr.. Jenkins in
the face, 10 wit: Two years ago last March
bought this farm, and il had about one
hundred acres in willows. In July, August
and September 1886. and August and Sep-
tember 1887, | employed from twenty 10
thirty Cinnamon to grub willows"
This staggered Mr.. Jenkins, and he said
in reply:
We'll, the clerk who wrote it in type.
writer, or took it down, made mistake.
Yes. see you were justified in your con-
clusion. But | didn't own the place in
1885,
Indeed? Why, you say you bought the
place 'twoyears ago last March; that would
be 1856 wouldn't it?'
We'll, know this, l did not own it so
as to hire Chinaman to do the grubbing in
1886. 1t was 1887 and 1888"
Mr.. jenkins was assured that his revised |
statement would be published; that no one
had blamed him for employing Chinese |
when he couldn't get other labor, but that |
his own organ, the Examiner, had made |
Chlnese employment a campaign weapon. |
as II General Harrison was to blame for
what some people here in California might |
have done.
Mr.. Jenkins protested that he couldn't |
call off the Democratic dogs, and it wasn't |
his fault that they kicked up such a foul |
row as this, and Mr.. Jenkins was agreed |
with but he was asked:
How is il, Mr.. Jenkins. that YOU saw /
you employed Chinese in July and Sep. |
tember, when the fact is you employed them |
up to October 23d, or up to week ago last
Tuesday ?r
October 23d?" calculated Mr.. Jenkins,
inquiringly
es, they were on your ranch up to a
week ago last Tuesday,
cept TO manifest surprise that the Chinese
had worked to so late day on his ranch.
while he was out on the stump whooping
1t up for Cleveland. He was not informed
that the Chinese gave out that they left be-
cause they were dissatisfied-they were not
discharged.
There was fire on street, between
Eleventh and Twelfth streets, Yesterday,
A Chinese laundry was burned ont. and the |
story goes that among the patrons of the
establishment who lost their linen was ]
J. Q Connor, a deputy in the State Con-
trollers office, Secretary of The Dem
ocratIc County Committee and Democratic
candidate for Assemblyman in the
Nineteenth District. O'Connor is the man
who was so Extensively active in giving
circulation to dodgers" containing in. |
famous libels on General Harrison some
weeks ago. Just what the extent of Mr.
OConnor's loss by the China wash-house |
tire is not known, but probably ere this the
San Francisco Examiner has been author
ltatively informed, and in due season illus
trations OF Mr.. O'Connor's unfortunate nm
dergear. with details of the loss, will appear
in that veracious journal.