Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1888-10-13
A BIG MEETING.
Strong Speeches on the Chi
nese Question.
HARRIsON'S RECORD EXPOSED
Dennis Kearney and Stephen Mabel
on the Democratic
Ticket.

on the Democratic
Ticket.
The blaze OF bonfres in the vicinity o.
the Democratic wigwam on franklin and
New High streets last night attracted g
large number of persons who were moi
aware that Dennis Kearney and Stepher
Mabel were about to address the work
ingmen of Los Angeles on the Chinese
question and the general issues OF the
campaign. By 80 the plot of ground
was densely packed by an impatient
multitude, every seat on the capacious
stands being occupied long before thai
time. The platform was soon afterwards
mounted by several members Of
the Democratic County Committee
and then round of applause
rang out as Mr.. Kearney ap-
peared upon the scene and seated
himself in the center of the stage. After
a musical overture by the orchestra, Mr.
w. A. Cole, president of the evening
advanced to the front, and in laudatory
manner introduced Mr.. Kearney to the
audience. AS soon as the applause had
subsidized, the gentleman named entered
into history of Chinese labor in Cali
fornia. Speaking of the low wages for
which the Mongolians will work, he
said: els there California boy or girl
who can compete with this horde of de-
based labor? To do this they would
would have to strip to the buff and go to
the gutter and live on rice, fricaseed rats,
baked snails and garbage. Sup
pose a United States Senator in
the Senate Chamber voted that
your boys and your girls should
this soil would not you say, God bless
you, you voted to protect my boy and
girl and in that sense you are a protec-
ZIONIST But suppose senator did as
Mr.. Harrison did and voted to food this
country with the cheapest labor on earth
would not say, "Confound you, Mr..
Harrison, you have voted that my chill
dren shall have to contend with this
Chinese invasion, and il that sense you
are free-trader." You doubtless re-
member the anti Chinese agitation that
was started in California in 1887 and for
which 1 stumped the State in the year
following. The result of that
brought about the Fifteen Pas.
senger bill, and what became OF
it? 1t passed Congress by unanimous
Democratic vote against the unanimous
vote of the Republicans and finally
reached the Presidents hands. What
became of it then? Why, Rutherford B
Hayes vetoed it, and it is not necessary
to say that he is a Republican"
"Chang Chez Ton OF Canton is the
greatest Chinese slave-trader in the
world. He ships his serfs here from the
English port Of Hong Kong and his
agents, the Chinese Six Companies o.
San Francisco, receive 60 cents out Of
every dollar earned by their contract
slaves. When in these early days of the
Chinese agitation Chang saw the tide
that was rising against him and the nee.
essary curtailment of his income he
set to work to defeat the plans OF the
American people. He went to the
American missionaries in China, and
got them to appeal to their relatives in
the United States, and that was the
source of the movement in favor OF the
pigtailers that came first from the New
England States, and then from Indiana,
the headquarters of Chinese mission
aryism in this country. In securing the
land to find willing tool to serve their
purpose, Changes agents went to Indian
apolis, and there found their man in Ben
jamin Harrison. He sat down in his
private office and wrote book called
the Chinese in America in which he
commended that Congress could not pass
any law to prevent Chinese immigration,
and that the Mongolians coming here
were entitled to the same rights
and privileges accorded to the English,
French, Irish and German. He further
said that the people OF California who
were opposed to the Chinese were worse
than the Chinese themselves, and this
work so we'll answered Changes purpose
that he had millions of copies of it print.
ed and circulated all through the coun.
try, one copy being sent to every Con-
gresham and statesman, and it is we'll
known that the book had great deal to
do with getting Mr.. Hayes to veto the
Fifteen Passenger bill. In 1850 the
platform of both parties, however, con-
tanned
ANTI-CHINEsE PLANKS.
And while supporting the Republicans,
Harrison stumped the State OF Indiana
on this Anti. Chinese platform and
finally got himself into the United States