The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-02
PARKER AND HUSON.
Chinese Question Still the Liv-
ing Issue in Tacoma.
OLD 2 PER CENTS PARslMonY.
The Light and Water Company Friend
less-saloons and Gamblers Hold
the Balance of Power.

AASOAA, apEll FL ne UeuO-
cratic members of the famous committee
of fifteen which handled the Chinese ex-
pulsion movement in this city years ago,
went before the Trades Council last night
as the PosT-TNTELIIGENcER said they
would several days ago. The committee
men-A. Q. Mills, H. C. Patrick, Jacob
Ralph, John Forbes, E. G.. Bacon and
Charles Johnson, Democrats and Inde-
pendents-signed the soap and water pre-
amble which, as stated in the PosT-INrEI-
LIGENcER, they expected to take the
spots out of Mr.. Parker's Chinese
record. II. S. Bixler, a nominal Repub-
llcan, signed the preamble also. but ex-
Judge Wickersham and other Republicans
did not lend their names for the purpose
for which the remnant of the famous COM
mittee desired it. The council took no
action. The preamble is curiosity and is
as follows:
To the Tacoma Trades Council. As there are
many reports in circulation in regard to the
position of Alexander Parker during the excite
ment incident to the expulsion of the Chinese
from Tacoma in November, 1885, the under.
signed deem it duty to make the following
statement OF facts:
At the meeting of citizens of Tacoma held in
the Alpha opera-house early in October of that
year to devise ways and means to get rid of the
Chinese, Mr.. Parker made q speech During its
delivery he suggested that if all other methods
failed they should be kicked out, suiting his
action to the words.
Afterward Mr.. Parker was called upon to con-
tribute money to carry on the campaign; he did
SO on two occasions, paving it to a member of
this committee. At another time subsequently,
he declined when applied to by member of the
committee to further contribute, stating that
he had no Chinese in his employ and that there
were no "skunks' under his barn
Mr.. Huson is again attacked on the
Chinese question, the Democrats being
seemingly determined to smirch him in
common with the manner in which the
Republicans are weighting down Mr..
Parker. When the senatorial and con-
gressional subcommittee, under Senator
Squire, received testimony here on the
immigration and naturalization questions
Mr.. Huson, representing the Northern
Pacific Railroad Company, told how
Chinese labor was utilized by that cor
poration. He testified, Of course, for the
company, stating how and where the
Celestial was used and at what wages.
This testimony is now brought up by the
Parker pot that is trying to convince folks
Huson is very black kettle. The pot has
this to say:
'Are the Chinese desirable element" asked
Senator Squire.
"They are not high social element" replied
Mr.. Huson, shut they are a highly necessary ele-
ment. have within the last four weeks tried
to get Chinese labor and could not get $50 men.
Agents have applied to me to know If we would
take them, and have been unable to get them.
Twin Woo Charlie, of Portland is one of these.
u 49, ~
81. 10 per day for Chinese labor"
Betting on the result is about even up,
with heavy odds on Boggs, Republican
candidate for city treasurer. Boggs' stock
shot up like rocket when the Ne,cs at
tempted to show that he had antedated
some receipt stubs.
The latest pleasantly at Mr.. Parker's ex-
pense is the story of woman who sold
pies. Another woman-a clearinghouse
mistress-telIs the story to this effect: Mr..
and Mrs. Parker not desiring to put them
selves to the trouble of getting a cooked
supper, decided to buy pie. Mr.. Parker
goes to the pie woman to negotiate, and
finds the pie valued at Is cents. He likes
the pie, but considers it worth only
dime. But the pie woman persists, saying
she has to pay 10 cents for the pie, and
has four children to support. Mr.. Parker
then negotiates the purchase of other
eatables-bread, ETC., aggregating total
of 80 cents. And the pie women's friend
declares that if she had a vote she would
not cast it for Mr.. Parker, because he only
paid the pie woman 25 cents instead of so
cents. This woman says Mr.. Parker left
the pie woman with the remark that he
thought 25 cents would do and was enough.
And now the pie eaters are to denounce
Mr.. Parker.
However, the saloon and gambling men
and their attaches think they hold the