The next day, Li Mu went to Boston, where he talked to Runkle about the matter.
"Anti-Chinese, this behavior is really unfriendly" Runkel is now a senator from Massachusetts and has his own office in Boston, and this office also has the credit of Li Mu, and Longkle received Li Mu in the office: "To be honest, I can't control the affairs of San Francisco now, what I can do is that I can guarantee that something similar will not happen in Massachusetts."
"How much do you know about Watson Squire," Li Mu tried to solve the problem at the political level.
Watson Squire is the governor of California, and the inaction of the government and police in the anti-Chinese events that erupted in San Francisco must have a direct relationship with Watson Squier.
"I only know that he is a Republican, and I don't know much else, I just got elected to the Senate, and I haven't dealt with him before."
Runkel told the truth.
Runkel is a politician fresh out of college, Massachusetts is on the East Coast, and California is on the West Coast, so it's not surprising that Runkel doesn't know about Watson Squire.
Unable to get the news he wanted in Boston, Li Mu went to Washington that night.
In Washington, Li Mu met Watson Squire himself.
Watson Squire had come to Washington to take up his post and to seek support from the top of Washington for his continued candidacy for governor of California.
Through Able, Li Mu effortlessly made an appointment with Watson Squire.
At the Abel house, Li Mu met Watson Squier.
When Able introduced Li Mu to Watson Squier, Watson Squire was visibly surprised.
"Oh, so you're Mr.
Reem, hello."
Watson Squire took the initiative to show favor to Li Mu.
"It's not good, because of something in San Francisco, I haven't eaten since last night."
Li Mu was right, he really didn't have much appetite today.
"I'm sorry about San Francisco, that's not what I wanted to see," Watson Squire's face was not very good.
Li Mu said this, which is equivalent to slapping his face in the face, it would be strange if he could look good.
"But since it happened, you can't shirk it."
Li Mu is not welcome, this time it is tantamount to accusation in person.
"Hey, why don't we sit down and talk while eating" Able saw that the atmosphere was a little stiff, trying to calm down.
"It's a bit complicated, I guess I can explain it."
Watson Squire has a good attitude.
If Watson Squire didn't know who Li Mu was before, then after coming to Washington, Watson Squire already knew how much energy Li Mu had, and Washington's well-informed level was not comparable to California's, and what Li Mu did in Cuba that ordinary Americans may not know, but it is not a secret to officials in Washington.
Just before Li Mu came to Washington, George Dewey, Benjamin, and Mahan had already returned to Washington, and these people are now celebrities in Washington, and others can't pay attention to them if they want to, and when it comes to Cuba, they can't get around Li Mu in their words.
"I'm listening" Li Mu is also a Republican, so he has to give Watson Squire some face.
"Reem, how much do you know about the Knights of Labor" Watson Squire sat down at the table, not moving his knife and fork, but picking up his cup and preparing for a tirade.
"I don't know" Li Mu told the truth, before this, Li Mu had never heard of this organization.
"Okay, I'll start with the Labor Knights" Watson Squire wanted to try to smile at Li Mu, but unfortunately he couldn't laugh: "About five years ago, several tailor union members in Philadelphia formed the Labor Knights, this organization was similar to a union organization at first, but it was a secret organization, its purpose was to unite all skilled and unskilled workers, regardless of race, gender or skin color, about three years ago, this organization was officially opened, began to recruit workers to join, but refused lawyers, bankers, liquor dealers, Gamblers and exchange brokers joined, at first the requirements of this organization were an eight-hour work week, the implementation of equal pay for equal work, the abolition of child labor, etc., but now it is different, in order to win workers to join, this organization began to consciously guide workers to start anti-Chinese, and I now have reason to believe that this organization has a certain Democratic background behind it. ” Li Mu of the "Democratic Party" was very surprised.
"What does this have to do with them," Abel didn't understand either.
"Listen to me, friends, it's true that our Republicans are in power right now, and it looks unshakable, but don't ignore those Republicans, they are not willing to lose power, so they have been looking for opportunities Just two months ago, Jacob Wiesbeck of San Francisco contacted Daniel Crollin in order to run for mayor, and it was they who jointly promoted the Chinese exclusion in San Francisco."
As governor, Watson Squire knows everything.
"Who are Jacob Wesbeck and Daniel Croin?"
Li Mu finally found the mastermind behind the scenes.
"Jacob Wiesbeck is a grocery store owner, his business closed in the economic crisis some time ago, so this guy jumped out to run for mayor, Jacob Wiesbeck believes that it is precisely because of the large number of Chinese imports that the competitiveness of large enterprises has further increased, so his business will close; As for Daniel Crowling, this guy is a scoundrel and a fraudster, he is a member of the Labor Order in San Francisco, he wants to go to the factory where the Chinese are to develop members, but the Chinese refuse him, the Chinese have their own organization, very xenophobic.
Watson Squire took a sip of wine and looked at Li Mu with a little playfulness.
"Chinese organization" Li Mu was curious.
"Yes, I was about to talk about it, what is it called, it seems to be Hongmen."
Watson Squire raised an eyebrow and continued: "Two months ago, there was a mass brawl between Chinese people in San Francisco, and the police tried to stop it with some white people, and as a result, one police officer was injured and a white man was mistakenly killed, which led to the subsequent outbreak of Chinese exclusion. ” Hearing this, Li Mu immediately understood what Watson Squier's eyes meant just now: "Then you mean to say that the Chinese are to blame for this matter, and those who kill people are innocent."
"Of course not, that's not what I meant."
Watson Squire immediately denied it, widening his eyes to prove his innocence: "When the Chinese exclusion incident first broke out, I notified the San Francisco government and asked them to control the situation, but Reem You know, the police have limited manpower, and it takes time to assemble the militia, so they couldn't control the situation at the first time, but Reem you have to believe that most San Franciscans are still good, on the day of the riot, many local whites took the initiative to protect the Chinese, so the death toll of the Chinese was only eight, Otherwise the number would definitely be more. ” "Then why is no one responsible for the subsequent trial?"
Li Mu did not give up, and chased and beat the point of "inaction".
"Ah, about this."
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Watson Squire looked helpless, put down his cup and continued: "The San Francisco Police Department conducted an investigation afterwards, but no one was willing to come out to testify, and the judge cannot convict someone without evidence, after all, the judge was elected by San Francisco, and the Chinese in San Francisco never participated in the election, and the votes in their hands have no effect." ” Speaking of which, it's still the ballots.
Li Mu was speechless, the situation was far more complicated than Li Mu imagined, judging from the news that Li Mu had gotten so far, the reason why this happened in San Francisco, the role of some behind-the-scenes promoters cannot be ignored, but the Chinese themselves are also responsible.
"Let's talk about Hongmen, it's the first time I've heard of this name."
Li Mu is interested in Hongmen.
In fact, this is by no means the first time Li Mu has heard of this name, in the Chinese circle, Hongmen has always been famous, especially in the Xinhai Revolution decades later, Hongmen played a key role in the funding of the "Father of the Nation", it can be said that without the support of Hongmen, there would be no success of the Xinhai Revolution.
"It's a gang organization, and they do things like the Italian mafia."
Watson Squire doesn't seem to have a good impression of the Hung Gate.
It is also understandable that politicians and gang organizations must dissociate themselves from each other, otherwise politicians will be ruined and will not receive any support.
Of course, there must be some degree of tacit understanding, otherwise if the gang organization makes waves, no one will look good.
"Okay, the Knights of Labor, I'll talk to Mr.
President about it."
Li Mu has now transcended the level of fighting, killing and killing, of course Jacob Weisbeck and Daniel Crollin will be punished, but there is no need for Li Mu to do it himself, Li Mu has the best weapon in his hand, that is Time Magazine, as long as Li Mu uses this weapon well, it is not difficult to make someone ruined, Tweed is the best example.
"That's great, if Rim can convince Mr.
President to dissolve this organization, then I think a lot of people will be grateful to you."
Watson Squire reminded Li Mu very vaguely.
That's right, since this Labor Order is a trade union organization, and its goal is to implement the eight-hour workday, to implement equal pay for equal work, to abolish child labor, and so on, it means that nominally it is an organization that fights for the rights of workers and opposes the capitalists, and such an organization is the enemy of all capitalists.
Li Mu is just a capitalist, and he is also a big capitalist.
From Watson Squier's words, Li Mu knew that the Labor Knights were already a national organization, so this also meant that there must be more than just San Francisco and Philadelphia where the Labor Knights existed, and there must be other places, in this case, Li Mu could use his own strength to deal with this organization
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