Denver Riot Against Chinese

Out in Denver, where the Chinese have gained a foothold, the “irrepressible conflict” has assumed a violent form. The introduction of the alleged Garfield letter into local politics brought on a disgraceful riot yesterday and a very ambitious attempt was made to exterminate the Celestial subjects in that quarter. One Chinaman was lynched and a number were beaten and maltreated, and their opium dens and laundries were subjected to much rough treatment. In a free land like this such exhibitions are simply shameful; but when race prejudices, backed by a conflict between labor, are appealed to, the result is the same in all climates and under all conditions. This Denver émeute affords a faint idea of what would have happened in the land if the Republican party had placed itself squarely on the platform of Chinese immigration this year.