New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-03
TOPICS IN LEADING CITIES.
SAN FRANCISCO.
ECLECTIC POLITICS-CHINESE GAMBLING
CJGARMAKING-PRlSON
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SAN Francisco oct. Estate and local politics
are getting into worse tanges every day. The two
IN ain parties making spiritless tight but tho
independent side-shows are full OF enthusiasm ana
cranks The United Labor party and the Anti
Chinese Non-Partisan party have furnished most
of the fun this week. The former nominated for
Governor McGlasban, the e1-preacher and ex-
editor who has been drawing good salary for
wear az chief organizer of the antiChnese sssoca-
ton He declined because he said ii would
interfere with his work of boycotting the coolie.
In his stead was nominated jerome u. Cox. the
man who shot Charles Mclaughlin. the capitalist,
because the latter owed him money and was
acquitted largely through influential friends. The
candidate for Lieutenant Governor Oh the ticket Is
Major Horace Bell, Of Los Angeles. warlke
editor who conducts newspaper with the sug-
Qestve title of The P0roupine and who divides his
time between sending challenges to his rivals and
defending libel suits the court. At this copven-
ton one of the female delegates lost $40 in the hail.
She stoppea the proceedings and demanded the
return Of her money nat was passed around
but only So was contributed, which she rejected
contemporary.
Other conventions were held here by the Labor
party, the Anti Boss party and the Citizens indie
pendent party while at Fresno the American
party, revival of Know-No thingisD. nomi-
mated compete State ticket With all these
factions In the field the California voter will have
an embarrassment of riches from which to choose.
A systematic effort is being made by the police
to check gambling In the Chinese lottery. but
within the past few months the lottery dealers
made contract with certain lawyers by which the
latter were to get one-ha of the dnes remited
should they secure dismissal Of the cases In the
courts. The result was all lottery cases are
appealed from police to superior courts, and IN the
latter courts the judges held that because the
Chihese interpreter could not or would not
translate tickets offered in evidence, the cases must
be dismissed. to the great profit OF the lottery
managers and their counsel This week. however.
the police judges secured the services of Daniel
Vrooman, interpreter OF the Federal courts. and he
identified so positively all tickets submitted as
evidence that it is thought superior judges can no
lon ger reverse the decisions OF the lower courts
The passion for gambling these lotteries. which
resemble policy games is growing. and 1t is
estimated that IS 900 passes into the hands of the
lottery dealers daily. The worst feature Of the
gambling is that it attracts the poorer people by
the small sums necessary to secure chances no
police estimate That fines from this source for SIX
years have amounted to over 5000 900. all OF
which has been paid by lottery companies
The fight made by the Cigarmakers Union to
supplant Chinese workmen with white IS now
adm tied to have failed At the beginning OF the
year all large cigar Manufacturers were induced 10
discharge Chinese. AMI white llbOr stamp"
was to distinsu the cigars made in these
factories from Chincso-made cigars. Over 400
white cigaTmakers were brought from New-fork
and other Eastern cities to take the places OF the
discharged Chinese. After a few mouths 1t was
discovered that one of these imported operatives
was selling union stamps to Chinese factories
This furnished pretext for several manufacturers
on ce moro to employ Chinese. aud one after another
the factories have been TILED uD with Chinese.
anufacturers Justify this course by the plea ttat
they cannot Withstand the competition OF rivals
" h0 employ tho cheaper Chinese labor Over one
half OF the wOrkmen imported frOm the East have
returned and from hftcen to twenty men with
their families are leaving every week. This ends
In utter defeat carefully planned attempt to
compete with the Chinese in cigarmakng.
The California Pen illogical Commission. which
W as organized about year ago, has just finished
its report for submission to TIL. next Legislature.
1t shows that there are nearly 1000 prisoners IN
the two State prisons. a very heavy proportion TO
the population One Of the chief subjects con-
q reform school for juvenile criminals. Such
school is urgently needed owing to the large
number OF convicts under age.
The Congregational ministers at meeting this
week criticised severely ths meti DDS of DR..
Munhall. the evangelist. who recently he'd
"A revival here. The general sentiment or the
preachers was that there could DO no systematic
evangelical work until each congregation provides
for ITS wa. The outlook for the Reverend" Sam
Jones not brilliant, as exhOrtcrs OF his typo nave
never had much success here.
concert will be given here in aid OF the
Charleston sufferers. Tho managers arc ladies' OIL
Southern birth aud include Mrs. Hail McAllistcr,
Mrs. John II. Wise. Mrs o. F. Evans and MIS-
ID. g. Nichols.