The herald., 1896-08-24
They Hold Conferences With
"Clonel HelIison CLAY"
ASSISTING THEIR FRIENDS
Contributions to the Republican Cam.
paign Fund
AZ First II Was Supposed That the "cIonel'
Was Organizing Chinese Bible Class. But
the Rumor Proves to be Foundationless

Ching All Lin, Woo Fob, Sin All Wong
and Her Lin, the foremost leaders in thS
commercial world of Chinatown, have
been, it Is said, for the past two weeks
making frequent visits to the tower Of
the stone castle at the corner of First
street and Broadway.
The object of these tours of the rich
and wealthy Mongolians to the tower,
where white men are compelled to un-
cover their heads and remove their
shoes before entering, has been a mys-
terry.
1t was at first believed by some that
Clonel Hallison Clay Otis was organ
izing Bible class among the local
heather and that he had called for a
conference with some of the more prom
1nent Chinese, with a view OF getting up
quite an assemblage of the almond
eyed population to whom he could ex-
pound the truths of the Scriptures
In support of this theory the fact was
stated that several years ago, while
Mills, the evangelist, was working in
this city the Clonel had at one of Mills
meetings arisen, expressed a desire to
LEAD better life, and asked for PRAYERS
Those who ridiculed the idea that the
Clonel had in view the idea of organic
alton of Chinese Bible class were COM
PEELED to admit the force of this point
but still they could not believe that the
truly great man had turned missionary
in any such field
Then there were those who held to the
idea that the Clonel had called the Chi
nese merchants into conference to ex-
PLAIN TO them the benefits their race
mad already and would in the future de-
rive from the fight he had made upon
labor and the working classes, and to
ask that they-the Chinese merchantsh
siNe MN turther and more substantial
support.
But it seems that both of these the
ories as to the subject of the talk the
Clonel had with the Mongolian business
interests were incorrect 1t was in
tended to keep the real object of con-
ference secret. but. as is frequently
tne case in such matters, where more
than two persons are party TO anv
thing of the kind. one of them leaked :"
IN this case the "leaker' was Her Lin.
a nat oily Chinaman, of about as VIII,
mas oeen IN the country for some thirty
years, and who ranks as the J. Pierre,
pont Morgan of Chinatown.
Her Lin has inadvertently given the
WnoLe scheme away. and his story is
turther authenticated by meeting
held last evening on "Nigger alley"
Her Sin, in talking about the success
wnlch mad attended the coming together
oa ms friend, the Clonel and three Others
Oh his conferees from the Orient said.
Col Hellison Clay Otis glate man He
zen Chlnaman what dlo to help make
nlmselt glate man, too. He send man
4owh TO tell Chung Ah Sing and Woo
In on anu AN wong and Her Sin to come
slee him. We all Heap wollied. We
no sabe what Clonel Hellison want. But
we all go to slee him. Ie go up stlairs
way up and boy come to door and saw:
What Chnaman want?"
say, we want Clonel Hellison
Clay Otis" -'--' o-'
Boy say come in. We all glo in and
ooy sio IN little place and CLONE back
and say:
"Clonel Otis will slice you.''
Then Chinaman get faid and want 70
glo black to Chinatown, but we all clio
in and slee Clonel Hellison. The Clonel
nave heep big dog in room and China
man get fiaid again. Then Clonel say:
Chinaman must dlo something and
help SO no more silver money CLONE"
He say Chinaman have all gold and
then get heap rich. China man do all
the washing then and work. on railroad
and take place of dam Ilishn1an. He
say Blyan no glood and Chinaman must
help. He say all Ilishman for Blyan and
all white mlen who won't let Chinaman
wlork. He say Chinaman help McKIin-
ley and then Blyan and Ilishman get
heap knocked out. He say Chinaman
go ask milan who keep money for him
at bank and he tell him same thing.
Clonel say he always been heap f1iend
Chinaman and Chinaman must help
He say Chinaman get money and he
have EN- sent to help Mckinley. He
say Mckinley let Chiraman vote, then
Chinaman all same good like dam Ilish-
man.
"Chinaman tell Clonel we all help Nc
Klinley and get heap money Then
boy come and Chinaman glo out"
This was the object of the conference
and it is given to the public for the first
time. When it became known it was
really surprise to many, but since the
information has gone forth that Mark
Hanna had failed in getting his expected
contributions from Wall street for the
Republican campaign fund, those who
were wise knew that money from any
source was acceptable and gladly re-
ceived.
"Clonel Hellison Clay Otis" being
very close in his relations with Marcus
A. Hanna, could of course be relied on
in the hour of necessity to help Mark
out.
This being the case, it is indeed not
remarkable that he should call upon
his Chinese friends to loosen" His
efforts in this direction will not be
altogether devoid of success if what Her
Lin says is to be believed. The Clonel
evidently gave Her Lin and his asso-
ciates irrefutable reasons why Republi-
can success was of great Importance
to the Chinese, and as they are always
willing to pay those who help them,
Mark will probably at an early day
receive a remittance from them through
the Clonel, who will thereby establish
a reputation as a hustler of influence.