The herald., 1896-09-09
THE COLONEL DECEIVED THEM
He Said That He Was Next to Mark
Hanna
But the Highbinders Found Out That He Had
Played Them and So They Quit.
Carrier Pigeon Telegram

hope of resurrection.
This club, it will ber emembered,
was organized under the patronage of
and with the advice and counsel of Colo
mel Hellison Clay OTIS who made the
record breaking contribution of As cents
from his private purse to the funds of
the organization, was made honorary
president and delivered the opening ad-
dress. ..,,s.
1t was hard blow for the club to re-
cover from, this opening address of Col
onel Hellison's, but the leading high
binders of Chinatown held it together,
although it was great struggle for the
| coloners oratory has been known to
make things totter on their thrones and
it drives dogs to madness.
However 1t was not the colonel's bril-
liant and humorous address that broke
| UP the Chinese Mckinley and McLach-
Ian club.
The disruption was due to thd tele-
grams published in The Herald and the
San Francisco Call. announcing that
Mark Hanna had dumped" Colonel
Hellison and thrown him into the dis
card, substituting in his stead Hervey
Lindley as the duly authorized repre-
sentative IN southern California or ma
tional Republicanism.
This news did not reach the Chinese
highbnders who. had been consulting
with Colonel Hellison for sometime as
| to this club and as to other things, until
| Monday.
When Her Lin, the president, of the
club, heard that Hanna had given it out
| that Colonel Hellison was a dead bird in
the pit he was wild with rage. He con-
| ferred with other Cinnamon who had
been close to the colonel and explained
to them the situation things We're in.
Finally the unanimous opinion ar
rived at was that he colonel had "bun-
| coed" Her Lin and his associates. They
became convinced that the representa-
tions that he had made them that he was
next" to Hanna and that he could do
anything he wanted to with him were
fairy tales.
1t was said that Colonel Hellison,
himself, was interviewed by Her Lin
and that he endeavored to prove to him
that Hanna had not given him the shake
but Her Lin would not take the colonels s
word. On the other hand he pointed to
his right almond eye and queried the
colonel in effect as follows:
"Clonel Hellison, see any gleen
there?'
The colonel's response is not matter
of record, but 1t is said that it bordered
on the emphatic, and like many other
of his outbreaks will not bear publica-
tiOn in a family newspaper-or any
| other kind. for that matter.
Anyway Her Lin came away more con-
vinced than ever that Colonel Hellison
| had played himself and his associated
| highbinders.
| So last evening when Her Lin called
the Chinese Mckinley and McLachlar
| club to order there was a large assem-
blage present. The room at No. 11S Mig
ger alley was packed to the doors.
Her Lin introduced the matter of Col
onel Hellison's deception and told how
he had prevailed upon them to organize
| the club by misrepresenting the condt-
| tion of affairs ito them.
Wong Choo Foo, the proprietor of one
of the largest lottery games in China
town. defended the colonel at some
length. He said that he had known
Colonel Hellison for some years. and
i that the colonel had always stood by
him and with him.
Then there were counter remarks made
| back and forth. Woo Foo said that he
saw right though Colonel Hellison's
scheme. He claimed that the colonel had
no influence among white people in Los
Angeles, and that in order to make 4
showing to Hanna of his great and grow
ing influence he had prevailed upon his
Chinese friends to organize a Mckinley
and McLachlan club. This Woo Foo
said had been done by Colonel Hellison
on the strength of misrepresentation
made to them and he was in favor of
disbanding the club.
A motion to that effect was made by
Suk Poo and put by the chair The
vote was close. but the president de-
clared the motion carried and left the
stand. Amid wild confusion the assem-
blage broke up.
Colonel Hellison stated after he had
haa rd of the Iisro m harm ant Of the c111h
that the whole proceeding and the dis
ruption of the organization was due to
the Vaccinations of "One H. Lindley."
The colonel said that Lindley had found
out that he had organized the club and
was getting it in shape to do good,
whereupon he introduced his emissar-
les into it and they had broken it up
under orders from the "netty boss" The
colonel said that this was only one of the
many instances he could cite to prove
that "the unspeakable Lindley" was
positive detriment to him and an injury
to the Republican party. The colonel
then turned to his desk and penned these
editorial lines:
Iii Hung Chang may be all right, but
he has some fool countrymen in Los An
geles. They no sooner get in position
to do themselves good than they allow
themselves to be made the tools of the
unscrupulous Lindley and do his bid
ding"
Ordering this to be double loaded, Col
onel Hellison folded his arms behind him
and proceeded to walk the floor for
eleven minutes and four seconds, after
which he received the following dispatch
from Cleveland, Ohio, by carrier pigeon:
Mark Hanna did not say in SO many
words he would order the Times Office
unionized in four days, but that he
would advise that this be done. He is,
however. impressed with the showing
Hervey Lindley has made and says that
he will try to worry along through the
rest Of this campaign without you. He
thinks Mckinley would do just as we'll
in California If you would consent to
go OH vacation, to Halifax or to Homo
lulu, he does not care which. He feels
kindly towards you, but says you are
no good. He intimates that you combine
all the essential qualities that go to
make UP a 'hoodoo' and says that if
you can be persuaded to go off some
where and commune with yourself, it
would be an advantage to you, a help
to him, and an assistace to Mckinley
and he feels confident that the people
of Los Angeles would feel grateful"
After killing the carrier pigeon that
brought in this dispatch Colonel Helli-
son retired for the night. And then it
became truly dark.