Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-10-06
NO.. A..
MONGOLlAN ELECTORS.
The Chinese Vote In California VIII
BE an Important Factor.

The Chinese Vote In California VIII
BE an Important Factor.
Ihe Isolated patter of one pair of
chinese baby feet In nosome China
alley few years ago would have
caused fiutter. Almond eyes, olive
skin, Jaunty cap, rustling silken gar
ments, snowy white little shoes, n
braided ''pigtail' which oscillated like
pendulum, long finger nails-and
there was the little pagan who pio-
neered long array of similarly attlred
other little pagans out from Chinese
novels Into the sunshine and fearless
freedom in the open air. A native
born citizen, the American eagle SEEM
ed not whit proud of him; n native
son, California was ready to repudate
him.
Now the patter of one pair of feet Is
succeeded by the sound of legions. In
Chlnatowns dirty purlieus an infan.
tile army has been reared. Two years
ago the school census takers found l.
800 Chinese children of school age.
There are not less than 1000 native
sons and daughters In San Franclscos
Chinatown In whose veins Chinese
blood flows, and who are lawful heirs
of American citizenship. A small army
of Mongols Is marching leisurely along
the dusty highway of time toward the
ballot box.
This phase OF the Chinese question
does not appear to have been fully
comprehended. But not later than
the year 1920, ut the present birth rate
In Chinatown, and supposlng average
conditions regarding mortality to OBJ
tain, 1t Is as clear as anything can be-
that something like $500 Chinese chill.
dren will be entitled to the ballot OF
San Francisco alone. Sacramento.
Stockton, Los Angeles, San Jose, and,
In fact, nearly all communities in Cali
fornia have also their natiye-born Mon
golian babies who are on their way to
citizenship.
Not less than 1000 native-born Chi.
nese voters will be In the field of poll.
ties In 1920 In California-enough with
an alliance with some large political
party and with a united front, to carry
"a ototV titttiOh, tuOuku ~ Stltle Tie
Presidential election If California
should be the pivotal State, concedlng
that the strength of parties should be
somewhat nearly divided.
Surely the students of political his.
tory must see something curious in this
not very remote contingency. Less
than one-quarter of one century may
see dragon flags flying from the roofs
of Chinese joss houses, from the tops
OF buildings In which fan-tan games
abide, and from scores of buildings
reeking with filth and smelling to
heaven" in celebration of the cleo
tion of candidate of the Chinese for
Governor or even for President of the
United States of America, or Con-
gressman, or mayor, or supervisor.
There may even come a time when
bonfires will burn in Chinatown and
Chinese gongs and other alleged musi-
cal instruments be sounded to catch
the Mongolian vote, and wagons carry
up and down the steep slopes advice to
Chinese-Americans to vote for All Jow
or Tom Lee for sheriff or mayor, or
some other equally important office.
Chinese, 1t is well known, have
strong family attachments. The head
of family directs all others, who obey
him implicitly. Unquestioning obedi-
ence gives the ideal conditions reuuir-
ed for henchmen of political boss.
Another queer feature engrafted upon
the American political system in San
Francisco will be the influence of aged
Chinese who have no vote themselves,
but who will have power to insure
how numbers of votes will be cast.
The Chinese patriarchs, with goat-like
boards, will be the 'bosses" of the
most approved sort. This Is certain
enough.-San Francisco Call.