The sun., 1898-10-25
Lee Toy to Lead q Army Of
ChiBks in the Jubilee
Procession.
CHINAMEN HELP DEWEY FIGHT
Students of the Race Street Mission
Will be q Feature OF the Great
Civic Day Parade I'm
the Quaker
City.

-Four Wilmington Cinnamon will fol-
low Mayor Lee Toy and Rev. Frederick
Poole in the great Civic Day parade in
Philadelphia tomorrow.
The Wilmington Cinnamon belong to
the Race Street Mission conducted by
DR.. Poole, and with 100 other Chinese
will join in the Peace Jubilee parade.
Their presence was inspired by the recog-
milton given his Chinese servants by
Admiral Dewey in his official reports.
1t only required the all powerful
pull of His Honor Lee Toy, the Mayor
of Chinatown, to get desirable place in
the line for this little band of Christian
lzed Cinnamon, and they will form an
attractive and interesting part Of the
great industrial procession. ..
Lee 10y was reelected Mayor of
chinatown on February 20 last for q
,erm of five years.
1t was a great night in Chinatown.
The blue and yellow national emblem
+ china tOated gayiy from a flag poie
N the Joss iIvuse, uAu u pu..deA.un.u.A
L exploding squlLs aud j:sJDeI..s -e.es-
ialS relgned over ltaee street. lne .>ew
lear was over and the count Of votes
OF the Great Head OF Hien"--in other
"ords. Mayor of Chinatown--was COM
.eted, showing Lee 10y. who is one of
ne most prosperous merchants on Race
srreet, was an easy winner. The ''hien'
the district OF Philadelphia. Whining
on and Camden. The DallOting had been
.oing Oh since the preceding sunday,
nd every Chinaman in the "hien" had
nil fn anat ,fn |
10y was supported by the Masonic fra
trnlty and the merchants, but the wage
arners gave their undivided support to
.uong Moy, a rich iaundryman.
The election for mayor, or magistrate,
.ccurs once every five years i'll China.
own, the count being concluded on New
.ear's day. This petty official certitice
0 all communications from Celestials liv-
lg in his 'hien' address to officials in
Jhina relative to matters financial o.
egal formulas. His charges are eXorbi
ant, and the post is the fattest III the
lift OF the thilrc lo,ulace. he lcaps
rich reward from all cases DrOugn.
'efOre him for arbitration. which is tn,
avorite method of settling disputes
lmong the Chinese. He holds court, or
ather hears all cases, OH Sundays, so
hat neither prosecutor nor defendant
+ days pay. His official patronage
Atends only to the a, continent of Sec
etary, whose chief and almost sole duty
10 collect the fees and clerk, who is
eaIly the power behind the throne. This
!crk hears all the evidence, examines the
illnesses, prepares the papers and sub
Its them to his chief, who generally de-
ICES as the clerk dictates, reasoning that
he clerk must be right, having heard both
ides, and being Il lian of rare good judg-
4ont and usually one who seizes his op-
,Lrtunites.
lhe Head of the Hen never inter
'eres in cases where the laws of foreign
and are violated, unless ii is to see that
he culprit secures fair hearing before
he proper Court, and has proper counsel.
i necessary, and he is paid for the serv-
&c, he will secure bail for the unfortu-
late, and is really tn. chief adviser of
he accused.
Another function of this important Of
ice is to superintend the return of China
men, dead or alive, to their native land
The old and infirm are returned at the
'xpensc of the "Hien,' and the outlay in
ident to the return of the dead is borne
y the Chinese. Five Companies, an or
'anzation of Chinese philanthropists,
Who, for q consideration, exhume the
'odies of Cinnamon wherever found and
zee that th".. reach their destinations
he Nlaglst. ..tes keep a record of all the
Llnamen buried in their "Hien," and
rom time to time notify the officers of
he Five Companies that such and such
l body has heen buried for the required
lumber of years, and steps are taken at
once to ship the body to China.
The election itself was indeed novel
proceeding. The Joss House was as
lght as day for 1oO hours, the time dur
ng which the votes were cast Scores of
apcrs and vessels of oil were kept ablaze
1t all times, and on both sides of the
great long PAPER upon whi' h the votes
we're recorded pans of fire We're kept sup
piled with fuel all the while
! he voter entered the room shoeless,
and. approaching pedestal in the centre,
made low bow, after which he ap-
'roached the desk, where clerks certified
rs 10 his eligibility to vote. This done. he
moved toward the altar, where the votes
we're recorded. First, he proclaimed in a
Qua voice the name of the man for whom
no wished to vote. Then he painted his
ihme and that of his candidate on the list
'ith fibre brush. The two secretaries,
n watchers, then announced the vote
'ounted and the voter marked their tally
'olrect. AS he turned to leave, repre-
sentative of the man for whom he voted
approached, bearing cup of tea on
ray.
If the voter accepted the proffered
hospitality it was understood that he ex-
Ncted some remuneration for his vote.
IT he declined the tea it was clear that he
voted from conviction, and not for c0nsid-
nration.