The San Francisco call., 1899-09-09
COlnla Aroused in Opposition to
the Incorporation.
People of the County DenOnnce the Scheme Of The As
sOciated Pests as an Unparalleled Outrage Which
Will Be Bitterly Resisted

fluence to induce the Supervisors Of San
Mateo TO adopt a resolution prohibiting
gambling on horse races, except within
a racing inclosure in the county.
This victory has now proved to be
boomerang for Buckley and his follow
ers now want to do the very thing
which they prevented the other gamb
lers from doing. In the face Of impend
ing disaster to all their interests they
have united and have secured control
of the new coursing park near Colma.
The land is owned by John D. DAILY and
ex-Shertff Kenney. They have leased
it to Henry Schwartz, who has as
sociated with him Chris Buckley. Billy
Harrison, Sam Newman and r. E. de
B. Lopez.
These men do not want the park for
coursing, except as a blind. They want
it simply as a gambling hell for wagers
on the Eastern races. They want 1t as
an establishment for all sorts of gamb-
ling, but under the law Of San Mateo
they cannot use it for that purpose.
When Henry Schwartz wanted to erect
gambling pavilion in San Mateo
County he offered to pay license of
$4,000 a year. Now he has a coursing
park with $500 a year license and the
laws barrier.
Buckley's fertile brain reasoned that
there was but one way out Of the diff
ficulty and that was to incorporate
Colma as a town Of the fifth class, givr
ing it all the rights Of gambling. So
the plan was hatched TOuts were sent
to Colma TO encourage the scheme and
to delude the citizens into its accept
ance. 1t was said that after the lit
tie town was incorporated a revenue of
between $4,000 and $40, 900 would flow
into its Golfers. The promoters Of the
scheme did not say, however, that this
sum would be handled by officers
chosen and controlled by the gamblers.
They showed how every carriage pass
ing through the town could be COM
PEELED to pay tax Of Sc a year, but
they did not show that this tax would
be filtered into the hands of extrava-
CANT town officers.
But the people of the town of Colma
were not deceived. They refused to
attend the first meeting which the touts
had arranged. Colma's citizens knew
that they would have no voice in the
meeting and even if they did they
would have no material part to play in
the proposed election. They knew that
the floating vote Of employees at the
cemeteries and a mob of roustabouts
would be imported to carry the
gamblers into power. The little town
would be absolutely at the mercy of the
rascals from San Francisco.
Notwithstanding the opposition of the
people of COlma the gamblers are de-
termined TO win. They have taken the
matter into their own hands entirely
since the citizens of Colma could not be
deluded into cooperation and tonight
they propose to ask the Supervisors for
the privilege of a special election The
proposed area of the gamblers town
will be between Holy Cross Cemetery
and the ocean and the northern line of
the county. If the Supervisors permit
the election to be held they will do so
against the earnest protest of every de-
cent element in the entire county
Their action will be the official inaugu-
ration of a reign of crime. degradation
and death in San Mateo County.