The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-22
CHINESE BECOME
BOURBON CONVERTS
Seven CeleistiaIs Induced to
Change AffiIiation to the
Democratic Column
Activity of Rival Candidates
Shown During the Closing
Days of Registration

hekiStEdllon LOT the primary SleCLlOn
closes at midnight wednesday. July Is.
The registration ONCE in the old city
hall will be kept open continuously
from $50 a m. to II D. m on Monday.
Tuesday and Wednesday OF next week.
July rs. 81 and IS.
There are now in the neighborhood of
$4,000 names on the great register. The
rate of registration has fallen of By
one-half since the last day on which
the petitions of candidates for nomina-
lions could be fled The activity of the
specialverifeation deputies working for
| the various candidates resulted in heavy
registration during the last two weeks.
the average daily registration being
| 500. About $50 voters are now regis
tering every day. The work OF the
deputies is about equally divided be-
tween new registration and changes of
registration.
Contrary TO general belief there
have not been great many changes of
registration. the total from January.
1908. wnen the present registration be-
gan, not exceeding 1900 or 1900. The
largest percentage OF these changes
We're from republican TO union labor.
| CHINESE JOIN BOURBoNS
During the last month or so there
have been seven changes in Chinese
registration. all 10 the democratic par
". This unusual feature OF registra-
ton has excited some curiosity, and the
conversion OF the Chinese. all OF whom
1--we In the fOrty-fourth district, TO dem
ocratic principles has been traced 10
two members of the San Francisco
democratic club. Luke Fay and Dr.
George II. Boskowitz
Dr. Boskowitz. who lives at 1887 Sui
ter street, in the fortieth district, has
a Chinese in his employ named Hen
Ting Lee. who is registered as a demo-
crat This Chinese has brought most
OF the oriental converts TO democracy
10 the registrars office, and has SUPER
intended the change Of their registra-
uon. Back Of Dr. Boskowitz and his
Chinese servant-politician is Luke FAY.
mat their efforts have resulted in add
ing seven voters TO the bourbon host
in the forty fourth district Is shown
by the following names of democratic
converts; Kin Hay Lee. Ho Di Hor
and Pom Cling Sang. changed from re-
publican TO democrats; Chan Fat. Leong
Geet, LIE To Jue. Quang Ming Quong,
changed from -declined'' TO democrats.
"BUDGY" NELSON ACTIVE
BUDDY Nelson. former state sen
ator and now comfortably berthed as
superintendent of tugs and dredges
under the harbor commission. is active
in behalf of the republican machine in
the forty-hfth district, inducing voters
to change from union labor TO repub-
lican. That Nelson's friends are COM
placent is shown by the fact that not
very long ago he was inducing them
to change from republican to union
labor. AS one voter in the district
expressed #: The Harrison Grey Otis
| club OF the forty-ifth is being trans
ferred back TO the union labor party
But that was before the supreme
court decided that no candidate could
have more than one nomination. and
for the union labor nominations was
destroyed, Nelson began switching his
voters back TO the republican party.
It is claimed that friends of Frank
J. Sullivan, rival of P. H. Mccarthy for
the union labor mayorality nomination.
are responsible for a great deal of the
registration changed to union labor,
These friends say that Sullivan is going
to give Mccarthy a hard run They
base this assertion on the statement
that Mccarthy is unpopular in certain
union labor circles.
The registrar officially awarded yes
terday places on the primary ballots TO
the following candidates. whose petit
tons had been found sufficient: Ed
ward NJ. Greene, democrat. for sheriff,
637 valid signatures out of 500 fled; VII
liam NJ. Crowly, republican. supervisor,
999 out of 1877; Christian H Keehncke
democrat, supervisor. sol out Of 9Ss;
Charles A. Rabing. republican. super
visor, 1857 out of 1,27S; Joseph G.
Mansfield, republican, coroner. 1885 out
/ of LAT.