The San Francisco call., 1909-10-31
CHINATOWN WORKS
HARD FOR MCCARTHY
Slave Dealers and Letterymen
Jealousy Fighting for 'Lib=
erty"' He Promises
Pouring Unlimited Funds Into
Campaign, Expecting in Re-
turn UnbridIed License

fentment and prosperity" promised by
the Mccarthy liberty league. and for
which Charlie Mitchell, Billy Pratt and
Louis Parente wopld do almost any
thing but work.
Like Becker. Pratt and Mitchell, they
have been forced to appreciate that the
law hurts business" They want a
, liberal administration" on business
lines desi gned to fit a seaport" They
speak no European tongues and little
English. but thes know that the Paris
Of America" means unbounded content
! ment and prosperity for them. Mar
Len Geet unlike Bassity. has commit
ted no funds for a permanent organi-
zatlon" TO yellow letterheads but he
, has landed the funds.
From his kind in san Francisco and
Oakland he has solicited and collected q
fund FOR the election Of the champion
of prosperity When the champion OF
the wide open town is mayor Chinese
gamblers are to open again The slave
trade is 10 operate unhindered. The
lotteries are TO flourish. White prosti-
tuition is TO be made one Of the leading
industries Of Chinatown.
Whether aor not the permits for par
ttcipation in the prosperity and con-
teRtment" TO be 1oosed in Chinatown
are 10 be Issued directly from 40 Geary
street is a matter that requires no ad-
Fertising with the Chinese gamblers.
slave keepers and highbinders. They
know Mar Len Geet. Lee Toy and Jow
10y Sins They did business with this
interesting trio IN the good old days
when SchnfitZ and Ruef had for sale
everything from a street walkers beat
TO a stockade privilege or q public serv-
ice Franchise
EXPECT PROMISES
WILL BE FULFILLED
They know that these beasts. of their
own race are. the ceunterparts of Bas-
sity. Mitchell, Parente and the other
white members Of the liberty league"
cabinet They believe that the prom
1ses carried to them through these un-
Speakable creatures win be kept If the
apsstle OF liberty" is elected. They
again 10 prey upon white and yellow
alike.
They want the kind of .liberty" and
the kind Of prosperity" sought for the
subsidiary Bassity establishment in
Commercial street. They know there
can be no real ''contentment' Tor them
- lille san Francisco has a police COM
mission with any regard for its sworn
duty. They have faith in the promises
OF Mar Len Geet, JOw 10y Sing and Lee
Ioy-eTen more faith than in Dave
Becker and Jerome Bassity Their faith
IS justified by the past performances of
the promisers
Mar Len Geet, boss gambler. saloon
keeper and proprietor Of q vile den in
Ross alley, is a man of mark in the
Chinese netherwrorld. He was one of
the eight statesmen who hourished
before the fire. He was a monarch in
Chinatown and stood close to the
Schmitz-Ruef throne. At his nod Chi
nese gamblers and pa nderers opened
their establishments and reveled in
liberty, peace. contentment and pros
perity.' Under his frown prosperity
took wings. The police came. Liberty
was banished pending the loosening of
purse strings stretched with the wages
OF horrible vice. In those palmy days
he was g power 70. be reckoned with in
estimating the disposition of the Chi
nese vote, and there. are 326 votes there
new.
WANTS THE Old REGIME AGAIN
Jow Loy Sing. important and power
ful parsonage that. he IS now, was a
greater man in the old days He had
the ear Of the powers. He was more
than slave keepeT-he was an i'm
porter. He maintained a lottery estab-
lishment on both sides of the BAY He
was one OF the prize gobetweens be-
fore the fire. He opened UP his es-
adjustments Immediately after the fire.
He was prosperous and content" The
government was stricken from the
hands Of Ruef and his paint eaters"
Jow 10y Sings business was hurt He
wants liberty for himself ard TO sell
TO has lesser cOmpatriots. He is will
ing TO invest his time. eloquence and
money in the cause Of liberty with
the time, money and eloquence of Bas-
sity. Becker, Mitchell and. their col
leagues. who are fighting for the Paris
Of America" under the Mccarthy lib
ertine league banner
Lee Toy is great man in the Chi
nese underworld. He Is the active sue
cessor 10 san Jose Charley" the lot
terry king. Lum See, CharIey's widow.
lives and with the assistance of Lee
Toy, her partner agent. hourishes in
degree which makes Her yearn for "a
return Of the old times and for the
prosperity" Of the promised Paris Of
America