The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-08-17
CHINATOWN Votes
WITHOUT ANY FUSS
CeIestials, 200 Strong, Quietly
Cast Ballots, Knowing Choices
Before Reaching Booths

With double details of police keeping
watch on the booths, and with the pug
nacious admirers of the various candi-
dates keeping watch of one another,
the voting in the forty-fourth assembly
district, despite the keen rivalry of the
senatorial aspirants, was quiet. tame
and well behaved Barbary coast was
permeated with the peace and harmony
of a saengerfest. Chinatown moved
softly. The lodging house vote voted,
and. having voted, lined the curbstones
awaiting the opening of the saloons.
1t was not until late in the after
noon that the repose was broken. At
that time, Gus Hartman, after viewing
for several hours a steady stream of
the Chinese vote, moving away from
him to the ranks of the enemy, stood
forth at the street corner and voiced
his woes.
Look at them he exclaimed plain
lively; 'watcE them go" He pointed
q dramatic and quivering finger at a
band of impressive Celestial native sons
as they marched, Indian file, into the
booth. The vision seemed to impart to
him a telepathic bunch that there was
a kink in the coil; that somehow, some
where, some one had blundered.
Sure, 1 can be a good loserg' cried
Hartman. Let it not be said that Gus
Hartman sought the Chinese vote. No,
sir" He cast a hungry eye at the dis
appearing Chinese and waved his hands
in bursts of spasmodic and disguised
anger.
why did 1 leave my own district?'
he cried again. why? I'll tell you
why Because they told me to come
here. They told me that ] emanated
from here and that 1 was the man to
beat Marc Anthony. That's what Jere
Burke told me. Yes, sir, he did. That's
why 1 left my own district, and that's
why"
From the shadows of doorpost Man
ager Ledduck, working for the inter-
ests of Boyce, picked his way through
the swirling dust.
WINNERS SMILE EASY
Sure anyone can smile when he
wins" he vouchsafed. Gus, slip 1t
here" He held out his hand and bent
forward impressively. M boy" he
added. we've been criss crossed double
crossed and film TANNED. Watch them
chinksi Just watch 'em. Holee smokei
Where did they come from?" Hartman
watched and Ledduck watched and the
rest of the onlookers watched; and
before the eyes OF the throng China
town voted. 200 strong, and very silent.
The majority voted in the third pre-
cinct. They voted without ado or fuss.
They went TO the booth with the ap-
pearance of men who had studied out
the situation beforehand and knew eX-
actly whom they wanted In vain did
perspiring workers thrust cards into
their hands and by great argument en-
deavor to change their opinions. China
town would have none of them.
There were 1,461 votes cast in the
district with a total registration of
2,22S The greater part was cast after
Barbary coast had concluded breakfast,
about l p. m. With the opening of the
polls there appeared on the scene the
notorious Kid Sullivan, advocating the
cause of Harry F1annery for United
States senator; but even Chinatown
laughed. The Kids advent was followed
by wagon containing choice colIec-
ton of youthful workers distributing
cards, begging that the name of Elan
merry be inscribed on the ballot for
United States senator from California
JOHNSON VISITS DISTRICT
Johnson appeared in the district dur
ing the afternoon, but he evinced little
interest in the balloting, realizing that
he was hopelessly outclassed there. He
remained but few moments.
Not single arrest was made at any
of the polling places during the day.
There was a confident expectation that
the bitter fight between the aspiring
ones for senatorial honors would lead
to some enthusiastic follower of one
party poking the physiognomy of a
fellow patriot holding different fac
tional opinions, but the expectations
were not fulfilled. There was very
little challenging of votes and none of
the quarreling and pickering which has
marked the voting in this district in
former years.