The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-04-03
OUR FRISCO LETTER
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! NCOuJluu9Q from rage Oue.l
no labor man had a place on the
Fair committee-which they undoubt-
eddy would have. They can, however.
control the unions of carpenters, and
briclllayers, and stone masons, and
plumbers, and to such an extent that
the Union Labor leaders could en-
force their demands or delay finish
ing the Fair. OF course, they could
try to do this whether or not McCar-
thy was mayor, but their position
would be intellectually stronger if I'm
ion men occupied the official city
chairs.
This powerful machine being built
up by Mccarthy, and a realization Of
what man would have to go through
will probably make many eligible men
think twice before accepting a nom
ination to run against Union Labor.
He will be an immediate target for
some nasty fights.
I James Rolph, Jr., has been promin-
emily mentioned as the one man who
ought to run-but to date no word
has been received from Rolph him
self. A. W. Scott, Jr., is also in the
race, his candidacy having been an
nounced. The political pot has be-
gun to boil, and we shall probably
hear of more candidates before long.
For ways that are dark" etc, that
quotation by Bret Harte about the
Chinaman still holds good-and prob
ably will so long as there are Chi
nese. Witness this last Chinese
trick as played in San Francisco.
Sam Ying, Chinese laundryman, de-
voted descendant of his ancestors, had
been in San Francisco these many
years, trying to lay up a store 81
make his declining days comfortable
But somehow the money didn't pile
as fast as he had planned. First came
the fire which wiped out his little
business, and he fled to Oakland, only
to return later and set himself N
, again in the city of his choice.
He was filled with the optimism
known as 'judgegaryism," had none d
, the pessimism which people call lin
hillishness," and was a bull on the
; fortunes of the United States. This
e time, however, he studied the situa'
ton. He saw Japanese laundries mob
t bed by angry "sandlotters." He saw
. his own trade dwindle to the few bun
dies which were brought in under GOV
er OF darkness. He studied, ant
3 thought. And then he noticed tina
there was a Mccarthy in power, ant
an O'Reilly in charge of the distric
police, and an O'Flanagan running {
! saloon in the next block-and they al
9 prospered. He had the secret.
And forthwith there blossomed fortl
over a new laundry opened out in thu
Western Addition the bold sign San
Mahoney-Laundry" He prospereO
from the start, got more help, ant
was astonished at the way bushes
; simply flew his way. When SOM
= questioning and prying customer ask
ed or Sam Mahoney" he had Jus
stepped out" The delight that tn
Irish in the neighborhood had to thin
that an Irishman had a lot Q
"Chinks" working for him, gave San
Wing full confidence in his judgmen
All might have gone well had no
n Sam Ying been hauled into court o
u a minor case, and when the bailii
J. called Sam Mahoney," and a ma
It with a cue took the witness stand
3. there was almost a stampede of cour
attaches-to get at him.
/ The fact that the case was dismiss
" ed was the smallest part Of Sar
s Wings trouble, as he afterward learn
t ed
n The news had gone abroad abou
q the Sam Mahoney" laundry, and