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Show 8 run ju;k v I.hlllhR FROM JHF 1J V T he Chinese of Stn bran ieo, ami throughout tin stale, au ev rt revenue to hi nipt . ollicials. I hi in existence e halnen extortion ince the (Jiiin i m came to California in eoni leralde numbers and when tht eastern people learn through the new- papers of a moral wave sweeping over the Pacific Coast, they may conclude that it is only ti mpoiar y , and will blow over a soon a tin Chinese have been brought to terms. 'I he caue of lhce moral upheavals is the failure of the Chinese gaming anti opium room to pay tribute, or perhaps the monthly levy is increased ami the Chinese object to the raise. Re- cent raids on the Chinee quartet in this city show that the corrup- - Club," nr Mum similar livtinn, In injured, defiance t i these Mate chattel, and without warrant, tin polio broke down mjiiu oj the door of 01110 if tin private gaming hour and arrested the "heathen" a tin Chinese are generally called. The Caucasian club a few 'block di- taut were not disunited, yet it is generally knovn that some of It ee aie gaming houses pure and simple, masked under tht name of "club, " Here, voting men hold- ing position of trust are regularly fleeced by card-sharpe- gamblers r, It is perhaps not any more dangerous thin whiskey, Why tin diiinc lion is made, anti whv the police nv o Milicitious TH0JV1AS about the health ol tin Chinese Successor to Miller & M Jcr. they cannot understand, Recent dev lupemciils throw a tlood of i h t over the Chime ipiartcr, Orders Pomptly Dc.Acrcd. anti the public may insist upon the extension of the moral OFFICl: wave to the Caucasian dens of 60. W. 2nd SOUTH. vice and crime. 'Phone 6 82. Another source of revenue from Yellow F;er.i the Chinese is the ev er recurring - 032 3RD WES r. YARD poll tax swindle. Chinese return- 'Phone 86'3. iig home are pursued to the ste inter by corrupt collectors, who claim that the annual tax has not been paid. Rather than mis the steamer and undergo arrest the Chinaman pays the two dollars. Phis i so common that it is con sidered a good joke among the swindling officials. The existence of the Chinese quarter is mainly the cause of the I 1 i 14 so-calle- d - : but designed as "club men" or "men about town," whatever that may signify. These fellow are organicd into "sets" for the plucking of the public, Some of the leading principal hotels, where they entrap the rich voting men from the east who tinn fund was pi r week, have come west to see a little of This astonished t In general public vv ild life; other seek the acquaint- who did not think that the Chin- - ance of business men who ome It) esc could afford such heav y as- - make investments, and by talking great amount of corruption in the sessnu nt. In the "good old days" up great enterprises induce them city. The opportunities are so when mining speculation was in to isit the "club" where all kinds great and men, especially oflicials, full swiii" and the city more pro- - of atii'-- an in full blast. An- - are often weak. perous than now, the assessment other "set" is detailed to entrap was understood to be SsOO a week, the fast youths of the city, the 15ut it has been gradually raised; sons of rich men, who are ever every raise was signaled bv a raid eager to make a record as "sports. anti the breaking down of doors The numerous defalcations in the 1) v the police. Some of the gam- - city are traceable, in the majority to these gaming . ing houses have refused to con- - of instances, timie this spoils system, claiming houses under the guise of clubs, do From the-the Chinese took the that the Chinese n.iddlc-menot pay the backsheesh where it cue. with the view ot escaping is supposed to be most cffect'vc, police raids or probably assessor, rather, that they pocket, a incuts. Chinese gaining is mainly They believe confined to those of their own great deal that if the assessment was honest- - nationality, and the dens are in y paid "to the City Hall there their own quarter of the city, under would be no raids. At anv rate, They have no they conclude that the present the guise of society sweels, is nigh enough, aiw as trapping the unwary, much as they can stand and make Why the .Chinese opium dens . , n profit. The police claim that should be subject to police raids 1 , t j BOttlCd 1 is ;isi-a and Chinese and this only slander, backsheesh, the Fnglish j Uld ExtHl PUfi BCCFf that if there is a corruption fund torcannot understand. The smok.- the ON, DRAUGHT keep the entire ing is done in a back room, dr sum. As there , is no "board of cellar, where none are permitted if raids are the con- - except smokers. They do not terfere with anyone, and when The attempt of, the Chinese they have recovered from the gamblers to evade .the' lavv, and, stupefaction of a smoke they e power of the police by char- - turn to their plates of business, tering their clubs, is one of the The Caucasian drinks in public. causes ot the raise of the assess- - and when drunk is noisy and This lessened the number orally lands in jail, after insulting d ot gaminghouses subject to raides, everyone within hearing, and those that were not private haps engaging in a fight.. This clubs had to bear the burden of throws the costs on the taxpayers, all. The Chinese adopted the "There is no doubt, the eastern Caucasian custom of runninggam- - visitor argues, "that smoking of ing houses in defiance of the police opium is dangerous to health and by painting on the door "Private demoralizing, but only the user is ly pioiesion, S-5- 0O v s n e of-it- .. stool-pigeon- s, ent r go-betwee- ns j Atthe--equalizatio- . re-th- gen-men- per--ari- t. HARRIS i . . |