The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 29, 1895, Page 6

6 ' THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1895. M CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: DAILY CALL—46 per year by mall; by carrier, 1e or Weelk. P CUNDAY CALL—$1.50 per year. WEEKLY CALL—$1.50 per year. The Eastern office 0f the SAN FRANCISCO CALL (Delly and Weekly), Pacific States Adver- tising Bureau, Rhinelander bullding, Rose and ARCH 29, 1895 Brace up to live issues. Pledge yourself to progress. Money may talk, but energy does the work. For every organizer there are a dozen disorganizers. If you wish to enjoy harmony you must follow the music. Drop your subscription in the slot and get a competing road. ‘We cannot be wedded to public improve- ments without bonds. If you march in the procession you will get there with the crowd. They may call it the Half-million Club, but it talks for the million. The more critical a man’s position is the Jess critical he can afford to be. Half a million for San Francisco means et least two millions for the State. It would be better to have bonds on the City than cobblestones on the street. Now that good leaders are at the front we will socn see what the people can do. 1i the silurian bloviator doesn’tlike criti- elsm he should withdraw from public gaze. Santa Clara and San Mateo are ready for the grand boulevard and San Francisco must get into line. The San Francisco and San Jose boule- vard is securing & right of way through the hearts of the peopl The shipper who signs the pledge to patronize the valley road writes himself down a good citizen. The Eraminer seems to have regarded our commendation as a surprise party that took the cake with it. The Pioneers of San Francisco were great public improvers in their day and the pres- ent generation must keep up the lick. The Governor has approved the new law governing primaries, and this will make enother draft on the ingenuity of the poli- ticians. A copy of the letter which Seward sent to France in regard to Mexico might bea good thing to send to England in regard to Venezuela. If you cannot subscribe to the stock of the San Joaquin road you can at least pledge yourself to patronize it when it comes your wa; The Carv’s interior exchanges can do noble work for the sections in which they are published by co-operating with it in advertising the State. 5 s there a “journalistic ethics” that re- quires one newspaper to ignore the efforts of its neighbors in the great work of up- building the State? In demanding $250,000,000 from China the Japanese will have to put it on the ground of traveling expenses, for the circus didn’t amount to that. A man is not a silurian simply because he doesn’t go your way, but if he goes no- body’s way and gets in everybody’s way, you may put him on the list. It becomes more evident every day that the San Joaquin road will have to go by San Jose and by Stockton also in order to fill the demands of the situation. Competition solves nearly all eommer- cial problems, and if we gave silver a fair chance to compete with gold as a money metal, most of our financial problems would disappear, Tom Reed is quoted as saying, “If the Supreme Court decides the income tax to be unconstitutional we shall have an extra session of Congress,’”’ and he might have added the country would be the better for it. Having made such a big profit out of the sale of the Cleveland bonds, J. Pierpont Morgan has felt rich enough to give $20,000 to a sanitarium, but whether we are to in- fer from this that Grover feels sick is not certain. Considering what a diversity of opinion there was concerning the Hawaiian revolu- tion, it is worthy of note that not a single newspaper of any prominence in this country has failed to express sympathy with the Cubans. If it were not for the daily occurrence of train robberies, the war in Spain and the shooting of Li Hung Chang, the escapade * of the Oakland man who eloped to Hono- Julu with his own wife wouid be a piece of news that would thrill the world. While Germany is rejoicing over the @y | SIGN THE PLEDGE. The pledge which the CALL has prepared to submit to the merchants of San Fran- cisco, to the shippers in the San Joa- quin and Santa Clara valleys and the cities bordering the bay of San Francisco, will give the bone and sinew of these regions an opportunity to demonstrate a desire for the welfare of the State. Shipping repre- sents most of the more valuable forms of industry, and consequently shippers rep- resent and embody the active forces upon which the prosperity of the people de- pends. It is essential, therefore, that they understand -their responsibility and that they exercise their power with wisdom. It is as easy for them to help the State as to injure it. The pledge is simpl y that they will ship and travel over the new road if the rates are as low as those of competing lines and if the facilities are as good. In all reasonable expectation the rates will be much lower than those at present in force, for the purpose of the road is to reduce rates. The signing of the pledge will serve two purposes: First, to show who are the friends of the new road and who are willing to do a reasonable thing to advance the prosperity of the State; second, to furnish statistics which will be of great assistance to the promoters of the road and thus en- courage subscriptions to the shares. If through fear of the Southern Pacific or for any other cause, a shipper may have reason for not wishing to see himself advertised as a signer of the pledge, he is assured that the editor of the CALL will obey his wish and keep the fact secret. The signature is needed, nevertheless. All who sign and consent to publication will be placed on the roll of honor. The merchants of San Francisco are heavy shippers and they have a vital in- terest in the sticcess of the new road. Those among them who do mot wish to antagonize the Southern Pacific and are fearful that the signing of the pledge would bring down the wrath of that com- pany upon them, are assured that they may sign with perfect security against publicity, if they request that the fact be not made known. They might profitably reflect, however, that the time when the Southern Pacific could injure a merchant by discriminating against him has passed, and that the people of California are now running their own business, An interesting piece of history is apropos. Some years ago an Eastern railroad com- pany that wanted to build a line to Califor- nia, sent a representative to S8an Francisco to investigate the matter of “special con- tracts” which it was believed the Southern Pacific was making with favored shippers, The agent discovered that every merchant who gave up his confidence on a pledge of secrecy, held a ‘‘special contract,’”’ and that these contracts were all alike. In other words, there were no ‘“‘special contracts” at all. The merchants were all charged alike, but each was made to believe that he was paying lower rates than his neigh- bors. These contracts had been made by the Southern Pacific for the very purpose of keeping a competing road out of San Francisco by pledging the merchants to ship for a term of years over the Southiern Pacificin consideration of special private privileges which were to remain a secret. The present value of this reminiscence is that it may serve as a warning to mer- chants who may be approached by the Southern Pacific with a tempting offer of special rates and privileges if they will sign a contract to ship exclusively over its line for a period of five years, and thus try to kill the Valley road. It is hoped that no merchant will fall into this trap at the expense of his neighbors. He may be sure that he will receive no special benefits whatever from the Southern Pacific, and may be sure, further, that a suspicious community may do a good deal of ponder- ing if it finds him unwilling to pledge him- self to patronize the Valley road. IMPROVING. THE CITY. In his address before the Half-million Club on Wednesday, President Craig dealt very effectively though briefly, with some of the problems of municipal development which have long been under consideration by progressive men, and which by this time ought to be near solution. These are the problems involved in the improvement of streets and sewers. As President Craig well said, the sewerage system which was sufficient for a population of 150,000 is in- sufficient for a population of more than double that number, and as we have bitu- minous rock at our doors there is little excuse for such a great thoroughfare as Market street being paved with cobbles or basaltic rock. It is not likely that any one will question these statements. Street improvementand sewer improvement we must have in order to fitly prepare the way for the advance- ment of the City and the increase of its population. Such improvements, more- over, should begin at once. Every year's delay means not only a continuance of the present inconvenience, but an increased cost when the work is undertaken later on. The sole question in relation to the mat- ter, therefore, is how to begin the work as speedily as possible; and the best an- swer to that question will be found in i suing bonds to the amount of $5,000,000, and proceeding at once with the improve- birthday of the Iron Chancellor who |™@ent. equipped her invincible armies, a wealthy young German at Los Angeles blows out his brains because his parents order him to return to Germany and enter the army, We know of no valid argument against an issue of bonds. The net public debt of the City, as President Craig pointed out, is only $260,000, or about 80 cents per capita. Such a debt is practically nothing. We Reformers in Kansas City are trying to | are abundantly able to carry it with secure the passage of an ordinance forbid- | $5,000,000, or twice $5,000,000 added to it. ding free-lunch attachments to saloons, and the racket raised over it would lead an The bonds could be sold at very low rates of interest, and the increase in the burden outsider to suppose an attempt was being | of annnal taxation would be hardly felt. made to starve out every poltician in town. Commenting on the changes that have come over this State the St. Louis Globe- Democrat says: “A California gold miner ‘panning out $2 in dust a day can exchange it for four bushels of wheat. One of the old argonauts, with an income of four bushels of wheata day, or$2 worth of other commodities at modern prices, would have had a bonanza.” The Illinois Legislature proposes to put an end to boodling by a law declaring void any ordinance, franchise or privilege, the passage of which is secured by bribery in any form. The idea is that no one will be willing to pay anything for a franchise when such payment would render it void. It is hardly likely, however, that the law would have much effect, for it is very diffi- cult to prove bribery, and the boodlers know it. The only way to get an honest government is to elect honest men. £ The advantages of borrowing money for public enterprises are so numerous and so well understood, they hardly need enumer- ation. They have been recognized in every progressive city in the world. -Cities which have not profited by these advantages, and have made improvements only as they could be paid for out of the annual tax |' levy, have not prospered like their wiser competitors; for when large sums of money are borrowed, and the desired im- provements undertaken on a comprehen- sive scale, they are carried out much more economically than ‘when done by piece~ meal and at haphazard from one year to another. By issuing bonds running for twenty years we can get our streets and sewtrs im- proved, and have the benefits at once in- stead of waiting twenty years for th m. Moreover, we get the use of the $5,000,000 for twenty years at less than4 per cent, and by putting it into circulation among tradesmen and manufacturers, we place it where it will earn from 10to 15 per cent. The trade of the City will be enriched that much, in addition to the improved. streets. The subject is one of the most important now before our people. Let us recall what the Pioneers did in raising San Francisco from a town of shanties in the sandhills to its present greatness, and, following their example, let us go forward and make it greater still, THE WORK OF PIONEERS, There is an unfortunate disposition—hap- pily limited in extent—to underrate the achievements of those hardy spirits who came to California in the early days, and to underestimate their present value to the progress and prosperity of tHe State. How- ever smuall the number of persons who en- tertain this sentiment, its expressions are sufficient to rouse the indignation and re- sentment of the pioneers. Men who come hither from those stirring, throbbing, roar- ing centers of trade, like Chicago and the rest, are apt to sneer at what they term the antiquated methods of doing business here, and older residents of a flippant disposi- tion are quick to echo and magnify these opinions. Of whatever shortcomings there may be on the part of our pioneers they themselves should be the first to make confession, and it is the clear duty of the great majority among whom these shortcomings do not exist to urge the laggards into activity. Nor should they be satisfied with pointing to the wonderful conquests which they have made. The future is as important as the past, and duty is an obligation that never relaxes. On its very face it is illogi- cal to declare that the adventurous spirit which brought these men to California has ever ceased to be a vital partof them. That in some respects certain of their number have failed to keep abreast of the powerful agencies which have developed other parts of the Union is no evidence that they lack either ability or enterprise for the task. Many causes over which they had no con- trol have operated to repress them. If we have permitted the merchants of Chicago to secure the trade of Mexico, which by all natural right belonged to us, we may thank Mr. Huntington’s railroads in the West and Mexico for transportation rates which made our competition with Chicago im- possible. 'We have lost much of the handling and transhipment of Oriental products, but the interstate commerce act, which made it impossible for the Southern Pacific to compete with the Canadian Pacific, is responsible for that. If so many wealthy farmers still cling to wheat- growing on lands which would produce the finest fruits in the world, the high freight charges of the Southern Pacific may have had something to do with it. In short, while blame should be given where it is due, the whole blame does not belong to our people. A “‘silurian’’ means no more a rich pio- neer than any other rich man who fails to employ his money and energies in the de- velopment of the State. With very few exceptions, all the great buildings in San Francisco have been built by pioneers or their widows or sons—the Palace, Califor- nia, Baldwin, Grand, Occidental, Lick, Russ and St. Nicholas hotels; the Crocker, Mills, Chronicle, Flood, Academy of Sciences, Pioneer, Parrott, Spreckels, Don- ahue, Murphy, Phelan and numerous other costly buildings; the Crocker, Stanford, Flood, Colton, Hopkins and other private mansions, are all the work of pioneers. The Southern Pacific system and the cable and electric roads were built by pioneers. In short, with small exceptions, the active capital and the great enterprises and in- dustries of San Francisco are in the hands of pioneers. If there had not been some conditions peculiar to San Francisco we may be sure that the enterprise which has made Chicago 8o wonderful a city would have been put in operation here. Itisin an understanding and conquering of these conditions that the hope of California and the extension of the pioneers’ opportu- nities for further achievements must be found. The opportunity for securing this free- dom has arrived. The Southern Pacific Company is no longer regarded as an ogre, and men are wondering why they were ever afraid of its power. It is in the air that all strong and independent men must put shoulder to shoulder and march brave- ly onward. He who lags in the rear will win the contumely of his neighbors, whether he be a pioneer or a newcomer, and stragglers will be regarded as desert- ers. The heart of the people is beating hopefully. If thereisin this community a single pioneer who feels that these re- marks are applicable to him, he will show his wisdom by taking heed of the warning which they convey. A POET IN HAWAIL The interview with Joaquin Miller pub- lished in the CALL yesterday may be ac- counted one of the most notable pieces of newspaper literature of the year. It pos- sessed in the highest degree almost every quality that constitutes excellence in articles of that kind. It was timely and important as a matter of news; it was noble in conception, fine in expression and beautiful in form as a specimen of literature. Some of the sentences deserve to be ranked among the classics of Pacific Coast elo- quence. In them are the rhythm of the long-rolling waves of the sea, the brightness of the sunshine of tropic isles, the lightness of zephyrs breathing among the palms and the sweetness of song- birds singing in the sun. These in themselves would have sufficed to give the interview a charm for every lover of literature that would have made it valuable, but they were not all. As swift as are the changes of the ocean from calm to tempest and the alternations of sun- shine and storm in the tropics, were those in the interview from descriptions of the loveliness of Hawaii to those which told of the harsh treatment which the Govern- ment has inflicted upon the natives. For its poetry of style and its historic and political interest therefore the inter- view was doubly notable, It will be widely read throughout the Union and will doubt- less hpve much influence in forming a pub- lic opinion favorable to the despoiled Ha- waiians. It is a subject in which the gifted poet has taken a profound and romantic interest, and the article from his pen which we publish this morning shows how deeply he is moved by it. The drama which is now being played out in Hawaii is as full of all the passions of the heart as any that has been enacted on greater stages, and it is fortunate that much of it is to be recorded by so trne a poet capable of understanding it rightly by the instincts of_a manly nature and describing it finely with the skill of a master artist. PRACTIOAL SUGGESTIONS. One of the best assurances we have that good results of a far-reaching character will flow from the efforts now being made to revive trade and industry is to be found in the earnestness with which all classes of people are considering the problems of our industrial development and the de- termination everywhere manifest to seek practical solutions for them. In line with this trend of public thought is a communication received from D. 8. Richardson in regard to the efforts now being made by the Hali-million Club to increase the population of the City. Mr. Richardson points out that by reason of her advantageous geographical position, San Francisco has all the conditions essen- tial to a great industrial center. About the only thing lacking is an abun@nut sup- ply of cheap fuel, and this he believes can be obtained from natural gas, if a scientific and comprehensive search were made for it on the peninsula. It is said that the experience of compe- tent experts, who have made a careful ex- amination of the Coast Range Mountains, leads to the conclusion that natural gas exists right under our feet. Wellsin San Mateo County, within twenty miles of the City Hall, display unmistakable evidences of the presence of oil and gas, and the pros- pects are believed to be sufliciently good to warrant the expense of further search and exploration. Individuals, of course, can hardly be ex- pected to risk the possible loss in the en- terprise of seeking for gas, but, as our correspondent suggests, it might be under- taken by such’an association as the Hali-million Club, and if a sum of $25,000 were raised for that purpose good results might be expected. Another possible supply of cheap power is in the wave force that moves all around us, and Mr. Richarason suggests that something might be done to stimulate in- vention in this direction by offering a prize of $10,000 to any one who succeeds in making a practical apparatus for utilizing that force. A reward, however, is hardly needed for such an apparatus, as it would be sure to yield a profit to the inventor sufficient to make him a mil- lionaire. The suggestions, however, are good evidences of the practical tendenty of men’s thoughts at this time. We are not trying to start a boom. Everybody means business. EXPOSING BLOVIATORS. % A It is the opinion of the Fresno Ezpositor that there would be something wrong if the CALL were to publish the names of those men of means in San Francisco who, after denouncing the railroad monopoly for so many years, now refuse to subscribe to the competing road. If the Carr should undertake to berate or denounce men simply because they did not subscribe or contribute to enterprises which it favors, the Ezpositor would be just in condemning it. The CaLy, how- ever, has never undertaken such a course, nor has any intention of doing so. S ‘When, in his speech before the Manu- facturers’ Convention, the proprietor of the Cary stated that it would be well to publish a roll of honor showing those who had stood up for California industries, and in another column a black list of those who should have stood up, but did not, he expressly pointed out that the black list should contain only the names of those from whom the public has the right to expect the support they shamelessly failto give. Nobody denies the right of an individual to use his wealth as he sees best, so long as he does not injure another. If a manis opposed to any competition with the Southern Pacific, we have no quarrel against his refusal to subscribe to a road that would compete with it. If he has not the means to afford a subscription, if he prefers to invest his money otherwise, or if for any legitimate reason he declines to subscribe, we have no intention of de- nouncing him or exposing him. The right of individnal liberty in business, as in everything else, will never be assailed by the Carr, and we will be the first to denounce any one who offends against that liberty. As was stated in the address before the Manufacturers’ Convention, however, there are a number of men who are continually seeking to achieve eminence and public credit without doing anything to deserve it. These men are forever denouncing something, but they never help anything. They have been mouthing for years against the Southern Pacific, but they will not put up a dollar to tight it. They own property which they wait for other men to improve. They own money which they use only as a means of obtaining usurious interest. They force themselves before the public and pose as patriots at the expense of the people. These are the bloviators we propose to ex- pose. They justify public criticism by per- sistent efforts at cheap notoriety. If they wish privacy let them attend to their busi- ness and not try to,be public characters. There must be some way to distinguish good men from bad, and surely what better way of doing this can be found than that of holding up good men to honor and ex- posing the bad to publie scorn. SPIRIT OF THE' PRESS. A speaker in the Manufacturers’ Convention said the water now going to waste could fur- nish power to operate all the railroad feeders of the 8an Joaquin Railroad. This fact is ap- parent, but the men who have the means of harnessing that power do not seem to grasp the idea. When they do and apply it to practice California will be “gridironed” with railroads as Illinois is and its population will be in- oreased very rapidly. The truth cannot be too often repeated until the capitalists see how it can be made to increase their wealth.—Stock- ton Independent. There is quite a growing feeling among the public that the average Grand Jury isa good deal of a farce, and a very expensive farce at that. Whenever by some unexpected and fortuitons combination of unforeseen eir- cumstances a Grand Jury finds something definite against a wrong-doer who has any in- fluence or pull some means are found to declare the Grand Jury illegally constituted and the expense and labor have all been in vain.— Bakersfleld Californian. Southern California fruit-growers should lose no opportunity to advertise their products, not only throughout the United States, but in Eu- rope. There is practically no limit to the mar- ket for dried and canned fruits, and they should be pushed in the marketsof the world for all they are worth. Eyery community should have its drier and cannery, for every pound of fruit saved and marketed means an addition to the wealth of the State.—Los An- geles Herald. 5 The proper way to settle the’money question istostamp silyer and gold asto weight and fineness and let their values settle themselves from day to day. By doing this the money question would be removed out of politics and an army of demagogues and beneficiaries would be out of jobs which give them something for doing nothing.—Pendleton Oregonian. Although the University of California is ahead $260 on football tournaments, it should not be lost to mind that there are several necessary members of the anatomies of the players absent. These may be called a dead loss.—Los Angeles Express. A State contemporary offers the services of a lawyer free to every rancher who desires to stave off foreclosure proceedings uhtilhe gets his crop harvested. This beats all chromo schemes and premium lists.—Seattle Times. Times are 50 hard in the Eastern cities that men are reported to be cutting their mustaches off so that they can smoke their cigars shorter. —Hanford Democrat. « The politics and not the morals of San Fran- cisco are in urgent need of reform.—Marysville Appeal. > ———————— In Korea umbrellas are of oiled paper, have no handles and are simply worn over the hat. - THE SITUATION IN HAWAIL BY JOAQUIN MILLER. Serious, “serious” is the word, as Dickens would say. You must know it is a voleanic country. At first it was fair sailing, almost funny—a fine joke. The beginning? Thebeginning was sweet—sugar! . You see, the sugar bounty in the United States is what tempted the tireless and money- getting Americans—ell Yankees—tocrime. For never in history was quite such treason as that committed by those in the employ of the Queen when they took possession of her palace, prop- erty—everything—and turned her out. Of course, they did not dream of doing what they have since donme. They only wanted to get under the American flag and get the sugar bounty. This was a broad platform, on which all in Hawaii could meet. It meant millions on millions. Those who did not like to see the Queen turned out hoped to reconcile them- selves by liberal behavior toward her and her people as things settled down and Hawaii be- came a part of the Union. But Hawail is not yeta part of the Union. The Queen is in jail, hundreds of her people are in jail and, indeed, many of the very best white people are in jail or exile. So I say again, “serious” is the word. X The men who undertook toland the islands under the old flag are getting frightened. Last week they bought another big brass gun and they made big presents of money to their police. The soldiers are notquite content with $40 a month and ham and eggs. As for the volunteers, who have no ham and eggs and no $40 per month, they are not happy. Company D is passing resolutions. They have resolved that the big officials, who have imported boys from the East to act as clerks and so on, are not patriotic. Company D wants the little clerkships in the big places. As for the Annex- ation Club it is quite as fretful. I was asked to be one of the speakers ata contemplated big meeting to take place soon, and in answer to the invitation I said: “IfIspeak I shall de- mand the immediate release of all political prisoners, black or white, and the return of the crown lands to the Queen and her people.” “Say what you please,” said the committee of invitation, “itis a free country,or if itisnot free we will make it free.” “Very well,” I answered, “I may not be here, but if I am I shall state distinctly that the first step toward getting into the Union is the im- mediate and unconditional release of all polit- ical prisoners. We of the United States have the memories of Lincoln and Grant and the great men of their time, and if you hope to get into the Union you must try to follow their example. More than that, when we of the United States put money in the hat as it was passed around for the missionaries every year we meant the money to be used in converting the natives to Christianity; notin converting their property to your own use. Butbehold, you have taken at & single swoop all that they had left, the Queen’s crown lands! “Yes, I know crown lands are an appendage of the crown, when one crown conquers an- other crown. But in this case you do not claim to have conquered the crown. You only claim to have seized the Government and the Government lands and property. You only claim to have abolished the crown. Surely Mr. Dole is not wearing the Queen’s crownl It is simply abolished. But you can’t abolish her lands. You have taken not only all her Gov- ernment lands but her private property also. The rental was about $150,000 annually; and it was all given away to her people. She not only gave all her money, as & rule, but she gave the use of all small holdings to her hun- dreds of poor. Her poor kept her poor. She was all the time in debt with & revenue of nearly a quarter of a million: she had so many. And now what will you do with all these poor and improvident natives? I say that we who put money in the hat for the missionaries de- meand as & condition of your taking a single step toward getting into the Union that you release every political prisoner and return the crown lands to their owners—the people you were hired to convert to Christianity. “I put this proposition plain and clear so that the Annexation Club, which has asked me to speak, may know what is required of those who have absorbad the big offices with big honors and big pay before annexation may be hoped for. More than that, slavery must be abol- ished; the contract system of slavery as it is fostered and protected by the few hundred office-holders at the head of the alleged repub- lic must be swept aside.” This is the substance of my notes from which I was going to speak before the Annexation Club in Honolulu. So you see things are mixed. The big Yankee trick which took in a whole kingdom has become a serious prob- lem. The leaders are tampering with human liberty and human life. They are simply terri- fied and have thrown men in jail by hundreds without law or excuse, except the excuse of fear. I think if you could get at the bottom facts you would find that the leaders are quiet- 1y but hastily “laying up treasures” in Boston. One thing that makes the problem more serfousdown there is the great temptations. These leaders were tempted to despoil the Queen in erder to get the sugar bounty for their millions of sugar. But now the natives, or more especially private adventurers, are tempted by the millions of.money and the little kingdom that lies there to be had for the taking. The excuse, of course, for the ad- venturers will be, as it ever has been inall history, the noblest that has ever moved the heart of man, human iiberty. Men have lain in prison long and might again; butneser with a shipload of gold and an empire waiting as & premium for their liberation. No, the Queen will never be restored. I doubt ifyou could get her to take the crown. Sheis an honest woman; and although her abdication was under duress and is illegal before the world, she is not a coward or liar. ¥ou could not have forced her to abdicate if she had not meant it. Of course she hoped to help her people by giving up everything as she did, but she did not intena to retract what she said in her abdication, Her crown lands, however, she must have. She wants them and she needs them for her poor. é Victor Hugo tells about & man who, walking along the sea beach, began to sink in the quicksand, He became alarmed. He ran for- ward, He sank deeper. He beame terrified as he went forward and forward, refusing to turn Dback, till atlast he sank entirely out of sight, and so perished. He might have turned back, ‘but he waseafraid. This little Yankee republic of & few office-holders down there might even now turn back or even stop in their career of folly. They could even now turn out their political prisoners and make friends out of enemies. They could even now let go of the Queen’s lands and so make 35,000 iriends out of as many enemies, but they really seem to lack the sense. Those singular people who burned their grandmothers for riding broom- sticks with black eats up behind them in the air are obstinate. They have come into power for the first time since the banishment of Roger Williams, and they seem determined to make the most of the situation. \ Fot my own part I like whatis likable in these remarkable people. They are clever, Jearned, capable, capable of almost anything but self-government. They are better in all sorts of ways than I am. They can teach me much. I only wish they would at once turn out those poor prisoners, let the Queen and her people have their own, and so prevent the invasion of strangers. For really the islands are in the line of our advancement. And now one word for them after so much against them. They have done wonders for the natives. True,the natives have done much for them in a worldly way, but they have done in- finitely more for the natives in almost every way. One thing more: I have seen lots of stuff about lepers. I have been a busy man for months down there; been in every nook and corner I could get into among the poor and lowly mnatives; been in towns and hamlets, up highways and down waterways, but- in all that time I d1d not see a single leper. 1did not hearof a leper all this time. I had to hunt all the place overand go four miles out of town to find anything like & leper or place for a leper. And the one unfortunate I found there was better taken care of than al- most any invalid I ever aaw; three gentle women in white hoods to comfort and care for the one stricken one. And I am told that the same consideration, as far as pos- sible, prevails in the settlement where the unfortunates are gathered together. More than that, they are not unhappy. More than that, the malady is on the decline ana some cases, the least severe ones,are being cured, or at least arrested 1n their fatal course. “Indeed,” you exclaim. “Then the enterpris- ing Yankee usurpers, who have taken what England had not the heart to keep, have at least some good ground to stand on.” Not s0. All this was done by the natives. The na- tives built roads, bridges, public edifices, pal- aces, planted great forests, established water works that yielded great revenues to the state, and without almost any national debt. The revolutionists calling themselves the re- public have been two years in power and have just now published their first biennial report of the Minister of the Interior. Letussee what the usurpers or revolutionists under the name of the Hawaiian republic have done in a public way in those two years. We find the following on page 135 of said re- vort: “The only new buildings erected for the Gov- ernment during the period are two jails, one at Kohala and the other at Honokaa, Hawaii; and a small kerosene storehouse. The jails were very much needed at both places.” Comment is nnnecessary. Two things only— jails and natives to fill them. These are the fruits of the usurpation, and these only if we omit the immense debt that is banking up de- spite the diversion and appropriation of the Queen’s income. £ As said at the beginning of this sketch, the situation is serious indeed. Yet the Yankee and so-called Christian missionaries will tell you that their intentions are of the best and all for the natives’ good. “Good intentions is a tough sort of pavement, but it was all worn out before the grand old Florentine ever set foot in Hades. The Ha- waiian republic can to-day do but one thing to be saved; turn back out of the quicksand, liberate those poor vrisoners, give the Queen and her people back their own and stop buying guns. “They thatlive by thesword shall perish by the sword.” JOAQUIN MILLER. AROUND THE CORRIDOES. H. M. Milvane, who was for many yearscon- nected with the general construction depart- ment of the Western Union Telegraph Com- pany, and who is, besides, an old-time operator, now engaged in the manufacturing business in Chattanooga, Tenn., was talking over the radical changes which had been introduced in late years in all branches of telegraphy, his Iemarks being inspired by a recent invention of great importance. “If some of the old-time paper-mill operators could have stepped into a telegraph office in Washington a few days ago they would have beheld a sight which was well calculated to impress them with the pro- gressiveness of the present age,” said he. “An Eastern electrician has invented a machine which has a capacity of receiving from a wire and copying upon paper letters at the marvel- ous rate of 1000 per minute. This wonderful achievement will be better understood when I explain that the best operators send by the Morse alphabet and by hand transmission from twenty to thirty words per minute, the highest ever sent by the most skillful operators being only fifty or sixty words. The method of trans- mission is by means of a strip of paper per- forated with small holes, which is moved under ten small stylpses, the swmall holes allowing the points to make the proper connections that send the impulse which prints the letter at the other end. The receiving instrument is mod- eled after & typewriter, but it does not print the letters of the alphabet, substituting there- for eight marks, they being the elementary strokes of the Roman characters, the combina- tion being easily decipherable.” “Once in a while the bad man from California turns up in the East, and when he does his vil- lainy is generally of a unique variety,” said C. A. Mack, a Baltimore oyster-dealer, at the Bald- win yesteraay. “Just before I left home I hap- pened to be in court when a fellow giving the name of James Clark, but who had several aliases, was sentenced to five years in the pen- itentiary for the larceny of a lot of property which he had secured from a lady whom he had engaged to come to Los Angeles as & gov- erness. Clark is a raiiroad man and has but one arm, having, as he claims, lost the other by being caught between the bumpers of two cars. The officials at home said he was wanted in Sacramento, in this State, and in several other places for crimes committed.” Captain C. P. Poole of Victoria, who is in the city, gives the information that Rockefeller, the Standard Oil magnate, and President Hill of the Great Northern road, have formed a combina- tion, and that as a result the Pacific Steel Barge Company will construct four large whaleback steamers for the transportation business of the Great Northern road on this coast. “The Great Northern is certainly look- ing toward San Francisco with & view of secur- ing a portion of the business from this point,” said the captein, “and I should not be sur- prised if that road should place in service a splendid passenger steamer between this city and the north. 1 know such a rumor was afloat last fall, and I have lately heard reports which tend to substantiate it.”” T. E. Stillman of the legal firm of Stillman & Hubbard, New York, who is at the Palace, is here partly for pleasure, and also for the pur- pose of attending the annual meeting of the Southern Pacific_Company, whizh occurs on the 3d of April. The firm of which heis the senior member represents the Hopkins estate. Further than the fact mentioned his visit has no significance. T. A. Watarhouse of Portland, who was at the Grand yesterday, says & movement is on foot by aland company in Washington to colonize 500 or 1000 Icelanders in that State. “They are said to be s thrifty class of citizens,” said Mr. Waterhouse, “and are in many Tespects more desirable than some of the elements with which we have to contend, and which come fromabroad” PERSONAL. Hon. B. D. Murphy of San Jese is in the city. A. West of Sonoma was at the Palace last night. E. K. mart of Dutch Flat was at the Grand last night. Thomas Richards, & mining man of Sonora, is at the Lick. A. M. Tilden, a lumberman of Woodland, is at the Grand. Dr. Henry J. Reynolds of Chicagoisregistered at the Palace. Ira B. Hickok of Colusa registered at the Pal- ace yesterday. J. G. King, a merchant of San Jose, was at the Lick last night. J. R. Traynor, a fruit-grower of Marysville, is a guest at the Grand. J. W. Barbour, & real estate man of Hanford, is & guest at the Lick. G. W. Young of Napa was among the arrivals at the Lick yesterday. E. A. Ross and wife of Dixon, were guests at the California yesterday. J. D. Carr, & prominent Democratic politician of Salinas, is at the Occidental. E. A. Ford, general passenger agent of the Pennsylvania road, is at the Palace with his wife. E. L. Colnon, late private seeretary to Gov- ernor Budd, and now a Harbor Commissioner, is at the California. e ———— SUPPOSED TO BE HUMOROUS. There are two waysof putting up an um- brella, so as to soak it.—Life. Idle Tim—Phew! Never had sich a narrow escape in all the years I've been trampin’. These ’ere big cities is full o’ pitfalls for the unwary. Tattered Tom—What happened ye? Idle Tim—I went into that big building to tell me tale of woe, and where d’ye think I found meself? It wasan employment office— an’ twenty different persons offered me work afore I could get out.—New York Weekly. A Scotch elder was asked how the kirk was getting along: He answered: “Aweel, we had 400 members, then we had a diveesion and there were only 200 left; then s disruption, and only ten of usleft; then wo had a heresy trial, and now only me and Brother Duncan are left, and I hae great doots o’ Duncan’s orthodoxy.”—Boston Traveller. “Iought to have known better than to come here,” said the departing drummer to the land- lord. “I was told beforehand that it was a one- horse hotel.” “Well, there's no use kicking now,” was the placid response. “No. I just ‘wanted to stop long enough to express my sym- pathy for tl‘ horse.”—Washington Star. ““Did the doctor seem to understand Hicks' case?” “Yes, perfectly; hecollected his money after each visit.”—Chicago Inter Ocean. ‘Papa,” said a beautiful girl, as the old gentleman came in late, “did you notice the dead body of & young man i “Why, noy; what's the matfer?” “I rofye.g young Mr. Paperware to-night, and frop, ¢ hopeless, despairing look upon his face y he staggered from the house I fear b have killed himself.” “Well,I'm glad fused him,” said the old man, spitefull has just beaten me five timesat Dill Pearson’s Weekly. o 2 y PEOPLE TALEED ABOUT. Richard Vaux, who died in Philadelphis the 22d inst., is entitled to high rank lawyer, & penologist, a diplomatist, an aut ¢ and an authority on municipal gove and yet he was always pointed out as th American who ever danced with Queeny Secretary Gresham, who is the oldest memey of the Cabinet, was 63 on St. Patric The Secretary of Agriculture is les weeks his junior. Secretary Smith youngest man among the President’s as he has just reached the age of 40. is 44, Carlisle and Olney 60. than six Lam Captain Charles F. Shoemaker, the nes ’ of the Revenue Marine Bureau, has been thiriy. five years in the revenue and life-sav vices. When the war broke out the ¢ of the cutter Lounis Cass, on which he transferred it to the Confederacy, bu maker remained loyal to the Union. William Watson, the English poet, hes toon granted a pension of $500 a year by Government. The Gladstone re i already provided him with a pension of $:000 a year. Derived From the Dutch ‘‘Baas * ‘Which Means Foreman or Master. Even the dread name®f ‘‘boss” is an ir- heritance from the Dutch period.. Itis de- rived from baas, meaning foreman or master. A hundred years after English became the official language men of wealth and character, like “Boss” Walton of the famous Walton House in Franklin Square, received the appellation from persons who wished to be deferential; and to-day g workingman may use the title in its or nal sense when addressing his employer oz accosting a stranger. 5 In its political significance “boss Tammany product. As such it def vulgar usurper of public auth. knows he would be squelched if Lic ven- tured to stand as a candidate hi i, bud who succeeds by caucus method fore his_puppet candidates on the elector: in directing their official acts for his own selfish ends. - On the other hand, a political *‘leader a man who intluences the cour arty by virtue of his ability to direc ic affairs, and who appeals person the ballot-box for his commis: Hence with unerri the Tammany bosses call themselve ers’’; but in Tammany Hall t go by contraries; even the force a tion works toward the ceiling, causing vica to rise above decency and those who have shortened human life to soar into promis nence as guardians of the public weal.— Century Magazine. the people. —————— Bacox Printing Company, 508 Clay street. * \' —————— ‘VERMONT maple sugar, 15¢ 1b, T P ALL THE new cards, booklet elties are here. Market street. wnsend’s.* and Easter nove Sanborg, Vail & Co., 742 FLOOR PAINT and wood steins in small cans for family use in Artist’s Material Department, Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Market street. ¥ - ——— J. F. CUTTER'S OLD BoURBON—This celebrated whisky for sale by all first-class druggists and grocers. Trademark—Star within a shield. * s lE ge Tl HuseaND's Calcined Magnesia. Four. firsts premium medals awarded. More agreeable to the taste and smaller dose than other ma; nesia. For sale only ip bottles with registe trade-mark abel. . oviee B H SR Gas engines are being used propel streetcars. They are o: power and are placed under th¥ Dresden ta horse A speed of ninemiles an hour can with a car carrying thirty-six”y the cost being 15 cents a mile with gas at $1 a thousand feet. — SIXTY-FIVE new patterns of moldings for picture-frames to start the spring trade. To make room we are closing out about the sama number of patterns, perfect goods, at a discount of 25 per cent from the regular price. Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Market street. . ——————————— An _adult has ordmarili twenty-eight unds of blood, and at each pulsation the Egart sends ten pounds through the veins and arteries. Tacpuns blood Is & foe o health. It causes many forms of suffering. Hence the importance o pure blood. Here, also, Is the reason for the wonderfuf cures by Hood's Get only Hood's. “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup’ Has been used over fifty years by millions of moth- ers for their children while Te:thing with perfecs success. It soothes the child, softens the gums, al- Iays Pain, cures Wind Colic, regulates the Bowels and Is the best remedy for Diarrhceas, whether arising from teething or other causes. For sale b; Druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup. 25c a bottle. aparilla. ———— A feature of the Paris exhibition of 1900 will be a section devoted to the history of Christianity from the beginning to the resent day, with representations of the ‘emple of Jerusalem, the scenes of tha life of Christ, Pagan and Christian Rome, Constantinople and the lives of the saints, B —— o /z ~ e (With the accent on the ‘tell”’)—a name that has become synonymous with ‘‘the perfection of cigar goodness’’—meaning, not only good, but popular in price. “ROBERT MANTELLS” are the first fine NATURAL FLAVOR Havanas ever put on the market on the principle: Small pro- fits, but large sales. That explains the unusual combination of high quality with low price. Three sizes: 8%4, 10 and 12}4 cts. each. Dealers supplied by the WERTHEIMER COMPANY, 13-15 Battery street, San Francisco. A LADIES GRLL ROOK Has been established in the Palace Hatel Ol' ACCOUNT OF REPEATED DEMANDS made on the menagement. It takes the piace of the city restaurant, with direct entrance from Market, st. Ladies shepping will find desirable place to lanch. Prompt service and med- erate such as have given the gemtlomen’s an international np-m;‘fll preval 1R this Rew department. # ORIGIN OF THE WORD “BOSS"-# the yardy ,« a 2 wll S