The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 24, 1895, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1895 CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: DAILY CALL—#6 per year by mail; by carrler, 15¢ T week. SUNDAY CALL—#1.50 per year. WEEKLY CALL—#1.50 per year. The Fastern office of the SAN FRANCISCO CALL (Daily and Weekly), Pacific States Adver- tising Bureau, Rbinelander building, Rose and Dusne streets, New York. APRIL 24, 1895 King. Scally. Hirsch. Dunker. Hughes. ‘Wagner. Benjamin. ] Morgenstern. Behold the gang! These are the Solid Eight! Can they really run the town? ‘What think you of the insects? Br'er Colnon is doing Mr. A, Page Brown. Pledge-breakers have no future in Re- publicanism. The Solid Eight are spotted, but they did it themselyes. Perhaps Scully is with the combine and perhaps he isn’t. The small potato in office feels bigger than a whole metropolis. A silurian stands up in a8 community like 8 sore thumb in church. The way for honest men to oppose the Bolid Eight is to consolidate. ‘When bad men are tolerated in office, good government is condemned. Good motives are never hidden, but the Bolid Eight keep theirs in the dark. Men who throw shame to the wind will bave to reap a whirlwind of disgrace. The welfare of the City demands the con- stant attention of every good citizen. The man who fights under the flag of Republicanism must fight for the flag. The spoils system is now in the exact position most inviting to the public kick. Public sentiment in favor of good gov- emment is expanding too rapidly to be bound up by a ring. It appears the Solid ht have hopes of organizing a spoils party that will enable them to run the town. The Solid Eight are the cobblestones of the political highway, but they are pretty well covered with bitumen. Turning good men out of office to make way for incompetent office-seekers is a sure sign of political corruption. Oakland was palpitating visibly yester- day when the Native Sons and Native Daughters were parading together. There is always good reason for suspect- ing the honesty of an official who carries his motive like a concealed weapon. A club might prove as useful in eliminat- ing some objectionable residents of the City as in increasing the population. The Supervisor who exchanges his honor for a job-lot clerkship probably thinks he was very smart to get something for nothing. San Francisco is going forward in the path of right progress, and those who at- tempt to check her career will be trampled under foot. The key to Oakland which Mayor Davie presented to the Native Sons was just large enough to fit the big lock of Oakland’s hospitality. Republican Supervisors King, Hughes, Dunker, Benjamin and Morgenstern may have forgotten their campaign pledges, but the people have not. The Native Sons have captured Oakland, and if they next proceed to put salt on the tail of California’s prosperity they will have captured a larger prize. In these balmy times of sinecures and official insouciance it isdelicious to observe that the Police Court clerks of San Fran- cisco have voluntarily decided to discharge their duties, Henry Clay was once accused of an un- holy alliance in politics, but the combina- tion of five Republicans and three Demo- crats on the Board of Supervisors is more like mud than Clay. ‘When the Native Sons shall have ac- quired native sons of their own they will ‘want the youngsters to find a magnificent Btate which the intelligence, energy and patriotism of their fathers had produced. Ferry Architect A. Page Brown has had & novel experience. He has encountered an editor on the Harbor Commission who has acquired the uncomfortable habit of finding out things and then publishing them. In making heavy advance drafts on the Harbor Commissioners for his commission as architect of the ferry building, A. Page Brown displayed an industry that might bave been better employed in seeing that the foundation was properly conducted. By deciding to remain in existence the Traflic Association gives assurance that California’s transportation will be guarded in every way, and we hope that it will prove to be the central body for the aid and promotion of railroads all over the State. In its devotion to great National princi- ples, the Republican party does not over- look municipal affairs, but demands of lo- cal officials as much fidelity to good gov- ernment and to the interests of the people, as it expects of any man who represents it at Washington. —— In another column we publish the em- phatic contradiction of Captain Chamon de St. Hubert of all the stories connecting him with the recent robbery at Mountain View. Captain Hubert claims to have wit- nesses to prove he was on board a steamer going from San Francisco to Los Angeles ag the time the robbery occurred, and is justly indignant at the charges made against him. His statement has all the evidences of accuracy and should be given full notice by all papers that published the reports sgainst him. A INVESTIGATION NEEDED. Recent transactions in the Board of Su- pervisors, beginning with an attempt to pass an ordinance involving the worst kind of a street-paving job and culminat- ing on Monday in a vote to discharge with- out cause seven of the best officials in the City in order to make patronage for a com- bination of Supervisors, constitute such offenses against good government and political morality as to justly arouse the indignation of all right-thinking men. These transactions call for investigation and scrutiny. They are a serious menace to the welfare of the City. They give evi- dence of the existence of a corrupt and corrupting force in the body politic that threatens to seriously interfere with the healtby growth and progress of the mu- nicipality. There are important issues now confronting San Francisco which must be dealt with in the near future. There are large debts due to merchants which must be paid. There are streets and sewers to be improved. There are complex problems of finance to be solved, and, finally, there is the increasing popular demand for a more rapid and well-ordered municipal de- velopment along all lines of civic life, to be met and satisfied by the City Govern- ment. These things cannot be achieved without the assurance of honesty and intelligence on the part of a majority of the Board of Supervisors. If, therefore, such transac- tions as those which have so recently taken place are to be tolerated it is doubtful if we can expect any of these improve- ments to be accomplished, even if they are undertaken. This is a con- sideration that gives to the whole City, and to all classes of its people, a vital interest in the origin, the motives and the intentions of the *‘combine.” It is this that renders an investigation into their conduct so important that it may well en- gaze the attention of all organizations de- signed to promote good government, and might well employ the energies of the Grand Jury itself. The CALy in its earnest desire to promote the welfare of San Francisco cannot over- look the obstacle which this unholy alli- ance of Republicans and Democrats in the Board of Supervisors has placed in the way of progress. In order to show the full infamy of the proceedings we publish in another column this morning a statement of the platform pledges made by the Re- publicans and tbe record of some of the men who on that platform succeeded in obtaining office. These pledges have been grossly violated by the members of the corabine, and it is certain they did not vio- late them for nothing. It is an easy ques- tion to ask why these men have broken their solemn promises to the people, but the an- swer is not easily given. For that reason we call for an investigation. There must be some way to assure an honest govern- ment in San Francisco and the best time to begin the work is right now. THE “COMBINE." King, Hughes, Dunker, Benjamin and Morganstern are Republican Supervisors, who, in combination with Democratic Supervisors Hirsch, Wagner and Scully, have undertaken to manage the affairs of the v and County of San Francisco. Seven of these men voted on Monday to discharge seven of the most competent officials of the City in order to make places for their relatives or for henchmen of the bosses. Scully did not vote on the ques- tion. He was present in body, but pre- ferred to be absent-minded when the vote was taken. Perhaps this was because he was in the dark on the Geal; perhaps it was because he is naturally shadowy, or perhaps he intends to repent. These ‘perhapses’ are not used unad- visedly. Mr. Scully, we are assured, really intends to forsake the combine and be true hereafter to the welfare of the City and to the people. We give him the benefit of the doubt, despite his vote on the bitumen ordinance and other questions, and will be glad to see him act in such a way on the right side that his motive will no longer be a perhaps. Consider the characters and abilities of the eight men, including Scully, or the seven men without him, who have pro- posed to themselves the task of running the City. We call it a task, though they doubtless call it a job, for being aware they are not equal to the performance of tasks, while having great confidence in their ability to manipulate jobs, they may have a preference for that term. It is a task, nevertheless, and they will find its burdens heavy and its difficulties numerous before they get through with it. In comparison with the magnitude of the undertaking, the abilities of the men who have proposed it to themselves are ridicn- lous. Even if Scully stays with them and a combination of bosses assist from the outside, the undertaking is none the less beyond their power, notwithstanding the lever of official patronage which has been placed in their hands. A pigmy ona pyra- mid is still a pigmy, and a little-brained man is never more easily sized up by tbe public than when he stands in some offi- cial position and puffing himself to the full with vanity proposes in Bombastes styl¢ to challenge all the human race. It behooves the Republican members of the combination to remember how they came to be eldcted to the office. It wasnot because of any individual greatness they possessed that the office came to them. They were elected because the Republican convention nominated them, the Repub- lican organization worked for them, and the Republican press indorsed them and commended them to the people. They owe everything, therefore, to the Repub- lican party. They were nominated because they were believed by the convention to be honest men who could be relied upon to keep the pledges of the platiorm, and they were supported and elected solely on that ground. If, therefore, they kick the plat- form from beneath them, they will leave themselves swinging in the wind with nothing to stand on and nothing to sus- pend them before the gaze of the public save the rope of the boss which their own folly has put around their necks. THE NATIVE SONS. The annual convention of the Grand Parlor of the Native Sons of the Golden ‘West, now in session at Oakland, recalls to mind the fact that thisis the most power- ful and virile social organization in Cali- fornia. In general terms, while being a social body with minor benevolent fea- tures, the deeper inspiration of it is pride in California and a patriotic regard for its welfare. It thus has a very serious aspect that is likely to be overlooked in the im- posing ceremonies with which it celebrates the 9th of September as the day on which California was admitted to the Union. The annual convention now being held is for the purpose of transacting the ordinary business of the order, such as the election of grand officers, inquiry into the state and progress of the order, and the like. The organization, necessarily, is com- posed of young men, few being past 40 years of age. Its members number many thousands, and there is a remarkably strong bond of fellowship uniting them. Being young men, for the most part sons of the hardy, strong and adventurous pio- neers of Californis, and reared under con- ditions most favorable for the production of a vigorous, aggressive and enthusiastic manhood, they are a unique body, capable of accomplishing more, perhaps, than any other body of men in the State. No form of religion being a bar to membership, politics being tabooed, and the only quali- fications for joining being upright conduct and a patriotic love for California, it is evident that nothing stands in the way of its enormous power for accomplishing good. In what way is this power being exerted? Although polities is eschewed, there seems to be nothing to- prevent these young men for upholding the dignity and guarding the fair name of their State by punishing political miscreants who have betrayed a public trust. If, however, it should be argued that their energies might be best employed along lines the pursuit of which would arouse no dissension, then clearly the material development of the State pre- sents an enticing opportunity. It is not claimed that this can be done under the scheme of general organization as it exists at present, or that it would be wise or beneficial for the order to introduce any feature which might tend to over- shadow the purely social one that now makes it so pleasant, wholesome and use- ful a society. But while the present fea- tures might be strictly adhered to by the central body, it would seem that an off- shoot from it might be constituted that would produce wonderful results for the good of the State. From one end of California to the other there isa spontaneous awakening to the duty of developing the State, and in this task all sectional jealousies have been buried and the people stand together. To what extent the influence of the Native Sons has been exerted to accomplish this result, if to any, we are not informed ; and yet unmistakably they are the men above all others to take the lead in making Cali- fornia what it ought to be. No doubt their influence as individuals is being earnestly exerted in the great movement which is now going forward, but as a body they have assumed a responsibility that seems to make the exercise of this patri- otic energy in a collective capacity a posi- tive duty. And such organized -effort, under the sanction of the central body, would accomplish vastly more than the scattered and unorganized efforts of the individual members. The suggestions are submitted for the earnest consideration of this admirable body of young men, and there is no better time for such consideration than the an- nual convention of the order. THE FUTURE REALIZED. The visiting stranger who is curious to see what the whole of rural California will be when it shall have been brought nearly to its highest development should visit that part of Alameda County known as Eden Township, the principal towns of which are Haywards and San Leandro. It is only an hour’s run from San Francisco by ferry and steam-train, or a half hour’s run from Oakland by the electric cars. A visit to this section will show most of those strange conditions which make rural life in California so different from that in any other part of the United States. It is instructive to enumerate these peculiari- ties, particularly as Haywards isnot on the itinerary of tourists and unfortunately is not regarded as one of the “sights” of California. The first observable fact isthatit isa fruit-growing region, and next that the fruit is mostly of those choice kinds that are grown only in*California. Then it will be discovered that the orchards are very small in comparison with Eastern farms. Next it will be seen that the houses are immeasurably handsomer and better kept than in any other rural district in the world; that every house has its handsome lawn, carefully tended flowers and superior outbuildings and fences. In short, alithe external evidences indicate not only pros- perity, but a degree of refinement and pride unknown anywhere else under the sun in rural communities. It is true that Haywards is a large town of several thousand residents, but as they all live and thrive directly or indirectly upon the products of the soil of that imme- diate vicinity, it is a town representing rural life in Calitornia in its finest form. Hence the object lesson is all the more valuable, as it demonstrates the fact that when all the fertile sections of the State are as well settled and developed as this, such beautiful towns as Haywards, each supported by the soil resources of a section very restricted as to size, will exist almost within sight of each other on every hand. The stranger will find in this section about Haywards roads finer than the streets of most cities, and will observe that they are kept in perfect order and free from dust and mud. The orchards will show a care in their treatment that can be found nowhere else. If he looks closer into the lives of the people, he will find them in every moral and intellectual respect vastly superior to other rural people that he has ever seen or heard of. The men and women dress in the best styles, the schools are taught by the ablest educators, the numerous churches have handsome structures and accomplished clergymen, and reading clubs, literary societies, frequent parties and pictics, public halls and libraries, all show that we have something surprisingly different from anything to which the stranger is familiar. The visitor, if he is intelligent, will dis- cover that two main causes have con- tributed to the making of this alluring picture. They are the small size of the orchards and the generous profits of the industry. These conditions are peculiar to California. By living close together people are benefited in an infinite variety of ways, and from the profits of their efforts they are enabled to provide themselves with those wholesome comforts and luxuries which expand the mind and elevate the soul. Thisis why the rural population of Eden Township is so_immeasurably supe- rior to that of the Eastern partsof the United States. It is in this effect upon men and women that the noblest achievements of a residence in rural Cali- fornia are seen, and as it is most vital that this should be understood in the task of making the world acquainted with the in- ducements which California offers to home- seekers, there is no better way of teaching the lesson than by informing strangers of the eloquent state of affairs existing in Eden Township. 5 C0-OPERATING WORKMEN. The scheme proposed by E. J. Jeffries for organizing laborers into a corporation deserves serious aftention. He proposes that laborers shall incorporate under the laws of the State; that each laborer shall have but one share, and that the par value of the share shall be 1 cent; that central quarters, where they may be found when wanted and where they may eat and sleep, shall be established; that perhaps each memper should be required to pay 10 cents a month into a general fund, to be used in the purchase of land on which the un- employed may find work. This is the general outline of the scheme. There seems to be much merit in it. In the first place organization means strength, apd organization under the corporation laws of the State secures protection and prevents a dangerous exercise of organ- ized power. Further, membership in a corporation lends to a man a certain wholesome sense of responsibility and gives him a stronker interest in the wel- fare of his fellow-members than the ordi- nary benevolent society can ins?ire. Still further, the method of government is much stricter and the organization corre- spondingly stronger. The first great difficulty that will be encountered in such corporations is the demagogues who so well understand the art of imposing on the credulity of work- ingmen. Most likely these will be the organizers and will secure the lion’s share of the benefits, Besides these, and even more dangerous, are the bright and showy cranks and incapables who have impos- sible schemes to benefit the poor. It would seem that this is a great oppor- tunity for the strong, wealthy, clear- headed business men and capitalists of the community to take the lead in promoting these corporations, in guarding them from wreck through rascality or incompetency, and in promoting the interests of the work- ingmen in the wisest and most profitable ways. They would bring to such manage- ment the sagacity upon which their own success was founded and their understand- ing of business could be employed as an example for the poor men who so greatly need such instruction. A far greater benefit still would be the immediate bringing together, in the pur- suit of common interests, of the two great social classes who are constantly dniing further and further apart and in the widening separation of whom lies the most formidable menace to the safety-of our country. Even from the point of view of mere selfishness wealthy and successful men can find a strong reason for under- taking so noble a work. The direct effect on the workingmen would be to improve them in all excellent ways; to make them more efficient, law-abiding and thrifty and a bulwark instead of a menace to the ac- cumulation of wealth. UP TO DATE IDEAS. To the Editor of the San Franeisco Call: Now that the yachting season is about to open a lit- tle advice to our amateur yachtsmen may not be out of place. During the season the cry of “Man overboard” is often heard when the boys areout on the bay, and oftentimes the man that is overboard remains there whether he be a good ewimmer or not, and all for the want of an experienced man at the wheel—one that would know the right thing to do and do that thing at the right time. Here issome advice that I trust may be of service in case the cry “Man overboard” should be raised this season during some of these cruises. We will suppose the crait to be on the port tack with sheets close aboard, or otherwise. A man has fallen overboard and is instantly seen astern. The man at the wheel should put his helm hard up, wear his vessel around, be- THE RIGHT WAY. ing careful to take in the slack of the main sheet as the vessel throws her stern up in the wind, s0 as to avoid the strain on the main boom as well as the main sheet when she jibes over, still keeping his helm hard up all the time, and his vessel will fetch up in the same place and will describe a perfect circle and by s0 doing the man overboard 'will be rescued in the shortest time possible. By performing this evolution his vessel does not lose the wind during the whole time, therefore the boat is more readily handled, be- cause she retains her speed,and in fact her speed is increased, because the wind isabaft most of the time. » Now, in the other case, where the vessel is put in stays, which is in most cases done when a man is overboard; or, I may say, when the helm is put hard down, the vessel, of course, comes up in the eye of the wind, the sails flap for awhile, and if she should be slow in stays it will take her some time to fill away again and get her headway sufficiently to handle her THE WRONG WAY. quickly, and the first thing you know the man that is overboard is there to stay—he has dis- appeared for ever, and all because the man at the wheel did not understand his business. You will observe that this evolution is much more difficult to perform and takes much more time than the former. In this instance you have to come in stays,and by so doing you lose your wind,and the sheets have to be boarded on the other tack; secondly, your ves- sel has to fill away again, and, thirdly, you haveto jibe over on the port tack again, and all before the man thaj is overboard can be rescued, if he is not drowned before this; and, again, the distance the vessel has traveled is a great deal more, and time in this case is valu- able to the man overboard. CAPTAIN J. B. BARBER. 8an Francisco, April 23. Bacox Printing Company, 508 Clay strest. * — STRONG hoarhound candy,15¢1b. Townsend's.* ———————————— NEW tints and shades in fine writing papers atlow prices. Sanborn, Vail & Co. - —-—————— Allan C. Arnold of Kent Bridge, Kent County, is the happy father of triplets, all boys. — e e———— ‘WINE-DRINKING people are healthy. M. & K. wines, Sca glass. Mohns & Kaltenbach. 29 Mkt.* —_————————— THERE is an article on this market seldom equaled and never excelled—Jesse Moore Whis- key. Moore, Hunt & Co. guarantees its purity.” ————————— Baron Henri de Rothschild of Paris, one of the hmily of the world’s mone& flngs, is a last Iv.ear s mgia«l student in the Hos- vital de la Charif As 2 spring medicine Hood's Sarsaparilla has no equal. It gives to the blood vitality and richness #0d thus wards off disesse. Remember Hood's Sarsaparilla is the only true blood purifier. ————————— “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup* ‘Has been used over fifty years by millions of moth- Druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup. 25c a bottle. ——————— SusscriBe for “The Delineator,” the Jeading fashion magazine of the world. May now ready. Price §1ayear. The Butterick Publishing Com- pany (limited), 124 Post street, S. F. e e——— Use PARKER'S GINGER ToxIC and gain good digestion, betier health and relief from pain. PABEER's Halr BaLsax islife to the hair. AROUND THE CORRIDORS. “By George,” exclaimed General J. H. Mathewson in the Palace Hotel yesterday, “it does beat the Dutch how people are beginning to steal. All over the country we hear of some one walking off to Canada with a bank surplus or else the pillagers are looting the mints. Now, how do you account for that steal in the Carson mint? I can't understand it. They have made several arrests I hear, but do you know I think they have got the wrong men?” “Whom do suspect, general?”” inquired & gentleman who stood near. “Don’t suspect anybody. I have quit sus- pecting people. Ifind that people you don’t GENERAL MATHEWSON 1S APPALLED AT THE TIDAL WAVE OF LARCENY. [Sketched from life for the “Call” by Nankivell.] suspect are generally the worst. It is the most ridiculous thingin the world to go into the theory business. The town—in fact the whole country—seems to have gone wild over some theory or other. “Now, there must be some cause for the steal- ing which seems to be in vogue. Is it onac- count of the poverty, oris it the natural out- come of civilization? I can remember when, in the early days, you could leave a hatful of gold nuggets on the front porch and nobody would ever dream of meking way with them. Yes, thet's true. During the gold excitement in this State none of the miners ever knew what it was to put their gold ir a bank or a safe deposit. There wasno need of such pre- caution. People realized that honor was above price and took good care to possess it.” “RBut, general,” said the argumentative man, “was that not on account of the punishment prescribed?” “Well, yes,” answered the general, pulling his beard, “they did take them out and start a hanging bee once in a while. However it is true of the miner that he was and still is honest. If he had not been, the country we are now living in would never had such a solid foundation upon which we stand. They were the master spirits of their time; the founders of agreat State. They were the master spirits of their time—the founders of a great State. They were the men who braved—" “Come, come, general. Let's get back to the origin of stealing. Itisa topic worth discuss- ing, and its appalling popularity deserves at- tention.” “It seems to be getting all the attention it deserves, and some of our best citizens have rehearsed until they are letter perfect. You need not bother your head about the lack of attention it is receiving. The populace will see to it that the industry does not die out altogether. Really I cannot understand it. It is the worst I ever saw. It is beyond me. What is the world coming to, anyhow?"” C. J. Craycroft, the newly elected Mayor of Fresno, has a queer story to tell of his political elevation: “I never saw such a complex tangle in my life as our lastelection was,” he ex- plained. “The Democrats and Populists fused and put up a combination ticket. As a result some of the disgruntled Democrats who had no use for Populists voted for Republicans, who were opposed to bosses, and the fight was everybody’s up to the last minute, when it was found that men from all parties had been elected. “There were two Republicans, myself and another, and two Democrats elected to be City Trustees. Joseph Spinney was & holdover. He had been elected as a Republiean, but had worked with the Populist-Democrats during the election. Thinking they had him, the Democrats thought to make assurance doubly sure by electing him Mayor. This they did with their two votes and his. Mr. Spinney then resigned and nominated a Democrat. “On the first ballot there were two votes for the Democrat and two for me. Spinney’s vote was blank. The next ballot was the same. On the third ballot Spinney’s vote read, ‘C.J. Cray- croft,’ and I was made Mgyor. “The Democrats were wrathy. They charged on Spinney after it was all over and denounced him as a traitor. = “Gentlemen,” he said, ‘I’'sure you, I did inten’ to vote for Mister Chitenden; but Ihad two or three papers in my pocket and really, gentlemen, I got the wrong ome, with Mr. Craycroft’s name on it.” “As Mr. Spinney can neither read nor write. the whole matter was explained. The Demo- crats were sore, but they hed to admit that they were beaten.” “You Californians are not the only people who have become filled with the progressive spirit,” remarked Fred Rice Rowell, a Seattle attorney, who is stopping at the Lick House for a few daysy Then Mr. Rowell waxea enthusi- astic as he proceeded: “Up in Seattle we are getting up & subsidy of $500,000 by public subscription for & ship canal which is to con- nect the fresh water of Lake Washington with the brine of Elliott Bay and Puget Sound. Why, everybody there is subseribing, even the newsboys! The Newsboys’ Union gave its note for $25, and had the money in the bank back it up, too. . “This canal is to run south of Seattle and 'will reclaim two square miles of tide flats. St. Louis capitalists say they will put £6,000,000 in toitassoon as the subsidy is raised, and ‘when I left the people had raised over 380,000, Eugene Semple, the last Territorial Governor of Washington, was the projector of this enter- prise and & company to carry it through hes been formed called the Seattle Waterway Company. “Under the State law of 1893 the cost of fill- ing in the tide flats, etc., will operate as a first mortgage lien upon the lands reclaimed, at 8 per cent, and the projectors are allowed 15 per cent aaditional as commissions for salaries and the like. “It is a great enterprise, and means the mak- ing of Seattle.” Assemblyman H. W. Laugenour of Woodland, whoreturned with his wife froma trip through Southern California on Monday, is enthusiastic over the CALL'S enterprise in telegraphing pic- tures of the fiesta from Los Angeles to this city. ‘At first people hardly believed it,” he said. “They thought theaccount of the under- taking was & hoax. Then they found that it could not be so, as the pictures could not have ‘been sent by mail. The matter was the talk of the town,” he added. “Still it caused more pleased comment than surprise, as people are beginning to look for the CALL at the head of 81l progressive movements.” Mr. Laugenour praised the pageants of Los Angeles, but he had no words to convey hi admiration of the floral festival at Santa Bar- bare. “There was one thing queer about it, though,” he added. “The belles of Santa Bar- bara seemed to pride themselves on being sun- burned.” “Tulare has not done anything yet for the valley road,” said Senator R.Linder of fhat town. “The secret is that we are too poor, All Tulareans are eager to see the success of the road, but it must pass either east of us or west of us,and so we are letting the other towns like Visalia and Porterville, which are off the main line, do the active work. For three years,” Mr. Linder said, “we haven’t had a crop; this year promises good returns. If the promises are fulfilled we can do more than give the valley road our good wishes.” — e PERSONAL. W. D. Grady of Fresno is at the Grand. C. E. Meserve of San Jose is in the city. D. Lubin of Sacramento is at the Grand. Senator R. Linder of Tulare is a guest at the Lick. Judge J. B. Campbell of Fresno isa guest at the Grand. A. W. Furlong, a wealthy land-owner of Gil- roy, is in the city. J.8. Munro of Victoria, B.C.,{s among the guests at the Palace. William H. Lee, a leading banker of Minne- apolis, is at the Palace. N. Goldsmith, a prominent merchant of Stockton, is at the Grand. Dr. Thomas Flint of San Juan, the father of Senator Flint, is at the Grand. J. W. Shanklin, Fresno’s newly elected City Clerk, is & guest at the Occidental. John E. Bearles, a sugar magnate of Brook- lyn, N. Y., and his wife, are at the Palace. W. R. Clark of Stockton, the newly appoint- ed Railroad Comm issioner, is 2t the Baldwin. Marton Mitchell, a retired newspaper man of Washington, D. C., end his wife are at the Palace. C. A. Williams, one of the founders of the Alaska Fur Company, and Thomas F. Morgan, another partner, have come from New London on business. SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. California is undergoing an industrial awak- ening which gives promise of great things in the near future.—Dixon Tribune. Flectric railroads are being projected through nearly every prosperous valley in the State. This means better times for California.— Alameda Argus. Grover Cleveland is justified in protesting against charges that are based on falsehoods. He has his hands full answering just criti- cisms.—Alameda Telegram. Between those who demand that the convict shall be put to work and not be supported in idleness, and those who demand that his labor shall not come into competition with the free man, it looks as if nothing was left for him but the treadmill.—Lakeport Avalanche. We feel like suggesting to those who are try- ing to organize a “party of the future” that the country will be better off with the party of the present, the Republican, in full charge ot | its affairs. We have had the party of the past in charge for two or three years.—Riverside Press, Call it jingoism or what you will, the party that commits itself to raising the United States flag, by purchase or by conquestasmay be necessary, over this entire continent would | before the Presidential election of 1900 have the support of a majority of the voters.—Contra Costa News. Now that the Supreme Court has decided that bondholders and landlords are exempt from the operation of the income tax, who will contend that this is a more desirable means of raising a revenue for the Government than that of levying duties upon foreign goods and products?—Fresno Republican. The number of men withdrawn from indus- try to take part in the Civil War on the Union side was 2,772,408; the Confederates enlisted over 800,000. Suppose, like Europe,-we were forced to keep up this condition of armed force, the value of peace with all the world would-| soon be demonstrated. In whatever way looked at, the gospel of peace must be the ultimate one if the world is to be happy.—Santa Cruz Sentinel. The Supreme Court is taking its time in de- ciding on the constitutionality of the Wright irrigation law. It has postponed the hearing of the case until the second Monday in October | in order to give those who desire to knock out | the districts time in which to present more | | arguments. In the meantime the irrigation | districts must possess themselves in patience, even if the strain on them is greatand dis- astrous as well.—Hanford Journal. L4 In times past there have been some unfortu- | nate sectional differences in California. The | time for such short-sightedness is past. A new | era of good-fellowship is at hand, and no effort | should be omitted to develop and promote this | feeling of fraternity and co-operation. The in- terests of one section are the interests of all sections. Let us all work together for the ad- vancement of California as a whole, rather than for the advancement of sections.—Los Angeles Times. 2 Los Angeles people are smooth. One wanted 1o bore for oil in the prospected district, but there is an ordinance against it except by per- mission, end sometimes, in the face of protests, this permission is hard to get. So what does the citizen do, when he is tired of bothering the Council, but change his application toa permit to bore for water. There can be no ob- jection, of course, to boring iqr water, and if bhe should happen to strike oil in the mean- time—why, that's not his fault, of course.—Pas- adena Star. It was not the intention to tax only the Zante currants grown on the island of that name, but Zante currants wherever grown and from whatever port they might be shipped to this country. If the decision of the New York Ap- praisers is permitted to stand the raisin indus- try of this State will receive a blow from which it will hardly be able to recover. It is to be hoped that Senators Perkins and White, who have been appealed to, will give the Appraisers some needed instruction in the English lan- guage and botany, and that they will be able 10 secure a reversal of the decision.—Stockton Mail. PEOPLE TALEED ABOUT. Prince Hugo, the Duke of Sora, has become a priest, after studying theology for two years. “Without eny exception,” Wwrites one Who met Swinburne, “he is the most brilliant talker | Iever heard.” | Professor Ball says the actual momentum of some of the tiniest meteors is equivalent to thatof a cannon ball. Only five different speakers have presided | over the House of Commons during the long reign of Queen Victoria. Robert Johnson, aged 68, has been admitted played with Charlotte Cushman and Edwin Forrest. Jules Verne, though in his seventy-uiuth year, works for five hoursa day. He is now en- gaged upon a story for 1897, but he has five ‘manuscripts ready for the printers. Sarah Grand, the novelist, married at the age 0f16. For some time she lived with her hus- band in China, and afterward traveled all through Japan with no escort but her maid. ‘Word comes from Borneo that the two Swiss explorers, Messrs. Sarasin, who have been in Borneo two years, have made the most valuable discoveries and have visited certain islands never before explored by Europeans. Mornington Cannon, the champion jockey, was born in 1873. The newsof this interes! ing event was brought to his father in a tele- gram which was handed to him just as he was dismounting from & horse named Mornington, w‘:;r:x hed just won the Bathand Somerset stakes. Tripoli will possibly be brought to a conclusicis ea)‘ll)‘gl: :;,i.npwss “iflr“ intended, as the condi- ton of the Czarewitch, her second son, is very serious, According to the latest news from A giers, where her ‘imperial Highness is staying, both lungs are affected, the state of one espes clally causing great anxiety. The Japanese Mikado is a man of much en- ergy and endurance in spite of the fact that he is a great cigarette-smoker. Heis fond of out. door sports and has warmly encouraged the ine troduction of football into Japan. He is a hunter and a fisherman, and is quitea good shot with a rifle. His devotion to lawn tennis is marked, and he wields a very clever racquets SUPPOSED TO BE HUMOROUS. If you are fond of giving advice, study law and medicine and charge for it.—Atchison Globe, It scems to be the general opinion in society that Lent was especially instituted for the fast set.—American Traveler. Professor (to his wife)—Elise, I have prom- ised to deliver an address t0-mOTTOW evening on the “Rational Exercise of the Memory.” Don’tlet me forgetabout it.—Fliegende Blaetter. “Yes,” remarked the telephone girl, as she gazed out at the waves and wondered what their number was, “I am connected with the best families 1n our city.”—Indianapolis Sen- tinel. Oneof the issuesof the day seems to be the question whether bronze paint is more moral —or immoral—than silk, flesh-colored tights. This is a day of small things, especially in the Buffalo Enquirer. matter of stage costume. said the bald-headed philosopher to the newl elected young man, “is that your election didun’y happen so much from a desire of the people to get you in as from a desire to get the other fel- »—Indianapolis Journal. «Mr. Timmins,” said the old-fashioned girl, I hope you're nat an admirer of the new “QOh, but I am,” confesses Timmins. “She {§ good for at least three jokes and a poem every week.”—Indianapolis Journal. Bellboy—That man in No. 44 is a Congress man. Clerk--How do you know? Bellboy—He ordered a glass of seltzer and a syphon of whisky.—Post-Dispatch. Blinks—Have you filled out one of the United States income tax blanks yet? Winks—No; but my thoughts about them, it written out, would be simply filled with blanks. Town Topics. . He (resuming his seat after a brief visit oute side)—~What an atmosphere of realism there i about this play. She—Yes. Smells like cloves.—Chicago Tribe un Clara—Yon haven’'t seen my engagement ring yet, have you? Maude—I don’t know. Brooklyn Life, Lady (engaging a new servant)—I hope you don’t mind children? Servant—Oh, no; I elways leave the missug to look after them.—London Judy. WILL BE MARRIED T0-DAY. Deputy Recorder Kelly and Miss Lawson of Oakland. Michael Joseph Kelly, who holds an im- portant desk as Deputy Recorder and has | held it during the incumbency of Recorder | Glynn, is to be married this evening to | Miss Martha W. A. Lawson of Oakland. | Mr. Kelly is a young man of 32 and his | bride is 21. He went over to Oakland yes- | terday for the license, taking along an i | timate friend of the Recorder’s office with the purpose of helping him keep the mat- ter a protound secret. The great impor- tance of the occasiony however, together with Mr. Kelley’s abounding pleasure in the premises, were too much for the secret and 1t got away. The wedding will take plage in Kev. Father King’s church, Oakland, after which a wedding supper will be spread at the home of the bride’s aunt, Mrs. Meager. The happy couple will spend a short honeymoon at 8an Jose and will then take up their residence at 411 Tenth avenue, this city. e A Sunday-School Orchestra. A concert was given st the First Congrega- tional Church, Post and Mason streets, on Tuesday evening. Seyeral classical selections ‘were rendered by the SBunday-school orchestra, Frank Coffin singing the tenor solo ““Come, Gentle Sleep” (Sullivan), accompanied by Fletcher Tilton. Among other artists who pare ticipated in the vocal and instrumental parts of the concert were: Miss Charlotte Gruen- hagen, violin; Paul Noble, violin; Theodore Blake, violin; George B. Littlefield, viola; Mr. Jones, violin; Arthur Prentice, cello; ‘Miss Maud'Chapelle, Miss Madeline Beckhusen, M. §; Toplitz, J, T. Ludlow, Miss Maude Noble, Mrs. Kersey, Miss C. Who is the man?— Gruenhagen, Miss Judd. 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