The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 7, 1895, Page 12

12 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JULY 7, 1895. THE STATE MILITIA IN & PRETTY MUDDLE Shoulder - Straps and Chevrons in Danger Everywhere. MORE COMPANIES TC GO.| The Board of Location in a Tangle of Innumerable Propositions. PLANS FOR REORGANIZATION. In the Process of Reconstruction | There Is Promise of More ! Trouble. | The National Guard of Californiaisina | sad mess. The mess is quite bad enough in itself, but the National Guard is addi- onally afflicted as to when and how it get out of it. Gov dd doesn’t know, neither does Genera mond, and Adjutant-General Barrett is not a whit wiser than his colleagues on the Milita: Board of Location. Meanwhile every | shoulder-strapped citizen-soldier in the State declines to hazard any opinion upon the subject of where he is “at” for the pres- ent. The National Guard of the State, which until recently mustered about seventy companies, had been allowed something like $180,000 a year to get along with. Thi ; rather liberal allowance was utilized in the payment of armory rents, encampment bills and all that sort of thing. The last Legislature, mindful of economy and the organizeation’s general inefficiency, as evi- denced in eperations during the great rail- road strike, cut a swath in the appropria- tion to the extent of about $30,000. This left only $100,000 for military pur- poses, and a very serious difficulty im- mediately presented if. The new ap- propriation was insufficient to support sev- enty companies for which $180,000 had been previously required. It easily re- solved itself into a matter of increasing tne allowance or reducing the force. The economical legislators declined to spend more than $100,000 a year on a militia ser- vice, 80 the reduction business was com- menced. | A slight reduction has already been ef- fected by the disbandment of the First Troop of cavalry, Company H of the First and Company C of the Third infantry. This elimination has decreased the Na- tional Guard to sixty-eight companies, | which still leaves it too ponderously con- stituted. Twelve more organizations will have to | swrender their soldier toggery and lose | their places on the roster of the California service. Of these ten will go because they are not wanted under any circumstances, and the other two will move off the scene to give place to additional troops of cav- alry, whose organization was authorized by the last Legislature. The number of companies left in the service will be fifty- eight, of which forty-eight will be of in- fantry. Five other companies will eonsti- tute a naval battalion. There will be four troops of cayalry and one battery of light artillery. The appropriation of $100,000 a year is just sufficient to support this force and in the direction of a8 reduction to this extent the officers of the Board of Loca- tion have been bending their energies and bothering their heads for several weeks. The disbandment of twelve companies | means a general reorganization of the Na- tional Guard throughout the entire State. The companies doomed to elimination from the roster cannot be taken from one section alone, and consequently a number of towns in different parts of the State will suffer the loss of blue-bloused militizmen, and a number of regimental organizations vill find themselves reduced to battalion size. The necessity of military system and uniformity demand that the process of re- construction be made general. It is in the selection of a system that the difficulty lies. The officers of the Board of Location are anxious to reduce and re-form the State military force with a view to strength and efliciency, and particularly with regard to opportunities for the rapid and concerted action of regiments and battalions and companies in cases of emergency. There is also an apparent desire that companies shall not be dealt with un- justly and that localities may not suffer from lack of military defense. This re- quires a careful discussion of the relative merit of all companies concerned in the scheme of reorganization, and alse consid- eration of the needs of cities and towns in the State in the matter of military protec- tion. National Guard officers believe that no matter of greater moment for the well- “being of the National Guard and the main- tenance of public order and protection of property in California has ever confronted the military authorities. So they call it a mess, and wonder how they will get out of it. The golden eagles of colonels and the |{ modest chevrons of company corporals wre equally in danger. Not a field, staff or line officer in the National Guard of Cali- fornia knows how long he may retain his title and the glittering appurtenances thereto. National Guard officers in this City are greatly concerned over the prospect of losing companies and officers, and they also ven- ture the assertion that the proceedings thus far indicate that the metropolis is to be struck a heavy blow. In several quar- ters yesterday the statement was made that the smaller towns in the State are now supporting a larger military force than they could possibly furnish for the field in the event of invasion. Conse- quently, say the San Francisco National Guardsmen, the smaller towns should forego some of their soldiery and give the metropolis & chance. Moreover, as far as country towns are concerred these San Franciscans declare no State in the Union has ever attempted to maintain such a percentage of citizen soldiery as compared with the population as California. H In one argument they find considerable satisfaction. It concerns the very import- ant matter of recruiting, and it is asserted that the larger cities are more fruitful of material for the National Guard than the towns and theirlocalities. For this reason they believe that the cities should be made the military centers, and that the size of the force should be determined by the facility with which recruits can be secured for the service. All of these matters, and an innumer- eble host of others, have been brought to the attention of the three gentlemen who form the Board of Location and to whom bas been delegated the reorganization of the National Guard. It was admit- ted yesterday by several prominent officers, who are, to some exunt,l acquainted with the work of the board that no progress has yet been made and that the officers are just about where they started. Of suggestions they have received a de- moralizing abundance. One of the propo- sitions is to reduce the San Francisco force to three foot battalions witha troop of cavalry and battery of light artillery, and also to reduce the regiments th,—oughqut the State to battalions of four companies each. Another suggestion which has been ac- corded the consideration of the board points out the manifold advantages qf forming a number of eight-company regi- ments and four-company battalions throughout the State. There wo\_lld qlso be a troop and light battery in this City, with two regiments of infantry of g;ght companies each. The signal corps is, of | course, inciuded in every plan suggested, because this arm of the service is always considered a necessary part of the i)rignde formation. The officerg who consider this method of reorganization as best suited to the interests of the guard also suggest that one of the three Naval Battalion companies now stationed in this City be disbanded and its place in the service be taken by a new company at Kureka. The most prominent officers in the Sec- ond Brigade have submitted, or rather e made known their approval, of still another plan, which is now most likely to meet with the favor of the Board of Location. In this case the method of reorganiza- tion does not differ to any great extent from the other but its completeness has given it an advantage. Many officers have recommended the method, and if reports are true, the board is disposed to rate it more highly than the others. The National Guard of California, according to this pro- cess, should consist of three brigades, one in the south, one in and around San Francisco and the other in Northern Cali- fornia. The First or Southern Brigade would con- sist of two battalions of four compani each, with stations south of Tehachapi; one battalion of four companies at the lower end of the San Joaquin Valley, and | two troops of cavalry, one at Los Angeles and the other at San Benito or somewhere in that locality. The Second Brigade would have two regiments, of eight companies each, in this City, with one troop of cavalry and one battery of light artillery. There would also be one regiment of eight companies located among the bay towns. In the Sec- ond Brigade there would be three bat- talions of four companies each, one in the upper part of the San Joaquin Valley and two 1n the Sacramento Valley. A troop of cavalry would also be stationed in the Valley of the Sacramento. Thus far the military force would have have been disposed of, and the Naval Bat- talion might then be spread along the coast by locating one company at San Diego, one at Santa Cruz, two at San Fran- cisco and one at Eureka. By this arrange- ment the entire force of fifty-eight com- panies, forty-eight of infantry, five of Naval Reserve and five of other, arms would be accommodated and easily supported by the yearly appropriation of $100,000. Among numerous other methods under consideration is one which would consoli- | date the First and Third regiments in this | City, detach the Nationals and make cav- alrymen of them, and allow Light Battery A to remain. The only objection to this proposition comes from the Nationals,who would strenuously object to a change from the infantry to the cavalry arm. Speak- ing of the possibility of the adoption of this method of organization an officer of | one of the Ellis-street companies declared that the companies would obey orders in any event, but that a majority of the members would secure discharges from the service if a yellow facing were made to supplant the white. Governor Budd has already expressed himself that some of the companies should be consolidated, and thus the num- | ber of members would be greatly increased. Said Captain Butcliffe yesterday: “‘Such a proceeding might indeed increase the membership roll of the new organization, but only for a time. The thing has been tried here any number of times, and it was invariably a failure. Companies so con- ditioned will not amalgamate however vig- orous the efforts to make them do so. After a month or two this compulsory and uncongenial association of companies pre- viously independent become unbearable and the men begin to drop from the roll. In a very short time the consolidated con- cern is no stronger than either company was beforé the consolidation.” The work of the Board of Location in generally reorganizing the National Guard is likely to stir up more trouble among the militia officers than is generally imagined. At brigade headquarters it is considered } quite certain that if new organizations are | formed new officers will have to be elected. | In cases where regiments are reduced to battalions this is likely to cause an enor- mous amount of dissatisfaction. In the National Guard as it is now constituted every regiment has two majors, who exer- cise command over battalions. Upon the disruption of regimental organizations there would be a considerable cleaning out of be-bullioned officers of the field and staff, Ordinarily a major commands a battal- ion, but a new regulation in California permits a lieutenant-colonel to hold this command. The regulation itself is liable to the dangers of a military controversy, and in case regular army regulations should prevail the result would be a merry war between the two majors now in every regi- ment to determine which of them might be entitled to the command. Even with a lieutenant-colonel in command a number of officers will have to be dropped. The staff allowed a lieutenant-colonel includes ome adjutant with the rank of first lientenant, a surgeon with the rank of captain, and a commissary, who is also quartermaster, with the rank of second lieutenant. This will do away with the surgeon who is now a major, two adjutants with the rank of first lieutenants, a quar- termaster, paymaster and inspector of rifle practice, all first lieutenants, besides two sergeant-majors, a quartermaster-sergeant, principal musician and drum-major. This decrease in the number of officers is just what the board is after, and for this reason, many National Guard officers entertain the opinion that battalions will be all the go in the new militia organization. Major-General Dimond spent yesterday afternoon at the California Hotel with General Warfield. The two officers held a long consyltation on the subject of mili- tary changes, but as General Warfield is not a member of the Board of Location the conference was rather a personal affair. It was expected that Adjutant-General Bar- rett would “come down from Sacramento this time. A great number of plans for re- organization haue been and will be again discussed. The matter is one in which every section of the State is interested, and we are.not disposed to move hastily. All that we are waiting for now is the muster reports of my inspector, Colonel Currier. He has promised to submit them on Mon- day morning, and by Monday night the board will probably have accomplished considerable.” “I am very much pleased with the ap- pearance’ of my brigade on Thursday,” said General Warfield. “They looked well and conducted themselves admirably. But about the reorganization 1 know nothing. Of course more companies will have to go, and they won’t all go from this brigade, either.” ASHWORTH 15 INDIGNANT, Says Some Very Caustic Things About the Mayor and His Expert. Intimates That His Honor Is Not Well Posted on the Ordinances of the City. Buperintendent of Streets Ashworth is very indignant over some strictures that were laid upon him by George T. Gaden, the Mayor’s expert, a few days ago in an interview published in THE Cann. Mr. Gaden charged the Superintendent with a plain neglect of auty with regard to alot and sidewalks at the corner of Mission street and Fugenia avenue, which were said to be in bad condition, but neglected by the Street Department, although noti- fied of it. Mr. Ashworth, speaking of the matter yesterday, said: “The statements of Mr. Gaden are based upon a willful and malicious perversion of facts as well as upon an inexcusable ignor- ance of public proceedings. “Tt is quite evident that the article in question was inspired for the purpose of exploding a ‘sensation,” but unfortunately for the schemers the facts incident to the matter place them in anything but an enviable plight and serve to show to what despicable means thwarted knaves will resort when they have been driven into their last ditch. “In the month of February my attention was directed to the condition of these side- walks, whereupon a notification was sent from my office.” Here he lprodnced his letter-book and read the following: OFFICE SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS AND PUBLIC HIGHWAYS } OF SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. NEW CITY HALL, Feb. 21, 1895, M. C. Hassett Esq., Attorney-at-Law, Phelan Building, City—DEAR 81r: I have been in- formed that you have charge of the property situate on the corner of Mission and Eugenia streets. My district deputy has been unable to find the owners of the said property, in order to notify them to forthwith remove the debris from the sidewalks in front thereof and put down proper sidewalks. The condition of the sidewalk since the mov- ing of the houses back therefrom hasexisted as a public nuisance, and 1 am determined to take spch megsures as may be required to abateit. I'am Dow preparing a recommenda- tion to the Board of Supervisors to have the sidewalk aforementioned graded to the official grade, and.pignk sidewsiks constructed in ront of the property both on Mission street and on Eugenia street. By periorming this required work {mmedi- ately, the additional expense of having the same done nnder & publicly awarded contract may be avoided, and for the purpose of msking this suggestion I hereby notify you of my in- tention respecting the matter.” Yours respect- {ully, THOMAS ASHWORTH, Superintendent of Public Streets, Highways and Squares. (Signed) Per J. B. GARTLAND, Deputy. “A reasonable period of time having elapsed and an evident disregard of the foregoing notification having been mani- fested,” continued Mr. Ashworth, “I sub- mitted a recommendation to the Board of Supervisors on April 20, 1895, to have the required work performed pursuant to the provisions of the street law. “On April 29, 1895, the board passed a resolution of intention, No. 12172 (third series), to have said work done. *The statutory time for a protest havi$ elapsed, the said board cn June 10, 1895, passed resolution No. 12443 (third series) ordering the work to be done. “The notice with specifications calling for bids was posted June 28, 1895. ““How these proceedings came to be overlooked by Mr. Gaden, whose master is president of the Board of Supervisors, 1 cannot understand. ““The fact itself sufficiently demonstrates how useful such an appendage as Mr. Gaden is to the Mayor's ogce. “Everg citizen of common intelligence knows that the jurisdiction of the Street Department 18 by law confined to the streets, from property line to property line, and that any nuisance of the nature pointed out by Mr. Gaden, such as the abandoned well and the two vaults com- plained of, is clearly within the jurisdic- tion of the Board of Heaith, of which his Honor, the Mayor, is preuid’ent. ‘‘However, such ignorance on his part may charitably be attributed to the fact that he has not been a member of the com- munity sufficiently long to familiarize himself with municipal regulations. ‘It seems to me that it is about time that Mayor Sutro would call this alleged ‘reformer’ to a halt, and thereby remove the generally accepted impression that he is being used as a puppet by his Hessian. “I am eyer ready and willing to give prompt and proper attention respecting any matter within my jurisdiction prop~ erly brought before me by the citizens of this_ City, and among them I include Mayor Sutro. “The scope of my authority and duty is defined hi statute, and any assumption of that authority and duty by any other statutory official, whose authority and duty are also clearly and unmistakably defined, will ‘be received with the an- tagonism which Mr. Gaden alludes to, and pmferly s0. I speak thus since Gaden states that he is acting for the Mayor, and presumably with his saunction, otherwise I would not regard Gaden of sufficient consequence to gny any heed to any statements made by im, but dismiss them from consideration as being emanations from an irresponsible and unreliable source. “That promised report has not yet reached my oftice, for the reason possibly that Gaden has since discovered that he has been ‘barking up the wrong tree.’ ‘“Yesterday my chief deputy, Mr. Dono- van, called at the neighborhood com- plained of and the citizens were indignant that they were somisrepresented by Mr. Gaden, and they also state that the com- E]nint as in regard to the unhealthy con- ition of the place,and called the attention of Mayor Sutro to the matter as president of the Board of Health, and only incident~ ally referred to the sidewalks, and are sat- isfied that the Superintendent of Streets performed his duty, and want the mor rfi; dl?hk}_iu as president of the Board of ealth. e Twenty per cent of the business men of this country havea capital of less than $1000; 50 per cent have from $1000 to $10,- 000; 25 per cent transact business with a capital of from $10,000 to $100,000; 4.8 per cent have a capital of between 3106.000 and $1,000,000, and only two-tenths per cent of the business men of the United States have a capital of more than $1,000,000. Of the farmers of this country one-fourth, or 25 per cent, have property valued at less than $1000; 73 per cent have holdings rated at from $1000 to $10,000; and only 2 per cent have property valued at from” $10,000 to ,000. ~ The number of millionaires among the farmers is so inappreciably during the day, but he did not arrive until late last night. General Dimond said: ‘‘The board has really done nothing of importance up to small that it does not appear in the census returns. ——————— THERE 18 an article on the market seldom equaled and neves excelled—Jesse Moore Whis. &Y. Moore, Hunt & Co. gussanies its purity.® ! charitable work. For some years she gave FAANK . PIXLEY'S WIFE Sustains a Stroke of Paralysis, but May Recover Her Health. IT WAS CAUSED BY ANXIETY. Mr. Pixley Badly Bruised In an Accident at Larkspur Last Week. Last Tuesday Mrs. Frank M. Pixley was prostrated by a stroke of paralysis in her right side, and has since been under the constant care of Dr. Julius Rosenstirn at her home in this City. Last evening the patient was pronounced out of danger and the assurance given that speedy recovery would follow if perfect re- pose and tranquility could be maintained for a few days longer. Mrs. Pixley’s prostration was caused by constant strain on her mental and physi- PRss NS A ' FRANK M. [From a photograph.] cular referred to for fear it may not have heen sent to you. The provisions printed in State charters ‘plainly give the National board of di- rectors power to revoke State charters, and this was done in California and a new charter issued to others who made application for one. The officers of the old division printed an ap- peal to the National convention from the ac- tion of the National board of directors, mailed & copy to each National delegate several weeks before the convention, but had no delegate at the San Antonio convention. 1 took great pains to appoint a committee on credentials which would be competent and fmpartial, and, as the question of religious prejudice was made a part of the printed ap- peal, I was careful to see that the only two rei:uhr delegates in_attendance of the religion alleged to have been discriminated against Wwere members of the committee on credentials. The committee was as follows: E. C. Burrows of Illinois (chairman), Samuel dberg of Wisconsin, E. W. Donham of Ohio, A. H. Bush of Missouri,S. W Kent of Connecticut, T. S. Logan of Indiana, James M. Glaspell of Iowa, ;l‘hur!nas Farmer of Texas, H. C. Tatum of Mis- ouri. 1 learned aiterward that no one appeared be- fore the committee on credentials to present the appeal; whereas the representative and resident of the newly chartered division, E. M. Bachelder, did appear and presented cre- «l!:nunlu, which were accepted by the commit- . I suppose that either myself or Secretary La Beaume is referred to as the “One Man Power’’ of the organization. Neither of us deemed it our duty to appear before the committee on credentials to present and ask consideration for an appeal in opposition to the acts of our National board of directors, especially when each delegate to the convention had received a printed copy of the appeal, and any delegate feeling sufficient interest in 'the matter could either have brought it up before the commit- tee or in open convention aiterward. A gentleman came to me after the delegate PIXLEY.| cal constitution in watching over her hus- band and ministering to his wants. ) Mr. Pixley had been getting along fairly well until Wednesday, when he met with | an accident on a hillside at Larkspur. He was over in Marin County visiting at the place of his brother’s widow. He was left alone by his attendants for a minute, and, unobserved by them, tottered and fell to the ground. i His face and body were badly bruised by | the fall, but the bruises have since healed. He can now walk about again, having re- gained his physical strength. Mrs. Pixley nursed him tenderly, and the constant wear and apprehension brought about the stroke which prostrated her. In accordance with instructions from the physician, she is not permitted to re- ceive visitors, messages or letters. Since Mr. Pixley’s retirement from active business pursuits some three yeais ago, he and Mrs. Pixley have lived quietly at their beantiful home on Union street. She has always taken an active interest in considerable attention to the art of paint- ing, and did much to encourage young artists. She and her husband traveled together a great deal and visited many of the renowned places of the world. QUESTION OF PREJUDICE: War in the Travelers’ Protective Association as Waged Out of Court. 1 He Refers to Records and Produces a Letter From the Natlonal President. The pending suit at law involving the dissension in the Travelers’ Protective As- sociation of America, or rather the Cali- fornia division, has raised a dispute as to whether the question of religious differ- ences was made a part of the appeal by the officers of the old division from the action of the National board of directors, which had revoked the charter and issued a new one. Referring to an interview with W. C. Lewis, printed in PrE CavLL of the4thinst., in which Mr. Lewis denied the existence of the “‘question of religion or race” in the controyersy, ex-Secretary Julius Wolif said yesterday: In the article in THE CALL it is stated thatI said the question of religious creed had been brought up by Mr. Bachelder. Mr. Lewis said my statement was entirely wrong. To prove my statement correct I can refer to the minutes of the meeting of the alleged new division re- cording Mr. Bachelder's statement_to the com- mittee of the original California division that | he did not wish to associate with or have us in his order, referring by an epithet to the He- brew race. This is not onry on record, but sworn statements as to his words are available. The main reason for our recommending our members to withdraw is that the cost of the Travelers’ Protective Association last year was in benefits alone, without expenses, 51 cents per capita over receipts, and we dox not want our members to insure in any association ;hen there is the least doubt as to the ability pay. In further corroboration of the allegation that the question of religious or race prejudice has become a part of this controversy, I have a circular letter from John A. Lee of St. Louis, 1 onal president of the Travelers' Pro- tective Association of America. ‘That portion of the cifcular letter which is addressed to the members of the Cali- fornia division, contairing reference to this question of religious prejudice and the appeal of the old division, is here given: You have doubtless recelved an anonymous cireular dated “San Francisco, June 15,1895,” and printed on the heading of the former g-fl- fornia division of the T. P. A. of A., of which the charter was revoked by our National boerd of directors on account of unprogressive apathy and a failure on the part of the direc- tors to com&ly with the provisions of the Na- tional constitution, and a failure on their part to enforce prompt and businesslike methods in handling the collections and funds of the sssociation. I incless you @ Gopy of the cir- from the newly chartered division had been seated and after the convention was probably half through its business and said that he had been requested to present the appeal and wanted to know when it would be proper to do 80. Itold him that the proper time to have presented it was before the committee on cre- entials, as an advantage had been lost now that the committee had seated the delegate from the newly chartered division, but that the matter could be brought before the con- Vention at any time during the meeting. I heard no more of the matter until I received by mail a copy of a most maliciously infamous :lx:]d anonymous circular, & copy of which I in- se. —_— MGLAUFLIN AND BRESSE A Theory That They Are Dis- cussing Business in Santa Cruz. Reports of the Expert and the Attorneys Strangely at Variance. It is now said by friends of McGlaufiin and Bresse that they will settle their dif- ferences out of court. General W. H. Barnes asserts that mutual friends have taken the matter in hand, and that the affairs of the firm are in a fair way to be straightened out. The latest report from McGlauflin’s office yesterday afternoon was to the effect that the expert had not finished hisin- vestigation of the firm’s books and ac- counts, and every new discovery went to strengthen the conviction of the senior partner that the absent Bresse had out- witted him. MeGlauflin’s clerks said their superior had stayed at home Friday on ac- count of a temporary indisposition, and would not be in his office until Saturaay morning. . It was ascertained on inquiring at Mec- Glauflin’s house in Alameda last night that he had gone to Santa Cruz on particu- lar business and would not return until to-night, which would preclude his getting back to his San Francisco office untii Mon- day morning. If the story about the firm'’s differences being settled out of court has a foundation in fact, then the most natural guery would be, Has McGlauflin one to anta Cruz to meet and confer with Bresse? General Barnes casts a doubt on the report that the young broker was seen in East QOakland. "THE CALL has satisfactory proof that Bresse was seen and recognized on Thirteenth avenue and also on Twelfth street, Bast Oakland, last Sunday and Monday nights. However, the fact of the young man’s presence there may not have een known to even his most intimate friends. If the experting of the books show that McGlauflin was not at ail times in the full- est confidence of his young business asso- ciate, and that the absence of such a confi- dence led to the former's financial dis- advantage, then the mutual friends, who are arranging.a settlement, must be pos- sessed of an influence most uncommon in its exercise and strength. The expert continues to expert and con- firms suspicions of fraud; Smith’s absence is as much of a mystery as ever; and Bresse, though asserted to be on the threshold of an amicable settlement of all partnership difficulties, persists in shroud- ing his movements in the strictest secrefiy. ‘As to the charge of fraud,” said Mr. Alexander, a well-known broker, “I can- not speak aathoritatively; but I think be- fore the affair is settled there will be much more to be learned. 1do not pretend to know anything about the firm's business and transactions, though, looking at the matter as a practical business man, I can- not help thinking there abounds an un- necessary amount of contradiction and ambiguity.” ————— The shoe leather annually worn out by the people of the United States is said to cost $180,000,000. ——— FurNITURE moved, stored, packed and shipped at low rates by Morton 5mhl De- livery, 31 Geary streetand 408 Taylor street* NEW TO-DA e e s EMBROIDE —DRY GOODS. e RIED! EMBROIDERIED! THE LARGEST STOCK EVER OFFERED N SAN FRANCISCO! On to-morrow an will offer a special p d following days we urchase of SEVEN CASES FINE EMBROIDERIES bought by us from a Swiss manufacturer. These Embroideries were purchased under most favorable circumstances, thereby enabling us to offer them to our customers at Marvelously Low Prices! We respectfully i nvite our city pa- trons to inspect these Embroideries at their earliest opportunity. 111, 113, 115, 117, 119, 121 POST STREET. DR, GUNSAULUS' LECTURE Address on the Theme “The Later Eloquence of Puri- tanism.” Anglomaniacs and Dudes In That In- stitution—View of the Labor Question. Dr. F. W. Gunsaulus, the greatest pulpit and, many concede, the most eloquent platform orator of the day, delivered a lecture at Plymouth Congregational Church last evening on the theme of “The Later Eloquence of Puritanism.” His audience was charmed not -alone with the | eloquence but the commanding yet win- ning personality of the famous young di- vine. In the course of his lecture he paid a high tribnte to Thomas Starr ng. He referred to Dr. Parkhurst as, the Sayon- arola of New York, and was caustic in his allusions to Harvard College, which, he said, since the days of Wendell Phillips has fostered Anglomaniacs and dudes, and characterized tEe unwillingness to invite Wendell Phillips to speak in his alma mater as ‘“cowardly scholarship.” *‘Puritanism has always been eloguent. The very attitude it assumes 15 always the attitude of the orator. It is as eloauent as it is beautiful and inspiri Isaiah was the first Puritan. ‘S Speedeth and Pray Hasteth’ and ‘A Remnant Shall Rt’e- turn’ were the names of the prophet’s sons, and there has never been a Puritan movement into which those elements have not entered. It is the iconoclastic spirit of Puritanism that protests against public wrongs. ‘Spoil speedeth’ is the watch-cry of reformers. But the mission of Puritan- ism is not alone to protest. Most protes- tantism protests too much. There is an optimistic note in' the tones of reformers. It1s ‘A remnant shall return.’ x “Puritanism is the simple faith that in itself is eloquence. It has always insisted upon the greatness of the human soul. Since the time of the Nazarene Peasant in- stitations have been but _instrumentalities of the soul. It is Puritanism that has lifted man’s soul to God. It makes the pauper’s soul of as great value as the capi- talist’s. There will always be a labor problem, a living protest against oppres- sion, so long as there is a drop of Puritan blood in the world. “In England in 1620 there was a warfare which made that of 1776 a possi- bility. The existence of a Crom- well’ made that of a Washington possible. There came a grander music than that of 1620. The eloquence of 1776 'was as much grander than the earlier har- mony as was the cause of that time greater than that of 1620. But the life of a Wash- ington made the career of Lincoln possi- ble. Between the two epochs of those glorious careers came the brilliant figure of Daniel Webster. He faltered when he came to the test of Puritanism. “‘The hour when Webster's Puritanism was at its loftiest height he gave to the world those living words, ‘Liberty and union now and forever, one and insepar- able.” Tt was when he deserted that pri ciple that John Whittier dipped his pen in branding ink and wrote across the brow of the fallen orator ‘Ichabod.’ The time came when imperial youth demanded at the ' hand of the orator of the past a rod of empire, At the close of Webster’s last compromise address a young man said to the orator: ‘Mr. Webster, do you know that by thatspeech you have rivéted chains upon ‘the slaves?” ‘No,’ answered the gaégr haughtily, and he went home— ie. ‘‘Again the young man’s voice is heard. Lovejoy was murdered for Puritanism as against impuritanism. Boston heard it. In Faneuil Hall the youthful soldier for Puritanism, Wendeil ;hillips, first raised his voice in protest against that murder. The young voice reverberated in the sub- Jimest music of the time. He was the bravest, cleanest soldier of the Puritanism of the day. For forty years, for more than 8 generation, heappealed to the consciences of greataudiences of men.and woiien. He was the greatest master of the mob i a hundred years. His power over a mo! was the'power of ideas—and intellect. He would stretch his hand across the tumult and the tumult fell. No.man ever had a stronger faith in the power of ideas. He was ready for any emergency, always haying at hand the resources of ready wit and keen humor. 2 “After the years of eloquent service his sun of life began to set. Standing before his audience of Anglomaniacsin the in- stitution that invited him to address its students when he was 70 years of age— that institution from which he had gradn- ated half a century before—he said to those who doubted the safety of our Government, ‘As compared with the alpive peaks of other Governments ours is the restless sea, safe becanse never still.” “I saw him stand before William Llcyg Garrison, dead, his voice tremulous wit! the music of many memories. Again I saw him before an audience tumultuous with applause in Faneuil Hall, where he had once been met by a storm of hisses. And when I last saw him the body of the hero was followed to the grave by a great concourse, and the most touching incidens was not in the formal ceremony of His funeral. An old negro threw himself upon the coffin and sobbed, ‘My deliverer] I hid in your cellar in 1847. “I said to him once, ‘Mr. Phillips, whaj power kept your feet steady in thou§ troublous times?’ The old man pointe to the room where his aged invalid wife was lying and said: ‘There, yeung man, there.” “To-day, with the echo of the Nation's rejoicingin our ears, if we stand for the right with intrepid spirit it is because we are imbued with the genius of Wendell Phillips and the later Puritanism.” Dr. Gunsaulus will preach the ordina- tion sermon of Rev. Frank Hinckley,a for- mer parishioner of his, at the Seconé on= gregational Church in Oakland at . M. to-day. To-morrow he will speak in the afternoon and evening at Pacific Grove. On Tuesday he will_deliver anotherdec- ture at Oakland, on Wednesday at Sacra- mento, Thunda’y; at Ashland and will go to Portlana on the following day. The Indians and the Breech-Loader, I will never forget.” said the xanehl. picking up a breech-loading rifle, “the firs time I ever saw or used one of these. “In 1850 I joined the Mexican army and was sent after some rebellious Indians ih Yucatan. : “] was made captain. We got into Yue catan all right, but after we were there two roblems confronted us. One was how to gnd the rebels and the other was how to et out. To make along story short, we ramped through the dense forest far into the interior without seeing much of any one, except a few harmless natives. At last I received information that the people we were after were encamped forty miles away. “We reached the place and found them stationed in one of the mostimpregnable fortifications I ever saw. It was one of the cave-dwellers’ settlements and could mnot be reached except by the gracious permis- sion of those people. We commenced a siege and for three long weeks we watched that cliff. Every day some Indian would come to the edge of this cliff, dance and make derisive gestures at us; ti:en some of us would shoot at him. “The onlyguns we had were those pan- fire rifles and when the Indian would see the smoke from the pan he would drop, and thus gain ample time to aveid the bul- let. AsIsaid, this kept up three weeks, and we were becoming very sick of it. *‘At the end of that time we received re- enforcements. There was a Yankee with . them, who had the first breech-leading rifle I ever saw, and about forty cartridges. I borrowed the rifle and waited for my ag- gravating Indians. In a short while the chief took his position on the edge of the cliff and commenced the usual perform- ance. Itook careful aim and fired. Only the chief fell. I have never heard such a howl of surprise, and before they had re- covered I picked off anether. Then they . The next morning that cliff was empty. How they got away we never knew, nor did we ever catch them, but never after that did I see an Indian dance before a breech-loading rifle."*s ek oading rifle."*Louisvilla