The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 19, 1895, Page 10

10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19. 1895 A PADLOCKED DEMOCRACY BUCKLEY, THE IMPURE, WILL BE KepT OUT OF THE COM- BINATION. CONCILIATING THE OLD GUARD. VOGELSANG OFFERS A RESOLUTION WHICH CHANGES THE ASPECT The padlock is forged and the pure Democracy can now lock itself in from the hounds with Buckleyphobi The Junta met Jast night in the new quarters in the Flood building. and when | it adjourned half of the members were de- signing headstones for the Buck Temporary called airman W. mmittee to order and Secre- A the co; F. McGowan called the roll. being present, the chairman an- nounced that the report of Chairman Wat- Kkinsof the general committee, who had been instructed to appoint twenty-five members from the general committee to act in conjunction with the Deuprey com- mittee, would be in order. The committee selected by Mr. Watkins was accepted, there being one from each Assembly district and seven at large. On motion of Major P.J. Harney, the temporary officers, consisting of a presid- ing officer and a secretary, were eclected as the permanent officers of the committee. Chairman Sullivan then announced that the rooms secured by the committee of three, appointed for that purpose, would be opened every night at 8 o'clock, so that the good and respectable Democrats could congregate and plot to raise-the standard of immaculate records whenever they felt that way. He announced that the rental was to be $35 a month, and a committee consisting of Armes, Branuhart, Rosen- thall, Mattingley and Denman was after- ward appointed to keep their eyes reeled on the finances. There wasa temporary lull for a moment or two, after which Alexander Vogiesang, who has a key to the padlock, offered the following resolution: Resolved, That it is the sense of this commit- tee that a’ general committee Of the Demo- cratic party or the City and County of San Francisco be organized, consisting of twenfty- five members from every Assembly District and that in the selection of said committee 250 members be chosen from the last general committee. George T. Shadbourne at once offered an objection on the ground that the work us- nally accomplished by a small body acting in concert was more effective (particularly where purity was the chword) than could be effected by a large body James Denman said he was willing to amend by having the resolution read *250, more or less,” whereupon Shadbourne bounced up again and reuttered his first ovjection. It was evident that Mr. Shad- bourne was unable to see the monkey in the fence and that he could not for some reason or other get beyond the mere amal- gamation of the Deuprey committee and the committee of twenty-five appointed by Chairman Watkins of the general com- mittee. Major Harney recovered the floor, and with a due amount of stage presence spoke in the followi n: e are now on the verge of ‘Gentlemer a Democratic revolution, and I trust that you will all see that Mr. Vogelsang’s reso- lution is offered in the interests of har- mony. I think if we can offer a report to the general committee showing that 250 of the 450 appointed are from the general committee, that the report will be adopted.”’ Major Harney seemed to- be reasonably conscious that by conciliating 250 mem- bers of the general committee, old guard, that they would have no objection to adopting the report of the general com- mittee, new guard, particularly when 250, being a majority of the old guard, were in on the new deal. Shadhourne was about to precipitate himself into the fight again, bat the major hauled forth the fol- lowing resolution, and while the Secretary was reading it Shadbourne pulled at his beard nervously : WHEREAS, Since the election of the general committee many of the members of the said body have removed their residence from the v districts they were chosen to repre- be it at it is the sense of this commit- tion of the body that such mem- bers of the present general committee as may be deemed eligible and who have removed from the limits of the Assembly districts they now represent may be named as members of the new general committee, to represent the respective Assembly districts in which they now reside. E. P. E. Tyoy, also the possessor of a key to the purity padiock, objected to the Har- ney resolution, stating as a reason that the joint committee should not be encumbered with too many weights. *‘Let us be free and easy, so that we can act without being tied down on every point,” he exclaimed. [t was evident that the purity element objected to the ‘‘free and easy’’ method that Mr. Troy desired, for the major’s res- olution was adopted by a large round “aye.” Mr. Shadbourne moved round in_his chair very nervously and manaced to break out once or twice again. He was finally quashed by a motion from C. S. Armes, who moved that the consideration of the method by which the committee of 450 was to be selected be postponed until a later meeting. Marcus Rosenthall offered a substitute in the words ‘ next or later meeting,” which was accepted by Armes and the motion was carried. Somebody then suggested that it would be a good idea to adiourn and think the whole matter all over with plenty of sober thougbt and a little calculation on_ how distressed Chris would feel when he knew that the padlock was impervious to pass- keys and that it was surrounded by the most perfected burglar alarms to keep out the impure and stained. Clitus Barbour suddenly appeared from behind Chairman Watkins and burst forth mn a volley of denunciations against the Blind Boss. ““We should now fortify ourselves,” said he, *‘and see that we stand in no danger.of being brought back to the politics of the dark ages. We want no more tampering. with the courts. no more pillaging of can- didates in broad daylight, no more jobbery that will injure the reputation of the City abroad, and less swindling of the people through political connivery. We shouid stand back to back, and as long as we con- trol the works we can risk a primary elec- tion.” There was a loud burst of laughter after Mr. Barbour’s reference to the “works.” He counldn’t help getting back to the old familiar terms, ror could he forget the past. “Buckley,” he continued amid deep blushes, “shall not establish his hog- wallow with Democratic mud, and we must get hold of and control the machine.”” After this assault upon Chris the meet- ing adjourned to meet at the call of the chair. REV. MR. HALL'S WIFE. Strange Denouement of His Attempt to Frighten the Railway Company Over a Scalped Ticket. An unexpected ending in a fight over a “scalped ticket” between the Southern “acific passenger departmentand a gentle- man introducing himself as Rev. J.' H.; Hall of Bouthern California took place yesterday. It happened in the office of General Passenger Agent T. H. Goodman, sent, therefos train at Port Costa. Her ticket had been used from San Diego to New Orleans and return via Kansas City, Ogden and San Francisco, and_she intended to use it the remainder of the way to San Diego, where it had been issued. But she failed toiden- tify herself and to write the original sig- ature. 3 nSlonn after leaving the train she admit- ted that she was not Mrs. Hall, and later made an affidavit to a railroad detective that her name was Mabel .\[arshall. and she lived in a disreputable house on O'Far- rell street. B When Hall, who wore clerical earb, en- tered the railway office he demanded of William Ross, who looks afier scalped tickets, compensation for the expulsion of Mabel. Y “[ am here concerning my wife,”” Hall said. “Your men lifted her ticket and put heroff the train at Port Costa when she was going home to San Diego. Your men acted like highwaymen “They did?” Ross ejaculated. “Yes; they acted outrageously. And now I demand of you, sir, that ticket or its value; and also damages for insults and inconvenience suffered by my wife.” “Mr. Hall, youare not telling the truth,” Ross replied. The bolda assertion that the Rev. Mr. Hall lying annoyed him tremen- dously, and he quickly threatened all man- ner of lawsuits, while telling jRoss that he was no gentleman. Mr. Hall, that lady is not your wife,” said the railway man, with an exasperat- ing tone of good humor in his voice. He showed Mabel Marshall’s affidavit and cheerfully remarked that Hall might in- stitute proceedinge as threatened at once. Hall looked at the document and without a word dashed out of the office with a man who pretended to be his attorney. I]UHHANI'WMTUHNEY GEORGE W. MONTEITH CALLED IN TO ASSIST THE DEFENSE AS AN EXPERT, THE PRESs AND THE Pray To BE Discussep IN THE DAILEY CONTEMPT CASE. An interesting sidelight in the celebrated Durrant trial is soon to come up for adjudi- cation in the Supreme Court of the State. It is the matter of the contempt of court proceedings instituted against W. R. Dailey for attempting to produce the play, “The Crime of a Century,” at the Alcazar Theater at the time of the beginning of the trial of Theodore Durrant for the mur- der of Blanche Lamont contrary to the or- der of the court. Judge A. W. Thompson of counsel for Durrant, representing the respondents in the case, will to-day file respondent’s brief in the Supreme Court. The document is voluminous, and goes deeply into the mat- ters of the court’s jurisdiction, the objec- tion to which formed the chief contention of Dailey’s attorneys. Authorities by the score are cited to sustain Judge Murphy’s position, and in his argument Judge Thompson makes a careful analysis of legislation and its relations to the powers of the court to protect itself against inter- ference with the administration of justice, the object being to establish a precedent fvith reference to powers of courts to pun- ish for contempt. The principal reason for suppressing the production of “The Crime of a Century” was raised by Durrant's counsel in their efforts to secure a change of venune. It was held by them that the public mind had been so prejudiced by newspaver arti- cles that the defendant could not secure a fair trial in San Francisco, and it was held that the production of this play would have a tendency to' create still further prejudice. Dailey’s attorneys raised the point that if the newspapers were permitted to pub- lish_articles calculated to ~prejudice the public mind their client should not be in- tertered with in the presentation of a play which was simply “‘the holding of the murror up to nature.” Judge Thompson touched upon this point strongly and said: There is between us and counsel for peti- tioner no contention as to the value of the lib- erty of speech and of the press. “The voice of the people is the voice of God,” and its mouthpiece, the press, is sacred. But we cannot concede that the Anglo-Saxon race made its great struggle—went through the totls, trouble and sore anguish, so feelingly por- trayed by our learned brother on the other side—to achieve this freedom in order that a playwright and troupe of actors might advant- age themselves, put & little mean_ money in their private F\)rses by holding ug the poor lad here on trial for his life to public gaze, con- demnation and execration through a theatri- cal representation of the monstrous crimes with which he 1s charged, making him the central figure as Perpelrsmr of those crimes, A people equal to the heroic efforts which liberty gas cost should be, as indeed it is, too noble-hearted to crush the man, already in such fearful straights, by needless cruelty. There is in this dramatization and exhibi- tion of the murders and charge of their com- mission by the prisoner at the bar an element ness utterly inconsistent with ty-loving Americanism. le pandering to the animal instincts of the lowest element of the populace which delights in the horrible, has no sense of jus- tice, is moved by the desireto see another tortured, joys in the suffering of man and is ready. to persecute any one it dares. Itisa parody on Christianity, decency, law, order and justice to compare the prostitution of intellect in this matter with the sacred struggle for liberty. Between freedom of speech and of the press on one side and the motives of these theatrical parties on the other there is neither connection, resemblance nor affinity. Attorney George W. Monteith has been called into the Durrant case to assist coun- sel for the defense. He has made a spe- cial study of expert and scientific evi- dence, and will take charge of that branch of the defendant’s case in rebuttal. General Dickinson and Mr. Monteith spent the afternoon at the City Hall yes- terday examining the handwriting “ex- hibits with a powerful microscope. It will be a part of Mr. Monteith’s duties in the ‘case to analyze for the court and jury the specimens of Rev. J. George Gibson’s writ- ing, and draw the comparison between the “chirography thereon displayed and that on the newspaper wrapper enclosing Blanche Lamont’s rings, when they were received by Mrs. Noble. Dr. ‘Barrett’s rolleall for Dr. Cheney’s lecture of April 3, also an exhibit in_the case, was also exawmined under the micro- scope yesterday. he column in which Durrant is said to bave been marked absent and the mark then'erased was given a careful scrutiny. Both Messrs. Dickinson and Monteith asserted after finishing the examination that no traces of an absent mark could be found opposite Durrant’s name. Mr. Deuprey’s condition was still further ‘improved yesterday. SING FOR THE NURSES. Miss Henry, George V. Wood and Frank Coffin Will Be Heard on Tuesday. Everything indicates that the musicale at the Occidental for the benefit of the San Francisco Training-school for Nurses will be a great success. iss Evelyn Henry, the soprano; George Vv ood, basso; Frank Coffin, tenor, and Miss, Hilda Newman, pianist, will con- tribute to the programme, and besides these rising artists others of merit will be beard. Miss Lillian O’Connell will read “The Luck of Lucknow” and “The Black- eyed Rebel.” The programme has been arranged in three parts, and during the in- termissions refreshments will be served. In the parlors the florist’s art will be called into requisition in the artistic arrangement of palms and flowers, There will be an al- cove draped with Oriental hangings and ormamented with rare East Indian curios, where Mme. La Roche and Mme. Delano and was accompanied by the complete overthrow and hasty exit of M. Hall. About three weeks ago a young woman traveling on a ticket bearing the name of Mrs, J. H. Hall was put off a southbound. Frost, soothsayers of renown, will read the mysteries of the future. The programme, which is under the di- rection of Mrs. M. F. I'Hote, is iearly completed. ; STORM OR EARTHOUAKE? THE SAUSALITO TIDE GAUGE REG- ISTERED A TERRIFIC Dis- TURBANCE. SILENT STORY OF THE OCEAN. THE MUTE WATCHER OF THE COAST SURVEY GAVE A TIMELY ‘W ARNING. If the automatic tide-gauge at Sausalito, from which the United States Geodetic Survey receives much valuable informa- tion, is not at fault—and it has never been known to be so—a great storm or submarine disturbance, long in duration and terrific in force, has taken place at no great distance from San Francisco, and the news of its results will probably be brought in by some vessel within a short time. The tide-gauge is an automatic, deli- cately adjusted instrument so nicely bal- anced that even a heavily breaking bar has an effect on it, and the passage of storms or the occurrence of great sub- marine disturkances are registered in a manner which cannot be misunderstood. The rise and. fall of every tide are shown on a sheet of paper placed within the in- strument and records kept of the same. ‘When the observer looked at the gauge on the morning of the 15th inst. he at once became aware that a terrific disturbance had taken place somewhere whence the effects had been communicated to the ocean with sufficient force to be trans- mitted to this locality. Instead of the regular curved line the storm or earth- quake was indicated by a series of breaks, making the line look like a profile map of a chain of precipitous mountains. The irregularities began about 8:20 o’clock on Monday morning and continued for eighteen hours without intermission, being more pronounced at some periods than at qthers, but at all times indicating that a hurricane or earthquake was going on at some not distant point. The ob- server had no means of knowing where the disturbance was taking plece, his only clew being the mute gauge, which faith- fully went on with its work telling the story as it came from the Jips of the | waters of the ocean in a language which no one but it could understand, The history of the operations of the gauge shows that the great disturbance must have taken place within twelve hours of the time it registered here. Many years ago Japan was visited by a terrific earthquake, which caused such a marine and submarine commotion that thousands were drowned and millions of dollars’ worth of property destroyed. Within twelve hoursthe catastrophe was registered here, and the observer in charge at that time knew that somewhere within the limits of the vast Pacific a great disturbance of nature had taken place. It is argued by the United States officials that this latest disturbance must have taken place at least within twelve hours ot 8. M. on Monday last. The uncertainty as to the direction or distance of the storm or earthquake makes it hard to determine its significance, but certain deductions from previous registrations can be drawn. The great earthquake in Japan told its story in somewhat bolder characters than the recent one, showing it to have been of greater force. Yet the force of this latest commotion of nature must have been great when it is considered that the recent great storm at La Paz, Lower California, which destroyed many vessels and ren- dered hundreds of people homeless, was not sufficient in force to have the ocean tell its tale here. _From this it must be inferred that the disturbance registered on Monday and Tuesday must have been of much greater force or much nearer to this port. The Coast Survey sub-office has notified headqudrters at Washington of the occur- rence, and is awaiting with interest the news of the great disturber that left its visiting card on the gauge. The barometer also registerea the fact that a great disturbance was taking place about the same time that the tide-gauge was giving its testimony. SAUSALITY'S DISCONTENT. DISSATISFACTION EXPRESSED AT THE ACCEPTANCE OF WATER STREET. ? THE STREET SUPERINTENDENT SAYS THE GRADE AND THE WORK ARE SATISFACTORY. Sausalito is unhappy. The sunshine of life in that pretty hill suburb is marred by a cloud of discontent. The past summer has been spent in much needed street improvement that has cost the property- owners along Water and A streets many sleepless nights of anxiety. Now that the streets have been accepted bg Street Superintendent McCullough objections have been made that the work has not been done according to specifi- cations. The glory of possessing two macadam- ized streets is dimmed by the discovery of tbe fact that Water street wears its crown one sided. Some wanted the street to slant with the hill and thus turn the drain- age all to the gutter, on the bay side. Others declared they did not covet all the water in town. The owners on the upper side demanded that a portion of the water be permitied to run 1n their gutters. What was the use of paying for guttering, they wanted to know, if they could have no water in it during the rainy season. The Engineer followed the wishes of the ma- jority and the dictates of his own com- mon-sense in making the grade and gave it a crown. The crown is not in the mid- dle of the road, as good crowns usually are. That is accounted for by the fact that the grades for the sidewalks had been es- tablished to the satisfaction of the property- owners previous to the making of the street grade.. .. So, since Water street is destined to wear its crown always on one side, there must. be.some other objectionable ' feature. It was declared that the requisite number of inches of macadam had not been laid, and the Street Committee was requested to dig down and measure the depth of the mate- rial. Tt has been hinted that Street Com- mittee did its digging under the cover of night and will not disclose the facts dis- covered until a report is made to the Town Board. But thisis probably a mere rumor. It is, however, plain to the naked eye that there have been some holes dug in the street, but it is claimed that a ranchman’s team got tired of waiting for the return of the master and pawed up the street for ex- ercise. It is true, also, that there are some portions of the street where the material used for top dressing is coarser than it really ought to be. Z[she idea has been ad- vanced that this condition resulted from the dirt-throwing recently indulged in by a couple of helligerent doctors. The sitnation would have become really serious but for a funny story: that was started a few days ago. Somebody claimed that somebody else told him that another verson had heard that Street Superinten- dent McCullough had received money from the contractor to infiuence his action in accepting the street. Mr. McCullough’s promptness in_declaring the authority of the fiction a liar and threatening to sue the retailers of the gossip for damages made it quite plain that the original fabri- | cator was a humorist, who, in practicing | an after-dinner speech at a lunch counter, forgot the nub to his story. | _ Regardless of the objections to the work Mr. McCullough is preparing the assess- | ment, and he says he has no doubt the little rampus will be quieted down by the time the board meets again, as the work is satisfactory to persons who know .a good street when they see it. He thinks Gen- eral Dickinson,.president of the board, will sign the assessment and the contractor will be paid. As soon as these things are done the property-owners will be relieved of all further responsibility and the town will | have to keep the streets in order. ANSWER OF MR, DINGLE: POSITION OF THE MANUFACTUR- ERS’ ASSOCIATION AS TO BOILERS. IT Is NoT A FIGHT AGAINST -THE SUTRO RAILROAD COMPANY, HE Savs, Assistant Secretary Fred H. Dingle of the Manufacturers’ Association took strong exception yesterday to the statements of Colonel W. C. Little of the Sutro Railroad Company, relative to the protest of the association against his company buying Eastern-made boilers. *“In the first place,” said Mr. Dingle, “I wish to most emphatically deny that this | association is engaged in any fight aganst the Sutro Railroad Company or any other California industry. It is engaged, how- | ever, in a fight against Eastern manufac- | tured articles where the article desired can | be procured of California manufacture equal in price and in quality.” Mr. Dingle then explained certain points of contro- | versy as follows: When we induced the majority of the State institutions to give the preference in awarding contracts for supplies to California products we did not ask them to, in fact, preferred that they would not, name any particular brand in their specifications, but would simply ask for California products. On the&ueuion of safety and liability to ex- plosions there is no doubt but that the Califor- nis-made boiler is equal in these respects to the Babcock & Wilcox boiler. In the manufacture of California boilers there are some parts that have to come from the East (not being manufactured here), but I am informed from the most reliable source | that fully 65 per cent of the costof a California | boiler stays in California. At.the time that the California-street Cable | Reilway Company put in their Loilers this as- sociation was not in existence. Had it been there would have been a vigorous kick from this association on the same subject. How- | ever, the California-street Railway Company is only one of all the companies in the City !int are using the Babcock & Wilcox boilers, and the only other electrical linein the City has in use California boilers entirely. In short, we think that Mayor Sutro has vio- lated the terms of his franchise in not purchas- ing a California-made boiler when he could procure one equal in quality and equal for the work required tw the Eastern boiler he did order. When he gives as his excuse for pur- chasing the Eastern boiler the fact that the franchise admits the purchase of patented articles, we ‘think his excuse is a very lame one. As to the quéstion of safety in the use of the boilers and their liability to explode, I do not think thet Mr. Little means it when he says that the California-made boiler is more liable to disastrous explosions than the Eastern or any other make boiler, B The controversy between this association and the Sutro Raflroad Company is es to whether or not the railroad company could purchase in California & boiler as well suited to the work required of it as the boiler ihey have ordered. I think they could; in fact,1 am sure they could. - The matter was before the Supervisors, added Mr. Dingle, and he expressed his confidence in their disposition of it. SETTLED THE BILL. Supervisors Straighten Out a Demand on the Urgent Necessity Fund. The Judiciary Committee of the Board of Supervisors yesterday straightened out the appointment of Walter Hinkle to the position of assistant counsel to the Dis- | trict Attorney’s office, so that the attorney | could get his saiary. Auditor Broderick refused to pay the September demand, be- cause it called for $250 salary for services of the Assistant District Attorney. Broder- ick claimed that that was creating a new office, which the Supervisors had no right to do. All hands were agreed that the appoint- ment of another prosecuting officer was necessary in the present condition of the criminal calendar. City and County Attorney Creswell straightened out the dilemma.by making the bill payable to ‘‘counsel to assist the Presecuting Attorney,” instead of Assist- ant Prosecuting Attorney. Most people may think it a distinction without a dxflp ence, but Auditor Broderick said it satis- hed the law, and he expressed his willing- ness to pay the bill as changed. The money will come out of the urgent neces- sity fund. Hinkle’s appointment is for three months. The ruling is important from the fact that the Board of Health has made a num- ber of n&)pointments lately to oftices where the funds are exhausted. Milk Inspector Dockery and Bacteriolo- i“SL Spencer are among the appointees. sike Hinkle, they expect to get their sala- ries out of the urgent necessity fund. Property-owners have petitioned to ex- tend the electric lights on Point Lobosand Cliff House avenues to the Ciiff House. Property-owners on Shrader street, be- tween Page and Haight, have protested apainst the laying of granite curbs and bi- tuminous pavements till the ground is al- lowed to settle. The San Francisco Protestant Orphan Asylum hnas protested against the con- struction of a sewer at the present time on Buchanan street, from &aller to Her- mann. Superintendent Vining of the Market- street Railway Company asked the com- mittee to approve the Baltimore fender, so that it could be attached to all the cars. Supervisor Dimond said he thought there were several fenders superior to the one mentioned, so the matter went over for another fender test on next Wednesday morning. ————— Samuel Butler required two and a half years to finish his “Hudibras.” $30,000 FOR-PROTECTION. HENRY MILLER SAYS THAT IT HAD T0 BE DISTRIB- UTED. SOME WENT TO SACRAMENTO. THE BALANCE UseDp To KNock OuT THE WRIGHT LAW IN THE Ma- DERA IRRIGATION DISTRICT. ““Mr. Miller, did you spend $1000 at the last session of the Legislature to influence legislation in youf favor?” “No.” “Nor the session before?’’ “No.” “Nor at any previous sessions of the Legislature?” “Ves. . “How much, Mr. Miller?” The surviving member of the firm of Miller & Lux drew up his chair and pre- pared to answer the questions. He pro- ceeded with caution. “We spent a great deal more than that."’ “How?” - ‘“Keeping men at Sacramento to protect our rights. They were trying to intro- duce some thieving laws that would have worked a great injury upon us. We had to do it to protect our lands and our water rights. We knocked ’em out, too.” Mr. Miller drew his chair up a little closer and proceeded to say some very pointed things about the Wright law, \l:'_hxch. it appears, is very distasteful to im. ““You see, we have irrigation interests all over the State, and when the commission, acting under the Wright law, came fo Madera district and wanted to incorporate under the provisions of the Wright law we were compelled to take care of ourselves by knocking them out entirely in that section.” “But the Wright law had already passed the Legislature and there was no occasion to hght that in Sacramento any longer. Cannot you tell me a little more about the money spent at the capital ?” “Yes. You are right about the thieving ‘Wright law having passed, but—there are others. We had to keep our eyes opened all the time. Mind you, young man, there was no such thing as bribery. No, no. Don’t think that. It was all disbursed in a perfectly honorable way. We have al- ways employed high-priced legal service and it comes high. And then remember that it is not to be expected that represen- tatives are going to stay in Sacramento without being paid. All those things cost money. But I want to tell you about that Wright law. Up in Madera County we had to convince the people that the minnte. the Wrizht law went into effect they were gone. We had to get out a good deal of printing and briefs and other little things that would protect us and our interests. ‘We had to spend a good deal of money, you see.”’ ‘‘About how much, Mr. Miller, in round numbers?’ was asked. *‘Wel!, counting what we received from other interested parties, I should say 000, * Was all of that spent in defeating the incorporation of the Madera district? Did not some of it go to Sacramento?’’ ‘‘Oh, yes; a little,” answered the Cattle King in an offhand, easy way. ‘But, of course, it was all used up in paying just the bare expenses of protecting our inter- ests. Mind you, we had no dealings with the members of the Legislatures. Now, get that straight. “Now about this Wrightlaw. Suppose it goes into effect in a certain irrigation dis- trict and bonds are issued to build canals. The arguments laid down are that the laboring man will have plenty of work to do and that the country will be under per- fect irrigation. That sounds all nght, and every groceryman and merchant and saloon-keeper in the district begins to work like a horse to bring about operations. The first thing they know there is an assessment slapped on the district, and they have to go down in their pockets and put up. They begin to cool off then. ‘“There is 1ot a single section of Califor- nia where the Wright law is in operation that the people are not bankrupt. I tell {0“' it is the worst law on the statute- ooks of the State of California. It simply forces people to turn their ditch-building over to somebody else. Who wants to do that? Idon’t. e convinced them up in Madera district that we were able to baild our own ditches when we wanted them. Do you suppose I don’t know how to build an irrigation ditch? Well, I guess I do.” Mr. Miller said this as though his ditch- building record stood alone and pre-emi- p‘en'zfabove all others, and that it spoke for itself. *‘What will be the natural resuit when the man in the north end of a district finds that he has been paying to build a ditch for the use of the farmers of the south end. The work is turned over to the Supervisors of the county, and they run the water where they think best. yet the whole popu- lation of the county has to pay for it. Just make that good and strong, if you please. The people never have understood it be- fore, and I think it’s about time they did. “The lay of the country‘is sometimes against any good being done by laving ir- rigation ditches. It may be run so that the country above it will. be all dry, and on the other hand the country below it will be all flooded. Dry land is justas good as drowned land. The Wright law is no good, and something’ ought to be done so that people could tend to their own business without the interference of anybody else. If a man wants to irrigate his land let him do it. If he doesnot want to irrigate his land let him alone and do net force him to do it by assessments and other thieving laws. I guess that's about all there is to say about the Wright law. I could talk of it for five hours, but I would never change my mind about it.” Mr. Miller was very pronounced in his denunciations of the J]aw and compared it to various kinds of sure-thing games that the wary have learned to let alone. RELIGIOUS THOUGHT AND PROGRESS An Epitome of Sermons of the Week Throughont the Land. Following is a summary of the prineipal ser- mons recently delivered in the United States and Canada by the leading clergymen, priests, prelates, religious teachers and professors of the Christian faith. In every instance the full text has been carefully read and abbreviated: SUCCESS. No young man can afford to ride in a glitter- ing chariot of success over the broken frag- ments of his own conscience.—Rev. Dr. Ras- mus, Methodist, Portland, Or. THE NEW WOMAN. The tendency of the new woman craze is toward the ddoedgndnion of womanhood. Woman has a God-given sphere. To cross its bounds' is to deteriorate. A mannish woman is more disgusting than an effeminate man.— %{ev. J. W. Malrood, Methodist, Sioux City, owa. BACKSLIDERS. Religion is like a succession of wagon-shops all along thetoad. You break down and there isa wagon-shop man at hand to mend your wagon. Roads might get bad, but the rougher the roads the thicker the shops.—Rev. Sam Jones at Winston. N. C. AMERICAN EVILS. i Our citiesare miserably governed; our con- sular service is behind that of other nations. ‘We need more politicians out of office and more statesmen in. Our public roads are adisgrace; our artists half starved for lack of appreciation and patronage.—Rev. G. B. Vosburgh, Baptist, Boston, Mass. < THE CYNIC. The trouble with the cynic is that h tailed to adjust himself -i the eommonelxlll.e.. He is not at heart a bad fellow. He usually has & high sense of honor and hates shams. But he lives for the most part a seifish and self-centered life, isolated from the common interests of humanity.—Rev. Dr. Hudson, Uni- tarian, Salt Lake City, Utah. TRUE PHILOSOPHY. Christianity is_a philosophy, a true philoso- hy. A true vhflosofihv is not ouly all truth, ut a philosophy that explains itself. The great pgflosop ers of the world have ever been asking questions regarding life, death and eternity, but Christians know that the answers to all these questions are found in the Bible and by an aquaintance with Jesus Christ.— Bishop Mallalieu, Methodist, Indianapolis, Iud. DUTIES OF THE CHURCH. In teaching the gospel of Jesus the church has two duties, the extending of righteous- ness, the only means of happiness, and the road to heaven. The other is to bring out clearly to men the other great doctrine to Jesus, that of the fatherhood and brotherhood of men. The two go hand in hand and cannot be separated. If we accept the fatherhood we must accept the brotherhood.—Rev. Arthur H. Grant, Newburg, N. Y. RICH AND POOR. The advantages of all classcs, whether rich or poor, both in the way of preparation for and success’in the struggle for life are to all in- tents and purposes equal. The poorshould not hesitate to bear the burdens of charitable work and of the church, whether the rich, who often are excusable on account of the numer- ous claims upon them, aid in this or not. Both rich and poor are equsl in the sight of God.— Bishop Millspaugh, Methodist, Burlington, | Kans. CITIZENSHIP. An element of strength in & city is the culti- vation of good morals on the partof its inhabi- tants. To make our city strong in & true sense we must increase the moral structure of our men ana women. Fewer felons and more phil- anthropists; fewer vagrants and more virtuous men and women; a smaller number of men who squander their wages; and a larger num- ber who comfortably feed, clothe and shelter wifeand children with their earnings.—Rev. E. T. Cumick, Methodist, Lowell, Mass. ADAM AND CHRIST. The race has had two great heads—Adam and Christ. Adam was the head of the race accord- ing to the flesh. Christ is the head of the race according to the s The former led the Tace to ils death. 1he latter leads the race i | life. Aswe have borne the image of the one | in our march to the grave, 5o we must bear the | image of the other in our march to the gates of | immortality.—Rev. A. R. Moore. St. Paul, Minn. THE CITY OF CHURCHE | Brooklyn has long been known as the City of | Churches, but that fair name is being blotted out. A mew distillery is to be started here, which is expected to add $2,000,000 a year to the income of the United Stafes. Brooklyn now has fifty-five breweries, thirty rectifiers and two distilleries. We, in' our republican pride, eall the Sultan oh his throne a pie: eaded monarch, who ought to be thrashed by England or somebody, when there is much Teason to think of ourselves as the pot and not call the kettle black. The Armenians suffer, but they have not suffered as much as our own citizens by virtue of lawlessness plus drunken- Desg.—Rev. Cortland Myers, Baptist, Brooklyn, ENFORCING THE LAW. A law dead is a principle slighted. Principle slighted is morality degenerating. Morality degenerating is anarchy on the move. Obso- lete or unenforced lawsin any code indicate one or more of but three things—either the legislation on that point was worthless, or the people careless, or the people sinning. In either case the result is the same. If the legis- lation be faulty or worthless there is fostered & spirit of dislike for or distrust in the power so acting, and the atmosphere becomes hazy with uncertainty. If the people be careless there is fostered a spirit of disrespect for all law; and the atmosphere becomes murky with impend- ing storm. 1f the people are sinuing there is fostered a spirit of hatred for law, and the at- | mosphere becomes dense with crimes smiled upon and frauds indulged in.—Rev. W. J. Arnold, Presbyterian, Portland, Oregon. HER POSTSCRIPT WISH. MRS. JANE TAUTPHAUS WANTED | HER BoDY To BE CREMATED, PLea To HER HusBanD's CHIL- DREN TO BURY HER ASHES AT MOUNTAIN VIEW. Mrs. Jane Tautphaus of 1529 California street had ber life insured for $5000, and that with about $1000 of other property makes up her estate. She died on Sep- tember 13, and yesterday her husband offered for probate the following will: This, my last will, is made by me before leay- ing for the Yosemite Valley. T wish everything of which I may die pos- sessed 10 g0 to my husband, t0 be his to do as he wills with it. My life insurance policy is in the hands of Mrs. Hotaling, and when she takes what I owe her, the sum of 1800, I want Peter Tautphaus, my husband, to have the remainder. The timber claim Celeus Biglow has in shares with me also must be paid to Peter Tautphaus. Also the 1ot in Antioch that I bought of Mr. Young. My personal effects my husband will | dispose of as he sees best. i by accident or otherwise we both die all T am possessed of I wish to be divided among our | children; that is, my husband’s children, fairly | alike, with my love among them equally. JANE TAUTPHAUS. June 12, 1895. My only wish for myself is that my remains be cremated and the ashes buried in my own Iot in Mountain View Cemetery. This is my husband’s wish to be together in_ this manner there. Grant it, children. The children are not mentioned in the petition for probate, as their father is the sole Ie¥atee and they are not among the next of kin. HIS FOOT CRUSHED. Bobert Douglass Caught in an Elevator Chain at a Fremont-Street Store. Robert Douglass, a porter employed by Miller, Sloss & Scott, the hardware-deal- ers, on Fremont street, was operating the elevator at the sidewalk in front of the store yesterday morning when his left foot was caught in the heavy chain that runs over a pulley and operates the ma- chinery. 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