The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 4, 1895, Page 6

'"HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MON DAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1895. —— . CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, 5 Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION Taily and Sunday CALL, one week. by carrier.$0.15 Telly and Sunday CALI, oue year, by mail... 6.00 Taily and Sunday CaLL, six months, by mail $.00 Tallyand Sunday CAvL, three months, by mail 1.50 Taily and Sunday CaLy. one moath, by mail .65 £onday CaLL, one year, by mall W EEKLY CaLL, one year, by mall. BUSINESS OFFICE : 710 Market Street, San Francisco, Californis. Telepbone. reeveer. Main—1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street. Yelephone ..Maln—1874 street, corner Olay: open until Montgomer: £:50 o'clock. £5¢ Haves street : open until 9:30 o’clock. 718 Larkin street: open until 9:30 o'clock. SW . corner Sixteenth and Mission streets; open Tntil € o'clock. b8 Mission street; open until 9 o'clock. 31bNinth street; open until 9 o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE: €08 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Rooms 31 and 32, 84 Park Row, New York City. DAVID M. FOLTZ, Special Agent. MONDA THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. — e Now for the convention. Attend the mass-meeting to-night. Things are coming our way and we must meet them cordially. Every citizen should contribute some- thing for the general good. The East is favorable, the West isen- thusiastic and the City has only to lead off with vigor in order to win. The State elections to-morrow will help on the revival of industry by giving the free-traders another smashing. ) If the City brings the National Republi- can Convention to this coast we can count on all California to help entertain it. We shall soon learn now whether the Cleveland letter encouraged the New York Democrats or gave them the cold shivers. The report that the condition of France is critical probably means no more than that everybody is criticizing the new Cabinet. The Merchants' Association can hardly adopt a better programme for next year than that of keeping up the good work it did in this one. The wealth of San Francisco can afford a National convention much easier than her growing prosperity can afford to get along without one. The fight in Ohio was warm, that in Maryland was bot, but it was only in Ken- tucky the campaign showed any signs of blue blazes. In the prevailing interest in the elections in the larger States we must not overlook Iittle Delaware, struggling with the new movement of the single tax. It is only reasonable to suppose the New Yorkers will allow those Democrats who have been pleading for personal liberty to remain out of office and enjoy it. With the coming of cool weather the Spaniards will begin an aggressive ca:n- paign in Cuba, but they will probably quit again as soon as they find it getting hot. It is strange the Canadians should be talking of building a third party when we nave so many of the kind that we can let them have at the bare cost of exportation. Itis not yet certain whether the railway company put those bobtail cars on Mont- gomery street with the idea of insulting its enterprise or harmonizing with its cob- blestones. It is now weil assured that when the votes are counted after the elections to- morrow there will be found a Democratic deficit in the ballot-box as well as in the National treasury. According to the latest reports the Ne- braska gold fields are yielding rich ores, and we may yet live to hear much talk about the depreciation of the yellow metal and the dishonesty of paying the public debt with it. If Venezuela stands to her resolve to fire on the first Brititsh force that crosses the boundary of the disputed territory the United States will have do something more than stand to her back and see her get a licking. The action of the Milkmen’s Association in indorsing the work done by Inspector Dockery may be taken as a proof that an officiat who does his duty will never fail to find support in the very places where he needs it most. It is typical of Democratic indifference to American industries that as soon as the wine industry shows signs of reviving suf- ficiently to yield some profit to the grape- growers, the leaders of that party propose to tax it to death. peasd bR Sending cotton from New Orleans to Japan by way of New York and Vancouver instead of San Francisco is certainly one of the tangles in the way of commerce that should be straightened outin the gen- eral interest of everybody. As the winner in the Chicago motocycle contest made the distance of 100 miles in less than ten hours over ordinary country roads, it is evident that the new carriage is coming in at a speed that will bring it to every man’s house before long. The strike in the shipyards of Ireland and Scotland, by preventing the own- ers from fullfilling their contracts, has caused many foreigu orders 1o be sent to Germany, and as a consequence the dam- age done to British shipbuilding interests is said to be nearly as great as would have been the result of a considerable war. This fact emphasizes the need of some system of governmental arbitration, for no nation can allow one of its great industries to be destroyed and the national welfare endan- gered by the petiy rivalries of private in- dividuals. With a woman suffrage discussion in Massachusetts, & Sunday observance issue in New York, a straight party fight in New Jersey, a single-tax agitation in Delaware, an anti-boss contest in Maryland, a race controversy in Mississippi, a political re- form movement in Kentucky, a tariff de- bate in Ohio, a local option dispute in Towa, a free-silver conflict in Nebraska and Utah trying to get into the Union, what more does this country want to make its campaigns of education as com- prehensive university course? THE MASS-MEETING. By the result of the mass-meeting to be held this evening ‘at the Chamber of Commerce it will be virtually determined whether San Francisco is to make the fight for the Republican National Convention with the vigor and force of all her energies united, or whethér a small portion of her citizens are to be left to make the contest alone with only a half-hearted support where they should have the fullest and most effective co-operation. Fortunately there can be little or no doubt as to what the resuits will be. The present condition of the contestis not only encouraging to us, but the outlook is suf- ficiently promising to stimnulate the efforts of even the most indifferent. With twenty members of the National committee al- ready practically declared in our favor, and with only six more votes to gain in order to win, it cannot be denied that we are near enough to the prize to make it worth while straining every energy to get it. The situation at home, moreover, is as encouraging as that in the East. With over $70,000 subscribed already, and the canvass for contributions hardly begun, it is assured there will be no difficulty in getting the required §$100,000. The promptness with which this sum has been raised is in itself a cause of enthusiasm among men who take a pride in the achievements of the City, and the enthusiasm will naturally aid in making it easy to raise the amount which is still needed. Every prospect being thus favorable to our hopes the people will look to the mass- meeting to devise ways and means for making a vigorous effort to win. There is but little time to work in and no time at all 10 spare. Those who go to the meeting to-night therefore should go prepared to act with promptness and energy. We have strong friends in the East working for us, 2ll the West is with us, and it would seem that if at this juncture we are only true to ourselves and our oppor- tunities the convention will be ours. WHERE ROADS ARE MADE. Apropos of the popular movement in the United States for better roads Theo- dore Stanton contributes to the October Lippincott’s a short but instructive ac- count of road-making in the rural depart- ment of Tarn in France. He takes this department as a specimen of the general condition of France in the matter of roads, selecting that of the Tarn because it is one of the poorest and most backward in ¥rance. It contains only 2200 square miles, its greatest length being a little over sixty miles. Itis a very hilly region, con- tains a population of 340,000, raises an an- nual total tax of $440,000 and expends $358,000. The scientific precision with which the matter of roads is treated in France is shown in the manner in which they are classified. There are five classes—National, departmental, grand communication, com- mon interest and vicinal. The National roads are maintained by the Nation, the departmental by the department, the grand communication and common interest by the communes to which they are common and the vicinal by the small local settle- ments. The National roads are mostly very old, but the writer declares that the impression here that the roads in Europe generally are old creations is entirely erro- neous, for a very large majority of them have been built in recent years, and build- ing is progressing more actively than ever before. None except the Nationai roads existed in the department of the Tarn prior to 1836. Down to that year the only roads except National highways were cow-trails, too bad even for horses, and hence cows were the only beasts of burden employed. *To- day,” says the writer, “the fortunate in- habitants of this ‘backwoods’ department bave now an immense network of well- built and well-kept highways that would delight the heart of even the most exact- ing bicyclist—hundreds of miles of good macadam—so gently graded that a horse could trot almost every rod of it, some- times so broad that a regiment could march along it company front, and so dry, smooth and hard in summer as to be scarcely in- ferior to the driveways of Central Park.” In 1891, when the last official report was made, there were 2435 miles of such home- built roads, and soon the department will have 4000 miles of them. Besides these are 200 miles of National and 560 miles of departmental roads, making a grand total of 4760 miles of splendidly macadamized highwavs, with innumerable stone culverts and bridges. In addition to all this the work of planting trees along all the roads has been begun, and when completed will make about 8000 miles of trees. All this has cost and is costing a great deal of moneyv, but the French people know the wisdom of such an investment. Thus, in 1893 alone, $360,000 was set apart for roads, nearly half of it being commu- nal or private contributions. Of course all this money is expended with the high- est intelligence, the strictest economy and the most rigid honesty—qualities which it might be profitable for us to acquire. ALTRUISTIO ASSOOIATIONS, 1t falls to the lot of those connected with the press to inguire into every side of city life and erergy and to keep the public in- formed thereon, and in calling attention to the everyday work of the Young Men's Christian Association of San Francisco, carried on in its new and thoroughly equipped building, we believe investiga- tion will rot belie the statement that the work is effective and of great benefit to the youths of our City, therefore worthy of the interest and warm practical sympathy of all public-spirited citizens, In pablish- ing at the time a summary of the proceed- ings of the fifteenth annual State conven- tion of the Young Men’s Christian Asso- ciation, held at L.os Angeleslast month, we briefly referred to the extent and manifest importance of the organization. This has long been conceded by the influential pub- lic of all the great Midale and Eastern cities in this country and similarly in the cities of Great Britain and her colonies. The work of the association in this connec- tion has passed through its experimental stages and is now deeply rooted in the social economy of city communities as es- sential to the needs of our modern civiliza- tion. San Francisco is perhaps more purely & business community than most of our large Eastern cities. It hasfewer of the leisure class than, for instance, New York, Philadelphia or Boston, and per- haps on this account a smaller number of our prominent men are well informed re- garding the work being accomplished by the social and philanthropic institutions in their midst. We doubt if any very large number of our prominent and weli- to-do citizens have investigated for them- selves what has been undertaken and 1s daily carried on here by the Young Men'’s Christian Association for the social, edu- cational and moral advancement of the and it would prove of great interest to such persons if they could take up the subject in good earnest and personally in- spect the facilities of the organization and the scope of its peculiar work. The secre- tary has given public notice that he will be pleased to conduct visitors through the building and explain its various appoint- ments, PATHOLOGIC FICTION. That brilliant writer on pathology, Dr. George M. Gould, editor of the Philadel- phia Medical News, has more than once turned his lance against the absurd and morbid features of recent popular novels, but his leader in a recent issueon “The Pathologic Novel” is themost forceful that has ever issued from his pen. As his pub- lication is intended for physicians and not the general public, he writes with a tech- nical freedom which may not be indulged bhere, but the trend of his article is so pow- erful and instructive that its setting forth is timely. ‘It is bad enough,” he says, “to see dis- tinguished physicians and their favorite diseases misrepresented and suffering in- digrities of various description in the ephemeral sheet of the daily or weekly paper. But when it comes to treatment of this sort in the pages of permanent addi- tions to our literature, it is time to lift our voices in protest. The worst offender in this regard is that school of novelists falsely calling themselves ‘realists.” Astheavowed apostles of the uncomfortable and repul- sive, disease has of course a particular at- traction for them. A carcinoma or a ter- tiary ulcer fascinates them as a velvet cheek or arippling muscle does the true artist. Carrion of any sort, physical or moral, attracts them like vultures; but, like the vulture, they are wretched anato- mists and perverted pathologists.” After showing the diseased and perverted view and the glaring inaccuracies and un- truths of Tolstoi’s “Kreuizer Sonata,” he takes up Ibsen’s *“Ghosts” and Sarah Grand’s “The Heavenly Twins,” and shows that these authors, in selecting unthink- able and repulsive diseases as the ground- work of their novels, present impossible symptoms and draw the absurdest conclu- sions. Then he comes to a subject of more recent interest. “In ‘Irilby,’” he says, ‘“‘we have a charming little story utterly wrecked and ruined by a baleful and ghastly shadow of hypnotic influence, which hangs over it like a pall. Like most such ‘glooms’ it has, happily, no counterpart in real life, not even in the life of the hospitals. There are two absolutely essential elements lack- ing in the verisimilitude of Svengali’s in- fluence over Trilby: willingness to submit to being influenced on the part of tire sub- ject in the first place, and the original pos- session of the faculties which she exhib- ited in the second. Without the first requisite hypnotism can never take place, though, of course, after the hypnotic state has been reached the subject’s actions may be entirely beyond the control of her own will. As to the second. an absolutely tone- deaf person, as Triloy avowedly was, could no more be endowed by hypnotic influence with the power of appreciating harmony and distinguishing shades of musical ex- pression than she could be changed from a blonde to a brunette.” Thus deaf persons are also mutes, be- | cause they cannot hear the sound of their own voices. ‘“No amount of suggestion,” says Dr. Gould, “can draw from a hypno- tized subject anything more than was in him before. The popular idea that hypno- tism is a sort of connecting tube, through which the moods, will, impulses and pow- ers of the operator can be poured into the mind of the subject, is entirely un- founded.” The assanltof Dr. Gould upon the patho- logic novel gathers increased force from the fact he has given it the form of a semi-confidential notice to physicians cians that it is the morbidness and ignor- ance of the public which make possible the popularity of the diseased and offen- sive productions of modern ‘“realists.” COAST EXOHANGES. The Marysville Democrat has some very earnest and straightforward things to say concerning the benefits which would ac- crue to that section if the proposed re- straining dam should be constructed in the Yuba River, and also on the attitude of the Anti-Debris Association in relation thereto. The work alone would cause the expenditure of many thousands of dollars, of which Marysville would receive the -benefit, but far more important would be the opportunity which the dam would present for cleaning out the channel of the river below it and opening up the river. The detritus has formed a hard bed, which bas raised the level of the river and neces- sitated the maintenance of expensive and dangerous levees, besides destroying the drainage of Marysville. If the present state is permitted to exist matters will yearly grow worse. For these reasons and for the purpose of holding the descend- ing debris above the dam, the Government Engineers have recommended that Con- gress appropriate $300,000. The Democrat says: “There can be nothing further done in the way of reclaiming these streams until an appropriation has been made by Congress. And to obtain it we must con- centrate all of our efforts, because the con- dition of the treasury is such that the party in office will desire to economize, especially so, when a political campaign is not far off. We cannot expect to obtain it while we oppose the proposed plans of the Government Engineers, as it is a fact that appropriations for river improvement are not made except on their recommenda- tion. As matters now stand, and as we view the situation, fully 90 per cent of the i people not only approve of the plans out- lined by the engineers, but they are anxious that an appropriation be made and the work commenced as quickly as possible. Debris Association, as stated in the letter of Attorney Devlin to Congressman John- son, is a barrier in the way of success. This is to be regretted, as defeat in the coming session means at least two years more of delay in the inauguration of the work of reclaiming the Sacramento and Feather rivers. The Visalia Weekly Delta, in celebration of its great stroke of enterprise in addinga linotype to its plant, publishes its history, which began with the founding of the paper in 1859. It is a most interesting and valuable account and constitutes an im- portant part of the stirring history ot Tulare County. Tbe Delta looks very handsome in its new dress and itsim- mense nine-column pages are crowded with the best product of the able men who conduct its affairs. Its editor, George W. Stewart, is one of the brightest men in California journalism. Santa Clara County is giving further evidence of its progressive spirit in prepa- ration to build an electric freight and passenger road from San Jose to Saratoga, a charming hamlet at the base of the western mountains. The San Jose Mercury, while saying that no profits could be ex- pected from the enterprise for a year or two, gives the following reasons for under- But the attitude of the Anti- | taking it, and they are valuable, as being | applicable to every part of the State where youth of our own City of San Francisco, | such a road might be practicable: “Not only will it be a great convenience, but it will be worth dollars and cents to them. It will largely increase the value of every acre of land; it will create a nmew and general demand for real property; it will be the means of attracting a desirable class of population; it will build up the west side region all the way from San Jose to Saratoga, and to the business men it will bring a large and lucrative trade.”” The San Diego Union rightly declares that it is high time something were done to carry out the long-deferred plans for providing defenses for San Diego harbor. It eays: ‘‘The neglect of the Government in this matter is remarkable. There is probably not another harbor of the same size and capacity in the United States that is equally unprotected. The matter, however, has often been brought to the attention of the authorities and very strong recommendations have been made on the subject. Only last year a commis- sion consisting of the chief and other offi- cers of the Engineer Corps visited this city and made a complete survey for har- bor defenses, apparently 1n the belief that this important work was to be begun at once and pressed to completion. The pro- posed defenses comprised batteries on Point Loma, Ballast Point and Coronado, and a system of submarine mines. General McCook, when in command of this depart- ment, in his report to the Secretary of ‘War, suegested these methods for pro- tecting the harbor, and said: ‘The de- fenseless condition of this magnificent harbor has been and is now a disgrace to our country.’ This was strong language. So the commission came, surveyed and made a report—and that was the end of the matter.” It is certainly inconsistent that the Government should make so elaborate preparations for the defense of San Francisco harbor and entirely neglect the harbor of next importance on the coast. ‘We are reminded by the entrance of the Grass Valley Union upon its thirty-second year that California is growing into ma- turity. The Union was established on the eve of the Presidential election of 1864, when Lincoln was chosen for the second term of his Presidency. That seemsalong time ago, and yet our contemporary has grown and thrived through all these years, partly because of its adherence to this policy as explained in a recent issue: “The Union, during its whole career, has never endeavored to achieve notoriety by means of sensational publications, but pre- ferred to command the respect and confi- dence of its readers and patrons by legiti- mate and cleanly news that would make it a welcome visitor to home and fireside within the bounds of its circulation.” The inadequacy with which the oppor- tunities for establishing needful and profit- able industries in California have been accepted explains in part the retardation of the State’s progress. Thus at Redlands, a highly developed and most inviting sec- tion of the State, we find the Citrograph telling in the following words what might be done there: “Not only do we wanta cannery for our delicious fruits and tooth- some vegetables, but we should have fac- tories for the conversion of oranges into marmelades and jams. Fruit vinepar should be made and pickles put up ior market. Preserves and confections and fruit and leather should also receive atten- tion. Our natural resources, even in the fruit line, have not been one-half ex- ploited or even mentioned.” The Hanford Journal hasissued a superd special edition for distribution particularly at the Atlanta Exposition. [t has twelve large pages, printed on fine paper, pro- fusely illusirated and crowded with ex- ceedingly valuable information concerning the unsurpassed resources and attractions of Kings County. The Herald, published at Arroyo Grande, a thriving town on the Pacific Coast Rail- way south of San Luis Obispo, in discuss- ing the proposition to locate a beet sugar factory somewhere in that section, ad- vances excellent reasons why Arroyo Grande should be the choice. They make a stronz showing to capitalists, and, in brief, are these: Thousands of acres of suitable soil, abundance of water, great undeveloped stores of petrolenm, excellent limestone and easy access by rail to Port Harford, where the sea is reached and the | tyranny of the Southern Pacific monopoly avoided. In announcing the death of George R. Broadbere, its editorial writer, the Stock- ton Record pays a just and generous tribute to an able and conscientious journalist. The San Diego Union is confident that the coming year promises to be one of un- vrecedented progress for the entire State. It pays a high compliment to San Fran- cisco and Central California generally for their awaking to the importance of devel- oping the resources of the State and lays particular stress on the imposing value of the San Joaquin Valley road. It then gives the following condensed and exceed- ingly interesting review of the progress which Southern California is making: *‘The southern counties are not behind in efforts to promote healthy growth and prosperity. Everywhere there is a dispo- sition to build for the future. Indeed, it can be truthfully said that there is hardly a city or town in Southern California to- day in which one or more important un- dertakings are not begun or seriously con- templated. Santa Barbara is reaching out for municipal ownership of water and an electric car line, Little Santa Monica has voted bonds for a sewer system, a most de- sirable improvement for that resort. River- side has awakened from a long slumber and is paving streets and is arranging for an electric light plant, bonds for both these undertakings having been issued | and advantageously sold. San Bernardino | has concluded that the town must have something more than the monthly output | of money from the railway shops, and is going to work practically to develop the canaigre industry. Pomona is moving in the matter of acquiring a water supply that shall be owned by thecity. These are only a few instances of the many for- ward steps that are being taken all over Southern California. They afford the best possible proof of the confidence which the people have in the future of their respect- ive localities.” The Gridley Herald has begun its six- teenth year, and instead of complaining of a lack of popular appreciation and support, it says: ‘“The paper has re- ceived a libersl support from those who admire a clean, independent country weekly, and we feel that each week the paper enters as a welcome visitor into hundreds of homes.” This, it is almost needless to add, is explainable on the score of our contemporary’s deserts, for it has always been clean, dignified and enterpris- ing, and these qualities invariably com- mand respect, recognition and prosperity. The Bridgeport Chronicle-Union, discuss- ing the movement recently started to ask Congress for an appropriation to construct a wagon road from Mono Lake to Yosem- ite, gives some convincing reasons why the appropriation should be made. The mountain barrier east of Yosemite com. pletely shuts out Eastern California and Nevada from access to this incomparable natural wonder and popular resort, com- pelling the residents and tourists, in order to reach the valley, to travel northward over the Carson and Colorado Railroad to the Central Pacific, thence west- erly to the San Joaquin Valley, thence southerly up the valley, and thence east- erly by stage to Yosemite, making a detour cf several hundred miles to reach a destination only a few miles away. Not only would the people be benefitea, for the Chronicle-Union wisely adds: “The road is also needed for Government purposes, as troops are stationed in the valley every summer, and should it be necessary to have the troops come to this section through trouble with Indians, it would take but a few hours, with but little ex- pense, to reach. this side, and supplies for them could be procured here cheaper and easier than by getting them from the San Joaquin Valley. Had the road been built a few years ago the prompt arrival of troops from the Yosemite would have quickly quelled the Indian scare here and a human life would have been saved.” We join our contemporary in hoping that our representatives in Congress will give this matter the prompt attention it deserves. The rapid development of the petroleum industry at Summerland, Santa Barbara County, at first produced an embarrassing state of affairs in the crowding accumnla- tion of the product. The Board of Trade thereupon sent out one of its members, and with little trouble he secured orders for oil in excess of the present output. The Summerfield Advance has bzen greatly in- strumental in bringing about this happy result. PERSONAL. F. C. Lusk,an sttorney of Chico, 1s at the Palace. Herbert Dakyne of the navy is at the Occi- dental. Sam H. Alexander, & merchant of Fresno, is at the Lic W. D. Keyser, a merchant of Carson, Nev., is & guest at the Russ. J. T. Wardner, & mining man of Idaho, is staying at the Lick, A. L. Wiilard of the navy registered at the Occidental yesterday. E. C. Houseworthy, a merchant of Arbuckle, isa guest at the Grand. G. W. Harmon, & fruit-grower of Healds- burg, and his family are at the Russ. Senator J. H. Beawell of Mendocino came down from Ukiah yesterday and put up at the California. Ex-Congressman Caminetti came in from Jackson, Amador County, yesterday and regis- tered at the Lick. J. Ross Trayner, a fruit-shipper of Marys- ville, has returned from a trip to the Eastand is staying at the Grand. Superior Judge and Mrs. Gottschalk of Cala- veras County arrived from San Andreas yester- day and are staying at the Lick. James A. Tilton, E. B. Penniman and C. L. Donaldson, Arctic whaling captains, arrived from Alaska yesterdey and are staying at the Russ. THE ELECTIONS IN.THE EAST. Raltimore Sun. The struggle for good government in this State is attracting ettention in all parts of the country, and the people of Maryland have the earnest sympathy of patriotic eitizens every- where in their battle against the tyranny and corruption of boss rule. Carl Schurz expressed this idea in the letter read at last night's meet- ing at Mennerchor Hall. “If you succeed in relieving your State and city of so odious a yoke,” he writes, “you may be sure of the cor- dial applause and of the thanks of every sin- cere iriend of good government throughout the land, for you will have thereby rendered a service to the whole American people.” Cleveland News and Herald. 1t will do no good for the Democrats to deny that Brice expecis the vote of every man elected to the General Assembly. The move- ments of Brice agents and the attitude of Brice’s hired man on the stump are too sure an indication of the object of the campaign. From Campbell’s attack on Coxism in Cincin- nati down to the exposure of the attempt of Representative Hoeffer to dispose of his vote every Democratic effort has been in the inter- est of Btice and nobody else, except in en in- direct way. Philadelphia Ledger. The municipal campaign in New York is one of the most spirited of many years. One of the leading Republican journais commencesan ad- dress to the electorate with the words: “The city is in deadly peril.” This warning to voters is the keynote of & contention which, upon the part of the more reputeble citizens, has been made to assume the character of a Crusade in favor of good government and Sunday obsery- ance. Puftalo Commercial. Evidence foreshadowing the most extensive fraudsat the ballot-box ever perpetrated in ring-ridden Maryland is rapidly accumulating. Numercus and berefaced false registrations have been exposed by prominent Democrats and Republicans in Baltimore, but no redress can be obiained from the local and State of- ficials, who are all in league with the Gorman- Resin machine. New York Sun, Let the wave of Democratic revival roll over the entire Empire State. Let it roll into other States, where it is needed;; into Meryland, and Kentucky, and Ohio, and New Jersey. But Dem- ocrats outside of New York and Brooklyn must do their full share of hustling. Smme e e PEOPLE TALEED ABOUT. The announcement of the engagement of Miss Alice Belknap, daughter of the late ex- Secretary of War, to Count Szechenyi of the Austrian Legation, adds another to the long list of foreign matches, and this must be purely one of love, tor the young lady, though rich in beauty, has no fortune. Boston is just now doing some very elaborate lion-hunting. Sir Henry Irving and Miss Terry, representing the lions, are the recipients of many social attentions, ana in return fpr hospitalities received Sir Henry and his com- pany gave on Thursday last that very pathetic little sketch which his clever acting has made so famous, “The Story of Waterloo,” for the benefit of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Mrs. Cleveland is looking remarkably well. She did not go to Woodley upon her return to Washington. She is intensely fond of driving, and may be seen every day in her phaeton, which, by the way, is her favorite of all the White House vehicles. The children spend most of their time playing in the White House grounds. They are quite friendly to strangers. Ruth and Esther are both studious and are able to repeat many songs and verses and passages from the Bible in German. Mrs. Leland Stanford has been in Washing- ton since the middle of last week. She is naturally greatly worried over the university affairs, for should the Supreme Court decision be unfavorable she will be obliged to close the university in which her whole soul is ab- sorbed. During the past summer she has ar- ranged the Stanford memorial room in the museum of the university. Most of her husband’s gifts are there, and they make a rare and beautiful collection, as those who knew the Stanfords intimately in Washington can testify.—New York Venity. Apropos of titled performers, it issaid that Lord Rosslyn has just started a theatrical ven- ture for sweet charity’s sake. He has formed a compeny of aristocratic amateurs, including the Earl of Kilmory, Colonel Fitz George, son of the Duke of Cambridge, and Lady Majori- ‘banks, to play “Diplomacy” at Edinburgh and elsewhere. There is hardly a question that the company will meet with the greatest success, as the general public will be sure to flock to the performances out of curiosity, if from no other motive. All the profits of the venture will be devoted to charity. The Association for Improving the Con- dition of the Poor in New York has made the following report of the returns of the &eorle'u baths for the last year: Men 1214, women 12,664, boys 4446, girls 2121, children free 4289; total 88,734 increa; corresponding period 1894 8197, e LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE A WORD FOR THE POLICE DEPART- MENT. To the Editor of the San Franciseo Call—SIR: Now that the Durrant trial is endea, and peo- ple are talking about the causes which led to the result that has been reached, more or less praise being bestowed upon different persons who were engaged in the case, I wish to speak aword by way of giving credit where I con- sider it justly due, but in a direction which the public in such cases are too prone to overlook. Judge Murphy, whom I have known for a gen- eration, undoubtedly honored his position by the able and impartial manuer in which he presided. Mr. Barnes has apparently covered himself with glory by his management of the case for the people, and by his brilliant and masterly address ut the close; and the jury has, by the prompiness of the verdict, won the ap- probation and applause of good citizens gener- ally. 1 wish, however, while not detracting aught from any of these, to direct attention to the police department, as a factor in_the case, the importance of which is liable, in n great measure, to be ignored, yet but for which the result of tive trial would in all probability have been far aifferent from what it is. To the detective force of our City I believe is now lies & prisoner in the County Jail awaiting | sentence of death for the murder of Blanche Lamont. It js not ouly in tracing the murder to the accused, and in collecting and supply- ing to the prosecuting stwrney the evidence which he used to secure the conviction that the force proved of such value, but the experi- ence of Captain Lees aud his_thorough knowl- edge of criminal affairs qualified him to assist in” arranging and analyzing and test- ing and weighing the evidence in show- ing the bearing of its different parts and in calling attention to the importance of por- tions that to an ordinary person would perhaps have seemea trivial, as well as in pointing out the weak places in the defense and suggesting the best way of attacking them, thus enabled him to render the departmentof which he is the head invaluable service as an auxiliary to the prosecution, which Mr. Barnes no doubt is as ready 10 acknowledge as any one. I have been for thirty years 8 close observer of police and criminal matters in this City, having for a large part of that time been 50 engeged as to be brought in continual contact with them. I have known Captain Leesduring the entire period, afid Chief Crowley ever since he was first placed at the head of the depart- ment. I have watched the growth and de- velopment of the polite force from the handful of crudely organized, politically controlled and freauently changing men_ thai formerly con- stitutod the force 1o the splendid, powerful and efficient organization that it now is, and of which we certainly have reason to bé proud. 1 look upon it as almost if not quite the right arm of our City government. Iregard it as the chief protection of our wives, our dsughters and our sisters, as well as of ourselves. =1 con- sider the detective portion of the force as our great reliance for protection against the worst and most dangerous class of villains. I look upon Captain Lees as a Nestor among his kind and the part borne by him in the late trial | set down as one of the great achievements of his career. AMES WOODWORTI, Secretary California Prison Commission. A COUZINS VS. SHAW. HEALDSBURG, Sonoma County, Cal., 1 November 1, 1895.§ To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—SIR: When one makes a decided “hit” in transfixing & veritable Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church in his review of what he thinksare “not God’s women,” according to his narrowed interpretation of Scripture, and the writer re- ceives therefore the commendation of the press of the city (Chicago, wherein it was made) for the incisive discretion, wit and brilliancy wherewith it was done, it can only be with feelings of amazement that the critic of this reverend Bishop views the appropriation of her legitimate effort by another without so much as “by your leave,” end reads again in your San Franciseo papers the plagiarism of her review by one who has come t0 your shores 1o instruct the men of Celifornia on “The Injt tice of Chivalry.” Irefer to Miss Anna Shaw’s lecture on *‘God’'s Woinen,” It was my especial privilege to be in Chicago | in January of 1891, when Professor Harper of | the Chicago University opened what he styled A Sacred College oi Literature” for the delee- | tation of the callow youth of the period in thq literature of the Scriptures. To t!:is gathering came Bishop John Vincent with his lore to assist, and in his opening lec- | ture he took occasion 10 tell these youths what women_he regarded as the lovely clinging vines of the Scripture, and who were thestrong minded and not *‘called” of God. In an article which I dubbed “Not God's Women" I )m(?nled this' reverénd Bishop in a metaphysical dissertation of the Ruths, Rachels and Marys—his clinging vines—as contradis- | tinguished from the Deborahs, Huldabs and Miriams —the strong minded —which called forth not only the liveliest criticisms on the Bishop, but set the whole town agog with laughter at his expense, and the Chicago Post did me the honor to say ‘“‘that Bishop Vincent had at last found & feminine antagonist who was not only worthy of his steel, but who could measure forensic swords with him, and ‘whose drubbing savored largely of a masculine club.” The press of the East copied the articles ex- tensiv and much merriment ensued at the Bishop's éxpense. If there is one of my efforts for which I have a lively affection and especial claim upon, it is this review of the reverend Bishop, and it is therefore with peculiar feelings that I read not only of the appropriation of the title *“Not God's Women”—with the “not” dropped ont— but the gist of the reviéw embodied in Miss Shaw’s lecture in your City. In March of 1891 this lady, who was then but a newcomer in the ranks of the National Sufiragist, appropriated this review for her contribution to the Woman’s Council in Wesh- ington, D. C., with merely dates and location changed to New York. InSan Francisco she swings the occurrence back to Chicago, where Ihad transfixed and routed the Bishop. 1 have no desire to detract one jot or tittle from the lady’s reputation as an original wit, instructor or “reviewer of the injustice of man to woman, but I think I have the right, in view | of the cool plagiarism that has again been per- petrated, (o say to your readers that there are other forms of “‘injustice” as well that might serve as an ivteresiing subject for man's study, viz., the injustice of one woman's encroach. menton the well-earned laurels of another, for her own _delectation, profit and advancement. Very truly yours, 2 PH®ER W. Couzixs of St. Louis, Mo. MARLBOROUGH'S HONEYMOON. New York Vanity. The honeymoon of the young Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, invitations for whose wedding on November 6 were issued on Mon- day, will 1n all probability be passed at Mr. ‘William K. Vanderbilt’s country place at Oak- dale, Long Island. It will beremembered that at the time Mr. and Mrs. Vanderbilt were di- vorced under the terms of the settlement Mr. Vanderbilt retained possession of the fine estate at Oakdale, as well as of the gray stone chateau at Fifth avenue and Fifty-third street. His offering of this somewhat sequestered but well appointed and beauntiful mansion and grounds to his daughter and her husband for their coming honeymoon is a very graceful action on his part. The house is being thor- oughly cleaned and arranged under the super- vision of an .ccomgusnea housekeeper, and the young Duke and Duchess will find every possible comfort and convenience for them on their arrival. tent of its grounds, the beauty of its woods and the exquisite glimpses of scenery over the great South Bay which it affords, “Idle Hour,'" which is the name of the place, compares favorably with the majority of country estates in England. The Duke can enjoy shooting over its preserves, only the deer which roam tne place and that of the South Side Club_immediately adjoining being ex- empted. There is good wild fowl shooting at near points on the bay ana the best of fish- ing in its waters. If the young couple want society they can meet the Cuttings, Wagstaffs, Hollins, Remsens, Suydems, Roosevelts and others, at the pretiy golf links of the New Westbrook Golf Club, only a mile or two from the house, and Oakdale is only & _little over an hour by rail from New York. Mr. Vanderbilt has always been particularly fond of *Idle Hour,” and his pride in it is well founded, for there is nomore beautiful country place near New York. ready In the ex- —_— JESTS OF THE HOUR. Sunday-school teacher—Do you remember the story I told you about the five wise and the five foolish virgins? Willie—Yes'm; the five foolish maids had no oil in their bike lights.—Yonkers Statesman. ““A man must know a great deal to be a good diplomat.” “Yes, and be able not to tell it.”—Washing- ton Star. Brown—Our candidate says the salary of the office is no object to him. Jones—I suppose he has an eye on the per- quisites.—Brooklyn Life. “I have decided to withdraw from the race,” said the politician, decidedly. largely due the tact that Theodore Durrant | C | ers ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS, Tuxepo—-Tuxedo, the name of New York's fashionable park: or resort is a corruption of “Duck Cedar.” It issaid that before it became a fashionable resort it was # great place for duck hunters, and as the lake was surrounded by cedars it wes ealled “Duck Cedar,” and after- ward the name was corrupted to Tuxedo. BoNps—R. M., Olympia, Thurston County, Wash. United States bonds do nuldvoulmngl vill be paid in gold coin. 1 s il w.l-]xl '{7'.3(1~ could be patd in that kin g There is no power in Con- gress to authorize the payment of bonds in anything but coin _A correspondent is very anxious to know where he can find an article entitled “The Woodehuek,” which he says wi recited at some entertainment in this City a few months ago. Can eny of the readers of “An- swers to Correspondents” give the desired in- formation? THE WOODCHUCK: FoREIGN Buir Sures—F. J., City. Unless admitted by & special act of Congress no foreign built vessel though owned by Ameri- cans can sail under the 4 iean flag. Suc vessel carries the flag of the country in which she was built. A., Los Gatos, Santa which_prehibits 1t is unlawful 10 the marketing of quail, wh hunt the same, applies (o every part of the State and not to special counties. ANTITOXINE—G. M., City. There is no pub- He institution in this City in which Pasteur's antitoxine is used, If used in any private institution “Answers to Correspondents” Can- not advertise such. No Svcn DETECTIV B., City. If there was a 13-year-old female detective working in the Durrant case her work did not material Nor THE FasTest—Subseriber, City. The steamer Furst Bismark is not the fastest on the Atlantie. DIGNITY ON WHEELS. ‘Those who are eriticizing Judge White of the United States Supreme Court for appearing on & wheel on the streets of Washington may be interested to learn that Sir Francis Jeune, the august president of the three-cornered British Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Court, may be seen daily in Regent Park among the crowd of distinguished *bikers,” which includes the venerabie General Sir Eyelyn Wood, who di: tinguished h f in the Crimea, and Mr. J. 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