The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 14, 1896, Page 10

10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1896 -_—— e e —— e —— SHOULD WOM VISIT PASTORS? The Clergymen Are All Aroused, but Are Not Unanimous. DANGER FROM SCANDAL | Widespread Interest Caused by the Attitude and Words of Rev. Mr. Law. REPUTATION A PREACHER'S ALL The Oakland Divine's Doctrine of Restriction Is Condemned and Approved. The stand taken by the Rev. V. Marshall Law of Oakland in regard to cails from women of his congreg: n, and his utter- ance on the general question of whether women should be allowed to visit pastors in their stu wh no third person is present, awakened a great deal of in- terest, both among the I and the preachers, and ma the latter on both sides of the bay have already expressed themselves on the subject. The Oakland clergyman who has deter- mined to fortify inst the possi- bility of the repe other Brown- of of Davidson scandal is not alone in his convictions. But there are others who condemn his declarations and the senti- ments that seem to prompt them as insult- ing to the women of the con i The Rev. V. Marshall Law, pastor of the Oakland Church of Adyent. whose stand on e question started the discus- sion, thus def position: sume that all cause the cash- happen hour said protec: the said bu dened steel, losed in that t thieves and t d that they sed nd le, or on she will average ted, and ladies man oing, beiter pleased others are about, s in accordance and I for one ticable. ars none blished in pastoral even less u on the = nno! give: have th and he ! common soe intend to obse The minister h from those of the com: known up” exc mind and » Laws are abiding. ere is no use about in & minister of his flock to see & whole- o care for the rch as well o such in aspersion w for a moment intended, Partridge and every one else 1ose good souls | who have © epped on will start mothers who allow it, making rious develop- sco possible, a b vice will be done society then in showing & disposition 10 “‘keel-bau ho in his v and generation ctical way. to visit are known this be treasc isters, let those who call question make the most of it. ARSHALL Law, The Rev. M. F. Colburn, pastor of Grace Methodist Church, says: I think it is very inadmis to visit the chu 1y. bring scandsl study on any pr ofice hours in the hous sible for a woman ery liable to ) ladies to my church hatever. 1 have my e from 1 to2 in the afternoon, and there receive members of the congregation as a acquaintance would be received. There are alweys two ladies in the house and the folding-doors open from the parlor, so there never would be auy chance of any lady finding herself embarrassed. Blackmailing among a certain class is very common on iministers. A minister's reputa- tion is of more cash value than the reputation of a man in any other ‘occupatio: A lawyer can be a little sha considered all right as a lawyer, and there are many doctors that are not just right. In San Francisco morc than anywhere else there are widowettes, women who have been married several times and are looking for an opportunity to blackmail. My reputation is all 1 have in the world, and I have tried to keep it by keeping the female where I could handle her. 1t does not make any difference whether Dr, Brown is innocent or not, this matter has ruined him in this town. The Rev. J. George Gibson, pastor of the Emmanuel Beptist Caurch Don’t lawyers receive ladies in their offices? Isn’t & minister's study his office? 1do not see why & minister should not receive a woman in his study. There is one thing certain if a woman wants y and still be 10 cateh a preacher and she can’t catch him in his study she’ll catcnh himsomewhereelse. We see the priests receiving women, men and children that come to them and nothing is said. 1 do not sce why it should not be the same with Dr. Brown or the preacher of any ther churen. Never in ali my life have I had any_experi- ence that was dreadful—outside of the Durrant case I meant; that wes something out of the ordinary. Society does notdemand thatalawyer should be 50 good A man as & minister that preaches morality all the time, and of course any reflec- tion on a preacher’s morality would utterly ruin him. while & man of any other profession could recover. Just think of all the minis- ters in San Francisco and in Oakland, and the young and unmarried men, and how many kcandals can you recall connécted with them? 1 guiae my own life very much to suit my- seli and I depend upon the advice neither of old women nor of old men in the congregation. 1 think that Mrs. Davidson would have ac- complished what she did even had Dr. Brown not had study hours, and s for the suggestion of Mrs. Stockton’s having kissed him in his study that might have happened had the call been at his own house. When a person comes for consnuitation it is not expected tnat others will be present. I think that it will be found that when young iadies wish to call they generally have the good sense to come two or three at a time. The Rev. A. J. Wells, pastor of the Second Unitarian Church: 3 Iam utterly opposed to the motion that Mr., Law has promulgatea. It is entirely disre- spectiul 10 our women and daughters. It tends 10 beget a degradiug idea of womanhood. It shows want of self-respect on the part of a minister and that he has not confidence in himself. The minister that cannot meet a woman in his study in the course of average social and religious life is certainly unwortny of the pulpit. The Rev. Dr. W. D. Williams, pastor of Plymouth Congregational Church: I have always received visits in my stundy and I think it would be an insult fo the women of my church to forbid them to come here. 1 wouid receive those I know and those properly introduced, the same as 1 would at my own home. 1do not think Dr. Brown will probibit | womien from coming to nis study because of this episode, but of course I have o authority to speak for him. Tdo not think {hat any young man with com- mon-sense, whether minister or business man, would want women cominggound to his busy juarters. T {hink that a high standard of womanhooa would prevent a pastor even intimating that women cannot come to his study. It is & low stanaard of manhood that Intimates anything else. | “Every Christtan minister should be both | strong and gentle, and he cannot combine both elements and ignore {deal womanhood. I have noticed cmite & number of times that | those fearful of wrongdoing bave proved most | Liable to do it. | | _The Rev. Dr. Mackenzie, pastor of the | | First Presbyterian Church: Pastoral calling and duties are as old as the church. The methods are long established. The minister must expect to be called on by those in trouble, in sorrow, in need or seeking counsel for their Christian lives. This is a necessary partand must be a_prominent part | of the ministry of Jesus Christ. The number | of times 1t has been abused is so very small 1 see no good reason for modifying it at late d Personally 1 reeeiye such calls wn house, but if it is more convenient er ministers to do so in a study in the je they are entitled to the exercise of | their own judgment. called upon to visit the sick, the dying, the needy in all parts of the by day and by night, and when 1could I have gone, and in- tend to go as long as I am in the ministry. The unnumbered multitude of the sincere who call on or for us should not be made to suffer from the wrongdoing of the nefarious few who may have abused the privileges accorded to them. | _The Rev. W. A. Gardner, pastor of the West Side Christian Church: 1do not think calls upon the pastor in his | study are right. I told a man to-day thatl | would not have a study seperated from my house. Women will run into the study and I | think it a very, very bad thing. I have always opposed it. | The very purest of men will get tales about | them. There is always a chance for scandal when a minister promiscuousiy permits women | to come to his study. Pastors ,m\lld do their | receiving in their houses with their families. | Some women would go to a study that would never call under other circumstances. I have known a great many scandals to originate from visits to ministers’ studies. I think that the pastor that hasa wife should make & great many of his visits with his wife. i Ipresume that there are very few pastors that do not receive requests to make calls thet they cannot respond to. There is 1o class of people more imposed upon by designing per- sous than ministers. When I receive an invit: tion from some one Idon’t know tocall I throw the letter in the waste basket or else I take my wife with me. There are very few congregations that have 1ot in them people that talk too much, but the greatest danger to the preacher’s reputation is | As a pastor I have been | | | of ministers having their studies at their resi- | irom the outside, from his enemies and from | the common enemies of religion, who are always eager to credit and circulate damaging things about a clergyman. Ithink that the peculiar circumstances by which Dr. Brown was surrounded, the factions in his church, the opposition to him and the extreme dislike of him by several of the con- gregation caused him when Mrs. Davidson ap- proached him to make a great mistake, that he would not otherwise have made, in paying her $500. The Rev. W. R. Goodwin, pastor of the California-street Methodist Church: Ihave been e pastor for nearly forty years and have never had any trouble result from calls made at my study. But when I came to Sen Francisco about & year ago I thought it e different Conditions here 10 con- alls to the pastorate. I used to an- v prospective calls from the pulpit svery Sunday ng four days a week 10 vis- ng the congregation, but I found that | I coula not do that here. I think it has come to a pretty if a preacher caunot visit the families of his con- £regation without his motives being ques- tioned. To begin with, & pastor ought to have com- mon sense. [ find that when women of the town find a man has common sense they are g to bother him. pherd ought to know his sheep, and a pastor ought to know his congregation. He ought 1o receive calls at the pastorate. Some men'’s chief strength is in their soclability, and their forc largely upon the exercise or that influen Asfor myself I would nt from my pulpit requesting people siudy, for it would scem to to be an insinuation that some of the con- tion were not what they ought to be, and might very properiy resent it. The Rev. Dr. Spalding, pastor of St. John’s Episcopal Church: | There will always be designing women as there are designiug men, and precautions that criticize the innocent many for the evil few are manifestly unjust. As in_the 50 in the present, if God's servent be doiug his duty he can rest assured that “‘God will make his just dealirg as clear &s the lignt.” Edwards Davis, minister of the Central Christian Ckurch, Oakland: ances of Rev. V. Marshall Law from his pulpit, forbidding the admission of ladies into his study, indeed, into the pale of his presence, without the company of an escort or in tne coznizance of his wife. |- This impetuous plunge into punctilious pro- priety; this seli-ostracization from society, can mean but little more than personal abrega- tion. The timorous voice of proiest from a man against the encroachments of women sounds like the echo of & monk's ““please don't touch me” from the ruined cloisters of the dark ecclesiastic ages. 1f the ministry is to be muzzled becanse a dog has bitten—nay, God will close our mouths when the waters from the fountain shall prove bitter. The man or woman that cannot be trusted in the dark of the nightcan but deceive and damn in the | light of day. And what a rotten fabrication that has made amanadraw round his {frame the pharisaic robes of righteousness! Who can pronibit calumny; who is beyond false accusation? Wasnot Christ condemned? And what though there is_guilt in one, “who among you is without sin?” In | the case that has caused this affected modesty who is guilty but the judges of the unconvicted accused? 1 caunot believe that the ministry, and those that heve expressed themselves similarly to the utterance under consideration, can have reelized that their position of personal protec- tion is an insult to real womanhood. 1f women are to be prohibited from ministers studies, shall they not be excluded from physicians' oifices and artists’ studios? | Think of a working woman having to engage a | chaperone to consult a minister of God about the way to heaven! The scarlet sins of the in- iquitous cannot tinge the cheek with even a | blusly, where blood flows freely from & heart of | purity | The Rev. Dr. Williams of Plymouth Con- gregational Church referred Sunday night | during his extemporaneous sermon to vis- | its to the pastor’s study. He said that he believed that a great many ministers in the City had in the last twenty-four hours been approached on the subject. “Many of you,” he continued, “will see expres- sions of this question in the morning pa- pers. I would not insult the good women of this church or any other congregation by insinuating that I am to them some- thing besides & minister of Jesus Christ.” Rev. Philip Graif, pastor of the First Free Baptist Church of Oakland: Notwitnstanding the recent scandal, empha- sizing prudence of conducton the part of the clergyman in his relation to women, it seems to me as a rule ethically unsound and mor- ally unwholesome to exclude lady parishion- ers from visiting him, if unaccompanied. If his port or demeanor is thatof a flirt and a gay cavalier toward the fair sex, he has mis- taken his calling and is better adapted to the { Jests and jousts of & Parisian salon than the | graver sphiere of a shepherd of souls. To such curled and rose-scented derlings of the pulpit, if there be any of that type, it were well for | themselves and their soft-skinned admirers that they never met too often alone. Itisonly too true that for a minister, whose profession renders him a person that ought to be easily accessible to all, it is a sort of moral siur.upon himself and the ledy members of his flock if, Dcr('mg(orily and sweepingly, he denies them all sudience unless in the presence of wit- nesses, Now and then a glib-tongued and shrewd ad- venturess may insinuate herself, with the iitheness of & gliding serpent, the grace of a sylph and the enchanting voice of a siren into his congregation and play her game, but gen- erally his female parishioners are as a class | chaste and lofty minded, and to indiscrimin- | ately forbid any of the latter access to the | preacher’s study would seem to imply, in the church, an unhappy state of morals and Flnly. | Ifatall reasonably dignified and careful, the man of the cloth can live securely and un- | suilied, even above the slightest breath of sus- picion.’ In proportion to the number, Chris- tain women live as saintly and stainless lives 68 toeir pastors, aithough thedevil arrays him- self as well sometimes in a white cravat as in balloon sleeves. In short, 1f ministers are en- tangled in illicit events it is largely because they have vielded to the enticements of their baser nature. Rev. 8. S. Palmer of the Brooklyn Pres- byterian Church says: Imoved my study from the church to my residence eignteen months ago because of sickness in the family. I was wanted often and if the dy was at home I could respond to the family call witnout loss of time. It never entered my mind at the time of the change that any women might attempt to blackmail me. The papers have ail quoted me as being emong those changing my study Ridiculous idea! | | holders said: owing to the Brown case, but it was nothing of the kind. Any one who does that only does 1t to secure & little notoriety. It isvery un- becoming to say the least. Rey. J. E. Bushnell. pastor of the Eng- lish Lutheran Church and secretary of the Oakland Ministerial Union, says: I have no patience with men who attempt to use the Brown case to get into the public print by announcing that they will not receive iadies at the church studies hereafter. It is sheer nonsense. I do not believe ministers should be so ready to rush into the public prints as some have shown themselves to be. t is altogether unchristlike and only results in an injury to the cause for which we are laboring.” The time could be spent better in some work to relieve the sufferings of mankind. Rev. C. H. Hobart, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Oakland, says: My study has always been in the church and Ican see no good reason for changing it at present. I have never had any trouble regard- ing people coming to my study and have no fear that I ever shall. It would be rather hard on women as & class to say that it was not safe for the ministers of California to have a study in their church. Rev. Campbell Coyle, assistant pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Oakland, says: There is a good point raised in the position dences, but I do not think any fuss should be | raised over the subject. I believe the general | visiting should be at the pastor's home, but during office hours any one having business | should be admitied at the church study. This is the way I manage it, and I have no tronble. e PEOPLE'S BARK AFFAIRS, The Stockholders in Annual Ses- sion Elect a New Board of Directors. Depositors Express Themselves About the Action of the Stock- holders. The annual meeting of the stockholders of tbe People’s Home Savings Bank, in | liquidation, was held yesterday in the | company’s office 1n the Mills building. | Tour thousand seven hundred and fifty of the 6843 shares were represented and voted. George Stone in an address to the stock- Perhaps the progress made during the past | ear in liquidating the obligations of the bank | will not appear wholly satisiactory, nor wha! the creditors had the right to expect. This | may be partly due to certain outside influ- | ences and partly to a divided opinion among the directors es to the volicy of selling rea estate belonging to the corporation at lhis} time. | It is true that the shrinkage in land values | | for the past few vears has brought the market | ith the congregation may depend | not want to makea | 1 take occasion to reply to the recent utter- | | | value of the bank’s real estate to such a low fignre that one may well hesitate to sell for such prices as can be obtained, but I doubt the wisdom or holding these lands for a pos sible revival in vaiue, even if the directors have the power so to do. 1 think the law governing the settlement of | insolvent banks expressly imphes that such insolvent corporations shall as speedily as possible liguidate their indebtedness by con- | verting the holdings into cash and dividing the proceeds amone the creditors. | 1 sincerely hope that the 1ncoming board of | directors will show a disposition to pey the needy depositors some portion of their clai by at once proceeding to sell such of the bank property, at the preveiling market price, as they may find purchasers for. The secretary and manager, John F. Sheehan, presented the following state- ment of resources and liabilities on the | 31st of last December: Resources—Loans on real estate, 15°09; loans on collatersl securi : loans on personal securi ; stocks and bonds owned, $399,250; real estate | owned, $756,513 59; furniture snd fixtures 0; ‘profit ‘and loss account, $71,666 85 cash on hand and in banks, $55,244 67. Total Tesources, §1,696,779 50. Liabilities i £328,- | $228,100; capital | §666 66; due depositors, | 19 84; stockholders’ dividends un: | otal liabilities, $1,696,779 50. | The following is a summary of the | receipts and disbursements from January | 9, 1895, to December 31: Receipts—Balance on hand and in bank | (January 9, 1895), §92, ; from interest | collected, $6446 93; rents, 39347 1 loans, ; 8 5 07; second call on capital stock, $666 total receipts, $79 816 30; grand total, $171,993 55. Disbursements—Account of currentexpenses, | £21 7 95; salary, %4612 50; attornevs 0; real esiate owned by the bank for care water, etc.. $5536 62; real estate morigaged to the bank, for legal expenses, care, water, $5590 46: taxes paid, $11, 1 lands water stock purchased to s for orange orchards, $9125; Pracific Coeast Savings Society, tlement of Safe Deposit matters, $1100; R. Walcott, in sett| s per judgment of Superior Court, ; indries, $5 dividend 1 1n liquidation, | 1 14; total disbursements, $116,748 88: and in bank’ December 31, | belance on hand 1895, §55.244 67; grand total, $171,993 55. The following named were elected direct- ors for the ensuing year: George Stone, depositor; George F. Davidson, depositor and stockholder; K. Thornton, repre- | senting stockholders; 1. J. Traman, presi- dent of the Columbian Banking Company, representing stockholders and depositors; Cleveland Dam, representing stockholders and depositors; W. H. Phelps, depositor, and R. D. Fry, vice-president ot the Cali- 1 fornia Safe Deposit Company. The board | then elected the following officers: George L. Stone, president; George F. Davidson, -president; Mr. Thornton having de- | clined, J. F. Sheehan, secretary and | manager. All but Truman, Dam and Fry were of the old board of directors. “The new board,” said Manager Shee- han after the meeting, *‘has solid business men upon it, and they show a disposition to raise money for the depositors. Itis | their intention to sell property as soon as they can obtain a fair market value for it, I am of the opinion that a dividend will soon be declared.” T. J. McCarthy, chairman of the asso- ciation of stockholders, in speaking of the action of the stockholders at the meeting, said : They have ignored the interests of the de- gnsllors by leaving off T. J. Williams and J. aizell Brown of the California Safe Deposit and Trust Company, which represents over $720,000 of assigned claims. It is true that they put on R. D. Fry, but he will decline to ualify as a director for the reason that Mr, rown was also to have been appointed. They broke faith and left Mr. Brown off for reasons best known to themselves. There was no good reason for leaving Mr. Williams off the board. He was familiar with the character of the assets and woula have been invaluable in closing up the affairs of the bank. Cleveland Dam, who was elected a director, holds ten shares of stock only and is not a depositor. We fear there is a scheme on foot, but we propose to watch the movements of the board ver¥ closely. T. J. Williams said : Legally the stockhoiders have a right to elect & board of directors, but morally the depos- itors should have control as the stockholders have evaded their liabilities and voted their | stock to uphold_General John F. Sheehan as manager at $175 s month. He holds on to the office with tenacity. He did not scruple to draw $500 per month when he had the power to do so. George Bancroft Conant, another depos- itor, said: Hed they retained T. J. Williams and elected Mr. Brownand I. J. Truman the de- positors would feel sure that their interests would be guarded. S. Barclay Henley’s Accident, Attorney Barclay Henley, while dismounting from a Pacificavenue car last Sunday, was thrown to the ground, susteining & severe and painful laceration of the right hand and other minor injuries. While his hurts are not con. sidered serious, they are probably sufficient to confinehim to his home for some time to come. —_———— Art Lecture To-Night. The second art lecture in the university course before the Young Men's Christian Association will be given this evening at Association nall, Mason and Ellis streets, by Professor Ardley at 8 o'clock. The lecture will be open for both ladies and gentlemen. The subject this evening will be “Practical De- sl%n. and How to Construct It; Its Relations to All Our Industries.” The lecture will be illus- trated by drawings and designs. | young men in the room are playing cards. | for good. | sons and daughters of the money | land, who are | fed by many who should be intelligently con- | scientious enough to know better. THE EVIL OF GAMBLING, Dr. W. W. Case of the Howard Church Talks of Its Influence. HE FAVORS A COUNTERPLEDGE And Advises More Rigid Discipline Over Young People in the Home Circle. Dr. W. W. Case of the Howard Methodist Episeopal Church delivered an interesting sermon last Sunday night upon the gam- bling mania. A large congregation was present. Dr. Case spoke as follows: Gambling is a most destructive practice. It is one of the vices that darkens the prospects of our Nation’s future. It has blighted the hopes of numberless parents. It has'thrown a funereal pall over millions of young men and swept them into the whirpool of final ruin. It is impossible to sum up a1l of the mental agonies and the heartsorrows that have re- sulted from gambling. 1t is an acknowledged fact that gambling is Tapidly increesing. It seems to be a part of civilization—one of the vices of civilization. Gambling has become an infatuation, a passion, an insanity. Gambling is destroying the ner- vous system, the brain, the mentality and the morality of multitudes. Gambling is a vice that I fully believe is handed down as @ matter of inheritance from one generation to another, 50 that men are born with brains already tainted, and predisposing them to this vice, An artist has painted a setof pictures en tidea “Road to Ruin.” They are an exhorta- tion to the individual and to the Nation on gambling. The set of pictures are danger signals crying out “Stop!” to the young men on the very threshold of the gambler's career. The first picture of his set of five represents a number of young men in what is evidently a room in college. The gray light ot morning is dimming the blaze of the candles as it streams through "the window, within a few yards of which can be seen the college chapel. The Those who have won look happy, while those who havelostlook disappointed and miserable. They all bear the appearance of intelligence, which, if properly directed, might be powerful Another picture of the set shows us the grandstand at a racecourse, in which is promi- nently to be seen one of the most promising- ooking of the young men in the first picture, in the usual way booking bets. Another pic- ture depicts the suffering of the gambler’s wife and children, half fed, half clad, suffering from sickness and destitute, The las picture of all shows us the garret with its miserable sticks of furniture,. its empty cupboard, its white- washed walls, its curtainless windows, with the church once more to0 be seen in_the.vicimity. A broken-down man, who was the promising youth in the first picture®who was the fine,hand- ome-looking men at Whe grandstand, is now to be seen an elaerly man with a broken spirit and with despair written on every lineament ot his face, as he is in the act of locking his “Heathen Chinee.” And yet it is precisely the first steps which are 'so dangerous, and these first steps are generally regarded as quize innocent enough. S Recently these first steps are developing in curious ways, if not “ways thatare dark.” The other day We noticed a large glass bottle con- taining buttons in the window of a store, and written across the window was the startling announcement thatevery customer thatshould spend $1 or more was entitled to a guess at the number of buttons in the bottle. This privi- lege was to be aliowed up to a certain date, when the person who had guessed nearest the exact number of buttons would receive a valu- able present. Now, what is this but a step in the direction of gambling, if, indeed, it is not gambling it- sel] It is undonbtedly taking a chance, and this chance is paid for by purchasing a dollar's worth of goods of the merchant. It was really Quite suggestive 1o notice how it canght the public attention and how many persons were constantly crowding the window reading the announcement. Many instances might be mentioned illus- trating the demoralization of the public as regards the uestion under consideration. ‘What must be done? Undoubtedly the evil is greatand the remedy ought to be s[»plied as soon as possiBle. The first and, perbaps, the most important step to stay the tide is to begin the work in the home circle. Let parents in- struct their children in the true principles of life and particularly discourage them in those | false methods to get gain. We fear the parents | are too indifferent about this matter. Every nobie life must find its true inspiration in the home circle, and hence we plead for purity in the home, and then we believe the S school teacher and preacher and the civil law will have much less to do in order to correct the evil of which we have been speaking. It may be necessary for us, however, to or- ganize anti-gambling societies. Such societiss have been formed in gland, and one in con- necuon with the Methodist Mission at the Cen- tral Hall, Manchester, is worthy of mention. Illuminated pledge-cards bave been issued and many of them have been signed. The follow- | ing is the form of the pledge: |, “Believing gambling, bettin | to be a sin egainst God and a great curse to | men, T hereby pledge mysel, God helping me, to abstain from this evil in_every form, and to do my utmost to save others from it.” We should like to see this pledge, or a sim- ilar one, widely circuiated here. It certainly on horses, etc., have no other but a salutary influence upon the rising generation. We commend most heartily the efforts of the Civic Federation to assist the authorities in putting an end to these abominations, or at least reducingtoa minimum the gambling vice in our City. ALLOTTING DIAN LAKDS, Agent Charles W, Turpin’s Work in Connection With the Hoopa Tribe. He Allotted 5500 Acres to 500 Indians and Has Recommended Sixty-Eight Additional Sections. Charles W. Turpin, United States special agent to allot lands for the Hoopa Indians, in Hoopa Vazlley, 1s at the Lick. Mr. Turpin is from Alabama and 1s the garret door before taking up the pistol which | lies on the rickety dealtable in order to com- | | mit suicide. | Thus we have the gambler's life from the promising youth in the college to the despair- ing suicide in the garret. Is this a mere fanci- | ful picture? Is it a sentimental dream from | the artist’s brain? Is it an exceptional life | that is here pertrayed? Is it a_sample of the | effect of vice that is not prevalent but excep- | tional? Is there something good in gambling | in the bulk? Is there, aiter all, something | oble and virtuous and beneficial to humanity | | n the gambler's life, so that this object s not a fair sample? | We put these questions in ail sincerity and honesty. If there is something to be said in de- tense of gambling we went to hear it, for in our condemnation of gambling we condemn & multitude of people, many of whom stand well and high in the eyes of men and in the ranks of society. I send out the challenge. Who will pick up the gauntlet? Who will defend gambling? As for myself, I have considered the matter, and while I can_perceive two sides 10 most cases 1 can see only one side o this, The thief may have two sides to his case. He mny steal when pressed by hunger in defense of his life. 1do not know but what T might find out some excuse for some classes of mur- derers. But what excuse can be given for gambling? What excuse can be given for the gamblers at the grandstand, for those who lesd fashion for those who know they are leading men and women and children astray? Whatexcuse can any man bring forward in defense of these people who by their example are placing the stamp of approbation upon gambling? What excuse can we find to defend the course of the kings of our the ratrons and supporters of the gambling institutions? How dare these men who have inherited millions, how dare heir wives, their daughters and their sons, who patronize these places—how dare they set such vicious examples before the youth of our City and State and country? I appeal to the accidentally rich in San | Francisco to cousider theirinfluence in patron. | izing the racecourse and in popularizing and perpetuating this destructive business. The gambling habit scems 1o live aud thrive in San Francisco. Laws have been enacted prohibit- ing gambling of various sorts, but still the evil appears to thrive among us. The feeling revails more and more widely that gambling s a trifling offe In nearly all classes it is being indulged in in every form. Christians who object to card-playing every- where find themselves laughed at by the nom nal religionists, who are so numerous, as being Puritanical simipletons. But they aré the real impletons who fail to kee how certain recrea- tions furnish exactly the kind of education needed in an elementary stage for_graduating in the most hardening vices. For, unques- tionably, the habit of gambling is the most fatally hardening of all,and everything that leads to it ought to be abandoned by prudent people. It hes been said that betting is an octopus which in these days fastens itself on every sport, and one of the most deplorable facts in connection with this matter is that great numbers of respectable people seem spiritually obtuse and stupefied asto the way in which they help to fatten the octopus, Even an octopus may be starved, but this monster is There are recreations, which we do not need t0 be contirunlly specifying, which are actu- ally encouraged and even taught in many families where strict propriety is professed, but which are the exact preparations . hich the devil demands for use as the most insidious methods of demoralization. Christian young men &nd women who do not know how to dance, who do not play at whist, who do not know anything of the inside of a theater are now exposed, if they belong to good social circles, to miid persecution of continuous con- tempt. Every few weeks some fresh protest is heard egainst the all-pervading practice of gambling, and yet nothing seems. to result but the recurrence of the protest. The American people have really commenced their moral education, but we haye as yet only begun. That we have not very far developed is evident from the attitude of all classes in relation to gambling. Lotteries are illegal, and this isa €ood beginning, but the patronage of the turf by wealthy and otherwise respectable people is doing immense harm to society. Only the other day we were told of a child found crying in the street who said: I had & nickel to buy father’s beer and I bet on a horse and lost it.” Itis to be feared that this child is but a type of the average boy in San Francisco. Itis not to be wondered at that the mania for gambling is increasing in every quatter. The bookmaker has become & regu- larly recognized member of society and yet his work is perhaps more damaging to ever social interest than that of any other individ. ual in the community. * It is ssid in England that the bookmaker and_ the pickpocket are often combined in one individual. What can be done to abate the progress of one of the most dangerous and degrading hab- its which can be produced in any community? This question was put to Dean Farrar by the editor of the magazine called The Young Man. In reply he says: “There is no royal road to putan end to betting and gambling. The law must interfere as far as it can, impartially and sincerely, The newspapers m ust cease to pub- lish gembling intelligence. The leaders of morality must teach those whom they influ- ence and public influence must make itself felt. Above all, young men must learn to say ‘00’ when they are asked to joinin sweepstakes or any otner form of betting and gsmblmg. It 15 00 use to ask what is the harm? The harm is that thousands are ruined by these begin- nings. We perish by the resuits of small be- ginnings.” - Canon Wilberforce, in response to a_similar question, writes as follows: *‘I am of the opin- ion thatalarge conference of persons interested in national purification should becalled byre- sponsible leaders of religious thought, to con- sider what gambling is and to inaugurate movements by which a crusade against this Yvice might be carried to a successful issue.” Something of this sort is contemplated by the Civie Federation of our City. Letus do our best to encoutage the movement. How is the gambling habit produced? Doubt- less, very few expect to become habitual gam- blers when they take the first steps. Indeed, there are scarcely any who anticipate becom- ing as proficient in the “ways thatare dark and tricks thet are vain” as Bret Harte's brother of Congressman Turpin, who had the physical battle with Wall of Indiana, not long ago, in regard to alleged pension frauds, The battle took place on the tloor of the House, after a contest of tongues. Agent Turpin is here after having com- pleted the heavy part of his work. Prior to allotting the lands for the Hoopa Indians he spent some months allotting lands to the Klamaths. “There are about 500 of these Hoopa unday- | would have an educational effect which could | Congressman | GAME-DEALERS DEFIANT, They Will Continue to Sell Quail and Ducks Until Ar- rested. SAY PARTIALITY IS SHOWN. The Law to Be Thoroughly Tested During the Last Month of the Open Season. The game law passed by the last Legis- lature making it lawful to shoot quail, ducks and other wild game from October {15 until February 15, but prohibiting its sale, except from the middle of November until the 15th of January, continues to irritate the poultry-sellers and those who earn their livelihood by shooting game for the markets. It is the intention of every poultryman, wholesaler or retailer, in this City to keep on selling quail and ducks until arrested. Each one seems to believe that arrest will | surely follow, but consoles himselt with | the thought that no jury can be got to- gether who will agree upon a conviction. | Since iast October a dozen cases of this kind are still pending in the Police Court. All the commission merchants in town that deal in game have banded together for mutual protection into an organization | known as the “Game-sellers’ Protective As- | sociation,” officered as foilows: Tim | O'Brien_president, D. E. Allison secretary | and R. K. Malcolm treasurer. | This association has engaged for its at- torney Thomas J. Riordan. Mr. Riordan said yesterday: ‘“This law is infamous. It is calculated only for the favored few. | The poor man who gains his living by supplying the market with game muts stand by and watch the swell sportsslaugh- ter it by the hundreds. You may rest assured that the law will be repealed at the next meeting of the Legislature. ‘It was passed surreptitiously, and the eame-dealersknew nothing whateverabout | it until it appesred in the statute-book. A law should apply to all. God Almighty | did not create the quail and ducks for the | rich man alone toshoot. He made them for the poor also. ‘A man who cannot afford to pay two or three dollars to go out in the country and shoot must go withous if be has no rich | friends with whom he may share his | | spoils. p"l have advised every dealer whom I represent to continue to sell, and when | they are arrested I shall demand a jury trial for each one. In this way we will | keep the thing rolling until the law is re- pealed. : “] cannot say as yet whether we will appeal to the SBupreme Court or not.”’ *‘The law is water-tight,” said D. E. Al- lison, **and it will be a hard thing to break. It was drawn up by bright men. But it is an unjust law; one of the most | unjust t ever been framed. If itis carried to the Supreme Court I believe the case will be decided against us,” | "'C. Campodonico, who was arrested last | October for breaking this law, has learned | l CHARLES W, TURPIN, b Al UNITED STATES SPECIAL AGENT OF THE HOOPA INDIANS, [Sketched by a “‘Call” artist.] Indians,” said Agent Turpin, “‘and I have aliotted to them all the lands that have been surveyed, consisting of about 5500 acres.” In regard to the remaining lands and this allotment it depends on how soon the Govern- ment will get at it. I have recommended sixty-eight more sections. T have been up on the Hoopa reservation for abouta year. The Indians are 1n fine condi- tion. A" fine school building has been com- leted and is being conducted with 115 pupils. gha school is in & very flourishing condition. In addition to the ordinary branches the car- enter’s trade is being taught to some of the vs. Tne agent in charge is Captain W. E. Dough- erty. Hehas been there seven or eight vears and hes edvanced the Indians fully twenty years by hus intelligent work. Last year I allotted lands to 400 Klamath In- dians who reside on what is known as the Hoopa Valley extension. I am now en route to W’:shlnglon. D. C., where I have been called by telegraph. As my work in connection with the Hoopa Indians is not yet finishea, I will have to spend some time in scheduling the landsafter I reach ‘Washington. Mr. Turpin’s home is near Salem, Ala- bama, and he will stop there for a week or two while on his way. His brather, the Congressman, was elected from the fourth district, which 1s the most important in that State, taking in Birmingham and other large places. . Agent gTurhin is glad to exchange his residence in the timbered mountains for the pleasures of a civilized existence. He will start East to-day. Interesting to Alaska-Bound Vessels, Some time ago the Pacific Steam Whaling Company applied to the Treasury Department for permission for its steamer, the Jeannie, to cell at Nanaimo, B. C., on her way up to Alaska. A circular letter was received at the Custom-house yesterday from Acting Secre- tary Wike informing the customs authorities thlt!pechl‘fermils as 10 calling at Alaskan ports would not allow vessels to touch at a foreign port. It is expected that in a day or two the Pacific Steam Whaling Company will receive a reply in accordance with this circu- lar letter. Fire in a Dwelling. Fire damaged about $300 worth of furniture yesterday afternoon in the two-story frame residence of John Kelsoe t 2212 Howard sireet. The cause was the explosion of a kero- senc lamp. The alerm was turaied in box 149 atd P nothing from the lesson. *“I shall go right on selling,” said he, “and I expect to be arrested. But I expect to have the case dismissed because I do not believe any twelve honest men in this country would vote to convict. “It means a good deal to some retailers, who depend on game for these four months while the scarcity of fruit lasts to earn their living. But we are all willing to observe a just law, and would agree to an open season of only two montns, pro- ~vided that in the others we wese allowed the privilege of killing.” Mr. O'Brien considered thelaw emi- nently unfair. “I know of no other State in the Union,” said he, “‘that has a law recisely similar. Ido not believe it witl ast, however, longer than until the next meeting of the Legislature. Asto whether I shall sell or not in defiance of the law I do not know, but I'shall be guided entirely gy the advice of our attorney, Mr. Rior- an."”” THE NEW BOND ISSUE. Circular Inviting Proposals Received From Secretary Carlisle by Assist- ant Treasurer Berry. Campbell P. Berry, Assistant Treasurer of the United States in this City, received copies of the circular yesterday from Sec- retary John G. Carlisle inviting proposals for 4-per cent bonds. As has already been stated in the tele- graphic disgggches the amount of the issue is §100,000,000, the bonds to be coupon or registered, and in denominations of $50 and multiples to suit bidders. They are to be dated on Iebruary 1, 1895, redeem- ablein thirty years, the interest to be pay- able quarterly, but all coupons maturing on February 1, 1896. will be detached, and all accrued interest must be allowed for by the purchasers. The important points of the circular are as follows: Payments for the bonds must be made at the treasury of the United States at Washing- ton, D. C., or at the United States sub-treasu- riesat New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Balti- more, Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis and New Orieans, and they may be made at San Fran- cisco with excnuuge on New York, and all bids must state what denominations of bonds are desired,and whether coupon or registered, and at what place they will be paid for. Payments may be made by installments as follows: Twenty per cent (20 per cent)and accrued interest upon receipt of notice of ac- ceptance of, bids, and twenty per cent (20 per cent) and acerued interes at the end of each ten days tnereaiter; but all accepted bidderg may pay the whole amount at the date of the first installment, and those who have paid all installments previously maturing may pay the whole amount of their bids at any time, not later than the maturity of the last instaliment. The bonds will be ready for delivery on or before the fifteenth day of uary, 1896. Notice is further hereby given that if the issue and sale of an additional or different form of bond for the maintenance of the gold reserve shall be authorized by law before the ffth day of February, 1896, sealed proposals for the purchase of such bonds will alsy be re- ceived at the same time and place, and up to the same date, and upon the same terms and conditions herein set forth, and such bids will De considered as well as the bids for the 4 per cent bonds herein mentioned. With reference to the paragraph as to the place of making payments Mr. Berry explained yesterday that all that would be required of San Francisco bidders would be to meet the cost of exchange between here and the East. he money could be deposited at the Sub-Treasury here, but allowance would have to be made for ex- change. HANGING WAS DISCUSSED, Several Presbyterian Preachers Favored Capital Pun- ishment. Congregational Ministers All Attended the Bay Association- Meeting. Rev. Francis King gave an address on capital punishment before the Presby- terian Ministerial Association yesterday morning, which had the result of eligiting that the clergymen present held widely different views on the subject. The speaker, while not arbitrarily de- claring for the abolition of capital punish- ment, adduced considerable evidence in favor of its abolition. He gave a review of history showing the vast category of crimes committed as penalties for fancied or real transgressions, all in the name of justice, and he added that it would be ine teresting to trace also the gradual growth of public conscience as it passed out of the | veriod which gave license to all manner of crime in the name of justice, and he in- timated that in time the public conscience would learn to look upon the judicial taking of life as a crime. In the discussion Rev. Dr. Farrand ad- vocated capital punishment. ‘‘We ought to have more of it,” he said. Rev. J. Woodward stated that he had attended two or three hangings, which had given him a serse of relief when the drop went down. *“We feel the purifying effect to- day of the hanging of Casey the Vigilance Committee in 1856, he Rev. Dr. Minton be ed in capital pun- shment. So did Rev. Dr. Bevier. Dr. cott thought that capital punishment had nothing to do with the increase or de- crease of crime. In his opinion capital punishment was responsible "for 99 per cent of the crimes committed. Methodist Preachers. Professor R. R. Ll of the Paciflc Theo- logical Seminary addressed the Methodist ministers yesterday morning on a text i the ninth chapter of Romans: *“Vessels of wrath fitted for destruction The pro- fessor made a scholariy address to prove that the words were simply a picture of God’s wonderful patience and not a pic- ture of anger or wrath. No objection was made to this view of the case, d Dr. Briggs even remarked cheerfully that with” such exchange of views it miight be easy to have a union theological seminary on the coast. Bay Association. An all-day session of the Bay Associa- tion was held yesterday in Plymouth Con- gregational Church. Rev. W. H. Tubb the scribe, callea the meeting to order. Rev. Mahlon Willett of East Oakland was chosen moderater. Sermon plans were submitted by Rev. P. Coombes, Rev. F. Lucas, Rev. W. H. Tubbs, Rev. S. Weyler, Rev. F. B. Perkins, Rev. E. R. Galloway, . Dr. G, Mooar and Rev. W. D. Wil- F. B. Perkins read an essay on ‘‘Foreign Missions,” which was discussed by most of the ministers prese: and Rev W. H. Tubbs read a paper on “The Fellowe ship of the Churches.”” ————— More Parsons’ Contests. Mary F. Whiden, Talcott Parsons and Ever- ett C. Parsons have further complicated the litigation surrounding the Parsons will by filing contests to the probate of that docu- ment. 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