The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 8, 1896, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO OALL{, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1896. 9 THE QUESTION OF CITIZENSHIP WongKim Ark’s Casein the United States Supreme Court. SHALL CHINESE VOTE? District Attorney Foote’s Message From the Attorney-Gen- eral. ADVANCED ON THE CALENDAR. California and the Federal Law De. partment foin Issue on an Im- portant Question. United States District Attorney Foote received a communication from Attorney- General Harmon yesterday informing him that the case of Wong Kim Ark had been advanced on the Supreme Court’s calendar, and would probably be heard some time in April. This is big news for California. It means, practically, that there is a strong probability of Judge Morrow’s decision in the Wong Kim Ark case being overruled, and the edict pronounced that a Chinese born in this country is not thereforea citizen. The Wong Kim Ark was a test case argued in the United States District Court in this City. The United States District Attorney took the ground, in this case, that the son of Chinese parents, although born in this country, could not become a citizen—or rather that he was not, by reason of his birth in this country, a citi- zen thereof. Judge Morrow ruled otherwise, but in his decision he followed a precedent estab- lished by Justice Field while sitting on the Circuit bench in thi uit, and did not, in a measure, exercise his own judicial idgment in the matter. The effect of Judge Morrow's decision was, however, to uphold the view that had already been taken and acted upon by the Chinese at the prior elections, under which the mem- bers of the Chinatown “Parlor” of Native s of the Golden State (an incorporated society) and other sons of Chinese parents tto cast their ballots on an equal basis n citizens. In truth, Judge g was that the sole testof citize the question of naturalization apart—! in the question of birth. If Wong Kim Ark was born in the United States, no matter what his parentage, he was a citizen of the United States. But this roling has by no means settled the question. It was, in truth, merely a technical ruling on a test case and action was taken in the lower court at the in- stznce of the United States Attorney- Ggeral for the purpose of bringing the ¢ xtuon squarely befors the Supreme Court of the United States. It is a question of vast importance and one that has never before been defined by the Supreme Court of the United States, though that tribunal has on more than one occasion expounded the law at vari- ance with the Field and the Morrow de- cisions. The question at issue is not one that affects American-born Chinese alone, but every American-born son of foreign-born father who did not become a naturalized citizen of this country prior to the time when the son arrived at maturity. In this view of the case one sees at a glance that many thousands of voters all over the United States are deeply interested in the knotty legal problem,; though of course should the United States Supreme Court e the ruling of Judge Morrow, as it idently expected that it will, the an-born Chinese will be the only be ultimately deprived of citizen- Sens of non-naturalized Caucasians nerely have to secure naturalization ordinary way. But the Mongolians, le the existing Chinese restriction laws e in force, will be forever barred from citizenship. The question involved is a fundamental one, and the progress of the case will be watcned with great interest by the entire legal profession.. Itwasoriginally brought to the front by the very carefully prepared articles of Attorney George D. Coilins of this City, which were published in the American Law Review, In these essays Mr. Collins took what was first considered rather the novel posi- tion that the fourteenth amendment to the constitution does not, by its language, confer eitizenship upon all who are born in this country. He cited that pertion of the amendment which reads: <“All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof."” The latter words, “in the jurisdiction thereof,”” Mr. Collins maintained, did not refer to the territorial jurisdiction (as was proven by the faet that territorial in- habitants were mot- citizens), but to political jurisdiction. And in de- ciding the question of political juris- Morrow diction international wusage and mnot the English common law should be the guide to the interpretation of tihe amendment. He showed that citi- zenship in England was radically different from citizenship in the United States— which would seem to the layman to be not & very diffienit task—and then argued (with such ability asto attract the attention of Attorney-General Olney) that when the rule of political jurisdiction was thus applied to the sons of foreign-born fathers who were not naturalized these same sons must be considered witbouf the jurisdiction of the United States, and therefore, not ipso facto, by birth alone, citizens of the United States. This is only the briefest kind of statément of the entire argument. The entire argument was, of course, mainly directed against the native- born Chinese who for several years past have been voting in this and other States under the Field decision, and who had also been landing at this port from China on the plea of having been born in this country. Attorney-General Olney was' greatly im- vressed with the latter state of factsand eent a special commissioner to San Fran- cisco to examine into tbe matter. This commissioner found that large numbers of Chinese were ianding here (before the reg- istration act was enforced) upon the plea of citizenship, Upon his report to the Washington authorities Attorney-General Harmon, the successor of Mr. Olney, in- structed the United States District Attor- ney to bring such action in the case as would bring the entire question of citizen- ship before the Bupreme Court of. the Bnited States. United States District Attorney Foote in arguing the case before Judge Morrow took much the same grounds as thatas- sumed by Attorney Collins, and Mr. Col- lins himself was requested to appearin the case as amicus curi@. Attorney-Gen- eral Harmon in the coming issue before the Supreme Court will take this argument and urge that the mere fact of birth in the United States does not entitle to citizen- ship. He has requested, also, that Mr. Collins appear and repeat his argument before the court. Mr. Collins has con- sented and will in due time take hisde- parture for Washington. ‘There is a movement on foot, as well, to have the State of California represented in the great issue, and it is expected that Governor Budd will name a local attorney for that task. The fact that the case has been advanced on the Supreme Court calendar is deemed of the utmost importance, for this reason: If it were held over till the fall term there is every probability that the Supreme Court would decide the particular case at issue not upon a strict construction of the law, as is desired, but upon the grounds of expediency, a course that, in view of the approaching Presidential election, the bench would be justified in adopting. For if the case were decided against the Chinese thousands of native-born Americans of foreign parentage would be disfranchised at the coming election, because the time wonld be insufficient to permit them to become naturalized citizens. e MUSICIANS D0 G000 WORK Second Concert by the New San Francisco Symphony Or- chestra. Semi-Classical Music Receives Excellent Rendering—Colvard’s Solo. an Another excellent concert was given yes- terday afternoon in Golden Gate Hall by the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. The programme was a popular one—that is to say, it did not contain a symphony, but there were popular selections from such composers. as Wagner. Handel, Schu- bert, Chopin, Dyvorak and Delibes and operatic excerpts by Bizet and Flotow. Schubert’s *“‘Marche Militaire,” arranged by the conductor of the orchestra, J. H. Howe, was used as the opening number. Like all the other selections, it was played conscientiously and artistically, and aroused the applause of a critical audience. The transeription from “Martha” was rendered crisply and with spirit. Hack- neyed as the old airs are, they never fail, when well performed, to have an enliven- ing effect upon all but bigoted opponents of tuneful operas of the older school.| Yesterday the listeners were evidently not composed cf the *‘straightest sect” of the ‘Wagnerian cuit, far they encored the transcription from **Martha’’ with effusion. It wonld nave added a spice of variety to the ever lovely *Prize Song' if J. H. Howe had sought out same tenor capable of sing- g it in a manner not whoily displeasing to neople who do not care to see Wagner | trifled with. It may be that he did seek; if so he did not find, for Walther’s song | was given with Bernhard Mollenbauer’s violin as the solo voice. Mr. Mollenhauer shines most in pieces demanding florid execution, but he put considerable feeling into his cantabile and was ably assisted by the other first violins. Delibes’ waltz, *‘Naila,” was so warmly applauded that 1t was necessary to repeat it. Chopin’s *“Military Polonaise,” Dvo- rak’s “Slavish Dance” No. 1 and the “Toreador” from “Carmen” were all well played and received much applause. One of the hits of the afternoon was made b, W. H. Colvard’s trombone concerto witl the orchestra. He played a work by Graefe in a way that revealed the resources of his instrument. “The Mill” (for strings), by Gillet, was delicately rendered by the orchestra. Mrs. Birmingham, the yocal soloist of the concert, sang “0, Thou That Tellest,” from the ‘“Messiah,” and a couple of songs by d’Hardelot. It is impossible to speak in too much praise of the enterprise and public spirit of the musicians in organizing the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. The class of people who have wealth enough to support such _an organization seems to have resolved to let music severely alone this winter, and the musicians, in them- selves organizing a symphony orchestra, have taken a departure which should win them the enthusiastic support of every music-lover in the City. 2 The third popular concert of the sym- phony orchestra takes piace next Friday afternoon in Golden Gate Hall. Donald de V. Graham and L. von der Mehden will be the soloists. For the conyvenience of business men the concerts will hereafter begin at 3:30. Carr-Beel Concerts. The forty-ninth Carr-Beel concert will take place this afternoon in Golden Gate Hall. The programme is, as usual, an excellont one, a feature of the performance being a quintet for clarionet and strings by Mozart, Miss Marion Taylor, & new vocalist, will be the singer. A Local Cantata. A new cantata, “In Quest of Truth,” will be produced this afternoon at the First Unitarian Church at 3 ». & The work and libretto are by a local composer, Charles A. Keeler, and the work made a very favorable impression when pro- duoced 'in Oakland recently. WAR ON A BOB-TAIL. A Belligerent Driver Has His Nose Puuched by One of M, A. Gunst’s Draymen. A little drayman punching the head ofa big streetcar driver was the center of at- traction for & big crowd at the corner of Sansome and Clay streets at1o’clock yes- terday. The drayman is in the employ of M. A. Gunst, Police Commissioner. The big man was John E. Regallo, who is com- mander-in-chief of car No,8on the San- some-street line. Things were very lively for a while, and the comments of the crowd were made to an accompaniment of shrill whistles, as Mr. Reeallo blew for an SAUSALITO A SEAPORT, It Now Has Good Accommoda- tion for Several Deep- Water Ships. THE WYNNSTAY WAS DOCKED. She Brought a Cargo of Coal for the North Pggific Coast Rail- way. The inhabitants of Sausalito are jubilant. ‘_l‘hey are now satisfied that their city is an integral part of the greatest seaport on the west coast of North America. For the first time in the history of the place there is now accommodation for the docking of deep-water ships, and yesterday one of the ships went alongside the bunkers recently erected by the North' Pacific Coast Rail- road. Bhe is not the largest vessel in port, but still she carries 2400 tons of coal, and 1400 tons of that quantity are being dis- charged at SBausalito. It was a proud day for the city acrossthe bay when the British ship Wynnstay, in tow of the tug Rescue, came up to the dock. The depth of water was ample, and class and retreated at the first sight of the model. The girl’s life class was also in- vaded, although the sign ‘No Admit- tnnu”’ was displayed en the door, One old lady said to the doorkeeper. “I am so glad that Mr. Searles has given a free day. It was so kind of him.” I am going to come every free day.” The fact was observed that very many of the visitors were elegantly dressed ladies, who wore silks of the finest guality and diamonds and jewels and laces.” The children and grown people inspected the house from top to bottom. They went as high in the tower as they could get and peered into every nook and corner of the palace. Before the next free day comes the trus- tees will carry out the spirit as well as the letter of Mr. Searles’ request, by giving notice by advertisements in the press gen- erally of the event. ‘When the spectators departed last even- ing the institute was closed to visitors and will not be open _ufim to_spectators, not even for pay, until March 19, the day after the Mardi Gras ball. e e—————— PROCTOR IS FREE, The Detained Witness in a Cutting Scrape Given His Liberty. Judge Wallace has rendered a decision at which those beld as witnesses in crim- inal cases may well congratulate them- selves, He has decided in the case of Wil- Yiam Proctor, who came up on habeas corpus, that no witness ean be held in cus- tody after the preliminary examination. Proctor was, unfortunately for him, one of the witnesses to the afiray at the race- track in which Jasper Madison, a jockey, cut a bartender named Murphy. Biadison was taken in charge by the “police, and Proctor was 1ncluded in the arrest as a witness. Madison soon furnished bords, ASSAVING THE ASSAYS, Value of the Hale & Norcross Car and Battery Ore Samples. RICH ROCK THAT WENT ASTRAY Attorney Wood for the Defendants Re- fers to Yolo County Scientific Knowledge. All day yesterday Attorney W. S. Wood for the defendants in the Hale & Norcross mining case labored to make plain the reason why the battery-sample assays of the Overman ore were really higher than the car-sample assays. This was an ex- ception, he argued, for in all other cases on the Comstock the car-sample assays were the higher, and so much higher as to be considered unreliable by assayers. Well might the defendants dwell on this point, because then they must explain why about $4,000,000 worth of ore, milled from 1888 to 1892, only turned out about $2,750,000 for the stockholders. If thousands- of tons of ore worth from $75 to $125 per ton could go astray in the little Hale & Norcross Vessel at a Sausalito Wharf. = W Cetto The British Ship Wynnstay Discharging the First Cargo of Coal Ever Landed From a Deep-Water Captain George Harvey had no trouble in getting the vessel into her berth. An hour Jater the booms had been rigged and the work of discharging the cargo was begun at once. “Many and many a ship have I towed to Sausalito,” said Captain Harvey, “but they all eame to this point because there was a safe anchorage. That would be during the times when freights were low, and owners would soorer tie up the ships than accept what was offering. This is the first time, however, that I have actually docked a foreign ship, or, for that matter, any other ship at a Sausalito whart.” The Wynnstay is docked not ten yards away from the landing of the Sausalito ferry. All the passengers inspect her before leaving the waiting-rooms and Captain McBryde is beginning to feel more vroud of his vessel owing to the attention the inhabitants of Sausalito are giving to her. Itisnowa customary thing for the youths and maidens to walk to the ship, go aboard and inspect her at their leisure. During the working hours there 1s always a crowd watching the big buckets as they carry their tons of coal from the hold of the ship to the bunkers. The North Pacific Coast Railroad Com- pany is going to use coal on its road instead of wood, so the Wynastay will not be the last deep-water ship that will dock at Sausalito. The company has erected two bunkers with a capacity of 1400 tons and these will be kept constantly filled, so there will be a constant succession of vessels carrying coals from Newcastle. The Wynnstay made the run from New- castle, Australia, in sixty-three days, and sbe brought her cargo to R. B. Hogue, who sold it to the railroad company. FIRST FREE ART DAY, Vast Throng of Visitors at the Mark Hopkins Insti- tute. The Managers Gave No Official No- tice of the Important Event, Yesterday was the first free day at the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art, and fully 1500 visitors, four-fifths of whom were women and the rest men and children, in- spected the interior of the house and the treasures of art there displayed. Asannounced in Tug CALL exclusively a few weeks ago, Mr. Bearles, who reserved in his deed of trust certain rightsin the management of the institute, suggested to the trustees that visitors should be admit- ted free of charge one day and evening of ‘each month. Accordingly the board of trustees declared the first Friday of each month a free day. Yesterday being the first ¥riday in February, the house was open to all, yet the managers of the insti- officer to arrest the Police Com missioner’s bired man. ¥ The little drayman, who is known as Jim, stopped his heavy vehicle on the San- me-sireet car track. - He did not get out 3 the way quick enough to suit the driver of the car and the two drivers proceeded to exhibit their profound and complete control of the vocabulary of profanity. The little man was rather averse to fight- ing at first, but when the car-driver struck at *Jim" with bis whip that gentleman leaped to the ground and knocked ail the fight out of the cardriver in one brief round. leaving the servant of the octopus with a profusely bleeding nose, 7 Mr. Regallo claims that Mr. Gunst’s man was the aggressor. He says the little fel- low has “had it in for him'"for a long time and he wants to nave Jim"’ arrested. ooy T T AT Seven Years for Schweitz. Philip Schweltz, the man who masqueraded ae 8 Jewish rabbi, and who, upon the strength of his assumed character gathered in, many S e 7Sy Tadge Wailace yester isonme] 5:‘.“ u‘?,&’,,m had been convicted of forging 8 $15 check. tute took good care that as little public notice as possible of the event should be given, The reason tising the free day was that a multitude of visitors would interfere with the work of preparation for the Mardi Gras ball, So many people, however, had read Tue CaLL’s announcement last month of a free day that the institute was erowded with spectators from. morning until night. he decorators bad to suspend work &nd the pupils were obliged to aban- don their studies for the day, The throng not only surged through the nu- merous and spacious rooms and galleries of the great bulldlnf. but invaded the art school on the same lot. The life, the an- tique, the still life and the modeling classes were in session. Spectators handled the still-life subjects much to the amazement of pupils. One young lady was drawing from a human skull when the object was seized by a curious spec- tator, who essayed to mdn the forma- tion of the skull to hi: nds with him. Dnrlxn the :xblqg flnu the jaw of the skull dropped to the floor. Curiour “visitors invaded the boys’ life but Proctor was rot so fortunate, and for several weeks, while Madison, the of- fender, has been at liberty, Proctor, the witness, has been languishing behind prison bars. The case has been continued a number of times, and each time another period has been added to the detention of the luckless witness. Judge Wallace’sde- cision has finally released him. ; SAY TAXES MRE 100 HIGH Real Estate Owners Apply to the Grand Jury for Relief. The Expert Submits a Report on the Affairs of the Co\anty Clerk’s Office. A regular session of the Grand Jury was held yesterday afternoon. A report of Expert Atkinson on affairs of the County Clerk’s office was submitted and considered at length. The report is said to be thorough on all the work embraced within the instructions of the expert. The Grand Jury at 4 o’clock sent for County Clerk Curry, but did not remain in session until the clerk arrived. Mr. Curry will probably be heard at the session to be held next Friday. Notaries Public George A. Young and Alma Daggett were cailed as witnesses with reference to notary certificates taken in the County Clerk’s office. Assistant District Attorney Hosmer and the jurors conferred for an hour or more. Some important communications have been referred to the District Attorney, and the jurors expect to get the information szouem before the next session of the Grand ury. The jury, like many of its predecessors, has devoted a good deal of time to reading and discussing communications relating to cases which have been in the courts and dismissed. It seems that the jurors, who are now serving for the firstiime, are in favor of reading and fully considering everything presented in the form of com- munications in 'writing. Men who have had Grand Jury service in the past know how much time is wasted in the considera- tion of immaterial subjects, and are in- clined to put aside all trivial complaints. 1f the present Grand Jury has now any fixed and definite purpose in view tha’ purpose is to check extravagance, and in- troduce business methodsin the conduct of municipal affairs. Many members of the Grand Jury are fully convinced thatan effort should be made to lighten the bur- dens of taxation. Complaints of high taxes come from property-owners, The rate this year is so high that tax-payers fear confiscation of theirreal estateif some- thing is not done to check the growing tendency of the SBupervisors to vote im- mense sums of money for the support of the Municipal Government. The Grand Jury may decide to call As- sessor Siebe and confer with bim as to the advisability of reducing assessments. There is an impression that a higher value is placed on San Francisco real estate than its income or selling price justifies. Every day members of the Grand Jury are im- plored to do something toward decreasing the burdens of local taxation. Since the expert was :j»poinled two weeks ago_he bas examined books in the ofhces of the Treasurer, Recorder, Auditor and County Clerk. The inference is gained from the prolonged consideration of the report presented by the expert that the Grand Jury intends to pursue this line of investigation with some energy. In fact, the statement was made by one of the jurors yesterday that the next session would develop something interesting. The attention of the Grand Jury has been directed to the inequalities of the rates for supplying ships with water. These rates may, bowever, be adjusted in some way- by the Harbor Commissioners and the water company, so that the Grand Jury may not be called on take 8 hand in the adjustment, Baron Achille Paganini, the only son of the famous violinist, died recently at Parma. He wasa good amateur musician, but was left too rich by his father to take up a profession. mine, how many millions of dollars’ worth in the zreat mines on the Comstock have probably been—but that isanother story. Asa maiter of fact counsel might be supposed to be wrong because 80,000 tons of Consclidated Virginia ore thronghout last year had a running battery sample assay of $55 10 and a car sample assay of $5125. The Hale & Norcross in 1895 made a like record. Mr. Wood referred to Superintendent Ryan’s testimony as additional proof that ore assays were untrustworthy. A portion of Ryan’s testimony was to the effect that while he was working ore last year in the Brunswick mill he learned that $9 per ton remained in the battery and did not show in the battery sample assays. This “stray” value was, of course, found at the monthly ‘‘clean-up”’ and turned over to the mine. There is no record that any “stray” stuff was found and turned over at the ‘‘clean- up” for the Hale & Norcross mine. The attorney held that the total value of the ore, less the moisture, by battery sample, would be $2,047,300, and that the bullion returns of 84,00¢ tons were $1,678,- 921 76, The loss in working was §6 50 per ton, and this shows that the defendants have returned the full amount of bullivn. He called the attention of the court to 6000 tons of Hale & Norcross ore, worked in 1892, when the miil got 68 per cent of the battery and 51 per cent of the car assays. He did not_ state, however, that Foreman Pearce testified that this was re- fuse ore and full of fragments of old tun- nel timbers. Reference was made to reports of the United States Geological Survey regardin, tbe great difference between wagon an battery-sample assays in the Savage mine in 1869, which was about $450 per ton. Then Mr. Wood referred in ridiculing terms to Justice Garoutte’s emphatic as- sertion” that the return of 52 per cent of the car-sample assay which the defendants made to the mine was not enough, and “‘gverybody knows it.” “Well, the scientific officials of the Uni- ted States Geological Survey didn’t know it,” said Attorney Wood, ““but it ap- years that Yolo County Supreme Justices are well acquainted with tbose matters.” This closed Mr. Wood’s carefully pre- pared writien argument upon sample assays, which took two days in_its read- ing, and to-day Attorney Deal will resume the argument for the defendants. Stabbed by an Actor. A stabbing affray occurred in the beer hall at 107 Grant avenue at an early hour yester- day morning, resulting in Frank Barden, a variety actor, being in the City Prison on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon and Oscar McMann of Stockton being in the Re- ceiving Hospital with a knife wound in his abdomen. Barden was arrested by Policemen Dinan and Douglass. From what the police- men have learned it lpgelrl that McMann and a friend were in the 1 hall under the in- fluence of lignor when Barden entered. Me- Mann's frien E.Bltiud Barden with stealing a ‘watch from him at Bakersfield, which Ba denied. A fight followed, snd McMann stabbed. rden was NEW TO-DAY. Campanini writes of mVIN g THE IDEAL TONIC: « In cases of fatigue no reme- dy can so_thoroughly be relied upon as the tonic and stimula- ting effects of ¢« Vin Mariani.’*’ Mailed Free. Descriptive Book with Testimony and Portraits "OF NOTED CELEBRITIES. sesssmmraasspasese and A, le. Every it Proves Dep-tlzt;:n. 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