The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 18, 1896, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1896. and God grant that the iniquitous syste extirpating liberty may soon be defented . There are few Americans, 1 trust, so ignorant of their country’s struggie for legislative inde- ‘v(‘_udcncn, asnot to know that a distinguished rishman stood on the floor of the English House of Commons and contended tor coneili- ation and justice to the colonies. There are few who do not know that the eloguence and ability of Edmund Burke were on that side on which, as he once well said, “Eloquence and ability ought ever to be on the side of liberty and justice.” The 5,000,000 of the Irish race that inhabit Ireland are not the bulk of its representation. 1 think it hardly any exaggeration to say that more than twice that number of people of Irish blood may be found in the United States. The sentiment of that number of peopie must largely mold the sentiment of the people among whom they live. Its influence was foreseen 100 years ago by the master mind of that pure patriot and impassioned orator— Henry Grattan, Inspeaking in the Irish House of Commons in favor of the legisiative inde- {\:ir;\dcnre of Ireland he said, among other gs: “Do you see nothing in that America but the grave and prison of your armies? Anddo you notsee n her range of territory, her cheap- ness of living, her variety ot climate and plicity of life, the drain of Europe? Whate is bold and disconsolate to that point will pre- cipitate, and wiat you trample on in Europe will sting you in America.” The anniversary that summons us here, it Is true, is thatof an honored saint on the cal- endar of the Catholic church, In this, itseems 0 me, there is asort of poetic justice. The English Government, in spite of the teachings of universal history, has sought by all tne in- genuity of her statesmen to destroy a religion by persecution, as if it dreamed that the re- ligion which, under the persecutions of Rome, flourished in the recesses of the catacombs could not, under the persecutions of Britain, flourish in the fastnesses of the lrish moun- tains in the hearts of a race which knows no superior in fidelity to faith and principle. f the fidelity of the Irish people to their re- ligion under unparalleled persecution Eng- lish history bears ample testimony. The Eng- lish Protestant historian, Lecky, says: “They clung to their old faith with a con- stancy that has never been surpassed during generations of the most galling persecution at a time when every earthly motive urged them to abandon it, when all the attraction and influence of property and rank and pro- fessional eminence and education were arrayed against it. They voluntarily sup- ported their priesthood with an unwearying zeal when they were thus sunk in the most abject poverty were continually before them.” It is not to be wondered at that the Irish People, proscribed mainly on account of their religion, should prize the mystic bond that held them together in the embrace of an en- during nationality. Itisnot to be wondered at that the festival of the man of God who | Phnwd_ in their heearts that religion which 188, as it were, imparted its own perpetuity to when the agonies of starvation | citizens of kindred race and color. English Statesmanship, so called, found nws{‘ to nul- lify the provisions of the treaty of Limerick guaranteeing liberty of conscience, and found & way to turn back the wheels of human prog- ress and liberty; but that cannot be done in this land of the free heart's hope and home, God’s own garden land of human liberty. Here all true wen help to develop the higher and better standard of manhood whose abiding place is to be in this vast western world of ours In this land liberty of conscience shall not be disturbed until some ruthless vandal of the future shall scale the lofty crown of Monti- cello, and with impious hand disturb the sa- cred ashes of the deaa and erase from its gran- ite block the epitaph of Thomas Jefierson, “‘author of the Declaration of Independence &nd of the statute for religious liberty.” Put Ireland's fate in the handsof the ad- vancing democracy oi Great Britain, already alive 10 the labors that lie between it and its ultimate trinmph. Ally the Irish cause with | the party of popular rights. Of course this | movement wik be opposed by those who dread the power of the masses, and who fear to en- trust them with the political power which be- longs to them. It will be opposed by the utled aristocrats who demand as an hereditary el joyment the right to live in idleness, luxury and lust at the expenseof the toiling millions, 1do not fear the ultimate result of the strug- gle. The cause of human progress and human fiberty will jriumph; the Irisn nation will be emancipated. As we stand here to-night, linked in senti- ment with the living miilions of the Celtie race, we look with reverence upon the Gaelic race and the Gaelic faith. Glorious Gaelic land, too long hast thou been chained to thy mountain rock, the bound Prometheus ot the nations! Too long have the vultures of for- eign hate and religious rancor gnawed upon thy vitals! Full well hast thou guarded through the centuries the sacred fire secured from heaven and spread by thee among thy fellow-peoples of the earth. In the fullness of time u new Hercules has come to thy deliver- ance. Oh, glorious Gaelic faith, ingrsined beyond the blood 1nto the spirit and the utmostat- tainable recesses of lf\e Celtic soul, thou hast preserved the race for the hour of deliverance. And as we, living children of the race, wait and watch for that hour of deliverance we may imagine that out of their Gaelic beaven . tihe ancient heroes look down upon us to-day with infinite tenderness ana love for the chil- dren of their race in whom neither time nor men could destroy the national character and the national piety toward the immortal dead who puilt up that character stronger than ribbed steel and stancher than the bedrock of the world. And the countless saints of Ireland and the scribes and teachers, the high-souled bards | and dauntiess chieftains look on. Ave, all the { empurpled legions of our martyrs through | every century, who lived and died for the old faith and the preservation of its glowing treas- ures, all these stand together in paradise and ew this scenc with a boundless sympathy. hey recognize now that vast, patient, cosmic them as & race should be selected as the day to sing their songs of sadness and to prefer their orisons to the God of justice and of nations for their ultimate deliverance from injustice and oppression. To the American whose religion and nation- ality are so distinct as they are required 1o be under the divine injunction to “Render unto | Ceesar_such things ‘as are Cesar's and unto God the things that are God’s,” it seems strange that an Irishman’s loyalty to his race and his faith should be blended in_a manner 80 unique. This must be attributed to the op- Ppresser and not to his vietim. 1t is not because the Irish Catholic does not understand and fully appreciate the relative allegiance that he owes to his government and his God. It is not that he wishes or would consent to the ascena ency of any church within the state or the imposition of its ceremonials or its support up- on th> masses of the people. He would be the first, and rightly so, to resent and resist such & wrong. Toojong has he suffered from such a system, too Strenuously has he opposed it to regard it es in the smallest degree defensible. Whenever he has been permitted to voice his sentiments on the subject he has been in favor of religious liberty. When in 1689 the short- lived Catholic Parhament under James at- tempted to legislate for Ireland one of its fi 8Cts Was 10 pass a law establishing perfect re- 1 lig erty in Irel and, to use the lan- guage ky, “Its enactment at such a mo- ment of excitement and passion reflects no small credit on the Catholic Parliament.” When in more recent days, in the enlarged enjoyment of the franchise, Catholics have largely named the representatives for Ireland imperial Parlisment strong Catholic constituencies have returned Protestant mem- s, and we all know that for years the Catho- lics of Ireland stood as one man behind their Tepresentative and leader in their struggle— the Protestant, Charies Stewart Parnell. | The Irish Catholics recogniz gle for Irish rights has largely been made by their Protestant fellow-countrymen, who had the vantage of the iranchise and representa- tion in Parliament. The; ow that it was the Protestant Grattan wh red the noble sentiment, *“That we hold the rightsof private judgment in_matters of religion to be equaily sacred 1o others as ourselves,”” and who an- ufce® &t snotner time that “the Irish Prot- nt could never be free u.til the Irish Cath= ased to be a slave.” r national failings Irishmen have, | ingratitude is notone of them. The memory of the gentle-mannered Emmet, of the impet- uous Wolfe Tone, of the brillian Fitzgerald, of Mitchel, of Thomas Davis, is as strongly revered by the Irish Catholic as by hs fellow Protestant patriot. The Catholic renders willing tribute to the sentiment so beautifully rendered by Thomas Davis: ‘What matter that at different shrines We pray unto one Gos What matter that at di Our fathers won the sod® In fortuve and in name we're bound By stronger links than steel, And neither c ate or sound But in the ol W Oh, it were a gallant deed To show before mankind How every race and creed Might be by love com Might be combined, pet n The fountains wheice th As filled by many a rivulet The stately Shannon flows. It has recently been suggested that this sen- timent, so_well respected by Irishmen, is not to obtain in this American Republic. 1enter- 18in no apprehension upon the subject. Eng- lish sympathizers or emissaries, for motives of their own, may attempt to build_up religious disc mong the citizens of this Republic. But their efforts must iail. Liberty of con- science is a principle lmbedded in the very foundation of our form of government. s guarantees cannot be disturbed while the re public endures. The law of this land is the v of universal emaucipation, so eloquently cribea by Curran. To adapt the laugua 1, we may s&y thet the soil of thie Re- consecrated to the genius of universal cipation, alike for the native, the stran- jor the sojourner. No matter in what language his doom may have been pronounced, no matter what com. plexion incompatible with freedom an Iudian | or an African sun may have burned him, no matter in what disastrous batie his liberty may bave been cloven down, no matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted fipon_the altar of slavery, the first moment that he touches this sacred soil the altar ana the god sink into the dust. Hissoul walks abroad iu her own majesty, his body swells be- yond the measure Of ifs chains that burst around him, and he stands forth redeemed, re- generated and disenthralled by the irresistible genius of universal emancipation.” This American Republic shall not retro- grade. It shall continue in the evolution of its destiny and shall develop within its con- fines a race of pevple who shall stand foremost in the world ‘as exemplars of intelligence, moral worth and of justice to fellow-man. The ple who struck down the manacles from the hands of four millions of black slaves will Dot now countenance the disfranchisement or proscription of ten millions of thelr fellow- hat the strug- ent times orget rose, NEW TO-DAY. “Once in a while you strike a bad one” is said of every good brand of cigars except the “MANTELL.” 10c., 2 for 25¢., 3 for 28c. Sent to country deslers on approval (if not pre- viously supplied); ex- penses guaranteed. THE WERTHEIMER COMPANY, 13-15 Battery Street. B ] | tered justice of God which makes the very tongue of | the oppressor the broad channel by which the | whole world is filled with the “‘ardors and fan- cies and pathies haif divine” of the op- pressed Gael and by which his faith, his strange, mystic, spiritual sense, his high tena- cious idealism, his deathless chivalry, his dar- ing, his valor and almost feminine delicacy of feeling, are borne abroad and mingled with the best elements of humankind. D. Manlloyd then sang Moore’s *‘Minstrel Boy’’ accompanied on the piano by Sydney Hopecraft. Mr. Manlloyd has a silvery, ringing tenor voice, which displayed its | power and ranee to great advantage in the | Murph | Earth.” The orchestra rendered an arrangement of “Kathleen Mavourneen"” with varia- | tions, which was followed by the *‘Last { Rose of Summer,” charmingly sung by | Miss Black, who gave in response to a cor- dial recali “The Four-leaved Shamroci Jobhn McAuliffe followed in ‘‘Kathleen MaYourneen,” with *“The Cruiksheen Lawn’ as an encore. Miss Roney next sang “The Bells of Shandon,” accom- panied on the piano by Miss Giorgiani, and to such purpose that nothing less than “The Star-Spangled Banner” would sat- isfy the audience. Then came ‘“‘The Dear Little Sham- rock,” sung by Miss Kirby, and a fine rendering of “‘Come Back to Erin,” as a quartet, by the Misses Sullivan and Black and Messrs. Manlloyd and Weods, after | which the programme ended with a bril- Iiant and ornate fantasia on American and { Irish National airs by the orchestra. i g e KNIGHTS OF ST. PATRICK. They Celebrate the Day With a Br]l- llant Banquet. The Knights of 8t. Patrick celebrated the Irish national festival after their wonted custom with a banquet last nightin the Delmonico. It wasthe twenty-firstannual gathering of the Knights around the festal board in San Francisco and probably the most successful of those brilliant events for which the Irish society has become justly celebrated in the commemoration of St. Patrick’s day. The guests to the number of 150 assem- bled in the parlors, off the banquet hall, about 8 o'clock, and for fully an hour en- joyed themselves passing compliments of the day. Each one was decorated with a neat bow of orange and green, tied with a bit of white sik ribbon. The orange and green, of course, were intended to repre- sent the two colors carried by Irishmen, and the white was emblematic of peace, When all present entered the banquet ball in pairs an imposing. spectacle met their gaze. The classic walls were draped with white and ;i)reeen very lightly and gracefully, and behind the president’s chair a “quite pretentious display was made. There bung an emerald green flag fringed with gold and emblazoned with a gilt harp and a wolidog on one side, and this emblem bore the legend, ‘“‘Gentle when stroked; fierce when provoked.” Opposite was a large American flag, and between them both an altogether origi- nal conception in green, white and the tricolor with shamrocks strewn over them. great floral harp occupied a niche as a central piece for 1t all. The tables were arranged in fhree rows and beautifuily decorated with flowers scat- upon them and roses of spring blossoms. For a menu card a golden harp with a_bright green background was at each plate—a unique idea that contained the toasts, the tull membership of the Knights of St. Patrick, and a concluding verse from Moore's ‘‘Minstrel Boy.” Those present were: Jeremian Deasy,Carl Eisenschimel, Rev.D. O. Crowley, Rev. A. L. Brewer, James R. Kelly, James Mooney, James D. Phelan, Patrick Brod- erick, Joseph L. Dimond, Thomas Brennan, William Broderick, James Butler, Thomas Price, William O’Connell, Thomas J. Stanton, John'Grant, J. o, Culver, J. W. J. Enright, Dr. E. E. Hill, Arthur McGueren, P. J. Thomas, Patrick McGee, H. Creswell, Richard Binton. T.F. Shea, Edward Walsh, Matt Kelleher, Dr. C. A. Clinton, A, Lauriston, Benjamin J. Burr, 8. R. Doyle. James Mclnerney, D. J. Toohy, Daniel O’Sullivan, P. C. Raborg, John R. Tobin, P. F. McCormack, F. J. Weyland, Wil- liam Cronin,T. P. Riordan, D. M.Stanley,Martin nell, M. i . Condon, R. E. 0'Connor, Joseph King, C. J. McGlynn. James Mclnerney, D. R. McNeil, John "P. Culley, Joseph McKenna, Daniel Leahy, George H. Broderick, T. J. Donovan, James H. Barry, D. M. Brereton, J. J. Dwyer, A. J. Costello, John A. Lennon, G. W. Shorten, Pat- rick Holland, M. J. Wall, Peter A. ¥, P.’ Barrett, Charles McCollum, William Clack, Michael Cooney, Walter Brunt, M. T. Dooling, 8. R. O'Keeffe, Matt O’ Donnell, Joseph O'Donnell, John T. Greaney, Matt. Nunan, Laurence McGuire, William McCann. John Mulhern, Charles dea, Colonel W.P. i C. Hassett, James Co nlin, John H H. Logan, W. D. Sheehan, W. H, . D. Shen, L. J. Dwyer, Charles Kohler, A Ward, Frank Dunn, Frank Morrell, J. G. Kennedy, Frank Burrows, B. John E. Broderick, M. J. Bohan J. J. Barrett, P. i'. Dundon, H. S. Hagan, Dunne, James J. 0'Brien, Thomas Cronan, A. B. Traman, J.A. Baxter, W.S. Humphrey, D. J. Gorman, Jeremiah V. Coftey, Judge J. V. Coffey, Colonel John O'Byrne, Thomas Me- Craith, W. J. O'Brien, N, Hesse, John Phelan, J. 0. Kane. Jeremiah Deasy, president of the Knighs of St. Patrick, presided. In calling the guests to order he welcomed them in a happy if brief speech. ‘“We are gathered to-night,”’ he said, “to do honor to Ire- land’s patron saint, and I am glad to have you around us here. I may remark that the Kunights of St. Patrick is a non-sec- tarian_organization. I'm glad to have Rev. Father Crowley at my right hand. representing the Catholic church (ap- plause), and the Rev. Mr. Brewer, repre- senting the Episcopal church (cheers). ‘We have with us also the genial president of the Caledonian Club, and also the popu- lar presiding officer of one friendly Celtic club, the Cambrian Society, Mr. Thomas Price.” The speaker was warmly applanded as he concfnded by directing the secretary to ’s pathetic ballad, ‘A Handful of old song. As an encore he gave Joseph | read letters of regret from Governor Budd, Archbishop Riordan and Rev. P. C. Yorke at their inability to be present at the meet- ing of the Knights. “The Day We Celebrate” was drunk with fervor, and James R. Kelly respond- ed to the toast. He said: ‘In every por- tion of the globe, wherever the children of the Irish race are found, they will this da; turp longing eyes across the ocean an with longing hearts think of the green fields oi Erin. .Itisa day on which the holiest and noblest emotions spring up in the Irish soul. Memories come back to the Celt wherever he may be.” The lesson of fidelity to faith and father- land presented by the Irish people, Mr. Kelly said, was a shining mark to the world, and something of which Irishmen might well feel proud. Turning to the political aspect of Ireland, he declared that the scene was changed, and had changed from one of dire oppression of 100 years ago to the dawn of liberty of to-day. But Ireland has not completely freed herself from the grasp of her despoilers, much as { her condition has improved. Ireland, however, will never rest until, through her indomitable courage and will, she becomes the mistress of her own destiny. The speaker held that lrishmen should not forget the past because it was en- shrouded in gloom and sorrow. That made it deager, and it would be a power- ful factor in the trend of the future for Ireland’s advancement and freedom. Never has the feeling been more unani- mous - throughout the English-speaking world than to-day that Ireland should " have emancipation, that she should be al- lowed to govern herself and be a nation. | May God hasten the blessed day, and when 1t shall come a cry of joy will go up from the nations and Erin® will throw off her mourning robe and become what blessed Patrick intended she should be—the pride of civilization of Western Europe. Mr. Kelly was enthusiastically applauded as he sat down. When “The United States of America” was proposea as a toast by the chairman the hall rang with loud and hearty hur- rahs that were repeated and grew in warmth and enthusiasm until the toast was drunk. Colonel Thomas F. Barry re- sponded. In his infroduction the speaker declared that when the first great struggle for American liberty came the Irish were to be found with Washington. The Irish regiment in the War of the Rebellion had as its motto, “*No retreat.” He paid many high and eloguent trib- utes to the United States for her greatness and her doctrines of liberty and equality. All that is noble and subiime in civiliza- | tion and advancement is to be found in | the United States. But the material qual- | ities alone were not enough to sustain a | nation in her high place, there was some- | thing more—the spiritual. The noble | quality that made Americans fight at Val- ley Forge. ‘America owes it to freedom, to peace, to justice, that she stand for Cuba’s ri b for Venezuela against the oppressors. Colonel Barry, continuing, said that it was due to- Ireland that America stand u against Eneland and thereby give the suf- fering country, if not absolute independ- ence, at least home rule. The orchestra played ‘‘Hail, Columbia” while the merry varty gave three rousing cheers. James D. Phelan spoke in response to the toast, “The Poets and Orators bf Irelana.” “*Civil and Religious Liberty,” was pro- posed and James H. Barry in an able ad- dress responded. “*California,” was the next toast, to which John J. Barrett replied. “Celtic Unity,” was drunk with great | cordiality and received responses from D. R. McNeil, chief of the Caledonian Club, and Thomas Price, president of the Cam- brian Society. “The Ladies,” the last toast, received a response from Colonel John O’Bryne. LAIPS SHONE BRIGHTLY Fair Women and Soldierly Men at the Mechanics’ Pavilion. Mechanics’ Pavilion last night was bright with the faces of three thousand fair women and glittering with the silver end gold accouterments’ of as many soldierly men. The third anniversary ball and military and naval drill of the California Garrison No. 101 of the Regular Army and Navy Union was a brilliant success. The ball was cpened by the Fifth Artil- lery band rendering “Under the Double Eagle.” Then Commander F.G. Wisker welcomed in a short, appropriate &peech the Krieger Verein, under command of Captain Wincker, and Captain Wincker responded briefly and appropriately. Adfter the interchange of these military courtesies a battery of the Fifth United States Artillery as infantry, under com- mand of Sergeant G. W. Harvey, Fifth Artillery, went through several evolutions with much precision and brilliancy. The | men carried the new Krag-Jorgensen rifles. One of the most 1nteresting features of the programme was the evolutions by the Second Gun Division, Naval Battalion, N. G. under command of Lieutenant Junior Grade W.F. Burke. The skill of the white uniformed men and their rapid movements with the Hotchkiss gun pro- voked great applause. Following this was a saber drill by a troop of the Fourth United States Cavalry, under command of First Sergeant L. W. Moflitt, Fourth Cavalry. In the interims of the drills the Fifth Artillery band played “The Lily of Killarney,” *‘The age of Ireland” and the national pot- pourri. The executive committee consisted of: Commander F. G. Wisker, Past Commander J. F. Fitzgerald, Paymaster A. R, Holzheid, (‘)A%cel; of the Day C. Hoffman, Adjutant A. ibart. Reception committee — Commander F. G. ‘Wisker, Past Commander D. Geary, Past Col mander J. F. Fitzgérald, Vice-Commander C. Flick, Deputy Commander J. Lansenderfer, Adjutaut A. Vibart, Paymaster A, R. Holzheid Jr., Quartermaster R. N. Folks, Officer of the Day C. Hoffman, Chaplain_R, L. Deverell, Offi- cer of the Guard F. A.Heiter, Officer of the Watch F. Mandery, Trustee D, Bennett, Trus- tee F. Frank, Comrade W. C.Tremaine, Com- rade E. Hogue, Past Commander A. Ray, Past Commander P. Beck, Comrade R. Brockmann, Comrade R. Ulex, Comrade H. Miller, Com- rade B. Follansbee, Comrade Dr. F. P. Muffe, Comrade A. Schmid.Comrade J. C. Fuller,Com- rade C. H. A. Brooke, Comrade M. Deiwans, Comrade A. A. Malmberg. Finance committee—Paymaster A. R. Holz- heid, Quartermaster R. N. Folks, Vice-Com- mander C. Flick, Comrade Wolf. Floor manager—Officer of the Day C. Hoff- au istant floor managers—F. A. Heiter, J, K. Johanson. J. S. Blawn, F.J. McShane. Among the prominent guests of the evening were General Forsyth and staff, U. 8. A., General Graham and all the officers of the Presidio, General Dimord and staff, General Warfield and staff and the officers of the First Regiment, N. G. C. At the conclusion of the military pro- gramme the dancing began. The grand march was headed by the California Gar- rison, No. 101, R. A. and N. U., followed respectively by the battery, Fifth Artil- lory, the second g(nn divigion, Naval Bat- talion, N. G. C., Krieger Verein and the troop of the Fourth U. 8. Cavalry. gl St. Patrick’s at the Cliff, There was a large attendance at the big baths at Sutro Heights yesterday, nearly 2500 people passing the turnstiles. The feature of the evening was a series of prize races. The sixty-yard race for young men, open to all, was won by Percy Edwards; trapeze dive, Dana Thompson.and R. Rosenberg; high diving, by Mathew Gay and Dan Green; fancy springboard diving, by Messrs. Thompson, Resenberg, Green and Gay; 100-yard race between Dana Thompson and Dan Green, for a silk hat, won by Thompson; tiflg-rd race, open to all, won by Ed Boese, H. Peltz_second. First prize, one month’s free admission to baths; second, two weeks’ admussion. LIQUCR MEN WANT HIH LICENSE, Are Desirous of Being Permitted to Regulate Their Business. FAVORED LOCAL OPTION. The Governor, They Say, Is About to Steal Their Thunder, OFFER TO ACT AS CENSORS. The Movement Backed by a Member- ship of 8000, Employing 65,000 People. In the Cslifornia State Protective Asso- ciation this State has a most powerful and energetic influence at work, according to the statement of its president, J. P. Edoff, for the taking of the liquor traffic out of politics. Brietly outlined the plan of the associa- tion is to secure a high license in every county of the State. It is thus hoped to keep out of the retail liguor business irre- sponsible individuals from a commercial standpoint, and those who do not bear a thoroughly good reputation in the com- munity in which they intend to carry on their business. Incidentally, the policy includes a sort of censorship over the issuing of licenses throughout the State. But this feature of the work of the association is made clear and unmistakable by a clause included in |a recent petition to the local Board of Police Commissioners, and copies of which patition, suitablv modified, have been sent to every liquor-licensine power in the State. It reads as follows: It is to be presumed that your honorable body has at hand the ready means, through the instrumentality of your police force, to ascertain the places and establishments in the City whose past methods and present practices forfeit the right to license privileges, but, in case our co-operation in this behalf is desired, our organization will furnish you the names of such places as we believe are unworthy to hold a liguor license by reason of their abuse of its privileges. President Edoff, on being asked yester- day to give a full history of the associa- tion and its proposed line of action and the motive actuating its creation, was at first loath to speak of the matter, but on further consideration said he would go thoroughly into its status and proposed plans and then ieave it to the public to judge of the justice and fairness of the work of the association. Thiswashis tale: “‘About two years ago the wholesale liquor dealers of San Francisco formed the ©alifornia Protective Association. That association had as members every repu- table wholesale liquor dealer in San Fran- cisco and California. The object of that association was two-fold. ‘‘First—To get the entire whisky prob- lem out of politics. “Second—To elevate the tratfic. “By elevating the tratfic we mean this: We recognized that we were better able to handle the traffic in our particular line of business than any temperance organiza- tion or those back of any temperance movement could bandle it. *‘The outgrowth of that association was the present organization known as the California State Protective Association, which takes in not only the wholesale liquor-dealer, out also all reputable retail liquor-dealers in the State. This new organization was formed in December, 1894, ““We takein the reputable retail dealers for the purpose of being better able to pro- tect the traffic throughout the State, and with the further object in view of getting the various local governments to join with usin a movement to prevent & license be- ing issued to any man who does not bear a good reputation, and for the revocation of tne license of any. man who does not properly conduct his place. **In order to make the situation perfectly clear I will have to go back a little. We went before the last Legislature and asked them to pass two measures. One was to amend the County Government act so as to permit of local option. The other was to pass, not a uniform license, but a law that would fix the minimum license at $300 a year. In our argument before the Senate Jndlciurr Committee we demon- strated that if this minimum license was insisted upon the revenue of the State would be increased by $2,800.000, and that only three localities in the State would have their revenue decreased. These would be the city of Oakland and the counties of Los Angeles and San Diego. “The Senate Judiciary Committee ad- mitted that the recommendation was a good one, but they refused to recommend a bill containing.it se it would be considered a legal recognition of the liquor trafic. We claim, however, that they have recognized it h,:fnlly by delegating its control to local boards. *‘And ncw comes Governor Budd follow- ing up the movement we started. He is now engaged in sending out a circular to all the County Clerks in the State for the purpose of compiling statistics with the view of recommending this very plan that we were the first to suggest. He may thus be trathfully said to be stealing our thunder. ‘ “It seems inexplicable to us why our recommendation was not favorably acted upon. We represent some 8000 members, iving employment to 65,000 people, and ave a joint ugnml invested of more than $100,000,000, and still the Senate commit- tee would not recommend the very thing that the Governor 18 now going to recom- of the association and the Board of Police Commissioners to take up the matter.” President Edoff then explained more in detail how the association expected the measure that it advocated would take the qulmr traffic question out of polit “In the past when an election was near,” he said, ‘it was not unusual for the whole- sale liquor-dealer to be approached by a candidate for election as a member of the Board of Supervisors of some county with a request to render him assistance in his litical fight. This was not always made lirectly by the candidate, but more fre- quently came through one of our custom- ers in the particular county and district in which the candidate resided. If we re- iused, wkich we nsnally felt it our duty to do, and the individual whose fight we re- fused to aid was elected, the newly elected Supervisor aking some morning with a bad taste in his mouth, nmembennie_ ur failure to eive him support and ing aware of the public sentiment against the liuor traffic, would introduce some drastic measure aimed at our interests, and the chances would be that it would be passed. “With the traflic regulated, as we sug- gest, all this will be done away with, as only reputable men will be able to go into the business, and the local leiialamr_n will no longer bave power o blackmail the wholesale liquor dealers. 3 “It is not the purpo-e of our association to encourage the infraction of thelaws that have been passed to regulate the re- tail liquor trade. On tne contrary, itis our desire to see those laws strictly en- forced, and we shall do everything to help the authorities in that regard. Let me recite you a case that will well illustrate what our position in this matter is. Not long ago a saloon-keeper in Oakland named Vananee was arrested on a charge of selling liquor toa minor. He was a member of our association and at once hurried over to this side and called on me to aid him. 1 asked him if he had sold liquor to a minorand he tried toevade the question, but 1 insisted on an answer. He finally said: ‘I guess Idid.” Iatonce ordered him out of the office and told him that I would instruct the counsel of the ;sspflanon to aid in his prosecution,which id. “If the 1aw providing for a $300 minimum is passed a State commission should also be provided for to act as a board of licenses, whose duty it will be to deter- mine who are proper persons to hold licenses. Senator Sherman has said that it was only a measure of this kind that removed the whisky traffic from politics in Ohio. The passage of such alaw would, of course, obviate the necessity of the existence of our association. - “We have now in good running order thirty-eight county auxiliary associations in the State, in as many counties, and hope to extend the branches to every county. “One of the important gnalifications for membership is that the applicant shall be of good reputation and shall never have been convicted in any court of a crime.” According to the hy-laws of the associa- tion its power is permanently centralized among the wholesale liquor dealers of this City. The board of trustees, which is the governing body of the organization, can only be elected from the local wholesale merchants in the liquor business. The trustees at present are: J. P. Edoff, presi- dent; E. Lilienthal, vice-president; William Alfs, treasurer; J. H. Mundy, ‘red Staunde, Joseph M. Loewe, Thomas Kirkpatrick, Rudolph Taussig, Henry M. Campe and John Wolf. Winfield Scott is secretary of the association and George W. Baker is the attorney. Absolute and complete control over the entire business of the association is vested in the board of trustess. One of the by- laws says: “They shall determine its policy, shape its course and manage its af- fairs in such a manner asshall seem to them to be most conducive to the welfare, aavancement and business prosperity of its members.” Another by-aw relative to county aux- iliary associations reads: ‘‘They;shallun- der no circumstances in the name of the association espouse the cause of any polit- ical party or candidate, unless such action is necessary to protect the interests of the association, and then only of such candi- dates for such offices as directly affect this ssociation or its members.” The political restriction on individual members is thus prescribed: ¢All mem- bers of this association are absolutely pro- hibited, under any and all circumstances, from taking up,.as firms or individuals, any matters of State or local issues. * % % In the event of any member of the association violating this article the penalty will be a fine of not less than $500, and, if not paid, expulsion from this asso- ciation.” Unchanged Rates Until May. In a circular issued by the Panama Railroad Company yesterday the sailings of the steam- ers of the Columbian line are given up to and ineluding the 30th of April. In the same cir- cular it is stated that the rates now in force on westbound business via Panama will remain unchanged until May 1, 1896. Becomes Spokane’s Chief of Police. SPOKANE, WasH.,, Mar. 17.—After a six months' am;fgle between the City Council and the Mayor, the former to-day confirmed the. appoihtment of William Hawthorne as Cnief of Police. For six montos the Mayor has had charge of the police department, acting as Chief, he de- claring that an emergency existed, as the councfi had summanly removed the for- mer Chief without cause mend to the Legislature in his next mes- sage, as we believe. *‘One of the arguments advanced for the failure to act favorably on our measure was_that it would take away from the local boards the power of local govern- ment, yet the Governor is about to recom- mend the same thing, Surely we should be recognized in tiis matter. Our mem- bers, 8000 strong, extend from Siskiyou to San Diego, and they are entitled to some rights in the matter under consideration, particularly when we are honest and anxions in our endeavors to reform the traffic_ within ourselves. We can refer to the City councils of Oakland and Los An- geles and to “the Board of Police Commis. sioners of this City as to the sincerity of this association, and whether or not we haye been a help in bandling this matter. It is my personal determination, so far as this associatign is concerned, to keep the movement out of politics in the en- deavor to accomplish the desired result, but if it requires foing into politics, we will go into it. It 18 a matter of protection tous. And we will notégo into politics as supplicants either. . And neither will we allow any party to use us as their catspaw to pull their chestnuts out of the fire.”’ “Has any action been taken by the 'ocal authgrities on the proposition of your asso- ciation toaid them in determining to whom licenses shall be issued ?”” was asked. “No,”” was the reply, “the action of Chief Crowley in tendering his resigna- tion has drawn attention away from most ell other matters, but in a few days there will be an interview between the trustees NEW 13 Red Letter Days.” TO-DAY. Good furniture, Low prices. New customers customers). That’s the whole story— the why and wherefore of ‘‘Red Letter Day” sales. (steady A little bit of a picture of a great big table—just to give you an idea of “Red Letter Day" prices on furniture for the library. Library- table $135.00. It’s large : Top 4x234 feet. Polished oak, quarter-sawed—(so as to show the rich grain.) 2 large drawers. Shelf underneatl. l NEW TO-DAY. fi%»gfimfmyer 6. zs o 9o Mewxe s Some specially good things are announced to-day. Don’t miss them. Ladies’ Sailor Hats, 35c¢ and 5o0c. Over 100 dozen of the new correct shapes in white or black Canton braids, trimmed with r bbon band and bow. Not to be approached else= where under 75¢ apiece. Silk Striped Challies, 25¢ Yard. grounds, figured in neat floral effects and illuminated with silk stripes. They are just loaded with the exuberance of ¢‘joyous spring.”” See them. No such challies ever offered for less than 40c or 50c a yard. New Trimmings At 25c¢ Yard. All the new narrow effects at this price. Iridescents, beaded in black and -colors, spangle gallowes and combinations of allkinds. Any of them at 25¢ a yard. At higher prices we show exquisite creations with the new Honiton lace work in= sertions. Shoe Selling la almost over with us. We haven’t much left, but what there is can be yours for very little. Satin Slippers, $1.50 Pair. Any pair of Shoes left in stock, irrespective of kind, quality or the former selling price, can be had for $1 50. LADIES’ éfllLDREN'S AND MISSES’, RUBBERS, 1s5c a pair. Do these prices appeal to you? nicely | All beautiful light-tinted| + NARKET ST., COR. TAYLOR AND GOLDEN GATE AVE. Some new and seasonable articles are quoted here at special price. , LadiesTS_pring Suits, $7.50 Each. Thev are made of all-wool in- visible mixed check effects in light tan, beige and gray suit= ings, large full flowing skirts, lined throughout and 4-button box front, ripple back jackets. All sizes from 32 to 40. New W_z;sh Goods At 15¢ Yard. To hand yesterday. Just opened and sparkling with brightness; new silk effect plisses, new lace organdies, new dotted Swiss mulle, in evening colors, new dimities, new French organdies. - The loveliest patterns imaginable. All at 15c a yard. Silk Short Ends 25¢, 40¢, 50¢ and 75¢ Yd, We have divided our entire ac- cumulations of all sorts of short ends of Fancy Silks into these four prices. Goods among them worth up to $1 50 a yard. If vou need a little piece of silk for lining or a new pair of sleeves this is a great opportunity. - Ladies’—Jackets, $5.00 Each. Over 10 different styles to selectfrom. Kerseys, coverts, meltons and fancy mixtures, all in the latest and most fash~ ionable box-shape jackets, rip= ple backs and full sleeves. $5 will be a leading price with us this spring, and for it you can buy of us such jacketsas $7 50 wouldn’t buy elsewhere. Come and see. AR B N 0 3 3 3 + * % % % % 3 2> % 2 2 2 2= % + 1 % % 3 2 % g % 2 $ L e e e B3 > A o RAILROAD TRAVEL! BIG REDUCTION IN RATES BY RAIL PORTL.AND., OR. 5 T VY, R, P, THURSDAY.................. MARCH 19, And Every Fifth Day Thereafter. Leave from S. P. Co.’s Ferry landing, foot of Market st., at 8:00 P. a0 —Including Berth . n Pullman Tourtst First-class tickets, including berth In -0 Fuliman #tandard Sleeper. $10_° SPECIAL NOTICE. This train will Dot stop to dellver or take on pas- sengers at Intermediate stations, nor will tickets bs sold or baggage checked 1o such points. 29~ Through Tickets for Puget Sound points on Sale at Reduced Rates. For further Information apply at 613 MARKET STREET (Grand Hotel Ticket Office), San Franclsco. RICHARD GRAY, T. H, GOODMAN, Gen. Traffic Mgr. Gen. Pass. Agt SANFRANCINCO & NORTH PA- CIFIC RAILWAY C0. Tiburon Ferry—Foot of Market Ste San Francisco to San Rafael. WEEK DAYS—7:40, 9:20, 11:00 A.w.; 12 8:80, 6:10, 6:30 P. M. Thursdays—Extra . M. Saturdays—Extra trips as 1: and 1! P M. BUNDAYS-—8:00, 9:30, 11:00 a.x.; 1:30, 3:3Q 5:00, 6:20 P. M. San Rafael to San Francisco. WEEK DAYS—8:25, 7:65, 9:30, 11:10 A. Mg 13:45, 8:40, 5:10 P. M. Saturdays—Extra trips at 1:55 p. X: and 6:35 P. M. SUNDAYS—8:10, 9:40, 11:10 A, a.; 1:40, 3:40, 6:00, 6:25 P. M. Between San Francisco and Schuetzen Park same schedule as above. Leave Arrive San Francisco. 3%::?:3 San Francisoo. £95. WEEK Sux- | WEEK Davs. Destination.| ,,ve. | Dava 7:40 AM[8:00 AM| Novato, [(10:40 AM| 8:50 A 3:30 Pu|9:30 AM| Petaluma, 5 P |10:30 AM 5:10 Px|5:00 Px|Santa Rosa.| 7:30 pu| #:16 rx Fulton, 7140 ax ‘Windsor, 10:30 Ax Healdsburg, . |Geyserville, 8:80 Pu|8:00 Au| Cioverdale. | 7:30 pu| 6:15 vu Pieta, Hopland & 7:40 anj 8:00 ax| Ukiah. | 7:30 pa| 6:15 rut 740 ax| 10:30 ax 8:00 ax|Guerneville. | 7:30 px. :30 Py 6:15 Pu 7:40 AM|8:00 Ax| Sonoma |1 B:50 A 6:10 Pu|5:00 Px| _ and 6:15 Px0 i | Glen Eilen. 40 AM| . 10:40 Ax| 10:30 ax 350 pi [ Eematouat 6:16 Px Stages connect at San Rafas! for Bolinas. Stages connect at Cloverdale for the Geysers. Stages connect at Pieta for Highland Springs, Kelseyville, Lakeport. Stagea connect at Ukiah for Vichy Springs, Blae Lakes, Laurel Dell, Upper Lake, Booneville, Green- wood, Mendocino City, Fort Bragg, Usal, Westport, Cahto, Willetts, Calpella, Pomo, Potter Valley, John Day's, Lively's, Gravelly Valley, Harris, " Scotla and Eureka. Saturday to Monday round-trip tickets at reduced G Sundays round-trip tickets te all polnts be yond San Rafael at half rates. Ticket Offices, 650 Market st., Chronicle bnilding. H, C. WHITING, R. X. RYAN, Gen. Manager. Gen. Pass. Agent. IORTH(PAGIFIC COAST RAILROAD Via Sausalito Ferry). From San Francisco, beginning October 27, 1895. WEEKDAYS. Extra trips _for San ‘aays and Saturdays at 11:30 p. M. SUNDAYS, For Ml Vlllely. San Rafael and San Quentin— 8:00, 10:00, 11:30 A. &.; 1:30, 3:00, 4:30, *6:15 P.M. *10es 1ot run 1o San Quentin. 'HROUGH TRAINS. oo Smaller .(same style) if|]0 s i Sokoaya Fomires and way sations you'd rather have it—$1s. Carpets . Rug_s . Mattings CALIFORNIA FURNITURE COMPAN (N. P. Cole & Co.) 117-123 Geary Street. 8:00 A. M. Sundays—Poin: Reves ana way COAL! COAL'! Wellington..... G Southfield 950 AT 7 00—Halt ton 3 50 8 00—Half ton 4 00 80u—Halt ton 40U KNICKERBOCKER COAL CO., 52% Howard Street, Near Firste RAILROAD TRAVEL] @OUTENEN PACIFIC COMPARY, (PACIFIC BYSTEMY) Q) Trains leave nnd are due 1o arri SAN FRANCISCO. LEAVE_— Frow No ER 20, 1895, — 6:30A Haywards, Niles and Way Station: 7:004 Atlantic Express, Ugden and Fast. 71004 Benicia, Vacaville, Rumsey, Sscra- mento, and Redding via Davis 71304 Martinez, San Ramon, Naps, Ce toga and Santa Roea... 8:804 Niles, San Jose, Stockton, e, Sacramento, Marysville, Red Bluff and Sundays excepted Oroville. .. 2 Peters and Milton. 0A Los Angeles Express, Reymond, (for Yosemite), Santa Barbara and Los Avgeles, 9:004 Martinez and Stockton.. Eaywards 10:004 San dro, l:mou San Leandro, Hay lmd.m'gmd.h 4:00p Martinez, San Ramon, Napa, Calistoga, Bl i o s . ‘oodian * Knights Lauding, Maryeville, Oroville and Sacrament €180p Niles, San Jose, Livermoro and Stockton 5:00P San Leandro, Haywards & Way St'os 8:30F New Orleans Express, Fresno, Bakers- field, Santa Barbara, Los Angel Deming, El Paso, New Orleans s & WaySt'ns Vallejo, erano an P Vailejo RTINS 100 Oregon Jixpross, Sacramento, Marys: e, Redding, Portland, Puget Sound and East ... 10:454 %100F San Leandro, Haywards& Way Stns 10:302 9:00P San Leandro, Way St'us 1112:00a 10007 “Sunset Limited,” Fresuo, % » los, El Paso, New Orleans o ass. feasy 11878an Leandro. ior SANTA CRUZ DIVISION (Narrow Gaage). B1104 Newark, Centervillo,San Jose, Felton, Boulder Creek, Santa Cruzand Waj a Station %1167 Newark, Centervilio, §an Jose, New ‘Almaden, Felton, Boulder Creek, Santa Cruz aud Principal Way tations. ... *11:204 41137 Newark, San Jose and Los Gatos 9:50a {11:457 Hunters' Excursion, Ban Jose and v ‘Way Stations.. Fimser COAST DIVISION (Third & Townsend Sta.) T G ) @434 San Jose and Way Stations (New Almaden chn.u,dl!l only. :}m Pacific Grove, Paso Roblers, San Tuis Obispo, Guadalupe and Prin- 1 Way émlo:- tat *2:30p Sau Jose, Gilroy, Cruz, Salinas, Monterey and. . *4:30p Sap Jose and Way :30p San Jose and Way Statio 6:30p San Jose and Way Stations. 457 San Jose and Way Stations CREEK ROUTE FERRY. Prom SAN FRANCISCO—Foot of Market Street (Slip 8)— M 9:00 11:00a.M. $1:00 *2:00 ¢ $6:00 *G:00r.m. From OAKLAND—Foot of Brosdway,— lg-ogn M. 112:00 *1:00 25:00 b P A for Morning. * Sundays ted, v s s excel o % Sindays only. S Gl Monday, Thursday and Satarday nights only. ~ Mu" onn’d md.ln, §Bundays :nkgnmu!h’ Atlantic *6:00 800 *3:00 34: Pacific RAILROAD To Chicago via A. & P-. Direct Line Leaves -very‘:ny at 8:30 P. )., carrylng Pollman Palace Sleepers and Tourist Sleepera 10 Chicage via Kansas City without change. ADnex cars 163 Denver and Bt. Louls. CHICAGO LIMITED, . From Los Angeles to Chicago. e Train Daily, with Dining-cars, e magagement, Connecting (raing leaye San Francisco at 9 A. M. and 3:30 p. . daily. The best railway from California to the East, New ralls, new ties; no dust: interesting sceneryj and good meals in Harvey’s dining-room or dinings ears. t OMoe—644 Market Street, Ry Chronicle Bulldings