The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 9, 1896, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1896. BER 9, 1896 CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: &nd Sunday CALL, one week, by carrier..§0.18 &nd Sunday CALL, one year, by mail.... 6.00 ¥ and Sunday CALL, &ix months, by mail. 3.00 d Sunday CaLz, three months by mail 1.50 and Sunday CALL, one month, by mail.. .65 y CALL, one year, by mall.. 1.50 W 2:XLY CaLl, ODe year, 1.00 BUSINESS OFFICE 710 Market Street, £an Francisco, California. Telephone............. G Main—1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street. i Teiephone < eereees . MaIn—1874 BRANCH OFFICES: 797 Montgomery sireet, corner Clay; open until 1 50 o'clock. 0 Hayes street: open until 9:30 o’clock. 713 Larkin street; open until 9:30 o'clock. Sixteenth and Mission streeis; open Ll § o'clock. t1® Mission street; open until 9 0'clock 167 ~ ik sireet; open until § o'clock. - Jusrket sireet, open ull 9 o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE: U8 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Fooms 81 and 82, 34 Park Row, New York City. DAVID M. FOLTZ, Eastern Manager. TINE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL Sse the horse show and live. The Cuban crisis comes our way. Nearly every critic said, *The message is commonplace.” It goes without saying that the horse show will be a dress parade. Grover says the deficit need not disturb us, but all the same it does. We can brag on cur horses and women, as well as on fruits and flowers. The Eraminer is showing symptoms of getting Sharkey for a sporting editor. The funding bill ficht is right on us, and we may look for the rush tobegin any day. Decaden. journalism reaches total degradation when it begins to publish its own record. The Presidential message is so weck in proportion to its size thatitean hardly support its own weight Congress will please take notice that a good way to raise the revenue would be to raise the duty on sugar. 1f you did not read the President’s mes- rage yesterday you need not read it at all. It is a back number now. It is said tne Washington public has lost all interest in this Congress, but there 18 a bigeger public watching it. an Diego is marchiug to no boom this time, but all the same she is on rising ground and moving uphill steadily. Cleveland says the time for interference in Cuba may come, and Olney says it is near at hand. Now what will Congress say? The Bryan Democrats smiled when they met Senator Palmer at the Capitol, but every smile there was the cold gleam of a {rosty morning. It is worth while repeating every day that in all preparations for holiday joys there should be some remembrance of the claims of charit The silver Republicans in Congress show signs of continuing the fight against the party on the money question, but they will stand with it for protection. Cleveland may have learned nothing, but his message shows that'he has forgot- ten something. For example, he has forgotten that he once denounced the Gorman tariff as a measure of ‘‘perfidy and dishonor.” The Chronicle asks, “Wouldn’t it be a good thing if Congress could limit the length of the President’s message?”’ It certainly would, and it would also be a good thing if Congress could limit the length of its own talk. . One of the satisfactory features of the time is the active crusade now being made against depraved journslism. It1s being waged all over the country, from the At- lantic to the Pacific, and is everywhere finding the support of all right-;hinking people. SEEaCR If any movement is made by Congress toward revenue reform this winter it must be made on protective lines and must do justice to all industries. The Dingley bill will not suit the country in any respect and if it cannot be amended it had better be abandoned. There is truth in the saylng of Rev. William F. Faunce of New York—*If asked what it is right to print'we cannot always answer; but we all know the dif- ference between an enterprise fizhting for purity and truth and one seeking to yollute the people.” The election of McKinley brought about a sharp advance in indusiry, which soon gave way to a temporary reaction, but that in turn bas passed away and we are now enterirg upon a period which prom- ises a steady forward movement toward permanent prosperity. Public sentiment in New York has been roused to indignation against the de- vravities of vicious journalism as exhib- ited by Mr. Hearst’s newspaper in that city, and it is time an equal indignation ehould assert itself against the vileness of his paper 1n San Francisco. A physician of Paris claims that em- vloyes of gas works are exceptionally heaituy, and advances the theory that breathing the atmosphere of any place where coal tar is largely u-ed is a preven- tion against not only epidemic diseases, but nearly all forms of sickness. The reported shipment of green oranges from the southern part of the State has rightly excited the growers to investigate the story and to take steps to prevent such chipments in future. A few carloads of green oranges in the Eastcould materi- ally injure the reputation of Calilornia fruit in that section and cause a decline in the demand that would en1ail & heavy losson the ripening crop. The current number of the Merchants' Association Review is an exceptionally strong one and should be read by all mer- chants and property-owners in the City. It deals with live topics,of local import. ance and urges the cause of municipal im- provement and development with a force ana vigor which will go far toward carry:- ing them to success, x { does the horse attain greater perfection | A CRUSADE FOR DECENCY. One of the most cheering ;iiznu of the time is the vigorous crusade now being waged in all parts of the United States against those flashy, vicious and depraved newspapers which, taking advantage of the liberty zuaranteed to the press under our laws, have degraded the profession of journalism by every form of pollution which a prurient imagination can devise. The crusade had its origin in New York, and was directly caused by the foul excesses of the Journal of that city, a paper owned by Mr. Hearst, which rivals in sensational vulgarities Mr. Hearst’s other paper, the Ezaminer of San Francisco. New York can endure and has endured much, but it has revolted against this form of iniquity, which unites innate viciousness with a public abandonment of shame, The press and the pulpit of New York have united to make war for decency, morality and good taste against the foul influence which emanates from Hearst's publications. across the continent. The vigor of the appeals uttered there has awakened a response At this time there is not a reputable newspaper or decent weekiy periodical in the cities of New York and San Francisco which is not en- listed in a crusade against the conductor of such depraved journals and against pub- lic tolerance of such newspapersas the New York Journal and the San Francisco Ezaminer in their present indecent and offensive cousse. 1t will be readily understood that legitimate journals hesitate to enter upon the task of exposing this foul excrescence which has fastened upon their profession. It would be pleasanter to ignore it and let the foul thing run 1ts loathsome course to the slums and die of its own corruption or find a speedier ending at the hands of the police. and public decency protected. This, however, it is not safe to do. Public morality must be guarded The press as well as the pulpit must speak out. Decadent journalism must be condemned and the public warned of its evils by every means which virtue and morality bave at their disposal. The reasons which have impelled the leading journals and the most eminent pastors in New York to begin an earnest crusade against the vileness disseminated by the depraved sheets of that city are sufficient to justify THE CALL in promoting the crusede in this City. The evil here iseven greatsr than anything of which New York knows. Mr. Hearst has not yet left his paperin New York to the manage- ment of an irresponsible man whose repute is shown by his suggestive nickname of “Long Green,” and whose career has been such that he requires the pistol pro- tection of a hired bully. Vile as have been the offenses by which Mr. Hearst has stirred the indignation of New York they have been as nothing in comparison with those which have insulted San Francisco and shocked the sense of morals and decency among its people. The course of the Ezaminer, under the editorial management of *‘Long Green" Lawrence, made bold by the favor ot Hearst and rendered impudent by the pro- tection of Earp, has gone from bad to worse with a startling rapidity. It infects with vileness everything it touches and casts suspicion upon all with which it is associated. It is time for San Francisco to act upon the indignation it has so long and justly felt. The foul, lying, prurient sheet which encourages frauds and fakes and indecencies in every thing, from politics to sports, should be repudiated by all decent people and left to perish in the slums from which emanate its ideas and inspiration. . THE HORSE SHOW. The two beauties—fair women and fine horses—will constitute the show which will entertain the people of San Francisco at the Pavilion for the remainder of the week. It will be the best display of the kind yet seen upon the Pacific Coast, and it is not bragging too much to say that so far as the women are concerned it will be the best ever seen in any part of the world. The show will serve the double purpose of providing society with a grand gather- ing place for recreation and enjoyment and advancing the welfare of one of the greatest industries in the State. Nowhere then in California, and in no country of anything like equal population has there been 80 much wealth and skill devoted to his breeding and maintenance. The pres- tige of Kentucky as the great horse State in the Union will soon belong to California, even if it is not rightly hers already, and with the honor will come larger profits for those engaged in the breeding of good horses. In the very nature of things a com- munity hasto depend upon men of wealth to advance the breed of its horses. The industry requires a large expenditure of | money and in many instances is not| directly profitable to those who engage in 1‘ it. Itis decidedly profitable, however, to | the community at large. From the fine breeding stables of millionaires strains of good biood go forth and are gradually in- | fused through all the horses of the State, so that the plow horse of the farmer and the dray horse of the city are improved by { the remote intermingiing with the trotters | and thoroughbreds of the stock farms. In the show at the Pavilion, the chief in- terest for the great majority of peovle will be the social function. This 1s so in every city where such displays are held. The horse is an indispen<able adjunct to so- ciety and fashion. He adds mue: to the vomp and pleasure of men and women, end they value him forit. The annual display of fine horses serves to encourage nublic taste and delight in the possession of good teams and also affords a means of | making known what is the best in horse flesh, and therefore society receives in- struction as well as entertainment from the social function which the show affords them. It is noted that popular as well as social interest in these displays increases with each succeeding year, The eutertainment of this week will be the best we nave had so far, but it is asafe prediction thatit will be exceeded when the nextone is held. Thisgrowing interest will manifest itself not only in the display on the frack, | but in the even more fascinating display in the boxes and among the seats of the spectators. The arrangements which have been made for the accommodation of the pa- trons of the display are much better thau in former years and this will aid to the enjoyment of all who attend it. Itis safe to say that the throngs of visitors will be sufficient to make the display profitable to the enterprising and public-spirited men who have promoted it. Few people in the City will be willing to miss it altogether. Everybody will desire to see the two beantie THE CITY CREDITORS. The resolutions passed to print by the Board of Supervisors on Monday evening requesting the Legislature at its next ses- sion to take such action as may be in ac- cordance with justice and fair dealing to secure and ensure the payment of all outstanding demands honestly incurred ana rightfully due to the merchants of the City and County will have the support of the people generally. It is not questioned that 8an Fran- cisco justly owes considerable sums of money, and it should be equally unques- tioned that itis the duty of the City to pay them as promptly as possible. There has been already much longer de- lay in this matter than there should have been. It is certainly uniortunate tbat the condition of our law is such tha: Ban Francisco cannot pay a just debt, even when she is willing to pay it. Laws o! that kind are decidedly opposed to public policy, as well as to the good credit of the municipality, and the Legisiature should promptly substitute better laws in their place. +The claims against the City which led to the offer of the resolution ure too well known to require a restatement. They have been set forth both in the press and in the courts, and the justice of the claira- ants bave been well establisned before both tribunals. Nothing stands in the way of the payment of those claims but a legal technicality. The people desire to see the claims seitled, and this reproach against the good name of the City re- moved. Itis certainly an absurdity that we should bave a municipal government anthorized to souander money foolishly, but baving no authority in law to pay its honest debis. % California expects her Congressmen to be active and aggressive in fighting the funding bill and eurnest and prompt in everything that tends to promote the wellarc of the State. THE FUNDING BILL. No portion of the President’s message is more important to the people of California than that which reiates to the Pacific roads debts. On this issue the President speaks clearly. After givinga tull state- ment of the indebtedness of the roads, their default in obligations to the Govern- ment and the probability of further de- fault occurring on January 1, 1897, be says: Therefore, unless Congress shall otherwise direct, or shall have previously determined upon a different solution of the problem, there will hardly appear to exist any reason for de- laying beyond the date of default above men- tioned such executive action as will promise to subserve the public interests and save the Government from the loss threatened by further inaction. The effect of this declaration on the part of the President will be to bring the fund- ing bill immediately to the front. It can hardly be doubted that some effort will be made by the frienus of the railroad im Congress to provide a means by whichthe road will be saved from the action of fore- closure on the part of the Government, which is expressly announced as immi- nent. 3 Mr. Cleveland declares the act of Con- gress passed March 3, 1887, which charges the President with the duty of foreclosing Government liens in case of default, has not been enforced by him because of the fact that Congress has for a number of years almost constantly had under consid- eration various plans for dealing with the conditions existing between these roads and the Government. This excuse for non- interference he does not believe will jus- tify him in delaying action after the first day of next year, and accordingly, if the Pacific roads hope to escape foreclosure they must act vigorously and at once. The final contest in this long struggle is therefore precipitated upon us. We may be sure the friends of the railroad in Con- gress will exert all their energzies and make use of every meansto prevent the threatened foreclosure. It behooves the veople of California, their representatives and their friends in Congress to be vigilant and active 1n guarding agaiust all that the railroad may attempt. The voice of Cali- fornia :hould make itself heard by its delegation in Congress and by the press. The time for action has come and it should be of the most determined and resolute sort. The prospects of complete victory are | geod. The present session of Congress will be short and it has much important legislation to attend to. It seems fairly probable therefore that it will be poss:ble for the advocates of justice to defeat any attempt which the monopoly may make. Even if a funding bill should pass the House it 1s not like!y to pass the Senate, and if Mr. Cleveland remains true to the policy outlined in his message we may ex- pect to see some steps soon taken to pro- tect the interests of the Guvernment and the weltare of the people from the grasp- ing greed of tiie monop THE GUBAN ORISIS. The passage of Mr. Cleveland’s influence in home politics is strikingly shown by the fact that comparatively little atten- tion has been given to what hé said aboat the tar:ff or the currency. The portion of his message which has been subject to the most comment is that referring to Cuba and the possibility that the United States may soon ve called upon to inter- fere for the purpose of putting .an end to the war in that island, On this subject, however, the message of the President is hardly so notable as that of his Secretary of State, Mr. Olney. The President goes no further than to say a time may arrive when a correct policy and care for our interests as well as a regard for the interests of other nations will constiain our Government to such action as will subserve the interests thus involved and restore to Cuba the blessings of peace. Mr. Olney is more de- cided in his views. He speaks of the time ior such interference as being near at hand, and says: i From whatever point of view we regard the matter it is impossible not to discern thata state of things exists at our door alike danger- ous to good relations, desiructive oi legiti- mate commerce, fatal to the internal re- sources of Cuba and most vexatious and trying becaunse entailing upon this Gov- ernment excessive burdens in 11s domestic administration and its outward relations. This situation cannot indefinitely continue without growing still worse, and the time may not be far distant when the United States must seriously consider whether its rights and interes s, as well as its international duties, in view of its peculiar relations to the island, do not call for some decided change in the policy hitherto pursued. Statements like these from men who are intrusted with the management of our foreign effairs and who speak under the responsibility of involving this country in war will certainly have the effect of con- firming even the most wavering citizens in the belief that the condition of the af- fairs of Cuba is fully as bad if not worse than bas been depicted by newspaver cor- respondent-. The question, therefore, is brought straight to the jeople whether they are prepared to support the Govern- ment in actively intervening between Spain and Cuba, even at the risk of war. It will need no jingo spirit to arouse the American people tc favor decided action on the issue, The report of Secretary Ol- ney shows so clearly the evils that are wrought not only upon the Cubans but upon Americans living in ttat country or trading with it that he seems fully justi- fied in his asseriion that some decided change is necessary in the policy which has hitherto been pursued. Whatever course our Government takes in the matter, either this winter or under the incoming administration, will un- doubtedly huve the support not only of our own people, but of the eivilized world. Spain has no just cause of complaint against us. We have done everything which we could to support her govern- ment of the island so long as such a gov- ernment seemed possible. We bave pre- vented any filibustering from this coast in aid of the Cubans, and have rigidly main- tained all the obligations imposed upon us by international law, and if now we find 1t necessary for the protection of our own people to exert the strong arm of our Government we will certainly be blame- less of injustice, aggression or any form of wrongdoing. —_— PEKSONAL. Dr. J. Clark of Gilroy is at the Palace. P. Mugler, a brewer of Sissons, is in town. August Fries of Honolulu has arrived here. Robert R. Jewell of London reached here yesterday. M. Isaaes, a storekeeper of Ione, is here on a business trip. W. H, Carithers, a merchant of Banta Rosa, is at the Lick. C. H. Viles of Wheatland is in town, at the Cosmopolitan. Scnator J. H. Seawell of Mendocino is among recent arrivals here. Judge John M. Fulweiler of Auburn is a vis- itor here. He isat the Lick. G. B, Delfiny and G. Alegretti, merchants of Stockton, are at the Commercial. F. W. Lyman, a well-to-do. merchant ot Min- neapolis, is a recent arrival here. J. Frye, a general storekeeper of Rutherford, Napa County, is among the arrivais here. R. E. Morris, the oid miner of Lower Hill, Nevada, is stopping at the Cosmopolitan. J. B. Lankershim, a banker of Los Angeles, is here on & brief stay and is at the Palace, N. Stansfield, owner of valuable mining property near Sonora, Tuolumne County, is at the Russ. Captain W. A, Nevillsof the famous Rawhide mine arrived in this City yesterday and is at the Palace. William G. Kerchoff, a leading wholesale and retail grocer of Los Angeles, is here on a business trip. Dr. A. M. Gardner, superintendent of the State Asylum for the Insane at Napa, arrived here yesterday. T. J. Sherwood, the well-known journalist of Marysville, is here for a few days’ stay and is a the Occidental. F.C. White, an old resident of Grass Valley, came down yesterday and will remain until after Christmas. John Craig, proprietor of the hotels and waters of Highland Springs, 13 in town accom- vanied by his wife and daughter. James 8, Dennis, an attorney of Reno, who is associated with Congressman Newlands in several enterprises, is at the Palace. J.Martin Deldredge of Sydnmey, New South Wales, manager for one of the great meat- packing firms there, is at the Occidental. P. Gallagher of Limerick arrived on the overland yesterday and will spend the holi- days on tle Paclfic Coast. He is at the Cosmo- politan. Miss Eunice Wells of Denver, & missionary whois on her wey to Indis, is at the Ocei- dental. She will sail on the steamer Doric to- morrow. John J. Halpin, whose home is in New York, but who is general manager of the Brunswick gold mine at Grass Valley, is on a visit here and is at the Palae: v 8. T. Fitzwater, a pioneer, heavy land-owner and leading'cattle-grower of Northern Califor- nia, with headquarters at Montague, is et the Russ. He brought down several cars of cattle for the San Francisco market. Thomas W. Jenkins, an English mining ex- pert, who for some time has been in different parts of California examining mining prop- erty, with a view of purchasing or bonding and developing, fsin the City. Jerome Churchill, the rich ploneer trader, mine-owner, real estate holder and banker of Yreka, who is known all over Northern Cali- fornia, is on a visit here and is at the Grand. In common parlance Mr. Churchill is said to own half Yreka. A. Tognazzini,a widely known and wealthy dairyman of San Luis Obispo County, is at the Commercial. He has just returned from his 0ld home in Italy and from other parts of Europe where he has been visiting. He has been absent about six months, Max Pracht of Ashland, Or.. formerly Col- lector of the Port at Sitka and during a large part of the past year employed by the Ameri- can Tariff League, arrived here yesterday. Mr. Pracht is an old resident of the Pacific Coast and an ardent Republican and tariff advocate. Amopg the arrivals at the Palace yesterday was a wealthy and distinguished party of Penusylvanians, who came in aspecial car. They are J. M. and H. A. Guffey, E. H. Jen. nings, George Prentise and R. R. Mellon, all of Pittsburg. It is stated that they will spend some time in California, visiting different cities and resorts, Gordon C. Bettles, the wealthy post trader of the far Yukon and some of its tributaries, and publisher of the oniy newspaper issued within the Arctic circle, who has beeu here for some time past, has gone on a visit to Montana and will remain till after the ho.lidays. His brother is manager of great mines at Granite and president of the Homestake Mining Com- pany, Biack Hills, E. F. Schumacher, one of the discoverers and i1 lately an owner in the rich Bald Eagle gold mine near Juneau, Aiaska, is at the Commer- ¢ial, He has recent'y been on a visit to Ar- cata. Mr. Schumacher is & veteran prospector, and has got so he feels counfident of findinga mine every time he goes intoa good country to look for it, that is, providing he stays a reasonable time. Not long ago he was fora brief period prospecting in the Okanogan country. CALIFORNi.NS IN NEW YORK NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 8.—At the Plaza— Mrs. Layng, Mrs. Pascoit; Cosmopolitan—F, Cornell; Mur'boro—F. M. Meigs, Mrs. Maggie Neal. Mr. Rouge left the Plaza tosail on the Trave for Bremen. W. Moore is here buying for L. Strauss & Co. NEWSPAPER PLEASANTRY. Jasper—Jones must be getting slong better and making money now. Jumpuppe—Why? Jasper—He owes me money and he dodges out of my way now, insiead of meeting me brazenly as hé used to do.—New York Truth, Inquisitive Boy—8ay, pop, what does the boa const fctor tie himself up & hard knot like that for? Pop—Oh, that's to remind himse!f of some- thing when he wakes up.—Twinkles, Judge—Are you opposed to capital punish- ment? The juror (a Populist)—-No, sir; we bellevein punishing capital.—Washington Times. “This is pretty stout butter,” declared Mr, Newly, with a frown that was deep for & man who had been married but a month. “Don’t scold, dearie,” urged his pret'y little wife. “It'll not occur again. Ihave boughta churn snd ordered buttermilk to be delivered reguiarly. Hereafter we’il have sweet, fresh butter.”—Detroit Free Press. ““Yes, our boy has the most remarkable mus. cuiar development you ever saw.” “Better mal prize-fighter out of him.” ‘No, we can’t. He's tongue-tied.”—Cleve- land Flaindealer. “Lemme see; what is that saying about the great oak growing from the littie acorn ?” ‘Oh, that isn’t an oak any more; it is a chestnut.,”—Cincinnati E: quirer. | the cust of cricket. THE NEW JOURNALISM, {From Leslie’s Weekly.] “‘Save the babies! save the babies!" Buch is the centinuous cry during the summer months of 8 New York evening sheet devoted to the cult of the **new journalism.” The children of the tenements are overcome by the heat, the bad odors and the tainted aimosphere of the great metropolis and the provrietor of the sheet in question endeavors to add to his circula- tion by encouraging the patronage of collection-boxes and the erection of promisen- ous candy and fruit stanas, the proceeds of which are supposed to accrue to the suffer- ers’ benefit. In other words, he manaves to “keep things bumming” all summer long for “'sweet charity’s sake’’—and his own! So far, so good. There is no objection to the children benefiting from this form of ‘‘benevolence.’”” Yet in truth they siand in need of salvation from far greater dangers than the mere jhysical discomforts above alluded to. Every hour of the day and every day of the year they suffer from the pollution of the lewd, sensational, vugar press, whose whole tendency for years has been to de rade public taste and morals by a systematic pandering to the lowest instinctsof bumanity. It ig glorified vice and crime, and has instilied in the hearts of the young # disregard for the promptings of virtue and the higher ideals of our civilization. The repellant figure of the spirit of evil is, in fact, daily walking through our centers of popuiation, our congested dis- tricts, like the black pest oi the Middle Ages, scattering the seed of moral death and destruction on all sides. Yes, indeed, ‘‘Save the babies, save tae babies!” The adults can take care of themselves; it is not they who suffer.from contact with the virus. It1s the children— the children of the poor above all—from the tender age when the meaning of a phrase, the significance of & picture, first dawns upon their youthful inteilects untilthe threshold of maturity has been reached. The struggle for existence raging around in all its fury deprives them of a parent’s watchful mentorship. They are left to face the danger alone and unprotected. Itis they—the children of the poor—who suc- cumb to the blighting influence of the ‘new journalism,” and swell the lists of our criminals and law-breakers. It is they whose bodies the arch-fiend is willing to save, 80 that he may ail the more surely destroy their souls. The *‘new journalism” is an exotic plant in this fair land of the United States. It is & product of the ghetto, distinctively Oriental in its lubricity, its lasci iousness, its flashiness. Transported in the steerage with other vermin from an obscure and obnoxious quarter of Europe, it first developed, flourished, and grew fat in a great Western city, und then early in the eighties, was transplanted to New York to burst forth in all its hideousness. ‘We had troubles enough in those duys, it must be ad- mitted, but our press at least was Iree from the taint of prurient sensationalism; our children ran no risk of defilement from an accumulation of literary and pictorial filth on every newspaper stand, One could obtain comprehen:ive information regarding current events without the additional bawdy or charnel house flavoring. In those days, moreover, ti.e professional circulation affidavit har was a thing unknown, and the chromo, the guessing-match, the puzzle competition did not figure as leading factors in the dissemination of thought. All these ennobling features and many the great arch-tiend of the “new journalism.” others—unfit for publication—we owe to Unfortunately Le has not been allowed to purste his path of villainy without experiencing that sincerest form of .flattery known as imitation. certainly has succeeded 1n outstripping the laiter in the race for circulation. The imitator, indeed, has at times outdone the original, and he The Rev. William H. Faunce of New York has graphically summed up the situation thus created. Says he: There are two newspapers in this city whose very names are synonyms of degradation; whose very posters reek with moral poison; which exist by the systematic and purposed cor- ruption of their readers. They have become purveyors of lust and brutality, and diurnal in- stigators of crime. Every father dreads to see them in the hands of his son, and every pure mother snatches them from her aaughter’s hand. They parade our streets simply for evil pur- poses, fattening on the weakness o1 human nature and resembling nothing so much &s a gar- bage-cart dragged through the streets dripping with the unspeakable. 1f asked what is rignt to print, we cannot always answer, to our homes. Yet they ask admission But we all know the difference between an enterprise fighting for purity and truth and one seeking to pollute the people. The questions now arise: What are we going to do about it? Will it become necessary in the end to enact special legislation for tbe suppression of the vicious press? Must we have a public censor, the same as in the majority of European countries? Or areour children and our children's children destined, under the arch- fiend’s mentorship, to follow the path carved out for us by his two European co- religionists, Nordau and Lombroso—the path of Aryan degeneration? The New York Sun and the Evening Post are doing noble work in arousing their readers t6 an appreciation of the dangers involved in the spread of the ‘new jour- nalism,” but they have as yet suggested no practical remedy for the growing evil. Says the Sun: “But the corrective must be administered by decent public sentiment. That is the only effectual remedy.” This is well enough as far as it goes, but iu order to be effectual the opposition to the inroads of the new journalism must assume some practical form. It must not be confined to the columns of the decent press. sentiment of itself will accomplish little without methodic action. Pub.ic Let the clergy, the school- teachers, the parents and guardians ot the young, let all who exercise control over the youthful minds, band togetuer in one%olid organization, regardless of race or creed, and proceed to down the monster systematically. Let the Christian Endeavor- ers, the Salvation Army, the Young Men’s Christian Association, and all the other religious and social organizations, unite on this common ground and combat the soul. killing pest. Only by combined action can any lasting result be obtained. asked to subscribe to pledges againstindulgence in alcohol and tobacco. We are ‘Why not introduce a pledge of total abstinence from the use of the ‘Morning Hog-Wash” or the “Evening Swill-Barrel”? V. GRIBAYEDOFF. PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOFPLE Lord Roberts has become an indefatigable cyclist, He may be seen any day careering through the Dublin streets. The Queen of Greece is an accomplished yachtswoman, holas a master’s certificate and is an honorary admiral in the Russian navy. All the Queen’s danghters were taught to swim when very young. The daughters of the Prince of Wales could swim before they could read. Theve are ten newspaper editors in the House of Commons, six printers, four tailors, three stationers, two butchers, three hotel-keepers, six tenant farmers, one coal merchantand one cab proprietor. Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher, when she was first married, made, washed, ironed and sold shirts to & neighbor’s stablemen in order that she might earn some money to entertain cer- tain delegates in a manner befitting her rising young husband. g The Ameer of Afghanistan has become a vic- tim of the eycling craze, but as he 1s averse to using the energy necessary to propel a bicycle, aLondon firm has built him a machine on which he can ride in comfort while two at- tendants work the pedals. As a slight return for the magnificent recep- tion that France recently gave the Czar, the people of Moscow, probably -inspired by the precence of the French colony there, have started a subscription for 8 monument to the late President Carnot. The Prince of Wales is & determined up- holder of English-made goods. With a view to encouraging the British silk industry he has decided to revive the feshion in silk waist- coats. He has, in fact, ordered some biack silk walstcoats containing small colored designs. AlbertEdward of Walesis the greatest spend- thriftin the world, according to the London Figaro, which asserts that ne has spent $50,- 000,000 in thirty-three years. He has received $25,000,000 irom the English nation, $5,000,- 000 more for traveling expenses and special allowances, and has private Gebis amounting to $20,000,000 CRUSHED. Once a poet wrote a sonnet All about a pretiy nonnet, ‘And a critic sat upon it, On the sonnet Not the bounet, Nothing [oth. And, as it it were high treason, Sald, “Neither rhyme nor reason Hasit. And it's out of season Which? The sonnet Or she bonnwt? Maybe both. "Tis a feeb's imitation Of a wor: hier crea'i'n: An esthetic innovatio Of a sonnet Or @ bon et. ‘This was hard. Both were put 'ogether neatly, Harmonizing very sweeily, Bug the critic crusiied completely, Not the bonnet. Or the sonnet, But the bard. —Spare Moments. REPUBLICANISM IN TEXAS. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The fact that McK nley’s vote in Texas is double that given to Harrison 1u 1892 shows a, gain in that State which is highly encouraging 1o the Republicans. As was natural to expeet the principal part of the gain is in the centers of intelligence and progress. The large towns and the farming districts, where the standard of education ana genera! enlightenment are highest, all gave largely increased votes, as compared with previous elections, 10 the Re- publican party, Among these new Republican recruits are thou: s of men of character and standing, who have hitherto been promi- nent in Democratic councils. The brains of the old Democracy is coming over to the Re- publican side. WHAT ENGLAaNU SPEN_S ON SPORT Newecastle Chroniele. Upward of £38,000,000 ($190,000,000), it is estimated, is spent aunualiy on sport in Great Britain. The turt is, of course, the most cx- nsive sport and accounts for neariy £11, X 5,000.000). A modest i 000/000 ($10,000.000) will, 1t s 'stated, corer A USEFUL HOUSE GOWN. A flannel of black and sage green stripes, with trimmings of black satin ribbon, forms this charming and comfortable house gown, which is fitted to the figure by one dart on either side of the front, and has usual back forms, which form godet effects below the waist. The sleeve is of the leg-omutton shape. A light blue crepon had the lace seton to outline a square yoke, and falling over the sleeves. An inch border of brown 1ur finished the edge of the ruffie. The front of the gown was hooked invisibly, and a bow of white ribbon with long ends finished the front. The neck had a collar of white satin with tiny points of blue, edged with fur set on either side of the front. A plain untrimmed wrappgr of pink flannel is most serviceable, as it may easily be laun- dered. A collareite of whité mainsook with narrow Valenciennes lace can be made detach- able with turn up cuffs to mateh, Or a pointed lace collar may be maae into an_elaborate accessory by sewing a rufle of bright #iriped ribbon around it, making it into a point ateach point of the lace collar, and tacking it there. A whit- flarinel gown, with white lace collar and blue and white striped ribbon was very dainty. This model is very useful for wrappers of wash fabrics, and s at the same time appro- priate for making up handsome tea gowns of any fabric, the trimming changing the char- acter of the garment entirely. e ——— AS 1BE GSULLIER DIES A British army surgeon is authority for the statement that the cause of death is clearly shown In the expression of the face of a corps - on the field of battle. He states that those Who haye been kiiled by sword thrusts have a look of repose, while those killed by bullets usually have pain of an intense nature clearly depicted., ENGINEE&S N |.E NAVY . Louisyille Commercal. We want more engineers in our navyand we want to' make some of the line and staff officers to understand that in a modern navy tle engineers are even more imgufllnt than the officers of the line aud siaff have been in the past. THE FAILUKE Al SANTA CRUZ Oakland Tribune: Many persons who have spent some pleasant midsummer days at Santa Cruz, or have sn est in that attractive little city, will re. L‘::etni;t hear of the failure of John R. Chuse, the iandiord of the Pacific Ocean House an the Sex Beach Hotel. Jir. (hase was one of the live men of Santa Cruz und ibat cirs could ill afford to lose him from active lile. He isan bonorable, enterprising and ‘generous c.tizen, whose only fault is (hat heattempted to do 100 much in very duli times. MORE APPRENTICES. An Appeal to the Secretary of the Navy—Secretary Morton on Weather Bureau Stations. John L. Howard, vice-president, pre- sided yesteraay afternoon at & special meeting of the trustees of the Chamber of Commerce. There was some talk in regard to the establishment of a Naval Training School on Goat Island, and with a view to in- crease the number ot apprentices who may be ready to enter the school when it i3 opened it was decided to make an application to the Secretary of the Navy. The secretary, Capiain Merry, was in- structed to send a letter as follows: Honorable Hilary A. Hervert, Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D. (.—SIR: The Coamber ol Commerce has regarded with special pride the authorization by the Nayy Department, by which 108 boys re permiited enlistment in the Navy as apprentices at the Mare Is.and naval s.at on, and has the satisfaction of very encourxging reports from the boys who have passed examination. ADXiOUS Liatso praise- worthy au effort to secure the enlistment of Arherican boys in-our naval forces shail re- ceive further encouragement, we respectiully request that the number authorized be in- creased by 200 additional boys. The bill in- troduced by Senator Perkins and passed by Congress during the last session authorizing the estabiishment of a Naval School on Goat 1sland will then bave about 300 apprentices ready to enter when it _has been establisbed. An enactment 5o full of promise and so patri- otic in its inception must insure the apprecia- tion of the citizens for the administration that encourages it. We hope you may find it in your power to issue the necessary order, and with assurance of the highest respect, we subseribe ourselves. A lettér from the Architect's Depart- ment at Washington in reply (o a question from the chamber as to when work wolld be commenced on the new postoffice build- ing gives the information that working plans are now being prepased to theend that proposals for constructing the buiid- ing.may be obtained at an early day. There was reccived a communication from the Trade Leacue of Philadelphia, suggesting that the various commercial bodies of the United States unite in ask- ingfor an amendment to the United Siates constitution so that the President shall be elected for six years and not eligible for a second term. The communication closed with the question, *‘Would such be ad- vantageous?” No action wastaken on the matter. A letter was received from J. Sterling Morton, Secretary of Agriculture, declar- ing himeself opposed to the establishment of a Weather Bureau station on Mount Tamalpais as suggested by Protessor George Davidson on the ground that such a station would not be of any service to the bureau. .- - Lecture on Phrenology. The semi-mouthly meeting of the Golden Gate Literary and Historical Society will be held in the lecture-room of the Y.M.C.A. building this evening at 7:45 o’clock The exercises consist of recitations, original and selectea essays, a-signing and answering of ‘?)\lesllon!,resdmg of the paper and lectures. n the evening in question Dr. Haddock, whose reputation throughout the State and Nation is established as a lecturer on phrenois ogy and kindred subjects, will aeliver one of hisdnteresting and iustructive discourses, oc- cupying a part of the evening. These entere tainments are always free to the public. ————— 3 ©0’Connor’s Wil Sustained. Judge Coffey yesterday gave judgment ade mitting to probate the will of Jeremian 0’Con- nor. The will was contested by the widow, who was disinherited, on the ground of undue influence and unsoundness of mind. The court found against the contest “n both Ppoints, and the property, vaiued at $5000, will Ro to_the children of the testator. Kulioch & Kearn are attorn: ys for the successiul heirs. ICECREAM and cakes. Guillet's, 905 Larkin.® s e CALIFORNTA glace fruits, 50¢ ib. Townsend's* ————————— FPECTAL information daily to manufacturs; business houses and public men by the Pr Clipping Burenu (Allen’s), 510 Monigomery. ———— In choosing & Christmas present, is there anything better than a nice Bible or prayer book? We also have stacks of Christmas cards, calendars, California souvenirs, sea mosses, wild flowers, photographs ot the City, rark and Clif House and celinloid art novelties. Everything brand new. We are not offering one do.lar’s worth of old plunder carried over from last year. Sanbornm, Vail & Co., 741 Market street. Open evenings. . SREAPEIL e HaLL CAINE, the distinguished author of “The Deemster.” “The Manxman,” etc., spent the eariv part of his boyhood in the pictur- esque little Manx Island, which his genius has illuminated. His early struggles and ad- ventures, his associations and vicissitudes, will form the subject of a charming auto- biographical paper to be published in the next volume of THE YOUTH'S CoMPA . ——————— Mrs. Kate Nobles has a big ehewing-gnm fattory in Niles, Mich. She began her busi- ness career as a “drummer,” and made gum at first in small quantities 1n her own kitchen. As her market grew she enlarged her quarters end is now doing a thriviug business, man« aging it herself. to Phenix, A. 3 Randsburg, Cal. THé ‘Atlantic and Pacific R. R., San‘s Fe ronte, will sell on December "11, 12 and 13 round-trip firs -class tickets to Pheenix at the one-way rate. A golden opportunity to spend Christmas in balmy Arizona. Cheap raies are also made to the won- derful Randsburg mining camp, whien is a second Cripple Creek, and to which people are now flock- ing by the thiusands Ticket office, 644 Mar street, Chronicle bullding. Telephone M: : See time-table in advertising columns. R e S Phillips’ Kock Isiand Excursions Leave San Francisco every Wednesday, via Rlo Grande and Rock Islund Kallwass. Through tourlst sleeping-cars to Chicago and Boston. Mao- ager and por.ers accompany thess excarsions to . Boston. For tickets, sleeping-car accommodations and furth-r information, address Clinton Jones, General Agent rock Island Kaliway, 30 Mont. gomery street, ~an Francisoo. S —————— Through Car to St. Paul and Minneapolis An elegantly up olstered tourlst-car leav: s Oak- 1and every Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock for all points in Montans, North Dakota and Minnesota, Nochange of cars. Dining-cars on all trains. Come and get our ratesif you expec to makea trip to any Eastern poin: K. 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