The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 5, 1897, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1897 "EBRUARY 5,1897 CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Dally snd Bunday CALL, one week, by carrier..§0.18 Dally and Sunday CALL, oue year, by mall..... 6.00 Dally end Bund; Daily and Sund Daily and Sunday CALy, one month, by mall. Gunday CaLL, ene year, by mail. W EEXLY CALL, Oue year, by mall. Carx, six months, by mail. 8.00 Cata, three months by mail 1.80 BUSINESS OFFICB: 710 Market Street, San Francisco, California. Telephone.............. U —— et TE L EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street. Telephons.. ... Mala—-1874 BRANCH OFFICES: 527 Montomery street, corner Clay; open untll 9:30 o'clock. 859 Hayes street; open until 9:30 o'clock. £18 Larkin streat: open until 9:30 o'clock. SW. cormer Sixteenth and Mission stree! open 5 street: open untll 8 o'clock. reet; open unil 8 o'clock. reet; open until 9:30 o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE: 908 Brosdway. EASTERN OFFICE: Rooms 81 and 83, 34 Park Row, New York City. DAVID M. FOLTZ, Fasters Manager. THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. s e 1305 Poik Appropriation bills are looming up. McKinley’s Cabinet receives praise on all sides. The exposure of a liar is the vindication of honesty. The pilotage bill has struck a squall and will need a good pilot to bring it safe home. Sprinkling rosewater on a dog-kennel wastes the water and does not improve the kennel. If as it is now exvected, we can get 8 new tariff bill before July, whata grand jubilee we will have on the glorious Fourth. Utah has named her Senator and thus one more deadiock is broken. Thechances now are that the next Senate will be a full house. The people Who pay 50 cents for Butler's autograph are the latest illustrations of the old proverb about a fool and his money. A new competitor is in the field for the Union Pacific road, and Uncle Sam’s chance for getting his money back is im- proving. Before we get through with Willie Hearst’s gang we will force them to vin- dicate Bsnator White and the Park Com- missioners. As one result of the glove contest law, Neveda is already getting a great deal of advertising for its picturesque manners and thrilline statute: The Bradley-Martins may rejoice in the knowledge that they have given occasion to more sermons than any forty other sin- ners in tne four hundred. In asking for detailed statements from the watercompany the Supervisorsshould have included a statement of money paid 10 blackmeil journalists. The Ezaminer actually boasts of having ot a story from Butler, just as if the Li Yung Yuen incident was not enqugh of that kind of thing for awhile. Vhen the water and gas companies make a full Teport of their accounts the people will be able to estimate what rates the Supervisors ought to fix. If no money is paid to blackmailers the great corporations of the City and State be able to conduct thelr business more cheaply for the benefit of the people. The vindication of Mr. Fitch from the assaults of the lampooners and carica- turists of the Ezaminer was good in itself, but it is not enough. There are others. The facility with which Butler reels off his fake stories shows that he mistook his vocation when he became a murderer. He ought to bave been & decadert journalist. It seems that Mark Hanna is not going to have the satisiaction of taking a seat in the Senate without making a race for it, In the politics of Ohio, there are no soft snaps. If the report is true that Eastern hat manufacturers are paving good prices for jackrabbit skins, California has a chance 10 start a new industry and keep it moving on the jump. ‘Whenever an act of corruption on the part of the Ezaminer is exposea Willie Hearst throws the blame on some of his subordinates. There is more sneak in him than in a snake. A resolution has been favorably reported to the State Senate appropriating $5 & day to supply the Senate with pure water, and it is evident times have changed since the Legislature of a thousand drinks, The Supervisors have gone in the right way about the work of fixing water rates. When all the facts are known, it will then be possibie to form a just estimate of what is fair for both the people and the cor- poration. The Kansas story of blow snakes enter- ing a farmer's house and killing his children by breathing on them may be true, but there will be a suspicion that there was a breath of Kansas whisky blown about the house by somebody. Bear in mind that the real issue between TuE CALL aud the Ezaminer is not whether water and gas rates shall be reduced, but whether rich corporations shall be made to pay blackmail to rascals and then make it up by charges on the people. “Blackmail I levy,” says Lawrence with a amirk; “1 also lie and never like to work; “But I've my uses.” Here his tone grows fierce, “I bleed rich Willie and T fatten Bierce.” Senator Vilas declared on Wednesday that theresolutions favoring the Nicaragua canal adopted by several Democratic National Conventions were ‘‘idle expres. sions.” It is therefore gratifying to know that the Senator himself will be politically idle as soon as his present term is over. The report that the convention of the Christian Endeavor Bociety was to be taken away from San Francisco has been em- phatically denied. Itseems to have been simply a Chicago fake, and was probably the result of some decadent journalist in that city trying to imitate the Li Yung Yuen story. | talk business. THE AMENITIES OF JOURNALISM. The republication in the Eraminer on Wednesday of an editorial published in Tre Cary in May, 1895, commending Mr. Hearst and his paper furnishes a good occasion for reviewing the course of THE CaLL under nal and its proprietor and toward the State its present management toward that jour- at large. The present proprietor of TrE CALL in assuming control outlined a policy calcu- Iated to advance the welfare of the State by jealousies and antagonisms which had s great enterprises. The aim of the policy Wi to bring about an era of good feeling which all the newspapers to work together in unit It will be remembered that at the time nated by other papers in the State as “rosewater.” the people and by most of the newspapers. derision. As a matter of fact there did at putting an end to those local and personal o often prevented the accomplishment of as to promote harmony in the State and would enable all classes of the people and v for the general good. this policy was announced it was denomi- 1t was, however, well received by The term ‘“rosewater”” was not applied 1n tbat time arise a new impulse toward barmony smong Californians, and whether TnE CALL caused that feeling or notit certainly promoted it. We have seen many good results flow from it. One of these is the accomplishment of the enterprise of constructing a competing railroad in the San Joaquin Valley and another 1s the harmony and success with which the people of California have acted in the effort to obtain a representative of the State in the Cabinet of President McKinley. It was in accordance with that policy TRE CALL wrote its courteous words of Mr. Hearst on the eve of his reported departure for a voyage around the world. We com- mended the Ezaminer then as we did all other papers in the City and in the State. We had at that time no knowledge of aLy c orrupt practices on the partof Mr. Hearst, nor had his paper then become o extravagently sensational and so low and coarse as it 1s now. Our commendation, therefore, was given in good faith, and as an evidence that we cherished no jeslousy agaiust our competitors in business, but were ready and willing to give them credit for all that fare of California. The courtesy of THE CALL was not well of that paper had knowledge which we did not possess. torting money from corporations, that they Company, that th any of them could do to advance the wel- received by the Ezaminer. The managers They knew that they were ex- were subsidized by the Southern Pacific v were reaching for blackmail in every direction, and that the re- port of Mr. Hearst's voyage around the world was & lie. they knew that any permanent alliance with Te CALL was Impossible. Knowing these things, They could not hope for continued favor from an honest journal any more than from honest people, 2nd they began at once a course of attack against TrE CALL designed to bring its proprietor into disrepute and to injure the business of a rapidly growing rival. The course of events soon led to the exposure of some of the corrupt practices in the Ezaminer office. It was made known th: at at the very time while the managers of that paper were loudly asserting their regard for the public welfare they were drawing secretly a subsidy of $1000 a month from the Southern Pacific Company. Mr. Hearst has indeed tried to exonerat betrayal of the interests of the people by th His attempts in that direction, however, we! e himself from the baseness of this secret rowing the biame upon his subordinates. re more than counterbalanced by the fact that he did not prosecute any of those subordinates for robbing him, and it is there- fore evident that they had duly turned the subsidy into his pocket. Moreover, in the face of this charge he soon appointed to th e control of the Ezaminer the notorious Andzew Lawrence, whose familiar nickname of Long Green sufiiciently attests his character and his repute in the community. As soon as the exposure of the secret subsidy was made the Eraminer became more open in its attacks upon TrE CArr. It directed its malice not aeainst the paper only, but against the proprietor and his relatives and personal friends. The man- agers of Mr. Hearst set to work their wits and their viciousness to assail the new proprietor of THE CALY, even more bitterly t etor, Mr. Fitch. "All their lampooners, thei ban they had a: iled the former propri- r caricaturists, their sneaks, spies, libelers and maligners were turned loose upon TiE CaLL, its proprietor and his relatives to do their vicious work as best they could. In making these attacks the Eraminer w of that paper knew that between themselves and an honest newspaper there must | sooner or Iater be antagonism and conflict, est men and blackmailers. It was a matter his satellites to take time by the forelock an 50 as to partially discredit whatever exposu: tices in which they engage. as wise in 1ts generation. The managers There can be no friendship between hon- of prudence, therefore, for Mr. Hearstand d begin the attacks on THE CALL at once, res it might make of the viliainous prac- The issue between THE UALL and the Eraminer is now made up, and it is for the public to decide between them. rere shou true nature of the issue. Our present controversy with the Ezaminer is not over a ques- | tion of water and gas rates. o from the assaults of blackmailers and extor! 1d be no mistake made as to what is the We are as desirous as is every one else to see San Fran- | o supplied with cheaper water and with cheaper gas. managers of the Ezaminer is simply whether disreputable newspapers are to be al- | lowed to levy blackmail npon rich corporations. On that issue we confidently appeal | to the public. The fight with the Eraminer is not of our making, and we are waging | it not for personal advantage but for the general good and the protection of capital | The issue between usand the tioners, THE RIGHT WAY. The Board of Supervisors has gone about the work of fixing watier rates in the right way. The Water Committee of the board at a meeting on Wednesday formally called upon the water company to give a detailed statement of all facts and sta- tistics which will be necessary for the | board to bave in order that it may fairly and accurately calculate what charges ihe company shall have the right to make upon the peovle. The demands cover nearly every feature of importance in the business, and if honestly complied with will furnish to the public as well as to the Supervisors sufficient data on which to base a just estimate of what should be allowed to the water company and what should be expected from it. The information asked for is confined strictly to what may be called the legiti- mate business of the water company. This was perhaps as much as the board had a right todemand, but it might have thrown a broad light upon the present situation of affairs in this City if it had called aiso for a statement from the water company of the subsidies whnich it pays to news- papers, or to those who manage them. Such a statement might not Lave had any effect in determining what were the honest expenditures and legitimate net income of the company, but would have been very pertinent to certain questions now before the public. That the people of San Francisco desire cheaper water rates is unquestioned. Men always wish to get the most possible for the least outlay. That is the first step 1n economy. Men who do not have such de- sires are thriftless and wasteful. It is therefore not only natural but rignht that the people should expect from the Board of Supervisors to meke for them the best terms commensurate with justice and fix the charges for water lower than they have been in the past, if that can be justly done, Between this general desire foracheaper and, therefore, more economical water supply and a wild demand for such a re- duction in water rates as would despoil the company and diminish the value of invested capital there is 8 wide guif. The one is honesty and fair dealing. The other is the outcome of dishonesty and a spirit destructive to every interest of the community. There is no large number of people in San Francisco who favor any- thing like injustice to the water company. | The wild clamorers against corporations are noisy, but they are not numerous. The great majority of our citizens expect the Board of Supervisors to do what is right and fair and they have every gratifi- cation therefore in noting that the steps thus far taken tend in that direction. To carry on the war in Cuba Spain has had to levy a tax on bread, with the result that riots have broken out in several parts of the kingdom. This would seem to be the beginning of the end of the efforts at | the suppression of Cuba. When a Gov- ernment has to take bread from the mouths of its own people in order to plun- der others, it is time to quit and make peace. In securing the Countess of Aberdeen to deliver the convocation address at the next commencement of Chicago Univers- ity President Harper has once more shown his ability to advertise bis insti- tution, It was a ten-strik Thanks are due to the Nevada Legisla- ture for one thing. It has compelled Cor- bett and Fitzsimmons to quit blufling and PROSPERITY'S RETURN. The complaint comes from some quar- ters that the prosperity promised upon the trinmph of McKinley has not put it- self much in evidence, and discontent is felt because an overwhelming confusion of the financial policy championed by Bryan has not come in the form of a great rush of business—a magic transition from deep depression to everywhere overflow- ing cups of plenty. These complaints and discontents are signs of impatience rather than of reason. After the long depression caused by the Democratic tariff prosperity cannot return in a single season. 1t will be rememberea that for several months after toe resumption of specie payment in 1879 many of the great staple products stubbornly refused to rise in price, and the same questions as to the whereabouts of promised prosperity were asked by the doubters of those days as are being querulously put now. Then, as now, however, the good seed was slowly eerminating in the ground, unseen by the superficial observer, yot in bountiful preparation all the same to turn the win- ter ot discontent into glorious summer. At the end of a year from specie resump- tion the average of railway stocks had risen from $33 to §65, and in the third year to §92 15. Investment stocks rose 42 per centin three years, manufacturing stock 45 per ceut, and bank stock 20 per cent. Notwithstanding the slowness of thestart and the coatinued clamor of the discon- tented, who were too blind to see the pro- cesses of steady growth, the statistics showed that the volume of business grew in one year more than 40 per cent, and in three years the earnings of the railroads had reached the immense increase from $490,000,000 to $725,000,000. Even if the return-of prosperity now were as slow and slight as those over- hasty critics woeuld have the country be- lieve, its lingering is thus seen to be no evidence that it is not abundantly coming in the time required for a steady and healthy expansion. A too rapid develop- ment is often the forernnner of a disas- | trous crash in the world of business. The long depression inflicted upon the country by the folly of Democratic lezislation is already passing away, and before the year closes we shall have evidences of & coming prosperity as great as that which slow!y but surely followed the resumption of specie payment. GROW’'S GREAT PLURALITY. ‘Washington Post. Representative at Large Galusha A. Grow of Pennsylvanis has the proud distinction of having received at the last two electionsa larger plurality than any other candidate for any office in any State in the Union. His plurality in 1894 wes 246,462 and in the last elegtion it was over 297,000, or 4000 more pldrality than Mr. McKiuley received; in the State. Another peculiar feature in Mr. Grow’s eerly political life was that he was legislated | out of office by bis own party. He represented & district in 1860 that gave a majority of about 10,000. Two other districts in Pennsyl- vania ai thit time also gave overwhelming Republican mejorities, and in redistricting the State on the basis of the vote jor President Lincoin, & strong Democratic conuty was adaed to each one ot three Republican dis- tricts, in the hope ot preventing the election of Democratic Representatives. The result was | disastrous, especially in the district which had | formeriy been represented by Mr. Grow, for he ‘was defeated in 1862 by 1400 majority. With one exception, this district remsined Demo- cratic for many years. Last year, howeve: the same counties geve him over 11,000 ma- jority. SHERMAN, (ZE-AR, GLADSTONE. St. Louls Globe-Demoerat. A Democratic paper complains that Secretary Sherman lacks imagination. The charge ap- | plies also to Julius Cresar and Gladstone, who | never drew upbon that faculty when they wrote | & report or made an estimate. THE FAKE AND THE FACT. —THE FAXEB— The Examiner has published for the p: the following fake: ast several days at the top of its title page THE EXAMINER PUBLI 249,757 Inches ! Of Ads During 18¢6. SHED & & 5,964 More Than were published by any other San Francisco newspaper. In the publication of this fake the Examiner was probably not aware that a careful record was being kept of the actual amount in inches of its advertising and that in consequence it could be confronted with the following fact. —TELE Fraor— THE EXAMINER PUBLI 236,528 Inches SHED & Of Ads During 1896. That is one fact, and here is another THE CALL PUBLISH 239,551 Inc Of Ads During 1806. ED hes % J & 023 More Inches were published in THE CALL than in the Examiner during 1806. It is to be remembered that during 1896 the Examiner published approximately 800 inches of illegal lottery advertisements, of which TuE CaLL did not and would not vublish one. The monarch of the fakers has doubtless succeeded in securing thousands of inches of advertising during the past vear by dupine and deceiving advertisers through false and arrogant assertions of the chara fraudulent pretenses. cter of the foregoing fake. It would seem, | however, from the facts that the merchants as a rule have not been misled by its The Examiner boasts that its books are open to inspection, but we suggest that it inspect its own books pefore it ventures upon the publication of another fake. NEWSPAPER PLEASANTRY. Quericus—What do you find to be the most | diflicult thing to compote ? Musicisn—The baby.—New York Journal, Magistrate—What is the charge against this man ? Officer McGobb—Profanity, sor. He said the polace foorce was & gang of slobs.—Indianapo- lis Journal. She—The Misses Brown usually sing duets, do they not ? He—Yes; they divide the responsibility.— Puck. Professor—You disturbed my lecture yester- day by loud talking. Student—Impossible. “But I heard you.” “Then I must have talked in my sleep.”— Fliegende Blaetter. “I want to see the lady of the house,” sald the wandering gentleman. “Iam she,” replied the lady. “Indeed 7 You looked so perfectly happy and independent that I hope you will exouse me taking you for the hired girl."—Indianspo- lis Journal, PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE Jose Echegaray, Spain’s great playwright, is Gdyearsoid. He s an engineer and a mathe- matician. He was once s minister of State. He has written fifty-two plays. King Humbert of Italy is the most h insured man in the world. The amount of insurance he carries is over $2,500,000. The Iate Czar Alexander 1II was insured for | $5,000,000. Ex-Secretary John W. Foster is teachinga Bibie class in the New York Avenue Baptist Church of Washington, which is attended by sbout sixty people, including several public men. Mrs, La Barthe, a Representative of Salt Lake County, recently proposed the first bill ever introduced in a Utah Legislature by a woman. The measure was directed against the view-obstructing theater hat. Miss Estelle M. Davidson, 8 young woman 22 years old, a native of Iows, but a resident of Nebraska, is said to be oneof the brightest lawyers in the northwestern part of that State. Bhe was recently elected County Attorney of Brown County. UNCLE SAM HAS FIRST-RATE WARSHIPS. h ire had been It was “Fighting Bob” Evans who remarked, when he heard that Spanis! aroused almost to war-declaring Leat, on account of American sympathy with the Cuban belligerents, that it Congress gave our battle- ships & chanceat the Spanisn fleets the Span- ish tongue would very soon enjoy sortof monopoly in the domain of his Majesty of the cloven hoof. He aid not say it in just those words. Never mina tiat, however. It is all very well to make those grandilo- quent boasts. Nobody who s atall acquainted with your Uncle Samuel has the least suspicion of a doubt of his ability to trounce ‘Spain in short order without even shedding his coat. But the science of naval warfare has put certain strong weapons into the hands of in- fetior powers. Those submarine torpedoes, for inatance, couid be made to play havoc with big iron- clads in their present condition. _One of those death-dealing missiles approaching unseen a formidable battle-ship, and shat- tering the hull beiow the surface of the water, might sink s veritable army to the bottom of the sea in & very tew minutes. But science has come to the front again with a means to protect battle-ships from torpedo attacks. The torpedo will stand not & ghost of a show when the new scheme is adopted by the navy. This is interesting. With the new torpedo-killer in use Evans might, in case of such a war as the one that was threatened a while ago, come pretty near proving himselt a prophet. You are curious to know what this latest and most effective design to render torpedoes harmless may be. Your curiosity will be satisfied in THE SuSDAY CALZ. 1f you want to know the fashions— Latest possible from Pari: If you want of social gossip AlL that latest in the air is; 1f you hanker after knqwledge From the seething brain of science; 1f you want to lesrn the nature 01 the latest war appliance; 1 you like delightful reading— Stories, poems, rare and clever; It you want 1o learn tho reaches Of industrial endeavor; 1t you want all this and more, na If you want it served up neatly, You will read THE SUNDAY CALL, and Thus be satisfied completely. However, ordinary prose is better than bad verse. It isn’t news to you, pethaps, that the ancient Egyptians appreciated the catasa house- hold genius s0 highly that they deified. or at least “beatified” it in their sacred calendar, and that its mummy is found entombed along with those of Pharaohs and high priests. The Aryan lezend, “The Cat of Knowledge,” which has come down to our times and climes as ¢ uss in Boots,” is evidence of the estimation in which the animal was held on the Himalayan plateau, from whence our race descended to cover the earth witl while in modern times the well-known tale of ““Whittington and His Cat" tation for energy and dash that the feline race has obtained wherever it has h knowledge, sustains the repu- dwelt. THE SUNDAY CALL will tell you something new about cats, and about one cat in particular for which certain people of to-day in this country have much the same regard as the ancient Egyptian had for his cat, and any offer of sale would be declined and regarded as nothing short of sacrileg This cat’s exploits are looked upon with wonderment, and any serious mishap to this most remarkable feline would be regarded as a most dire calamity. 1t s known Poe described. the “Black Cat,” but it isn't the frightful kind of a thing that Edgar Allan This is a real nice cat, which performs 0dd tricks and shows the most remarkable intelli- gence. You will read all about it in THE SUNDAY CALL. PERSONAL. M. M. Corey of Spokane is at the Russ. Dave Lowry of Butte is on a visit here. George Orcutt of Towa 1s a late arrival here. H. H. Smith of Hanby, England, is in the City. H. L. Shannon of Redding is a recent arrival here. J. H. Fairbank of Winchendon, Me: town. A.D. Foote of Grass Valley arrived here last night. W. D. Long, an attorney of Nevada City, 18 in town. W. B. Jeftrey, a mining man of London, is in the City. A. Eames of Hornitos is here on a brief busi- ness trip. Postmaster Thomas Fox of Sacramento is at the Lick. R. 5. Serbert of Los Angeles arrived here yesterday. John T. Rountree, 8 mining man of Denver, is at the Palace. Professor 0. P. Jenkins of Stanford Univer- sity is at the Palace. Phil Hirshfeld, a general goods dealer of Los Angeles, is in town. Hal A. Green, a business man of Beaumont, Texas, is on a visit here. A. G, Rolf, a mining engineer of Mexico, is among those at the Russ. Thomas E. Keating, a race-horse owner of Pleasanton, is at the Grand. D. W. Hudson and wife of Portland 1s a late arnval at the Cosmopolitan. E. J. Cahill, a weaithy land-owner of San Martin, is here for a fow day: Jerome Dockery, a mining man of Pokegama is among the late arrivals here. B. F, Shepherd Jr., a real estate dealer of Fresno, is among the late arrivals. Edwin Jasper and brother are here from Sonors, and are at the Cosmorolitan. D. V. Wilkison arrived from Hopland yester- day, and is registered at the Cosmopolitan. E.D. Snider,a prominent business man of Sait Lake City, is & guest at the Cosmopolitan. Mrs. G. G. Briggs of Parisville, the owner of two large ranches near that place, is on a visit here. J. H. Taylor of Navarro, the contractor for the ties for the Valley Railroad, is among the arrivals here. Allan Towle, the extensive lumberman of Towles, on the Central Pacific Railroad in the Slerras, is in the City. P. H. Sornig, a missionary of Kobe, Japan, is among the late arrivals here. He isaccom- panied by Nrs. Sornig. B. 8. Little, a wealthy owner of timber land: and business man of Humboldt County, ar- rived here yesterday, He isat the Russ. Joseph R. Walker, the wealthy banker and ploneer settler of Salt Lake, isat the Ocel- dental, accompenied by Mrs. Walker and Joseph R. Walker Jr. Captain . E. Lombard, a wealthy resident of Portland, who years ago commauded & de- tachment of the Chinese army, and who was for a time military instructor for the Chinest is at the Grand. Among tne arrivals at the Occidental yester- day was Mrs. George Flavel of Astoria, and Misses Nellie and Katherine Flavel, who have for some time past Leen in Paris and other cities of Europe. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 4.—At the 8t. Cloud, J. C. White; Sturtevant, Dr. J. Q. Dixon; Marl- boro, J. C. Welster; Vendome, Miss M. Wilson; Union Square, D. W. Blackburn; Albert, G. B. Cramer; Imperial, B. Hart, Miss Gertrude Buck. Theodore Michaelis arrived in from Bremen on the Trave CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON- ermeademd ok WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 4.— Henry D, Forbes and H. C. Burleigh, Los Angeles; L. B. Ward, San Francisco. WHY DONT YOU LAUGH? Why don’t you langh, young man, when troubles come, Instead of sitting 'round so sour and glum? You caunos have all piay, Aud sunshine every day: ‘When troubles come, I say, why don't you laugh? Why don't you lsugh? 'Twill ever help to soothe The aches and pains. No road in life Is smooth; There’s many an unseen bump, And maoy a hidden stump Oer which you'll have to jump. Why don't you laugh? Why don't you lsugh? Dou't let your splrits i Dome xit and cry because the milk you've sviit; 1t you would mend It, now, Pray let me tell you how: Just milk another cow! Why don't yon Isugh? ‘Why don’t you laueh, and make us all laugh, too, And keep us mortals ail from getting blue? A laugh will always win; 1t you cun’t laugh, just grin; Come on, let’s ail jola in! Wby don’t you Iaugh? o AXES' COURTSEY CMALLIS in.the Iudepen- ea » 18 in REVIVING PROSPERITY. Indtanapolis Journal. The opinion expressed by Andrew Carnegle is that entertained by business men generally, viz.: that present conditions are all {avorable for a revival of prosperity, and that when spring opens it will come to stsy. IN FRATERNAL BONDS, An Initiation and Entertainment by Tvy Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star. Last Tuesday night the hall in which Ivy Chepter of the Order of the Eastern Star holds its meetings was crowded with members and visitors to witness the initiation of two candi- dates. There were present visitors from Golden Gate, Mission, Harmony,Esther of Nevada, San Jose and Seattle chapters, and they were the witnesses of the rendition of the work in a maner that won for those who conducted it the openly expressed laudation of many. The ceremony of initiation in this order is a most beautiful one, and when 1t is well performed, as1t was on Tuesday night, it creates a feeling of the most intense admiration for those who are joined in the bond of fraternal love. After the singing of the closing ode there was an sdjournment to the banquet hall, where a fine collatiou was served to the members and visi- tors. During the evening there were short addresses by Grand Secretary Mrs. Kate J. Willats, Grand Organist and Worlhy Matron of Golden Gate Chapter Mrs. George L. Dar- Ling; Mrs, Marie L. Coffin, worthy matron of Esther Chepter of Carson City, Nev.; Tren- more Coflin, past patron of the sime chapter; James A. Wilson of Mission Chapter; John Hatfleld Gray, past patron; Wortby Matron Mrs. Jennle Abbott Graves, and Worthy Patron Elwood Perry Morey of Ivy Chapter and others, Mr. Wilson of the “baby chapter” proved himself an admirable after-dinner speaker, and the manner in which he ac- quitted himself insures for him an engage- ment to speak in every chapter he may visit. Mr. Coffin of the chapfer in the land of sage- brush said that he felt convinced that in the future Esther Chapter will receive many visi. tors, now that slogging matches sre permitied in Nevada. On Tuesday, the 16th inst., Ivy Chapter will glve its 1897 greeting to its friends in Golden Gate Hall. There will be an entertainment and dancing. Native Sons of the Golden West. H. J. Seitz, J. B. Btovedal, L. ¥. Byington, H. C. Pasquale and J. R. Cropp, the committee of arrangements having charge of the celebra- tion to be held next Monday in commemora- tion of the anniversary of the dedication of the Native Sons’ Hall, on Mason street, has been energetically at work and has prepared an excellent programme for the occasion. mmng the entertainment the following- named yocalists ana musicians will take part: Robert Lloyd, Mrs. Madden, Hawaiian sextet, Miss Lulu Mephan, Professor Cipollini and James Nounan, Arthur Sugden, F. K. Tobin, Miss Nelye Guisti and the Knickerbocker quartet. The entertainment will be followed by & dance. This entertainment and dance to be given by the Hall Association, of which Mayor James D. Phelan is president and Adolph Eberhart is secretary, promises to be one of the greatest social events ever given by the Native Son; The Independent Foresters. The large hall in Shiels building in which Valley Lodge of Workmen holds its sessions Wwas crowded on Tuesday night by the mem- bers of Court Yerba Buens, Independent Or- der of Foresters. The occasion was an open meeting got up under the supervision of the committee of arrangements composed of Ben L Salomon, William A. Currier and L. Ballart and it presented a most excellent Pprogramme b{ the best amatevr talent obtainable in the City. Du!in( ine evening High Chief Ranger G. A. McElfresn delivered & twenty minutes address explanatory of the order and its prin- clfiln. which proved most interesting to those who were present and not members of the Foresters. The following was the rogramme. Overture, Rudolph Hahn and William Cella. Tlus; stereopticon views (California scenery), Dr. E. G. Eis soprano solo cted), Miss Elia Donlon, accompanist Miss Bertha Maher: violin solo ’(Spanish danse No. 8, Sarasate), Henry Larsen; recitation, Miss Lillie Semmes: zon, aid of Cadiz” (Delibes), Miss M. A Cullen; recitation, Thomas Maher; Ppianosolo, Miss Treigay; barytone solo, L. Lightbody: in. trumental selections, Professor Charles Grae- ber and his celebrated class of mandoiin, guitar and banjo students. The several num- bers were loudiy applaaded and in each in- stance an encore was insist 7 iy ted’ on. Dancing The 0dd Fellows, Grand Patriarch Doran announces the following visitations for the current month: lst, S Rosa, Santa Rosa: 4th, Magnolia, Los Angele: bth, Morse, San Bernardino; uh, Laurel, Sania Ana; 1lth, Santa Monica, Santa Monica: 132th, Star, Riversiae; 13th, Orange Grove, Los A ngele: 15th, Centennfal, San Diego; 16th, Olive Branch, Escondido; 17th, Pasaaens, 3 Pacoutiige 1T 'na, Pasadena; 19th, £an “The Bew rituals for the encampments will not be rendy for delivery until the closs of the month. The officers of Unity kncampment were ln- stalied last Tuesday by Deputy John A. Foster with all the impressive these imunuuon{ B QUAANY, Whichmiat Last Thursday Grana Parriarch Doran, Grand Seribe Wililam Henry Barnes, Grand Master War- boys, Grana Secretary Shaw, Grand Representa. Uve Downs, Past Grand Patriarchs Black, Loud 8nd Crosseit and a deiegation from Oriental Eo- campment aud one from Canion No. 5 visited Sun- set Encampment of Alameas and witnessed & splendid Installation of the ofiicers of that en- eampment by Deputy C. H. Wever, assisied by George Kirk as marsoal. A banquet followsd ang. aa ‘were made by the visliors and others. Friends of the Forest. ‘The members of Ploneer Parlor, Friends of the Forest. had a very interesting meeting on Tuesday night in St George's Hall. A num- ber of candidates were initiated, after which there was an impromptu programme, and a pleasant evening was spent. Among those Who took part were Mrs. E. B. Turner, who gave a piano solo; Alrs. M. A Neale, who ren- ered a vocal solo, and F.D. Brandon, who gAve & recitation. 'During the evening the parlor received a visit from Lincoln Parlor, After the enterwinment there were dancing and Jolreshments. As soon as another parior shall have been uted steps will be take: to institute n grand parlor. T et L | FIRST CATCH YOUR HARE The Hare Is Caught—Both Railroads Are Forfeited. To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—SIR: For years there has.been talk of Government ownership o f raliroads, but how are we to get possession of the roads—how first catch the heare? That hes ever been the question of the objector, ana whatever others may think, he has insisted that his question has never been answered, at least not to nis satisfaction. But atlasthe has an answer. Thatobjection no longer exists so far as the Union and Central Pacific railroads are concerned, though the general public seems to be iguorant of thisim- portent fact. At first thought it is cause for astonishment thatsuch ignorance is general, and but few even suspect the truth of the mutter; yet who can name the great daily newspaper which has given the subject a thor- ough investigation? Ican nume but one—the Philadelphia Item—a stalwart Republican newspaper which champlons and glories in genuine reforms. In a strong editorial of December 29 last the Item calls attention to “the longand strikingly able speech of Senator Morgan of Alabams,” in which he declares that in “the charter of the Union Pacific and Central Pa. cificroads, and in various measures which have become laws since the charters wero granted, there was fixed in favor of the United States a strict statutory lien upon these prop- erties which has ncver been surrendered and which differs d'ametrically from a mortgage, providing specifically that upon the failure of these corporations to meet the payment of the maturing bonds the whole properties of theso companies_are forfeited by the operation of Iaw.” Both these corporations “having de- fauited in their payments, they haye no more right in the properties covered by their char- ters than has suy citizen.’ In fact, “their right of property ceases and passes by opera- tion of law into the hands of the Govern- ment.” According to Senator Morgan ‘‘these proper- ties belonged to the Government when the iirst forterture occurred.” He goeson 1o say that “npumbers of eruditegentiemen have iusisted that the Governmentought not toOwn tuese properties, and they have seemed to suppose that it would require some new iegislation for that ownership to come about; wheress, in the very charters under which these railroad companies were organized, a proviso for the ownership of these properties by the Govern- ment was expressly made, the conditions all stated and the manner of acquiring actual possession provided for; and to-day, instead of having to enaci laws to take possession of these properties, or to declare a forfeiture of them if we propose to sell them, we shall have to repeal the laws which now stand.” This explicit statement of the law and the facts in the case is not denied or controverted. It thus appears that the hare is caught—the Government now owns ons of the great trunk lines traversing the western hall of the conti- nent, and it is in order for those men and newspapers which have so vociferously and strenuously opposed the infamous runding Dills, but felt coustrained to remain silent as to Government ownership while these bills were pending before Congress, to announce their championship of their concealed con- victions and declare for Government owner- ship and operation of these forfeited roads. As the Item of January 15 pointedly says: “No question is raiseda in Congress over ibe right of present Government ownership, but it 1s being willfully ignored. Congressmen who refer to it are sat down upon,” and *‘there sfe newspapers in plenty who by silence or open support are willing 1o see the public de- frauded.” In a ringing editorial, January 25, th Item warns the people “that there is a scanda- lous deal afoot 0 Tob the public in the matter of the Union and Central Pacific railroads.”” ‘This newsform of robbery, embracing many millions, S the throwing awey of the present Government ownership of these roads. ac- quirea by the original contract with the Gov- ernment in 1862, which provides that in de- fault of payment by the railways of the ma- tured Government bonds, defauit beginning January 1, 1897, these raliways become the sole proverty of the United States. Under the comimand of President Cleveland foreclosure proceedings began two days since, January 23, w sell the Union Pacificand the Kansas Pa- cificat a public sale; but sccording to_pub- lLished reports this whole procedure was {nsti- gnted by the security-holders outside of the Government, Leaded by the old ring which has already made so many millions most scan- dalously out of the Goyernment.” Our silent friends who profess to believe in Government ownership are also warned by the Item that “although the sale must beopen and public, in form at least, the ring which is in fact forcing the sale comprises all the known bidders in the market. This 7ing is prepared to put the sale through with s rush before the public and Congress really compre- hend what is beiug done.” There is also & plot to depreciate the value of the Central Pa- cific_property, as dependent on the Union Pacific, by the sale of the latter road first. No one believes that the Government will realize much by the sale to the ring of these railroads, while e opportunity will be lost to operate them as Government roads. It seems (o me that the whole country ought to be ablaze with indignation over this bold and impudent betrayal of a trust of such magnitude to the Nation, and that the people should arise in their might and assemble in vast mass-meet- ings In every State of the Union to thunder their anathemas against our public traitors and thwart this gigantic scheme of plunder aad prevent this National calamity. But is there any hope that it will be done ? JOSEPH ASBURY JOHNSON. 11 Essex street, Feb. 4, 189 FRENCH nougat and fruit glace. 905 Larkin.* — CALIFORNIA glace fruits, 50c 1b. Townsend’s.* ek b earalin The friends of Mr. Moody are planning to celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of the evan- gelist’s birth by raising funds for the erection of a chapel at Northfieid, Mass, Through the efforts of Rev. F. B. 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