The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 16, 1897, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1897 CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprieto; SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Dally and Sunday CALL, one week, by carrier..$0.18 Daily snd Sunday CALL, oko year, by mall.... 6.00 Daily snd Sundey CALL, six months, by mail.. Dally and Sunday CALL, three months by mail Daily and Sunday CAZL, oue month, by mail.. .65 Sunday CaLz, one year, by mall W AXXLY CaLl, one year, by mall BUSINESS OFFIGE: 710 Market , Ean Francisco, California. coveeees. Maln—1868 Telephone. EDITORIAL 517 Clay Street. ROOMS: Telephone. BRANCH 527 Montgomery sireet, corner Clay; open untfl 8:80 o'clock. OFFICES: 9 Hayes street; open until 9:30 o'cloek. 616 Larkln streei: open until 9:30 o'clock. SW. corner Sixteenth and Mission streel: sntil 9 o'clock 2518 Mission street: open until 9 o'clock. 167 Ninth strect; ope ock. 1305 Polk open until 8:30 o'clock. treet OAKLAND OFFICE: 808 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Rooms 51 and 82, 84 Park Row, New York Clty. DAVID M. FOLTZ, THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. ——— TUESDAY. THE FAKE AND iTHE FACT. —THE FAKE— ‘The Ezaminer 10p of its title page the following faxe: THE EXAMINER PUBLISHED | 249,757 Inches Of Ads During 1896, 5964 More Than were published by any other San Francisco newspape-. In the publication was probabiy of this fake the Eraminer thata careful record was al amount in inches of its consequence 1i could be the following fact. contronted wii —THE FACT— THE EXAMINER FUBLISHED 236,528 Inches Of Ads During 1896, That is one fact and here is ane other: THE CALL PUBLISHED 239,551 Inches| Of Ads During 1896. 3,023 More Inches were published in THE CALL than in the Examiner during 1396, It fs to be remembered tha: during 1896 ths ner published apyroximaiely 800 tnches h THE CALL lllezal lottery advertisements, of wa did not and wonld not publis one. The mouarch of the fakers ceeded in securing thousands of inch g the ear by dupin 1sers through falseand arro {ons of the character of the foregoin would seem, however, from the fact merch; il have not been frsuduleat pretenses. iner boasts that its books are open to ction, but we suggest that 1t inspect Its own tooks befors it Veniuzes upon the publication of sxother fake. We conzratulate the public 0n the fact that the cxrosure of this fake led the Eraminer to drop it In this the Examiner was discr i 1f 1¢ i3 wise no more such bold attempts to « the public. .., adver- deceiy ant asser- 1 1ut the ed by fis The ‘‘concert of the powers” has become just about as harmonious as a cat chorus. *'Tis Greece and living Greece again,” &0 the diplomacy of Europe has a surprise party. Three British warships have sailed for Crete, and now that the villain appears the vlot will soon thicken. It is now predicted the window-glass trust will s00n go to pieces, and if it docs the people will see the collapse without pain. Gladstone’s remark on the Grecian crisis, “I hope the powers will recollect that tuey have some character to redeem,” is most timely. Theosophy doesn't make as much noise in the world as the Salvation Army, but all the same it isequally diligentin drum- ming up recruits. All the trusts that were formed during the hard times are now dissolving before the glow of coming prosperity, like ice at the return of spring. Canton has decided to say good-by to McKinley with a bang that will attract at- tention; and then she will retire to her accustomed obsctrity. The Yeard of Senator Harris of Kansas may not he as big as that of Peffer, whom be succeeds, but all the same it seems 10 leak just as much talk. They may call this the “Legislature of a thousand relatives,” but so long as the whole family keeps out of scandals the people won’t complain. There is time for Europe to get through with her fichiing this year and then make ready to celebrate the trinmph of peace at the Paris Exposition tn 1900, Boston has established a municipal printing plant, and perhaps she will be willing betore long to swap it for our State Printing Office on even terms. The inaugural bail will cost a great deal more money than the Bradley Martin af- fair, but as it will be a popular blowout there won’t be any kick about it. Congress has more work before it than it can attend to, but the Congressmen don’t care. They know they haven't any bigger salaries before them than they can draw. The Kaiser is going to give a masked ball all the same as the Braaley Martins, but aseriticism on it wouid be les» majeste, comment in Germany wili be regarded as wholly unnecessary. The new prison to be erected in New York is 10 have a fine roof garden. New tenements, however, do not have such gardens. The convict gets the luxuries that should go to free labor, published for several days at the | Once more Greece lifts aloft in Europ despotism. She stands now as she did courage and her enlightenment to oppose against all that threatems subjugation and In the sight of the splendid spirit «he is di with delight, *’Tis Greece and living Gree heroes who died at Thermopyle or trium in reading the reporis from Europe which t0 no longer await the slow d:plomacy of t ing 1o her own courage and her own arms battie against wrong while the mightier from the contest. There is an epic There is an evidence of the revival of that in the words so nobly spoken by the King sponse of the people to the call upon them the stricken island of Crete. It is hardiy likely that Greece will be I taken. The sentiment of humanity outrag already been clamorous against the apats more than men and hesitates to undertake subjects of ths Ottoman empire. That 10 o 10 her assistance in the just war or | but are full of sympathy with human li the pow will recoliect that they have of Euzope have certainly & character to re | must atone. The long delay in the face help to the courageous Greess. Whatever be the result of the crisis the: now given of the reawakening of the old H | Adl the Greek islands should of right bea in going to the assistance of the Cretans a ter islands to the Greek & The accomplishment of great statesmen who mede Greecs luminos | It was to achieve such a union that Tue Demosthenes pleaded in those orations wh: ples of human oratory. It would be a elor to see all Greece united and the final expul gdom. will surely have weight with statesmen as with the general massof men. THE GREEK SPIRIT. e the torch of liberty. Onee more she ap- vears as the champion of freedom against the aggressions of tyranny and Asiatic at the dawn of history supreme in her ner small force, but unconquerable spirit, ruin to herself and the islands around her. splaying, the civilized world may exclaim ce again.’” The new awakening of the old Greek spirit wili arouse feelings of admiration and profound sympatby throughout the civilized world. Wherever youth has been taught to revere courage and patriotism as exhibited in the immortal examples of the phed at Salamis there will be a sense of joy muke known the determination of Greece he powers, but to go forth as of old trust- to maintain the freedom of the Grecian islands and the rights of the Greeks against their immemorial Asiatic foes. There is something heroic in the attitude of this smail nation arising to do nations of Europe hesitate and shrink grandeur in the words which tne King of Greece and his Prime Minister have sent back in answer to the warning of Europe. spirit which made Greece of old the birth- vlace of liberty and learning and their defender against barbarism and superstition and his statesmen and in the patriotic re- for war in delense of their fellow-Greeks in eft to fight alone the battle she has under- ed by Turkish atrocities in Armenia has | of a statesmanship which counts dollars as a war in defense of the lives of the Christian sentiment already roused will respond { promptly to the callof Greece, and throughout Western Euroge the nations will have else ths statesmen who coatrol them will “ have to reckon with the indignation and scorn of their own people. Mr. Gladstone from his retirement has sent forth the utterance which clearly | expresses the prevailing sentiment of men who, like him, have not the power to help, berty. “I dare not stimulate Greece,” he | said, “when I cannot help ner, but I shall profounaly rejoice at ber success, I hove some character to redeem.” These words The nations deem. They have also sius for which they of Turkish outrages isa political offense which can be redeemed only by prompt action now and atoned for only by a speedy re will be joy everywhere over the evidence ellenic aspiration for a pan-Hellenic union. part and parcel of the new Greece. The ties of race, lancuage and religion to which the Greeks on the mainland now respond re ties which should bind Crete and her ch a union would be a realization of the dream of the us, illustrious and noble in her early days. mistocles planned, Agesilaus fought and ich still remain to us as the highest exam- ous realization for the nineteenth century sion of an Asiatic power from Europe. In the new uprising of the Greeks there is hope that before the century closes the great fact may be accomplisked and the splendid dream fulfillea THE “EXAMINERS” SLANDERS. ere tingling with shame at the dastardly | attempt of the Eraminer to create a sens: tion about Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. in order to sell a few extra copies at the cost of wounding thefeelings of the young married couple, Mr. and Mrs. Payne Whitney, who are now staying at the Palace. The Ezaminer claims to have got the scandalous story from Mr. Hearst's other paper, the Journal, of New York. That is just the sbeet to invent such an 1nfamous nder. It is capable of concocting an defamatory story about a private family in order to make talk among gossip- mongers and to spread among persons of low life. successor of the Al [ It is the lineal igator, which was run the blackguard Branch until A. T, Stewart had him sent Island, The baseness of Hearst’s foul tattle about Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt is not re- deemed by the low cunning with which the Eraminer, while publishing innvendoes calculated to blast the lady’s reputation, affects to disbelieve them. Its object is gained by their mere circulation. There are plenty of people who will gloat over a dish of scandal affectinz persons of good social position and lurge means and will wag the head and wink the eye at the reservation that its truth is as yet un- proven. The envious will say that where there is s0o much smoke thers must be some fire, forgetting that the suchor of the smoke is one disreputable editor who, with benchmen of his own kidney, stands ready to blight the bapviness of a family that has never injured him in order to illustrate the new journalism, Mr. and Mrs, Cornelius Vanderbllt re. quire no defense among those who are acquointed with New York society. There probably never lived a more modest, un- assuming, unobtrusive couple than they, nor is there to-day a girl in New York whose sweet disposition and unquestioned virtues are more universally admitted than were those of Miss Grace Wilson. She was known as a young lady whose social charm was set off by a disposition which commandea the admiration and respect of all. It wasnot she fell into the hands of Senator Hearst's son and his man Long Green Lawrence that any one dared to sully the purity of her fair fame. This is & matter which involves some- thing more than the ethics of journalism. Mr. and Mrs. Whitney will presently shake the San Francisco dust from the soles of their feet and will thank God that they have got out of a place where news- papers stand ready to blast a lady’s char- acter in order to sell afew extra copies. They will warn their friends to give San Francisco a wide berth. ‘When the day comes that a drop in the circulation of the Ezaminer in the Tender- loin or Tar Flat is reporied from the bu: ness office, Long Green and his pals will search onr own society for vietims. They will publish again asthey ' ave done be- fore, in conspicuous doublo-leaded para- graphs, vile insinuations agzainst some Lonored member of a San Francisco fam- ily, well knowing that such slanders will sell their paper. There will be no redress for the victim of their villainy. The more such stories are stirred the worse it is for the sufferer. They will have to bear their agony as best they can, cursing their ili-fortune that the wealth which Senator Hearst accumulated in this State has come to be used as an in- strument of torture for its citizens. It takes the commissioners who investi- gated the harbors at San Pedro and Santa Monica a long time to decide between them, but perhaps they found themselves in deeper water than was generally sup- posed. People who can afforu a boliday trip this week should visit the Sonoma Fair. Cloverdale is hospitable and never fails to give every visitor a good show, even when she hasn’t made a festival and invited them in, A Minnesota legisiator desires that State to pass & bill requiring all retail liquor- dealers to have e transparent glass plate in the front door of their places of busi- ness, having inscribed on it the word *Sa- loon” in letters eight inches high, and under that, in letters of a similar sizs, the word “Dungerous!” It wili be remem- bered there are some people in Minnesota Who make fun of some people in Kansas. The cheeks of all decent San Franciscans | its circulation | to Blackwells | | ARBITRATION AND BUSINESS The advocates of the arbitration treaty with Greuat Britain have not been fortu- nate in the arguments they have selected | to convert their opponents. They have made appeals to sentiments which are the outgrowth of sent:mentalism rather than | of any genuine feeling in the hearts of the people, and they have endeavored to win | over practical men by appeals to the busi- | mess instinets of the country in a way that irritates those higher sentiments which | are genuinely felt. i An illustration of the kind of appeals made to practical men is found in the fol- lowing statement of the London corre- spond. nt of the New York Tribune: A curious example of the efrect of the Sen- ate's action on :he treaty may be related on | the authority of a trustworihy American. He | hiad received autnority from America to place in the English market 00,000 of street | railway bonds in Akron, Obioand Detroit. As | | securities of this ciass are known .o be profit. | able investors look:d upon them favorabiy, and the promoter seemed likely to place them | in England. When the amendments to the | arbitration treary were reported the Enghsh investors backed out. “Your Awerican Sena- tors like Mr. Morgan,” they said, “discourage us from going into auything American.” Such arguments may have weight in | New Yors and are possibly calculated | solely for that market. Such weight as | they have for the country at large will be rather a weizht that irritates than one thatovercomes. Very few Americans out- side of the dealers in stocks and bonds | will feel inclined to negotiate an arbitra- tion treaty which may involve a great | Nationai sacrifice simply that they may have a chance to seil stocks in London. 1f we have to surrender the prestige of the Republic in order to maintain the quota- tions of American securitiesin a foreign stock exchange then we had better look | for & market for our siocks and bonds at | home and build our railroads, water works | and otherenterprises with our own capital. There is no urgent need on our part for the proposed treaty of arbitration. 1t is | one of those subjects on which we can | well afford to make haste slowly. The Senate has acted ia full accord with popu- | lar judgment in giving the subject ample | consideration bstore approving it. We | sball s0on have anotber administration | in power, and it will be just as well to leave the settlement of the issue to that | | administration. The American people, as a rule, are in favor of arbitration, but they are not so much in favor of it as to be willing to adopt it solely to gratify senti- mentalism or to sell stocks, —_— GENERAL ALGER. The selection of General Alger for the office of Secretary of War in the McKin- ley Cabinet has given his enemies occa- sion to revive all the charges which were made agalast him when he was a promi- pent candidate for the Presidency. It matiers not to these men that the fullest proofs were given .by General Alger and his friends of the falseness of the sianders against him. They have returned to the attack with as much malice and ap- parently as much vigor as ever. The charge made against General Alger is that he left his regiment on the eve of battle under circumstances which showed areglect of duty due to cowardice, To this charge General Alger bas repeatedly replied by quoting s record as a soldier and warm words of commendation from his superior officers. Both the records of his service and th~ praise of his command- ing generals amply attest his courage and his patriotism, and it is time for his ene- mies to abandon & charge so effectually disproved. General Alger is in fact one of the volunteers of the war of whom the coun- try has a just reason to be proud. He entered the Union army at the outbreak of hostilities and served with one of the hardest fighting regiments that went to | the front. He saw service with the armies | of the West and also with those of the Potomac. He was repeatedly promotea and was several times wounded. These wounds and promotions prove him to have been a man of courage and a_soldier of true leadership, for in such armies as those which took part in the great Civil War there was no chancs for a weakling or coward to Win honor or achieve eminence. At the time when General Alger was breveted first as brigadier and afterward as major-general of volunteers, there was no assertion made of any biot or stain upon his military service. Those honors were bestowed upon him as a reward for eminent and conspicuous deeds done on behalf of the Republic. His old cavalry commander, General Sheridan, under whom he served during Grant’s campaign in Virginia, spoke with appreciative warmth of his service and bis patriotism. These things are beyond gainsaying, and the brave soldier should be allowed to enjoy undisturbed the honors he has attained in civii life as well as the record he made in the war for the Union. A Proud Journalistic Eminence. San Francisco Post. At last a San Francisco journal has reached the bighest summit of distinction. At last journalism has vindicated its claim to being the pulpit, the forum and the tribune of the people. James J, Corbet: has written & letter tothe San Francisco Exsminer from which the foliowing sentence, conferring a patent of nobility, is taken: *‘And to give thom also the exclusive privi- lege of taking photographs of me.” The exclusive privilege of rubbing Mr. Cor- bett's muscles. of brushing Mr. Corbetus coat, of combing Mr, Corbett’s hair, of blacking Mr. Corbett’s boots, might be the goal of an ordinery ambition, to be sociated in some official aud honerable capacity with Mr. Cor- bett, but it was reserved for journalism to achieve “the exclusive privilege, of taking photographs of me.” At last the accumulation of great wealth has found a glorious vindication. The proprictor of the Examiner is rich by inheritance. His father was honored by the people of the State of Californis with the high office of a Senator inCongress. When & tree and happy people comprising a great commonwealth crown s man with a high official distinction there isa true sense in which they coronate his char- acter. Commencing life in poverty, George Hearst acnieved finzncial independence and uliimately vast weaith through the exerciso of those value-perceiving faculties of the mind which, when possessed, place men in the front rank of their fellows. He struggled up the steep hill of poverty to the cold solitudes of the miilionaire, and from that loity emi- nence looked hopefuily to the possibilities of the future achlevements of & son who was his heir and his hope. Let toat son carry the laurels he hes won and place thew reverently on the grave of that noble father. He has now achiev.d the fu- effable distinction of having “the exciusive privilege of taking photographs of me.” A refined, educated, accomplished and in- telligent mother, lllusiraticg 1n her life and coracter the noble virtues of womanhood, looks with maternal aff-ction upon the career of & son with hopeful solicitude. In a spirit of hanpiness, born of respect and esteem for that mother, the people ot California may now cougratuiate her.” Her son has acquired “the exclusive privilege of taking photographs of m For, lo, these many years the proprietor of the Examiner has siood firmly by hs deter- mination to esiablish a great pubiic journal. Into the chanuel of this noble enterprise he paper has achieved the “exclusive privilege of taking photographs of me.”" Thus & uoble smbition, & high endeavor, a splendid enterprise find at last their just re- ward. The champion of the prize ring bends from the throne of numan bratality and with smiling condescension piaces a_coronet upon the head of this hopefui descendant of Senstor Hearst, npon which is engraven “the exclu- sive priviiege of taking photographs of me.” FER ONAL. K. Casper of Vallejo is in the City. 11 C. Milligan of New York is here. F. J. Borges of Yreka is at the Cosmopolitan, G. 1. Peters, a merchant of Yreka, 1s in town. M.V. Kellogg of Seatle is a late arrival here, C. A. Griscom Jr. of New York is at the ace. A.J. Regan of San Luis Obispo is on a visit bere. Judge S.8. Holl of Sacramento is at the Grand. J. W. Butterworth of Everett, Wash.,, is in the City R. Imijuks of Japan is among the arrivalsat the Palsce. D. Coblenz and Mrs. Coblenz of Seattle are in the City. G. W. Jucker of Seattle has arrived here for a short stay. A. Pereira and family of Yreks ar2at the Cosmopolita: August Ross, & business man of St. Louts, is on a visit here. Isasc Elweil of Beswick, Me., was among yesterday's arrivals. F. M. Cuiver, a business man of Stockton, is &t the Cosmopol Theodore B. Wilcox of Po companied by his family. orge Steward, s mining man of Wallace, st the Occidental. A. M. Clark, & miniog man of Ainsworth, British Co.umbia, is in town. W. W. Williams of Stiilwater, Nevada,ison a visit bere, and is at the Russ. John G. Brady, a mining and business man of Sitka, Alaska, is in the City. J. L. Story, & business man of The Dalles, on the Columuia River, is in town. ph Goss, one of the Supervisors of Los , arrived here yesterday. J. N. Wadsworth, a wealthy Yreka, is here on a business trip. F. J. Dodge of Kanses City, special agent of Wells, Fargo & Co., is at the Grand. W. H. Pettitand William E. Ckild of Boise, Idaho, were among yesterday’s arrivals, David Starr Jordan, president of the Stan- ford University, arrived here yesterday. Among the arrivals here yesterday was Paul F. Mobr of Tacoma, Wwho is at the Palace, Ex-United States Senator J. N. Dolph of Oregon arrived here yesterday. He is at the Palace. A party consisting of C. A. Howard, Mrs, Holland and Mrs. Webster of Victoria, British Columbia, are at the Occidental. Charles A. Peterson, a miniog man of Cool- gardic, West Australia, s among those regis- tered at the Lick. He is accompanted by Mrs. Poterson. L. B. Cox, a well-known attorney of Port- land, formerly a member of the Oregon Legis- lature, is in the City. He formerly practiced law at Pendleton. * Sigmond Beel, the widely known violinist, left last eveniug on his trip to the East and Europe. He will probably be gone & year, and may be longer. A numberof Mr. Beel's friends saw him off. Harry Payne Whitney and Mrs. Whitney left yesterday for Mouterey, where they expect to remain putaday or two, and then will go on to New York, Mr.Vanderbilt has senta spe- cial car for them. J. A. Munroe, general trafiic manager of the Union Pacific Raliroad, will arrive here to-day in his special car, accompanied by his family. T. M. Schumacher, general agentof the freight department here, left last night for Reno to meet Mr. Munroe. ad is here, ac- resident of CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK NEW YORK. N. Feb. 15.—At the St. Cloud, D. McCudough; Hoffman, A. Esberg; Sturtevant, A. E. Rix; Murray Hil'—J. S. Eliis, Mrs. L_Thorn; Manhattan, J. D. Stewart: Grand, E. S Irvine; Continental. A. McBean: Holland—W. P, Scott; Imperial, W. C. Kings: ley. Mr.Callanan leftthe St. Cloud to sail on the Auranis for Engiand. NEWSPAPE| rLEASANTRY. Soma of the papers are making a fuss over the fact that the women's collezes are adopt- ing cries. Weli, what of it? Every woman iikes to have a good cry once in & while.—New York Advertiser. +And yet you once said that you were dead inlove with me.” “‘Ireally thought so at the time, but ftap- pears to have been only & trance.”—Indianap- olis Journal. Maybelle—And why were you present at the marriage? Were you directly interested in the event? Jack—No, not directly. I was merely the bridegroom.—Philadelphia Bulletin. The Husband (during the quarrel)—You're alwars moking bargains, Was there ever a time when you did The Wife—Yes, Exchange, has poured & golden stream of wealih. Those who declared the expenditure foolish and the undertaking imbicile stand confc The | AROUN. THE CORRILCRS R. P. Lathrop ot Hollister, who has resided in San Benito County for twenty-one years and is connected with several important en- terprises, is at the Grand. He says Holilster— in fact, San Benito County as a whole—is unusually proserous. The products of differ- ent kinds have been heavy and the money re- ceived from them has lubricated things very much, “Hollister is & great center for different products.” he said. “Twenty years ago there | was shipped out of that place about 3000 tons | of hay & year. Now from 28,000 to 30.000 | tons are being snipped. We send out more than any other place in the State. It iswheat, | ontand barley hay mainly. There are sbout 1500 acres of alfalfa, but it is pastured. We have a large creamery there, and the cows that supply it are fed on this aifalfa. We take dress to our people. It is & strong Fou e R aome the sentimeat. and tone uily. It came, 100, in exact time. Davis is nota Bryanite now. Tr asurer Rankin of the Nntional Committee writss: *We stand for Slentific mouey. I think your appeal excel- 1 1d well-timed."” Washburn's appesl, for thers areé many ol e P . F Taylor, editor of the Medical World, Philadeipnia; I R. Soverelgn, National res:dent of the Knights 01 Labor: W. Morrir eisher, president Ceniral Bimetailic Leagu., Pailadelphia; Major Harvey of Penscois, Fla., sirongly uphold independent party sc- tion. |am struck with a letter frim a s coin (N. br.). delsgat - to the St. Luis National Convention, Mr. Jerome Shamp. He‘snsm “The position you take in your sppea) in de- | manding independent party action is heartily concurred in by myself and thousands of oth- ers 1o Nebraska. The independent party could only loan its services fo the Democrats for n single campaign. The time has come for ux toretrace our steps. I find after carefully R. P. LA THROP, In from 5000 t0 10,000 pounds of milk & day, | according to the season of the year. This creamery is a very important thing for Hollis- | ter. Ourefforts 1n ralsing sugar beets are alsc very satisfactory. It is on a little while since we started in (o raising them for dis- position to the Western Beet Sugar Factory at Watsonvill Tais year in the San Juan and Hollister valleys we produced 34000 tons of these beets. Other farmers are engaging l the raising of sugar beets also, and the product hereafter will be biggsr than ever. “We have also this year shipped about §40, 000 worth of green and driea ruit. “An election Las just been held {n Holllster at which it was decided to exiend the limits of the town. It has about 2300 people. On | the 24th we are o vote on bonds for a com- plete sewer system. We have a fine new water system. The water comes from a piace called Grass Valley, eighteen miles south of Hullis- | ter. Itis very pure and soft. “Nearly 1700 votes were cast in San Benlto County during the recent Presidential elec- tion. Estimating five persons for each yots cast the population would ba 8500, “We have ot felt the hard times as many other piaces have. Business is good and peo- | ple are prasperous.” A COKRRECLION. “Man wants but little here below, And wants that fittle lovg.” The sayiog bears the stamp of But, none the less, it's wrong. e, That which man craves most anxlously, I've uniformiy found, 1s not long-drawn-ont sffalr, But something nearty round. And every person wants t. from The moment of his b rth: The thing .bat I'm referring to 1s uothing but the earth. —Cieveland Leader. Letters From the People. POPULISTS UNITED. Views of Leaders Gire Cold Comfort to Bryanites, To the Edutor of the San Francisco Call—DEAR | Sin: Ina recent issue of the Examiner 1 find | these headlines in large type over a letter signed by J. A. Edgerton, secretary People’s | Party National Committee: “ ‘No Surrender, Their Motto. Bryan Wing of the Populist Party Will Remain Steadfast. Decline to Af- filiate With the Middie-of-the-Road Faction The letter is addressed to “Hon. George F. Washburn, Boston, Mass,” vice-chairman of the People’s Paity Nationaj Commitie which Mr. Edgeiton says: “If, as you say, a0 not favor tne abandonment of silver,” then there is no difference between us.” But Mr. Edgerton closes his letter (which, by the way, is from Lincoln, Nebr., the home of Bryan) with these significant words: *Your plan seems to me to foreshadow a practical shelving of the silver issue by the People’s party. This I shall oppose, cven if Iam the only Populist in the United States that does oppose {t.” In a word, Mr. Edgerton is a Bry- anized Populist and writes with all the assur. | ance of the compromising politicians who did | what they couid during the last campaign and willdo what tey can in [uture to compromise and tnen disrupt the People’s party. But he will not make much headway. Mr. Washburn received other letters, and from the real lead- ©rs of the party. Let'us see what (hey say. Senator Allen, nlso of Nebraska, does not now | seem 10 be much of & Bryanite. 'He was chair- | man of the National Convention at St. Louis and is a member of the Natonal Committee. He gave great offense to strict Populists dur- ing the recent campaign because of his zoni for Bryan, but now he says unconditionaly “The Popllist party must march under 1is own banner. It must notbe absorbed by any other party.”’ He further says: “I am in receipt of 2 copy of your appeal to the Populiis of the United Staies,” the sddress which so greatly disturbed the Bryanile secratary, Mr. Edger- ton, and_what does Senator Atlen think of 117 Hear him: “I have resa this document very refuily, and I fully appiove of iis language and policy. Senator Butler of Norta Carolina, chairman of the People's party National Commitiee, does not seem to be much of & Bryanite. He writes to Mr. Wasibarn: “Allow me to congratulate you on the address which you heve issued. I gree with you that we ghould push other issues to the tront aiong with the free coinage ofsiiver. On account of the conduct of the raiiroads during the last campa gn it seems 1o me that the time s ripe to push our trans. portation piank aloag boldly, side by side with the finuncial plank. Iy an address issued lnst December Senator Butier said: “If Mr. Bryan desires to head the reform forces in the next fight he must do ro under some other name than that of Democrat.” “We have done with apy man whopieks iglead the peoplo hereafier under anything tfhi may bear the name or havethe smireh of the word Democrat on it #Senator Peffer said: I have no sympathy With the Democratic party. There is nothing left for us as Populists 16 do but bold uy ous banner and stand by it, come weal or come woe. Principie before policy.” Colonel S, F. Nortonsaid: “There is no course for Popu- Lists in the future except straightahead under | the banner of greenbuckism.’ Texans wera’ not pleased with their greatorator, -Cy clone Davis, because of his warm support of Bryn, butha writes to Mr, Washburn: I have raa looking over the fleld fn Nebrasks that the fecling is very strongly in favor of independ- ent party action.” It will interest readers of THE CALL to know that Wharton Barker, editor of the Philadel- hla American, one of the oldest and ablest newspapers in Pennsyivania, wrote &8 follows to Mr. Washburn: I have read with care your address. Itisadmirable. I the People’s Darty can be kept to the platform in your open letter you need not fear for the results of the elections in 1898 and 1900.” The Phiiadel- phia Item is also friendly to the People’s party and is not iu love with Democracy. But I can- not quote from any one of forty more letters at band from prominent Populists. They are all of one tenor: No alliance with Democracy; straight {ndependent party sction; the whole money question, not the sfiver corollary and the government ownership of railroads, with the land question in abeyance, but not J ignored. Ican essure the readers of THE CALL that | there is in fact no division in the ranks of the People’s party. It is more homogeneous now than it ever was before. It has a work to do and it will do it. JOSEPH ASBURY JOHNSON. San Fraucisco, February 15, 1897. MONEY AND TAXES. 4 Plea for Iielie-ing Banks and Money of Tazation. Editor Call—DEAR StR: In order that educa- tion may become plentiful in this State we have the free, unsectarian public school sys- tem. In turn there is no tax on it to discourage it, decrease or destroy it. The present Legistature, in order to further increase this diffusion of unsectarian educa- tion, has untaxed the great Stanford Univer- sity, a school in all essentials a public one, except that the State does not pay the bills, You said in your columns the other day that by & judicial decision in favor of the banks the city is apt to lose $200,000 tax money col- lected from the personal property (money) of the banks and now in possession of the City. Itappears to me that the City loses more money by taxing the money of the banks than if it didn't. To tax anything in this world is to kill itin Proportion as you tax it. That is the way we get rid of surolus dogs, you know. The way (o have Do money in this Uity and State, and tc prevent investment from which comes tax revenue, is to put a high tax on money and hang the mun caught with any. The way to have plenty of money in thi City and State, and upbuild the California re. public geuerally, is 10 take the tax off money and cease pouncing upon the one caught with it. The only use for money is 10 assist man in trading products. The use of money 18 part of our boasted civilization, It is .he liteblood of the Nation. To tax money and thus rua it out of the City and Sta e is & crime against the people greater than the theit of a few dollars from a private bank by some poor devil, jor which ne gets mauy years in San Quentin. To tax money, and make & success of ir, as a source of revenue, has also heen a dead fail ure for centuries, even when the assessor had the right not only to swear bis victim, but to kill bim in_his fruitiess attemot to compel him to tell where his money was. You mentioned one bank that, just before the assessor gotin on that accustomed day— ““first Monday in March”—made depositout side tbe State of nearly 1,500,000 (0 evads taxation. There is now a legal squabble as 10 whether it was & general deposit of money or a special deposit of money. ‘“This bank made the mistake of mot putting its money into Federal bonds for a few days as is the custom with other banks. It will be done hereafier. Our triends who are wanting more money maore of, and then themselyes pay that tax and interest on the tax. This property doesn't pay taxes. We think so. Ouly consumption does. Money flows back and forward ail over the world. Iig es where it gets the best returns. There would be plenty of money in California, there would be no money question in Cali- fornia s is generally known, the money of #11 | the world would pour into’California, there would be an everlasting demand for labor fn Caliiornia, a far greater Source to Araw tox reveuue from than now, if the taxes iwere taken off money and we knew more of the trick of taxation. Respeetful v, G. A. HUBBELL, 12 Eighth street. gt ekl oot PARAGR.PHS AcUUT PEOPLE The Emperor of Ruesia does not care much for the bicyele, but his sisters are devoted to it. He likes lawn tennis better and devotes miuch time to it in summer at Peterhot. Intimate friends of the late Alexander Dumas fils haye resolved to keep the remem- brance of the dramatist alive in thelr minds by a special dinner every three months i. Paris. It Would seem as though Senator Pritchard of North Carolina has some claim to being considered the original McKinley man. He has & seven-year-old son named after the Ohto man. Sir George Trevelyan, member of Parlia- ment for a Glasgow district, who has resigned his seat owing to ill health, is the author of the “Life and Letters of Lord Macauly,” Lord Macaulay having been his uncle, Large families are the rule rather than the exception among the Boers; but a certain Su- sanna Joubert of Klipfontein has broken all records. She has had four husbands, and her lving descendants number 327 A HALF-MILLION A5 A MEDICINE - Charles L. Fair Is Off to Florida in Search of Health. Oz His Return He Will Five Hundred Thousand Dollars Richer. Be The Bonanz: King's Son Is Frugal of His Portion in Contrast With Other Days. That much talked-of young millionaire, Charles L. Fair, has gone to Florida in search of health and recreation. When he returns he will find just an even half mil- lion dollars in gold awaiting him. Young Fair was a passengeron the Sun- set Limited Sunday evening. He was companiea by his wife and one servant, For months past his health, so his friends say, has not been good, and in conformity with a physician’s advice the bonanza king’s son has decided to spend a month or so at Ponce de Leon and other resorts on the east coast of Florida, The fortune that will be paid him on his return is his dead brother’s portion under the terms of his mother’s wilt. It bas been lying in the hands of the ex- ecutors, Richard V. Dey and Jobn W. Mackay, since the death of James G. Fair Jr., awaiting the majority of his sister, Miss Virginia Fair. That event occurs on April 1 next and in accordance with the wishes of Mrs. Theresa Fair the money will then be formally delivered to him. As he nas aiready received a half million in his own right, it may truthfully be said that on April 1 next Charles L. Fair will be a millionatre, without awalting the distribution of the millions of bis dead father. With all his wealth young Fair is frugal. Instead of the profli.ate expendi- tures that marked his earlier years he has developed an economic tendency that verges on parsimony. His investments are now conlined te safe bonds, Hisdissi- pations now are confined to betting on horse racing, and he indulges in this to very mild extent. In company with Joe Harvey be owns a book at the racetrack. His bets are small, contined to sums rang- ing from $1 to $5, and as he places but few of them it is safe to say that he is in no danger of wasting his fortunes along these lin There was a time in the heydey of his prodigality when the young man was the owrer of a string of horses. A year of this luxury, with the cost of transporting the animals about entire racing circuits, East and West, cost him over $100,000. Nowadays his investments in turf flesh are confined to a balf interest in three or four animals at the Oakland track. They are good animals, and have more than paid their expenses, 8o it may agaiu be said that the times have changed for the son of the millionaire. The absence of young Fair has no sig ficance 1o the suit over the pencil deed which will be called before Judge § on Tuesday next. That case is one be- tween the executors of the estate of James G. Fair, W. R. Goodfellow, James 8. Angus and Thomas R. Crothers and Mrs, Nettie R. Craven. Mrs. Craven, under her deeds, lays claim to $1,500,000 worth of the estate, and it is the executors that will make the fignht against her. The depositions of the Fair children have al- ready been taken in this action and they are anxious that they may not again be called as witnesse. Mrs. Herman Oel- richs and Miss Virginia Fair are averse to coming here from New York, although it may be that under stress of weather their attorneys may request their presence at the trial. As to the probability of the famous case going on there isconsiderable speculation. The Craven interestsdeclare they are anx- ious to try the issue at once. The action of Judge Carroll Cook in the Cooney case may, of course, have an important bea: ing. If Cooney is held for trial Mrs. Craven is stiil willing, so she says, to sub- mit her cause to thecourt. 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