The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 2, 1897, Page 8

8 » THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1897. OAKLAND SAYS YES, SACRAMENTO NO. A Word in Favor and a Word Against the Prfbposed New Consti tution. OAKLAND, Cal., April 1, 1897. To Editor Call: - Iam certainly.of the opinion that a revision of the constitation is needed.” A great deal of tegislation thet is now necessary can be traced to defects in the constitution. It stands to reason that aiter nearly half a centary of experience of statehood we ¢an do better than those who framed the constitution, able and honorable as they were. ThisState has grown more rapidly since its constitution was framed than any other State in the Union.. The present constitution was arranged to fit'a very. sparsely settled community, and although California can support a few million people more than are here now, skié has made worderful advarices since it was even amended. The section of the constitution relating to the government of cities and the fram- SACRAMENTO; Cal., March 30, 1897. To Editor Call: I am not in favor of a constitutional conventivn. The framing of a new constitution is a great undertaking, and woula cost the State an immense sum of money. While. it would be a good idea to make: several important changes in our present constitution I believe they can be more easily made by amendments than by an exntirely new instrument. The calling of a constitutional convention and its attendant “labors would entail a vast expense upon the State, and I do not believe,jin these hard times, the great majority of the people woula fav r such a proposition. If there is any great need for changes in-our constitution I believe that the people should first be educated up to“them, and then—if such changes as may be advocated by the press or turough other channels meat with thie approval of the people gen- W. R. THOMAS, MAYOR OF OAKLAND. C. H. HUBBARD, MAYOR OF SACRAMENTO. ing of their charters can certainly be improved, and if anv practical experience is wanted along that line we can supply it right in this city. The present amount of trouble that has to be gome through before Oakland, or any other city, can amend its charter is absurd.- After the people of this city have voted the necessary majority to amend their charter why should it be necessary to submit their choice to the will of the representatives of the whole State in the Legislature, such as is required now? This is but one example of many that could easily be suggested in the way of im- Provements. I em in favor of calling a good convention that would frame 3 constitution that would be of grea* benefit to the State. Some remarkabie defects exist in our present constitution, and I am sure that a convention of intelligént men could make a better one. The section of the constitution relating to taxation could certainly be greatly improved. - I thirk the people at large wilt readily adopt a new constitution if one be offered them. By all means let us have & new constitution that will embody the experience.of the most Tipened men of this State as well as its statesmen. W. R. THOMAS, Mayor of Oakland. erally—it would not be unwise to call gnch a convention. The people look with sus- picion upon such an instrument got up in haste and without any chance on their part to read and think oyer the maiter, and for that reason, among others which might be mentioned, I am opposed to any attempt to frame a new constitution. No useful purposs could be subserved by having suck a convention. The farmers | of this State are now overtaxed, and the property of the majority of them is mori- | 8aged, or otherwise incumbered, and a constitutional convention, with its additional | burdens of expense, would have a great tendency not only to make the present con- dition of things worse, but to drive away new capital, which might otherwise seek investment here, and would also retard the investmeut of such idle capital as we may bave in this State. The question, it seems to me, for us to consider, while admitting that the present constitution is defective, is whether or not a new constitution would not be fraught with greater fanltiness and weakness than the present one; and, while we may b greatly in need of a new constitution, we are not sure that the people won!ld get what they wanted, as conventions of. this sort are controlled, to a great extent, by politi- cians, lawyers and corporate influences. Let us “rather bear the ilis we have than fly 10 others we know not of.”* Respectfully, C. H. HUBBARD, Mayor of Sacramento. in 184S was admitted to the bar in New York. | About this time the news had reached | the East of the gold discovery in Califor- nia and he at once resolved to come to | this State. He was a passenger on board be had for companions Hall McAllister, Sam Ward, Jotn G. Hyer, Joseph Nevet Death of Henry Livingston, an Early Day Jour- and George Derby. The ship dropped anchor inside the nalist. Golden Gate on the morning of June 4, 1849, after a voyaze of six months. After but two days’ stay in cisco he went to Sutterville, a place then about two miles below Sacramento on the river bank, where on the day.of his ar- rival he experienced a heavy rainstorm, which he afterward spoke of as being a summer phenomenon. Afterward he n Fran- ment was given for the defendant in the suit of M. Godlin against enson, butcher, for $588 alleged to be due to the plaintiff for services as “Sochet,” or inspector of Kosher meats. SHARKEY AND MAHER. The Sailor Pugilist Will Leave for New York to Fight the Irishman. Tom Sharkey, the t%mmpion pugilist of the seas, is getting ready to start for the East with the intention of meeting Peter Maher, the Irish heavy-weight champion, {in a limited-round contest befora the Greater Atnletic Club of New York. Sharkey says that he will appear in some |.of the large cities on his journey toward the rising sun, and he 1s confident of MONEY POURED INTO THE SEWERS The Auditor Investigating Board of Health Ex- penditures. One of the Men Who Shaped Destinies in the Days of ’49. Came of a Family That Dates Back to William the Con- querer. Herry Livingston, one of the pionesrs of the Pioneers, one of the men of mark in the earlier California, died yesterday. He was 72 years of age, and, reduced in circumstances, had been little heard of for many years. In the old days Harry Livingston was a force in California. He was a newspaper man, one who knew how to write and what to write about, and a man whose personslity was as strong as his pen was trenchant. He was an edncated and cul- tored gentleman and one of the best dressed men in the profession of those days. He arrived here fresh from college, 24 years of age, in June, 1849, and at once took & prominent part in' affairs. Al- though hailing from Connecticut, he was a sympathizer with the Southern wing of the Democracy, and bis tastes were fash- foned after the chivalric temper of the time. In the late '50's he acted as corre- spondent at the State capital for John Nugent's paper, the Herald. He was con- nectea at one time or another with all the early newspapers of this City down to the time of and during the war. For ten ears he -has been the historian for the oclety of Pioneers, and his chief occupa- 2 425 = tlon has been the writing of the biogra- s i phies of his fellows of the society, living | © ' Y/ and dead. 7, /7 ‘; ) The family of the deceased was a very old and at one time powerful one. His ancestry on the paternal side of the | houss were Scotch. and he was directly descended from the Levingstons of the days of Willism the Norman, who occu- pied the baronial estafe and castle known as “Lithlingon.” Shortly after the discovery of New York THE LATE HENRY B. LIVINGSTON. An Old City and County Hos- pital Scandal That Will Not Down. The Watchman of the Treasury Stops a Drain on the Urgent Neces- sity Fuond. The old scandal over the City and County Hospital sanitary system has cropped up again, and the Board of Health is once more in hot water over it. Auditor Broderick is investigating the manner in which proposed improvements are being conducted by the health au- thorities, and has expressed himself as somewhat dissatisficd with the lavish way in which money is being spent. Under a previous Board of Health $10,- 000 was spent and wasted in putting in a sawerage system that was worse than use- less. The Grand Jury is now engaged in sifting that matter to ascertain whether some one cannot be brought to account for the disgraceful work that way done and accepted by the authorities. Shortly ‘after the present board came into power it declared that the hospital 28 a nuisance and threatened, unless the wers were repaired so that they wpuld carry off the refuse, they would close the institution. They stated that $500 would place .the sewers in such condition that they would relieve the immediate danger of an epidemic, and obtained an appro- priation of that sum. Tie money for hospital repairs was ex- hausted, but on the- members of the board representing to Auditor Broderick that :he repairs were of vital importance, that official consented to allow the money to be drawn out of the urgent necessity fund. He regretted his decision in the matter !ater when bills for repairsamount- ing to $3000 were contracted without the end being reached, and he served notice on the Board of Health then and there that the membvers had not lived up to their promises, and that no such indebt- by Hendrick Hudson, the Patroon esiate on the east side of. Hudson River was settled and taken posséssion of by Gilbert Robert Livingston, where to-day the name of Livin ston can be found in and-about New York. Other members of the family moved to Redhook, now known as Tivoli, | in Dutchess County, dir went to Bacramento, where he was ap- pointed editor ot a Whig newspaper in Sacramento, which died in 1851. Shortly after its death, he became associated with Dr. John F. Morse in editorial work on the Sacramento Union. Subsequently he . returned to San Fran- cisco, and as stated. was employed on the newspapers of this City, eniering first into the service of the Al: He made visit East in 1853, and again a scorrespond- ent of the Alta to St. Louis in 1859. He has written for newspapers during the last twenty years. In the biography he has written of himself for the Pioneers, ne recounts as one of his ‘‘sins of omjssion’” the fact that he never married, The funeral will be held Saturday after- noon from Pioneer Hall. The father of the deceased, James Kane Livingston, was born in Schrnecrady," as were also several other members of the same family. The deceased wa< born in Litchfield, N. Y., on August 19, 1825. In 1840 he entered asa freshman in William College, and four years later received the A.B. degree, in company with Judge Budd of Stockton, H. P. Coon, late of San Francisco, an Rev. C. T. Mills of Milis Seminary. Graduating from there in 1847, he read 1aw with his uncle, David Codwise, and Sochet Godlin Was Defeated. In Judge Hebbard’s court yesterdsy judg- edness would be paia outof the urgent necessity fund. The Auditor is of the opinion that the big bills have aricen from the use of iron Pipes instead of stone, which he believes sdrawing® large houses. He is confident of whipping Maher, and after taking the Irishman’s scalp he intends to go right atter Fitzsimmons and cumpel the cham- WING GETS THE FIVE-MILE RECORD A Remarkable Exhibition of Speed at the Indoor Cycle Meet. “King” Eaton Also Clipp:d a Second From the Quarter- Mile Mark. McPFarland and Stevens “Won the Professional Events and Tantau the Amatcur Mile Race. The cycle races at the Pavilion last night were ratber spiritless, the racing lacking the vim that bas characterized some of the contests during the tournament. The reco:d rides of Wing and Eaton, however, were well worih seeing. pion to fight bim. It is possible that Peter Jackson will yisit this country in a few months. Ina letter 10 a friend the colored fighter says that he is in good health and can fight as 200d & battie as he has ever engaged in. He will challenge Corbett. Gored by a Wild Steer. John Norton has sued .Heory Miller of the firm of Miller & Lux for $5000 dsmages. The plaintift avers that on the 26th of last Febru- SThe s Violently atiacked and seriously injured by a wild steer or bull be the defendant on'Kentucky street in thi it bl TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY. Take lazative BromoQuinine Tablets. Alldrug- &ists refund the money ifii falls to cure, 200 ging to | is City. would haveserved the purpose justas well. He made a personal inspection of the im- Pprovements now under way yesterday, Wwith a view of suzgesting some method of checking the outflow of money. Within a few days funds under the con- trol of the Board of Health will be avail- able to pay the bills, and_the contractors will probably have to wait until then. It is hinted that some Health Department salaries may be delayed before the end of the fiscal year if the board is not more careful in its expenditura of money. It bas been discovered that most pre- cious stones, such as the ruby, the sa; phire and the emerald, can be readil told from their imitations by means of the Roentgen rays. The fastest mile of the evening was 2:19, in the final of the mile open, professional, the heats being run in from 2:25 to 2:30, and even slower. J. E. Wing of the Olympic Club Wheel- men rode five miles against time, tandem paced. The first mile was paced by Bird- sall and Hammonds in 2:03. Dixon and Luce carried: him the second mile, the time being 4:10 for two miles. Three s were ridden in 6:16 2.5, the pacing team being Kroetz and Eifcra. Four miles rolled by in 8:27, Dixon and Loos sgain pacing. Birdsail and Hammonds swung.in to pace the last milée and took :im over the tape at a rattling gait, the time for the five miles being 10:29, beat- ing tne former world’s amateur record 21 3-5 seconds. ‘Wing’s time: was within 4 seconds of that made by Michael, the Welsh wonder, on an eigbt-lap indoor track a few-monthe ago, 10:25, which was considered by the cyciing world at the time a phénomenal performance. Wing's pacing last nigut was perfect. Jay Eaton, the indoor king, rode an ex- hioition quarter mile, unpaced, against the world’s record of 28 2-5 sec., and - suc- ceeded in bringing it _down to 27 3-5 sec. It was one of the pretiiest exhibitions of the tournament. When the field in the mile open, profes- sional, had been reduced by the prelimi- nary and. semi-final heats, the starters who qualifi-d for the final wers Jones, McFariand, Morris and Davis. It looked tike_Jones' race almost to the tape, when McFarland snatched victory from him by a clever sprint. Morris ran into third position. There were two preliminary heats to the hali-mile open bprofessional, and those who qualified for the final were: Davis, Stevens, Allen and Terrill. After oue 1alse start the men got awa; nd it was a sprint irom start to finish, Stevens took the lead on the second lap and led all toe way, Terrill running a close second, Allen third, The time was 1:05 2-5. The one amateur race on ‘the pro- gramme, at one mile, was won by George Tantau ‘of the Olympic Wheeimen in 34 25, Hammonds and Franeis of SBan Joso: running second and third, respec- tively. An exhibition of fancy riding by nuttle six-year-old_ .“Spot” Spooner, lancy skating by Professor Juck Kenna, and a bandicap Japanese bicvcle race that proved very humorous, furnished part.of the evening’s amusement. Following is the summary: One mile open, professional—Fi by Alian Jones, Olympic; time, 2 ond—T. Suliivan, Second heat— City; time, 2 V. A. Terrill, Bay . Second—Jay Eaton,’ Chi- ca; Third heat—Won by F. A. McFarland, San time, 2:31. Second—Muax Morris, n by H. F. Terrill, Bay 5 2:5. Second—C. L. Davis, Final heat—Won by F. A. McFarland, San Jose; time, 2:19. Second—Ailan Jones, Olym- pies.” Thi ax Morris, Texa: Oue mie, open, amateur—| E. C. Barley, Imperiai; ume, A Theisen, Califoruia. heat, won by 85. Second— Secona heat—Wo1 by George Tantau, Olym- pic; time, 2:344-5. Second—D. E. Francis; San Jose. Yon by R.H. Hammonds, San 2:30. No second. Won by George Tantau, Olym- 4 25, Second — R. pic. ; Jose. Third—D. E. Francis, San monds, San cpen, professional—First heat, Terrill, Bay Ciiy; time, 1:06 3-5. llen, Spokane. e on by O. L. Stevens, Iowa; time, 1:11 2-5. Second—C. L. Davis, Final heat—Won by O. L. Steveus, time, 1:05 2-; Second—W. A. Terrill, Bay City. Third—Ed Allen, Spokane. The feature of to-night's programme will be the match races between Foster and Wells, and a match bas been arranged for to-morrow nignt between Eaton and Loughead. Urxo Coneert. Camitla Urso, the famous violin virtuoso, will give her second concert at Golden Gate Hall to-night. She will be supported by her own compauny, but unfortunately Edwin Douglass, the clever young tenor, has been taken suddenly ill with apendicetis and last night wes operated on at the French Hospi. Walier Campbell, the local basso, has consented to take ihe placeof Mr. Douglass to-morrow night and the Colonial Quartet will sing in his place at the Saturday mati- nee. Held for Burglary. James Jackson, alias McCullum, an ex-con- vict, was yesterday held by Judge Joachimsen 10 answer before the Superior Court in $2000 bonds on a charge of burglary. He broke into theroom of a servant in the Colonial Hotel and stoie her watch, which he was irying to sell in Oakland when arrested. 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