The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 20, 1898, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, S 1898 R U;XRYJO. JOHN . SPRECKELS, Pro Address All Comm to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. PUBLICATIONAOEFICE Market and Third Sts, S F. | Telephone. Main 1S6S. | EDITORIAL ROOMS 217 to 221 Stevenson street Telephone Main 1874 N FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) Is r"f.f/.‘:b? carriers In this clty and surrounding towns for 15 cents a week. By mall $6 per year, per month 65 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL. ©OAKLAND OFFICE... Eastern Representative, DAVID ALLEN. NEW YO‘RKCOFFICE.. .Room 188, World Bailding prietor. cations One year. by mall, $1.59 | ..008 Broadway WASHINGTON (D. C. OFFICE S Riggs House €. €. CARLTON, Correspondent. BRANCH OFFICES--527 Montgomery street. sorner Clay open until 9:30 o'clock. 329 Hayes street: open untll ©:30 o'clock. 621 MoAllister street: open untll 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin street: open until 9:30 o'clock SW. corner Sixteenth and Misslon streets: open until S o'clock. 9518 Mission street: open untll 9 o'clock 106 Eleventh st.; open until9 o'clock, 1505 Polk street cpen untll 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ond Kentucky streets: open until 9 o'cloc! USE tans, to-morrow night. tti Troubadours. ed to Joues.” | Morosco’s Tive Tlvoii—Con a Pas dy streets—Specialties. audeville. r and Klondike Exposition. Monday, February 21, Groceries, 5 March 3, Real Estate, at 626 | dav, February 24, Real Estate, at | FOLLOWING THE CALL. D) Y the vigor of its energies in distributing the ex- b citing news of the events following the de- struction of the Maine The Call has not only shown enterprise itself, but is likely to prove the cause of enterp in others. The morning umtem-f poraries of The Call in this city must follow the course set and strive to keep pace with it or abandon | In this case, if they shall choose to follow } | the field. they will choose wisely. Such is the popular excitement prevailing at the 1e over the situation in Havana that a prompter usual of the news of the day is something of a public necessity. The Call at once recognized the demand of the people and set about supplying it without any flourish of trumpets or self- laudation. It ran special trains from San Francisco | to Monterey, Sacramento, Woodland, Marysville, Fresno and all intermediate points as a matter of course, without preliminary announcement, and has been well satisfied with the appreciation of the service | shown by the people. In every instance all the copies of The Call sent out on these special trains promptly bought up, and the communities supplied | with them have evinced no little gratification at the | manner in which their desire for the latest and most relizble news has been satisfied. It will be of little advantage to our contemporaries, however, to imitate The Call in running special trains | unless they can also imitate it in giving all the news and giving it accurately. This, with their present means of obtaining news, they are unable to do, for the alliance of The Call with the New York Herald | gives it all the Cuban and foreign dispatches of that great journal, and these are the fullest and most re- | liable known to journalism. The Examiner, it is true, in its efforts to keep up with the news service of The Call, stopped its press on Friday morning in order to issue a later edition in which it published a story stolen from The Call and the Herald. For that offense, however, it may have to answer in court for violation of copyright, and at any rate it will not venture upon such a theft again. | This puts an end to the “enterprise” of that journal, and it is not to be a rival of The Call in Cuban news | for some time to come, though it may attempt rivalry in rapidity of distribution. In the meantime, whether its course is followed or the field abandoned by its contemporaries, The Call will go forward on its way in the leadership of jour- nalistic enterprise on this coast. It has not engaged e undertakings with any thought of eclipsing Its one aim has been to give the people of | California the best, promptest and most reliable news " service they have ever had. Whatever is necessary to | accomplish that will be done. The Call will be always | the most accurate in the collection of news and fore-‘ Hin distribution than were | | | { in the; rivals. most in distributing it by bulletins and by trains. It would be a little tough for miners having to con- tend with evenings several months in length not to | have the privilege of whiling away a week or two be- | fore bedtime at a game of cards. Senator Hoar's idea | of forbidding gambling in Alaska may be based on a | shining set of morals, but there is no particular util [ ity in letting it get into a law. The only effect would be to add zest to the games, anc would not desire to do this. civ the good man A man charged with feloniously pulling the treas- ured whiskers of his employer is to be brought béfore Judge Campbell. Ii he fails to secure a change of venue he will be trifling with fate. There is no doubt but Campbell would search the code for the severest penalty and be disappointed if he did not find there some provision for hanging the wretch. Why should not Spring Valley pay the salaries of | its Supervisors? Of course such a plan could only be defended, and perhaps not even then successfully, if the Supervisors would consent to serve without pay so far as the city is concerned. The laborer is worthy of his hire, but the man whom he works for ought to pay him. Since Senator Morrill has declared against the an- nexation of Hawaii there is a natural curiosity to know what names the Dole organs will find to apply to him. He has been reckoned a very worthy old gentleman. SR Sacramento’s new Chief of Police seems to think that he was put in his position for the purpose of en- forcing the laws, People in the capital city natur- ally regard this view as-unique. Tt is not consistent to blame the Japanese for not leving foreigners. They are not educated up to the point of turning other cheek, th Lady students at Ann Arhor have decided that the use of tobacco is detrimental to manners and morals. We shall expect them to swear off at once. D | | { It is well to understand the lesson of history which | of peace. | present a firm and dignified front. | in weighing the possibilities of the situation the scales = Of course we could not fight a nation on its knees | ing officers in charge of State buildings and armories | Maine who lost their lives by the dread catastrophe | home has been stricken by it. | tor Bacon of Georgia, himself once in arms against | of mourning set apart by the Governor. A PEACE WITH HONOR. ISRAELI, happy phrase-maker as he was, never coined a term more fittingly expressive than “Peace with honor.” A nation crowned with peace won and sustained by honor, secure in the devotion of its people, has naught to fear. But peace and dishonor cannot abide in unity. It is well to re- member this when the national integrity is assailed. teaches that the waning of patriotism which comes the standard of honor is lowered is the beginning of decay in empire and republic. The Government of the United States believes in peace, but if it seek to keep this at the expense of honor the attempt will be futile. The present crisis with Spain calls for wise statesmanship, and wise statesmanship will never lay honor aside in the hope When statesmanship shall do this the prin- ciples knitting this people together will have been for- gotten or thrust aside. The administration should It should, espe- cially if suspicions of Spanish treachery be confirmed, demand the most abject and sweeping apology, the completest reparation. Having stated its ultimatum, there ought to be no compromise and no delay. And when of Wall street with their balance of gold must not be employed. The subject is' one not to be measured in dollars and cents. and begging for mercy, however ill-deserved. But in any position less abject Spain will be regarded as an enemy and the people of the United States will de- mand an appeal to arms. For decades they have seen the national honor assailed, for decades they have borne it. They feel that the limit has been reached. If Spain fail to take warning she will prescribe her own fate and will go down to ruin, the last vestige ot her power swept away and nothing of her left on this continent, which her presence disgraces, save the | i memory of decades of violence, misrule and crimes | long unpunished. No maudlin feeling of sympathy can check the sentiment that Spain must fall to her knees or before the thunder of American cannon flee back to her Castilian hills. G of The Call and in accord with the sen- timents and sympathies of the people, has is- sued a proclamation requesting citizens and direct- A DAY OF MOURNING. OVERNOR BUDD, acting upon a suggestion to place the flag at half-mast on Monday out of re- spect to the memory of the officers and men of the in Havana harbor. 5 It is altogether right and fitting that the proclama- tion should have been issued, and it is to be hoped the response to'it will be universal throughout the confines of the commonwealth. A tragedy of this kind partakes of the nature of a national calamity. It affects not merely the homes that have suffered the loss of a loved one, but the people at large. Every There is mourning in every household of the republic. It is appropriate, therefore, that the expression of sorrow should have | some public and official expression from the State and from the community as a whole. Whether the Maine was destroyed by Spanish treachery or by some accident as unaccountable as terrible, it is nevertheless true that the brave men who perished by the explosion or were drowned by | the inrush of waters upon the sinking ship died at their post of duty defenders of the flag as truly as if they had fallen gloriously fighting an open foe in some fierce sea battle that would live in history for- ever. Honor is due to the brave who die for their country, no matter at what hour nor in what way death may claim them, and such honor as the living can give the dead we owe to the heroes who went down with the Maine. It is gratifying to note that in all parts of the Union public sympathy throbs as one heart in the presence of this calamity to valor and patriotism. Congress has been prompt to act for the people in providing means for as much relief as is possible and for show- ing public honors where relief is unavailable. Sena- the Union, has moved in the Senate for the erection in the Capitol of a bronze tablet inscribed with the names of the officers and men who perished in the catastrophe. That tablet will transmit to posterity the names of the heroic dead and will attest the gratitude of the republic to the memory of those who meet death in her service. While the National Government is thus preparing for relief and honor for the wounded and the dead California will make a public manifestation of her | share in the national sorrow by observing the day Let every observe it, and to-morrow let every flag from public building or from private residence float at hali-mast in memory of the heroic dead. ——— BOODLING AT SAN JOSE. S a result of one of The Call's recent expo- sures of official corruption we are just now being treated to some curious boodle develop- at San Jose. A few days ago a woman named Secully made an affidavit for The Call’s correspondent in " she charged a politician named Krieg with ! procuiing an appointment upon the police force for her husband for the sum of $200. In this affidavit she related all the circumstances of the transaction. A part of the money was paid down and the re- mainder was represented by a note given by Mr. and Mrs. Scully. The motive of the woman was to get revenge upon her husband who had deserted her and the politician who had refused to relieve her poverty. In due time the Grand Jury took up the case and began an investigation. There were so many wit- | nesses to corroborate Mrs. Scully that the jury | seemed to have what is known in boodle circles at San Jose as a “lead pipe cinch,” But much to the surprise of everybody concerned, when Mrs. Scully was called to testify on Friday she declined to answer a single question. As the wife of Policeman Scully she took refuge under her legal privilege to refuse to | give evidence against him. All efforts to obtain in- | formation from her signally failed. | We are, however, left in little or no doubt as to the cause of her dumbness. Politiciam Krieg and his | brother, the Councilman, who negotiated the trans- action, and other Councilmen whom she accused ¢i | dividing the money, have prevailed upon Mrs. Scully | to close her lips. Whether they have actually “fixed” | her or have terrorized her will have to be ascertained | later on. Fortunately there is sufficient evidence to conviet the perpetrators without her testimony, but | of course the aperation will be more difficult. | The affair illustrates the difficulties which beset grand juries in prosecuting this character of crime. The boodlers who engage in it always possess in- citizen ment | to Dawson they marvel in amazement, “What fools DAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1898. fluence. Their “pulls” extend throughout the gov- ernment, and responsible men holding the highest | positions are often prevailed upon to come to their rescue in response to personal, family or social soli- citation, It is easy to prosecute and convict an em- bezzler, a larcenist, a burglar or a murderer, but it is always difficult to even indict a political boodler. However, the Grand Jury of San Jose has a chance to make a record. It is to be hoped that it will do it duty. Csome doubt about the appropriateness of the “dale,” since from the prevailing prosperity in the vicinity the place seems to be on rising ground, but there can be no question about the claver. The people are living in it. Not literal clover, perhaps, which is generally of the three-leaved kind and flour- ishes only for a season, but the beautiful immortal four-leaved clover of metaphor, which proverb and poetry have long since made the synonym of all that is delightful and blissful in human life. It has been a dry winter over California. It has been a season of frosts and cold spells of abnormal intensity and duration. Cloverdale apparently has known nothing of these evils. There have been mur- murs, complaints, prayers for rain and some swearing perhaps in many localities, but none in Cloverdale. If they have prayed it has been for oil and wine and not for water. If they have murmured it has been only of love. If they have complained it has been but an expression of impatience with some crumpled roseleaf that mars the perfect beauty of their gardens, and if they have sworn it has been only at the Spaniard or some other villainy far off. for there is nothing nearer home to swear at. Such is Cloverdale as it shows itself to the public in_the glory of its midwinter fair. There may be some details of life in the place which are not quite so agreeable to the senses as those described, but if so they are kept in the back yards or up the sleeves of the people. So far as the visitor sees or hears at the exposition Cloverdale is all that we have pictured and her people are all right. Regarding their citrus groves as an El Dorado, they look upon the Klon- dike as a barren region, and when they hear of a rush J LIVING IN CLOVER. LOVERDALE is well named. There may be these mortals be.” In all seriousness, the proofs of prosperity ex- hibited at the Cloverdale fair are among the notable things of the year. The bad season has apparently blighted not a single hope of the industrious or- chardists of the county, and all other industries have made an equally prosperous showing. The fair is therefore an event of which much should be made. It is one of the most striking object lessons we can possibly give Eastern people of the richness of our soil, the geniality of our climate, the variety of our products and the wide extent of territory within the State adapted to the profitable cultivation of fruits for which humanity has an almost unlimited demand. Congratulations are due to Cloverdale and to the men of leading who arranged and conducted the fair. A notable success has been achieved for the com- munity, and it can hardly be doubted that the un- mistakable proofs thus given of the advantages of the locality will attract the attention of home seekers and investors and speed the time when every acre of Sonoma will be cultivated, when Cloverdale itself shall be a city of national note, and the fame of its fruit and wine and midsummer festival be as wide as the continent and as popular as the metaplidrical clover in which all wish to live. ¢ f\ are to be congratulated on the prompt passage by the House of the amended navigation bill, and it is to be hoped the Senate will be equally ex- peditious in acting upon it, so that the disputed; points of coast navigation under the present law may | be settled beyond all doubting. The need of amendment was occasioned by the en- larged demand for trade and transportation to Alaskan ports. It appears that under the present law a question had been raised whether American goods shipped to the British port of Victoria, there placed upon British vessels and carried to Alaskan ports, were shipped in accordance with our laws or in vio- lation of them. The Treasury Department has ruled that such shipments are a violation of the law, but it | seems the statute is not explicit on the point, and | on the recommendation of Secretary Gage the amerdment just adopted by the House was proposed. | Being thus framed for the express purpose of | meeting the new conditions raised by the Alaskan | THE NAVIGATION BILL MERICAN ship-owners on 'the Pacific Coast trade, the amended bill, it is said, will amply protect the American coasting trade from foreign competi- | tion. It explicitly declares that the coasting trade between Alaska and the rest of the United States shall be reserved exclusively for American ships, and covers the whole voyage, and not a portion of it | merely. 1f American goods ‘could be shipped to Victoria | from ports along the Sound and there placed in Brit- ; ish vessels and so carried the long joémey to the | mocth of the Yukon or the Stickeen, the British would have by far the best of the bargain. The dis- tance from the Sound cities to. Victoria is very- little, and but a small fleet of boats would be required to handle the goods shipped from them to the British port, while a considerable voyage would then be ne- cessary to take them to any point in Alaska. The change made to strengthen and make more ex- piicit the intention of the law to protect American | shipping in the possession of the coasting trade of the country for the whole voyage between any Amer- | ican ports constitutes the main feature of the amend- ment. Another feature of note in the measure, how- ever, is a clause raising from $100 to $200 the penalty for each instance of a foreign vessel transporting a passenger between ports or places in the United | States, either directly or via a foreign port. | The amended bill is in fact a step in the rigfit di- i rection taken at the right time. It might have proven disastrous to have left these issues in doubt to be set: tled by the courts, under the present law. It is grati- fying to note that the bill was passed without a divi- ‘sion. Its importance was recognized by men of all | parties, and this gives reason for the hope that even the slow-moving Senate will make prompt work in passing it d It was real good of the St. James Gazette to con- cede that this country'is not seeking a quarrel. It might have remarked that at almost any time during the last two years this country had been chiefly en- | gaged in turning the othgr cheek. Once more the police are aroused to the evil con- stituted by the nickel-in-the-slot machines, but all they seem able to do about it is to express commend- 8 8 | scene in Tacoma. RRERRRERRBRURRRRBRRRRRRIIBIBIIBSS WITH ENTIRE FRANKNESS. 88 F e VAU RRRRRERS Several ladies have done me the honor to write concerning an article in this column last week. The article was based upon the statement of a minister that prayer as an institution was dying out. With evident intent to take exception to my expressions one lady asserts that I am a worm of the dust, which is possibly true. A proper spirit of humility forces accept- ance of the idea that we are all worms of the dust, even the lady herself nes cessarily coming under this rule. But as there are grades among worms, gal- lantry compels the admission that her ‘wormship may be greatly superior to my own. Having relieved her feel- ings without hurting those of anybody else, I trust that she may have the joy and peace of an approving conscience. s x s Compliments to the Rev. W. T. Thurston of Boston, and will the gen- tleman explain why he chooses to chat- ter with the intelligence marking the request of a parrot for a cracker? Recently Boston was visited by a storm which did much property dam- age and resulted in some loss of life. Thurston announced that the storm was a visitation, due to the fact that wickedness existed and that it was in- tended as a call to repentance. In other words, the Heavenly Father whose goodness it is the Thurston duty to make clear to sinners fined some of his subjects and killed others in order that they might turn from the error of their ways, although of course the ones executed did not have much chance in this direction. Probably Thurston did not realize that he was ascribing to the Almighty traits of meanness which he would rightfully feel insulted to have ascribed to him- self. In the friendliest spirit I would counsel him to devote more time to thinking and less to expressing an ab- sence of thought. sy In common with every other citizen who has gas bills to pay, I take the liberty of wishing the projected com- petitor the most complete success. To openly express such a wish is to invite the active meter to a livelier gait. The gas furnished in this city cannot prop- erly be termed an illuminant. It is merely a questionable substitute for darkness. As to the quality of the dim religious light it assumes to throw off, a comparison with any self- respecting kerosene lamp would be an insult to the lamp. But the utter dis- regard for the rights of patgons is the main point of grievance. 'eople can grow accustomed to groping in the gloom, but they never learn to love to pay a high price for bad gas they do not burn. I cannot believe myself to have been singled out by a mighty cor- poration to be robbed, and therefore reach the conclusion that the aggre- gate stealings of the gas outfit would in themselves constitute an imposing dividend. It is only candid to state that the size of my monthly bill has little to do with the amount of gas used. Once, seized of the spirit of economy, we provided lamps, and for thirty days burned them almost ex- clusively, it is safe to say not using more than one-tenth the gas that we had the thirty days just before. The bill came promptly. It was higher than ever. No explanation would be received at the office. Then the lamps were discarded, and for thirty days more the household devoted itself to the consumption of all the gas possible, this by way of experiment, The next bill was a trifle less. I have been pained to notice that the absence of the family for three weeks out of a month had absolutely no effect upon the size of the bill. Now, if this is not stealing, what is it? One who has been victimized for years has a nat- ural curiosity to know how common the practice is. For myself I do not believe that a reduction to $1.a thou- | sand by the present concern would not be of the slightest benefit to consumers. The meters would simply be keyed up to concert pitch, and reach the figures they attain now with irritating and never-failing ease. &5 ey My interest in the art department of this paper is merely that of associa- tion. It really is no concern of mine when the Tacoma News takes a pic- ture from The Call, representing a wharf scene in San Francisco, and publishes it as representing a similar Yet it is always better taste in instances of this sort of enterprise to eliminate the name of the original artist. The Texas lar- cenist who elopes with a horse always removes the brand of the owner. Sure- ly the Tacoma News does not wish to be reckoned behind a horsethief in per- spicuity. IR o R There has never been in journalism a more cruel and silly display than Hearst is making of himself. If the man has not gone daft he must by this time feel within his being the unwonted emotion of shame. His offer of $50,000 for the apprehension of the person who caused the wreck of the Maine was not only brutal, but vulgar beyond all expression. He knew there was no more possibility of obtaining an “exclusive” explanation of the tragedy than there would have been of having an ‘“exclusive” account of a total eclipse. The proposition was a boorish bid for cheap advertising, nothing more. To make capital of the nation’s murdered dead, to attract attention even at the cost of donning cap and bells, to take the lead of the Govern- ment in a matter in which interference could only be an impertinence—all these ignoble ambitions crystallized in- to the $50,000 insult to the intelligence of the country and the world. Once, for Hearst to have been gullty of this would have caused surprise. To be able to accuse him of dense stupidity and convict him shows a recent de- velopment in his process of degener- acy. To be so utterly devoid alike of humor and humane sentiment leaves Hearst with several essential traits lacking. There is such a thing as grim humor, but this ridiculous offer is not due to a recognition of the fact. Humor may be grim, but an ebulli- tion of heartlessness as somber as the thought of dead sailors sinking into the ooze of Havana harbor is mere ab- sence of soul, a shock to decency and an exhibition of sordid and callous selfishness. . Thanks, Dunc. But the fact that you are an ass is so well established there is no necessity for you to bray all the Fen e able and ineffective regrets. | time. Do you want people to think By HENRY JAMES. BRUNVUVURRRRIILIIININN BRYRRS Yyou a whole drove of asses? Perbaps some heartless jester has slipped a bite of seductive loco weed into Dunc’s daily bale of hay. . . It must remain a puzzle to people outside of official life why diplomats place so much reliance upon the ef- ficacy of lying. They lie when, accord- ing to judgment untrained in the art of misrepresentation, the truth would seem to better serve the purpose, Re- cently orders were received at this point for the troops stationed here to exercise extra precautions, to double the ordinary guard, and otherwise be prepared for the emergency of war. A natural interest was felt in the matter, and inquiry elicited the information that such orders were being acted upon. No copy of the telegram could be procured from a local source, and a request was sent to Washington for a copy. The War Department did not in a dignified manner decline to make public its acts, but simply sought ref- uge in a tangle of falsehood. The As- sistant Secretary, who was in charge, declared that no such orders had been sent, and yet he knew they had been, and had spurred the army to notice- able activity. I would like to be in- formed as to what Meiklejohn thought he was accomplishing by this subter- fuge beyond making clear the fact that his word is not worth the breath ex- pended in formulating it. P Mr. Roosevelt of the navy has been charged with indiscretion. It appears that he was guilty. He forgot for a time that the eitizens of the United States have no right to display interest | in public affairs, and that an insult to the flag is a mattér concerning alone the officers of the Government. During this reprehensible period of absent- mindedness he expressed his opinion freely. Of course his superiors rebuked him, and now the penitent Roosevelt is both lamblike and clamlike, an honor to the service. . Attorney Nougues has been endeav- oring to demonstrate to a patient court that a cat is not property in the eye of the law. If he succeeds in establishing this point he will show that the eye of the law is in need of the service of an oculist. Attorneys may argue until they are black in the face, but the do- mestic feline will still be property, and anybody who doesn’t believe it can find his error by trying to steal a sin- gle cat of the six who sleep uader my kitchen stove. . A gentleman who has been in Cuba expressed the belief shortly after the sinking of the Maine that a large pro- portion of the sailors had Immediately thereafter been swallowed up by sharks. I am not surprised that noth- ing happened to confirm his theory. The shark is a creature made up large- 1y of appetite and not noted for mental development. St(ll,lt is not devoid of intelligence, for it permittéd the gen- tleman in question to return uneaten to this country. While its quickness of mental perception . may not be strongly marked the shark would cer- tainly intultively grasp ‘the khiowlédge that a loud- explosion followed by a glare of fire and a tumult of waves suggested the advisability of being somewhere else. It is a safe bet that any sailor who will, to the accompani- ment of a large report, blow himself sky-high can come down with entire immunity from the danger of being swallowed, and that every shark within a mile will have a tail turned toward the scene and be leaving a wake like a liner’s. « Probably the Congressman who pro- poses to have the letter J eliminated from the alphabet desires to cripple the critics who have been endeavoring to properly characterize him. e el In a recent number of The Call there was an account of the disappearance from England of Arthur Percival and the cheering information that a for- tune awaits him there. From-the same number it was learned that Arthur Percival was sick with the grip in Lodi. Perhaps there are two Arthurs Percival, but anyhow I would advise the Lodi gentleman to shake off his case of grip forthwith and make as strong a bluff as possible. s gt If to be indignant when the country is affronted, to feel the impulse of re- sentment when the flag is trampled upon and the national honor assailed, is to be a “jingo,” the term, applied in contempt, is one in which the citiezn meriting it may justly take pride. The man meekly turning the other cheek after having been smitten on the first deserves to be whacked so hard that a shower of stars will suddenly illumi- nate his intelligence. He is a despica- ble character. Failing to defend him- self, he proves that he is a coward. I do not see that a nation stands on a different moral plane. It is inconceiv- able that the United States can find a pretext for submitting to further indig- nities from Spain. Because this nation is bigger and stronger than Spain does not constitute a reason why a series of crimes should be allowed to drag out its bloody length unpunished and unre- buked. For more than half a century the Castillan has openly hated the American. No opportunity to show this has been neglected. When there was no chance to assassinate Ameri- cans or to seize thelr property, expres- sions of invective have filled the press of Madrid and the people of the rot- ting monarchy been ever kept alive to the duty of holding all things Ameri- can in abhorrence. Patience has not only ceased to be a virtue but has be- come a crime. The United States has held aloof while Spain, almost under the shadow of the banners of freedom, has wantonly butchered, starveq, rob- bed and outraged men and women. It is shameful that this can be said as truly of the present Cuban war as dur- ing the long one when the Americans of the Virginius were marched out for slaughter, and the howling populace spat upon their dead bodies. A de- mand that Spain be taught a lesson does not necessarily mean war, but if it does, the lesson should be given just the same; to do otherwise were a. re- proach and a disgrace. “Whether the Maine was deliberately wrecked is not the one vital point. The fact that the Spanish have assumed the privilege of ascribing to us an inferlority, taken the right to malign us, and suffered no correction, thus degrading us in the eyes of all nations—for not another hundredth part as much; the fact that Spain has established her shambles at our very doors and defies us to stay her hand—these make up vital polnt_s as well, President McKinley's duty is plain. It is to turn Spain out of Cuba now. A timid suggestion is not enough. There should be an order, quick, final and backed by the whole force at the command of the President. So far as this . country is concerned, there is | nothing to be compromised, no apol- ogies to be accepted; only the simple course of telling Spain to go from the hemisphere her presence stains, an_d making her go. But perhaps this is Jjingoism. In .an experience of several years in newspaper work I have never come in contact with an episode more dramatic than that furnished by J. J. Livernash. He wrote an account of his own sui- cide, sold it without in any way reveal- ing its nature, and then followed to the most minute detail the plan he had outlined. I am unable to summon up a great respect for the average suicide, and am ready to believe generally that insanity guides him. Yet a man f\'ha stands at the border of eternity inta which he has elected to pass and des nounces Andy Lawrence as a scoundrel cannot in justice be called crazy. ! 1 hope Livernash will rest well in tha grave he sought. A failure in life, per= haps death may introduce him to con< ditions more kindly. But I hope alsa that no idiot with but the faculty of | imitation left will undertake to followt his example. The hero of the most dra< matic suicide Is soon forgotten, and & majority of those who take the troubla to regard him at all will regard him as a fool. N e My hat is off to the gentleman who wrote in the Report an account of th‘a prompt and able fashion in which Hearst and Pulitzer took charge of the Government at a critical period. Every emergency produces its man, but this is a big emergency and needed two men. They were both on the spot. When the emergency has passed I would suggest that the spot be fumi- gated. : PR 6 The police of this city need instruc- tion in morals and manners. Perharfs to volunteer it is no part of my busi- ness, and yet if they read here any- thing tending to make them gentle~ men and proper officers, they are more than welcome. I do not understand the police privilege of assuming to be superior to the law-abiding citizen. If a passer-by happens to pause to read a bulletin board it seems to me arro- gance on the part of the police to or« der him to “move on.” The pavements are free to all. I have noticed with regret the police tendency to be hog- gish and dictatorial, the regret aris- ing from the fact that the average pa- trolman weighs more than I do and that protest would only result in a losing fight. But with tolerable safe- ty I may seek information. I would like to know by what right the police put supposed offenders in jail, keep them there as long as convenient and then turn them loose, no charge hav- ing been made. Such conduct would not be permitted in Russia, but in San Francisco it is common, and I have never heard of a policeman being licked for it yet, a plain neglect of duty. But when, in an excess of zeal, a police- man arrests somebody who may be supposed to have a pull, the haste to turn him loose again is almost pathetic. Now, nobody should be conceded , t¢ have a pull. If it is right to put Tom in jail for a fancied offense, it is right to put Dick there, and Harry is no better. But Dick and Harry, armed with a pull, have only to display their cards and they are told to go and please to forget the incident and the mistake is much regretted, etc. I would make a plea for Tom, who does not carry a card, and also I would fira the guilty policeman. —_— - CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Feb. 19.—W. F. 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