The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 27, 1898, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1898. FRIDAY JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Propnetor. Address All Communications to W. S; LEAKE, Manager. Ll ol dillibolec it s oopet o 0 PUBLICATION OFFICE......Market and Third Sts., S. F. Telephone Main 186S. EDITORIAL ROOMS. ...2I17 to 22| Stevenson Street Telephone Main 1874 THE S6AN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) Is served by carrlers In this city and surrounding towns for I5 cents @ week. By mall $6 per year: per month €65 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL One year, by mall, $1.50 OAKLAND OFFICE.. ..908 Broadway NEW YORK OFFICE. Room 188, World Building DAVID ALLEN, Advertis| Represcntative. WASHINGTON (D. €.) OFFICE. --Riggn House C. C. CARLTON, Corre=spondent. CHICAGC OFFICE.. --Marquette Building C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Representative. BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street. corner Clay, open untll 9:30 o'clock. 387 Hayes street, open untll o'clock. 621 McAllister street, open untll 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin street. open untll 9:30 o'clock. 1941 Mission street, open untll 10 o'clock. 2291 Market street, corner Sirteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street, open untll 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh street, open untll 9 o'clock. 505 Polk street, open until 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ana Kentucky streets, open until 9 o'clock. AMUSEMENTS., Baldwin—Ysaye Columbia—* The Face in the Moonl{ght ™ California—Hopkins Trans-Oceantc Star Specialty Co. Aleazar—*Yorick's Love Morosco's—"Mrs. Partington and Her Son Ike.” Tivoli—"The Poster."” Orpheum— Vaudeville Sherman, Clay Hall—Kneisel Quartet, to-night. The Chutes—Zoo, Vaudeville. and “Visions of Art."* Olympia—Corner Mason and Eddy streets, Spectalties Sutro Baths—Swimming, . El Campo—Music. dancing, boating, fishing. every Sunday, California Jockey Ciub, Oakland—Races this afternoon. —_— AUCTION SALES. By Easton, Eldridge & C Grant avenue, at 2 o clock K Frank W. Buttertield-This day, May 27, Furniture, at 448 Golden Gate avenue. at 11 o'clock. By H. L. Reed—This 7. Jewelry, at 1096 Market st., at20clo By Killip & Co.—Thursday, June 2, Horses, at San Mateo Stock Farm, at 10 o'elock. rqmggie and its duration increase as the respon- sibilities of the country transpire. \ olunteers are the intercsting raw material out of which soldiers are made by discipline and drill. We lift our hats to the regui Their exact movement, 1s day, May 27, Rugs, at 105 HE war horizon widens. The extent of the their precision in the manual of arms, their instant conception of the meaning of orders and their prompt response, all thrill our enthusiasm and rouse our ad- miration. But every regu He had to be trai fidence of a soldier. by the raw recruit. contentment in hard marches and harder camps, are all before the volunteer as sta toward which he | must train. | The training takes time. was a volunteer once. ed into the attitude, step and con- He is the example to be followed His carriage, habit of seli-control, During the Civil War | great camps were maintained for the toughening of | the new regiments, and from them the drilled and dis- | ciplined men faced to the front and marched away to | replace the losses of war. At this time the 125,000 men first called for will be forced to fight with but little preparation. The people are always impatient. They want battles going on and ire the enthusiasm of victory or the rage and | War is a tragedy, and the audience de- nent on the stage must have no | requ fury of defeat. mands that the move lapse nor lull. So the first call goes at it almost fresh from farms and shops. The second call is a very wise move. THE CHARTER ADOPTED. { BY the vote of yesterday the people of San Fran- cisco have given their assent and approval to | the new charter, and the long struggle for an organic law different from the complex consolidation act has received a partial solution. It cannot be called a complete solution, because the document voted for will have to be amended in many respects before it can be made a practical system of municipal govern ment, and many sections will have to be submitted to the Supreme Court before their meaning or even their validity can be made certain. While the adoption of an act of this kind as the charter of the city is to be regretted, it is not diffi- | cult to understand why the people favored it. Discon- tent with the consolidation act is of long standing and | is well founded. So often have the evils of it been i‘ pointed out that the majority of voters who take an | interest in such matters have evidently reached the | conclusion that any change would be for the better, | that nothing could be worse than the present form of j government, and that the proposed charter, with all | the imperfections which have been shown to exist, is worth trying at least as an experiment. In addition to the general discontent with the con- solidation act there has been a further discontent with | the incessant recurrence of charter discussions and charter elections. Many men wyoted for this charter 1 without giving it serious consideration simply because they desired an end of the charter-making issue. Finally, the recent scandals involving the Board of Supervisors and the School Trustees, the defalcation in the city treasury and the inefficiency displayed in the management of streets and other public works, have all incensed the people and rendered them more than ever willing to vote for anything which prom- ised a different system of local administration. The feature of the election most to be regretted is the smallness of the vote. The new charter has been | adopted, but not by a majority of the whole number | of the citizens. Only about one-third of the voters | of the city thought it worth while to go to the polls. | We have, therefore, to face a new charter which pro- | vides a form of government radically different from | any with which we have had experience imposed 1 upon the city by the votes of hardly more than one- fifth of the voters whose property and whose welfare | i3 to be affected by it. ~ | While the lack of a full vote can be accounted | for only upon the ground of a widespread popular in- | difference to municipal affairs, it is not right to as- | sume that all who did not vote were among those | | lacking in civic patriotism. The closing of the polls | at 5 o’clock in the afternoon undoubtedly had the | effect of depriving many workingmen of the privilege | of voting. It has been the custom with us to keep the | polls open until sunset, and believing this rule would | be followed yesterday a considerable number of men | postponed voting until after the closing of their shops | and places of business at 6. When they went to their | polling places they found the polls closed and their | franchise forfeited. So large a number of vaters among the workingmen of the city were in this way | deprived of voting that it will be difficult to persuade | the public that the charter advocates did not deliber- | ately plan the early closing scheme with the precise ntention of shutting out as many votes as they could. THE JOURNEY OF THE OREGON. B confronted at almost every moment in the lat- ter portion of the journey by the possibility of | an attack from a Spanish squadron, the Oregon has “ accomplished one of the triumphs of the war. Her feat and its effects are hardly less important than the achievement of a considerable victory in battle. It has strengthened our fleet in the Atlantic and has de- monstrated that a battle-ship is capable of making the Jongest ocean voyages and can operate with vigor wherever required. [ her successful voyage around South America, The men who respond will have some time for drill : While the exact course pursued during the latter and feeding of their martial ardor on news from the | front. They will be hardened and seasoned physically and when unleashed will hear the long roll with no emotion but pleasure that the time for action has ccme and that they are ready for it It is probable that by the time this call is full a third will be made and for the same reasons and pur- poses, and that within six months we will have half a million of men under arms. It is jost as well that, the necessity having ap- peared, we make the most of this demonstration of our military strength and capacity while the world sits as an audience. In the rush and emotion of war the cost is not counted. The gain is uppermost, and as a rule that exceeds all cost. In the final analysis the foundation of all government is force, and a war gives the opportunity to test that foundation. It shows just what blow the country’s united and aggregate arm can strike, and the stronger it is shown to be the stronger is the Government. The country will meet all calls upon it, and, be the war brief duration or prolonged, the martial in- stinct of our people and their love of adventure will supply the ranks to the end. Coal is now a contraband of war, but what is to prevent the Examiner from furnishing Admiral Cer- vera with a big load of the “monarchs”? The cre- matory here has demonstrated that they will burn, and, while, the smell is far from pleasing, Cervera would doubtless be glad to get them, coal not being available. The Examiner could also by this means further increase its circulation, and at even a more rapid rate than it is now doing with the aid of the crematory. The two children at San Diego who discovered that their father after killing his wife had committed suicide, and who then went to bed and slept soundly through the night, cannot be considered to have highly nervous organizations. Some children would have been scared. In all probability a Spanish offer to free Cuba on condition that the Cubans fight the United States would not be seriously considered. In the first place Spain would have to give a bond, and she is known too well as an all-around liar to be able to do this. Perhaps there is no wonder that the yellow cor- respondents should dream of seeing fleets of battle- ships, but having awakened it is not fair that they should put their visions on the wire. It is gratifying to observe that an evening contem- porary has begun to discover signs of merit in the magnificent ships turned out by the Union Iron Works. e L Many authorities are advancing plans for the de- struction of the fleet of Cervera, but all overlook the absolutely essential feature of first ascertaining where it is. Another little Spanish crisis seems to have arisen sights portion of the voyage and the exact date of her ar- rival at Jupiter Inlet have been kept secret by the is known to justify the estimate that the speed at- tained averaged upward of 200 miles a day, and pos- sibly more. This record is one that has given the ter of no little pride to Californians at Washington, inasmuch as it clearly proves the excellence of ship-building of our workshops. The general rejoicing over the accomplishment of ever, the risk of the voyage or the length of time re- | quired to make it. What has been so successfully done during a war with Spain could hardly be repeated in a struggle with any first-class naval power. The | is the need of the construction of the Nicaragua canal. The very fact that our Government and our people proof that no such voyage should ever be required of an American battle-ship in any future war. SECTARIAN gathering back in Massachusetts has forwarded to the Secretary of the Navy Maine.” They object to it as not indicative of a benign spirit of peace, and if fraternity and esteem is well founded. However, when nations meet in deadly conflict there is apt to exist between them an rally something like “Love your enemies” they might be accused of insincerity. pretty good slogan. It is comforting to ascribe to this country the loftiest of motives, but the motive of a flag repeatedly assailed is far from ignoble. The truth is that the United States has taken up arms be- more important lesson to be learned from the event are so rejoiced by the safe arrival of the ship is a OBJECT TO THE SLOGAN. fl a protest against the slogan, “Remember the should characterize a war cry, doubtless the objection inimical prejudice, and if they were to adopt as a It seems to us that “Remember the Maine” is a of at once punishing a crime and sustaining the honor were a shame—and whatever else may be in view must be considered as collateral. There was sympathy for the oppressed of Cuba, but oppression could have proceeded until famine had killed the last Cuban before there would have been more than a moral interference, and such interfer- ence would have been wasted. Now the scheme, has broadened and the results are to be far-reaching, but the seed from which hostilities sprang was the shat- tered Maine sunk treacherously in Havana harbor. Let the boys remember it. Soft words and goody- goody sentiment have a place, but it is not on the lips of soldiers at the forefront of strife. Probably there is nothing in the rumor that Spain intends to send more ships to Havana. That country is having trouble enough without actively planning hara-kiri. Senor Capdepon likens his nation to a brave duel- ist. The figure does not seem apt. Few brave duel- because the new Ministers do not see any pay inJ:u demonstrate their courage by skulking behind the trees Navy Department for obvious reasons of war, enough | highest satisfaction to naval authorities and is a mat- | the | the Oregon ought not to lead us to overlook, how- | cause the Maine is remembered—to have forgotten it | GEN. MERRITT'S RESPONSIBILITY. ERTAIN statements reported to have been | C made by General Merritt in regard to the Phil- ippine expedition, together with his known ob- jection to venturing upon that campaign with the force originally designed, have subjected him to more or less severe criticism on the part of a con- siderable number of newspapers. It has been charged | that his action savored of insubordination, and that he has set a bad example to the army under his com- mand by even hinting at an objection to obey orders and go wherever commanded. The criticism is ill founded. The duty of unques- tioning obedience does not apply to a commanding officer on whose foresight and military sagacity de- pend the lives of his soldiers and the cause of his country. On him rests the responsibility of success or failure, victory or defeat, and that responsibility not only gives him the right to weigh and consider every circumstance and detail of the movement he is to undertake, but imposes it upon him as a high duty to see to it that the force and the equipments pro- vided for the work are sufficient to accomplish it without taking desperate chances in the hazard of war. General Merritt is not a subordinate officer. He is not one of those who have no right to criticize the | conduct of war. He holds a higher rank than any | other West Pointer in the service. He has been chosen to command an expedition which is to take thousands of Americans to a far off land, separated by a wide ocean from their base of supplies, where they will find themselves surrounded by an alien pop- ulation of millions of more or less warlike people. Under such circumstances he would have been lack- ing in a sense of the responsibilities of his command if he had gone at once without taking account of the dangers and difficulties before him and the means by which he could overcome them. It will be remembered that when at the outbreak | of our Civil War General Sherman said 100,000 men were needed for the Army of the Ohio alone he was | regarded as a crank. Such a statement on his part | was considered a criticism on the conduct of his superiors and came near resulting in his retirement from the service. The event proved that he was right. In the end more than 100,000 men were found | necessary to drive the Confederates out of Kentucky and Tennessee. General Merritt, in demanding a larger force for the invasion of the Philippines than was at first as- signed him, was clearly as much in the right as was | Sherman in 1861. The Government at Washington | has itself acknowledged the justice of at least one of | its claims, for it has increased the strength of the | regulars in the force from 1000 to 5000 men. Doubt- | less other of his representations will have equally | good results, and the Philippine expedition will go | out equipped for certain victory and not as a for- lorn hope of daring and courage. America has reason to be proud that she pos- | sesses thousands of brave soldiers who go to the front not counting the cost and careless of the con- | sequences. Tt is gratifying to have loyal heroes who | know that in times of danger it is “theirs not to rea- | son why, theirs but to do and die.” Nevertheless it is also good for America that she has generals who do count the cost and are not careless of consequences. | Rash critics who stay at home may shout “On to | Cuba” and “On to Manila” with impunity. They. are | not going to suffer. The brave boys who are to make | the expedition, however, are fortunate in the fact that they are to be under a commander who knows that war is not a matter of romance and who will see to it that they go to the front under conditions which will nable them to do something more than die there. ‘“COALING.” COAL AND Club sent a message to Sir Henry Irving, the famous English comedian, in which they con- gratulated him upon the prospects of a diplomatic alliance between the United States and Great Britain. Mr. Irving answered promptly that he hoped the as- pirations of the two peoples would soon be realized, and then he added, “We shall coal together.” The humor of this will be understood and appre- ciated by all who have observed the course cof events during the present war. Every dispatch from the | front is loaded down with information concerning the | coaling of the war vessels. Before Commodore Dewey smashed the Spanish fleet in the harbor of Manila he “coaled” at Hongkong. Admiral Sampson and Commodore Schiey have done nothing but “coal” | ever since they began their ghostly vigil in the | Windward Passage. Admiral Cervera “coaled” at the | Cape Verde Islands and again at Curacao. A great | deal of the news that comes from the front concerns | the maneuvering of colliers, and occasionally we get | a minute description of how a Spanish or American ship “coaled” at sea. In fact, thus far the war has been a case of “coal- | ing” and burning coal altogether. Without coal it ‘ appears the conflict would come to a speedy end. On 1 her trip to the Philippines the Monterey will “coal” | three or four times. In Congress “coaling stations” | are the burden of every legislator’s thoughts, and if we are to believe the Washington correspondents the principal duty of Secretary Long and the Board of | Strategy is to get coal to the American ships. Coal | appears to be king. It is not unnatural, therefore, that Sir Henry Irving should say that in the cvent of an alliance between the United States and Great Britain he will “coal” with | the Bohemian Club. Sir Henry has “coaled” with the | Bohemian Club before. On the occasion of his last visit to this city the club consumed a large quantity of “coal” in giving petit soupers in honor of the dis- tinguished actor. In case the alliance referred to is effected perhaps he may come over here and “coal” permanently. That would net be an entirely unwel- come result of the war. "[‘IIE other day several members of the Bohemian i | | | | According to a Madrid paper the average height of the American soldier is 5 feet 2z By the same authority Colorado is a place in the State of Denver, | and St. Louis is located in “Missipa.” These ex- cerpts from the knowledge-box of the editor are quoted not for their intrinsic value, but to refute the slander that the Spanish are not an intelligent people. Suggestion has been made that a penalty be pro- vided for merchant vessels whose captains ignore in- structions and cross the mine fields. Perhaps to touch off a mine or two opportunely would be as instructive a penalty as could be devised. There are some regulars on the way to this city. When they arrive they will find the Red Cross women ready to greet them. All soldiers look :like to these great-hearted ladies. 1t would seem that a real yellow paper is unable to announce correctly even §o small a matter as the route to be taken by a regiment of soldiers from | their camp to the wharf. A SENATORS VIEW OF AN ALLIANCE. HE general policy of England is in accordance with ours; that is to say, she wants open ports everywhere dll over the world, and so do we. She gives her colonies greater freedom than any other nation, and that, too, IS in line with our American idea. So far as we have sympathies with the colonies of European nations, we certainly have more sympathy with English colonies than with any other. So that, if the continent of Asia, like the continent of Africa, is to be dlvided up among the European powers, it 1s more In accordance with our natural sympathies, as well as in line with our materlal interests, for us to prefer that England should get the largest share of it. These are the closing words of an article prepared by United States Senator Willlam E. Chandler, in which he discusses the conditions arising from and llke‘ly to be brought about by the war with Spain: “The new feature in our international relations s already evident in the great change which has taken place in the feeling between England and this country. This change of feeling is palpable in both countries. The way in which the British Government has acted during the past few weeks, ever since our disputé with Spain reached its culmination, has made a deep and lasting impression upon the American people. ““There has never been any very bad feeling between England and the United States, except what has grown out 0. what I may call the assumption of England toward us of the tone and manner of the . big brother to the little brother. Eng- land, in times past, has been disposed to lay' the big brother. When we have had a difference with her she has seemed to assume to treat it, and to decide it, not as if we were & nation of equal power and dignity with herself, but as f she, having that big navy of hers, was entitled to act on the big brother prin- ciple and say: ‘We are going to have it 30 and so, and you help it if you can.’ In order to get at a working basis of alliance with the English, which this war has brought Into sight as a distinet possibility, some method will have to be ound, of ‘course, of deciding questions between the two Countries on some other principle than that. It is evident enough that an alliance between the two na- tions, or, let us say, an understanding between them as against the rest of the world, would not last long if, whenever a dispute arose between themselyes, England were to assume, as she has done on previous dccasions, to settle it by her ipse dixit. The big brother atti- tude will have to be given up forever. And unless some other_way of adjusting differences between England and our- selves can be found the danger will be that eventually we shall ally ourselves other 4 3 “'Or]ff : e great nations of the England fs seeking to make her navy bigger than the combined navies of all the other great powers of the world, then all the other nations will naturally find themselves in a sort of conspiracy to act together to offset, and, it possible, at some time to overmatel England’s supremacy. That undoubtedly has been tho recent tendency of things ', an t has been the te y. in my mind, I confess, oo thay to look upon that as the natural order of things. But now am_quite strongly’ led in the other direction, to consider whether there should not be an English alliance, or an understanding that would be equiva- lent o an :Jy}in_u\_, between the United States and England, for certain large Assuming that we can first arrange a basis for a fair adjustment of dis- putes between England and the United States in such a way as would distinct- ly guarantee to this country absolute equality with England as a great power, and a distinct recognition of certain fundamental American prineipl {he Monroe doctrine—I believe there are £00d reasons for such an alifance. is not merely our common language and the ties of race, but as regards inter- national questions there is a broad community of interests. 1 have no particular sympathy with the idea that every generation must and ought to have a war, in order that the courage of the nation may be pre- served and the sterner virtues of manhood be maintained. That is a theory which has been he.d vy men of considerable eminence, who have believed that without the hard discipline of wars, occurring at more or less regular intervals, the Virility of a nation is in danger of being lost, so that its people will degenerate into softness and weaknes: “But while I do not share this view of war, I note it as a curious fact that l_n the past century and a quarter of our existence as a nation events have con- spired in such a way as to give us exactly one war to every generation. in the first quarter-century we had the war of the revolution; in the next quarter-century the war with in the third quarter-century the war of the rebellion; and now, when its last quarter was running to its close without any war, lo and behold! we have this war with Spain. “Whatev: 7 be said about the blessings of peace—and assuredly they are that war, particularly when it is a war waged, as nation believes to be a just and righteous cause, must and wholesome tonic influence, bracing up not merely the lower a ical but the higher and moral lifé of the nation engaging in it. Suppo: please, that this Spanish war were to come to an end now, and that no more fighting were to be done. It would have been a short conflict, with no great loss of life, and yet we would have already made not only a great naval but a great military demonstration; we would have given ourselves assurance, and, at the same time, shown to the whole world that we have a mighty reserve power, both on land and on sea. “We have made a'demonstration Something revlew that took place at the close of our C War, and which gave us a pectacle on Pennsylvania avenue which, as I look back to it, I feel was a plendid object lesson as to the vital strength and resources of the Republic, and was of incalculable value in its moral influcnce upon foreign observers. tlar thing is now going to nappen again, We shall put our 125,000 militia in line. and whether we have to send them all th the front or not, we shall, bring them together in one great assembly here at W effect of that as a demonstration of our Jatent power a nation will be great and valuable. The war may be t00 Short to require us to use this latent power on which we have made the first call—anq the shorter the war is the better we shall be pleased—but even if it ends to-morrow, this demonstration of our ca- pacity for war on a great scale has beep made, and its moral effect will remain. Moreover, attention having been cCujled in' a pointed way to our deficiencies in military organization, in coast defenses and in naval equipment at various points, the country will now insist that they shall be remedied at whatever cost, S0 that we shall never at any future time find ourselves taken by surprise or at a disadvantage in facing any forelgn comvtiication. “This war §s a fortunate war in mapy w. It comes at a good time and under fortunate circumstances for Us'“ 1y is. in my opinion, going to save several other bigger wars. If we hag ghown pusillanimity now we should have taken our place as a second-clasg power 'with this extremely probable result—that other nations, perceiving Ug ¢4 he a second-class power, not willing to fight even Spain on a question involying “American principles and American interests in the hemisphere, would hav .8, e OCEn, Po HOPSH Mdiscovery to embark in varfous ambitioils enterpriscg of their own on this side of the world. Emperor William might possibly, In Sycn an event, have bought St. Thomas and St. Crolx; other powers might hav,h,yght other American possessions; England, without conquering Venezuel, ‘mizht have purchased Venezuela, and a whole series of similar acts might hag, ot G850 BEFCAE, Bt ean pow- ers in this Western half of the world if® (OHOWed B0 Lac B b igency that we are not ready or willing to fight Sp,; e "eo0d ca “The Monroe doctrine would thus haye been made to disappear, unless we had been prepared to enter upon an armed Contest to prevent such action by these great powers, a war with any one of Which would have been much harder to fight than this one with Spain. Hence i is quite clear to my mind that this war is most fortunate, in this respect, at legge_that it will have the effect of pre- venting larger wars, which otherwise Woulqd have come upon us, unless we had been willing, not only to give way 10 Spain, but to surrender our Monroe doc- trine. ““The Monroe doctrine is only incidentally touched by our action in the case of Cuba. The Monroe doctrine has alWays implied the recognition of existing Eu- ropean Governments in this hemisphera” but only upon this condition—that any Furopean power having possessions hera’ which it grossly misgoverns we shail feel it to be our right and duty to expe]. e have never taken the position that European powers already established here were to be driven out, but simply that they should make no new establishments nhere, and, as a corollapy, that such ter- ritories and peoples as were already Unger their dominion should be well gov erned. “This exceptional attitude which we pave taken toward Spain—demanding that she must go, bag and baggage, entirely out of America—is the only case of the kind that can arise, because Spain is the only European nation that misgoverns on this side of the world. England does not misgovern her colonies; she holds those of her colonies that are composed of civilized people capable of self-gov- ernment with their own consent, and, so far as 1 know, that is true also of France and Germany. So that the reason for which we are fighting Spain, while it bears incidentally upon the Monroe doctrine, cannot possibly lead us into a war with any other European power. “This war is fortunate, too, in this, that, while Spain is not so powerful a na- tion as to make it prudent to avoid a Conflict with her, yet she is not so weak 2 nation as to make her an unworthy antagonist, or one whose defeat will be an inglorious thing in itself. Her strength and resources, and the extent of her na- val and military establishments, are not so small that we can be charged with making a cowardly fight. Her expulsion by force from this hemisphere is, in- deed, no holiday affair. “It is furthermore exceedingly fortunate that the United States goes into this war not for itself, nor to gain anyihing for its own aggrandizement, but sim- ply to fight for friends and neighbors. Yet another plece of good fortune for us is that things are so situated in Europe at this time that Spain cannot get any help from the ‘concert of Hurope, which, three or four years hence, she might be able to get. All the conditions of the time, and, it seems to me, all the cir- cumstances of the war, are in our favor. My feeling is that it is ‘mapifest des- tiny, clearly indicated by these fortunate circumstances to which I'have al- luded. I think it will appear in history, both as to its immediate outcome and as to the far-reaching consequences of ‘which I have spoken, as altogether on2 v the most fortunate wars in which any nation ever engaged. And the world may well infer that if we will take such a stand and make such sacrifices for a neighboring people, we would certainly fight for ourselves and our own inter- ests still more readily and resolutely.” akin to the memorable grand STANZAS OF FREEDOM. COLLECTED IN THE CORRIDORS. W. C. Stanley, a Eureka mining man, is registered at the Grand. Mary E. Lease, the woman suffrage champion, is at the Palace. Mrs. B. H. Austin and daughter of Chi- cago are guests at the Occidental. Arthur Gleason, a prominent citizen of Pasadena, is registered at the Baldwin. Professor Allandyce of Stanford Uni- versity is one of the arrivals at the Cali- fornia. - H. C. Shaw, a manufacturer of agricul- tural implements in Stockton, is staying at the Lick. William B. Clark, George Miles and Thomas McKinnon, all of Boston, are registered at the Occidental. Among the arrivals at the Baldwin are P. F. Baggert of Chicago and John T. Sullivan, the proprietor of Ben Lomond. T. J. Field, a banker of Monterey, A. C. Cleveland and George S. Nixon and W. E. Grifin, mining men of Nevada, are among the arrivals at the Palace. H. 1. Seymour, a prominent brewer of Sacramento; George Mainhart, a Grass Valley mining man; Dr. B. A, Plant of Santa Cruz and J. F. Devendorf, a San Jose real estate man, are among the guests at the Grand. Men whose boast it is that ve Come of fathers brave and free, It there breathe on earth a slave Are ye truly free and brave? If_ve do not feel the chain, When it works a brother's pain Are ve not base slaves inceed, Slaves unworthy to be freed? ‘Women who shall one day bear Sons to breathe New England alr, If ye hear without a blush Deeds to make the roused blood rush Like red lava through your veins For vour sisters now in ns Answer: Are ve fit to be Mothers of the brave and free? Is true freedom but to break Fetters for your own dear sake, And with leathern hearts, forget That we owe mankind a debt? No! true freedom is to share All the chains our brothers wear, And, with heart and hand, to be Earnest to make others free! They are slaves who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak; They are slaves who will not choose Hatred, scoffing and abuse, Rather than In silence shrink From the truth they needs must think; They are slaves who dare not be In the right with two or three. 'AMES RUSSELL LOWELL. MARCHING UP MAR. STREET. The Utah volunteers were given great demonstrations all along the route to San Francisco; there they were given an ovation. No finer men have marched up Market street than those from this State, and none will. It is a pity they did not have their horses with them that they might have taken their can- non with them through the city, as there is nothing looks so soldierly and warlike as fully manned batteries moving u‘m; nothing so well symbolizes war as - Miss Rosella Pitman, sister of Sir Isaac Pitman, died recently in England, aged § years. She was as enthusiastic on the subject of shorthand writing as was her brother, the inventor of the system which bears his name, and for nearly half & century taught it in public schools. enthusiastically the volunteers were re- ceived. It is the reception given to those from_all the iS“ate‘s.“ they are all ually deserving of it. 2 tew days. the people of San Fran- cisco will have the Pleasure of witnessing the Utah troop of cavalry march up Market street. They will present as sol: dierly an appearance as did the artillery- men. Not only are they good cavalrymen, but they are horsemen on good hors;k:i They will receive the same ovation as di the batteries.—Salt Lake Herald. —_———————— ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. and PURE GOLD—C., Auburn, Cal. Pure gold is 24 karats fine. Its fineness is the public debt. ADELINA PATTI-C., Auburn, Cal Adelina Patti was born in Madrid. She is of Italian extraction. CHICAGO, RECORD—A Reader, Mill- wood, Fresno County, Cal. The Chicago Record was established in 1875. TESLA—C., Auburn, Cal. A letter ad- dressed to Tesla, the electrician, New York City, will reach him. THE DURRANTS—Reader, City. The Durrants, parents and son, were all born in the Dominion of Canada. TESLA— Auburn, Cal. Pure gold is twenty-four karats fine. Its fineness is reduced by the amount of alloy that is added to it. WOMAN SUFFRAGE—R. J. C., Val- lejo, Cal. In the State of Washington woman suffrage at this time is limited to vote for school officers. TO DUPLICATE THE IOWA. Reader, Millwood, Fresno County, C: It is stated that such a battleship as the Towa could be duplicated, ready for sea, in about fourteen months, if it was on a rush order. THE CHURCH CASE—L. V. R., Col- lege Park, Cal. The case of Church vs. Church in Oakland was set for Monday, May 16, but was not disposed of on that day. None of the points asked about have been decided. GOVERNMENT SEEDS—L. F. C., City. There is no place in this city that is a depository of Government seeds, from which the same are distributed. Applica- tion for such must be sent to the De- partment of Agriculture, Washington, SAVINGS AND LOAN SOCIETY-S, City. If you will go to the Free Library you will find in the reference room a file of the Bulletin, and in the advertising columns on the 1ith of December, 1597, you will find the biennial statement of the Savings and Loan Soclety of unclaimed deposits. TRADE DOLLAR, BANK NOTES—-W. M., Santa Rosa, Cal. From 183 to 1876 the trade dollar was a legal tender to the amount of $5. In the last-named year that provision was repealed. The cur- rency laws of the United States say that national bank notes are not a legal ten- der, but are receivable for all public dues except duties on imports and interest on the public debt. e ARMY AND NAVY PAY-W. H. B, Oakland, Cal. This department has not the space to give ““the pay of the officers and of the enlisted men of the United States army and of the United States navy.” The amounts paid each branch of the service can be found in the United States Army Register and in the register of the commissioned and warrant officers of the United States navy. JOHN ERICSSON—C. W., City. The remains of John Ericsson, the builder of the Monitor, were placed on board of the cruiser Baltimore August 23, 1890, and by his own request shortly before his death, and by the request of the Swedish Gov- ernment, were transported to Stockholm, Sweden, where they were received and }nl(-rred with impressive public ceremon- es. GAS COMPANIES—P. D., City. Section 629 of the Clvil Code of this State says: Upon the application in writing of the owner or_cccupant of any building or premises dis- tant not more than 100 feet from any main of the corporation, and payment by the applicant of all money due from him, the corporation must supply gas as required for such building or premises, and cannot refuse on the ground of any indebtedness of any former owner or occupant thereof, unless the applicant has un- dertaken to pay the same. If, for the space of ten days after such application, the cor- poration refuses or neglects to supply the gas required, it must pay to the applicant the sum of %0 ' as liquidated damages, and $5 a day as liquidated damages for every such refusal or neglect continues thereafter. Treat your friends to Townsend's Cali- fornia glace fruits; 50c Ib; fire-etch bxs.* e e Peanut taffy; best in the world. 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