The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 2, 1898, Page 6

Tall JUNE 2, 1808 The THURSDAY JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Propretor. R s Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. PUBLICATION OFFICE .Market and Third Sts., S. F. Telephone Main 1868. EDITORIAL ROOMS. -217 to 221 Stevenson Street Telephone Main 1874 THE 6AN ERANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) s served by carriers In this city and surrounding towns for I5 cents @ week. By mall $6 per year; per month 65 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL.............One y DAKLAND OFFICE.... ++..908 Broadway NEW YORK OFFICE Room 188, World Building DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Represcntative, WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE....... s2eeeeo.Riggn House C. €. CARLTON; Correspondent. CHICAGC OFFICE... +-.Marquette Bullding C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Representative. by mall, $1.50 BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, | open untll 9:30 o'clock. 387 Hayes street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 62| McAllister street, open untll 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin street. open until 9:30 o'clock. 1941 Misslon street, open until 10 o'clock. 2291 Market street, corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 2518 Misslon street, open. untll 9 o'clock. street, open untll 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street, open until 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ana Kentucky streets, open untll 9 o'clock. AMUSEMENTS. Columbla— The New Domiion " —Hopkins Trans-Oceanie Star Specfalty Co. The Master of Ceremontes. “The Bottom of the Sea Tivoli—"The Poster.” Orpheum—Vaudevilla. The Chutes—Zoo, Vaudeville and * Departure of the Peking." Oiympia—Corner Mason and Eddy streets, Specialties. Sutro Baths—Swimming, El Campo—Music, dancing. boating. firshing, every Sunday, Schueizen Park. near San Rafael—Plenic next Sunday. AUCTION SALES. By Killip & Co.—Thursday, June 2, Horses, at San Mateo Stocx ‘arm, at 10 o'cloc! THE CHANGING YELLOW. — INCE the yellow Examiner has pulled down 5 the Spanish hued awnings from its windows it has evidently had a clearer perception of the ruth of things around it. It has now changed the one of its war editorials and is piping quite differ- ntly from what it did while the red and yellow of le overhung its windows and affronted the pa- riotism of the people. In the days of the Spanish awnings it published an ditorial under the title, “Let Us Have Action,” which regan with the abrupt statement: “‘President Mc- Cinley, It 1as been over a month since the war opened, yet lirection of ‘Cuba nothing has been" accom- Commenting on the work of the navy in he Caribbean Sea it said: “The greater part of the ime the fleet has been wandering aimlessly hither ad thither at the contradictory commands: of a dif- ering Board of Strategy.” = Of the military forces it “Yet there is no army ready for the work, and hough over 103,000 of the volunteers are reported austered in, the reports come from everywhere of ick of blankets, tents, uniforms and even food supply. “here seems a plentiful lack of organization.” On ‘another occasion; under the caption,: “What's let us have miore vigor in waging war. o the ilish aid: Nrong at Washington?” it asked: “What is the mat-:| er at Washington? * The war has lasted just one aonth and what has been accomplished? “uba is still in the hands of Spain.. So is Porto Rico, nd both are harder to take now than they were when *resident McKinley ordered the Spaniards to Jeave.” t went on to s “Rouse yourself and do some- hing, Mr. McKinley. Dismiss the timid men, the wverwise men, the too learned strategists who sur- ound you.” It added: echleness of purpose,. be- rilderment of mind, and an amazingly unsanguinary isposition, mark the Washington end of ‘this: con- ict. A whole month and nothing done—nothing but he Manila victory, the great blaze of which how ights up the astounding lethargy of the Government. Vhat's the matter, Mr. McKinley?” These carping, sneering words could have been in- ended for no other purpose than that of weakening, i possible, the confidence of the people in the chief nagistrate. They were designed to create dissensions nd to harass the President in his arduous work of reparing the nation for the close and final grapple 7ith the foe. They were fit words to emanate from n office adorned with Spanish colors and were ap- ropriate in a journal that shamelessly exults in its to-day ellowness, but evidently the people gave warning | hat the attacks on the President had been carried too ar, for the Examiner has now changed the tone of its ditorials as well as the hue of its awnings. Yesterday the yellow organ gave the President redit for vigor and industry. In an article bearing he title, “Commendable Energy,” it said: “The evi- ent disposition of the administration to urge on the rar as rapidly as men can be equipped and sent for- vard is highly gratifying to the people.” ~After a *w general remarks it added: “From the vigor that s being shown in the present movements we may elieve the administration has used its best endeavors o put an army in the field ready for effective service nd to direct it as promptly as was considered safe o perform the work for which the war was under- aken.” The change of tone is significant. It shows the iollowness, falseness and baseness of the -attacks nade in the first place. The President is acting now s he acted from the start, and the self-styled “com- nendation” given him. by the ‘Exaniiner is ‘as un- weeded as its original attacks and denunciations were ile and contemptible. While the Board of Education has: ‘been busy quandering money and in part devoting. itself to eeping out of jail, the faithful teachers are cheéred sy the information that.they are to receive no more alary until the ‘end of “July. Of course this-is a hame and a disgrace, but if the people chioose to-pat ogues into office somebody is sure to: suffer, and his time the teachers happen: to be the victims: Explanation is.made ‘that troops were' not. maved o the Bay District with a view to - benefiting - the southern Pacific. The public will ‘be glad: to'accept he explanation, and yet corroborative evidenice in the orm of notification to' the soldiers that they ide free would be appreciated. EEIIEETERT One cffect of ‘the transfér of -the Philippines to | France would be- the siidden: _discoi'ery by two na- ions that Spain is no longer r itle to the islands. Any soldier who - happeiis to _ be’ in‘s‘ul‘ted‘, by'.:a, frunken hoodlum finds. at on ollects is made ‘up.of friend Perhaps ‘wh.cn we turn éhe Philjppié\u over to sbn_ie f the powers: they would like us to throw.in a few suisers and a monitor or two.. i 106 Eleventh ~are to egarded ‘as ha\‘(ifig clear ce that the crowd which’ THE LEAGUE CONVENTIQfi- RIGHT auspices, prophetic of Republican suc- B cess, are evident in cvery phase and feature: of the convention of league clubs. - The number of delegates present, the personal distinction of many: of. them, the ardor and zeal displayed, the general fit- niess and eloquence of the speeches, each in its way and degree attests the enthusiasm of the party and gives encouragement to the sanguine haopes of the loyal for a sweeping victory an election day. To accomplish ‘that result twe things will “be needed—a comprehensive and tharough organization of the rank and file of the party in all portions of the State and good nominations.. The achievement of the first of these will almost inevitably bring about the at- | tainment of the other. If all Republicans can- be aroused at this time to a realization of the importance | of attending to their political duties it will be well nigh assured they will elect delegates to county and State conventions who will see to it that the nominees are truly representative of the party as a. whole and net the fayorites of a clique of bosses or the tools of cor- porations. The people of California are prepared to entrust the administration of the affairs of the State to the Repub- lican party for the next gubernatorial term,:just as they are prepared to elect sound money protectionists to Congress from every district. -Nothing can change | this attitude of the popular mind but the Republican | party itself. If the party falls below the needs of the time and the measure of the opportunity it will suffer defeat notwithstanding all the favorable omens: that surround it.- It can win only by nominating for Governor a man of known worth, free from the con- trol of bosses and unpledged to corporation interests: | The league convention was not designed to nomi- ! nate candidates. - Nevertheless: its: members” cannot overlook the advantage which their gatheéring gives for a general discussion of candidates and ‘the selec- tion of the right man to lead the party in.the cam= | paign,. This is the time to consider the subject. .If consideration is postponed until county cosniventiois L-are called, the rival candidates will have. entered the | field and men will be pledged one ‘way.or another; It will then be too late to give the isstie.the cool and | considerate reflection it deseryes.: Now. that Republi- cans are assembled from all sections of the conimon- | wealth let them discuss men as well as measures, The signs of the time point to the one con¢lusion that a. corporation candidate for Governor means defeat for himself and a handicap for the ticket generally, while | |- an independent candidate for Governor, mearis ‘victory | for himself and for all who stand with him, HFE other day a friend and late supporter of ‘the new. charter outlined the hopes of the advocates | have as good a chance to capture the Mayor as the | | bosses, and it is certain that we will get him oeca- | ] THE COMING WATCHWORD.: Tof the instrument by saying; “The people will If this represents the average opinion of - those who. have fastened a Czar Mayor upon-this city, we are free to say that it fails entirely to meet the issue. During the campaign we were repeaitedly ‘told ‘that | | the people were sure to get the Mayor all the time: | That was the theory upon which the adoption of the charter was urged, and that was the idea which evi: | dently influenced the judgments of large numbers of those ‘who voted: for -its ‘adoption, | -But if the people, as the gentleman gquoted now | 'says, are going to get the Mayor only occasionally | this town ‘is up a ‘tall tree at the very outset. Indeed it will never do to propagate this'kind of talk:: If the bosses are ever permitted to “capture the:Czar | they will ‘so thoroughly entrench themselves s to | render their subsequent dislodgment: practically im- | possible. - The Mayor appoints and removes at pleas- | ure boards and comimissions which in tiirn appoint and remove 83 per cent of ‘the tax eaters who wili | exploit the city treasury ‘under ‘the ‘new charter: This makes him the absolute dictator of the patron- | age. Through the Civil Service Commission which i he also appoints and removes at pleasure, he will in- | fluence, if not control, ‘the patronage of the ‘elected heads of departments..' Through the Police Conymis- | sion ‘he will control the “saloon vote.”” Through the Board of Public Works he will influence the property | owning interest, and through all these.boards and | commissions he will to-some extent mold-the political { opinion: of the city. - The grand army of “outs,” who Lhelp to change the government every. two: years; are | disposed of by the civil service rules. < There are in_ the government outlined between 120,000 and 25,000 votes.” If the boss who is: destined |'to “occasionally” captire the Czar Mayor possess the i genius to organize and solidify these: votes he will ipresent a formidable obstacle to reform. It logically . follows' that if such a man once gets cantrol of them 1 it'will be extremely difficult to unhorse him. He will | oppose all charter amendments designed to curtail |'his power and defeat the cohorts of “reform” every | time he meets them at the ballot-boxes. It will never do to talk about letting the bosses “occasionally” capture the Mayor; the Merchants’ Association, Mayor Phelan, Deacon Fitch, Reformer Britton and the others who have fastened this po- | tentate upon us must see to it that he is kept out of their clutches.. These gentlemen have an impor- tant duty to fulfill during the remainder of their lives, and when they die they must pledge their sons, |'as the father of Hannibal and Hasdrubal pledged them; to fight forever in the cause they leave behind. In this way only can the liberties of the town be pre- served. All talk of “occasionally” winning must be abandoned. The watchword must be always “Give us an honest, indepclfi:nt Mayor, or give us oblivion.” Any compromise this sentiment will be fatal. If Russia- wants part of the Philippines, and thinks for a minute to get it, her masterly cheek has never |‘been equaled among nations. This country did not undertake to punish Spain until forced after months of diplomacy to begin action. As an incident it will take. the Philippines. "It will not take them for the | benefit of Russia. It does not care ‘whether or not Russia. likes its course, and it will come-out of the contest with nothing to “divide. with the powers; who since the beginning have given sympathy to Spain.. | f | | When: an effort ‘was made to win the pefsonality of Cle\rfland - to ‘the advertising-of the yellow mon- strosity run by Hearst Mr.: Cleveland sat upon the editor quick.and ‘hard. The act was commended at | thetime, and ' just now: becomes .of -particular value | as a precedent for Dewey. : ; ' ‘With both the Monterey -and the Monadnock sent to ‘Manila. there will be anidea that this coast has : > Not so. There are some big guns at the Golden Gate, and there will be available a-lot of resplendent soldiers who did not get to be brigadiers. . 2 & | ‘been ‘left without: protection. . By the way BIB;'IC(‘) is throwing British correspon- dents into jail a suspicion has been engendered that he is nearly as mucl_i afraid of the truth as of an |‘American squadron ' DEMOCRACY AND THE WAR. | T\ EMOCRATIC papers in the - Eastern States: D re taking a ‘gloomy-view of the: prospects -of heir party in'the coming campaign.. - They de-- clare the war will ‘have the efiect of strengthening the ing the Republican ranks by the addition of all-indé- -pendent voters, and that Democracy :and Populism . combiited will appear in‘many parts of the country:as hardly: more: than a faction q{voppos’ition. This despondency i Easterii Democratic ranks ‘is due almost wholly to the action taken by the Demo- crats. in ‘Congress in opposing’ the ‘war revenue bill. Prior to that opposition the war wasas much a Dem- Democratic leaders as vigorously as by those of the Republican party, and the vote of $50,000,000 for de- fense-was unanimous. There was no suggestion ‘ of party lines on the issue. - The conflict with Spain- was avpopulnr as well as-a'national ‘war. No one expected that it would ever have any partisan coloring: what- ever. ' It was believed that:all parties and all candidaté‘_ would go. before the peaple in the coming campaign on equal terms so far as the war spirit was concerned and that the patriotism of the people would not be: called upon to determine a political contest in any section. of the: Union. ‘There has been'a change in fhe situation and the blame for it rests upon the silyer: fanatics of Con- gress. . The great mass of Democratic voters are un- doubtedly as loyal and as patriotic as their' Repub- Hcan' neighbors, but they cannot--escape responsi- bility: for the action of their representatives. The Democratic: platform ‘on which the party will have to conduict its fight'is being made up.at Washington and-is taking the form of opposition to war reveniies. He that opposes raising money for defraying the cost of the war might-as well 6ppose the waritself. It is for that reason: conseryative Demoerats in the East are becoming - disgusted with ~their ~Congressional Jeaders :and despondent of the future of their party. We have here another illustration of the fact that evil once admitted to any organization can never be quickly: eradicated. - Bad:seed brings forth bad fruit. The war, by raising new-prospects before the Ameri- can_people, gave the Democrats: a: hope. that they would be able to get rid of Bryanism and go forward to a new departure. These hopes have ‘been disap- pointed. The Bryanites are in office' and they have acted ‘in a ‘way that baffles the hopes of the better element of Democracy. They have placed the party in an-attitude of opposition to-the administration: on a great measure growing out of the war, and protests from .individual Democrats here and there count for nothing. Under these circumstances the condiict of the war necessarily beconies something of a partisan measure. The independent voters of the country certainly can- not follow Democracy in opposing the war revene bill. “Principles of patriotism as well as the. policy of sound finance will incline men to stand with the party of the administration during-the coming cam- paign.: Democracy has committed. the usual blun- der in a time of crisis and ‘must pay the penalty on election day. P ] DECORATION DAY ADDRESSES. Y ‘all odds the most: notable Decoration day B addresses -of the celébration this ' year = were those delivered at ‘Arlington cemietery, near Washington City: It is not often the capitat holds this ‘pre-eminence among the cities of “the - Union. Though she has all Congress to.call upon for crators, it is rarely.that she obtains one whose words con- mand the-attention of the nation. ‘As a rule the chief place- in- Decoration day. reports .is givén. to ‘some orator other ‘than ‘those who spoke in sight of the dome “of the :capital and'with the inspiration of all the meémories: of the place aronnd him. This year, however, fortune was: with ‘Washingtan, notwithstanding: the fact that neither -of the orators who pronounced the orations at Arlington is of the first rank ‘of eloquence. = Senator Thutston, indeed, who spoke for the heroes of the army, has made sev- €ral notable speeches: in his tinre, but ex-Secretary Herbert, who spoke for-the heroic ‘dead of the navy, has hardly been’ accounted an orator -at ‘all, having been noted in Congress for diligent committee. work rather: than for eloquence on the floor. Yet these two men, ane ‘of the North and one of the South, have this ‘year had the honor of speaking for the nation and having the whole people for an audience. As was to have been expected; the theme of each was the evidences now seen on all sides of the com- plete restoration of the union of hearts as well as of States. . Every new manifestation of this evidence is another garland added to. the wreath of glory that surrounds the Grand Army and the galaxy of states- men- who preserved the Union from the peril of civil war and freed it from the dangerous blight of slavery. It is significant that on this theme Herbert of Ala- bama, himself a soldier in the ranks of secession, spoke as clearly and as patriotically as Thurston, who represented the dominant and unchanged loyalty of the North. The voices were two, but the sentiment was one; that of honor and praise for the heroic dead who gave their lives that the nation might live. A new war for humanity and liberty now holds the attention and engages the energy of North and South alike. A new generation representing a united people goes forth to uphold the .cause for which the brave men of the Grand Army fought through the long years of the Civil War. Well did Senator Thurston say: “Rest in peace, O mighty dead. The cause for which you fought can never be assailed. Rest in peace —the race whose freedom you achieved will bless you with their latest breath. Rest in peace—the Union you preserved remains forever, and liberty, equal rights and justice are the heritage of your descendants to the Judgment Day. God bless the men who fol- lowed the flag.” Admiral Dewey will win new admiration by pro- tecting, the Spanish captain whom the Spanish sav- ages wanted to kill because he had surrendered when he had his choice of doing this or going down iri his- tory as a fool. X One Madrid paper shows such a gleam of sense as to indicate that it must be using an imported editor. It makes the frank admiscion -that Spain is- under- -going ‘the process of being' licked.’ : S —_— _ The boys' who éafie at-the first 'c‘éll‘n‘e‘ed fiot worry about not being sent over thc sea. They will be needed abroad, and the second call will have to take caré of the old folks:at home. As. the Examiner only had a ten-page paper yester- day the smoke pouring from the crematory chimney was not as dense as usual.. It had, however, tlie same old smell. —_— Evidently the touching story, (of Ananias Cand Sapphira never made any impression on the Spanish mind. 3 .It is a puzzle how a lawyer who has bee.n disbarred still has the opportunity of flegcin; clients. hold ‘of the adniinistration upon the people, increas- | ocratic as‘a Republican measyre. It was urged by | Flag of the free heart’s hope and homel By angel hands to valor given; : Thy ‘stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy Forever float that standard sheet! Wheie brea With ‘Freedom’s soil beneath our feet, And Freedo hites. were born in Heaven. thes the foe but falls before: us, m’s. banner streaming o'er us? JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE. COLLECTED IN THE CORRIDORS. George J. Yocum of : Chicago is at the | Baldwin, William -G. Oliver and wife:of Chicago are’ guests. at the California: 1 Senator ‘Thomas: Flint Jr. of San Juan | is.one. of the arrivals at the Palace. Rev. and Mrs: Charles Hitchcock of San | Rafael are guests at the ‘California. Colonel D. B. Fairbanks of the Fifth Regiment of Petaluma 15 at the Cali- fornia. Rudolph Adams, U. S. A, and J. C. Thompson, U. S. N., -are registéred at the. Occidental. * Among the guests at the Californta are E. 8. Edwards and B. X. Edwards of Sydney, N..S. W. F. Metzger of Cincinnati, O., and George W. Boschke and ‘wife of Sacramento are registered at :the Baldwin: Thomas Brydone, Robert Fenwiik and Jamés Smith, a_party of tourists from { New' Zealand, aré-at the Occidental. George Newman, who {5 well-known in political and mercantile circles in Sacra- mento,: s making the' Grand his head- quarters, Among: the guests at the Palace. are P. S. McLaren of New York and Mr, and Mrs. J. . T. Whitney, and daughter and Miss Sewall of Rocklin. W.' 8. Burpeé, an attorney of Walnut Creek; is at the Lick. He will return home in a few days with his. daughter, who has heen attending school in San Jose. John Caffrew, Pacific caast representa- tive 6f ‘Charles Graet & Co., has just re- turned from -an extended. business trip through the Northwest and the Eastern States. Among the arrivals at the Occldental are Mrs. Henry Merrill and Mrs: E. L. Nveé of Toledo, Ohio, W. J. Barrett of Los Angeles ‘and-Dr. M. L. Peters and wife of Cloverdale. F. N. Rust, an insurance man from Los Angeles, and Dr. A, E. Osborne, superin- tendent ‘of thé Home: for. Feeble-minded Children at Eidridge, Sonoma County, are at the Grand. At the Lick are registered F. D. Mur- tha and wife of Sacramento, E. J. Blair of Monmouth, IIl., the Rev. P. J. Hassett of ‘Watsonville, and Mrs, C. . Berg of Marysville, “with her son and nephew. Among the arrivals at the Occidental are Governor Gabriel of Tahiti, accom- panied by his family, and Leon Bouis, his_private secretary. The party“came up. on the steamship Moara, and the visit is merely oné of pleasure. Some of the arrivals at the Occidental are Captain and Mrs. Ferguson and child of London, W. H.:' Jay, Buckley Jones and A. Roberts of London, and Dr. Wal- lace I. Terry, who with his wife has just returned from a pleasant visit to Hono- lulu. E. D. Bannister, a mining man from Butte, Mont., E. T. Fisher and family of Sayreville, N. J., F. E. Cameron of Tich- mopoly, India, D. T. Napler, a well- known London merchant, and A. P. Rich- ardson of Boston are all staying at the Palace: Theodore Perry, first vice-president of the International Typographical TUnion, who has been in this city for some time endeavoring to adjust the differences be- tweeén the striking printers and their em- ployers, will leave for Nashville, Tenn., to-day. 0000000000 One of the col- o O ored fraternity o HERAPPEAL 0 ‘who takes orders = S o In & dowptown caravansary, and © IRRESISTIBLE. © giio ia harsnna o O the euphonious 0000000000 gyydationofBal- timore Gladman, is possessed of a sweet- heart, Lucinda Johnson by name, with whom e is desperately fn lo a natural consequence, insanely jealous. As he expressed himself to a confidential friend, “I lubs dat gal, I does shuah, and she lubs me, and I don' want no cullud man to trespass on our affections, because dere 'l be a rezzer seance if he duz, now you heah me. I perpose to marry dat gal just as soon as I have saved up §8 and six bits.” Now Lucinda, like the majority of the members of her sex, is given to a little harmless flirtation now and then, just to. while away the idle hours when Baltl- more is accupied in his menial occupation of juggling with the dishes, and on one 1ight when she thought that her intended was thus occupled she went out to the park for a stroll with another colored gentleman. Baltimore was given an un- expected leave of absence for that night, and he, too, wandered amid the fragrant bréezes of Golden Gate Park, and at - length eame’ full upen thecouple, who at that.time were seated on one of the benches in -’ earnest - conversation. Lu- cinda’s ‘companion was -the first to. ob- serve Baltimorg's arrival’ on the scene, and without more ado he fled from the place, having -heard. of the latter's hos- tile threatenings.: * e 7 Baltimore now turned his atterition to his adored one, and said: “Lucinda, you i¢ false to me.” "The unabashed Lucinda replied: “How so, Balti?” *“How so;" responded the ° indignant -lover, ‘“why, watcher yer doin’ out here in company with anudder nigger?” ‘“Dere was no udder nigger,” said Lucinda, ‘“yoh mind must. be wandering or else you is color blind.” ~The now thoroughly exasperated Baltimore, amazed at the coolness of his loved one, said: ‘“Why, Lucinda, I saw a man wid his arm around yoh walst here wid mah own eyes.” ‘“Well,” said| Lucinda, “would you Yelleve voh eyes before you weuld you baby?’ The ap-| | Peal was irresistible and Baltimore capit- | ulated. ——————— CALIF.RNIANS IN 'NEW YORK. NEW. YORK, June 1.—Dr. George Chis- more of San Francisco is at the Holland. —_— A MESSAGE. | To the.men who fought with Decatur, _To the men who with Lawrence died, Ta the men who fell in that biazing hell Of Mobile, by Farragut's side; | Take- to them our message, stern and | plain, 5 Tell them the guns are east loose again, Men of the Maine! | This to the men of the ships of oak | .From the men of the ships of steel, To the hearts that broke 'midst the flame and smoke From the living hearts that feel, There is no mizzen, nor fors, nor main, But all of the flags are aloft again, Men of the Maine! | Not against fdes of our own true blood { . Nor kin across the sea, But straight in the face of a stranger | race | . Who never, like you, were free. Tell them ’tis thus that our guns we traln, | And the sights are lined and the strings astrain, Men of the Maine! | Take them these tidings, ye who sleep, | " 'Neath the murky waves by the Cuban town, | The blow in the night but began the fight | Which will end when the Spanish flag comes down; And our guns shall thunder their old re- rain, Tolling your knell from hére tp—Spain! Men of the Maine! —Army and Navy Journal. UNCLE SAM'S PURPOSE. Editor The San Francisco: Call—Sir: When one reflects that the declared pur- pose of the United States Government, as expressed in the resolution passed by Congress. and signed by the President, was to intervene in Cuba to put an end to the war in: that island, to'relieve the starving reconcentrados and to aid the| Cubans to attain their independence from | Spanish rule; and further, that resolu- | tion contalned a clause expressly dis- claiming any intention on the part of the United States to wage a war of conquest against Spain, it would seem that the | only explanation to be offered in justifi- cation of the present attitude of the | United States Government toward the Philippine Islands is found in hypothetical | reason)ni. thus: 1f we squeeze Spain hard In her Eastern Hemisphere posses- sions she will let go of her hold on- those in the Western, so as to get a stronger hold on the former; and thus, by moving aggressively in that direction, we may be rewarded by Spain retinquishing Cuba, without our being compelled to drive out ’th‘e Sdpanmrds by armed invasion of the sland. This would appear to be a reasonable hypothesis, but from indications to date it is quite evident that we will be forced to fight to take the Philippines, and also to fight to render any valuable assistance to the. Cubans. Should not we, then, let the Philippines alone and concentrate our efforts nearer home? This would be more in keeping with our officially declared purpose. JOHN AUBREY JONES. e TEE ATTITUDE OF FRANCE. If the United States is to refuse to take part in the international exposition simply because some French newspapers print mean things about it, this Government should at least reserve space for a large billboard to bear the legend: ““We have taken our playthings and gone home.”— Chicago News. Once let the existence of an elevated na- tional spirit in France which would side with this country as against Spain be geriously doubted and it would soon as- sert itself in terms that could not be mis- taken. In fact its assertion has already been strikingly manifest within the past few days.—Boston Globe. It 1s not what these newspapers may say, but what the Government and the people of France shall do, that will be accepted here as conclusive evidence of the spirit and temper of Spain's nearest neighbor to the northward in the war which has been forced upon us. - If, for example, the French island of Miquelon should be turned practically into a coal- ing station and rendezvous for a Spanish fleet bound - on a mission of destruction to our Atlantic coast the event would be ac- cepted as a clear-cut demonstration of hostility on the part of the French Gov- ernment. Then, surely, the boycotting of French wares in the American market might readily assume the aspect of o pa~ triotic duty. which not even the most in- veterate admirér of Parisian finery. would neglect or ignore.—Philadelphia Record. The probable truth is that the frugal Frenchman has, to use the expressive street argot, “taken a tumble.” He has heard something drop over on this side of the Atlantic, and has come to realize that he has been acting and talking like an efreglouu ass; that he has been trying to kill the best golden-egg-laying goose on earth—the genuine merican prodigal money spendér. -The French people have as trong an affection for the almighty dollar as the_‘)roverblal Yankee, and are as apt in depleting the pockets of their sts_and visitors as.the most thrifty andlord of an ‘Atlantic watering place. Thelr best customers have been from this | side the Atlantic, in fact from the United States and Russia thelr special - profits Nave for generations been derived.—Seat- tle Times. 2 ers if the Yankee millionaires had thelir ‘wives patronize home industry. instead of. sending their orders abroad? What would betome of the Paris hotels of ‘the first | were drowned. | Caroline Islands form an. . What would become of the Paris millin- it is necessary to consider the question whether you can afford to do so or not. Wise persons consider on what side their bread {s buttered and act accordingly. So some of the Paris journals have raised their voices in wari m‘gxi They have told their - readers that ey must not say every‘thxng that they think, but rather conceal their trye feelings. The Ameri- can dollars, and plenty of them, are stiil desirable. "We don't set much store on the civility of the waiter whose mind is fixed on the subsequent tip.—New York Evening Sun, e ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. WILKES BOOTH’C.,vC!ty. J. Wilkes- Booth never appeared in San Francisco nor on any stage in California. BROOKLYN DIRECTORY — An Reader, Berkeley, Cal. You can find a Brooklyn, N. Y., directory in the office of the Sah Francisco directory. ‘WINDERMERE—M. V. B., Westminster, Cal. Windermere or Winandermere, not Windemere, the name of the largest lake in England; it is beliéved derives its name from the Celtic, “Gwyn hen dwr,” which means ‘‘the clear ancient lake."> PAPER-T. W., City. The first attempt to manufacture paper in the United States was made in 169 by Willlam Rittinghuy- sen and William Bradford, who - estab- lished a paper mill at Roxbury, near Phil- edeiphia, The paper was made wholly of linen rags. LADIES IN THE SOUTHERN PA- CIFIC—Subscriber, City. There are quite 2 number of ladies in the employ of the Saouthern Pacific Raflroad Company. Some are employed as ticket sellers at interior stations, others are stenographers and typewriters and others are clerks in de- partments. TWINS—F. H. 8., City. This depart- ment has no knowledge of any public an- nouncement having been made by Gov- ernor Budd that he would give a prize to the parents of twins, bhoy and glrl, born in 1897 and living three months. Your letter of inquiry should be directed to the private secretary of the Governor at his office, Sacramento City, THAT WOODEN City. ‘The wooden picket fence that has been placed around the United States Mint property - at Fifth and Mission streets was erected to prevent people from approaching too near the building, as a part of the roof is not considered safe and for fear some portion of it might fall it has been thought best to keep ol { people out of the line of possible danger. STUDIES AT WEST POINT—R. R., Ukiah,. Cal. Appointees to the United States Military Academy at West Point must_be between 17 and 22 years of age, free from any infirmity which may ren: der them unfit for military service, and able to a careful examination In reading, ” writing, orthography, arithme- tic, grammar, geography and history of the United Stat; LOSS OF THE GREAT REPUBLIC— Memory, City. The steamship Great Re- public bound from Portland to San Fran- cisco ran on Sand Island, five miles in- side of the Columbia River bar, and be- came a total loss. In_ getting. the pas- sengers and crew off the last boat cap- seized, and the first and second officers, the boatswain, carpenter and ten men This occurred on the 19th of April, 1879, THE CAROLINES—C. City. The rchipelago in the Pacific, east of the Philippines and north of New Guinea. They are divided into the western, central and eastera groups. The central, or the Carolines proper, consists of nearly five hundred isl- ands in forty-eight groups; the western is a group of twenty islands, known as the Pelew, and the eastern is a group of three isiands, known as the Metelotas. The _principal islands of the Carolines are Yap, Ullea, Lauchdrek, Ruck, Bonel- ly and Ualan. BANK ROBBERY—! Rocklin, Placer County, and Subscriber, Selma, Fresno County. There was no robbery of a bank in San Francisco in 1852 or thereabouts by a man known as “Three-Fingered Jack.” The correspondents probably refer to the robbery in the store of Jansen, Bond & Co. on Montgomery = street, when the senior partner was attacked, almost beat- en to death and robbed. man was ar- rested, positively identified by the wound- ed man, was taken by the Vigilance Com- mittee and sentenced to be hanged, but, just before the time set for the execution, the man, who gave the name of Thomas Burdue, was saved, as another man, a convict . from Australia named James Stuart, was apprehended, and he was the exact_counterpart of Burdue. He con- fessed that he had committed the crime and admitted the justness of the punish- ment. he was to receive. This case was one of the most remarkable on record. Both men were of the same stature, each wore long brown hair waving over the shoulders, long, black pointed beard, each had lost a _joint of the same finger on the same hand, each had a little slit in the Jeft ear, each had the same shaped scar over the left eyebrow, each stooped and each had the same peculiarity of gait. The only difference in the two men was the peculiar expression of eyes and mouth in Stuart which was missing in Burdue. —_—ee———— Cal. glace fruit 50c per 1b at Townsend's.® ——r——————— Special information supplied ~daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mont- gomery street. Telephone Main 1042. * “Columbia” and “Old Glo; papeter- jes, “Flag” writing paper, “Flag” en- velopes, “Flag” tally cards, “Flag” place cards and “Flag” stationery of all kinds for private use and patriotic occasions. ‘Wholesale and retail. Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Market street. * —_————————— a large per- Her hus- Mrs. Robley D. Evans sonal interest in the navy. band commands the Iowa, her brother commands the Indiana, her son is on the Massachusetts, her son-in-law s on the New York and her two daughters and her niece have volunteered as nurses, and are now- taking instruction at a hos- pital. _—————————— Excursion to the Yellowstone Park. A personally conducted excursion will leave this city July 12 for the Yellowstone Park, via the “'Shasta Route” and Northern Pacific Rall- way. Tourists will be accommodated in first- class Pullman cars; tickets will be sold, In- cluding berths, meals and trip through the Park. Send for circular giving rate and itiner- ary to T. K. STATELER, General Agent Northern Pacific Rallway, 638 Market st., S. F. ——————— Northern Pacific Railway. Cut rates to all points East. Call on T. K. Stateler, General Agent,. 63§ Market st., 8. F. b Lol - It you suffer from looseness of the bowels DR. SIEGERT'S ANGOSTURA BITTERS Will cure you: Be sure you get DR. 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