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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, SRR e JULY 24, 1898. WHEREIN WELLS-FARGO ERRED. | | 1 N response to inquiry, Collector Lynch h:{s re- = | ceived from Washington the following definite in- formation: | The carrier company or its agent must stamp bills of lading. JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Propnetor. ddrass All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manag 3 : PUBLICATION OFFICE......Market and Third Sts., S. F. Good-by to the contention of the Wells-Fargo Ex- Telephone Main 1868. | press Company that it is exempt from any war-tax EDITORIAL ROOMS.........217 ton;!};l Stevenson Street | and that its patrons must pay for it the tax the Gov- “"”"fl’L‘” 25 ernment intended the corporation to pay. The posi- THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) 18 | tion never appeared to have standing in law or served by carriers in this city and surrounding towns 7 2 f for 15 tents a week. By mail $6 per year: per month | €quity, and the assurance of the president of Wells- €5 cents. Fargo in assuming an attitude so palpably unjust was THE WEEKLY CALL a great surprise to the public. This particular cor- OAKLAND OFFICE. 908 Broadway ' Potution had been regarded as fair and liberal, and NEW YORK OFFICE Room 1SS, World Building | ¢ upied in popular esteem a place v«h!ch ll' del 1l? DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Representative. | erately forsook when it attempted -evasion, imposi- SR ti d iotic quibbling. A sensible course ‘WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE Siitiade Hones | - 2 wpbatiche @ 8 e 3 C. €. CARLTON, Correspondent. o | now would be for the company to yield, make an e { apology and accept its share of the common burden N. B. SCOTT, Commissioner. .One year, by mall, $1.50 McKINLEY’S CUBAN POLICY. HEN President McKinley met and success- W fully combatted the scheme of the Cuban sym- pathizers in Congress to accompany the declar- ation of war with Spain by a formal recognition of the independence of the Cuban Republic, his course was veheniently denounced not only in the House and the Senate, but by the yellow press throughout the country. Many well meaning citizens, moreover, who desired to see the Cubans establish a free government of their own, were misled by these denunciations, joined as they were'to a thousand misrepresentations and lies, and to some extent united with the Morgans, B'g“e)’S and their yellow kid supporters in cpndem the President. It will be remembered that the fight to overcome the scheme of the advocates of the repub- lic was a hard one. It required an unwavering firm- | ness and unwearying tact on the part of the, President to accomplish it. Fortunately for the country, how- ever, the President was equal to every demand made §58333338282553898888223933388389wgifififi‘gfifl&33338333333833 o WITH ENTIRE FRANKNESS. : g s | 2 By HENRY JAMES. @ LR T LR TP P T P LT R L LR L TR L 224 without which a prophecy sinks to the level of a weather bureau guess. e T When I first made reply to Publicola it was not with the thought that from the circumstance was to grow a long discussion. Indeed, the space given me must prevent an answer of the im- posing verbal dimensions of that by which Publicola makes rejoinder. I am bound to say that his second paper evidences scholarly research, that its arguments are, at casual reading, plausible; its phraseology dignified and even beautiful. But I cannot agree with its conclusions. They impress as being of the heart rather than of the understanding. They are developed | arbitrarily instead of crystallizing from It seems to me the “local lyre” man of the Visalia Delta deserves to be more than local. He shouid be inter- national, universal. To all I can do to promote this end I contribute cheer- ful effort, conscious that the laurel wteath comes from unworthy hands. I can do nothing better ‘than quote only from a recent number of the Delta, for one of my unhappinesses is that I do not see the paper regularly. In this number appeared four verses. I cannot forbear quoting them all. The reader can select from among them the gem which may Impress as the brightest: JULY IN VISALIA.. At this warm season of the year No cooling spot Is found | low tion of familiarity which puts famous men on the staff of a paper with which they have no more to do than with any other crime. Since the Examiner published its fool Hobson letter, where- in the hero of the Merrimac was made to stamp himself as various sorts of it had in a measure refrained an ass, ; from this style of indecency until the arrival of its “special commissioner” at Manila, when it broke out again. The jetter it presented as coming from Dewey was a gross affront to a sol- dier and a gentleman. The idea of the admiral having written to the yel thing about his “own lau People who were conscious of e encing a shock at seeing the bogus statement found speedy comfort in re- al that they were merely up against another fake, (*hurnfvtcristioal‘ly stupid, and formulated on the assump- tion that the circulation of the sheet is divided between the erematory and homes for the feeble minded. - S For a time there seemed doubt as to intended CHICAGO OFFICE..... «v...Marquette Building C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Representative. SRANCH OFFICES—527 Monigomery street, corner Clay, instead of foisting it upon those wlro have burdens of their own. Save where the noble oak doth cast Its shadow on the ground. As a matter of fact, there are other upon him, and we are now reaping the benefits of his wise foresight and statesmanlike sagacity. President Valentine's letter to the Merchants’ As- sociation puts his concern in a bad light. It asks for delay until a decision shall be reached in a test case at the East. It discreetly avoids mention of the fact that the big express companies have entered into an illegal combination to defeat the purpose of Congress. This combination is directly contrary to the statutes. Every individual connected with it is liable to indict- ment. The corporate influence which has been | brought to bear upon the office of the Unitea States open until 9:30 o'clock. 387 Hayes street, open until | 9:30 o'clock. 621 McAllister street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin street, open untll 9:30 o'clock, | 1941 Misslon street, open until i0 o'clock. 2991 Market street, corner Sixteenth, open untll 9 o'clock. 25I8 Mission street, open until 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh street, open untl. 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk strect, opam untll 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ana Kentucky strects, open untll 9 o'clock. Columbta—*“Liberty Hall " Alcazar—-Faust | z Morogco's—-“Captain Impudences * | District Attorney shofild be spurned as an affront, Tivoli—"The Belis of Corneviile” and an evidence of corruption. Vaudeville. audeville and Cannon, the 613-pound Man. son and Eddy streets, Speclalties. s—Swimming. ampo—Musie, dancing,boating, fishing, every Sunday. Recreation Park—Baseball this afternoon. > t Union Coursing Park. leside Coursing Park Orpheum The Ch Of all the express companies only one, so far as known, has consented to obey the law, and the others | have instituted against it a boycott, in itself an in- | iquitous thing, and in this instance a double wrong | in that it is a punishment for having been honest and | fair. The honorable company is the Denver and Rio | Grande, with headquarters at Denver. The offend- 25, Xirary, st ""”‘e":ing companies are Adams, American, Wells-Fargo and United States. “They are trying to cheat the Gov- | ernment or their patrons, and to take business away | from the only company which refuses to offend. | If Wells-Fargo people persist in the short-sighted By Frank W. Putterfield- Moaday, Ju POLITICAL SUGGESTIONS. THE Democratic committee of one hundred, Market and Seventa streets, its o €.0¢ having formally indorsed Judge Maguire for the policy which has lost them friends there will be also | I gubernatorial nomination, it would seem to be in order for the party to entirely dispense with a State convention ast so far as the head of the ticket a material loss. It may be remembered that the Leg- | islature has authority to exact a license, but has re- frained from exercising it. Such consideration will | ! be apt to be withdrawn if so wholly unappreciated. | The wisdom of casting pearls before swine has never been demonstrated. Meanwhile we hope District Attorney Foote will press the matter, there being grounds for cases with- ont number here, and no excuse for waiting for a test to be made elsewhere. Every day is an ad- | ditional unlawful gain to Wells-Fargo. It would be | well if the merchants were to send to the office of the | express company men to watch, to take the name and 2diress of every person forced to pay for a stamp which Congress says, and which the Commissioner declares, must be paid for by the company itself. The evidence would thus easily be procured. There is a $:z0 fine for each offense such as Wells-Fargo per- petrates many times daily, and a rigid collection of the same might open Mr. Valentine's eyes. at | is concerne: Economy is not only one of nature’s first laws, it is an immutable law of “reform politics.” If, as the committee of one hundred claims, it has been created for the purpose of purifying the Demo- cratic atmosphere in this city, one of its chief duties is to en in party management. How be done more effectually than by dispensing with a State convention? Every person familiar with practical politics knows that State conventions are expensive. Not only do they cost a great deal for clerks’ hire, stationery and hall rent, but they entail traveling expenses upon dele- gates. The money spent by the delegates, indeed, goes to enrich the railroads—a fact which ordinarily angers a “reform” Democrat from center to circum- ference. All the trouble, expense and annoyance of a convention may, as we have already s:id, be avoided by the simple expedient of dispensing with ‘that | method of nominating candidates. 1 According to all accounts Judge Maguire will have ( rce econotr OPEN PRIMARIES VS. BOSS RULE. fl CTION taken by the Republican State Central Committee yesterday, when contrasted with the course pursued by the Democratic com- mittee, affords the people a striking object lesson, showing the wide divergence between the methods | of the two organizations. The Democrats appointed | a committee of one hundred to usurp in San Fran- cisco the rights of the rank and file of the party in the choice of delegates to represent them in the State convention for the nomination of candidates. The Republicans, on the other hand, have provided for open primaries at which every Republican will have a full and equal opportunity for the expression of his choice. This difference between the actions of the two State committees will be observed throughout the whole | work done by the rival organizations in preparing for | | the campaign. In the Republican camp there will be the free play of popular opinion. In the Democratic camp there will be boss rule. Among Republicans no opposition. The appointed committee of one hundred has declared for him, and is going to appoint a delegation to the State nominating body in his in- ,‘ terest. This delegation will cast at least one-third of the vote of the convention, and even if the Judge were | opposed by a strong interior candidate he would, with the support of this delegation, be sure of nomination. Why, then, we ask, should the Democrats be put to the expense of holding a State convention? Maguire is a foregone conclusion, and as little or no interest is being taken in the remainder of the ricket—it hav- ing already been cut and dried by the fusion confer- ence—its selection might as well’be turned over to | the Democratic and Populist State Committees. | In fact, to make a long story short, what the Dem- ocrats should do in this campaign is to follow to a logical conclusion the plan of operations they have already adopted. Primaries of all kinds should be abolished, conventions everywhere dispensed with, and nominees selected by the “leaders.” In this i i | | lingame treaty, which was the supreme law of the At the present time hardly any man in the United States except those who hold Cuban ponds hesitates to approve the tourse taken by the President. Mr. | Bryan, who on his visit to Washington was so vo- ciferous in demanding that McKinley be forced to acknowledge the government set up by the insur- gents, has relapsed into a silent and rapt admiration of his red sash. Morgan talks of nothing but Hawaii, and Bailey is dumb. Only the vellow press remains to uphold the Junta, and there is evidence before the public that such upholding as it gives is due mainly to a desire to boom Cuban bonds. This change in public sentiment has been due to the discovery that the insurgent Cubans are not only incapable of establishing a government of their own, but are unfit to have one given to them at our hands. | The so-called patriots who have followed Garcia in Santiago have performed no service to‘aid our troops in overcoming the Spaniards.~ They would neither fight nor build roads. On the other hand, they were detected after the sea fight that destroyed Cervera’s fleet shooting from ambuscades at Spanish seamen seeking refuge on shore from the sinking battle-ships. The shirking of military discipline and labor, the avoidance of battle, the waylaying of stragglers and the killing of prisoners or disarmed foes, seem to con- | stitute the tactics of the so-called Cuban Doubtless some of the insurgents are brave, generous and patriotic. It is inevitable that it mast be so, for the cause of national independence always appeals to the better instincts of a people. In Cuba, however, the patriotic movement has been swamped by the mass of reckless, lazy mongrels, the spawn of the tropics, who have joined it more for plunder and | army. | | be hampered by facts? | business. cooling spots, but shall the poetic fancy Not if I can help it. The shade that any old tree doth cast is just as good as oak shade. A cellar is cooling. The bottom of a well is actually chilling. No matter. The poet must be unfettered. VISALIA'S PLEASURE SEEKERS. They're resting now amidst the shades Of yonder mountain peaks, And will not ventuxe home again For six or seven weeks. The nicety of poetic calculation is not to be marred by mathematical preci- slon. If he had said: “For five or eight weeks” the effect would have been utterly spoiled. He knows his I hope that when they shall at last venture to come they will have gained the strength to enable them to sit where the local lyre twangs, and AMppreciate what they are getting. A WOMAN'S WHIM. Why is it that a woman likes Oftimes to wear a skirt 80 long that when she strolls about whether the Government sending more troops to Manila, and then the Rev. Sam Small spoke and settled the matter. He said no more troops were to go, and straightway the listening world knew that more were going. By taking the allegations of | the Rev. Sam backward there is a rea- sonable chance of arriving at the truth. I regard the gentleman as the Soapy Smith of the pulpit. A POOR, PLAIN COLONEL. T'd like to j'ine the army an’ go ’long with the recruits; I'd be shore to show off handsome in them reglmental boots; % I'd beat 'em all a-shinin’—I'd throw ’em in the shade; i But I'm jest a poor, plain colonel, an’ I ain’t got no brigade! fact, reason and elucidation. A pa- triot thinks certain things desirable for the land of his birth and his affection; he thinks certain lines will lead to these things. Such a patriot is Pub- licola. It seems to me that while he | wants the country to grow great, all | the methods he prescribes are restric- tive. He would put it in a bottle, b}dé it expand, but by no means expel the | cork. I do not wish any reader to regard me as posing as a constitutional law- yer. T am able to swear to not being a lawyer of any sort, and as to famil- farity with the constitution can claim only such as any intelligent citizen should possess. I hope I respect the constitution as deeply as does Publi- cola, but I am not prepared to believe that the inteiligences conceiving and | promulgating it could by less than mi- raculous power have framed an instru- | ment fitted without modification, for | all time, and applicable to conditions ever made; . of which they had mever dreamed. I |But I'm jest a poor, plain colonel, ax L do not think the world of to-day should | 3 : be governed by hands long ago turned | Oh, T'd H!{c to -jlne the army; I'd be shore. to dust, nor that in sudden emergen- | ' makE MY ¥ T'd like to jine the army; I'd be shore to cut a dash, 3 With spurs to make the mare go an’ & shiny sword an’ sash; ra ‘make the finest record that a geffer o' brigadiers a-drawin® beat the bes It draggles in the dirt? I have wondered at the same thing myself, but never had the gumption to cies we can be guided by precedent, | when the whole scope of history af- | fords no precedent. Publicola says ask in a way certain to bring an ans- the boast “I am a Roman” was once An’' of their pay! But I'm loafin’ roun’ the homestead—eat« in’ melons in the shade; Fer I'm jest a poor, plain colonél, and I wer. It is but simple justice to the bard that the lady explain, or else roll up her skirts. THERE'S NO ESCAPE. As we go through the world it does Seem very, very hard To think that one day we must sleep Alone in some graveyard. The fourth may well be regarded as the dazzling paralyzer of the collec- tion. Yet there is comfort. At least booty than anything else. The patriots have been un- able to control this class of their followers, and, as | a result, we have had the disgraceful scenes enacted | around Santiago—scenes which effectually show lhe; unfitness of the Cubans to be treated as allies of our | armies. Had we recognized Cuba, as the Democratic lead- | ers and the yellow organs demanded, General Shafter | would have had to place the Cuban insurgents in con- | trol of Santiago. He would have been compelled to | arrange his policy to conform to their programme, or | else he would have had to violate the alliance and put Garcia down by the strong hand. It is almost im- possible, in fact, to overestimate the difficulties and complications that would have surrounded us in deal- ing with the war in Cuba if the'independence of the island had been recognized. The people of all par- ties are now clearly convinced that the President was right in his course. We have thus another proof of the statesmanship of the man whom the people elected in 1806 as contrasted with the wild folly of the dem- agogue agitator whom they defeated. OUR TREATIES AND ANNEXATION. REATIES must be kept or abrogated. As pointed out by the Supreme Court in the queué case, the beginning of restriction of Chinese im- mingration had to be in the amendment of the Bur- | land. China assented to its amendment, and thereupon is | based our right to exclude the Chinese by the several { acts of Congress, which have followed. The Chinese when we are asleep in some graveyard, with the accent on the wrong syllable, we shall neither know about it nor miss the strain of the “lyre.y There is nothing earthly like this strain, but | we have faith that the music of heaven beats it. . It is easy to imagine the Lord of the local Hearstlings looking at the picture of Shafter above the door leading to the lair of boodle and musing: “First he said we were liars, and then he bounced us from Cuba. What, ho! minion, anothr spray of laurel for the general. He deserves something for having sized us up.” i To come into contact with such a publication as The Pulpit and Social Problems is a refreshing experlence. The only fault I would find with the little magazine is that the title is too cumbersome, and perhaps misleading. Its treatment of all matters upon which it touches is direct and sincere as well as thoughtful and instructive. I cannot agree with all its conclusions concerning ethical points, but would not presume to characterize the con- clusions as wrong, being open to con- viction, and receiving with the utmost respect the opinions of %such men as compose the editorial and contributing force. The Pulpit and Social Prob- lems is devoid of any trace of sec- tarian narrowness ,or bias. It is for this reason especially I object to the unwieldly title. It is a fact, regretta- ble perhaps, but not to be denied, that ain’t got no brigade! g —Atlanta Constitution. J——C A SATLOR'S CONTRACT—F. M., City. rilor who ships under the American is liable to punishment if he quits is vessel before the termination of the voyage. | as proud as that “I am an American.” 1 True. Yet equip the American with | the knowledze he has by training and | as a birthright, the tastes he has cul- | tivated, and set him down among the glories of old Rome. He would view the barbaric magnificenice, the narrow | mental horizon, the crude mechanical devices, the uncouth populace, with the utmost contempt. Let us concede that we have advanced, that Rome is not a | precedent. I Publicola asks a number of ques- | tions, first: “Is it not true that the | American Government, cemented by LAWYERS—L. K., City. This depart- ment has not been able to find any record of two partners in a law firm nppearlng on opposite sides of the same case. Suc would be against professional ethics, and ubtealy be a cause for an ac- . R., Point Reyes, ier of the V ebel- discharge papers and wishes to apply for a pension he sk ‘fm?l 8o to ;}‘i tution?” The American Government |if}i¢'is entitled to a pension will see’ that rests upon the constitution. It rests |he receives the same. nene the less securely because there | QUOTATION-S., Cal. lion lost b A LATIN City. have been amendments made to the | .ompe jgnotun pro magnifico” is Latin, constitution. The question lmplies|and means: Everything of whioh we are § . at wal i ant is taken for something mag- more than can be sustained. That r e s left ecruel rifts between~gections. I i of greatness and is the war with Spain which has com- | ¢ which is mysterious pletely restored unity, swept aside the | to us, e lingering hate - tinged prejudice, | AN ‘ENGLISH PENNY—G. G., City. brought us all with equal devotion, un- | The copper coin of which you send a flag. encil tracing is one of the English pen- deng Eamon Lk Ries that wers coined-Between the years magnificence to or unknown Next, “Is it not.true that the consti- | 1o tg 1860, Such ‘coing are offered by tution s the supreéme 1aw of the “I@éalers at various pri varying from As the concrete |25 ¢énts to cents. The abbreviations It is, and should be. ittt £ & el il the reverse, ‘‘Reg. expression of the will of the people its | 1l B¢ €680 on The TorCrss: e faith. sway is only to be questioned by the | people themselves. But if the will of | ’.A;FIIIA\Gfs. y form of a people dead remain afterward to clash | any form o O % ; & = tv. | used when a person is tired or exhausted S Hie Wi e livine shall the 1iv-| ;) any cause, as tue reaction on, which ing- have no voice? Publicola wants | {he shock depends for its beneficfal re- to know where authority is found to 1] n'o[ {ullr;_vlv emct;xlall%' 'he;‘n ‘hi c 7 ;o tired. The resu of a showe! annex, conquer, hold or govern fterri- |}y ", such a case Is apt to be internal tory which cannot be converted into | congestion, which may be disastrous. It States. In section 8 of the constitu- | does not fo n}:w.lguw»t\-?r,ntlhar i;”perspii:d— i v i person ou’ not bathe un €00 tion, defining the powers of Congress, | ¥ PRGN J0%er of fact, If @ person Is there is the authority for the declar- | not exhausted, the fact that the e v i S - | are opened is rather advantageous than cerning “captures on land and water.” | ;1,3 o) prabably follow more energetic- The term used, as the lay mind appre- | glly. A bath h?uld m’t‘x‘“ p‘,e mke,l-. wjlsl:h 2 ak- | in two hours after a hearty meal. o ?::dst ‘é‘,{:,sfl:gge:;r;lnosibtu;rehe (.;;fe first effect of immersion in warm, or in taking of Manila will be a capture. This strikes me as being authority enough, and susceptible of exercise cold water, s to seriously derange the digestive process if that is going on at the time, and by a physiological effect {hat naturally follows to unbalance or derange the whole nervous system. The | pulpit discussion, as I have had the | without the rending of the constitution result of this is extremely dangerous to way only can reform be enforced and the government purified. The people are evidently unfit to rule, and therefore pure Democrats should be put on guard. Finally, it would be a good idea for the committee of one hundred to issue a ukase forbidding all persons to vote for any gubernatorial candidate | except guire. This would at once settle the whole business and bring “reform” in with a bound. In order to accomplish this, it might not be a bad idea to order a special Maguire clection. The little “giant” could then be chosen by acclamation. cal hints for promoting Democratic reform. We trust “Whispering” Gavin McNab and his fellow re- formers, Gould and Alford, will receive them in the right spirit and profit by them. THE SPANISH LOG BOOKS. I:\)EPORTS concerning the refusal of Commo- log-books of the Cristobal Colon show that, despite the uniform courtesy of our officers to the Spanish prisoners, they do not by any means hold their captured foes in such high esteem as might be supposed from their general conduct. The Span- iards did not act fully up to the standard of honor re- quired by civilized war, and, while our officers have not taunted them with the shortcoming, they have re- membered it and on occasions make use of it. Thus we are told that when the Spanish officer, after persisting in his request for the captured books, despite the courteously expressed refusal of Schiey, began to storm and rage, the commodore said: “I do not see that you are entitled to any considera- tion at all. You sunk your ships after you had sur- rendered.. You ruined your guns and did everything that a.dishonorable enemy could think of. I shall hold your log.” - As a matter of established rule amounting to law in naval warfare, the act of the Spanish in sinking their ships after surrender was no better than piracy. The moment the white fiag was raised in token of surrender the ships were virtually ours, and the Span- iards had no further right to sink them or to injure their guns. The ships should have been turned over to us in the exact condition they were when the sur- render was nrade and our guns ccased firing. We were extremely lenient with the Spaniards in passing over their treachery in this respect. We might justly have held them responsible for all the damage they did to ships or arms after surrender. Instead of that stern retribution, however, we treated them with great consideration. It is therefore surprising they should have ventured to ask back their: log-books with a persistence that aroused Commodore Schley to tell them the real opinion American officers have of them. dore Schley to turn over to the Spaniards the | | of the party will have no vi all loyal members will have the privilege of voting at primaries and determining the selection of the men for | whom they will be called upon to vote at the coming election in sustaining their party and its principles. Among Democrats there will be a cut and dried pro- gramme by which the favorite of the bosses and the corporations will be nominated and the rank and file | ce whatever in any of the proceedings from first to last. The tone and temper of the Republican committee S 2 5 2 oo | was shown first by the cheering which greeted the We do not offer these suggestions in a spirit of | s . 1 5 % i i . | declaration of the chairman that the party shall be what Artemus Ward called “sarkasm,” but as practi- | free from the control of “bosses, corporations or cor- ruption,” and second by the adoption of the rule call- ing for open primaries in all counties having more than three Assembly Districts. There was some oppo- sition to the requirement for primaries, but it was weak and came from a suspicious source. It is grati- fying to note that this opposition was just strong enough to give occasion for showing the virtual unanimity of the committee on the subject, and to make it clear that the rule was not adopted without due consideration. : Men who have guarded their independence in poli- tics will not fail to perceive the full significance of the action taken by the Republican committee. It means the elimination from the party of all trace of boss or corporation rule, and the exercise of the power in the party of the people at large. No set of bosses will assume to dictate to the Republicans of San Francisco or of the State what men shall be nominated for office. The appeal will be taken directly to the rank and file of the party. The delegates to the State convention will represent the true Republicanism of the State, and not merely the mechanism managed by wire-pullers. It is not difficult to foretell the results that will fol- low ‘the different tactics pursued by the Republican party and thé Democracy. Republicanism will pre- sent to the people this fall a ticket nominated by open and honest means, which will stand for popular gov- ernment free from boss domination, corruption and the degrading influences’ of scheming corporations. Democracy, after ignoring the right of its members to hold primaries, will present a fusion candidate nominated by bosses to ty out a bargain with Populism in the interest of office-seekers and of such corporations as have need of pliant tools and unscru- pulous demagogues. The outcome on election day cannot be in the least doubtful.! The action of the State Centtal Commit- tee has virtually assured victory for the"party and merits the commendation of all loyal Republicans throughout the State. : L. Augusti would be foolish to surrender to. the in- surgents if he desires to retain his head in the place where it has the honor to be grewing at present. - | ground floor. now under our flag, with rights uudc_r the amended | privilege of treaty, are thereby guaranteed all privileges accorded | to citizens or subjects of the most favored nations. It is under this favored nation clause that the Chinese ‘Minister at Washington has the right to in- quire into discriminations in the employment of tailors on contract work for the Government. The situation illuminates the position of Chinese in Hawaii. If annexation extends the shelter of the constitution to those islands, the laws and treaties go with it as the supreme law of the land. If so, our amended treaty with China, favored nation clause and all, goes with the flag. If so, there is no power in this Government to prevent the Hawaiian Chinese be- coming free commoners in all parts of the United States. It is apparent now, as it has been from the begin- ning, that when we annexed Hawaii we added about 30,000 to our Chinese population. The annexationists must answer for this. If Hawaii is to be held under extra-constitutional gov- ernment, all our treaties with other Governments must fall along with that made with China, but they will all have to be substituted by other treaties cov- ering the islands, since all nations must know their rights in the seaports and on the soil of any nation. If this horn of the dilemma be accepted, we will be free to do as we please with the Chinese in Hawaii, and the annexationists who are to make laws for the islands must deport them, or answer to the American | people. The whole issue turns upon whether we have raised the flag over a land from which the constitution is ex- cluded. This is a major issue. The Supreme Court may not review an act of the political branch of the Government in acquiring territory, but that bench will determine the constitutional status of such ter- ritory. following it, has been marked by zeal rather than by broad | and lucld reasoning. Therefore the | title page is enough to create a preju- dice which might prevent a careless observer from looking further, a colrse which® would be to his loss, and to the | restriction of the work the magazine seems destined to accomylish. e To discuss any question with a man of the caliber of the Rev. Owen Jones would be impossible. I wonder that his fellow ministers regard his weak and silly mouthing as worth serious consideration. When he charges that the wickedness of California is due to disregard of the Sabbath, and this dis- regard due to the preachers, he insults that common intelligence in which na- ture has seemed to deny him partici- pation. - - In the North American Review for February of last year there appeared an article of much interest. It ,still possesses the element of interest, ac- centuated by recent events. It shows that the business of prophecy'is some- times engaged in by amateurs. The author of the article was announced as a foreign naval official, and I assume him to have been the navigator of the bowl in which three wise men once went to sea. “Can the United States afford to fight Spain?” was the ques- tion he asked, proceeding then to ans- wer in the negative. With a sweep of his auguring eye he saw Spain clear- ing the oceans of our ships. He de- monstrated so plainly that as a na- tion warring on the seas Spain was su- perfor that the observing = patriot shuddered and hoped our fleets would stay where the Castilian bogie could not catch them. He set forth that this country had available for Atlantic waters only twenty-nine ships, poorly officered and manned, against which the haughty don could turn loose forty-five wherewith to harass our coasts, chase our commerce, and yet have enough left for the protection of Cuba and Porto Rico. In leading up to this array of facts he had stated with beautiful confidence that in the end Spain would remain the owner of Cuba. His faith in the torpedo-boat led him to conclude that battle-ships visiting Havana with hostile intent would be sunk there. In his vision, he discerned the American fleet divided for assaults on two points in the West Indies, and each section of it met and overcome by the Spanish. I am in- clined to think that he erred. Far be it from me to monkey with the lu- cid conclusions of a seer, but I will go so far as to say that as to some de- Atails he falled to attain that accuracy . . e When the Examiner declares the President is dis- pleased at the brusque action of Shafter the declara- tioo may be taken “cum grano salis,” which, being interpreted, means “Tell it to the marines.” It is the Examiner which does Shafter the honor to be dis- pleased. And perhaps the kicking out of a lot of mischief-making correspondents could almost be de- fined "as brusque. g If the report from Washington concerning States which had not furnished their quotas of troop was no nearer correct as to other parts of the country than it was in reference to California it must be regarded not as official, but merely a new style of fake war bulletin, Pt | S : 1f the Kaiser will curb his impatience he will know all about the disposition to be made of the Philippines in time, but there is no reason for letting him on the the bather. - ee——————— Cal. glace fruit 50c per 1b at Townsend's.® — or the twisting awry of its intent. | Publicola admits the right to demand indemnity and to exact temporary se- At what stage shall this right | curity. Special information supplied dafly to disappear? If Spain never pay would | business houses and public men by the | Press C , 510 Mon not the right be permanent? Then | Press Clipping Bfii’;‘fiéfl’i’?fl b Ko gomery street. —_———————— It is stated that there are eighty mil- itary posts in the country and that fifty of them are without chaplains. A com- mittee of ministers has put this matter before the Secretary of War in the hope that it will receive immediate attention. B e Rates Are Cut To Bed rock. Call at new ticket office of the Santa Fe route at 628 Market st. Very low rates to all Eastern cities. will pay you to investigate. DRINK A STEEPING OF MOKI TEA BE- fore retiring at night, and see how soundly you will sleep and haw joyously you wiil awake in the morning. It supplies food for the blopd while you sleep, produces a cleéar and utiful complexion, and cures constipation sick headache. At No Percentage Phar- the dreaded thing—territorial expan- sion—would have taken place without a jar. The attempt of Publicola to draw a parallel between the acts of King George, just before the revolution, and those of the United States now, was unhappy, how very unhappy I can- not take the trouble to demonstrate in detail. We are not oppressing any one. On the contrary, we are offering to allen races better government than they ever knew. Nor do I see why Publicola should have abolished the limitattons of treason and so broad- ened the crime as to make it embrace all who do not think the constitution forbids change, or who, putting such construction upon it, are even ready to have the constitution changed. Ac- cording to his idea, although he does not definitely so state, McKinley must be rated as a traitor. In a word, my opponent would have the Government | supported just as it'is made under his construction of the constitution, no abuse eradicated, no wrong redressed, no advancement possible save that tending to promote congestion at home. He says, “we must lift humanity up to our ideals.” How? By declining to come in contact with humanity. By leaving down-trodden peoples to writhe under oppression. If we stand on a foundation so frail that we cannot | reach beyond the shore line without toppling into the sea, there is in us no element of permanency. We might as well perish In trying to broaden civil- ization as in curbing its tendency to spread its relgn afar and make' the | dark places radiant. We cannot stand | still. If we attempt it, other nations, | refusing, wiil overshadow and at last overwhelm us¢by the weight and pres sure of thelr material increase. “The | false sun of military glory” does not ADVERITISEMENTS. P e ¢ MACKAY'S SEMI-ANNUAL REMNANT SALE OF CARPETS. . - SECOND AND LAST WEEK. About 2,000 yards of remnants of all grades are left after last week's rush for them. 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