The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 4, 1898, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1898 SUNDAY JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Address All Communications to W, S. LEAKE, Manager. PUBLICATION OFFICE. .Market and Third Sts., S. F. Telephone Main 1868, EDITORIAL ROOMS. ...2IT to 22| Stevenson Street Telephone Mair 1874. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) Is served by carriers In this city and surrounding towns for 15 cents a week. By mall $6 per year; per month €5 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL... OAKLAND OFFICE. NEW YORK OFFICE One year, by mall, $1.50 A <e....908 Broadway ..Room 188, World Building DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Represcntative. WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE.... --Riggs House C. €. CARLTON, C wrespondent. CHICAGO OFFICE... ..Marquette Building C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Representative. BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, cpen untll 9:30 o'clock. 387 Hayes street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 621 McAllister street, open untli 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin strcet, open until 9:30 o'clock. | 1941 Mission street, open untll 10 o'clock. 2261 Market street, corner Sixteenth, open untll 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street, open untll 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh | street, open untll 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street, open. | until 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ana | Kentucky streets, open until 9 o'clock. | AMUSEMENTS Columbia~*The R Baldwin— A Marria Aleazar—The Bu Morosco's - Tivoli—* Paglia Orphenm— Vaudey New Comedy Theater—* The Leading Man.” Alhambra, Eddy and Jones streets—Vaudeville. T} ates—Zoo, Vavdeville and Cannon. the 613-pound Man. i—Corner Mason and Eddy streets—Specialties. s’ Pavilion—The Irish Fair, ‘ward Leiy, Monday, September 26 0 e of Convenience,” Monday night. o8 1 Among Thieves * nd - Cavalleria Rusticana.” oncert. Thursday September 8. Coursing—At Unlon Coursing 2ark. Coureing—Ingleside Coursing Park. Recreation Park—Baseball this afternoon. State Fair—Sacramento, September 5. AUCTION SALES. By G. H. Umbsen & Co at 14 Monibomery sireet, at l enviable position which he occupies in politics before this community. “Aiter the long and some- times bitter fight in which he has been engaged for good government,” says this organ, “it must be pleasing to him to find that the people of all parties | look to him as the one candidate for Mayor to be | seriously considered.” We do not hesitate to give currency to these con- gratulations. Mayor Phelan has certainly achieved | an enviable reputation as a first-class political dem- | agogue. He is entitled to especial credit for this be- | cause he is a man of wealth and position and ought to be in better business. But he is certainly open to the reward which awaits “honest” men in politics. That is to say, he will finally have the poniard thrust into his vitals by a grateful political party. Mayor Phelan and the organ referred to ought to be reminded, however, that exactly four years ago another gentleman who had also gained the latter’s | respect and veneration occupied the same \position | before his party that Mayor Phelan occupies to-day. We refer to Mr. Ellert. This gentleman was the sub- ject of congratulation all around. He received the | unanimous nomination of the reform parties for | Mayor, and everybody indulged. the swelling pride which now animates the organ in behalf of Mayor Phelan. But what was the result? The Populists nominated | . Adolph Sutro against him. Mr. Sutro is now dead | and. we are compelled to speak of him respectfully, but as a demagogue he was the most artful we have ever seen. He played upon the public feeling with effect. He fought Mr. Huntington with wild des- peration and promised that if he were elected he would close up the Southern Pacific and give all his property to the public. When the votes were counted Ellert was third in the race. Even Dr. O'Donnell, the quack candidate, defeated the man in whom the organ a few days be- fore had felt a just pride. We do not refer to this matter for the purpose of disconcerting Mayor Phelan and his newspaper or- gan, but merely to remind them that politics is a queer thing, and that when politicians parade their “honesty” before the people they are taking desper- ate chances. It may be that there are large num- “bers of men in San Francisco who are even now putting up a job on Mayor Phelan. Undoubtedly if they spring the right kind of a candidate they will “land him where they landed Ellert. o s s sz One of the minor episodes of the war was the resignation of the colonel of the Sixth Massachu- setts. Now he is charged with cowardice. ~His claim is that he was ordered to shoot stragglers of _his own command and refused to do so. If he cor- rectly states the case civilians, who after all consti- tute a majority, will say that he did well. The men who volunteered for service during the war with Spain were not of the sort to deserve killing at the hands of their comrades. September 12, Real Estate MR. PHELAN'S CASE. HE morning organ of the committee of one | hundred congratulates Mayor Phelan upon the Of course $40,000,000 for battleships seems like considerable raoney. When one reflects, however, that such individuals as Rockefeller could draw a check for the entire amount and have as much left, the sum somehow begins to lose the aspect of mag- . nificence. Conflicting reports concerning the situation in Manila continue to circulate. If the ones in relation to the hostile attitude of Aguinaldo are true the vol- unteers on this coast have too early begun to fret at - the prospect of not getting into actual service. Altogether France has had a rather uncomfortable’ time with Dreyfus. It is, however, evident that the innocence of the prisoner is never to be established if the authorities can prevent. There would be too _much of an apology due him. CRETE As nearly as may be judged by comments ‘papers in his own section Brigadier General could conclude to remain:at Manila without causing a wave of grief to Southern California. from Otis indefinitely sweep across Necessity has arisen for the President’s private sec- retary to denounce Poultney Bigelow as a falsifier, and it must be said that Mr. Porter rose to the occa- sion admirably. Wells-Fargo people still insist upon the accuracy of their dream that Congress never meant any part of that cruel war tax to fall on them. b e MAGUIRE'S RAILROAD POLICY. N the 4th of February, 1898, Judge Maguire O made a speech in the House, reported in full in Congressional Record, Volume 31, No. 164, in which he developed in complete detail his position in favor of Government ownership of railways. Going over the familiar argument that a railway is a substitute for the common highway, he proceeded to draw, very plainly, the distinction of Government ownership and operation of railroads, which he de- nounced bitterly as a socialistic proposition, and his plan for Government ownership alone. Having es- tablished this distinction he said: “What, then, is the function of democratic govern- ment? Certainly not to bar the way of progress by refusing to provide a highway for the new and im- proved vehicles of transportation. Certainly not to disregard the lives and interests of its people by com- bining railroads with wagon-roads, but to open up new highways so constructed as to serve the interests of the public with the greatest possible safety in the operation of the new system of transportation. When the railroad highway is constructed what, then, is the true function of democratic government? It is first to protect the highway from interference of any kind that would either destroy or impair its usefulness. What next? Manifestly to open the highway to all citizens who desire to operate locomotives and cars over the road on terms of perfect equality and with such limitations only as are necessary to prevent transporters of freight and passengers from interfer- ing with each other, and to prevent as far as possible the danger of collisions and other accidents. This done by the Government, the commercial instincts of the people, based -upon intelligent self-interest, will do the rest.” This plan is not original with the Judge. It was mooted more than twenty-five years ago, and was known as the “livery stable plan.” It will be observed that while he insists that the Government owns the railroad, stations and ter- minals, and keeps up the analogy between the rail- road and the wagon-road, he leaves it to be inferred that the use of the railroad, like that of the wagon- road, is to be free to the many individuals whose com- mercial instincts will lead them to hitch up cars and locomotives and go into the business of transporta- tion in competition with each other, as they formerly did in staging and freighting on the common high= way. The wagon-road is made and kept in order at public cost, and he leaves the inference, again, that the same is to be the case with the railroad. 5 The use of steam in transportation, the risk to per- son and property in transit by that means, the rivalry of individual interests in operating railroads on the livery stable plan, and the easy way ,of shifting re- sponsibility for loss and damage, would cause both the shipper and the individuals who are to run the livery stable trains to shy at the whole plan. The result would naturally be that instead of competition there would be more complete monopoly than now. As the person owning the trains is not responsible for keeping the track in order, but that must be done by the public, there would appear the same indiffer- ence to it that is everywhere manifested by the pub- lic in keeping the wagon-roads passable. If ties rot and rails spread; if trestles break and bridges fall under trains, responsibility would run to the Govern- ment and not to the owner of trains and locomotives. The Government cannot be sued. Every year now millions of dollars are recovered against railroads in the courts. Under the Judge’s system claimants for damages would have to go to Congress or the Legis- lature for an appropriation in relief. A glance at the docket of the various claims committees of Congress throws light on such a process. This new class of claims would first present themselves as separate de- mands. Getting no satisfaction, they would finally combine in the hands of claim agents, and, as the volume of this cambination increased, the attack on the financial integrity of the legislators would grow more formidable, and the means of corruption in pub- lic life would be immensely greater than they have been when railroad corporations have dealt with the legislative branch of the Government. Again, the Judge's plan would not nourish that in- dividualism for which he says he stands as against socialism, nor would it probably tend to cheapen the cost of travel and freight transportation. He recurs ‘| agein and again to the former state of free competi- tion in both on the wagon-roads. If the change from that method of carriage to the railroad had been simply a change in the element of time, reducing the time between producer and consumer, and enabling the more frequent use of capital employed in the ex- change and thereby -increasing its profits, the benefit would have been material. It would have been sim- ilar to the increase in the earning power of a ship and the more frequent turning of capital at a profit which followed Maury's institution of great circle sailing on the oceans. But this was not the only ben- efit that followed the substitution of rail for wagon transportation. It immediately reduced greatly the cost per passenger and per ton per mile, and that re- duction has gone on progressively under the present system of ownership and operation of railways, which Judge Maguire desires to abolish. Edward Atkinson eltimates that the former charge per head of population for the transportation of food, fuel, fibers and fabrics was $31 41 per annum, and this charge has now fallen to §10 47 per head per annum, The Judge desires to change the system that has effected this reduction in the cost of living and to approximate it to the former wagon-road plan. He must show that under his plan there will not also fol- low an approximation to former cost of the service. He proposes to abolish franchises, so that there being no franchise there can be no public control in the sense in which the same is now asserted over corpora- tions engaged in transportation. The only limitation will be in the application to in- dividuals of the common law of common carriers, as was done to the stage and freight wagon. There is a further aspect in which the livery stable plan may be contidered, to which attention will be paid hereafter. ——— The other day a respectable young man, steadily employed, and having the confidence of his employ- ers, was arrested on a charge of picking pockets. He was released shortly afterward, but his experience is probably not a pleasant one to undergo. So far as known, however, there have been no apologies ten- | dered by the police. P LR - - Among his other accomplishments General Pando seems to be what is known in crithinal circles in this country as a grafter. He got out of Cuba both with a whole skin and a full purse, neither of which bless- ings he in any measure merited. SRR Fining a dog-catcher for the use of improper lan- guage suggests an inqéiry as to what is expected of a dog-catcher. In intellect and morals it is fair to say he usually ranks little above the canine he pur- stes... : There might be_surprise at Merritt's leaving his It is time for some of the brutal captains and mates | post of duty before the executive chair had been who make life at sea a horror for sailors to' be sent | fairly- warmed but for the belief that he is coming to jail and get a taste of discipline themselves. A home to get married. GENERAL WHEELER'S STATEMENT. SIS ELLOW journalism by the excessive impu- dence of its lying has once more brought down upon itself a’ rebuke from an official ‘of high rank. This time the rebuke comés from General Wheeler and consists in a refutation of the lurid stories of suffering in Camp Wikoff, and a tempered but severe condemnation of the sensational fake- mongers who have been so busily engaged for some time past misrepresenting affairs in the camp for the purpose of maligning the administration. As a reason for issuing his statement General Wheeler says he receives daily a large number of let- ters from relatives of men at Camp Wikoff inquiring about their condition and expressing anxiety caused by the sensational reports spread abroad. One of these letters published in full by the general says: In regard to - my stepson, we feel about him on account of the newspaper reports of the privation and suffering inflicted on thé private soldiers. Although he has never uttered acomplaint since he has been in the army, we hear from other sources of the cruel and horrible treatment inflicted upon our soldiers under the pretense of humanity, for our neighbors and the whole country are in a state of terrible excitement. This evidence of the anxiety, suffering and mental agony caused in many a home by the sensation mongers of the yellow press, while a matter about which the fakers are indifferent, is of serious moment to thousands of families out of which young men went into the army, ahd General Wheeler rightly felt it his duty to relieve that anxiety by making pub- lic a statement of the real condition of the camp un- der his command. 3 After giving a review of the whole course of the campaign from the time the volunteers were sent to the front, and explaining every feature of their treat- ment by the military authorities, the general con- cludes by an elaborate account of Camp Wikoff, in the course of which he says: The soldiers upon their arrival at this place re- ceived every care and bounty which could be pro- cured by money. The President and the Secretary of War directed that their health and comfort should be cared for without reference to expense, and in addition the people within a circle of a hundred miles viéd with each other in shipping to them car- loads and steamboat loads of luxuries of all Kinds. I have just finished my daily ingpection of the hos- pitals. With rare exceptions the sick are cheerful and improving. I have nurses and doctors to care for them, and in all my many tours I havenot found a single patient who made the slightest complaint. As the statement was designed to carry comiort to the thousands of anxious hearts throughout the coun- try, General Wheeler gave it to the Associated Press in order that it might have the widest circulation pos- sible. It was published in full yesterday by The Call and the Chronicle, but the Examiner in the yellow- ness of its yellow journalism cut it to a third of a column, and buried that in a sensational report from New York headed: “Perishing of Soldiers. Three Thousand Names Already on the Death Roll. Brave Men a Prey to Fever and Hunger, Due to Neglect of Authorities.” Yellow journalism has committed many offenses against law, decency, honesty and morality, and it is now offending against humanity itself. In its keen desire for a lurid sensation it cares not what pain it may inflict upon the anxious mothers whose sons are in the camps. It is therefore an act in every way worthy of General Wheeler's humane character that he should announce to the country that the boys who have come back stricken with the fevers of the Cuban jungles are receiving every comfort and assistance that a grateful Government can give or a rich and patriotic people can offer. S —— THE CONFERENCE WITH CANADA. Y a brief dispatch from Quebec the public has B been notified that the conference between the American and the Canadian Commissioners in that city is. progressing favorably, and both sides are sanguine of reaching a satisfactory agreement. The results of the work of the first week are reported to be gratifying, and it is said they indicate a prompt as well as an adequate settlement of all the points in con- troversy. It is not to be expected that the proceedings of the conference will always maintain this roseate hue. The Commissioners have hardly as yet outlined their claims and counterclaims. They have, in fact, hardly had time to digest the dinners to which the hospitality of the romantic old French city has invited them. When they arrive at the point where they must de- termine disputes by deciding for one side or the other the inevitable clash will come, and something of an- tagonism is sure to be engendered. Nevertheless there appear really substantial reasons for believing thdt the conclusion of the whole will be as bright as the béginning, and that after all the controversy the farewell banquets will be as pleasing as those which have welcomed the Commissioners to the opening of the conference. The extent of the work to be accomplished is about as great as that of any ever submitted to diplomatists. It includes every one of the many questions that ex- ist between ourselves and the ¢Canadians. Among these are issues involving the fur seals in Beting Sea, fisheries on both the Atlantic and the Pacific Coast, the Alaskan boundary, the transit of merchandise from and to points in either country across the ter- ritory of the other, alien labor laws applicable to the citizens of the two countries, mining rights of the citizens of one country in the territory of the other, commercial reciprocity, a rearrangement of the treaty concerning war vessels on the lakes,/reciprocity in wrecking or salvage rights, and, finally, provisions for the conveyance for trial or punishment of persons in the lawful custody of the officers of one country through the territory of the other. These issues have furnished a fruitful field for con- troversy between the two countries‘for years, and some of them have seemed well nigh impossible of solution by any other method than that of annexing Canada to the United States. Now that all of them are to be considered together, however, a settlement may be effected by the process of granting conces- sions on one point for the sake of equal concessions on another. In that way by judicious compromises an agreement may be reached which will be suffi- ciently fair to merit ratification by the Senate. The bnly danger in the situation is that when com- promising becomes the order of the day the inter- ests of the Pacific Coast may be sacrificed for the sake of advantages in the East. The American com- missioners at the conference are Senator Fairbanks of Indiana (chairman), John W. Foster of Ohio, John A. Kasson of Iowa, Thomas.J. Cooledge of Massa- chusetts, Nelson Dingley of Maine, Senator George Gray of Delaware. The Pacific Coast, it will be seen, has not a representative. There is, however, no advantage in borrowing trouble. The commission is an able one, and when the work is done we may have as good reason as the rest of the country to be satisfied with what it ac- complishes. - S ———— One reason for investigating the war scandals is to officially determine just how big a liar a yellow jour- nalist can be. . Colonel Henry of the Frencll}‘*rmy seems to have set a good example for certain of his fellow officers. very uneasy | BRI g 8 e WITH ENTIRE FRANKNESS. 2 | . 2 By HENRY JAMES. : T L L L EE R EE R L ] There is delight in reading lucid editorial, one about which there is no obscure meaning,’ no chance of miscon- struction, and therefore I gladly quote from the Report: “It is pretty safe to say that the peo- ple know the cause of discontent in this State, and will make an effort to remove that cause on -'ection day.” This editorial has the peculiar merit of being as good for one party as for another. Republicans, Democrats, Populists, Prohibitionists, Socialists may all avail themselves of it, and vote with a clear conscience. » LR A soldler of the Civil War writes to know why I have said nothing about mismanagement of local camps while. so much has been said as to the ap- parently grossly criminal conduct of those on the Atlantic. Evidently the old soldier has missed an issue or two. I have sald considerable. The selec- tion and retention of Camp Merritt was an outrage, and there has been no hesitancv in putting the opinion on re- cord. Still, there is only a subdued satisfaction in this. The culpable of- ficlals do not seem to care. . L There are manv points in newspaper English to which I fail to take kind- ly. One is the habit of recording on the death of John Smith that he left a widow and a certain number of chil- dren. When John was called, he left a wife, unless the happiness had been his to marry a widow. He had no widow to leave. To say that he left a certain number of ex-children would be as appropriate. It is true that after the decease of John, Mrs. Smith became a widow, but the woman he grieved at leaving, and the woman he did leave, was his wife. No aggrega- tion of reporters, no glittering array of copy readers, can make me think to the contrary. To be exact, after a man is dead, he has nothing. To say that he left his widow instead of his wife is a technical lunacy. He never had a widow, and he did have a wife. e In the.immortal words of the cam- paign rorator, “I yield to none in my veneration for the old soldier.” This does not prevent the expression of in opinion that the pension roll, as now constituted, is a shameless sham, a fraud cumbered with names which have no right there, the names of hyp- ocrites and bunko sharps. The war has been over for thirty-three years, and yet there were added to that list last year enough to swell it to 17,700 more than it had been the year pre- ceding. This is the token of gigantic swindle. I would give every old sol- dier a pension. The man who went to the front, risked his life, took from his career a portion of its prime, deserves anything his country can do for him. This does not prevent me as an Ameri- can citizen from protesting against larceny. There are men on the pen- slon roll who were never on a muster roll. There are women and children not even remotely connected with any one who ever wore the blue. There are capltalists drawing speclal pensions like those of ex-Senator Manderson of Nebraska and Judge Long of Michigan, who should blush to look a veteran in the face. No wonder they are afraid to have the pension list published. There was a great cry when Cleveland vetoed a lot of special pension bills. It befell at that time I was writing edi- torial on a Democratic paper and felt bound, {f possible, to defend him. Sending to Washington for copies of the bills and the vetoes, I read them carefully and was surprised to find there was not a bill in the bundle an honest man could have sanctioned. The chief fault is not with the pen- sion lawyers, most of whom should be in jail, but with a Congress weak and corrupt enough to pass the measures, a serles of executives with too little courage to interfere and a pension ma- chine whose motive power is politics. « s s Somebody has called attention to the fact that while Ambrose Bierce assails the writers of dialect, his best news- paper work is dialect of a pronounced variety. Reference is had to his “Lit- tle Johnny.” The criticism is unfair. The dialect artists to whom Bierce ob- Jects, try to imitate something and fail. Blerce does not imitate, but cre- ates. He has a right to create any- thing he pleases, and as to whether he avolds fajlure must be a matter of per- sonal judgment, no judgment in the lot being better than his own. “Johnny’s” thoughts are couched in language such as youth never conceived, and are themselves far above the realm of boy- hood, in which they are supposed to originate. In idea and phraseology their like is only to be found in the case of the wonderful child, Marjorie Fleming, whose biography, most charmingly written by John Brown, may fairly be rated as a classic. Y liked Merorle and I like “Little Johnny” partly for her sake. He must have been in her confidence. » s . Somebody writes to ask what I re- gard as a “burning issue.” Possibly the Examiner edition which goes to the garbage crematory. CRE Y A lady asks that I set forth in few words the difference between the Re- publican and Democratic parties. She says the matter has puzzled herself and many of her friends. To throw light upon the situation is a pleasure. That ladies should be taking interest in such things is a gratifying circum- stance, and may be important, if they ever get old enough to vote. The dif- ference is, ‘that concerning the vital principles of government, the Repub- licans believe one way and the Demo- crats another. I have got this far, and am now devoting days and nights to ascertaining which way is which. Of course there is no need to explain what a vital principle of government may be, the truth being apparent that its im. portance is 80 great as to make it recognizable at g glance. In elucidating the subject I may add that a Republican s ga Republican because if he were not he would be a Democrat, and then if the Republicans were to win, where would he be at? This goes with a vice versa attachment, making it equally applic- able to the Democrats. Republicans uphold sound money, while a part of them lean toward free silver. I do not grasp the meaning of the term, never having seen any silver of this descrip- tion. Democrats are for free silver, with a proportion kicking over the traces and shouting for sound money. ‘When people of opposing parties enter- tain similar doctrines the difference re- maining is that cne is in office and the other hopes to be. As to the tariff, the state of facts is analogous, or even a trifle more. On all other issues there is a uniformity of opinion, save that the disagreement is slightly stronger. I feel, now that the explanation is down in black and white, that it may be in- adequate, but it is all'- I know of the subject, and I am grateful at knowing so much. SR The case of Mrs. Botkin has served to bring into notice many unenviable traits of human nature. No sooner had the woman been accused of than uprose a cloud of harpies anxious to proclaim her guilt, but laboring un- der the disadvantage of not knowing anything about the matter one way or another. Their savageness had been aroused by the chance to inflict pain. It was a showing of the modified in- stinet which in ruder days impelled the populace to turn thumbs down when the worsted gladiator fell powerless. At this writing Mrs. Botkin is still in jail. So far as I have been able to observe thére has as yet appeared no good rea- son why she should be there. She was charged on flimsy evidence which was dissipated the moment it came into the light. All that now remains is the doubtful word of Dunning that she wrote the anonymous letters which had annoyed his wife. The banded females who indicated a willingness to tell all they knew and expedite the journey of Mrs. Botkin toward the gallows had nothing to tell, being actuated appar- ently by a sweet and tender sympathy of which they may be proud for the rest of their days. The police are mak- ing much ado over the fact that a handkerchief enclosed in the fatal box of candy had been purchased at a cer- tain shop in this city. I fall to grasp the importance of the point. Necessar- ily a handkerchief is purchased some- where, and on the day this particular one -was bought there were doubtless several women besides Mrs. Botkin in San Francisco. The muraer of Mrs. Dunning and her sister, if murder it was, was a crime so peculiarly atro- cious there could be no tendency to shield the guilty wretch, and sex would be no protection were the assassin a woman. It does not follow that the first woman Lees chdnces to incarcerate must be convicted. There is certainly no shadow of justice in a lot of report- ers of either gender and of no gender "returning an adverse verdict based on their own excited lack of information. Perhaps Mrs. Botkin is guilty. I would not venture to deny it. She is a weak and foolish woman, in distress, almost friendiess. Therefore let her arbit- rarily be condemned. It is the way ot this pleasant world. $eciia To know that in every emergency there appears the man is a comforting thing. Yet, even knowing this, it is almost impossible to look forward to the time the country shall be without its W. R. Hearst, and not feel a thrill of apprehension. And what shall Cali- fornia do when Andy Lawrence shall have. been called to his fathers_ or| somewhere? Hearst is the American people and Andy is the State. When Hearst hoists himself above the hori- zon and gives voice to the sentiment of | the great nation which centers under his hat there may be at first an im- pulse to accuse him of an egotism amounting to insanity; some in their haste may term him a ribald jester or a solemn and ponderous ass. They formed this opinion when he made his latest display in sending congratula- | tions to the wife of Dreyfus. He did not send them as from an American citieen. No. He sent them as from the American people. Good. Let no cap- tious critic ask him for a sight at his credentials. Clad in the star-spangled banner, bearing aloft the eagle, his noble personality attracts the eye of the universe, and as he capers he is at least good as a monkey show. Those who will not concede to him the posi- tion of the materialized Spirit of the epublic must acknowledge that as a monkey show he is all right. The qual- ity of the Hearst nerve is made mani- fest by recollection that a few months | ago his papers contained a statement purporting to be from Mme. Dreyfus, | and which she denounced as' totally false, as everybody supposed it to be. Yet he rises superior to the fact of being gently branded as a lar, and jumps at the chance to revivify the waning memory of that circumstance. He will not abandon the headship of this people for the selfish happiness of keeping his unhallowed personality from view. And little Andy, too. He demands that the Seventh California be mustered out, labels his message as from the citizens of California, and the order for mustering out comes. To be sure the order had already been formu- lated, but, not having access to news facilities, Andy did not know this, and he is not of a sort to permit the ham-, pering verities to blemish his glory. They are a great pair. Bither one will acknowledge it. Hearst is forty-five times the greater, for he is ail the States, and Andy but one, and yet on that justly celebrated monument the boss is trying to have the country erect to his honor, there ought to be a niche for the name of Andy. e Phil Francis of the Stockton Mail rails against the utility of a college education. To agree with him would be a pleasure if he were right. I think he is wrong. He has a college educa- tion himself, and there are no indica- tions that it hurts him any. T e An analysis of “honor” as it prevails in the French army would baffle the most astute’ psychologist. Colonel Henry, asked if he had committed the crime of forgery, the act involving dreadful consequences to an accused man, made denial. Questioned again ‘“‘on his honor as a soldier” he admitted himself guilty of the heinous crime. His reply freely Interpreted was about this: “Since you ask me on my honor as a soldier whether I am an unmiti- gated scoundrel, I feel bound to an- swer that I am.” So thieves do not have a monopoly of honor. It is shared by forgers and perjurers and persecu- tors of the innocent. But possibly it is not of the highest quality. s e There is a considerable feeling of sympathy for Spain, but it will vanish it the report be confirmied that Weyler is making trouble in the sorry mon- archy. Any Government which would permit that bloody handed, lantern- Jowled monstrosity of crime to make it any trouble save that involved in send- ing him to the garrote, is beyond the murder | need of sympathy and in a condition demanding nothing but ‘a funeral.. « f§ R s ) Thoughtfully and kindly the daily papers are presenting pictures’. of everything pertaining to the Dunning poisoning. I notice with a thrill' of gratitude we are permitted tolook upon the photograph of the- girl ivho may have sold the box of candy.. Rut there were other girls who have at- tained to similar fame.. . Let's. have them, too. Then the girls who.did not sell the candy and theé - girls ~who might have sold it had they:been em- ployed at the store where the purchase | was made, and the streetcar whijch possibly was passing the door at the fateful moment, offer a wealth of ma- terial for illustration. *00h One surprising feature ' of ‘the at tempt of the Wells-Fargo Company. te evade its taxes is due to the character of the man holding the presidency /'t | the concern. I had been l€d.to-under- | stand that Mr. Valentine was noted. for | his superior piety and his good works, | It seems to me incompatible ‘with eor- rect morals to undertake to cheat; and | if forcing patrons to pay the war tax “mcant by Congress to be paid by the | company is not cheating the.only other { name for it will have to he a.harsher { one. Not only is there about the trans- \lac(ion more than the savor of -dishon- ‘esty but the absolute lack of patriot- ism is shocking. At a time.when-the | Government was subjected ‘to extra expense citizens bore their share with- | out a murmur. They did murmur when | they were asked in addition’ to bear | the share of a great, rich corporation, fattening its stockholders' with big div- idenls and getting an extra profit | from the existence of the war it refused | to help sustain. Other express com- | panies have concluded to abide by the law. They set an excellent example | for Mr. Valentine, and if ‘he were to follow it perhaps he -could with a clearer conscience sit in his pew, or with renewed interest counsel young men how to be truly good, which I be- lieve is part of his calling bstween business hours, ACROSS THE COURT. ‘When Julla tends her singing’ birds And shakes her curls at them- I'know ‘What makes them chirp and warble so. I need not hear the laughing words ‘With which she scolds her feathered pets, Though they sound sweeter than.thé notes The birds pipe from their golden throats And seem to flount my fierce regrets. When Julia tends her birds and beams Her sweetest smiles on them “tis plala That she's determined to disdain All else that lives—or so It seems. What cares she that my window. sill With posy blows is all-astir; That I peer siyly out at her In admiration and good will? Stern fate! 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