The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 17, 1899, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1899. SENATOR SIMPSON'S FLOP DENOUNCED BY CONSTITUENTS PASADENA PEOPLE DENOU PASADEN! Pasadena Nev CRAME s T to-day. his politicai. grave by voting badly. He is almost irresponsible. night. No other changes: The following article appeared thi This afternoon when the report afrrt r-opinion of the mattér. at there mus! hat it wi not - obey One man quoted the » saying that suld ‘have stood by hi id_ s: ) been a listener. 1 R. e a man who will. prove to.be 1 ou people of the north f you should not stand , Burns ‘he ‘saic om- Califérni ;- Cali hem her: should d mfortably w cost the generally d. looked tc S is the way ano! Grant nor 1d hence hac they wanted a man from Sou thern Cal n Pedro a portion of the State. he gateway .he ope ed to his confr ve article is headed: nominee for United States Senator. to Daniel M. Burns. A surprise to the way in his nominating speech.” The action of S has been the leading topic came as ment and intense anger. is to the effect that, by b ssly misrepresented the wi feited their confidence. among the supporters of Bulla. Both the daily papers here strongly condemn his treachery. interviews with leading citizens and Republicans are an The following indication of the prevalent feeling. A number of t! were delegates to the convention that nominated Simpson and committee- men in the campaign which resulted in Senator Simpson’s election, and all reliable citize responsibl George A. G and other: Wet sregar by i the instructior d vote for Bu president First M ded ational rt annot expect anythi Tis, a or it for Burns. an eptable man, Arnold—It Is. unfortunat k the deadlock by votl elie s here. in my opinion. ist—I am grei aflable he ha t r Burns to the T €. D. Daggett, ition to the Zood reason for doing so. milton, mp: shall n SE Simpson’s act to break away ator Simpson voting for Bu rn California man. A, Feh. 16.—The following dispatch from the editor of the appears in that paper' thid afternoon: 0. Feb. 16, 1:35 p. m.—Dally. News, Senator Simpson deserted us and was cheer: for Dan-Burns. He broke -up -our minority conference last called on several delegates to the late ved that Senator Simpson. had bolted a Republican convention and A large = majority expressed surprise and have been some mistake 1 well to know.that the representative of the citizens in the_instructio y so long as came as a thunderbolt froma clear sky to nearly eve: f the remarks heard would not It will be remembered tha Sepnator Simpson pla: s flop:. Al “r rr;v e fact that two Mls agg he had plnceld tion George C:. Perk or: Simpson : sald:_*I to-day propose to i b £ the Legislature of 1599. ~We the choice of two years ago,” he sald, by o I want to sa of ‘complaint among the friends is that he changed from t porter of Mr. Bulla to-crawl through. That the rt his nominee -is ~more ' than'‘the digest. 1 injure Senator Simpson politically. It 1s two years hence.” tor Simpson 1s of the_ Republicans of Pasadena 1 not taken an unu ther matters of vital importance to the citizens The chief fault found with Senator Simp- ed for a grand stampede when he deserted the man eres as the choice of his district. “Senator Simpson flopped. Deserted his own Changed his ballot from R. N. his supporters in Pasadena. Had paved ator Simpson in deserting Bulla and voting for Burns of discussion on the street this afternoon. shock to his best frien: The tenor of the comments heard on the subject « unlooked-for action at this time, Senator Simp- It would not have been so bad had he not been bound by the instructions of the county convention and by the agreement , merchant—I am decidedly onosed to any Southern Californian If this section o > United States Senate, as.it should have, our legislators should at suc! real estate broker—I am _disagreeably d believe it to be opposed to the wishes o italist—In voting for tuents he must repr . Kernaghan, president Pasadena National Bar nator Simpson has voted for Burns and trust he may be able to real estate broker—I am totally opposed to Burns an ¢rawford—I am very sorry that Captain Simpson has voted for other candidate would have been preferable to Burns. NCE HIS ACT Pasadena, Cal: Two ballots ed by the lobbles as he dug Senator -Simpson _is drinking MELICK. s afternoon in the Pasadena Star: the reading of the dispatch. tion at which hewas thou art a_jewel,’ n s of the conven ring, ‘‘Consistency, Senator Simpsort had - placed Bulla m to the end. ry cltizen in- have pleased Sen- t on January 11 Buila in nomination he paved: the way “and we of the us now. right here that i Colonel Burng fornia's interests will not suffer much. of Captain Simpson, and he marti-he nominated, thus Those were the words of ».as one of the most level headed in-po- a shrewd pelitician and he is ther looked at the change of base of the wanted neither Bulla, ual interest in the fight, \fornia, one who would insist upon push- Bulla | The ds and causes extreme disappoint- shes of his home constituency and for- 1e gentlemen interviewed When we have so many eminent men who could | S Senator rather than merely occupy it, it is & mis- ators vote for a man like Burns. | the peer of such Senators as Hoar, Foraker, Thurston, | California_needs a sv. merchant—T don’t understand how Senator Simpson could of the County Convention to vote for Bulla, Bank—S8impson s not carrying out the constituents in voting for Burns, and his action is a painful sur- ng politically here in the future. Any jate would have been preferable to Burns. merchant—I am in favor of a cannot be elected someb enator from Southern California, y else from this section should | the State cannot have a repre- h as Barnes. | e that Senator Simpson should have un- ng for Burns. The prominent candidtes surprised at Senator | the great majority Burns Senator Simpson is not repre- v surprised at the news of Simpson's vote. taken the crookedest rited States Senate the Legislature had better re-elect White. real estate broker—If Senator Simpson voted for Burns he has wishes of his constituents. tree. Rather than f a man does not | interests. I am exceedingly esenit somebody else’ Councilman— I am greatly surprised and badly disap- has not been true to_his constituents. | ever again vote for Senator Simpson. ] | d don’t ap- ing, merchant—It would have suited me better if Senator Simpson from Bulla had he voted for Grant. . Street Superintendent—As between Grant and Burns, I ap- urns, but not as between Burns and some | ment has caused surprise among the | is on the tiptoe of expectation. { matter is incomprehensible to me. | not understand how any one could change | mood. | means is hard to say, but he is certainly | | not carrying out his instructions nor the | | face of instructions should relieve himself { support from Bulla until a majority of i ical period. and allow a new man a chance. | tunity real estate broker—Burns is the Jast candidate acceptable to e. of the representative Republicans of this city. The instruc- | ty Convention to vote for Bulla should have been adhered to by = | | son’s vote. | heads the procession. |'gelegation. | | _S¥nen I was in Sacramento a w BIDS DEFIANCE TO PUBLIC LOS ~ANGELES, Feb. 16.—The an- nouncement that: Senator Simpson’ of Pasadena “has ‘deserted Bulla “and Jolned the forces of Dan Burns has caused & great sensation in political circles and among the friends of Sena- tor Simpson. 5 The rumor that Simpson would de- sert Bulla spread around town quickly this morning. Many believed the ru- mor had been engineered for an object and that it had no real foundation in fact. ‘Senator = Simpson, - however, in telegrams put at rest all doubts on the matter by admitting that the rumor was correct ‘and -that he intended to cast ‘his vote to-day for Colonel Burns for ‘United States Senator. To 'say that ‘Simpson’s announce- legislative supporters of Senator Bulla is. not quite correct, for it is admitted to-day by many that the Bulla men have for some time suspected what was going on. In the meantime everybody The men who are on the inside believe chat the man from Mexico may. now be able to make good some of his boasts and may gradually expose the plan on which he was working when he said he had the fight won. There are many who believe that Simpson has been a Burns' man from the beginning. Here are some pointed interviews on the subject: E. A. Meserve, attorney—The whole I do from Bulla under the positive instruc- | tions from the Los Angeles County dele- gation. Simpson was always a little | wobbly and on what grounds he can jus- tify his vote must be determined by his | future course. | Frank Wiggins—This is a bad break. | Simpson must have been in a peculiar | Just what his vote for Burns | wishes of his constituency. J. W. Hinton—There are many_ things that can never be explained. Simpson has deserted his friends here. It does not matter whether we want a Senator from Southern California, no man in the of such obligations unless honorably ab- solved. C. D. ‘Willard, leader of the Bulla forces—When Senator Simpson of Pasa- dena voted for Burns; virtually acting the part of a traitor and breaking a solemn pledge entered into by the Los Angeles County delegation, not to withdraw their the delegates should so decide, Simpson is also false to his constituency. Pasade- na is for Bulla first, last and all the time. Simpson Is false to- Southern California, which demands that a Senator shall be chosen from the south. He is false to the Republican party, because he seeks to fasten upon it the odium of electing such a man as Burns. In the light of his vote to-day Simpson acted the part of a hypo- crite as well as a traitor. Pretending to be a firm friend and supporter of Bulla he has.deserted that gentleman at a crit- His ‘action on its face i€ a a_combination plain endeavor to prevent of the anti-Burns and anti-Grant legisla- fors, thus glving Bulla, Barnes and the remaining candidates a possible oppor- to triumph over the objectionable candldates. Simpson can never explain the consequences of hfs treacher- lieve himself of the-odium He has forfeited the le of Southern Cali- away ous act, nor rel that attaches to it. ;(‘spec! of the peop! ornia. J. L. Slauson, president of the Chamber | of Commerce—I cannot comprehend Simp- The whole affair bears a pe- | ook, ‘t Kern—Simpson’s vote was mot unexpected. It has been known that he had always a strong leaning toward | Burns. While he has disregarded his in- structions and d!,fll?pso(lln(ed many 0(1 l’;‘ls“ ak had to come and he friends, the bre: BaEs e in my opinion, that by ‘Monday | ext Senator. (‘halrnh‘xdn Re;;]ubllcan 5 tee—I was surprised to hear of ém’g;'s change ‘of heart. We are all for Bulla down here, and I do not think | Simpson's act will ‘change the position | of Bulla in the contest. I have seen his Oxplanation, and that would hardly jus- tify any one in disregarding the positive N ractions of the Los Angeles County mbia Club eek ago culiar Rober means, Burns will be the.n Bradner W. Lee, 5 B. Bushnell, president Colu | from Bulla to Grant he remained within | thus seen fit to violate his solemn obliga- | tions to the people who placed him in a | | treasonabie action, had’ too heavy a bur- SENTIMENT it was understood that the Los" Angeles County delegation should remain firm for Bulla. 1 am surprised to see this change of Simpson, thus breaking -the instruc- tions. From all reports 1 do not see any cause for the delegation deserting him.. I decline to state what effect it may have on the Senatorial contest. Mayor Fred Eaton—I have nothing to say on the subject of whatever bad Faith Simpson displayed with his colleagues in voting for Burns. I know nothing of the agreement of —-the Los Angeles County delegation. -1 do think. however, that he could have made a much better choice than Burns, I have never been in favor of - efther of -the leading:candidates, and especially not-of Burns. He is a politician strictly and not.of high standing. I would have been Qlcased to:see Simpson vote for Bard of - Ventura when he- made his change. - We want a clean man elected. 1f we.can’'t have a ‘clean: man from. this end of the State thenlet's get one from any part who IS above reproach. H. Silver, President ~City . Council—I havé no esmments to make on Simpson’s action.. My understanding is that the Los Angeles delegation had agreed to be gov- erned by the majority, but I am not fa- miliar -with the conditions. 1f ‘such an agreement existed then ‘it follows with- ont saying that Simpson . has broken | faith. 1 do not care to criticize his action in changing his vote to Burns, but will vait until 1 hear some of the detalls. Under caption “Silly ‘Simpson,” the following editorial will appear in'the Times: State Senator Simpson of Pasadena in yesterday's joint convention of the Legis- lature bolted from Bulla and cast his bal- lot for the:unspeakable Dan Burns for | United States Senatof. It has been in- timated .as a partial explanation of| Simpson’s action that when he voted for Burns he was unaccountable for his ac- tions. It would be an act of charity to | Simpson to assume this statement to be | true, but although charity is conceded to cover a multitude of sins, it will not cover | this particular form ©f transgression. Drunk or sober, Simpson had no moral right to vote for Burns. ~In so doing he deliberately violated his pledges and his obligations to his_constituents in Los An-| geles County and grossly insulted them | into the bargain. The Republican county convention, at its meeting in this city on Tuesday, Sep- tember 13, 1898, adopted the following res- | olution as reported from the committee on resolutions: “We belleve that Southern California is entitled to name the next United States Senator, and we hereby pledge our legis- lative nominees from the several Assem- bly and Senatorial districts of this coun- ty to that proposition, and all such nomi- nees are hereby instructed to use all hon- orable means to secure the election of a Republican - United States. Senator from | Southern California, and they are hereby requested to vote at the next session of the Legislature for a Senator from South- ern_ Cailfornia until such -Senator is| elected.” i As shown by this resolution, the Los | Angeles delegation was instructed by the County - Convention to vote for a South- ern California candidate for United States | Senator ‘‘until such Senator is elected,” and to use all honorable means to bring | about such a result. In_ bolting Bulla for Dan Burns, Senator Simpson has not only committed an egregious act of po- litical ‘folly, but he has bid defiance to! public sentiment in Southern California, and has expressly violated the instruc- tions of the Republican County Conven- tion. The people of Los Angeles County | will bear Mr. Simpson in ungrateful re- membrance if he ever again puts in an | appearance as a candidate for any sort of an office. He covld not be elected dog catcher of Garvanza. It is true that the county convention in- structed the Los Angeles delegation to vote for Bulla, but did not bind the dele- gates to te for him “first, last and all the time.” The delegation was instruct: ed, however, as shown by the above reso- fution, to vote for a Southern California an for Senator “until such Senator is m: elected.” ‘When Huber changed | Assemblyman the instructions of the convention, be- cause he voted for a Southern California candidate—and for the leading candidate before the Legislature at that. The vote of Simpson far Burns will not help thelat- ter's candi v In_any appreciable degree. the brand of ineffaceable in- amy upon the foolish old man who has position of trust, and, to add to the dis- grace of his party, which, without his den to be borne successfully in the can- | didacy of the unspeakable Burns. With deep disgust, not unmingled with regret, | the Times adds C. M. Simpson's name to | the roll of dishonor. DRAGEING UP THE 0L BOARD LUMBER FRAUDS The Swift Transaction Again in View. | Chairman Irving's findings; he claimed to | have delivered to the School Building | Committee during the half-year 1.200,000 | feet of lumber. The Grand Jury experts | found that 700,000 feet of this supply had gone into one of the Ragan rat holes. | " The public learned at the time how | Chairman Irving and his committee la- { bored to bring the looters to justice, and | | how they failed because the New City | Hall reeked with rascality, and to what- | | ever point of the compass they turned | | they found thelr way blocked. ‘Mr. Irv-| ing claimed and yet claims that among | other discouragements suffered by his | committee, no effort was made by the| | District Attorney’s office to get wit-] nesses into court, and on the only occa- | slon when the committee had got some of them corraled In one of the court . de- | | partments they were permitted to escape| efore they could be got on the stand. | Finally " Foreman Hecht -in disgust | arose, claimed the privilege of a state- | | ment ‘and said the Grand Jury was a fail- . ure and recommended that it be abolish- heasy spirft that will not down ous ghost of the late jcation, out of office and | time, drags its unhallowed into view. The shadow of this seen in an ailusion to lumber {1 the following com- munication addressed to City Attorney NCISCO, Feb. 11, 1899 Esq., City and County While investigating the Swift & Co. and the ame to my knowledge a 5000 bond attached & out of sald contract. o oduced be- m was delivered. ‘and that ~suft should | be e hondsmen for the mils- ractors this pnatter is in the e 1 take tie the same, 187, a rs respect IRVING. - of the Paraf- Battery street, the Grand Ju: : Irving is theé ma Patnt: Compan; was. the_chs Committee that had fc earthing of school frauds committ deep rat holes, into which certain :“had dragged’ their plunder. In K This t year. of these places they found dences of the Swift lumber trans- The Grand Jury experts learned t stor had furnished " the . department 1,200,000 feet. of lumber, -but they could only. find thet 60,000 had been delivered. ‘As a result of this palpable steal School Director T. A. Burns, chairman of the Building and Grounds Committee; J. J. O'Brien (known as “O. K.” O'Brien, from the. fact that he O K'd every claim he saw), -inspector of buildings, and Con- tractor Swift were indicted. One significant item in connection with Swift's lumber contract never before men- tlaned. wi ment that his dealings with the Board of Fducation during that period, covering #ix months; amounted to half of his total business - for the year. On the hooks of the. Lumbermen’s Assoclatfon, of which he:1& 4 member, he stands accredited with other sworn statements to the effect that his. gales: for that year from all sources were 679,000 feet. And yet, according to 4| tor Swift, running to a total : | fore the = task the un- | -cording to his own claim this con- | s that he made a sworn state-'| indignation at the meeting of the council ed forever and forever more. When the true municipal history of black 1898 is wll;lllen it will smell like the smoke of the pit. Swift was under a $5000 bond to deliver | his lumber and even that paper was care- lessly drawn, as it contains in a certain | place the name of only one surety. . But | lttle irregularities like this cut no figure| in these easy-going times. Everybody in| authority had his eyes opéen and saw | nothing.” The Board of Education was | warned over and over that It was plung- | ing headlong to ruin. -Sehool Director | Head, one of the woeful minority of the | board, bucked at every expenditure, but| his_protests —only made the majority smile. Mayor Phelan warned Auditor Broderick in a personal letter that he was exceeding the one-twelfth act, but | Auditor Broderick went on auditing.” The Treasurer was also warned, but he went ! on paying untfl upward of $400,000 will | some day be found to have been squand- | ered. 1If official bonds are worth any- | thing the $60.000 of the Board of Educa- | | tion, the $50,000 of the Auditor, the $100, 000 of the Treasurer, the 35000 of Contrac- of $215,000, ‘oufihx to offset somewhat the school de- deflcit of the Regan administration. City Attorney Lane has laid_the Swift matter, again called up by Mr. Irving, be- resent Board of Education’ for the consideration of that body. | Working Men Indignant. The session of the Building Trades | Coumeil Iast night was largely ‘taken up denouncing the Senate of Californla as a body and Senator Taylor of Alameda personally. The lahoring men have for years been trying to get an eight-hour jaw passed. hey finally succeeded, but on the first test case the law was found to be defective. Suitable amendments were prepared and sent to the Legisia- ture. | The bill went through the Assembly and was | passed upon b{ the Senate Committee, on Capital and Labor. When it came up, for final consideration, how- ever, it wad 80 amended by Taylor as to render it useless. This raised a storm of and Taylor's name is jotted down with a big black mark beside it. The men prom- ise that his action will not be forgotten should he ever come up as a candidate | for office agaln. i ————————— Lord Beresford’s opinion of Amer- ican women, in next Sunday’s Call. McCOY AND CHOYNSKL [ The Clever Heavy-Weight Pugilists Will Fight on the Evening of March 24. “Ki{d" MecCoy and Joe Choynskl will be een in their best fighting clothes on the | :Venlng of March 24 in Mechanics’ Pa-| vilion, Yesterday articles i the representatives of the pu- s were drawn up and signed by ;lflsl! named. The contest will be hand- led by the National Club, which organ- {sation has permission from the powers | that be to hold a boxing entertainment in ; Marer ski, who Is at “hoynski, | w:!lhgi,;ookefl after by Eddle Graney, who | o Confident that his charge will not only | surprise the clever “Kid" but also 2 large ber of local sporting men, who are of Thaopinion that Choynski bas lost his | Heamyand hitting powers. The managers e he pugilists: cannot say as yet: where the men will train for the contest. ! MeCoy will arrive from Los Angeles on Saturday next, and after he has had a Talk with his-manager, Billy Brady, he 140 determine upon some place near this | Bty Where he will locate until the day of | the fight. As McCoy has taken a great fancy to the climate of Southern Califor Hia he may .return to Los:-Angeles and train near -that city until a few. weeks rior to the .day of the contest. But as Hlsx Ianager has coneluded to remain in this city during his sojourn on this coast, doubtless McCoy will be asked to_train at some place near at hand, where Brady can conveniently see him without the ne- Cessity of taking the owl train to.the or- ange OVES. the way, Brady felt Sery. despondent yesterday because of a telegram he received from his wife in Nee York, which stited that his son had an attack of pneumonia and was in a critical condition, The Palace Club W, and Hawkins fight, which will take place n Woodward’s Pavillon on March 3. The feather-weights -~ have been training for some little time and should put-up a very Slaver contest when they are called upon to square up old accounts. e NON-PARTISAN CONVENTION. ‘Picket Ts Selected After a Lively and Interesttng Session. Alameda Office 8an Francisco Call, 1428 Park street; Feb. 16. * One of the most exciting political con- tentions ever held in this city was that of the Non-Partisan party, held this even- ing at Harmonie Hall. The hall was hardly large enough to hold the erowd of office-seekers and . their followers, who have been striving to get their names be- fore the voters. The executive committee met last night in secret session and ar- ranged a slate, but the club rolls grew so rapidly during the day that the inner cir- cle was not able to control the action of the convention, and aimost the first move after it was called to order by Chairman $1.°A. Thompson was the introduction of a resolution calculated to depose all the officers and the executive committee. Ft was introduced by R. B. Tappan, and In explanation he made a n’)eech-charglng the executive committee of two years ago With having treated him wrongfully. It was adopt The following ticket was ominated: Pty I ustees—Alexander Mackle, Mar- present in this city, 1l handle the Erne 1 |'tin Owens and S. W. Hatzs: | bock; City Recorder, A. F. St. Sure; City | Assessor. Arthur G. Burns; 'HAS FRIGHTENED THE | dents were waylaid and nearly fright- | 'whose actions showed that he was either | night Board of Education—J. C. Lanktree, C. L. Gisda- leand, Dr. E. 8. Keys; Library Trustees— T. W. Arton, James Shanley and W. M. Bowers; City Treasurer, Oswald Lub- City 'Mar- torney, M. Benjamin Willtam Gunn; City At shal, City Treasurer, W. _Simpson; F. Lamborn. WOMEN OF SAN RAFAEL Officers in Female Attire Search in| Vain for a Man Who Will Get Short Shrift. SAN RAFAEL, Feb. 16.—About a week ago the wives of two well-known resi- ened out of their wits near the south- ern terminus of Marin street by a man very drunk or insane. This was consid- ered a passing. incident and little atten- tion was paid to it, but on the following a lady and her daughter were forced 'to witness another shocking ex- hibition near the Hotel Rafael. Then the town officials set themselyes to work to discover the identity of the fellow. So far their work has” been in vain. Tuesday evening last the man ap- cared near the broad-gauge depot dressed n female apparel and followed a com- pany of ladies, whom he frightened great- y. Several officers were soon upon his track, but failed to catch him.- Last night a number of young men’ and one official disguised themselves as women and scat- tered about the suburbs, but the only ones who saw the miscreant were a_company of boys, who chased him up Reservoir HIUI and, losing his track, came near in- juring a respectable citizen with rocks used as missiles. If the insulter of women is found it will go hard with him, as the feeling of the. citizens runs high. SUPERVISORS CONCLUDE THEIR CONVENTION \ SACRAMENTO, = Feb. 16.—The Super~ visors' convention this marning listened to the report of the legislative committee recommending the retention of the pres- -ent road law with ‘an amendment atlow- ing Supervisors at their discretion to ad- vertise for bids for bridge construction in excess of $500, and of an amendment to the county government act providin, that Supervisors attendiug ‘the annual convention should have their actual ex- penses paid by the county. Orrin_Henderson of $an -Joaqujn read an_excellent papez ‘on the ‘mutual rela- tions of inhabjtants of ‘efty and county districts and. the value of good roads to ach. In the afternoon Fresno was fixed of ‘the place for holding the next ccg:;,‘f tion. W, H. Church of Alamea thoughtful i aper On._county hospi their use antf abuse.’ Benolu%’ion! hl:dt:!r:-' ing the present.road law and deprecat- ing any change was passed, and the con- vention adjourned. "he Supervisors will make an exXcursion to Folsom to-morrow. | thing over $100,000,000 will be issued, a | | The balance of the bonds set apart for | upon the tendencies most unjustly at- PACIFIC ROADS WILL PAY UP Huntington Announces| the Settlement. TERMS OF THE NEW DEAL FULL AMOUNT OF DEBT TO BE PAID. There Will Be a Complete Reorgan- ization of the Great Property in the Near Future. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. NEW . YORK, Feb: 16.—Collis P.} Huntington stated. officially to-day | that -the Central Pacific Railroad had | reached, a settlement with the Govern-| ment for its indebtedness on account of the Central Pacific and Western Pacific Governmeént - aided bonds. He further said that rone of the details of . the reorganization of the property, of which the payment of the Govern- ment debt was an important portion, were ready to be made public, as changes would very likely occur. The company, under the agreement which was entered into between the bankers representing the road, its offi- cials and the Government commission, will pay to the Government the full amount of the outstanding indebted- ness, both principal and interest. This is to be done under the provisions of an act passed by Congress which per- mitted the company to divide its in- debtedness up into equal payments, to be distributed over a period of ten years. The first payment to the Government will be made in cash, the balance will be secured by 3 per cent notes, interest on which is payable semi-annually, and the notes to be taken up year by year, the last of them expiring ten .years from the date of the signing of the agreement. These notes will be secured by deposits of Central Pacific 4 per cent bonds. The debts of the Central Pacific and Western Pacific roads_to the United States Government on February 1 were $58,812,714. The Central Pacific owed | $25,895,120 principal and $36,604,385 inter- | est, less $9,100,452 of judgments, bonds | and sinking fund, leaving a debit bal- ance of $53,389,052. The debit balance of | the Western Pacific on the same date | was $5,423,662. A syndicate of bankers, of which Speyer & Co. of this city and Speyer Brothers of London are the heads, has nearly conciuded arangements for the | readjustment of the finances of the Central Pacific Railroad. It is under- stood that a new mortgage of some- | | | | | | | | | | portion of which will be exchanged for the present outstanding bonds of the company, and the balance used for the settlement of the debt to the Govern- ment. | The i{mmediate cash Tequirements will be met by the sale of a block of the new bonds, which have already been underwritten by the syndicate. the retirement of the Government debt | will be held by the Government as col- lateral security for the notes which the Government accepts in payment. These bonds will be taken up in a similar manner as each one of the notes falls due. It is likely that the stockholders will be assessed a small cash payment and that the present stock will be taken up in its entirety by the Southern Pa- | cific Railroad as an asset against which a new issue of the Southern Pacific stock will be made to the present Cen- tral Pacific stockholders, share for share, with the addition of $2000 in Southern Pacific bonds to each holder of 100 shares of Central Pacific stock. POPE'S LETTER ON AMERICA He Speaks Highly of the Church. Copyrighted, 1899, by James Gordon Bennett. ROME, Feb. 16.—I am authorized to inform you, in spite of all reports to the contrary, that it is quite certain the Pope's letter on Americanism will be published. The document undoubted- 1y will be interpreted in various senses. His Holiness expresses in it his views b tributed to Cardinal Gibbons, Aich- bishops Ireland and Keane and the Paulist fathers and Abbe Klein. The adversaries of the American branch of the church, who are them- selves responsible for and have in- vented under the name of American- ism the absurd phantom of a new re- ligion -and an extensive conspiracy against the authority of the Roman church, will, in all probability, use this portion of the pontifical letter to mini- mize the gravity of the defeat which they suffered a few months ago when the Pope categorically refused to sign a decree placing “The Life of Father Hecker” on the index expurgations. It s not yet known to the public that this work had been condemned by the congregation of the propagzanda, but this is the case, the object of the anti- Americanists being thus to discredit Archbishop Ireland, who wrote a pre- face to Father Elliot’s book, as well as Cardinal Gibbons, the author of the let- ter that accompanies the sixth French edition by Abbe Klein. The refusal of the Pope to sanction this condemnation of Father Hecker’s life was a severe blow to the opponents of Americanism, as it reduced their ac- cusations to nothing. _At the same time it wlll be found im- possible to distort or hide the general sense of the pontifical document. Taken as a whole it will be fouhd extremely eulogistic of the church in the United States and if the anti-Americanists are satisfied with this meager result they are certainly easily pleased. JESSE WALTERS GETS CHANGE OF VENUE NAPA, Feb. 16.—The motion for a change of venue made by Attorney Beer- stecher in behalf of his client, Jesse Wal- ters, charged with the murder of Al Cook, was granted this morning by Judge Ham. The case will be tried in Solano County. The case now passes out of the juris- diction of the Superior Court of Napa County_and will come up for trial before Judge Buckles. District Attorney F. R. Devlin will prosecute it. District Attor- ney Bell need not have anything more to do with the case, unless he so desires.. He has done his duty as far as the pro- ceedings have gone and the case is now completely out of his jurisdiction. to visit the ,” rock wer house, and on mflm?:gifi v?:l{ {ne County Hospitel and other points of l A motion for a change of venue in the E+010+010404040+40+0+0+0+0+0+CO+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+M GERMANY MUST - SOON RECOGNIZE MALIETOA TANU Great Britain and the United States Sup- port Chambers. NEW YORK, Feb. 16.—A Washington special to the Herald says: Chief Justice Chambers’ decision in- favor of Malietoa Tanu, King of Samoa, will be upheld by the ad- ministration. Rear Admiral Kautz, upon the arrival of the Philadelphia at Apia, will, after consultation with the Brit- ish and -American Consuls, take such steps for the estab- lishment of peace and order in the islands as may seem ad- visable. This is the status to-day of the Samoan question. An identical copy of the decision of Chief Justice Chambers, delivered on January-1, has been received at the State De- partment, and it will be made the basis of the representa- tions to the German Government. Besides this decision, the department has received copies of the proclamations issued by the three Consuls and the Chief Justice. It was stated authoritatively that Rear Admiral Kautz had been given no instructions to place Malietoa Tanu on the throne or to arrest Mataafa, as has been reported, but he will act in the interest of peace and order vpon the ad- vice of the American and British Consuls, and will also con- sult with the German Consul, should that official indicate his desire to discuss the situation with the American naval representative. In view of Chief Justice Chambers’ decision, the prob- ability is remote that the United States and Great Britain will consent to the enthronement of Mataafa, though con- sideration would be given to a recommendation to this effect from the three Consuls should they submit it. : At the present time, however, the sentiment of the ‘American and British Governments is in favor of Malietoa, and Germany will be required to recognize his lawful elec- tion. ; The German Government is still awaiting full reports, and it is expected that as soon as they are received, which will be within the next few weeks, it will close the incident by withdrawing its Consul, as requested by this Govern- ment. What will be done with Mataafa is a question which will have to be considered, for it is believed that as long as he is in Samoa he will be a cause of trouble, and it may be necessary to return him to exile. DIRECTORS ARE READY T0 QUIT Failure of State Raisin Combine. 40404040404 O+ 0404040404 004040404040 + 0+ 0+ 0+ O+O404 4040+ OHO+0+0+ O+ O40+0+0+0+0+0+8B the Industry and have failed. They will remember that by a mere chance they have succeeded in securing a board of directors who through all the * many difficulties of the situation have shown that they are possessed of the ability to make a success of the move- ment, and they will learn through bit- ter experience as in the past that they have made a grave mistake in not tak- ing advantage of the ability and ex- | perience of these men to organize the | association for two years more.” The meeting as announced is called to give the growers an opportunity to be heard upon the resignation of the board of directors as a committee on reorganization and upon the cancella- tion of the contracts already secured in the event that 75 per cent of the crop is not signed for by March 1. REV. BREWER DIES AT SAN MATEO SAN MATEO, Feb. 16.—Rev. Alfred Lee Brewer died at his home here this morning. Dr. Brewer was born at Nor- wich, Conn., sixty-eight years ago. and HLis earlier college studies were pursued at the famous Trinity of Harvard, where he was valedictorian of his class. in 1853, and received the degree of doc- tor of divinity. Three years later he was graduated from the General Theo- logical Seminary of New York. and then he assumed charge of the parish in Detroit, Mich., in which is the well- known Mariners’ Church. In that city h‘e married, and later came to Califor- nia. It was in 1863 that Dr. Brewer estab- lished at San Mateo the School of St. Matthew, which he conducted until his fatal illness prostrated him. Epectal Dispatch to The Call. FRESNO. Feb. 16.—At a special meet- ing to-day of the directors of the Cali- fornia Raising Growers’ Association a | startling address to raisin growers was | issued and indorsed and ordered mailed | to every grower in the State in the combine. It will be an unwelcome sur- prise to the community and particu. larly to those interested in the raisin industry. The circular calls for a mass-meet- ing of the raisin growers for 10 o’clock on the morning of March 1 at Armory | Hall. The directors will resign from office then, conceding that the attempt to combine this year is a failure and that all contracts already secured will be canceled then. March 1 is the time fixed when 75 per cent of the acreage should be secured to make possible the combine. Despite the active canvass made for two months through the newspapers and by the directors at various meetings in the adjoining coun- ties, there has been secured less than one-third of the 58,000 acres that the association should have and there is no hope apparently of securing\ one-half | He also bulilt the beautiful Episcopal of the acreage, much less 75 per cent, Church at San Mateo, and served as its gé March 1, which is only two weeks | rector twenty-five years, resigning In e aonsl Tor \his wnathy awong ?;ge;c;‘gofle\me his entire attention to the growers is discussed in the circu- _— Two San Rafael Boys Lost. lar and the conclusion is reached: “There is just one reason why these | SAN RAFAEL, Feb. 16.—Valentine Gee contracts have not been signed and |die, the 14-year-old son of the Courthouse that is that more than half of all the | janitor, and another little fellow named growers want to stay on the outside | Harry Roberts, went hunting together and let others make a market for | yesterday morning and have not been them.” seen since. Their parents are distract- The circular concludes: ~Tne raisin |7 &0 f4ar 0 Joys may, bave ot theig rowers will remember when it is too late that for four years they have tried {‘{.‘.’.‘,3"‘3,’9‘ Z’fir;‘,’,‘:;" J,'_..,‘,Eii’o;’," ;‘3{,;’,‘,}:; to form combines for the salvation of | parties will be organized. Men, Women, Try HUDYAN All. Druggists; 50 cents per package; 6 packages $2.50. HUDYAN REMEDY €O, Corner Stockton and Market Sts., 8an Francisco, Cal. You can consult Hudyan Doctors at no cost to yourself. McKenzie case will be heard by Judge Ham next Saturday morning at 10 o’cl