The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 30, 1899, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL UNDAY, APRIL 30, 1899. @all NN APRIL 3o, JOHN D. SERECKELS, Fropretor. Rddress All Communications to . S, LEAKE, Manager. Market and Third Ste. 5. F 1868 PUBLICATION OFFICE Telephone Main EDITORIGL ROOMS %217 to 221 Stevenson Street Teld Main' 187 .. 16 CENTS PER WEEK. | DELIVERED BY CARF Sinel cents. uding Postage: .§6.00 3.00 | @AKLAND OFFICE..... .. .908 Broadway MEW YORK OFFICE Room 18S, World Building | DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Representative. WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE Weltington Hotel P C. C. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGO OFFICE .. .. Marquette Building | C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Representative. ERANCH ()l FICEQ—&T Nonlgomery street, corner Clay, open until 9:30 o'clock. 387 Hayes street, open unti ©:30 o'clock. 621 :McAtlister street, open until 9:30 615 Larkin street, open until 9:30 o'clock, ssion strect, cpen untll 10 o'clock. 2£91 Marked o'clock 1941 street, corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 251§ | Mission street, open until 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh strcet, open until 9 o'clock. I605 Polk street, open until 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ana Kentucky. streets. open until 9 o'clock. AMUSEMENTS. *“Ehe ‘Wrong Mr. A Hot Old T \\m,\.x i e Theater—Vaudeville every afternoon Specialties. farket street, near Eighth— Coursing to-day. ular bay resort. Amusements every ursion—To Santa Cruz Mountains, Sunday, Santa Cruz M , May L THE CHINESE BUREAU FRAUDS. Y the losures published yesterday in rela- ) ) ssal of Meredith from the po- " f the Chinese Bureau in this city The Ca the cover from the whole nefarious combination and exposed the fact that Meredith was but 1ssy cat who had ‘been raking chestnuts for the Pz Ma any, the paw of him being con- nd used that clever pair of apes, C. P. Huntington and Schweri i evidence blished by The .Call shows that »f Meredith of conniving at the notorious procuress, Fong Suey Wan, uent dismissal from office by the Sec- v, Schwerin wrote to Hunting- You must Mereditt at the Chinese have rein- Mail C 1 will do all I can.” fic ompany.” To ton replied. shington shows he at o work to have Meredith 1d but for the proofs which The f Meredith's rlect of duty Suey Wan case wouid have succeeded verin was ilty of no exaggeration in sa ing al means a body blow to the C of the Pacific Mail Company Bl Is show that the number of Chinese arriv- ing and settiing in California increased from about 7 under the previous Custom-house ad- out 3500 under the Jackson and T ion. It is further to be noted Meredith 1ese aken from the control of Collector Port Jackson the Chinese importation business, was profitable to so many lawyers, len to a minimum. 1ce has been turned down and the Bureau t formerly T} e one for the P he Chinese passenger tra is of course a profit- cific Mail Company, ing is profitable to thase who just as opium carry it on. through their control of Bureau under his manage- ly smuggling Chinese into the For the sake of the money they could make by that i were willing to violate the law, swstain corrupt officials in office, possibly engage in bribing them either directly and to flood ( hordes of cheap laborers, high- binders, s and degraded smuggl Huntin n and Schw Merec and the Chir ment, were virtual United "States n, se the; or indirectly, women. Petty smugglers when convicted are sent to prison, and doubt n were on a jury he would have no hesitation in pronouncing a verdict of guilty upon any rascal proven hy good evidence to have been engaged in smuggling opium, but he has a dif- ferent opinion of the practice of importing Chinese it can be done under the sanction of a corrupt official. Even when such an official has-been con victed and removed Mr. Hunting in order t} senger. tra from office, Mr. Schwerin and hard to ve him reinstated continue his service to the pas- Pacific Mail Company % work at he n of the The Calt has now completed its exposure of this e.” Tt ‘has ed the wrong from the petty oi- fender in the ( Bureau to ‘the big offenders in the Pacific Mail office. It has disclc sed the tricks of the arch schemers who have been the prime movers in the whole shameful process. By the exposure The | Call has accomplished one more victory for the law and for th Huntington and Schwerin may s they shonld be, but theit game has time at least the’ Pacific Mail s by the wholesale impertation been blGeke will not earn divide of Chinese coolie: The Earl of Selborne is sanguine that -the Uni;cd States will show'as much common sense in the settle ment of the Samoan difficulty England. ' ‘His Lord-"} ship may place the utmost reliance in the fact that | America will have sense-enough to watch her Eng- | lish cousin very carefully during the adjustment of the affair. 5 The red-tape worms in the Navy Department at Wacshington have, according to the dispatches, worked up a worrysover Admiral Kautz's letter to a relative in Cincinnati. Why do they not provide the officers of the line with rubber stamps “Burn this let- ter,” and let it go at that? | ! The Rev. Dr. James Parker of London hopes God | will send the Sultan to'a climate considerably warnier than that of the equator.. It would not be difficult to | guess what the Sultan would ask God to do with Dr. | l’;nrken | The Russl;m Crar has given orders to exile thou- | sands of people from Finland because of a suspicion | that they are hostile to his Government. His Majesty | right bring peace to his own dominions bcforc he | attempts to mxgest peaco to the world. The country proved pass | Hawaii | executive, and he is free to act mdepcndent]y of any | the country became a part of our domain. ischooses to change it. | our analysis of the anne: . Blaine, but which has only four Congressmen, while | figures, into which much of our history is sugges- | recognition at Washington. lmaze object that has been proposed and enforced in LABOR IN HAWa@AIL EADERS of The ample notice of tion of Hawaii' in Call have not forgotten our what would follow annexa- regard to the labor situation. ve in the mafter and an- nexation was accomplished, with the assurance that of the joint resolution which effected it | | amply covered the coolie contract labor issue’ with aE complete prohibition. B Sin ation there is no change in the govern- | ment of the is The Dole constitution is in force | there as the fundamental law, and it is administered by the Dole gov s before. The 1 cted to pass any law fixing a form of and there is no civil relation between Government except through the R annex ands. ‘nment precise Congress government, and this constitutional restriction. Ever since annexation a stream of Asiatic coolie lzborers has beén pouring into the islands, under con- tract and penal restriction, just as they were before | | success. The latest news is that President Dole has been | ed from Washington that the annexation reso- Iution de affect the Hawaiian labor system, which in force and effect until Congress This is just what The Call said annexation, and justifies to the letter ation resolution. Those who denied our conclusion are invited to study the out- come and be wise. . i We are not just now discussing the effect upon white labor and wages at home of penal contract coolie la- bor and wages in the islands, with the most of its product admitted free of duty to our domestic markets ' in competition with the same product raised here by white The future must develop the effect upon labor and its employers here. Thousands of coolies lizve entered undér contract since annexa- tion, and thousands more will follow before Congress | passes any restrictive measure, if, indeed, it will con- sider such action necessary at all. What is of espe- ial interest in the situation just now is the renewal of the same old ambush behind which the designs of Dole were hidden before annexation. This now takes the ferm of a declaration that the proprietors on the islands have a policy for the future, which means “a | gradual reduction of contract Asiatic labor and a cor- ng-introduction of free American labor into | noti | P! | | | rem would follow labor. Hawaii Tespor the cane fields. The delay in the application of American laws will enable the planters to ldn~)l American labor rules by degrees. Colonel Wh project of bringing in American labor will receive early attention. There probably will be a company known as the American labor supply company, | backed by the plantations’ agencies.” | It v be seen that the old lure is set and the old | trap is baited. When Congress meets the argument will be plausibly made that the application of our | labor laws should be delayed to give the gradual as- | similation a chance, and Coloriel Whyte's company | will play its part in the scheme. Mea e more coolies than ever are in the islands and the number will be increased until there is a supply on hand to last for a term of yvears. Con- gress will be well lobbied on the matter and the pres- will continue White men from this country cane fields of Hav where in the sugar of the temperate rite labor. labor, and Ha labor and the The same ent situat indefinitely. cannot labor in the ii. Cane sugar is not raised any- white labor. Beet sugar, the 1e, is raised everywhere by | is between free and ser ii has so far won against free white | American wage scale. s over Califo ve paid their tropics by v The issue ag flo: a and Hawaii. | are of Dole’s debts out The Hawaiian sugar | planter is permitted to have all the Californians of the United States treasury. Asiatic coolie labor held to invi tude under t. The California sugar | planter is forbidden by law to employ contract labor | and pays three times as much wages as the Hawaiian | planter. How will they maintain themselves under such a system of unequal cific Coast have strongly /\/\ + West next House he wants, at 50 cents a ¢ luntary servi- The issve it with our people. long government? THE SPEAKERSHIP. OST of the influential newspapers of the Pa- urged the election of 1 Congressman as Speaker of the of Representatives. fere however, will not accomplish that resul be prelimina date or one of the the prize. In politic nor right to draw opinions, | There must nization and selection of a candi tern States will probably ‘win org a contest for the Speakership it would be neither | The first There is no | ion in any branch of the Federal Government. An unusual combination of general | krowledge of public affairs, familiarity with parlia- aw and with the specific rules of the House, | cool judgment and executive force, m“ o large a body of men and to the the public sectional lines. point to be considered is qualification. more exacting pos: menti Y is essential the government of | prompt and successful management of | business Undoubtedly the right man can be found among | the Western R\mucnun ves, and every consideration | of expediency and of justice demands that he should | be selected. Since the foundation of the Government fourteen “States have supplied the entire fist of Speak- and in the following proportions: Pennsyl- vania 4. Conneeticut 1. New Jersey 2, Massachusetts 4, North Carolina 1, Kentucky 6 (Henry Clay hav- ing thrice elected), South Carolina 2, New | York 2, Virginia 4, Tennessee 2, Indiana 3, Georgia | 2, Maine 3 and Ohio 1. It s appears that of the whole number of pre- siding officers in the lower houase of Conyrc:s sixteen came from the Eastern States, eleven from the South- ern States and ten from the Middle States. The ers been West has never had a representative in that exalted ation. According to the existing geography of the Union there are nine Eastern States, with 97 representatives; ight Middle States. with 115; fourteen Southern States, with 101, :and fourteen Western States, with | 41. Thomas B. Reed, twice elected Speaker, who has displayed grmfl ability in the discharge of his dutics.J came from Maine, which . also furnished James G. | California has seven. Upon this array of facts and tively compressed, it is certainly not sectional to claim that the successor of Mr. Reed should be some | gentleman of unexceptionable character and qualifi~| cations frem the West. The States lying to the west of the Missouri River have been greatly neglected by the Federal Government. This State, which has poured untold wealth into the Union, and, in propor- tion to its population, has contributed enormously to the ordinary and to the extraordinary expenses of the Government, has waited nearly half a century for just It is time that the in- fluence of the Western States should be effectively exerted to secure their _share of legislative and admin- istrative power and honor, But the only method of accomplishing the legiti- | wi | other. had it prosecuted the decision to a final determination ! when 8000 tons, $3 {try and trade? |1t bas just given it to Head in the neck. SO many quarters is by organization and by concen- tration.. The Republican Representatives of the Western States must unite upon a candidate of their cwn and repress competition among themselves. There is ample time before the next Congress meets for them to agree upon a selection. With a single name to present, unanimously supported, indorsed by the press, and with all the collateral influences that can be employed, there would be a fair prospect of The effort itself would be a manifestation of power and would command attention. The trend of comnierce, trade and population toward the Pacific | tuo palpable and too rapid to be disregarded. IS THERE @ NEW COMBINE ? T is to be regretted that the:appeal:from Judge Seawell's decision in the gas contract case has | been dismissed. Of course there was no necessity | l of prosecuting the litigation further, since the Mutual Electric Light Company has accomplished its pur- pose in annulling the gas contract and in securing | permission to erect poles outside the fire limits, but | the principle involved in that decision was one which should have been passed upon by the Supreme Court in order that competition in furnishing light to the people of San Francisco might have been firmly es- | | it 0*0*0*@*e*@*o*o*@*@*o*_@w*o*@*e*@w*@*e*@*@*@*@*e*wé*a . EDITORIAL H % OO Some casual consideration is due to the circumstance that the recent police raids upon the gambling dens of the | city were made a few davs after Po- lice Commissioner Gunst left town, and | not' a few days before, Whether due to the chance that governs coincidences or to sagacity on the part of the police officers matters little; the chief thing to note is the advantage we derive from | At present we have the satisfac- | tion of knowing that Mose “has went.” while an earlier raid on gambling rooms might have resulted in his de- tention. - . - The difference between the degrees of activity of the police before and after the departure of the Gunst Commissioner is so marked it may possibly be significant something. The absence of a Com- missioner may have as much effect . tablished and guaranteed for the future. Judge S proposition indiy ell, in his ruling, laid down the broad that the constitution guarantees every | iual, company or corporation the privilege of | competing in the business of supplying the inhabi- | tants of cities with water and light. Indeed, he went | a little further, and declared that under the constitu- | tion the Board of Supervisors cannot prevent thisi competition by refusing to grant competing compa~§ | | 1 nies or individuals pole privileges and other rights to which they are entitled by implication of law. This an exceedingly broad and comprehensive view to take of the water and light question, yet it is one that is undoubtedly correct. | The dismissal of the appeal, however, will prevent | the incorporation of the principle into the law of the | State. Judge Seawell's decision may be ever so sound, | still it is not authority which other courts are bound | to respect. Until the Supreme Court passes upon a proposition and enacts it into law no respect is paid ! by the lawyers to it in their contentions with each | We do not complain because the Mutual Electric Tight Company has dismissed this appeal, for even in the Supreme Court, succeeded .in it would probably not have establishing anything. The latter tribupal will: not decide caseg which do not involve genuine » the granting a pole controversies, sc of | privilege by the Board of Supervisors and the annull- ment of the gas contract practically destroyed the con- tro urml features of the case. There is a suspicion in some quarters that the compe- tition introduced by the Mutual Company has hnmgh!] the old monopoly concern to terms, and that the ter- | mination of this litigation in this way is part of a eneral scheme of amalgamation and maintenance of | prices. We hope this rumor is untrue, since its reali- | COMMERCIAL EXPANSION. zation means simply a repetition of ancient history. VATOR FRYE is not alw a safe guide to but he understands lhnmughl. the in- S dustrial and commercial interests of the coun- and when he speaks on such subjects his words are weli worth the attention of all. the banquet given in New York in his honor last | Wednesday evening is an illustration of both the de- fects and the excellences of his statecraft. Marred here and there by uniriendly reference to Germany, and by a tone of jingo imperialism with respect to the Philippines, it was, nevertheless. a notably strong | rgument for governmental aid toward that commer- | E follow, His address at cial expansion which 1s so necessary to our welfare. | Aiter pointing out the wonderful development of the industries of the United States and the increasing intensity of the commercial war among civilized na- tions, he directed attention to the fact that Germany is likely to be our keenest rival for trade, that her wage rate is less than half of ours, and that to compete with her we must devise some me of enabling our commerce meet that competition We cannot reduce wages, nor would it be desirable to do so if we could, but we can im- prove our transportation system so as to enable our merchants to deliver goods in foreign cheaply | The Senator’s argument on that point is interest- | ing. As freight ships increase ir carrying capacity | the cost of transportation decreases. When the largest freighter across the Atlantic was 3000 tons the freight rate was S8 350 a ton; when 6000 tons, $6 a ton; 0 a ton, and when 10,000 tons, | $2 50 a ton. So that to lower freight rates we have | enly to provide for the upbuilding of a large mer- | chant marine, composed of ships of the first class. Continuing that line of argument, the Senator went on to say: ““We should carry in our own ships and | under our own flag all of our imports and exports. | We should pay to our people the $100,000 a day now p e ans to without Joss. markets as as any other people. we We should make of the offi- cers of those ships active, intelligent and interested agents for the discovery of new markets and the pro- | motion of our trade. Suppose to accomplish it should cost us $10,000,000 annually, would there 10t be ample compensation? Great Britain, Germany and France will not surrender their carrying trade without a de- | termined conflict, which alone will reduce freight | rates 23 per cent.” Aiter an able exposition of the advantages sure to | result from the opening of the Nicaragua canal and of the growing importance of the trade of the Orient, the Senator went on to point out that in the strug- | gle for that trade we should have an advantage over | all European competitors by reason of the fact that those markets are nearer to our Pacific Coast than to any European country. We have, therefore, only | to pravide an adequate merchant marine to assure a rich commercial development. - Such being the case, the people may well ask the Senator why waste money, energy and blood in a foolish adventure of imperial expansion when so much more of profit and honor ‘can be gained by the peaceful ways of indus- v to foreigners. v e w— It is lucky for Dr. Parker of the City Temple, Lon- don, that hé isn't living in the middle ages to say things uncomplimentary of his prince. “A cheap and | chippy chopper on a big, black block” would settle his case. It is said that ex-Senator Warner Miller wants to buy Dan Burns’ Mexican silver mine. If the ex- Senator is in the purchasing line he might inspect at | Sacramento a gold brick which Burns sold to Cali- fornia. Admiral Kautz says that the young King of Samoa robes himself in a French admiral's cocked hat. His Samoan® Majesty might at least add a smile to his raiment. The School Board is nothing if not paradoxical. ! muneculi would sign. | out will greatly ! names. | that period. | over | battle ery, | probably |on a torpid police force as the pres- | ence of a pill on a torpid liver. It would be worth while to make a further ex- periment in the matter. Perhaps if Commissioner Tobin were given a leave of absence beyond the limits of the State there might be raids on some other things as well as on gambling rooms. At any rate, no harm would be done were the Supervisors to recom- mend the Commissioner as a proper person to succeed General Smith as superintendent of police in the Ladros | Islands. PR By this time it is probable the legis- lators of the recent session have re- | covered sufficiently from the surprise caused by the suddenness with which | the signature law dropped into innocu- ous desuetude to be in fit condition to receive suggestions. It is timely therefore to direct their attention to the well-known fact that the hope of’ reward is a much more potent Incen- tive to action than the fear of punish- ment. If they wish to obtain the sig- natory scalps of newspaper men they should offer a bounty for signatures | equal at least to that offered at one There can be time for coyote scalps. little doubt of the success of such a law. Under its operation would be signed. Journalists would come in from Arizona and Nevada to Citizen,”” ‘‘Veri- “0Old Subscriber, “Alas, Poor Yorick" and all the anony- Even Gage, were the bounty made equivalent to the value of a sheep, would cheerfully sign good bills, as well as bad ones, and thus do something to redeem his maladmin< istration. Let the next signature law be a bounty bill. . The more the proposed panhandle ex- tension is considered the more general will be the approval given it. It has indisputable merit, and when enhance the beauty and charm of the ¢ Only, all that worth naming, called something other dle.” If the grand avenue of approach is to be known as a panhandle, the pl»acurn ground itself should be dubbed Skillet Park,” or “Pot Walloper | Let us have harmony of | A noble highway to a Golden Gate Park should be itself perked up with a glittering title and wear a golden name. let it be W n.\ds SN the Egyptolo- again.” Some learned friends, have “got ‘em Our| gists, | time ago, in exploring an ancient tomb of the time of the Thothmes dynasty, | they discovered certain hieroglyphics which, all the experts agree, represent the war cry of the Egyptian armies of The intoxication the discovery soon turned, how- ever, into the delirium tremens of rage by reason of differences of opinion as to the meaning of the cr; Some au- thorities assert the inscription is “Hoo. Ra’ and as “Hoo" is an exclamation ot devotion, while “Ra” is a word used impartially for God, King or country, they insist the old Egyptian battle cry was a loyal, patriotic and religious | | shout, “For God, King and Native- land.” Other authorities say the hiers ‘phics mean “Hu-Roo,” which would make a very different kind of for those words signify nothing of patriotism or religion; their | cquivalent in our language being “On to plunder.” . ‘While Egyptologists, intoxicated with the spirit of their own learning and made delirious by disputation among themselves, so that they now see snakes | in one another's boots, may regard the difference between their translation as a matter of vital importance to the welfare of the world, those of us who | are more sedate and never have intoxi- cations of any kind can see in the issue nothing whatever to fight about. It is rather interesting to learn that the “hurrah” cry was used in Egypt bes fore the days of Joseph, and therefore | is not, as we supposed, an American- ism bursting forth spontaneously on the Fourth of July, 1776; but there will be little attention given to the dispute | as to its meaning. It is probable both | | translations are right. There have been very few armies of invasion since the world began that did not shout with an equal fervor “Hoo-Ra—For God ana Country.” and “Hu-Roo—On to Plun- der.” It's a way they have in the army. If, however, there be a distinction be- tween the two, further research will disclose that the ancient Egyptians shouted “Hoo-Ra” in mili- tary campaigns when they went forth to die, and “Hu-Roo"” in their political campaigns, when they were out for the offices. A e Y The liveliest episode of the week just- | ifies the following telegraphic corre- spondence: President Jordan of Stanford to Cap- tain Coghlan of the Raleigh: “Con- gratulations on your arrival at home; but you talk too much—take a univer- | sity course.” | Captain Coghlan to President Jordan: “Thanks for your greeting; but you talk when you don't know—go to sea for a year.” Kaiser Willlam of Germany to Wil- | liam McKinley, President of the United States: “Shoot that American Irish- man of your navy who has been shoot- ing his mouth at me or I'll run your nation through a slaughter house and embalm it in a beef can.” William McKinley to William the Kaiser: “Go slow. Remember your letter to Oom Paul. You are something of an ‘aufluss weinflaune' talker your- self. BiRie . From all reports that have come to us it appears the friction between the two squadrons in Manila Bay was due BY JOHN McNAUGHT. £OXOROHOROROUOXOXOXOXOXOX of | everything | carried | in the name of | than “panhan- | of joy | VARIATIONS. QororOrORDR mainly to German ignorance of naval etiquette. The German navy is but a parvenu institution of ‘mushroom Hzrn\\th and its officers have not yet learned the rules. Such at any rate is | the judgment of the British officers who were in the port during the time of the controve It is stated that when a German craiser entered Manila Bay, and without paying any attention,to Dewey’s blockading fleet, proceeded” to hnk out an anchorage to suit herself, | she was brought to a sense of the situ- ation by a shot from the Olympia. Captain Chichester of the British nay. observing that things were going ! wrong, went aboard the Olympia to ex- plain, and in doing so he is reported to | have said to Dewey. “You see, sir, the Germans have no sea manners.” That is probably a correct explanation of the seemingly intentional offen All the same, it is natural the Americans were offended. There is nothing move irri- tating to a polite naval officer than a breach of naval etiquette. PR lords of the Southern Pacific spread in | honor of him who incarnates their mo- “nnnoly and provides them with salar- | somme was served a la Lucullus in the dish, and in three languages on the three different faiths were set up like bouquets, to give grace to the revelry, things at the banquet, the speech was | heard it; but to the outer world, served | cold next morning without any of the | accessori ing. Of course It was a great speech. The little things, nor indulge in minor ora- | tory. Its course through the records of the State cannot be traced by frag- | ments of 25-cent rhetoric. really little thing it ever did was to perpetrate a Gage on the common- wealth, but that is so diminutive it doesn’t count, and will soon be forgot- ten, The speech was of the kind that | carries with it the conviction that while | | the railroad man of our time may be a development by natural evolution from | the highwayman of the days when there were no railroads, yet he has a | | philanthropic heart and yearns to { | grasp all humanity to his breast and | take the whole world in. The dominant sentiment, that which gave the tone of the whole in one clear | sound, is to be found in this sentence: | “In our treatment of othe if we have reached the higher plane | let us not fail to recollect we owe a duty to those toiling who are mounting as painfully and slowly as we did the steps that we have trod.” The higher plane! The plane on | which was spread that feast at which American chicken was served under a French form in the name of a Roman Consul—the plane of accumulated wealth and dinners at abo—* $20 a plate. Is it any wonder that Rev. Horatlo Stebbins, looking into the higher plane faces, should haye said: When I.look | up and down this board I notice the | different vocations represented here and I feel a little conceit of personal advantage as I think how you would feel if you had to write a sermon.” £ 5% fortunately ourselves, that | ones, Now “Man With the Hoe™ have about died away, it will be well for Mr. Markham to consider whether he might not writa a companion piece to show the other | side of the human animal—the other }fm'm of degradation wrought by en- | vironment. A picture to serve him as | a theme is ready at his hand. Not long | ago there was exhibited in England a | painting that became the sensation of | the year. It was called “Fhe Man With the Muck Rake,” and the idea was | | taken from the description of the per- | sonage bearing that title in “Pilgrim’s | Progress.” It was a picture of the !mnral ruin wrought in an essentially ‘mrble nature, not by the burden of | labor and poverty, but. by devotion to wealth. To produce a poem on such a theme Mr. Markham need alter but lit- +tle what he has written of the “Man | With the Hoe.” Something like this would serve: THE MAN WITH THE MUCK RAKE. | Bent with the eagerness of greed, he leans TUpon his rake, and gazing at the muck | Whera lie the riches and the refuse of the { earth, Te deems that mass of rottenness to be The highest plane of all felicity. Who made him dead to rapture and de- spair, | A thing that grieves not and that never | hopes: Glutted yet greedy, a brother to the hog? Who loosened and let down this brutal jaw? ‘Who- starved this soul, this paunch? Whose breath blew out the light within this brain? while fattening | What gulfs between him and the Ser- aphim! Slave of the wheel of Mammon, what to him . | | Are Plato and the swlnz of Pleiades? | O workers, lords of ballot and of pen, The makers and the masters of the world, Custodians of the gospel and the law: Is this the handiwork you give to God, This monstrous thing, distorted and soul- quenched? ‘How will you ever straighten up this | shape, | Give back the upward looking and the light? How will it be on that not distant day ‘\\ hen he hath raked the whole globe bare | And finds no more to feed his maw withal? . fe e The ease with which Mr. Markham’s | “Man With the Hoe” can be made to serve as “The Man With the Muck Rake,” by simply changing the title {and one or two lines, is a proof that from a poetical standpoint there is but little difference between humanity on the highest material plane and that on the. lowest material plane. “Time's | tragedy” is about as apparent in the | sordid thought of the plutocrat as in the “aching stoop” of the ditch dig- ger. To the one no more than to the other is there anything in “the long . reaches of the peaks of song, the rift of dawn, the reddening of the ros Dr. Stebbins is right—the only people who have a right to be conceited are thosé who can preach sermons—and Mr. Huntington can do that Supreme Justices Return. The April session of the Supreme Court, which was held at Los Angeles, has ad- journed and the Justices have feturned to San Francisco. Among those to arrive yener%ay were Chief Justice Beatty, Jus- em; tices ple_and Harrison and Suoreme Court Clerk Root. . At the great feast which the lesser |/ | ies; the feast at which the chicken con- | | menu; and at which three preachers of | | Mr. Huntington made a speech. Served | with wine and oil-and other palatable | no doubt easily digestible by those who | s, it was not altogether pleas- { Southern Pacific Company does not do | The- only | that the reverberations of the | AROUND THE . CORRIDORS W. R. Townsend of Los Angeles is at the Occidental. E. 0. Merritt of Santa at the Californi: T. C. White, a Fresno banker, is regis- tered at the Lick: of Yreka, B. es is ome of | Brownlow { the arrivals at the Cc ntal. | €. K. Lipman. manaser of a large paint concern in is istered at the Grand with hi f Charl Lippine opriet of _ the large publishing ho Philadelphia, is at the F ace ted by his wife. | perior Judge F. H, | ,» Ohio, is a guest a to inspect his mining | rte. Alden Anderson, As- | -sembly, is in town. s'one | of the st Sojano County ime dov, f S n to | make arrangements for t (s vh Helelnhe been high agent Hawaii for the ! at the Cal of i1 The engi ent is announced Shea, Anr of Mr | James Shea of 1325 n Gate son of Mr. and N rrell street | the recent ¢ f Fichard ¢ | the prospective groom’s brot ding will be celebrated very :n fixed for the c Angeles is the t by acon of Ll.\‘ | ship at Q,ur'xmfmu last winter and | one of the few men rhat accurately i | strength of the Burns followir , who came up from San Di a few days since, has zone to Del | where h 1 remai til Gene Grant arrives here. The ex pected to arrive in San Fr h | way to Manila early in May. . e CALIFORNIANS IN REW YORK NEW YORK, ril —W. Mackie ¢ San Francisco the Holland; Ph C. Me of Fr i Savoy POKER PLAYERS IN COURT All the Cases of the Men Arrested oc Mon iay Were Contmued The c of the poke S r Monday night were called in the partments of the Police courts they had been assigned ing. The same routine | in each court, but with different res | The Metropole cases were « Judge Conlan’s court, and Attorney Roth child hurrer to the com t { Which afte ment the Juds ruled. It was then by continue thi s until N will he set fai | “Tn Judge Grabiam's court the | rested in the P a | murrer was i | plaint, which was premptly o the Judge, and the cas: on Thursday afternoon | In Judge Mo, of the mer guments w day. The Judg - Ters were OVerr - fendants would nd the c: be set fo ST The Grand Dictator’s Deputies. Grand = Dictator. - Archibaid of wthe Knights of Hl’mm has appointed the fol- strict m puties Rau for l¢ r Jodges 1841, 2 A. Callender for. lod " printed proceedings of the recent dge, which was ued d {my the current week. e | | Eloped From St. Louis. n red in Judge to answer a ct of cruelty to children. The case was « missed, but she was sentenced to twer four hours for being drunk. It cam in court that she is a widow ¥ children and eloped from St. Chris Loser, a machinist and man. The couple have been liv room at 517 Howard street. The twc dren will probably be sent to a publ stitution. — o — Cal. glace fruit 50c per Ib at Townsend's.* B e e Special information supplied dally to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's). 510 Mon| gomery street. Telephone Main 1042, Ups and Downs. About the time an clevator boy gets @ Hitle way up in the world some sure to call him down.—Chicago New —————— Rock Island Route Excursions. 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