The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 21, 1899, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1899 = JULY 21, | | RECKELS, Proprietor. LEAKE, Manager. JOHN D. SPI Address All Communications to W. S, PUBLICATION OFFICE Market and Third Sts., 8. F Telephone Main 1568. EDITORIAL ROOMS 2IT to 221 Stevenson Street | i Telephone Main 1874, | DELIVERED BY CARR €, 15 CENTS PER WEPK. Single Coples, B cents. Terms by Mail, Including Postage: DATLY CALL (inciuding Sunday Call), 1 Call), Call), 3 months | | | | | OAKLAND OFFICE C. GEORGE KROGNESS, 7 Manager Forcign Advertising, Marquette Building, Chicago. ENT ..Herald Square | NEW YORK €. C. CARLTON NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: PERRY LUKENS JR 29 Tribune Bullding | CHICAGO NEWS STANDS. Sherman House; P. O. Great Northern Hotel; | Fremon: House; Auditord NEW YORK NEWS STANDS. Weldorf-Astoria Hotel; A. Brentano, 31 Union Square; Murray Hill Hotel. e Y WASHINGTON (. C.) OFFICE ..Wellington Hotel dJ. L. ENGLISH. Correspondent. CORRESPONDI m Hotel BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, open until 9:30 o'clock. 387 Hayes street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 639 McAllister street, open until 9:30 c'clock. 615 Larkin street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 1941 Mission street, open untll 10 o'clock. 2991 Market | street, corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 2518 | Mission street, open until 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh | street, open until 9 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty- | second and Kentucky strec's, open until 9 o'clock. | | AMUSEMENTS. fa—*The Dancing Girl —Vaudeville, Beard.” Theater—Vaudeville every atternoon -r Mason and Ellls streets—Specialties. | rama Co., Market street, near Eighth—Bat- | P, Interstate tle of Manila Ba Su Mec o Baths—Swimming Races, etc. anics’ Pav —Cake Walkers Coursing Park—Ce sfon to Santa Cruz to-night. ursing To-morro! unday, July AUCTION SALES. erday, in p tatious connection ¥ th low par a column of t Demgcratic situ: type pre view of the resuscitated Chris Buckley would disabuse the pub- | ch y. Whether Rainey or the primary election, the fusion in the hands of a polluted boss, and surable 1ed himse , with 1 pretensions, by his prac ice, has per author, his designer , with in front 1 politics the fusion Democracy occupies In natior | yn that excites the derision of the America till the pet of the fusion | f free silver at s of the mon- , but the other lead: | are deter- | with few exceptions, The quarrel as hle and interesting, for | grel 1e pettiest rivalries among fusionists who atesmen, while it almost concedes the | certainty of Repu an success. The free silver ques- is dead, in Japan and in India, and impe- | 1 n ranks ! | ism will be cared for within the Republi 5t be used as a dividing line between the con But broad 2 aminer : ge typed crows of the E ery visible ind publican triumph, which ought rely from the logic of the situa- The Republican ed, not m but from common gratitude. Legis! making ‘“‘gross mistakes.” thoroughly vindicated Republican integrity. The Board of Supervisors, as it turned out, had no “solid seven” following the Democratic boodling prece- dénts, but defeated every scheme that had been pro- jected and systematized to plunder the municipality, held up the weak and shaking knees of Mayor Phelan and removed the inequalities in assessments for which the Democratic Assessor was responsible. There has been no year in the history of California when mon- tic tead of opoly, corruption and every form of treachery to the public interests have been so sternly and so effec- | tively rebuked, and {or this practical advancement | toward political reform the Republican party is clearly | entitled to the credit When the preparations already made for the muni- cipal campaign are considered, the prolonged brag of the E diluvian ass. . in the hands of an oligarchy, controlled by bosses, once repudiated and now held in an inextricable em- brace by the fusion organ. On the other hand, the | Republican corruptionists have been already beaten, and a primary election has been arranged in which thousands of the best men in San Francisco will par- ticipate. There is every reason to believe that tha Republican party will produce a2 municipal ticket no a man of whom would voluntarily place his nostrils where they would encounter the odor of the| FExaminer-Rainey-Buckley combination, even with the large-hatted Mayor Phelan skulking in the rear. This is not a Democratic but a Republican year. The Call does not believe that the magnificent oppor- tunity that fusion corruption has offered will be thrown away, and it does believe that the new char- ter will be safely inaugurated by a Republican admin- istration. aminer sounds like the bray of an ante- The local Democratic organization is L o e Forbearance is a virtue extensively practiced in the office of the Examinef. For instance, in an article telling of its efforts to overcoat Oregon Volunteers, whether or no, its modesty was so excessive as to prevent it mentioning its own name more than sixty- nine times. This is a remarkable record even for the remarkable Examiner. L e The present decade has witnessed the introduction of horseless carriages, smokeless powder, painless bullets and senseless generals, but it remained for the Examiner to spring costless charity. : | off | support in the Philippine campaign. | declaration; has any representative of | tration even suggested the permanent retention of the | gambling speculators, the thirsty aspirants for mili- | country has rested upon a succession of assumptions, | { sumptions that produced it, severe criticism i pinos as | to cauterize | SENATOR PLATT'S M@ENIFESTO. | S The Call has repeatedly proved, up to this‘ A date the administration in its relation to the\ Philippine situation has required no dc.fenderi. So long as military and naval operations against the Filipinos are being conducted it is the duty of the its proper departments, and President, who virtute to furnish men and sup- Government, through under the control s commander in chiei, plies and to exercise its usual functions for the sup- But these matters the port of the army and of the navy. e of routine involve no extraordinary proceedings and are so completely within the range of stereotyped officialism as, without any deficiency in average ca- | pacity or in the knowledge oi details, to invite no riticism, nor even comment. The administration has not invited nor required any | 3ut the pro- moters of imperialism, among whom Senator Platt | of New York is to be signally included, have per- | sisted in attributing to President McKinley and his | Gabinet a policy they have never announced, and in | volunteering a defense based upon imaginary propo- | sitions. Again and again The Call has attracted pub- | | lic attention to the fact that, in no official or personal | the adminis- | | Philippines, either as national territory or as 2 de- | pendency or colony. The entire argument of the tary glory and the intoxicated enthusiasts of the | | 1 of fallacies and of absurdities. | The manifesto of Senator Platt, therefore, published | in our local columns yesterday, was purely volun- teered. President McKinley needed no vindication at his hands, whether they be clean or unclean. There has been no factious censure of the military opera- tions in the Philippines except from the hysterical press, filled with the virus of fusion. There is no re- | lation between the New York Senator and the Gov- | enment that authorized him to pose as an attorney in | fact or an attorney at law. His “defense” is without | authority and merely presumptuous. On the merits of the manifesto, apart from the as- pOs- sible. The central objection is that Senator Platt de- signedly intermixes the military and political situa- tions, and undertakes to make a specious argument, | wholly disconnected from the Government itseli, in avor of Asiatic expansion. He designates the Fili- ” 1f they are in this attitude toward the United States what was the attitude of the makers of this republic toward King George? He attempts 1e opponents of a revolutionary theory le ng aid and comfort to the Fili- in the unconstitutional attempt, rters, to prevent the clear and opinion by “rebel whi 1ve: st, he attributes to the ad- 1 ministration, a 1 he u pinos, ar developed in other ¢ honest expression of individuals and by the press. He assumes that the nature and the fea- tures of this Government are unknown to the pinos, and that they have been led to believe that ths political and the constitutional discussion of the Phil- ippine question in the United States would operate as n obstruction to military and naval movements in Asia. It is 1 thus vituperatively velous that an American Senator should the constitution his ssail of have underestin t ments, have shown that they comprehend the distinc- tion between 1 y and political questions and the and the detailed organization of our Govern- ment better than the learned and experienced Sena- tor from New York. There has been no document published that more perfectly illustrates the necessity for stern and uncompromising adherence to the prin- ciples and to the practice of our republican system. LJ will this year approach nearer the accompli ment of a comprehensive exhibit of all the in- | dustries of California than has been attained in any previous year, and consequently will be of more value both to the visitors and to the exhibitors. The di- rectors are making earnest efforts to bring about such a result, and the prospects are their work be | crowned with success. It is desirable that every county in the State should | have a good exhibit. The people of all the counties | ted the intelligence and the educa- | o ion of the Filipino leaders, who, in many docu- | theory THE STATE FAIR. NLESS all signs are deceptive, the State Fair | will are taxed to provide the appropriation for the fair, and therefore all of them should take advantage of it | to make their resources and their industries known | throughout the commonwealth. Certainly they will | Lave only themselves to blame if they do not, for a | special appeal has been made to them to profit by the exceptional advantages provided for such exhibits this | year. The opportunity ought not to be overlooked by the | manufacturers and the merchants of San Francisco. The fair will be attended by thousands from all parts of the State and from most of the | States and Territories of the coast. Whatever is ex- | hibited at the fair in a striking and attractive way will | fix the attention of visitors and lead many of thcmi to give due consideration to its value. ‘In that way there will be gained for the products of the city a large | patronage now given to Eastern goods solely because ; the articles of home manufacture are not generally | known. The fair ought to be made this year something like | a dress rehearsal of the exhibit Californians are to provide at Paris next year, and the directors have given ample evidence of an intention to make it so. | The inducements they have offered to all counties and all forms of industry are notably attractive. The pro- gressive counties will of course take full advantage of them, and San Francisco should be among those that do so. When the fair is open and the thousands of visitors are thronging its halls and its grounds it will be absurd if the exhibit of the metropolitan ounty is eclipsed by that from any other in the com- monwealth or from any other part of the coast. B — THE EASTERN VIEW OF IT. O sion concerning the condition and the pros- pects of the wine industry in California is the amount of interest displayed in it by the East. The issue is watched in that part of the Union with no little attention, and has been extensively cdmmented on by many of the more influential papers in the | larger cities. A short time ago we called attention to a review of the subject by a correspondent of the New York Times, who maintained that the depression is due solely to the faults of those engaged in the wine in- dustry. As a proof of the correctness of his view the writer stated that the wine industry in the East is in a flourishing condition, and that while the output | amounts to hardly more than one-fifth of that of California, it yields more money. of visitors | E of the satisfactory features of the discus- | perhaps the safer plan will be not to adopt any | merits until the E: the Milwaukee Wisconsin. That journal maintains that more California wine would be consumed and better profits would be made by the producers if the dealers did not undertake to derive such a huge profit. It says that while the producer in California receives as low as 10 cents a gallon for his wine, the consumer in ‘the East is required to pay from 30 ‘cents to $1 a bottle for it. Summing up the issue the Wisconsin says: “Cali- fornia is now making wine that compares favorably with many of the wines that are made abroad; in- deed, it is probably true that thousands of gallons of California wine are annually consumed from bottles and casks bearing foreign labels. All that is neces- sary to stimulate the wine business of the State is to convince wine consumers that the domestic product is as good if not better than many foreign wines. The purchases of California wine would then increase; and if the wine dealers would sell to consumers at a fair business profit the volume of their business would be rapidly augmented.” While these Eastern comments may not be of any assistance to California wine men in solving the problems of the trade, they serve to advertise our wine industry, and to show that Eastern sentiment is favorably inclined to our wines. It is clear, therefore, that our wine men have only to act with a fair degree of business sagacity to obtain a good market there. REGULATIONS FOR AUTOMOBILES. PETITION is now before the Supervisors f\ from a dairyman requesting permission to run a milk-wagon with a ‘gasoline motor. The question of rules and regulations for the coming automobile is therefore fairly before the authorities of San Francisco, as it has been for some time before those of the East. A rule of the Park Commissioners of Chicago for- bidding the use of automobiles in the parks or along the boulevards of that city was promptly declared in- valid by the courts, on the ground that the authorities had no right under the law to discriminate against such vehicles by name. ners, said the Judge, to enact and enforce regula- tions governing the use of any and all kinds of ve- hicles in the public pleasure-grounds, but they can- not forbid the use of an automobile any more than they can forbid the use of bicycles or ordinary car- riages. The issue is one which cannot be postponed. The automobile is coming into general use with much greater rapidity than most people suppose. In every large city the authorities arc considering how to ar- range rules for their use in such a way as to protect | ('8 §I1€ 200> WO the public from danger and at the same time safeguard the rights of the progressive people who desire to profit by the advantages of the new machine. The New York Tribune, in discussing the problem as it appears in that city, after pointing out that the number of automobiles in use is steadily increasing, and that they can now be seen everywhere on the streets and in the parks, says: “Without attempting to pass upon the merits of any particular plan, it may be said unhesitatingly- that some special rules for the regulation of the use of such vehicles would be en- tirely legitimate, and may well be necessary. To make such rules would not be to discriminate against them, but merely to recognize the fact that they are different from horse vehicles and must be treated differently.” Tt is to be borne in mind, moreover, that not only are automobiles different from other vehicles, but they differ widely from one another. One type of the ma- chine might be safely permitted, while another would be a cause of danger or a nuisance. What form of motor car the petitioning dairyman wishes to run through the streets as a milk-wagon we do not know. It may be harmless, or it may be objectionable. has served the purpose of bringing to our authorities the issue that is perplexing the East. The problem is not one to be solved without much consideration, and gen- eral rule at all, but deal with each machine on its t, with its greater experience, has given us better ideas of how to deal with them all. o m—— TRANSCONTINENTAL TELEPHONING. EPORTS from Denver are to the effect that the R people of that city will soon have the advantage of communication with New York by long- distance telephone. The authority for the report is d to be E. B. Field, manager of the Colorado | Telephone Company, who has just returned from the st, and who announces that after a full discussion of the feasibility of the project a favorable decision was reached and arrangements made for undertak- ing it. The westward movement and extension of long- distance telephoning will not stop at Denver. In fact, Mr. Field himself is quoted as saying the man- agers of the system have already cast their eyes upon Salt Lake City and San Francisco. It is worth noting that the Salt Lake Hgrald, in commenting upon the Denver reports, says the news “is of deep local in- terest at this time, from the fact that telephonic com- munication between Salt Lake and Denver is among the early probabilities, and lines are being constructed | now that will eventually form a part of this system.” The long-distance telephone now reaches as far west as Omaha. It is no longer an experiment. Its feasibility and its commercial value for communica- tion between widely separated points have been amply proven. The extension of the system across the con- tinent is a mere matter of money and enterprise. The managers are now considering the extension to Den- ver, and when once that has been accomplished a further extension to San Francisco.will be a natural and inevitable result. The westward progress of the enterprise will be watched on this coast with no little interest, and the arrival of the new line will be hailed with welcome. Modern ingenuity, profiting by the natural forces re- | vealed by science, has worked many things that would !mve appeared as miracles in-a former age, but noth- ing more wonderful has been accomplished than what is now promised in a telephone communication across the breadth of the continent. r. Fillmore of the Southern Pacific complains that he cannot get men to work in the country. Mr. Herrin of the Southern Pacific had the trouble of something the same kind, we believe, at Sacramento last winter. This independence of the citizen is really becoming most reprehensible. After a while, no df)ubt, men will even insist upon selecting their own kind of work. An Associated Press telegram contains the an- nouncement that there are three brands of Democ- racy in Kentucky. There's nothing new in that. Everybody knows them by heart—Bourbon, moon- shine and rye. E And so Colonel Harrison Gray Otis has concluded to buckle on his sword and pen and go hunting for the United States Senatorship. Now will the supes please bring out that patent, automatic, double- action Rubicon! The news comes that Secretary of War Alger has A somewhat similar view of the subject is taken by resigned. The country is. It is the duty of the Commis- | It | | | | profession on {ler will make his first appearan | NEW MAGDALEN AT THE ALCAZAR HE New Magdalen™” is certainly the most absurd mixture of pathos and melodrama, of tragedy and uninten- tional humor that ever gained and rewarded the interest of a theater- going public. Serious talk there was be- fore the rise of the curtain on Monday night of withdra g the play on Thurs- day and running “Camile” the rest of the week. With standing room well occupied and advance sales taking glant slrEJL‘S and running leaps to Sunday, the inten- tion becomes a dead issue. Verlly, who can feel the public pulse and prescribe the necessary dose? There is but one line in the play written for @ laugh, and yet many of the serious speeclies come up against such opposite uations that in- evitably they entuate in merriment. The mummers experienced a mild surprise and the audience complacently feels that it has rewarded a bid for a lu_ugh to ’the complete sdtisfaction of the bidder. 'Tis the ne plus ultra of the unexpected. Fancy a playwright giving a surgeon a long, feverish melodramatic speech to deliver while he performs a critical oper- ation upon the b n of a-woman nine- tenths along the road to Paradise apd making him when the bullet is extracted step to the foot of the couch and tell the audience and the ‘“‘Master of all good workmen”” _how proud he is of the job. The episode recalls little Jack Horner, who “put in his thumb and pulled out a ium and said ‘What a good boy am I!"” Mr. Webster outdoes the intentions of the author in demonstration and enthu- siasm, and we long to rush to the rescue of poor helpless Grace Roseberry, hl a roll of antiseptic gauze and an hour of quiet. Seldom is a worse part written | than the one of Grace Roseberry. How could such specches ever find | their way from the heart to the lips | of a woman of gentle birth? Miss Nan- | nery plays the part according to aer | light about as well as it deserves to be | played, but her light does not shine like | “a good deed In a naughty world,” and | Grace gropes on melodramatically to her | destiny. And yet in spite of absurdity we are interested to the end. | The part of Mercy Merrick has been | played by almost every emotional actress, | go0d and bad, since the days of Ada Cave, endish, who ‘created the role vears ag in London, but never have we seen it done in the quiet, earnest, thoughtful way of Miss Roberts, who makes us feel it is| right. She does not whine through four | acts in search of consolation and pity, | but, convinced that the common course of | things is in_favor of unhappiness, she | strikes for the one chance of redemption, | straightens a bend where she can and in | the end faces what scems the inevitable | with a single sob. The subdued tone of | the early acts gives the one great specch in the fourth an added value, and Roberts gives a climax here such as only the most intelligent sense of the true emo tional could dictate. Julian Gray is a unique figure of a clergyman, a right good | fellow, in fact. He is made to say in the | course of the dialogue: “I obtrude my no one” In sooth, how | could he when his first entrance, in the! solemn “cloth,” rushes him headiong to the wine bottle, with v aunt’s claret is Vive la France,” | And, let me tell you, this i upon § | mild when compared with the original, in | which Julian is given a half-page trophe to mirth, pleasure and the j the town. A ' medieval swashbuckler would not be given a jollier speech. It serves, however, to put us en rapport with the human side of his nature, and we follow him with comfortable assurance | that he will guide without preaching, and | love when he meets his fate with all the | ardor of his lay brethren, Mr. Whittlesey | gives an admirabie performance of the ! role, meeting Miss' Roberts' mood with | one ‘equally quiet and convincing. One of | the most_conspicuous virtues of this actor | is that he never overacts. Miss Howe | does excellent work as Lady Janet Roy, | a1l the years” of whose life “have been | asted in longing for something to love.” The other roles are creditably sustained by the members of the Alcazar stock | company, and the play, with all its incon gruities, has never a dull spot. Next week we shall with regret bid farewell to Mr. Morrison, who returns to play for the last time his 0ld beloved part of Faust. CHARLOTTE THOMPSON. Midweek Theatrical Notes. The seventh week of Henry Miller's en- gagement at the Columbia Theater will be inaugurated on Monday evening, when will be presented a superb revival of the | charming® romantic comedy, “Hearts- | Apos: S 0 ea Mr. Miller will again appear in the delightful role of the young composer, Cric Temple, while from among the mem- bers of the special company will appear Margaret Anglin, Charles Walcot, Mar- garet Dale, Louise Thorndyke Boucicault, Guy Standing, James Lindsay, Earle Brow k E. Lamb, Mrs. Thomas e, Fran Whiffen, C. Leslie Allen and others. It is nounced that immediately follow- ing the week of “‘Heartsease” Henry Mil- here as the me Dane, in a very elaborate stly revival of “Hamlet.” This star certainly capable of winning favor In | the greatest of the classics and his ap- | pearance in “Hamlet” will be pleasantly awaited. Next week will be the farewell week of Lewis Morrison at the Alcazar. Miss Florence Roberts will remain several weeks in a_repertoire of several standard emotional dramas. “Romeo and Juliet,” with Florence Rob- erts in the role of Juliet, will foliow “Faust” at the Alcazar. “The Lady of Lyons” will be an early date production at the Alcazar with Miss Roberts in the leading role. Never' before during the history of the | California Theater has that house done sees as it is now doing with the Frawley company on the boards. From the Thursday night that Miss Bates first opened in ‘“The Last Word” up to last night, when she ap- eared in “The Dancing Girl,”” not only as every seat been sold, but hundreds who have appeared at the box office have been forced to turn away disappointed simply because there was no place inside to put them. One of the greatest of the Tivoll's suc- cesses, the comic opera “Wang” has been selected for production for next week to mark the close of the twentieth season of the theater and the last appearances | at the house of the popular comedian, Ed- | win Stevens. The: opera is well known in this city, having been played at the Tiv- oli and also presented by De Wolf Hopper, the original Wang. Although Mr. Ste- vens has a long list of “hits” in his stage career none is greater than the one of the Regent of Slam, which he plays next week. One week from Monday the Tivoli will begin a season of grand opera in En-- glish, German and Ttalian, which will in- clude all the standard .operas and many which have never been rendered here. The cast will embrace the names of many famous lyric artists, notebly, Fraulein Ella_Prosnitz, Mary 'Link, Signor Aveda- no, Baron Berthold, Signor Sallasa, Wil- liam Martens, Vincenzb Fonerari, Willlam Schuster and Inez Dean. p “Olivette” has been played to large | houses all the week. Tt will be followed on Monday by “Faust,” elaborately staged and sung in English, i The Orpheum presents an unusually good bill this week. George Wilson, Min- nie Palmer, the Rixfords and Hayes and Litton are retained and new and clever people fill the places of those who are gone. The vaudeville performance at the Chutes is replete with bright things this week and a good bill is announced to follow. In the Zoo are to be seen the old man Kangaroo and other rare specimens of the animal kingdom. — —e——— Bunko Men Jubilant. John Reynolds, J. W. Simpson, B. Franklin and John Hall, bunko men, ar- rested May.24¢ by Policemen Chappelle and Cullinane for vagrancy, had thir cases dismissed by Judge Treadwell vesterday | o the ground that the complaints, which were drawn up by ex-Judge Joachimsen, ( were defective, inasmuch as they did not recite the whole subdivisions on which the charge was based. The cases of Frapklin and Hall, who were arrested Wednesday by Detectives Silvey and Egan, were also dismissed on, the ground that a similar charge was then pending against them. The cases of George Has- tings and William Martin, also arrested Wednesday by Silvey and Egan, were con- tinued till July 28. —_————— Cal.glace fruit 3% per ibat Townsend’s.® e Best eyeglasses. specs, 15 to 40 cts., 73 4th st. Sundays, 741 Mkt., stationery store.* S Ge a raty Specfal information supplied dally business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), m&un gomery street. Telephone Main 1042. to PPPOPOCOPOOPOOOOOOS COMMUNICATIONS ©0000000000000000 IMPERIALISM. By Daniel Gilbert. It is refreshing in these days of biind partisanism to find a journal of such wide influence and circulation as The Call ad- vocating the cause of truth and righteous- ness fearlessly. There is no doubt the time is near at hand when your position, so nobly taken, will be commended and accepted by all loyal Amerlcans regard- less of party name. I felt it my duty as an Abraham Lincoln Republican to write vou this open letter and encourage if pos- sible your patriotic work. Many utterances from pulpit and plat- form at this anniversary time of our na- tional independence must cause all can- did, liberty loving people to stop and re- flect as to their meaning. Is it possible L4 @ @ @ that we have been celebrating in spirit and in truth” our national birthday? the Declaration surely our words accord with Jt Independence, then we have been celebrating the day in th spirit as intended by “the father: strange to say, there are some who have been “set apart to preach the gospel of peace” who had no comforting words of the Lord and Master to offer, but instead breathing of ‘‘the sword and slaughter.” To be more explicit, @ body of minis- ters met in San Francisco on July 3, 1809, and proclaimed thémselves in favor of “bloody imperfalism”—one of the number going 'so far as to even applaud ‘‘our noble Californian, James Jeffries”; an- other member of the meeting said that “‘the Lord Jesus Christ is behind the bay- onet.” A prominent' member of society, not a church member, after ding the account of the meeting, said to the writer: “Can_you wonder the churches are growing lean and poor when such enunciations come from clergymen?”’ And then he sai ‘I could never be in- duced to join a church with a pastor who could preach such a damnable doetrine as these men profess to believe. Chri: nowhere taught such a doctrine as that The speaker was correct, for Christ no- where taught such .a doctrine as pro- claimed by this Monday meeting of min- isters. There is a terrible responsibility resting upon men who are supposed to proclaim the gospel of Christ. On Sunday, July 2, many pulpits took up “Expansfon and Imperialism,” scme o them in strong terms favoring the idea. One speaker is reported to have said, “America is destined ere long to rule the world; God speed the day,” etc. On the Fourth of July some orators up- held extreme views of imperialism even to_extended conquests in Asia, etc. Can it be that we are living In the land £ \Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln Can it be that we as a people have for- gotten and desire to forever forget the Beclaration of Independence? (As_one imperialist sald on the Fourth of July, “It is a musty old document and shouid be placed on the retired list.”) ®4n it be that we are ready to trample the Bible under foot and try to blot out Christ and his teachings? 1 do not believe it. [ believe that when the heat of an unholy and unpatriotic impulse has spent itself ‘the great majority”” will see the dangers of such a course and reason and right will assert sway. I cannot believe that the masses have gone crazy and are ready to fight for conquest and power. No! na! it cannot be. This is—this must be liberty loving America, the land of the free the home of the brave, in that we desire the happiness, freedom and well being of other peoples—those who ask for and are | able to sustain a free government of their | ow derlous importance: Do you expect to carry the sword in one hand and the Bible in the other and convert a people to Christ? With homes burned, a land de- vastated, thousands of fathers and sons slain, can that appeal to the living Fili- | pino ‘that we are a humane and Christian people and that through us they can find elp and salvation worth having? Would it not be cruel mockery in the ears of a people to listen to missionaries from such a nation? “Stop and think on thesc things.” HOLES —————— IN EXAMINER OVER- COATS. The Examiner has gushed over on the subject of overcoats for the Oregon sol- diers,and is acting about as nonsen: as the authority that puts soldiers into such a camp. There is lots of space in California where the overcoat would not flourish.—Willows Journal. D — THE JOURNAL'S WAR NEWS. James Creelman is telegraphing from London the latest Philippine news and doing it quite as correctly and quite a impressively as he ever did from Ma nila. In fact, if it were not for the | bluff of the thing, there is no reason why he might not indite all his dis- patches from the top floor of the Journal building in New York.—Fresno Repub- lican. 1t | nd | To the churches comes the question of squabble | IS CORQNER HILL SUPERIOR TO THE LAW? ORONER HILL and the laws mada for his guidance do not seem to hitch. He has his own free and easy ideas concerning the conduct of affairs at the Morgue. Strange as it may appear, the statutes in such case made and provided do not seem to conform to these idea: So much the worse for the statute: ‘When that mountain of flesh—Hill, rath- er—plants his brogans on a poor statute, God help it! It's all day with it. It becomes a dead letter, indeed, and, as such, a fit subject for the Corone: Time and again within a very short pe- riod has Coroner Hill shown a reckless disregard for the laws enacted for the government of his office. This was be- lieved at first by those that knew him to be due to native ignorance or carelessness at the worst. His acquaintances have had another gu and they guess that he had—well, reason His most recent actions cannot be ex- i plained else. Take, for instance, the case of Florence She. was und dead in her bed ay morning last. One of Hill's deputies, Gately, was informed by Dr. Levison, the Parker family physician, that the girl had committed suicide. The law provides what shall be done in such a case. It reads: ‘‘Whenever any Coroner shall receive notice that any per- has committed sui- ddenly, or has been found dead under such circumstances as to require an inquisition, it shall be his duty to go to the place where such per- son shall be * * * and shall forthwith summon_* * * jurors to appear before him forthwith and make inquisition con- cerning such death.” Of course, for his own_purposes, Coro- ner Hill contends that Florence Parker | did not commit suicide; but he certainly will not contradict the statement that she | died suddenl Taken for granted ib testimony of all parties concerned th she died suddenly and not insisting that she committed suicide, what was Coroner Hill's duty under the circumstances? The law provided it. It said he must go to the place of death, summon jurors and begin an inquisition into all the cfr- cumstances attending such death. Did Coroner Hill obey this law in the . of Florence Parker, who, whether committed suicide or died suddenly, was a subject_for inquisition? : Not much. He disregarded the law in letter and in spirit. He went to the place, but he summoned no jurors and he began no_inquisition. He L\ld one thing, however, and, like several other things he has done, it w. bsolutely illegal. He called in a physi- cian and caused him to perform an au- | topsy. Iln)LhN Coroner Hill violated the law | made for him and every other Coroner. The law governing autopsies specially provides that “the Coroner shall appoint A competent physician, whose duty it shall be to perform autopsies upon the bodies all deceased ns WHEN IN- QUESTS ARE HELD. Will Coroner Hill have the temerity to | say he held an inquest on the body of Florence Parker? Who can tell! e went to_the house in persom, it is true, but he did not summon any jurors »w the body or hear testimony con- the circumstances attending the is no record at the Morgue. by law when one is held. that there was an inquest. Under what right, then, did he order an au- ? Why? Coroner Hill's report to the Super- | she I have adipted a plan of holding inquests at the homes of d er nd find that on to bereaved That autops: intended to prove nothing and allowed to prove nothing that did not give *a great deal of satisfaction’ to the bereaved rei: ives and friends of Florence Parker. was not allowed to proceed fa | enough to determine beyond G the law contemplates, the c But wh is the law to Coroner | All Greek, apparently, or some other de- ceased letter, to be thrown on a slab at the Morgue and autopsied to determine what ailed it. But the day of retribution is coming. In the great morgue of publie opinion a jury of the public will sit on the political corpse of Coroner Hill to return a. verdict of suicide at the polls. He will be borne up Sait River to the dumps and planted. A double eross will mark the spot. On it will be the legend, “‘Here Lies a Stiff.” | n, as of death. Hill! | | “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup” Has h?n used for ¥y years by miilions of mothers fpr their children while Teething with perfect sliccess. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays Pain, cures Wind Colic, regu- lates the Bowels and {s the best remedy for Piarrhoeas, whether arising from teething or other causes. For sale by druggists in every part of Se world. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, c a bottle. i | | | HOTEL DEL CORONADO-Take advantage | of the round trip tickets. Now only $6} by | steamship, including fifteen days' board at hotel; longer stay, $250 per day. Apply at 4 | New Montgomery street. San Franciseo. 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