The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 4, 1899, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCIS J0 CALL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1899, . TURDAY. SA D, JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor Commun W. S. LEAKE, Manager. tions to Address PUBLI ATION OFFICE......Market and Third Sts. S. F Telephone Main 1868. EDITORIAL ROOMS. 217 to 291 Stevenson Street DELIVERED BY CARRIE Sinele Coples, & cents. Terme by Mail, Including Postage: DAILY CALL (including Sunday Call), one yea DAILY CALL (§ Sunday Call), § months. DAILY CALL (Inciuding Sunday Call), 3 months DAILY CALL—By Single Month ne Year. sters are authorized to receiv. subscriptions. Bample copies will be forwarded when riquested. OAKLAND OFFICE.. ....908 Broadway C. GEORGE KROGNESS, Manager Foreign Advertising, Marquette Building, Chicago. PONDENT : NEW YORK CORRES C. C. CARLTON = cerene Herald Square NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: PERRY LUKENS JR... .29 Tribune Building WS STANDS. ; Great Northern Hotel; CHICA! House; P. GO ) Sherman AMUSEMENTS. ‘Vaudeville. R Sea Waves.” Town.” spirators.” eville every afternoon and corner Mason and Ellis streets—Specialties, echase and performances. an Mateo County—Races. m Paris, Sunday evening, No- AUCTION SALES. s day, at 8 o'clock, Turkish Per- . rback report of Admiral Crowninshield, chief of the Navigation in the Navy Depart- 1 au of ure to officially honor officers It has been known for a year, that there heartburnings and uncompromising een naval officers. It has been more that the unstinted official and popular to Dewey have made more than one The contention between the champions Schley has gained strength, and | ner than ever. 1 Crowninshield sa *“Of the officers who | 1 the North Atlantic waters three have been | firmed in the recognition urged by the depart- | two because their cases were presented at pro- | , the other because of a misapprehen- | 1age will raise another series of is- | Does the admiral mean that two officers were | recognized, not because of merit and achievement, | but because of the favorable time chosen to prcsenti when enthusiastic patriotism sought an ring somebody, and that the third | mistake of the department in misplacing | On the general subject the admiral | nother condition of affairs discouraging to | and ambitious officers who risked and ac- | lished ach is the ragged and irregular result ems the inevitable consequence of any effort to w ial recognition to bravery } As Congress is the voice | e country in expressing such recognition, this body. It is, in effect, ac-| atitude which is a proverbial at- He says that every effort of the department to redeem its solemn pledge of recogni- tion has been balked. It is to be regretted that such an indictment of| Congress has been made public. It does not give the a good appearance before the world. The its whole duty in the Spanish war. No other country ever so distinguished it- - t a time. At the beginning of the war | the opinion of European naval experts was that wc! were outclassed on the water by Spain. That opinion | was rather widely shared at home. The country was, indeed, prepared for disaster in the first marine en- counters. ons of our people never saw the sea. Jeing inlanders, all they knew of the navy was through an inland press, which knew the navy rather as a sentiment than as a force to be reckoned with. A majority of Congress represents non-maritime dis- tricts, and is charged with the promotion of interests which dimly recognize any relation to deep water. In this situation members of Congress defend them:. selves by pointing to what they call “navy politics.” When the department recommendations went to Con- 1 and ho Is t t or subst give per: or gallantry or devotion. of is a severe rebuke to th cused of that country did nav; nav. gress it is alleged that partisans of the different offi- | cers appeared in the lobby, and that open attempts were made by the advocates of one officer to pull another officer down. The native States of the offi- cers concerned took part in the fight, and it is said that a most unseemly condition developed, for which Congress was not at all responsible. Pride and am- bition infuriated the contending forces, and those sentiments have never yet appeared among men with- out causing trouble. “HERE is an inharmonious note in the official | O STATE ISSUES. OVERNOR BUDD, when he handled the blue | 6 pencil in the Executive office at Sacramento, sustained a reputation as an official entomolo- gist and a skillful hunter of bugs in every “act entitled an act” sent to him by the Legislature for approval or rejection. He discovered that scales, white and black, San Jose, cushiony cotton and of other varieties, in- fested legislative measures, and did not hesitate to ap- | ply the Vedalia Australis, in the form of a veto, when~ ever necessary, to destroy these troublesome para- | | sites. He is now enjoying “mute, inglorious ease” as at- torney for the Harbor Commission. It is evident that he has not lost any of his skill as a bug-hunter. Perhaps the presence of limnoria and teredo in the water-front piling keep him in touch with the avo- cation followed during his official career. He is a stout champion of Mayor Phelan and the ticket, because it is a Democratic ticket. Walls are not built high enough, nor can they be sufficiently parapeted with broken glass, to keep Governor Budd away from a Democratic ticket. Through Mayor | Phelan’s thick disguise of non-partisanship, and even under his tattooing of Republican principles which he wears when out among Republicans to persuade them | to bolt their ticket, Governor Budd’s practiced eye sees the straight thing. No domino can hide parti- san Democracy from him. He has a sincere interest in the welfare of his party, and, being its most astute | politician and leader, has not failed to observe that | Mayor Phelan’s nocturnal song of anti-partisanship | has a tendency to release Democrats from their party }nl]egiancc The Governor knows a nightingale from | filliloo bird when he hears it sing, and, as often in the past, was called on to save his party from mis- | taking one for the other. The Mayor's policy, originating in his personal ambition and always returning to its source for re- freshment and renewal, required the nomination of Mr. Charles Wesley Reed on the ticket. But Mr. | Reed is a goldbug and is believed to have voted for | McKinley. Mr. Reed is an orator, as Brutus was, but his voice has been missed in the campaign diapason to which Phelan and Lane have been the principal contributors. It became necessary to show that Mr. Reed’s vocal chords were not impaired and | that his Democracy was sound in wind and bottom. Therefore a debut was prepared for him on Thurs- day night, and as his case was a bad one Governor Budd was sent for to try and pull him through. The Governor ced well, as he always does, and, | as is his custom, fired the Democratic heart to a con- ifiagmcinn. But the Governor is consistent, and, be- | sides that, he appointed the Harbor Commission and is its attorr Now the Phelan platform, in reach- | ing out for any unemployed pr es that might be | useful, arraigned the policy of the Harbor Commis- | sion, denounced port charges and detected a general | bad smell on the water front. This was too much for | the Governor. He did not propose to act as “the [ terrible example.” So he said frankly that part of the platform is not true. He compared port charges with other harbors to the advantage of San Francisco, and | then, in fear that this bug in the platform might get , said: “This draws in State issues and is inconsistent with our attitude in this fight and entirely outside the limit of municipal concerns. We are not on a State platform. We are on a local plat- form. The portion of the platform which invades the province of the State is its criticism of port charges. This criticism is untrue. It is therefore politically un- wise and logically incorrect.” The followers of Phelan now wait, with foreheads | | corrugated by anxiety, to see what answer their chief | will make to this proof of inconsistency. e e gner of the Sham- away from hin Now comes William Fife Jr., de rock, and says if he had been in command she would have beaten the Columbia. It is an easy boast to make, but its only effect will be to show that every- | body interested in the British craft has not taken the | defeat as gracefully as Sir Thomas Lipton. COLLEGES OF COMMZRCE. E of the notable features of the Commercial | Congress in Philadelphia was the discussion concerning what sort of education our uni- versities should give to fit young men for a commer- cial career. Several eminent men took part in the conference, among them being President Eliot of | Harvard and President Low of Columbia. The ad- | dress of Eliot was particularly strong and has been made the subject of no little comment in the Eastern press. The college of commerce in a university is to be quite a different thing from the commercial colleges and business colleges which have long been familiar | to our educational system. The existing colleges do | excellent work, but they rarely undertaks to do more | than fit young men and women for taking advanced | clerkships or positions as accountants. The college | of commerce in a university contemplates something on a larger scale, and accordingly will require a much | | higher standard for admission. | | President Eliot is reported to have laid much | stress upon the importance of providing in the high schools a special training for students who wish to | take a commercial course at the university. He urged z | that such students must acquire, before undertaking | | a college course, a mastery of the two or three for- | eign languages which would be essential to their after | | studies, not merely a reading acquaintance with them, | | but the ability to speak them. This and all other ele- mentary study should be accomplished before en- | | tering the college course, because it can be done | much easier at the earlier age, and because the time | and strength thus saved are needed in the later work. There can be no question of the soundness of that | Then, again, the army had achieved somewhat, and its position had to be considered. Immediately there appeared another vexatious manifestation of human nature, which naval education and. discipline had not eradicated. From the navy issued criticisms of the army and belittling comments on its officers. This did not by any means tend to placate the situation. The navy seemed as to its own achievements to be divided into as many camps as there were officers recommended for recognition, but their mutually hos- tile camps were united in a sneering policy toward the army. It is not to be wondered at that, in such a situation of seething personal and professional rivalries, Con- gress may have blundered in its action, or, in weariness of it all, may have put off action altogether to a more convenient and a calmer season. The policy of criticizing the civil branches of the Government by either army or navy officers should not be encouraged. Civil government represents the people who bear the burdens of a large military and naval establishment. In civil life the people sustain the sources of national greatness with patience and industry, and do not resort to Congress for recogni- tion of the sacrifices they make, though these are often great. It will be better for the service and the country to have less appearance of rivalry and jealousy, for then will there be less occasion to attack Congress. view, but it is clear the policy is one which will have | to be developed slowly. It will be no easy thing to | provide such thorough training in languages in the | schools of our public educational ‘system. For a time at least the colleges of commerce will have to | undertake the instruction in languages after the stu- | | dents have been admitted. It is of advantage, how- ever, to have the ideal standard of what university commercial training should be set forth at this early stage of the development of that system of instruc- tion. We have in our State University a college of commerce from which much is expected, and it is not | at all likely President Wheeler will be content with any lower standard than that set up at Harvard, so we look for a new departure to be taken in second- ary education as an inevitable outcome of the de- mands of the university for well prepared students for its commercial college. B The Non-Partisans are making their usual grand stand play about impartiality concerning the parties | to which candidates belong, but from the prominent leadership given among them to Phelan’s brother-in- law Sullivan it appears that however indifferent they may be to political connections they are not neglect- ful of family re‘ions. A few days ago it was reported that the British would transfer their interests in Samoa to Germany and leave us in the lurch, but yesterday it was an- |land can be said with equal effectiveness here. nounced that Germany would sell out to Great Britain. It is safe to say that neither report is cor- rect. In fact, for some time past Samoan affairs seem to be made use of by European correspondents as a subject for experiments in faking, and some of the results have been as fanciful as anything the yel- low journalism of this country ever did. P — The manly, straightforward canvass conducted by the Republican candidates has merited the favor of all independent voters who desire to promote the best interests of the city, and as a result the defection of | such inconsiderate Republicans as may choose to follow Britton into the Phelan camp will not be so disastrous to the party as they think. There will be plenty of independent voters to take their places and vote the straight ticket for Horace Davis and his colleagues. THE LESSON OF THE YACHT RACE. | HILE most Americans have been content Wwith the glory of the victory of the Columbia over the Shamrock, some of the more reflec- tive have noted in it a lesson which will be of value to us-if we are wise enough to profit by it. It is a simple lesson. The unbroken line of successes in the yacht races show that we can beat the British in ship- building. Why, then, do we not have a better mer- chant marine than the British? The New York Tribune in commenting on the sub- ject says: “Why not devote some of that same ability to achieving supremacy in other directions? Or rather to restoring the supremacy we once enjoyed? For before the old America won in pleasure sailing the primacy the new Columbia has so well maintained the merchant ships of the United States had won the primacy of the world for speed and stanchness in that class. The America was modeled after the clipper, not the clipper after the America. Qur yachting achievements are outgrowths of our mercantile navi- gation, not the reverse. Is it wise or is it creditable to the nation to let the branch outgrow the trunk, or the trunk be shriveled until it is smaller and more puny than the branch? In brief, if we can build the best yachts in the world—and if we can build the best cruisers and battleships, too—why can we not build the best ocean liners? If we can build Columbias and Towas, why not Oceanics?” Following a similar line of argument the Baltimore American says: “We can build the best ships and | sail them so as to beat anything that Great Britain can produce, and yet Great Britain’s merchant ma- rine, which sixy years ago was less than ours, is now so much greater as to make ours appear ridicu- lous. This should set both business men and legis- lators to thinking. It is crass folly to be paying from one hundred and fifty to two hundred millions of dol- lars a year to other countries for carrying our goods | and passengers when every dollar of it might be re- tained in this country. What is the use of being able to build the best boats if, when we have every facility for doing it, we go to other countries for all the boats needed to carry our produce?” That is indeed the chief lesson of the race. an idle vanity to exult in a victory over the British It is | | STAND JUST WHERE THEY STOOD THREE YEARS AGO. —Washington Post. - AROUND THE CORRIDORS R. T. Fisher is at the Occidental from Washingten, D. C. H. Doc. G. Barnhart, the Santa Cruz capitalist, 1s at the Lick. C. B. Shaver has come down from his home in Fresno and {s at the Grand. E. Cornille, a traveler from Paris, is at the Palace, where he arrived last even- ing. David Starr Jordan came up yesterday from Stanford and registered at the Occi- dental. Rev. Charles S. Nickerson, a prominent clergyman of Racine, Wis., {s at the Pal- in a race for sport when they distance us in the vast | &ce, where he arrived yesterday. competition for the commerce of the ocean. The | Judge Solon Holl has come down from is home In Sacramento and is registered marine greatness of a nation is not to be computed | for & short stay at the Grand. by the triumphs of yachting contests, but by the mightier triumphs of those huge steamers that carry on the trade of the nations across the seas. It has been demonstrated that we can beat the British in ship-building, but the victory will not be ours until we have actually built the ships and set them to work. = e e . 5 DEMOCRATIC DODGING. AN FRANCISCO is not the only place in the Union where the Democrats “are trying to W. C. Walters, superintendent of the | Bpreckels sugar refinery at Salinas, is reg- dodge national questions in the campaign. The | same attempt is being made in Maryland, and in | should not discuss national issues because the Demo- crats are afraid or ashamed of their own record. We | do not imagine that any one who has sufficient intel- ligence to act independently in politics will be in- fluenced by such rubbish. The independent voter, if he is actuated by principle, desires free and full dis- cussion of all matters relating to the public welfare. He voted against his party in 1895 because of its bad record in State politics, and he did the same thing in 1806 because of its very much worse record in na- tional politics and the dire things it threatened if re- stored to power. Has anything occurred since then to restore confidence in the Democracy? Certainly | not in local matters.” What our contemporary says of conditions in Mary- The record of the Republican party in national affairs is one to which reference can be made with more than ordinary satisfaction, for it has changed the hard times of Democratic rule into a condition of abound- ing prosperity. Democracy still stands for a national policy that brought ruin in the past and will bring‘ | it again should that party be intrusted with power. What has Democracy done in the local politics of San | Francisco to redeem the national record? Why should any citizen vote for the party of calamity and class prejudices in a municipal contest more than in any other? The voters of San Francisco are citizens of the United States. Their local interests are bound upl with those of the nation. When a man goes to the polls he should cast his vote after a full considera- tion of every issue affecting the public welfare. A victory for Phelan would be vaunted as a Demo- cratic victory—a victory for Bryanism. It would | strengthen the forces that are making for the the depreciation of the currency of the country and are trylng to arouse class antagonisms and prejudices among the people. The Republican party has a record of which it is proud. Tts success means prosperity. What has been accomplished by the Reépublican majority of the present Board of Supervisors shows that in local as well as in national politics the representatives of the party can be relied upon to be faithful to their pledges. Davis is the best that has ever been nominated in a municipal contest in this city. Every intelligent citi- | zen should feel it a matter of gratification that he has in this election the privilege of supporting such worthy candidates for all local offices and at the same time standing with the party of prosperity for the whole nation. One of the benefits to be derived from a sweeping Republican victory in this election is that it will sweep the Non-Partisan fraud into the political gar- bage pile and we shall know it no more. Phclan's' organs may yet object to any criticism of the action taken by Frank J. Sullivan’s Non- Partisan gang on the ground that it would be a criti- cim of Phelan’s family affairs. S e Venezuela is in the throes of another revolution. And writers of farce comedy will insist that the range of their subjects is rapidly becoming more limited. l FERRY TO . ¥ ; y | grow daily better. commenting upon it the Baltimore American says: | | “It is a queer proposition that the Republican party istered for a short stay at the Grand. Mr. and Mrs. R. Ortmann, two promi- nent soclety people of Chicago, are among the late arrivals at the Palace. J. L Livingston, J. Walsh anu George D. Murray, prominent business men of Fureka, are among the recent arrivals at the Grand. C. D. Fortana, a wealthy mining man of Copperopolis, is at the Lick. He comes | to the city on a visit taat combines busi- | ness and pleasure. | The condition of John A. Russell, clerk of the Board of Supervisors, continues to He is resting easily in his apartments in the Lick and his friends feel confident of his ultimate re- | covery. | G. W. Luce, general freight and passen- ger agent for the Southern Pacific at Los Angeles, is at the Palace, where he a-- rived yesterday with Edward Chandler, general freight agent of the Santa Fe in the same city. The contracting freight agents of the different Ymes in this city will give one of their regular’'dinners at a Pine street restaurant this evening. A great time is anticipated and those having the arrange- | ments in charge expect every man in the The ticket headed by the Hon. Horace | business who is not out of the city to show up prepared to see the game through to the finish. Dr. F. de Chantreau has returned from an extended visit to Paris and has re- gumed his dutles as visiting surgeon at the French Hospital. While abroad he has devoted his time to the study of the Jatest improvements in his profession. | During his absence Dr. E. Calderon has been in attendance at the hospital. ——————— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Nov. 8—F. A. Marcott | and C. H. Jordon of San Francisco are at the Bartholdi; Addle L. Ballou of San | Francisco i at the Gilsey; Robert D. Hunter of San Francisco s at the Man- hattan; Charles Rollo Peters of San Fran- cisco is at the Brevoort; Annie Bayard of San Francisco is at the Martin. —_——————————— CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, Nov. 8—Joseph 8. Spear of San Francisco is at the Arling- ton; V. W. Gaskill of S8an Francisco is at the Willard; H. M. Elliott of San Fran- cisco is at the Raleigh. POOR NAME FOR A GOOD FARCE It is a pity to have a good farce adver- tise itself by so cheap a title as “Brown’s in Town.” In very truth the California Theater was In luck when it booked Brown for a run during this period of would-be and couldn't-be mirth; but no | one would have guessed that it was worth | a T5-cent seat. | Of all the pleasant breezes that blow | through the farce Jessle Mae Hall is the breeziest. She 18 as Dresdenesque as Bdna Hopper, and if less pretty she is more tunetul. She slides smootily from the swish of the bicycle to the cuddle of domesticity, and again she is partyfled and pink and fluttering. There is a friendly lack of staginess in all the informal young people who play the farce. It is an ideal atmosphere for a frothy sooclety farce. The complications appear far more possible than they wouid among a widely experienced and brilliantly professioral pariorful. They are compli- cations that might have given an author brain fever to gulde through thelr intri- cacles. No such results are apparent, however, for Mr. Swan has the same swing about his personality as his writ- ing. ghe complications might be laborious if any one trled to follow them. But who does? Mark Swan attended to the labor when he wrote the play, and the playgo- ers' business Is to be amused. The author {nspires one with confidence in his plot. It {s much easier to trust him. Faults? Of course. Mark Swan has represented types, he has not created characters, akesxem in his youth did likewise. SARAH COMgTOCK. —_——— ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. THE LAND OF THE BOERS—L M. G., City, The Britlsh Government clatms suzerainty over the land of th ““J‘ x%rlu. o e Boers in MOLE—-G. & K., City. The distance from the ferry landing, San Francisco, to the western end of the Oak- land mole is two and a quarter miles. ADOPTION—Workingwoman, Cal. A married woman not lawfu arated from her husband cannot | his consent under the laws of California | adopt a child, providing the husband is capable of giving consent. The earnings and dccumulation of the wife and of her minor children living with her or in her custody while she is living apart from her husband are the separate property of the wife and are subject to her testamentary disposition. FEMALE NURSES—A and M., Fruit- vale, Cal. The military authorities do not cngage female nurses fo treat the sick and wounded at Manila. That answer covers all other questions in letter of inqulry. FOR OLD PEOPLE—A. O. S, City. There are a number of Old People's Homes where aged people are admitted. A list of these can be found in the first part of the city directory. PUBLIC RECORDS—M. B, Vallejo, Cal. The records in the City Hall of San Francisco are public records, open to in- spection and examination by any one, without cost to the person so inspecting or examining them. CONSUMPTION—S., Santa Cruz, Cal Nothing_has appeared in The Call rela tive to the hospital which one Dr. Crotte proposed to build in San Francisco for the cure of consumption, since the article published on the Sth of last June. PARK EXTENSION-R. C., City. If by “officers and employes of the park exten- slon” you mean the extension of the pan- handlé of Golden Gate Park, the answer to your question is that the Board of Su- visors fixes the salaries of these indi- Hoopa, ASSUMED NAME — Subscriber, Oat Hill, Cal. A person who marries under an assumed name is liable to get him- self or herself into a great deal of trou- ble. In the first place, there is danger of arrest for perjury at any time within three years after procuring the license. If in time the party who assumed the name wished to right a wrong that per- son would have to obtain a new license and be married anew. If a man for cer- tain reasons went under an assumed name, was known as such and desired to be known as such through life, and wished to get married it would be proper to have a court allow him to change his name and then get a marriage license. BOUNTIES—V., Soldlers' Home, Cal. During the War of the Rebellion Con- gress passed bounty acts as follows to encourage enlistments into the army: July 22, 1861, allowing to all who enlisted $100 in addition to all arrearages to be paid to the widow or heirs of a soldier killed or dying in the service; act of July 5. 1862, allowing the recruit to draw $25 of the $100 bounty under the act of 1861, at the time of enlistment; July 17, allowing one month’s pay and $25 bounty to men whe enlisted for nine months and $50 to men who enlisted for twelve months, one- half to be paid at time of enlistment and the balance at time of expiration of term of service, Peanut taffy; best in world. Townsend's. * MR Treat your friends to Townsend’s Call- fornia Glace Fruits, 50c a pound, in fire- etched boxes. 627 Market street. ' —_—— Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by t.s Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 510 Mon - gomery street. Telephone Main 1042. * —_————— Accident to John Burke. John Burke, a clerk for Zellerbach & Co., on Clay street, between Sansome and Battery, broke his leg vyesterday after- noon while aiding in extinguishing a.fire in the paper store-rooms of that company. His injury was treated at the Harbor Hospital. —_——— California Limited. SANTA FE ROUTE—Connecting train leaves Wednesda: Friday and Satur- Finest equipped train to the East. ed Tourist Excursions, with latest fmproved Pullman Vestibuled Sleep- ing Cars, through from California to St. Pi St. Louis, Chicago and Boston, every Sund Wednesday and Friday. Get full Information at 628 Market st —_ e Angostura Bitters, prepared by Dr. J. G. B. Siegert for his private use, has become famous as the best appetizing tonic. The favorite for restoring life and color to the hair is Parker's Hair Balsam. Hindercorns, the best cure for corns, 15c. - e Postal Officials Off. Postal Inspector J. W. Erwin and Post- office Superintendent D. 8. Richardson left for the East last evening. They will visit Washington, D. C., and New ~York and will be absent about a month. + In Next Sunday's (all, | NOVEMBER 5, 1899, + — s Found in the Philip- pines. + THE OPENING CHAPTERS OF GENERAL CHAS. KING'S LATEST AND MOST THRILL- ING SERIAL. — i TO THE SULU SULTAN. A Californian Who Was Hanged for Stealing Groceries. - | THE LADIES OF THE DOLL SHOW. The Latest Fashions in Jewelry Most Beautifully lllustrated. A CALIFORNIA GIRL VISITS THE GRAND OPERA HOUSE, PARIS, ON FREE NIGHT And a Dozen Other Attractive Features. THE STORY OF A DREAMS HIS LIFE AWAY, ! + MAN WHO A VISIT fetetutututn:nluin:uinlusu n nzn nln N e e R R R N (W e e 8w m u T u e