The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 14, 1899, Page 6

THURSDAY JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Address A Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager PUBLICATION OFFICE. .. Market and Third, . F. Telephone Main 1568, EDITORIAL ROOMS. . .217 to 221 Stevenson St. Telephone Main 1874, C. GEORGE KROGNESS, ! Manager Forelgn Advertising, Marquette Build- | ing. Chicago. AMUSEMENTS. Charity Fund of the Assoclated afternoon. Turt P AUCTION SALES. o'clock, Diamonds, o'clock, Thorough ~ember 16, at 11 o'clock, SCHEMING FOR DELAY. n was introduced be- OME time ago a resolut E fore the I i Supervisors requiring the telephone license " and e comy hould make the before exacting the mickel n was under considerati lelay:. began to fight for ts attorney was in the ned Next the com- on be postp s granted. 1 be referred to a com- Now a further delay has resolution referred to s opinion as to its erground back yards of In the em He can 1 the term Let that be i s conduits an. A BREAK IN THE R@ANKS conven red policy coinage ited ratio, ty loyalty. ht b d a rank the m Colonel No der- ject sub. by the ratio. er been Der has he at ats to Bryan n more on usurped control of atement of i f all par on hz cen dictated by the d to confess ey ’ ion because in the 1 IS it from the point of fixed principle. They are now domj . 1 nd have to abandon theories for facts nciples, and they do so frankly. Not <o ith the r tand in the midst of a | ersal stration of the error of their position Every pre » prophecy and forecast they made one side is their futile theory; cts which destroy it t But they e the day may be a symp- iggs of Brook- rdard and the finan- before the House. ares that when nominated and dur- he declared himseli in favor of such legislation, and as his Democtatic constituency clected e proposes to vote his convictions. It is the ak in the ranks, and as it runs back to the prefcrences of a constituency Mr. Driggs cannot be sed as a traitor nor read out of the camp ag er, for his people agree with him. It cannot be at he is the forerunner of a change in the party policy. It is only an indication of the beginning of other divisions in the party addition to the great schism of 1806. His attitude is such an evidence of ilure of a policy as t6 humiliate the majority of bis party leaders, and they have no course except to drown his voice by a clamor for the platiorm, policy and candidate of 1896, gold fidacy - | ton had already founded the two great stify their | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, THE FOREMF)ST AMERICAN. NE HUNDRED years ago to-day Washington died. In his lifetime he had not escaped criti- cism and attack. From the beginning of our constitutional period, which he inaugurated as the first President, the signs of party division appeared, and before the close of his life the rival views of con- | stitutional interpretation held by Jefferson and Hamil- chools in American politics. Washington understood with } great clearness the dividing line between principle and Because some of his cotemporaries did not clearly make that distinction he was misrepre- This issue arose with the necessity of abro- Fs with France, practically closed our ports to any but French commerce. That convention was made in the stress and crisis of the Revolution. But after that struggle was over and we were in the calm of peace it became evident that re- liance solely upon French commercial contacts was a | grave mistake, which would seriously, impair the for- g the progress of the ung republic. arent that our natural and our greatest commerce must be with England, and that upon ex- ternal trade must be our first dependence for national the highest consideration of expediency 1 a commercial treaty with Great Britain. By the treaty with France in 1778 it was agreed that we should not conclude any treaty with another power without the consent of France. When the necessity of commercial intercourse with Great Britain became so apparent as to be irresistible we entered into the rcial convention of 1704 against the wish and t the consent of France. This caused a violent of par But the lapse of time has Washington's wisdom, for the treaty of expediency. ed r treaty which | | | | co | withe | outbr ty feeling. demonstra: | 1704 was the effective commercial emancipation of this | country and the final assertion of our independence of | the of France and all other powers. The partisans Jefferson furnished most of the critics, but the commercial independence secured by Wash- ington was eagerly taken advantage of by Jefferson’s | disciples in the embargo incident to the war of 1812, But this beginning of partisan | clamor which somewhat clouded the close of Wash- ington’s life, at his death, five years after the cause of attacks upon him, the whole nation stood aw: and impressed with the belief that the foremost man notwithstanding in all the world had fallen. The vivid changes and rapid movement of progress in the century gone since that day have not effaced r changed that impression. The history of man- the experience of the world in the change of the rise and fall of dynasties, and even the emergence of peoples into a larger iiberty, has ernmen not shifted his place in the esteem of men. In his | farewell address was his statement of principle in exposition of his view of expediency. In that address his co men were given the best definition of their government, of the upon which it is 1 the practices upon which its perpetuity must depe: Laid beside the Declaration of Inde- e that address furnishes a complete interpre- of our constitution, and the two will survive ver as our reason for seeking independence and seli-government and a statement of ‘the national by which alone they can be made perpetual. In his patience, wisdom, unselfishness and far for- k Washington stands supreme at the head of world’s In his mind originated the clear fundamental principles of the constitution, which were concreted into expression by Madison. That briei now rests our colossal natic structure, could not be made to-day. Com- manding the profound admiration of the world's best thinkers for a century, 'if it were swept into oblivien and the best wisdom of these times us were called to the task of substituting i, plexities of would induce a iple statement of the unchanging principles 1 rest the rig of man. It reflected the Washington's life, and nfidence of his country. principles pende In ward Ic the worthies. document, 1 on which to-morrow, among the cc iar less wh our modern li upon and plainness of licit olicity and his mighty capacit e the institutions of which it was to be the Considered as a man his great virtue was his per- Naturally of quick held this quality in hand as a useful energy and never submitted to it as a ster. He had to arrest and change history, to up- bot traditions seli-poise and self-control and emotional temper, he und new habit of thought among There is evidence that to the ma en at the close of the Revolution, self- | government, the rule of a reasonable majority, were | terms merely, and not comprehended as the rule of on for a government. If his had been the ordinary ambition of even great men this country would merely countrymen them, { have escaped the rule of a foreign monarchy to erect | the state and circumstance of an American roya But he had wrought and endured, suffered in pat and borne defeat without depression and victory with- out exultation, for quite another purpose than the raising of another among the scepters which repre- sented the rule of one over the many. He had in- | deed borne all and done all to crown a new king, but | that was not to be a king among the kings—merely | with author ~but a nation that was to be king among nations, with every man in it a ruler. Around now is the fulfillment of his perfect work. Let us not boast ourselves unduly. Men say sometimes that Washington was behind the times; that he and the ; men of his generation never saw a railway, nor tele- | graph, nor any of the magic of power and mechanism | which has transiormed modern life. That is true. But it is true also that no American of this genera- | ! tion took a naked sword from the Continental Con- gress to flash it through the night of seven years war for human liberty and the right of man to govern himself, and at the end gave it back to the Continental | Congress dulled and nicked and rusted in the task of carving out a new nation in which all men are rulers, equal in right and equal in opportunity. He won for us that emancipation and enfranchisement which are the final cause of all we have and are. These things we boast, unseen as they are by him in the flesh, are { but the monuments builded to his memory and per- petuating among men the foremost greatness of his | character and the lasting glory of his name, MORE POWER FOR THE COM- ENATOR CULLOM'S bill designed to amend the act creating the Interstate Commerce Com- MISSION. S mission by largely extending and augmenting | its powers will renew a contest which has been going on for a long time, but which ought to be closed at this session of Congress. The object of the bill freight discriminations which seriously disturb busi- ness. It has been found that under the act as it | stands the commission has not sufficient power to ac- complish the desired regulation of rates, and the ne- The problem is that of so regulating rates that rail- roads will be able to earn fair dividends upon the « capital invested without having to extort unjust rates stricken | ore man crowned and enthroned and invested is to provide a means of putting an end to those | cessity of amending the act has long been apparent. | from certain classes of shippers. It is a plain propo- sition that if railways haul goods for certain corpora- tions for hardly more than cost they must make up | their profits by charging other shippers considerably !more than should be done. In other words, whea | discrimination is practiced in the commercial world | it resuits in an injustice that hampers both commerce | and industry, and while one set of shippers pay but | little others have to pay all the traffic will bear. | Railway managers are not altogether to blame for the extent to which freight discriminations prevail in | the business. Some of them have made earnest efforts | to avoid the necessity of granting discriminations by | arranging pools which would put an end to competi- |tion. The pooling system, however, proved worse than the evil it was designed to cure, and, moreover, | did not cure the evil, for it was soon discovered that no matter how skillfully the pooling agreements were drawn up there was always a means by which an en- terprising freight agent could succeed in granting re- bates or some other form of discrimination to big shippers. Thus it was noted that one of the railway | companies of New York, finding no way by which it | could arrange a rebate of freight rates to the Standard | Oil Company, made things agreeable to the company by arranging to purchase a certain quantity of oil | every year at a price so much in excess of the market rate as would return to the oil men the amount of the freight reduction agreed upon. The Cullom bill gives the commission power to fix both a maximum and minimum rate or differential | in rates when necessary to prevent discrimination; to make changes in classification and to amend the rules | and regulations under which traffic is moved, and makes the order of the commission effective within the time specified, which ordinarily shall be not less | than thirty days. Any carrier may within thirty days begin proceedings in the United States Circuit Court for a review of the order. Either party may appeal directly to the Supreme Court, and the case is to have | precedence in the courts. The bill also further pro- ‘\idcs that the commission shall make and establish |a uniform classification. The long and short haul clause is made an absolute prohibition except upon | leave granted by the commission. Large penalties are | provided against carriers in case of departure from the published rate. The new bill is not dissimilar to others which have | been baifled by the opposition in Congress and will of | course meet with strong opposition. Sooner or later, however, some such measure will have to be enacted, for the evils of freight discrimination are becoming intolerable, arrd the sooner it is done the better. | N membrance will be offered to Californians for sending to their friends than the Christmas edi- { tion of The Call which will appear on Sunday. The number will be as artistic from a pictorial point of view as any calendar or holiday card of the season, and in addition to its news features will have the in- | terest of a magazine of Christmas stories, poems and | sketches. | The salient attraction of the number will be the bandsomely illustrated covers, each of which will pre- | sent a picture appropriate to the season and de- | signed especially for this issue of The Call. The at- | | tention of artistic critics can be safely directed to the themes of these pictures and to the skill with which | they have been worked out by the artists and repro- | duced by lithography. Nothing better has ever been produced by a newspaper, and in this respect .the | Christmas edition of The Call will mark the highest level reached by a daily journal in the production of genuine fine art. | While the number will be attractive to readers jn | all parts of the world by reason of the beauty of its | illustrations and the charm of its literary features the people of San Francisco and of California generally will find it of particular interest and value at this sea- | son because of the thorough manner in which it will set forth bargains in all lines of holiday novelties and | | Christmas goods. Persons who find it difficult to de- cide what to choose for their friends will derive plenty | of ideas on the subject from the teeming advertising columns of this splendid holiday number. In fact, the only embarrassment that will be felt after going | over the rich array of gifts and souvenirs of all kinds noted in the number will be that of determining which | to choose where such a variety of excellence is of- fered i The Call has been carnest at all seasons in urging | the people of California to patronize home industries, and only a short time ago pointed out the advantage | that would accrue to the State ii Californians sent to their Eastern friends Californian articles as gifts for the holiday season. A wide distribution of The Call of Sunday throughout the Eastern States woul also be helpful in that way, since it would make ! known the abounding prosperity of the city and the State and attractions which are offered here for home- seekers. As we have said, the number will be attrac- tive and interesting from every point of view and will be welcomed with admiration and delight in every cultured home. OUR CHRISTMAS ?DITION. O better souvenir in the way of a Christmas re- c From the tenor of the discussions at the Horticul- tural Convention at San Jose it is easy to.draw the conclusion that while individual enterprise can plant an orchard and grow fruit it is going to take a good | deal of co-operation to prevent the railway company from gathering in all the profit on the crop. “Cupid” Danforth says there's nothin’ doin’ these | days at the marriage license office. One day _ this | week there was not a single application for a permit | to take the fatal plunge. No wonder. How can a {man marry a girl and afford to make her a Christ- | mas present in the same month? Up to this time, at any rate, the British have not committed any aggressions on the territory of the | Boers. In fact, they have not been able to hold their | own frontier, and might claim sympathy on the | ground that their territory is being overrun. California will not have to stand alone in fighting | Mr. Kasson's reciprocity treaties, for all the wool and beet sugar producing States are getting into line with us and will help in the battle, The fact that a turkey eaten by members of the family of a well-known saloon man contained pto- | maines will hardly deter any great number of people | from accepting invitations to Christmas dinners. el General Gatacre seems to have suffered at Storm- berg by obeying the time-honored injunction to con- sult the stars when in difficulty. At any rate he told }his troubles to a policeman. = —_— General Buller will not take his Christmas dinner at Pretoria, as he expected, for the chances are he will have a previous engagement for the day some- | where near Ladysmith. The proposed park extension extends directly Qs s siedeieiosie B B e i e S e e R R S along the line ou which the city ought to advance, and does not deviate a hair's breadth from the path of true progress. DECEMBER 14, 1899. ROBERTS HOME-COMING. B B B I B e S S S o S S S : 3 %t | | | ! i .06000009000000000000040#04&00&0«}‘?090?‘0@“%‘—%040000000%000000%% It Is Not Liquor That Makes Him See Triple. —Minneapolis Times. NEARLY TOTAL ECLIPSE of THE MOON. [ i ok e o o e ok i e e ) N.E HORIZON . LUNAR ECLIPSE. O+ +0+0+0+0+0+0+0 Tm—: unusual spectacle of a crescent DR T e 2 o S S S R T L R SR CI S moon above the eastern horizon In | the evening may be witnessed on Saturday, December 16, from sunset until 7 p. m. The caute of the phenomenon is entirely distinet from that which Irrevocably awards the young moon to the western sky of evening and the waning phase to the eastern sky of morning. These fa- miliar monthly glimpses are obtained when the llluminated side of the orb is nearly averted from our view; but the ap- proaching phenomenon takes place when the disk, brimming with radiance, is turned directly earthward; in other words, at full moon. In the midst of effulgence a deep shadow falls on its path and gradually the lunar mountains, plains and valleys are de- prived of their glowing sunlight, only a slender curve near the south pole of the moon escaping immersion. The deep shadow 1is that of the earth, and for more than three hours its satellite Is to a greater or less extent partially eclipsed. The illustration represents a cross-sec- tion of the cone-shaped terrestrial shadow and the principal phases as the moon glides thronfih ts southern portion. First contact with the shadow occurs before moonrise, but at dusk, if the atmosphere be clear, a strange looking half-moon will appear north of east in an erect position, with its curving side by no means facing sunward, as In the case of the monthly crescents, but in a southerly direction. The mid position of the lunar disk in the illustration may be seen at 5:26 p. m., and the third phase, indicated by the direction of the arrow, occurs about an hour after- ward, when the diurnal motion of the heavens has brought our satellite to a convenient altitude almost directly east. Those who are famillar with lunar topography and nomenclature will find that the shadow advances from the direc- ton n‘t.‘ t‘hel Cog o""t'ab ‘belyom Arls;lla.r('hus and that last contact Is near the west limb beyond Mare Crisium. During the central phase, when more than nine- tenths of the surface 1s obscured, some of the Interesting features of a total eclipse may be expected. In contrast again to the ord} crescent we look in vain fo, the dim gray tinted “‘old moon™” made vi; ible by earthshine, and Instead see the shadowed disk wearing a copper colored tint, though the dark side of the earth fg of necessity toward it during a lunar celipse. To appreciate the delicate too!lns of this unwonted giow it is well to consider that the earth in a line between sun and moon, though at the time of totality obscuring all sunlight, retains its transparent at- mospheric envelope, which is illuminated y crimson Tays on 'the borderland of day and night, This aureole, which would radlate into space but ‘for refraction. curves its luminosity moonward, thus re- lieving the darkness of the lunar land- scag: . On_ some occasions, however, probably on account of atmospheric cloudiness in the twilight circle, the eclipsed satellite remains invisible. As total lunar eclipses are not frequent, this coming obscuration will receive more notice than is generally given to the gar- tial phase. ROSE O'HALLORAN. AROUND THE CORRIDORS Thomas Flint Jr. of S8an Juan is at the Palace. G. R. Lewis, an attorney of Los Gatos, is at the Lick. C. A. Storke, ex-District Attorney of Santa Barbara, Is a guest at the Grand. Thomas J. Egan, a well man of Fresno, is a gu K. nown business t at the Lick. Casper, a wealthy business man of | Vallejo, is among the late arrivals at the Lick. Dr. C. L. McGowan, one of the leading medical men of Sacramento, is at the Grand. Drury Melone has come down from his home at Oak Knoll and is staying at the Palace. Morgan Hill arrived in this city last evening from Paris and registered at the Palace. James W. Warde, a wealthy mining man of Rossland, B. C., is staying at the Occidental. J. L. Beringer, a wealthy wine man of St. Helena, is registered for a short stay at the Licl Dan E. Weaver, a well known caplitalist of Spokane, is at the Palace while on a short business trip to this city. Joseph Spinney, one of the leading poli- | ticians of Santa Rosa, is among the arri- vals of yesterday at the Grand. Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Roberts are at the California, where they arrived last night from their home In Victoria, B. C. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Evans, two promi- nent society people of Stockton, are reg- istered for a short stay at the Occldental. Dr. A. Robertson, one of the leading specialists of New York, is at the Ocel- dental while on a visit of pleasure to this city. General John B. Frisble has come down from his home in Vallejo and is now at the Occidental, accompanied by his wife and family. General T. W. Sheehan has come down from his home in Bacramento and 1s staying at the Occldental, accompanied by his daughter. James R. Wilson and Captain John Irv- ing, two prominent residents of Victoria, B. C., are among the recent arrivals at the California. —_—— ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS, MARDI GRAS-D. 8., City, the informaotion of this depariment goes the next Mardi Gras festival in the city As far as of New O day preced eans will take place oa the & Ash Wednesday next year. FAMOUS ME E. J., Gualala, ss telegraphy; e of his destructf ¥ 1 at Ma There others, but as in your letter you writ “Name some famous men of to-day why famous,” this department is at a loss to know how long a list you desire. FIVE DOLLARS—C. T., Los Angeles, Cal. If the five-dollar plece of 1534 that you have has the legend “E Pluribus * on the reverse it commands re- to and_jts selll from $12 to $15; if 1'it does not command g _price is_from selling price of one of 1855 1s from $7 50 to $3 50. TO BECOME A CITIZEN-B. 8., Oak- land, Cal. If you wish to become a citizen of the United States, the first step you will have to take will be to go before a United States Circuit or District Court or a court of record, such as a Supeglor Court In California, and declare upon oath that you have the bona-fide intention to me a citizen. Two years after you may appear in court again and clare on oath that you have resided five y in the United States and at I in the State in which you make applica tion is, If you hav An alien can aration the day he lands in the , but I t have resided In the country at least years before he can obtain his final papers. RIGHT OF WAY—E. A. C., City. Street cars are subject to the same street rules as are other vehicles of transpos It is the duty of drivers, gripmen a en to respect the rights of pede trians who are crossing the public sireets, and they must slow up when reaching crossings and give pedestrians an oppor- tunity te cross: but at the same time must not cross and recross numbers as to cause cars and to halt for any length of tim: t one m! pedestrians such in > there would be a stoppage of trafh A polis officer s no right to discrim- in » between t driver of a vehicle and » has charge of a street car, and crush of pedestrians attempt- a street it is h e would to perform that duty you can pre- fer charges against the offending officer Police Commissioners. There 18 no law which authorizes the officers of a street raflway company employes, in substance time, and never mind ped —————e Cal. glace fruit 50c per Ib at Townsend's.® ——————————— Thanksgiving extra mince ple. %05 Larkin st —_—— Just recelved a large lot of pyrography outfits for burning wood and leather. San- | born, Vail & Co.. 741 Market street. ¢ —_—— Speclal information supplied dally to business houses .nd public men the | Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 510 Lo | gomery street. Telephone Malf GAGE, Preside 8. MASTEN, H. H Resident Agent, Box 259, , N. K. G. H. BAIRD, N and map for the Kris Kringle never had a happler than the one which prompted him to distributor of stock for the Development Company, for he will best & gift that not only’ has a PRESEN: VALUE, but one which ha (litien for a FUTURE VALUE many times greater than now. There is a guarantee of honest manag ment behind every share of stock lssu this company. 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