The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 5, 1900, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1900 iR h R Rt R Ry R R R R R R R R R Rt et Rt -ttt R-0-0--3-F-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3 -] o BrIHOAO1EXOXOROXOFOM L e Y ] : o e o : Al dai.NEYs,. OAKLAND i, Novs.. Berkeley o ameda ¢ of the Bay Cities § ¢ of the Bay Citles y 2 o L S 2R TSR TR SR WWM = o oaocobauuuuuaunnuuuuunnuum:uunmum:n:muunnuflunnannnuuul-nnnmum:mn:xnuunn!nununnnuunnnnnunfln HALF A CENTURY OF HAPPY MARRIED LIFE G The affalr promises to be a very rep- @ S resentative one, as Mr. and Mrs. ¢ Rand have many relatives and friends § ¢ in this cit Francisco who b 4 are very prominent socially. Mrs. 3 * Frank C. Hav »t Pledmont is a & : niece, as is also Mrs. George Stirling . of the Helghts. Mrs. E. M. Rand, a . ¢ i L R * . ,g) =N ® @ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . < AND, Jan. 4—Half a cen- : v ago at Bradford, N. H., - ¥ R d ¢ A Miss . . g . . T : v, resides on the old Rand 4 . on Twenty-sixth street 4 w er married son. Dr. and Mrs. ® heir d are well known in 4 - Mrs. Marshall Damon known in San Fran- . . Loy Mr. and Mrs. Rand came to Oakland ¢ A ging their two children - Mr. Rand at . £ 11 to police service, being s : : - er for three years . - brother, David Rand, the tk - s 155 of Police, and a regular ¢ > ‘ the years that have followe . 100000006000 008 0000000008 HABEAS CORPUS WRIT MAY RELEASE CANNING Oososesesoses CHINESE WILL TAKE PART AT THE OBSEQUIES sieieieieted land Office Sa OAKLAND, Jan. 4—A writ of habeas $ Bn corpus wes sued out this afternoon ¢ through A H. S. Aldrich on be- f of Freddie C' The 13-year-old 2 lad wa sentenced to ars at Pre horrow majority of nine- ing's relea t the “co 8 alleges no to have been committed de returnable before Judge norrow M’S CONDITION BECOMES SERIOUS OAKLAND, Jan. 4.—Councilman Charles Kramm, who has been ill for several months, Is now suffering from tubercy losis agg: avor to aid converted him and der ravated by an attack ar funeral Jast Sunday he was moved to the home h there will his mother at Nineteenth street and wh elegraph avenue. His condition is con- h the Chinese fled. Chinese 1 be a sidered most critical pstiatanmr SNEES—— Died of His Injuries. OAKLAND, Jan. 4—John A. Foster, the v elivered by a Chi- | old resident of Oakland s hurt by 4 fe he deceased an electri on N day, died ted by the editor of | to-night at the spital. He ristian Advocate. | never regalned consclousness alter being = will act as pall-bearers. | injured B0 0000000000000 0000000000000000000 SANTA CRUL TO road w ill pass through, San Mateo, Santa and Santa Cruz counties. h ad will be known as the “Bay and st Rallroad Compan « On June 22 of last year arti s of incorporation were i filed for the construction of a steam or t elec railway in the counties named, | the estimated length to be 100 miles L. H. Barnard, Thomas J. Lunn, Hughes Michael T. Corcoran 1d H. Lany were named as and they subscribea §110,000 on a capital stock of $3.000,000, A franchise was secured in 1592 by the “West Shore Railroad Company” to bufld r—rgiers @ road that would skirt the bay sho this right was transferred to the ne poration. The Board of Supervisors | which granted the original franchise only permitted the road to be built within four Supervisors Asked for a Franchise. EASTERN MONEY IS INVESTED R | and Coast Rafiroad Company proposes to continue through to the city by the sea, ite attorney was instructed to have the defect remedied, and the new franchise is | requested by him on that ground. Estimates for the construction filed figured that it will cost between % and $2.500.000. Attorney Riordan lay stated that the road could be | of the franchise torney for corporat- of steel and steam engines, which have o i - | advanced in price by reason of the trusts, 1 raliroad from this city | "Riordan stated that. franchises had the board grants the | been secured in Santa Cruz and San Ma- Pacific Rallroad | teo counties, and, he also thought, in Santa Clara County. He said the moment the Board of Supervisors of this city and county granted the franchise work on the line wouid commence. This will mean em- | Ployment to many and cheaper fares. |FIRE MARSHAL TOWE TO BE REAPPOINTED 1, as the prope VARICOCELE! ed The board of directors of the. Under- writers' Fire Patrol met in special ses- slon yesterday afternoon for the pur- | pose of complying with the provision of | the new charter and made recommenda- tion to the Board of Fire Commissioners for the appointment of a Fire Marshal and an Assistant Fire Marshal, | | | N Charles Towe, the incumbent, was 5 J: The gran dest|recommended for reappointment and Cap- yj | pemedy on earth|tain J. F. O. Comstock for Assistant Fire - -~ . for this awful, | Marshal. The recommendation of _the Il be acted on by the Fire Commissioners at their re; e on Monday next. bl —————— In the Divorce Court. Denis J. Walsh has been granted a di- vorce from Jennle Walsh on the ground nelckl\emul weak- | Underwriters wi s ELECTRICITY made a success of treati this With my Dew method of Apply. D e R A R MR RS RN of grip. | | blocks of the county line, and as the Bay | ith the Mayor some time | built for’less than $2,000.000 but for the cost | LARGE ESTATE DISPOSED OF IN !General Filed. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, %08 Broadw Jan. 4. The will of General Joseph G. Wall of isco firm of Hobbs, Wall [& Co.. who died at his home in Alameda ! filed to-day for Margaret J. Wall, of administration. t about $600,000, arious ¢ orations to 0; notes A mort- estate, $10,000; cash, interest in the firm of nuary 7, 1896, after a executrix wi just debts a as possibl tocks owned by tes- Six shares capital stock City Wharf and Dock Company, Spring Valley Water Company, scent City Transportation % shares Fireman's Fund In- ompany, shares Harmon mpany, 125 shares American . 50 shares London P. & following t one-eighth part tocks is hequeathed to each of Mary A. Bradley, Jo- Wali rd Wall, Jessie Quint, ard T. Wall and Margaret Wall. The ghths is left to the widow In s—Willlam Wall (de- Wall. The residue : personal and mixed, nmunity property 1eathed to the widow. reposed in testator" Richard Bradley, is manifest- trust for ceased) the ar with his affairs, The will also recites that testator's un- divided one-half Interest in the firm_ of Hobbs, Wall & Co. is of large value; that according rticles of co tween the testator and Hobbs, “in the of the death of one of the part- riving partner shall have the *t the busmess of the firm ars after such death, and dur- said time have the right to po: sion and control of all the firm's asset: and after five years the interest of the departed may be withdrawn at the rate of one-fitth h vear for five consecu- tive years unti] fully drawn.”” There is a provision in the articles, however, that the executrix of the deceased partner's | estate may withdraw § the firm. RANCHER AT TESLA ) per month from COMMITS SUICIDE OAKLAND, Jan. 4—Thomas Otis Cope- land, a rancher living near Tesla, took poisoned wheat this himself. The body was found about noon. An inquest will be held to-morrow. Copeland was a single man, 2 vears of age. About a week ago he had a quarrel | with Michael Kane, a neighbor, and was | arrested for battery. The case was to have been tried to-day before Justice | Taylor, and the matter so preyed upon | taken | Copeland’s mind take his life. —_—————— University Professor Honored. BERKELEY, Jan. Mills Gayl whose | him the favorable notice of the world of scholarship, has been elected a member of the American Soclal Sclence A. or separate | ator's attorney and is thoroughly fa- | SIMPLE FORM Wall's Will| —r— P \ | Dr. Barthilemy Defied 3 Sheriff’s Posse. | bay ed in a “desire that the widow have the benefit of his counsel and advice.” Danel Titus iz appointed attorney for the ex- | ecutrix, because he has always acted as | Y):Arln(«rs)xlp | morning and killed | 4.—Professor Charles | recent exhaustive | lish criticism has brought | ocia- | pricht, for several years TWO INCH NEEDLE IN BABY'S ABDOMEN LAMEDA, Jan. 4—A 9-months-old baby with a sewing needle embedded E < in its abdomen for three days is the latest freak. The child is Charles B R L TR PP PO PO P PP 1 | amined its body and discovered a hard substance under the skin covering the abdomen, just above the navel. There was considerable inflammation. Mrs, Hackett grew alarmed and sought medical assistance. A thorough examination by a physician revealed a bright plece of steel In the inflamed part. After some little difficulty a needle was extracted. It proved to be two inches in length, the kind commonly used to carry heavy black thread. In the opinion of the physician it must have been embedded at least three days. It has turned black since it has been ~xposed to the alr. “The wonder is the baby did not cry all the time the needle was under its skin,” said Mrs. Hackett. “Charley has been playing right along with the other children as If nothing had hanpened. I do not know how the needle got where it did. The most reasonable cxplanation is that one of the family had it pinned tn some clothing, and that {n caressing the child it was accidentally thrust into his abdomen. Still it must have been pushed quite hard, because i it had not some portion would have remained exposed to catch the clothing. The needle lay an eighth of an inch beneath the skin. It might have gona straight inward and caused the chiid’s death. He is perfectly well again and to be about.” e i ieieieies 40 eseie@® ab! Lincoln, son of Mr. and Mre. J. H. Hackett, a colored couple residing at 1608 Union street. While dressing him yesterday morning the mother noticed that the baby screamed whenever she laid it face downward. She ex- Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, Jan. 4. | For nearly three hours this afternoon | Dr. Henrt Barthilemy, a French physi- | clan residing on the county road, held at with his shotgun Deputy Sherift Quinlan and Constable Cramer. Quinlan and Cramer had called at Bar- | thilemy's home to arrest him and his| stepson, Eugens Dautrevaux, on war-| rants sworn out by Valentine G. Hush of | Fruitvale, charging them with petit lar- | ceny. Hush lost a valuable cocker span- | fel about five weeks ago. Some one stole | the dog, and belleving that he had lo- | cated the animal in Dr. Barthilemy's | yard, Hush swore to a complaint in Jus- | tice Larue's court. | Dautrevaux was arrested as he stepped out of his stepfather’'s bugsy In front of their home. Although no resistance was made, handcuffs were placed on his | | wrists while he was being taken to the | County Jail. The peace officers had no such time with the doctor, who is close to 70 years of age and is not conversant with the nglish tongue. Seeing his stepson in the lutches of the law, he secured his shot- gun ard, stationing himself in his door- | way, defled the officers to “come sil vous la P'8herift Rogers was telephoned to for additional men to execute the warrant, and he and Deputy Jaller Taylor hurried | to the scene. As the evening shades were | falling Barthilemy's arms became weary of holding the deadly shotgun and a truce was declared. inally a boy who is versed in the Parisian tongue was se- cured to act as Interpreter to inform the | doctor of the object of the officers’ visit. The doctor tried to explain that | cocker spantel had been his own for more than a year, but his protestations proved futile and he was taken to the County | son. Dautrevaux insists that He threatens to Hush s mis- sue for heavy that it caused him tu}dunmgos for false arrest and imprison- ment The affair created quite a sensation on | the county road | attracted to the scéne. Death of a Newspaper Man. } HAYWARDS, Jan. 4.—John B. Rup- ssoclated in the tion and also of the National Institute of | management of the Haywards Review, Art, Sclence and Letters, a soclety | posed of about eighty ©f the most em nent American scholars, artists, acto | and writers. These are the which recently conferred membershi; upon President Benjamin Ide Wheeler. Co+o>eo-0o00 ART INSTITUTE 10 PRESENT A NOVEL EXHIBIT Will Be Given During This Month. SRS e | PATRONS’ WELCOME ANSWER | TLocal art patrons will be afforded an | opportunity of enjoying a novel exhibition at the Hopkins Institute during the latter part of the present month. For a week or longer the general public wiil be permit- ted to gaze on the finest specimens of bronzes and vases now ornamenting pri- vate residences in the city. The hoard of directors of the San Fran- cisco Art Association decided to hold the | exhibition at a meeting yesterday after- noon. Their action was taken sooner than expected on account of the large number of prompt responses in the affirmative made to requests for the loan of fine pieces of bronzes and vases, insuring a collection for the exhibit that will stir the appreciative faculty of a connolsseur, Nor will the assoclation abate its en- deavor to enliven the populace with the exhibition. It is very probable that toward the end of February the will give a Mardi Gras ball, in acgt‘;ffil::; with their annual custom’ It was not derinitely decided to take this step at ?-csmrdny‘s meeting on account of the arge amount of routine business, which had accumulated so as to call for the im- mediate attention of the board, but a spe- cial meeting will be held next Tuesday to consider the Mardi Gras festival. This year's Mardi Gras will, if anything, attract more attention than those preced. ing, for the reason that it will occur on Shrove Tuesday, February 27. As Captain Robert Howe Fletcher, who has penned a majority of the “roval proclamations'* for the Mardi Gras in former years, s now curator of the institute, it is likely com- | died at his home in this place last night | after a brief {lines: and a native of this He was 33 years old State. He leaves a socletles | father, mother, two sisters and a brother, p| the latter being a deputy in the office of the County Assessor. e S e e e = ] | was finally let down by means of a rope. | When it was suspended in the air and | about eighteen feet over Minarik’s head the rope snapped and the heavy iron fell, | striking the unfortunate laborer in the head and smashing his skull. He dropped off a scaffold on which he was standin, | and when help reached him he was dead. | Deceased was 2 years of age. ————e—— DENIES HE EVER PROPOSED. Aged Joseph Boardman Takes the Stand in His Own Defens , sir. A thousand times no,” said aged Joseph Boardman yesterday when his attorney, A. Y. Cotton, asked him whether or not he had ever proposed mar- riage to Mrs. Elizabeth Gladstone. “Did you ever say that you were lone- some and wished to live at her home with her?” continued the attorney. “No; a thousand times no,” again an- swered the old man, he fixed his eyes on the woman who had taken him into court to defend his fortune. Boardman's examination, owing to his extreme age and weakness, is slow and but little was drawn from him during his stay on the stand. When the session opened in the morn- ing Mrs. Gladstone was again placed on the stand. After denying that she wanted her granddaughter to marry Boardman and adding that she would not have him anyway, Mrs. Gladstone changed the date of the original proposal from June 6 to A(rll 6 of a year ago. | _Mr. Boardman's young and pretty wife was the next witness called. After testi- fying that she was born in Trinity Count; | and was 18 years of age she left Jae stan W. P. Anderson was next put on the stand | by the defense and testified that he was present when .irs. Giadstone pald Board- man her rent after the date on which ghe Snllrd that she had promised to become his wife. FREE DELIVERY jPR EMERYVILLE | OAKLAND, Jan. 4—The Town Trustees of Emeryville are considering a plan to establish a free delivery mall service at that place. The Trustees are desirous of paying a carrier to do the work, but they fear that such action might not meet with the requirements of the postal laws. Town Attorney Judkins has been directed to confer with the postal authorities in San Francisco on the subject and iIf the pres- ent plan cannot be adopted an appeal will { be made to Washington for a regular de- livery service. and a large crowd was | tricity to the parts while the pa. eps. T r Lalis. Ten thoussnd the past five years is my record. knife—simply the life-giving ntificaily applied according to method E YOU AFFLICTED? you value your future health, You can see that it is de- vitality. My method is safe, rmanent. Cases of twenty- anding cured in three months. rot eall, write for my book with ; ‘mation. DR. M. A. McLAUGHLIN, TOZ Market cor. Kearny, §. ¥.; Burdick Block, cor. Bpring and Second sts., Los Angeleg, AR of desertion. Decrees of divorce have also been granted Richard H. Norton from Eliza Norton on the ground of extreme cruelty, Matilda McKenna from George McKenna on the ground of crueity, Mabel Venabel from Louls Venabel ’:)nu(‘;l‘: ground of faflure to provide. The suit brought by Mrs. Birdie Price for a divorce from her husband, A. G Price, on the ground of infidelity,’ is now on trial before Judge Daingerfield. Suits for divorce have been filed by J. H. Gilllenwaters against Elizabeth Gillenws ers for desertion; Amelia Marcowl a‘(n!l Henry Marcowitz, for cruelty, and rah Faveto against Frank F-va{o for chimneys are better if cleaned cruelty. —_—— icohol instead of soap and water. Lam) with that by his request Mayor Phelan may on this occasion be requested to play the part of scribe. LABORER'S HEAD CRUSHED. Fatal Accident at Union Iron Works Caused by a Frail Rope. J. J. Minarik, a laborer employed in the Union Iron Works and residing at 831 York street, in this city, was struck by a heavy bulkhead plate in the hold of the steamship California, now under - tion, n.ndpklllr.d yesterday, oot i g Minarik wae working with several other employes bolting the flntu in place as they were lowered into the hold. One large plate weighing about 1100 pounds ———— University Graduates to Teach. BERKELEY, Jan. 4—The appot of the following graduates of the Haiven: sity to teachers' positions is just an- nounced: Miss Bertha Bradley becomes instructor in English In the Santa Bar- bara High School; George H. MeGill '95 il teach history’ fn the Pasadena High ool ———— Found Dead in a Chair. OAKLAND, Jan. 4—John Bryan, a well known resident of Sunol, was found dead in a chair to-day. Heart disease fis 3 posed to have catised death. gt —_————— Flatirons, when new, must be heated very slowly, or they may crack, | ily at 1837 San Jose avenue. | which was drawn a skull and cross-bones. | the | Jall and placed in a cell with his step- | | ters addressed to him. EMMONS SAYS HE DID NOT WARITE THOSE LETTERS Denies Any Connec- tion With Them. ALAMEDA, Jan. 4 — The name of George W. Emmons is mentioned in con- nection with the Delanoy anonymous let- ters. Emmons refuses to make any state- ment other than to deny emphatically their authorship. Delanoy will not state definitely that Emmons is the man he sus- pects. This much was learned of the relations of Delanoy and Emmons: They were as- soclated in the wholesale paper supply business ten years ago. They had a dis- agreement and have not since been friend- ly. Emmons is now in the drayage busi- ness and hauls goods for a paper house. This fact furnishes Delanoy with a con- nection between Emmons and the kind of stationery used in the letters. The publication of the suspect’s name as “‘George” and hints dropped by Delanoy that he resided on San Jose avenue and | has lived In Alameda for elght years led some persons who know of the former re- lations of Delanoy and Emmons to sur- mise that Emmons is the man held re- sponsible by Delanoy for the anonymous missives. Emmons restdes with his fam- He has been a resident eight years. He is one of the directors of the Encinal Yacht Club. Unsigned letters are still coming Dela- noy's way. For an indefinite time he an- ticlpates getting one or more anonymous communications every - day. The mall brought him two this morning. One en- | closed a heavy plece of cardboard upon The words “Move! Second warning! Whitecaps!” in large pen and ink letters were printed beneath the sketch. The other was a postal card. In pencil was written: “Committee are on %o you. In twenty-four hours you will be cold in death, Take time by the forelock and flee. Alameda Highbinder Societe, Tong No. 1" Both communications were mailed in S8an Francisco. Delanoy is taking. the letters seriously. He believes the man he suspects of annoy- ing him is trying to cover up his tracks by overwhelming him with facetious let- ters. A deluge of premature valentines would not astonish him. The fact that the whole town is amused at the jibes of his enemy does riot make him the less deter- mined in his intentions. “nail his man or bust.” He has purchased a gun, and stands ready to use it. He has no idea of heeding the admonition to va- cate Alameda. ““This man,” sald Delanoy pose in using the name of Tong No. 1 of the Alameda Highbinders. I don't know what his.motive was, but I know he had one. Iknow he was a candidate for mem- bership In the tong, but was blackballed. To me he attributes the fact. I had noth- ing to do with it. I've got him where I want him now. He cannot escape. He will becexposed. Tong No. 1 of the Alemeda Highbinders" Soclety is a local organization of citizens for the promotion of good times and good fellowship. The members deny responsi- bility for Delanoy's postal card. They “had a pur- feel chagrined that any one should be so | base as to use the name of their society | for the purpose of covering up a crime. Steiiy F. N. Delanoy of Alameda called upon Postal Inspeetor Munro yesterday for the purpose of having action taken. against the writer of scurrilous anonymous let- He received y terday morning a postal card with the following inscription: ALAMEDA. Jan. 4 The committe 1s on to you and inside of twenty-four hours you will be cold in death. Take time by the forlock and flee. THE ALEMADA HIGHBINDERS SOCIETIB, TONG NO. 1. Mr. Delanoy gave Chief inspector Munro the name of the man whom he suspected to be the writer of the postals and the letters which he had beea re- celving, but the inspector declined to make the name public. Mr. Munro sa'd that sealed letters containing scurrilous matter were not within his province as violations of the postal laws, but that postal cards bearing abusive, dunning or threatening matter came within his do- main, and that if Mr. Delanoy would place’ him in possession of evidence con- necting the person named with the au- thorship of the postal card he would prosecute him and endeavor to have him punished to the full extent of the law. WERE MARRIED TWICE TO SUIT RELIGIOUS IDEAS Oakland Office San Francisco 9% Broadway. Jan & There were two ceremonies performed before A. S. McDonald and Miss Maie Tucker became husband and wife on New Year's day, but it is safe to say that very few of those who witneesed the big wedding in St. Paul's Church knew of that fact. It was because of family de- sires, and it was thoroughly understood and agreed to by all Interested. A cere- mony was performed during the after- noon of that day 'b{la ‘?nn;?ue priest and the evening a full church weddin ‘h':ld at St. Pl‘ul'! Episcopal Church,‘R'e‘\'a. Robert Ritchie performing the ceremony. Mr. Macdonald’s famlly are all Catho- lic, and very strict In conformance to church rules and requirements. The fam- fly of the bride are of the Church of England, and these differences explain the two ceremones. The bride's family desired a ceremony In thelr church, ana it was arranged from the very first that the wedding should be a_church affair and should take place at St. Paul’ On the other hand, the family of the groom was anxious that the Trites of their church should b‘e observed. ; ‘‘There were two ceremonies perform- ed,” said Mrs. Tucker, the mother of the ride; “Mr. Macdonld and his relatives are Catholics and their desire that a ceremony be performed within their church was complied with.’ A patent wve-buttoner is brin §5000 & year to Its woman Inventor, i He is going to | Copyright, 1899, Contributors to this course: Profe Master, Professor Charles H. Smith, Laughlin and others. XII. ANDREW JACKSON. Andrew Jackson is one of the most con- spicuous and important characters in American history. His prominence Is in large measure due not to the fact that he was In himself a great constructive statesman like Hamilton, or a great orator like Clay, but to the fact that his election to the Presidency and his subse- quent career mark out & new era in American politics and a new stage in the development of democracy. The more carefully one studies his life the more one 1s led to look upon him not so much as a personal force as an exponent of condi- tions, as a center from which can be seen the United States as it was in 1830, and the fresh impulses that were expres ing themselves in the social and political activities of the people. He was born In South Carolina—at least so he said himself, but Parton insists that North Carolina was his birthplace. Such | | | a dispute Is the strongest proof of a very humble origin. His boyhood was spent In poverty, in squalor, in the midst of coarse surroundings, and there is little or no in- dication that he sought to rise above eir- cumstances, or that, like Lincoln, am- | bitious and energetic, he studiously | sought either learning or culture. His early life is unedifying and uninteresting, for it gave no promise of a career above that of his rollicking, carele: ignorant companions, who reveled in cock fighting, | card playing and in all sorts of mischief | and horseplay. He began the study of law (1784), but he was not fitted either by temperament or industry to be a lawyer, and never | knew much law; perhaps it is not right | to suggest that he knew even mental principles thoroughly. He natur- ally was averse to theoretical principles of any sort. Just after he became of age he moved into Tennessee and entered upon a life in the frontler community. He fitted well into this environment, for rough force, courage and love of conflict were much more In demand than culture and book learning. The man who could succeed at the bar or at anything else must be ready to play his part in a tavern brawl or to respond promptly to the demands of the code of homor. Jackson was naturally quarrelsome and domineering, and he did not lack oppor- | tunity for exercising his native propensi- ties. We read of duels, in one of which he | killed his man, of feuds and fights of one kind and another as incidents in his Ten- for twenty years a bullet from the pistol of one of the Bentons, with whom he was engaged In a disgraceful row in a tavern. This was poor preparation for public ser- vice as a President of the United States, this turbulent life without amazement be lifted out of the soclety in which he | swaggered and fought to become the chief magistrate of a great nation. Even stran- ger does it appear that during the years of which we have been speaking he held a number of public offices that seem honor- able and dignified. He was Public Prose- cutor, Judge, Representative In Congress, United States Senator. But the character of the man and his fitness for responsibil- ity in a position where discretion and calm judgment were needed are well indi- cated by the words of Jefferson, who in 1824 said of him: ““When I was president of the Senate he was a Senator, and he could never speak on account of the rash- ness of his feelings. I have seen him at- tempt it repeatedly, and as often choke with rage.” In 1818 Monroe asked Jeffer- gon what he thought of the wisdom of appointing Jackson Minister to Russia, and the venerable ex-President responded | in what seem to be words of astonishment at Monroe's temerity: “Why, good G—d, he would breed you a quarrel before he had been there a month.” I have gone over some of the more im- portant facts of Jackson's early career in order to bring out somewhat clearly the society from which he emerged, as well as the essential character of the man. Al- though in later years as President of the United States his manners were usually dignified and courteous, although he had a remarkable facility in winning adherents and holding friends, and gave evidence also of a strong mental grasp of things in which he was personally interested, espe- cially of those which arouced his antago- nism, we cannot understand the more im- portant events of his later life nor the sig- nificance of his election to the Presidency unless we have some appreciation of his early surroundings and of the society of which he was a part. ‘We must pass rapidly over his suecess as an Indian fighter and the national re- nown he gained in the war of 1812 by de- feating the Creeks and winning the battle of New Orleans over the seasoned vei- erans of Pakenham. And we cannot more than mention his invasion of Florida and the victories of the Seminole war (1518), In all places where there was need of culties were to be overcome by sheer de- termination and unrelenting purpose, he always showed unusual capacity, as weil as surprising vigor and skill In managing or_rather commznding his subordinates. Jackson was put forward as a candidate for the Presidency in 1524. His mflflhfllll | were Henr; lay, John Quincy A ‘William i{ Crawford. That should be mentioned at all may seem strange enough, but it is stranger still That Be should bave recetved mare elec- | toral votes than any one of the others. Inasmuch as none of the candidates re- ceived a majority of the electoral coliege the cholce from the highest three g volved upon the House. Clay’s name dia pot go to the House, and he threw his in- ed. There was at once an outery from the Jackson partisars, who insisted that a corrupt coalition had been formed and the urposes and wishes of the people had Eeen circumvented. Benton declared that “Demoskrateo” principle, the principle at the people had a right to ggvern. had en disregarded. When Clay became Ad- ams’ Secretary of State the denunciation of corruption and of interference with 3 TR ANDREW JACKSON. its funda- | nessee career, and he carried In his body | and we can never go over the details of | that this irritable, pugnacious man should | forceful, unhesitating action, whera diffi- | fluence in favor of Adams, who was clect- | A CRITICAL STUDY OF A GREAT STATESMAN. by Seymour Eaton. GREAT AMERICAN STATESWMEN. essor Albert Bushnell Hart, Professor Jobn Bach Me- Dr. Frederio W. Speirs, Professor Andrew C Me- | Popular desires became louder. while the air was full of the clamor of those proclaimed Jackson “a man of the ple” and maligned Adams as an intr aristocrat. In 1828 Jackson was chosen Prestde and his victory was hailed as the be ning of a new era. Although Adams w one of the best officers that ever a people—an honest, pure triotlc, high-minded ~ stat seemed actually to believe, as sald, that the country had been re from some dreadful ger. But the ¢ tion of Jackson, in part the ¢ appeal to the prejudices of th the people against what was te tocracy, came as a natural irren the development of the democrat The people of 1828, glorying achievement and vain of cess in self-government ively self-made man, native vigor app tion The careful student of American soc character will see that some of tinguishing fe: are to be unde only when from the sta of the front Fach portion o country has at some time been a fron- tier, and the char- acteristics of the West appeal to the frontier tempera- ment which s still remaining in_ the t. though partiy glossed over or cov- ered up by the re- sults and products of later develop- ments. Jackson ap- pealed, therefore, to the true American %z senti ment, which 2 admires the se g made man, the ma Z who has surmount- ". 4 ed obstacles and ? risen by dint of his own efforts and not because of inherited wealth or position, a sentiment which Is inctly a_product the frontier, and hich is in large measure s e n sib sound and whe some, but w may on _oce: wrongly manife self. The true ¢ ocratic spirit takes account of what a man is, not of his ancestry or his op portunities, and de clares that eac! man must be given a chance to make the most of himself |and be judged by what he has acco plished and what he has come to be: b | it does not glorify deficiencies In ability or_culture. The inauguration of Jackson ushered in the spolls system. This came because of the personai peculiarities of Jackson, who for him d belteved that all who were not | were against him and who had been br {in a school where men rewarded th friends and did no good to th at ¢ spitefully used them. It came also be- cause the adherents of Adams and Cla were looked upon as supporters of a cor- rupt_coalition; because there was a d | mand that the aristocracy of office 1 ers be overthrown; because the s system had for years prevailed in so of the States, and this election g: spolls politician his chance; beca people resented the idea that traini and experience or that expert knowledgo were needed for the performance of of | ficlal duty; because at the time there was a clamorous and strident declaration that one man was just as good as another and Just as much entitled to office. The causes and significance of the be- ginnings of the spoils system can be seen by anybody who reads and undarstands the descriptions of Jackson's inaugura- tion, where a crowd of people pushed into the ' drawing-rooms, _elbowing Embassa. dors and other foreign representatives, | standing with muddy shoes on the dam- ask-covered furniture. “hina and glass.” sald an eye-witness, “to the amount of several thousands of dollars was broken d- s |in the struggle to get at the ices and cakes, though punch and other drink- | ables 'had been carried out in tubs and | buckets to the people.”” No one will deny | that there was something amiss in this scramble for punch, and it he places im- portant offices in the places of ices and | drinks he will see the beginnings of the spolls system and realize that there was something false in that, too. In spite of these unpropitious begin- nings and in spite of the malign influence of “the back-stair politician during the “reign of Andrew Jackson,” those eight years had much that was good in them 'l'houfh the President was hot-headed and injudicious on occasions, he was thor- oughly honest, thoroughly patriotie, thor- | oughly devoted to the good of the country | as he saw ft. Historians have been wont to lament his attack upon the Bank of | the United States, and we certainly can- | not justify his high-handed and imperious | methods in dealing with financial matters. But, after all, Biddle and his bank are comparatively unimportant. As the years | g0 by and we get a more distant view of those times we see that the frontfersman from Tennessee represented strong Ameri- can sentiment, that his famous proclama- tion agaimst the nullifiers—whoever may have written {t—was a great and influen- tial public document, that by taking a | bold ‘stand against the theories of seces- | sion and of dissolution he impressed his | party_with sentiments of union, that we | owe him a very great debt of gratitude | for his famous toast, “Our Federal ['nion | —it must be preserved.” And if there | were disorder and some lawlessness in those “vulgar Jackson days” he was mot the cause. His election was the result of | a popular upheaval; his administration | was a time of at intellectual activity, | a period In which the democratic senti- ment was finding new expression. He was himself a conspicuous expression of a new, alert, energetie, forceful, assertive spirit which was characteristic’ of Ameri- can life and was now dominant in Ameri- can politics. Untversity of Michigan. COURSES OF INSTRUCTION. Autumn-Winter Term, 1889-1900. MONDAYS and THURSDAYS: Popular Studies in TUESDAYS: The World’s Great Artists. WEDNESDAYS: Desk Studies for | Girls and Shop and Trade Studies for . FRIDAYS: Creat American States- men. SATURDAYS: Home Science and Household Economy. These courses will continue until February 15, 1900. Examinations will be held at their close as a basis for the granting of certificates. | | At the Theaters. OAKLAND, Jan. 4—The Rentz-Santley burlesque company will appear at the Macdonough Theater on Friday and Saturday evenings of this week In o vaudeville performance, The Boston Lyric company of thirty. five voices will commence a flve night engagement at the Macdonough Monday, and on Saturday the Rays will be heard In‘_;_:. 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