The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 18, 1900, Page 18

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1900 =@l .FEBRUARY 18, 1900 “JOHN D s All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, SPRECKELS, Proprietor Manager PUBLICATION OFFICE..Market and Third. S. F. Telephone Main 156S. .217 to 221 Stevensom St. ITORIAL ROOM! - Matn 1874, Telep! by Carriers. 15 Cents Per Week. single Coples, 5 Centx. by Mail, In ding Postage: (Including Sunday), one year..86.00 (inciuding S 3.00 % (ncluding ). DAILY CALL—By Single Month. SUNDAY CALL Om WEEKLY CALL Ome Year.. All postmasters are authorized subscriptions. Sample copies will be forwarded when requested Delivered DAKLAND OFFICE. +..1118 Broadway ©C. GEOR HKROGNESS, | Femager Foreign Advertising. Marguette Build- s Chicago. NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: C. C. CARLTON....... «s+..Herald Squarc CHICAGO NEWS STANDS: Sherman House: P. 0. News Co.; Great North- ern Hotel: Fremont House; Auditorium Hotel YORK NEWS STANDS: oria Hotel; A. 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It v 1, gas, coal gold, sel- Ve economic metals y occur in conten- ning ground or between owners and he field covered by the new department he whole country, from Alaska to the ite quarries of Maine. on of Secretary will be dignified and re- the interest of the great in- we say that the Secretary the department is created, 1 be mini the Pacific Coast n with a practical knowledge of and shoulc 10uld be chosen to inaug: and map out its w j greatest variety of use tals known in the world nts to trillions of dollars I the mining of our much waste. Through | edge a high percentage of and silver heretofore mined has been cast As chemistry has progressively in- vaded the field of his profligacy has grown Jess. We may expect such a scientific impulse from = Mining Department that very soon miners will be getting more gold and silver out of the waste dumps of old mines than was originally taken out of the mines and saved by their owners. The same is true ©f many copper mines, where great waste is going on through supposed impossibility to smelt or com bine out of ores a close approximation of their as e. In California is an opportunity to locate the world's metallurgical center. That center is now . in Wales, and immense quantities of re- very rich ores are shipped from here g profitable returns after paying 8000 and the cost of reduction. There is no sorcery at Swansea. The processes there practiced are the result of science and experience. Let the same opportunity be given here and the metallurgical knowledge will be found to take ad- wvantage of it. The Mining Department should be at- tentive to this, among the many scientific and prac- tical matters that will be committed to it, and its head should be found in this Paclfic mining region, where already ence is in constant use and there is an accumulation of experience not found elsewhere, B ining t say v ieldin, iles transportation The next display of energy in the new era ought to be shown in a vigorous prosecution of persons guilty of perjury. That kind of crime has now become more startling by its frequency than its novelty, and it would not hurt the State a bit to board and lodge some of the offenders for a long term at Folsom. I S . Drilling school children in the sun until some of them faint from the effects of it is another evidence that in our public school education there is a good deal of what is known as overdoing the thing. and Kentucky. | ITHE SOUTH AFRICAN CAMPAIGN 1P to this time the tactics of General Joubert | | have been as novel and confusing to the Brit- ish military authorities as were Bonaparte's to The Boers tely not only on expert y, but upon a knowledge of the country that ilitates rapid movement and sudden concentration. A B@AD SOCIdL CUSTOM. HICAGO has been mourning the visit to that | C city of a clever rascal, who managed to get in- troductions to the best clubs, made love to | several girls, became engaged to two, borrowed ‘tmoney right and leit, picked pockets at swell recep- | tions, robbed a number ofi houses, and finally de- |In a military sense it is probable that the movements | parted in peace to pastures new. The have | of French open the serious phase of the war. | Boers have avoided an encounter that might | greatly weakened them, and seem to be occupied with another tactical plan in which they propose to select their ow moveme are still on British territory, and nothing can be positively known of their value until he gets England has received encourage- great need, and the of her people will feel the im- There is no sign of abatement in the grim de- on of the Boers, and no doubt the world is ss one of the most terrible struggles of und of which she stood in on Boer gr s are more serious than those in- \ the campaigns of Marlborough or Welling- then in a stage of her development eat as leader of the coalitions and Bonaparte would not have seriously Now the case is different. She stands ne in the world and with wider borders to and more to suffer by loss of military pres- d w; against he balance against the inde- | republics. They may lose ffect upon the rest of the 1 suffer, and the results of mpire is cast ir e of the two sr ciple w work out but slowly among civil r different. The maintenance 2der her policy become ¢ as it was with every preceding empire. Lord Rosebery, who is a leader of those who war, who were averse to risking so much takes the thoughtful and sober uttered the warning of danger to pposed Il a gain me. He evidently sees that England has accumulated thered > least appearance 1 for an increase responsibilities ‘more rapidly than she has of to meet them ia or Egypt will cal ure | ie trouble i her resc he of defense, and he confesses that hose resources ere t oes w her first successful mili- Africa. mpts to minimize the effect of ng rather intensified its effect. He vorable contrast to another mpbell-Bannerman, who had ption as an undignified way of rength which Great Britain mort- r to be before her neighbors in world.” Notwithstanding his denial ion to resort to conscription, Mr. Bal- the dark by saying that he waited S y to suggest a method of meeting the ry military responsibilities of the country. Mr. Ba in CIVIL SERVICE AND .PENSIONS. EVERAL times the appropriation for the S Civil Service Commission has been stricken out the House, in committee of the whole, vhere there is no rollcall, and restored in the House, ere there is 2 rollcall and a record. r better for the welfare of the service if members vho oppose it on principle would have the courage their convictions and vote in the House as they Then there would be furnished a do in committee. test of public sentiment on the question, which would ally fix the national policy, one way or the other. There is unanimous agreement that our upright and creditable administration of the new possessions in the tropics must depend entirely upon a straight and strict adherence to the civil service rules. Look- ing to the example of England’s colonial administra- tion, the claim is made and proved by Englishmen that without the merit system no success at all could have been achieved in administering conquests as crown coloni Our own imperialists and members of the several commissions which have considered problems of government in Porto Rico, Hawaii d the Philippines agree that there must be an ex tension to those governments of the strictest civil fi service rules. Many have argued, also, that the civil service law orced there will react favorably upon our domes- tic administration, and will strengthen the system at home As to its results so far attained in our home Gov- ernment, we are persuaded that they amply justify the reform. Many men in public life who have had ex- perience with both prefer the reform to the spoils system, and feel that their public duties are easier to themselves and more beneficial to the country when they are relieved of the vexation and strife connected with the dispensing of patronage. From its inauguration the merit system has been | compelled to run the gauntlet of opposition, mis- cepresentation and attack. The powerful influence of local politicians has been against it, for reasons | | that are not in accord with the welfare of the Gov- ernment. The system itself has suffered from a too pedantic treatment by the commission which enforces it S with all these drawbacks, it stands justified before the country. It is to be regretted that it is again attacked. In | the latest assault the pension question was impinged | upon it, and the heated debate in committee of the wliole was made torrid by the combination of fuel. | No one questions the need of a revision of our mili | tary pension system. The only good thing to be sgid of | the features that need reform and correction is that | they make it so costly that the country will think | twice before making war. We do not say that a re- adjustment would at present lessen the cost of pen- sions, but that it would place the money where it will do more good than at present. The practically helpless and deserving, who by reason of physical im- pairment must have help, would get nearer the meas- | ure of their needs, while those who have the physical capacity for self-support, and as a fact do support themselves independently of their pensions, would get less than they take now. The latter class are the | longest survivors; the former, by reason of their phy- | sical weakness, have a shorter expectation of life. | Therefore by this readjustment the heavier payments will cease the soonest, and the appropriation will an- nually decrease, to the relief of the taxpayers. If | Congress would stand by the civil service, or test public opinion by abolishing it, and enter upon a courageous and sympathetic revision and readjust- ment of the pension list, it would be doing something | positive in each case, and the country could readily | make up its mind to an affirmative policy. Mere ex- change of epithet accomplishes nothing. | Clark of Montana will probably be barred from the Senate, but he has the consolation of knowing he had 2 sensational run for his money. ground for a general engagement. French's | It would be | | The incident is not unfamiliar to American social 'hiswry. There is not a city of importance in the | United States and hardly a town where any consider- | able number of wealthy people live that has not within a comparatively few years been made the | victim of some such confidence operator. In San | Francisco we have had many, more than our share, | perhaps, and some of them have been of such recent iof:currente that the talk of them is still heard occa- | sionally in clubs and boudoirs. It is clear there is something wrong with the social customs of a coun- | try where such scamps can ply their trade so success- | fully and so frequently, and it is time those who are | responsible for our customs should begin to reform them. A statement recently made by an Englishman visit- ing this country throws some light upon the means by which the rascals get admission to society. Englishman was not discussing that subject at all but his words are pertinent to it. the New Orleans Times-Democrat as saying: “Tt took me some time to grasp the American point of When we view in regard to letters of introduction. give a2 man a letter of introduction at home we con sider that we are vouching for him socially, finan- cially, and every other way; so, needless to it is the closest never done except among relatives or friends. Here you don’t seem to take the thing so seriously.” By way of illustrating American carelessness in such matters the Englishman gave his own expe | nence. to a real estate dealer, and, having mentioned that he “T'll give you a was going to n said: shyille, the Washington ne to an old chum o 1e there I did not catch your The Englishman then wen “The idea of a stranger g introduction By the way nar exactly. on to give g me a let- d he ter ¢ to an intimate fri when didn’t even know my name struck me amusing er found the When I leit he insisted on giving me a note to However, I took it with th Nashville man a very cha low. a friend in Memphis, who proved equally charming, and who in turn supplied me with an introduction to a prominent clubman here in New Orleans. The last letter I haven't presented, and don't intend to, be- cause it contains a glaring, although inadvertent, mis- statement in referring to me as an old and cherished friend of the gqod-natured gentlemen of Nashville and Washington. The process, as you see, has built me up an entirely fictitious char: and ‘'pon my word I can't understand why such friendliness isn't continually and outrageously abused by impostors.” As a matter of fact the custom is abused by im- postors, and it is probable that many of the successful society swindlers that operate in our cities obtain ad- missions to clubs through just this process of a chain | of letters of introduction given without thought. American society has now become so rich that it at- tracts rascals of every kind, and, despite our liking for the old-time freedom and hospitality of American | manners, we shall have in sheer seli-defense to guard ourselves with something of European reserve and | caution in the matter of introductions. THE FAMINE IN INDIA. RECENT dispatch from the Viceroy to the Secretary oi State for India says: ‘“Good rain has fallen again throughout Northwestern Provinces and Oudh and Punjab. Sowings re- commenced in Punjab, but more rain is needed there. Situation is not improved anywhere else, and distress is increasing in Bombay, Central Provinces and Raj- Number of persons in receipt of relief: 803,000; Punjab, 147,000; Central Provinces, | 1,401,000; Berar, 260,000; Ajmer-Merwara, 109,000; Kaiputana States, 232,000; Central India States, 120, 000: Bombay Native States, 331,000; Baroda, 63,000; | Northwestern Provinces, 4000; Punjab Native States, | 1006. Total, 3,563,000.” i } This dispatch, being official, cannot be regarded as | an exaggerated statement. The Viceroy of India is | not likely to send out alarming statements in this | crisis of his country and his party. It is more prob- | able he has underrated than overrated the distress | that threatens that portion of the British | putana. the British Government is straining every resource to preserve the empire in South Africa, it is confronted by a calamity in India which, from its nature and its | extent, may be truly called appalling. Over 3,500,000 people are already in receipt of gov- einmental relief, and still there is no sign of an end | to the famine. Meantime, too, the Russians are pushing their aggressions across Asia toward that very India where the pangs of famine are breeding the bitterest discontents against the Government and rendering the distressed people desperate enough to | hail any kind of change of government. In the course of their imperial career the British peo. | ple have had many a hard condition to face. They had once to confront their American colonies in revolt and at the same time war with France, Spain and Hol- (land. In the beginning of this century they had once ! to go up against a coalition of nearly all Europe, with Napoleon at its head. It is doubtful, however, if even | the worst and hardest of those bygone trials put a severer strain upon the empire than that which it is now undergoing. Moreover, in the old days of stress | and strain Great Britain had great men to guide her counsels and command her fleets and her armies; but | now she is weak everywhere, while her foes grow | strong around her. It is not merely that the Cabinet is composed of mediocre men, with the exception of Salisbury, who is too old to give much service, but there is no strong man in either party in Parliament to assume control if a reorganization of the Ministry should be undertaken. In the field it is not much better. Buller has failed, and Roberts and Kitchener have yet to show what they can do against a well armed and resolute army of white men fighting for their country. Under such circumstances the famine in India may affect the politics of the world. It is a factor in their problems the most reckless of British statesmen dare not overlook. Relief must be furnished to the starving people, and that on a scale of unparalleled magnitude. The whole famine districts must be care- fully and vigilantly garrisoned. Not a single soldier can be taken from India now to urge on the war against the Boers, and to the vast expenditures caused by the war on hand there must be added further sums to prevent the outbreak of anothes Cause and effect are receiving due recognition in the late reports from South Africa. One veracious correspondent writes that “‘the British are resting,” and then he adds, with subtler humor than he knew, “the Boers are inactive.” The | He is quoted by | In Washington he was introduced casually | very strange | empire. | | We have, therefore, confirmation that at a time when | ke ke ok ok ok ok ok ke e ok ok ok ok sk ok ok ok ok ek ok ke ok ok o ok ke e ke ke ko ok ok ok ok ****i**fifii*"k_**itiitk*************** ber of another party. VERY impartial student of history is obliged to admit that woman is indebted to the religion of Christ for the elevated station which sha enjoys In social and family life. In pagan countries, before the Christian era, the woman had no rights which. the husband was bound to respect. She was in a state of perpetual bondage and tutelage. She was treated rather as the slave of man than as his equal and companion. And even to- day in countries where Christianity does not exercise a dominant influence <he is “the hewer of wood and the drawer of water.” In a recent official report to our Government on “Irrigation in Indla,” by Robert M. Wilson, we find that the work of draining and canal building in that country is chiefly relegated to women, who receive for their labor 4 cents a day. But let us look at woman in our own country and in the light of American civ- ilization. What is the condition of woman among us as soon as she closes her eyes to the light of the gospel? She is not, in- deed, here, as in Indla, a beast of bLur- den, but is she not too often the victim of pernicious principles and of moral deg- radation? 1 regard woman’'s rights women and soclety leaders in the higher walks of life as the worst enemies of the female sex. They rob woman of all that is amiable and gentle, tender and attractive; they rob her of her innate grace of character and give her nothing in return but mascu- line boldness and brazen effrontery. They are habitually preaching about woman's rights and prerogatives and have not a word to say about her duties and respon- sibilities. They withdraw her from those sacred obligations which properly belong to her sex and fill her with ambition to usurp positions for which nelther God nor nature ever Intended her. Under the influence of such teachers we. find woman, especially in higher circles, neg- lecting her household duties, gadding FASHIONABLE AMATEUR SHOW An amateur concert for the benefit of the San Francisco Seamen's Church and Institute and the Seamen’s Catholic In- stitute will be given in the Maple room of the Palace February 26, at half-past 8. The concert will be glven under the atronage of the following ladies: Mrs. arrott, 517 Sutter street; Mrs. Casserly, 2123 Buchanan street; Mrs. Head, 1105 Taylor street; Mrs. Willlam H. Taylor, Cnl'lto;'n!l. t“‘)‘iefl Plrn.! To’gilz. ‘ym a reet; Ts. ‘evin ‘an N ayenuer Mis. Henry T. Scott, Clay and Laguna streets; Mrs. William H. Crocker, 1150 California street; Mme. de Lalande, 517 Sutter street; Mrs. Joseph A. Donohoe, 1409 Sutter street; Mrs, Ho- bart, San Mateo; Mrs. Joseph D. Grant, 220 ‘Broadway. "The tickets have been laced at $2 50 apiece and m% be !a the patronesses or at the University fih.»rommme.lohrun has been ably in the United States. the United States and while it still sat in joint convention it adopted a series of resolutions thank- ing Stephen M. White, in the name of a grateful people, for the distinguished services which he had rendered to California and to the nation as a Senator of the United States. tions, so highly eulogistic of the man whom Senator Bard succeeded, were adopted without a dissenting vote and the people of California and of the nation were made aware of the unique spectacle of the leading men of one political party praising and honoring a distinguished mem- The Republicans of California had risen superior to party prejudices and otel on Monday evening, | « Segale e United Statos. 7 i is szzalulion made : of e Senale and Bssembly Hen Stephen M White @ 7 ok e e sk Tk e ke sk e ek e sk ke g ke ok e gk ke ke e e s e sk sk e sk ke e ke e sk e e ke ok e ok ok e e e ke e e ke ke ke ok ok ke ok COMMITTEE of the State Legislature is now on its way to Les Angeles to pay to Stephen M. White a tribute that is without precedent or parallel in this State and prob- L A S be u,!_.gm&,é fo bave av enoes and ; SPLENDID TRIBUTE PAID TO STEPHEN M. WHITE 3 Ahkhkhkhkhkhkhkkkhk*@ © ek ke ek e ok ok ok ok ok ok ke ke ok ek e e e e e e e e e ek ke ke ke ke ek ko ok koK ke ok -« s, D R R T ST R R R R R Ltk Jor bia dio8 , ad, 5ail < iy 2 une prapz ce Same RSNSOI e SO AR RS TG O e R N P O AN S R R v e fovia i e Spcz;kcr, protem. LS L /C¢bl¢; Clerk. [ R e s After the Legislature had elected Thomas R. Bard a Senator of O ST AT T T T T O T TEXT OF CARDINAL GIBBONS' FAMOUS SERMON 'His Indictment of Women Suffragists and Society Leaders as “the Worst Enemies of Thelr Sex.” about, never at peace unless she is in per- petual motion, pever at ease unless she is in a state of morbid excitement. She never feels at home except when she is abroad. When she {s at home the home is irk- some to her. She chafes and frets under the restraint and responsibility of do- mestic life. Her heart is abroad. It is exulting in imagination, in some social tri- umph or reveling in some scenes of gay- ety and dissipation. Her afflicted hus- band comes home to find it empty or oc- cupied by a woman whose heart is void of affection for him. She is il at ease; thence arise disputes, quarrels, recrim- inatlons, estrangements, and the last act in the drama is often divorce. I speak the sober truth when I affirm that for the wrecks of families in our country woman has a larger share of the responsibility. The remedy for this is found in the teach- ings of Christ. Where will woman find the charter of her rights and dignity? In the Gospel The Catholic church, following the teach- ings of the Gospel and of the Episties of $St. Paul, proclaims woman to be the peer of man. “Ye are all,” says St. Paul, “the children of God by faith which is in Christ Jesus. There is neither Jew nor Greek, neither slave nor freeman, thers is neither male nor female.” The meaning ot the apostle is this: That In the dis- tribution of his gifts God makes no dis- tinction between race or condition of life or sex. A= man and woman are made of the same clay and have the same origin, destined for the same inheritance, so they are equal in dignity, and they should share alike the blessings and prerogatives of domestic life. Mothers and wives, what an immense debt of gratitude you owe to the Chris- tian religion of to-day! You are regarded as the equals and helpmates of your hus- bands, and not as their slaves, like Asiat- ic women. If you are the mistresses of your household and not the tenants at arranged, will be as follows: Trio for piano, violin and ‘cello (Gade), H. C. Wilson, R. M. Tobin and Miss Bessie Ames; harp solo, Mrs. J. B. Casserly; songs, Edgar Mills; songs, Mrs. Hall McAllister; prelude for organ, harp, vioiin and ‘cello (Mendelssohn), Mr. Wllson, ‘Mrs. Casserly. Mr. Tobin and Miss | Ames: duet, Mrs. McAllister and Mr. Mills: | Violin" solo, Mr. Tobin; song, with piano, harp, | violin and ‘cello (Fligier), Mr. Mills, Mrs. Cas- serly, Mr. Tobin and Miss Ames. Two numbers, not yet determined upon, will be added to the programme, and it {18 _expected that sailors and midshipmen will act as ushers and distribute pro- grammes. OHM’IINMIMCM“I.‘A‘HHIL' Cal. glace fruit 50c per ™ at Townsend's.® Special information supplied dally to business houses and public men by ‘he Press cuym Bureau (Allen's), 510 Mont- gomery street. Telephone Main 1042. * To Recover His Wife’s Property. Alfred Maury has flled an actfon In claim and delivery against Public Admin- These resolu- as citizens sought to honor one whose services in public life had merited the good will and com- mendation of the people he had represented and of the State he had dignified. without parallel and tells its own story of the worth of him in whose behalf it was prepared. The spectacle is the will of your husbands, 1fke the wives of pagan Greece and Rome; if you are the honored queens of the domestiec king- doms and not confronted by usurping wives, like Mormons and Mahometan wo- men, you are indebted for these blessings to the religion of Christ, and especially to the sovereign pontiffs, who have up- heid your right against the encromch. ments of monarchs and the passions of men. If woman has been elevated and en- nobled by the Gospel, she has not been un. grateful. She deserves eternal gratituds for the blessed influence she has exerted in the family and In soclety. Not to speak of the grand army of consecrated virgins who devote their lives to the sacred cause of education, of charity and religion, how many thousands of homes there are from which God withholds his avenging hand on account of some righteous mother, just as Christ showed mercy to the young man led to the tomb on account of the grief and sobbings of his mother, the Widow of Naim! How many brothers buried in a life of sin have been raised to a life of grace by the intercession of a plous sister, as Lazarus was raised from the grave at the entreaties of Mary and Marthal Mothers and daughters, you have a sa~ cred mission. You cannot be apostles in the strict sense of the word; you cannot preach the word of God, for women are commanded by the apostle to be silent in the church; you cannot be priests, but you are chosen to offer up in the sanctu- ary of your homes and on the altar of your hearts the sacrifice of praise, thanksgiving and supplication to Ged. Christian women, let the husband and son on returning home after buffeting with the waves of the world find there a haven of rest. Let the angel with the flaming sword protect and preside over your homes, repelling from them all un- hallowed thoughts. For what is a home from which chastity has fled but a desert- ed temple, from which the spirit of Ged has departed? ) @%Q@QQ%%QW@MMWW s aast e J istrator Boland to recover posses deposit recelpt for 35000, a Srate ior Sha | and personal property valued at $260 be- longing to the estate of plaintiff's de- ceased wife. Mrs. Maury died intestate and the Public Administrator took chargs | of her effects, which her husband now | ciaims by virtue of his heirship. —_—— Personally Conducted Excursions In improved wide-vestibuled Pullman tourist | sleeping cars via Santa Fe Rou'e. Experienced excursion conductors accompany these excur- sions to look after the weifare of passengers. To Chicago and Kansas City every Sunday, Wednesday dnd Friday. To Boston, Montreal and Toronto every Wednesday. To St. Louls every Sunday. To St. Paul every Sunday and Friday. Ticket offics, 628 Market street. | —_— e | The Fastest Train Across the Con- tinent. The California Limited, Sa . Connecting trains leave &t 5 b m. Mosdar: ‘Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. Finest equipped train and best track of any lmna to the East. Ticket office, 623 Market street,