The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 19, 1900, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1900 T0 THOSE of coming helpless is not a pleasant one. There little to fear, however, providing one looks carefully after one’s health. S.t"r}'w’.. age comes on like a kindly winter and life’s allotted span is lived out with pleasure. To those 60 and 70 years of age and more, fmd who require a tonic to aid nature, there is nothing can equal Warner's Safe Cure. It is a purely vegetable preparation and keeps the kidneys and liver in circulation of the blood, especially necessary at this season of the year, and stopping the cause which compels the arising at night and which to many is a source of great discomfort. Hundreds of testimonials can be given from men and women who tention was first called to Warner’ testimonial A single unsolicited appended. I take pleasure in who have passed the me- ridian of life the thought d WARNER'S REMEDIES, GROWING OLD. growing old and be- With this con- good order, aiding the bless the day their at- Safe Cure. is herewith the test to ying merits of Warner's Safe Cure. I am now 76 years of age and have been a sufferer from kidney and liver plaint for a good many years great many things, but rece great com- Tried a ved no ben- efit until I was advised by an old ac- quaintance of mine ing Safe Cure for tt to try it, which I did, two bottles felt better and have taken who had been tak- ng altogether one half dozen bottles and feel like a new man. W. C. EDGAR, Notary Public and Conveyancer, Medical advice fres. ter, N. Alanson, Mich. Address Warner's Safe Cure Co., Roches- Y. Microscopical examinations on application. +*TIVOL * “HOOT MON, IT'S BONNIE NEWS” | THIS EVENING COMMENCES THE SIXTH WEEK| JC Of the Magnetic Laugh-Making Opera, s I o 2 IDOL’S EYE. £s at §. Matines Saturday &t 2 ET THE VAST DEMAND, WE GIVE 7O ME A Special Matinee Thursday, To Celebrate Washington's Birthday. T ECORDS. K WILL BREAK ALL RE n Becuring Your S R S—25¢c and 50c. Telephone—Bush $. COLUMBIA BEGINNING TO-NIGHT, Third and Last Week, the Famous BOSTONIANS., T—ALSO THURSDAY and FRIDAY, “THE SERENADE.” TUESDAY, “THE VICEROY.” SDAY and SATURDAY NIGHTS and RDAY MATINEE, " “ROBIN HOOD.” Monday, February 35—DENMAN THOMPSON HE OLD HOMESTEAD." HE PIAC e, c Zf o lr Hovst THEY THEY | LAUGHED. | YELLED. THE LIVELIEST, THE FUN BEET LAUGHING. LICKING chfl CO} EBE ON WABHING- THURSDAY. 0 wF POPULAR we Leanineg THEATED ™ ER TON'S BIRTHDAY, “WHO IS WHO.” Introducing Those Comic Feliows, CHAS. PUSEY and BERT ST. JOHN And an Excellent Company of 25 High-Class Artis Catchiest and Brightest Specialties. The Newest Things in Musical Farce. Elaborate Scenery. Beautiful Costumes xt Bunday Afternoon, February Z5—MAG- GIE MOORBE-ROBERTS COMPANY in “THE EILENCE OF DEAN MAITLAND.” 4 REMARKABLE BILL OF ALL 600D THINGS KATHRYN OSTERMAN AND COMPANTY. HARRIE & FIELDS: DE WITT & BURNS HAPPY FANNY FIELDS CUSHMA HOILLOMBE & "RTIS; MONROE & MAC DEETS & DON: ROMALO BROTHE AMFRICAN BIOGRAPH. Reserved Seats, Zec: balcony, chairs and box seats, S0c. Matiness Wednesd: Saturday and Bunday. SPECIAL MATINEL THURSDAY, Wash ngto-’s Eirthday. Tickets Now on Sale. ALCAZAR THEATER. TO-NIGHT | #3257 WEEK, MORE FUN THAN EVER. THE PRODI!GAL FATHEB!-— EXTRA MATINEE THURSDAY, WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY. 15¢, 25¢ RESERYE® 35¢, 50c. THE NEW SOU 10c; opera Week: ex - Palace and Grand Hotels For nearly a quarter of a century the leading hotels on the Pacific Coast With added improvements and ocon . . . ’ | veniences they continue to be the head- quarters for tourists and travelers vis- fting 8 JOHN C. KIREPATRICK, Manager. 00000““““.2 [ | — I DIRECTORY OF RESPONSIBLE HOUSES. Catalogues and Price Lists Mal on Application. COAL. COKE AND PIG IRON. WILSON & CO., . COPPERSMITH. JOSEPH FOX, H. BLYTH, Mgr. CW. SMIiTH 1 15 Washington st. Telephone » FRESH AND SALT MEATS. JAS. BOYES & C0., Shipeing But FURS. 4 Keany o, J. N. LOFSTAD, 2.5 PAPFR DEALERS. WILLAMETTE ¥ 4 : PRINTIN & F. C. AUGHES, STATIONER AND PRINTER, Tedeer's PARTRIDGE ** < WHITE ASH STEAM COAL, AL MININ( Least owest prices, remodaiing pstairs. PRINTER, 511 Sansome st., srofa MINED THE CO., at he Best ( M BY BLACK 1§ in_street AMUSEMENTS. GRAND OPERA-HOUSE TELEPHONE MAIN 532, CROWDED NIGHTLY. HOLIDAY MATINEE THUASDAY NEXT. THIRD WEEK of the Best Prodyction Ever Witnessed Here. ALADDIN JR. THIS EVENING - THIRD EDITION. THE IRISH CAKE-WALK _AND OTHER UP-TO-DATE NOVELTIE USUAL POPULAR PRIC Good reserved seat in _orchestra Thursday and Saturday matinees, Zc. Branch Ticket Office, Emporfum, (THE PEOPLE'S POPULAR PLAY HOUSE.) | PHONE SOUTH 770. Entering on the SECOND WEEK to the capa- city of our very walfs. EVERY EVENING AT 8:15. MATINEE DAILY AT 2:15. JEFFRIES- THE REL A RKEY CONTEST PICTURES. BEWARE KET SPEX Matinees, ings (rese Coming:- CHUTES AND Z0o. EVERY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HA MAJOR MITE, ELSIE VON TILSE, the BLACK BARTONS, OUHANA, PAUL LA GEOBGE BYRD, VOLKYRA and CROIX. NEW MOVING PICTURES. SPECIAL! Amateur Night NEXT WEDNESDAY, INSTEAD OF THURSDAY. Balloon Ascension and Fireworks Washington’s Birthday. CAKEWALK SATURDAY NIGHT. Phone for Seats.. WESTERN TURF ASSOCIATION. TANFORAN PARK. FOURTH MEETING, Feb 12 to 24, inclusive Bix high-class running races every week day, rain or shine, beginning at 1:30 p. m. The ideal winter racetrack of America. Pa- trons step directly from the rallroad cars into a superb grand stand, glass-enciosed, whers, comfortably housed in bad weather, they cas enjoy an unobstructed view of the races. rains leave Third and Townsend streets at 10:40 and i1:30 a. m., and 12:15, 12:36, 12:60 1:25 p. m., returning immediately’ after last race at 4:45' p. m. Seats in rear cars re- scrved for women and their escorts. Valencia street, 10 minutes later. Jose and Way Statioms—Arrive at San t 12:45 p. m. Leave San Brumo at 4:00 Francisco to Tanforan and re- turn, including admission to track, §1.35. W. J. MARTIN, President. F. H. GRI and M nager. CAFE ROYAL i Extravaganza | MANY | | | | | | | GE $400 French Kid, coin toe, to 4, can find some rare values here. § | CLAIMS OF THE LIBERALIST UPON MODERN SOCIETY Rev. B. Fay Mills’ Able Address. SUBSTITUTE FOR OLD FORMS IT IS THE OUTGROWTH OF CHRISTIANITY. ST Catholicism Bucceeded Judaism and Protestantism Pollowed Catholic- ism, He Reasons; Now for Liberalism. et Despite rain and cold weather Metro- politan Temple was well crowded yester- day afternoon when the Rev. Benjamin F upon the *“Claims Upon the Modern World."” position of his chosen doctrine was most eloquent; in his delivery he was not sen- sational, but was convincing to a degree, and that he deeply stirred his hearers was evident from the beginning. of Liberal Religlon Mr. Mills’ ex- The speaker opened with the declara- tion that he had no fight with orthodoxy or the dogmas of any sect. If he had, he said, he could not lay claim to liberalism. He did say, ho T, that modern ortho- d was neither more nor I than old sm, and that the modern liberal- was merely the up-to-date form of 4 " said he, * T deny that we deny the divinity of Christ; instead we affirm the divinity of all men. This divinity is in all men and religion merely to dig down in our own souls and d which is in us. We can out of church as in it. If a Catholic is good for a person, I then by all means continue a Cath- if Protestantism is good for a man, let him remain a Protestant. would go a little modern application, then adopt liberal- fsm. At one time I took a census of those who attended one of my meetings and found that the largest percentage of | 1t were members of no church ere liberals: holics will tell you that when Ju n became old and worn out they rose up and protested against it and offered Catholicism as the modern form of religion; the Protestants will tell you that when Catholicism became worn out they rose up and offered Protestant- ism. Now if Protestantism has lost its vigor, its inspiration, its love and joy, then isn't it time for some one to rise up and again protest? Liberalism is the | modern form and we offer it as the latest | substitute. | Mr. Mills was heartily applauded at the s was also the an- would again lecture end of his discours nouncement that he in the near futur Cathedral Council’s Dance. The third anniversary ball of C neil No. M. I, will be held in | ative Sons 1l next Friday evening. | The many detalls connected with an | of this kind have received the care- members of the coun- is looked forward to pation. In the past al Council's recep- due to the fact is strictly by invitation. be no exception to the rule, large_demand has been members for the coveted (chairman), “Humphrey, with Joseph Orr as and the following floor commit- W. Dollard, W. A. O'Leary, Dr. Topper, Dr. James O'Connor, A. C. n and R. Martinez. The recep- mmittee consists of Neal Power, Charl T. McCarthy, H. L. Nagel, M. C. Vulecivich, Frank Farren and Paui Spottiswood. ot DL o SR Immortality and Science. Professor Leo Van der Naillen will de- liver a lecture on “Immortality From the Scientific Standpoint’’ this afternoon under the auspices of the Sorosis Club. ADVERTISEMENTS. — 2 Clearance SALE For This Week. Suede Kid Oxfords, in black, tan and lavender, formerly LADIES' nile green, $6. nearly all sizes ...81.50 LADIES French Goat Button Shoes, 3 50 $1.00 .50 ENTS' Genuine French (Herbers), formerly 35 For the Next 80 Days. LADIES’ SHOES, hand lace shoes .. % .. $2.50 $3 00 Glazed Kid, coin tob, patent leather tip, cloth or kid top, button. 1. $4 00 Tan Shoes in button or la $ and $ French Kid, plain to shoes: broken sizes . $250 Kid Oxfords, broken sizes. Ladies wearing A, B and C Oxfords $1.50 and $1.00 Calf GENTS’ SHOES. $700 Patent Leather, cloth top, button €hoes, pointed toes; best makes; nearly all sizes ......... 5 $3 50 Calf, double sole, round or square toe R e $6 00 Patent Leather Lace or C cquare toe: best makes; 0dd si $3.00 BOYS' Shoes, calf, sizes 2% to 6 .. $2.50 YOUTHS' broken lots MISSES’ and CHILDREN’S SHOES. $2.00 MISSES' cloth top, button or lace, coln or square toe, sizes 11 to 2 '$1.25 $1.75 CHILD'S square toe, cloth or kid top, button shoes ... b $2.50 MISSES' -patent leather button, ‘ong: zes. zed Kkid, cotn toe, vest- 8 : $1.00 INFANTS' cloth or kid ieather tip, button shoes..... top, patent Lots of Bargains. Goods strictly as advertised. 830-832-834 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO., Mills opened his splendid discourse | 1f you | farther and seek more | | ot Burns, Daniel C. De Edward J. P. Farrell, W. Ch Keogh, E. ersmith, P. H. McCarty, L. Kelly, | The floor will be in charge of | MERCHANTS AND TEACHERS REACH AN AGREEMENT Work of Committees Ended. —_—— IT ALL SEEMS AMICABLE R s CIRCULARS TO BE SENT OUT TO-DAY. g School Fund Will Get More Than $15,000 at Once and Danger of Litigation Will Be Past. SR gE The teachers’ committee appointed to attend to the compromise or litigation of the differences between the teachers and the merchant creditors of the city has reached an agreement with the merchants which it considers a settlement of the whole question. In a circular to be sent to each teacher to-day the terms of the plan of compromise are thus set forth: The teachers’ committee, consisting of C. H. | 40Wn on the brig Galilee, which had ar-| sk | rived a short time previously and was ly- | Lizzie K. Burke and Emma E. Stincen, hereby | Murphy, W. D. Kingsbury, L. de F. Bartlett, directs the attention of the school teachers and Janitors to the fact that, as a result of nego- tiations carried on between sald teachers’ com- mittee and the committee representing the mer- chant creditors, a plan satisfactory to both committees has been formulated, by which the distribution of the fund of $27,5% % now held by the Union Trust Company, can be eftected in such manner that the teachers will get over 13 per cent of a month's salary at once, with- out giving or making any assignment or in- cumbrance of any salary warrants. In other words, the teachers and janitors will recelve $1000 in cash as their share of the $27,524 94 now in the hands of the Union Trust Compan and also $5000 now in the school fund, which | will be paid to the teachers and janitors inst. of the merchants; thus making $15,000, whi will be paid at once to the teachers and jani- tors. In addition to this, the merchant creditors will agree that the $8000 worth of uncollected claims, which now have priority over the teachers’ and janitors’ salary demands, shail be subordinated to the salary demands of No- vember, and shall not be audited until those salary demands have been audited. "This plan can be carried out it each teacher | and janitor will sign and deliver to the Union Trust Company a conditional release of all claims against said fund of $27,524 94; the form | of this release is shown by the copy inclosed herewith. The teachers’ committee is fully convinced | that the plan above outlined affords a most ‘mode of escaping from the diffi- Ccultles and complications which have, from the beginning, surrounded the matter of the distribution of the fund in question. Attention is called to the following vantages of the proposed plan: All that the teachers and janitors are re- quired to do is merely to sign a release, and no salaries or salary warrants are to be at all affected. The teachers and janitors will recelve, at . the sum of $7000 and the additional sum 33000, $15,000, All of the pending litigation will be brought satistactory ad- athedral | to an end and the danger of future litigation will be avolded. As the November salaries will be given priority over the $5000 worth of merchants® Warrants, which, as matters now stand, have priority over the salaries, the teachers and janitors will have the first chance at any ad- ditional money which may, in the future, come into t hool fund of 1898 The teachers who advanced their money for the protection of all the teachers will be re- | further | paid the amounts advanced, and no ans ments will be necessa: Every teacher and janitor is therefore earn- requested to sign the above-mentioned release. In this way all further litigation be avoided. The teachers cannot keep out litigation by remalning inactive. Unless t take the proper to effect a comprom they will be brought into court by the merchant | creditors. Arrangements will be made by which the | teachers and janitors will be enabled to sign the conditional release. and notification will be given of these arrangements. The plan above outlined has been submitted | to the Auditor and is_satisfactory to him. o MURPHY (Chairman), H. L. de F. BARTLETT, L K. BURKE E. E. STINC] W. D. NGSBURY, Committee, Accompanying the circular containing | the plan of compromise is the following agreement: The undersigned hereby Trust Company of San Francisco from aay clalm that he or she may have in or to the fund of $27.524 9, collected and held by said | Union Trust Company in pursuance of an agreement executed in May, 189, by said Union Trust Company, ratifying an agreement entered into on Avril 19, 1889, by and between a com- | mittee representing certain merchant creditors and a committee representing teachers and Janitors having claims against the school fund of San Francisco for the fiscal year 1895-99, and from any and all obligations arising out of said | agreements of April and May, 18%—upon com- pliance with the following conditions: 1. That the merchant creditors having claims against said school fund, which said Union Trust Company holds as their assignee (or the agent of sald creditors) and said Union Trust Company execute and deliver to the Auditor of the city and county of San Francisco, and to the teachers’ committee, consisting of C. H. Murphy, L. de F. Bartlett, W. D. Kingsbury, Lizzle K. Burke and Emma E. Stincen, a writ- ten agreement to the effect that said Union Trust Company and said merchant creditors consent and agree that none of the unpaid de- mands of said merchant creditors held by the Union Trust Company as assignee shall be au- dited or paid until all of the salary demands of teachers and janitors for the month of No- vember, 189, shall have been audited and there shall have come into sald school fund for the fiscal year 1898-% a sufficlent sum to pay all of sald salary demands for November, 1898, and the demands of sald merchant creditors. 2. That_the Unlon Trust Company pay to sald Asa R, Wells the sum of $7000, to be dis- tributed by him among the teachers and jani- tors as follows: (a) $404 to be pald to the teachers’ commit- tee, consisting of C. H. Murphy, L. de F. Bart- lett, W, D. Kingsbury, Lizzie' K. Burke and Emma B. Btincen, to be used by it in deray- ln? actual and necessary expenses. ) The amount that each teacher has paid on account of the assessments levied for the purposes of litigation to be repaid. (c) The remainder to be divided among the holders of unpald teachers’ and janitors’ claims for November and December, 139, in propor- tion to the amount of sald claims. It is understood and agreed by the under- signed that said Union Trust Company shall uot be responsible for the proper distribution of sald sum of $7000, but said Trust Company shall be deemed to have fully complied with the above condition upon paying sald sum of $7000 to said Asa R. Wells. This agreement it is expected the teach- ers will sign and return, and then the committee will proceed to settle all differ- lence- on the plan set forth in the circu- ar. M’DONALD’S THROAT INJURED. The Loss of a Tooth Brings Serious Consequences. ‘Willlam McDonald, the well-known barytone of the Bostonians, Is the victim of a painful misfortune, which may put him out of business for a few days if nothing worse happens. Some time ago he commenced to experience considerable trouble with an aching tooth. He applicd various household remedies, but as they afforded no relief he concluded to see a dentist. This he did last week. The dentist examined the tooth and told McDonald the best thing for him was to have the molar out, assuring him at the same time that the operation would I sin McDonald con- mouth and jaw which hardl: his speaking, let alone unnng‘f Pt af r. McDonald does not know exactly ‘what the trouble is, but it is thought to be a partial ;ilulyulu of the cords of the throat resulting from the shock of the op. eration and the effects of the drugs used in its_accomplishment. Possibly a few mr:.éiay: ‘_d'.'l :n:l“m.e relnxlnlon of the jured c ular barytone once more back on the E‘Z‘.’m. Junior Order Celebration. The Junlor Order United American Me- chanics will celebrate Washington's Birthday Thursday evening in Odd Fel- lows' Hall. There will be an_interestin; and appropriate g‘mmme of music ln! recitations and .t‘ Au will oba {gnowed mb‘y dancing, ress e even! “Life of Wasl ton,” will be delivered by H. G. Squier, State councilor, | outside for a couple of days came | !aged. The two brigs were soon separated | | | | | | ‘making in all an immediate payment | n | the releases the Unicn | BRIGS DAMAGED INA COLLISION NEAR ALCATRAZ The Old Thetis Trouble Again. in COAST SEAMEN TO CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNION IS NEAR AT HAND. Sugar Boats From Honolulu Are| Placed in Quarantine—Overdue Ships Causing Much Un- easiness. g FEG L SR There was a strong westerly breeze | blowing at the heads and on the bay all | | yesterday morning, and in consequence | | quite a fleet of vessels that have been 1n. | | There was a strong tide running when | the brig John D. Spreckels arrived, and | when the captain attempted to anchor off Meiggs Whart the current carried her ing at anchor. The Galilee lost her jib- boom and some of her headgear, while | the Spreckels lost her jibboom and (ore-‘ topmast and had her standing gear dam- and then the John D. Spreckels was taken | to quarantine, as she is from Honolulu. About noon, when it was blowing | thirty-two miles an hour at Point Lobos, the revenue marine recetving ship Thetis | dragged her anchors and went on a cruise on her own account. She nearly | collided with the pilot boat Bonlta, | bumped up against Powell-street wharf and finally docked herself in the berth usually occupled by the quarantine tug | | George M. Sternberg. When the latter | vessel came back from inspecting one of | the sugar fleet she had to move the The- | tis cut into the stream again before she | could dock, | | The deep water arrivals yesterday were | | the brig Galilee, 361, days from Laniti: | | barkentine 8. G. Wilder, 19 d. from Honolulu; schooner Amy Turner, 21 days trom Hilo: brig John D. Spreckels 14! from Honolulu; bark S. C. Allen, 1 from Honolulu; brig Lurline, 15 days Kahulul, and British bark Calth- re, 74 days from Newcastle, Aus- | from alilee brings a cargo of cocoanuts, | fungl, pearl shell, copra and vanilla beans. She left Papeete on January 12 and_crossed the equator ten days later. On January 23 it blew hard and there was a nasty cr E During the gale the foretopgallant mast was sprung and from that e on Captaln Densmore was able to set nothing above a reefed fore top- gallant safl. Afte losing the northeast trades the brig ran into a heavy south- easter, during which some of the sails were blown out of the bolt ropes, while others were split and rendered useless, The Galilee brought no passengers and Captain Densmore reports everything quiet in the French possessions The S. G. Wilder, John D. Spreckels and 8. C. Allen, a from Honolulu, were placed in qua e. The brig made a splendid run up, beaung the bark and barkentine by four and a f days. All three ves will be fumigated and re- time during the week. The fairly good run, ship~ Snow and . which left Newcastle with her same day. On January 19, In latitude 3 degrees 40 minutes south gitude 120 degrees west, the ‘aithne passed | the barkentine Omega, which was at that time thirty-five days out from Astoria o with a cargo of lumber. . Omega asked hire mad the American b mbers of the Seamen’'s Union of the Pacific in San Francisco expect to have a big celebration on the evening of March 6 next, It will be the fifteenth an- | niversary into of the organization, which came there | ail the co | branches in every to Victoria, B. C., and then the name was changed to the Seamen’'s Union of the Pacific. The anniversary celebration is to take the form of a parade to be followed by a mass meeting and a banquet. It is ex- pected that fully 350 members of the unfon will be in port on the occasion and | a splendid showing will be made in con- | sequence. The parade will leave the headquarters of the union on the corner | of East and Mission streets promptly at | 7:30 p. m. March 6. It will be heades br twelve picked men in uniform, who wiil | | form an advance guard. Following will | [be a band of twelve pleces. Then will| | come Grand Marshal Edward Anderson | at the head of 15 men, forming Company | A, under Captain Frank Johnson; a band | of ten pieces, followed by flags and | | transparencies, after which will come | | Company__ B, 150 strong, under Captain | Thomas Finnerty. | " At the conclusfon of the parade the men | and their friends will meet in the main | hall of the union, where some of the best | | speakers in the city will give addresses. | | The whole proceedings will then wind up with a banquet, The underwriters are wondering what | has become of the British ship Annie Thomas, now out 201 days from Cardiff for Acapulco. She was last spoken in latitude 57 degrees south, longitude 70 de- | | grees west, on October 11'last, and in con- | sequence 25 per cent reinsurance {s being gald on her. The American ship May | lint, now out 7 days from Hongkong for | 2 were port from San Pedro Tacoma, is also a subject for uneasiness, and 12 per cent reinsurance is being paid on her. The May Fiint is one of the | ships recently purchased from Flint & | Co. of the California Ship Company. On | the British ship Englehorn, &% days trom Yokohama for Tacoma, 30 per cent rein- surance was pald, but the vessel reached Port Towasend in safety a few days ago. IMPROVEMENT CLUBS WILL DEMAND LIGHT Supervisors Will Hear Protests Against Proposed Shutting Off of City’s Gas Supply. To-day representatives from nearly every improvement club In the city will appear before the Board of Supervisors to protest against the turning off of the street lights for the balance of the fiscal year. The clubs are of the opinion that economy might be practiced with better results in other branches of the municl pal government and their best speakers will be on hand to-day to say so. George H. Fletcher, whose ncthw in behalf ot better government has made him a prime | factor in matters of that sort, and presi- dent of the Federated Clubs as well, does not agree with a number of Supervisors | that the city can afford to go without light, and to-day it is likely he will come to the front to make his protest. The Supervisors themselves are wait- ing only for the protests of the club: They acknowledge them as the represent- atives of the public and are ready to abide by the majority of their oglnlonl. In case no protest is made the lights will be shut off. If protest is made economy will have to find its victims in other | uarters. The resolution cutting the oard of Health allowance to $35, i come up to-day on its second reading ana | the board will also have to consider the appointment of additional clerks to the offices of Auditor, County Clerk, Recorder and a half dozen other offices at the Cit; a1 Masor Phelan, It is understood, has made his dicker and is now prepared | to recommend the clerks of whom he will subsequently have the appointment. —o Precita Valley Wants Light. The Precita Valley Improvement Club joins with the other outside district clubs in their protest to the Supervisors nst shutting off the street lights. The club at its last meeting discussed the question, and came to the conclusion that not one Supervisor dare {n before the people as U] pofllr* the policy of shutting off the | lights. 'he club called the attention of | the Board of Health to the perpetual nuisance of the sewers in the valley. —_—— Ladies’ fine kid ties for T5c a palr, worth 3, at the sale of shoes, 717 Market st. ¢ | LR R R e B e e e R e | be sur out THE BEGINNINGS OF AMERICAN POLITICS. Copyright, 1900, by Seymour Eaton. AMERICAN POLITICAL PARTIES, BY JESSE MACY, LL.D. I. THE FEDERALIST PARTY. | A political party may be defined briefly as “an organ for the expression of public opinfon.” Such organs have come into existence along with the transition in gov- ernment from privilege to democracy. They exist wherever men are striving to realize government of, by and for the people. In all countries where a demo- cratic ideal prevails each political party professes to set forth and to strive to realize that policy which will best pro- mote the interests of the whole people. Because men are not agreed as to what will best promote those interests, political partles exist. In respect to each positive, aggressive measure there are always op- posing views; one body of men advocat- ing a change In the existing policy as likely to serve better the welfare of the people; others resisting the proposed change and striving to show that It will endanger the interests of the people. It is to be continually borne in mind trusted the financial policy of Alexandes amilton, the new Secretary of the Trea: ury and the real head of his party these were found the masses population and the dwellers i tered towns and hamlets th country. selves, unde: readjustment arising from the new issues, allled with the re- publicans. Madison himself was one of the number. On the other hand, the commercial classes and in general the dwellers in where the population was con- ealizing better thz e others the imperative need of a stable and straightforward financial policy and the importance of that well ordered soctety and security of life and property upon which progress in civilization depends gave their adherence t federalists and_upheld Hamilton's propositions for funding the debt of the Union along with the debts of the various States Personal Interest doubtless entered Into the motives actuating many of the mem- bers of both parties. Those States large debts to provide for—like South [ A D D & = e Er Y that the party, properly so called, is al- ways to be distingi trom the fac- tion or from the ¢ contending for its own privileges. Centuries of selfish fac- tional strife preceded in England the rise of true political parties. Federalists and Anti-Federalists. The study of American political parties may properly begin with the struggle for the adoption of the constitution, 1787-9. American whigs and tories there had deed been previous to the Revolution, who correspended in thelr to the parties of the same names in Great Britain. The whigs opposed the policy of King George his ministers, while the torfes supported it. After the close of the war, for obvious reasons, no tory party remained upon this side of the Atlantic, while what had be he whig r.xr(}' now included pract whole people. | That has h called the first American political party it is per- haps more strictly accurate to say that the advent of peace and Independence found the new nation without parties and | in a state of political fluidity ready to crystallize_into opposing forces the mo- ment the divisive element should appear. This was supplied by the work of the constitutional convention, which set be- fore the people a frame of government for thefr adoption or rejection. During the great debate which ~followed—prob- ably the most thorough, the most Influ- entlal debate known to our political his- tory, reaching down to the fundamental prineiples of all government and familiar- izing the people throughout the land with those ideas which underlie free govern- | ment _everywhere—arose the two parties known In history as federalists and anti- | federalists. | | The whole subject of party names in our early history is somewhat confused, and the variety of terms used by differ- ent writers, with their diverse applica- tions, tends to. perpetuate this confusion. It 1s, however, clear that a form of con- stitution having been adopted by the | convention which met in 1787 and placed | before the States for adoption or re- jection, the party favoring the adoption called themselves federalists, while the name anti-federalist was applied to those who opposed the adoption of the consti- tution, declaring that the centralization of governmental power involved would angerous to individual freedom and to the cherished rights of the several States. Federalists and Republicans. Two years of discussion of the ques- tion, “Shall the constitution be adopted?” led to the triumph of the federalist and placed Washington in the Presidential of- fice. The constitution having been made the law of the land and accepted by the nation, and the man who was the unani- mous cholce of all the people placed at | the head of the new Government, fresh divisions must at once begin. Hence- forth political debate concerned matters of immediately practical consequence— the interpretation of the conmstitution, which all parties now accepted and pro- | fessed to venerate, the adjustment of the | difficult financial problems of the new State and questions of foreign policy. Naturally the leaders of thought and opinion were gathered In the Cabinet and the houses of Congress. While Washing- ton could be persuaded to remain In office they could not differ as to the Presi- dency. but they could and aid differ as to the Vice Presidency, and they differed in respect to the use to made of the new federal powers of the Government. The towering Intellect of Alexander Ham- {lton could not but draw to itself a fol- lowing of thinkers of like inclination. The pressing problems of state came before them as they conferred together. Thelr discussions of men and measures led them to agree in their judgment as to the in- dividuals best fitted for certain positions of responsibility. The names of such per- sons were then suggested to others, to| men of prominence in their several | States. In effect those men were thus | “nominated” for office. and this coterle of public men led by Hamilton was the | nucleus of a ‘‘party.” It became the “federal party’” of the period succeeding | the adoption of the constitution. In a | precisely similar manner arose the first republican party headed by Thomas Jef- | ferson. This is the way political parties | are made. The party in power during Washington's | two administrations and of that of John | Adams retained the name federalist, but | the opposing party now called itself Re- | publican, while its adherents, in reproach, were sometimes called democrats by their enemies. Sometimes we find the hyphen- | ated noun ‘‘democratic-republicans’ | given to the same party. | New terms and new issues did not, how. | ever. destroy the underlying basis of di. | vision, which in the beginning separated federalist and anti-federalist. e fear of centralized power tended to persist in the minds of those classes who had fought against the adoption of the constitution, and lhotlgh it has not always come to the ‘ace, the same fear has beeen througl- | all our after history one of the divisive | elements in our national politics. DI- vergent tendencies remained and spread among the people after the great striggle was apparently ended and the new admin- 1stration had entered upon the herculean task of welding into a united nation the | reluctant factions which had given their unwilling and tardy consent to the under- taking. | “ Some of those who as anti-federalists | had opposed the constitution did no doubt | give, after its adoption. their loyal adhe- | sion to the administration of Washington —that 1s, to the federalist party: but the | major part cast in their lots with the new republican party. of which Jefferson was the acknowledged leader. Some of :hem believed that they saw in the new forms of government and In the attitude of the federal leaders monarchical tendencles and llfil of these other disasters to lib- erty which had been foretold. Others dis- CELEBRATING THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION. 3 e S o o S e e A ] | ter, M. o a fi 1 i 1 R e e e S I S S 2 Carolina and Massachuset naturally agreed in desiring the assumption of their bligations by the tional Government, while Pennsylvania and New Hampshire, having less to ain by that measure, trongly opposed it. Religious motives may a had their influe The de- Pligrims and Puritans 1 the lelity which seemed to with Jefferson's liberal political views. It was at this period also that the lines parating the agricultural and commer- clal classes were more sharply drawn and sectional strife was intensifled. Diffe~- ences political thought due to differ- ences in economic conditions and supposed interests led to diverse views of the con- stitution and to contradictory applications of theories of government, though the fundamental principles no longer entered into discussion Note—Study No. 1 will be continued on Monday next. & Courses of Instruction. Spring Term, 1900, an Political and Recent Scientifl n - Wednesdays and Thursda . Fridays: Photography fes. Ages of Literature. for Amateurs. Saturdays: Bilographical Studies for Girls. These courses wi tinue until May 31 . Examina will be held at their close as a basis for the granting of certificates. EIGHT DAYS AT SEA IN A LITTLE CANOE STORY OF A NEW CURIOSITY AT THE PARK MUSEUM. Large Crowds Enjoy a Varlety of Sport at the Chutes and Sutro Baths. Several thousand people who belleved they were weather prophets and risked a day in the open in search of enjoyment were drenched yesterday afternoon. The shower was of short duration, how- ever, and did more good to the flowers In the park than harm to those on the millirery of the pleasure seekers. A large number of people visited the museum during the day. Interest cen- tered on a China Sea cance peculiarly fashioned out of the toughest woods. This cance was donated to the museum by Captaln John Willlams of the British ship Matterhcrn, who resides at No. § Qermyn Grove, Princess Park, Liverpool, Engiand. The caroe, in which a native, weak frcm hunger and perishing for wa- was lying, was picked up by Caj tain Williams 240 miles off shore south- ward of the island of Fulo-Di-Majle of the Anamba group in the China Sea. Af- ter he had regained consciousness the na- tive said that he had been blown off shore and had been exg‘yh: days at sea without {cod or drink. Three times his frail bark had capsized, he sald, but the exertion of righting it the third time had left him helpless and he expected to die before ancther day had passed. Captain Williams took the native to Shanghal, whence he was sent home by the Euitish Consul. His cance was breught to this ity and is now the prop- erty of the Park Museum. During the iast week Y. C. Lawson of tals city do- nated eight pieces of paper currency Is- sued In Ncrtk Carolina during the ctvil war, and James W. Moore contributed some English notes of ancient date. Many new ané handsome Indian baskets have also been obtained and more are on the way to this city at the present time. Notwithstanding the rain a large crowd of people remained at the Chutes during the sfternccn. Instead of Thursday the amateur night this week at the Chutes will be held on Wednesday evening. Thursday will be given over to the cele- bration of Washington's Birthday. Fire- works and_the electrical fountain will illuminate the grounds. Following are the results of the contests at Sutro Baths: Fifty-yard dash, juvenile—P. Sundburg first, H, Freeman second. One hundred yard dash, amateurs—W. Ahr- bach first, H. Larcken second. b race—Won by P. Sundburg, J. O Brien and H. Freeman High diving—Won by J. O'Brien and L. Hay- wards. Springboard diving—Won by J. O'Brien and Ed Carroll. Swimming under water—H. Larcken first, H. Henderson second. The Ascent of Man. Rev. E. Neelander, pastor of the First English Lutheran Church, last night dis- cussed “The Ascent of Man.” In part he said: To agree to the proposition that man s de- scended_from an anthropoid ape is impossible if_we believe that we are made “ a little lower than the angels.” But if that doctrine could be substantiated, then I should look all my grim and grinning and stupid ante- Adamic ancestors in the face and shout at them all “Whatever ye were, ye monads, ya monkeys and ye monsters, as for me and these my brethren, now we are the sons of God!” This lays the origin of man in God. We can think of God's thoughts. We can imitate the character of God. We are permit- ted to do the work of God. We are still in & world of fleids and shops and stores and studios, but may be sons of God in the dis- charge of filial duties in tolling with the tools 4 trades of earth as the saint does his in eeping harpstrings where the angels sing. —_—————— m.u‘ Poverty often pinches the wealth sometimes pinches the