The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 14, 1900, Page 6

6 TH NCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1900. The Tabmre Call ..APRIL 14, 1900 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Propristor. tddress All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. PUBLICATION OFFICE..Market and Third, 8. ¥, Telephone Mainm 186S. EDITORIAL e Main 1ST4. Delivered sabscriptions. Sample coples will be forwarded when requested. OAKLAND OFFICE. ve++1118 Broadway C. GEORGE KROGNESS. Manzger Foreign Advertising, Murquette Building, Chicagoy NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: € C. CIRLTON. . esis liioms NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: STEPHEN B. SMITH. CHICAGO NEWS STANDS: Sberman House. P. O. News Co.; Great Northerm Hotel; Freont House; Auditorium Hotel. NEW YORK NEWS STANDS: Waldorf-Astorie Hotel; A. Brestano, 31 Unfon Squarei Murray Hill Hotel WASHINGTON (D. C) OFFICE............. Wellington Hotel MORTON E. CRANE, Comespondent. BRANCH OFFICES— 7 Montgomery, corner of Clay, opet sntfl 9:30 o'clock. 300 Hayes, open untll 9:80 o'clock. 639 McAllister, open until 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin, open until 930 o'clock. 1941 Mission, open until 10 o'clock. 2261 Market, corer Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock 1096 v 4a, open until § o'clock. 106 Eleventh, open until NW. corner Twenty-second until 9 o'clock. AMUSEMENTS, and Kentucky, Orpheum—Vaudeville. Alcazar—"Quo Vadis Grand Opera-house—“James Wobberts, L 8. 8. Boston.” ta—"A Bachelor's Romance.” —Fetschndkoff and Hambourg, Monday afternoon, Cavalleria Rusticana.* corner of Mason and Eddy streets—Specialties. jon Park—Baseball i Park—Gentry's Trained Animal Show, Saturday, bowling, fishing. etc., every Sunday. ation—Races to-dey. to come in of Russian the lines of her wide em- r to Korea, her diploma- ns or the existence of any desire on n Government to commit them. n domination in painful to Rus- the Czar's Em- , has recently informed the New Herald that his y from Tokio, respecting the iy at variance with those York Russia is scrupulously agreement made with the ent in relation to Korea, and has lieve, even upon the , that the muititude of movements in Korea has been suggested that all of been invented by persons friendly rculated by them for the purpose on from South Africa.” genious, but it hardly accounts case. The ms made upon concessions, the loan made to give Russia a virtual domina- , are matters about which there and actions for such demands ot be concea elsewhere if it could be done with safety, will take something more than mmunications from Tokio to con- t Russ: ngly it with Japan concerning Korea and has to violate it. antime the Czar’s peace party seems to n into obscurity at St. Petersburg and the Thus the Sviet, the organ of , as they call themselves, is tly said: “The settling of Eng- subjects in Beloochistan and Southern Persia serves as an indication of the supreme shame- ss of the English nation, which desires to ap- rthing to itself. The territory f Russia, right down to the Persian Gulf and Ocean, between the longitude of Batoum is a sphere of infiuence indubitably English nor the Germans can ces be permitted entrance info this e expulsion of the English who ting to root themselves in Beloochistan a is imperative.” ian press cries “Forward,” and all re- Minor, Persia and Korea are to the at the cry is finding expression in action. mzy deny things which all the world can t is a part of the trade, but the denial is to have much effect. Nations that have any interests at stake in Syria, Persia, China or Korea 2re not going to ignore what is doing in Asia for the going on in South Africa. is dominant Forward” party ing rece sake of watching what i A Boston man who the 1t is traveling in Porto Rico says ves are doing. their best to Americanize their uage and their customs. They have “wiski” and tail” and “ron” on their lists of alcoholic drinks. last word means “rum,” and the stuff they call ame is sold for 10 cents a quart. The island worth a visit. The efforts to get up something like excitement r the choice of candidates for the Vice Presidency e two parties have failed utterly. The people g to leave the matter to the politicians, long as the popular voice names the head of the ket no one cares much who names the tail. R S R The defect in the Dewey Presidential boom is that he waited too long. Had he been as slow in war as in politics he never would have made enough of a reputation to be mentioned as a Presidential possi- bility. Thi ar w s scrupulously observing | .217 to 221 Stevemsom St | s esanesnes Herald Square | 30 Tribune Buiiding | t emphatically deny the commission | Aggression in one quarter | evic a willingness to commit | because the practiceis as profitable as THE MONGOLIAN INVASION, URING the thirty-four months that Colonel John P. Jackson has been Collector of the Port there have been admitted to this city over | ten thousand Chinese, and a very large percentage of | them has been admitted as natives of the United States—that is to say, they have been admitted, not to | the country only, but to citizenship. That is a record | whose facts and figures in detail were published in The | Call yesterday, and its significance is doubtless. clear to the mind of every intelligent reader. Bad as the showing is upon its face, it appears even worse upon investigation, for an examination into the | rccord discloses the fact that the rate of Mongolian invasion is an increasing one, and that if something be not done to check the stream the numbers to be .admitted in future will far surpass those of the past. | During the last two years of the collectorship of John | H. Wise, from June, 1895, to the end of May, 1897, | the number of Chinese who applied for admission at | the port was 3792, of whom 3500 were admitted. During the first two years of Jackson's term 73% Chinese arrived here, and 7122 of them obtaifed en- trance. Within the seven months from June to the end of December, 1899, there were admitted 27350 Chinese, and it is clear from that rate that the total than those of the preceding ones. Indeed it is known that every steamer brings them in. The China has just left forty-nine Chinese as natives of this country, and the Doric has just arrived with forty-one more. In this new immigration of Chinese there is an evil which is worse than the old, for in times past the | Chinese came in admittedly’ as aliens, but now they are coming in large numbers under the claim of being natives. The Mongolian native of the United States is a citizen and has all the privileges of citizen- ship. He is entitled to a vote, and in elections in late years quite a number of them have exercised the right. Astute leaders of their race have perceived the ad- vantage the ballot gives, and it is not to be doubted that ere long they will organize clubs of voters, | whose ballots will be offered to the highest bidder. We shall then have rivalry among unscrupulous politi- cians for the Chinese vote, and the blight which will inevitably affect our political system will be felt in every election that takes place. For the evils which are impending there must be a remedy. It is evident the exclusion act cannot en- force itself, and that in the hands of unfaithful officials it is nothing more than a means by which they can levy tribute upon the incoming Chinese. The clique of attorneys who are now co-operating with the certain Chinese to make an open door for Mon- golian immigration at this port are the personal, so- cial and political friends of the Collector of the Port. Their close association with him and the readiness with which he admits the Chinese cloud his adminis- tration with suspicion, and incline to the belief that he is more careful of friendship than of the law, more zealous to promote the financial interests of the clique | than the welfare of the State. Hardly had the exclusion act gone into effect be- fore the ease with which it could be made use of by corrupt officials Chinese began to find admission into the country all along the northern border, from Puget Sound to New England. Again was disclosed. were exploited in the East. It was believed, however, that the evil there was due solely to a lack of resoc- lute public opinion in support of the law, and therz was a general faith that there would be more efficiency | here, where the people are as one mind on the issue, and understand the importance of upholding the law in spirit and in letter for the protection of American labor, American citizenship and American morals. The disclosures now made show that faith to have been ill founded. The very moment public attention was turned away from the Chinese question the wily Mongolians renewed their efforts to find admi and how successiul they have been the record shows. It is now imperative to arouse again the minds of the people upon the issue, and revive that determined o1, 4 | resolution which in the past brought about the enact- must be assigned for them, | ment of the exclusion law and for a time seemed to have assured the country against coolie invasion. the question now is not that of enacting a law, but of enforcing one already enacted. It is not a question of measures, but a question of men. If the officials of | the port will do their whole duty withno other thought | than that of upholding the act for the protection of the country, there need be no other law than the one now on the statute-books. The rapid immigration of Chi- nese under one pretense or another, and particularly $he admission of so-called natives, is carried on only it is Public indignation has checked Chinese im- Let its ne- farious. migration in the past and can do so again. full force be exerted now. e e i In addition to wearing the shamrock and having the Duke of York’s baby named Patrick, Queen Vic- toria has decided to create a corps of Irish guards similar to the Coldstream and Scots guards, and as the officers of the corps will of course have high rank in society, it is evident her Majesty intends to be so- cial with the Irish hereafter, and we may yet hear of her trying to dance a jig FOR HEALTH SAKE. CCORDING to the report of a correspondent A of the Boston Globe a good many Germans | have come to the conclusion that South Africa { is this year the most attractive health resort on the | face of the earth. The correspondent is himself on | the way to the seat of war, having taken passage upon {a German steamer. In a letter dated “Off Lisbon, March 20,” he says: “On this German boat going to South Africa we have about 400, almost all men. It is a most unique crowd. Three German Barons are in the steerage, with many students bearing the scars of duels, and military looking men who sign them- selves as ‘mechanics.” These latter have mustaches as fierce and bristling as Kaiser Wilhelm’s. Most of our shipfolks are going to South Africa solely ‘for their health.” There are about fiity Red Cross nurses and doctors on board. Then we have many Outland- ers returning to the Transvaal with passports froin their respective countries. They are all strongly pro- Boer.” It is significant that the Outlanders of other nation- alities have none of the complaints to make of which the British Outlander population has been so profuse. Thus the correspondent quotes his fellow passengers of that kind as saying: “Wages in the Transvaal un- der President Kruger's administration were $5 to 6 a day, as against $2 50 to $3 under British rule in Kim- berley. This low rate in Kimberley was owing to the De Beers.monopoly. At Kimberley the men had to buy from the company everything they needed. This is called the compound system. They were also forced to board in the company’s boarding-houses. In the Transvaal they bought where they liked and boarded where they liked. Board at the Rand was $30 per month when men were earning $125 to $150 per month.” It is doubtless true that many of these “health- admissions for the year will be as high, if not higher, | and again scandals arising from abuses of the act | In the present issue it is to be borne in mind that ’ seeking” young Germans are going to war merely for the sake of adventure, but most of them represent the carnest sympathy of the German people for the Boers in their sturdy fight against British aggression. Theirs is the spirit that animated Baron von Steuben and his | compatriots, who came to this country during the War of the Revolution to fight for American inde- pendence. They will go into battle with an ardor hardly less strong than that of the Boers themseives. The health they are going to seek in South Africa is evidently not the health of the British. e ————e We do not hear much in these days of the scheme for annexing Cuba, but as a number of American cap- | italists have undertaken to erect a grand tourist hotel in Havana it will probably come out strong in due | time. IN NEW YORK. RACING REVENUES UGUST BELMONT, Edwin D. Morgan and John Sandford, State Racing Commissioners [:\ of New York, have just submitted to the Leg- | islature a report making a very interesting showing of | the extent to which racing is carried on in that State | and the revenues which it yields. The State imposes a tax of 5 per cent upon the gross receipts of racing associations for the benefit of agri- | cultural societies, and the report says: “In the five | years over which the term of the commission extends | there has been paid in to the State Controller for dis- | tribution among the agricultural societies the sum of ; $311,139 04. A review of this tax by years will illus- trate the progress of racing in this State. In 1895 the tax was $25,220 74. This was the first year of the new order. The racing associations were somewhat doubtful of its practicability, and the public had to be educated to see that this new order did not destroy | racing, but simply transferred it to a surer basis. Six associations held licenses that year. In 1806 the tax | was $50.608 10, and in that year only five associations | held meetings. A license had been issued to the Sara- | toga Association, but because of local reasons it did | not take advantage of it, although it has conducted | meetings annually since. In 1897 the tax was | $64,034 64, and in 1898 it was $80,483 85, and in 1809 | it was $00,791 71, making a grand total of $311,139 o4. | This represents aggregate gross receipts of $6,222,- | 780 8o, or an average annual total gross receipt of | $1,244,556 16.” The Commissioners say: “It would be vain to hope | for any such increase in ratio of receipts for the suc- | ceeding five years, but there is every reason to expect | the present popular interest in the sport will continua | to such an extent at least as will make the revenues of 189 not an extravagant standard.” | These revenues, it is to be borne in mind, are drawn | from legitimate racing, and do not include the amounts of illegitimate profits and winnings made by track gamblers, who carry on racing solely for the purpose of gambling. The public can therefore form | some conception of the immense drain which track | gamblers make upon the income of a community. | For the expenses of legitimate racing the community | derives a compensating benefit in the improvement of horses and the encouragement of breeding good | stock, but from the illegitimate racing there is de- | | rived nothing but ruin, crime and suicide. | In stating the effects of legitimate racing in pro- { | ducing enlarged and more profitable markets for the breeders and wider opportunities for the owners of | good horses, the report says: “In 1895 and in 1896, | which might be termed the experimental years of the | | new order, there was little profit, but there was suffi- cient to maintain the breeder. Once racing was es- | | tablished beyond peradventure there were new pur- | | chasers in the field, the racing associations were en- | abled to offer larger premiums, and horses began to | command a price commensurate with their earning | | capacity. The gross total of premiums which went to | the successful horses have increased in proportion to | the increase of public patronage, until in this State last year the large sum of $1,100,000 was so distributed. This is an increase in round figures over 1898 of about | $125,000, and approximately over 1897 of $300,u00. | Some idea of the growth of the spost which makes | such a condition possible may be found in the fact that in 1803, the first year of operation under the Racing | Code, the total gross receipts of all the associations | holding licenses from the commission amounted in all to only $304,414 50.” i One of the most remarkable disappearances of the time is that of Lord Kitchener. A little while ago he seemed ubiquitous, but now he cannot be found even in the dispatches. S — AN AUTOMOBILE PROJECT. { OME years ago the promoters of the “good S roads” agitation brought forward rhe project of constructing a broad highw.y across the continent, from the Atlantic to the Paci: The sug- gestion was so favorably received that a United States | Commission, with General Miles as chairman, was ap- | pointed to investigate its feasibility and report upon it. No official report has yet been made, but the General is quoted as having stated to the Automobile Club of New York that the highway would be com- Ipletcd within five years. There is doubtless some error in the report, for | General Miles could not have promised the comple- tion of the road in that time. His commission, in | fact, may account itseli lucky if within that number | of years it obtain an appropriation for beginning the | work. The significance of the report lies in the reve- | lation it makes of the warm interest the General takes | in the project and his sanguine assurance of its prac- i ticability and its usefalness. , g | The automobile, like the bicycle, has roused a | strong body of progressive men to take part in the | efforts to improve our highways. To the automobile, in fact, a good road is even more imperative than to the wheel, for it can make no satisfactory progress at all over bad roads. Consequently those interested in the new vehicle have taken up the agitation for im- proved highways and are carrying it forward upon a larger scale than the bicycle men dreamed of. They seek not only a highway across the continent from east to west, but one north to south, from Maine to Florida, and have begun a campaign of education on the subject. i According to the reports that come to us the plans of the club are that one-third of the cost of construct- ing the highways shall be paid by the National Gov- ernment, one-third by the States through which they pass, and the remaining third by cities, towns and counties lying along them. The plan is not so ex- travagant as appears at first thought. It is not like projecting a highway three thousand miles through a wild country. Along considerable stretches of the proposed route fairly good roads are in existence and comparatively little work would be needed to put them in the required condition. The division of the cost would, méreover, make the burden light along the whole line. The benefits to be derived by the communities through which the highways pass would be great, and it is therefore likely that when once fairly launched the enterprise would be cordially taken un from one side the continent to the other | ing just returned from a trip to Wash- | generally when e e i : ! } i i i z z i : : i ? i i PERSONAL MENTION. | Dr. P. N. Russell of Fresno is at the | Lick. | P. Charlebois, a merchant of Ventura, is at the Lick. | F. W. Tuttle, an attorney of Auburn, is " at the Occidental. | Major J. R. Houghton, a capitalist of Chico, Is at the Lick. { Dr. E. P. Douglass of New London,| Conn., is at the Grand. Charles Teague, the well-known Fresno oil well man, is at the Grand. | Captain George F. Ellis, a mine owner of Santa Barbara, is at the Lick. | F. R. Coffin, a prominent merchant of | Boise, and his family are at the Occi-| dental, J. G. Follansbee of Chihuahua, Mexico, | manager of Mrs. Hearst's ranches in Mex- | ico, is at the Palace. | Major F. L. Payson, an army paymas- | ter, who has just returneti from Manila, is at the Occidental with his wife. | Cecil Brown, a capitalist of Honolulu, and his wife are at the Occidental, hav- ington and the East. bound. Thomas Hill, the well-known artist, has returned to his stuuio at Wawona, near the Yosemite Valley. The mountain air seems to have restored his failing health and he bids fair to complete some of the best works of his life. Fred Hellman, the mining engineer, has returned from South Africa to his home in this city. He left a lucrative position in the mines there at the outbreak of the war, but expects to return when the Boer troubles are settled and the mines again open. Mrs. Hellman came home with her husband. Lientenant Daniel Van Voorhis of the Third Cavalry, a son of the Ohio Con- gressman of that name, is at the Palace waiting to sail for Manila. He previously served In the Philippines as a captain of volunteers, but returned home a few months ago to take his examination for a commission in the regular army. Mrs. Lawton, the widow of the late Gen- eral Lawton, is in the city, the guest of General Shafter. She is stopping on her way East to attend to some business af- fairs, which will keep her in the city for a few days. She is greatly worried by cranks who write to her offering to help her spend the money recently given he, and suggesting gilt-edged investments. She is in good health. phi s —— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, April 13.—Attorney W. W. Foote safled for Europe on Tuesday. Jules Gamage of San Francisco is at the Wal- dorf-Astoria, en route to Europe. i il A CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, April 13.—Warren Gregory of San Francisco is at the Ra- leigh. N. R. Pendrio of Ventura fs at the St. James. —e— Italian-American Bank Election. The stockholders of the Italian-Ameri- can Bank held their first annual meeting Thursday at the office of the bank. The following officers and directors were re- elected: President, A. Sbarboro; vice president, Henry J. Crocker; cashier and secretary, A. E. Sbarboro; attorney, D. Freidenrich; and in "addition to the first two named gentlemen, P. C. Rossi, A. Merle, Dr. P. de Vecchi, C. A. Malm, Thomas J. Welsh, P. Barblerl and M. J. Fontana as directors. ——————— Chocolate cream eggs. Townsend’s. * They are homeward Hand-painted solid soft cream eggs for Easter at Townsend’s. . Solid cream Easter eggs. Townsend's.* California Glace Fruits, 50c 1b.; in fire etched boxes. Townsend's, 639 Market st.* e ESpecial information supplied daily to business houses and public men the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 58 Mon- gomery street. Telephone Main 1042. ¢ —_————— Nothing’s so nice-in a nice home as nicely framed pictures, and they need not be expensively framed, either. Bring your ictures to us and get our prices on fram- ‘)?1‘ them for you. Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Market street. . ——— e—— Suicide of John W. Fincke. John William Fincke, who resided with his hmlllymnt szu%rdv.u.lle)o street, com- mitted suicide yesterday morning b; A lowing carbolic acid. " He hl‘é‘b&yfl:':;. flicted with consumption for three years and had been very despondent recently. The remains were taken to the Morgue and an inquest will be held. He was a native of Germany, 45 years old. e e Aol anoa s ot Ladies take Dr. Slegert's Angostura Bitters they feel low spirited. It READING UP. | THE JOB'S, { ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. NOT A PREMIUM COIN—C. W. C.| City. A dime of 1858 does not command a premium. ONE OF 18%3—Subscriber, San Jose. A dime of 1598 with the letter S upon it does not command a premium. THE NIGHT WATCH-M. H. T. Marysville, Cal. The painting known as “The Night Watch” is by Rembrandt. MARRIAGE IN CALIFORNIA—A. S, Salem, Or. The law in California which fmhlblts a divorcee from marrying again n the State within _one year—not six "months—was passed February 25, 1507 ASSESSMENT-J. C., City. If a man owns property on California street, and when he goes to the Tax Collector’s office to pay Is presented with a tax bill for | property in his name on Franklin street ! % t § * DEAD EASY — . R o e e T B R e S T S ~—St. Paul Ploneer Press. - B o e e e el e e e et ] in addition to that on California street, and the same does not-belong to him, he is not required to pay the taxes for the Franklin-street property. The Tax Col- { lector would not be justified in refusing | to receive the taxes for the California- street property because the party declined to pay the taxes on the Franklin-street property. SITE FOR THE CAPITOL—O. 8. M., City. The site for the Capitol at Wash- ington, D. 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