The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 16, 1900, Page 5

THE ADVERTISEMENTS. e s Just Think! A whole floor devoted to chairs, for the parlor, | the dining-room and the library. And when you have secured your chair we would show you wi big house makes specia of carpets can in the wa ik a ty do patterns and low prices. INDIANAPOLIS FURNITURE CO.| 750 Mission Street, San Francisco. of pleasing you as regards handsome *TIVOLI+ AMIAWIZ? COME AND SEE! P YOU!! HT!— Daniels’ Superb “THE WIZARD “ NILE” THE TTER THAN IDOL/S EYE T WILL APPEAR!! "HESTRA AND ENERY AND E SATURDAY at 2 - 25¢ and 50c. 36 at 8. MATIN EVE Popular Prices - N THE HIT OF HITS! HOPKINS TRANS-OCEANIC VAUDEVILLE COMPANY HEUM aturday and OPERA HOUSE Sunday. M GRANI PHONE & TRI 5 W YORK GLORIO ¥ ANY Cheered BY AN INING AN ARABIAN GIRL Or ALI BABA AND THE 4 THIEV Extravag: Production tnessed AL POPL 04 Reserved Seat in Orchest Sunday Matinee, Ticket Office r The Greatest G Branct D LGREAD D WEEK ano CONTINUVED SUCCESS! “OUO VADIS!” AT THE TCH A ALCAZ ER BEFC Reserved Seats Six I ance. PRICES— 15e, 25 CHUTES ano ZOO DAY. EVERY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DAVIS & HEARD: THE HEWITTS: SINGER:; CLARENCE LIN- AMP & MURDOCK; EDWARD LLEN & WARD; NEW MOV- JONES HA Amateur Night?hrsday. Cakewalk Night, Saturday. Ortler sats by Phone Park 23. ¢. 35¢, 50¢. | | | | T CROWDED | A TO THE | CRUSH DOORS! MR. JAMES NEILL | AGAIN HIS MAGNIFICENT ORG ng Sol ith Russell Comedy. A BACHELOR’> ROMANCE EVERY E\'EA\iAf}_ THIS WEEK. | THURSDAY | And SATURDAY NIZATION. | Delighttul | Two Mat CALIFORNIA THEATER. This Afternoon Promptly at 2:30 The Gr:at Musical Ev:nt of the Year! FIRST JOINT PERFORMANCE OF THE TWO GREAT RUSSIANS. PETSCHNIKOFF, The Poet of the Violin. HAMBOURG, The Young Siegfried of the Plano. AIME LACHAUME, Distinguished Composer and Pianist, Assisted by 60 Musicians from the SYMP UNY « He TRA A MARVELOUS PROGRAMM: Reserved Seats 1. $150 C B R Second and FINAL WEEK. Last 7 Nights and Matinee Saturday. The 1 edented Rush for Seats Continues. OME THIS WAY IN A TIME. WM. H. WEST'S BIG MINSTREL JUBILEE! . NEW FEATURES THIS WEEK. Last Performance Takes Place Sunday. seeciac 95 35 B, 756, 1. PRICES WARD an: t Monday - er i America: 3 t Hail 1 he Best Orchestra in the Cit; OUR TIME TABLE: NEW §:00—2 BILL TO-NIGHT! AUGUST HINRICHS' SUPERB OR- | ‘A PUERERL SENORITA SALVINL BABY RUTH. SIGNORINA POLLETTINT. AINA BARDUCCI. T—VARGAS and SALVINL Y RUTH "AVALLERIA RUSTICANA." ADMISEION — 10¢ TO-DAY. MATINEE TO-DAY. Market CENTRAL‘ PARK, & Eighth. TWO WEEKS, Beginning Saturday, April 14th, CENTRYS s Trained Animal Show! Larzer and_Grander than Ever. Twi former size. Three Hundred Elephants, bonies Monkeys and Dogs. Giving positively the most unique and povel exhibition . ever witnessed under canvas Representing the highest pos- sible_developr of_animal intelligence. 76— WONDERFUL ACTS—35. More startiing and difficult than ever performed by their human prototypes in the sawdust arena. The fad of the fashionables and an instructive show for old VOKES. SCHER’ CONCERT HOUSE and young. A most moral and ref . fainment. The cleancst and “best Gresseq r- hibition _on tour. Admisslon—Children, 106: Adults, Ze Performance at 3 o'clock after: noon, night. See Gr R O WESTERN TURF ASSOCIATION. TANFORAN PARK. SIXTH MEETING, April 8 to 2, Six high-class running races enr‘ymwc.leu:l?.‘y rain or shine, beginniug at 1:30 p. m. d The ideal winter racetrack of America. Pa- trons step directly from the raliroad cars into a superb grand stand, glass-inclosed, where, comfortably housed in'bad weather, ‘tney can y an unobstructed view of the ‘rains leave Third and Townsend st and 11:30 3. m. and 12:15, 10:00, 10 and ‘1'% p. last race at 4:45 p. m. n rear served for women and their escorts. No smuk- ing. Valepcia street. 10 minutes later. San Jose and Way Stations—Arrive at San Brano at 12:45 p. m. Leave San Bruno ‘at 4:00 and 4:45 p. m. RATES -San Francisco to Tanforan and re- turn, including admission to track, $1.25. W. J. MARTIN, President. ¥. H. GREEN, Secretary and Manager, | rapidly a | twenty-three | WHISKE DEATH CLAIMS ONE MORE OF THE PIONEERS Hippolite Dutard, Commis- sion Merchant, Passes Away. e i He Came to This City in 1849 With His Father, Who Established the Business to Which the Son Succeeded. Another member of the pioneer band | who helped to build up this city in early days was summoned by death yesterday morning, when Hippolite Dutard, one of San Francisco's best-known commission merchants, succumbed to a disease with which he had been afflicted during the past ten weeks. The end came rather un- expectedl, Mr. Dutard’s death was peaceful, his sorrowing wife and several relatives being present at his bedside. Mr. Dutard was 67 years of age at the time of his death. Previous to his last iliness he had enjoyed excellent health, having experienced only slight attacks of rheumatism. He was laid low by Bright's disease. He had been confined to his bed for the past ten days. Mr. Dutard was born in Valparaiso, | Chile, in 1543, and came to this city in 1849 with his father, Bernard Dutard, who established in 182 the business which ssumed its present large pro- portions, and to which the son finally suc- ded. He was a member of the Call- for; Pioneers, Pacific Union Club, Pro- duce Exchange, Merchants’ Association and other representative bodies of this city. Besides his wife Mr. Dutard leaves a sister and two nephews, Leonce and Walter Sheldon, who were identified with their uncle’s business at the corner al will take place from the tamily residence, 2113 Pacific avenue, to- morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. The fu- neral ceremonies will be brief and the in- terment will be at the Masonic Cemetery. The pallbearers selected are J. K. C. Hobbs, C. B. Stone, Thomas B. Bishop, C. S. Laumeister, James Hogg, Dr. C. N. Whitney, H. E. von Hagen and Willlam Mayo Newhall. Thief Dropped His Booty. Shortly before midnight Saturday night Policeman Craig saw a bicyclist riding along Golden Gate avenue with a sack at- tached to his wheel. The officer was sus- picious and ordered him to stop. The bi- Eyelist dropped the sack and dlsappeared. Craig examined the contents and found valuable fantail hey * had been pouters and CAPE NOME MACHINERY and SUPPLIES. SAND CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS: KROG & Drake Amalgamators, operat- ing datfly: 1 30-Hp. gasoline en- £ine ch,iln' 9 Stevenson, S, SAND CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS In Operation Dally. 625 Sixth Street. BYRON JACKSON. CAPE NOME ENGIN! FOUR more of those small, light-weight Nome engines have arrived from East: call soon. Rix Engineering and Supply Co., 519 Howard. DPEDGING PUMPS. 011, Gaeoline, Eteam Hoists, Centritugal Pumps, Enginea&Botlers. HendyMach.Wks..40 Frremont. EXPERIMENTAL MACHINERY & MODELS. L. PETERSON, 544A Mission. S. F.; communi- catiors from inventors strictly confidential. MARSH STEAM PUMPS fresh or salt water for sluice boxes; Stmonds. 33 Market st. Eapply Tieh or jow lifts. GOL > SEPARATOR. Cyelone Gold Separator and Amalgamator in 4aily operation. Wm. M. Birch & Co., 133 1st. GOLD SEPARATOR. MARSHALL Gold Saving Machine. 229 Fol- som street. Oriental Gas Engine Company. OQf;CF,PlF.S #ND P OVISIONS. Outfits packed. IRVINE BROS., 570 Howard, 308 Fourth, 1302 Polk and 1441 Stockton, §. F. MATTESON’S SLUICE WASHER. Long tom, riffles and carpet combined sa placer gold. VAN WINKLE, 413 Market st. LIQUORS- Y L. CAHEN & BON, 418 Sacramento. OiLS. LUBRICATING 0f)_Crude Ofl and Gasoline. ENSIGN & McGUFFICK. 23 Spear st. 8. F. PLATES FOR SAVING GOLD. Echaeslein & Burridge. 3 Hardie place. off Kearny. between Sutfer and Bush strests. F. W. BELL, Central Plating Works, 352 Mlis- sion st.. S. F. Phone Jessie 301 PORTABLE HOUSES. HAM-STANDEFORD CO., Washington st ste.. Oakland. or Builders’ Ex., 8. F. IIIH? many orders for Nome. 141-143 First st., S. F. ENGINES, BOILERS. ETC. EAKER & HAMILTON, Engines and Doflers: lowest prices on the coast. Pine & Davis sta. BU! GASOLINE ENGINES, HERCULES GAS ENGINE WORKS s FURS. FUR COATS AND ROBES FOR CAPE NOME. ALBERT HOEFLICH, 11§ Grant ave. TENTS AND « OVERS. NEVILLE & CO.. manufacturers, bags, tents, covers. 31 and 8 California st. — 4 QUART BOTTLES $3.20 Express charges vrgdd. Highest grade for Medicinal or Family use. ‘We give you the benefit of the middiemen’s profit, besides you are guaranteed the oer- tainty of PURE WHISKEY. Nothing on case to indicate contents. Money refunded if not eaiisfactory. Reference, any business firm and commercial egencies. F. EPHRAIM & CO., Distillers’ Agents, 18 Montgomery street, Ban Francisco, Cal. £ Twice the price could buy Do better. LOMITAS OIL COMPANY. 100,000 SHARES. $5 EACH. Owns 160 acres of land in Coalinga Ofl Dis trict, three miles north of OIl City: tit United States patent. Directore: G 1. BEACH, President; HOW- ARD C. HOLMES, Vice President; C. A. CAN- FIELD, J. A, FILLMORE, W. H. MARTIN. A limited amount of stock on sae at $1 per re. For particulars call on or address O. K. CUSHING, Secretary, Room 16, No. 104 Sutter st., San Francisco, Cal. Radw_ay’s iL Pills fect digestis complete absorption m gestion, ] ty. For the cure of all disorders of the Stomach, Liver, Bowelauxldnen, Bladder, Female Ir- ties, Headache, Bl Con- Piles and all derangements of the lari! ‘Viscera. 25c a box. At Druggists, g—u. RADWAY & CO, New Xork pigeons—carriers, | stolen, along with nine others, from the yard of A. Repgold’s residence, 1400 Golden Gate avenue. Repsold called at the City Prison yesterday and claimed his prop- erty. : MISS O’NEIL DIES ON HER WAY TO CHURCH She Expires in the Arms of a Police- man, Who Caught Her as She Was Falling. Sarah O'Neil, while on her way to St. Charles Borromeo Church on Shotwell and Eighteenth streets yesterday morn- ing, died suddenly on the sidewalk be- tween Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets. Miss O'Neil was in company with her sister, Mrs. Murphy; when taken ill and, on the advice of her companion., was about to return to her home at 1807 Mi sion street, when she was met by Police Ofticer M, J. Filben, who saw her stagger.. He went to her assistance just in time to sci1ze her as she was about to fall. She diec in the arms of the officer before med. ical ald could be sent for. The deceased Jas 6 years of age and & native ‘of Ire- and. British Ship Annie Thomas Practically Given Up as Lost. n | She Is Now Out 260 Days From Car- diff and It Is Feared That Her Cargo of Coal Took Fire. e e very much afrald of the chances they have taken on the British ship Annie Thomas. She is now out 260 days from | Cardiff with a load of coal for Acapulco, | and so little do the underwriters think of her chances of ever reaching port that | they are offering 93 per cent to reinsure | hull and cargo. Captain Meredith is well known to the San Francisco shipping fra- | ternity as a very careful and skiliful navi gator, while the Annie Thomas has al- ways been classed as one of the slowest ships afloat. On that account quite a num- ber of people in this port have taken chances on the overdue, and should she arrive there will be much rejoicing on the | water front. The Annie Thomas left Cardiff on July 29, and when 82 days out she had not rounded the Horn. On that occasion she was in_latitude 57 degrees 2 minutes ]soulh, longitude 70 degrees 30 minutes | west, and was reported with the loss of | her fore topmast. This was in October, { and during all of that month particulariy heavy weather was experienced off the Horn. At one time there were over a dozen disabled vessels in Port Stanley and two of them have not yet reached port. One of them, the Blackbraes, is now due | any day, while the other, the Musselcra; | came by the way of Cape Hope and h: to put into Sydney, N. 8. W., in distre: he general supp is that the Annie Thomas was caught in | the October storms off the Horn and be- ing unable to make any headway Cap- | tain Meredith made for the Cape of Good Hope. That must have been 170 days ago and the vessel has had ample time to make port. Still she may be lying be- calmed in the Gulf of Panama, and in that chance the gamblers take refuge. Captain Meredith was last here in the British ship Dominion. He left here to get married and a new master sailed the ship to Honolulu with a cargo of coal. From Honolulu the Dominjon sailed for Puget Sound in ballast, and it is only now that Eorllons of her wreckage are beginning to e picked up on Vancouver Island. he captain and crew have never been heard from since they left Hawaii. After his honeymoon Captain Meredith joined the Annie Thomas and started on this last lll-fated cruise. Water Front Notes. The whaling bark John and Winthrop got away to sea again yesterday. She started for Cape Nome with passengers and cargo, but had to put back because the decklcad was too heavy and made the vessel cranky. The deckload was re- moved and the vessel goi away again as quickly as possible. The new_ schooner Churchill arrived from Coos Bay yesterday. She was orig- inally built for a syndicate, but they ob- jected to the manner of her construction, so A. M. Simpson took the craft off their hands. The Churchill will now run in the coast lumber trade. cruiser Protet were both open to the pub- lic yesterday. Petersen's launches carried a big crowd of people, the fact that both vessels could be visited for one fare being trip. —_———— BIRTHDAY BREAKFAST The eighty-third anniversary of “Un- cle” George T. Bromley's birthday was celebrated in delightful fashion at the Bohemian Club breakfast table yesterday Assembled at the table were: George T. Bromiey, Raphael Weill, Dr. Behr, Van- derlynn Stow, Henry Marshall, Dr. Ben- jamin Swan, Ed_H. Hamilton, Sylvain weill, Alexander G. Hawes, Judge Henry C. I Vergont; Henry K. Field, Dr. Ju- lius Rosenstirn, Dr. George ‘E. Goodfel- low, H. J. Brady, J. D. Maxwell, Hugh M. Burke, Lucius H. Foote, Barry Cole- man, Ryland Wallace, 8. Captain George E. Sage, U. S. A N. H. Irwin, George W. Granniss mander Reginald F. Nicholson, U. S. N. | Louis Sloss Jr. and Captain Robert How Fletcher. Raphael Welll, under whose direction the feait was spread, mastercd the cere- monies in becoming style. Uncle George responded to numerous felicitations in breezy verse, wherein he recalled some of the Joyful expressions of his parents when they first gazed on his benign counte- nance, eighty-three years ago. Happy allusion was made to his seventieth bir&- day, which was celebrated thirteen years ago in several of the chief seaports of the Orient. A round robin from a hundred rounders of the Lambs’ Club of New York was produced. Tender of congratulation in prose, blank verse and unique rhyme from many writers and players pleased the host and_his company. Letters from Dr. George Chismore, Willlam Greer Harri- son, Albert Gerberding, Joseph D. Red- ding, “Cosey” Noble, Joseph R. Grismer, Jennings S. Cox, Nat G n and many others were read. ‘The health of the gentle lady who made the coffee cake was pledged in cham- pagne. The health, likewise, of the lady Who presented Uncle George with a gold- en match-box was not overlooked. hen the orators were ready to be surprised by unexpected calls to speak Messrs. Brom- ley and Weill held a conference and de- cided to adjourn. —_——— ‘Will Study the Mother Lode. JAMESTOWN, April 15.—Professor An- drew C. Lawson of the University of Cali- fornia and twenty-four students, members of the senior mining class, reached here this afternoon. The party will remain at the Hotel Nevills overnight and in the morning leave afoot on a journey along the mother lode through the counties of Tuolumne, Calaveras and Amador. They will make a study of the geological for- mations of the section traversed, passing through els, Mokelumne Hill and Jackson to Sutter Creek, which they ex- pect to reach in five days. A large crowd met t}:em .l;',l the nan‘lgn here. Carriages were in waiting an ey were di all local ‘points of interest. e — Cameroon Revolt Dying Out. BERLIN, April 15.—According to officlal Lr;poru from the Cameroons the revolt ere is dying out and orderl; are belng resumed. - This 18 undcrotood vy be llrtflg due to the good offices of Amer- ican missionaries, who have acted as in- termediaries in negotiations for a peace- ful settlement with the Bull chief, Joseph Com- 8. N. ~—— |and that on the summit, The gamblers in reinsurance are getting | The battleship Towa and the French | a great inducement to people to make the | TO UNCLE GEORGE D. Brastow, | FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1900. APRIL SHOWERS PROMISE WEALTH T0 THE MINERS Water Courses Have Enough Supply to Make Good Season Sure. | News From the Mineral Counties | Abounds in Evidences of Good Prospects for Delvers for Hidden Treasure. A e T The rain of the past week has been an | additional circumstance to inspire the | miners of the northern counties with hope. The people of the south were not | g0 lucky, but advices are that the out- look for sufficient water is very good in many localities. The majority of north- | ern points will bave a fair supply. From | Calaveras County comes word that there is a depth of eight feet of snow in Bear Valley and that the heads of the streams seem to have an abundance of water. The Calaveras Prospect says that a solid body | of snow extends down to Black Springs above Bloods, it is deeper and solidly packed. This is | | the snow that fell early in the season and | | one foot of it is worth fully five that falls | in March or April. Of course, there is no 1‘ | radical change in the prospect for some | localities where the water has previously been reported to be very low. The camp in greatest need of water is Randsburg. The people down there have not giver up the fight by any means. In fact, work | is proceeding night and day on a new well that has a supposed capacity of 100,- 000 gallons per day. A stone reservoir to ‘ihold 100,000 gallons has just been - com- pleted by the managers of the Yellow As- ter and so confident are they that they have a good well that they have let a | contract for a pipe line nine miles long | and a pumping plant, the whole to cost Another sign of promise during the | week is the case with whnich the Califor- nia Water and Forest Association. has | been able to raise about $10,00 to co-op- erate with the United States Government and the two California universities in ex- | | ploiting the water supply of California. | | it will be recollected that the aim of the | association is the storage of the flood wa- | ters for the use of the miners as well as | the agriculturists. The Government has Agreed to co-operate in the work of map | ping the country in the mountain regions | to ascertain the best sites for the stor- | | age reservoirs. The field work will soon | | be observed by the interested miners. | William Thomas, who is at the head of | |the Water and Forest Association, says [ that one section will be surveyed at a time and that when it is fully rounded up any intelligent person will be able to see |at a glance_ where the available storage | | sites are. Some time in the future the work of the association will play a large figure in furnishing a reliable supply of water when it is most needed by both the | miner and the farmer. The creation of great reservoirs will also multiply the | available power that can be electrically | developed for the benefit of the miners. { The Senatorial bill giving aid for the establishment and maintenance of mining schools has been reported by the Senate Committee on Mines and Mining in a modified form. It now provides for an | | annual appropriation of $10,000 for each | school of mines in connection with a State | college or university, the money to be de- rived from the sale of public lands, and the amount to be increased until it reaches §20,000 per annum. The Congress- | men from the mining States and 'ferri- | tories will undoubtedly work for the suc- cess of the measure, which was fathered { by Senator Chauncey Depew of New | York. | United States engineers and others fig- | | ure that in parts of California’s foothills, notably near the Forest Hill divide, in Placer County, there are great gold placers to be mined by the drift method, the gold to be got out from under the {lava. The channels of the old rivers un- | der this capping are supposed to be much | richer than the modern rivers and placers, | that yielded a_thousand million dollars in | | old. This is because the channels of the ancient rivers served as bedrock sluices Ifor untold ages before the disturbing lava yws began. fic ! The miners of San Gabriel Canyon have organized under the name of the South- | west Miners’ Association Auxiliary No. J. | The purpose was declared to be the unit- | ing of all the mining interests of t | Southwest, including Arizona and New { Mexico, also to prepare permanent | mineral exhibits, interest capital in min- | ing enterprises, favor uniform and ade- | quate laws to govern mining and mineral claims and to encourage the development of the mining industry in every legitimate | way. The following names of miners | | were enrolled as members of Auxiliary | 1: F. C. Spence, George Gorman, G. | W. Filey, D. H. Beaty, S. F. de_ Voin, J. | A. Metcaife, V. Metcaife, James Neal, W | Bridges, R. M. Follows, Evan Davls, | W. T. Heaton, G. M. Cake, W. G. Pot- ter, J. McCaslin, Jonas Murray, Charles | Hogan, J. D. Osborne, Jose Maria, James | Williams, James Everhardy, James Mec- | Grestin, V. M. Greever, T. B. Persinger, | Ben Heaton, Hayes Potter, Fred Thorp, | ‘W. M. Potter, Marion Herrin, A. A. Rus- sell, C. Rodriguez. | "The Etna Advance says that mining | operations in Trinity and Siskiyou coun- | ties have, in the main, settled lown to a steady, solid ba The mines are being worked on assured lines and the season's | output will justify the general satisfaction now felt. | In notices of forfeiture to joint owners for non-payment of necessary annual as- sessment work upon unpatented mining | claims the notice must be published for % days and the party so notified has % days after the last publication to pay up. | The copper mines of California are of greater value to the wage-earners of the | coast than those yielding the precious | metals, as they require a larger number of hands to work in the stopes and around the smelters. The extraordinary activity | at present in copper mining here is con- sequently one of the best signs of the times in California mining development. LECTURED ON LIFE BEYOND THE GRAVE Rev. B. Fay Mills Treats of the Prob- lem of Immortality at Metro- politan Temple. Rev. Benjamin Fay Mills lectured last evening in Metropolitan Temple under the auspices of the Sunday Lecture Asso- clation. His subject was “The Problem of Immortality.” In part he said: Let me give you two reasons why I’ belleve that man lives beyond the grave: The first reason is what I am so fond of say- ing, that 1 believe this is a rational order. It 1s an irrational order if men are made merely to tarry on this planet for a little time and then to fade forever. Near'y all the founders of religions have | taught fmmortality. Almost all the scriptures of ail the nations teach immortality. Almost all He great philosophers and scientists believe in fhe faividual immortality of the soul. It is not something that belongs to one people and is shut away from other people; it is one of the universal beliefs In the world. 1 believe in future life because now. As Immanuel Kant said: ‘“The highest good practically is only possible on the sup- position of the immortality of the soul.”” Think | that out, and you will say amen. Lotze, the great philosopher, says: “That will last forever Which on account 'of * its excellence and its gpirit must be an abiding part of the universe: what lacks that preserving wj{"' will perish.'* —“The American Porter’—possesses a mellow flavor pecullarly its own and is unlike any other brew on the market, whether of foreign or domestic production.' E. G. Lyons Co., Wholesale Dealers, San Francisco, Cal. ——————— Run Over by a Bicyclist. Harold J. Fischer, a newsboy, while standing at Market and Powell streets yesterday morning, was knocked down ?{ a bicyclist and rendered unconscious. e s, I am alive ‘was taken to the Receiving Hospital and speedily recovered. He escaped with a bruised elbow. The wheelman, K. S. | Kristianson, was arrested by Policeman AMERICAN POLITICAL PARTIES. Copyright, 1900, b ¥ Seymour Eaton. IV. THE ERA OF GOOD FEELING. (Continued.) BY JESSE MACY, LL. D. The Tariff. The very first Congress of the United States, which met in 1789, brought for- ward bills for the taxation of imports in order to create a national revenue. The discussion which preceded the passage of a tariff act showed a difference of opinion among the legislators in respect to the wisdom of imposing dutles for the purpose of protecting home industries, but neither then nor till years after was the question raised of the constitutional right of the Federal Government to impose protective | duties. It was the universal practice of the natiens thus to protect their own pro- ducers. Our first tariff act, though a revenue and not a protective tariff, rec- ognized the principle of protection in its preamble. Hamilton and Jefferson held similar views. There was no party di- vision upon the subject. The industries of the new state, aside from ship-building and transportation, were almost wholly agricultural or crudely mechanic and the products of the soil pald for the manufac- tured goods which were imported. With the war of 1812 new conditions arose. The varfous restrictive acts put in force led to the ruin of American commerce. Manu- factures were established to supply the goods which could no longer be readily imported from foreign countries. The duties upon imports were doubled and un- der the stimulus thus afforded manufac- tures sprang up with great rapidity. The close of the war and the removal of re: strictions upon trade threatened the new enterprises with serlous loss or ruin an the tariff act of 1816, providing for an in- crease of duties, was in-a measure a con- cession to their needs, though it was more garlicularly designed to provide for the eavy expenses of the war. After the financial crisis of 1519 a definite movement arose in favor of Federal aid to manufac- tures, which would promote a desirable diversification of industries, the revival of business throughout the States and a rise in the price of land and its products. U der the pressure of popular clam gress passed the tariff bill of 1 marks the adoption of a pesit tive policy. upon fabrics were raised, as desired by tex D | England manufacturers, and upon iron, | lead, wool and other articles produced | chiefly in the Middie and Western States. | The leading statesmen, irrespective of | arty affiliations, favored the measure. | 'arty lines were drawn, as parties began | to rise out of the chaos of the period, | without reference to tariff questions. | Favorable results seemed to follow al- | most immediately upon the legislation 1824. Trade revived and a tide of prosper- ity appeared to set in. If protection had thus been proved good, would not more protection be better? Manufacturers of woolen goods had not received their fair share of the Increase of duty in 1524 and they demanded higher rates.” It began to appear that sectional interests were deep- ly involved in the details of tariff legi lation. Strong opposition to protection grew up in the South and seliish greed everywhere besieged Congress for action favorable to its own business and its own locality. Great pressure was brought to bear upon public men, and as the Presi- dential campaign of 1828 drew on it be- came apparent that the tariff was to en- ter prominently into party politics. Origin of the Spoils System. That political theory . which maintains | the right of a successful party or faction to use its power of appointment to and removal from office to rfurther sel dividual or party interes lic welfare and the qualifications didates become subordinate, ha be tersely named ‘‘the spoils | A President naturally gathers round him as counselors and aids in carrying out his officfal policy those who sym thize with that policy. He selects is Cabinet members and appoints the Min- will represent his administra- thos hi isters who tion before foreign powers from holding political views similar to own. But there are many thousands inferior officers in the civil service who have to do with the details of the execu- tive work of the great business of the | national Government. The under instructions from their superi the measures determined upon by responsible persons in the Government are not in the slightest degree cc cerned with the administrative policy self. It is_of no consequence wha { what may be the political opinions of the thousands of Custom-house officers, light- keepers, postmaste: ete. their innumerable subordinate: as they are competent to perform ties of their positions. They represent one and have no political responsibil for their acts. There is no valid r for removing a Democratic postmaste clerk in the Treasury, for insts make room for a_Republican postmaster or clerk when a Republican President is vorn in. On the contrary, it is extreme- probable that the experienced official is better qualified for his place tha any raw hand, The rewarding of po cal party services by appointment to lu- crative office and the holding out the hope of such reward as inducement to partisan effort have brought into Ameri- can politics such a train of evils as to threaten the survival of our free institu- tions. For fort is years no President was guilty of basely prostituting his appolntive po er to par urposes. Jefferson was cused of having made partisan remov but the charge Is not sustalned. throughout Jackson's two terms of offic the civil service was openly made a party engine under his avowed principle—"“To the vigtors belong the spoils.” The way had been prepared by the passage in 1820 of a bill drawn by Craw- ford, then Secretary of the Treasury and a candidate for the Presidency, limiting the term of a large number of interior officials to four years. Before this the term had not been fixed, and the object of the new law clearly was to increase the patronage to be disposed of, while its immediate purpose was to gain votes for Crawford. The officers mentioned in the But | of Henry C bill were also to be “removable at pleas- ure,” The principle of “rotation fice” was thus introduced into politics. The evil tendency of the unperceived by most, but to and Madison and Calhoun The latter declared. it dangerous e work a revol it was of the rity of large numb. have since learned at bitt The Slavery Question. on not_conf prohibitio passed Southern white popula wned slaves nor favo institution was fou North, and gradual elieved that, 1 “and India ked to be admitted, bringing with her. was at once clear ti o arply divided in re he ins its nsion of t t whic threat irritation will mark The Election o The campa 2 a discriminat interes in a matter of ory will f 1824. are called head for a_pow During th had congrat passing away gathering of within the Re never rea 1 leaders e last t hre E Crawford. N its place, and Pr his c3 jori ity tration periences. questions for strugg It enter into par’ es. soon ap- peared that the quiet era had brought forth a ple crop and that new politi- cal sortings and adjustments were fast gathering the national forces into oppos- ling parties. PRAISES THE SCHEME OF THE “CALL’S HOME STUDY” Editor of The Call: study is certainly praiseworthy. Your scheme for home The daily press has the greatest opportunity the world has ever offered to any agency for stimulating people in all homes to careful study and thoughtful research. When Athens reached a point where its people were only anxious for the news the city was doomed, and the power of its great thinkers ard writers was lost. A similar danger con- fronts our people now; the minds of the peo- ple are kept on contin- ual tension by start- ling headlines that do [ B e e e e o S o e e ] R R R R e e e e I Y S R SRR SR REV. GEORum <. ADAMS. R e e e L R SRR S SRS S SRR SRS Qoo e eiodededede® not agree with the text that follows:! the re- sult the growth of the spirit of insincerity and the longing for the startling and the evan- escent. Give us something to think and talk about that has todo with eternal principles, and you will confer an inestimable blessingen that portion of mankind who read your paper. Stimulate the people Kineh and _booked at the City Prison on a charge of battery. —— e Ladles’ fine kid ties, worth $1 75, for Tsc a pair at the Boston Shoe Co., 776 Market* helpful thought, and in you. Cordially yours, to research and deep, the end they will bless GEO. C. ADANS. San Francisco, March 28, 1900.