The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 21, 1900, Page 6

THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1900, The Tubs< Call. APRIL 21, 1900 SATURDAY " JOHN D SPRECKELS, Proprietor Lodress All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager PUBLICATION OFFICE..Market and Third, 8. F. Telephone Mailn 1868. EDITORIAL ROOMS....217 to 221 Stew Telephone Main 1874 m St. Delivered by Carriers, 15 Cents Per Week. mgle Copies, § Cen: Terms by Mail, Including ILY CALL (meluding Sunéay), obe year.. LY CALL ncluding Sunday), LY CALL (ncluding Sunday), CALL—By Single Month. NDAY CALL One Year.. EEKLY CALL One Year All postmasters are sabscriptions. Sample copes will be forwarded when requested. 555 gmEEYY OAKLAND OFFICE 1118 Broadws —_— AMUSEMENTS. Alcazar—"'Quo Vadis.” Calif A Bachelor's Romance.” bia—West's Minstrels. i—""The Wizard of the Nfle." ra-house—"An Arablan Girl’ Vaudeville ert_House—"Cavalleria Rusticana.” Theater—Vaudeville every Tiv Zoo and Park—Baseball. rner Magon and Eddy streets—Specialties. r ined Amimal Show, w efternoon. every Sunday. nE, bow Racetrack—Races to , 9G-, AUCTION SALES. s Gay, Horses, at 1732 Market 2, at 8 o'clock, eventng, April t ON NATIONAL POLICY. s the Republican members State for pledge-breaki ted for the Porto Rican bill icle atta State platform for 1898, pledg » extend our reven was uppose that the treaty of it in its terms, and we had taken the Chronicle insist at r members would require them to ex- y seen to be i A State pl That must be all the States, a icy th i for the gold stz t as well as the other. ess, upon a larger and more in- n. decided upon the Porto nt proper treatment of the is- and caucus measure. Would members bolt and join demands that our members the future “promote complete between all parts the upon those terms it will con- dence. n back i f the Chr Ric micle’s pc the Philippine Does it agree 1an of his National Committee extended the whole constitu- with ies and blessings, he Philippines™? e which ratified the Paris treaty that act passed a resolution not the intention of thi s Govern pine Islands an integral part e President himself stands in denial at they are now a part of the he whole constitution. n th on All of these nullify the free trade pledge rm of 1898 If these islands 1 wholly under the constitu- coolies and all, Asiatic are citizens free commoners everywhere nd voters in any State wherein ed its residence qualifications. That is ich the Chronicle’s position leads us We uphold the Republican lands are not-a part of the Union. That position has, to back it, Supreme Court, and of Jefferson, Jackson and Webster, all being ress has exclusive power to legislate ople, State: rders, premise. ories and any acquisitions uired territory, we stipulated that the those countries, resident ame citizens of the United States, at their of tizens tution followed the flag it ca ried citizenship to such residents, and the treaty That it had place in the vledgment by Jefferson. Mon- respectively, that the constitution fol- e sword nor the flag. Those Presidents n was unnecessary. was an ack of Paris rests on their interpretation of It omits to make citizens of the orto Rico and the Philippines, but leaves status to be settled by Congress. that the Chronicle will hardly insist that the consti- tion by its own vigor extends over them in all re- spects but this one, for the establishment of such a octrine will be found impossible. It is plain, there- t onal construction and by precedent, er those islands nor their people are in the Union, with all the privileges and immuni- nd civil status conferred by the constitution. Tf it would be their misfortune and our calamity. Conventions may resolve that we will re- tain them in perpetuity, but that declaration does nothing to fix their status. That remains just where the constitutional construction and acts of Jeffer- on, Monroe and Polk leave it, subject to the will of Co constitution ple of F v consti that ne American were, oress the Chronicle choose to advocate the policy of ress hastening to give them the full status of the constitution, and admitting the soil to the Union and the people to citizenship, that is a proper issue. Jts contention that this has already been done has not a leg to stand on. By refusing to permit an inspection of the records of the Chinese burean in this city Collector Jackson manages to hide something, but by the very act of doing =0 he exposes the fact that there is something he wishes to have hidden with France, Spain and Mexico, by | We think | GOVERNORS ON ARID LANDS. | i et T a conference held in Salt Lake City by Gov- ;/\ ernors or their proxies of States included in | the arid region it was resolved to oppese the leasing of the grazing lands, but to demand the ces- | sion of all the public domain to the States. It does not seem to have occurred to the Governors and their proxies that such wholesale cession is a far wider de- parture from the practice of the Federal Government | than the leasing policy which they oppose. Nor did | it occur to them that leasing the lands now, to pre- | serve their forage and conserve the water supply, does | not at all interfere with their ultimate cession to the States, but preserves the sole value that they have | for the States or the people. The practice of the peo- | ple of this country is the reverse of the cession of | lands to the States. The ordinance of 1787 accepted the cession of the Northwest Territory by Virginia to the Federal Government. The land became public, Federal 'domain, and five States were finally carved out of it. From the beginning the principle has been adhered to, that the ownership of the public domain is in the whole people of the Union, until the Federal Government patents it into private ownership. There is no prospect that this policy will ever be changed. The Governors and their proxies adopted a resolu- tion to “favor a cession of the said arid lands to the several States wherein they are situated, under such terms and conditions as will guarantee the | benefi of the free homestead laws to the i people of the United States, and will prevent said lands, either by fee simple title or by the leasing thereof, from passing into the possession or control’ ge companies, syndicates, corporations or ; individuals in large quantities, to the exclu- | and under such conditions that the several St y have the income arising from said lands, to be devoted to the reclamation thereof for ser- tlement by bona fide citizéens.” The Governors intend by t Federal in the tions, syndicates and wealthy people, to the exclu- sion of others, which is absolutely untrue. But it is evident that the Governors intend to lease the lands if ceded to the States, for they say they want the “in- | to reclaim and improve | If the ranges continue to be | ow, there will be no income: homestead entry, as should be, their transfer to hip will produce no income for the sion of others, es m the s of corpora- to stigmatize iteres leas come arising from said lands’ them for actual seitlers. system they as ject to free yme they must yield, in order to | rship of the actual set- ; [ use to stock men. proxies pledge them- | se them to companies, corporations, J ind 1 This makes se pledging the y out of grazing his | easeholds, for that will dis- not to become we d herds on his I a leaseholder. g rich by the use of land is an offense pun- the G lly draw no | To be must insert in every State patent to a homesteader a in poor on his freehold, | exclusio: such use, m vernors e between ir proxies can loj the leaseholder and the freeholder. logical they condition that he is to re under penalty of vitiation of hi If rich 1 nation, they can be abolished by taking a They are therefore an impermanent abomination and a fleeting free- h them as a chronic abomination aiseholders are an abom y their leases. show. But the Governors will have the rich holder always w unless they condition his patent upon permanent in- 1 of the States represented by the Governors ad large grants of public lands, in lieu of the ions, and for | e been ions lost in Indian reservat B asy s ther lnude other purposes leased n large tra s to exactly the same classes they the tizing. Nor is the homesteader and bona fide settler any bar to the acquisition of land by syn- dis acts, but is rather a con- | venience thereto. The “Big Four,” the Chicago meat | packers, have leased and acquired in the States repre- } sented by these Governors, of State land, an area | as large as Kansas, and are stocking it with | Swift, one of the packing combine, is buying | . | stigmatize, and also by the same Governors who do | es or others in large t nea | sheep. | from the actual settlers to whom it was patented the Camas prairie in Idaho, a tract about forty miles long ty-five miles w by tw de. and the settlers are pocket- ing their coin and raising their voices in favor of the Governors’ policy of State cession and actual settle- ment to prevent the wealthy getting land! B o, In one of the letters captured from the Filipinos a writer declared that one Filipino soldier was worth four Americans. The dusky probably meant that one Filipino soldier was four times as hard to locate as one American observer The row in the House of Representatives over. the | naval bill much of the | parliamentary tactics which prevail in debate in Ken- tucky. appropriation savored very e s v RUSSIAN DESIGNS ON ESPITE the recent statement of Count Cas- sini, Russian Embassador at Washington, that Korea, nor any intention of violating her agreement | with Japan concerning that country, 1t appears the | the situation. All reports from Yokohama are to the | effect that Russian assurances are not trusted by the of war between the two powers. The Russian Government is seeking to attain its have just proven so successful in Persia. They are offering the Korean Government a loan of something forcing it upon the country, for it seems the Koreans | are by no means desirous of becoming the debtors of the Russians demand. | The practice of financing a weak nation for the pur- | pendence has now become one of the favorite meth- | ods of imperial diplomacy. It will be remembered | ing as collector of a loan. Furthermore, when, after | the war with Japan, the Chinese Government sought | manded by the victors, the British were eager to ad- vance it. An arrangement was actually made for | sian Government intervened and by a protest, backed | by threats against China, compelled that Government kindness of heart offered to furnish China with the | money, but British influence in turn compelled the | rejection of the proffer. were obtained through the aid of a German bank, s KOREg. D Russia has no designs aggression on Japanese Government is by no means satisfied with | officials of Japan, and that there is a serious menace ends in Korea by the employment of tactics which like $12,000,000, and, according to the reports, are | so powerful a creditor," nor of giving the guarantee pose of getting an excuse for suppressing its inde- | that Great Britain obtained her hold of Egypt by act- to obtain money with which to pay the indemnity de- financing the Chinese loan in London, but the Rus- to recede from its bargain. The Russians then in | Finally the desired funds and the controversy closed. Had not Great Britain been occupied by the war l | pro: | them. | not needed, as the company did not burn gas. | deprived his temfant of patronage. | Bush & Mallett, tenants of Aronson, were also noti- | | fied that their telephones would be removed. | simply at the prohjbition of that particular form of in South Africa it is safe to say the Russians would never have succeeded in making their recent loan to Persia, and it is probably due to the same war that they are now so persistent in their efforts to arrange a Korean loan. The British are not in a position to protest with any great force, and the only obstacle in the way of Russian extension is Japan. The Korean peninsula is a region of high commer- cial and strategic importance in that part of the world. The extension of the Russian railways to the Pacific Ocean renders Korea extremely valuable to the em- pire. It would be in many respects a more important acquisition than Persia, for while the control of the Persian ports gives Russia an opening on the Indian Ocean, the annexation of Korea would give the em- pire a dominating influence over all of Northern Asia and make the eventual conquest of a large part of China a comparatively easy task. It is said at this time all that Russia asks is the concession of a small amount of territory in Korea or the island of Kokotu. These may appear smail, but the possession of either of them would bring a powerful enemy close to the coasts of Japan. For that reason the Japanese Government is watching the progress of events with no little suspicion. It is clear that if there is to be war, the sooner it begins the better will it be for Japan. Ii the conflict be post- poned until the Siberian railroad is completed and the Russians have established a single foothold in Korea, the advantages Japan now possess will be lost. Wars are too costly to be undertaken in these days without grave reasons, and the crisis may pass in peace, but there can be no doubt the danger of a conflict is imminent. W phone companies to supply the patrons of the telephone slot machines with the desired switch before exacting payment comes up for re- consideration on Monday it should have the unani- mous support of the board. Those who voted against it last Monday because they thought the subject had not been sufficiently investigated by next Monday wiil have had ample time to acquire all desired informa- tion. The issue is one of plain justice to the public, | and there is nothing in the resolution which can be | in any sense rightly construed as a wrong to the company. | The aggressions of the telephone monopoly are be- coming more and more unbearable. It will be re- membered that when a proposition was made to im- pose upon the company a fair degree of taxation one of its officers mockingly asserted that if the tax were imposed the company would “put it in the bill” | and exact it from its patrons. Furthermore, it is to be recalled that when the new charter was being framed the company, by its astute attorney, cleverly tricked the charter-makers into so framing the instru- ment as to exempt telephone companies from the | municipal supervision exercised over all other cor- porations controlling and operating public utilities. These are specimens of the aggressions and eva- sions practiced by the company upon the public in the way of tax-shirking and extortion, but it has other | ways of offending against public welfare. A com- plaint made by A. Aronson in an action against the TELEPHONE EXTORTIONS. HEN the McCarthy resolution requiring tele- [ S R R T e S S SO S SR S WD SO SO SOy SO SO S | Pacific Telephone Company reveals another example of the monopoly methods. It appears the company desired to fasten its wires to Aronson’s building, but was not willing to grant any remuneration for the privilege. Being refused the privilege the company undertook to enforce it by bringing pressure to bear upon the tenants of the building. A portion of the | building is occupied as a hotel, and it is alleged that the telephone company, through its agents, ap- | ched the proprietor and threatened that unless she would prevail upon Aronson to grant the privilege | desired by the company the telephones would be re- moved from her hotel, and the three employes of the | company living at the hotel would leave her house A phy apartments in the hotel and was about rented occupy | or else lose their positions. an to He ordered a telephone placed in the rooms, but was informed that the company declined to place any telephones in that building, and the prospective tenant was obliged to seek accommodation elsewhere. The Gas Consumers’ Association, occupying one of | the stores beneath the hotel, was notified to remove the eleven regulators it had rented to the telephone company. When asked for the reason for the sud- den change the company’s officer said that they were i‘ The Gas Consumers’ Association investigated and found that the statement was not true, and complained to ! Aronson that his action toward the company had T. Brilliant and | That instance of attempted extortion on the part of the telephone company is cited only because it is of | recent occurrence and is now before the courts. It serves as a timely illustration of the aggressiveness of the company. The abuse of exacting money from the patrons of telephone nickel-in-the-slot-machines is one of long standing and constitutes virtually a sys- tem of petty larceny practiced upon the public. It is | a wrong for which there is not one plea of justifica- tion to be urged. The McCarthy resolution does not in any way even suggest retaliation for the many wrongs, offenses, exactions and extortions practiced by the telephone companies in other ways. It aims fraud, and it is therefore the duty of the Supervisors to enact it into law. ———— When a delegation from Frederick, Md., was be- fore a Senate committee asking for $200,000 of war damages, one of the delegates told Senator Depew | that the story of Barbara Freitchie is not a myth, whereupon the New York statesman told the com- mittee that Barbara had been one of the idols of his childhood, and that when he played around his mother’s knee his heart throbbed with sympathy for the old woman who had so nobly defied the foes of her country. The display of Depew emotion was ex- tremely effective until some one asked him if he thgught the incident occurred in the wet of 1812, and r§minded him that he must have been about thirty- five years old when it occurred. As a freak of mem- ory that is hard to beat, but then Depew never was able to determine exactly where his memory ends and his imagination begins. ’ Uncle Sam appears to be in an extremely unfortu- nate predicament in his effort to force the Sultan of Turkey to pay damages for certain depredations. The Sultan has no money and can't fight. Uncle Sam won't fight and can’t collect. He ought to employ a bad debt collector like John Bull. —_— The Chinese Government has issued an imperial edict guaranteeing protection to native Christians. Tf the Government would follow this order by another | keeping its “native sons” in the empire. Californians would have legitimate ground for celebration. —— 1f the smashing of idols cun:inues we won't have left a single hero of the Spanish war. Even “Teddy” Roosevelt is now accused of being a quitter. | at the Lick. prominent business men of Tucson, Ariz., are at the P general solicitor of the Sar | Vance of California is |CONCERT BY THE played to an enlarged audience yesterday | afternoon at what was to have been their final concert. | will be heard here again next Friday af- possible proof that these artists are being value. | self and Liszt's extravagances “T'11 Be Gosh Dinged if This PERSONAL MENTION. M. G. Rhodes of San Jose Is at the Lick. Rev. W. A. Brewer of San Mateo is at the Palace. Ernest Sevin, an attorney of Eureka, is Carrol Hutchins, a railroad man of Bos- ton, is at the Palace. De Courtney Forb man, is at the Palac Fred Searls, a mining lawyer of vada City, is at the Palace. Jackson Hatch, a well-known attorney of San Jose, is at the Palace. John D. McGilvray, a prominent con- tractor of Spokane, is at the Grand. J. E. Rathbun, owner of stage lines run- ning out of Wil at the Russ. J. A. Chanslor, who has big holdings in the ofl lands around Coalinga, is at the Palace. Fred Corn, owner of an extensive borax plant at Santa Ana, and his wife, are at | the Russ. | James H. Norton and Charles , a New York club- Ne- R. Drake, alace. Doctors Ruggles of Stockton and Mat- thews of Bacramento, members of the State Board of Health, are at the Grand. A. D. McKenna, first vice president and Fe Rallroad Company, with headquarters at Chicago, is a guest at the Palace. e — CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON IINGTON, April s and family and H. Braunschweig an Francisco are at the Riggs. E. H at the Shoreham. 20.~Theodore RUSSIAN ARTISTS Messieurs 'Petschnikoff and Hambourg It is announced that they ternoon at 3:15 o'clock. The increased attendance is the best appreciated at something like their true Just what that value is cannot be esti- mated at this early stage of thelr career, but I feel no relyctance in prophesyin that the name of Petschnikoff is destine to become enrolled with those of the reatest masters of the violin. His play- | fig s 80 sane and sincere and withal so | diamond-like in its purity, clearness | and brilliance; it is delicate and | strong; ethereal and passionate—in it are combined accuracy and individualism | and a consummate technical facility that | compels amazement. The programme yesterday was well se- | lected ‘and showed not only the rare charm of the young violinist but displayed the planistic powers of Mr. Hambourg as well. Such fantastic compositions as an intermezzo in octaves by Leschitisky, a_“Gavotte Moderne” by Hambourg him- | on the Mendelssohn wedding march gave the layer ample opportunity to astound his Rearers, which he certainly did: but how | much of the esthetic essence of music his wonder-working fingers created is another question. Petschnikoff is an artist: Hambourg a prodigy. PORTER GARNETT. ARl ks e e ‘What England Pays for War Horses. Tt is difficult to estimate the enormous expenses incurred by the English Gov- ernment for the transportation to South Africa of necessary war material, especially so with respect to the horses and | R B I R e e R e e e needed. A Budapest newspaper, styled the Sport and Hunting Journal, has calcu- lated the cost to the English for sendin to the Cape 3000 horses that the Britis] Military Commission has just bought in Hungary. The average price of these horses was $160. They will be embarked at Fiume in the horse-steamer Mont-Liban, es- peciall. arranged for the purpose, and shipped direct to Durban. The wil The cost price amounts to $480,000. alone of the horses ) Add to this the ex- ense of transportation, custody and '0ood as far as Fiume, amounting to about $60,000. The expenses during the sea vov- age as far as Durban, including the maintenance of the animals, pasturage purchased at calling stations, etc., ag- gregate 3955,400. Adding all these charges you have a total that indicates that every horse arriving in Durban has cost Engiand nearly —_————————— Conclusive Charges. Visalia Times. The' Call is authority for the statement that Federal officials are letting Chinese land in violation of the exclusion act. As the proprietor of The Call is the National Committeeman of the Republican party for California, and the mea he condemns are Republicans, it Is fair to assume that the evidence to support the charges must voyage | take from thirty-five to forty days. | be pretty conclusive. i A Natural Episode. “Did the Brooklyn man die a natural death?’ “Oh, yves, he was run over by a trolley car.”—Princeton Tiger. ‘Without Prejudice. “My man,” ui . the Rev. Mr. Good- ley, “can I not induce you to come inte chureh?’ “Oh! now, boss, I—er—-"" the poor tramp stammered. “‘I hope you have nomrre]u ice against the church,’ BO man continued, eagerly. * nlasasant recollection of your past sug- i % L Py R SN o 0 a~ el Nt New-Fangled Gun of Mine Ain’t a Peach | —Ploneer Press. O S B S A S o g gested—"" “Oh! I ain't got no|caller. “If you'll wait until I've put the grudge ag'in the church. Mine wuz & |baby to sleép I'll come down and talk to home weddin’.”—Philadelphia Press. you. NN T || “Ah! Your second,” sald Holmes, smil- A Good Reason. in el “Why don’t you marry that girl? Shets | .Heavens! how did you guess ttr =~ a real pearl.”” “Ah but T don’t like | yo'q wake it up to show it to me. If you the mother of pear: Bange. F2d more than two you'd be at your crus about this llme,:—Phlla{lelphll ess. The Longest Sentence. «How many of my scholars can _re- | member the longest sentence they ever PR | read " . Tig Disobedience to Orders. | -?é;cherji"g'agmm' ey no. —E o e A Good Gender. | Teacher—Willle, what's the masculine of laundress?, Willie Life. Wiseguy—Chinaman!—Brooklyn | L] ~ T 21 Is there only ome” Fall in!" thundered the captain, as| Well, Willlam, you can tell the rest of they were crossing the Tugela. ot me, | the scholars the longest sentence you ever cap!” faltered the Dublin recruit. “Oi | read. can’t shwim."—Chicago News. Classic Arithmetic. Bratus—Hello, Caesar, how many eggs for breakfast this morning? Exchange. Arbitration. Slimson—Willie, where did you get that black eye? Willie—It's all right, father. I've only been civilizing the boy next door.—Univer- ty of Chicago Weekly. Billy—Imprisonment for life.—Tit-Bits. e ¢ & Trouble Enough. “Are you a Boer sympathizer?" asked one orator. Yo, answered the other. Filipino sympathizer?” o Vhy not?" febbe it's lack of time. T've been read- ing about police scandals and political feuds and about innumerable poor, be- nighted people who don’t think as I do. and I haven't had time to go off the co tinent. I'm simply a U A. sympa- Mixed Spices. thizer.”"—Washington Star. 0P “Don’t you think he has wonderful con- L trol over nis voice?” said the y The Wrong Shop. man. “No,” answered Miss C n “Fello {can't say I think that. He Sings every | «paj| | time any one asks him to."—Washington | «This i{s General B. Thurston. Sav. 1 Star, want a case of beer and a dozen bottles of claret sent to my address . Accommodating. 1o We don't keep anything of that kind “What_have you got?” he inquired, as In stock, sir.” 5 o s d himself at a table in the restau- You don’'t? TIsn't this Stillhouse & rant. most everything,”’ replied the Brewer's office walter. “Almost everything? Well, “No, sir; this is the office of th me a plate of that. “Certainly. Women's Branch of e Amalgamat {iash! screamed the walter.—Ohio jeties for the Prevention of the Spread of Alcoholism and “Ring off!"—Chicago Tribune. Peanut crisps. New. Townsend's. State Journal. Spring Poets. ) Miss Scribler—Why are so many poems written on spring? Miss Rhymer—Oh, write a poem on spring. —_——— one can't help but| Townsend's California glace fruit ouknow! There's o pound, In fire-etched boxes or Jap & as- thing, ding, king. sling, bring, sing. kets. 639 Market st., Palace Hotel bidg. » . wing and a hundred other words ail : y ow.—Judge. S S A . Special Information supplied daily t> business houses and public men by tha Beginning Early. Visitor (viewing the new baby)—He's | the very image of his father. Proud Mother—Yes; and he acts just like | h | Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mox gomery street. Telephone Main 1042, = In France and Italy it is belleved that the maiden who buries a drop of her blood | under a rosebush will be rewarded with rose-tinted cheeks. im, too. Visitor—Is it possible? Proud Mother—Yes, he keeps me up nearly every nlu_h —-(‘hh:axo News. T am Sherlock Holmes,” said the great | The use of Dr. Stegert's Angostura Bitters ex- 1 think yot can inform—-" | cites the appetite and kéeps the digestive or- the man interrupted his gans in order. SUNDAY’S CALL APRIL 22, 1900. A Startling Sensation ‘Will Appear on the Froat Page. Lock Out For It. First Prisoner of the Filipinos Aa Oaklaod Lad Tells His Owa Story. Horrors of a Manila Hospital. AStanford Boy Relates His Experiences. The Greek Church of America. San Francisco Chosen the See City. Shakespearean Relics. They Are Coming to California. Maude Adams and That Gold Statue Affair. Electrical Indian Clubs, Wing- less Birds, Odd Peis. Freak Pages That Astonish. Barbed Wire Telephone Town Many Other Bright, Newsy Features Well ‘Written and Perfectly illustrated. THE SUNDAY CALL LEADS THEM ALL.