The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 5, 1900, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1900 The S dall. THURSDAY.....0000b.5000 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. | radress 21l Communica‘ions to W. S. LEAKE, Manazer. MANAGER'S OFFICE. 'el,"“f,",_-",j?" 204 YUBLICATION OFFICE..Market and Third, S. F. Telepho Press 201, ROOMS. 217 to 221 Stevemsom St. EDITORIAL Telephone Press 202. by Carrlers, 16 Cents Per Week. Single Co) w, 5 Cemtn. Deltvered (inciuding Sunday), ope year. (including Sunday), § months., 1 L. (including Sunday), ¢ months. 1LY CALL—By Singie Month. DAY CALL One Year. All postmasters are authori: subseriptio Sample coptes will be forwarded when requested. subscribers in ordering change of address should be icular to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order pe to insure & prompt snd correct compliance with their request. OAKLAND OFFICE....... 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July 7, at 10 o'clock, | —Saturday, Hebrews m £ | of Mayor Phelan at Kansas City toward the Hebrews an animosity mor: Roward people is, however, someth e atter ion of the press of Ph agtions m , they are matters of in ial position as N m to attra roughout the 1 d and ¢ 1p in the East a belief er of people in San Fran- | \ ring of that senscless anti- been so di graceful 1o | | personal quarrel the Mayor may | sublic has little or no i Mayor in a public atial conventio; by race and re- | something to do s m the reports that Mr. Edel- resented by Phelan when the contemp- | tible insult was given. The wrong | openly and publicly donme, and San | s to face the reproach of having a | faxor whose manners are not sufficiently good to | »m showing before the world so mean | : so vulgar a method of expressing it. | Edelman did not like to make a scene by re- | vith a slap the insult put upon him and his : has the symppthy and the respect of his es with the exception of Phelan. The | ncisco will share their indignation. | 3 It is the first time that senting Califosnia has ever shown a de- a man because of his race or creed, and insult has been given by one who rep- | the State not only as Mayor of its chief city | iclegate to the national convention of his becomes the duty of all fair-minded men to e action snd the motives that inspired it THE OREGON AFLOAT. t and conte t him or's action. ™ OOD news and appropriate to the Fourth of (J July was given to the public yesterday in the | uncement from Shanghai that the Oregon been fic d irom the rocks on which she struck and of Hookie and is now safe. As she i at Port Arthur, she will be taken se port. A dispatch to the Secretary of the navy from Tokio says: “If the Oregon can- lock at Nagasaki the Japanese Navy Department e use of either Kure or Yokosuka docks, assistance’ desired.” It is added that one of the most famous cruisers of the Japanese navy has been ordered to the relief of the Oregon, and as the ge to the port where she will dock is to be comparatively quiet waters of Pechili Bay, ¢ are no longer any fears of her safety. There will be no little pleasure to the American peo- | ple in this news. Of ail the ships of our new navy the Oregon is the one which has the most brilliant rec- ord and is most endeared to popular sentiment. Her wreck would have been felt as a loss of something more than the moncy she cost, and now that she ap- pears 10 be safe from the danger that threatened her there will be general congratulation. Moreover, it wili not be overlooked that her mishap has given another prooi of the excellence of the work of Cali- fornia ship-builders. She made the voyage round the Horn and went through the battle of Santiago with- out straining a plate or starting a rivet, and now it is proven that even wher dashed upon a rock she re- mains stanch and stropg an the i Jay some voy | promoters of vice. | Crimmigs politics. MORAL DUTY OF THE PRESS. T mand of publicity. Making no pretenses at all, The Call has felt impressed by its duty to the society of | this community, and its impression has been felt and its path discerned on the side of | those who believe that certain gross acts and crying wrongs are exterminable only by turn- |ing the light of publicity upon their authors. Following the analogy between the press and the individual as members of the same | social body, we ask what would be thought of an individual, moral and upright himself, and of good example, who was aware, by facts daily before him, of the gross acts of a | heartless lecher, whose lust respected neither the ties of kinship nor the trust of parents, but whose reptile acts were plied as a vocation, leaving in his path tears, pain, remorse,| | shame and sullied lives, where he had found purity, morality and that waits upon virtue, and yet extended to him that recognition and that countenance which served simply to enlarge his opportunity to wreck more lives? Will any one say that such an indifferent individual is doing his duty to Will any one =ffirm that his skirts are clear of the guilt which has flourished because he has not rebuked it, and by exposure given warning to the unwary? If he see such a monster plying his arts upon youth, innocence and purity, and make no sign, does he not share with the tempter the guilt of the victims’ undoing? We think he does. We think that if the pulpit have such knowledge and raise no warning, then the pulpit has upon it the scarlet of all the sin and shame that follow. Re- member that when the individual or the pulpit gives warning it is giving publicity to the |offense. It is publishing as far as either can reach that the betrayer is abroad on his errand | of debauchery, turning life’s best bloom to canker and rust. Now when a newspaper feels exactly the same responsibility, and sees with its thou- | sand eyes the destruction of virtue and pugity, and hears with its thousand ears the groans : and sighs and mortal struggle of the victims, shall it keep silent or shall it speak? i | Remember that when it speaks it is for exactly the same purpose that the individual {and the pulpit speak. Its motive is the same as theirs. The only difference is that its com- mand of publicity is greater. When pulpit and inc repudiate them and turn stroyer, against whom it is warned? certain man is an unfit associate for warning, ertine to his table? wiped out, and sin, sorrow and shame left in the track of a moral leper. keep silence would put us in the company of the individual and the pulpit that forgot duty and made no sign, under the same circumstances and in possession ‘of the same knowl- edge. We spoke in the only way in which a newspaper can speak. These offenses cannot be condoned by talking about the peccadillos of men "oi the They are peculiar in being the steady pursuit of some. Men of the world not often world. cast heart and conscience behind them, and they but seldom lay siege to unconscious_in- nocence. The character we specify is noxious, noisome, heartless and without pity. We think | it should be baned, guarded against as we set up defenses against beasts of prey, and we ask society to consider its duty and its danger. . dual speak in such a case, does society, the beneficiary of their a smiling welcome and warm embrace to its de-| Does any father, when a friend has warned him that a | his daughter, repudiate that friend and invite the lib- Certainly nct. Then why should not the wider warning of a news- | paper get the thanks of all who would keep sacred the personal purity of society? The Call submits these reflections to San Francisco. This paper has seen ruin follow | ruin, and victim following victim fall under more than hellish arts that. have been plied by | | wiles and wine; it has seen the altar-bound ties forgotten and the obligations of nature HE time has come to say something to this community upon the place and function of the newspaper in society. We by no means magnify the press. cribe to it the obsoletion of the pulpit, nor of the schools, nor claim that it assumes ~ | the duties of the individual conscience. But we do feel that the press is on equal standing with the pulpit, school and individual conscience in guardianship of the purity and morals | of society. Without insisting that all newspapers take this view of their duty and place, and painfully aware that too many become the promoters of immorality, we must still remind the puplic that in that respect newspapers are exactly like men and women, many |of whom are conspicuous moral forces, teaching by example and precept; while some are The latter are dangerous in proportion to their social position, just as a newspaper that may be socially classed with them is dangerous by reason of its com- We do not as- happiness which society? We felt that to | HEN announcing on Sunday morning the re- sult of the enrollment during the previous PURGING THE CLUB ROLLS. week in the various Republican district clubs ated that frauds had been perpetrated in several districts, and specified the Forty-third as one in which they had been particularly “raw.” It is theFefore gratifying that a complaint has been made of the fraudulent enrcliment, and the County Com- | mittee has been called upon to right the wrong. The complaint states: ‘“We, the undersigned reg- istered voters and enrolled Republicans of the Forty- third Assembly District, hereby enter our protest with your honorable body that the roll containing signa- tures for the formation of a Republican club, to be organized on the evening of July 9 in this district, has upon it not less than 200 names of men who do not reside in the said Forty-third Assembly District. In consequence thereof the spirit and principle of your honorable committee has not been carried out. We therefore as a matter of justice to the Republican voters of the Forty-third Assembly District request you to select at once ten names from this petition to assist the County Committee in purging said roll of those who are not entitled to remain t¢hereon. In con- | clusion we desire to say that the enrollment of 446 ames in the Forty-third Assembly District justifies | us in making this protest.” The lead thus given by the honest Republicans of the Forty-third should be followed in every other district where there is evidence of fraudulent enroll- ment. Such action will be beneficial to the party and will save it from the contamination of Kelly and It will be an encouragement to the better element of the party to take an active part in the campaign and to associate themselves with the clubs organized for campaign work. Moreover, it will win over-a host of independent voters to the Re- publican ticket on election day, and in that way-ma- terially strengthen the chances for the election of the whole ticket. The joint committee intrusted with the duty of re- vising the club rolls and hearing complaints as to errors or frauds in the enrollment has a serious responsibility to face. It should perform its work with impartiality and with unflinching honesty. There should be no compromise with the saloon bLosses and their following of toughs and stuffers. Such men are a menace to Republicanism and to the community. The Republican. party in San Francisco has in times past suffered because of a mere suspicion of compromise with disreputable bosses, and it will suffer again should the bosses be tolerated in the party councils. The duty of those in' authority is thercfore plain. Purge the club rolls of stuffers. Drive out of the party the tricksters who control the stuffers and directed their fraudulent work. Let the party be kept clean of the low gin mill politicians, and we shall have a clean ticket, a _clean canvass and a cleard victory. 3 N\ S p— Bryan would better make the most of his show at Kansas City, for when that is over he will have no show at all. Z | was danger it would speedily pass away, and that in A RESOLUTE MOVEMENT. UT of the bubonic scare and the Kinyoun | quarantine there has come a popular demand for a reform in Chinatown. That was of course to be expected, for public indignation against | the Health Board and the- quarantine officer for the | wrong done to the community was keen, but there the excitements occasioned by the opening of the Presidential campaign it would be forgotten. For- tunately the opposite has been the case. So far from ing out or v:z:akem'ng, the desire of the people for improving the Chinatown district has increased, and the discussion of ways and means to that end goes on with augmented force. It is clear that on this issue the people of San Francisco have now reached a definite resolve. The agitation will continue until an active movement for reform begins and aifords satisfaction 17 the people. That movement it is the duty of the autBorities to at ofice undertake. The municipal ordinances have not vet been enforced in Chinatown. There has been 4 neglect of duty on the part of the Board of Health, ?f the police and of all having authority on the sub- ject. Every sanitary regulation of the city is vio- lated in the district, and probably in every building of the district. Consequently the proper way to be- gin in dealing with the Chinatown problem is to en- force the law. There are signs that the owners of property in Chinatown, who have long been deriving large profit {mrf-n buildings maintained in violation of the ‘health ordinances, will endeavor to have the district cleaned up and the improvements made at public expense. They will of,course fight as long and as effectively as they can against any effort to compel them to re- pai.r and clean their property at their own cost. Such being the situation, the Grand Jury should at once begin an inspection of the district in order that the offending persons may be brought promptly to an- swer for violations of law. There is no reason why this phase of the subject should be post&ed until the adoption of some comprehensive plan for im- proving the whole district. Let the authotities com- | pel' every owner of property in Chinatown to put his buildings in proper condition and maintain them in accordance with the health laws of the city, and a good start will have been made toward a solution of the whole problem. 4 ; The u:q:idation of the powers at the action of ]a‘pan in massing a naval force in Chinese waters ought to Wilton kackaye Replies To Rabbi Nieto. Actor Declares Zan READ the article of Rabbi Nieto in I The Call this morning, and it has sug- gested to me that some glossary seems to be needed for the interpretation of my intention in my remarks of Monday evening. The fact that I was compelled on that occasion to speak my own words rather than the author's was my misfortune. Zangwill, whether one likes him or not, speaks with no uncertain note, and my language must have been obscure indecd f I was undersiood to apply the epithet “snob” to all his crities. The Eastern critleism of “The Chil- dren of the Ghetto” was on the lips of “the man in the street” when I got here. It was a condition and not a theory which 1 combated, and I am free to say it was a personal feeling for Mr. Zangwill, whom I am proud to call my friend, which | 1ndved me :to try to discount in some measure the very active endeavors of his enemies to prejudice the public in ad- vance. Tn addition I had a personal feeling for Mr. Frawley, who had liked the play in New York, and who at great risk and some cost had stood by his dis- recment with the New York verdict. { may be that I am {ncompetent judge of the religious aspect of the play, but since some non-Jewish critics or the East have damned the play—not from the standpoint of dramatic construction, but on the ground of its ‘“‘offense to the Jews'—it seemed to me fair that another non-Jew should equally be allowed to ex- press a different opinion. If I made any criticism of the acting of the play I am sorry—on the ground of taste only. I lo not believe that an artist is debarred from opinions on his art or its expression. Other things being equal he _knows more about it than the public. I do not re-, member that I made any allusion to the cast, except in one instance, and that was ersonal and not in reference to the play. ?n my residence with this play (some eight months) I have grown to find some to | @+ 00040 +0-0000+0 WILTON LACKAYE. [ o el e e e o o g facets which are not perhaps _observable to him who sees it but once. I have also met all kinds of critics, Christian, Jew, analytical #nd learned, ignorant and grapshot, prejudiced, careless and smob- I have met non-Jews who didn’'t like the play because they hated Jews and refused to admit them even the homely virtues its action shows. These mada against the play, but in s Teasonable con- sideration they have no court standing. We may dismiss A. P. A.'s and anti-Sem. ites in the same word—un-American. They are of the same plane as the Box- ers, with the same platform. 1 'have met Christians who hated Zang- will and liked the play, but condemned e S : z ; ; : | gwill Knew Whereof He Wrote When He Dealt With the Characteristics of the Jew. N it because the Jews “might not like it." I have met the Jewish snob who objected to the play because it treated of the Jew of poverty, of struggle, wretchedness, igno- rance perhaps; or who objected because all of the characters were not poetic— selection of special types fitted for a pro: pectus of Utopia: who dreaded the ligh who didn’t belleve enough in their people and in the ultimate balance in their favor of arithmetical and reportorial statement of fact. Genius is compelling. Tt Zangwiil is a genius that he must put down the story as he saw it. without glossing Shosshi, who was the fool of the Ghetto; without palliating or softening Pinchas, who was its knave. The Shosshi is farcical because silly fellows provoke contemptuous laughter. Pinchas because egomaniacs grotesque to any well- balanced mind. There are such characters in the Ghetto, There are tricksters and shrews and fool- ish girls and silly lovers as well as the “Hannah” and “Shemuel” The hypo- crite Pinchas and the loud Sam levine push their way into public notice and pub- fie criticism. It is the Shemuel whose du- ties and whose studies keep him in the Ghetto: It is the Hannah, most poeti¢ em- bodiment of filial love, wno have been in- troduced to the public by Mr. Zangwill! 1 have never met a decent non-Jew who did not leave the theater with a_better opinion of the poor Jew of the Ghetto, whose faults are so patent and whose vir- tues of soul so little known. Then there is another critic who objects to the play because it does not conform to his memory of the construction of other plays. That, as Mr. Kipling says, i an- other story! The movement of the drama will reckon with him soomer or later (I think). However, he has a right to his conventions and I hope he is a thoughtful, educated and temperate gentleman of the class to which 1 would assign Rabb! Nieto—with the suggestion that when he writes a notice of the work of a friend he should not allow the fever of battle, the critic’s joy of conflict, to benumb the kindliness which one should feel for his friend. WILTON LACKAYE. is because PERSONAL MENTION. S. M. Levee and wife of Vallejo are at | the Lick. R. Van Brunt, the mining man, is a guest of the Palace. Judge Melwell of Modesto is visiting the eity and is domiciled at the Lick. George G. Brook, a well-known mer- chant of Colusa, is registered at the Grand. H. G. Wilshire, one of the well-known merchants of Los Angeles, is at the Palace. James H. Blandy, a prominent mining man, accompanied by his wife, s register- ed at the Grand. J. F. Stuart, one of the prominent mer- chants of Pittsburg, Penn., is at the Palace on a visit to the coast. H. B. Hollyday, a civil engineer in the employ of the Government, is registered at the Grand from Washington, D. C. George W. Luce, general freight and passenger agent of the Southern Pacific Company at Los Angeles, is at the Palace. Among the passengers on the Coos Bay yesterday was Paris Kilburn, president of the Board of Harbor Commissioners, Grove. Thomas Dwan, man of this city, a former who has spent many fession, is at the Lick. He is on his way to London, England, on business bent, and wiil visit the Paris Exposition. EAEESE STORIES of the " FUNNY MAN. Fond Parent—Johnny, if you aren’t good you won't see Santa Claus on Ch Huh! 1 don't care. New York Journal. did the young minister leave so Maiden Ladies’ Home Missionary Society took up the task of finding him a suitable wife.”—Philadelphla North Amer- fcan. She—Did vou get a good look at the bride? Wkat is she like? He—Fine eves, hafr-— And teeth?"” “Like a newbern babe’: ““Here, Henry, these lozenges will keep you from coughing in church.” “Great governor, Amelia, | can stay away from church if I have to. What I want is a lozenge that can keep me from coughing in a railway office.”—Indian- apolis Journal. First Hen—Prya, what are you cackling about? Second Hen—I laid two eggs. First Hen—I'll see that you are dis- missed from the union. Just when we have eggs up to 30 cents a dozen you have to begin laying.—Ohlo State Journal. “The man who marries my daughter,” sald the old gentlemdn, “must demon- strate before he receives my consent that he can earn his own living.” “All right,” the boy replied; “‘just make me vice president of your company for a little while and I'll show you.”—Chicago Times-Herald. IN THE SENATE. His View of It.—"I should think a man would feel very proud to sit In the United States Senate,” said the enthusiastic young woman. '“The mere fact that he i there is an assurance of his superiorit: fu. don't know,” answered Senator “It ain’t as exclusive as it might be. Every once in a whiie some- body gets in_.who isn't so very rich.”— Washington Star. The prisoner looked around. “Those soldiers are white, aren’t they?" he asked. “Yes.” replied his captor. “And those are red?” | “Yes. They are Indian scouts.” 'And those are black?" 'Yes. They are the colored trov«;?;" “Ag‘:.c'l those men over there? What are mas. I've seen "'—Life. “They are vellow journalists.” “Say, we give in. ‘There's no use trying to hold out against a nation that can set Bp {s. human rainbow.”—Cleveland Plain ealer. Remarkable Girl. ‘Acelaide has such a fine mind," ‘Sre has?” “Yes: she can keep up her interest in a man after she knows he's engaged.” S o Evil Effects. “Didn’t you send any of your chickens 1o the poultry show?" / “No; I'Ve noticed that when a hen ac- quires a taste for society she gets too stuck up to lay eggs.” o5 B AR A Change of Plan. “The Folderols have recalled thelr re- ception invitations.” “Anybody sick?"” ‘'No; Mrs. Folderol changed her mind, and concluded she would rather have the house painted.” : CONFUSING. A tourist gives the following as an ex- ample of the rigid formality with which the officials in some parts of Russia act: Russlan Official—You can't stay in this country, sir, F be allayed by the fact that Chinese waters are rather dangerous to float in at this season of the year. 5 The members of the last Grand Jury who are vocif- erously dqmnding payment for their services must think that we have become reconciled to the notion of paying for luxuries in the city government. Orders have been issued by the Police Commission- ers that one of the notorious Market-street dives must close. It would be interesting to know why the others | are permitted to remain open. g sl Traveler—Then I'll leave it. -Have you a permit to leave' Traveler—No, sir. Offi Then you cannot go. I zive you twenty-four hours to make up your mind as to what you shall do.—Exchange. who has been taking a rest at Pacific | newspaper | years In New Zealand following his pro- | good complexion, lovely | ‘. who was king of that country from 1808 | L R e e e e ok TS SS e ; FASHION HINT FROM PARIS. ; L e e R . Y B S e I MM, B L R SRR SO | -0 --00-0>00-00-e0-00 | | PASTBL BLUE CASHMERE DRESS. | This #iress for a little girl is of pastel | blue cashmere, the corsage trimmed with guipure insertion over white | shawl collar in the same style, settes and waistband of darker Dbiue | satin; lapels and cuffs of guipure, over satin. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. PRAYER BOOK CROSS—M., City. The | prayer book cross in Golden Gate Park | is of the class known as Celtie. | NAVIES OF THE WORLD-C. W. G., Wrights, Cal. The United States navy | ranks fourth in the navies of the world. CANACHE—A. 8., City. Canache was | the name of one of Actaeon’s dogs. It is Greek and means “having a sharp, ringing volce.” | VOTING—A., Vallejo, Cal. As your let- | ter of inquiry does not name the State to | which you wish to return after an ab- sence of five years this department can | not tell you as to your rights as an elec- tor at the coming election for Prestdential electors. CHOYNSKI-MAHER—A subscriber, An- | gel Island, Cal. The records of Joe Choynski and Peter Maher both show | that on November 16, 189, Maher knocked | out Choynski in six rounds in New York, feated Maher. A SPANISH COIN—R. S. V. P., Sacra- mento, Cal. The coin described in let- ter of inquiry is one that was issued dur- | ing the reign of Ferdinand VII of Spain. | to 1833. The numismatic value of such is| from 85 cents to $1 PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT _F. O. P., City. No one who was ever | President or Vice President of the United | States “'served in the United States army and was afterward convicted of a peaal | offense and sent to the penitentia’y at, Sing Sing, N. Y. | COPYRIGHT—A reader, city. This de- partment cannot reproduce the copyright law in full. Go to the Free Public Library reference room, and on page 354 of the World Almanac for 188 you will find that law and the mode of procedure to obtain a copyright. THE CHURCH MURDERS -Subscriber, Celilo, Ore.: S. H., Saiina, Kans., and och- ers. There is absolutely no truth in_the story that has been printed to the effect PHaasy one has confessed to having mite. | dered Blanche Lamont and Minnie Wil- liams In the Emmanuel Baptist Church in | this city. i ENGLISH POPE-T. F. L., City. Ad- rian IV, Pope of Rome, was an English- | man by birth and was the onl{ one of | that nation that ever sat in the papal chair. His name was Nicolas Break- spear. He was born in Langley, near St. | | Albans. On the death of Anastasius in 1154 he was raised to the papal see. RE-R., City. “Re” in the English lan- | guage is a_prefix or inseparable particle, borrowed from the Latin and denoting it- eration, repetition or backward action, ‘When “re” is used in the sense of “con- | cerning”’ or “regarding.” it is used in the preceding word “in" as “In re Robinson, deceased.” meaning “In the matter of Robinson, deceased.” THE CONSTITUTION—G. M. C., City. The election at which the present consti- | tution of California was adoptéd was held on May 7, 1879. It went into effect on the 4th of July of that vear as far as It ap- plied to the election of officers, the com.- mencement of their ferms and tne meet- ing of the Legislature. In all other re- | ?ecu it went into effect on the Ist of anuary, 1850. SAN FRANCISCO'S POPULATION—D. F., Natoma, Cal. Until the returns of the census enumerators who performed their rk in San Franci: 1 Dave been tabulated 1 will b trpocsias to furnish an answer to the question 2 -any one rationality up ncisto T At This'Hrne m e o, S swer that question. 2 - | ceived one. but neither shows that Choynski ever de- | pension from the Government of the United States after service in the army or navy you will have to consult a pen- sion lawyer in the district in which you live. He will prepare the papers to be fo warded to the Pension Office at Wasl ington, D. C. Then, in time, if there is ground for granting you a pension you will receive notice to appear befores the examining board of surgeons, which will be named In the letter of advice. MANDOLIN AND GUITAR-Y. I, City. Whether a young lady should learn to play the mandolin or the guitar is & matter which should be judged by the young lady herself, it being a matter of taste which of the two Instruments she prefers. As to the sweetness of music produced by these instruments opinion varfes with various people. As an stru- ment to accompany those who sing bal- lads the guitar is preferable. The adapt- ability of a person to comprehend music has much to do with the ease with which the person can learn to play either in- strument. ADDING A NAME-R. V., Glen Ellen, Cal. The law of California provides how a person may change the family name, If there is good reason for so doing, but is silent on the subject of adding a name to precede the family name. It often hap- pens that there are two persons of exacily the same name in a place, and that leads to confusion, so they meet and one agrees to add a name or initial. For instance, if there should be two John Smiths in the same place and In the same line of busi- ness, one would add Willlam, and call himself John William Smith. THE WAR DEPARTMENT-S. A. F., City. If you have written to the War De- partment asking information concerning a man who enlisted in the ninetcenth com- pany of casuals at the Presidio, In July, | 1899, and have not received an answer in the time you think you ought to have re- u should not feel discour- aged. for oat department recelves dreds of letters of that character dail and they are answered in turn. It may sometimes take two months for an an- swer. If. however, you have not an am- swer within ninety days write again. gf ing all the rmation you have reiative to the man as to assist in the seareh of the voluminous records. VOTING—Subscriber, Modesto, Cal. There is no State In the Union that by express law “deprives negroes of the right of voting.” Such law would be in direct contravention of the conmstitution of the United States. article XV, which declares that “the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denled or abridged by the United States, or by any State, on account of race, color or pre- vious' condition of servitude.” The quali- fications of voters, however, are subject to the control of the respective States, and they vary, as for instance, time of citizenship. ty to read the comstit tion, ownership of real estate and pa; ment of a tax within a stated period. In some of the States where there are many negroes some of the negroes do not pos- sess the qualification, consequently they cannot vote. ——————— Cal. glace fruit 50c per Ib at Townsend's.* —_—— 1 rorm;uamd supplied dally to ouses and public men ti ipping Bureau (Allen's). ;muinnh:, gomery st. 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