The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 15, 1900, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1900. .......‘NOVEMBER 15, 1900 THURSDAY... JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Address All Commumcmonn to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. MANAGER’'S OFFICEH. . PUBLICATION OFFICE...Market and Thir Telephone Press 201. EDITORIAL ROOMS. Teleph Delivered by Carriers. 15 Cents Per Week. Single Copl Terms by Mail, In 221 Stevemson St. 202. i DAILY CALL (including Sunday), 3 month: DAILY CALL-By Single Month SUNDAY CALL, One Year. WEEKLY CALL, One Year.. ple coples will be forwarded when requested. subscribers in ordering change of address should be part to insure & prompt and correct complitnce with thelr request b | OAKLAND on-‘lrlz:.: .....1118 Broadway | C. GEORGE KROGNESS, Manager Foreign Advertising, Marquette Building, Chicago. (Long Distance Telephone *‘Central 2619.") NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: | C. C. CARLTON -.Herald Square NEW YORK REPRESENTATIV] STEPHEN B. SMITH.........30 Trib NEW YORK NEWS STANDS: Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; A. 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NATEF .Y the great Republican majority ia Legislature puts the redistrict- r members of the House of he State Legislature, entirely Had one House been un- )l the redistricting would have been compromising schemes, in | ion rather than the public inter- | revailed of | | | | is a device that is proved to be 2 ical party. In 1882 the | the members of Congress and | of the Legislature. At the ses cecded to gerrymander the Congres- | and, looking upon its perfect work, having deposited the Republi- 1 the Oakland district, and se- the rest. he people voted and only one Demo- Congress! | the ascertainable facts upon the subject. | made pleasant the certainty of SCIENCE AT STANFORD N unpleasant impression is made by the ulty of Stanford University. A the data attainable. of Lavoisier. A | of the scientific man to discover and declare. wlar to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order | punishment for his occasional statement of conclusnons reached within his field of investi- gation is to inflict the greatest possible harm old Egyptian monk, Cosmas Indicopleustes, theory of the universe was incorrect. reason. knowledge is of necessity abortive. action recall the conception of human society | subject to varying moods and a fallible will that can, regardless of the fixed scheme of nature, dictate @ premise and conclusion. | system of culture requires that he investigate the laws inherent in the social body and demonstrate them. On its economic side the utility of his work is the prevention of waste of force in an expenditure on lines which uselessly oppose primordial law. knowledge of that law, man economizes his force by moving on its lines, and the race is bettered in all of its material conditions. able to those who feebly despise limitations. night.” Under any citfumstances the resignation of such a man from'a great university is a loss. But the special circumstances that appear in this resignation make it more than a loss. Universities are institutions which not only impart | learning, but produce it by original investigation. Sociology, the special department of learning to which Professor Ross is devoted, is | still in its period of adolescence. It is not a completed scientific structure, composed of all It is a growing structure, into which much ma- terial may be wrought that is to be discarded when original investigation has massed all It may be said to be in the same condition as chemistry at the period Professor Ross is among the foremost of the world’s investigators in sociology, and possesses in a high degree the scientific spirit which is as ready to discard the useless as to search for the useful among the great and unchangeable facts which it is the obligation Human knowledge was long restrained by this policy. His elaborate system, which declared the world to be a parallelogram, flat, surrounded by four seas, and on their outer edge a wall inclosing the whole structure, with the firmament cemented to its top, was the best that man knew then of cosmography. But wise men do blame the later Christian world for its inhospi- tality to the wider and truer knowledge of Bruno and Galileo, and -the-Mahometan world for its persecution of Averroes for the same offense of original investigation. When it is known that science in a university is under bonds to ‘prejudice’ or dog- matism, the usefulness of that university is at an end and its’ further exlstence is without Every issue that arises in the industrial and economic llfe of a pcople is properly the subject of scientific analysis. It is known beyond dispute that this is not a chance world, neither in its physical structure and considered as a mass of matter, nor in the movements of that humanity which is the highest expression of creative force. When the illuminat- ing-orb of science rose, never to set, dogmatism vanished like the night. tempt as this to recall the shadows and bring night to replace the endless day of scientific No authority can bring back the immovable world, nor back of that the flat world, with its brazen firmament. We do not say that it is always agreeable to man to know his limitations. The ces- sation of life is by virtue of law that none can repeal, but that knowledge of law has not death. The knowledge of social law, while bringing | within the vision, apparent to the senses, a less terrifying prospect, may also be disagree- | In all the wide fellowship of learning-every citizen of the Republic of Letters grieve to know that a university which has promised .as much as Stanford, and' has so far redeemed its promise so grandly, has suddenly been averted from:its pglrposé, and ap- |+ | pears ready to close its eyes to the daylight . rcsngnatlon of Proiessor Ross from the fac- To outlaw such a man from a university as upon the institution itself. No wise man blames the because fourteen hundred years ago. his Any such at- Nor can dogmatism and re- as a lawless body, moving erratically and The place of the sociologist in the world’s Given But their fight against the law is as vain as| will THE NATIONAL FINANCES. ROM the summary telegraphed from Washing- F:ton of the annual report of Treasurer Ellis H. Roberts the past year has been one of prosper- ity for the nation as well as for individuals. As.the | Treasurer points out, the general activity of business | | a Republicans do not need to dis- geography of the State with sala- and dogs’ hind legs. : ion warranting, it will be gratifying to e to give Los Angeles County a repre- Her rapid growth and commer- ave deserved this, and she will get ts will be recognized evefy- 1e aspirations of the people, worked out erial progress, will be encouraged by a proper The Republican party is now in supreme con California. Its lease of power may be lengthened by doing perfect justice through the governmental instrumentalities for which it is re- s, elbows the v sentative of her own cial in their ecognition atrol in THE PRUNE ASSOCIATION. sponsible ROM San Jose come reports that the: California [: Cured Fruit Association, after its long strug- gle, has at last attained success and is now in control of the marketable prune crop of the State. The percentage of growers who joined ghe association was not so large as was at first desired, and accord- ingly some doubts were felt whether much could be accomplished in the way of steadying the market this Season. In fact, it is said that for some time | past the association has been harassed by the cut-rate business of the outsiders, and it looked for a time as if the work of the year would be seriously’ handi- capped. The managers of the association, however, are not the kind of men who stand idle and permit their busi- ness to be played upon by outsiders. They set to work devising and carrying out plans to offset the gvil, and the plans are now reported to have been successful. President Bond is quoted as having given out the statement on Tuesday: “The California Cured Fruit Association is practically in control of all of the prunes unsdld in this State. Through the pack- ers’ company the remnant of prunes outside of the association has been purchased. The impression that has Been given out, and that has prevailed in the Eastern markets, that the association would have to lower its prices for prunes on account of the lower price made by outside packers is without any sound reason for support. The asgociation has possession, in its various warchouses, of all of the crop unsold, and no one has the power to lower the price c;u:ept the association itseli, This will not be done, and the only change of price, if any, will be to raise prices.” With that showing the prospect brightens. Any notable success this vear will give the association such prestige as will strengthen it for the work of the com- ing year. Moreover, a demonstration of ability on the part of the cured fruit producers to manage their crops will encourage co-operation in other lines of industry. California is so far removed from the great | is reflected in his office, | therefore a prosperity document of the first quality. and his official report is The statements show that the net ordinary revenues of the Government for the fiscal year were $567,240,- 852, the largest in the history of the country, exceed- g those of 1866, the next highest, by $47,201,288. The increase of $51,280,232 over the preceding year was contributed from all the general sources, but chiefly from customs and internal revenue. The deficiency of $89,111,560 for 1899 has been converted into a sur- plus of $70,527,060 in 1900. The gross receipts under warrant, including those on account of the public debt, were $1,387,200,262, and the disbursements $1,195,043,472, a large increase on both sides over the previous year. The report goes on to say: ‘“As the receipts of the treasury were greater than the needs of the Govern- ment, measures were adopted by the Secretary of the Treasury for the purpose of restoring the surplus money to the general circulation, iese measures including prepayment of interest and an offer to purchase 4 and 5 per cent bonds up to $25,- 000,000, and notice that the $25,364,500 then outstand- ing of the 2 per cent loan of 1891 would be paid on presentation. Up to November 1 the redemptions under this notice were $23,100,500, leaving $2,255,000 outstanding. The bond purchases under the call for 4 and 5 per cents amounted to $10,300,650, with an addmonal $2,373,502 for premiums.” This condition of the treasury will strengthen the demand for a revision of the war revenue act and a reduction of the tax it imposes. Out of that revision there will come a scramble of different interests to have their taxes removed or at least lightened. It will therefore behoove the people to keep a close watch on the measure. The law was drawn up hastily to meet the emergency of war, and is in many respects un- fair. It suffices to point out it was so vague in its wording that telegraph and express companies have managed to escape all taxation ‘and to:impose the. whole burden upon-the public. Defects of that kind’ should be remedied when the act is revised. More- over, the tax on light wine, which falls dlmost wholly upon California, ought to be repealed. Now that the Government has an income exceeding its expendi- tures the more vexatious and unjust of the taxes should be promptly ended William Jennings Bryan has announced to . the world that he was greatly surprised at the result of the election. This will have a tendency te correct the impréssion that Mr. Bryan was not yet in-a condition to express a clear thought upon any subject. The authorities at Washington have sent instruc- tions to collect an indemnity from the Moérs. Uncle Sam seems to forget that the neglect to collect on= bad debt makes it harder to secure payment of a sec- ond. Turkey is still laughing at us. : e The litigation ove? Cape Nome mining claims, now- centers of population that a serious problem con- fronts her people in the marketing of their crops. Consequently every attainment that gives promise of increasing power in that direction is gratifying. in progress before a Federal Commissioner in this city, demonstrates very clearly that one thing to dis- cover gold in the frozen north and quite moflaer to keep it after discovery. V PRESIDENT AND CABINET. of science and say, “It issnight.” UMORS conterning probable changes in the Q Cabinet have been 'set at rest for a time at any } rate by the anmouncement from .Washington that at a meeting of the Cabinet on Tuesday, at which all the members were present except Secretary Root, the President requested all of them te retain their places, and their replies disclosed ' a -willingness to comply. In making the request the President is reported to have said that if the result of the recent election was an indorsement of his administration, it was no less an indorsement of the men who had stood by him in the time of stress and adversity. The credit for suc- cess, he said, lay with the heads of his various depart- ments, and he should shrink from entering upon an- other four years of office unless he could be assured that he would have with him a majority at least of the men who form his present official household. He said he knew that in asking them to remain with him there was scarcely one who could do so without some sacrifice either of money, leisure or personal inclina- tion. At the same time he said he should feel happier if all of them could gratify his wishes. There can be no doubt of the sincerity of the Presi- dent's words. It is not an easy task to form a Cabi- net.. During his term Mr. McKinley has had ample truth of that. His Cabinet underwent many changes before the present excellent personnel was attained. He has had three Secretaries of Stite, and in addition there were changes in the offices of Attorney General, Postmaster General, the Interior and the War De- k: would be a denial of the day by one who closes his eyes at the merididn and says, “It isi partment. Such changes are of course more or less prejudicial to effective administration, and, having now at\the head of affairs men who are acceptable to the country and in harmony with one another, it is natural the President should desire to retain them tor his second term. Several members of the Cabinet hold office at a considerable sacrifice of private interests. Secre- taries Gage, Griggs and Root, it is well known, could make far more money out of office than in it, and their business affairs suffer while they serve the re- public: Nevertheless, it is to be noted that each of them has in the past shown a patriotic willingness to serve without regard to financial sacrifice to him- self, and it is gratifying to learn that they may con- tinue a service which has been so beneficial. The President was right in saying the vote of the country was an expression of-confidence in the administration as'a whole, and.the people will be glad'to see it main- tained. unbroken in personal direction as well as in policy. « ——— The National Dm:: reorganiu it- self. It might be wiser for the menders of political wrecks to bury what is left of the. party and build a new ofie constructed on principles which do not vio- late American honer or common sense. . : William Jennings Bryan appears to have reached the logical end of his political existence. It.is an- nounced that he intends to organize a new party, and it is evident that he means to make it a ptrty of him- self, for himself and by himself. The ng of Korea has struck a blow at the alhed troops in China nnmemmbly more deadly than any _e!;: Kmmlvud in the savage brains of the Chinese. g spr-fll!dtoflnfomgntffloplm Mh[fl of dnrmea / \ SARGENT OF SANTA CLARA WRITES A POTATO POEM 3 Epic That Is Dedicated to His Friend, Bob Du Rose. Effect of the Spirit of Silas Wegg on a Val- ‘ley Resident. | s S R J. A. Sargent, one of the wealthiest and best-known residents of the Santa Clara Valley, was recently seized with the spirit | of Silas Wegg and dropped into *‘werse.” His many friends say it couldn’t well be “‘worse.” His only effusion was printed at length In the Gilroy Gazette, under the heading of “The Rape of the Potato.” In spite of any intrinsic evidences of moral turpitude that may be detected in the verse, Mr. Sargent is a good fellow and should not be frowned down upon by his “i* fellows. He may never again put a Mexi- can saddle on the back of an overworked Pegasus and dig the golden spurs of youthful poetry into the beast. The epic, dedicated to Bob Du Rose, follows: L 5 There was a man who took a ride, And near the road some spuds he spied. J. A. BARGENT OF SANTA CLARA, A POET-HIS FIRST OFFENSE. Before him then a vision rose That tickled the palate of Bob Du Rose. To think was to act: to act was potatoes to sack, And to town very soon he was on his way back. Petersen, on the hand-car passing by, Chanced the empty hills to spy. On he toiled, the livelong day, Thinking who for the spuds must pay. Patiently waited till work was o’er, Went to Jack White and made his roar. Jack, with many a knowing look, Opened up a big law book; 5 In it saw how he must act, And very soon the boy was sacked. The moral of this, you'll plainly see, Taking others’ potatoes does not always agree. “PH-H-H+H+!—H—PH—HJ+H+1—P++++H-1-H—H+FH-H-|+H-H+.+ 1 INSURANCE AGAINST STRIKES : An Insurance against strikes is the latest idea in Austria. A number of manufacturers have adopted the plan of paying a certain percentags upon thelr respective payrolls into a common fund. In the event of a strike oceur- ring In the works of one of them an investigation is made by a committee representing the association, and If it is decided the strike was deelared un- justly the idle factory is indemnified from the fund. On the other hand, if the committee finds the eause of the strikers just there Is no ‘ndemnity. The influence of this organization should be good. Its direct effect will be to cause workmen to ponder before ordering a strike for doubtful grievances, beause they cannot possibly win against an indemnifled employer. The equaily potent indirect effect will be to make the manufacturer cautious about resisting demands ttat are just. The risk will not be merely the ne- cessity for supporting themselves through the strike, but of having the morai *+ welght of an adverse decision of the committee against them.—Pittsburg Dis- patch. QWWMMW,,H i PERSONAL M] MENTION. |A CHANCE CE TO SMILE. Captain P. Tibbey of Salt Lake City is | - “I always hu mo’ faith in simp'fy dan at Abe Lick. I has in_congratulations,” said {néle Ehen “You knows foh sho’ dat dar isn't H. J. Pflunger, a Fresno vineyardist, Is at the Grand. E. A. Meserve, a Los Angeles attorney, is at the Grand. A. A. Newton, a Butte, Montana, miner, is at the Occldental. ‘W. S. Porter, a Kings County rancher, is stopping at the Lick. B. B. Gryan, a Chicago merchant, is at the Palace with his wife. dy Tuek. 75, ashlnztan Star. “My wife learned French in five weeks." “Does she speak correctly " “Well, Professor de Verges says - hcr | French 'is as g neighborhood.”—Indianapolis Journal. Corinne—Beulah is so plain that T"can’t | understand where she gpt the name of | The Supreme. Frank H. Short, a Fresno attorney, f Miriam—Since no young man. to her registered at the Palace. ntil thrown over by the rest of the. girls Felix Kramer, a New York City plano | we cnll -her the court of last resort.—Den- man, is stopping at the Grand. ver News. William Shemwell, a merchant at Calo- rado Springs, is at the Palace. L. A. Spitzer, County Assessor at Santa Clara, is registered at the Grand. W. R. Bradshop, a prominent St. Louls merchant, is registered at the Palace. Albert Ames of the Nineteenth United States Infantry is registered at the Lick. Otto E. Never, proprietor of the Paso Robles Hotel, is registered at the Palace. E. E. Harlow, a California mining man, is at the Grand, having just returned from “Don’t you think the hands of th look crooked?" - o “Yes; it must be that ‘the times are out of “joint.” "—Philadelphia Bulletin. “Will_you marry me, Miss Tommey?" asked Mr. Collingwood. ik | _“No, Indeed,” replied she. T wouldn’t marry the best man on earth. You'll never have But that is no reason *‘Of course you won't. an opportunity. why you shouldn’'t marry me.”"—Detroit Free Press. gwinter be jealous of yoh hahd ood as any spoken in our |EDITORIAL UTTERANCE OMAHA BEE—With every resource for ship building, there is no reason why ws should not deveiop the industry to as large or larger proportions than that of the United Kingdom, to whi€h it Is a great source of wealth. The probability is that the bounty bill, which has been very care- fully drawn, will be passed early in o session, as there is no doubt a majority in both the Senate and House that avors it. CHICAGO TIMES-HERALD-That the schoolhouse is following the flag in the Philippines, as it is in Cuba and Porto Rico, 1s already demonstrated ine educa- tional statistics embodied in a report to the United States Commissioner of Edu- As the army advances and fresh territory becomes pacified schools are at once establish: d regulated so far as possible along broad policy that gov- erns the American public school system. CINCINNATI COMMERCIAL TRI- BUNE—Qur farming population has given ur greatest statesmen, our successful »mmanders, our distingutshed business men, our leading manufacturers, our busy | lawyers and trusted physicians. It Is the mainstay of our country, the healthful source from which our citles and towns It is as essential draw their inhabitants. to America’s national prosperity and pre- dominance as is the fountaln to the river. PITTSBURG DISPATCH—It Is a singu- lar illustration of the way in which the general belief is sometimes in error that statistics are produced showing the wide- spread idea that steam has displaced sail power in ocean transportation to be de- eldedly in error. The fact s that sail power now carries nearly half the world's freights and a full half of the tonnage of the vessels bullt last year was composed of sailing vessels. ATLANTA CONSTITUTION—Will Mr. McKinley, leading off in the nineteenth, as eflemn Jia in the sighteenth cen- tury, give same emphasis to St !unonal mcu and individual WH1 he see to it that under our flag t nn 1s no disqualified class; that the constitution of the United Statés shall be the supreme law for the President and Con 2 well as for the mess of the pecpie making prominent and effective tms facL he can best answer the fears of the people of tha Unlud States. ELPHIA NORTH AmXCAN _Ereas Britatn, Germany France have shown no l.l-flp in the In- crease of their armaments. The United States goes on piling up appropriations for a larger navy and an army of 100,000 men. There was a lot of talk in the name of humanity in war at The Hague about explosive bullets and the sanctity of pri- vate property, bat fus for the whole- sale destruction of life is at a greater gremlum all over the world than ever be- ore. PITTSBURG DISPATCH—France pears to be coming through dlm-m.mu which' have threatened for several years to overwhelm her. e Dreyfus case and the startling charges and changes which came of it shook the na- tion to its foundations and disclosed a division of sentiment and an in- tensity of politfcal passion which madde the world skeptical as to the French capa- city for self government. It is grati intHe highest degres to note that public sentiment and affairs have taken a de- cided change for the better. ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT—-Thers is a fing fleld for Republican expansion in the ‘Sduth. The policy of Brotection: Which has built up the great industrial communities of the North and West, rows more and more attractive .to the outh as manufacturing extends through that locality. The time is close at hana when Alabama, Geo: North Carolina, Tennessce, Kentucky and Louisiana whil be either doubtful or Republican in mfw' of the Iimportant canvasses. A partisan revolution is close at hand n the outh, which will be of immeasurable benefit to that section and be of profound censequence to the entire couuntry. BALTIMORE AMERICAN—It 1s need- less fof eny man or combination of men “ean’t’” to the Amerigan people. The Tepublic. knows no sach word: sy 15 domnnnmted by the record it has made n Ee'e"n‘ and surmounting what seemed almost ins#perable obstacles. The nale ® Cemas-Mismestppl territory fs a monument to its genius and its capabili- or redeeming waste Apllcfl and *:“‘( formaing barbarism inte ti heet type of ‘modern eivilization, V&'h t ‘a young and struggling nation, with in- adequate resources, did in that territory, the republic, with its later-day enter- prises and boundless resources, can and will do in the Philippines. —_—— Cal. glace truft 50c per ™ at Townsend's.” ——— Special information -uwmd dally lo business houses and publ w 2). 510 Press Clipping Bureau lAlIen' om- gomery st. ‘elephone Main 1 The Buffalo Bird Protective Sclsty de- f.nm the En; Sllsh SPArTOW, as to the birds the-dleappearance, in Qh‘l Vrfln- ity, of the canker worm. —_——— New Overland Tourist Car Line. The COLORADO MIDLAND RAILWAY will run every Monday from Los Angeles at 10:20 p. m. and every Tuesday at § p. m. from San Fran- cisco, & personally conducted through Pullman tourist sleeper to Chicago. via the Rio Grande Western, Colorado Midland and = Burlington routes. Salt Lake City and Denver in day- light. For further information address W. H. DAVENPORT, General Agent, San Francisco, —_—— Nervous exhaustion and debility are the ef- fects of a trying summer. DR. SIEGERT'S Angostura Bitters feed the nerve ceils and re- store yitality. Nome. H. W. Rhodes and C. E. Morford of the United States Coast Survey are at-the Oc- cldental. E. T. Earl, the well-known Los Angeles fruit router, is among the late arrivals at the Palace. Dr. C. E. Reed and wife of Petaluma have taken apartments at the Grand for a few days. S. G. Wright, a mining man from Fargo, N. D., is spending a few days at the Pal- ace with his wife. Rev. and Mrs. G. M. Van Horn are at the Occidental. They arrived yesterday from the East and will sail on the next boat for Osaka, Japan, where they go as nmssionaries. OB o s CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.—Mrs. W. D. Tisdale and Miss Tisdale are at the Shore- ham; C. T. Lehmann and C. H. Lehmann are at the St. James; E. Gauthler Jr. and E. Mornbeert are at the Metropolitan. All are of San Francisco. ——————————— ANSWERS TO com;sronmm. WANTS RECITATIONS—H. H., City. This correspondent wants to“kn;w v)(l:ere d the following recitations. Can he :anr; t(‘t?e readers et lgs dov-nmont en- fig) Shaun Lea 5 s s Goblet T s et “Lines on a Skeleton.” PARENT'S AUTHORITY—Subscriber, Alameda, Cal. In California:- the au- thorlly of a parent ovur his child ceases the nvgolntmem aty a court of a gnnrdnn of the person of the child, upon marriage or upon attaining.majority. _ASSESSMENT WORK—C. M. T, Val- lejo, Cal. If a man has taken up a mining claim.he s required to do a certain amount of assessment work each year. The fact that such person is in the em- loy of the Government at Mare Island oes not relieve him from the necessity of performing that work. REGEBVQIR SI’!‘E—C. M. €., Layton- yille, Cal. ® “A stockman living in a meuntainous part of the country” ecan or more sites for TVoirs o8 h‘l's’ ““ " Neither need ut his 25 to'l.uor ‘material to be used. For ad. gluansl information T’lh to the Unmd tates Land Office in San 0. RUNNERS-—H. H.. Alcatraz, Cal. ‘flul‘ hnnmaurs:eruumu;‘wlwnm a undred ya: as to the mouth cloud or opm w& ‘Ea NOVEMBER THE . EIGHTEENTH. WHAT | SAW IN THE FOR- BIDDEN CITY. BY FRED WEITZENBURG. A Californian was the first man to enter the Forbidden City, and he tells théstory for the Sunday Call of what he saw and found there. THE SACRID FIRE WALK- ERS OF TAHITI. BY KATE McLENNON, ‘Who has speat most of her life among the strange tribes of the South Seas, -and te'ls of a people who walk bare~ footed on red-hot stones. INDIAN WHO GAVE AWAY HIS ENTIRE FORTUNE AT A POTLACH. THE STRANGEST BEDROOM IN SAN FRANCISCO. SWELLEST OPERA CLOAKS N THE CITY.