The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 3, 1901, Page 6

U ALL RDAY, AUGUST 3, 1901. SATURDAY..........c0ez.......AUGUST 3, 1901 NCE more the representatives of a great in- A FOREGONE CONCLUSION. dustry in California have applied to the State O Railroad Commission to obtain redress from JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Address All Communicstions to W. 8. LEAKE, Manager. MANAGER'S OFFICE ++.Telephone Pre 204 VUBLICATION OFF) Market and Third, S. F. Teleph. Press 201. EDITORIAL ROOMS.....217 to 221 Stevenson St. Telephone Press 202. Delivered by Carriers, 15 Cents Per Week. Single Copies, 5 Cents. Terms by Mail, Including Postages DAILY CALL (ncluding Sunday), ope year. -36.00 DAILY CALL (ncluding Sunday), 6 months.. 3.00 DAILY CALL (including Sunday), 3 months. 1.50 DAILY CALL—By Single Month. ad EUNDAY CALL, One Yesr. e WEEKLY CALL, One Year. 1.0 All postmasters are authorized to receive subscriptions. Bample coples Will be forwarded when requested. 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R forfeited his franchise so far as the primary election is concerned who is to represent him in the nomination of candi- dlkes by his party for the coming municipal election. He will thus through his indifference to the perform- ance of a public duty have made himself a political llity, and to some extent will have served as a EGISTRATION for the primary elections closes to-day. The citizen who fails to have his name registered will by that neglect have He will have no voice in determining creature of the predatory politicians, who are always d when good citizens do not register. well ple: The issues of the primary elections are fully as important as any to be submitted at the municipal election itself. Should the bosses be permitted to elect their tools to the nominating convention they will be able to dictate who shall be chosen as candi- dates for office, and then the voters will have no other choice than that of voting a boss ticket or of scatter- ing their votes for candidates who have no chance of election It is known that the bosses have been working hard to carry a rable number of the election dis- Perceiving that this is a2 Republican year, they have directed their efforts mainly toward get- g control of the Republitan convention. Not sat- d with the aid given by Herrin and Gage they have brou, to bear upon city politics all the in- fluence that ide bosses may have. Their follow- ing is organized and is being directed with all the b trict skill the b have derived from their long expe- rience in slum politics. To defeat them it will be necessary for all good citizens to go to the polls. Representative government cannot be carried on un- less good men see to it that those who represent them shall be good men. The classes of persons who should be registered in order to exercise the right of voting at the primaries have been frequently published, and it is not worth while to go over them again. Tt is sufficient to say that if any citizen does not know that his name is on the register he should see about it to-day. This is the last chance. THE RECIPROCITY TREATIES. UR tariff system is intended to safeguard our manufacturing and productive interests and to furnish the opportunity for such prudent and non-harmful abatement as may be found condu- cive to the extension of foreign trade. This abate- ment is the reciprocity feature of the system. In regard to some of the pending reciprocity treaties, it is our opinion that they have not been properly adjusted. They take from certain horticultural in- dustries that are yet needful of care to give to manu- factures that have been long established and for de- | cades, many of them ever since 1789, the object of per- sistent protection by the Government. We oppose this ill adjustment of matters, though the principle and purpose of reciprocity are abstractly correct. Applied wisely it would seem that the in- dustries the longest and best protected and the most firmly established and most abundantly capitalized should be used in the interest of their juniors which are not as well established, are prosecuted at greater hazard and more exposed to the risks of wind and weather. - We hope that this makes plain the position of The Call and that our contemporaries understanding it will antagonize it, if at all, for what it is, and not for what it is not. A Chicago clergyman is very firmly convinced that there will be extremely few men in heaven. It is quite evident that the reverend gentleman has never been out of Chicago. the exactions of the Southern Pacific Company bent upon extorting from the industry all the traffic will bear. The oil producers are seeking to obtain a transportatign rate_on oil from the producing dis- tricts to this city that will enable them to supply this market on fair terms with their competitors, and they have submitted their case to the State Commission. The hearings will of course be watched and noted with close attention by all who take an interest in such matters, but it is to be doubted if there be a sane man in the State who has any expectation that justice will be done. In fact, it is a foregone conclusion that the com- mission will uphold the railroad; and it would not be surprising to the people if, after the decision has been given, it should transpire that it was written by W. F. Herrin, or at his dictation. In making this fight, which is in the nature of a forlorn hope, the petitioners have the sympathy of the people of California, and with the sympathy there is joined something of admiration. A fight against wrong and corruption is never without its good effect, even though it be defeated in every end that it aimed at. It will not be wholly useless for the oil men to once more bring clearly and impressively to the attention of Californians the evil effects of South- ern Pacific domination in this State. It is worth while once again to bring the Railroad Commission face to face with its duty under the light of a public investigation. It is beneficial to once more reveal the close relation between the commission and W. F. Herrin. The lesson which in this case is about to be taught the people is an old one, but it should be iterated and reiterated until Californians have learned it so well they will know how to act upon it. It will be remembered that when the famous grain rate cases were before the courts Commissioners Blackstock and Laumeister hobnobbed with Herrin, drank his wine, shook his hand with glee and then at his suggestion dismissed the cases. Mr. Herrin has still a good deal of wine which he can put where it will do mest good. His influence with the commis- sion has not lessened during the time the people have not been looking. Still it is worth while to bring the Commissioners to the front again, and compel them once more to choose between official duty and a Herrin dinner. That the railroad men will do what they can to make it easy for the Commissioners is already evi dent. When asked to give definite information con- cerning some important factor in the case the head of one depaggment says he does not know, and the information must be sought from the head of an- other department. Tiius the question is shifted along the line. No one answers it and no one is respon- sible for the lack of answer. Such evasions help the commission a good deal, but in the end the issue will be up to them. They will have to face it, and there is no doubt as tc how they will act. It is not likely that as soon as the hearing is-over one of the | Commissioners wili draw a type-written decision from his Bocket and read it at once, as Judge McKin- ley of Los Angeles read the Herrin decision in favor of Kelly’s so-called Republican County Committee a short time ago,/but just the same the decision will be | forthcoming and neither of the Commissioners will have had the trouble of writing it. We repeat, however, that the oil producers are doing well in making their fight in this open manner. | To them and to their attorneys something of public gratitude is due. They are giving the people one more object lesson on the evils of Herrinism, and | therefore are helping on the coming of the time when that form of corruption will be forced out of our | politics. Senator McComas of Maryland in discussing the Schley-Sampson controversy is reported to have | said: “Should the decision of the court not co- incide with popular opinion, it is more than likely that a Congressional investigation will follow.” So it looks as if the case were good for the rest of the century. RAILWAY STATISTICS. ROM summaries just given out of the forth- Fcoming report of the Interstate Commerce Com- mission it appears that on June 30, 1900, the total single-track railway mileage in the United States was 103,345.78 miles, an increase during the year of 4051.12 miles being shown. This is a greater increase | than that for any other year since 1893. The States and Territories which show an increase in mileage in excess of 100 miles are Alabama, Arkansas, Cali- fornia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas and Oklahoma. 1 In the report are contained statistics obtained from 2023 railway corporations. Of that number 1067 | maintained operating acounts, 847 being classed as independent operating roads and 220 as subsiduary roads. Of roads operated under lease or some other | form of contract 324 received a fixed money rental, 167 a contingent money rental, and 241 were operated under some form of agreement or control not read- ily classified. The operated mileage of roads merged, 'morganizcd or consolidated during the year was 9.546.00 miles. The corresponding figure for 1899 was 5846.35 miles. The nuniber of persons employed by the railroads as reported for June, 1900, was 1,017,653, or an aver- age of 529 for every 100 miles of line. The amount | of capital outstanding at that date was $11,491,034,960. This amount assigned to a mileage basis represents a capitalization of $61,490 per mile of line. The amount which existed in the form of funded debt was $5,645,455,567. The amount of capital stock paying no dividend was $3,176,600,608, or 54.34 per cent of the total amount outstanding. The amount of funded debt, excluding equipment trust obligations, which paid no interest, was $378,937,806. Of the stock paying dividends, 10.18 per cent of the total amount outstanding paid from I to 4 per cent, 14.56 per cent | paid from 4 to 5 per cent, 6.03 per cent paid from 5 |to 6 per cent, 420 per cent paid from 6 to 7 per cent, and 6.40 per cent paid from 7 to 8 per cent. The amount of dividends declared during the year was $139,567,972, which would be produced by an average rate of 5.23 per cent on the stock on which some dividend was declared. The amount of mort- gage bonds paying no interest was $266,874,623, or 5.44 per cent; of misc\cflanecus obligations $16,779,- 175, or 361 per cent; of income bonds $05,284,008, or 43.40 per cent. The long effort on the part of the commission to compel the use of safety equipments on the roads seems at last to have attained a high degree of suc- cess, for the report says: “Practically all locomotives in the passenger service were fitted with train brakes and of 9863 locomotives assigned to that service 7431 L] were fitted with automatic couplers, and nearly all passenger cars were equally equipped.” Despite those appliances, however, the danger of accidents continues high. The report says: The total number of casualties to persons on account of railway accidents during the year ending June 30, 1900, was 58,185. ' The aggregate number of persons killed in consequence of railway accidents during the year was 7865, and the number injured was 50,320. Of railway employes 2550 were killed and 30,643 were injured. One summary shows that in the course of thirteen years ending June 30, 1900, in consequence of railway accidents, 86,277 persons were killed and 469,027 persons were injured. The injuries reported varied from comparatively trivial injuries to those of a fatal character. The casualties for the period mentioned occurred to persons as follows: Employes killed 38,340, injured 361,780; passengers killed 3483, injured 37,720; other persons (including trespassers) killed 54,452; injured 69,500. Joseph Chamberlain has not been very successful as an imperial statesman, but he is getting plenty of praise just now for his virtue as a citizen. Despite all the attractions’ of London and the pressure of Ministerial affairs he keeps up his connection with Birmingham, takes a keen interest in municipal poi- tics and fulfills every civic duty. The example is one that a good many rich Americans would do well to follow. A several columns by Mr. Hurst of Woodland on The Call and the army canteen. We have no further words with Mr. Hurst, whose intemperance of statement and conscientious avoidance of the truth put him beyond recognition, except by a kick such as is deserved by a cur who calls attention to himself by snapping and snarling. The contention made by him and others like him’ is tha‘ the President and War Department willfully, and for no good reason nor purpose, established saloons—or, in the vocabulary of reform, “‘rum holes” —at the army posts for the purpose of corrupting and destroying the enlisted men. It is charged that this was dcne corruptly and flagrantly, at the demand and procurement of the liquor league, or Rum Power, or by whatever other names these people call it, for the purpecse of increasing the profits from the sale of red liquor. It is charged that among the enlisted men murder, suicide and crime became rife as a re- sult of the opening or the canteen. To show that the President was favorable, con amore, to the liquor traffic and- desirous of extending it under his official patronage these people declared with all positiveness that he was a drunkard and that i he and his Cabinet had a debauch in the President’s room at the Capital on the last night of a session of Congress. One of the organs of these people, called “The Christian Instructor,” published in Philadelphia, gloats over the death of Secretary Hay's son, and de- clares that it was the direct work of. Providence to avenge on the head of the Cabinet the sin of estab- lishing the canteen, and that: “If they will not hedr the voice of reason and righteousness the judgments of God may reach them in some unforeseen and un- usual form, so that all may see in it the hand of God.” We have no doubt that the wretch who wrote that would have also rejoiced in th¢ death of Mrs. Mec- Kinley had it resulted from her recent illness, and would have seen in it a judgment on the President. The ghoul and hyena who runs the Christian In- FACT AND FANATICISM. N organ of reform published in this State prints closes his vile attack by saying: “To some it may seem unfeeling to write thus of a heart-broken pub- lic man. But we feel that it is time to speak out so plainly that men may be led to think rightly on this pressing and practical subject.” In the foregoing is a fair statement of the conten- | tion of these people, and of some of the means, ar- guments and pretended statements of fact by which they attempt to prove their position. The facts are that the morals, health and discipline of the enlisted men were suffering from their abuse of alcohol and soaking of vile liquor in the deadfalls around the army posts. They cannot be restrained from spending their time and their pay that way. Off duty, their time is their own, and their leisure was not allowed to be spent in virtue for lack of vicious temptation. Army officers, and especially the medical | corps, cast about for some remedy and found it in the post canteen. Only lighl beer and wine were sold, the expenditure of the men was limited, their indulgence was under discipline, the profits went into a post library; the canteen was the enlisted man’s club, reading-room and library, and in its en- joyment he was under the self-restraint of a gentle- man. If it were an evil in any respect it was a lesser evil than the deadfall which it supplanted. There is positively no evidence, outside the ravings of crea- tures who gloat over a father’s grief for the death of his 'son, that the canteen was anything but an im- provement, a vast and visible improvement, on the deadfall. The cry ofithe Hursts and Fergusons against.it pro- ceeds by the use of mendacity and brutality that re- pel sensible and decent people. There is.an idiocy, a sheer cretinism, about these raving creatures which amuses while it infuriates. For instance, in the ar- ticle quoted from the Christian Instructor the edi- tor, after grinning, glcating and gibbering over the sorrow of Secretary Hay, and informing him that God killed his son purposely to punish him, asks: “What will the Secretary do now? Will he still favor the | sending of liquor into the newly acquired dominions?” One must go to “Holy Willic's” prayer to find hypocrisy equal to that, and to Bill Sykes for a viler inspiration than was behind it. The Secretary of State has nothing to do with sending liquor or any other commercial article to our “newly acquired do- minions,” and could neither favor nor prevent it. Yet this fiendish fool conveys to his readers the im- pression that the Secretary of State, having the power, has favored and promioted the importing of liquor into those islands, and that Providence has therefore smitten him sorely as a father. . Patience with such creatures is so difficult that it ceases to be a virtue, A woman who recently died at Freehold, N. J., willed her infant son and all his belongings to her sister. The youngster is likely to reach the conclu- sion before he attains manhood that there is some- thing after all in the assertion that human beings are chattels. —_— Once more it is announced that the Danish West Indian islands are for sale, and it might be well for Carnegie to'buy them and convert them into an ocean library. In reappointing Alired Austin to the office of Poet Laureate King Edward lost the opportunity of his | life to make a ten strike as a connoisseur of poetry. structor so instructively feels a slight twinge, for he | NAVAL COLLIERS TO TOW DRY DOCK FROM HAVANA TO LUZON e AVING been responsible for the purchase by this Government of the Spanish floating drydock in Havana harbor, Rear Admiral Bowles, chief constructor of the navy, iIs taking steps for its transportation to its future station in Subig Bay, island of Luzon. Had it not been for Rear Admiral Bowles' foresight the dock would soon have been in the possession of New York capitalists, who had opened negotiations fof its purchase and were making final ar- rangements for the transfer when the Navy Department stepped in and bought it. Lieutenant Commander Lucien Young notified the Navy Department on July 19 that he had formally taken possession of the dock in Havana. Rear Admiral Bowles sald that he did not believe the cost of making repairs would be great. “Immediately after I assumed duty here,” he &ntinued, ‘“the question of a dock in the Philippines came up for ac- tion. In order to prevent deterioration, each warship is docked every six or eight months. As we have a large fleet in |Asiatic waters, it was necessary to use a dock once in every ten days. Neutral ports having drydocks are not available L 2 SPANISH FLOATING DRYDOCK AND ROUTE IT WILL BE TOWED. £ for the national vessels of belligerents, and had war occurred our situation would have been most embarrassing. ““At least three or four years would be required to build a graving dock in the Philippines. It occurred to me that one way to meet the situation was to tow a dock to the archipelago. After careful examination 6f the papers regarding the Spanish dock In the harbor of Havana I concluded that it would be suitable for our xS | ! purposes and ymmended that it be purchased. The dock is in need of only a general overhauling and that can be dnne at comparatively little expense.” Rear Admiral Bowles, in order to de- termine which method is the least expen- sive, has suggested to Secretary Long that he obtain propesals from private contractors for towing the dock to the Philippines. It Is estimated that the cost would approximate $100,000. Desir- ous of saving money, Rear Admiral Bowles contemplates recommending that naval colliers, specially fitted up, be or- dered to tow the dock to the Far East. The route and the distance the dock would be towed are thus stated by the Navy Department: Havana to Canary Islands .. Canary Islands to Gibraltar. Gibraltar to Port Said. Port Said to Aden. ‘Aden to Colombo... Colombo to Singapore. Singapore to Manila. Manila to Olongape, Subig Ba: Total distance towed If colliers are used to ‘tow the dock the cost will not be more than $30,000. .%W%M%%:%WW [ ANSWERS TO QUERIES. INTEREST—Subscriber, City. A prom- issory note bears interest only when so stated upon its face. MASH-W. B., Alameda, Cal. The word “‘mash’ is a contraction of the gypsy word ‘“‘mashada,” which means “‘to charm with the eyes.” ARTISTS' FUND SOCIETY—E., Oak- land, Cal. The Artists’ Fund Society of New York City was established in 185¢. WOMEN-T. A. 8., Oakland, Cal. It wa Heinrich Heine, 1799-1856, who wrote: “Hgndsome women without religion are like flowers without perfume.” KNOCKED SHARKEY OUT—Subserib- er, Red Bluff, Cal. In the fight between Fitzsimmons and Sharkey, August 24, 1900, Fitzsimmons knocked Sharkey out in two rounds. MECHANICS' FAIR—Subscriber, Santa Clara, Cal. There will not be any Me- chanics’ Fair this year, and it is not known at this time when the Mechanics’ Institute will hold another. TELEGRAPH WIRES—C. E. G., City. The use of gutta percha for insulating telegraph wires dates vack to 1848, when S. T. Armstrong of Brooklyn, N. Y., made use of that substance for the purpose named. SANTA ROSA PAPERS—L., Berkeley, Cal. The newspapers published in Santa Rosa, Cal., are: The Business College Journal, The Fariner, Methodist College Bulletin, Pacific Methodist, the Press- Democrat and the Republican. CHINESE IMMIGRATION—W., Philo, Cal. At the general election held in Call- fornia on the 3d of September, 1879, a vote was taken to obtain the views of the voters on the question of Chinese immi- gration. The vote stood 154,638 against to 833 for. UNITED STATES-AUSTRALIA—In- quirer, City. The latest figures on the area of the United States in square miles is 3,- 507,640, which inciudes besides the other Ter- ritories Alaska, Hawaii and Indian. area of Australia, including New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Aus- tralia, North Australia and Tasmania, is | 2,972,573. PROPHECY BY DAY OF WEEK—Ma- rie, City. Probably the following proph- ecy by day of week is what you want: Monday's child is fair of face, Tuegday's child is full of grace, ‘Wednesday's child is merry and glad, Thursday’s child is sorry and sad, Friday’s child is loving and glving, Saturday’s child must work for his living, Sunday's child is blithe, bonnie, good and gay. TERRY- BRODERIGK—W P., City. The only information that this department has been able to obtain relative to the pistols that" were used in the Terry-Broderick duel is that after the duel, in September, 1859, they passed into the possession of a gunsmith named Lagarde and afterward were returned to Terry, whose weapons they were, and they were stolen from him from a place where he had them in Stock- ton. WHAT HE SHOULD DO-S8,, City. Th's correspondent wants to know what to do in a game of poker when he has not even a pair. Robert C. Schenck furnishes ad- vice on that point. He says: ‘“When one is in (as he ought seldom to be) without éven so much as a pair, his choice must be either to discard four cards or three cards and draw to the highest or two highest in the hand, or throw away the ‘whole hand and draw five, or look content and serious, stand pat and bet high.” VAL(IE OF GEMS—X. X. X,, City. The market value of all gems fluctuates ac- cording to the supply and the demand, also depends upon the perfect quality of the individual stone. Diamonds, for in- stance, are valued according to size and quality. A three-carat stone of pure ‘water color will bring a certain price, ‘while one of the same weight that is off color, or has a flaw, be it ever so small, may not bring one-third of the price of the pure one. RIGHTS OF CHILDREN-S. S., City. The letter of inquiry relative to the rights of legitimate and illegitimate children, while it contains a long statement of facts, does not contain certain facts which are material to an answer. It does rot state where the party died, whether the property is In the United States or In a foreign country; it does not set forth whether in the will the party simply ig- nored the legitimate children or declared ' that his children, mentioning them by | name, were not entitled to any part of his | estate. Without the knowledge as to | %hmnu no satisfactory answer can | The | PERSONAL MENTION. at the Lick. P. L. Flanigan, a mining man of Reno, Nev., is at the Grand. W. D. Bannister, a mining man of So- nora, is staying at the Lick. Superior Judge E. C. Hart of Sacramen- to is registered at the Grand. Fred Dodd, proprietor of the Hughes Hotel of Fresno, is at the Lick. Julius Paul Smith, a vinevardist of Liv- ermore, is a guest at the Palace, San Jose, is a guest at the Grand. R. B. Burns, master mechanic of the Santa Fe, is staying at the Palace. O. M. Hanya, banker of Modesto, spending a few days at the Palace. Fred Glauner and H. S. Monroe, both mining men of Sonora, registered at the Lick yesterday. A. G. Wells, general manager of the Santa Fe Railway, with headquarters in Los Angeles, is at the Palace. Dr. W. H. Waters, accompanied by his wife, returned yesterday from an extended tour of the East and is at the Lick. Thomas J. Kirk, superintendent of the State Board of Education, who resides at Sacramento, is a guest at the Palace. —_———— Californians in Washington . WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.—The following Californians arrived to-day and regis- tered: At the Raleigh, John O. Doyle and wife, from San Francisco; at the Arling- ton, Frederick G. Knox, from Los An- geles. 2 fe PEEREAF ORI “Say, pop,” sald little Willie, “what kind of fruit comes from an ambush?" *““A bury,” replied the old man. And si- Yence reigned.—Philadelphia Record. | Hon. F. B. Glenn of Jacinto is staying | | setting in the house I don’t know what I | should do. M. E. Daily, a prominent attorney of | IS‘ J. Craig, proprietor of Highland Springs, accompanied by his wife and family, is spending a few days at the| Grand. A CHANCE TO SMILE. . Mrs. Nags—If I should hear a burglar Nags (confidently)—Oh, you would prob- ably scream out, “Don’t forget to wipe your feet!” my dear, and scare hil off.— Brocklyn Eagle. “Th’ nex’ picture on th’ pannyrama, ladies an’ gentlemen, is Teddy Roosey- velt in th’ den of performin’ mountain Hons. You can readily distinguish Teddy from th' lions by th’ fact that he’s got th’ most teeth!”—Plain Dealer. Mrs. Naggs—Don't you know that wear- ing your hat in the house will cause your hair to fall out? Mr. Naggs—Yes; but then T prefer to lose it that way.—Chicago Néws. “McLush claims to have traveled widely since I saw him last, and one.#f the beys tells me he has not been out of town.” “But it is true, nevertheless. I saw him o it. He took up all of the sidewalk and If of the street.”—Indianapolis News. e e Rt - S8 Cholce candies, Townsend's, Palace Hotel* Cal. glace fruit 50c pey Ib at Townsend's.* —_——— Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's). 510 Mont- gomery street. Telephone Main 1042, ————————. . Addition to self and subtraction from others comprises some men's sole knowl- edge of arithmetie. —————— Best Way to the Yosemite. The Santa Fe to Merced and stage thence via Merced Falls, Coulterville, Haze! Green. Merced Big Trees, Cascade Falls and Bridal” Vell Falls, arriving at Sentinel Hotel at 5 next afterrcon. This is the most popular rou and the rates are the lowest. Ask at 841 erl ket st. for particulars and folder. — Stops Diarrhoca and Stomach Cramps. Dr. Siegert’s Genuine Imported Angostura Bitters.® | THE FATE OF THE WASHOE SEERESS. Life Story of Mrs. Sandy Bowers. ARE THERE TWO OF YOU? | I THE SCIENCE OF DRIVING. By Wa't:r Morosco. MYSTERY OF THE GUNNISON.