The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 9, 1902, Page 6

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HE bill introduced into the House by Mr. J s of Wisconsin seems to deal with an- in the simplest and most natural form. makes an assault vpon the President, Vice Presi- dent, ny one designated by Congress to succeed to the Presidency, a Federal felony, punishable by h, whether such assault be fatal or not. The ne penalty is denounced against all who knowingly et or advise such assault, such aid being in the a conspiracy To knowingly aid, abet, advise, cause or procure anotter to advocate the subversion of the govern- ment of the United States by violence, or to avow the conviction or belief that such subversion is a jus- tifiable principle of action, is made punishable by imprisonment at hard labor for not more than fiity of several yellow journalists, whose violence and murder as a use- ful influence ging the current of history was d now be on their way to Jenkins bill further provides an addition to the d aliens ' that oath of aliegiance taken by natiral they ot do any of the things made a felony by the proposed law, and will not avow a conviction mor ex a belief that the violent subversion of government is a valid and justifiable principle of action. A violation of this oath is made a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than fifty years, and works the nullificition of naturalization. mber of people whose Americanism is a thin wvencer ed for the purpose of getting all the i this government while doing its prin- h harm as possible indulged in the sneer that the three assassins of our Presidents were native b That is true. Booth, Guiteau and Czolgosz were all Americans of the second genera- tion But anarchy is not indigenous. It is an exotic, imported many other principles that are de- stru of government and inimical to American inst o e merit of the Jenkins bill is that it deals im- lly with the devotees of an alien principle, r i grant. It is not in the Amer- sture, as a native principle, to turn to assassi- nation for the pufpose of advancing any civil pol- | icy. Patience is the characteristic of our people in seeking any reform, It is fixed in their habit to wait for the ballot, and to submit loyally when their ideas are rejected at the polls. It is not germane to quote the Civil War as proof he opposite. That arose in a dispute over the intent of the Federal constitution, and high author- ity was insisted upon in support of eath of the rival views of It was an issue oi conmstitutional construction, which the courts could not settle, and it was appealed to arms and fought out, man fashion. The result settled forever the nature of the Federal constitution and gave to every American citizen a personal inter- est in the maintenance of the system which it estab- lished. Since that settlement there has grown up a school, based on a foreign idea, that the system is wrong and violence against it is justifiable. This school had #ts principles voiced by the newspapers, which, in text and graphically, represented the President as throwing a stone to the people when they asked for bread, and as saying to them, “The Trust is king, anc. the king can do no wrong.” This bill, while not interfering with the freedom of speech or of the press, takes Federal judicial cog- nizance of the methods of these propagandists, and if it become a law they will find it to their interest to cease defamztion that leads to violence. said Japan has made 2 more extensive use of wireless telegraphy than any other nation on the globe, and it is probable we arc making the least, 1t is due time we will get abead of them all. It begins to ook as if the Panama people had succeeded in putting a snag in the way of the Nicar- agua canal that wiil require hard pulling to gzet out before Congress adjourns in crderire chanes of address should be | sct romollance with their request. | .30 Tribune Buflding | 2261 Market, | THIS STATE AT ST. LOUIS. next year by an exposition at St. Louis. That purchase, effected by Jefferson in treaty. with | Bonaparte, wag probably the greatest step taken in our national history since the Revolution. It secured Ito us the control of the Mississippi River and its { watershed, and advanced our frontier to the mouth of the Columbia. It is true that this was disputed ;and Spain assumed to quitclaim Oregon, but Jef- {ferson thought and acted upon his conviction that |the treaty of Paris joined the mouths of the two | great rivers under our flag. A ! The vast changes that have taken place since that i treaty was made are brought before the mind by iHon, J. Sterling Morton of Nebraska, who nores | that January 1, 1803, Lewis and Clark, sent out by | Jefferson to explore the northwest territory to the | Columbia,- were housed in Fort Mandan, which they | had built for winter quarters; in latitude 47, and dis- 'THE putchase of Louisiana is to be celebrated i tant sixtcer hundred miles from the mouth of ths Mandan is now in North Dakota, near The Dakotas, Minnesota, Iowa, Neb- raska, Kansas and Arkansas were then unsettled | territory, controlled by wild tribes. The French fur hunters had made some settlements in Missouri, | which had not yet been erected into a Territory nor | received its distinctive name. - | The New Year diversions of the explorers are en- |tered in Lewis and Clark’s journal to this effect: ‘“The New Year was welcomed by two shot from the | swivel and a round of small arms. The weather was |cloudy, but moderate, the mercury at sunrise 18 |above zero. In the morning we permitted sixteen | men with their music to go up to the first Indian vil- jlagc. where they delighted the whole tribe with their | dances, particularly with the movements of _one | Frenchman, who danced on his head. In refurn’the ‘Indians presented the dancers with -several buffalo | robes and quantities of corn.” | Since the day that Frenchman danced on his head | progress has planted millions of people in the land ‘thzt was a wilderness, and its century of history is {to be celebrated by the greatest exposition ever held %in the world." With nearly $20,000,000 in hand, ex- i Governor Francis and the St. Louis Exposition | Commission propose to eclipse all that has been and to set a mark that will probably never be passed. St. Louis a hundred years ago was the best known i!o\\'n in Louisiana, except New Orleans. It was first | known as Laclede, the name of its founder. The | people were French, used horses and two-wheeled [carts, most of their transportation being on pack |animals and rude boats on the river. George W. | Applegate of Applegate, Cal., says that when his grandfather, a Kentucky immigrant, crossed the | river at St. Louis the people of that town saw the first four-wheeled vehicles that were seen west of the | Mississippi. Their curiosity was so great that they | followed the wagons out of town, making bets that i the hind wheels would overtake the front wheels, 1\\~l1ich seemed natural to them, as the hind wheels | were larger! All the advance made since those simple and dis- ltant days will be sflown in the great city that has 1grown out of Laclede’s blockhouse. | In those days California belonged to Spain, and | has progress of her own to report and exhibit. We | have a year in which to prepare. As the whole ex- | position is to eclipse everything past, our part of | it must be the greatest of our undertakings to ac- quaint the world with our marvels in resources and production. Equipped as we are now with irriga- | tion, mothing but our own neglect tof the oppor- tunity can stand in the way of putting California in | | the center of the stage. |, The State Board of Trade has led, hitherto, in making these exhibits, and has the experience, | equipment and support which qualify it for the work. But the matter is of interest to every citizen and { producer, and each one should feel his responsibility and do his duty. We cannot afford to decline from | our high standard. This is to be the greatest world’s [fair. Let our share be done toward securing for it | the highest place in the history of man’s exhibit of his works, { | and According to one scientist civilized man in the | future will make so much use of streetcars and ele- | vators that his legs will degenerate until they be- | come useless adjuncts tc the body; but according to another men are developing physically at such a | rate that the future race will be one of giants with | massive limbs and four-toed feet. So we see that what these scientists need most just now is a board of arbitration for the purpose of establishing a har- mony of theories. e — INDUSTRIAL COMBINATIOI;TS. { TATISTICS given out by the Censu$ Bureau S showing the extent of industrial @ymbinations | in the United States on Mdy 31, 1900, make an !1mposing array of figures. The number of corpora- tions included in the report is 183, with an authorized capitalization of $3,607,539,200, and capital stock is- sued is $3,085,200,868. Of this total the authorized capital includes $270,127,250 in bonds, $1,250.540,900 in preferred stock and $2,077,871,050 in. common stock. The capital stock issued comprises: $216,412,- 750 in bonds, $1,060,525,063 in preferred stock 3 $1,802,262,146 in common stock. These enormous corporations have done a business proportionately enormous. The total value of their products is reported at $1,601,295,000, and it is esti- mated that the sum is equivalent to fully 20 per cent of the total gross products of the manufacturing in- dustries oi the country in 1890. Thus in a single dec- ade a comparatively -small number of combinations has come within a measurable distance of accom- plishing what the whole country could do ten years ago. Other figures of the report are equally interesting. The 183 corporations 'controlled 2029 plants that were active during the census year and 174 plants that were closed down. They employed an average of 309,102 wage-earners, receiving $194,534,715 i@ wages. Em- ployment also was given to 24,585 salaried officials, clerks, etc., receiving a total of $32,653,628 in sala- ries. Miscellaneous expenses of these combinations aggregated $151,851,077. Total cost of material used was'$1,085,083,828. The gross value of products —less the value of material purchased in partly man- ufactured form—gives the net or true value of products of these combinations as $1,051,081,586. | The rapidity with which these immense combina- tions have arisen is shown by the statement that over 50 per cent were chartered during the eighteen | months from January 1, 1809, to June 30, 1900. Since | that time the organization of similar industrial com- { binations has coutinued with _undiminished vigor. The movement, however, has not been all one way. 1 the formation of the great steel trust shows an in- creasing tendency toward larger and larger combina- tious, the recent collipse of the Cleveland syndicate, | the asphalt trust and the rubber trust shows that they iare not-always successful. The competitive system is {still able to give a good account of itself in spite of | the financial genius of the men who direct the affairs {of the big combines, and there is mo need on that |score for any one to feel alarm about the future. !1n fact, there is danger that others of the great cor- porations may break down with disastrous conse- quences, and thefe is more reason for fear of harm | being done by their collapse than of their monopoliz- ing the industries of the people. When the Siberian railroad was projected the | Russian authorities estimated the cost at 350,000,000 rubles, but up to this date the expenditures aje re- | ported at 780,000,000 rubles and the line is not com- ! plete yet. As the business is being conducted by a despotism, there is nothing to be said about it, but had it been in the hands of a republic there would have been a red hot demand for an investigation of the job. B much of the attention of the financial and the business world just now that there has been considerable curiosity to know what ire the views of the new Secretary of the Treasury as to the ex- pediency of permitting banks to issue notes based upon assets. This has now become known as the “asset currency question,” and while it has not yet become a party issue it may develop into one during the present session of Congress. When interviewed at Des Moines immediately after his appointment to the Treasury the Secretary .declined to discuss the currency policy of his prede- cessor and contented himself with expressing in cor- dial terms his approval of Gage's administration of the department. He, however, referred the inter- | viewer to a speech he had made before the Bankers’ Association in Nebraska, in which he dealt with the question in a tentative way, as the fullest expression he has yet given to his views upon the subject. These parts of the speech dealing with the issue have been republished by the Eastern press and have been received with a good deal of interest. While they do not declare decisively~in favor of an asset cur- rency, they show that the new Secretary recognizes the importance of an elastic currency and will not be averse to providing it by the issue of notes based upon the assets of banks. In the course of his address the Secretary said: “I have been asked to say something on the subject of bank circulation based upon assets. This is not an issue in politics, nor have we any legal provision therefor. I shall therefore not attempt to defend it. I am willing, however, to go on record in favor of an elastic currency, and if I believed there was no other way to secure such a currency than by an asset currency, then I would be in favor of such is- {sue.” In another place he said: “I do not believe it necessary to resort to asset banking in order to provide an elastic currency. I recognize a public prejudice akin to fear against a currency based on assets, and prejudice, so long as it exists, constitutes’ an element of danger even when the thing itself against which the prejudice lies contains no element of danger.” From that point the argument of the Secretary was directed agdinst the popular prejudice against banks. He pointed out that there is no more danger in leaving the control of currency in the hands of bankers than there is in leaving to railroad compa- nies the tontrol of the number of cars needéd for SHAW ON. CURRENCY. ANKING and currency questions occipy so | transportation. He went on to say: “When a Western bank now needs more ‘circulation, more cash, it rediscounts its commercial paper and is compelled to’ redeem it at a given date and pay a much higher rate. Let the banks be permitted to increase their circulation when needed, to be'retired as soon as the demand for it ceases, and keep ever present the inducement to retire it when not needed, and elasticity is secured.” In concluding the subject the Secretary said: “I repeat that currency based on assets contains, in my judgment, no element of danger except popular prejudice. ; This will vanish as the questjon is dis- cussed and explained by those who make a study of it. The depositor would be in no worse condition than now. Whenever 4 bank fails the assignee finds its bankable commercial paper hypothecated. In other words, it has increased its circulation by send- ing its assets to some other bank and borrowing circulation at a high rate of interest, and it does this even after it ceases to be solvent. It certainly would be no worse to allow a Goverpment issue after special examination.” In these statements we have the expression of a conservative statesman who does not cross a stream until he comes to it. The only objection of the Sec- retary to asset currency is that of the danger involved in arousing a popular prejudice based upon- ignor- ance. He is convinced, however, that a campaign of education will remove that prejudice from the minds of intelligent men. Fortunately the discussion of financial issues during the last six years has done much to imstruct the people concerning the true functions of banks, and the old<time prejudice is well nigh removed. The very conservatism of the Secretary upon the subject will go far toward over- coming such prejudics as remains. It appears, therefore, that the appointment of Secretary Shaw to the Treasury Department at this juncture is a most fortunate one. He will keep in touch with the peo- ple and be one of the foremost in the campaign of education to remove the popular prejudice which, as he says, constitutes the only element of danger in an elastic currency based on assets. ‘What promises to be one of the most startling fea- tures of the St. Louis Exposition will be a model city with every element that should be and nothing that should not be. The exhibit without question will be a bewildering revelation to the denizens of American cities. That Virginia constitutional convention has re- appeared after the holidays and is still struggling' over the franchise question, and it looks as if the members would continue to discuss ‘it until it has been settled by the lapse of time. Oklahoma wishes to annex Indian Terrltory and be admitted to statehood under the name of Jeffer- son, and there is 2 good chance for the scheme to go through as a part of the celebration of Jefferson’s purchase of Louisiana. The Populists -of Georgia have decided to put a full ticket in the field for the State election this year, and there is no telling but what we may have Tom | Watson once more prancing around the arena and disturbing the peace. A local minister recently placed on record in the City Hall that in two instances he was cheated of his marriage fee by decciving benedicts. The preacher ought to form a silent partnership with some col- lection agency. : JANUARY 9, 1902 - NEW PLAY IN WHICH ALSOP MADE A HIT TO BE GIVEN AT THE ALCAZAR 4 NE of the events of the local the- atrical world during the coming week will be the production of a new play at the Alcazar Theater, “For the White Rose,”” a roman- tic drama by Owen Davis. The play has seen but one week's -performance in Rochester, N, Y., where its premiere was given. The Rochester folks seem to have liked the play immensely, and the per- formance was followed by the very prae- tical expression of approval by the Lieb- ler weople of New York of gn offer to buy the play for the purpose of starring young Bbucicault in the leading role; but the author had already decided that the actor who had assumed the part in question about realized his conception and the drama comes Here through his interposi- tlon. The actor, was M. L. Alsop, now leading man at the Alcazar, and Mr. Al- sop will be seen in the leading 'role of Larry Kavanaugh, an attractive young Irishman, who gets entangled in the plots of the warring factions of the Wars of the Roses, about which the play is writ- ten. There are four acts in the drama, the scene England during the Thirty Years War, the characters, with the éxception of the “King Maker,” the Earl of War- wick, imaginary. The settings and cos- tuming of the play offer large opportunity for picturesqueness, and the Alcazar management is sparing no effort to make the romance a success. There are_thir- teen speaking parts in “For a White Rose,” that will be essayed by the fol- lowing members of the Alcazar company: Larry Kavanaugh. M. L. Alsop Earl of Warwick, .Harry Rattenberry ...Pau]l Gerson .George Osbourne -Henry Shumer Frank Bacon ..Howard Scott Bagge Conklin Margaret Wycherly evses.Marie Howe performance of “The An = excellent Wife” is being much enjoyed by patrons of the house this week. rRT . The scenically splendid and well acted production of “King Henry VIII" at the Columbia Theater this week is attract- ne the large houses it deserves. Madame odjeska, in the part of Queen Kath- arine, has a role that suits her to a nicety and invests the character with a fine stateliness and womanliness that charin every one. Louis James as Cardi- nal Wolsey does good though not great work, and Henry is acted with strength by Norman Hackett. The production from a scenic standpoint is one of the most satisfying that has been seen here, settings and costumes being conspicu- ously rich and splendid and historically correct. Next week the co-stars will be heard in repertoire, with “Macbeth” on Monday and- Saturday nights, “Mary Stuart” on Tuesday night and at the Saturday matl- nee, “The Merchant of Venice” on Wed- nesday and Friday nights and “King Henry VIII"” on Thursday night. . s “Whose Baby Are You?" funniest of ragtime farces, with Charles ‘W. Bowser and May Vokes as the regular stars and three wonderful babies as par- ticular luminaries, is delighting houses at the California that should be larger, but could not be more enthusiastic. Miss Vokes is_very amusing as a typical slavey, and Mr. Bowser as the bewildered hero of the farce fills all requirements. On Sunday night Richard Golden will appear in “Old Jed Prouty,” the favorite pastoral drama. =~ For the last week of her engagement at the Grand Opera-house Miss Mjnnie Seligman has_the best and strongest bill in which she has been seen here. It is a | double bill, with W. 8. Gilbert's “Comedy and Tragedy,” a delightfyl one-act play, long a favorite with Mary Anderson, and a dramatization of ‘Cavalleria Rusti- cana,” by A. Carrano, played by Alexan- der Salvini. In both plays Miss Seligman finds happy ogportunl(leu' and in particu- lar in the Gilbert comedy. 5 Next week the reguwlar stock company will be seen in ‘/Claire and the Forge- master.” . “Lost in New York” is pleasing large houses at the Central 'l%seater. ¥ It 1:‘ a @ ettt otk @ “How is your boy in the army getting along, Willerby?” inquired the old friend of the family. “By George, sir!” enthusastically an- swered the father, who had just received from Algy another urgent request for ey, “that boy is a masterly campaign- er already. He gets into all sorts of tight places, but he always manages to keep in communication with his base of supplies.” —Chicago Tribune. —_—— Cholce candies. Townsend's, Palace Hotel.* —_——— . . ‘Ex. strong hoarhound candy. Townsend’s.® g iR s g Cal. Glace Fruit 50c per 1b at Townsend's.* < —_——— Look out for 81 Fourth, front barber and grocer, best eye; , specs, I5c to 40c.* —_—— Special information supplied daily to busiaea-u hc;usus-“ltnd‘nuhue men ab the ress, (Alien’s), ey siect Téicphons Matn 10z 5" The pang-kou Is a small Chinese drum on a wooden tripod. I with common wood dtm!lnh? eihentes Guillet's New Year's extra mince ples, ice cream and cake. 905 Larkin; phone East 105, + one of the || —— hman whose mathematical calcula- flons Ar6 beyqnd comprenensipn, is amaz- ing large audiences at the Orpheu‘m at évery performance. He must needs be seen to be appreciated. Eddie Girard and Florence Gardner, the “cop and the sou- brette,” are Iimmensely amusing; the three Wesgons present a pleasing musical act, and Alf Holt gives a unique whist- ling and mimetic entertainment. Mr. and Mrs. Gardner Crane in “Am- I Your Wife?’; Jessie Dale, the little girl with the big voice; Picolo’s Liliputian come- dians and gymnasts, Ritter’s trained dogs and the biograph are fine features. Next week one of the important engagements is that of Kara, “the great,” whose jus- gling act set the town talking three years ago. Among those contributing to the excel- =y = > | D -, (i b} X | | i o — e WELL KNOWN ACTOR AND A CLEVER ACTRESS WHO ARE MEM- | BERS OF THE COMPANY NOW PRESENTING SOME OF THE | SHAKESPEARIAN DRAMAS AT THE COLUMBIA THEATER. | f— . s & melodrama of metropolitan life, effective- ly aeted and excellently staged. A spe- clal feature of the performance is the river scene, in which a crowd of boys is Seen in a large tank of real water, and in which also Miss Georgie Cooper, who is an excellent swimmer, performs a thrilling rescue. Next week another ;l‘le;fller. “Under the Gaslights,” will be on. * TS The Tivoli still reports excellent houses at its holiday entertainment, “Little Red Riding Hood.” Next week will, however, see the last of the popular extravaganza, and the favorite comic opera ‘‘The Ameer” will initiate the light opera sea- son. Meantime the Christmas show is Kkept strictly up to date with the latest in humor and song, and Hartman and his confreres are as §ood fun as ever. Anna ‘Wilson, the new falry queen, has a new song that pleases. . Jacques Inaudi, the wonderful . little HOW SOCIETY GIRLS OF SAN FRANCISCO DEVOTE THEIR TIME TO CHARITY. - THE »BOSS BUCKLEY" OF DENVER The Story of the Most Remarkable Woman Politician. Jent progranfme at Fischer's Concert- house this week are the clever Sorensen children; Mlle. Atlantis, the bewildering fire and rainbow dancer; Max Steinle, German comedian: Mons. d’Auinais, ten- | or; Carita, the mystifying girl conjurer; | the Valkyra family of hand balancers: Joseph Lyons, acrobatic dancer and sing- er, and the Paloma Ladies’ Quartet. Hin- richs’ orchestra contributes many enjoy- able numbers. . The sale of seats for the second sym- phony concert under the auspices of the San Francisco Symphony Society, to take place at the Grand Opera-house next Fri- day afterncon at 3:15 o'clock, began at Sherman, Clay & Co.'s Tuesday morning, with a Jarge demand. The thrilling performance of Miss Eilla Burt, who coasts down the chutes on a bicycle, is chief attraction at the Chutes and Zoo this week. The usual amatuer bill is on to-night. THE THIRD BEST COLLECTION OF STAMPS JN THE WORLD OWNED IN SAN F2ANCIZCO. 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