The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 30, 1902, Page 6

THE' SAN FRANCISCO CALL, :HUBSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1902 ; DIOCESAN CONVENTION ELECTS THURSDAY........ R T JANUARY 30, 1902 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Address All Communications to W. 5. LEAKE, Manager. MANAGER’S OFFICE Telephone Press 204 PUBLICATION OFFIC, Market and Third, S. F. Telephone Press 201. EDITORIAL ROOMS ..217 to 221 Stevemson St. Telephone Press 202. Delivered by Carriers, 15 Cents Per Week. Single Copies, 5 Cents. Terms by Mail, Including Postage: DAILY CALL (including Sundey), DAILY CALL (including Sunday DAILY CALL (incluling Sunday), DAILY CALL—By Single Month. SUNDAY CALL, One Year. WEEKLY CALL, One Year. All postmaster: are muthorized to receive subscriptions. Sample coples will be forwarded when requested. Mail subscribers in ordering change of address should be particuler to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order to insure & prompt and correct compliance with their reques:. OAKLAND OFFICE.. ..1118 Broadway C. 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Tivoli—"“The Ameer.” Central—*A Man of Mystery.” Alcazar—*'Coralle & Co.” Columbia—*"The Princess Chic.” Orpheum—Vaudeville. Chwtes, Zoo and Theater—Vaudeville every afterncon and evening. Sherman-Clay Hall—Angelus Piano Player Recital, Satur- @Gay afternoon. Oakiand Racetrack—Races to-day. AUCTION SALES. By Wm. G. Layng—This day, at 11 o'clock, Palo Alto Brocd Mares, at 721 Howard street. By W H Hord—Tuesday, February 4, at 10 o'clock, Thor- oughbred and Trotting Stock, at 1732 Market street. — TRACK GAMBLING RESULTS. ‘ i for a2 season events are furnishing them with object lessons show- ing the results of that sort of gambling even when carried on at a distance from the city. Scarcely had the resolution to permit gambling at Ingleside been introduced into the board before it was disclosed that employes of municipal offices have been in the habit of neglecting their duty and wasting their time at the racetrack. Now come two other examples of the consequences of track gambling, each in its way worthy of more than a passing notice from those who are asked to vote in favor of further track gambling. The first case is that of the so-called “Plunger” Lewis, who after a brief career of success at the track ended by passing a worthless check upon a confiding bookmaker. The plunger, when called upon to ex- plain his action in giving the check, is reported to have said that he had discovered he was being “jobbed” by certain parties and was playing to get even. That is a sample of the track gambling fra- ternity. It shows the kind of men who are attracted to the city by that form of gambling. It is an illus- tration of the sort of people who would hasten to San Francisco to ply their trade and play their tricks if once we were to permit this to become a track gambling resort, as it was in the days before Ingle- side was closed The other incident is of a very different nature. A discharged soldier was on Tuesday detected in an effort to get a cheap ride to Chicago by getting him- self shipped in a box as freight. Taken to the police station he explained that he had served in the Phil- ippines and had been honorably discharged from the service. A short time ago he had money to a con- siderable amount, but he “played the races,” with the usual result. He soon found himself unable to pay his fare 1o his home, and, despairing of finding em- ployment here, he undertook the risky experiment of getting himself shipped in a freightcar. These particular frzuds are not great. HILE the Supervisors are pondering whether or no to reopen Ingleside racetrack of track gambling current They will not stir indignation like some of the many frauds and crimes which resulted from track gambling at Ingleside in the old days. Their occurrence just at this time, however, renders them pertinent to the question of reopening Ingleside. They show the na- ture of the frauds and wrongs that are going on all the time as the inseparable accompaniments of race- track gambling These have happened this_week. Next week there will be others. This week the frauds are petty. Next week there may be crimes of the highest magnitude, murder and suicide. Ii jor any reason the Supervisors should be heed- less of these things the people should compel their attention. The issue is to come before the board next Monday. The voice of the protest of San Fran- cisco should be uttered then and uttered emphatically. It is an issue which concerns alike the homes and the business of men. There is no class of our peo- ple which has not had some relative or friend brought to ruin by track gambling. The dreary, dismal rec- ord of theits, forgeries, embezzlements, murders and suicides that followed the story of track gambling when Ingleside was open in the past cannot passed away from the minds of the people. sake of sav have For the g the city from a repetition of such evils all good citizens should unite in making a protest against the movement to renew the track gambling privilege. Let it be borne in mind there is no opposition to horse racing, but only to track gambling. Further- more, let it be remembered that the protest of the people should be made at the mecting of the Super- visors on Monday. To sit in idleness until a wrong be accomplished and then demounce it is folly. Action against this wrong should be prompt as well as emphatic. —— An Oakland man, involved in the meshes of the divorce court, has probably found the last reason on carth for a divorce. He says he scented trouble with his young wife even before marriage because she pos- itively declined to make bread such as his mother had made. : FOR A CANAL. Y way of settling the isthmian canal con- B troversy between the advocates of ‘the Nicar- agua route and those of the Panama route a bill has been introduced into the Senate authorizing the President to determine which is the better route and to proceed with the wark of construction. This bill will, we believe, have the approval of the coun- try. If adopted it will remove the danges of a long controversy in Congress and prepare a way for a eedy settlement of an issue which now threatens to ome one of partisan politics. The comparative merits of the' two routes have been sufficiently investigated, reported upon and can- vassed. It is known that each has some advantages over the other. By a natural operation of the mind all who are sufficiently interested in the subject to give it any earnest consideration reach a conclusion in favor of one route rather than the other. It is use- less to expect all of them to agree as to which route is preferable. The opponents of any canal could not more effectively win their case than by getting up a prolonged controversy over the two routes, The de- lay thus. caused might be interminable. - The issue might even be made a sectional one by arraying the populous East in favor of Panama as more favorable to Eastern interests, while the West and South would be combined in favor of Nicaragua. Thus a deadlock would be formed which could be ended only by an appeal to the country, and we should have to wait many years for the beginning of a work in which there should be no delay at all. However strongly certain interests may be in favor of one route as against the other, the great majority of the people would rather have a canal by either route than to have further delay and wrangling. The President may not be able to decide any moreswisely than Congress, but he can decide more quickly. If we are to wait for a Congressional decision no man knows when the decision will be made, but if the choice be left to the President we may count on prompt action. There is no ground for questioning the President’s impartiality between the two routes nor to doubt that he would make the decision with an eye single to the best interests of the whole country. The people, in short, are in favor of a canal and are not devoted to any particular route. The men who in Washington have been shouting “Nicaragua or nothing” do not represent any considerable por- tion of the American people. It is safe to say a majority of those who are in favor of one Toute as against the other would still prefer to have the other route adopted than to submit to longer delay in un- dertaking the work. The demand is for an isthmian canal. Upon the question of routes the country is ready to compromise rather than to lose the canal itself or to indefinitely postpone i Ii Congress cannot settle the question at this session, then by all means it should be left to the President. The new bill in the Senate is on: the right track and should be backed by all the force of public opinion. Let us have a canal bill at this session. Any route is bet- ter than none. Mr. John E. Russell, a deep thinker of Boston, after maturely meditating upon American history, has come to the conclusion that the War of the Revo- lution ended in our “favor not so much because of the victories at Saratoga and Yorktown as be- cause the British people were tired of it. This may be cited as one of the few cases where deep thinking actually reaches bedrock. S ment of Commerce and Labor was adopted by the Senate on Tuesday, and it is believed will pass the House without difficulty. There was at one time a report that the new department would have a bureau of mines and mining, so as to satisfy the de- mand for a better supervision of the mining indus- try, but the report was evidently unfounded, for no such bureau is included in the list of those assigned to the department. It is to be indeed a wide- spreading and far-reaching branch of the administra- tion, but it does not reach the mines. According to a report printed in the Congressional Record some time ago the branches of the Govern- ment with the number of their employes and aggre- gate salaries which would be placed under the con- trol of the new department were given as-follows: COMMERCE AND LABOR. ENATOR NELSON’S bill creating a Depart- Aggregate Employes. salaries. Lighthouse Board I - $39,030 Life €aving Service ....... .29 42,780 Marine Hospital Service . .2 36,100 Steamboat Inspection 23 11,740 Navigation Bureau i 26,250 Immigration Bureau . o 12,410 Bureau of Statistics . -8 49,550 Coast and Geodetic Survey . 202 Patent Office ........ 4 Department of Labor .8 | Tish and Fisheries . .38 Bureau of Foreign Commerce .10 In addition to those bureaus already existing there was to be created a bureau of manufactures, which would have a clerical force of thirty persons at an aggregate salary of $53,000. The bill was amended in several particulars in the Senate, and according to the summary given by telegraph the measure as \passed confers upon the department not only the | control of the bureaus specified but also of the Cen- sus Bureau, of Chinese exclusion questions and of the consular service so far as it pertains to com- merce. In the telegraphic report the Patent Office is not inciuded in the list of bureaus transferred to the department, so it may be it was Stricken out of the original list. There seems no reason why it should ever have been included, since the granting of patents has no close relation to commerce or labor. While the new department thus organized will doubtless add to the effectiveness of the national ad- ministration, it can hardly be deemed more neces- sary than a Department of Mines and Mining. To form the Department of Commerce and Labor it has been found necessary to run a dragnet over the other departments of the Government and to bring together a collection of bureaus very slightly related. Even if the Patent Office be stricken out there will still remain in the department such bureaus as those of the Geodetic Survey and the Fish and Fisheries, which have no bearing upon foreign commerce- nor upon domestic labor. This medley of bureaus had to be brought together to form a great department. No such combination would have to be devised in forming 2 Department of Mines and Mining. That industry alone would be sufficient to furnish work for a Cabinet officer and half a dozen chiefs bureaus vnder him. Since it has been seemingly so easy to procure the consent of the Senate to the creation of the Depart- ment of Commerce there ought to be a fighting i chance for the Department of Mines. The one which has won favor is certainly not more needed of claims with vigor. They have right on their side and will win if they work as harmoniously as the commercial men have done. e Archduchess Elizabeth of Austria, who recently ab- dicated all rights to succession to the throne for the sake of marrying the man she loves, made a better bargain than appeared by the first reports, for in con- sideration of the surrender 'of her imperial heritage she received a yearly zllowance of $250,000, securities valued at $1,600,000, and family jewels estimated to be worth $1,000,000. Evidently the gracious lady un- derstands business as well as love, and her husband has a prize, R aging to the hopes of the supporters of the arid lands bill. While the Senate Committee on Public Lands has favorably reported the bill agreed on by the Senators and Representatives from the semi-arid States, it is said there is so strong an opposition to it in the House that it is feared it will be beaten by upward of 150 majority. While the outlook is thus discouraging there is no reason for abandoning the effort. If a further campaign of education on the subject be needed, now is the time to begin it, and Congress is the best place in which to carry it on. The House does not allow much opportunity for debate, but it has already had one discussion on the measure and others will follow. There will be some chance at least for a full presentation of the merits of the plan, and something will be gained by making such presentation. The President is heartily in favor of the enterprise. In his message to Congress he devoted comsider- able space to the reclamation of our arid lands and said: “Far-reaching interstate problems are in- volved, and the resources of single States would often be inadequate. It is properly a national function, at least in some of its features. National Government to make the streams and rivers of the arid region useful by engineeritig works for water storage as to make useful the rivers and har- bors of the humid region by engineering works of another kind.” The nature of Eastern objections to the enterprise was made manifest by the speech of Congressman Sibley of Pennsylvania, who made the chief argu- ment against it in the House when under considera- tion a short time ago. The burden of Sibley’s pro- test was that irrigation is a scheme to open up many millions of acres of land to compete with Eastern farms. The plea is a sectional one, but it doubtless has many supporters. We will have to meer it and re- fute it. Fortunately the national view of the case in oppo- sition to the sectional view has been presented to Congress and to.the country by the President him- self. In his message the President .says: “The reclamation and settlement of the arid lands will en- rich every portion of our country just as the settle- ment of the Ohig and Mississippi valleys brought prosperity to the Atlantic States. The increased de- mand for manufactured articles will stimulate indus- trial production, while wider home markets and the trade of Asia will consume the larger food supplies and effectually prevent Western compgtition with Eastern agriculture. Indeed the products of irriga- tion will be consumed in upbuilding local centers of mining and other industries which would otherwise not come into existence at all. Our people as a whole will profit, for the successful home-making is but another name for the upbuilding of the nation.” In contrast with the large national views of the President the narrow sectionalismr of Sibley and his followers is seen to be small and pitiful. It is as erroneous as it is narrow. Pennsylvania farmers will be benefited and not injured by the development of the West. Even were the Sibley idea correct, how- ever, it would still be an invalid argument, for its logical conclusion would be that we must doom a large area of the country to permanent barrenness for fear of injuring the East. It is the duty of Con- gress to deal with the nation as a whole, and in the end it will. The time will come when the opponents of the development of the arid lands will be as much ashamed of their course as were those men who in times past opposed the homestead act, which b&mght about the settlement of the humid lands. THE ARID LANDS BILL. EPORTS from Washington are n;)t encour- An inquiring citizen who has been making investi- gations at Washjngton has discovered that the of- ficers and clerks employed by the Senate draw more pay in the aggregate than the Senate itself, and he is now trying to find out whether they do more work than the Senators or are employed merely to orna- ment the Capitol. VOTING MACHINE REPORTS. OR one cause or another reports from the East F this year concerning the voting machines in use during the recent elections are by no means so uniformly favorable to the machines as they have been in the past, In fact, from some quarters the statement of results is distinctly discouraging and seems to lead to the conclusion that the machines are by no means so perfect as was formerly reported. Experiments with the machines were more exten- sively made in New York than in any other State, and it is from various cities in that commonwealth that most of the reports of failure come. In Syra- cuse, where $30,000 was invested in machines, it is said the people have become so dissatisfied with them that the city government has adopted an ordinance dispensing with them hereafter. Among the reasons given for the public dissatisfaction are that the ma- chines destroy the secrecy of the ballot, that the voters do not understand them and often become confused, and that the average voter finds it impos- sible to so manipulate them as to vote a split ticket when he wishes to. In Buffalo the discontent is not quite so great as at Syracuse, but even there complaints are heard. In New York City, where no machines were used, the defective ballots disclosed in the count did not exceed three in every 100 ballots. Possibly a recount might have shown more than the first count, as the recount in this city is doing, but on the returns as stated the voting machines are said to give nothing like so good a showing. Tn one of the smaller towns of the State the machine recorded but three votes for a popular candidate, and in a contest that followed many times that number of men swore they voted for him. These reports are very different from what we have been accustomed to after former elections in which machines were tested. They point to the conclusion that the machines are by no means so near perfec- tion as was at one time thought. When operated as a novelty many voters were delighted with them, but now they long for the old way. Evidently it will pay California to wait a while before investing in the ; _ithan the other. The mining men should urge their | machines. It is as right for the | OFFICERS FOR ENSUING YEAR;‘ I ' ) N CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE STANDING OF CHURCH | READING HIS REPORT. Clergy Relief Society. The committee is to report to the next convention what action, if any, is desirable in the diocese looking toward the final combination of all efforts in the matter of clergy relief. The finance committee and Sunday school reports were received and adopted. On_the motion of the Rev. R. C. Foute the Rev. W. H. Brewer was appointed to HE feature of the Episcopal Dio- cesan Convention yesterday was the election of standing -commit- i tees for the ensuing year. There ! were many candidates and the bal- | loting was close and interesting. \ $t. John's Church was crowded throughout the day. The discussions and speeches of the delegates, both clerical and lay, were eagerly listened to and ap- preciated. The morning session opened with pray- er, after which there was a discussion of canons governing the election of rec- tors and the manner in which such elec- tions should be held. Reports of commit- tees were also received. Rev. Frederick W) Clampett, rector of Trinity Church, chairman of the commit- tee on the standing of the church, read an interesting report to the convention. In part he said: The financial condition shows a remarkable advance over that of last year. Special at- tention is called to the wholesome state of the consolldated investment of the perpetual funds of the diocese. The mranagement of that trusi has been continued with a primary view to its ultinate security and the results are such as to impart absolute confidence in dlocesan funded interests. One of ‘the most encourag- ing features will be found in the statement of A perpetual trust received from the heirs of. Mrs. Samuel M. Wilson, in the sum of $3000. The summary of parochlal Improvements during the last year amounts to $37,246 19. ‘The total of contributions received exceeds that of the previous year by $54,839 13, The sum of $933 45 was contributed during the past year for domestic and foreign missions. Your committee would emphasize the changed relations entered into, since the last diocesan convention, on the subject of missions—the action of the diocese, on the one hand, in vol- n SO many persons that gathering. also, of Dr. Bishop Barker, R. bered. of the church; it said, not only of the day. for $251 75, recorded. It was proposed by Wilson and adopted whole subject of canonical amendments proposed by com- mittees and the reading of reports. nota- bly the annual review by Bishop Nichols. The Bishop read a lengthy but none the less interesting report showing the amount of labor performed by him. He spoke eloquently of the great conyvention which had brought to Califor- city has felt the magnificent imfluence of In concluding the Bishop paid gentle tribute to their dead associ- | ates, and probably to Bishop Whipple, | whose personal charm figure and loving nature he feelingly de- | scribed. Tribute was paid to the memory, Littlejohn and the Howard and J. J. Valentine. | Another eloquent speech was delivered | by Henry Highton, who, in pleading for adequate support of a church paper, allud- | ed to the late convention as a moral and | spiritual power which will be long remem- It was memorable in the history | arked an epoch, but of the whole of the land and its influ- ence was felt far away in other countries. it seems that in the report of contribu- | tions to the disabled clergymen's Trinity's amount was omitted on Tues- Yesterday Major Hooper forward and smilingly flourishing a check said that that was Trinity's contribution, which he desired should be committee of five be appointed by the| chairman to take into consideration the the relation church in this diocese to - the position of registrar of the dlocese, owing to the resignation of the Rev. W. McClure. It was resolved that all future meetings of conventions shall be held in Grace Church, which would prove more conven- fent for business men,and others engaged in the city who take part in church work. Result of Election. The following were the results of the elections: or the past year, of prominence. The Standing committee, clerical members—Rev. F. Clampett, D.D.; Rev. . Foute, Re' E. J. Lion and Rev. R. Ritchie. Lay me: and statuesque | bers—William Babeock, A. N. Drown, C. D. Haven, W. B. Hooper. Delegates to missionary councils—Rev. E. L. Parsons and G. H. Kellogs. Diccesan Board of Misio T. J. Lacy, Rev. late | Sherman, W. H. | clerical mem- M. . C. Sanford and » Davis, Dr. J. V. D. Middle- Wiliiam Mintzer. Board #f directors—A. N. Drown, Rev. A. Emery, Herbert Folger, Rev. D. O. Kelle: Al H. Phelps and W. A. M. Van Bokkelen. Routine work and the adoption of some amendments advised by the committee of canons brought the busy day’s proceedings to a close. he history of the coast fund | EX- strong hoarhound candy.Townsend's.* stepped Cal. Glace Fruit 50c per Ib at Townsend's.* Townsend’s California glace fruits, 50c a pound, in fire-etched boxes or Jap. bas- kets. ‘A nice present for Eastern friends, the Rev. Mardon D, | 839 Market st., Palace Hotel building. * unanimously_that a A R g g Special information supplied daily business houses and public men b Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 510 gomery street. Telephone Main 1042, to the ont- . of the the General - | untarily surrendering the annual sum of $600 heretofore received from the Board of Miesions in New York, and the action of the Board of Missions on the other hand in calling for an annual apportionment of a sum amounting to 1 $§6272. Whether this sum shall be realized is | a question which the future alone can deter- mine. >y The financial condition of the archdiocese not only justifies its existence as a wise move- ment in church polity, but has moreover far exceeded the expectation of its strongest ad- vocates. The growth of the second year will be apparent from the fact that the salaries and expenses of the members of the staff, by rea- son of increased numbers, have exceeded that of last year by $3500. 1 Causes for Gratitude. In turning from the material to the spiritual condition of the church there is equal cause | | for gratitude and encouragement. Beginning | | with the Sunday schools, beyond quéstion th. most essential department of church life, the reports are extremely suggestive. There is a gain over the previous year of 100 teachers and an estimated loss of 200 scholars. Notwithstanding the cutting down by many city parishes of the number of communicants H ; H reviously reported, so that the living may e reported from the dead, there is an increase over the report of last year of 500 communi- cants. They now number The report was approved file. Archdeacon Emery submitted the report, of the Diocesan Board of Missions. In | part he said: ““The missionary work in the diocese Is de- veloping cn three clearly defined lines: First, that of the Bishop himself, who, with the archdeacon and usually some other clergyman, visits remote parts of the diocese where there are no organized missicns and no resident clergy—during the past vear 1500 miles were traveled and services were held in nearly every town in Mono and Inyo counties; second, the work doane by the cathedral stafl of mis- sions, and third, the regular work in the or- | missions of the board with that | of the Cathedral Mission of Good Sa- | maritan. Efforts have been made during the past twelye months to meet the resolutions of- fered last year by theyRev. E. L. Parsons and Major Hooper to diredt new work to centers of population. 2 Willlam A. M. Van Bokkelen, treasurer of the diocese, called attention to the Fflmed report prepared by him. The tabu- ated statement shows that the diocesan fund amo: to $6972 33; missionary fund, &217“; disbursements, 2 bled 7; widows’' and clergy, $18, §15,4680 41° archdeacon's, $15,088 11 | At 11 o'clock the convention resolved it- i ‘and placed on | | | 2090600060 THE SUNDAY CALL LEADS THEM ALL uopncm orphans’, self into a board of missions in order to listen to addresses by Rev. F. W. Clamp- ett, D. D., Rev. Burr M. Weedon and Rev. r. Clampett spoke on “Pledging the Parishes and Systematic leins."‘ The address was a most eloquent one and had the effect of moving rectors of many churches to pledge their congregations to | glve a larger amount to the missionary | £330 wore made. " An eRO wil B readnad | 3 ort w raise 'lo.w‘n“ this year. e Rev. Dr. Weedon dwelt at length oa “The Education of Laity w Clergy, | D‘:‘Whl.tne _'ll Being Dore and t Is to‘gt Proceedings at Afternoon Session. The afterncon session was devoted to ' IYTTITYT T NEXT [T Read the Story of the Beau- | tiful San Francisco Girl Who || i : Is Making a Fight to Retain Her Beauty as Well as Life. i Story of a Western Man Who | ‘ Was in the John Brown Raid. ‘ A San Francisco Woman to Explore Aztec Ruins. SUNDAY Read the Story of the Quarrels of Washington Society Women as to Who Are the Leaders. DO NOT FAIL TO GET THIS NUMBER Eight Pages of Color That A}re Pleasing to the Eye. L L S R JT A Read the Wolfville Stories by Alired Henry Lewis. CALL »