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The= akzas Call, WEDNESDAY..................MARCH 12, 1902 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Address A1l Communieations to W. 5. LEAKE, Manager. MANAGER’'S OFFICE.......Telephone Press 204 PUBLICATION Ofilcfl. . .llr/kei and Third, 8. F. Telephone Press 201. EDITORIAL ROOM! 217 to 221 Stevemson St. Telephone Press 202. Deltvered by Carriers, 15 Cents Per Weel% Single Coples, Cen Terms by Mail, Including Postage: DAILY CALL (including Sunday), one year. DAILY CALL (ncluding Sunday), 6 months. DAILY CALL (ncluding Sunday), 2 months. DAILY CALL—By Single Month. All postmansters are thorized 10 recelve subscript Semple coples will be forwarded when requested. Mall eubscribers In ordering change of address should te particular to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order %o insure & prompt and correct compliance with their request. OAKLAND OFFICE. ...1118 Broadway C. GEORGE KROGNESS, M, nager Foreign Advertising, Marguette Building, Chieago. (Long Distance Telephone *‘Central 2619.") NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: . C. CARLTON...... ...Herald Square NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: STEPHEN B. SMITH. .30 Tribune Building NEW YORK NEWS STANDS: Waldorf-Astoris Hotel; A. Brentano, 31 Union Square; Mdurray Hill Hotel CHICAGO NEWS STANDS: Sberman House; P. O. News Co.; Great Northern Hotel: ¥remoat House; Auditorium Ho! WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE....1406 G St., N. W. MORTON E. CRANE, Correspondent. BRANCH OFFICES—J527 Montgomery, correr of Clay, open ©otsl 9:30 o'clock. Hayes, open until 9:30 o’clock. MecAjlister, open until 5:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin, open until $:80 o'clock. 19i1 Mission, open until 10 o'clock. 2261 Marker, corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 1096 Va- lencia, open until § c'clock. 106 Eleventh, open until 9 c'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky, open ‘clock. 2200 more, open until ® p. m. AMUSEMENTS. ““The White’ Slave.” The Serenade.” liver Twist. Coat of Many Colors.” rizone."” —Vaudeville. ' pera-house— 'The House That Jack Built."” Fischer's Theater—''The French Maid.” Chutes, Zoo and Theater—Veudeville every afternoon and evening Metropolitan Hall Paderewski evening Sherman-Clay Hall—Katherine ¥isk, Friday night. Mechanies' Pavilion—Norris & Rowe's Big Shows, urday . Oskland Racetrack—Races 10-da Sat- AUCTION SALES. Exchanty By Ocetdent This day, 100 Horses, at 21 Howard sireet. Auction Sale—This dey, Horses, at 721 Howard street. Auction Sale Friday, March 14, st 10 o'clock, trotters and pacers, at 1100 Golden Gate avenus By MoGlynn & Menton—1riday, March 21, at 12:15 o' clock, stock of the Flores Jale at room 22, Chronicle building Horse & Company, N Saturday next a meeting of representatives of the counties of San Joaquin Valley will O be held at Fresno to decide, whether the valley is 1o have a distinctive exhibit at the St. Louis exposition. As the time before the opening of the cxposition is now short, it is imperative that some plan of action be agreed upon without delay, for a great deal of work will have to be done in raising money to defray expenses and in getting together a comprehensive display of the industries and the re- sources of the district. In the call for the convention it is stated that there will be submitted for consideration a resolution adopt- ed by the San Joaquin County Commission on the St. Louis exposition declaring: ““That the San Joaquin County Commission favors a San Joaquin Valley ex- hibit at the St. Louis exposition, each county that s to have a distinctive exhibit, the valley ex- hibit preferably to form a part of the State exhibit; that the mountain counties adjacent to the San Joa- quin Valley be invited to join with the counties of the ey in making the exhibit.” 50 ¢ Whether t plan of making an exhibit be the best that can be devised must of course be left to the determination of those who are familiar with all the facts in the case and know best what sort of exhibit will be most liberally and extensively supported by those from whom it must draw contributions and supplies. The Call has no advice to offer upon that phase of the question. Upon the importance of some form of exhibit, however, there can be no difference That issue is not one which concerns San Joaquin Valley alone. The whole State will suf- fer if any considerable section of the State is laggard or illiberal in making a display of its resources. In issuing the call the acting secretary states that the idea of a distinctive exhibit has been indorsed by the Valley Association, and a resolution adopted providing for the appointment of a representative or commissioner by the Board of Supervisors and com- mercial organizations of each county in the wvalley, but at the time of issuing the call he had been ad- vised of the appointment of representatives from but two counties—San Joaquin and Fresno. The remain- ing six counties are urged to appoint their represen- tatives at once, so that they may be present at the meeting on Saturday. The secretary adds: “The Supervisors of San Joaquin and Kern counties have already voted funds [or the exhibit. Fresno County is certain to provide an exhibit. Tulare County will almost surely take part.” While this report leaves several counties of the valley unaccounted for, it seems hardly likely that they will remain aloof from the general movement of their neighbors. There is not a county in that district, nor in all California, for that matter, which cannot afford to make a large and even a costly ex- hibit and derive a profit from it. The St. Louis ex- position is to be the largest ever held. The amount of money already provided for it assures that facl It is to come after a long series of years of prosper- ity throughout the world, and at a time when indus- trial and commercial competition are at the highest intensity ever known. The progressive States of the East have already made provision for State exhibits, The South will be there to show every inducement she has to attract Northern migration. California cannot afford in the face of such friendly but eager rivalry to make a weak or partial presentation of her industries and her resources. San Joaquin Valley must do her share, and every county in it should be represented at its best. of opinion Henry Watterson says the Democratic party must get away from visionary theories, and now Mr. Bryan will think Henry was talking about him. | | | use of ancient and approved rituals, | at the instance of a rich THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1902. ANOTHER PRAYER TEST. THE secular world never treats sacred things with intended disrespect or irreverence. In- deed, it is difficult to delimit the secular world and describe it by metes and bounds, since there is in all men a seated respect for things non-secular and sacred. But just now those things of deeper mo- ment are in peril of ridicule, and not from anything secular at all. Bishop Potter has expressed the opinion that the well-intended efforts of the Prohibitionists are a failure. The war began over the Raines law in New York City. By that law saloons are compelled to as- sume the guise of hotels, to provide lodgings, food, etc. In the long run it has worked out results in- imical to public morals. The hotel feature has proved a refuge for abhorrent vices, and the moral level of the city has been lowered below any plane to which it has heretofore descended. Bishop Potter, keenly observant of it all and aware of the social conditions which make the saloon a sort of poor man’s club, has conceived the entirely ex- cusable idea that it will be wiser to make that club better instead of worse. In the evening, after his day’s work is done, the well-to-do citizen resorts to his club. There he indulges with moderation in re- freshments, has that social intercourse which all hu- man beings crave, reads books or seeks recreation in games, and, after a sort, rests himself from the fatigues of the day’s business. The man who works for him bas exactly the same social instincts, and, to even a greater degree, desires and seeks means for their gratification. Shall he mope and grow sullen at home, or shall he seek the nearest substitute for his employer’s club. This he chooses to do, and finds it in the saloon. One could well wish that he might find a better, but it is not to be found, and so he takes the best that is available. Bishop Potter has recognized his needs, and has declared that there should be means for satisfying them. He has in- sisted that instead of putting legal compulsion on the saloon to be worse, there should Be permitted to it latitude in which to be better. This view involves recognition of the saloon ‘among the social forces. It involves denial of the prohibition postulate that men can be, and must be, made better by an act entitled an act. Refusing to rec- ognize in man a common human nature and an equal- ity of desires without an equality of ability to gratify them, the Prohibitionists really, without meaning it at all, propose to stratify society by legally denying to the poor man the only humble means of gratifying his social instincts. Grant that he often and sadly abuses his opportunity, and would often be better if it were withdrawn altogether, it still remains true that efforts to suppress it by law have not succeeded, but have usually made matters worse. So Bishop Potter says reform the saloon, make it a better club, make resort to it less likely to lead to excesses, and proceeding on that line lift morals up instead of throwing them down, Tifis has naturally proved intensely offensive to prohibition sentiment, and the W. C, T, U. over in New Jersey has appointed a day of prayer top invoke divine interposition to change the Bishop's heart! This is a new form of the prayer ‘test. Here is a distinguished churchman, believed to stand in the line of the apostolic succession, himself ordained in to be bom- barded by invocations for his sins and shortconiings. 1f he conclude to organize a defgnse he may clear the ecclesiastical decks for action, pipe all hands to quarters and deliver a broadside into the opposite crait, Then the secular world will see which will whip. When Everest Parny wrote his “Guerre des Dieux” he never conceived any situation that was fuller of suggestion or more calculated to spread abroad the spirit of irreverence. K. Sunisto, managing editor of the Japanese Times, is reported to. have said that since the an- nouncement of the treaty between Japan and Great Britain “all talk of Russia seizing a port in Korea has ceased. Japan is taking quiet possession of the peninsula, and Russia is losing prestige with the Koreans.” That is the Japanese side of the story, but to-morrow there may be a report from Russia that will tell another story, BIRTH RATES AND DIVOROE. ROM the annual report of the corresponding F secretary of the National League for the Protec- tion of the Family it appears that during the past year there has been a decided increase of interest in the work of the lecague and in the problems it has undertaken to solve. Several of the ‘States have changed their divorce laws by amending them in the right direction. Referring to Florida, thé report says: “The acts of the last Legislature are not yet at hand, but it is creditably reported that this State has citizen made insanity a | ground for divorce, but not without vigorous pro- test. This is the only step backward in the year's legislation.” While the trend of legislatign is thus reported to be favorable to the views of those who seek to diminish the frequency of divorces, the secretary an- nounces that he is unable to report the adoption of the proposed “uniforin law of divorce procedure” by a single State as yet. He attributes this to the fact that the “Commissions on Uniformity” in the various States are directing their attention mainly to bring- ing about the adoption of uniform statutes relating to negotiable bills, and have not pressed the “divorce procedure” bill. Comparatively few States collect statistics concern- ing marriage and divorce, and consequently the re- port does not deal with that phase of the subject in anything like a comprehensive way. Such figures as are given, however, arg suggestive. In Connecti- cut, where at one time the ratio of divorces to mar- riages was I to 9, it is now I to 15. In Rhode Island, on the other hand, divorces are increasing and are now in the ratio to marriages of 1 to 8. In Massa- chusetts the ratio is 1 to 20, but it is increasing. In New Jersey it is 1 to 50. Some of the Western States are as bad as Rhode Island. In Oklahoma the ratio is 1 to 10.9; in Michigan 1 to 9.6; while Indiana has the worst record of all with a ratio of 1 to 5.7. The increase of divorces has been accompanied by a decrease of the birth rate in several of the older States. The report says: “The slow growth or posi- tive decrease in the members of Sunday-schools and | some other agencies of the churches has drawn at- tention to the low birth rate that prevails in some of our States, especially in that class of population known as the native stcck. Some of our States show a birth rate so much lower than that of France, where the subject has become a matter of grave pub- lic concern, that it has been assigned as the chief or leading cause for the decline of Sunday-schools and of public schools in country towns, and perhaps of other associations made up of the young.” Such are some of the tendencies of the people to ’ Iwhich the work of the league directs attention. An increasing divorce ratc and a decreasing birth rate do not speak well for a people who have such ample material prosperity as do those of the United States, and it is time to give serious heed to their signifi- cance, e o 7 THE PRINCE AND HIS MISSION RINCE HENRY in his farewell address at the P Union League Club in Philadelphia said: “This is probably the last opportunity I will have during my visit ‘to the Unite@ States to speak in public, and I am not sorry that it should be so. What I am going to communicate to you here I am saying before the world. There has been absolutely no se- cret object in view connected with my visit to your country. Should any of you read or hear anything to the contrary I authorize you herewith to flatly con- tradict it.” : That statement was of course drawn out by the re- port-from Beslin to the effect that the Prince would endeavor to obtain the consent of the United States to the establishment of a German naval station in some part of the American hemisphere. His words put an end to the rumor. He has come to this country solely to promote a feeling of good will and friendliness on our part by manifesting the friendli- ness of the Kaiser. The mission is, we believe, the first of the kind ever undertaken by royalty with respect to this coun- try. From first to last the Prince has been with us not as a representative - of Germany, but of the Kaiser. He has not been accredited by the German Government. He has had no diplomatic business to attend to. He came neither on matters of war nor of commerce. His visit has been one of royalty solely. It has not, however, been like the casual visiting of royalty, as when the young Prince of Wales came to us just before the war, or as the "Grand Duke Alexis came later. In those instances royalty was with us unofficially, as it were, but this time it has come with all its dignities for the express purpose of manifesting imperial friendship. In Europe such visits have a high diplomatic sig- nificance. When the Czar visited France, for ex- ample, or when the Kaiser visited Great Britain, it was recognized everywhere that something of inter- national importance had taken place. Men and na- tions began to speculate as to what the visit meant and what would be its effects. There can be no ques- tion but what the Empefors who made the visits felt that they were conferring signal marks of favor upon the nations visited. When the Czar showed himself the friend of France and the Kaiser showed himself the friend of Great Britain it was felt throughout Europe that the matter was of great mo- ment. In fact, the pomp and splendor of the re- ceptions were counted as but trifles in comparison with the mighty meaning of the visit itself, In sending his brother to visit us the Kaiser ap- pears to have intended to convey to us in a most signal manner a manifestation of his good will. If it has not had the same effect that a royal visit would have had upon a European nation it is be- canse we have not felt any great need for royal recognition. Our friendship for Germany goes out to the German nation and the German people, from whose ranks we have derived so numerous and so desirable an immigration, Most of our people have Tthought or cared very little about the Kaiser's friendship. Still, it is pleasing to know that we have it. His brother has proved himself a genial, whole- souled gentleman. e has borne the tiresome func- tions of ovations and banquets with signal courtesy and grace. He has said the right things in the right way, and if we do not feel so profoundly impressed with the honor conferred by his visit as some Euro- pean nations might have done, we can still lay claim to the keenest appreciation of the Kaiser's good will and the genuine manly qualities of Prince Henry himself. B column the Boers have effectively refuted the reports that they are no longer able to carry on anything more than a guerrilla struggle un- worthy of the name of war. They have routed a column of 1200 men on the march to join another force of 1300, have captured its guns and its com- manding officers, and have accomplished all this not in a remote recess of the mountains by ambush, but by attacking the British when upon the march and at a place very near to the scene of the first hos- tilities of the war. It is clear, then, that the Boers are not only operating in bodies large enough to be spoken of as armies, but that the field of their oper- ations has hardly been restricted by all the block- houses and forts the British have erected. The moral effect of the victory is sure to be im- mense. For some time past it has been taken for ‘granted that the Boers have no chance of success and that it is the duty of their leaders to make terms to save a useless spilling of blood. Moved by that belief public sentiment has been to a large extent adverse to the Boers. It has been felt that their continuance of the fight was nothing more than sav- agery carrying on a hopeless battle out of a mere ilceling of revenge or a delight in fighting. In the light of the victory of Delarey that sentiment will pass away. When a Boer force can take the aggres- sive in an attack upon a British column under one of the foremost'of British generals and utterly de- stroy it, there clearly remains for them a good fight- ing chance for victory and.independence. In Great Britain itself it appears the effect of the blow has been staggering, but has not led to any strengthening of the peace party, so far as present reports indicate. Lord Rosebery, who has now as- sumed a large importance as a political leader after his long retirement, has spoken for a vigorous prose- cution of the war. He is reported to have said: “It will not dishearten us. We have got to see this thing through.” The Tories of course will stand for continuing the fight. It is their war and they can- not let go. Since, therefore, the Liberals declare in favor of a more vigorous prosecution of the contest, it may be taken for granted that there is not much prospect of peace for a long time to come, Whatever the British may do, however, Delarey's victory counts as a mighty stride toward the inde- pendence of his country. He has outmaneuvered his foes, broken through the lines of their blockhouses, metthem in battle and defeated them under condi- tions where the fighting was a fair test of the sol- dierly qualities of the two armies. Men who can achieve such victories need not despair of their country, no matter how great be the material odds against them. Those prophets, therefore, who have been counting on a speedy collapse of the war by veason of Kitchener’s dragnet will now have a chance to meditate upon the folly of basing prophe- cies upon reports that come from only one party to the battle : / — DELAREY’'S VICTORY. Y the blow delivered at General Methuen's YELLOW JOURNALISM AND THE G SPIRIT OF JOHN PAUL JONES THE following communication from an officer of standing in the United State_s navy !quches upon a matter of general interest and is of timely value in illustrating the methods employed in yellow journalism: SAN FRANCISCO, March 10, 1902. In the Examiner of Saturday, March “Could Fight, Dance”—on the subject of Gunner Hill of the navy and his qual- Bditor Call—Dear Sir: 8, appeared an article—headed ifications for commissioned rank, Leaving out of the question the merits of Mr. Hill, which are doubtless all that the Examiner describes in glowing, not to say fulsome pralse, the article is worthy of notice for one reason only, because of its historical untruthfulness. Much has been made of this and the Morgan-Sampson incident, which has been exploited by the Hearst newspapers to defame a conscientious and patriotic officer and heap abuse upon the navy, which the Ex- aminer and other papers of its stripe accuse of favoring aristoc- racy and being a close corporation, determined to freeze out true merit, The Examiner, in its anxiety to make ‘star-chamber war lords,” has forgotten to mention that Gunners Francls Martin and Henry B. Soule, neither of whom could dance or play ‘‘ping-pong" (whatever that may be), were commissioned ensigns from warrant officers July 30, 1901, and have been ad- mitted into the inner circle of ‘‘carpet knigl Both of these deserving officers passed the required examination before a board of Annapolis “‘aristocrats.” The officers of the navy can afford to igno s attacks—these falsehoods deliberately ulmd‘nhry‘ :h ;:::;:::: Which knows better—for the integrity of the navy, almost the entire fighting personnel of which is made from Annapolis grad- uates—is beyond dispute, but the Examiner creature indulges in such glaring and palpable inaccuracies from point that I am tempted to reply. The author of the Examiner's sarcastic defense of Gunner Hill is singularly unhappy in his comparisons when he invokes the spirit. of John Paul Jones to champion his hero; neither is he correct in his statement that Captain Chadwick commanded the Maine. Perhaps the Examiner meant the Rev. Father Chidwick, Who was the Maine's chaplain. History is academy as well as dancing—both are useful accomplishments to gentlemen as well as naval officers, Paul Jones, as is well known, notwithstanding his humble origin, was essentially an aristocrat He was not only the founder of the American navy and a master mariner, but a polished courtier of the most aristocratic court of Europe, that of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, a chevalier of France and vice admiral of an empire, as well asa ‘‘fisher boy,”” the son of a Ppoor gardener. Herewith I venture to inclose a copy of a letter written by him—seventy years before the naval academy of whose aristocratic doctrines the Examiner so bitterly complains was founded—to the Marine Committee of the First Continent#l Congress, second session, in relation to the formation of a personnel for the pro- posed naval force with which the colonies hoped to achieve their independence and upon which subject he was invited to express embered, was at a time when 're more in demand than gentle- Are we wrong now in being guided by the advice of this peerless sailor while his matchless genius is held up to us as an - by nature, if not by birth. his views. This, it must be re Bood seamen and good gunners men. example for emulation? As a graduate of Annapolis, who can dance, I may be classed @s one of the “gold-laced aristocracy,”” but may I not also claim to be what the Examiner's representative apparently is not? A STUDENT OF HISTORY. LETTER BY JOHN PAUL JONES, The following Is a copy of a letter addressed by John Paul Jones to Mr. Joseph Hewes, a member of a Provisional Naval Committee, second session, respect to the organization of a naval force, made up as follows: ROBERT MORRIS, Chairman. PHILIP LIVINGSTON, BENJAMIN HARRISON, JOHN HANCOCK, JOBEPH HEWES, NICHOLAS VAN DYKE, this committe to invite John Paul Jones, t., of Virginia, Master Mariner, to lay uch information and advice as may seem to' him useful in assiating the sald committes to discharge its duties, On Beptember 14th, 1776, John Paul Jones addressed the com- mittee In the form of a lettor to Joweph Howen on the personnel of At the outwet he said, personally, to Mr, At n session held June 24th, 1775, the Navy. choose this form of communication pa herofore, uxe may indicate,' Mr, Hewes laid the whole letter before the committes without & word of revision: The letter Is s follows: ‘“‘As this I8 to be the foundation—or 1 may say the first ke navy, which all patriots must hope shall become mong the foremost in the world, it should be well begun in t You will pardon me, I k that I have enjoyed much opportunity during my sea timber—of a selection of the first list of officers. it be a capable mariner. cation, refined manners, punctilious courtesy of personal honor. “He should not only b ble to express with force In his own language, both with tongue and pen, but he should also be versed in French and Spanish—for an American offi- cer particularly the former—for our relations with France must necessarily soon become exceedingly close in hostility of the two countries toward Great Britain. ‘““The naval officer should be familiar with the prineiples of International law, and the general practice of admiralty jurls dence, because such knowledge may often, distance from home, be necessary to protect his flag from insult or his crew from imposition or injury in forelgn ports. ‘‘He should also be conversant with the usages of diplomacy and capable of maintatning, if called upon, & dignified and judi- because it often happens sudden emergencies in forelgn waters make him the diplomatic as well as the military representative of his country, and in such cases he may have to act without opportunity of consulting his and such action may easily or war between great pow- | clous diplomatic correspondence, civic or ministerial superl at homs involve the portentous issues of pea: pointéd by the Continental Congress, in its ¥ 10, 1775, to consider, inquire and report with Iy because I can write with more freedom In a personal letter than in a formal document and partly that you may have opportunity to use your judgment in rovislon before laying it before the honorable committes, 1l, or any part, or none of It, as your judgment He must be that, of course, but also a great deal more. He should be as well a gentleman of liberal edu- but Could Not: “Coming now to d and well-meant shortcoming from heedless or stupid blunder. he should be universal and impartial in his rewards and approval of merit, so should he be judicial and unbending in his punishment These are the general qualifications, and the nearer the ofg. cer approaches the full possession of them the more lkely he wil be to serve his country well and win fame and honor for himseit, view the naval officer aboard ship and in re- lation to those under his command, he should be the soul of tact, patience, justice, firmness and charity. subordinate should escape his attention or be left to pass without its' reward, if even the reward be only one word of approval. Con- v;nly, he should not be blind to a single fault in any, subordinate, No meritorioug act of a thbugh, at the same time he should be quick and unfailing to stinguish error from malice, thoughtlessness from incompetency, As or reproof of misconduet. a case against the cheer within proper ts and pink teas.” without reserve. - with indiscrimingte species. Men of an historical stand- for the time being. ambitiou: all grades, taught at the naval perfectly esteemed. has to deal. and King. obligations. paint. men, mony of my crew. arine or This committee was rare on motion fore the com- n sullen crew. Hewen: 1 Please, tinetion of rank. duties to to observe the duties and responsibilities that are put upon naval officers, ‘It 1s by no means enough that an officer of the Navy should “Even in the m and the nice: sense himself clearly and ship, out of pert or view of the mutual potism. when crulsing a dous responsibilitie: of which you are that blood. liberal minds, mand, can Il brook thus being set at naught by others who, from temporary authority, may claim a monopoly of pawer and sense 1y before him the great truth, that to of an admiral coming aft from a fo variably start as cabin apprentices. with the merchant service I can now think of but three competent master mariners who made thelr first appearance on board ship ‘through the hawse-hole,’ as the saying is. “A navy Is essentlally and necessarily aristocratic. may be the political principles for which we are now contending, they can never be practically applied or even admitted on board but it s nevertheless the simplest truth. forth by the Congress may and must fight for the principles of human rights and republican freedom, be ruled and commanded at sea under a system of absolute des- “In his Intercourse with subordinates he should ever maintaln the attitude of the commander, but that need by no means prevent him from the amenities of cordiality or the cultivation of good limits, Every commanding officer should hold with his subordinates such relations as will make them con- stantly anxious to receive Invitation to sit at his mess table, and his bearing toward them should be such as to encourage them to express their opinions to him with freedom and to ask his views “It 1s always for the best interest of the service that a cordial interchange of sentiments and civilities should superior and subordinate officers aboard ship. t’ ‘ worst of policy in superiors to behave toward their subordinat! subsist between Therefore it is as if the latter were of a lower themselves accustomed to com- hauteur, If such men experience rude, ungentle treat- ment from their superiors, it will create such heart-burnings and resentments as are mowise consonant with that cheerful ardour and pirit that ought ever to be characteristic of officers of In one word, every commander should keep constant- be well obeyed he must be “But it is not alone with subordinate officers that a commander Behind them, and the foundation of all, is the crew. To his men the commanding officer should be a Prophet, Priest His authority when off shore being necessarily abso- lute, the crew should be £s one man impressed that the Captain, like the Sovereign, ‘can do no ‘wrong." “This is the most delicate of all the commanding No rule can be set for meeting it. question of tact and perception of human nature on spot and to suit the occasion. not make up for such failure by Severity, austerity or cruelty. Use force and apply restraint or punishment as he may, he will always have a sullen crew and an unhappy must be used sometimes for the ends of discipline. occasions the quality of the commander will be most sorely tried. You and the other members of the Honorable Committee will, I am sure, pardon me for speaking with some feeling on this It is known to you and, I presume, to the other gentle- your colleagues, that, only a few years ago, I was called upon in a desperate emergency and as a last resort to preserve the discipline requisite for the salvation of my ship and my fever-stricken crew, to put to death with my own hands a re- tractory and wholly Incorrigible sallor. and was honopably acquitted. My acquittal was due whoily to the impression made upon the minds of the jury by the testl- officer’s It must ever be a the It an officer fails in this, he ca: But forea On such ship. 1 stood jury trial for it % But it I do not reproach myself. s a case to illustrate the truth of what I have already sald, namely, that the commander should alws the bellef that whatever he does or may have to do is right, and that, like the Sovereign, he ‘can do no wrong.' “When a commander has, by tact, patience, justice and fmi~ ness, each exercised In its proper turn, produced such an impres- slon on those under his orders In a ship of war, await the appearance of the enemy's topsalls upon the horizon. He can never tell when that moment may come. does come he may be sure of victory over an equal or somewhat . or honorable d wometimen justifab of his followers to sink with him and all go down together with the unstficken flag of their country still waving deflantly ovér them in their ocean sepulchre. “'No such achievements are possible to an unhappy ship with impress his crew with he has only fto But when it by one greatly superior. Or in he may challenge the devetion longside the more powerful foeo, ““All these considerations pertain to the naval officer afloat. But part, and often an important part, port or on duty ashors, a master of civilitien, of rank in soeclety ashore, taet to be ousy and gracious with them, particularly when ladies are present, at the same time without the least alr of patronage or affected condescension, though constantly preserving the of his carser must be in Here he must be of affable temper and He must meet and mix with his inferiors on such occasions he must ha dis- “It may not be possible to always realize thesa ideas to the full, but they should form the standard, and selections onght to be made with a view to thelr closest approximation, “In old established navies and France, generations Ike, for axample, those of Britain bred and speclally educated to the In land forces generals may But I have not yet heard astle, master mariners almost | In all my wide acquaintance chant servics True as oft soundings. This may seem a hardship, ‘While the ships sent the ships themselves must “I trust that I have now made fairly clear to you the tremen- that devolve upon the honorable committes iember. You are called upon to found & new navy; to lay the foundations of a new power afloat that must sometime, in the course of human events, enough to dispute even with England the mastery of the ocea Neither you or I may v the planfing of the tree, and may be some of us must, in the course of destiny, water its feeble and struggling roots with our 1t 6o, let it be so! best we can with what we have at hand.” become furmidable to see such growth. But we a here at ‘We cannot help it. We must do the D R B o e ] FRANCHISE MAY REVERT TO THE MUNICIPALITY -— Ofcials connected with the Board of Public Works yesterday unearthed a sec- tion of the charter which will in all likeli- hood prevent the Market Street Rallway Company from carrying out its intention to bufld an’electric car line from the in- tersection of Kearny and California streats, thence along California and across Market and thence along Spear street to Bryant. Notice to that effect was served on’ the board named on Monday, but the charter provision mentioned would indi- cate that the franchise once owned by the corporation, at least along Spear street, has been forfeited from non-usage. Under section 26 of the chapter on Miscéllaneous and the caption “Franchises Not in Use Forfeited,” the charter says: All franchises and privileges heretofore granted by the city and county, which are not in actual use or enjoyment, or which the grantees thereof have not in good faith co menced to exercise, are hereby declared f felted and of no validity unless sald grantees or their assigns shall, within six months after this charter takes effect, in good faith com- mence the exercise and enjoyment of such priv- flege or franchige. Under the terms of the section quoted the time within which the company was required to begin exercise of its fran- chise on Spear st expired just twenty months ago, The ard of Works would as a result be justified in preventing ope- rations on the street until a new franchise should be granted. Under the charter the franchice would ke s0ld to the highest bid- der, who would be required to contribute a certain percentage of the receipts to the eity. ‘The Board of Works is of the opinion that the franchise on California street, from Kearny to Market, has been con- served to the Market Street Company un- der a grant or lease to the California- street road, which is now using the road- way. However, the whole subject m: ter has been referred to the City Attor- ney for legal advice with -articular refer- ence to the charter provision mentioned. —_— Ex. strong hoarhound candy. Townsend" —— Cal. ;lu:a'trult 50c per 1b at Townsend's.* —————— Look out fdr 81 4th st., front barber and grocer; best eyeglasses, specs, 10c to 40c.* e Townsend’s California glace fruit, 50c a pound, in fire-etched boxes or Jap. bas- kets. A nice present for Eastern friends. 639 Jgarket st., Palace Hotel building. * —————————— Special information supplied daily to buseiness houses and public men by the Fress Cllpplnt Bureau (All-l':k‘ilo ont- gomery street. Telephone M: 1042, ¢ PAY TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF A SCIENTIST General W. H. L. Barnes presided at the regular meeting of the Board of Re- gents of the State University held at Hopkins Institute yesterday afternoon, and on behalf of the board welcomed the newly appointed Regent, Charles 8. ‘Wheeler, to membership in the body. The committee which was appointed to draft a fitting memorial in honor of the late Professor Joseph Le Conte, who died in the Yosemite Valley last year, report- ed. The memorial was an eloquent and dignified tribute to the character and career of the great sclentist, whose con- nection with the university shed so much luster upon it. It was read by General Barnes, who was one of the committee which framed it, and at the conclusion a burst of applause broke from the stail body whose sentiments it was intended to express. The report of the commit- tee was adopted and the memorial or- dered spread upon the records. President Wheeler reported the ap- pointment of Emanuel B. Lamar as as- gistant professor in French for five months at a salary of $50 per month. This was to flll the vacancy caused by the resignation of James Hopper, Ph.B., '88, who is to go to the Philippines on nom!- nation of the university as a teacher of English. J. D. Mortimer, assistant in electrical engineering, discontinued his work January 29, but no appointment was recommended to fill the place. President Wheeler apnounced that the Charter day address would be delivered by Dr. Bliss Perry, editor of the Atlantie Monthly. The report of the finance com- mittee on the finances of the medical de- partment was accedted. B The committee on the Flood endowment was authorized to grant a right of way over certain marsh lands in San Mateo County to the Spring Valley Water Com- pany, and the Regents decided that none of the Flood endowment property would be leased for botel purposes. It was or- dered that a collection from fhe untver- sity museum should be sent to the St. Louis Exposition. On motion of Regent Budd the by-laws were amended, calling for monthly meet- ings of the board in lieu of bi-monthly as heretofore. The board held an executive session lasting an_hour, but noth! out regarding what tnnsm!::d.'u g INSOLVENT HARNESS-MAKER Witbro, harness-maker at Tt Geyserville, Sonoma County, flled a_petition in insolvency yester- day. Heo-uu':m nud:-lmm —_—————— HOTEL DEL CORONADO, choicest Winter Resort in the world, offers best living, climate. boating, bathing, fishing and most amuse- meats. E. S. 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