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The FRIDAY.. sensnsivapasessairARRIL 4, 1903 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Aédress All Communicstions to W. 5. LEAKE, NManager. MANAGER’S OFFICE. Telephone Press 204 PUBLICATION OFFICE. ..Market and Third, S. F. Teleph Press 201. EDITORIAL ROOMS 217 to 221 Stevensom St. Tele Press 202. Deltverea by Carriers, 156 Cents Per Week. 5 Ce: Single Copies, 5 Including Postage: Terms by Mail, DAILY CALL (including Sunday), one year. $6.00 DAILY CALL (including Sunday), 6 months. 3.00 DAILY CALL (including Sunday), 3 months. 1.50 DAILY CALL—By Single Month. 65c EUNDAY CALL, One Year.. 1.50 WEEKLY CALL, One Year. 1.00 re authorized to receive subscriptions. Sample coples will be forwarded when requested. AUl postmaste; STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION OF THE - SAN FRANCISCO CALL, Month of March, 1902. March 1 M March March March March March March March March March Mareh March March garch arch Total .. ETATE OF CALIFORNIA, 'Y OF SAN FRANCISCO. ( - of April, Hess, aforesaid, W. J. Martin, who being sworn according a daily mewspaper published in the city and , State of California, and that there stributed during the month of March, 1902. and six thousand three hundred and jes of the sald mewspaper, which num- (the number of days of issue) gives | circulation of 61,495 coples. W. J. MARTIN. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 3d day of April, W. T. HESS. nd for ‘the City and County of San Fran- lifornia, room 1015 Claus Spreckels bulld- AMUSEMENTS, California—Al. G. Field Greater Minstrels. [ [ Tivoli—The Serenade.’” Central—""The Sleeping City."” H Alcaza ther John."” Columbia—*“The Christian.” Orpheum—Vaudeville. Grand Opera-house—*"The Empress Theodora.” Fi ittle Christopher.” Sherm. : Song Recital to-morrow afternoon. Oskland Racetrack—Races to-day. CONGRESS AND COMMERCE. ESPITE the strength' of the - majority by D which the merchant marine bill was adopted in the Senate, and the general expectation the House would follow the lead, it appears the outlook ning this long needed legislation is by no means bright. The opposition in the House has proven more formidable than was suspected, and, according to Washington dispatches, it is quite prob- able the passage of the measure may be indefinitely postponed, if not absolutely defeated. While such reports are discouraging, they are not surprising, nor should they have any other effect than that of rousing the advocates of the bill throughout the country to bring renewed pressure upon Con- gress for prompt and favorable action. The forces opposed to the upbuilding of the American merchant marine are well known. They include every foreign » company, every American agency repre- senting such companies, every foreign manufacturer who profits by advantages granted by the subsidized ship lines of his country, every banker who finances foreign merchants or foreign steamships, and every nmarrow American who is opposed to com- mercial expansion and has no patriotic desire to see the American flag restored to its ‘former prestige upon th These forces are able to maintain at the capital a strong and expert lobby, and, as past experience has shown, the lobby knows how to earn its p Over and over again bills designed for the promo- tion of our ocean shipping have been defeated by one means or another. It is many years since the Repub- lican party first pledged itself to enact legislation for r atta stea ocean. the advancement of our merchant marine, and of late such declarations have been given a conspicuous place not only in platforms but in arguments of Congressional and Presidential campaigns. The platiorm adopted at Phila- delphia declares: “Our present dependence, upon foreign shipping for nine-tenths of our foreign carrying is a great loss to the industry of this coun- It is 'lm a serious danger to our trade, for its rawal in the event of European war y cripple our expanding foreign com- merce. The national defense and naval efficiency of this country, moreover, supply a compelling reason for legislation which will enable us to recover our former place among the trade-carrying fleets of the world.” It is certainly a strange thihg that Congressmen who made their canvass upon that platform should now be found in the ranks of the Democratic and foreign opposition to the enactment of a2 measure de- signed to carry out the Republican pledge. The opposition comes mainly from representatives of the interior States. Possibly those men are un- able to see what their States and their constituen- cies would gain by an increase of American ship- ping, but if so they must have a purblind statesman- ship. Even Buncombe County will profit something by any measure which increases facilities for trans- porting the Buncombe products to foreign markets. The bill is not at all sectional. It does not confer any exclusive benefit upon the seaboard States. Its try. would serious] farreaching effects will carry benefits not osly. . to every State but to every farm that grows producc for foreign consumption. Since the need of the measure is imperative and urgent, and since the postponement of it is threat- ened, it will be well for Boards of Trade and Cham- bers of Commerce and other commercial or indus- trial organizations to renew their demands upon Con- gress for prompt attention to it. Our foreign trade is expanding rapidly, and with it our annual tribute to foreign ship-owners for carrying our imports and exports rapidly augmrents. The time has come for us to carry our own ocean commerce, and Congress should not be permitted to ignore the need of legis- Iation helpful to that end 1902, personally appeared before | a Notary Public in and for the city and | that he i the business manager of The San | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1902. THE PHILIPPINE LAWS. T the close of our Civil War certain drastic A provisions crept into the statutes and consti- tutions of some of the States that had been' in rebellion. The most noted of these, which, falling before the Supreme Court of the United States, dragged all others with them, were the provisions of the Drake constitution of Missouri. These provided a set of heart-searching test oaths in regard to par- ticipation in rebellion or knowledge of such parti- cipation by others, no matter what degree of kinship existed between the parties. A father was compelled to inform on the son, the son on the father, the wife on the husband, and brother upon brother. These oaths went beyond mere participation in re- bellion, and searched out sympathy with any one in rebellion. Thus a daughter who followed with- her affectionate solicitude her father fighting for the Confederacy was compelled to deny it under oath or be disqualified to teach school, have public employ- ment or even earn her bread as a trained nurse. Un- der this law a priest was arrested for shriving the dying and a woman for nursing the - sick without purging themselves of sympathy with the rebéllion or any engaged in it by taking these test oaths. When their cases reached the Supreme Court the whole ma- lign machinery was destroyed by that bench, and civil liberty was vindicated. | During his testimony before the Senate Committee | Mr. Barrows, one of the American Governors in the | Philippines, said under oath that those people had ong cherished the idea of independence and had fought for it, and should not be expected to surren- }der it at once. In view of this the Philippine laws | become of interest to the American people. Among ‘them is a statute entitled “An act defining the crimes | of treason, insurrecticn, sedition, conspiracies to commit such crimes, seditious utterances, whether written or spoken, the formation of secret political societies, the administering or taking of oaths to | commit crimes or to prevent discovery of same and | the violation of oaths of allegiance, and prescribing ‘punishmcnt therefor. By authority of the President | of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine { Commission.” Among other things this statute provides that any person who shall belong to “any secret society hav- ing for its object the promulgation of any political opinion or policy” shall be fined $1000 and impris- oned one year. “Any person who advocates, orally, or in writing, or printing, or by like methods, the independence of the Philippine Islands, whether by peaceable or forcible means,” shall be fined $2000 and imprisoned one year. “Every person resident in the Philippine Islands who levies war against them or adheres to their ene- mies, giving them aid or comfort within the Philip- pine Islands, or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or, in the discretion of the court, imprisonment at hard labor for five years and a fine of $10,000.” It is then provided that any one know- ing any of the acts recited in the foregoing section who does not disclose them to -the authorities is guilty of misprision of treason and shall be impris- oned seven years and fined $1000. Commenting ‘upon this, Senator Hoar ‘said" in the Senate: “Under this provision a wife knowing what is alleged to be the treason of a husband, or a hus- band knowing it of a wife, or a mother of a son, or a son of his mother, or his father or brother, and not acting as informer, under a law imposed by the au- thority of the United States is to 'be. punished by seven years’ imprisonment. “I do not believe that in the history of hgman cruelty such a law has been applied anywhere. in the case of one people undertaking to subjugate another people by conquest when a whole people believe they are entitled as of right to their liberty and indepen- dence. This law is to be put in execution by alien authority, by courts, not by juries, paid by an alien power and responsible to alien direction and com- mand.” An English officer from Burmah, recently sojourn- ing in Manila, said that our methods in the Philip- pines are too gentle, and if we used means sufficiently harsh the islands could soon be subjugated. He then recounted some of the Burmese methods, consisting of locating military stations every twenty-five miles, from which the natives were struck every time they grew restless and disobedient. Four years oi.this had quieted them. The work done from such military posts was left to be inferred. A perfectly calm review of our Philippine situation seems to disclose the fact that the objection of the Filipinos to Spanish rule was their long smoldering aspiration for independence, blown into a blaze by the, immortal patriot, Rizal. Their objection to American rule appears to be exactly the same as that to Spanish rule. It appears, also, that we have re- sorted of necessity to the same methods found necessary by Spain t5 hold the people in check. In other words, the situation is not changed because we are involved in it. It takes on no different tone or color because this is a republic. Although a re- public we cannot permit the habeas corpus in the Philippines, nor presentment by a Grand Jury, nor trial by a petit jury. We cannot permit immunity of husband from testimony by a wife, nor wife to im- munity from testimony by husband. We must com- i pel each to incriminate the other under most griev- ous penalties. Here independence is the most inspir- ing theme of all our literature. There it must be treated as a crime to be harshly punished. Here we are free, cpenly or secretly, to promote political poli- cies. There it must be repressed by heavy fines and sore imprisonment. Looking at it in perspective from the standpoint of our freedom we conceived that Spanish policy in the Philippines inhered in Spain’s monarchical abso- lutism. But stepping into Spain’s shoes we learn that it originated in the cherished aspiration of the people for independence. So we fall heir to a situation nearly three centuries old, an aspiration transmitted from generation to generation and gathering strength in the blood of men revered as patriots and martyrs by the pecple in whose behalf they fell. Evidence of this does not come from parties originally, and now, adverse to our occupancy of the Philippines, but exists in the statutes enacted there by our author- ity and in the means necessary for their enforcement. It will be creditable to us if weaccept this analysis of the situation, and our burdens will be better borne when we do. THE GENERAL STAFF BILL. INCE Senator Hawley, chairman of the Senate S Committee on Military: Affairs, has joined Gen- eral Miles in opposing the “general staff” bill devised by Secretary Root, it is hardly likely the bill will ever be enacted. Hawley has a good deal of influence among his colleagues and under any cir- cumstances would be a formidable opponent to an .:dministution on a measure of this kind. It happens in this case, however, that he has the support not only of the commandmg general of the army, but of a strong element among the people as well. The question of army control is one of compara- tively little interest to the public. ~Our army is small, and, except in time of war, it does not cut much figure in American life. Moreover, it has been so carefully kept out of politics that there is a dis- position to dismiss army affairs from politics alto- gether, and when any legislation respecting military affairs is under consideration, it is generally left to experts and the public accepts whatever they say. In this case the experts differ. There has been a wrangle between the head of the army and the War Department, and the strife has naturally awakened popular curiosity’ to know what it is all about. The army of the United States is now and has beer ever since the foundation of the republic under civilian control. There has been always more or less eral Sherman was commanding general of the army he moved his headquarters from Washington to St. Louis for the purpose, it was said, of avoiding fric- tion with the War Department. If the generals have felt the friction annoying, the War Department has been equally sensitive, and the general staff bill has been devised, according to report, largely for the purpose of providing machinery that will work more smoothly than the present system. The bill is said to have been based upon a study of German military organization. General Miles de- | nounced it as “an imperial system,” and perhaps it is, but for all that it might prove much better than | that which has come®*down to us from the days of Washmgton This country is in no danger of falling a prey fo a military dictator, and there is no reason | for opposing a measure merely because it would add to the efficiency of the army as a war machine. Another argument of Miles against the measure was | that it would subject the army to the personal favor- litism of Presidents, and would render it possible to rapidly advance a subordinate over the heads of the | highest officers of the army. There is doubtless good foundation for the objection. The bill provides that the general staff shall'be composed of a chief of staff, who shall be detailed by the President to serve four years and who shall be selected from officers not below the rank of brigadier general; one major gen- eral, one brigadier general, four colonels, six lieuten- ant colonels and twelve majors. It also provides that after the retirement of General Miles the senior gen- eral officer of the army may be made chief of the general staff or assigned to any duty the President may direct. How far such a system of control would increase the efficiency of the army and lessen the friction be- tween the army and the War Department is ques- tionable. The navy is administered by such a staff, and yet there seems to be as much friction between that service and the Navy Department as there is between the commanding general and the War Office. Moreover, the people will remember that the naval campaign in the West Indies was conducted by the general staff from ‘Washington, and that Dewey, after the victory at Manila, cut the cable and managed things thereafter in his own way. It may be that Dewey was as wise as he was valiant. — The War Department at Washington is said to I;e asking the railway companies why they cannot give as cheap transportation to a troop of soldiers as to a theatrical troupe, and the answer will probably be that in each case the roads fix the rate at as much as the traffic will bear. H GORMAN OR PARKER. ENRY WATTERSON’S “get together” Washington a few days ago has caused some- thing of a thrill throughout the party. When re- ducéd to its last analysis the speech consisted of three assertions and one insinuation. The assertions are: First, any Democrat who praises Bryan, de- nounces Bryan, talks of Bryan, is false to Democ- racy. Second, any Democrat who praises Cleveland, denounces Cleveland or talks of Cleveland is false to Democracy. Third, any Democrat who refuses to join in a platform denying both the old leaders and ignoring the old issues is false to Democracy. The insinuation that exudes from every sentence of the speech is that the man to get together for and to stand in with is Gorman of Maryland. The suggestion of Gorman is the more imprdsive because the Democracy of the South is rapidly de- claring for him. He is a protectionist, but the South no longer defends free trade except in an academic way, and her statesmen are not going to turn aside from Gorman just because he infused a modicum of protection into the Wilson tariff. He is a gold Demo- crat, but he did not bolt Bryan, and that is an attrac- tive record. from a Southern point of view, for a con- siderable number of influential men in that section have the same kind of political history. In New York the Watterson speech has not been received with anything like the favor it has met in the South. The New York leaders are free traders and dislike Gorman on that score as well as on ac- count of his surrender to Bryanism in 1896. They are now grooming for the race a dark horse in the per- son of Judge Parker of the Court of Appeals. Par- ker is said to be quite different from Gorman in every respect, and a recent review of his career says: “He is easily one of the most eminent Chief Justices that ever presided over the Court of Appeals of the State of New York, a man of excellent character and of first-rate abilities in other activities than those of his profession. He has proved his great popularity in the State by carrying it against a popular Repub- lican the year after Bryan's first defeat. The sugges- tion of Parker is admirable, while that of Gorman is intolerable to any gold or Cleveland Democrat. Such a Democrat cannot forget Mr. Gorman’s treachery to Mr, Cleveland when the latter was trying to repeal the Sherman silver act of 1893, or his disloyalty to the tariff policy of the party in 1804.” A The beginning of this rivalry between Gorman and the supporters of Parker is the more. interesting be- cause there are many other signs of a widening divergence between Northern and Southern Democ- racy, and before the coming of 1904 it may amount to such vast proportions as to break the solid South to pieces and put an end t6 that old sectionalism for- ever. Mr. Watterson’s plea for harmony and his de- nunciation of all who talk of the old strife has had no other effect than that of disclosing an increasing strife. In fact, the Chicago split seems to be beyond repair, and neither Gorman nor Parker is likely to be able to bring the factions together. A distinguished scientist was severely reprimanded the other day by a Bavarian Prince for daring to suggest that man has descended from a nkey. Perhaps the Prince considered the suggestion \per- sonal and thought that the process should have Been ascent, not descens ' . . friction, and it will be remembered that whefi. Gen-_ speech at the dinner of Virginia Democrats at - se——————— ISSUE OF GERMAN POSTAL CARDS : AS SOUVENIRS OF PRINCE'S VISIT s b GOSSIP FROM LONDON WORLD OF LETTERS Three new magazines now make their appeal to the public under names freshly minted. One is “The Shrine,” to which I referred last week as being devoted ex- xcluslvely to Shakespeare and his works. Another is “The Tiger,” and the third is one which Messrs. Constable will shortly send forth under the title of “The An- cestor.” This is to be a serious periodical, dealing with county history and similar matter; not a mere revival of the frivolous sheet once famous as “The Ape.” It looks as if the time were coming when authors and publishers would need to turn their attention to some interna- tlonal copyright airangement with Japan. Messrs. Chambers have just made the dis- covery that a Japanese publisher has, by means of a photo-gelatine process, repro- duced the library edition of “The Eng- lish Dictionary,” published by them. ‘What is more, this alert Orlental boasts that his edition is much cheaper than the original, for he published five thousand copies at a yen and a half, while Messrs. Chambers’ book costs at least ten yen. Books printed in the English language are becoming more and more eagerly sought for and read in Japan. An issue of 5000 copies of an edition of an English dictionary surely speaks for itself. ‘What is believed to be one of the most beautiful Bibles of recent times is one to be issued by the Doves Press of Hammer- smith, in five volumes. Each will cost three guineas. There will be only five hundred copies printed. The Doves Press is one of those happy publishing organizations which can af- ford to dispense with the intervention of the newspaper. 1 don't believe all the persuasion in the world would bring what is usually termed a “review copy” to the most influential paper in the kingdom. This Bible will take a long time to pre- pare and will not, I understand, be pub- lished for at least fifteen months. The book on “Automobiles and How to Drive Them,” which that enthusiastic automobilist Alfred Harmsworth is pre- paring for the Badminton Library, is making good progress. The list of contents is not yet made up, but the interest and usefulness of the forthcoming book may be understood from the following, which are among the papers that Harmswortd has got to- gether: “A Short History of the Motor Car,” by the Marquis Chasseloup-Laubat; “The Utility of Motor Vehicles,” by the Hon. John Scott-Montagu, M. P.; “Dress for Motoring,” by Lady Jeune and Baron mobile Club of France; “Motor Cars and Health,” by Sir Henry Thompson; ‘““The Motor Stable and Its Management,” by 8ir David Salomons; “Caprices of the Petrol Motor,” by the Hon. C. S. Rolls; “The Charms of Driving Motors,” by Sir Francis Jeune; ‘“‘Roads,” by St. Loe Strachey, and “Reminiscences,” by Sir J. H. A. Macdonald, Lord Justice Clerk ot Scotland. John Murray is to publish a work which will tell the history of the Roygl Yacht squadron from the foundation to the pres- ent time. Within the record will come memorials of some distinguished yachtsmen and aes counts of famous yachts. The book wil! be well illustrated. Robert Machray is to publish some time in May what promises to be an interest- ing book on the night side of Londod. He deals with all aspects of the great city at night, such as streets, theaters, music halls, clubs, the East End shows, etc., with some of the darker phases of Lon- don’s nocturnal life. It is intended that the book shall be profusely illustrated, and an edition de luxe of 250 copies will also be prepared at one guinea. The library of the late Lieutenant Col- onel Edward George Hibbert, who be- longed to a family of well known book collectors, will be dispose® of next monta, It contains most interesting valuable old books, and can boast, for instance, of copies of each of the four folios of Shakespeare. Among ottler treasures was Gray's poems, with notes explanatory, blograph- ical and critical, in Horace Walpole's handwriting, the book having been in his possession. —_—— Ex. strong hoarhound candy. Townsend's. ———— Cal. glace fruit §0c per 1b at Townsend's.” —_——— Notice—Best eyeglasses, specs, 15¢ to 60c. Look out 81 4th (front barber & grocer), & —_——— Special information supplied daily to T Tess en’ - fornia street. Telephone Main 1042. ¢ —_—— Townsend’s California glace frult, 8¢ a mnfl in lreemhcd boxu or J l»--t ‘uuunzn.hmnommm - STATES ENTWINED-ABOUT THEM. THE FLAGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED BY THE THOUSAND AT BERLIN. Zuylen de Nyevelt, president of the Auto-/| THE VISIT OF PRINCE HENRY TO THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN MARKED BY A GREAT SHOW%F' RESPECT TO PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT IN GERMANY. HIS PICTURE BESIDE THAT OF THE PRINCE ‘WAS DISPLAYED IN WINDOWS EVERYWHERE, WITH THE FLAGS OF GERMANY AND THE UNITED EVEN SOUVENIR POSTCARDS CONTAINING THE PORTRAITS AND PERSONAL MENTION. Judge Charles Silent of Los Angeles is at the Palace. Judge C. V. Gottschalk of San Andreas is at the Lick. G. W. Crystall, a fruit-grower of Vaca- ville, 1s at the Grand. Colonel John T. Harrington of Colusa is a guest at the Palace. F. W. Johnson, an attorney of Marys- ville, is a guest at the Grand. D. W. Kirkland, a druggist of Los An- geles, is registered at the Palace. % Ex-Judge John D. Works of Los An- geles is a guest at the Occldental. D. S. Rosenbaum, president of a bank at Stockton, is a guest at the Palace. A. W. Simpson, a lumber dealer of Stockton, is a guest at the Occidental. W. H. Routledge, a mining man of Oleta, is spending a few days at the Lick. G. Mitchell, an importer of laces, with headquarters in New York, is at the Palace. C. /A. Canfield, one of the largest oil well owners in the State, is staying at the Palace. Dr. L. Rischter, a well-known medical practitioner of Mariposa, is a guest at the Lick. B. Stern, owner of a large dry goods house in New York, is among the arrivals at the Palace. H. A. French, secretary of the Sacra- mento Chamber of Commerce. is a guest at the Palace. J. B. Lippincott of the United States Geological Survey is at the Occidental for a few days. J. M. Wilmans, a mining man of New- man, is in this city for a few days and has made his headquarters at the Lick. ‘W. R. Crawford of Moscow, Idaho, is here on a short business trip and has made his headquarters at the Occidental. Harry Seamons of the theatrical firm of Hurtig & Seamons is at the California. His headquarters are in New York and this is his first visit to California. —_———— Dr. Samuel Smiles, the author of “Seif- Help,” has just celebrated his ninetieth birthday. ————— Burnett's Vanilla Extract Is the fixed stand- ard of excellence. Has outlived criticism. Is the finest, purest vanilla extract that can be bought. SOME ANSWERS TO QUERIES BY CALL READERS THE MADRONA—Reader, City. The color of the lighthouse tender Madrona's hull is light gray. A PUTLOG—S., City. A putlog is a crossplece of timber forming a suppert to | the floor of a seaffold. QUARTER OF 1834—R. C., Cholame, Cal. A quarter of 1334 does not command a premium from dealers. Such may be purchased for 50 cents from dealers. COUNTY CLERK AND SHERIFF— Inquirer, City. In New York the County Clerk is paid a salary of $15,000 a year and the Sheriff $12,000 a year. SOLDIERS’ MONEY—A. R. B, City. There is money to pay the allowance of a certain sum of each California volun- teer who enlisted for the Spanish-Ameri- can war, but the time for the distribution of the same has not yet been annousiced. LETTERS—A Subscriber, City. A let- ter of friendship from a gentleman to a rlad)‘ should be in the hanawriting of the party sending it, but a business letter from a gentleman to a lady may be in typewriting. TITLES OF NOBILITY—A. G. T., City. An alien who ‘seeks to become a. citizen of the United States, if he.bears any hereditary titles or belongs to any order of nobility, he must make express renun- ciation of the same at the time of his ap- plication. ROMAN COIN—H. C. J., City. There are so many old Roman coins on the mar- ket at this time that there is but little call for them and there is not much value attached to them. The particular coin that you have you should show to a nu- mismatist, who on examinatign will be able to determine if it has any value. CEMETERIES—T. 8., City. The courts have riot yet determined the case to test the right of the Board of Supervisors to prevent interments in the present ceme- teries in this city. Burials were stopped in all the cemeteries except Laurel Hill, which obtained-an injunction.pending the disposition of the case in court. Forty Pupils Sclecled From the Grammar Schools Enier a Memory Test for a Prize. Will Be Inlcrested in This. First Instaliment Next Sunday. Monsignor Antonini, Staff Secrclary to Pope Leo XIIL The Life Story of Cecil Rhodes. g What fo Do and What Nol to Do al a Wedding, by Mrs. Eleanor Martin. A Night on a Patrol Wagon, by Alired DezendorL Parents and Pupils NEXT SUNDAY’S Read the Romance of His Life. TheMo(herhthcflome—APhthlkbykvPl.m Supplying San Francisco With Fish, Home Magic—Funny Tricks You Can,Do by Following the l mflermllolhnd'shdl.ivesh&nl‘nnm |