The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 19, 1902, Page 6

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Alcazar- vhy Smith Left Hom Columbia—*"The Professor's Love Story.” Orpheum—Vaudeville, Grand Opera-house— Fischer's Theater—''Fiddle Dee Dee.” California—The Sons of Ham. Tiveli—""The Fortune Teller.” Central—""Dangers of a Great City.” Recreation Park—Baseball to-day. Metropolitan Hall—Piano Recitai. Oakland Racetrack—Races to-day. A JUDICIOUS COMPROMISE, | A arrangement between the Railroad Commis- B sioners and the roads the oil rate litigation has been brought to a summary conclusion. The Com- s are beneficial to the public. to be a prolonged lawsuit, but they gain substantial justice for the public in the form of a large reduction / e terms of the agreement provide for the estab- nt of the following rates: “For shipment in d lots—Per barrel of 42 gallons, from Bakers- field and Coalinga to San Francisco and all inter- mediate points, and all points of consignment north oi Bakersfield in this State where the rate charged has hitherto been 42 cents per barrel, 37.8 ceats; for transportation over the switch or spur track into the Kern River oil district, extending from main lines of Southern Pacific Company and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, per barrel of 42 gallons, shipped from Oil City on said spur track or intermediate points to said main line, when destined beyond Bakersfield, 2 2-3 cents; car loaded to capacity, minimum charge per car, $4; per barrel of 42 gallons, shipped from any point on said spur track more distant from said main line than said Oil City, when destined beyond Bakersfield, 4 cents; car loaded to capacity, minimum charge per car, $6.” The gain for the public new rates is considerable. in railway rates. T lishm railroad operated by by the establishment of the It amounts to a reduction of 5 cents per barre] on shipments to San Fran- cisco, or about $7 50 per carload. It is estimated that under existing conditions of the oil industry the net returns per car will be increased from 20 to 25 per cent. Such gain may be expected to improve the industry and stimulate its activity, so that much of the benefit will accrue to the public, and the con- sumer will share in it with the producer. An important feature of the compromise is that the rates agreed “upon will go into operation within twenty days. That fact in itself is a strong argu- ment in favor of the compromise, for had the com- mission continued to fight in the courts for the whole amount of the proposed reduction the case might have been held up for years. A half loaf is better than ‘no bread, and in this case the gain is consid- erably more than a half loaf. A significant feature of the compromise is that so far as the Southern Pacific Company is concerned it was made by the business manager of the road and not through-the law and politics department manipu- lated by Billy Herrin. It will be remembered that Herrin, with great volubility and much emphasis, declared to the Commissioners and to the courts that his road could not possibly carry oil at less than the kigh figures of the old rates. He asserted that any reduction would mean ruin. We now learn what those assertions and declaration{ were worth. - The traffic managers and business men of the road, who devote themselves to railroading and ' fet politics alone, conclude that considerable reductions can be made, and, what is more, they agree with the Rail- road Commissioners to make them almost at once. After this experience it would appear to be to the advantage of the railroad as well as to that of the public if future dealings of the roads with the com- mission be carried on through the business officers of the road who understand traffic and the relation of income to expenditure, and not through the law department, which, under its present management, has been completely discredited. The compromise as a whole will be accepted by the public as a fairly satisfactory solution of an ugly and vexatious problem. All that is desired has not been gained, but it is to be borne in mind that it is by no means certain that the whole could have been gained even had the fight been persistently prose- cuted. The lawsuit would almost certainly have been prolonged. and the outcome was doubtful. The com- promise, therefore, may be accepted as judicious and commendabie. ! S ners not only put an end to what threatened | / ® - “THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, / APRIIA 19, 1902 ' MR HARRIMAN AND POLITICS. ‘their interests.” . franchise and the right of free speech. have been retained in the treasury of the vate practice by reason of his political pull. study the situation. As Mr. Harriman is a candid talker, ; ; pression of his views upon an issue of great importance to California and of no little im- portance to himself and to his company. It is therefore a fit subject for public comment and it is but right Mr. Harriman should know what the public think of it. In the first place all will agree with the statement that railroad companie_s and all other big interests should put themselves in a position to protect their political inter- ests. In fact whether men have big or little interests they should strive to hold such a position. It is upon that principle our Government is based, and it is just for the pur- pose of clothing every citizen with power to protect his interests that -he is given the Upon that phase of the issue then there will be no dispute, but now come the specific questions, What interésts Railroad are at stake in the politics of California, and how can they be best protected? Mr. Harriman may have no aptitude for politics, nor any inclination for it, but as president of’the Southern Pacific Company it is his duty to concern himself with the political interests of his roads and the manner in which they are managed. It will be profitable to him ard to his company to devote somne portion of his stay on this coast to a study of those matters. The political interests of the railroad in this State have been woefully mismanaged to the detriment of the State and of the road, and the.people and the company have a right to expect of Mr. Harriman something in the way of reform. The Southern Pacific Railroad cannot have any lasting interests that are op- posed to the permanent interests of California. It cannot be to the interests of the road to support corrupt politicians, nor to back them in predatory raids either upon the State or upon counties or municipalities. If Mr. Harriman undertake to corrupt Cali- | fornia politics the corruption will react upon his road. Evil begets evil. ' For a long time the Southern Pacific Company has antagonized the best people of both parties in Cali- fornia, and as a consequence there has been engendered a hostility on-the part of the people that has seriously hampered its activities. The company has been compelled to pay out many thousands of dollars to political bosses and their” gangs, which “could H. HARRIMAN, in reply to a question by a representative of the press as to what policy he had established for the Southern Pacific Company ir{ ‘re.gard to participaticn in political asiairs in Califorma, said: “I am not a politician an}i ® have no familiarity with political affairs. I haven’t any aptitude nor the incli- nation for it. I will say this much, however, that I believe railroad companies, as well as all other big intcrests, must of necessity place themselves in a position to protect R that statement may be accepted as a fair ex- of the Southern Pacific company had the managers of the roads allied themselves with thesbetter elements of the people instead of resorting to corruption. There is not one single genuine interest of the railroad that is conserved by an alliance with Gage, Burns, Kelly, Crimmins, ‘politics for the railroad, uses those men more for private gain than for the benefit of the road. By their alliance he has been enabled to render himself so useful to the water com- pany and the street railway company as to obtain from them salaries as their attorney, as well as the attorney of the railroad. He has been also able to obtain large fees in pri- Lynch or Jere Burke. Mr. Herrin, who does Mr. Harriman can hardly be ignorant of the results of that combination. Gage was elected Governor only because the people were persuaded that he was not in alliance with the railroad bosses. When he showed himself conspicuously as the ally of Herrin in the fight to elect Burns to the United States Senate, the Republicans who had elected him to office revolted and Burns was beaten by a Republican Legislature. when the combination endeavored in this city to name the Mayor and the members of the Board of Supervisors, the scheme was defeated by Republican votes cast for a“Demo- cratic candidate in one instance and for a labor candidate in another. The mass of people of California, whether Republicans or Democrats, are not going to submit to boss rule in their cities or in their State. The interests of the South- ern Pacific Railroad are on the side of the interests of the people. Mt. Harriman should He can gain nothing by retaining Herrin and subsidizing corrupt politicians. He can secure the rightful interests of his road only by combining with the people or by abstaining from politics altogether. Later on ANOTHER OBJECT LESSON. ECENTLY The Call directed attention to cer- R tain reports of the progress of the campaign in Illinois as 2n object lesson showing the evils of the present plan of electing United States Senators. It is now to be noted that the campaign in West Virginia is just about as instructive a lesspn as that in Illincis. “In each State the selection of candidates for the Legislature is to be subordinated to the rivalries of the candidates for the Senatorship, and the choice will be determined not by the fitness of any of them for legislative work, but by his allegi- ance to this or that aspirant for the Senate.” In West Virginia three millionaires are in the field for the honor of succeeding Senator Scott. One of them is the Senator himself, who is a mine owner and a banker; another is James L. Caldwell, banker and railroad president, while the third is Henry Schmuel- bach, a wealthy brewer. Scott's term does not end until March, 1005; and yet the struggle for the suc- cessorship is already disturbing the whole political system of the State. The manner in which the contest is being waged is revealed in a recent report from the State, which among other things says: “Caldwell is to be downed at any cost, is the word brought from Senator Scott; and Caldwell says he will win, no matter what it costs him. Schmuelbach is willing to pay his money into the contest, and it promises to be a campaign of flowing gold.” Here, then, is a threatening prospect of another Senatorial wrangle which will be as disgraceful as that of Addicks in Delaware and that of Clark.in Montana. / Moreover it is going to distract State politics in West Virginia from now until the winter of 1905, when the election by the Legislature is to take place. During the whole of that time the gravest | State issues will be set aside or used for the purpose of promoting the candidacy of one of the three mil- lionaires who wishes a seat in the United States Sen- ate and is willing to pay for it. The reports from Illinois were to the effect that the political managers of the various Senatbrial aspir- ants are already in the field canvassing the Assembly districts and pledging candidates to support one or the other of the would-be Senators. Large sums of money are of course necessary for that sort of can- vassing, and if a man be not a millionaire he must have the backing of corporations in making the fight. That in itself is bad enough, but the worst is that such campaigning prevents the clection of fit men to the Legislature, and thus leads to further corruption in legislative work. Even where there is no gross corruption there is always indifference to the public welfare on the part of men who owe their clection solely to their relations to a political boss. ' e i Agitation has at last won an important concession from the Pacific Mail Steamship Company in its handling of Chinese coolies. The company admits that the detention shed on the Mail dock is construc- tively the deck of a Pacific Mail vessel and that the company is responsible for coolies there in custody. This information will be worth remembering when a | few more Chinese are “lost” from the dock. R, vea The Maryland Legislature was so busy and so ab- sorbed in carrying out Democratic schemes that it udiourngi without enacting a tax levy or providing 2 revenue for the coming fiscal year; and ‘now, much to the disgust of the people, the Governor is t going to call it back again and tell it what to do.* THE COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, RESIDENT ROOSEVELT may have com- P mitted ‘a blunder in accepting the resignation of Commissioner Evans of the Pension Bu- reau, but if so he has redeemed it by the selection of Eugene F. Ware to fill the place. The new Com- missioner is a gentleman of versatility. He was born in Connecticut, got his wife in New York, entered the army from lowa and lives in Kansas. He is a soldier, a lawyer, a politician, a legislator and a poet. What more can be asked of any man? In Kansas Mr. Ware is known as a lawyer of extra- ordinary ability and a practical politician, but throughout the country he is best known by his writings, published over the nom de plume “Iron- quill.” His verses range all the way from nonsense to a high order of genuine poetry. He is the author of the jingle that everybody was repeating a few years ago— Oh, Dewey was the morning Upon the first of May, And Dewey was the Admiral Down {n Manila Bay; And Dewey were the Regent's eyes— \ Those orbs of royal blue— And Dewey feel discouraged? I Dew not think we Dew. Fortunately for his reputation he has given the world much better verse than that, and, more fortu- nately still, he enters his high office with something more than literary talent. Hardly any position-under the Government is more difficult to fill than that of Commissioner of Pensions, for there swarms around the Pension Bureau a veritable horde of hungry at- torneys absolutely unscrupulous as to the means they employ to obtain a pension lvf’?lient, no matter how fraudulent his claim may Those in Kansas who know him best predict that the new Commissioner will ably fulfill the best ex- pectations of the country. He has been a faithful worker all his life, and is one of the men who were most efficient in breaking the hold of Populism upon Kansas and restoring the State to sane politics. Even those who regret the removal of Evans commend the choice made for his successor, and it seems therefore that it is to be accounted one of the successes of the administration Walter N. Dimmick, who is on trial upon a.serious accusation in the District Court, seems to have over- looked one of the elements of his character which, ju- diciously handled, might have been made profitable. With prophet’s vision he said long before his arrest that he-expected some day to see a sensation in con- nection with the cashier’s vault of the Mint. Tllinois has a law making it a misdemeanor for women to wear the plumage of songbitds or for mil- -{liners to sell it,.and a society of prominent women in Chicago has been organized to enforce the statute; and now the girl who walks the streets of Chicago has to be very careful of the feathers she flaunts. Three millionaires are seeking the nomination for Governor of Maine and three others seeking a simi- lar honar in Vermont, while still another three are seeking the United States Senatorship in West Vir- the sircula’tiqy «of money this fall. Mark Twain ‘has bought a $50,000 residence on the banks of the Hudson, and the people of his old Hartford home are now wondering whether the set- tlement of the joker in New York was intended as |ginia; 8o no fears are felt in the East concerning el S ABRI | waste, its ONE TERM OF GAGE QUITE | ENOUGH FOR CALIFORNIANS Leading Men and Influential Newspapers That Supported Him Four Years Ago Oppose His Re-election. T HE opinion is clearly expressed by the leading men and influential newspapers of the State that party harmos: cannot be achieved under Gage leadership. It required great skill, dexterity and conciliation on the part of his political managers at San Jose to obtain an indorsement of a mere perfunctory resolution in which his name was mentioned. Had there been the slightest attempt to secure indorsement of his candidacy for another term the Gageites would have been overwhelmed. As it was the mention of the Governor's name evoked but and that little was confined to a bunch of Statc office-holders. little applause, Four years ago when Gage ran for Governor he was supported by all the newspapers of the party. Republican orators went to the platiorm and spoke for the success of the ticket. Harmony prevailed in the party and victory was gained. It is a remarkable fact that the forces which won success for Gage four. years ago are foremost in opposition to his present candidacy. the conscience, the patriotism and the public spirit of Californians in his behalf. In 1808 appeals were made to Now, since he has lost the stalwart Republican supp6rt, he is appealing to the push elements of the Democratic party for aid. As an index of public senti- ment the following excerpts from the press of the State are republished: Tos Angeles Times: The California Code Commission is another rotten feature of Gage's administration. It Will not bear scrutiny. Its weakness, its ‘blunders, its defects—all have been exploited and exposed to the gaze of the vic- timized lawyers and the outraged citizens of the State. Governor Gage appointed that com- mission and a large proportion of its work, occupying months, and even years, and caus- ing the expenditure of large sums of public money, has been overthrown by the deliberate action of the Supreme Court, having been found by that body repugnant to the con- stitution, whose commands, requirements and limitations careful lawyers are supvosed to know and be. guided by. Large sums of the people’s money thus- expended were literally thrown away ‘in tinkering the Political Code. And yet the same apprentice commission goes on tinkering at & work which journeymen law- yers might have completed, completed correct- ly, and without loss to the State, long ag had "ovenings been: made on the commissigh for men who knew their trade. No such op- portunity was given, but _blunderers were work chosen and they did blunderin 5 A “‘barbers’ commission” (shave the mark!) was appointed by the Governor. Whether so intended or not that commission has degen- erated into an official triumvirate for “‘doing politics” in the Governor's interest. It is an object-o contempt and the laughing stock of the State. 4 Throughout Governor Gage’s administration Burns politics _have been ‘“doing.” Behind the scenes at Sacramento Is to be found, al- ways, the malign presence of Dan Burms; Burns the boodler; Burps the backer, defender and champlon of political parasites and party harlots; Burns the political gopher; Burns the unblushing; Burns the standing and impudent aspirant for the exalted office of Senator from a State that has repeatedly repudiated him politically; Burns the indicted, Who still seeks to be the man behind the throne under every Republican State administration, dragging it into the mire degrading its character and acts, and tralilng in the dust the banner of the party and the escutcheon of the State. Tulare Register: The apologists for Governor Gage assert in his defense that he is a good fighter, that he stands by his friends, that he has caused a low State tax levy to be made. So much may be admitted. ~ He is a good fighter, as g00od as any Indian, and he stands by his friends—ye gods, what friends'—and he did cause a low tax levy to be made this year— by the same sort of methods employed by Jim Budd, holding back appropriations that ought to have been made and will have to be made up next year. We want all this in a Gover- nor, but we want more. We want a fighter who will fight for what is for the good of the State. We want a Governor who will stand by friends outside and not inside the push. We want economy in public expenditure, but we want something done for the bullding of the commonwealth and Gage is not the man for a large minded, progressive administration. Finole Times: The San Francisco Call tells the truth and shows plainly why Gage should not be re- seated in the gubernatorial chair which has been polluted by his actions since occupying the seat. Pomona Progress: It riow. transpires, as was expected, that a large majority of. the Republicans whe came in from' the outside and voted for the Gage programme on Monday evening did mnot know what they were voting for. Since they have found out they are outspoken in letting it be known that they are not for Gage. They did not know that the whole scheme was_ simply to capture the organization of the Pomona Valley - Republican Club for Gage and then herald it to the world as a sweeping Gage victory in an anti-Gage stronghold; and it has leaked out that In anticipation of such a victory an announcement of it had already been drafted and was ready to send out to the press. And the Republicans who profess to be anti-Gage and joined In the attempt, to capture the Republican club here for [he Governor are making a sorry _exhibition of themselves in trying to square things with the NON-PARTISANS AND DEMOCRATS. party by throwing mud at those who stood fast for what they profess and what three-fourths of the Republicans of Pomona profess. As Is stated above, a great many did not know any- thing about the job that was put up on Mon- day evening, but some professed antl-Gage Republicans ‘who understood the situation thoroughly deitberately aided in the attempt to deliver Pomona into the hands of thw en- emy. And their position is not an enviable one. Alameda Argus: It is worth while to take account of San Francisco's new Mayor In connection with the forthcoming . gubernatorial campaign. That he is a factor there is no use of disputing. He is a political accident .and those who assumed t he would go the way of all such onnl.q found himself in power must guess again. is a fact that he has made few mistakes that ‘will tell against hi in a political way. He done several ings that may not appeal to the prosalc citizen who only interests him- self in the abstract actions of officials, but they have been nicely calculated to appeal to a8 man who Is in politics. In the event of a decisive cleavage in the Republican ranks this other Richmond may come decidedly to the fore. The situation was recently stated by a Republican concisely, in the observation that it Is not as violent to say now that Schmitz may bemc:;c.:ed Governor as it was prior to e municf campaign to say that he mi be elected Mayor, i i Fresno Republican: It is becoming increasingly evident that if the next Republican conventiom is in any sense representative of the Republican party of the State, Governor Gage cannot be re- nominated. The problem, then, is to see to it that the convention does represent the party, and not the narrow set of professional seek- ers for official favor who, 100 often, consti- tute the dominant element in State conven- tions. Against Gage are practically all the newspapers and the whole body of the people of the State. In his favor are the Southern Pacific Rallroad, its hired attorneys and lob- byists, the politicians who have always done its bidding, State office holders and their satellites, and the whole mass of the ‘push’ whom old companionship In _iniquity has habituated to acting together. In actual num- bers the people who are against Gage so over- whelmingly outnumber the few politiclans who are for him that in any actual test of votes there would practically be oniy one side to the conflict. That, under these circumstances, Gage is still the most formidable of all the candidates, so formidable that it is practically Gage on one side and all the remaining can- didates on the other, is a sad commentary on the habitual abdication of the people in favor of the roliticians when it comes to choosing candidates for office. Since the situation is perfectly plain, ever, the ¥emedy is as plain. The deiegates to the next State convention must represent the party, not the “push.” The rank and file of the party can determine the selection of dele- gates if they will take the trouble. They must take the trouble. It is not a question of get- ting one man or another for Governor. There are plenty of men whe would make good Gov- . and those who would personally prefer e of these can easily afford to stand by ary other of them. But it is a question of approving. or disarproving an administration which has become the representative of all the pernicious influences- and methods in Califor- nia politics. The worst evil in California politics has been corporation control. ~ Against his express pub- lic pledge, Governor Gage has chosen for his losest advisers the hired representatives of the mest corrupting -political corporation in California. He has chosen for appointment to office some of the most motorious of the pro- fessional corrupters of politics of the State. He has used the power of his effice to gain practically dictatorial control of the Legisla- ture of the State, and has then used that con- trol to force through some of the most vicious legislation proposed, while upposing or veto- ing some of the most important and salutary measures. He has secured the passage of a Dbill_fixing the terms of the appointive officers so that they expire after the adjournment of the Legislature, thus practically nullifying the constitutional authority of the Senate to con- firm nominations. He sought to have passed, and placed it among the emergency measures for which he called the Legislature in extra how- Democratic journals and the newspapers of independent tendencies thus camp: / Vallejo Times (Dem.): Flint's friends have reorganized the Union League Club of Los Angeles. This is sald to be a distinct victory over Gage's forces. Tos Angeles News (Ind.): The News is not a partisan sheet. It is an independent, free-lance journal In politics, religion and_every other fleld. As a looker- on It sees that Gage cannot be renominated nor re-elected; that he is in no sense a man of - the people, but is a public man of the Dan Burns-machine order. The News judged him by the speeches and the canvass he made during® the last campaign, and, using & rail- road figure, pronounced him a “narrow-Gage. He has certainly done very little to entitle him to_a second term. But it s hardly fair in the Chronicle or The Call_or the Times of this city, the three leading Republican papers of the State, to Geny him Que credit for any decided service he may have done the State. By the way, one of the recent straws show- ing the direction of the wind, is the election of anti-Gage officers by the Union League Club of this city. Petaluma Courier (Dem.): A mayked copy of the Sacramento Sunday News tifles to tell how Governor Gage the salvatioh of Callfornja during -the bon! plague excitement in an editorial half & column long. In another editorial he tells of how the Governor js justified in being a boss be- cause forsooth Spreckels and De Young boss- the other wings of the Republican party. It isn’'t nice to find out that Republicans need Dbosses to herd them up to the polls properly, although they haven't much chance of winning otherwise. Governor Gage tried the hardest he was able to get Dan Burns elected Senator from California, and when he found himself unable to do that dead-locked the Legislature, Governor Gage is a birds But he controls but one wing, and that doésn't enable him to attain any extended elevation in flisht. Vallejo Times (Dem.): ' 3 The Gage and anti-Gage forces are lining up for a sharp fight. To a man up a tree looks as though the Governor will make a mistake in forcing himself upon his party (even 1f he has the strength to do so) in the face of so much opposition, Sacramento Bee (Ind.): The Preston School Bulletin for March Hhas the following relative %Goven&- Gage and ous personage: R enee T dlgtinguished citizens visited the school_together in February and looked over its aftairs very carefully. ~Governor Gage is a great favorite in this community. He de- serves all the popular f: bestowed upon him. &.llfnrnl: nthrl ;o bt:{er Governor. He has glven the people an hone: istra- tion ln?hll striet economy has resulted in the smallest tax rate known for years. More than this, he is a brainy man, thoroughly in- et bl TR et . He ul Tewyers in the Srats, Ho combines, mare than +| is usual, the qualities that go to make up a “‘Hon. Mr. Kevane, secretary of the State ‘Board of Examiners, Is a ng:ll: coadjutor of the | Governor., If there is an est man {n Call- fornia it is Daniel Kevane. He has done the State heroic service in his present responsible position. . We are more than to hear itleme the management of the school.” Nerily, s 1« said in the Book ot the Prophet Isajah: 2 ox knoweth his owner and the ass his master's crib." . C. B. Riddick, the mpeflntundenth 0f T K ST e R ssant “ worthy. ) puissant Gov- with 'the ‘sunbeam ‘ernor llect. Hoch the ! Hoch Kevane! - Bell that he will accept the Republican nomi- nation for Governor. General Shafter is ome of the Spanish-American War heroes. He may be a good soldler, but he is likely to meet his ‘Waterloo when he gets into politics. If the senuu has any other qualification for the of- ice other than breadth of beam the public has never heard of it.—Woodland Democrat. General Shafter is a large man bodily, but that does not from his ability. A per- sonal acquaintance with the general would re- move to a certain extent the prejudice of the editor of the Democrat. He is a genial gentle- man, entertaining in conversation, and can make a good speech on almost any subject of public interest. In point of abliity General Shafter will compare favorably with General Stoneman when he was Governor of California, and it 4s conceded that Stoneman made a very 800d- record as chief executive of the State. session, a bill giving him authority to remove all the appointive officers throdghout the Stale and fill the places with his henchmen. He could have prevented the pass- age of the notorious Assembly consti- tutional amendment No. 28, promised to do so, but broke his promise. This amendment, if ratified, will give him the power to appoint a commission, to serve through ths term of his successor, and part of it for ten years, which will take the place of all the commissions and boards in the State having to do with corporations. A more dangerous proposition was never placed befora a free people. He made the fight of his life to prevent the slection of an_emfnent and honorable citize: of his own section to the United States Semate, and to elect, instead, the most notorious leades of_corrupt politics in California. He vetoed many necessary appropriation bills, some because the Legislators. interested in them refused to submit to his dictation, many in order to make a false showing of economy, and some from real lack of compre- hension of the actual needs of- the Stats. He signed some of the most pernicious and absurd legislation, including.a law (still on the statuts books) to conflscate evefy mewspaper property in the State and donate it to whoever might ask for it. He has neglected both the dignity and the duties of his office. He has not lived nor spent much time in Sacramento, and has not attended the meetings nor taken part in the work of the boards snd commissions of which he is ex-officio a member. He has been a politician, not a Governor, and has chosen the worst possible associates and methods, even as a politician. He baa thereby alienated the support of the people of the State, but secured that of a certain class of ticians. This class of polticians is very skillful in the manipulation of primaries and very numerous In_conventions. In this fact s the Governor's sole hope of renomination. In the aroused political activity of the people is the sure means of preventing it. The peopls of Cali- fornia can afford to have almost any ome of the gentlemen now prominently mentioned as Governor. But they cannot afford to indorse, nor to do anything less than positively -to dis- claim responsibility for the administration of Henry T. Gage, by the grace of Democratic blundering and Republican misunderstanding, Governor of California. Red Bluff Sentinel: It is true that Semator Gilletts has always been against the machine, and thereim lies his present. strength. He stood by the people as a Senator, and upom that platform hé went be- fore the convention at Santa Cruz and was a formidable opponent. and would have won had he declared himseif in the start. North- ern California had been betrajd by Laird and Jillson, and was ready for revolt. Siskiyou, always independent. came out solid for Gillette. The feeling against the machine never was ronger in the north than rfght now. If Sen- or Glllette stands by his colors nothing can prevent him from being nominated and elected. While, on_the other hand, if nominated by the ‘machine, he s doomed to defeat at the polls. It fs no time for him to extend the olive branch. to the machine when the machine is dead, and we belleve that he [s shrewd emough to know that Burns' support would only be tendered to him for the very purpose of comi- ing his defeat. The situation in Humbsldt as it nbw ap- pears demands that Senator Gillette let his own position be kmown to the people of the First Congressional District. They will take no chances. Humboldt must be in - the right column or relinquish her right 1o a Congress man. Del Norte Record: ‘While the San Francisco papers credit Gags with having a solid delegation in the Republ! can State convention from Del Norte County, there appears to be a feeling here that such will not be the case. A great many of the ““faithful’” would like fo see a northern masn at the head of the ticket. Edson for instance. speak of the conflict in the Republicas_ General Shafter would be far mors popular as nominee than Governor Gage, as we view the situation. Cal. glace fruit 50c per Ib at ;flw'l.“ ————— Prunes stuffed with apricots. Townsend’s. —_———— Townsend’s California glace fruit, 50c a ind, in fire-etched boxes or Jap. bas- ets. 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