The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 28, 1902, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1902 MONDAY. APRIL 28, 1902 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Prcprietor. fo W. 8. LEAKE, Mansger. Market and Third, . F. 217 to 221 Stevenson St. PUBLICATION OFFICE. EDITORIAL ROOMS. . TELEPHONE. Ask for THE CALL., The Operator Will Connect You With tize Department You Wish. Delivered by Oarriers, 15 Cents Per Week. Single Coples, 5 Cents. Terms by Mail, Including Postage: DATLY CALL (including Sunday), one year. DAILY CALL (ncluding Sunday). 6 manths DAILY CALL Gncluding Sunday), 3 months. ¥ CALL—By Single Month.. INDAY CALL, One Year. WEEKLY CALL, One Year. All postmasters are authorized to receive subscriptions. Sample coples will be forwarded when requested. Mall subscribers in ordering change of address should be particular to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order 10 insure & prompt and correct compliance with their request. OAKLAND OFFICE ...1118 Broadway C. GEORC KROGNESS, Menager Foreign Advertising, Marquette Building Chieago. 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This paper will also be on sale at all summer resorts amd is represented by a local agent in all towns on the coast. . ———————————————————————————— AMUSEMENTS. Californis—*The Starbucks.”” Tivoli—*“The Fortune Teller.” Central—"Slaves of the Orient.” Alcazar—*"The Lash of the Whip.” Columbia—'"When We Were Twenty-one.” Orpheum—Vaudeville. Grand Opera-house—*'0ld Lavender. Fischer's Theater—*‘Fiddle Dee Dee. Oakland Racetrack—Races to-day. AUCTION SALES. By Easton, Eldridge & Co.—Monday, April 28, at 10 Eiegant furniture at 310 Stockton street. By Wm. G. Layng—Monday, April 28, at 11 o'clock, Driv- ing Horses, Buggies, etc., at 246 Third street. By E. Smith—Tuesday, Avril 20, at 11 o'clock, Fashion Stables, at Stockton, RENEWED COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY | ENERAL business was reported in better G condition last week, and the recent hesita- tion seems to have almost disappeared. True, the bank clearings, which are accepted as the index to trade, are still running somewhat behind those of last year, the loss last- week being 86 per cent, but the aggregated clearances of the country footed up $2,685,150,000, which shows an immense e of trade. New York fell off 14 per cent, g to dullness in Wall street, but this is not an unmixed evil, and a loss of 12.9 per cent at Pittsburg indicates 2 corresponding decrease in the iron and steel trades as compared with 1901, lines stili report continued activity, with scarcity of raw ous mills of the country running for some months vet without any mew business, which, however, is coming in just as usual. Boston also shows a loss of 13.4 per cent, which may be attributable to lessened boot and shoe shipments and the hesitation in the wool trade due to strikes, but whereas the East in general reports a dull wool market, the West is send- ing in reports of an active demand for wool at firm quotations. Whatever hesitation exists seems to be confined to the Atlantic seaboard, as the rest of the country re- ports a fine distributive trade in almost all lines of produce and merchandise. Cotton is higher and is now one cent over last year. Meats have also ad- vanced, with livestock scarce and likely to continue so for some little time yet. Provisions are unsettled and irregular, but the general tendency is upward rather than downward. Groceries show no particular change, but they are moving briskly everywhere, and no depression is noted in any line. Wheat has attracted a good deal of attention dur- ing the past week. A fortnight ago an upward move- ment set in, owing to dry weather over the greater portion of the winter wheat belt, and for a few days the outlook was dubious; but rains came along, and although they were not heavy they were sufficiently copious to not only check the advance but send the market back again. Outside of Kansas, which has been the principal sufferer from drought, and which cannot now raise a full crop even under the most favorable conditions, the prospects are first rate, and the scare over a possible winter wheat failure is about over. Corn and oats are in the same category with wheat, and all three have a much better outlook than a week ago. In San Francisco and California the trade condi- tions could hardly be better. Crop prospects are fine, thanks to the recent rains, which visited almost every section of the State, and everybody is looking forward to bounteous harvests of grain, fruit, wine, hops, vegetables and all those varied products which make the State 2 garden and give it a large per- centage of its wealth. Commercial travelers, who are in a position to know the financial condition of the State, say that wherever they go they find a good demand for their different lines, with easy collections and very few failures. They say, furthermore, that everybody expects the present prosperity to continue indefinitely, and that a tone of cheerfulness pervades the whole commercial community from one end of the State to the other. These points cover the general business situation throughout the United States. Prosperity still re- mains with us, and thus far there are no unfavorable signs on the horizon. Prices, to be sure, are high, but as far as can be seen this is due, not to specula- tion or inflation, but to a general light supply of the ordinary necessaries of a2 comfortable American ex- istence. Eventually, of course, production, stimu- lated by the current scarcity, will réach and pass con-- sumption, when there will be a recession in values; but that point has apparently not yet been reached, But both these | terial and orders enough to keep the numer- | | THE APPOINTMENT SCHEME, HEN Herrin’s henchmen found they could not obtain from the convention of Repub- U v lican clubs at San Jose a straightout in- dorsement of Gage under any circumstances, &nd had to resort to trickery to get even a perfunctory refer- position of the Republican rank and file to the cer- poration scheme is too formidable for them to over- come by fair tactics; and thereupon they began with more zeal than ever to work out a plan to capture the convention by having delegates appointed by local bosses instead of being elected by prima-ies. Against the new tactics genuine Republicans must The appointment scheme | now array themselves. | must be met and defeated. The Cail has exposed some of the workings of the | bosses to procure the appointment of Gage delegates, | or rather of Herrin delegates, for while they will vote for the renomination of Gage it will be at Herrin's 1dictationA It must not be supposed, however, that | the localities specified by The Call are the only places where tife tricksters are at work. It is safe to say i there is not a single place in the State outside those |in which the law requires primaries to be held that is not the scene of plotting and planning on the part | of the conspirators who are trying to betray the Re- | publican State convention into the hands of the Dem- | ocratic boss employed as-the political agent of the :Southem Pacific Company. Republicans, therefore, | must be everywhere vigilant. The bosses are not go- ing to leave any chance of gaining a delegate over- looked, nor any trick untried to accomplish their { purpose. | The fight for Gage is now virtually a fight | zgainst the Republican party. Protests against his | renomination have come so universally from the Re- | publican press, and from the true leaders of the | party, as to render it no longer doubtful that if nomi- nated he will be defeated. His nomination, therefore, will be disastrous to the party, and those who are secking tc bring it about are clearly resolved to ruin | the party if they cannot rule it. 3 In this juncture the rank and file of the party have a right to look to the State Central Committee for assistance in the fight for honest primaries. It is true the State committee cannot dictate the holding | of primaries, but their recommendation will have a | good deal of influence in that direction. The ‘ex- ecutive committee ought therefore to earnestly urge the holding of primaries for the election of delegates to the State convention. An initiative should be given to the movement to assure every true Repub- lican a chance to take part in the selection of dele- gates who are to represent him in making nomina- tions for the State ticket. It is to be borne in mind that the opposition to Gage does not come from a clique, nor is it confined to a single section of the State. It has arisen from the mass of the Republican party and owes its origin to the actions and the speeches of Gage himself. It is due to his open subservience to the corporations, to his degradation of the normal schools and chari- table institutions of the State, to the spoils of politics, to his appointment of incompetent aad vicious men | to official position, and ‘to the petty spitefulness with | which he acts toward every one who differs from { him in opinion. His administration has been a pro- longed scandal from the day he showed himself the { ally of Herrin in the conspiracy to elect Burns to i‘thc United States Semate. He has amazed and of- | fended those who supported him in his first cam- paign, and to-day has no strength except that which can be obtained for him by the combination of Democratic and Republican bosses under the con- trol of Billy Herrin. An opposition so widespread and so well founded cannot be overcome by an appeal to party fealty. Thousands of Republicans will vote against Gage, if the bosses should by any trick bring about his re- nomination. Consequently, all who have the welfare | of the Republican party at heart, and desire to see |it win a sweeping victory this fall, must earnestly | work to baffle Herrin's conspiracy. In no county should the bosses be permitted to appoint the dele- gates to the State convention. Every delegate should be a true representative of his constituency ! and be elected at an honest primary by the votes of genuine Republicans. T rrm— London is already getting ready for the corona- tion. Thousands of Americans have reached the city and the shops are bidding for their trade by put- ting up z1l kinds of attractive decorations, prices are advancing and probably by the end of summer the Government will have to send a transport to bring home hundreds of stranded patriots, TROUBLE IN DENMARK. HEN that clever romancer, Captain W Christmas, devised his wonderful story about the negotiations for the purchase of the Danish West Indies he doubtless had no further thought than that of selling it to a yellow journal. Afterward he entertained the idea that he could make political capital out of it and work up a huge sensation in this country. He fourd in Mr. Richard- son, the Democratic leader in Congress, a willing assistant in his scheme. Richardson had been all winter hunting for Democratic campaign material for use in the fall, and he was quite ready to make use of anything of the kind that Christmas might offer him. The scheme failed. Neither Congress nor the country would take Christmas seriously, and it looked as if the romancer would miss making a sen- sation of any kind. However, he was to have bet- ter luck. The sensation that did not appear here broke out in Denmark. We are told that the scene in the Danish Landsthing on the occasion of the de- bate upon the sale of the islands was something un- precedented in that country. The dispatches say the “session was the most sensational on record.” Twice the lie was passed, and other charges were flung back and forth between the angry disputants until it looked as if there was going to be a Tillman- McLaurin time on the floor. Probably a sillier story than that of Christmas was never told with the intention of getting contem- poraries to believe it, and yet it was a most interest- ing tale. When investigated by Richardson it was found to be almost absolutely without foundation of any kind. Every important statement made by Christmas was promptly contradicted and refuted by first-class testimony. The only claim of the author that has been accepted by even the credulous is that he was swindled by somebody, It seems to be agreed that so good a story-teller cannot be a | good business man, and is therefore quite likely to have bought somebody’s gold brick. Mr. Richard- son will fiot use the story as campaign ammunition. 1t is only in Denmark that it will live as a tradition and find men willing to fight over it. Even there, however, it will no longer disturb intelligent men. 1 The purchase of the islands has been accompanied ence to his administration, they realized that the op-. ! by no act of which either Government need be ashamed. The only reasonable complaint that has been made concerning it is that of the people of the islands, who charge that the delay in settling the matter has been hurtful to their interests. They are overwhelmingly in favor of the transfer to the United States and wish the treaty ratified at once so that they can begin business on the new basis. e —— Considering how much trouble even Americans have in trying to straighten out the conflict between the civil and the military authorities in the Philip- pines, it is not strange the Filipinos should be in doubt whether to be friends or enemies. In fact the American newspaper men at Manila seem to be as badly bewildered as the natives and several of them are in jail for guessing wrong. ¥ A sc much dependent upon the upbuilding of an adequate merchant marine and the con- struction of an isthmian canal that the country notes with something of indignation the delay and hesita- tion of Congress in dealing with the bills designed to accomplish those much desired measures. The Sen- ate has passed a shipping bill and the House has passed an isthmian canal bill, but at that point ac- tivity has stopped. The Senate bill rests in a com- mittee of the House and the House bill rests in the Senate; and there is danger that unless the people be urgent in demanding action neither measure will become law during this session. Such being the situation it is gratifying that Secre- tary Shaw should have made the Grant birthday banquet an occasion for recalling public attention to the importance of the two bills. Referring to the canal he said: “Not as the crow flies, but as ships sail, it is nearer from Liverpool to San Francisco, via Cape Horn, than from New York to the same port, via the same southern extremity. Start two ships of equal speed from Liverpool going to our Pacific Coast, one through the Suez Canal and the other by Cape Horn, and two vessels of the same speed from New York, one going westward and the other eastward, and both English vessels will reach their destination before either of ours. Cut the isthmian canal and it is nearer from New York to Hongkong, via Nicaragua, than from Liverpool to the same point via the Suez.” That is an old story, but it seems necessary to re- peat it again and again to impress its significance upon Congress. At the present time the advocates of the canal are at loggerheads over a dispute about the route. It is safe to say there is not one in ten among the American people who cares much which route is preferred. Every man wishes of course that the best route be chosen, but at the same time every intelligent man is aware that neither route is superior to the other in every respect. Each has its advan- tages and its disadvantages. The choice between AMERICAN COMMERCE, MERICAN commerce is at the present time them is a matter upon which even experts disagree. Unanimity of judgment will never be reached; and the public therefore has a right to insist that the dis- pute be cnded, some choice be made by a majority vote and the work begun. Concerning our shipping Mr. Shaw said: “We need the largest merchant fleet ever kissed by ocean breezes and these carriers of international commerce must be built of American material, in American yards, by American labor. They are to be manned by American sailors, fired by American coal, or more probably oil, and they are to float the Stars and Stripes.” The Secretary went on to say it is immaterial whether the great merchant fleet be built up by gov- ernmental aid or by individual enterprise, the main thing being to obtain the fleet needed to carry our ocean-going commerce. Within certain limits, which the Secretary doubtless intended his audience to understand, the statement is true enough. It would be better to build up a merchant marine with- out protection if we could, but as a matter of fact we cannot. The large subsidies granted by foreign gov- ernments to their merchant marine, the lower rate of wages paid to sailors, and other advantages pos- sessed by foreign lines, prevent American built ships, manned by American sailors and flying the American flag, from successful competition. Recently, when Pierpont Morgan found it advisable to obtain ships to carry the immense output of his consolidated in- dustries, he found it cheaper to purchase foreign ships, maintain them under a foreign flag, and em- ploy foreign sailors, than to build American ships. That is the situation, and we shall have to wait a long time for an adequate American merchant marine unless Congress grant to the shipping,in- dustry the same measure of protection given to in- dustries on land. ; ‘Were these questions new, delay and hesitation in Corngress could be eacsily understood, but they are not new. They have been discussed a long time. They have been embodied in Republican platforms and ratified by the people again and again. It is therefore time that action be taken upon them. It will be a gross political blunder for the Republican leaders to go before the country in the fall elections without having done semething for American ship- ping and the isthmian canal. 1. a Chicago case where a woman applied for di- vorce on the ground ¢ desertion the evidence dis- closed that she had been married seven years and during that time had borne her husband fourteen children, including in the lot one set of twins, one set of triplets and one set of quadruplets. It was when the quadruplets appeared that the husband fled the scene. The Judge refused to grant the divorce, expressing the belief that the husband would return, but doubtless he was influenced by a desire to see the population of Chicago continue to increase at that record breaking rate. . — A curious political contest is going on in Milan, where an avowed anarchist is a candidate for a seat in the Italian Parliament. He announces that if elected-he will not take his seat, as he does not be- lieve in government; and he seems to be running mainly for exercise, as he has just got out of prison and needs it. The Merchants’ Association has evidently deter- mined to be original if nothing else. In a long re- port urging various municipal improvements the in- teresting body made no recommendation for the reformation of the Board of Public Works. Australia and Canada are chuckling with glee over the announcement of the.imposition of grain duties by the British Government, and it is plain they see chances for getting preferential rates when the great imperial convention assembles next June. As the British are to pay a high price> for bread and we are paying a high price for beef, it looks as if the great Anglo-Saxon alliance would soon have | to take to a gruel diet. SENTIMENT IS PRONOUNCED AGAINST THE GAGE MACHINE Office-Holding Push and Democratic Agitators Com- pose the Governor’s Support. ) 7 HE tide of public sentiment against Governor Gage is running stronger than conceit and puffed-up egotism so clearly revealed in his arrogant letter The letter so insulting in its tone put man: * shame and counteracted the indorsement of the Republican administration, harmony’s sake to obtai. The comment of the leading influential Republi the expressions of prominent party workers in every field of industrial activity signify have had enough of Gage, Herrin and Burns. There is widespread apprehension that t attempt to force Gage’s renomination by the admission of appointed delegates_to the The machine plin is to win the city primaries by enlisting Democrats to vote for Gag country for appointed delegations. The Iroquois Democratic Club has already given cut t! riors” shall participate in the San Francisco primary election and vote for the Gage delegates. hoping ‘and praying that Gage will get the Republican nomination, as they regard h the Democratic push and Republican office holders, Gage has very few supporters. renomination would disrupt the party and bring defeat to the Republican cause. . much unfavorable comment. papers remark: Napa Register: Assemblyman Melick of Pasadena utilized several columns of space in the Pasadena News the other day in a review of the administration of Governor Gage. He alms at an impartial presentation of facts,and does not omit giving credit where he thifks credit is due, but he says: ‘Just so sure as Governor Gage's re- nomination is forced by the aid of boss rule, s0 sure will the Republican party be defeated at the palls. Pomona Progress: Gage dies hard, In spite of the efforts of the Gage push from all parts of the State to boom the Governor's cause at the League of Republican Clubs con- vention at San Jose, the Belshazzar writing is said to have been plainly visible on the wall, and the silenco of delegates from all parts of the State a. the mentlon of the Governor's name was more foreible and ominous than the loud shouting of the Burns and Gage rooters. 1t had been znnounced by the Gage organs that the real ‘show down'’ of the campalgn among the candida’'es for the Republican nomination for Governor would come at this convention. But it dida’t come, for so strong was the senti- ment ‘againet Gage at the convention that it would Lave split the party had it been at- tempted. ke Gage leaders, who are among the shrewdest and most experienced political manipulaters and managers of conventions in the State, were largely in control of the con- ; but the handwriting was on the wall Just_the same, ‘We do not believe that Gage will ever be Governor again, and If he {s nominated it will bé by the bosses, and not by the people. With only a local reputation as a criminal lawyer, four years ago the bosses snatched him out of obscurity and the people made him Governor. But it didn’t work: he was too small bore. You can never make a whistle out of a pig's tall. From the Governor's attempt to make Dan Burns a United States Senator on through, his administration has been anything but’ a credit to the State. San Diego Union: The letter of Governor Gage to the San Jose Republican convention should disgust even his followers. A miore transparently hypocritical epistle was never penned by a tricky politician. The Governor, with an assumption of virtue that will bring smiles to the faces of all who know him, informs the gathering that he can- not attend because its ‘‘momentous delibera- tions should be absolutely exempt from all per- sonal influence of candidates,” and because the convention's labors ‘‘cannot’be free from em- barrassing influences if aspirants for guberna- torial honors attend.” Having thus attempted to cast a slur upon several gentlemen who are attending the con- vention although they are supposed to be “'as- pirants,” the Governor proc: stroke ‘of business on his own account, Al- though his virtuous scruples do not permit him to be there, he hastens to inform the gathering in very explicit language that he desires and expects to be remominated. Presumably ac- cording to the Gage ethics, this blunt statement —which sounds much like the crack of a whip —will not be regarded as the ‘‘personal in- fluence' of a candidate, whereas were the Gov- ernor to attend, occupy a back seat and keep his mouth shut, the convention might feel it- self under his potent sway. Governor Gage is always most transparent when he fancles him- self most profund. The Gage machine, well ofled and carefully adjusted as it is, slipped a cog disastrously at the convention of the League of Republican Clubs, which has just concluded its session at San Jose. drafted a The committee on _resolutions formal indorsement of the Governor's admin- istration, but this did not suit some of his partisans. They insisted that the resolution should read ‘‘warmly Indorse.” But when the committee took a vote twenty-one of its mem- bers declined to accept the little adverb that was designed to take the chill off a perfunc- tory indorsement, and only seven committee- men favored it. So the resolution unrelieved of its cold formality went to the convention and was adopted as it came from the commit- tee. The incident would be significant in any cir- cumstances, but it is especially so in view of the fact that Governor Gage had served formal notice on the convention that he Is a candidate and ‘desires and expects” a renom- ination. Had u majority of the delegates been favorably. inclined to his aspirations, there would have been little trouble in {nseriing, on the floor of the convention, the ‘“‘warmly In- dorse” which the committes rejected by an overwhelming vote. It does not appear, how- ever, that a single delegate attempted to in- fuse any life into the committee's frigid reso- luticn. The gathering. so.the dispatches say, was extremely harmonious, and the harmeny ‘was not broken Ly any member foolish enough to seek action that might seem like recognition of_the Governor's pretensions. The plain fact is that the Governor was firmly turned down by the San Jose conven- ton.” Republicans who do not wish to see their party disgraced as well as beaten will cherish the hope that the turning down process 80 auspiclously begun at the league conven- tion may continue until Governor Gage and his gang of practical politicians cease to be a factor in the Republican party of California. Los Angeles Times: In the case of an executive officer Who has performed some great and signal service, ‘whose administration has been distinguished in some unusual manner, it is customary for his party to compliment him with a nomina- tion for & second term, This is well. It is no more than a just recognition of services well performed. It is & compliment to the official, but it is not a right which he may demand. Such a compliment should be paid to a faith- ful and exceptionally competent official, if he be deemed worthy of it, by the spontaneous party, and with practical unan- it comes to him in such manner, such unanimity, it is of compara- tively little value. Certainly an “‘indorsement’’ which the executive officer is obliged to pull ‘wires for—to scheme and plan for like a ward politician—is of no substantial or permanent value. A triumph won by such methods is but little better than defeat, and is worse than defeat in some respects. In the case of the Gage administration in California has it been distinguished for notable achievement? Has it been other than com- monplace and perfunctory? Has Henry T. Gage done anything in his capacity as Governor of the State to merit a renomination? Has his administration been better than that of any of his predecessors? Has he in anywise dem- onttrated to the satisfaction of the people of this commonwealth that he Is so valuable in the office of chief executive that he should be honored by a second term? Has he, in point of fact, any valid or recognizable clatm to a renomifation? No unprejudiced man can truthfully answer these questions in the affirmative. Not only are there no substantial reasons for the re- nomination of Governor Gage, but there are many strong reasons why he should not be renominated, as the Times has already shown, and as it expects to demonstrate in the future. These reasons need not be enumerated here. ere. They could not be enumerated without filling several columns of space. But they are ample, sufficient, conclusive. The Republican party of California cannot afford to risk the experiment of a renomination ever. His narrow mind, self- to the San Jose convention cause y of his office-holding friends to which they begged so hard for ican newspapers of the State ar{d that the people of California he political manipulators _will Republican State Convention. ¢ delegates and to look to the he command that the “war- The Democrats are im as an easy mark. Apart iror_n It is the general belief that his Commenting on Gage, leading news- which would almost certainly lead straight to defeat. % thine is as certain as any truth can be, the "Governor cannot secure & renomination without fighting and scheming for it. can under no ¢ircumstances go to him as a spon his party. Thers is a taneous tribute from his x:mmm“m_twr_ o _in- ballot. would be through the schemes and th nations of the exponents of ‘‘push’ litics, with which disreputable element vernor Gage has, unfortunately for himself. become prominently and inextricably identifled. Under these circumstances he would, 1f I were possessed of wisdom and party lovalty, refuse to allow his name to be comsidered for renomination. The interests of the Republi- can party of California demand the elimina- tion of Henry T. Gage as a factor in the fu- bernatorial campaign. Instead of moving heaven and earth to secure a renominafion he should retire from the fleld for the manifest good of the party. Redlands Citrograp! The revolt against the boss domination of Colcnel Burns is widespread and deep seated. In traveling over the State we find it every- where. Men have told us that they had noth- ing particular against Governor Gage, except that he was controlled by Colonel Burns. It is this widespread feeling that the wise political leaders will take into account when coolly calculating the chances of winning out in the campaign this fall. Conceding the fact that the State is 20,000 Republican, the changs of only a few votes in each precinct in the State against the Republican nominee will cht.n‘e the 20,000 majority into a 10,000 minor- ity. he feeling was noticeable in the Esteo campaign—and defeated ome of the best menm California_ever had. The feeling is strongar to-day than it was then, and the same result will follow if Governor Gage is renominated. In no one thing did the Gage forces at San Jose this week so overreach )emselves as in letting the Gage letter be rea It was a wan- ton, brutal, vicious and uncalled-for Insult to the honest and honorable gentlemen who went to the convention as Republicans, albeit they were candidates for the high office of Gov- error. Pasadena News: Governor Gage wrote a letter to the San Jose convention that was much criticized and which didn’t do him any good, saying that he greatly desired a renomination. If the State conventiop were called now, it looks as if his trained cohorts could force his nomination. But it is four months off and with the big newspapers pouring hot shot into his camp, there is no telling what it may look like by that time. Flint has declared he Is going to stay to the end. Therefore, unless the unexpected happens, the next State convention may be a repetition of the legisiative deadlock, with Gage substi- tuted for Burns in the center of the fleld. It will be a battle roval to a finish. One of the unexpected things which is Be- ing whispered about is that Gage may get out of the gubernatorial race Senatorial fight against George C. Perkins. It will be remembered that the Sen- atorial toga is what Gage first reached for < when he emerged from his Los Angeles law office four years ago when Colonel Burns and W. . Herrin switched him off toward Sacra- mento. Pomona Progress: We do not believe that Gage will ever be Governor again; and it he is nominated it will be by the bosses and not by the people. DEMOCRATIC AND INDEPENDENT PRESS. Santa Clara News (Ind.): Governor Gage bid high for the Santa Clara County delegation, and paid the price in appoint- ing Mackenzle, but it looks as if he would fail to receive the goods. Appearances indicate the election of Worswick as Mayor of San Jose. In this event there will not be a solid delega- tion for Gage from Santa Clara County, as has been promised, and Mackenzie's uplift’ will be Gage’'s downfall. No official acts of a Gov- ernor have roused the indignation of the peo- ple of Santa Clara County to such a degres as have the placing of Mackenzie and the dis- lacement of Dr. A. E. Osborne of Santa Clara rom the management of the Home for Feeble Minded at Glen Ellen. Woodland Democrat (Dem.. One of the most pernicious pleces of legisla- tion of the last Legislature was a bill pro- viding for submission to the people of consti- amendment No. 28. In some unac- le manner it slipped through both houses without attracting the attention of men who can always be depended upon to be alert in_defeating such vicious measures. This amendment has not one redeeming fea- ture. It ought to be and will be overwhelmingly defeated if the newspapers of both parties do their duty and keep their readers well informed as to its provisions. A great majority of people are willing to be- lieve that there are too many commissions and that some of them ought to be abolished, but the proj amendment is not the proper remedy. If it is adopted the effect will be to abolish all boards that now exist and the purpose of which is to in any manner regulate or control the corporations now doing business in Cali- fornia. But all the powers now exercised by existing boards and commissions will be, by the adoption of this amendment, conferred upon one commission of five men. The first com- mission is to be appointed by the Gavernor, but all other commissions are to be elected by_districts and the term of office is ten years. We agree with the Fresno Republican that more dangerous powers were never conferred by law on any single body of men. They would have the power to block all effective legislation of corporations during their entire term of office. As before stated the amendment was passed by the Legislature at a time when but a few of the members were famillar with its provis- fons. A joint committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and League of California Municipalities summarizes the effects as fol- lows: It will increase taxation. It makes im- possible the securing of any reduction of rates for any publlc service. It perpetuates the in- efficlent features of the Railroad Commission. It interferes with local seif-government, It places inordinate power in the hands of the Governor. It will deprive ecities and counties of all license fees now paid by public corpora- tions. It takes away from local bodies all con- trol of franchises. A resolution opposing this amendment was sent to the platform committee of the State League of Republican Clubs, but it was voted down. Will some member of-that convention give some good reason for such action? Many of the leading Republican papers of the State are criticizing the action of the committee in refusing to report the resolution, and we be- lieve the rebuke is merited. We cannot believe that any respectable number of Republicans favor this amendment. What then was the in- fluence that controlled the San Jose conven- tion in its favor? Sacramento Bee (Ind.): According to The Call ex-C Geary is the Examiner's choice for the- Democratic nominee for Governor. 1If is nominated by the Republicans the Democrats Rim it they will put up the very best s they have. And Geary Is not his name. @ il e e ek FOREIGNERS IN UNCLE SAM’S NAVY NOT SO NUMEROUS AS ALLEGED BY THE UNINFORMED PRESS OF ENGLAND Some Statistics Concerning the Fighting Men 'on the Yankee Warships That May Enlighten the Editor of the London Chronicle. HE London Chronicle of April 16 contains a review of the biography of Rear Admiral J. A. Winslow, United States navy, who was cap- tain of the Kearsarge in the mem- orable fight off Cherbourg with the Con- federate cruiser Alabama. The war of secession and the part which Great Bri- tain took during its progress, is naturally, even after thirty-eight years, a subject which Englishmen are incapable of dis- cussing without some show of chagrin, and especially the fact that England had to pay $15,000,000 damages to this country for the destruction wrought By Confeder- ate cruisers fitted out in British ports. The Chronicle's comments are correct in the main, but it is grossly mistaken in the following statement: “It is still a fact that the Ameflc;fl navy is largely recruited from bluejack- ats“v’vho desert from our North American and Pacific squadrons. The best shot on the Towa at the battle of Santlago was a deserter from the British flagship at Es- quimalt.”” The European press, and not- ably the British, indulged in similar fiin; at the American navy just vefore the late war with Spain, stating that the crews of Yankee ships-of-war were al- most al] forelgners. It is a tradition dat- ing from the first sea fight in America, In June, 1772, and 'has no other rational ex- sume of the latest report on the subject of crews of American war vessels, made by the Bureau of Navigation, shows that there were 18,82 enlisted men and boys in the navy on July 1, 1901, of which 13,472, or 73 per cent, were native born; 2824, or 15 per cent, were naturalized cit- izens; 1129, or 6 per cent, had declared their intentions to become citizens, and ly 1130, or 6 per cent, were aliens. Of ?E. latter, grufiully the entire lot were Chinese and Japanese h as servants ."" Not less t.l;:n per cent, or 15,624 out of 18,825 wi citizens of the United States, which fact the Chronicle and other Euro will note and “p:me copy.” .. The British naval rs have good cause to complain nm.flm!fly‘w! i Bt e, T8 e b eers in_the British recelve navy fi to $1095 . engineers’ salaries range from $545 to $630 in the English navy, against $§70 to $112%5 in the French. The salaries of higher grade engineer officers in the British navy are considerably higher than in any other navy, excepting that of the United States, but the officers upon whom the responsi- bility of proper care and work of the ma- chinery rests are paid much less than similar officers in any other service. The pay of a chief machinist in the United States navy, rated as a petty officer, is $84¢ a year,'and the warrant machinists receive $1200, which is increased in peri- ods of three years, until after twelve ¥esfl' service it amounts to $1800 yearly. n the Greek navy ship engineers receive $1000 per annum. One of the five submarine boats built by Vickers at Barrow for the British has passed through her trials and been ac- cepted by the Admiralty. The other boats are all launched and nearly completed. They are identical in all particulars with thcse building in the United States, and the plans and right to build were purchas- ed from the American inventor, J. P. Holland. Last November the Fulton was successfully tried under unusually severe conditions, and the British boat was test- on on April 6, with similar favorable re- sults. It is to be noted in this connection that while six boats of this ft; ‘were contracted for by American builders on August 25, 1900, to be completed by April and July, 1%1, none of them has been ccmpleted, while Vickers, at Barrow, Rave delivered And tested ons paae T ed e: than ten month:. g - Sl . The French submarine inr: was A';lgjecged to est on I » _In of Cherl{&}u?. It was :l;.:k h:orbu: depth of ‘eet, with a view of testin, the effect of the water pressure, 'hlcg at t‘rt: depth is sixty-three pounds to the squ inch. I ents used to meas- ure the eomgreulnn showed that the hull boat Si- a severe "‘l:lded to the extent of .089 of an Inch. e crew e: lenced no more discomfort at this de than at the average sub- “‘Z""’"a il round robin has been signed h quartermasters and nthernwar‘r:m :l{lc:r: of the new French battleship Jena. It 1 published in the local papers of Brest and charges commander of the ship tion of affairs. The Turkfsh navy, number and -quality Inquiry has been opened into this condl~ « e . while deficient in its of ships, has a su- perabundance of high-; - ::{:.‘ I‘t.hiutn;nlelght 9 u"tl :Ifll;- , agains in the na Britain, 124 in the French, 92 in ‘:,Lomt- sian, and 54 in the German The oy 24 1 Vasco da Gama, the only armos .Mg. n the Portuguese navy, bzflt in m is being reconstructed at Orlando’s yard. Leghorn, Italy. The ship i3 being length- ened twenty-three feet, and Tecelving Wwater-tube boilers, besides other improvements. 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