The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 8, 1902, Page 5

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New Actors’ HEN the San Francisco business men make their tour through the San Joaquin they will find the whole region stirring with the new spring, metaphorical as well as literal. e growing grain and the budding orchards will not show more evidence of vitality than the universal demonstration of activity among the people. The movement for the promotion of Northern California is going in every locaiity with abundant vigor and gives promise of producing great results in forward every instance. One of t the peopl e notable evidences of the earnestness of in promoting the movement is the readi- ness with which they are organizing to help the Pro- motion Committee and present the claims of their icts. Recently we had occasion to direct n to what has been done in that way by the ard of Trade of Reedley, and it is now to be noted that the example thus set is to be followed in other localities, Speaking for Selma and urging the organization of “a wide-awake Chamber of Commerce,” the Fresno County Enterprise says: “Every town in San Joaquin Valley of any commercial importance, save our own, supports an organization of this kind. Indeed it is embarrassing to even suggest Selma’s dereliction of duty in this matter. The San.Joaquin Valley Com- mercial Association has been laboring for months and meeting here and there throughout the valley ad- vertising and advancing the interests of Central Cali- fornia at every session, but to this organization, and likewise to the outside world who read its tracts and its proceedings, Selma is unknown. Why? Because we are without a commercial organization whose of- fice it is to make us known.” Straightforward statements of that kind show the spirit that is in the enterprising ‘men of the San Joa- quin towns. The effect is certain to be excellent. As a result of that plain speech the very next issue of the Enterprise may have to record the beginning of a movement to establish a Chamber of Commerce at Selma. Organization of some kind is bound to come. No San Joaquin community can lag in this move- ment. So in the large towns and in the small ones there is everywhere evident an intention to get together and work for the general good by working for their own good. The Promotion Committee can do noth- ing for a2 community that will not make an_effort at least to help itself. The live, enterprising men of every community must combine, organize and work together to make known the resources of their lo- cality and set forth its inducements for investors and home-seckers. Nothing can be gained in any town by delaying such organizations. The time for action is at hand, and those who do not take part in it will lose by their negligence. T — Eastern papers are already noting the appearance here and there of the shirt waist man, and it looks as if the fight for comfort during the hot season will be waged this summer by larger numbers than ever, A Chicago Judge is reported to have declared from the bench that if a husband beats his wife she should shoot him on the spot, and we may now. expect to hear of wholesale slaughtering in that city. In a recent address at Harvard Dr. Rainsford of New York advised the students to join the church and go in for politics, so we may put him down as an ultra advocate of the strenuous life. Western Democrats take a look at the booms for Olney and Hill and then remark that if they cannot have Bryan again Tom Johnson or Carter Harrison will be good euough for them. A SPECIAL SESSION. SPECIAL session of Congress is something A more than probable. The regular business of the session that concerns the administration of the government is well advanced and would enable an adjournment by the middle of June. But the gen- eral legislation, and especially that part of it im- pinged upon the vexing externalities we have inher- ited from the Spanish war, is not advanced, nor can it be said that there is any substantial agreement as to its scope and terms. The determined front shown by the beet sugar men against Cuban free trade has put a long parliamentary pause into the consideration of that question, so that it is doubtful if it will reach a conclusion at this ses- sion. As far as it has gone it has exposed the extreme danger of tampering with the tariff. If free trade prove to have a majority in the Senate it may be that the whole subject will be permitted to die in Congress and that when the new Cuban government is installed a treaty covering all demands will be made with it, to be ratified by the Senate, and the House will be left out of the matter entirely. Such a policy will narrow that issue down and take it out of focus as a general Congressional question. Then the Philippine legislation will remain. That is arrested by the revelations that have been made to the Senate committee. Representative Sibley and Senator Lodge have both denounced the Herod or- der of General Smith, and have reflected generally upon our military course in the islands. Mr. Cooper of Wisconsin, chairman of the House Com- mittee on Insular Affairs, goes further than either and intimates that if we can get and keep the archi- pelago only by such means we don’t want it at all. All recognize legislation under the circumstances as premature, and have fallen into a waiting spirit. This is strengthened by the evident purpose of the War Department to sustain Smith. As that depart- { ment deals with matters that are beyond civilian reach, and with necessities and emergencies un- known in the civil administration of the Government, it has always been tolerated in its exclusive treatment of them. It was this tolerance that sustained Stanton during the Civil War, even in such extraordinary ac- tions as ordering all of Mr. Lincoln’s mail sent to him to be opened before it was seen by the Presi- { dent. ‘ Passing that by, it is beginning to be felt by all that insular administration is going to develop matters that Congress cannot deal with either in regular or special session. Not only trade and tariffs, franchises and development have to be dealt with, and instantly, with executive energy, but the more serious questions inhering in the disposition of the people and their feeling toward American rule. This cannot be han- dled with a spelling-book and the four ground rules of arithmetic, nor with the catechism from a mis- sionary standpoint, nor by Congress, torn by con- | flicting sentiments, political ambitions and views of | policy. | Itisa plain impossibility for Congress to have the ;persona! knowledge of the islands that it has of our continental territories. These have delegates sitting in the House who are Americans like the rest of us. If the islands have delegates they will not be Ameri- cans. They will be Filipinos or Spaniards, with the craft and cunning of both races and with nothing at all in common with us. If such delegates, on the other hand, were Americans they would have nothing in common with the Filipinos. In either case Con- gress would be without any proper information to act as a common ferment in its assortment of views and bring them all to work together toward a com- mon object. For these reasons it is beginning to appear to the most thoughtful and sober-minded that if we are to | have a conclusively wise and useful policy in the { islands it must be had by eliminating C?ngress en- tirely. The extraordinary condition must be met by giving to the executive extraordinary powers, such as | Jefferson took to himself in ruling in Louisiana be- tween the time of its annexation and its erection into a territory. These powers, even, must be enlarged, | inasmuch as the responsibility and issue are greater. In the exercise of irresponsible power by army of- ficers and the Philippine Commission we have learned its danger. There must be a common radix for civil and military power in those distant possessions, to the end that the American people may fix responsi- | bility at one place only, if things go wrong, and sup- port that one source of power in making them go right. All of these things are the present under current of opinion. It will soon become the upper current, and whether this regular or a special session of Congress attempt to deal with the matter on lines now in sight, this current will control its final disposition. It will be remembered that last summer a Chicago man had his stomach removed and went home happy in the consciousness that everybody was reading about him and the hope that he would never have indigestion again. Now comes a report that he has returned to the hospital with the intention of having his liver removed. Evidently his desire for free ad- vertising is insatiable. SOUTHERN SUFFRAGE LAWS, ISPATCHES from Montgomery announce D that the first step has been taken in that city in a movement to bring the suffrage laws of Alabama before the courts, in order that the consti- tionality of the restrictions adopted by the recent convention may be tested. A negro man of educa- tion and an owner of property has made an affidavit before a notary, alleging that he has been denied the right to register, although he is justly entitled to do so. The dispatches do not state upon what ground the denial of the privilege of registering was based, but it is stated that the case will bring the whole suf- frage clause of the constitution before the court and make a fair test of its validity. It is the inten- tion of the attorneys for the complainant to carry the issue to the Supreme Court of the United States as soon as possible should they be defeated in the lower courts, The proposed action is much better than would be any investigation of the Southern suffrage laws by Congress. The people of the North desire that justice be done in the South, and that the negroes be upheld in the exercise of every constitutional right, but at the same time there is profound objection to reviving anything in the way of a sectional issue. Whatever Congress should do in the matter would surely be regarded as an affair of politics. It would be discussed from partisan standpoints, and undoubtedly each side would try to make party capital out of it. The evils resulting from such discussions would be great, and it is doubtful if the benefits would be suffi- cient to offset them. No such objections can be made to an appéal to the c?llt‘s. From first to last the hearings before H the tribunals will be free from the appearance of par- ! tisanship. Thus the issue can be brought to trial and to adjudication without rousing sectional parties, and the country will be saved from the possibility of a disturbing element in national politics. Should the Supreme Court decide that the Ala- bama suffrage restrictions are unconstitutional, the similar restrictions in other Southern States will, of course, fall with them. It will then be for Congress to take action, and having the decision of the Su- preme Court to build upon, the action would be much more effective than anything that can be done now. The refusal of the Republican leaders of the House to press the Crumpacker resolution calling for an in- vestigation of the Southern election laws and the suppression of the negro vote shows that they are averse to stirring up the question at this time. In due season, however, the issue will surely come up for settlement, for the South cannot be permitted to suppress the negro vote and at the same time enjoy representation in Congress based upon the assump- tiof that the negroes are voters. Such being the sit- uation, the progress of the Alabama test case through the courts will be followed with interest, and it is to be hoped the judges will give it the right of way on their calendars, so that it may be speedily adjudi- cated. ————— A recent flood in Tennessee is said to have washed away a wide strip of country and revealed the bury- ing gyound of a people who are supposed to have preceded the Indians, The graves consist of vaults formed of thin slabs of limestone evidently brought from some distance. They are very narrow, and it is believed the bodies must have been deposited in them sideways, but as the floods washed off every vestige of the contents of the tombs nothing definite can be said on the subject. The ground is to be explored for further tombs, and science expects to make a great discovery of new facts concerning the mound- builders, who are supposed to have constructed the vaults, DEMOCRATIC REORGANIZATION., ESPITE Bryan's vociferous objections the D work of reorganizing the Democratic party in the Eastern States goes briskly on.. In fact, in the whole region east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio very little attention is paid to the former leader or to bis platform. It appears, there- fore, that if Bryan has any following at all in the next national conventicn it will be a strictly sectional one. It may, under the operation of the two-thirds rule, prevent the nomination of a straight-out gold standard ‘man, but it certainly will not be able to nominate Bryan himself nor any of the old Chicago platform crowd. The special animosity which has been displayed by Bryan against Hill seems to preclude the possibility that Hill will get the nomination or that he will be able to procure the honor for any of his New York supporters. At the same time the Southern sup- port for Gorman has weakened, and thus there is no prominent champion in sight to lead the reorganiz- ers to the victory which now seems certain to perch upon their banners when the fight in the convention takes place. This condition of affairs has given other States a chance to put forward their favorites, and while the West talks of Tom Johnson and Carter Harrison there is talk in Pennsylvania of Pattison and in Massachusetts of Olney. Recently one of the strongest Bryan men in Penn- sylvania broke away from his former leadér and advo- cated the close alliance with the repudiators of the Chicago platform. Bryan has repeatedly urged, his followers to have nothing to do with the reorgan- izers, to vote for no man who objected to the plat- form and the ticket of 1896 and 1900, but the Pennsyl- vanian says: “We want them all back. We want the many honored Democrats who stood nobly with us through the battles of the last forty years in Pennsyl- vania—the Hancocks, the Baers, the Farquhars, the Myers, the Hansels, the Harritys, the Pattisons, the Cadwaladers—with us, where they truly belong. Upon every other question but that of silver we are as one. Unhappily, because adversely settled, there .is no more silver question.” The statement “there is no more silver question” has become a sort of cuckoo cry with the reorgan- izers. It serves them at once as argument.for Demo- cratic harmony and as a plea why the party should re- ceive the support of conservative men. It is of course well understood that if there be no more silver ques- tion there is no more Bryan leadership, and virtually no more Chicago platform. In Pennsylvania the reorganizers do not seem to have progressed further than a negative platform. They repudiate free silver, but they offer no living issue to take the place of the dead. It is different in Massachusetts. The reorganizers of that State de- clare Richard Olney to be the natural leader of the party and they present him to the country on the dis- tinct and positive platform of tariff revision in the direction of free trade. One of Mr. Olney's supporters at Washington re- cently discussing the political outlook for the fall clections said: “An organization can be effected for the coming Congressional campaign if some of the leaders who have not been heard from will come to the rescue of the party. Mr. Olney is naturally and logically the leader in a movement which will bring together the men whose principles are to be re- adopted, and those who left them once but who want to come back to them. Mr. Olney’s attitude in the campaign of 1900 made him the most popular Demo- cratic leader in the East. There is no silver Demo- crat in that section of the country, or in any other. section, who compares with him in general popular- ity. He is in a sense, by reason of the letter which he wrote against Mr. McKinley in the campaign of 1900, the connecting link Between the gold Democrats and those who went off after Mr. Bryan.” The situation is undoubtedly promising for either Pattison or Olney. If they can only keep the Bryan- ites raging against Hill and his New York following so as to shut those men out of any chance of winning, the next leader of the hosts of Democracy in a Presidential fight may be either from Pennsylvania or from Massachusetts. Bourke Cockran, who has just returned from a visit to Rome, says the Pope will outlive a good many of the candidates who are now aspiring to succeed him, and the prediction seems to be a safe one. D — An Eastern poet has already begun to sing of a desire to “Dream, in summer blossoms lost; to sleep, and not wake up till frost”; and it looks as if he wished to skip the hot spells and the shirt waist men. r The peace negotiations in South Africa must be wholly in the hands of the British, for surely if the nimble Boers had anything to do with them they | would move faster. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1902. QUEEN FAY AND RETINUE SEEKING ROBES Royalty is honoring San Francisco with a visit. Beautiful Queen Fay, who is to hold court during Sacramento's Street Fair, is at the Palace. Before she was proclaimed queen by her loyal subjects of Sacramento, she was Miss Fay Jack- son and as such received the flood of votes that entitled her to a coronet. Sacramento’s young queen is chaperon- ed by Mrs. G. W. Jackson, her mother; Mrs. N. Jackson and Mrs. G. W. Jackson. The popularity of Miss Jackson is shown by the fact that she recelyed 187,- 716 -votes of the 256,325 cast, a majority of 119,107. The royal party is here to select ghe robes which the queen is to wear during her reign. They are to be the handsom- est obtainable and the young woman who is to wear them will indeed look a mon- arch. No one is more suited to_wear _the p ple than Miss Jackson. She is a more de- cided beauty than her photographs indi- cate. She is a blonde of the rarest type, with halr like the sunshine and dark vio- let eyes. The young queen is full of enthusiasm over the coming carnival. She said lm". night: “No, indeed. I'm not surprised at see- ing reporters or at being asked for an interview, because my friends at home told me I should surely meet some of you and be asked about my plans. “You want to know How I feel as Queen of Sacramento? First of all, I'm awfully proud of my majority. Just think! I re- ceived 120,000 votes more than any one else! It makes the selection so decisive that I feel as if I have the good will of all Sacramento. THANKFUL TO FRIENDS. “I am very, very thankful to my friends and I shall do all in my power to make our approaching street fair the most suc- cessful we have ever held. “How did I happen to be a candidate? I badn't thought of entering the contest and was much interested in the names of | other girl friends who had received votes, ‘when one morning my own name appear- ed in the paper. Some one had given me fifty votes, and to this day I do not know who was so kind. I took it as a Jjoke, and made light of it; but when suc- ceeding days disclosed other friends and my votes were becoming numerous, I yielded to the importuning of those clesest to me and decided that I should enter the fleld of candidates. You know the result. The victory seemed very easy and I am happy to say there is no i1l feel, ing engendered among any element of my townspeople. “Do I feel any different now? Oh, no. Of course, I appreciate the honor and am very grateful, but I am not unmindful of the fact that this is all a great mock show with lots of grandeur and no reality. I| shall do my part and try to be gracious and queenly in the presence of my thou- sands of temporary subjects. “My dresses and robes? Oh, yes. I'm| here to select them now. They are going | to be beautiful and we shall spare no ex- pense in making the attire queenly in all its details. The outer robes shall be of the regal colors and I am to have differ- ent gowns for almost every day. They are now being made and next Monday shall | see us all in readiness. INVITES ALL SAN FRANCISCC. “I want you to invite all San Francisco in my name. I want to see you all during my reign. Our fair is going to eclipse anything we have heretofore attempted. The preparations are most elaborate. “Just imagine! Half a mile of conces- sions and the best that have ever come to this coast. “And the electric lights! Why, they'll dazzle you with their brilliancy! More than 100,000 of them, I believe. Just im- agine the flood of light! ““And our floral parade! Ah! that is go- ing to be beautiful. Our gardens are just overflowing with the bloom of roses, car- nations, sweet peas and, in fact, almost every sort of flowering plants, and the| pageant is going to be simply gorgeous. | There will be nothing to equal it an where clse in California, and I want you | all to come and see if I am not right. “Our beautiful arches and Corinthian columns are in place and the myriads of incandescent lights are being strung along L street, from Tenth to Fifteenth. The magnificent Capitol ‘bullding and its | greunds make a striking background, and | our scene of festivity could not be more | bappily located. “We are providing accommodations in | advance for our visitors, so that there | may be no confusion or difficulty in find- ing stopping places. “Let me tell you finally that you will miss a beautiful festival if you stay away from our street fair. “Come up and bring your friends. We shall try to give you all a good time.” —_———— PERSONAL MENTION. R. Aral of New York is at the Palace. Fred Sutton, a Sonora banker, is at the Lick, W. A. Lick. T. Harrington, a banker of Colusa, is at the Palace. John P. Farish, a mining man of Den- ver, is.at the Palace. Frank H. Buck, a fruit grower of Vaca- ville, is at the Palace. Hervey Lindley, a lumberman of Klam- athon, is at the Palace. Murray M. Harris, an organ builder of Los Angeles, is at the Grand. James D. Schuyler, a civil engineer of Los Angeles, is at the Palace. V. 8. McClatchy, editor of the Sacra- mento Beey is at the California. J. E. Stubbs, president of the Univer- sity of Nevada, is at the Grand. Herbert Cuthbert, traveling secretary of the Tourist Association of Victorla, B. C., is at the Palace. M. Siminoff, the well known merchant, leaves to-morrow for a three weeks' busi- ness trip in the East. H. J. Small, who is in charge of the machine shops of the Southern Pacific Company at Sacramento, is at the Palace. : Viain s dhia CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, May 7.—The following Californians have arrived: San Fran- cisco—E. J. Duffey, F. C. Torrey, at the Everétt; F. J. Hunter, at the Sturtevant; G. W. Elder, at the Criterion; C. C. Bar- der, at the Astor; P. Corcoran, at the Cosmopolitan; E. B. de la Matyr, at the Continental; J. W. Nelson, W. Jalkman, 1. Rose and wife, at the Herald Square; G. W. Richardson, at the Albert. Santa Barbara—M. R. Vall, at the Ven- dome. San Diego—H. Tabor, at the Marlbor- ough. —_—— A CHANCE TQ SMILE. “Speaking of the supply of small change,” observed the professor, ‘it wm:I’: not surprise me to learn that a considerable amount of ship subsidiary coin has already been put i " it ey b put in eclrculation. “Nothing s made in vain” sald the philosopher. “That’s right,” answered Senator Sorg- hum. “I was thinking of that the other day. It du:esn'thmm any difference how no-account a_horse is you al trade him off for -omZmni,“' ud'g: most un:xenfimm&mber“ol’twem can be thered e - le!."—Wuhlngwnmflt:.r.m vo“n‘ o Gett of Sacramento is at the GRAVE CHARGES LEAD TO ARREST OF EX-SOLDIER —_——— J. Wilson Cochran is either a hypocrite or a much maligned young man. He was arrested yesterday afternoon on a war- rant sworn, to before Judge Cabaniss charging him with petty larceny by trick and device. The.complaining witness 15 L. F. Golder, paymaster for the American Can Company, who alleges that on or about August 1 last Cochran obtained $20 50 from him by trick and device. Golder stated that Cochran had been employed by the can company and was in the habit of borrowing money from the men and boys employed there by tell- ing them that he had a “pull.” From one boy, John Gabrielle, who earned a dollar per day and had saved some money, he borrowed $60 50. Cochran was discharged from the company's service about a week ago. gA. G. Walton, who accompanied Golder. stated that Cochran was a former sol- dier and came here from the Philippines about a year ago. He lived at 502 Powell street, where Walton also lives. He be- came a member of the Young Men’s Chris- tlan Association and borrowed money from different members on the plea that he was poor and was trying to lead a Christian life. He also attended the First Presbyterian Church and had so ingr: tiated himself that a week ago he was appointed secretary of the Sunday-school. He had also been sending flowers and paying his addresses to a daughter of one of the elders of the church. WARNING FROM THE EAST. According to ‘Walton, Cochran’s hypocrisy was exposed when the follow- ing letter reached this:city recently from Philadelphia, addressed to the editor of the Occident, the defunct organ of the Presbyterian church in this eity: PHILADEIPHIA, April 2, 1902 The Editor of the Oceident, San Francisco, Cal.—My Dear Sir: I desire to warn the min- isters of the Pacific Coast against an impostor representing himself to be my brother under the assumed name of Arthur H. or George H. Cochran. He has been living off the sympa- thies of ministers for years, representing him- self to be recently converted from a dissolute lite, and is now in California. He is a hard- ened criminal and ehould be brought to jus- tice. Respectfully yours, JOSEPH W. COCHRAN, Pastor Northminster Church, Philadelphia, Pa. This letter led to inquiries being made and it is claimed that the impostor, Cochran, referred to in the letter is the Cochran under arrest, and that he had been borrowing money from members of the First Presbyterian Church on the strength of being the brother of the clergyman in Philadelphia. SAYS HE IS INNOCENT. ‘Cochran when seen after his arrest re- fused at first to talk. Finally he denied that he knew any clergyman of the name of Cochran in Philadelphia, and therefore could not have represented himself as his brother. It must, he said, be a case of mistaken identity. He admitted borrow- ing money from employes at the can com- pany, but said he had pald most of it back. The company kept back his last two weeks' wages for that purpose. He denied making advances to the daughter of the elder of the First Presbyterian Church, nor did he borrow any money from members of the church. He said he only borrowed $7 altogether from mem- bers of the Young Men's Christian Asso- ciation and had not yet repald the amount. “I have served two terms in the army in the Philippines,” said Cochran, “and have received an honorable discharge each time. I am a native of New York, where my family resides. I had friends here, but I fear this sad business will estrange them. My name is J. Wilson Cochran and I never assumed any other.” ANSWERS TO QUERIES. ONE OF '20—Subscriber, B. O. C., City. A half-dollar of 1829 does not command a premium. THE ABBREVIATION O. K—W. H, City. The letters O. K. in America sig- nify “all right.”” Their use is said to have originated with Jacob Astor, the New York millionaire. He was looked upon in commercial circles as a man of great in- formation and of sound judgment, and he was a sert of referee as to the solvency or standing of other traders. If a note of inquiry as to any trader’s position came, the answer to which he intended to be satisfactory, he was accustomed to write across the note the letters O. K. and re- turn it to the writer. These letters he jocularly sald were the abbreviation gf “all correct,” and in that sense they are now used all over the United States. To put a 1-cent stamp on a city letter in a place where there is a free delivery and TOPICS CURRENT IN THE CAMPS OF THE POLITICIANS The counties of San Francisco, Marin and San Mateo comprise the Second Rail- road District now represented by Commis- sioner C. §. Laumeister. It i3 generally understood that Laumeister is a candi- date for renomination. The First Equalization District is com- posed of San Francisco alone. J. G. Ed- wards was elected in 1398 to represent the distriet on the State Board of Equaliza- tion, but his death occurred shortly after his election. To fill the vacancy Gover- nor Gage appointed L. H. Brown of Ala- meda. Brown has served right along since he was appointed to the board, al- though one general election has taken place since the vacancy was filled by ap- pointment. In due time there will be a full quota of candidates for nomination to the office. The salary attaching to the position is $3000 per annum. The South- ern Pacific Company generally exerts ail the political influence at its command to obtain favorable representation on this board. While the politicians will be open~ ly and actively engaged in rounding up delegates favorable to this or that aspi- rant for the gubernatorial nomination, the agents of the railroad company will be quietly. canvassing the delegates behalf of particular candidates for State Board of Equalization. No doubt the manipulators of the Gage machine have already slated their candidates for the Supreme Court and the railroad and equalization boards. All signs point to an avalanche of inde- pendent voting at the general election next November. In order to achieve vic- tory at the polls, the Republican State committee must nominate men in whom the people have implicit confidence. The Southern Pacific this year might try the experiment of keeping hands off. Let the people be trusted to nominate men who will not combine to cinch the owners of raillway property. Governor Odell of New York, who is now in Southern California, will arrive in San Franecisco next Sunda: A dinner in his honor has been tendered by the Unifon League Club. The Governor has neither declined nor accepted the invita- tion, but he will say “yes” or ‘“no” next Sunday. Mayor Schmitz goes to Vallejo this evening to address a meeting under tho auspices of the Federated Trades and Labor Council. He has a host of friends in Solano County. The Mayor's latest ef- fort in music is a brilllant march, com- posed since he assumed the responsibili- ties of office. In deference to the wishes of his many friends and admirers, the march will be published shortly. Doubt- less it will be included in the eollection of patriotic airs to be played by the band on the occasion of the opening of the Republican State convention at the pavil- jon in Sacramento. Club Life, the new and exceptionally attractive journal published by the Club- women'’s Guild of San Francisco and Ala- meda County, pays this tribute to the Mayor’s new march: It is written in a light, swinging style, very melodious, catchy and sure to become im- mensely popular. Its title, “The Yankee Hus- tier,” is intended as a trfbute to American progress. The term ‘‘Yankee needs no defin- ing in the realm of the stars and stripes. “Hustler” is an Americanism universally ap- plied to any one bright, energetic, wideawake and enterprisinz. 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