The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 31, 1902, Page 6

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Call subscribers contemplating a change of residence during the summer months can have their paper forwarded by mail to gheir new sddresses by motifying The COall Business Office. This paper will also be on sale at all m mer resorts and is represented by a local agent in all towns on the const. e e == CENTRAL COAST COUNTIES. ITH the organization of the Central Coast Counties Association, which was effected at i U San Jose oa Thursday, another important movement has been started for the upbuilding of those sections of California whose resources have not yet been fully exploited nor advertised, nor even thoroughly explored. The region of country included in the scope of the work of the association is one of | the most picturesque, fertile and attractive parts of the globz. It is blessed with a climate of unsur- passed benignity. It has remained undeveloped be- cause until recently it has been more or less cut off | from the great highways of travel, but the com- | pletion of the Coast road places it upon what will be ! the main thoroughfarc between San Francisco and { the South, and accordingly from this time on there will be nothing to interfere with its rapid de\'c.lop- ment. The Call has repeatedly of late directed attention to the vast migratory movement among the people of the Eastern and the Mississippi Valley States. Eastern papers agree that the movement is the lar- gest of the kind in the history of the country, sur- passing the great westward flow of population that | built up the States of Kansas and Nebraska. The | movement is directed toward the Northwest. It is flowing into Montana and the Dakotas and over- flowing into the western provinces of Canada. The number of American farmers who are migrating to the Domirion is so large that it has set speculative thinkers to debating whether in the near future Manitoba may not be more American than Cana- dian in its population. The Central Coast Counties Association comes into being in time to direct the attention of this horde of home-seekers to the unrivaled advantages of the region the association represents. It is not to be expected, of course, that they can accomplish much at the start. When large numbers of men have begun moving in a particular direction it is not casy to turn them in another. The Northwest has been advertised for years. The thoughts of intend- ing migrants have been directed toward it for a long | time. That region of country is now profiting by | the work which was dcne in the past. The stream is | flowing that way, and the general mass of home- seekers is carried along by the stream. California cannot turn the course of the stream of emigrants this year, but by following the example | of the Northwest and of Canada she can turn some | of it in this direction next year, and when once a considerable current of migration is headed this way | that class of people who follow the crowd will join with it, and the next big wave of migration from the East will flow into California. The postponement of the St. Louis exposition will give the Central Coast Counties Association a chance to make a full and striking exhibit of the Tesources of their section of the State in conjunction with the vest of California. From present prospects it seems safe to conclude that the exposition will be one of the most attractive as well as the largest ever held. America never had a larger prestige in Europe than at this time, and it is reasonable to expect a large foreign attendance at the exposition. Furthermore, no part of the United States is now attracting so much attention from men of large enterprise as the Pacific Coast. It is reasonable to conclude’, there- fore, that California exhibits at St. Louis will be even more noted than were those at Chicago. In any event the region comprised in the Central Coast Counties has in itself enough of promise and potency to excite not only the enthusiasm but the energies of its people. The big wave of migration may subside for a time and the St. Lonis. exposition may not fulfill the sanguine expectations of its pro- moters, but none the less the enterprising men who TTHE SA STATES AND TERRITORIES. ARCUS A. SMITH of Arizona jn a speech in support of the statehood bill now before M Congress made a review of the relative superiority of State over Territorial government, and brought together a number of interesting facts concerning the development of the country. It is one of the most instructive addresses delivered on the subject, and while there may be objections in some quarters to certain of its statements, there will be no dispute concerning its essential merit as a contribution toward the discussion of the right of the people of the Territories to have a complete State government as soon as they are fitted by their wealth and numbers to sustain it. Mr. Smith asserts that Territorial government has interfered with the development of every section of the country that has been under such government, and that the acquircment of statehood has always been followed by a rapid advance in population, in- dustry, wealth and education. He says: “In ten years after statehood the population of Kentucky in- creased 200 per cent; Tennessee, 105 per cent; Ohio, 408; Louisiana, 100; Indiana, 500; Mississippi and Alabama, cver 400; Illinois, 350; Missouri, 111; Michigan, 221; Florida, 570; Iowa, 345; Wisconsin, 826; California, 370; Minnesota, 2370; and all the balance taken together increased at the surprising average rutio of 275 per cent.” Of course the fact that these rapid increases of population followed the admission of the several Territories to statehood does not prove that the ad- mission was the cause of the increase. -Still the fact that thg increase has been invariable after admission shows that there is at least some stimulus given to development by local self-government. It is a noteworthy iact that the residents of no Ter- ritory like a Territorial government. In every sec- tion of the Great West the people have begun agi- tating for admission to statehood about as soon as they are pumerous eaeugh to hold a convention; or rich enough to support a newspaper. That is in it- _self a streng argument for statehocd. Why should Congress impose upon any considerable number of Arerican people upon American soil a system of government that is distasteful to them? Mr. Smith sets ferth a statement of specific charges of wrong inflicted upon a people by Terri- torial governments with especial application to Ari- zona. He says: “Congress has given us a system of courts inherently wrong. It has regulated the number of our Judges, which is grossly inadequate, and results often in delay and often in denial of jus- tice. It denies us the authority to call an extra ses- sion of the Legislature unless the will of the Presi- dent be first consulted. Tt reserves the right to de- stroy any good obligation we may assume and has | actually validated and made binding on us a lot of illegal railroad bonds which the Supreme Court of. the United States had previously declared void.* It prohibits us from expending our money on public improvements, no matter how urgent our necessi- ties. It has stifled industries by prohibiting us from selling mining properties in foreign markets, thus laying upon us an embargo not borne by the States. It has exempted 400 miles of railway from taxation and-refuses to survey the enormous land grant of said road so that taxes on the land might be im- posed by the Territory. It has withheld the land which belongs to our school fund, refuses us all con- trol over it until we become a State, and then re- fuses us statehood. It gives us no representation in either House of Congress, and yet imposes taxes. It has even refused to appropriate the salaries pro- vided by law for the hungry officials it has sent us. It has persistently refused to pass laws by which tim- ber lands could be sold or leased, and has hedged the limited right to take timber for any purpose with odious and impractical rules. And last, but not least, it has fastened vpon us an odious system of carpet-bag rule.” That is 2 formidable indictment. It is not strange that 2 people who have so many grievances fo com- plain of should demand the right of self-government. Moreover, it is easy to see why such governmental restrictions may materially interfere with the devel- opment of the Territories. Arizona, Oklahoma and New Mexico have already a population large enough to entitle them to statehood, and if they be admitted it seems reasonable to assume their would be speedily doubled. e — populations The session of the Virginia constitutional conven- tion was long, but it is said the constitution adopted is longer still. There is a clamor among some of the people of the State to have it published in three vol- umes for convenience. GOVERNMENTAL INEFFICIENCY. STRIKING illustration of the inability of A Governments to deal promptly with abuses is’ to be found in the delay of the United States Government to provide a stable and reliable mone- tary system for the Philippine Islands. It is a sub- ject deserving the attention of persons who are in- clined to favor Government ownership of public utilities, for it contains a warning of what would al- most surely happen in any, department of public af- fairs the Government was called upon to regulate. The instability of the value of the currency in use in the Philippines is a serious handicap on all kinds of industry and works a grievous hardship to the poor. The evil is perceived by every visitor to Manila. Only a short time ago a lady in that city wrote to the Boston Transcript a review of condi- tions in the islands and said: “Until the Govern- ment has an honest, stable currency and keeps faith with its employes as a private business firm would do there is very little chance of money-making.” Recently the Manila Volcano said: “What about money in this archipelago? It is nearly as debased and depraved as the so-called Spanish laws. Can any intelligent gentleman in these islands tell how much in money he is worth? Can he bring from his trousers pocket a handful of this bastard coin and tell its value? If so, can his neighbor bring from his trousers pocket the same number of coins of the same denomination and tell their value? And if he can, will the value of the two exhibits of depraved currency be the same in the opinion of their pOs- sessors? It will not. Now, if two individuals can- not agree on the value of the coins in their trousers pocket, how are the 300,000 inhabitants in Manila and the millions of inhabitants in this archipelago to agree on a uniform value in their breeches pockets, if they have any, or on the money in their posses- sion?” are working for the advancement of that region will accomplish 2 large measure of success. They dan offer inducements to settlers and to investors that no other locality can exceed, and they have only to make those inducements known to attract a class. of home- seekers who will know how to profit by the oppor- | tunifies and make the most of them. . That is the situation in the islands, and it has been so for 2 long time. Complaint after complaint has been made of the evil, and report after report has rendered the whole matter familiar to Congress. Still nothing has been done to provide an efficient and satisfactory remedy. .| 1Itis to be borne in mind 'that the Government is ) y FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MAY 31, 1902, W UNPOPULARITY. OF GAGE IS GENERALLY RECOGNIZED favorable to the demands (;f the islanders and under- stands the value of a sound currency. It is a sound money House, a sound money Senate and a sound money administration. Congress and the President are alike eager to' promote the welfare of the island- ers. They are eager to put the currency upon a stable basis. In spite of all that nothing has been ac- complished and there is no telling when the slow- moving machinery of governmental action will at last achieve the work. How would that kind of delay affect a community if the regulation of street railways, water, gas and electricity were in the hands of the Government? Private ownership is of course subject to abuses, but it never fails to get needed work done when an emergency calls for it. e e ————— The battle between the Nicaragua and the Panama routes has shifted from a struggle over comparative costs to a wrangle as to which is freest from vol- canoes and earthquakes, and from the way experts are being cited on both sides of the issue it seems the dispute’ may last for the rest of the newly born century. e — CHICAGO AND HER CULTURE S a literary center Chicago is making history A rapidly, and in a very unique way. Other cities establish their prestige in the world of letters by the aid of authors who write books and win fame. Chicago resorts to no such crude methods as that. When she wishes to assert any literary claim she makes up a legal issue, takes it to one of her own courts, gets a decision in her favor and exults. Twice within a single week has Chicago scored a literary triumph for her people through the processes of her courts. First she obtained from a’Judge a decision that “Cyrano de Bergerac” was written by a Chicago. man. Next she won a decree that a Chi- cago lady may order a fifty-volume set of Balzac’s works, keep them four years; read them, soil them, and yet not pay for them because they are unfit to be read. A dispatch from France reports that when Sarah Bernhardt was asked what she thought of the deci- sion that a Chicago pork packer is the genuine au- thor of “Cyrano” she replied that she now expects another court of that city to decide that Mayor Har- rison wrote “L’Aiglon.” The expectation is not un- ratural, and the fact that it is already felt- by one of the leading lights of Paris shows how far and how swfmy the fame of Chicago courts as masters of literature has traveled. It appears that the Chicago anonymunculus |who wrote “Cyrano de Bergerac” did not as a matter of fact write it exactly the same as Rostand, nor give it the same name. He wrote a story of a man who had a big nose and who helped another man to win a bride: Upon that basis Chicago holds he is entitled to all the hornors and emoluments of Rostand’s play. Chicago, in fact, excludes everything of poetry, sen- timent, eloguence, wit and pathos from considera- tion in matters of literature. The skeleton plot is everything. In that respect Chicago literary judg- ment differs from Chicago judgment on hogs, for in the hog trade they are not content with the skeleton. They demand the lard, the bristles and the hoof. The Balzac case is even more notable than that of Rostand. It opens a way for every Chicago man to become a patron of art-and letters. He has only to order fine editions of the works_of the masters, or lovely pictures with handsome frames, Keep them for years and when called on to pay for them refuse on the ground that they are not fit for the Chicago do- mestic circle. It is a great scheme, and it must be very comforting to the cultured elements and poets of Chicago to know that they have courts which will sustain them every time. R negotiations are .about as copfusing as the early reports at the outbreak of the war con- cerning General Builer's operations. It will be re- membered that in those days we used to hear that Buller has crossed the river, Buller has recrossed the river, Buller has once more crossed the river, and again that Buller has recrossed the river. So it goes now. One day peace is assured, the next day comes a report that the Boers will not-agree to the Brit- ish terms, and then agaix.\ we hear that peace will be established in a few days. Out of the conflicting reports the world derives the information that peace is at hand. There may be hesitations, delays, disagreements and Tpostpone- ments, but the fighting is over. It has been an- nounced that King Fdward is eager for peace and has been urging the Ministry to grant liberal terms for the sake of obtaining it before the coronation. Whether that be true of the King or not it is cer- tain that public sentiment among the British people is overwhelmingly in favor of peace. That sentiment will have more ight with the Ministry than the wish of the King, and it is not likely there will be any insistence upon unconditional surrender.. The Boers will doubtless receive good terms to compen- sate themh to some extent for the surrender of their independence. e It has been a long war and a costly one both in blord and treasure. It results in the overthrow of twn republics, but it lays the foundation for a united South Africa that may some day become an inde- pendent republic and be a far greater antagonist to the principles of imperialism than the Transvaal and fhe Orange Free State standing by themselves could ever have been. The men who are now arranging the terms on which Boer and Briton are to live together are doing more than closing a war. They are wind- ing up an old order of things and making way for WINDING UP THE WAR. EPORTS from London concerning the peace new. No one can doubt that a great future awaits | a united South Africa, and while it will be British in government and in form, it may be infused through and through and be cominated by the race that now appears to be conquered. ‘o Chicago reports that during the first fifteen days of May there were in that city thirty cases of sui- cide, or exactly two a day, and it appears some peo- ple are so eager to leave Chicago when the hot sea- son begins they do not care where they go. Any place in the next world is cooler than Chicago. Senator Bacon has declared in the Senate that Re- publican leaders once occupied the position with re- spect to the Philippines that the Democrats are now advogating. and it may be so. The Democratic party generally reaches a Republican position about fous years after the Republicans have gone forward. - Incredible as it may seem, excursions were planned from St. Pierre to Mont Pelee even while the mon- ster of nature was belching death, If ever there were a dread illustration of the mountain coming to the people/this was one. : ' and Sacramento counties were regarded as boss strong- holds. Since. the utter rout of the Gage-Mackenzie push in the first named county the Republican citizens of Sac- ramento and Humboldt have been encouraged to renew their efforts in the cause of good government and honest adminis- All signs indicate the defeat of the Gage machine in the capital city. Colonel J. B. Wright, Bank Commissioner, is known as a popular man and a good organ- izer, but his popularity and organizing ability are not equal to the task of lining up the people of that city for Gage. The cltizens of Sacramento have no enthusiasm and very little The feeling, however, is not one- BI-:FORE the San Jose election Santa Clara, Humboldt ai tration of public affairs. respect for the Governor. sided, as Gage does not appear to care whether the citizens of tuat place like or dislike him. préfers San Quentin to Sacramento and ‘world shall know his preference.! A. J. Johnston hopes to get from the Republicans of Cali- fornia another nomination to the office of State Printer. lives in Sacramento and has strong home support. The pro- gramme prior to the San Jose election was that Gage delegates should be selected, but the friends of Johnston, in the light of recent developments, have deemed it advisable to inform the public in a general way that the fight for State Printer, as far as their candidate Is concerned, is' not connected with the contest for any other under the cover of Johnston VISALIA DELTA: We have no authority to speak for Editor Pillsbury, but so far as the Delta 1s concerned, there can be no concatenation of circumstances and no infervening influences that can secure Gur fuifipnt Jd: Gage. 3t he cannot be detenten at the nominating convention he must and will be defeated at the polls. RED BLUFF PEOPLE'S CAUSE: One of the shrewdest political observers in| San Francisco, says the Eureka Standard, and one who has been very close to Gage, said to the writer that unless Gage's friends carried San Jose they must give up the contest for the | State. He sald: “It is no use to endanger Re- publican success and lose half or more of the Congresslonal ticket. to satisfy any man’s am- bition; and if this, election goes against Ma kenzie's ticket is out of the question. These sentiments will be re-ebhoed from one €nd of the State to the other. Some independ- £nt Republican must be nominated, It will be no easy task to pick the winner, but the north- ern part of the State has claims to the nomina- tion, and it has a good, clean, honest and hon- orable man to present to the convention in the person of Hon. E. B. Edson of Siskiyou. NAPA JOURNAL: The San Francisco Call makes serious charges of thievery, forgery and corruption in the management of the State Prison at San Quentin, involving Warden Agulrre as inspir- Governor Gage as beneficlary. ing criminal and The San Francisco Call has been digging up data for months past regarding the manage- ment of the San Quentin prison under Warden Agulrre, a bosom friend of Governor Gage, and the conclusions, which are of a most startling nature, were given to the public Saturday. The Call emphatically declares that the financlal affairs of San Quentin Prison are in the hands of a corrupt ring, the members of which, including the Warden, are guilty of fraud.” deception, obtalning goods under. false pretenses, falsification of records and other crimes, including forgery, and that Governor e and his family were the beneficiaries of Aguirre’s felonious act. Yesterday The Call presented proofs of for- gery and obtaining goods under false pretenses, and concludes with thie declaration that there is more proof to beé offered. OAXKLAND ENQUIRER: At the present time the wardens of the two prisons are men who were put in office solely hecause they were friends of Governor Gage. Just at the present time there is a serious eruption of charges against the managements of the prisons, but we do ot know how much there is in the story in either case. At Fol- sam, so it is charged, the warden has dis- Pplayed too much favor toward certain convicts and has treated other comvicts with extreme cruelty. At San Quentin the scandal is of a more personal nature, it being charged that Warden Aguirre has bought supplies ostensibly for the prison which really went for his per- e et State office. ramento for himself. thing was adjusted would be for Gasge. manipulators that Eureka, Arcata and part in the election animated contest at a tinker's blessing throws off the yoke He is willing that the munity discovers in He The inflyential n the political situatio; so closely allied wi ments: nd sonal use or for the use of the Governor and members of his family. There may be politl; cal bias in the story in the one inetance and personal venom in the other. In due time, 10 bt, o Shieh contatne & fty of Democrats, ;vafl; make the necefaary investigation, and we look t ow the truth. Bt the ‘main_ thing which is gesirable is & change in fundamental conditions. R Gught to be a state of public opinion Which would make it lmpom‘me ‘t:r! Ky d w‘(’)«;mom 1o cause the chief positions to be filled with his personal friends without regard to qualifications. - SRR HUMBOLDT STANDARD: Humboldt's duty is to select a delegation of her best Republican citizens who are not dfll;l‘ Inated by any man or machine; men Who know what good eftizenship requires in every office, and let them go to the convention un- pledged, save to do tdelr best to nominate good, clean, able men for every State of- fice. Then, when they are on the ground, they can act for the best interests of this county and State. This should satisty even a friend of Governor Gage. When such a delegation get into convention they can support the bes! and strongest man, be hé Flint or Edson, Preston or Schmits, or even a ‘‘dark horse. It may be that besides havinz a candidate for Congress this county bas a man who would serve the State weil in ‘he office of Rallroad Commissioner: but toat is a minor question. We want upright, honorable, fear- less men in office; men who know but one master, and that master the sovereizn people of the State. Give the Republican party such a ticket and the State will roll up a grand majority for it: give it any other sort and the party will stand in grave danger of defeat. ‘The voters, everywhere, are in about the same temper they are here in Humboldt. They must have fair orimaries, tickets nominated by the peonle and not by the bosses, and then)| they will rally at the polls and pile up a splendid majority for the ticket. Republican voters of this county should see to it that such a ticket be placed in the field. But they will not do it unless they get to work and as- sert their mankood, their right to select dele- gates® candidates instead of having the “push’ do it for_them. ONTARIO RECORD-OBSERVER: San Jose held a city elaction on Monday, and threw off the shackles of boss rule. The city has been for years tfed up to the gang that is now pushing Gage's interests there, and the contest was openly and avowedly one between the Gage and anti-Gage forces. Upon the whole ticket only one Gage man was elected. The rout was as nearly complete as the most sanguine could have hoped for. This leaves Gage with a smashed machine in his own particular stronghold, no possible chance ¢f a’ united delegation in his home county, with San Francisco and Sacramento against him, Alameda County divided, and the whole southern part of the State— the voters—bit- terly opposed to him. He ought to be able to see the handwriting in this state of affairs. LOS ANGELES TIMES: As time passes the fact Is made more and more apparent that Henry T. Gage cannot be re-elected Governor of California. The oppost industrial development under boss rule. g;:r:nycl;:ted from boss rule, promises to achieve a full meas- ure of presperity under the new regime. ernor Gage's chances for renomination have vanished. Johnston may be able to win the support, of Sac- , but he cannot pfogramme the delegation mty for Gage. 5 ‘:a(te;n:;e;;‘s prior to the issue of the call for the' Republi- can State Convention the Humboldt bosses sald that every- in that county and that the delegation It was then supposed by the machine appointed delegates would be recdgnized a nd Campbell would appoint the representatives. ::?el;:‘g‘etnc‘;ml}l:w comes from the north that the citizens of other places of the county intend to take of delegates. There is bound to be an the -primary election. If Humboldt County of bessism good citizens in every section of California will have cause for great rejoicing: Every com- time that there can be no material pros- San. Jose, ewspapers of the State, in commening on n generally, hold to the opinfon that Gov- He is th the bosses the people no longer have in him. The scandals touching his administration §¥“,§'.§’§|§‘§emm multiply. Here is a sample collection of com- tion to him is growing stronger, day by day, in his own party. This opposition is morally certain to defeat his aspirations to guberna- torial honors, either in the nominating con- vention or at the polls. In view of this practical certainty that Mr. Gage will be defeated if nominated, the folly of those who are seeking to force his nomin- ation passes all comprehension. Their schem- ing to bring about his nomination is bad poli- ties, because he cannot be elected; bad morals, because of his unsavory assoclations; and bad faith toward the Republican party, because those who are active in the matter profess to be friends -of the Republican party, whereas they are among its worst enemies. ‘The administration of Governor Gage has not been such as to win the confildence of his own party, nor that of the people at large, irre- spective of party. Though pretending and claiming much, it has been weak in most re- spects. But its great and pervading fault has been its shameless alliances with the disrepu- table elements of politics in both parties. In this humiliating fact i to be found the most important reason for the loss of public confi- dence by Governor Gage and his adminis- tration. If Governor Gage had not chosen to identify himself with such men as Burns, Herrin, Kelly, Crimmins, Burke, Lynch, Mackenzle—now the discredited and defeated ex-boss of San Jose— and other politiclans with unsavory records, he might have retained in _some degree the con- fidence and respect of his party. But almost from tbe Beginning of his official term it be- came apparent that his administration was 1o be dominated by politicians of that class whom the people distrust and despise. Is it any wonder, under the cifcumstances, that _the public distrust and dislike have extended from the political parasites and ringsters, who own the Governor and his administration, to the Governor himselt? Mr. Gawe deliberately threw away his political future by casting his Jot with men of that stamp. He must abide the consequences_ It is not in the least probable that the ma. chine politiclans who are managing the G campaign will heed the handwriting on the wall to such an exfent as to desist from their efforts to force upon the Republican convention the nomination of this unpopular _candidate. So supreme is their confidence in the efficacy of machine methods, that they will assume that they can successfully override all opposition and return their candidate to office against the wishes of the people. They will learn their mistake in due time. But the right and proper place to teach them their mistake is first at the primaries and next in the State nominating convention. If their disliked and discredited candidate be there defeated, the people will be relieved of the duty of defeating him at the polls in November. REDLANDS CITROGRAPH: The great lesson to be derived from the city election Held at San Jose is that when all the people register and vote the best laid schemies ot the bosses go down to certain and sure de- feat. Out of a registration of 4800 over 4500 went to the polls and did their duty as free American citizens. "And, even then, the bosses were downed by only 300 votes. The boss scheme was most skilifully planned, and but for the almost complete registration, and the veting of almost every one registered, they would have won. When all the good men vots the schemes of the bosses are invariably de- feated. DEMOCRATS AND INDEPENDENTS. The Democratic and ifidepcndent‘ newspapers of the State do not hesitafe to express opinions concerning the attitude of Republican aspirants. STOCKTON MAIL (DEM.): . The Call continues to publish alleged proofs of its charges of corruption at San Quentin, in which Governor Gage and Warden Aguirre are implicated. The matter is of sufficient se- riousness to warrant an Investigation, and | manifestly no time should be lost in beginning it. Tt Is vehemently declared that the State has been made to pay for property for private use and that forkery has been resorted to in order to make this possible. At piaih PETALUMA COURIER (DEM.): The San Francisco Call has stirred up a large dose of trouble in'San Quentin, and unless matters are stralghtened cut there will likely be several libel sults and a number of dead political ducks on the bay shore. The charges are serious concerning the actions of Warden Aguirre and Governor Gage, and include fraud, forgery, malfeasance, obtaining goods under faise pretense and a robbing of the State with the aid of conviet forgers and the misapplica- tion of public authority. Bilis are cited as baving been paid by the State through Aguirre for goods and supplies for the bemefit of the Governor's family, and The Call says it has proot of the charges and various other acts that certalnly place a big lot of officials in a mighty bad light. VALLEJO TIMES (DEM.): The San Francisco Call makes sensational charges of thievery, forgery and corruption in the management of the State prison at San Quentin, involving Warden Agulrre as inspir- ing criminal and Governor Gage as beneficiary. The Call backs up its charges with an array of figures that prove very convincing. MODESTO NEWS (DEM.): As a result of the constant hammering away at Governor Gage during the past year and of the fact that he is the most unpopular public man in California to-day, it is possible and more than probable that, when the Republican State convention meets, he will not be a can- didate for renomination. The rumor among those usually well inform- ed is that when Herrin and Burns give the word the Governor will withdraw from the fleld, leaving it apparently open, and that these bosses will get behind Pardee of Oakland and will endeavor to_secure the nomination for the Iatter. That the bosses have a certain s trength is unquestiomed, for they have full control of the Republican' State machine, created and managed by Burns and . ' They can, un- doubtedly, transfer this strength to any ean- didate {hey choose to get behind. It proves unavailable because of his ug:p\um Ly they will take no chances! before the people '(g such an uncertain quantity. They will unite upon a person equally as plastic in their hands, but less susceptible to a suspicion of bef controlled by them. The rumor that will not down is to the effect that Burns and Hi Burns instruct him to withdraw, and in the latter event, Pardee will be the nominee for Governor. newspavers most active in their sup- port of Gage for Governor are making a des- make the the same. ticket winning in o gallop. Those who op- goss the nomivation of Governor for an- race are rejoicing with great mtg« tl:u‘n of &u.%mh: ‘was umunudvum'w anti- , showing the sentiments it is claime that the Gov- # Friday,” llr?" - Comments are as follow: making purchases of goods for the use of the friends of the Warden and Governor Gage, and the bills thereof were changed, or rather forged, so that they appeared to be for goods for the prison and were duly passed by the Board of State Examiners. The Call says that Dot only one case, but many, whereby the Warden - and Gavernor's friends robbed the State, can be proven. The' charges are serfous ones ‘and should be sifted to the bottom. If there is any truth in them Warden Aguirre should be removed at once and Governor Gage be heid responsible as well. The Call is not likely to make such serfous charges unless it can prove them, and these charges coming, as they do, right after the charges of brutaMty and starving of prisoners at Folsom prison, are not likely to assure the taxpayers that the State money appropriated for prisons is mot being in considerable quantities put into the pockets of diskonest officials. —_—— CHICO RECORD (DEM. The San Francisco Call has been digging up months past rezarding the 'manage- San Quentin prison under Warden a friend of Goversor Gage, conclusions, which are of a most nature, were given to the public ’ day. The Call emphatically declares that the financial affairs of San Quentin orison are in the bands of a corrunt ring, the members of which, including the Warden, are guilty of fraud, decention, obtaining goods under false pretensec, falsification of records and other crimes, including forgery, and that Governor Gage and his family were the beneficiaries of Agutrre’s felonious acts. Yesterday The Call presented proofs of for- gery and obtaining goods under false pretenges, and concludes with the declaration that thers is more proof to be offered. —_———————— Cal. glace fruit 50c per Ib at Townsend's.* —_—— Prures stuffed with apricots. Townsend’s.* —_—— Townsend’s Cfllfomhoh glace fruit, 50c a pound, In fire-etched boxes ar Jap. bask- ts. A nice present for Eastern friends, :‘ Market st., Palace Hotel building. * ——— Spectal ll]nlnrmnmm .?i‘pu.a dally to business houses and public men Fress Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), fl” e fornia street. 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