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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JUNE 23, 1902. The— Sl Eall. MONDAY. 2 .JUNE 23, 190. pri 2tor. JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Fro, Zééress 11 Cormanications to W. 8. LEAKE, Manager. TELEFPHONE. Ask for THE CALL. The Operator Wil Connect You With the Department You % '~h. Mark~t and Third, S. F. 17 to 221 Stevenson St. I'UBLICATION OFFICE I'DITORIAL ROOMS. . Delivered by Carriers. 15 Cents Per Week. Single Coples. 5 Cents. Terms by Mafl. Including Postage: DAILY CALL drecluding Sudday), one year. DAILY CALL ¢ncluding Sunday), 6 months DAJLY CALL (including Svaday). 8 months. DAILY CALL—By Single Montb FUNDAY CALL. One Year. WEEKLY CALL, One Yea All postmasters are cuthorized to recelve =ubscription Eample coples will be forwarded when requested. Mail subscribers In ordering cha: e of address should be particular to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order to insure = prompt and correct eompliance Wwith thelr request. ¢ AKLAND OFFICE.. ...1117 Broadway C. 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SCSURECTT 11 LEAVIFG TOWN FCB TEE SUMMER. €=l wubscribers contemplatinz a change of residence during the summer months can have their paper forwarded by mail to their mew nddresses by motifying The Call Business Oflice. This paper will also be or sale at alli summer resorts and is represented by a local agent in «l! towns on the coast. PROSPERITY STILL WITH US, RADE is quieter in the East, but véry good in T the West. The former section is affected by the continued lzbor strikes, which bob up one r another, and the latter by -the fine crop pros- pects. The Pacific Coast, being free from the former and in abundant possession of the latter;-is-in the best condition of all. : : As far as the usual guiding figures show, the coun- a whole is still behind 1901 in the volume of ess. The bank clearings continue behind these last year, the decrease last wlek being 193 per cent, though most of the leading cities showed‘a gain. N York continues to lag, probably owing.to the | marked dullness in Wall street, which has been a sort of Sleepy Hollow for some time. Again, the season is backward, which affects’ New York by de- ierring the calls on her banks for money to move the crops, and also deferring the influx of money from Europe:in return for export bills, spot and prospec- ive. New York may and probably will have an ac- fall, but her summer is undeniably dull as com- pared with the abnormal activity of the past few s Ii the usual summer business is delayed until umn the movement then will doubtless be just so much the heavier. It is largely a question of crops in the long run, and the crop outlook is excellent. It is only a question of weeks when activity will be resumed, provided no setback occurs, and there are no signs of any at present. While the bank clearings of the country /show a logs. the railway earnings, on the contrary, continue to lead those of last year, showing an active distrib- utive business throughout the country. But still, the leading staples of the country are more or less list- less. Leather is dull, and hides are hardly as firm as they have been. Orders for boots -and shoes, while somewhat better than they have been, are not vet sufficient to keep all the New England factories employed. The woolen and cotton trades ate quiet and featureless, and buying of woolens is not brisk. | Business in grain on the Chicago Board of Tradc} has been somewhat better during the past week, but cannot be called active by any means. Ounr local business continues excellent. Exports from San Francisco by sea during the first eleven months of the fiscal year, which ends June 30, amounted to $38,240,000, against $33,260,000 during the same period in 1900-1901 and $32,638,000 in 1899- 1900. These figures show 2 steady gain in the export trade of the port, and give us no cause for complaint. Our shipping trade overland to the Territories and . Eastern States has also increased, and probably much | more than our foreign sed trade, as the West and Southwest are callifig upon us for supplies of farm produce more and more every year. We now are asked for quotations on lines of grain, vegetables and fruit before the crops are harvested, and the Business of catering to the vast section between ‘us and the Mississippi Valley is assuming important praportions. This is a business that does not pass through ‘any custom house and therefore is niot visible to anybody except those in the trade itself, and up to the present 1s received little public attention. But it is increas- ing so rapidly that it is now well to tHe front and will soon be recognized as 2 branch of trade to be helped along and fostered as much as possible. * The downtown merchants without-exception report good demand for produce and merchandise, with collections casy and failures few. The banks, both city and country, are plentifully supplied with funds, d some of them are hunting up borrowers. A few vears ago it was just the other way, but now the solvent borrower finds no difficulty. in getting ‘prampt accommodation at moderate rates of interest. - This condition leads to the formation of new enterprises, which continue to spring up on all sides, thus devel- oping the industries of the State to an extent never before witnessed in ouf history. For all of which we may be truly thankful. of tive e . Wher. Los Angeles County is ealled upon to pay the costs of Gage’s criminal libel suit the taxpayers will wish to know why he brought the suit in that county instead of some place nearer to the homes of the witnesses W BLAND'S MONUMENT., [ HERE is an element of pathos in the dedication l of a monument to the late Hon. Richard P. Bland by his neighbors in the Missouri dis- capacity and fair tramil!ng He was'an honest man and desired to benefit his fellows, bringing to that work as a public man a feeling of fellowship with the people and certain inflexible convictions as to their interests which should be in the equipment of all pub- lic men. But there is no evidence that he was ever a student of financial science. When a young man he lived in Nevada several years, and at Virginia City held a minor judicial office, in which he acquiued' himself without reproach. While there he was in contact | with the remarkable history of the Comstock, and witnessed the output from that great lode of the greatest volume and variety of the precious metals that has ever been produced from one locality of equal area. If he made any ventures in mining they his native State to give her more space in national mattersThan she had enjoyed since the days of Ben- ton. It is probable that his selection of the silver ques- tion as a specialty in statesmanship was more the result of accident than of design. The death of Michael C. Kerr, while holdirg the Speakership of the first Democratic House that was elected after the Civil War, drove the party into an unexpected contest for the succession. The candidates were Morrison, Ran- | dall and S. S. Cox, all, as far as the issue was then developed, sound money men. Bland supported Mor- rison, but-Randall won. When the committees of the House were made up Bland was sent away back to sit down at the head of one that met once dhring a session, that of coinage, weights and measures. It is said that he spoke of this to Morrison, who had no word of blame for Speaker Randall's way of paying his political debts, but advised Mr. Bland to study the career of Stephen A. Douglas after he was demoted to the Committee on Territories and pro- ceeded to repeal the Missouri compromise by his | Kansas-Nebraska bill and doctrine of squatter sov- ereignty. Bland took the hint, looked into the coin- age act of 1873, discovered what the country had for- gotten, that it obsoleted the old silver dollar and made a gold dollar the unit of value. Soon from far down the line where Randall had sent the honest and | energetic Missourian rose sounds of eruptive states- manship, and Mr. Bland equaled Douglas in the space filled by the issue he created, and imitated Douglas also in destroying his party with that issue | in 1896 as Douglas had destroyed it in 1860. Randall only lived up to his lights as an astute pol- itician when he sent Bland into exile on an obscure committee, but from a Democratic standpoint it would have been better to have made him chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means and the Jeader | of the House, since he led it anyway. He could have made no other use of his place at the head | of the coinage committee, and he was not equipped to make that use of it by any pro- found knowledge of finance, yet neither friend nor -foe ever suspected that he was aught but honest and sincere in his advocacy of the free eoinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1. The ‘issué_was snatched from his hands in 1896 by Mr. Bryan, and served to thoroughly alarm the country | and defeat the party that adopted it, but Mr. Bland lived and died enjoying the confidence of the coun:iry in his sincerity. 5 He really survived the issue upon which his fame depends. Free silver was dead before its great pro- ponent pasted away. Many mourned him who re- joiced when his issue died, and his pathetic monu- ment, recording a life that failed in its great purpose, but suceceded in one essential of manhood, in that it was the life of a plain and honest gentleman, will be far from the least impressive of the many memori- als built by friendship and affection to perpetuate the memory of American worthies. He was mistaken as to the temper of the people, but when he uttered the that is in- scribed on his monument, “T do speak for the great masses of the Mississippi Valley when I say that we will not submit to the domination of any party, how- sentence | ever much we may loxe it, that lays the sacrificing hand upon silver and will demonetize it,” he was hon- est in the belief that he knew what the people wanted. His career is admonitory. The people of whom he spoke followed sound money out .of the party he represented and to-day his great issue is remembered only as a passing convulsion. In a few years other public issues now ‘being quarreled over will have gone the same way. A NEW CUBAN QUESTION. HEN the American flag was replacéd at Havana by the flag of free Cuba, when the American army sailed away and President Palma began the administration of an independent government, the great mMiass of the American people hailed the occasion with satisfaction as the ending of our relations with the Cuban problem. It was felt that while we might have trouble for years to | come in the Philippines, we were safely out of Cuba. We had promoted the establishment of an independ- ent republic, had performed a great and generous deed, and now were to leave the liberated people to make themselves strong by grappling with their own difficulties and working out their own salvation. Only a short time has passed since our jubilation over the withdrawal of the army from Cuba and al- ready a new Cuban issue has arisen. " A resolution has been submitted to the Senate providing for the an- nexation of Cuba, and the resolution is not a freak, nor~did it emanate from an irresponsible statesman. Senator Elkins, author of the resolution, is a practical man_and a Senator of influence. Where he leads it is certain that -others will follow. In fact, a following has already appeared. The Wash- ington correspondent of Pire Call in a recent dispatch says: “Thereis a’ strong sentiment in both branches of Cengress in favor of the annexation of the islagd. Senator Platt of New York said to-day that he was positive that a bill to annex Cuba would pass both houses. He admitted that the initiative would have to come from the Cubans and believes that sentiment in favor of annexation would spread rapidly in Cuba.” It is not in Congress only that the annexation sentiment exists, nor is the propaganda in favor of { the movement confined to politicians. In the car- | rent number of The Forum, Albert G. Robinson, in | an article on “Our Legacy to the Cuban Republic,” says: “Sooner or later, and probably at no distant day, Cuba is destined to become a part of the United | States. The annexation of -the island after she shall have made an essay of such independence as is left her under the terms of the Platt amendment, will ‘-c | be the completion of an American policy of a hundred did not bring him wealth, and he finally returned to I years” standing. For Cuba to find her full independ- ence as a State in the American Union would be the richest legacy which could fall to her lot. American objection to such an-outcome rests in the lack of a broad acquaintance with Cuba and the Cubans. It trict which he represented long and honestly in Con- |rests in an assumption that the Cuban population gress. Bland was not a genius, but had good mental | consists of turbulent negroes controlled by more tur- bulent and unscrupulous politicians. Under a just gavernmcnt and a fair measure of prosperity, no more easily governed people are to be found in the world.” From this time on we may expect the advocates, of the annexation of the island to become more and more outspoken and insistent. We are therefore almlost certain to have a new Cuban question presented as an issue of practical politics within a comparatively short time. It is worth while therefore for the Amer- ican people to form a well considered judgment upon the subject before it becomes involved in partisan politics. We are having vexation enough in the Phil- ippines. Do we wish a Cuban problem added to what we have? A French physician has inoculated himself with the germ of consumption to prove that the disease may be contracted from afflicted cows. In having thus the courage of his convictions he possibly demonstrates that in some instances genius may assume the . form of idiocy. ( UNDER ANARCHIST LEAD. ~ITE strike of the operatives in the silk mills of T Paterson seems to have been led, if not plan- ned, by the anarchists who have headquarters in that city. The assassin of the King of Italy be- longed to the Paterson band and set forth on his journey thence to commit the crime that had been plotted in advance. After he died in the galleys his wife became a heroine in the Eastern circles of an- z(xjclw, Silk weaving is an Italian industry and many op- eratives of that nationality have immigrated to the silk centers of this country in quest of the much higher wages and better opportunities they may en- joy in the United States. Many native Americans have become skilled in that industry, and these, with the strike in the mills and desired to remain at work. The organization of weavers, however, was controlled by the element that was subject to the leadership of the anarchists, and made violent resistance to re- opening the mills with the labor that was willing to chief of police supplied the opportunity for extreme measures, which.was at once taken advantage of, in peril and property was destroyed. Perhaps the anarchist leaders dreamed of inaugu- rating a revolution, in which the lawful authorities would be driven off and the property attacked left at their mercy. In this they were mistaken. This country is not yet ready toleave life and property unprotected by law. But a serious question is presented by the incidents of labor contention this year. When- ever violence is resorted to in a strike, and is able to force a surrender, the supremacy of such violence over the law is taught and in the next labor dispute the vialence increases. With" a Southern European immigration pouring upon us by hundreds ofi thousands every year, this is a dangerous lesson to be taught to such vast num- bers who come, ignorant of our laws and with little or no sympathy with our system of government. We have recently published from United States Consular reports the wages paid in the silk mills of Southern Europe. In Lyons, where that industry is the most prosperous and the wages paid are highest, the av- erage wage is 6o cents a day. The report does not state the hours which constitute a day’s work, but it is safe to say that they much exceed the hours in reports show that it exceeds the cost here. ' Under these circumstances it would seem clear that these immigrant strikers are bettered in amount of wages, hours of labor and cost of living to an extent that should cantent them with the change, at least to the extent of making them obedient to the laws of the country, the only obedience exacted and loyal- ty asked of our native people or of aliens who come here. That they are not contented may be due to the anarchist ferment for which thie Paterson colony has become noted. The peculiar features of the riotous outbreak there are admonitory. The idea that was uppermost in the encouragement of foreign immigration was that it should assimilate and become American. In the icase of English-speaking aliens this assimilation readily took place in the first generation. But when non-English speaking people huddle together in dense colonies, as in manufacturing centers like Pat- erson, even the second generation remains non-as- similated and subject to the same misguiding influ- ences that affected the immigrants. It has been argued in Congress during discussion ‘of the Shattuc immigration law that for economic reasons there should be some effort made to secure a sort of preferred immigration. This argument is valid, but there are other reasons, political in their nature, that go to the structure of government, which may well be urged. The frequently recurring ex- hibition of violence against person and property in defiance of our laws designed to protect both, and the omission of any adequate punishment for these outbreaks of lawless passion, tend to breed wide- spread contempt for law. Associated with universal suffrage this growing evil, unless checked, may run to destructive extremes which will.profoundly affect and unfavorably change the character of the Govern- ment. The spectacle of a vast and destructive riot in an American city, led by alien anarchists and encouraged by an anarchist newspaper printed in a foreign tongue, i5 not agreeable to the American sense of law and order. Legislators should look below the surface of these things and not content themselves with such slight scratching of the skin of the ques- tion as has heretofore passed for statesmanship in dealing with the subject. - e American “land boomers” who are handling the lands of the Canadign northwest are said to be doing a rushing business. A syndicate that bought 1,000,000 acres at $2 an acre recently sold 230,000 acres at $3 50 without trouble at one sale to an Amer- ican colony. - The project of a number of Americans to erect in the Philippines a statue to Rizal, the Filiping_patriot, is curious. , Probably some Spanish gentleman will now unite to erect beside it a monument to Aguin- aldo to make things even. + It has been announced that a royal commission will be appointed to institute a general inquiry into the onduct of the South African war; so the trouble | isn’t over vet by a good deal. many peaceful Italians, were not in sympathy with | isiature, and a bloody riot resulted, in which many lives were | operate them. An inefficient, cowardly or sympathetic | American mills. As for the cost of living the same | END OF THEIR San Quentin Seandal and K Arouse the Republicans HE Los Angeles newspapers recently published a dispatch from San Francisco wherein it was reported that John D. Spreckels had sailed for Honolulu and W. S. Leake GAGE AND HIS SATELLITES NEAR POLITICAL COURSE ern County Bond Transaetion of the State to the Neeessity of Repudiating the Governor as the Party Leader 1t is the opinion of bankers and others inside gang of familiar with financial transactions that an the push planned and executed the deal. An explanation from County bond deal. | ize. | the actual needs of the State. had gone elsewhere. ceived the news with great glee, T oughly ventilated before the Republican sembled. prietor and manager of The Call were awaiting the convenience of the Los Ang gave signs of sore distress. The distres: @efendants were in court demanding an pers to extradite Mr. Spreckels. to cast about for means to extricate Mr. Extradition papers may be called for action, in which the State school fund REDLANDS CITRQGRAFH: About the strongest afraignment of Govern- or Gage's conduct of the gubernatorial offic that we have scen is that published by the | Fresno Republican, which paper is edited by Chester H. Rowell, a relative of Dr. Chester Rowell. It is clean but cutting, dignified but damaging, polished but puncturing to Mr. Gege’s vanity. While this arraignment is se- vere, it is true, and no dodging can evade the logical conclusion—no such man ought to re- celve the nomination, and if nominated, no such man can be elected. The Republican's edito- rial follows: “‘He has used the power of his office to gain practically dictatorial control of the Legisla- ture of the State, and has then used that con- trol to force through rome of the most vicious legislation proposed, while opposing or vetoing some of the most fimportant and salutary measures. He secured the passage of a bill fixing the térms of the appolntive officers so that they cxpire after the adjournment of the Leg- thus practically nullifying the con- stitutional authority of the Senate to confirm nominations. He sought to have passed, and placed it among the cmergency measures for which he called the Legislature in extra ses- | sion, a bill giving him authority to remove all the 'appointive officers throushout the State and fill the places with his henchmen. He could have prevented the passage of the moto- rious Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 28, and promised to do so, but broke his prom- This amendment, if ratified, will give him the power to appoint a commission to serve through the term of*fs successor, and part of it for ten years, whizh will take the place of all the commissions and boards in the State having to do with corporations. A more dan- gerous proposition was never placed before a free people. He made the fight of his life to prevent the election of an eminent and hon- orable citizen of his own section to the United | States Senate, and to elect, instead, the most | notorious leader of corrupt politics in Califor- nia. He vetoed many necessary appropriation bills, some because the legislators interested in | them refused to submit to his dictation, many in order to make a false showing of economy, and some from real lack of comprehension of He signed some of the most pernicious and absurd legislation. including a law (still on the statute books) to confiscate every newspaper property in the State and donate it to whoever might ask for it. He has neglected both the dignity and the duties of his office. He has been a politi- cian, not a Governor, and has chosen the worst | possible assoctates and methods, even as a poli- ticlan.”” SRR SAN DFEGO UNION: Governor Gage has been repudiated by his party. The political history of the State dis- closes no parallel instance of a man who was elected by a large majority to a high office becoming so thoroughly disliked and distrusted as is Henry T. Gage by the Republicans of California to-day. The Governor has been cen- sured again and again by papers of his party, but perhaps the most complete and exact state- ment of the causes that have led to the repu- diation of the man and his methods is that given by the Fresno Republican, LOS ANGELES TIMES. The fact is becoming steadily more apparent / HE armored cruiser Leviathan, of 14,100 tons, built at Clydebank, has passed through her steam trials, completing the series in seven days without a single hitch. The first trial, of thirty hours, under one-fifth power, came off May 13 and 14, the speed being 15.238 knots with 6372 horsepower, 200 pounds of steam, 70.75 revolutions and a coal consumption of 176 pounds per unit of horsepower. On May 15 another trial of thirty hours, under four-fifths power, was begun, resulting in 21.96 knots speed, 22,882 horsepower, with 245 pounds steam, 107.15 revolutions and coal con- sumption of 175 pounds. On May 19 the eight hours’ trial, under full power, gave 23.23 knots, 31,203 horsepower, with 180 pounds steam, 121 revolutions and a coal expenditure of 1.9 pounds. The ship was down to a draught of 26 feet 2 inches forward and 26 feet 2% inches aft on the last trial, and her performance was an unqualified success, exceeding that of the Good Hope, which developed 31,088 horse- power and 23.05 knots speed. Naval cadets on the Britannia are caned for serlous offenses, but such pun- ishment is only inflicted on very rare oc- casions. Twelve strokes with a light cane is the limit. : Seventy-five vessels are in course of construction for the British nawy, includ- ing eleven battleships and twenty arm- ored cruisers. Thirty-five ships passed into the navy during the past year and appropriations are made for beginning twenty-seven vessels. The combined votes for building, repairs and armament of sbips amounts to $92,480.000, against the total naval estimates of the German pavy of $50,000,000, France $60,000,000 and the United States $78,000,000. A serious fire broke out June 6 in the Chatham dockyard, entirely destroying a large building in which the draughting rooms of the yard were located. The con- tents, consisting of drawings and molds ——— TWENTIETH CENTURY COOK BOOKS _ A ear-load of Cook Books = just arrived from Chicago they are ready for distri- bution at the business office of this paper. All Call sub. seribers are entitled to a copy, of this great Cook Book at the premium price of fifty cents. An additional charge of 20 cents to pay expressage will e required from out of towna subscribers ordering by mail i 1 The leaders of the Gage push re- them assurance that San Quentin affairs would not be thor- Later on, when the truth was revealed that the pro- when subsequent messages were received announcing that the tion, while the Governor’s lawyer was interposing objection. On the receipt of the first dispatch there was clamor for pa- ‘When it was learned that a | hearing in Judge Fritz's court was in pro; proper authorities take hold of the Kern County bond §rans- $16,000. The defenders of the business administration are do- ing everything possible to hush inquiry as.it seemed to give ordinate to buy the State Convention as- the Governor seem in San Francisco, eles Sheriff, the push s was not alleviated immediate examina- gress the push’ began Gage. . Whi e Inier e en the have had enough of suffered the loss of concerning the Kern The strong opposition to his renominatlon, which s rapidly srowing strongeg In all sec- tions of the State, would insure his defeat at the polls, even if his henchmen should succeed in_their purpose to force his nomination. Every day brings a fuller recognition of the fact that Governor Gage is a breeder of strife, a disturber of Republican harmony, and an utterly impracticable candidate for Governor. His dictatorial methods, his demagogic appeals to class prejudices, his pharisaical claims to the possession of great and unusual virtues, his unwarranted though impotent anger becauss of legitimate and honest criticism, his unsavory political associations—all these things com- bine to show that he is unfit for the position of Governor. Of all possible candidates for the office, Henry T. Gage Is the weakest and the least available. The first aim of political parties should be to be wight on public questions. The next ob- ject should be to place in nomination for office its best and most available candidates. The nomination of Gage, from any and every point of view, is utterly inexpedient, and there is not much doubt that the nominating conven- tion will so regard it; certainly that view will prevall if the delegates will be guided by thefr better judgment, and will look at the question from the view-point of political expediency and common sense. It would be a grave tactical blunder for the Republican party to handicap itself, at the outset of the campalgn, with a candidate whose name is a synonym for discord and defeat. Such a candidate {s Henry T. Gage. i Some surprise has been expressed at a pub- lished statement—since denied—that John D. Spreckels had gone to Hawali, where he would be out of reach of the State courts. When you come to think of it, however, this action would not have been more remarkable than the fact that Governor Gage should go down to the ob- scure hamlet of Wilmington to file a damage suit against the San Francisco newspaper man. It is something like going up to the top of 0Old Baldy to catch sea bass. The boasted economical streak of the Gov- ernor-of California does not apply when he is the complainant in a criminal action, as it would seem, and as the San Francisco Call clearly points out. The expense to the State of the action brought against The Call people before a Justice of the Peace in Wilmington Township will ameunt to a very considerable item. But. when there is an eruption on—t'll with expense! e ONTARIO RECORD-OBSERVER: Governor Gage is anxious to succeed himself —a natural ambition; but the people do not want him, and if his nomination is forced upon the party. the party will rue it. We give our readers this week some commient from various papers in the State that are opposed to see- ing the party saddled with Gage at the com- ing fall elections. TULARE REGISTER: It is very necessary for a political party to have an organization and it is not a good thing to down an organization in a convention merely because it is an organization. It ought to be downed when it deserves to be downed, but not otherwise, and it deserves to be when it gets in behind unfit men and strives to put them into offices they ought mot to fill. The Pepublican party orsanization is supposed to be, erroneously perhaps, behind the candidacy of current work, was lost, besides a num- ber of valuable models, extensive collec- tions of draughtmen’s tools and a six months’ supply of drawing material. Eleven powers will be represented at the maval review during the coronation of King Edward VII, as follows: Argentine—Presidente Sarmiente, & training ship and cruiser of 2750 tons. Denmark—Herlup Trolle, coast defense ship of 3740 tons. ' France—Montcalm, an armored crulser of 9517 tons. Germany—Kalser Friedrich III, battieship of 11,000 tons. Italy—Carlo Alberto, armored cruiser of 6500 tons. Japan—Armbred cruiser Asama, 9750 tons, and protected crulser Takasago, 4160 tons. ° Norway—Norge, coast derense ship of 3847 tons. 4 Fussia—Pobeida (Victory), battleship of 12,- 674 tons. Spaip—Emperador Carlos V, armored cruiser of 9235 tons. Sweden—Svea, coast defense ship of 38100 tons. United States—Battleship Illinols, of 11,525 tons, the best of the foreign ships, .and com- paring favorably With the giant battleships of the British navy. fense, 24 armored cruisers; 35 protected cruisers, 72 destroyeis, about 200 torpedo- boats and 50 submarine boats. Four naval statlons outside of France will com- pleted, namely, Bizerta, Laigon, Diego Luarez and Dakar, A French writer, sup- With the above showing of naval strength and: advocates the construction of addi- tional swift cruisers, together with a plentiful supply of torpedo-boats and sub- marines. “To be successtul in a war with “England he argues, “‘the French must be able to clear the seas of the British cruisers appointed to protect commerce, and so compel the enemy to split up their fleets in European waters.” In prior wars France had but little success in cleariag the seas of British cruisers and it will take an overwhelming number of ships to accomplish such an object, more than France alone and unaided coild do. Defects in the plans for the submarine boats building at Toulon will delay the construction of these vessels six' months. Four vessels of that type are being bullt at that dockyard, three of which are %0 feet in length and the fourth 135 feet. * iy ¢ Chief Constructor Bowles has asked Congress to increase the naval construc- tion corps from forty to sixty, and that these officefs be ‘given an allowance for quarters such as all line officers of the navy receive. It Is not probable that the number will be increased for some time, but the recommendation for additional compensation is fair and should be ac- cepted. At navy-yards and other shore the Governor is in order. of Examiners, Let him tell the public of the market value of the securities. Extrication an explanatory word troller. Of course, they ity of investing money o bung i mon gossip to the effect that the: ticular transaction in which the school fund lost $16,000. 1t is doubtful if Gage's name goes before the Republican State Convention. Up to date the only Gage delegate chosen. sent up from_ Los Angeles, as the Dem: perfected a scheme for voti: August primary election. of official power to Gage, Kevane and Aguirr more is not entertaine: The sentiment of the State is well expres: comment of the press: By the end of 1306 the navy of France | will consist of 28 battleships, 14 ceast de-! posed to be a high officlal, is not content | He is at the head of the State Board hy he allowed a sub- of $16,000 in exXcess papers for be needed. The people would alse illke or two from the Treasurer and Con- are not charged with the responsibil- for the school fund, but there is com- nkling of this par- bonds and pay a to A. Hochheimer of Willows is A bunch of Gagelings may be ocrats of that cify have ng for Republican delegates at the %he Republican f\'o'tvexl;‘!g. l:::::‘e“r o s his Gageship. The idea egfor R B U Reople. sed in the following other hand, if the organization will get in be- hind the candidacy of some good Republican, some man worthy of the bigh office of Governor of California, why, well and good. The peo- ple will support it and do it willingly. It all depends on the man, and there are symptoms which would zeem to show that the party or- ganization is tending toward that conclusion and that Henry T. will soon hear something “drap.” VISALIA DELTA: The Delta’s opposition to Gage Is mot based on perfonal grounds. We are opposed to him because he is a tool in the hands of Dan Burns. He has removed without cause some of the best officials the State has ever had. He signed the infamous signature bill and mads California the laughing stock of tie nation. He vetoed the water and forest bill, a most worthy measure. We have no use for Gage. I o LODI HERALD: The spirit of opposition which has sprung up like wildfire throughout the State to the can- didacy of Gage arises to a great extent fram the popular detestation of the methods by which bossism fs to erowd him down the throats of the party. But the people will nat indorse the man who bas found favor in the eyes of Dan Burns. Thousands of Republican voters refused to swallow Estee under similar conditions. Gage’s nominaticn would be even more forcibly repudiated than was Estee's. OCROVILLE REGISTER: When the Republicans of Butte select dels- gates to the State convention this year, they ought not and should mot select delegates for Gage. To do so would be the greatest mistake the Republicans of this county ever made. The nomination of Henry T. Gage for Gev- ernor would be suicidal on the part of the Republican party of California. See to it that no Gage man is named as & delegate. : i HOLLISTER ADVOCATE: Quite.a number of counties have elected dele- gates, and wherever instructions have been given, they are enthusiastically for Flint. It is a significant fact that up to date no mention has been made of Gage, who seems to have dropped out of sight In connection With the idea of re- election. I UMBOLDT STANDARD: No man should be forced upon the ticket by the bosses or the Burns machime. No man should be selected as the Republican standard bearerwho will not receive the heafty sum- port of all factions of the party. It is bad politics to select a candidate that.a portion of his own party will bitterly oppose. A great number of Republicans bitterly oppose Gov- ernor Gage. It is not customary to nominate even an acceptable Governor for a second term in this State, where the term is four years, and it would be folly to nominate any man who created so many antagonisms ad Gover- nor Gage has done within the past four years. ‘With a popular candidate, one who can units the party and receive the harmonious support of all Republican papers and organizations, California will elect a Republican Governor by 15,000 majority. Such a man can be found. There are’ Edson, Flint, Pardee, Preston and any number of “dark hérses’ who could carry the State. of these should be selected and the Humboldt delegation should be elected, not that Henry T. Gage, If the Republican State of Henry T. Gage for Governor, and |f so, that 0V the machine 'l?rlrfl(’}a‘:. d%r::n:;uzh:, Dan Convention should be so short-sighted as to re- organization deserves to be downed In the wno belleve In taking charge of & D‘g‘b'- nominate him for Governor, cannot be electeq. primaries and resulting convention. On the votes and compelling the bosses to retire. LEVIATHAN, BRITAIN’S BIG CRUISER, SHOWS SPEED IN THE TRIAL TRIPS stations the officers are provided with quarters or an allowance made for the same where there are not enough houses, but an unjust discrimination is made when officers are serving on inspection duty. In the latter event only officers of the line are allowed compensation for quarters, while naval constructors and assistant naval constructors, who are not of the line, although they rank as such, have to pay for their quarters. There is apparently no good reason why the in- spector of machinery or equipment should receive an allowance of $80 to 3600 for rent of house while the naval constructor must pay for such out of his salary. e e Germany’s Fine Cab Service. The whole cab service of German regulated in a way to make the 4 5 on’ this side of the Atlantic envious of German institutions. In most citles a large proportion of the cabs are provided with ‘“taxameters,” lttle dials placed in front of the seat, and so arranged that they indicate just how much the passen- ¥er owes at any given time. For instance, When you take a cab in Berlin the indica- tor shows a charge of 50 pfennigs (12 cents) as soon as you take your seat, and as you drive the ilgures change, 10 pfen- nigs at a time, and when you are ready to Sl0p you pay the sum indicated. by the dial, no more, no less. 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