The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 3, 1902, Page 6

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T0 SUBSCRIBERS LEAVING TOWN FOR THE SUMMER. ©Call subscribers contemplating a change of residence during the summer months can Lhave their paper forwarded by mail te their new addresses by notifying The Call Business Office. This paper will also be on sale at all summer resorts and is represented by a local agent in all towns on the coast. = WOOD’S EXPENDITURES, C € HE last day of the session the War Depart- T ment, in response to a resolution, sent to the House General Wood's statement of the ex- penditure of Cuban funds to influence legislation for free trade. The total amount so spent was $15,626. General Wood says: “These disbursements were made by me as militery Governor of the island of Cuba and were made for the purpose of presenting to the people, without reference to party or section, the desires of the people of Cuba as to trade rela- tions which should exist between that country and our own. The action taken was approved by tHe in- dustrial s3nd commercial classes of Cuba. It re- ceived the unqualified approval of the secretaries of the insular government and was an expenditure of Cuban funds for the purpose of promoting Cuban interests.” All that is undoubtedly true, and the action from the standpoint of Cuban planters was perfectly proper. But it is a mistake in General Wood to as- sume that the CuBlan side of the transaction is the only side. There is a United States side, from which the affair is highly improper. It is not the first time that the money of one country has been spent to influence the legislation and the policy of another country. The French Kings used money in that way to influence English policy against the in- terests of the English people and in favor of France during the Stuart dynasty, and such subsidizing to the harm of England was resented by two revolutions and the punishment of the Stuarts by their expul- sion. French history records it as a smart policy for France, but English Listory regards it as a crime against England. It is established in General Wood's explanation that it was an expenditure of Cuban money in Cuban interests, to effect trade relations with this country favorable to Cuba but unfavorable to the United States. There is a precedent established of the ex- penditure of foreign money to affect our domestic { policy. Suppose, in the future, that any other coun- try shall be found to have spent money here for such @ purpose, will not the agents in such transaction or the beneficiaries of the expenditure hark back to this Cuban precedent in justification? “Is it not clear that such a precedent removes one restraint from the American conscience and opens the gate to acts that have heretofore been considered than immoral? Why should not the industrial and commercial classes of England or Germany raise a purse and spend it here for the same purpose? We are under no more obligation to Cuba than to them. The fact that General Wood is an American has nothing to do with it, nor has his governorship of Cuba. He was merely the agent of an expenditure of foreign money to influence legislation in favor of a foreign people and against our own. It was no part of his duty as an American officer. The industrial and com- mercial classes of Cuba could have raised the money by private contribution and placed it here through the junta just as well. The fact that it was public money, devoted, as General Wood admits, to a pri- vate purpose, has nothing to do with it. In its moral aspect it was the expenditure in this country of for- eign money to influence legislation. Stripped of all sophistical reasoning and laid bare down to its logi- cal skin, that is what it was, and as such it stands as a poison precedent. something more It is noted that of the graduates of Harvard this year a larger number intend to follow mercantile pursuits than any other ‘profession. The fact is cited as an evidence of the higher grade of culture which the business ‘world is demanding, but probably it means nothing more than that there are now a much larger number of merchants in the country who can afford to give their sons a university education just for the pleasure of it and the social distinction it confers. Last year the gifts to libraries for books amounted to a little more than $3,000,000, while the gifts for library buildings exceeded the sum of $8,000,000, so it looks as if our rich men were more eager to promote architecture than literapure, THE SAN THE WORK OF THE SESSION. PEAKER HENDERSON, in announcing the S adjournment of the session of Congress, said: “I am proud to say that no _Hous\e of Repre- sentatives since the constitution was adopted has in the same length of time done the same amount of work that this House has done.” He also spoke of the cordiality with which the members of the House had worked together and the fidelity with which they sought to serve the general welfare. In all speeches delivered under circumstances simi- lar to those under which the Speaker addressed the House something is tc be allowed for the natural ex- aggerations of courtesy and good feeling. The Speaker has been popular among men-of both par- ties and has been on friendly relations with all. It was but right and fitting, therefore, that he should | fill his speech with words of general congratulation. In fact, such speeches have been made, we belicve, at the close of every session except the notable one in which Speaker Reed was refused a vote of thanks by the minority because of his enforcement of the famous rules which gained him the title of Czar. Making every allowance for such exaggerations, there remains of the Speaker’s commendation enough o1 indisputable truth to justify pride on the part of members of the House. They may not have transacted more work than any other House in the history eof the country within the same length of time, but certainly they accomplished much. More- over, their work was excellent for its quality as well as its quantity. Finally, the proceedings of the | House have been on the whole well ordered and ! dignified. There have been some outbursts of pas- sion, but no such violent scenes as some that have marked and marred the sessions of the Senate. The Speaker, therefore, was quite within reason in say- ing: “You have done your work like men—earnest and honest as you have all been in carrying your convictions as far as possible into execution.” A notable feature of the session was the compara- | tive absence of partisan activity. The more impor- tant measures acted upon were not involved in party disputes. The votes on the isthmian canal, the irri- gation bill, the Cuban reciprocity bill, the immigra- tion bill and the resolutions calling for an amend- ment of the constitution so as to provide for the clection of Senators by direct vote of the peaple were not divided on party lines. It was, therefore, a session of good feeling as far as can be expected in a system of government where party organization is essential in both legislative and administrative work. g The chief measures of the session are those which provide for the isthmian canal and the irrigation of the arid lands. Of the latter Mr. Newlands of Nevada has said: | “It is perhaps the only bill ever passed which furnished so complete, comprehensive and automatic a plan of action. Under its provi- sions at least $150,000,000 of the proceeds of the sale of public lands will be available in” the next thirty years for irrigation work without further appropria- tion.” It has been a liberal—and some may say a prodi- gal—Congress in making appropriations for public buildings, rivers and harbors. Curiously enough the exact amount voted for such purposes will probably wever be accurately known to the public. Reports from Washington on the subject say: “Each mem- ber of the House Committee on Appropriations fig- ures the amount differently from other members. Mr. Cannon, chairman of the committee, estimates the total at more than $900,000,000. If the $50,000,000 for the isthmian canal be added the sum will exceed a billion. On the other hand, Senator Allison of the Senate Committee on Appropriations estimates the total at $800,193,000, exclusive of the canal. 1t is safc to say it has been a biflion dollar session. It has not, however, exhausted the treasury nor added to taxation. On the contrary, it has repealed the war taxes and lightened the burdens upon in- dustry. B . Pennsylvania Democrats adopted a State platiorm confined strictly to State issues, but even in doing so they maintained the party tradition by denouncing Republican programmes instead of declaring a pro- gramme of their own. Whether the avoidance of national questions will benefit them at the polls re- mains to be seen, but as the platfdrn1 could not have reaffirmed that of Kansas City, the dodge has saved the convention from a tongue-lashing by Bryan, and Qerhaps that counts for somethiny BRITAIN’S BOLD CADETS, D action of Lord Roberts in connection with the outbreak of incendiary fires at the Royal Military College at Sundhurst show that the matter is much more serious than at first reported. Lord Roberts evidently deems the cadets guilty of the out- rages, for he is reported to have given notice that they must surrender the culprits within forty-eight hours or the whole corps will be subjected to the penalty of rustication. The incident is interesting inasmuch as it tends to show a spirit of insubordination among the cadets at Sandhurst which would not be conceivable at | West Point. That our cadets are rather unruly is well known. The 1ecent revelations concerning hazing and fighting make it clear that all the rules { end regulations of the college are not respected by the students. West Point gayety, however, never goes further than an attack on the plebs, and even such attacks are made mainly under the belief that ghey do the plebs good by developing stamina among them. In no case, we helieve, has there ever been an attack upon officers in command at the col- lege, or any attempt made to burn the buildings, while both of those offenses appear to have been committed at Sandhurst. The first story of the disturbance at Sandhursi came about a week ago and was to the effect that the cadets had made night hideous and treated the commander of the college. General Markham, to “rough music” because their leave of absence during the coronation week had been stopped by the War Office. In explanation of the story it was said that there have occurred at the college recently a number of fires evidently of incendiary origin, and the au- thorities suspect the cadets of starting them. The cadets resented the suspicion as a reflection’ upon their good sense, and when their leave was stopped by the War Office they took it as an act of injustice and straightway proceeded to eruption. The fires appear to be quite serious, During the month preceding the coronation week no less than five fires broke out in various parts of the college. On one occasion a fire was found burning at the door of a closet in which a large number of fuses and sample explosives are kept for use in class work. Had the door burned through the resulting explo- sion might have cansed a heavy loss of life as well ias of property, and the authorities rightly deemed it ISPATCHES from London concerning the time to seek out the atthors of the mischief and put a stop to it. What reason the officers have for suspecting the cadets has not been stated. The cadets themselves deny that they have had anything to do with the fires. General Roberts evidently believes they know the culprits and has issued his ultimatum: The chief interest in the incident is the revelation it makes of the lack of discipline among the cadets who are being trained Ipr the army and ‘the disrespect shown for the commanding officer. These are evi- dently the outcome of the aristocratic spirit that pervades the corps and constitutes one of the no- | table weaknesses of the British army. The war in South Africa proved how badly the army is handi- capped by its ill-trained and hali-disciplined officers, and the Sandhurst incident shows how little the Royal Military College -does to eradicate the evil. S ——— Dr. William Everett in an address at Williams Col- lege stated the genealogy of the college in this way: The first president of Williams was a Yale man, the first president of Yale was from Harvard, the first president of Harvard was from Cambridge. Cam- bridge is descended from Oxford, Oxford from the University of Paris, and that from the University of Antioch. Antioch descended from Alexandria, and Alexandria from Athens. Between the time of Soc- rates and now there were sixty-nine generations of men who passed through the nine institutions of learning named. It will be seen that Williams has an illustrious ancestry, and seli-madé colleges are ex- pected to be impressed by it. OUR PROSPEROUS ERA. MERICAN prosperity has become for the A,American people a trite and threadbare theme. We have had so many evidences of it presented in so many ways and expounded with so much elaboration of all* kinds from statistics to rhetoric that few people care to hear any more con- cerning it. It is not generally recognized, however, that in proportion to their energy and industry other nations are equally prosperous. Germany is boom- ing .and her commerce is expanding at a rate that encourages sanguine patriots tg believe it will some day surpass’ that of Great Britain. In France a de- gree of prosperity prevails that has enabled the late Ministry to go out of office with a financial showing that a few years ago would have been deemed utterly improbable, and even Great Britain, despite the losses of the South African war, is rejoicing in abundant evidences of a higher absolute prosperity than she ever knew before. The British financial showing is specially interest- ing. It was recently presented by Lord Goschen in a speech which has attracted the attention of financial experts both in this country and in Continental Europe by reason of the striking challenge it gives to those who believe the war has crippled the empire. Goschen can speak on financial matters as one hav- ing had both experience and authority. He has been a successful banker, a great finance Minister and is a diligent student of financial science. His state- ments, therefore, come about as near being indisput- able as it is possible for statements to be on matters of that kind. He agserts that the cost of the war, although it bore heavily on the available resources of Great Britain, did not affect her credit to the slightest degree. Although the Government bor- rowegl for war purposes upward of $600,000,000 it was not necessary to pay a higher price for it than would have been paid had the loan been floated before the war. As an evidence of this undiminished credit of the Government Mr. Goschen directed attention to the fact that when in 1888 he had effected the conversion of the national debt the price of consols at 274 per cent had been 84. To-day, with the payment of the debt suspended and a heavy addition tq the’ princi- pal, the price of consols at the same rate of interest had advanced to 97, and tended to go to par. In the fourteen years intervening, and at the close of one of the'most expensive of modern wars, the esti- mate of the national credit, expressed in the price of securities, was 13 points, or over 15 per cent higher. Of our own advance in wealth we have a striking evidénce in the increasing surplus in the treasury and the strong probability that despite the repeal of the war taxes and the heavy appropriations made by Congress there will be a surplus remaining at the close of the new fiscal year. : Statesmen will take to themselyes the credit of this favorable showing of the finances of the Goy- ernments, and undoubtedly some measure of honor will be due to them on that account. The prime source of national prosperity, however, is to be found in the abounding prosperity of the workers through- out the civilized world. More brains are now to he found in business than in statecraft. In fact, the rkers may well ask the statesmen as a rule"to let them alone. In this country, at any rate, we can hardly think of anything more disastrous than would be the accession to office of a lot of statesmen rledged to smashing corporations or tinkering with the tariff. An expert who has been studying the discussion of the Philippine question in Congress says it has been stated in eighteen different ways, thus: 1, imperial- ism; 2, expansion; 3, absorption; 4, assimilation; 5 annexation; 6, pacification; 7, civilization; 8, coloni- zation; 9, commercial supremacy; 10, extension of territory; 11, dominance of Anglo-Saxon race; 12, plain duty; 13, providential leading; 14, manifest destiny; 15, hand of fate; 16, spreading the Gospel; 17, letting the flag stay put; 18, supporting the_ ad- ministration. —_— Since our colleges have taken to conferring de- grees upon men who are eminent in politics or for money they have to give, the Springfield Republican suggests that they create 2 new degree to fit the pur- pose. It says very sagely that there is no reason in conferring on a man who knows no law the degree of LL.D. There would be no greater absurdity in making him a D. D. It proposes the creation of the degree of Doctor of Achievement to meet the need. At a recent trial in New York a horse trader testi- fied in court: “You can trade horses without lying, but not often”; and thus do we see how a joke once started persists in manifesting itself even in the se- riousness of a court of justice and despite the solemnity of an oath. It is safe to say the witness made the statement solely because he thought it would sound smart. If the merry chase for the bandits and murderers who escaped from the Oregon penitentiary keeps up much longer the authorities will have to send out searching parties for the chasers, who appear to be the only persons in the neighborhood who have not seen the malefactors. FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JULY 38, 1902 l | partial, official investigation. e — FARMING DISTRICTS REPUDIATE GAGE - KEVANE . ADMINISTRATION In Seven Counties That Have C hoseh Representatives to Republican State Convention, Push Forces Do Not Get a Single Delegate. HE push forces do not get much comfort from the leading newspapers of widespread that Gage is aiready a beaten candidate. San Quentin, to institute crimipal proceedibgs against the the press of the State as a retreat, and not a masterly retreat, either. Seven counties have elected their delegates to the Republican State chogen are against the nomination of Gage. Among the farmers thie 0pDO; ministration is almost universal. stand in and help him overcome, the opposition of delegates representing t organs are now boasting that Boss Martin Kelly has assumed the leaders This news will intensify the opposition to party. It is quite well understood that all the bosses will ultimately line up time to a clear-cut fight, in which the forces of gaad citizenship desiring a cr Gage still hopes that the De: Gage in the country districts, California. The sentiment is positive and i v £ from The flight of the Gevernor to San Pedro, 500 miles eprogprietor and the manager of The Call, is regarded by Convention and all the representatives sition to the Gage-Kevane-Aguirre ad- mocrats in San Francisco and Los Angeies will he agricultural counties of the State. The Cage hip of the administration forces in San Francisco. where the blight of bossism has not fallen on the for Gage. The issue will narrow down in due editable administration of State affairs will be opposed by the irresponsible and unprincipled Gage push. The following newspaper comment is interesting: LOS ANGELES TIMES: The Times occupies to-day the same position it has mairtained from the first. In repub- lishing a.summary of the charges made by the San Francisco Call, we distinctly stated, edi- torfally, that we did not charge nor belicve that Governor Gage had any guilty personal connection with the alleged wrong dofng of War- den Aguirre. At the same time the grave na- ture of the charges demanded a thorough, im- 1t not supported by incontrovertible evidence, they will neces- sarily fall; and the Times has promised that if they fall it will promptly proclaim the fact for the vindication of Governor Gage and his sub- ordinates. On the contrary, if the charges be proven, the Times will be equally prompt to proclaim that fact. : This is the attitude of the Times, and we propose to maintain it to the end. We are prepared for the onset of his Excellency and his_ overconfident legal and political cohorts. Let a speedy trial be had. The speedier it is, the better it will suit the Times. It must be obvious to all men who know the Governor and his political methods that this is a campaign move on his part. He will never Win a re-election by such methods. g e “I was surprised at the unanimity of the anti-Gage sentiment throughout the San Joa- quin Valley and other portions of the central part of the State,” sald Senator Bulla last night. “To my mind Gage is a beaten man, and what those opposed to boss rule have most. to fear is the throwing of the Gage strength to some other candidate—some dark horse—at the last minute when Gage and his henchmen see that they cannot land him. If the contest be continued by Gage until the time for the convention and no such tricks are tried, Flint will carry the convention by a comfort- able majority—a majority more than sufficient 1o show that the great body of the Republican party is with him and is opposed to ring rule. “During my absence from the city I have been in most.of the larger cities of the San Joaquin Valley and have made diligent in- inquiry as to the situation, and I was amazed at the fact that nearly all of the Republicans with whom I conversed expressed the opinion that Gage could not be nominated, and that it he should get the nomiination he would not be elected. 2 “Two well-known employes of the Govern- ment (I will not use names,. for obvious rea- sons), one -a deputy collector of in- ernal revenue and the other a dep- uty United States Marshal, had oc- casion to travel through various counties of the San Joaquin Valley on official business. They came as far south as Kern County, and in their travels they decided to ask the people with whom they had official business what their sentiments were Wwith reference to Gage. Both of these men were Gage supporters, and both of them admitted that they were such. They started out with the expectation tnat they would find the whole valley ready to support Gage, but were discouraged. Out of twenty- six persons to whom they put the question as to the possibility of Gage's remomination and re-election, twenty-five told them that they did‘not think Gage had a chance of renomina- tion, and if he was renominated they would not vote for him. These were men of business standing—men whose opinions count for some- thing in the communities\ in which they live. There can be no doubt as to the correctness of this statement, for the reason that the two men who made this canvass reported the result of it themselves.” T REDLANDS CITROGRAPH: Tehama, Colvsa, Madera, Stanislaus, Glenn and Tulare counties have held their county conventions and four out of the six have sent instructed. delegations to the State convention for Thomas Flint Jr. The other two are in- structed to vote against Gage, but for no par- ticular candidate. These are all farming coun- tles, and other farming counties will follow suit. The = word comes that Gage de. pends on the large delegations from the big ities for his nomination. Can he win the elec- tion without the farmers' votes? We trow not, T Republicans who aspire to be Congressional candidates in California next autumn will find it to their interest to use their best efforts to prevent Gage men from getting on the pri- mary tickets, even though such men are fa- vorable to such aspirants, If the plan of the Republican State Cen- tral Committee is followed the delegates to the State convention will also b2 delegates to the Congressional conventions of their respective districts, to be held at Sacramento prior to the adjournment of the State ccnvention. It is evident that when the primary tickets for del- egates are laid before the people the first ques- tion that the average voter will ask will not be whether the names on the list are those of men who will support this or that candidate for Congress, but whether they are men who will oppose the renomination of Henry T. Gage for Governor. And from the trend of public sentiment against the latter. it is reasomably plain that men named as delgg es who are suspected of any leaning tow: he guberna- torial machine will be defeat: even though they are known to favor the Congressional can- didacy which the voters would like to support. Of course, it is only natural that the first thought of a candidate for Congress will be to have delegates chosen who will support him in the district convention. The friends who are making his fight will labor to that end. It will be well, however, for these gentlemen to look a little farther than the ‘ongressional preferences of those who are placed on the primary tickets. These lists are going to be scrutinized this year as never before. The average Republican will insist first of all that anti-Guge delegates shall be chosen, and he will not vote for men affillated with the ring. even though they can be counted among the supporters of his candidate for Congress, ShaL VACAVILLE REPORTER: Governor Gage has been poorly adyised in the matter of his libel sults against Spreckels and Sam Leake. The San Pedro card was not a trump. He will make no point by bring- ing the cause of action there, and in fact does his cause injury. All he should desire is a speedy hearing. That can be held better at San Francisco than any other place, and it appears, despite the swearing out of the warrant at San Pedro, the public will hear as much_about the case in the examination at San Francisco as will enable it to declde fairly between the Governor and the proprietor and manager of The Call. 1t has sized up the situation pretty accurate- Iy already in fact. It understands that the prison authorties have permitted illegal claims to be pald when attached to bill heads on which legal claims have been made out, and that in this manner they have gone through the hands of the examiners, in which Dan Kevane, the Governor's factotum Is the whale show. 'No one belleves that Governor Gage is personally dishonest in the semse of partici- pating in the fraud by direction or indirection. The_pecple believe, however, that the Governor of California should exercisé intelligence in the selection of officials for places of responsibility. The office of Warden of San Quentin is.a place of responsibility to be filled by a first-class business man. - Governor Gage gave it to his personal friend and crony, Martin Aguirre, who had no qualification in a business way for the place. * It s in acts of that character that Gage | shows himself to be a failure. He has kept attached to his person a Dan Kevane and made him a sort of Deputy Governor, and has showed in_the power showered on his favorite & con- spicuous Inability to judge men, or just how ‘much the public would stand. * * The ernor is pretty certainly licked in his unwise aspirations for a second term, when he retires to private life, we suggest that he use some of the caustic verbiage of which he ones professed to have a stock on hand on the sub- Ject of his own inability to come up to the @ ittt et . PERSONAL MENTION. Dr. J. Wrenn of Flacerville is regis- tered at the Grand. Chnrlgp J. Lantry, a railroad contrac- tor of Strong City, Kan., is at the Pal- ace. Mr. and Mrs. Garrison Turner and azughter of Modesta are registered at the Grand. i Hon. B. C. Voorheis of Sutter Creek is visiting the city on business and has made the Palace pll headquarters. Baron von Meder of Berlin is regis- tered at the lace. The Baron is said to represent the Emperor on a special mission to the United States, - L g E. L. Oppenhelmer, a well-known full measure of his opportunity by reason of self imposed handicaps, like Aguirre and Kevane. —e LOS ANGELES NEWS: His Excellency Governor Gage has now fully earned the title of his Petulancy. He has brought actions against Spreckels and Leake of | the San Francisco Call for eriminal libel and | has sued Otis of the Los Angeles Times for $100,000 damages. These actions are brought in San Pedro, the remotest point from San | Francisco and San Quentin with the possible | exception of San Diego or San Jacinto. His Petulancy gives as a reagon for this re- | markable proceeding that San Pedro is where | he started on his career and the choice of that | place is therefore a matter of sentiment. e How is it with Spreckels and Leake? They are to be torn from the bosom of their sanctum in the seventeenth story of The Call building and hurried away 500 miles to meet an aveng- ing Governor in his chosen lair and In the ¥ery thickest of his native thicket. And how do we, the people of California, look upen this latest blunder of our petulant Gov- ernor, who, with all his rashness and blunder- ing, has saved the people a good many dollars at the spigot while his San Quentin Warden and others of his most mistaken appointees Wwere drawing at the bunghole with siphons? We, the sovereign people, look upon this last biunder as settling the question of his renomi- nation. A Governor with so many corns and so many persons to punish for treading on them is not the man we want. We feel that a broad- gauge Governor, instead of bringing libel sults in remote villages, would have set all the ma- chinery to work to secure an investigation and vindication. We, the people, are about to act more in sor- row than in anger, for, notwithstanding his egotism, petulance and biundering, we see that, Othello-like, he has done the State some service and we know that to blunder is human, else we would not have made him our Governor in the first place. We are now preparing to write on his office Wwalls in Sacramento: ‘“Tested by the people’s gauge and found below standard.” . ——— SAN DIEGO UNION: . Governor Gage may expect that people will take him serfously when he talks about a ‘‘con- splracy’” among newspapers to oppose him; but most persons who read his libel complaint 2galnst the Los Angeles Times will find it dif- ficult to repress a smile at the absurdity of that charge. As a criminal lawyer of lang ex- perfence the Governor ought to know precisely what constitutes a ccnspiracy and what does not. He certainly understands that a_similar course pursued by several newspapers does not e en presume concerted action, much less a “conspiracy.”” He ought to understand. too, that in the present case the decent Republican papers are simply voicing the sentiment of the decent rank and file of the party, which de- sires to eliminate Gage and .his henchmen from the politics of the State. ‘Whenever a reform is accomplished it is generaily brought about by the better class newspapers. The Republicans of California are convinced that a very radical reform is needed in their party just now, and that the first step s to turn down the Gage ine. This wholesome procedure their papers are ad- vocating with great unanimity; but to say that there is a “‘conspiracy’’ among, them is as absurd as to declare that the New York jour- nals that fought Tammany Hall conspired against that delectable organization. Besides, the Governor's knowledge of the press of the State should assure him that news- papers do not love each other enough to go into the ‘‘conspiracy” business—not even for the attainment’of so laudable an end as the relegation of Henry T. Gage to private life for the remainder of his g —_— TAH DISPATCH-DEMOCRAT: Governor Gage has made good his threat to institute criminal proceedings for libel against Jobn D. Spreckels and W. S. Leake of The Call. That the Governor had the right to do and his choice of that mode of self-vindi- cation cannot be criticized. But his method of golng at it has been remarkable, to say the least. His star chamber investigation at San Quentin was most unwise, and whatever the outcome may be, he can néver escape from the suspicion that instead of investigating he was simply fixing things up for a whitewash for himself and his friend, Warden Aguirre. If this is not true, his secret work was a great mistake. Then ‘again, he went all the way to San Pedro, in Los Angeles County, to file his complaint. This was surely done in jhe bitter- ness of a spirit of revenge. San Pedro is some 500 miles from the residences of the defend- ants, and an equal distance from the lawful depository of the public records. In exhibiting this petty feeling of spite and revenge, the Governor has shown a smallness of mind which will surely subject him to the confempt of broad gauge men the countrv oyer. We are not accusing Gage of any crime In connection with the management of San Quentin. We only say that if he and his Warden are inmocent, they have both acted most upwisely in the course they have taken since e Call made public its charges. SAN FRANCISCO STAR: Bw his course’ in going to San Pedro to swear out the warrants the Governor harmed himself. The evidence in the case is all at San Francisco, | suppose he would seek to do Sacramento and San Quentin. To take San Francisco merchants and their books to San Pedro will be in the highest ds expensive and inconvenient. The Governor should have made the investigation of the charges against him easy Instead of difficult. The Star does not yet believe that the Governor considered this phase of the matter, for it does not believe that he is himself t""'f of any criminality. But it appears that 1a his desire to inconveni- ence his critics he has done much to strengthen them iu the public mind. He should now give his consent to the transference of the case to this Clity or @acramento, and to a speedy ielal. Another duty devolves upon the Governor, and that is to force Warden to make sucha showing as will prove that he is innocent of The Call's charges. The Warden seems to be content to let the matter pass, but the ple_expect-him to either disprove the charges, and himself proceed against Mr. Spreckels, or else resizn at once. An immediate, complete, free Investization of the San Quentin scandal is the only thing that | o) will satisfy the people of the State. —_— HUMBOLDT STANDARD: cation? The Call, which was the head libeler, is published and’ largely circulated in San Francisco. It is not believed that it bas a large circulation in San Pedro, Los Angeles County, for none of the San Francisco papers have. ‘The Chronicle. the chief assistant libei er, is also a San ‘rancisco paper, and the Times Is published in Los Angeles. It might De logical to prosecute the Times In San Pedro, but we can see neither logie or wit in the decision of the Governor to seek his vin- dication from San Francisco slander in the Jit- tle seaside town on the southern coast. As we understand it, the Governor's object I prosecuting is to prove to all the people that he had been falsely vilified, and we should is in the largest forum in the State, not a hole or a corner. In other words, San Franeisco, where the of- fense was committed, and where there are more people than in any other town to wit- ness the refutation. s (he place of ail places where the refuting should done. SAN BERNARDINO SUN: It just so happened that J. W. F. Diss, of the Salt Lake Railroad, but better known as the “bass buster” of the unigue political o sanization called *Teddy's Terrors” of Los Angeles, happened to be in Redlands at- the same time W. F. X. Parker, the field marshal of Governor G: visited that town. Natur- ally, knowing that Parker was for Gage first, last’and all the time, people seeing Diss with him accredited that gentieman wifh a desire to aid Parker In doing missionary work for the Governor. A reporter of the Redlands view took that view of the situation and pub- lished an item, to that effect. The haste with which the “‘boss buster”” hustles ut from un- der even the shadow of the Gage banner must amuse everybody except Parker and his gen- eral. Diss had gone home to Los Angeles be- fore the Review published the item comnectin: him politically with Parker and without time he dropped that paper a line in w! he. aligns himself with the anti-Gage forces in a way not to be misunderstood. ks G o MARYSVILLE DEMOCRAT: The esteemed morning contemporary geemg quite alone in the defense of Governor. Gage in his effort to create a large Dill of exvense in compelling principals and witnesses to go to San Pedro to attend in a court of justice in & case of criminal libel. The taking of testimony in a preliminary examination could be bad in Marin County, where the prison is located, or at Sacramento, where the law says the Governor must reside, as well as in the town of San Pedro. 500 miles away. It will not be denied that the action of the Governor in the preliminary work showsa weakness at least. It is a fact that Gage vetoed several claims at the last session of the Legislature, a matter of economy, so claimed. but he forgets this question of economy in th interest of the people when vindicating his pe: sonality. - el = ) SANTA ANA BLADE: The suggestion is made that in order to suit the convenience of Messrs. Leake and Spreck- els, Governor Gage should consent to try il 1ibel case against the gentlemen in a place mors easy of access, provided with better sleeping accommodations and with a larger and better equipment of food and drink than can be found in Wilmington. What is the matter with the Call bullding in San Francisco? It seems en- tirely to supply the demands of the case; is located right in the heart of the city; has mod- ern equipment of lighting, ventilation, etc.. etc., and in the top story one of the finest res- taurants in the State. The Call bullding ought to suit Messrs. Spreckels and Leake first rata. POMONA PROGRESS: The newspapers and others who are doing a good deal of talking about the suit that a man in San Francisco named Boardman has brought against Spreckels and Leake of the San Fran- cisco Call for alleged libel against Governar Gage must not forget that the suit has beem brought under the beautiful libel law that the Governor signed, which was passed for tha purpoge of cinching newspapers and which of- fers a reward to any ome who will bring libel sults under it. If the Governor has got caught In a trap of his own setting we not see whom he can blame but himself. prlinc B aah S o LODI HERALD: It looks now as though Governor Gage has about played his last card for renomination to the office he has so poorly filled. His shrewd- ness of political maneuvering cannot now blind ihe people. An unselfish public policy has never been in his thoughts. He has served the State as one whose chief comcern is to see what the State can do for him, not what he can do for the State. He knows no nobler purpose than his own ends: no other patriotism than subserviency ta Republican . —_— FRESNO REPUBLICAN: Six counties have already held thelr conven- tions and selected their delegates to the State convention, and there s not one Gage delegate among them. And yet the Governor alleges that all the opposition to him Is in the offices of the mewspapers! The Governor's personal unpopularity comes from his erratic and per- niclous policies. and, above all else, his known apnd acknowledged affiliation with the repu~ diated “push.” ————— LOS BANOS ENTERPRISE: The libel suit of Governor Gage against J. D, Spreckels and Sam Leake has caused more or legs Interest this week. Gage Is trying to get the case tried at a rural district in Los An- geles County, where he bas many friends, and the defendants object to going there, But want the case brought up in the city. How the case will terminate remains to be seen, but we thinik that ft will not advance Gage's political inter- ests in any case. s EEAE AL L POMONA TIMES: ‘The San Francisco Call is doing the State a Peo- | service by publishing accounts allowed on the $100,000 bubonic plague fund. If that fund is not being drawn on to pay for political and partisan work for Gage, then appearances ara misleading. The Call should, now that it has hand in, publish every account allowed on that fund, with names of the beneficiarfes and What ‘services they rendered. g S It appears that The Call has outwitted the | LOMPOC JOURNAL: Governor in his attempt to have its editors tried on his criminal libel charge at San Pedre in- stead of trying them at his own home, Sacra- mento, or in the place of the publication of the newspaper, San Francisco. A man cannot be twice put in_jeopardy for the sa Spreckels and Leake have both been San Francisco on a charge of libeling Gov Gage and the case is to be tried on tion made by Louis P. Boardman before Police Judge Fritz. It is not necessary that the son libeled should make the complaint. citizen who is cognizant of the f swear to a criminal Somplaint. 1 the anieged complaint, e alleged crime be thy that complained of by the Governor, the tris] & the case in San Francisco will put an end to the Any other proceedings. The Call s at home in San bary him tha the records n. Francisco and will have access t at San Quentin and to the wity The Call b it Messrs. Sprec! B s ;}. Informas | Journal complaint; and no matier | of thi rdman to prefer the | candidate for Governor to succeed Just how the suit commenced by Governor Henry T. Gage against the proprietor and inager of The Call will terminate is a mys- = o one but the Governor himself. one sleep over the affair, from the tome of that enterpeising the action was X g5 3y Enena s ¢ per- | PASO ROBLES LEADER: It d be a calamity for the Republicans He was elected by man; . but should he be & cu Shis fall the aval that wot n head would so fanehe t he Would ‘never be heard of RGBS IEan At ‘wishe “ould | VALLEJO TIMES: Justify on the statements it rial proceeds we shall be abls 16 Knosr who LS| The Marysville Democrat notes the fact that told the truth. the Republicans have held four county con- —_— and tes to their Sta HEALDSBURG ENTERPRISE: Tt eated, and the delegates from all of uu:-: i ernor, where was Governor Gage libeled and whepe | these straws show which way the wind is should he be most anxious to secure a vindl- ber of the New York Stock Exch g 4 the Palace with his daughter. The couple will leave for ogemif oo the Yogemite to- Francis Underhill, a N bmai and noted whip, has l-r:l'va?l’oi? 3‘1‘; m: from Santa Barbara, where he has prop- erty. He will make the Palace his head- quarters for some days to come. Prunes stuffed with apricots. Townsend’s.* ——————— " 3 Townsend’s California pound, in artistic fire-etel bo;r:.nk'-fic: present for Eastern frien, street, Palace Hot:ln Imndi:: by ————e—— Special information supplied business houses and p:;ug men dally i S L Sl s blowing Gage is not in it A CHANCE TO SMILE. In Atlantic City—Miss Fairmount Parke —Poor girl, she was too young to die. Miss Cape Maye—Oh, it was dreadful. . . A to Minneapol: