The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 18, 1902, Page 6

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June 71,020 | June | June 60,550 June | June June June June June June 60,780 June June 61,440 June June June June June June June June June June June June June 13. June 2! June 14. June 2 June 15. June persorally appeared before me, Public in and for the City and ng sworn according nager of the San d in the City and California, and that there uring the month of June, 1902, and one hundred e of forn e) gives an . MARTIN. copies, 4 for the City and Count fa, room 1018, Ci ¥ of San us Spreckels bld Call subscribers contemplating a change of residence during the summer monihs can have their paper forwarded by mail to their mew addresses by notifying The Call Business Office. This paper will also be on sale at all summer | rerorts mnd is represented by a local agent in | @il towns on the co: A BOXER REVOLT. wonders of the modern world that ions feel the harm to one. Formerly, be- nections had joined many | interest, revolutions, riots, commercial co common and overthrow jof government in no impression up@n any other. anged, and such disturbances con- 10s¢c most distant from their sc especially trize of n the Boxer of two years ago was overcome, and the Western nations succeeded in withdrawing thy tary occupation wi na. revolutior mili- hout the partition of that troubled empire, there was a feeling of relief in the convic- tion that a war between themselves had been averted by abstention fr lingered intention om territorial acquisition. Russia has m Manchuria, but especially disclaims any permanent occupancy. The situation, however, is disturbed by a reappear- ance of Boxer influence among the Chinese and another revolt imperial nent. I the Prince Tuan join forces with the revolutionists the peril to Western in- terests will probably compel the return of the Occi- es to China, and then the partition of that 1l no doubt follow. The immense and un- just indemnity forced out of her by the powers can- not be ased by another money obligation, -for her resources will not support it. partition, with all i against the powerful empire W acry This will ma) perils, imperative, If another revolution follow the symptoms which are now apparent it will likely be found that Russia has inspired it, in view of final pariition of the coun- try. As she is already in Manchuria, her position will enable her to hold on to that best part of the empire and make it permanent Russian territory. Her dominion will then be continuous from the Neva to the Amur, and the Amur to the Yellow Sea. Another revolution in China, involving suth con- sequences, may well be lamented by the people of the Western nations. It will distract their Govern- ments from the policies which make for material bet- terment. Whatever benefit may finally come to the world from Western cccupation of China will be so far in the future that the present generation will get none of it. It is belicved Roosevelt will break the record as a Presidential speechmaker. Since the end of May he has made six set addresses on notable occasions, and it is announced that he has several more ready for delivery during the summer. He will not take the stump exactly, but he will tour the country and talk as he goes. e o e Congress was good enough, or bad enough, to make up the deficits of the expositions at Buffalo | against any act of tyranny and oppression. | members of the Republican party are quick to pun- THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1902 OPPOSITION TO GAGE - INCREASES EVERY DAY Foregone Conclusion That He Will Be Beaten Out of Sight if Again Nominated for Governor--The Push Appeals to Democrats for Help at Primary THE REBUKE TO SMITH stirred as they were by the facts brought out on the trial of Major Waller. It was shown that he not only ordered the massacre of prisoners, but did so in conformity to instructions by his mili- tary superior, General Smith. At first the super- serviceable volunteer spokesmen of the administra- tion defended Waller's act, but a high officer is au- thority for the statement that the prisoners whom he murdered were guilty of no aJt justifying any form of punishment. They carried the arms and baggage of their captors, and endured more than their share of the perils of that awful march across Samar. There was danger that the fool friends of the ad- ministration would place it in the attitude of in- dorsing acts which army officers joined the people in dgprecating as disgraceful to American arms. The President has a way of regulating his own measure of responsibility. He does not leave that to others, nor to volunteers who have less discretion than zeal. When it was in evidence that General Smith had or- dered the slaughter of all over ten years of age on Samar, and told his subordinates to kill and burn and make the island a howling wilderness, the Presi- dent ordered him before a court-martial, which con- demned him. Its verdict has been affirmed, and Gen- eral Smith has been retired by compulsion. This in- flicts a proper punishment upon him and at the same time admonishes others of his rank that war upon human beings must be limited to those recognized as responsible for their acts, and not be extended to in- fancy and old age. The United States does not intend that our mili- tary service shall retire to forgetfulness the ravaging of the Carnatic by Hyder Ali, or the devastation of the Palatinate by Louis XIV. Our people have but little enthusiasm in the military operations in the Philippines, and there was great danger that their condition of indifference would be converted into active disgust and opposition by such operations as were ordered by General Smith. The President has a keen appreciation of popular feeling and has saved his administration from widespread censure by doing the right thing at the right time. While there is no evidence that he had in view the political effect, there is no doubt that it will be great and will be favorable to the party of which he is the leader. The opposition put in all the recent session of Congress in preparing a campaign upon military events in the Philippines. It had stored ammunition for use on the stump, manufactured out of the occurrences on Samar and the acts of cruelty and torture on the other islands. The American peo- THE people of this country have not often been | ple are not cruel, and they respond with indignation The ish any who identify the party with dishonor and in- decency, and such a campaign as was planned by the cpposition wpuld have appealed to them so power- fully that a loss of the House might have resulted. So the action of the President has rightly punished the chief of the offenders, has set the army right, cleansed American honor of a stain, vindicated the humanity of the people, and rendered worthless the carefully prepared issues of the opposition. There be some who will object to the punishment of General Smith as too austere. These will be the fool friends of the administration, who think that standing by anything and everything, thick and thin, is the proper course. Such may give voice to their objections, and, if they do, it is entirely within the possibilities that the opposition, which was pre- rared to paint the President as an inhuman monster, responsible for Smith’s order by defending its au- thor, will attack him for disowning and rebuking both. That has been the policy of that leaderless opposi- tion which has degenerated into rank opportunism and seeks success by chasing every transient moth that flutters in the political atmosphere. The Presi- dent has taken its measure very accurately, and, by the easy way of doing just right, disarms it. As far as it is concerned the session of Congress was wasted in carefully preparing issues that are as valueless as the Missouri compromise, the Wilmot proviso, the Ore- gon boundary, the annexation of Texas or the Kansas-Nebraska bill. The whole people are under obligations to the President for his timely and temperate action. e ] The Standard Oil Company and'a Russian con- cern haye decided to partition Europe for their ex- clusive / enjoyment of the oil monopoly. If some hero of Poland were only alive to grin. THE COLONIAL CONFERENCE, ALFOUR'’S promise to continue the policy of B Salisbury and his expressed wish that the en- tire Cabinet remain unchanged will probably end much in the same way as the similar wish of President Roosevelt with respect to the Cabinet and the policy of McKinley. We need not doubt the sin- cerity of the wish in either case in order to perceive that it could not be fulfilled. We are having not a McKinley but a Roosevelt administration, and Great Britain is to have a Balfour and not a Salisbury Min- istry. - In this change in the Government public curiosity will run at once to consideration of the probable ef- fect upon the conference of colonial Premiers. The effort to form a federation of the widely scattered parts of the British empire surpasses in magnitude the accomplished effort to form a continental union of the American States, and is the most stupendous political project ever seriously undertaken by states- men. Every step toward the attainment of such a federation is a matter of concern to the whole world, and consequently the personal change in the head of the Government of the empire at this juncture is of well nigh universal interest. It will be rememberéd that at the opening of the conference the speech of Chamberlain was a distinct disappointment, inasmuch as it gave not so much as an outline of what Great Britain would be willing to do to bring about a closer relation with the great colonies. It was said at the time that the weakness of the speech was due to the fact that Salisbury had not only tied Chamberlain’s hands, but his tongue as well. Now Chamberlain is seemingly free to act. All reports from London agree that he will have much more influence with the new Premier than with the old. Moreover, Balfour is comparatively a young man, and is thus more likely to take sanguine views of great projects than Salisbury, and so may not only give Chamberlain a free rein but actively aid him in whatever plans he may have to bring about the de- sired federation. Thus the world will wait with some eagerness to learn what part the new Ministry will take in the conference. 2nd at Charleston, and now it seems that any city can afford to go ahead on exposition enterprises and leave the consequences to Congress. A short time ago the Duke of Devonshire, who has succeeded Salisbury as the leader of the Government in the Lords, stated that the paramount guestion be- fore the conference is that of providing for imperial defense. Great Britain desires the colonies to bear a share of the burden of the army and the navy. The desire is not an unreasonable one. At the present time the commerce of Australia and of Canada is protected in every port and upon every sea by the British navy, and yet those countries contribute not one penny to the maintenance of the navy. Much of their domestic peace and security are due to the pres- ence of British troops stationed at strategic points within their territory, but they pay no part of the cost of the military burden. It is therefore natural that the British taxpayer, already heavily pressed, should ask that taxpayers of other parts of the em- pire come to his assistance in ‘supporting the heavier burdens which the future is sure to impose. From a colonial point of view the chief issie of the conference is to procure for the colonies an advan- tage over outside countries in British markets. They are not eager to contribute to the support of the im- perial army and navy, although in time of war they will be prompt to send aid and to furnish both troops and supplies. If they are to bear a share of the bur- den of the empire they will demand a voice in the di- rection of foreign affairs. That such a demand will be reasonable is self-evident. If they are to be taxed for the support of the army they should certainly have something to say concerning its administration and its use. The more the subject is considered the greater ap- pear the difficulties in the way of realizing the federa- tion. - Still an effort may be made to accomplish it, and now that Salisbury is out of the way the chances that such an effort will be undertaken much brighter than ever before. e ce—— The fusion of Democrats and Populists in Nebraska was successful enough in making up the State ticket, but now there is danger of a ruction and a split over the selection of a campaign committee. REGISTER FOR THE FIGHT. S ports of registration have been encouraging. The total enrollment is now in advance of that of two years ago of corresponding date. It is evi- dent there is an awakening among the people and that indifference is giving way to a feeling of inter- ‘est in political matters. In this, as in every other political campaign, the first fight in each party must take place between the rank and file who support a party because of a belief in its principles and its policies, and the bosses and their gangs who attach themselves to parties as parasites to prey upon it. The members of the gangs are always registered. They live by politics and are careful to attend to every phase of it that promises them an advantage. They do not neglect enrollment nor do they remain away from the primaries. They are always on hand ready to obey the orders of the bosses, and thus, while they form but a small pro- portion of the voting strength of the people, they are frequently able to dominate a community and vir- tually rule it, take possession of its offices and plun- der it almost at will. With each succeeding campaign the gangs of the bosses appear rising from the slums eager for the spoils. This year is to be no exception to the rule. The desperate and unscrupulous tactics employed by the boss and the gang at San Jose show what may be expected elsewherc if the like elements have a chance to show their power. There is to be no divi- sion this year among the bosses. All of them are training together in the Gage camp. It is known that are INCE the opening of the precinct offices the re- they will make a joint fight to capture the Republi- | can primaries and so control the Republican State Convention. brought face to face with the issue of meeting those gangs and defeating them. It is therefore impera- tive that genuine Republicans register and make | ready for the contest at the primaries. In ng other way can the party be saved from a discredit that will so weaken it before the people as to endanger its | els is owner. | the Governor announced his purpose to prose- chances of success at the approaching election. Let the word go round that it is time to act. Stanch Republicans should not only register, but should urge their friends to do likewise. The date of the primaries is rapidly approaching, and as it draws nearer the rush for enrollment will increase. In the closing days there may be some difficulty in getting prompt attention from the registration of- ficers by reason of the number of those waiting their turn. At present there will be no difficulty at all. This, therefore, is the time to perform that duty. Let every man who, wishes to stand for honest poli- tics register for the fight. T ——— The Chinese Government is reported to have given orders that the life of Li Hung Chang shall be writ- ten in thirty volumes. There seems to be a design to prevent it having general circulation. : ‘ Rico and Hawaii is flourishing, according to the recently published reports of the Treas- ury Bureau of Statistics. The figures show that in the year preceding that in which those islands came under the American flag the shipments to those isl- ands were, according to the figures of the Treasury Bureau of Statistics, $6,773,560. In 1901 they were over $30,000,000, and in the fiscal year just ended they will be, according to the best figures obtainable, fully $35,000,000. A Such a showing is gratifying, and it is even better when the details are reviewed. Thus it is stated that to Hawaii the exports in the fiscal year 1897 were $4,600,075; by 1899 they had reached $0,305,470; in 1900, $13,500,148. Subsequent to that time the ship- ments to Hawaii are based upon estimates \supplied by Collectors of Customs at San Francisco and Honolulu, and are put at $20,000,000 as a conservative figure. To the Philippines the exports in 1807 were $94,507; in 1899 they were $404,108; in 1900, $2,640,~ 449; in 1901, $4,027,064, and in the full fiscal year 1002 will be fully $5,000,000. In 1897 the imports from Porto Rico were $2,181,024; those from Hawaii, $13,687,700, and from the Philippines, $4,383,740. In the fiscal year just ended the merchandise received from Porto Rico will be in round terms $7,000,000; from the Hawaiian Islands, $26,000,000; from the Philippines, $7,000,000. It is fortunate that the Treasury Bureau of Statis- tics does not handle tke reports of the cost of the isl- ands. Were we to place those figures of expanding commerce alongside those of the army and navy the profits would be lost. In his late speech on the Phil- ippine bill Senator Hoar estimated that the pacifi- cation of the Philippines alone has cost us upward of $600,000,000, and the end is not yet. That, however, is another question. Let us be satisfied in the knowl- edge that our commerce is increasing, and cherish the hope that some day it may pay a dividend upon the cost of the investment, 3 e e———— ONE SIDE OF IT. OMMERCE with the Philippines, Porto The rank and file of the party is thus | N REPUBLICAN ranks the opposition to Gage’s candi- dacy for renomination is increasing every day. The senti- ment of the Republican press and the party leaders in clearly against the Governor's pretensions for a second term. It is a foregone conclusion that his nomination, forced by the machine, would bring about disastrous de- trolled, if not owned, by the Gage machine, is openly mvlu:y Democrats to support Gage at the primary election for del - gates to the Republican State Convention. The report that eighteen Gage delegates to the cnnvn‘ion have been chosen is not ecrrect. Onmly nine Gagelings have been elected—three in Kern, five in Kings and one in Glenn. | who are so foolish and shortsighted as to place { utmost—to the verge of indecency—to fulfill | ernor. | Burns for the Senatorship, they will insure the | the records In court; instead. he chose to make feat to the Republican party in the November election. The Gage machine, which consists mainly of push politicians, , argue that the Republican majority of oh the State pay roll 40,000 in California will guarantee Gage's opposition. The same argument was adduced when Burns and Herrin slated Wells to head the Republican ticket at the municipal election in this city last year, but good citizens of the Republican party refused to bow to Wells was defeated. A new era has dawned in California. The spirit of in- Men have resolved to vote for the maintenance of the honor and dignity of the State regardless dependence is vigorcus. of the party lash. The belief that Gage Governor is very generally entertained Ppolitical associates cast discredit on the commonwealth. the general notion that he neglects -the Gage is in secret leagie with Democratic managers. lieved that he stands ready to sacrifice Republican Congress- A newspaper organette, con- men to gain Democratic support. Gage’s Disreputable Allies. There is one thing which in itself ought to and will defeat the aspirations of Henry T. Gage for re-election to the Governorship of Califorhia. The character of the men who are his most zealous supporters and of those who are managing his campaign is not such as to inspire public confidence. On the contrary, the public long since learned to distrust these men, thelr methods and their pretensions to party fealty or political sincerity. ! Governor Gage has deliberately and from choice allied himsel? from the opening of his first gubernatorial campaign down to the pres- ent moment with the enemies of political hon- esty—the machine politicians, who are in poli- tics for no higher purpose than what they can get out of the game, and who will descend to | any depths of infamous procedure in-order to rule or rein the political party upon which they fasten their unwelcome and Injurious alle- glance. Governor Gage has proceeded upon the erroneous assumution or theory from the first that by allying himself with these cor- morant tricksters he could more surely achieve political success than by firmly and consist- ently adhering-to the interests of the people. But he has greatly overestimated the power and prestige of the would-be political bosses. The latter may carry their chosen candidates to some temporary victories, but in the end the people will repudiate them and the candidates versonal and political honor in hands so un- worthy. There is no doubt that when Governor Gage abandoned all other political aspirations to be- come a candidate for Governor four vears ago it was in pursuance of a bargain made with Dan Burns and other politicians of the ‘‘push’ persuasion, by the terms of which Gage was to be made Governor, through the conniving of the Burns machine, in return for which Burns Was to be made a United States Senator. It is a matter of unsavory record that Gage, from his vantage ground as Governor, did his his part of the bargain. He might have sue- ceeded in this conspiracy to disgrace the State of California had not the public consclence been arovsed to such an extent that com- plaisant legislators did not dare to disregard it, even at the behest of a machine-made Gov- The defeat of Burns for the Senatorship should have been a lesson to Gage. It was *‘None are so blind as those who will not The handwriting on the wall was s0 r fused to see or heed it. He continued his all ance with Burns and the Burns gang. He 1s still connublating with the same crowd of dis- credited, distrusted and repudiated gang poli- ticlans. He is still hoping that by some miracle or by some strategic move to hoodwink the people they will be able to carry him through the campaign to a re-election, No greater mistake could be made. Having openly and shamelessly identified himself with the disreputable and distrusted elements, as represented by Dan Burns and his sang of subservient tools and tricksters, Governor Gage must abide by the consequences. The opposition to his candidacy is steadily gro ing and is bound to acquire an ever-augmen ing volume from now on to the day of elec- tion. As the people compelled the defeat of defeat of Gage for re-election as Governor.— Los Angeles Times. Gage Should Come Into Court. Governor Gage fancied he was libeled by The San Francisco Call, of which J. D. Spreck- In a flambuoyant proclamation cute Spreckels for criminal libel, and began proceedings at San Pedro, 500 miles away from the records, the production of which would prove or disprove The Cail's charges. Had the Governor been sincerely desirous of developing the truth on the trial, he would have, as we belleve, made it as easy as possible to produce it as difficult as possible for Spreckels and expensive to the public as he could. He In- stituted proceedings under a law twhich we have no doubt he promoted and surely approved in the early part of his pecullar administra- tion. One Boardman followed the Governor's ac- tion by instituting a prosecution in San Fran- cisco in effect the same as the San Pedro case and for the same purpose, under/the Gage law for terrorizing editors and if possible de- stroying newspaper property. The Gageites set up & howl about this suit and say it is insti- gated by preckels to defeat the prosecution, Suppose it is so. It is inconsistent, absurd and one-sided to say so. Spreckels has repeat- edly published his willingness to have the case tried In any court in any of the several coun- ties, including Sacramento, surrounding San Francisco Bay, and that Gage may make cholce of any court in any of such counties. Even it this offer is not made in good faith, Spreck- els' methods are in line with the- Governor's example at San Pedro, and more In accord with the public welfare. As viewed by intelligent, fair men, the Gov- ernor's course shows less anxlety for a prompt ascertainment of the truth than that of Spreck- els. A production of the records in court, and that alone, will exonerate the Governor and convict Spreckels, or sustain Spreckels and condemn the Governor as charged by The Call. —Pomona Times. v SRS s i The Governor Is Selfish. One of the reasons advanced by Governor Gage for not wishing the hearing of his crimi- nal libel suit against Spreckels and Leake of The Call in the courts of San Francisco fs that the defendants propose to examine a greay/| many witnesses, including the Governor, nnz that'the Governor will be kept from his ‘‘home and business to his great loss of time neces- sary in his affairs.” “The Governor appears to be somewhat selfish in this matter. It is con- ceded that all the records and nearly all of the witnesses are in the vicinity of San Fran- cisco, and it will be admitted that Governor Gage 1s about the only person in the State of California interested in the prosecution = of Messrs. Spreckels and Leake. Under these cir- cumstances it does seem that it would be more reasonable for the®Governor to submit to little personal inconvenience than to drag a hundred or more witnesses—people who have no personal Interest in the case—all the way down to San Pedro to testify, to say nothing of the extra expense this proceeding will in- volve. The Governor does not seem to realize that these witnesses may have personal affairs to attend {o that are of as much importance to them as his personal affairs are to him; or, if he does mot realize it, his conduct would seem to indicate that he does not care how much other people are inconvenienced so long as he is not deprived of his home cemforts or be compelled to peglect his private affairs.— Napa Dally Journ e ‘What the People Want. The ‘libel suits of Governor Gage are not coming to trial very fast. The suit begun by Boardman of San Franeisco in a court of that city was stopped by a writ of prohibition from another court, and Spreckels and Leake have carried thelr habeas corpus proceedings to the Supreme Court of the United ®tates. They do not propose to be dragged five hundred miles into a cne-horse Justice of the Peace court on a case of so great importance it they can help it. And while no one can biame vet we wish they had submitted to the inconvenience and indignity which the ernor sought to put upon them, just to brin the case the more speedily to trial and t ‘them, greal Goy- show wnat a small piece of business it was to |~ beg gIn proceedings in the Justice of the Peace court of San Pedro. the de- fendants cannot be brought to San Pedro until after the decision of the Supreme Court in the habeas corpus proceedings. On the other hand, if the prohibition were removed from the court of Judge Fritz in San Francisco the trial As it stands, ernor gun - 55 1n any of the leading courts of the State ~'*hin reasonable distance from where the election despite all the boss yoke and his administration. is an unfit man for in California. His It 1s duties of his office. It is be- ‘Walter Moore, following: offense was committed, a prompt hearing and determination of the case could have been had—and_that is what the people wanted.— Pomona Prozress. Er gt The Publicity Cure. ““Government by newspapers” ls not popu- lar amorfg those who suffer by it, but just now it Is the swiftest and surest way of secur- ing government by public sentiment. In the literal sense, of course, there Is no such thing as government by newspapers. A newspaper with a reputation for honesty and ability nat- urally has influence, just as an individual of similar character has influence, with the added advantage of a wider daily contact for the exercise of that influence, but by far the larger part of the power of any newspaper is the power of pure publicity. People no longer per- mit a newspaper to do their thinking for them, but they permit it to do most of their seeing and hearing for them, principally because it has facilities for observing better than they can do for themselves. A newspaper may hurt a man by attacking him, but it can ruin him only by making public some act by which he ruins himself. ~ A newspaper may help or in- jure a cause by advocating or opposing it, but it can control the action of a whole peopfe ou it only by making public facts and arguments which leave them no choice but to control themselves. The power of the press, as such, may be great enough, when it is dbly used, but the power of publicity is infinite; it is the one power in modern life beside which all others shrink into insignificance. It is not the power of the San Francisco Chronicle that has deposed Dr. Lawlor from his position as superintendent of the State Home for Feeble-minded Children, but the power of the facts which the Chronicle has made public. A little influence might have whitewashed these facts before an investigat- ing committee; the same “pull” that got him his job might have retained it with the ap- pointing power, but the exposure of the facts in a newspaper read by thousands of people made it impossible to avoid the consequences of those facts. It is mot the power of the ‘‘newspaper bosses” that has made Governor Gage an impossibility, but the power of pub- licity, in_bringing the Governor's affiliations with the bosses fairly to the knowledge of the anti-boss people. It is not the power of the newspapers that is appealed to by those who look to publicity as a controller of trusts, for the trusts are bigser and stronger than the but it is the e ‘power of the press,” when wieided by a per- son for personal ends is exactly the power of that person, given the advantage of an ex- tremely good tool. But the power of the press exercised through publicity, in faver of right and truth, is nothing less than the irresistibie power of the whole people acting on the facts made public.—Fresno Republican. Opposition to Gage Increases. Now that the smoke of battle has cleared away it appears that the Gage forces did not capture the Kern County delegation of eight members the other day, as they so hilariously announced—at least the Flint men say they didn't. It was concedsd that the Governor would get three delegates in that county; and Senator Bulla is quoted in the Los Angeles Cxpress as saving on the authority of prom- inent Republicans of Bakersfield that that is just what they did get. Summing up the sit- uation in tke interview referred to Mr. Bulla says: ‘‘Senator Flint is absolutely certain of at least thirty-eight delegates in the State con- vention, nearly all of whom are already select- ed and pledged to our candidate. The State ad- ministration has no delegates who are pledged to a renomination of Governor Gage.” And to-day the news comes that an “Anti- Gage Club’' was organized by Republicans of Pasadena last night, with nearly a hundred members at the first meeting. And still the ‘work goes on of trying to force Gage upon the Republicans of California as a candidate for the highest office in the State, when the 6p- position to him is rolling up mountain high. Is it not time to ask the Gage advocates in all candor how they can reconcile their policy ‘with the welfare of their party, when there are available a number of able Republicans who ‘would honor the position and against whom there would be no such opposition? It seems almost certain that Gage's nomina- tion would mean Republican defeat at the coming election, and why is such a sacrifice demanded >—Pomona Progres el v b0 o Gage Afraid of the Court: Whatever may be the ultimate decision upon the merits of the dibel suit of Governor Gage agaigst the San Francisco Call, it Is apt to be the opinion of the people of the State that its executive lacked courage of the fighting sort when he brought proceedings in a little town in the southern part of the, State, in- stead of walking into the camp of the enem: If he were afraid of the courts and juries of San Francisco, as his friends intimate, he could Pave had the case heard in Sacramento, which would have been ground at least not unfavorable to himself. All that the public wants to know is: Were the charges of The Call true?. nry T. Gag of California, and hence not a fit man to suc- ceed himself. 1If, on the other hand, the charges were false, then there s nothing,too bitter that can be ‘said of his detractors, Apd no punishment severe enough in the law. W) is wanted is a quick trial. Mr. Gage owes to himself to be freed, at the earliest day sible, of the stigma which he believes has been thrust upon him. If the charges are false, then he will have the sympathies of all b:ll-el. and his desire to succeed himselt What the peopie admire | ing affronted. goes after his enem: The long distance duelist has long been an gbject of ridicule, even in France.—Sausalito vocate. ‘“His Home and Bulinou"’. In his affidavit accompaying his petition for a writ of prohibition to prevent the trial in San Francisco of his charge of criminel Ilibel against Spreckels and Leake, Governor Gage makes this singular averment: “‘Unless prohibited by order of this honorable court, the defendants will by subpenas and process attempt to hold afflant petitioner at the city and county of San Francisco, under pretense of his being a witness in said cause, keeping him from his home and o his great loss of time necessary fn his af- el . “His home and business indeed! .The constitution, which swore to sup- port, requires him to maki State capital his lace of residence. he is under the highest moral obligation to have no elsewhere to distract him from his public dutles, but to devote himself to the servfice of the State in the place by the constitution fixed for that purpose.—Sacramento Bee. —_— Gage’s Worst Act. It was generally conceded at the time that Governor Gage removed Dr, Osborne as man- ager from the Home for the Feeble-minded that he had made a very grave mistake by so doing. Time has proven it well founded. We have uww.;nmt.m"“ e removing Dr. Osborne and putting Dr. in his place was the worst act of all that Governor Gage had done during his term and it now seems to us that it is so.—Reedley Ex- ponent. L Pie Counter Triumvirate. It would be interesting to know what the Marysville Appeal, Woodland Mail Santa Rosa Republican think of Gor Gage's plan of carrying politics into the management of the Home for the Feeble-minded at Gien Ellen in view of the recent ot ’s protege, Dr. Lawlor, of gross to the poor unfortunates under his care.—Red Bluff Sentinel. The Democrats enabled the machine to capture three of the Kern County delegates. Clara, where the Gage manipulators counted on a walkover, delegations opposed to boss rules are likely to be chosen. far Flint and Edson lead Gage. to machine government. Whatever strength the Governor may get in that county must be won by trickery, because the voters of Sacramento are against him and have the best reasons for their opposition to In Sacramento, Humboldt and Santa So Santa Clara will not return Sacramento County is against Gage. Gage has treated Sacramento with th¢ utmost contempt and disdain, yet the county gave him ¢ Tnajority of 2275 over Maguire. citlzens of Sacramento would like to see him nominated £ order to get an opportunity to whack him at the polis. Gage himself seems to be oblivious to his own unpopularity. Ben Fehnemann, *A: of that ilk tell him that he is a great and good Governor in the estimation of the reople and he believes it. people really think of him is expressed in such comment as the It is sald that some of tr/ rsenal” Kevane and others ‘What the The manager of the Appeal, F. W. Johnson, is Register of the United States Land Offica in_this.city and a trustee of Chico Normal School. Dungan of the Mail of Woodland is postmaster of that town and trustee of tpo Asylum for Deaf and Dumb and Blind of Oakland. Lemmon of the Santa Rosa Repub- lican s postmaster of that city and a trustes of the State Library. These three mewspapers each have a reserved seat at the Federal pio counter, also at the State erib, which removes all interest from any opinion they may e: press on the matter mentioned. —Marysville Democrat, LS SN Long Distance Gage. The Call declares that it Is ready and amx- fous to prove its charges In any court In Sam Franciseco or Sacramento which the plaintif may elect, but it objects to being required to travel 500 miles to the small town of San Pedro, where, all court records and Witnesses must go at unnecessary cost and inconvenienc» and where there will necessarily be a delay of the examination until after the State con- vention and probably until after the election. On its face the objection is mot an unreason- able one. 2l Governor Gage vehemently declares that tha charges are f‘l{sfl and libelous, but he insists that his character must be vindicated in the court of a Justice of the Peace of Wilmington % Township, remote from the records, the evi- dence and the place where, if there Was any libel at all, it was committed. On its facs this demand is not only unreasonable, but it Is impracticable, and the Governor cannot justly find fault with those who suspect that his motive in pursuing such a course was to delay an examination until such a time as the result would not influence his contest for renomination. r In his efforts to prevent an examination In San Francisco the Governor makes atfidavit that such a proceeding would keep him from his home and business, to his great loss of time necessary in his affairs. Sacramento, the official residence of the Governor, is less than four hours’ ride from San Franeisco. If to go that distance necessitates a loss of time that he cannot afford what justification can he make of his efforts to compel the defendants and~the San Francisco merchants who will be witnesses to go 500 miles? Why shouid he seek to compel the State to pay the ex- pense of transporting a hundred witnesses, many of them inmates of the State prison, a long distance? Why should State officials and public records be called away to Los Angeles County when the production of all_ the wit- nesses and documentary evidence at San Fran- cisco can be produced without delay and at a comparatively small The Governor’s action in politics and bad policy. The sooner the back track and consents to & speedy ex- amination, either in San Francisco or Sac- ramento, the sooner he will convinee his friends that he really desires an examination.— ‘Woodland Democrat. gt Did Gage Flunk? If Governor Gage had acted promptly and caused thorough investigation of charges made by the press relative to management of affairs at the State prisons he would have appeared in a more favorable aspect. He is a servant of the people and ought to feel that he is not above those who conferred the honor upon him. If he would serve the people well he must pro- tect the honor of the State and her public in- stitutions. If he has authority to convene tha board of trustees of the institution at Gien Ellen he could have performed the same service for San Quentin prison. The fact that he did not is to be taken as a confession that thers is something back of ‘these charges that he fears to have brought to light. We do mot un- derstand that the Governor Is accused of ‘wrong: doing, directly, In commection with the charges of crooked work at San Quentin prison. That he has been a beneficlary to a certain ex- tent is openly charged, therefore he must have had knowledge of the unlawful perversion of property of the State. Governor Gage is re- sponsible to the people of the State for the acts of his appointees, and after his attention has been directed to the charges of wrong do- ing if’ he neglects to cause the cl w0 be investigated he must be held responsible for the scandal that attaches to the good name of California.—Marysville Democrat. om0 Determined Opposition to Gage. ‘While politiclans are figuring with more or less veracity on the probable complexion of the Republican State Convention and are mak- ing white look as black and black as white as possible, or pepper-and-salt at best, delegates who have the welfare of the party at heart and want to do the right thing will content themselves with the conclusion that it is not safe, even if the power be coneeded to exist, to nominate for Governor a man agaimai whose candidacy there is a very considerable and very determined opposition. " The Republi- cans of California cannot afford to ignore an opposition to a candidate even if it amount to no more than 5 per cent of the total vote, pro- vided such oppesition be of an irreconcilable character, as in the case of Henry T. Gage. change of five Republican votes In the hundred from the Republican side to the Dem. ocratic would be extremely hazardous, and it is within bounds to say that there are as many as five Republicans in each one hundred who will not vote for Mr. Gage if nominated un- less the Democrats nominate in opposition to him an insane man, an Indian or an idiot.— Tulare Register. AR ST Gage’s Opportunity. It Governor Gage is sincere In his ostensible desire for vindication through the law, he has a most ample opportunity to attain that end, even though the libel case in which he is com. plaining witness cannot be heard by the Jus- tice whom he selected for that purpose. For reasons that may very possibly suggest them.- selves to most people, the defendants at San Francisco preferred not to be placed upon their defense before an tribunal sitting at a remote locality, so they proceeded ually to thwart the have them haled to 'h‘h‘lflm They declare, however, that they are desirous to meet the Governor's charges without delay. In thess conditions, if Gage be really seeking vindica- Dpertectly court. All that hehas to do is to his application for a writ of straining the Pol hearing substantiall Same the Governor brought at Wilmington. will Gage avail himself of this H And If he does not, what view will -minded take of his obtatn vin- BeEliont "san Dieas b iz ] al information supplied daily business houses and men : tornla street. i ’