The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 26, 1902, Page 6

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NW. corner Twenty-second and Kentueky, open | until ® c'clock. 2200 Fillmore, cpen unti! 9 p. m. | Nebraska, Shepard of New York| k of Tennessee have presented to ce of 4000 Massachusetts Demo- crats their views upon the political situation. Shep- 1 as a paramount issue of | , and that may be taken as the sentiment of | Democracy. Carmack devoted most of > the trust problem, and, as Bryan followed s example, we may assume that in the South and the Mississippi Valley that will be made the chief mocratic spellbinders. one thar Republicans will cordially ac- me cept their record on the subject is much better | than that of Democracy. The fact, however, that the | New York speaker at the meeting preferred a tariff | campaign rather than one against the trusts is too | significant to .escape attention. "The New Yorkers know very well that Western and Southern radical- ism on the subject of suppressing or at least seriously hampering industrial combinations will never be in- | dorsed by the comservative common sense of the people of the great industrial States. Mr. Shepard did his best to save his party from the Populist pro- gramme on that issue, but Bryan and Carmack were against him, and it may be accepted as a foregone conclusion that in the approaching campaign the s in the country at large on the Democratic be made mainly on the trust issue. The tactics to be employed by the spellbinders of Democracy are simple. It will be asserted from | every stump with tireless but tiresome iteration that | the Republican party.is dominated by trusts and that no Republican administration can be relied upon to | grapple with them. Bryan expressed the whole ar- gument for his party thus: “Since the election of 1900 the trusts have grown and flourished under the Republican administration, as might have been ex- pected. Almost two years have elapsed since the last Presidentia] election and no legislative attempt has been made to interfere with them, and the execu- tive efforts, instead of being directed toward the en- forcement of criminal statutes, are confined to the equity side of the court; and these efforts have not in the least retarded the formation of new combines.” That, then, is the point which the Democratic lead- ers are to assault as they lead their forlorn hope against the administration this fall. The Republican method of repelling the attack will ‘be simple. It is announced that arrangements have been already made to present to the people a clear statement of the records of both parties on this subject. It will be shown that from the beginning of the contest against 1 the unlawful combinations the Republican party has maintained a consistent and commendable attitude. One of the interesting facts to be brought out is that not only was the Sherman anti-trust law the product of Republican legislative effort, but all the work that | has been done in the last ten years in the way of en- forcing the terms of that law is to be credited to the Republican party. The Democrats fought the Sher- | man Jaw from its inception, and among other things the leaders of that party in Congress declared that the proposition to curb trusts engaged in interstate commerce would be a violation of the rights of the States. Not only is the record of the Republican party bet- ter than that of Democracy on this as well as on all | other political issues, but the record of the present administration is exceptionally good and strong. President Roosevelt is earnestly seeking to remedy such wrongs as are caused by the unscrupulous ex- ercise of the power of trusts while at the same time conserving every right of the people or any class of them to combine for their common advantage. He seeks to maintain the rights of all, and his actjons and his words-on the subject are so clear and posi- tive that the people are not likely to be misled by any lurid denunciations from his political opponent;. It is safe to say that the Democrats who are now preparing for a grand assault on the Republican trust record will find themselves routed at every point. It may be better from a Democratic standpoint to raise that issue than to revive the silver question or the cry for free trade, but even. at that it is a senseless proposition. The business and industrial interests of | the country are no more likely to intrust Democracy with power to regulate corporations than to intrust it once more with power to tinker with the tariff. The deputies of the poundmaster of this city seem to be laboring under a curious misunderstanding of their duties. Recent events demonstrate the necessity of impressing upon them that they are expected to capture and kill dogs—not their owners. | | Feb., 1853, { undersigned John R. Park and Anne, his ; band and wife, and to keep ourselves separate and apart | awarded to her by the decision of the Supreme Court. | and that either would therefore be unauthorized by | which is not recognized by either statute or common | | are used interchangeably and as synonyms? A UTAH MARRIAGE. ' HE telegraphic report of the decision of the T Park-Hilton case by the Supreme Court of Utah did not convey a proper comprehension of the court’s findings. The decision will be of great interest to many people in the Mormon State. As meagerly reported it gave the impression that the court had upheld the peculiar marriage institution of the Mormon church. The syllabus of the case shows that Miss Armitage, 2 girl of 19, being very ill and supposed to be near death, was, in 1872, “sealed” to Dr. Park, a noted Mormon educator. The certificate of this ceremony reads: John Rockey Park, born Tiffin, Seneca County, ©Ohio, 7 May, 1832, Anne Flora Armitage, bern Nottinghill, London, 18 The above parties were sealed by President D. H. Wells, in the presence of Emeline Fell Young, at her residence in Salt Lake City, Utah, Dec. 5, 1872, the lady being upon her supposed death bed. D. H. WELLS. Recorded in Historian’s office, journal of date. R LG The girl recovered. There is nothing to show that the parties assumed marital = relations, except that Park ceased his visits a year later, telling her there was an obstacle to their marriage. In 1873 they were furnished a church divorce, which reads: Know all persons by these presents: that we the wife, do mutually covenant, promise and agree to dissolve all the elations that have hitherto existed between us as hus- from each other, from this time forth. In October, 1875, the woman was resealed to Wil- liam Hilton, with whom she has since lived, and is the mother of twelve children. She and Hilton are both Mormons and wcre sealed by the same Presi- dent Wells who sealed her to Park. Park died in 1900, possessed of a large estate, which he by will divided between an adopted daughter and the University of Uta Mrs. Hilton brought suit for a widow’s third in the estate, which has been The court holds that according to Mormon revela- tion and canon law sealing was marriage for time and eternity. A careful scrutiny of the revelation is declared by the court to show that it did not author- ize sealing for this world only, nor for eternity only, the revelation and void, since it provides only for sealing for time and eternity. This ceremony is held | by the court to be common law marriage, and in- capable of being dissolved by a church divorce, law. The decisjon quotes copiously from Brigham | Young, Orson Pratt and John Taylor to sustain this | view of the revelation, and continues: “In the light | of these authorities can there be any doubt that in | Mormon church parlance ‘sealed’ means the same | thing as the word ‘married,’ or that a sealing cere- | mony is with the Latter Day Saints a marriage cere- | mony? Is it not apparent that with them these terms | With | them, whether the solemnization of the covenant of | marriage be called a sealing ceremony or a marriage, it means the same. In either case it establishes the marriage status and creates the relations between husband and wife.” It will be seen, then, that the decision carries with the sealing ceremony all the responsibilities of the marriage contract and affects property rights. Noth- ing is said of the present status of Mrs. Hilton in her relations to Hilton. She says she was told that the church divorce left her free to be sealed again, | and she supposed it was so. As that divorce is | voided by the court she is not the wife of Hilton, but the widow of Park. The church seems to have defended its right to di- vorce those whom it sealed, but this the court denies. It has made an immense sensation in Utah, where many men of large property have supposed that their estates are protected by the church divorce. Perhaps the greatest significance of it is that the parties are all Mormons, apparently in good standing, and the suit was practically a revolt against ‘the ecclesiastical authority of the church. Formerly sealing for eter- nal purposes was a very common practice, and was | supposed to involve no consequences or responsibili- | ties in this world. In that view the woman would | have an interest only in the celestial estate of the sealed husband, and that was beyond the jurisdiction of the courts. The Supreme Court is composed of Gentile Judges. | Several bank directors of a Berlin institution were sent to prison the other day for a violation of their trust to the public. This is one instance where sev- eral people, not a hundred miles from San Francisco, are justified in commending their own judgment in choosing a field of operations. BRITISH REMOUNT SCANDAL. MONG the minor jeatures of the British con- duct of the war in South Africa none attracted more attention or excited more surprise than disclosures of the extent to which agents of the Government defrauded the War Depanmen; in the purchase cf supplies. The revelations made of exces- sive prices paid for horses for the use of the army were exceptionally scandalous, and some of the charges made in Parlizment wete generally regarded as exaggerations, so gross were the frauds alleged to | have been committed. The Government is now engaged in prosecuting some of the suspected agents, and according to state- ments made in court by the attorneys for the crown the testimony will show even grosser practices than were alleged in the Commons. The Westminster Gazette recently published the statement of the prosecution against one of the accused, a major, who was assigned to the duty of obtaining remounts for the Imperial Yeomanry. It appears from the state- ment that in the working of his schemes to defraud the Government the major employed “his son John, who lived with him, his son Tom and Tom’s partner and his son-in-law” as sub-agents to gather in horses at prices ranging from $60 to $100 each, and the ani- mals were turned over to the Yeomanry committee for $150 each. In the course of its report the Gazette says: “Al- though the defendants were instructed to buy no horse over ten years of age, they purchased thet at seventeen and eighteen years, and in one ‘case they bought a veteran of twenty-two. The transactions were remarkable. These men would see a horse in a fish-cart, or an animal drawing turf, stop it, and buy it there and then. In one case they bought a horse for £8 10s and charged £30 for it, whereas the owner would tell the court that he got it for £3 10s. * * * Some of the purchases sworn to in court were as fol- lows: A mare was bought from a witness who be- lieved his father had had it between nine and eleven' years, and that it was.grobably three or four years | German settlers. old then. A second witness, who sold an animal for £17, did not know. how long his father had had it; his grandfather bought it originally. In a third case Major Studdert bought a mare out of a cart for 8 10s; the animal had been originally purchased for £3 10s. In a fourth £20 was paid for a mare which the vendor had paid £6 10s for a few months before.” We have developed some very brash looters of the Government in this country, but we believe nothing 5o gross as that in the way of fraud was ever com- mitted by an officer of the American army. One of the witnesses. testified that when he was putting the horses on board ship he once expressed wonder as to how many of them would ever live to land at South Africa, but the major told him to attend to his duties, that he was assigned to ship horses and not criticize them. It seems that other officers took a similar view of the matter, for the purchasing agent went right along with his frauds until the exposure in Parliament forced the War Department to inves- tigate the subject e ] It is now said the American Meat Company pur- poses to organize a bigger trust than the steel com- bine, and if the scheme succeeds the company will handle every animal product from the Jiver to the leather, so that even vegetarians will not be able to dodge the game unless they go barefoot. PRUSSIA AND POLAND. . AISER WILLIAM has been warned by his K Court Chamberlain not to attend the army maneuvers at Posen lest an infuriate Pole of the district attempt to assassinate him. The Polish cfficials and nobility have decided not to take part in the festivities that will accompany the maneuvers lest their presence should “excite the multitude. Such are the reports that come from Berlin as illustrations of the feelings of the Poles over the efforts of the Prus- sian Government to “Germanize” their country. The Kaiser of course will not heed the warning, for a Kaiser dare nét give rise to a suspicion that he knows any such thing as fear. Moreover, there is a proverb that threatex\ed men live long. The Kaiser will be well guarded at Posen and no assassin will get within gunshot of him. Moreover, it is likely the Polish nobility will attend the festivities if the Kaiser command. The reports, therefore, are not in themselves of much moment. Their interest lies in the fact that no such reports would ever have been | invented had not the strain in the relations between Prussia and her Polish provinces reached something like the point of rupture. Years ago Bismarck devised a scheme for turning the Poles out of Poland and substituting them with To achieve the task the sum of $50.000,000 was expended in buying the estates of Polish landholders, scbdividing them and selling them to Prussian peasants. Upward of 630,000 acres were purchased at that time and some 3000 Prussian families were colonized. It is now the purpose of the Prussian statesmen to expend $62,000,000 for the purchase of an additional 800,000 acres and extend the colonization plan. It is a significant fact that the new plan varies con- siderably from that of Bismarck. The lands now to be purchased by the Government are not to be sold in their entirety. Something like two-thirds are to be retained as royal domains gnd either preserved as forests or leased. Several causes are assigned for the change of method. One of the more interesting of these is that after the Prussian peasants were settled on the lands the Polss in the neighborhood made life so unpleasant for them that they gladly resold the land for what they could get and came to America. Thus the only effect of the Bismarck scheme was to stimulate the real estate trade of Prussian Poland and put money into the pockets of the land-owners. The new scheme will not be subject to that drawback. The lands of the royai domain will not be sold, and when one Prussian peasant tires of life among the | Poles he will get out and the Government will bring in another. Concerning the efficacy of the scheme * various views are held. One Polish authority -asserts that it menaces the very liie of the Polish race. He says: “The restrictions of the ability to acquire land will limit the most important conditions of production, | of sustenance, of wage-earning, and of the welfare of the Polish people. This will be attended with a struggle for bread, ior the native language and for the faith.” On the contrary, another authority as- very little effect upon the province. first importation brought 3000 settlers from the heart of Germany, and the new may bring 6000 more. Counting five persons for each family, that will make about 435,000 Germans in the province. That will not change the national aspect of things in the Grand Duchy of Posen and of West Prussia. The increase will be too small a percentage to affect the present equipoise between the Polish and the German ele- ments.” A curious complication of the problem is caused by Austria and Russia. The Austrian Government has long since given the Polish provinces of that em- pire local self-government, and as a consequence the Austrian Poles are now reminding their Prussian brethren cof the larger liberties they would attain by annexation to Austria. The Russian Government has roted the effect of the Austrian appeals and is now striving to coriciliate the Polish provinces of the Czar. Should war come between Germany and Rus- sia the sympathies of the Poles with Russia ‘would be a big factor in the military problem, and conse- quently the Berlin Government is more determined than ever tq put a Prussian population on guard in the eastern provinces. The Auditor of San Francisco has made a most extraordinary and, under the circumstances, a prac- tically revolutionary command. He insists that all clerks in the employ of the city must be competent. Who ever heard of such a remarkable proposition in connection with the public service? Governor Savage of Nebraska has come and gone and, enjoying the privilege of other distinguished visitors to the State, did not see the Chief Executive of California. Everything taken into consideration, this condition of affairs should be one for the con- gratulation of the people of the State. Since Bryan says the Democratic party should not follow a man who deserted in 1806, the reorganizers declare it should not follow one who deserted in 1892, and then they remind the people that in that year Bryan bolted the nomination of Cleveland and,| took the 5tump for Weaver. " Smuggling by the fair sex seems to have received a stunning rebuke in the recent experience of two women at this port.. Uncle Sam seems determined to inculcate an obedience to his laws by makinj it prof- itable if not moral. MACHINE MANAGERS PLAY THAT OLD GAME OF BLUFF Ever.ything in Sight Claimed by the Push, Yet Gage, Third in the Race, Is Losing Ground. i e VERY camp of the machine in California is acting under orders from push headquarters to claim every-, thing for Gage. Similar tacilcs were employed in the Senatorial campaign at Sacramento in 1899 Before the bnllo}:ng for United States Senator began the machine henchmen throughout the State predicted with a bold swing of assumed confidence that Burns, first ballot. Colonel E. F. Preston has notifled his leading sup- porters that he will not contend for the nomination. It is well known that Gage has lost ground during the past month. Early in the campaign Humboldt and Sacramento were placed in the Gage column. Recent happenings give the stalwart anti-boss . Republicans assurance of an even break in each county. If Ggge with the assistance of his Democratic allies | forms of severe treatment, ; | filled by a Democratic Governor. serts that the scheme will be futile and will have ! He says: “The | | Crown of the Valley undertook to discount the with the; “‘organization” and the railroad behind him, would be’ The shouting was.so vociferous nominatéd on the first tallot. and the claim of strength so positive tha on neutral ground were led to believe that the machine poli- ticians had a walkover. After the bosses had beaten the brush and brought to the open every hidden support the claim was put forward that the machine possessed reserve strength that would elect the colonel “next week.” At clearly revealed that the bess campaign was a big bluff from start to finish. The Gage managers are now putting Only thirteen Gage delegates have been chosen and the push is shouting that his nomination is sure. managers of the boss campaign are discussing what they will do witn the machine delegates when Gage is shelved. present indications are that Flint or Edson will lead on the Heard Road to Travel. Governor Gage doesn’t seem to be making much progress in his libel suit against Spreckels and Leake. 'The case is just at pres- ent shelved, until the United States Supreme Court decides a point at issue; which it prob- ably will do—some time. In the meantime, the election Is drawing nearer and nearer—ani the Governor's troubles are not growing less, by e whole lot. Verily, railroad Governor's have sometimes a.hard road to travel.—Liver- more Echo. e Pet of Governor Gage. Dr. Lawlon, the pet of Governor Gage, Who was put in charge of the Home for the Feeble- minded, has been allowed to resign. When Lawlor was appointed the press of San Fran- cisco roasted him most thoroughly, as a man unfit for the place; and a short time since The Call, Chronicle and Examiner discovered some of the inhuman practices which were car- ried out upon the inmates of the home. under the direction of the manager, Lawlor, and they gave it wide publicity. As a result Governor Gage was compelled to appoint an investigating committee, who, after making a careful in- vestigation, decided that Dr. Lawlor should be’ removed. The doctor was, however, allowed to resign. It is to be hoped that Dr. A. E. Os- borne’ will be reappointed to the place, as he is a man eminently fit for the position.—Paso Robles Leader. e T T Lawlor Is the Scapegoa Dr. Lawlor has been permitted to ‘“resign’ the superintendency of the Home for the Fee- ble-minded at Glen Ellen, and retires from the office with the censure of the public, .he indorsement of his associate officials at the home, and the good words'of the directors who requested his resignation with summary dis- missal as an alternative. The newspaper re- ports of Dr. Lawlor's severe ‘treatment of feeble-minded children have not been die- proved—in faet unimpeachable evidence must have beeh strong in their support as neither Governor Gage's special commisison nor the home directors heard many witnesses or gave much time to an investigation. If Lawlor de- served dismissal the resolutions of directors ex- cusing his acts were out of place; and if Dr. Lawlor had not put children in the dark-room for several months, and had abandoned all why was he dis- missed? The resolutions of the directors and their action in requiring Lawlor's resignation do not fit together nicely. There seems to be no room for doubt about Lawlor's ill-treatment | of the children at times. He had no experi- ence in that line of work to fit him for such a position. His selection was a political ap- pointment at the hands of Governor Gage. His predecessor, Dr. Osborne, was dismissed with- out explanation or the satisfaction of an in- vestigation. If there is a sincere desire to consider the care and interest of the feeble- minded children rather than the orders of a political push, Dr. Osborne will be returned to the superintendency of the home. If he js not it will look very much as if Lawlor was made a scapegoat to quiet public clamor.—Wat- sonville Pajaronian. . i S Yuba Delegation. Gage 1s having a hard time holding the few delegates that were believed to be sure for him. He was repdrted to have a solid dele- gation from Kern, but now it is stated that he will get only three of the eight votes. F. W. Johnson of the Marvsville Appeal was ex- pected to deliver the Yuba delegation for be- ing made a normal school trustee, >and how the naming of the delegation was given to Senator Cutter and Mr. Erwin, who are can- didates for district positions, dnd Cutter will not pick any very strong Gage men as dele- gates,—Red Bluff Sentinel. S Gage Cannot Be Elected. ‘The opposition to the renomination of Henry T. Gage as Governor 1s not of that kind which means a preference between g0od men or even tolerable men for office, a preference which will_cease after the nomination. The opposition to Gage is radical, a kind that will be carrfed to the polls. The vast majority of Gage's opponents believe him, after over three years’ trial, 1o be unfit for Governor and a discredit to the party and State and will not vote for him if nominated. Of the many other candi- dates for State offices, no such condition now exists; in this regard Gage stands alone. If nominated, he will not be elected, and the hun- dreds of offices filled by the Governor will be This is the penalty the Republican party will surely pay if it again makes Gage its candidate.—Pomona Times. . Anti-Gage Stock Is Rising. Governor Gage's evening twinkler in- the organization of the anti-machine forces in the Board of Trade rooms by throwing cold water upon it. But the cold water seems to have irrigated the anti-Gage plant and scattered its roots in all the eight precincts of the city. As near as can be gleaned,- the anti Gage stock ng like Jack's ' beanstalk.—Pasadena LSS R The Governor Is Mad. With the State convention six weeks away, the Republican party in California is in the midst of one of the hottest campaigns that the present generation can remember of. Never before has a candidate for a renomination been attacked by such elements of strength in his own party as have been called into play to re- tire Governor Gage to private life, while a most disastrous complication of circumstances has risen at a critical time in his campaign, and even if it might hav® been possible for him to have won out before, the events following the expose of San Quentin and Folsom affairs, and the Spreckels-Leake libel suit, removed the last vestige of hope, and now on top of that comes the still more damaging disclosures at Glen Ellen, the State’s home for unfortunates, and indignation fs stirred the State to the other. from ome end of .« . Opinlon is divided as to whether the tremen- dous effort being made by the Governor's lieu- tenants in all parts of the State is that of the followers of a forlorn hope, or is merely an at- tempt to gather in enough of the delegates to the State convention to be able to offer the bal- ance of power in the convention to some of the other candidates. for Governor, and thus dictate the nomination. The latter is quite as prob- ably the correct explanation as the former, al- though it is given out from headquarters that the Governor is “‘mad,”” and when he gets thoroughly angered there is no telling what fnolm:h thx:;an he L dg.‘ nd he may even insist on his name golng before the convention. —San Bernardino Sun. = i o B Too Great a Risk. It 1s possible that there are some Republicans who think that should Governor Gage succeed in forcing his renomination, the only detriment that the party would sustain would be the de- feat of the head of the State ticket at the com. ing election. It any gentle.nen take this sighted view, they will do well to reflect little on the situation that would present itself upon the renomination of the Governor. In the first place, the party would go into the cam- paign hopelessly divided. The men who oppose. the Governor would not accept his renomina- tion as merely the bad fortune of politics. They would regard it simply as an outrage not to be condoned. And this ‘sentiment would weaken the entire ticket, Congressional as well as State and county. It is very hard to an effective fght for a ticket when one cannot say a ‘word for the principal nominee. ire lerations that should not be. by men who are se any of the tickets, especally those who: are | aspirants for Congressional nominations. 1 make a terrible mistake if they succe blunders if they seek to promote their am- bl by themselves with the Gage |- ly e men are being *'s; p: T i, G, Tl e o 8 ", AN 1y turn them down.—San Diego ';:fl_o;.'“q e A Good Deal of Blufing. In view of the conditions prevailing through- o b [Tothing of the sus Francisco delegation t many Republicans senting Kings column. the windup it was er required to nominate. ::\ilen:r‘:sb put forward, Alameda with 71 votes and Santa Clara with 37—108 delegates—have been eliminated from the push The work of elimination is still progressing. not stop at Humboldt or Sacramento. citizenship defeat the push In a single Assembly distriet of Los should win the entire Los Angeles delegation, half of the San and be able to hold the delegates repre- nd Kern, he would still be 217 votes short of Since the original Gage It will If the forces of good Angeles County, the bosses will go down and out. up a similar bluff. In secret the real nation. The is readable: out this county, which are becoming more and more apparent, The Progress makes the predic- tion that Governor Gage will net get over per cent of the Los Angeles County delegates to the Republican State convention. Time will tell wWhether that prediction is fulfilled or not. There is a good deal of blu!flnF going on by the Gage boomers, but at the polls on the primary elec- tion day that bluffing is going to go up against the deep-seated convictions and votes of the ! rank and flle of the Republicans who have had enough of Gage. And those votes are going to tell the story.—Pomona Progress. plesiozs i The Sentimental Gage. As the matter now stands, Governor Gage and The Call are no nearer a solution of their difficulties than when they began. If the Gov- ernor really .desired a speedy vindication he took just tne plan to prevent speedy action. By running off to the antipodea] village of San Pedro to file his complaint he deliberately made a speedy trial impossible, and he must have known that things would be just about as they are. It was from the start out of the question to suppose that Spreckels and Leake would go sailing down to San P t intima- tion of the Governor's ‘‘sentimental” pleasure. The Governor professes to want a speedy trial; so does The Call. "Gage can at once show to the State whether or not he 1s honest in his professions, by transterring his case to San | Francisco. There the testimony can be best produced and a conclusion soonest reached. Spreckels and Leake are pursuing just the course that Gage might have foreseen in try- ing to avold going to San Pedro. Any defense they would make would be hamj by al- most insurmountable difficulties there, to say picion that the court there would be under the domination of Gage. The mere dictates of common-sense would lead the defendants to make the fight they are making in their own defense.—Ukiah Dispatch-Demo- crat. R Blight of Gage Polities. The directors of the Glen Ellen Home unani- mously accepted the resignation of Superin- tendent Lawlor at a special meeting Saturday which makes one of the quickest records of results from a newspaper crusade for reform that we know of. The report of the special committee appointed by Governor Gage to in- vefitigate the condition of affairs at the Home did not indicate that Lawlor had been gullty of quite as inhuman practices as were attrib- uted to him by the Chronicle, and the in- vestigators found that he was of a ‘kind- hearted and generous dispesition.”” The prac- tices charged, also, were discontinued by Su- | perintendent Lawlor of his own volition several | months ago on realizing that they were too severe. Nevertheles his immediate resigna- | tion .was. asked. for. and_was’ promptly forth- coming. FEnough has béen shown, however, to indicate that Dr. Lawlor was not the man for the position he has just,resigned, and it is to be hoped that Dr. Osborne, who proved his fitness fn ‘his long service, will" be re- instated as superintendent: Pollg ‘was- the governing principle in the whole ir, ihclud- ing ‘the prominent part played by the news- papers, and we hope the Home and jts inmates will now be permitted to return to the tran- quillity énjoyed previous to Dr. Lawlor's brief _engagement.—Healdsburg Tribune. g b S Speedy Determination. Governor Gage has everything to gain by a speedy hearing. His failure to secure such hearing Is certainly against him In a political way. The editors had everything to gain by postponement. This they have accomplished, so far gs the suit brought in Los Angeles County is concerned. The next movement in this interesting contgoversy will be awaited with much curiosity.™ It occurs to us that Governor Gage is almost compelled to dis- miss the suit heretofore started by him and institute new proceedings in San Francisco in order to bring the matter to speedy determin- ation.—Santa Rosa Republican. Gimis s gpie ST Kevane's Revol er. A notable incident of the proceedings befors Superfor Judge Sloss in San Francisco, during the argument on the Governor's petition in his libel case, was the fall of a revolver from the | pocket of the Honorable Dan Kevane. It is | related that the Court and all the spectators, | including his excellency, Henry Gage, were startled, but that the distinguished Secre- tary of the State Board of Examiners remained calm and undisturbed. The compliment to the court, in appearing armed on that occasion, was very peculiar. And while the Governor's adviser may have had a permit to carry a concealed weapon It is highly probabie that he was violating the city ordinance and should have been competled to pay a fine in the Police Court, just like any common law breaker. Perhaps it was gubernatorial dignity that hedged in Kevane and prevented an arrest up- on the spot, or a commitment for contempt of court.—Sacramento Lok M5 TR The Erratic Gage. A San Francisco writer for the San Jose Mercury says: ‘“Will it be Gage? has nearly ceased to be asked. Few now belleve that it will. His erratic action in the matter of his suit has diminished such chances as he may have had. It has certainly lost him supporters without gaining him compensating substitutes.” —Visalia Delta. —— Rank and'File Against Gage. A few nights ago the Republican voters of the Seventy-fifth Assembly District, which comprises one of the largest voting districts in the city of Los Angeles, met and organized a club. Gage and his henchmen, knowing the importance of controlling this club, used every possible effort to get possession of it. But the rank and file refused to have anything to do with Gage, and declared unanimously that they were for Flint, and named the club the Sey- enty-fifth Assembly District Flint Club, its ob- Jects being the furthering of the best interests of the Republican party in that district and particularly the promotion of the candidacy of Hon. Thomas Flint Jr. for the gubernatorial e ol f the club e control of club practically gives Flint the Los Angeles delegation and 1t snows to the Republica: ge’'s own n voters north that Ga people in the south are not willing to stand for him any longer.—Oroville Register. e S Gage’'s Weakness, Some time back Governor Gage saw fit to re- move from the superintendency of the State Home for Feeble-minded Dr. Osbornie, who had for fifteen years filled the place satisfactorily. .. v | lor, a pet of the Gavernor's, and in less than a year an ex- posure of the most disgusting, inhuman and brutal practices of the new superintendent being aired by the California press. It is aiff- cult to conceive how any man can be 3o low as to punish weak-minded and frresponsible chil- e Sl e pache. The Governor Iuck with his favorites all along m.“fi%‘l Put when it is borne in mind that he appoints- to ort- it they it on use for wonder.—Monterey —_— The Gage Incubus. “tPn- The influential Republican newspapers and the foremost Republican citizens of California are opposing Gage's renomi- The Governor has attached to himself such a shady coterie of push politicians that the people have lost respect for his administration. The following comment of the press counted In the game. They may be worth something to the mail chorus, but they “cut no ice’’ with us.—Santa Ana Herald, ——— The Governor Not There. Sacramento is the capital of the Stats, but the Governor is mot there. According to dis- patches he has opened headquarters in the Hollenbeck Hotel, Angeles, for the prelim- inary campaign in- the gubernatorial contest. The Governor will remain there until the date of the Republican primaries, which oceur on August 12, and will wage his fight for renom- ination from his headquarters until that time.— Napa Register. et gt sty Unfit for Governor. The opposition to the renomination of Henry T. Gage as Governor is not of that kind whichi means a preference between good men or even tolerable men for office, a preference which will cease aft he nomination. The opposition to Gage is radical, a kind that will be carried to the polls. The vast majority of Gage's opponents belfeve "him, after over three years' trial, to be unfit for Governor and a discredit to the par. ty and State and will not vote for him if nom: nated. Of the many other candidates for Sta offices no such condition now exists; in this re- gard Gage stands alone. If nominated, he will not be elected and the hundreds of offices fillcd by the Governor will be filled by a Democratic Governor. This is the penalty the Repubiican party will surely pay if it again makes Gage its candidate.—Pomona. Times. —_— Danger of Party Defeat. We oppose Mr. Gage's renomination because, from visits over the State, from inzer- views and letters received from strong Repub'i- cans of many years' standing, Republicans who have previously hr"d for the success of the party from unselfish motives, have all said they could not, and would not, support him should he be nominated. Some have said they would vote against him. Others say they don’t know how to vote for a Demoerat, but they cannot and will not vote for Henry Gage. Uder these circumstances It s the acme of fooltshness to renominate Mr. Gage when it means certain defeat at the polls. Cunning manipulators may so conduct caucuses and so labor at the primaries that they can combine at the convention and will have the power to force the nomination. The Gage leaders already say that they will do this very thing. They claim the delgations from all ths larger cities. They figure that but an extremely small number from the outside, added to thelr city delegations, will give them the majority. * * * But we want to warn the bosses who expect to domi- nate the convention through corrupt machinations in the large cities, where corrupt out of their mouths. Be warned In time.—Redlands Citrograph. = cmm ¥ commcr Suffers in Puble Estimation. Goernor Gage’s prosecution .of his charges of criminal libel is petty and spiteful to the last degree. His disposition to make trouble for Spreckels and Leake, rather than to gain a vin- dication for himself in the eyes of the public, should be manifest to everybody. The proceed. ing; , have developed mothing but a maze.of legal technicalities and quib- blings, in which the original accusations against Gage have become obscured. The Governor has certainly suffered in public estimation by his desperate efforts to force the trial of Spreckels and Leake before a petty Justice’s court in an obscure little seaside vii- lage south of Los Arngeles. In this he has given a new ‘:llu‘;tdn!lon of the extraordinary narrowness and vindictiveness tha: iy i L it are his chiet The only point of interest for tI the matter is this: . vate home in Southe: dia"the State set proper sompe iy o in the latter case, it appears, there is in. - Jolved a violation of law, as the State has for- en the use of conviet I ‘man Rt viet labor in such manu- 0 libel suit Is néeded to disprove The Cair" statement in this particular. A straighttormrg 28d explicit denial from the Governor himselr with any explanation tha 2 essary, would throw the burden of peot upe len of proo! the accuser, at the bar of public amnm:_ » If the Governor has been wrongfully accused his first aim should be to dis rove tl leaving the punishment of his calumniacnns 8 later date. By personally conducting or di. recting a Justice’s court case he has detracted greatly from his own dignity. Not to put too fine a point upon it, he has made an ass of him. s::. and for the hurdredth time. Sacramento Gage Is Shirking Investigation. The_libel suit brcught against i and the editor of the San n.né"-:o”‘é‘l'fi'hg Governor Gage is rapidly hout for derision 1 S the entire State. Tha & Governor who has made economy his hobby in the management of State affairs should de. liberately select a place 500 miles away for the fling and ‘trial of his libel suif, knowing that his action would entafl heavy expensés upon taxpayers, is so ridiculous and Inconsistent that he is pretty generally coming to be looked Upon with feeling of contempt. Apparently he does not desite a full investigation of tha charges and hopes by some means to ayold the ::l‘n(lnt.om of the full facts, but if so he even the slightest bit of evidence in course. In tion of its a b Governor's. political funeral—Livarinacs ‘Seus The Paroled Furniture, * The appeal taken by Spreckels and Leake the Supreme Court of the Unitey States tiea up Gage's criminal libel suit indefinit the Justice's Court at San with great dignity, and at the instance of the o District Attorney of Los Angeles County, haz de‘end.lnul::fl? September next. Ttl'!:ln ‘:fm,lh! likely the last act in the farce. But siill the people would like to hear from the Governor in person in regard to The Cails charse that furniture from San Quentin Prison » Los Angeles home.—Sacra- eee—————1 Prunes stuffed with apricuts. Townsend's.* —_—— Reduction, genuine ey, 1::. spees, to 40c. Note 81 4th, Frv::'t ‘ber, mcg:m: Townsend's California Glace frult and :ndin.‘uanwnnd.hm 639 Marke: st., Palace Hotel buii e o> Special information - supplied business houses and public men o ornia street. by the Cflwhqu-n-n uw«l)“ae.-;. She is ome of the leading fiction writers of the present day world. The Sreat Sunday Call Midsammer Fietion Edition will have a story from her pen written es-