The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 5, 1902, Page 6

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To do this is the duty of a newspaper, but if the girls submit to be caught on the fly, and to jump off a train and marry a seductive stranger after an hour's acquaintance, our efforts are useless; we simply can’t get there in time. This method succeeded in the case of the much- wanted Mr. Watkins, of New Jersey and several other Eastern points. He is of an excellent family, but resembles the Arkansas horsethief. When that celebrated horse-fancier was convicted and brought before the Court for sentence, the Judge said: “Young man, you are of good family. Your parents gave you a good education, instead of which you go up and down Arkansas stealing horses.” 5 The amazement is that any right-minded girl, ac- customed to social safeguards, should permit herself to be the dupe of a shrewd swindler, who meets her on a train and proposes marriage without reference to her family or. the knowledge of her friends. In this case it is pleaded, in behali of the victim, that the swindler used hypnotism to gain control of her. That may or may not be so. Probably the fact is that he used no more arts than the smooth ways by which he induced gentlemen, who were his fel- low passengers, to lend him several hundred dollars 2nd others to indorse his spurious checks. Such arts are the ordinary equipment of all swindlers, and are no more due to hypnotic power than are the exploits | of Tracy, or other experts in deception and crime. There is one hard and fast rule for men and women, which, if observed, will keep them out of trouble with such fellows. This never, under any circumstances, take a smooth, well-mannered, well-dressed and scrupulously polite stranger at his own statement of what he is or what he appears to be. One moment’s reflection should convince any man of sense that such fellows, with their obvious intelligence and knowledge of affairs, could not by any means be in the sudden financial strajts which they plead as a reason for asking for money. And the good sense of any woman, who has cut her teeth, and has sense enough to go down street to buy a paper of pins, should tell her that no man of honor, fit to be her husband, would urge a marriage between trains, without the knowledge or consent of her parents. People sometimes turn up the noSe and lift the eyebrows about what they call “old-fashioned prud- ishness.” A good deal more of that ancient article ought to find a market in this world, and if it did there would be fewer hearts broken and fewer heads that ought to be. e — In his manifesto issued on going forth to meet the rebels President Castro of Vesezuela is reported to have said: “Bracing myself with the conflicts of peace and raising my stature, if need be, beyond the limitations of nature, I shall chain events and harness them to the car of victory in the very camp of the rebellion.” Now why can’t Bryan talk like that and do himself justice? _— Some adverse comment has been made over the interjection of the vaporings of a fortune-teller in bolstering the cry that the recent prizefight was a fake. The sporting sharp of the local yellow sheet is probably not sympathetic to the cry. This fortune- teller gave him his single opportunity to predict the conclusion of a fight and then he neglected to ac- cept it. 3 A Chinaman was hanged a few days ago at San Quentin for murder. Under the present political regime this seems to be a curious conclusion to an existence which might have been valuable. It must be that the condemned coolie was either not a good cook or his case was not brought to the attention of the Governor. It is stated that Sarah Bernhardt has been rendered moody and melancholy by a fear of growing old, and it is now up to 8arah to explain what she means by growing old. There are some folks who deemed her old twenty years ago, and there are others who still ook upon her as 2 giddy young thing. The local Board of Education is now engaged in its usual game of favoritism by consolidating teach- ers out of their positions. In view of this it would be interesting to know why the board saw fit to appoint more than a score new teachers when there was not seom for the old. N THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1902. THE GOVERNOR BACKWARD. PPARENTLY %gainst his will the District A Attorney of Los Angeles County finds his name used by the Governor in another pro- ceeding to delay trial of the criminal libel suit against the owner of The Call and its manager. The last proceeding of his backward Excellency is for another writ of prohibition against the jurisdiction of Justice Fritz. It is based upon the beneficial in- terest of the people of the State of California, in the prosecution. Perhaps this way is taken upon the supposition that the suit is in the name of the people of Los Angeles County, who, it will be admitted, are represented by the local prosecuting officer. The people of the State, in whose- name writs and war- rants run, must have their authority and representa- tion deposited in quite another officer. However, on the face of it, let it be conceded that this last movement in the policy of delay ac- complishes the purpose of the Governor, which is to tide over the primaries without getting into court, in‘order that the facts revealed by the testimony in our possession may not be fully made known to the people. It is only one week to the date of the pri- maries, and if this dilatory proceeding were finally decided on the day set for hearing, not enough time would be left for an cfficient disclosure of our justifi- cation. Under these circumstances it may become our duty to proceed with the publication of the material portion of our evidence, in order that in that form the people may know what it is. We are perfectly aware that the Governor is at this moment relying upon propagation of a feeling against newspapers in general, and of a prejudice against The Call in particular, on the general ground of it being a vice in the press to attack people for the purposes of sensation. The Call is not that kind of a paper. Its attitude toward the Gage administra- tion has been compelled by the facts. We supported the Governor in his campaign upon the assurance and belief that he was his own man, and in office would represent the people and conserve their inter- ests. When the fact developed that this was not so, but that he was tied up by obligations to the railroad and the push, which were contracted prior to his nomination, and which were inconsistent with his duty to the public, we were compelled to part com- pany with him, or to appear as his apologist. No decent newspaper would hesitate in the choice. As the evidence developed that his obligation ran to the push with which his nomination was concerted, we have made it publje: The San Quentin disclos- | ures are incident to the system of pull and push which has governed every material official act since his mauguration. It was not his duty as Governor to put himself at the head of a faction in the party and use his official power to control the election of a United States Senator. It wds no part of his duty to use his power over legislation to coerce the votes of mem- bers of the ‘Legislature for Senator. When the Sena- torial incident was closed by the defeat of the Gov- ernor, it was ne part of his duty to use his official authority to reward those who had joined his at- tempt to elect a Senator, and to punish those who had refused. Yet he has proceeded on those lines; and as a result we have the pehitentiary and Glen Ellen scandals. It is all part of the original offense of taking a great public office mortgaged, or deeded in trust and in escrow, to the baser politicians and the push. . We intend that the people shall not be misled by rousing prejudice against newspapers. It is not often fear from the press. The reputation of such an officer is incapable of receiving injury from the newspapers, and he does not have to bring libel suits and side step to avoid their trial, in order to defend it. The evidence will be disclosed in time for digestion by every thoughtful man in the State, and we wish that all such shall make up their minds when they read it. We are sensitive to our responsibility in this matter, and are also sensitive to the rights of the people of California. If with the facts before them they want more of such an administration, the con- sequences be upon them, for they will have acted with their eyes open. e A curéous illustration of the inconsistencies of sentimentalism is disclosed in a complaint made, it seems, by a considerable number of people against the practice of the postal officials in blackening the face of McKinley on the new postal cards by the cancellation stamp. We have been canceling postage stamps by black marks since ever postage stamps began, and no objection has eyer been heard before. Of courze it'is the freshness of the sorrow for the death of McKinley that has aroused the feeling, and yet it is strange that any man with intelligence enough to write a letter or a postal card should not have enough to perceive that no wrong is dome to the memory of the distinguished dead by canceling a stamp even if it happen to bear his picture. I Post concerning the report that he has been selected by President Roosevelt to prepare an administration bill for submission to Congress next winter for the regulation of trusts, Congressman Littlefield replied: “I am not prepared to make any | statement relative to proposed legislation.” The reply virtually admits that he is to be spokes- man for the administration, for were he acting for himself alone as a representative in Congress he could have no objection to making known his views. He has twice presented bills for the regulation of trusts and consequently must have fixed convictions on the subject. His disinclination to speak therefore can hardly arise from any other source than the fact that at the coming session of Congress he is to act uhder the responsibility of a representative of the administration. : Such being the case, it is natural that persons in- terested in the subject should look up Mr. Little- field’s record and learn fromy it what course he has hitherto followed in trying to solve the trust prob- lem. It is evident that in selecting him to take the lead in legislation of this kind the President must have been influenced by what Mr. Littlefield has already advocated, and consequently a study of the views of the Congressman can hardly. fail to give some insight into the President’s ideas on the issue. Some time ago Mr. Littlefield contributed to Les- lie's Weekly an article giving his views on the pro- posed legislation. He declared himself in favor of giving such “compulsory publicity” to the business of industrial corporations as is now given to the affairs of a bank, so that the public may know ex- actly what the stock is worth. Publicity, he said, would tend to prevent the floating of unsound stock on the market and would also restrain the tendency to abnormally increase prices for the sake of earning big dividends. He is opposed to, any attempt to THE TRUST PROBLEM. N response to an inquiry from the Washington that a public officer who does right has anything to. powers in dealing with the issue, until a fair trial has been made of the powers already possessed over in- terstate commerce.s : One of Mr. Littlefield’s reviewers sums up his pro- gramme in this statement: “To establish beyond all question®of doubt Federal control of all corporations engaged in commerce between the States, and to broaden the scope of the Sherman anti-trust law. This once established, he will seek a system of pub- licity that will enable the Goverfiment at all times to obtain information of the standing and doings of corporations engaged in interstate traffic. The im- position of a tax on such corporatigns doing an in- terstate business as have outstanding capital stock | unpaid in whole or in part. /The prevention of indis- criminate increase of capital stock of such corpor- ations, unless such increase appears'to Government authorities warranted by financial standing.” While the plan may not accurately forecast the administration bill which Mr. Littlefield is now sup- policy which will be pursued. It presents a conser- vative and at the same time an effective step toward grappling with such evils as have. attended the development of the trusts. While it is not to be ex- pected that it will in every particular find universal favor it will be more satisfactory {o the country than mere denunciations of trusts such as the Démocratic demagogues are now making in their platforms. Thus on the trust issue the Republican party is in good shape. It can meet the opposition with a good record on that question and with the assurance that new legislation will be provided to meet whatever evils are not susceptible of remedy by the present laws. ) Something like 80,000 men are to return to Great Britain from the army in South Africa withir\a short time and be dismissed from the service. Employment will have to be found for them, and the best that British ingenuity can devise at present is to send them back to the Transvaal with money enough to start on a small scale and grow up with the country, W ipternational anti-trust conference and omitted the United States from the list of invited powers, he precipitdted upon the world some- thing in the nature of a riddle. In the discussion that has followed there have been some forty theories advanced to account for the call and about forty more to account for the omission of this country. The case was the more curious because our Govern- ment was not only uninvited but was not even officially notified that the conference had been called. Under such circumstances it was natural -that Americans should come to the conclusion that the aim of the Czar is to put himself at the head of a movement to check American competition with European goods in their home market. It is well known that a strong feeling in favor of such action exists in nearly all European countries and that had the Czar any desire to take the lead he would have a strong following to support him. While no official nctice was given to our Govern- . ment of the conference and consequently our Govern- ment gave no intimation of the feeling in this coun- try concerning the project, the Russian officials at Washington have taken note of the comments of the press and have deemed it worth while to explain the situation. It is even probable that the explanation comes more promptly in reply to the press than it would have come in response to some official diplo- matic note from the State Department. In fact it seems that while the Czar and his advisers are in- different to public opinion in Russia they have re- spect for that of the United States, and’are desirous of presenting their actions in such a way as to pre- clude any suspicion that they arise from antagonism to our Government or to our industries. The explanation just issued by the financial agent of the Russian Government at Washington says: “In view of the erroneous interpretation by many organs of the American press of the object and meaning of the recent note of the Russian Minister of Finance sent to various Governments whose repre- sentatives signed the Brussels convention on sup- pression of bounties cn sugar, M. Routkowsky, finan- cial agent of the Russian Government in the United States, has been instructed to communicate to the | press that, in case of a negative answer of the powers to the above note and the establishing of a counter- vailing duty on Russian sugar, the Imperial Russian Government will consider the establishment of such a duty as an infraction of its commercial treaties with the powers so doing, and, therefore, free from obligations imposed by them, qna at liberty not to comply with their stipulations, whenever it will be to the advantage of Russia.” It thus appears that the call for a conference is a blow aimed not at us, but at Europe. The Czar has | always contended that the Russian sugar industry is not fed by a bounty, but the powers of Europe summoned Russia to the Brussels sugar con- ference and virtually charged that she is giving boun- ties. The Czar, in his call for a new conference, virtually says to the powers: “You have adopted certain rules which will operate to my disadvantage as a sugar producer and exporter. I maintain that you are thus discriminating against my domestic policies and ask that your programme be carried to its logical conclusion. If domestic policies for the | promotion of industries are to be made the subject of international action let us make the programme complete by taking action against all sorts of indus- trial combinations.” As the Uhited States was not one of the parties to the Brussels conference we are not included among those with whom the Czar desires to get even. As a matter of fact he has already dealt with us. In retaliation for the countervailing duty im- | posed by the United States against Russian sugars, the Russian Government now imposes her maximum tariff rates on American products. We have there- fore no concern in the anti-trust conference. It is a European fight and we can watch it with the ease of an impartial spectator who is in no danger of get- ting hurt. THE CZAR EXPLAINS. HEN the Czar issued invitations to a grand ——— A local man who has found the maritdl sea a choppy one and who is seeking safety insthe divorce cove says his wife has grown cold because she throws flatirons at him. It would be interesting to know what the lady would do if she grew hot. jamend the constitution to give Congress larger H A West Point cadet has been dismissed from the academy on an accusation of hazing. The incident is instructive in that it shows that a man may do seri- ous damage with his tongue. The young man had a virulent mouth. 7 An alcohol establishment has recently been opened for business near Agnews. \This may not unjustly be considered by the denizefis of the asylum as a cun- ning presentation of cause and effect posed to be preparing, it doubtless gives the general ! GAGE FALLING BEHIND IN RACE FOR B Ry PP L o e NE S [ eiasiissst D AR T Ml 1L A o 7 GOVERNOR l e — WHO SHRINKS FROM WEIGHING HIS EVIDENCE IN SCALE OF JUSTICE? EADING Republicans in every avenue of industrial enterprise, and especially the Republican farmers, are earnestly advising against the renomination of Gage. The selection of delegates by the counties of the interior shows that the advice is being heeded. During the pagt two weeks the managers of the Gage machine have not been able to add a single cured Siskiyou and and Marin are opposed to the Gage machine. strength in other northern counties. terior is so strong against Gage that solid delegations for the machine from San Francisco and Los Angeles cannot save the unfortunate Governor. will not be able to win 50 per cent of the San Francisco rep- delegate to the unlucky thirteen—eight from Kern and five He has won the dele- Flint continues to gain. Merced, from Kings. gations of Stanislaus, Tulare, Monterey and San Benito. 13. Cannot Fool the Voters. When it became apparent that the Republi- cans of this valley were being led by certain candidates straight into the corral of Gage and Dan Burns, the rank ‘and file of the party refused to follow any further and set about to find men who would lead them in a cam palgn against boss rule. As a result of tl Tevolt of the Republican voters another candi- date for Assemblyman from this district en tered the fleld from San Dimas. And the fruit growers and farmers and all who have had enough of the administration of Gage and Burns rallied to the suport of him and “other candidates who have been anti-Gage from the And two lines of battle were formed with the Gage forces and the candidates who had cast their lot with them on one side, and the anti-Gage forces and candidates on the other. And now comes the funny part of it all. Seeing that the people had revoited against the Gage leadership and that the battle was lost, not only to Gage, but to the candidates who had joined forces with the Gage-Burns ma- chine, those who had been slated for dele- gates on that side are now proclaiming through- out this Assembly district that they are as strong anti-Gage as anybody and are for Par- ee. That means simply that, if Pardee is not the second choice of the Dan Burns forces, they are willing to forsake Gage entirely in order, it possible, to maintain control of the Legis lature and of the political machinery of this county. It the Burns leaders can save the machine out of the wreck, they will have saved by _far the larger portion: But the voters are not likely to be fooled by the “‘anti-Gage' cry of the Gage candidates for delegates. It is not Gage alonme, but the Dan Burns machine that the people propose to overthrow in this campaign.—Pomona Progress. o Gage Under a Cloud. The bold and direct charge of The Call re- garding the state of affairs at San Quentin as being corrupt is in the main believed to be true. Superior Judge Sloss has handed down the opinion that this case of the Governor against The Call may be heard in San Franclsco, If his Excellency is prepared to clear himself of the charges made, now has his opportunity ar: rived, but does he avail himeelf of it? O, no. 'He has sppesled from the declsion. ~Hi wants to get the case started before a Justice of the Peace several hundred miles away from everything and everybody connected with it. The people would have been pleased to-know the true inwardness of all The Call's charges before the Republican State Convention, and if the Governor had been of the same frame of mind the whole story would have been. out before this time. But it is too late now, for the convention meets in Sacramento August 25, which date will find the Governor still under a cloud, and, furthermore, because he seemingly prefers the cloud to the results of an_investigation. The situation is such that the machine touts who were strong awhile ago for having dele- gates instructed for, e are now lifting up a hypocritical yelp “‘for freedom of actlon for delegates.” Bah!—Martinez Daily Press. Sl ime T Glen Ellen Scandal. The representatives of the twenty-five chari- table and philanthropic assoclations of San Francisco have united in an appeal to Governor Gage and the of Trustees o for Feebleminded Chiléren to reinetats D o, tate Dr. A E. Osborne In the position of superintend the home, made'vacant by the dismissal of Dy Lawlor, These signers it the best the metropolis ¢"&fi"zb'f—m :-n fiu‘w t‘:é The count stands, Flint 47; Gage, The delegates representing Tehama, Slerra, Glenn, Colusa resentation. renomination would Mendocino, defeat. Madera, philanthropic subjects.. They are men and Women of ripe experience and strong sympathy. No other equal number of citizens would be so capable of coming to an intelligent conclusion in this connection. They have no axes to grind; only a sincere desire to secure the humane and efficient administration of the home. Governor Gage has experimented in the man- agement of the institution by a political ap- pointee. He has found that he made a grave mistake and has been compelled to make a pub- lic acknowledgment of' his error by his offi- cfal acglon. ““A-fault confessed is half redressed.”” Now let Governor Gage complete the redress by re- instating the man who is so strongly recom- mended for the pesition by a combination of experts on the question.—San Jose Mercury. e Fair Proposition. Messrs. Spreckels and Leake of the San Francisco Call have made Governor Gage, through The Call, an offer to at once bring the libel suit to an issue in Los Angeles, one that if the Governor cares to press the suit he commenced with such grandiloquent flourish, he can accept without the least sacrifice of such officlal dignity and t as he pos- sesses. The only condition that Spreckels and | Leake make is that the Governor shall not im- pose any obstacles, technical or otherwise, to a speedy trial. Does the Governor care to have the case tried which he commenced?— Pomona Times, Folsom Prison Seandal. It Is now declared that Warden Wilkinson of the Futsom Prison is to be forced to resigr. Heavy charges of incompetency are s against him, and it is said that the directors have the sanction of Governor Gage in their action. There are no charges of dishonesty flsllnl( the Warden, but on the contrary it is admitted that the financial concerns of -the prison have been well and honestly handled. It seems that Wilkinson is not competent to man- age the disciplinary matters of the prison and hence the rules and regulations are not en- forced and the prison is declared to be unsate in his hands.—Petaluma Argus. —_— Peripatetic Governor. Rhode Island isn't the only State in_ the Union with two ‘capitals. Newport and Prov- idence have their counterparts in California. legal residence of the Governor of Cali- fornia is Sacramento; but he has abandoned the executive chamber in the stately pile up north to webspinning spiders. Los Angeles now is the seat of government Edson has se- Shasta and is sure to develop additional The sentiment of the in- The present signs are that the bosses Republicans who have up to the present time occupied neutral ground are now declari at Gage's lead the whole State ticket to disastrous They maintain that it would be rank folly to saeri- fice the party to save Gage and Kevane. of California comment as follows on Gage's can Leading newspapers dacy: of the Golden State, and ‘‘push™ headquarters in the Hollenbeck Hotel take the place of the executive mansion, s Sacramento has been neglected, and the State’s Chief Executive has been attending to his own private troubles. The seat of ‘‘government’” has beent fotle, For & time it was at the n Patace Hotel, near : Another Po! Scored. Messrs. Spreckels and Leake have scored an- other point agalnst Governor Gage. Af e “Prunesstuffed with apricots. Townsend's.® —_—— 'l‘owmn”:'l Cllfl‘fl'rnh Glace fruit and candles, a pound, in artistic bon A %o L fire-etched Market st., Palace Hotel building. * —_—————— Special Information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 230 Cali- fornia street. Telephone Main 1042 * —_———— The exodus to Europe continues. The steamers are loaded -?my never were before. On nearly all of them officers of the ships gave up their quarters, and did so at great discomfort to themselves. —_— The rate of interest, which fifteen years ago was 8 and 10 per cent on the best 35 Taw s 315 per cent mn e 3t o % o per on banks of the Established 1823. WILSON - WHISKEY JAKE JOSEPH, Representative, 30 Battery Street, Sap Francisss That’s AlIl - P