The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 16, 1903, Page 6

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Filimore, open until 9 p. m. - LEWIS ON JACKSON. | | © anmversary of the battle of New Orleans T been adopted as a Democratic holiday. T'hat battle was a gallant achievement, and is e efficient background of Jackson's political career | in which he wrought with the strength of a giant 1 the skill of a doctrinaire for the gold standard d money. All the people feel an interest in oi that anniversary gallant action at arms, and the universal and only honest standard vali Under these circumstances it has added to the gayety of nations to see the advocates of free silver, un- imited rag well executed counterfeit money ceren celebrating Jackson day I'his vear the principal observance was in Omaha, d it was made opalescent and detonating by the ¢ of Washington and now of Chicago, where his id orat . ry and tropical presence have done much mitigate the discomiforts of the coal famhine and ercome the wintry rigor of the lake wind$ aha s In his he admitted that the DemdSracy had and described pped a cog it as: “Agme well on the ck, cut upon the open I.-gllzfi%}ng ough space at ungoverned speed, ong strange tances; up and ower strange dividgss fakeering with mad recklessness, with the engins's phrotile own wide open and a blind mam up ,u"g/amx.‘, It because of this that many of pas- sengers,” in desperation, are leaping for their lives the platiorms.” I'his was Jurid, but when he turned upon the Re- publican party he uncorked every one of the vials of wrath and disemboweled metaphor to spread its era like the contents of a runaway tripe wagon along the highway of his remarks, He represented the onstituticn as reduced to kindling wood, the| Declaration of Independence tacked up like a two- bit coonskin ‘on the gebie of a log cabig, and human | berty in te the ties in search of some new shelter. The weeping and yet fierce climax of his oratorical reached when he came to discuss the e of British built ships by American capital. No one can drink, :ppreciatively, a pousse cafe coulenr by\the mouth of another, and so we permit | our readers to take this fresh from J. Ham himself. | sit=d millions filched from the American He said: tre: T ury, drained from the toil of saffering, are to be d to 2 foreign country and to royal sycophants. ips purchased and sustained by American are pledged. in the event of a conflict of this a with her ever-enduring enemy, to have stars and stripes struck from their masthead, the jack unfurled. their ships’ guns turned aghins the citadel of the republic to blow the nation to #toms and her citizens to ignoble death. Yet with his unnamable offense, violating every provision of the morai law and the constitution of our country there seems none so bold as to cry the crime by name. Here to-night, in the memory of Jackson at New Or- lcans, we name the offense. It is ‘Treason! “Trea- son.” Trembling in the shadow of the crumbling s, let us cry to our countrymen to rally to their f:-.c once more support their ancient house, and Sznciify the temple with the loyal and worshiping Democracy.” Red fire and martial music, while J. Ham, the forked lightning of the platiorm, names what he says is unnamable and trembles in the shifting shadows of the crumbling walls and rallies to the gates with sanctifying screech to do something unspecified. D h a liberality nctively Californian the man agers of the inaugural bali at Sacramento provided four hundred gallons of champagne punch for three hundred and fifty guests. yet that any of the exhilarating concoction was wasted. ™ The very s doliars wa Richard Croker’s name has been taken off the New York tax list on the ground that he is a non-resident. Ii everything else suggesting Croker were removed irom New York the great metropolis would be en- titled to ¢ ions. : San Francisco seems determined to record events that border on the marvelous and excite suspicion of the improbable. A local physician was knocked down by an automobile the other day and wasn't killed. Che Solease Call.’ i And nobody has indicated | ~HE VENEZUELA SETTLEMENT. . HE adjustment of the Venezuela difficulty, T which is in sight, is agreeable to those who seek justice, and stimulates the proper pride of the péople of the United States. By assent of our Government our Minister to Caracas, Mr. Bowen, has become Comfhissioner of Venezuela, and has been apparently given plenary power to proceed to Wash- | ington and with the Ministers of Great Britain and j(hc other powers west of the Danube which are con- gerned effect a final scttiement. It is evident that this means that a complete ad- | justment and a finality will be attempted by diplo- macy. Mr. Bowen is in full possession of all the facts. He knows the rights of the abused nationals of other countries who have suffered by reason of Venezuela's | disregard of her international obligations, and he | knows where justice ends and injustice begins in the enforcement of remedies against Venezuela. | | { { | | | powers, in a still higher/sense he acts for civiliza- | tion, for the right of cvery country to protect its na- | tionals who are deprived of their rights abroad, and, above all, he stands for the great code of principles | law. i International law in- It is intended to carry into the | same principles and purposes. flicts no injustice. | conduct of nations the intent of the municipal law, | whether it be the common or the civil law, which "', to establish justice and protect the common rights |of person and property everywhere. It will be observed that these great intents of in- ternational law work to the establishment of amity, d not enmity, in the world. They are the means | of extending civilization by permitting the free and | protected intercourse of different peoples with each | other. From such contact one nation learns from an- worthy ways of its people, face to face. If there were | no international code the people of one country would | be restrained irom seeking domicile in any other na- | tion | It may be said, with perfect truth. that no other part of the world, except China, Korea and Thibet, mixture with its own population more than Central | {and South America. The conditions which have put | the business enterprise, financial institutions and all | the means of life in Venezuela in the hands of for- | eigners are prevalent in all of those Governments ex- | cepting Mexico, Argentina, Brazil and Chile. These | conditions exist because of the revolutionary charac- ter of the Governments whose people suffer from them. citizens of such countries are unsafe, except in the | case of the very strong, who can equip an armed iorce to defend their accumulations. Mr. Bowen is well aware of all these things and can be sound money men glory in Jackson's declaration | be trusted to consider the highest and most perma- | nent interests of the people of Venezuela consistently | with the enforcement of justice to foreigners who have been despoiled. The agreement under which he undertakes his difficult task involves a final re- sort to The Hague tribunal. But that means that a weary time must be spent in drawing arbitrators from The Hague jury. As we have said, when this | waste of time was sought to be avoided by making | presented in the fact that The Hague jury is largely composed of nationals of the countries which are par- | ties to the controversy, so that the selection of ar- bitrators would, under the circumstances be a very delicate matter, as Venezuela might well object to 1gning before a jury drawn from the comntries with But it soon became apparent | that if the President arbitrated the European nations‘ | would construe surety for Venezuela on the part of | which she joins issue. the United States, and that plan failed. Witness now the victory of straight American dip- { lomacy, by which Minister Bowen becomes in effect | arbitrator under such circumstances as bar any at- | tempt to construe surety and yvet under such circum- stances as inevitably compel Venezuela to periorm her obligations under the award. The American school of diplomacy is new, and is based upon telling the truth and proceeding without intrigue and trickery, and there is a bow of promise in the international sky, that this method will im- { press the diplomacy of the world to its final reform. B — | stronger government. The island territory seems to | be in the condition oi the man whose education was | { laid on externally by hard work. Hawaii hasn't yet | felt the spirit and the love of republican liberty move | S — THE MACEDONIAN CRY. [ within her. | 1 ISPATCHES from Europe announcing that D the Macedonian Committee has resolved to advise an uprising against Turkey on April 1 need not seriously disturb anybody, or give rise to expectations of war in the spring. Of that much the |y eard of committee it may be truly said “its bark is | worse than its bite.” It is'a committee of agitation, but it has very little power to act, and unless aid | be assured from St. Pctersburg or frqm Vienna those | who rise on ®he 1st of April to fight will find that [ the joke of the day is on them. The Macedonian Committee has been trying to get ! recognition for a long time. When the famous peace | conference was held at The Hague it sent delegates | there*to ask a hearing before the council of nations. | Of course no attention was paid to the delegates, Possibly they were received in private by some of the | dignitaries, but they never received so much as an Kinvitat'mn to a state dinner. They were not even ‘asked to grace by their presence the grea® ball given | to celebrate the inaugural of the High Court of Ar- | bitration. As a world power, then, the committee amounts to nothing. If it had any responsibility whatever, and really intended war in April, it would not have announced the fact so far ahead. The mani- festo just issued mea!rs no more than that the com- mittee is still in existence and wishes to remind Eu- rope that it is ready to do business in the way of raising insurrections whenever any power will finace the enterprise and undertake to guarantee success. Despite the impotence of the committee, however, there is in the situation all the materials ready at hand for a first-class insurrection in Macedonia at almost any time. The Macedonians do not stand alone by any means. In fact, the so-called “Mace- donian” committee is supported more by Bulgaria than by Macedonia, and all the various Greek and Slavonic races in that part of the Turkish empire would doubtless give assistance should battle begin. The Turk, however, is a hard fighter as well as a hard master, and it is well understood that he is not going to move out of Europe “bag and baggage” without having a fight for his sovereignty. So the ] g0 -~ ! While he acts for that Government, with plenary | which forms the body of the world's international | He meets diplomats who are, by the genius of | j the Governments they represent, committed to the | other, by absorbing the knowledge and noting the | | needs the example of other people enforced by inter- THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1903. ! subject peoples wait for a helping hand from the out- side. In the meantime they supply money .enough to enable the committee to keep up the agitation. Recently it was reported from Paris that the French Government is believed to have assured Russia and Austria that France would support a programme pro- viding for the creation of Macedonia as an autonomous state, to be ruled over bya Governor General ap- pointed by the powers, but to remain nominally sub- ject to the Sultan’s sovereignty. Such a programme of action, if undertaken, would not last long. A similar plan was tried in dealing with the old Egyptian problem, but it ended in an attempt on the part of the Egyptian Government to attain a real { independence, and the result of that attempt was the British occupation of the country. A repetition of | the experiment in Macedonia would probably have | was read by the secretary. STOCKMEN FAVOR PROPOSED PLAN OF PRESIDENT ——— KANSAS CITY, Jan. 15.—The National Livestock Association in itgf annual eon- vention here this afterncoa by a rising vote adopted a resolution indorsing Presi- dent Roosevelt's suggestion that Congress appoint a commission of experts to settle | the range problem, which for years has been a bone of contention between cattie and sheep men. The resolution had al- ready been favorably passed upon by the executive committee as a substitute for a resolution presented yesterday by A. R. lcbertson of Texas, which favored the leasing of public lands for grazing. The question was opened by the reading | of a paper by John P. Irish of California | n line with the resolution. Colonel Irish was unable to be present and his paper | 1t was as fol- | lows: The campaign of education begun by this assoclation at its meeting in Fort Worth, and | actively prosecuted by various livestock or- Banizations in the West, has produced the ex- pected effect. The country s better intormed ihan ever before as to the conditions which a yearly abridging the most economical produ tion of cattle and sheep. That production was upon the semi-arid regions of the West, where. in it is estimated there are 400,000,000 acre for which grazing wili be the sole use. It Is the largest, and was ihe best, stock range in | the world. " Its forage has been destroyed and its potentlal wealth has disappeared through its free use In common by all corers. About that vast range the East has held to- | tally incorrect ideas. To the Easterg mind It has” appeared as equal to the prairie land of the Upper Mississippi, moist, fertile and ready | 1or the homesteader. Thanks to the light shed | abroad by the advoeates of irrigation, it is now established that this grazing domain, the ! property of all the people, has and will have | no other use than as the range for flocks and herds. It is nearly fed out. The range indus- | try is in a death struggle. GOVERNMENT MUST GOVERN. The attempt of some of the graziers to survive | by unlawfully fencing in the public domain, | and the more reprehensible attempt of ’ others 1o command the range with the rifle, must in | charity be accepted as the desperate methods | for survival of an Industry that has conferred | vast benefits upon the nation. But the Gov- ernment must govern. It would deserve the contempt even of the beneficlaries of its nes- | lect to enforce the law if it itted monop- oly of the common property by unlawful in- closure. Nor can the Government much longer' avoid legislation that will enable it to punish | the use of the rifle. - The Government should retain public own- ership of the range ang protect its forage by | leasing it, in suitable tracts, to the hardy men | who occupy it, who understand it and will take measures 1o venew its grasses and restore ifs | primitive capacity for carrying stock. | The measure now before Congress jMorgan gave orders to his co-conspira- | and asked that it go over, which was troduced as a means of promoting discu TILLMAN LAYS BLAME AT THE DOOR OF KNOX —_— WASHINGTON,, Jan. 15.~In the Senate to-day Tillman continued his arraignment of trusts and monopolies and again charged that the Attorney General was responsible primarily for lack of action against trusts. The statehood bill was under discussion for a short time, ForaMer urging the right of Oklahoma, Arizona and New Mexico to be admitted into the Union. The Senate passed the resolution Intro- Quced by Hoar yesterday calling upon the President to inform the Senate what gov- | ernment is now existing in the Island of Guam and asking why Mabini is detained in that island. The Vest resolution regarding the re- moval of the duty on coal was taken up and Tillman of South Carolina resumed his remarks. He declared that the raii- roads are absolutely in the saddle on the coal question. They mine and market coal and fix the price to be charged, with- | out regard to a solitary independent, oper- ator. He said it was an infamy the way the press of the country was prostituted and lending itself to befuddle the minds of the people and deceive them into the idea that the railroads are willing and anxious to relieve the distress occasioned | by the coal famine, but that somebody, somewhere, called an independent opera- tor, Is responsible for the present condi- tion of affairs. The President deserves no credit, sald e, except for his attempt to effect a set- tlement of the question, “but the actual fact is,” he added, “that J. Plerpont | tors or servants to attempt the arrange- ment between the monopoly and strik- ers.” The Attorney General had been. he said, derelict and criminal and he is the man to whom the people can_point and say: “‘You have murdered all those who have frozen to death. You are the man who deserves the opprobrium and hate of the poor and oppressed of this land.” Upon the conclusion ‘of Tillman's re- marks; Spooner stated that several Sena- tors desired to speak on the resolution | agreed to. The Statehood bill was then taken up and Foraker of Ohio spoke in favor of the omnibtis bill, granting State- hood to Oklahoma, Arizona and the New Mexico territory. The Indianola (Miss.) postoffice case was brought up by McLaurin of Missis- sippl, who read an article im the Wash- Enterprise and ownership of property by the | similar results, and in the end Macedonia would be ! merged with finlgaria, or both of them would be: absorbed by, a still greater power. 2 Sooner or later, of course, there will be a definite | solution of the problem, for Europe cannot go on | forever tolerating the evils a 'siné from the decadence of the Turkish empire; but the solution is not at all | likely to take place next April. 1 S——— ! Berkeley is at last free from saloons and their in—! tluences. While the rest of us wish the pretty college | | town a pcrmanency of relief, we also will insist that | none of her citizens visit us for a day off and a night | of hilarity. | . OUR COAL TROUBLES. LWAYS it is the unexpected that happens. A When Congress met last November it was believed ‘the session would bé as sweet as it was destined to be short. The doctrine of “stand pat” was universally declared to be the programme of the session, and while there were fears we might get less legislation than 'we needed, there was no un- easiness caused by any dread of getting more. It now appears, however, as if the session might be as full of pernicious activity as a Federal office-holder on the eve of an election. The House has hastily passed an act suspending the coal dufies for a year, and the Senate, usually so slow, has been even more speedy than the House inf | dealing with the same subject. That, however, is not | the end of things. The Judiciary Committee of lhe} House has asked to be authorized and directed to investigate and report “‘upon the power of Congress | to declare that a necessity has arisen for taking pos- | session of all coal, coal beds and coal mines in the United States, and oi all lines of lranspor!ation,; agencies, instruments and vehicles of commerce ‘necessary for the transportation of coal.” \Finally," as a means of settling the whole question, a bill has been introduced by Griffith of Indiana to prohibit | the accumulation of private fortunes beyond the sum ' of $10,000,000, to condemn any excess as a public ! nuisance and to forfeit it to the United States; | treasury. i Mr. Griffith is doubtless sincere in his bill, but | | the concession cannot be made to others. In the| i debate in the Senate on the coal duties Senator Vest ! was the loudest in clamoring for a total repeal of all | duties on coal, and declared he could never be s'at-: isfied with a mere rebate of the duties for a year. | | To that speech Senator Aldrich replied by pointing | ncipal speech delivered by Mr. J. Hamilton Lewis, | President Roosevelt the “arbitrator a difficulty was ourthat whew Vet ¢ paroris i poner aqdsiamed | the Wilson tariff they placed a stiff protective dutyi ;on coal, and Vest voted for it. The Senator from | | Missouri in seli-defense explained that he voted forl !the coal duties of the Wilson bill only because he | | knew that certain members of his party would de-| | feat the bill if the duties were taken off. | | As the debate stood in the Senate the victory was | | with Aldrich, for he had forced Vest to admit that | ! when it comes to making tariffs Democratic Senators: | do not always vote according to their com’ictions.; It happens, however, that later developments have | | shown Aldrich in about the same position. New | England is now clamoping for free coal, and the Bos- | ton Herald says: “We have reason for believing | ! Senator Aldrich is in favor of having the duty re- moved from coal.” It appears then ‘that Vest and | ! Aldrich, despite the fury of their fighting in the Sen- | i ate, are really in the same boat so far as sincerity ! i the subject. of this policy. It was mistaken as a finality. It was intended to present the subject in its broadest scope, and to emphasize some pri ciples that are indispensable in such legisla- tion. The homesteader, the mineral entryman and the irrigator are by that measure given rights superior to those of the lease-holder. The present agricultural settler and the future homesteader are given franchises necessary to their welfare, and intended to promote the set- tlement of every acre upon which a home can be maintained by agriculture. These features are insieted on in good faith by every Western stockman. There are here to-day pioneers on the range: men who have suffered from the Indians and bore isolation, while they were the skirmish line of settlement and civilization, They want a home in all that vast West wherever it can be founded afid maintained. At the hearings given by the nd Commit- tee of the House during the last session there was an absolutely pro and con. The whole was printed in a_public document and constitutes ample In the time that has elapsed since those arguments were made, events have hastened toward the accomplishment of a leasehold policy. There have been vast prop- erty losses through the Government doing its duty by the removal of unlawful fences, and, sadder than this, has been the loss of life in the many battles fought in the range way. EXPECTS HAPPY RESULT. We may count ourselves happy that the | country has a Western man for President. He | Is as ty a Westerner as we who were born here. He has a keen and Intimate knowl- edge of the physical and social and industrial | conditions of this vast region where our homes | and treasures are. He appreciates the dif- | fleulties in the way of that comprehensive re- | form of the land laws that will add the range | as a distinet class and put its potential wealth under the protection of the law. He recom- | mends that the task of doing this be given over to an expert commission, which will n urally report its conclusions in the form of an | act of Congress. We should here support the | President in seeking such a commission. Let ' Congress authorize him to appoint it, and out of his suggestion will issue the greatest and the happlest result that has ever followed land legisl on since the republic became the great- | est land-owner on the planet. A lively discussion followed. E. A. Har- ris, a member of the executive commit- | tee from Towa, talked at length in oppo- sition to the resolution. He argued that | this question, which was of the greatest | importance to the farmers of the West and Middle West, was being manipulated. The supporters of the resolution, he as- serted, wera juggling with President Rcosevelt’s name In order to curry favor. Jerry Simpson, former Congressman from Kansas and now from Roswell, N. | M., ridiculed the stand taken by Harris | and favored the resolution, as did alse | | Delegates Williams of West Virginia and | goes. | The truth is, protection is not a matter of local interest, but of national concern. Under the stress| of popular clamor it has been temporarily denied to | | ars, tatters and despair, hoofing it over!| Washington is of the opinion that Hawaii needs a | the coal industries of the country, and now it is to be | & seen how the American miner can earn wages should | the foreign import cause a reduction of price. The | Griffith bill to sweep away all private fortunes in ex-| cess of $10,000000 is not a notably sensible pro-| gramme, but it has the merit of being impartial, and 1if Congress is resolved to play to the galleries itl might do well to spend the rest of the session de-| bating that measure. DR avay DT Perhaps the highest tribute which has yet been paid to the statesmanlike worth of Governor Tait is the decision of President Roosevelt that the Gov- ernor of the Philippines must remain in charge of cept a position on the bench of the Supreme Court of the United States, for which he is eminently fitted. . It is seldom that the office so persistently seeks the man in American politics. Mrs. Humbert, the famous Paris swindler, com- plains that the sentry walking in front of her cell keeps her awake at night and she has petitioned the Government for permission to supply him with pair of slippers for guard duty, so that she can slé;: The petition seems to be a fair one, for in accordance with the ways of the world it is the victim and not the swindler who ought to lie awake at night. Perhaps the most cruel comment that has been made on the retirement of Baron von Holleben as Minister from Germary at Washington is that which xefiresents him in disfavor with his Government be- cause he aided the Democracy in the last national campaign. The distinguished diplomat certainly is not suffering from softening of the brain. Italy has discovered some reason to be angry with Uruguay, and the little South American republic is supposed to be suffering from a case of the shivers. The Italians probably have geographers enough . to be thoroughly informed that Uruguay no less than Venezuela is protected by the Monroe doctrine. SIS Since Minister Wu has arrived in his home land he is represented as saying that the existing exclu- sion act is very distasteful and eminently unjust. It | is seldom that so unexpected and candid a justifica- makers. \ In our Eastern exchanges Pacific cable dispatches |are referred to as “Mackaygrams,” and the word goes, It is a good one. i the island possessions of Uncle Sam rather than ac-| Gelfelder of Nebraska. Then, upon the motion of John D. David of Idaho the dis- cussion was closed. When the resolution was put to a vote it was carried by a largé majority, the delegates rising. Another important resolution adopted sks Congress to give the Secretary of Agriculture power to crder the disinfec- tion of imported skins and hides at the different ports of entry, and also to desig- |nate the ports at which hides may be | brought into this country. Other resolutions favor a l5-cent duty on pelts, pickled hides and skins, which are dutiable because they are ‘“‘partly manufactured,” and indorse the proposed livestock exhibition at the St. Louls world’s fair. PERSONAL MENTION. Dr. Nat Green of Watsonville is at the alace. Dr. W. H. Flannigan of Grants Pass | is at the Grand. Don Ray, a mining man of Galt, is a guest at the Lick. Irving Gill, a business man of San Die- go, is at the Palace. C. B. Tinkham, a lumber dealer of Red Bluff, is at the Grand. D. G. Overall, a hotel proprietor of Vi- salia, is at the Grand. E. K. Smenter, a mining man of Grass Valley, is registered at the Grand. Jesse D. Carr, the well-known pioneer and landowner of Salinas, is at the Lick. Rex E. Bord, a mining man of Sheli- ville, is at the Lick. Judge W. H. Hatton of Modesto among the arrivals at the Lick. . J. A. McCandless, a well-known busi- ness man of Honoluly, is at the Occiden- tal. Mrs. Fred Belasco has gone to Southern California for several weeks' rest. She has been in ill health for some time past. Carlton C. Crane and John A. Gill of the New York Central Rallroad left last ev- 1P, i i is geles. T. A. Grady of Chicago, manager of the California tourist service of the Sania Fe, has been appointed manager for Aus- tralasia_of the Oceanic Steamship Com- pany. Mr. Grady will sail for his new headquarters, Sydney, N. 8. W., on the steamship Alameda. Selby Oppenheimer, the well known theatrical man, formerly one of the pro- prietors of the California Theater, re- turned yesterday from New York, to ‘which city he went in the interests of the house and the Theater Repubiic. He made bookings for both houses of the best Eastern attractions. ~ — . - Californians in New York. NEW YORK, Jan. 15.—The following tion of the wisdom of a measure is given to its| CalifSrnians have arrived: San Francisco | —W. 8. Lambe, at the Herald Square; Mrs. Cutter, at the Park Avenue; J. R. Fioud, at the Astor: J. T. | at the Grand Union; C. the Cosmopolitan. | Santa Barbara—A. Brown, at the Con- | tinental. i« A free expression of opinion | Titerature of | le | 38.8 seconds. | State of Towa was not for Governor, but | the politics at that time: Democrat, 140,.- | anti machine, ening for a short business trip to Los An- | | ington Post to the effect that the post- master's resignation was forced by a | brutal and lawless mob. In denying that this was the state of the case, McLaurin sald that the President had treated him | with great courtesy, but that he was act- ing on misinformation. The people of In- | dianola, he said, were not lawless and | brutal, but were high-toned, honorable, chivalrous, intelligent, industrious and | thrifty. He read a letter from a Mr. | Chapman of Indlanola, which stated that the resignation of the postmaster was submitted voluntarily and not under | threats or intimidation. McLaurin said ‘he put full credence in the statement of { Mr. Chapman. | Fairbanks gave notice that he would | call up the immigration bill on Monday. At 4:50 p. m. the Senate went into exec- | utive session and soon afterward ad- | Journed until Monday. ANSWERS TO QUERIES. R ST. er, T The announcement has beenmda that the St. Louis fair will open in 1904 One statement was that the day was to be | April €0 of tbat year. TIME—H. M., Oakland, Cal. The exact difference in time between New York and San Francisco is 3 hours 13 minutes and For all practical purposes it is called three hours. LOUIS FAIL —Constant VOTE FOR GOVERNOR—J. F. B., San Jose; J. B. W., City: H. R. H., Lathrop; M. D. G., San Jose; T. W., Potrero; A. O. S, City; and J. L. W., Yountville, Cal. The vote at the last held election in the the following was the vote for Secretary of State, which shows the complexion of 011; Republican, 229,225: Prohibition, 9316, and Granger, €300. Republican plurality, 79214 In the State of Michigan the vote for Governor was: Democrat, 174,077; Re- publican, 211.261: Prohibition, 11,3%; So- cialist, 4271; Socialistic Labar, 1264. Re- publican plurality, 37,134. In the State of New York the vote was: Democrat, 65, 398; Republican, 685150; Social Demo- cratic, 23,406: Prohibition, 20,490; Social Labor, 1588. Republican plurality, $802. The vote in the State of Penn- sylvania was: Republican, 592,367; Demo- crat, 436,457; Prohibition, 23,227; Soclal La- bor, 5157; So listic, 21,910; Qitizens, 450, : ballot reform, 4971. Re- State of Ohi State, Democ 171; Prohibitio: For Secretary of 345,706; Republican, 436,- 12,336; Socialist, 14,270; So- cial Labor, Republican plurality, 90,- | 465. Governort not elected in 1%02. The vote in Colorado was: Democrat, 80,217; Republican, §7,512; Prohibition, 4022; So- cialist, 7562; Social Labor, 1432; People's Party, 6654, I}epnbucan plurality, 729%. And the vote in California was: Demo- crat, 143,752; Republican, 145,332; Socialist, 9592; Prohibition, 4636; scattering, 130. Re- publican plurality, 1550. 4 reat Uncle McCarthy” By E. OE. Somerville and Suncay Cail o “Importance FOLLY Funny Pictures Fashions Puzzles And [ NEXT SUNDAY'S CALL Booker T. Washington Writes exclusively for The T 1 Prizes for All |\ OUT JANUVARY 18, 1903 v EXPLORER TELLS . OF THE PLANS OF CECIL RHODES ——— Adrian Hofmeyr, just arrived in the city from South Africa by way of New York, is an explorer of prominence and his conmection with the empire building enterprises of the late Cecil Rhodes make his stories of South African affairs all the more interesting. Few men have known the great Rhodes better than Hofmeyr. In 189 he was sent by Rhodes with & company of pioneers to explore and re- port on Matabeleland. Hofmeyr made friends with the natives and n obtaining the concession of that country from Chief Lobengula. He hoisted the Eritish flag and incorporated the country into the British empire without the shed- | ding of a drop of blood. Speaking yes- terday of his experiences with Ceecil Rhodes Hofmeyr said: The country once known as Matabeleland. and now known as Rhodesia, is situate north of the Transvaal up to the Zambesi River. Rhodes was far-seeing enough to know that if British supremacy was to be preserved in South Africa the Union Jack had to wave over Matabeleland and at that time—1890—the Boers had also fixed thelr eyes on the same territory. in 184 Rhodes once more determined to send me exploring. this time to the west of Matabeleland, to the country calied the Kalthari, for the purpose of acquiring posses- sion of that part also. We were handsomely treated by the na and it was not long before we planted the BEritish flag with tha same success that attended our expedition luio Matabeleland. RHODES’ CHARACTER. Rhodes was thorough in whatever he under- took to do. He was a mam of remarkab.e power for organization. He equipped us for our expeditions with everything that might add to our comfort upon our perilous journeys, and with the ald of Kaffir runners sent out continually we kept the great man informedl of our movements and success. So delightel was he with the results that he traveled nortk ward to Mafeking by the first train that e traversed that road purpose to meet an give us welcome back. I can never fo the spot where Rhodes and I met on memorable occasion and now, as I speak can hear his hearty, “Well done, old fellow when we shook hands. As an empire bullde he was perfect. Before leaving for the dista. and barbaric parts he would empower us make such agreements with the natives that everywhere we left them in friendship Rhodes’ method of cementing friendship with the natives has made a Kaffir war an im possibility in the future. Their feeling toward England is such that they will never take up arms against her. They have found out among other advantages, that English justics is no respecter of persons or color. BECOME CIVILIZED. Again and again I visited the countries on behalt of Rhodes until his lamented deatn last yedr. I found towns laid out where be- fore Was barbarism, and in Matabeleland rail- Ways were running where & few years befors there was not even & wagon track. Al this goes to show what a power Rhodes was in the land. The next best thing, in view of the loss of Rhodes, who was esteemed by Briton and Boer alike, is the visit to South Africa by Chamber- lain.’ That statesman will bring about the solution of il outstanding questions of dif- ferences, I am a Dutch Afrikander, born a Britisher in Cape Colony, and I am pleased to ses the firm friendship’ now existing between the.Ay British and Boer. 1 saw a great deal of the war and was appointed a peace envoy by Lord Kitchener. We have a number of Americans in Africa and we regard them with the hi est esteem. Among them I recall a Californian named Charles Butters.- Africa is now a grea country and its future will be as great as was ever predicted by Ceecll Rhodes, SPANISH WAR VETERANS TO HOLD A GATHERING Will Meet in This City on the 30th Inst.—Camps Elect Of- ficers. ) The Department Assoclation of Califor- nia of the Spanish War Veterans will hold a general meeting on the 30th inst., at the armory of the First Regiment, N. G. C., in this city. The following named officers have been elected by the camps named: Reinhold Richter Camp No. 127, San Fra o—Commander, ilater; Piest C ifornta V. senior _vice commander, Thomas F-. California Heavy United States Artillery; junior vice commander, Claire Knerr, First California Volunteers; adjutant, Herry F. Larkin, Thirteenth Minnesota United States Volunteers; quartermaster, Thomas W Costello, Third United States Ariillery; officer of the day, Ralph Ent, United States hospital corgs; officer of the guard, John First California United States Volunteers; trustees, Fred Korner, Sixth United States Artillers: Max Horn, First California United States Voi- unteers. Commodore Stockton Camp Ne. 281, Stocks ton—Commander, R. . Bowney; vice com- mander, F. Young; juntor . 3. R. Klapp; adjutant, H. Krued: uarte: F. A. Spence; ofileer of the day, 5. B. Fitchie officer of the guard, H. C. Uti; surgeon, Dr. L B. Ladd; chaplain, F. E. Ryan. Henry W, Lawton Camp No. 31, Vallejo— Commander, John Crawford; vice commander, 3 A Socring: tunior vice commander, ¥. W effer: adjutant, unster: quartermast *“Denver: oticer of the day A 5 officer of the J. Holland Bu , W. Chadney. Lardler Camp No. 286, Sacra- mento—Commander, 8. W. Kay: vice com- mander, L. C. Moore: adjutant, § .Alexanders quartermaster. O. W. 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