The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 15, 1903, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1903. CLEVELAND MAKES EARNEST PLEA FOR DEVOTION TO POLITICAL DUTY Former President in a Speech Before the Commercial Club of Chicago Scathingly Denounces Corruption in Public Suffrage and Declares His Faith in Early A WRRAE AT -t + e : FOBEE FEEITE ] GEVLE AIVELANT Y = | ./ 1 1 1 14.—Former Pre 3 T veland w . { + - + ‘ TATESMEN WHO DELIVERED | ADDR! AT CHICAGO COM- MERCIAL CLUB BANQUET. ally care for more pleasant d at the same ts in this way politics. GARE OF IMMUTABLE FAITH. te of American which re- and adds tre- reaten our s the role confidence operator. faith in the greatness, it flight of the us that no tem- his wing. Thus men are approached fotic trust in our free insti- e national resources, and to a condition of mind t_permit them to harbor the un- thought that any omission on their part can check American progress or en- danger our country’s continued development. a nation more than a not exhibited growth that dis- tory? After us the we bestir ourselves 1 why disturb with public affairs? The withdrawal of wholesome sentiment and patriotic activity from political action on the part of those who are indifferent to their or feolhardy in their optimism, open the for & ruthless and unrelenting enemy of our free institutions. The abandonment of our country’s watch towers by those who should be on guard and the slumber of the sentinels who ehould never sleep, directly invite the stealthy approach and the pillage and loot of the forces of selfishness and greed. These bale- ful enemies of patriotic effort will Jurk every- re as long as human nature remains unre- but nowhere in the world can they our a an eag we in every direction, BILIOUSNESS, Constipation, Inactive Liver and ADVERTISEMENTS. | Weak Kidneys 3 the result of a h desolations as in free America, " 3 e re can they so cruelly destroy man's weak stoma Then the only best aspirations for self-govern- 5 o PR - J s useless for us to blink the fact vay to prev hese ailments is | scheme of government is based upon T Sl on ¢ e nterdependence of interest and purpose to \‘}" ng t mach by tak- who make up the body of our ir ostetter’s b Bt us be bonest with ourselves, It ing H <! & «Ih Bitters. | was bullt oo much upon senti- ent physicians vavs = | £ the rules of patriotism and be- s g > always.pre-| swed in its construction it 1 cases of stomach|® ical, Jet us frankly ad- of country, equal oppor- ronthles 7 o1 an t > f, troubles. You can therefore rely | brotherhood in cltizenship, on it. It positively cures Belch- | 1 Delicre themn to be Worth n and that they have the inherert beneficence to make OUF republic people happy, let us strongly ove and devotion. Then it shail o plainly see that nothing is | more untriendly to the motives that underlie our national edifice than the selfishness and cupidity that look upon freedom and law and order only a& o many agencies in aid of their designs. ~ Our government was'made by pa- triotic unselfish, sober-minded men, for the control of protection of a patriotic, unselfish and sober-minded people. It is suited to such a people; but for those who are seifish, cor apt and’ unpatriotic, it is the worst gevern- t on earth. It is 0 constructed that it «ds for its successful operation the constant are and guiding hand of the people’s abidy | faith and Jove; and not only is. this unremits ¢ guidance necessary to keep our national | | ing, Heartburn, Indigestion, Dys~§ pepsia and Malaria, Fever and} | Ague. Try it HOSTETTER’S STOMACH BITTERS. Men Cured\ Quickly and in a thoreughly sci- entific manner. eakness, bes; - against selfish citizenship, le.lw-:l:r something that will concentrate t! 1on_ affection_and solicltous care and oy that be thelr country’s good; give them a pur- Varicocele, pose that stimulates them 'to unite in lofty endeavor—and let that purpose be a - Contracted Siration of the sufficienty and. bepefiomeaont Disorders, our popular rule—and we shall find that in ific their political thought there will be no place Bpec for the suggestions of sordidness and peif. ‘Blood Poison, Who will say that this is now our happy Stricture condition? Is not our public life saturated pootin with the indecent demands of selfishness? More than this, can any of us doubt the ex- istence of still more odious and detestable evils which, with steady cankering growth, are more directly than all others threatening our safety and national life? I speak of the cor- ruption of our suffrage, open and notorious, of the buying and selling of political places for money, the purchase of political favors and privileges and the traffie in offielal duty 1 have treated and cured more cases of men’ dizeases. than DR. 0. C. JOSLEN, any physiclan in The Leading Specialist the West, I 2 willing to wait until.cure is effec for my fee. Send for my - for personal gain. These things are con- amphlet, *Live Bt sl Xour W U fessedly common, Every intelligent man kno that they have grown from 1 beginnings DR. O. C. JOSLEN, until they have reached frightful proportions Corner Market and Kearny Sts. of malevolence: and yet respectable citizens by the thousands and hundreds of thousands Private Entrance—702 Market street. have looked on with perfect calmness and with hypocritical cant have declared they are Life and Crimes Against Correction of These Evils et g not politiclans, or with silly pretenslons of fajth in our strength and luck have languidly claimed that the countty was prosperous, equal to any emergency and proof agains: all dan- gers. Resulting from these conditions in a man- ner not difficult to trace wholesome natfonal sentiment is threatened with utter perversion. All sorts of misconceptions pervade the pub- lic thought, and jealousies rapidly taking on the complexion of class hatred are found in every corner of the land. A new meaning has been given to national prosperity. With a hardihood that savors of insolence an old pretext, which has preceded the doom of an- cient experiments in popular rule, Is daily and hourly dinned in our ears: We are told that the national splendor we have built upon the showy ventures of speculative wealth is a badge of our success. Unsharing contentment is enjoined upon the masses of our people, and. they are invited, in the bare subsistance of their scanty homes, to patriotically rejoice in their country's prosperity. This is too unsub- stantial an enjoyment of benefits to satisfy those who have been taught American equal- ity; and thus has arisen, by o perfectly natural process. a dissatisfied insistence upon & better distribution of the results of our vaunted prosperity. We now see its worst manifestation in the apparently incorrigible dislocation of the proper relations between labor and capital. ~This, of itself, is suffi- clently distressing; but thoughtful men are not without dread of ‘sadder developments yet to come. There has also grown up among our people a disregard for the restraints of law, and a disposition to evade 1its limitations— while querulous strictures concerning the ac- tion of our courts tend to undermine popular faith in the course of justice: and last, but by no means least, complaints ol Imaginary or exaggerated shortcomings in our financial policies furnish an excuse for the flijpant ex- ploitation of all sorts of monetary nostrums. AWAKENING IS FORTHCOMING. I hasten to give assurance that I have not epoken in a epirit of gloomy pessimism. I last of all our people to belleve ; grace of patriotism among my ad or will always sleep. I s imely revival and activity the realization of the loftiest hopes of a I have faith that the awakening is forthcoming; and on this faith I build a cheerful hope for the heallng of all the wounds inflicted in slumber and neglect. Nor do I for- get my surroundings as I speak. If the city of Chicago has had experiences that support my al of pe = I.do not fail to remember that | also been here demonstrated in what | ¢ b | manner good citizenship can protect against | | them. As in the municipality, so in our na- our weal or woe, is made dependent upon > disinterested participation, or the neglect, { of good men in public affaire. It is time that there should be an end of self-satisfied gratifi- cation, or pretense of virtue, in the phrase, I ician’'; and it is time to forbid tution of the word to a sinister use. | izen should be politician enough to | self within the true meaning of the | as one who concerns himself with ‘‘the | ation or government of a nation or State | for the preservation of its safety, peace and | prosperity.” This is politics in its best eense | and this is good citizenship. | I3 e e to Interfere to make politi- hould be, they must not uppose they e upon an open field un- occupied by an opposing force, On thé ground they have neglected they will find a host of | those who engage in politics for personal ends | | and selfish purposes, and this ground cannot | be taken without a hand-to-hand conflict. The | attack must be made under the banner of dis- | interested good citizenship.. by soldiers drilled | in lessons of otism. They must be Pnll.‘(-( ¢ life and constantly on duty. As the Crusaders fought centuries ago for the recov- | ery of the holy land from infidel possession, so with the same stubborn zeal must to-d | Crusaders in the cause of good government fight to recover their holy land from the infi- s who would degrade and defile it. CREED OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP. cir creed should bind together in generous co-operation all who are willing to fight to | make our Government what the fathers in- | tended it to be—a depository of benefits which, current and volume, should flow out This creed’ should teach the pting to make free oppor- | for seizing especial ad- | warn against the danger It should deprecate os- | tation and extravagance In the life of our | people and demand in the management of pub- ‘[A,’ affatrs simplicity and strict economy. It | should teach toleration in all things, save dis- y and infidelity to public trusts. It d uphold. the interests of labor and advo- te its fair treatment, but should sternly forbid its Interference with those contented with their toil and its attempt to force com: liance with its demands by violent disturb- | s of peace and good order. It should gnize in the wide distribution of capital and industrial enterprise the best assurance of intelligent, wholesomely interested political , and should condemn unnecessary, un- epeculative combinations in trade | e as teaching false business lessons | our consumers at their mercy. It that our finances and currency | ot alone the large traders, merchants nkers of our land, but that they are in- | aately and every day related to the well being | of our people in all conditions of life, and that, | | therefore, if any adjustments are necessary, | they should be made in such a manner as shall | ainly maintain the soundness of our people’s | rnings and the security of their savings. It | | should enjoin Tespect for the law as the qual- ity that cements the fabric of organized so- | ciety and makes possible a government by the | people. And In every sentence and every line of this creed of good citizenship the lesson should be taught that our country is a beautiful | and productive field to be cultivated by loyal | Americans, who, with weapons near at hand, | Whether they sow and reap or whether they | rest, will always be prepared to resist those | who attempt to despoll by day or pilfer in the night. | T"am by no means unmindful of the extent to which the American people are in a certain serse governed by parties, and I am quite will- | ing to confess a strong party‘ alleglance. I | speak to-night of something broader and In{lll‘ri than party—of a higher law under whose sanc- tion ail parties should exist and by whose | decrees all parties should be judged, "I would have the mass of our voters £o constantly im- | pressed by this law, and so insistent upon its observance, as to force upon the managers or[ party organizations the necessity and expedi- ency of its recognition. Within the limits of | this law of patriotic American good citizenship | there is abundant room for intelligent party | activity; but this activity must be clean and uncorrupted—sincere in its intentions, frank In | the declaration of its purposes and honest in | the affairs of the people. Tt is as clear as noonday that, if the pa- triotism of our people is to be aggressively vigorous and equal to our national preserva- tion, and if politics is to subserve a high pur- pose instead. of degenerating to the level of & cunning game, our good men in every walk of 1ife must arouse themselves to consclousness | that the safety and best interests of their | country involve every other interest; and that by gervice in the fleld of good citizenship they | not only do patriotic duty, but in a direct way | save for themselves the share of benefits due | them from our free institutions. If our busi- | ness men in their hard struggles for accumu- | Jation will remember these things and admit | their country’s weal to a share fn their strug- gles: if our scholars and educators will not | only teach patriotism but will emerge from theoretical contemplation and give proof by | their example that their lessons mean practi- care for their country; and {f in every Way possible our peopie are reminded of the value of the government they hoid for .them- selves and in trust for their children, and are stimulated to intelligent activity in its protec- tion, we may confidently look for the condi- tions and results treasured up in a divine pur- pose and prophesied through faith in God at 's birth. O e dav when all sbadows shall have passed away and when good citizenship shall Pave made sure the safety, permanence and happiness of our nation, how small will ap- pear the strifes of selfishness In our civic life, and how petty will seem the machinations of degraded politics! Thére shal set over against them in that time a reverent sense of co-operation in_heaven’s plans for our people's greatness and among those who in the comradeship of Amer- fean good citizenship have so protected and de. fended our heritage of self-government that our treasures Aare citadel triotism, where neither corrupt, and_where through mor steal. Cleveland arrived in Chicago this morn- ing and went direct to the Auditorfum Hotel, where he greeted a number of friends who were waiting to meet him. ity the occasion vantages, and should of ruthléss rapacit te ist At 1 o’clock this afternoon he was the guest of Cyrus H, MeCormick and David B. Jones at a luncheon given in his honor at the Chicago Club. Concluding this he attended the Studebaker Theater as the guest of James H. Eckels, Oongtrollar of the Currency during Cleveland's second administration. Aside from a public reception ‘to be given in Cleveland's honor in the Art In- stitute, the programme for to-morrow has not been definitely decided. After the reception he will leave for his home in Princeton, N. J, the joyous pride of standing | aince the death An othe;QEn ormous Shipment HE above train of twenty-four cars loaded entirely with starch is the second shipment of this enormous size made by The Oswego Starch Factory;f to Western Jobbers, within a short time. Each of, these,trains_has s carried over one million packages of g ; KINGSFORD'S OSWEGO SILVER GLOSS AND OSWEGO CORN STARCH. to the wholesale grocery trade of the West. Such enormous shipments could be made necessary only by the superiog quality of these products. ‘A car is sold to each of the following local wholesale grocers: GOLDBERG, BOWEN & CO SUSSMAN, WORMSER & CO. WM. CLUFF CO. THE OSWECO STARCH FACTORY, Oswego, N DISPUTE REAGHES TOCK EXCHANGE United Railroads Bonds Wrangle Is Before Committee. HRETE S i Dispatch to The Call. Special NEW YORK, Oct. 14.—Members of the governing committee of the New' York Stock Exchange in full session had a lengthy talk last night over a matter which has been agitating many stock brokers for more than a year past. The subject was Brown Bros. & Co.’s issue of bonds of the United Raliroads of San Francisco, In & wrangle concerning which lawsuits innumerable have been instituted and much bad feeling engendered. Zimmermann & Forshay, members of the Stock Exchange, were principals in the hearing last night. ‘The governing committee failed to make any announce- ment on the result of its lengthy session. None of the officers of the exchange | would discuss the affair, from which it is inferred that no decision was reached. The claims of E. & C. Randolph, which are almost indentical with those of a | score of others, were presented and Zim- mermann & Forshay, who have begun suits against various stockholders, had the floor to put their side of the question. Ledgers and other records were presented and it is understood that a thorough hearing was given the entire matter. The trouble grew out of the fact that bonds distributed in San Francisco by the banking house of Brown Bros. & Co. floated back to this market before the whole issu¢ was made. Zimmermann & Forshay had been negotiating the sale of bonds to their clients at a certain price when bonds began to be traded in the curb market at a figure several points below. When no delivery was made on persistent appeals the Zimmermann firm made some ‘‘cross sales” and bought bonds considerably above par. Then they sued various brokers with whom they had contracts for the difference between the price at which they originally bought the bonds and the “‘under the rule prices. The other brokers replied that they had not secured their bonds from Brown Bros. & Co. and that there had not been an issue. On the other hand the Zim- mermann firm stated tbat there had been an issue and gave tangible evidence of it. It is understood the governing commit- tee of the Stock Exchange considered the complicated affair last night in its en- tirety, but it is doubted that the commit- tee has the authority to adjudicate a mat- ter of this description. ———— Ranchman Convicted of Murder. DENVER, Oct. 14.—A special to the Re- I publican from Grand Junction, Colo., says a verdict of murder in the second degree was returned late to-day in the case of ‘William La Fair, charged with the kill- ing of Eben T. Massey on September 5. The leniency of the court was recom- mended. Both were prominent ranchmen of the Unaweep country in Mesa County, and the trouble arose over jrrigation rights. Sentence was not pronounced. Massey was from Millington, Md., where he was a member of a prominent and wealthy family. —_———— GRAND JUBILEE AT TULARE. Celebrating Payment of Irrigation Bonds. The Santa Fe will sell tickets at one fare for the round trip, g0od on any train arriving at Tulara October 16 and 17, return limit_ten r. Music and oratory, monster bar- and free drives to points Particulars at 641 Market stree e Authorizes Irrigation Contracts. WASHINGTON, Oct. 14—The Secretary of the Interior to-day authorized the let- ting of contracts for the construction of the works necessary to the building of the big dam in connection with the pro- posed irrigation reservoir near Phoenix, Ariz. These works consist of a cement plant, an electrical power-house, a steam power plant, a sawmill and a telephone. i Ex-Governor Mitchell Dies. TAMPA, Fla, Oct. 14.—Bx-Governor Henry L. Mitchell died at his home here to-day, aged 70 years. From 1888 to 1590 he was Justice of the Supreme Court of the State and from 1883 to 1897 Governor. e Ask for the gas girl at the S. F. Gas and Electric Co. This little souvenir is a stop at the office, fli i of Interest. . years, committed oF e sisters two monthe agor FREIGHT RATES ARE DISGUSSED Southern Railway Men in Conference at Louisville. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Oct. 14—Behind closed doors at the Galt House prominent traffic officials of transcontinental and | | southeastern roads to-day discussed the | | question of cross-continent and guit rates, | upon which they could not agree last | week in Chicago. The situation has de- | veloped into a fight on the part of the roads throughout the section bounded by | | the Ohio River on the north and the Mis- | sissippi on the west, against the Western | transcontinental lines. | The roads which comprise the South-| | eastern Freight Association and those in | the Transcontinental Freight Association { until recently have been making through | | rates from Tennessee, Georgla and other | | Southern States to the Pacific Coast and | | vice versa. The Socutheastern lines, how- ever, for the past five years have been dissatisfied with the divisions they got out | of the through rate, but their demands | |for a larger divsion were refused. The | | Southeastern roads then canceled their | | east-bound rates from the Pacific Coast. | | That was during July and since then ship- | pers from or to California have had to bill their goods twice. The transcontinental lines retaliated by abolishing west-bound rates and the manufacturers were left without through rates. This state of affairs led to the closing down of many factories in the South in the past few months. Formerly they were given a through rate of about $145 for their product to California. Now the lowest commission rate amounts to $1 65. They lost heavily on goods they had agreed to lay down in California at a certain price and are afraid to sell ahead on_contract. Cotton goods have been shipped around Cdpe Horn to California for the first time in decades. The South- eastern roads have two alternatives which they are debating—whether to ask the transcontinental lines to go in with them on a horizontal increase of about 19 or more per cent on this business or to raise their own separate rates to points where the goods are turned over to the Western lnes. Many Southern manufacturers claim that a raise in rates will kill their business. —————— PRESENTS NEW SCHEME TO COLOMBIAN SENATE Committee Reports Plan in Which Unnecessary Authorizations to Ex- ecutive Are Attempted. BOGOTA, Oct. 14—The Sénate commit- tee charged with drawing up a bill au- thorizing the President of the republic to negotiate a new canal treaty with the United States to-day presented the pro- Ject to the Senate. It provides that the latter must approve or disapprove the ex- tension of the congession for six years granted to the new Panama Canal Com- pany in 1900. If this is disapproved, Co- lombia will reimburse $1,000,000 to the com- pany, with interest, and will take posses- sion of the canal works next year, in ‘which case this republic will then be able to negotiate a new treaty with the Uni- ted States. If the extension of the conces- gion is approved by the Senate the new Panama Canal Company will have uniil the year 136 to fulfill its obligations. The Senate will take up the bill on Mon~ day. T s pointed out that authorizations given to the executive by the Senate to negotiate treaties are valueless, as the executive, according to the comstitution, can negotiate treaties without authoriza- tion from the Senate and present them to Congress for approval, and any law amending the constitution to this or any other effect must be sanctioned by two eonsecutive Congresses. —_——————— To Present Farce. An entertainment will be given for the benefit of the building fund of St. Francis Church on Friday evening, October 23, at Native Sons’ Hall. The two-act comedy the Breakers” will be presented the following talented amateurs: Miss JOHNSTON DEAD, HERMAN HIDING Philippine Outlaws Meet Early With Crushing Reverse. MANILA, Oct. 14.—The crew of the boat in which Johnston and Herman, the run- away constabulary officers, accompanied by one constable, started from Guimbal for Cagayanes Island, attacked the out- laws on nearing the latter place, killing Jebnston and wouading Hecmun and the constable. Herman killed four of the crew and “the other two jumped over- board. He then put back to Negros, where he sent gun and ammunition to the police and abandoned the boat off Nabalva, Bayauan, where he was in hid- ing when the last was heard of him. On Saturday night last the police captured the boat, recovering a number of con- stabulary guns, ammunition and some money. They also buried Johnston, whose body was found in tRe boat. It is pre- sumed that the crew intended to kill the outlaws and secure their money and arms. Laredo Toledo, the insurrectionist, who has been operating in Albay for some time past, has surrendered with thirty of his men and ten guns. The only band now operating in the province of Albay is that commanded by Saria, possessing, it is believed, some ten guns. t The Philippine commission has notified the Chinese Government that an export duty of 5 per cent has been imposed on carabao. Governor Taft has wired the War De- partment that he will intervene with the Typographical Union committee appointed to investigate the charge of George Tracy, who was dismissed from the fore- manship of the insular printing bureau for premoting the formation of the union. POLITICAL CARDS. For Mayor HENRY J. CROCKER Republican Nominee For Public Administrator For Tax Collector : Edward J. SMITH (NCUMBENT.) ProfeSsionaI Men ‘Whose vocation demands attention te | personal appearance are the ones whom | we're pleased to cater to. We know our laundry methods of cleansing and finishing will satisfy their | eritical demands and add to the appear- |ance of the most dignified. No saw edges. UNITED STATES LAUNDRY OFFICE 1004 MARXET STREET, Near Powell. UNITED STATES BRANCH STATEMENT of THE CONDITION AND AFFAIRS OF THE () F_HAMBURG, IN THE STATE OF GER- many, on the 3ist day of December, A. D. 1002, and for the year ending on that day, as made to the Insurance Commissioner of the State cf California, pursuant to the provisfons of sections 610 and 811 of the Political Code, condensed as per blank furnished by the Com- missioner. ASSETS. Cash Market Value of all Stocks and Bonds owned by Company. $429,300 00 Cash in Company's Office AT4T Cash in Banks . 27,797 50 Interest due and accrued on all Stocks e suee sabeTezsael RANE OO Premiums in due Course of Collec- o i e AR b N e e 81,237 51 Due from other Companies for re- insurance on losses already pald.. 324 T Certificates of Deposit in hands of United States Trustees.... Total Assets ....c.coevenen . LIABILITIES. Losses adjusted and unpaid...... £ Losses in process of Adjustment or in SUSDENSE ... ...oiiieeiien 2,821 53 4,135 o0 Losses resisted, including expenses. Gross premiums on Fire Risks run- ning one year or less, $275,704 78; reinsurance 50 per cent.. reinsurance pro_rata... Commissions and Brokerage to become due. Total Liabilities .... INCOME. Net cash actually recéived for F Received for on Bonds, Stocks, Loans all other sources.... aue “an. Total Incomie EXPENDITURES, x t paid for Fire Losses (in- N uding $90.711 35, losses of pre- vious years) ... Paid or allowed for Commission or Brokerage Paid for Salaries, rges for officers, clerks, etc... 18,751 72 Pnctnl‘fof State, National and Loe: e, TRRES «oroooniveicioan Sasscue s AN & her payments and expenditures 1S.075 91 Abittance 1o Home Ofce.-re-ervs 43821 Total Expenditures .......e....$312.346 79 === Fire Losses incurred during the year....$168.426 20 Risks and Premiums.|Fire Risks.| Premiums. Net_amount of Risks| ‘written during the| - $33,042,676) $489,639 53 33,863,508 467,742 18 30,411, 45,514 78 e amount i fores et amol N Gecember di. 1902. . For Sherifr PETER J. CURTIS Chairman Street Committes of Present Board of Supervisors, Union Labor Party Nominee. LEO A, LOEB, Assistant U. S. Manager. Subseribed o S v Mader v ¥ 23d of January. 1903. day of JRTHCR A. LOEB, Notary Publie. PACITIC DEPARTMENT ESTABLISEED IN la72. 213 Sansome Street, $an Francisco, Cal V. C. DRIFFIELD, Manafer.