The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 2, 1904, Page 8

“THE SAN FRANCISCOCALL JOHN D. SPRECKEILS....... sedoss ADDRESS ALL CO! JOHN McNAUGHT.. PUBLICATION OFFICE. MR. BELL'S CAMPAIGN. OME of the Democratic papers in Mr. Bell's district have ut- tered themselves with much excitement against The Call be- cause we have denied the claim of Mr. Bell that he was to be dited with whatever was done in the last session of Congress in ¢ a collier built at Mare Island and in securing $22,000 for the mento River. In these matters The Call sought to get at the Our representative stated to Senator Perkins, and others who ew the facts, that if the credit belonged to Mr. Bell this paper | proposed te give it to him, frankly and ungrudgingly, as our interest | 5 : . b3 . i the progress of the State is too great to strike at any public man S who has helped it along. | For the fairness of The Call in -politics, and our conception of} the luty of a newspaper, we need only réfer to.our full and impartial reports of the Democratic meetings, held here and in the East, dur; ing mpaign. When our reports of such meetings and of the speeches which entertained them are put in contrast with reports of the same events in the Democtatic Examiner, our Democratic read- support us in declaring that their own organ has been far 1 in giving them news o6f the movements of their ts leaders. A newspaper. plays no-favorites, and - we this ca | - . . . i we entered upon an examination of the claims of | nator Perkins was intérviewed in the matter of a collier at a Government navy-yard, he turned | the record, the official record of the proceedings of the House ans Senate, which shows that the naval appropriation bill originated, as When the bill | Bell. W CONStrix usua h the House Committee on Naval Affairs, was reported the House it c¢ontained a clause ‘providing for. the construction of twa colliers, which was put in at the express request of the Secretary of the Navy. -When the bill was before the Housé, | | Mr. Bell moved an amendment :that one collier should be built on | Atlantic. coast and ‘one on the Pacific, :in Government ‘nav i g the Secretary of:the. Navy te’designate the yards. 12 ‘that -the - colliers be built in Government navy- | | He failed to:geét this amendment adopted, and the ‘bill passed | vards. the House in‘the exact form in which it was reportéd by the com- | mittee. : - 18| Reaching the Senate it ‘was referred to the Naval Committee | of that body, of which Senator -Perkins was the ranking member. In ate committee Senator Perkins offéered an amendment ‘that one collier be built in a navy-yard on the: Atlantic coast and the | | Mare Island navy-vard in California, : Thereupon the Ore- iington “Senators ‘objected t6 the designation.of: Mare a slur on the other Pacific Coast yards,ani offered that if ‘he iare Istand and leave thé¢ construction’ open to Coast yards they. would “help’ the amendment But they admitted that the-collier 'would then | > Sénate. g6 10 Island. as the only vard equipped for-such construction. The endment. was so-modified and passed the committee. and was | adopted by the e E R % ok g The amended bill went back to the Heuse, which:refused to conictir in the amendment, -and ‘called. for “a :conférence .committee,’ which was appointed, Senator Perkins béing a member of the con-! ference for the Senate, and Mgssrs, Dayton, Foss and Meyeér repre- o the House. The conférence ¢ommittee agreed. to- the -Per= dmyent. and_ its report was adoptéd. without tontest,-which doption:of. the bill and of the-amendment. It shows. that Mr. Bell failed entirely in'the two.attémpts he made in the House to secure the ‘building of colliers in. Govern- was the ment yards, and that.the amendment was secured by Senator 'Per- | kins, in the Senate committee, in-the-Senate and -in the conference committee H E No one disputes that Mr. . Bell desired the navy-yards to build the colliers; and none can dispnte that he failed €ntirely in impress- ing his desire upon the House. ‘The.work was done by others as the record proves. - He is efititled to whatever credit is due for his desire, bist he cannot escape the consequences of his utter failure. - Nor can he be justified in his attempt-to take'for himself .credit that be- lonigs to Senator Perkins and ‘others, for a‘success in.which. he had no share at all. - It is for this-that. we accusé him.. -Had he been con-- tent to state his desire in the premises, but’ give credit where it be- longs, his case woilld have stood in an entirely different light. Equally flagrant is his attempt to take crédit for thé appropria- tion for the Sacramento River, ‘by" which he ‘is-seeking votes in‘| Butte and other valley counties. .- Sendtor. Perkins -again shows the record -on this -claim to its complete- discredit, - The proof is-that the House Committee on- Rivers and Harbors, which corresponds to the Committee on Commerce of ‘the.Senaté, had determined to report no general river and harbor appropriation. bill at that session. | General Mackenzie, chief of - engineers of the United States army, in. charge of Government work on rivers and harbers, thereupon vaaited upon members’ of the committee and: informed them that | an appropriation of at least two miillions must be made to preserve ! the work already put under ‘way by prior appropriations. Senator. Perkins asked General Mackenzie about the work un- der way in the Sacramento- River, under an appropriation secured before Mr. Bell was a member of the House. -"Thé General said he was under thié impression that there was a.sufficient unexpended balance of that appropriation - to continue. the -work, and. that he would wire Colonel- Heuer in San ‘Francisco, the engineer in charge, Taggarts Mud Sliaging Fas to Evon ‘COPYRIGHT, 1904 BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL WITH THE NEW YORK EVENING MAIL: "4 CONTRAST IN %1 g That ‘is: the | 4o N of the resulting re Vote yes. g Ko . The second amendment is for the relip(of the judiciary by pro-- THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. EXT Tuesday the people of this. State will. vote upon sever amendments to the constitution. To amend the constitution is a serious matter, and voters should be well informed when théy approach such an important duty. ‘letter from a first voter asking enlightenment as to these amend- ments, declaring that he will give sober reflection to our advice. The first amendment on the ballot is to enable the construction of the seawall upon the San Francisco water front, to be paid for out nts, and imposing no tax. upon the taxpayers. | viding intermediate appellate courts, between the Superior-and Su- preinie benches, following the example of the Federal courts: impor- ‘tant to facilitate justice by judicial promptness.” Vote yes. o The third amendment is to exempt property of the endowed Academy of Sciences from taxation. P * The fourth amendment is to place California-on a’ level with other maritime States by exempting shipping from the payment of taxes which return no benefit at all for the burden imposed. - Stch | tax is not now paid by foreign ships which compete with ours, and is; therefore, a fie and penalty imposed upon California ships. Vote yes. : S . Fhe fifth- amendment is to regulate the Iegislativcl sessions, | 4 the -compensation of ‘members ‘and to abolish an abuse the number of legislative employes. Vote yes. SEE The sixth amendment is in relatiosi to revenue and taxation. It is crude and undigested. Vote no. : : ) - The seventh amendment is to define the legislative power to amend - existing codes. It is'necessary to statutory stability. Vote yes. . The Call is in receipt of a Vote no.- These amendments are set forth in the .ele_ction proclamation, to report whether such unexpended balancé. was sufficient, and if | ;4 we invite the study of their text, intending further reference to Heuer reported that more -money was necessary, he, Mackenzic, would see that it was provided out of the -two millions for whick he asked. ¥ - About that time floods in the Mississippi and Missouri rivers ! caused the members of Congress front the States.concerned to ask a million additional appropriation, as they :thought-an emergency ap- I propriation of ‘two miilfons would - not. more 'than suffice for the work ‘needed in those two rivers. Then Congressman -Gillett, of the First District, requested the committee o provide for the Sacra-| mento Rivet, in the rcm(z\'al of snags which endangered commerce and filled the channél. Mr. Gillétt prépared a speech on the sub- ject for the House. AMr. Metcalf, who was out of his seat by reason of illness, sent word to the cominittee that the money was needed, and if necessary hé would disobey his physician and go to his seat tc advocate it. . Thereupon the committee reported the three mill- ion appropriation and it was adopted, and placed at the disposal and discretion of the Secretary of War, who made the allotment for the - Sacramento. and Napa rivers, upon the .récommendation of Colonel Heuner and General Mackenzie, as had been agreed upon with Senator. Perkins. The credit for not overlooking the Sacra- mento -belongs to Mr. Gillett, and Mr. -Bell had -nothing to do with it. - ' P 2 3 When Colonel Heuer. was asked for a statement he said: “Mr. Bell's statement that he secured the Sacramento River allotment of $22,000 is not the case. The allotment was made by the Secretary | -of War upon my recommendation, indorsed by General Mackenzie.” | The - foregoing are ‘the . facts, as The Call finds them to exist. | We do not dispute the zeal of Mr, Bell's afterthoughts, and his' Lottest friends, when they cool off, cannot dispyte the immorality of taking to himself credit that belongs to others. —_— While “General” Sandico, the ex-in- l The two good reasons why our Gov- | surgent, was haranguing the JFilipinos at an "independene!"o‘ml-h;. meefincf ‘lfl quiry into the conduct of the King af | Menila, some twenty former fol- | Belgium in ruling the Congo Free | lowers were engaged elsewhere In the |State are: First, that such an inquiry, | organization of an agricultural bank, . with a cavital of $200,000, under an- other former general. In thus pre- ferring business to agitation the down- trcdden Filipino deals a deadly blow to the anti-imperialist propaganda, and shows ingratitude to Esopus.— Newark Advertiser. Pittsburg Gazette, the subject. AN ESTIMATE OF CZAR NICHOLAS. N an article contributed to the November number of the Century Magazine, Andrew D. White, Minister Plenipotentiary of this country to St. Petersburg from 1892 to 1894, delivers himseli General Kuropatkin receives imperative orders to advance against a superior foe at the beginning of a hard Manchurian winter, why the | pitiably inadequate Baltic fleet is sent blundering to the East. Can Russia achieve any measure of her destiny under the hand of this ernment is not likely to favor an in- | bigoted incompetent? King of Siam’s Family. ‘instigated by the British Government, | cording to a French authority, belongs is mow In progress, and, second, the |to the King of Siam. refusal of this country to be drawn |has two official wives, eighty more.of. into. any obligations to enforce neu- |a minor order, and his'¢ trality: which were: assumed by the I‘bered, other governments participating in the | seventy-two. His w, s conference respeeting ‘that- State,— | brothers and sisters | number of ffty and n This monarch [dren num- few years ago, no fewer than liea for a. »umt‘q?’h‘;kmu € of a scathing arraignment of Russian bureaucratic government and the weak and vacillating Czar at its head. After passing in review the several features of reactionary policy that characterize the des- potism of the Czar’s Ministers, Mr. White fixes upon the oppression | front with cameras.” of Finland as the most terrible example of the power of autocratic rule and charges Nicholas himself with responsibility for the out- rage. : The policy of the ruling nobles in the realm, so forcefully ex- emplified by the ruthless treading down of the liberties of Russia’s most progressive people, is due to an absolute indifference to, even antagonism against, all influences of enlightened government, as White shows; but in the case of Nicholas this medievalism, set with equal stubbornness in his character, is strengthened by an |‘utter indifference to the needs of his people, a stolid ignorance of all | conditions affected by his rule. “He knows nothing of his empire or of his people,” writes White ; “he never goes out of his house if he i can help it.” S In the light of this intimate estimate of Nicholas’ character it |is now easier to understand why General Stoessel is ordered to throw away every life in Port Arthur before surrendering, why wamacerRs. | Rnnoy challi'ln"(:u‘ta!m : by limiting |. Miss Helen Pettigrew, who is to be married on the 9th-to Willlam Lem- man, will be guest of honor at a lunch- eon to-day, given by Mrs. Frank Sulli- van at her home on Washington street and Van Ness avenue. - e e Mrs. Willis Davis has sent out caids |for a tea this afternoon to introduce {Miss Edna Davis and Miss Sybil | Hodges. _ IR e This afternoon will be thé occasion {of a bridge party. given by Mrs. Staf- | ford Parker. 5 { > Miss Ursula Stone courtesied to so- clety yesterday under the guidance of | Mrs. Berthody Wilder ~Stone at her home on Washington street. The affair was a luncheon at which the decora- tions were all white aml exceptionally effective. Miss Stone was the center of attraction among these guests who wel- comed her coming into the social: world: Miss Elizabeth Livermore, Miss Newell Drown, Miss -Marie Pickering, Miss Rhoda Pickering, Miss Carol Moore, Miss Helen Baily. 4 .o . E o - Mrs. George Rodman -Shreve was | hostess at a large bridge party: yester- day afternoon. The affair, held-in Cen- { tury Hall, hed been planned with no | sparing of beautiful details,’ the club- | rooms - looking unusyally attractive | with the embellishment of potted paims |and quantities -of great - .chrysanthe= | mums. ‘About sixty guests were enter- tained and the contestants played en- thusiastically. 2 . . Mare Island ‘was the destination” of many young society folk yesterday aft- | ernoon to assist in the formal introduc- tion of Miss Isabelle Glennon, Whose an elaborate tea. - Miss Glennon prom- ises to be ome.of thé most. popular maids of the winter, and is. verv- at- tractive in.manner and appearance. The distance of ‘Mare Island from this | city .will have not the slightest influ- 1 ence upon the young' debutante’s pres- ence here, for her friends: are :legion, | stantly on thjs side of the bay. g S | A New: York wedding, of interest to Californians, took _plulqe - yesterday.. » THE SMART SET - BY SALLY SHARP. mother, Mrs. James H.: Glennon, gave | | and affairs will keep her glmast con- | Miss Elise Postley ‘was married to Ross Ambler in the Church of the Heavenly Rest. The ceremony, performed at the fashionable hour of 4 o'clock, was attended by the smart. set of New York. The bride-is a sister of Sterling i ‘| Postley, who married Miss Ethel Cook of this city, and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. - Clarence Postley: Mrs. Sterling Postley and her mother, Mrs. Horatio Cook, -both went from here to attend the wedding. A large reception at the Postley home on Fifth avenue followed the wedding. o Mrs. James Porter Langhorne enter- tained a large number of guests at tea yesterday in honor of her daughter. A second affair of this order will be given by Mrs. Langhorne on November 15. PRI R The Polyglot Club will open its sec- ond season to-night by giving a choice programme of music at the United Arts and Crafts. building on Presidio avenue. Among the musicians will be Mrs. Otto Bendix, Miss Grace Llewellyn Jones and Nathan Landsberger. . e An affair, in the nature of & reunion and a farewell at the same time, was ‘given yesterday by Miss Houghton, who is preparing for an intéresting trip- abroad. - Gathering about her sev- eral classmates from their alma mater at Farmington, Connecticut, ~Miss Houghton made an afternoon to be re- membered. . With the serving of tea there arose accounts of schooldays and, with these, canjecture of Miss Houghton's proposed trip, the date of which is not definitely fixed. e The event at the Columbia Theater next Monday night bids fair to be a big attractiom. The Girls' Club will be the - beneficiary of the ~proceeds and there is widéspread interest in the or- ganization. George Ade’s “The County Chairman” will be presented and any- thing- from the pen of this clever writer is an attraction by itself. e e Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Miller an- nounce the engagemernt of. their sister, Miss. Flora Miller, to Sigmund E. Kalischér. At home Sunday afterncon, November 6, and Wednesday after- " THE MAGAZINE HERO. The Magazirie Hero is big and broad And_handsome and brave and fine: And we who-_wou!rl _vgrh.e n:IY.lst follow £ . the cut sy A And fashion him line for line. It doesn’t matter what real men. are | In everyday life .we kunow; There are things the: Magaiine must. be - Pt Or theé Magazine Tals won't ga. Man | In the statureof five feet four, ] Though_ the measure of men’ we meet edch day 2 o Is very seldom more? | SUNNY SIDE OF LIFE | "= | The Magazine Man 15 a “college grad.” e |l|||’ And starred on-the football fel. ll—‘.: How: could we make him a.dry. goods clerk - - : 5 3 - With a pair of shears fo wield? Oh, the Magazine Hero gets.in fights, “And never with less” than twa. Imagine making liim Tin if. he .could,. Which is just what a man- would @0, " | The Magazirie: Hero loves and weds In.a month or-a weék of ‘a day: For it ism't a question.of ‘ddllars. and " cents,- e : Which is only & reaiman's wa | And our story is.read with gleg, - For people don't want ~what..a real : meanis - > . - s But what they. woald liké him' to be. —Town. Tapies. ACCOMPLISHMENTS. to be a social favorite need of apcomi= * GAVE IT BACK TO HIM. plishments, but either * she -ar _her | oy—* - brother will find a business careér.pro- dm“ Boy—That Christian . Sclence |,/ i.q" gometimes by ~their judicious cctor is out here, and he.says it pains| ;. gistance. . Accomplishments . may | Bim very much that you haven’t set- | “soothe -one’s " hours ‘of ease;”-and tled this, bill. & € 85 | therefore alone they-serve . their pur- The Boss—Go back and tell him that| pgse. But beyond this’ they. help one there's. no such thing as pain; that it iy navel ways: they are thé means to SEiiia.only i the imbkinatinn. an end, sometimes. No ‘beginie- in busiriess can afford - to be called’ a: SPONGE BATHS. butterfiy; on the other hand, if one'is Bill—Do you ‘ever patronize the free | remarkably profisient: at dancing, . in 2 .music, even at skatihg or boating-or- No,” 'm opposed to “sponge”|in most games of skill, such ‘knowl< 5. —Yonkers Statesman. edge may, win.attention and- notice 3 : that is.of value. Oné mhight recom-; mend - (beyond: exercise which® heéalth requires) more attention to whist than to’ any- of these, having seen.both BROWN. B 5 Brown is fashionable this fall. Brown, as you may have discovered the follow- Tl iy e yevy tanty . Tack, by thelr elders-inta enviable positions : ; k simply because they were not fitted for them—that ‘would not haveé been ‘suf-- ficient—but, .as 'ONE WAY. “A troop of Japs have gone to the in the way of an-accomplishment so. attracts the admiration of men: of weight. g e A knowledge of several languages is. part of one’s’ edueatiom, scarcely .an “extra,” and its worth -is recognized. But any capability that calls attention, without parade, to one self is of value also. A Chicago millionaire once ad- vised a young lawyer friend to.join a certain golf club. The lawyer replied: that he could not afford the. necessary expense. = 3 ‘You cannot afford to neglect -the chance,” was the- astite rejoinder. “Practice any economy rather _than that. . The friends . you will' make among the magnate members will pay all your expenses many times over.”— Harper's Bazaar. 3 = “What for?" R “To take.-Port Arthur.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. uncles; and it is said that the King The biggest family of to-day, ac- |boards all these in addition to his own partieular: family.. - A CH ./ Pa, man says he has .of.a_piece of metal 13 "Y-‘tlfl’fi-\fillt pi:; early five times as many | the most obstinate tack with ease. ' aiready wasted enough water over it To Measure Speed. The accelerometer, . designed for measuring thie power exerted in start- ing a train and to indicate the proper for curves, is the invention of F. M. Gilley, a teacher of physics. It consists essentially of two glass ves- sels connected by a tube and contain- ing lquid, such as mercury and a red alcohol. As the train starts the liquid passing from the forward glass to the { & rear one—shown: by 'suitable gradua- by m tions—indicates the force exerted, and Ju-,—"!oq mugn’t cry over spilt|in the same way the instggment, when mille ... gk placed on its side, makes evident fhe Jaggs—That's right. The milkman has ' jerk or centrifugat force in 5 a curve Would we dare to-carve a: Magazine Mas I'So we’model him’ after the regular’rule, men and young women ““railfoaded” | well,. hecause -they | | played a fine game of whist. Nothing | { versity at nfoon, November 9, at. 1430 Steimer street. —_—— e |+ . THE STORY OF | A PRIZE FiGHT First—The fight . is fixed, Second—The scales are fixed Third—The public is fixed And, | when it is an The fighters are financially fixed. | i over; | I i e e g i FOR THE TABLE. Cake—Beat. - the yolk . of 3 until light; add one ecup . -of powderel sugar; a saltspoon - of salt, the juice’ and grated rind of half a Jéemon, -orie c¢up of pastry flour sifted three - times after —measuring ~and when well.mixed add the stiffly béaten whites of fivée eggs. - Bake in a loaf in:a’ moderate oven.. It should take about one hour' to bake thoroughly. ‘Sponge five eggs Pressed Chicken—Steam a fow! un- til .the meat is very tender, then take the meat from the bones and dlscard the skin. Keep the lght and ' dark mest: separate and -chop . fine, Cook theé ‘liguid: until it is reduced. emough to jelly. Season the liquor with salt and- pepper; and, if Itked, cook a bit of bay . Jedf in it:" Put the nieat in a square pan. alternating the light and -dark. meat in layers. - Add some of the liquid. ta each layer. . Set another pan fito .the one containing the chicken and. put a’ weight in. When - the chicken'is cold it will-be firm enough fo'cut jn-thin slices. Deévwiled . Chieken.—This. is" merely broiled .chicken. ' with ' a hot .- sauce -spread - over: Hayé- - thé - chicken split -déwn ‘the ‘back, and broil- over | coals or.under the gas flame. Lay on a “hot platter, and": spread . with -.a rounding tablespoon. of buttér beatéen with one-half teaspoorn of mixed mus- tard, .a teaspoon of vinegar, and .a few ‘gralns of cayenne: or sweet red ‘pepper.. I ‘Hked sift. séime: very ‘nice: cracker crumibs: : over . thé' chitken after ‘the ‘sauce is ‘added, ‘and set - in the - oven. near - the top; .so 'that - the ‘crumbs -wikl brown’ quickly. SPINSTER'S MEDITATIONS The . widower - is 'not -the -only one ‘whe is’ a sadder'and a wiser man. . The. wise gir] will remember that he always says ‘these things to evety girl he wants to kiss. It is:very embarrassing to &4 man sometimes to have his wife "along with him/ > o~ ‘A girl's vanity lasts mich ‘longer than the looks which caused it. - When a woman sees ome.of her old ‘beayx, she - wonders if it is possible for him to.have as many hidden faults and crankiness as-another man she knows. - ChEHEt ¢ : _ Girl Rooters. ‘What? Girl rooters! Shocking! A -new .lady assfstant in Lawrence Uni- Appleton, recently come there from Madison, 1s said to be in- structing the girls of the school how to “root™ at football and baseball games. Oh, higher education, what ridiculous things are permitted in thy name in these modern times! If there is a more absurd thing than loud and noisy root- I]u at games—a more disgusting thing —we don’t want to know what it is.— Berlin (Wis.) Journal. —_——— Townsend’s California Glace fruits in artistic fire-etched boxes. 715 Market st.*