The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 24, 1905, Page 8

THE SAN FRANGISCO CALL/ JOHN D. ... .Proprietor | JOHN McNAUGHT ¥ OFFICE. THE INELIGIBLES. NVESTIGATION and of some members of the Board of Supervisors. the charter is as good and valid as another. conditions of eligibility of all officers who may ter it. The representatives of the Labor part , regarded this clause of the charter as impera- ion of eligibility against Mr. Partridge, | inee for the office of Mayor. | he been e 1 good faith would have required them to cont in the courts his right to take the office until his eligibility idicia determined and affirmed. ‘Had he been elected ‘ted to contest it would have been unfair to to partisanship or spite and revenge. depends upon the eligibility of The constitution of the United States deals It provides that only a natural-born citizen one who was a citizen at the time of its to the office of President of the United by an overwhelming majority, elected to the Presidency, it would be far higher than r-elect provision of lect overnmen s -ontest his right. The whole spirit of our. system g s that it shall be administered only by those who | gal right. } I se we have among us alien-born citizens well fitted to ad- | er the Presidency is no reason why the constitution should of them to do so. He might even be | natural-born citizen, but that superiority tution. Federal law provides the Presidential office beyond the Vice | that the shall descend to_ the rder of the creation of the different departments. ergency should occur in the present administration reached the Department of Agriculture, its 1ld be skipped because he was born in Scot- ion would pass to Mr. Metcalf, the Secretary be in recognition of the constitutional ng the office to natural-born citizens. he charter of San Francisco defining eligibil- »ws the spirit of the State constitution, which pro- 1 shall be a member of the Senate or Assembly citizen and inhabitant of the State three years, which he shall be chosen one _\'car; next n. It also provides that no person shall be eligible Governor who has not been 2a citizen of the United | 1 of this State five years next preceding his | » has not attained the age of twenty-five years. eutenant Governor must have the same quali would pretend that even a unanimous vote | override these provisions of the State constitu- | one the cons succession sion of wi acts. To override them would be anm unconst: of power. The constitution also protects the au- ial office in California by providing that no person e of Justice of the Supreme Court, or to of a Superior Court, unless he shall have been | ¢ before the Supreme Court of the State. | awyer in the Union, becoming a citizen of Cali- | be elected Superior Judge, lacking that require-f It is not for any idle purpose that the Federal | utions and the fundamental law of cities in this | lly guard the assumption of office by defining eli- It is done in order that no doubt or uncertainty executive, judicial or legislative acts, and also in ss may be at least implied. To this especially run and residence. pirit and for a like purpose that the law fixes v of electors, in order that government at its incipiency, ballot, may be well and lawfully grounded. The f ligible” as “‘capable of being chosen.” If a person is ible, his choice is void and inoperative. The majority given | as if it had not been cast. Every ballot in it is as if blank. t b Any other rule than this of the courts would itions and charters a farce. ake this explanation in detail, because The Call's dis- counted. We 1 overy and publication of the ineligibility of the Coroner and some rvisors-elect has been met in great bitterness of spirit by the orgar the nicipal administration, which goes far afield to find a motive aside from the true one in which the exposure is made. part we regret that the persons in the case are ineligible. It is a disappointment to them and their friends, and it breaks the desirable solidarity of the city government. But the law is impera- tive and must be obeyed, no matter what personal disappointment that obedience may inflict S having more time to catch their breath than the “dailies, are taking a coldly calm view of Mr. Hearst and his ambitions and his contest for the office of Mayor. They say that his side at- tempted, if it did not accomplish, as much sharp .practice at the polls as Tammany, and that the vote he did get was not a vote for him but was cast in a blind rage at conditions that could not be affected by a change in the office of Mayor. These conditions were the crimes of frenzied finance, and the detestable methods in the in- surance business revealed by the legislative investigation. They say also that Mr. Hearst’s contest is made not in the ex- pectation of winning, but that he prefers martyrdom to the Mayor’s office, because it will be more useful to him in his future political aspirations. They see in him signs of flinching from the shrinkage in his reputation with certain factions of voters/f he had to assume responsibility and administer government. The law of New York formerly, and we believe now, is against the reopening of the ballot-boxes by a court after the ballots have been counted by the election officers. This law is based upon the sound assumption that more harm will come from opening the boxes than could possibly be done by any frauds. To avoid this injunction of the law Mr. Hearst’s attorneys seek from the courts a” writ of mandate compelling the election boards to reconvene, open the boxes and make another-canvass of the ballots. But it is a maxim of the law that what is forbidden to be done directly cannot lawfully be done indirectly. The judicial canvass of the returns indicates that Mr. Hearst will gain an issufficient number of votes to elect him. * Tt has always been his policy to raise 2 popular clamor upon whatever opposes his schemes, and the attitude of his newspapers indicates a purpose to attack the integrity of the courts, if they do not give what he asks for. ‘If the opinion of the weekly papers to which we have referred is correct, this will be part of his plan to become a martyr. They say that he simply followed in the wake of Jerome and Hughes, who have aroused public opinion against the numerous offenses financial of which New York City has been the scene, and that socialism and other fads got into the same current and joined votes to a purpose quite removed from his personality. They may be right. We shall see. For ou THE NEW YORK ELECTION. OME of the independent weekly papers in New York City, P 1t would be curious if the South should turn out to be solid for R@n. velt.—Washington Star. —_— e seems to establish the ineligihil‘ny of the Cor-| | | Peckham Murray, | that which will | | CHICAGO TRIBUNE. TOYS AND THE IMAGINATION. Since this is the season of toy giving, the ' following remarks of Dr. Grace from the December Delineator, have a special interest: “The tendency of the present time is to overload children with toys. Far | from being a help to a child, this de- frauds him. feit of any of his senses. He should not have a sur- Toys, can be | made the means of great development. They should be such as will aid the im- agination and stimulate the inventive facuity. The imagination of the child is his most precious facuilty. I cannot lament with a recent writer the mental activity of the child of to-day, who would rather have a piece of machinery or an electrical toy that he can pull to pieces and put together | again than old-fashioned playthings. Rather one should rejoice that the brain activity of children expends itsell on that which is useful. I have seen a boy’s eves sparkle with enjoyment and intelligent interest when at 10 years of age he was working over an electric battery. His mind was graspl the mysteries of physics with a Sufeness that would have done credit to an older mind. The point is: Arouse the chil- dren's minds and imaginations through their games, their toys, to an interest in be useful to them all their lives. Then there will not be need of so much cramming at school.” —_—————— WORTHY OF A GOOD HUSBARD. The West Somerville young woman who wrote to the South Dakota census department that she wanted a husband and wished to get into correspondence | with a “refined moral person” among the surplus bachelors of the Prairie State should be encouraged, says the Boston Globe. Any girl with initiative enough to write such a letter, courage enough to avow her wish for a good husband and energy enough to become the wife of a Western farmer should have no difficulty in finding a proper partner. Some girls who want hus- bands—and that all want them 1s but natural—are looking for a good, soft spot on which to sit down while hubby does the work. This girl finds no terrors in the prospect of laboring in a farm kitchen and sitting on the household throne for which the author of us all destined wbman. _—ee————— YOUNG -ASTOR A ENSIBLE CHAP. Willlam Waldorf Astor Jr. gets off rather easily at the hands of the New York interviewers on the occasion of his visit to his native metropolis, con- sidering the popular prejudice attach- ing to his name since his father dena- tionalized himself. The young man seems to be gifted with horse sense and he rather captivated the scribes when he politely asked them. to let up on him, as he was neither a politiclan nor a promoter and hadn't come over on a fortune-hunting expedition. He is described as a good-looking, manly young chap.—Boston Herald. | | | | | | = w THE SUNNY THE “NEW WOMAN.” “What has become of the ‘new woman’ we heard so much about a few years ago?’ “Busy making clothes for her grandchildren, I guess.” DIDN'T USE The Countryman—Them big yellow things layin’ on the ground in that there fleld is ‘he City ‘ mpkins? I never saw one of them before. The Countryman — Gosh! What business might be in? . 7 1 In Chicago they have begun to call him Mayor UMdunme—Boston Herald. N The City Man—TI run a pump- factory in town. SIDE OF LIFE w» « BLOOD-RED APPLES. Professor James A. Graves of this city has just sent to Professor Surface, the State Zoologist, a peculiar apple, the strange coloring of which has ex- cited his curiosity and for which he cannot, although he is a botanist of forty years' experience, account, ys the Susquehanna (Pa.) correspondént of the Philadelphia Record. Professor Graves says that last sum- mer he was at Stockport, Pa., and was shown a very old apple tree on the estate of Ann Preston. He was told that it bore apples with greenish yel- low skin under which was a blood-red pulp to the core. He arranged that several of the apples should be sent to him when they ripened and he recently recefved them. They are ordinary look- ing on the outside, but upon cutting them open they are at first blood red and-near the core turn to a purple. There ig an Indian legend connected with the tree which is generally be- lieved by the common people of the vicinity. An ¥ndian chief of the Dela- wares, named Walla Wocka, was out hunting one day and was murdered by a member of his tribe, who, in order to conceal the crime,” buried his body at the foot of the old apple tree. The disappearance of the chief re- mained a mystery to his-tribe until the fall of the year, when the apples, being plucked, were found to be blood red. Searching for the cause of this trans- formation, members of the tribe dug about the roots and found the body of their murdered chief. / Ever since then the apples have re- mained blood red, say those who recite the legend. IN & MAN'S POCKETS. A fairly well equipped gentleman true to his calling and to his friends carries quite a kit of tools. There is a Jjack- knife, a match box, a cigar cutter, a nail file, a corkscrew, a finger nail tool and possibly a cigar holder, and some good five-centers to give away. And yet women wonder what he finds to put in his pockets. To facilitate® further the business of just hanging around he must have a little ‘money, a handkerchief, bunch of keys, fountain pen, some lead pencils and sharpener, gyeglasses,*note- book, watch, old letters, papers of more or less supposed value and a cardcase. Not one pocket could be spared unless it is the one on his nightshirt and that 4 looks so sweet.—Clay Center (Kan.) Times. THE ORIGINAL POSTHMARK. Great Britain can claim the honor of having originated the postmark. The first one, which was used in London as long ago as 1660, was a very simple af- fair, consisting of a small circle, divided into two parts. In the top portion were two letters, indicating the month, while in the lower half the day of the month was shown. No endeavor was made to denote the year. cBaxsa. A COMING EVENT. “That old Gobbler has been acting llke one possessed lately.” % “What's the matter?” “Why, the other night he dreamed he saw some one - grinding an ax.” ‘The New -In. place I always todk things ; \e 014 Cook—Well,, your - ~ought to have had sense enough to keep ‘em OCCIDENTAL ACCIDENTALS BY A. J. WATERHOUSE A DOMESTIC EPISODE. HY does the man seem filled with W a strange, unutterable joy, Wil- He? Why is his mouth widened almost from ear to ear? Why does his manly bosom swell with pride, and why does he appear to be convinced that such a thing never happened before and never can happen again, no matter how long the world may stand? N And why does the woman smile and smile, and then laugh and laugh, when apparently there is nothing either to smile or to laugh at? And why does she hover about one place as if all heaven were concentrated there? And why does she talk in a weird, uneartbly language such as never yet man did understand? “Diddums _dettums itty-witty toofums? Yes-sum diddums, bessums tweetsy- | weetsy heartums! Yessum diddums”? | And why can one frail feminine bosom scarcely hold her happiness? You give it up, did you say? Willie, I am surprised by your dense- ness—I am grieved—I am shocked! The case is so clear that none should fail to understand it. The baby has got a tooth through! And it is the first baby! And never is there such a baby any. where! And there never has been such a baby! And there never will be such a baby! And there never can— Ah, well, Willle, I suppose I must make allowance for your youth, but wait un- | il you are grown, and have married the sweetest girl in the world, and have a baby of your own, 'and then you will| see! Just wait, and notice whether I am right. . “Did the jury decide that he was guilty of felony?” A ““Well, not exactly, but. they found that he was a life insurance official.” GRANT ONE SWEET BOON. Grant this, dear God, that I implore, Who stand with darkness all about, Black doubt. within, grim doubt with- out; i Grant orfe sweet boon, if never more: That I may clasp my darling’s hand When on the farther shore I stand. Without her lone were my estate, And on that brighter, better shore I know, dear God, I'd miss her more Than heaven itself could compensate; Then leti her love be with me still When I have climbed life’s utmost hill. My words are but a falt'ring thing, But thou dost know what. I would say: /Together we have walked a way, And still together we would cling: Then, when is passed the misty tide, Still may we journey side by side. Fair and Beauteous, Young Saint—I should think that that St. Edyth would feel mortified. . Great, Coarse, Crude Saint—Why, as far as I can see she behaves herseif as well as the rest of us up here. 1 “Oh, of course; but haven't you no- ticed that the halo'she is wearing must be at least two years out of style?” | “It's windy out of doors to-day, 't it?” doi’t know., I haven't been out.” ‘'Well, I am sure that it is.” “What makes you so,certain?” “lesaw Mabel putting on her best stockings before she started to go downtown.” THE CASE OF JOHNNYBOY. One day w'en I had somethip’ done 'At was bof good an' bright, My mommer says, “My little son Jes' fills me wiv delight”; An’ 'en she says to pa, she did: “Now, Henry, can't you see At Johnnyboy—it can’t be hid— Is growin' jes like me?” Jes' 'en I ketched the Kitty there, An’ put ink on its fur, An’' firs’ it run to mommer’s chair An’ climbed all over her; An’ ’en it inked my popper, too— Cause, cause, the ink was his— An’ my pa in a pashun flew An’ says, “You bet he is!” “The jury found that it was a case of Jjustifiable homicide.” “What wi there in the facts that Jjustified such a deed?” “Why, the evidence showed that the deceased had had the defendant by the buttonhole for an hour and a half so that he could not get away, and was still engaged in talking and drivelin, about nothing when _the poor, persé- cuted fellow acted.” “Sad case, wasn't it?” “Yes—for the man that was button- holed.” =, It you were as good as you would like to be esteemed, how much would you differ from that which you are? If you felt no hope that your child would be better than you have been, what would you do With him? If you are always truthful, as you say, why did you tell Miss Bloomengal that you would be pleased to have her call again? If you really go in “the very best so- clety,” would you just as soon name a few of its saints for my benefit? If you insist that your charity begin at home, have you ever noticed whether or not it occasionally gets out from under the rooftree? IN THE 50UTH. Some years ago one B—— of Keo- kuk County, Iowa, made a wagon trip through the adjacent Southern States. On his return he recounted to his friends his impressions of his journey. “Now, for instance,” said he, “I went to a farmer to ask him the way to the nearest town. It was about 11:30 a. m. and I wanted to push on; but these here Southern fellers is so hospitable he would not let me. He says, ‘'Light, stranger, an’ come to dinner’ So I “aut’ ¥ “They had a great big dish of fried potatoes in the middle of the table. The host pushed the dish towards me an’ says, ‘Have some, stranger.’ I took a spoonful an' pushed 'em back. He pushed ’em over again an' says, ‘Have some more, stranger.” I took another spoonful an’' pushed ’em . back. He says, ‘Take a whole lot, stranger.’ So 1 took another spoonful an’ pushed 'em back. Then he pushed ’em over again an’ says, ‘Take d——d near all of 'em, stranger.’”—Harper's Weekly. BY SALL Miss Dorothy Dustan will entertain in- formaly to-day for an Eastern visitor, Miss Mary Hamilton of Washington, D. C. PP e The home of Mr. and Mrs. John Mason in Washington street was the scene of a large and animated bridge party yester- day when their daughter, Mrs. Frederic Palmer, was hostess to two dozen players. In honor of Miss Alice Treanor and Miss Emily Chickering, the affair was doubly pleasurable, the two maids being in pop- ular demand for the expression of good wishes. . Those scoring the highest at the game received exquisite prizes, being ecurios from India, whers Mrs. Palmer has re- sided for two y?l’l- ’ . . Mrs. Arthur Holland entertained at a tea esterday with her sister. Miss Burg- win of Pittsburs, guest of honor. An artidtic arrangement of flowers com- prising bridesmaid roses, yellow chrys- anthemums and greens—autumn tinged— filled the handsome rooms, Mrs. Tatum's home on Pacific avenue being admirably adapted for entertaining. A large number of guests arrived be- tween 3 and 6 and were received by Mrs. Holland, Mrs. John Franklin Babcock. Mrs. Norman McLaren, Mrs. Carter Pit- kin Pomeroy, Mrs. Charles Parmelee Eells, Miss Dorothy Eells and Miss Chris- tine Pomeroy. s 2is . - Mrs. Joseph Has Brouck waS a tea tea hostess of yesterday, eptertaining in honor of Mrs. Ingram, wife of Captain Ingram, Tenth Infantry. The callers included Mrs. A. H. Vail, Mrs. Frederick G. Sanborn, Mrs. J. Stow Ballard, Mrs. Charles W. Siack, Miss Isa- bel Vail and Miss Edna Middleton. e Miss Ruth Morton entertained inform- ally yesterday in Miss Jessie McNab's honor, the afternoon being devoted to cards. . The beautiful apartments of Mrs. Josiah Rowland Howell at the Marie Antoinette were filléd yesterday with luncheon guests, Mrs. Howell bidding thirty-six to a most elaborate affair. Chrysanthemums were profuse and with these were mingled all the leaves of au- tumn variety. The guests included Mrs. Emory Win- ship, Mrs. John Rodgers Clark, Miss Ethel Dean, Miss Etelka Williar, Miss Maye Colburn, Miss Gertrude Van Wyck, Mrs. Ritchie Dunn, Mrs. A. S. Baldwin, Mrs. William J. Dutton, Mrs. Harry Mendell, Miss Lola Davis, Miss Ruth Merrill, Mrs. Janes, Mrs. Grayson Dut- ton, Mrs. Harry Williar, Mrs. Thomas Benton Darragh, Mrs. Paul Bancroft, Miss Marcia Warren, Miss Edna Mid- ‘dleton, Mrs. William Penn Humphreys, Mrs. Alanson Weeks, Mrs. William G. Morrow, Mrs. Henry Foster Dutton, Mrs. «~ « THE SMART S .. Y SHARP. Jules Brett, Miss Patricia Cosgrove, Mrs, | Dougias Watson, Mrs. Augustus Cost gan, Mrs. Harry - Nathaniel Gray and | Mrs., Robert McMillan. | Miss Ursula Stone is demanded by her | triends continually and almost up to ths { sailing hour on Saturday will she ba feted and given best of wishes upon her fast approaching marriage. Yesterday Miss Erna Hermann ered a score of Miss Stone’s frien maids passing a delightful aftern informal tea. | Included were Miss Adalene Miss Christine Judah, Miss R 3 ton, Miss Johanna Owens and sev others. gath- 18, the n at Miss Elizabeth Cole, who will the large,passenger list leaving S for the Philippines, was yester guest of Miss Grace Buckley tertained informally at her ap the Baltimore. The White and Gold room Francis was indeed a pretty evening transformed into bower for the nuptials of Mi:s E Bromfleld and Arthur Judd R York. At one end of the room an been formed by the arrangen lax gnd other greens suspenid large chandelier, under which was read by Rev. Mr. Galw Matthew's Episcopal Chur: Mateo. The bride was gowned in a iacs robe which, though severely simple in mod combined richness of material . ported fabric being appliqued w tigue, making the robe ome of the somest worn by any of our brides Miss Grace Brownfleld, the maid honor, alse wore white, her gow being simple in fashion. Bouquets orchids were carried by the bride and her sister. The wedding color scheme—pink and green—was carried most artistically, the room being decorated in pink hydrangeas with the various greens, the bridesmalds’ gowns of iridescent chiffon in pink and green completing the beautiful effsct These attendants carried bouquets of Cecil Bruner roses, the four maids be- ing Miss Lavinia Hoffacker, Miss Emuly Stephenson, Miss Marion Fuller and Mise Mabel Madson. Following the ceremony, the guests, gumbering 100, remained for an informal reception and dance. The lower end of the room was prepared for this gayety, and presented a picture of light and ani- mation contrasting harmoniously with the quiet beauty of ceremonial prepara- tion. Mr. and Mrs. Ryan are making a jour- ney through the State, and will be In the West a few weeks before leaving for their New York home. 2 sigh X from service ¢ st San an- & ANSWERS T0 QUERIES. VARA—Subscriber, City. Vara is a Spanish-American lineal measure equal to 33 inches. POPULATION—R. Mec., Ross, Cal. The latest official figures show that the population of London was 4,596,063 and that of New York 3,850.000. IN THE PHILIPPINES—M., San Ma- teo, Cal. To obtain information about a person in the Philippine Islands you might advertise in the American, pub- lished in the city of Manila. MARIO—M. 'U., City. Mario is pro- nounce® as if written Ma-re-o. In the first syllable the a is sounded as in far, the third the » as in note. P ————mmmmd and cholcest candles In artistic fire- etched boxes. New store, 767 Market. * pmeime e B Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 30 Cali- fornia street. Telephone Main 1042, * ity ‘x\\" I 5 S AR /) REASSURING THE WEALTHY FATHER. “And how do you Intend to support my daughter?” the merchant of the poor but proud yo: man who had just asked the fair maid’s hand. “T intend to work, sir,” he answereq, his tone as haughty and confident as the merchant’s own. . “At what do you propose to work?" sneered the :nsr,tf:‘l c'r. _ “Any graft, sir, s good emough to work and not bad enough 'io""b- found out,” replied the intrepid youth. Touched to the heart, the merchant jmpulsively held out his hand to the young man. “She is yours, my boy,” he cried in trembling tones.—] ore American. in the second the e as in meat and in| Townsend’'s California glace fruits « « MIRROR OF DAME FASHION o o FISH ENEMY OF MOSQUITOS. Water areas containing flsh are safe so far as mosqaito breeding is con- | cerned, as the fish eat all of the young “wrigglers” before the ‘wings are | grown and the aerfal mosquito 13 formed. But In the grass-tangled sur- | tace pools formed in these marshes fish cannot thrive; hence the wriggler has | no enemy there and can grow and fat- ten to his heart's content. The same is true of inland pools of raim water | which cannot drain off. Any perma- | nent pond or pool can be made mos- | quito proof by cleaning up the edges and stocking with fish. Every foun- tain or artificial water basis, no mat- ter how small, should be stocked thus, it only with gold fish, Dr. Smith ad- vises. Running streams are usually safe except In the qulet eddies.—“Jer- sey War on Mosquitoes,” by John El- freth Watkins in the November Tech- nical World Magazine. —————— Knicker—Strange they didn’t name the baby after its rich uncle. Bocker—No; he looked at it and said he’d give them $10,000 not to.—Harper's Bazar. bk, ¥ % E 8 i it £s