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THE RAILROAD DEBT QUESTION.
A correspondent of the San Francisco
"Chronicle." writing upon the subject
of the adjustment of the Pacific Rail
road indebtedness to the Federal Gov
ernment, very properly says that what
is now to be oe-nsidered by those who
are dispassionate and just, is not the
personality of the railroad people, since
that is but temporary and subordinate,
but the question what is the wise pol
icy for the Government to adopt in the
collection of its dues, and what relation
will be established by whatever ad
justment is effected between the great
East and the people of this State?
As the correspondent well says: "We
should, therefore, look to the permanent
and not to the temporary consequences
of the policy to be inaugurated."
Taking up, after this preface, the
question of ownership of the roads by
the Government, the writer of the letter
concedes that hopes entertained by peo
ple who favor ownership reside in the
belief that such Govermnent owner
ship would be attended by a policy of
operation that would be especially fa
vorable to the people of California. Is
ttere, he ask?, reasonable basis for the
entertainment of such a hope? An
swering: his own question, he admits
that the ownership would be in the
whole people of the United States, and
necessarily they would adopt a policy
©f operation tending to conserve their
interests, rather than those of a single
and sparsely settled and distant sec
tion of the common country.
Congress would determine the rates
to apply for service by Government
owaed roads, as a matter of course.
Schedules so established would be
framed upon a basis analogous^ to the
adjustment of tariff rates upon imports
of foreign manufacturers. Such sched
ules would, therefore, reflect the rela
tion only that exists between the Pa
cific States and the vast population
east of them, and not be based upon
any paternal prompting to give to us
protection against commercial competi
tion of the Eastern States with our
merchants, manufacturers and produc
ers. That is to say, the management
of the roads under Government control
would respond to the highest interests
of the owners, and these owners would
be the 65,000,000 of people east of us,
rather than respond to the local and
specifically antagonizing interests of
the very small minority upon these
shores.
It is not, however, our purpose to fol
low the correspondent's argument
throughout and in detail, but we can
not pass the further point made, that
if the Government takes the trunk line
which it is urged to operate and estab
lishes, as it would of course, a maxi
mum transportation tariff between the
Missouri River and San Francisco, the
interests of all other transcontinental
lines and of all looal roads—which
would naturally become their allies—
will be to prevent freights reaching the
Government terminal. San Francisco.
In other words, all commercial interests
would feel a natural incentive to build
up other and competing terminals and
conserve other and competitive dis
tributing points on the north and the
south of the California metropolis.
It is not to be expected for a moment
that the Government would enter into
pooling arrangements—it has estab
lished already a policy opposed to them
—nor engage in favoritism for the most
distant point and at the expense of in
termediate points, or, for the matter
of that, against other Pacific terminals
and commercial ports.
Other considerations in the same line
are presented by the correspondent,
as, for Instance, the relation of sea com
petition to ttie proposed Government
ownership system, etc. But all these, as
well as the points made which we
have more definitely indicated, and
which the candid mind and unbiased
Judgment must concede to bestrong and
suggestive of profoundest involvement
of factors not considered by the dema
gogue and the shrieker for Government
ownership—all these, we say, may be
put wholly aside in view of the over
shadowing fact that the Government
will not take, own or operate these
roads, because wisdom advises against
SACBAMESTTO DAILY BECPED-UNION, MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1895.
it for one thing, as a matter of eco
nomic governmental policy, and for the
other reason that the Government is
going to proceed to recover its due.
The "Chronicle" correspondent need
not trouble himself therefore about
Government ownership and its effect
upon the port of San Francisco and
the State of California. Those who favor
Government ownership and devote
their energy to that acoomplishment,
simply eliminate themselves from any
part in the readjustment of the in
debtedness that will be and must be
made. That readjustment, as we have
indicated, is going to be upon wholly
distinct lines from Government own
ership. k
The opposition to a refunding of the
debts of the roads must, therefore, pre
sent a better and different plan than
Government ownership in order that
the Federal Government may secure
its just dues from the roads involved.
That opposition must present a plan
that will restore to the Government
the money it has advanced, for, as
suredly, the people of the United
States have determined to have that
money paid back. He who does not re
alize this truth Is blind to what is
perfectly apparent to the unbiased
mind. It is therefore childish for anyone
at this Juncture to propose and demand,
as a means of restoring to the Govern
ment the money it has advanced, the
ownership and operation of the roads
by the Government, with all the in
volvements that such a scheme carries.
As we have already said, whoever now
stands up for Government ownership
places himself entirely outside of the
pale of those who will exert any influ
ence whatever on the inevitable read
justment of the Indebtedness.
The conclusion is therefore reached
that as the people of the whole country
are resolved upon a policy that will re
store to the Government the money it
has advanced in behalf of the rail
roads, some form of refunding bill will
be passed, since in that way only can
the Government insure to itself such
return. To repeat, the Government
clearly intends to recover its advances
to the Pacific railroads; that this is so
must be apparent to whoever consid
ers the matter in a judicial frame of
mind, divests himself of local preju
dice and gets outside of the discolora
tion of local waters. It follows therefore
that the thing for California—the very
best thing for it—and therefore the
wise thing, is to have the Central Pa
cific Railroad, from Ogden to its Pa
cific terminus, left in the hands of its
present owners, in the hands of a
friendly Pacific Coast management.
The logic of the situation leads in
evitably to this conclusion; there can
be no escape from it, and therefore the
wiser policy for California communi
ties to adopt is to concentrate energy
upon such a refunding scheme as will
beat conserve the end we have indi
cated, and leave the management of the
road where it ia. and at the same time
secure to the Government return of
its advances according to a plan to be
adopted for that purpose.
Common self-interest dictates such
a policy. If all other considerations are
pushed back, that alone should serve
to put California on that side of the
question. Government ownership the
"Chronicle" correspondent has shown
in a series of questions that carry their
own and irrefutable answers will, so
far from achieving the end that should
be desired by San Francisco and the
people of this State, actually defeat it,
whereas a refunding scheme that will
secure the payment to the Government
of the money it has advanced, and
leave the road terminating in California
in a position that will of necessity make
its management friendly to California
interests since its own are bound up
in them, is the policy that California
should favor, and which it will sup
port, if it does not remain persistently
and foolishly blind to its own best in
terests.
AS OTHERS SEE VS.
A representative of the Fair Oaks
colonists has written a letter to a wide
ly circulated Eastern journal, making
complaint as to their treatment at the
hands of the Southern Pacific Cora
' pany. We are not now proposing to de
: fend that company, because we are not
sufficiently familiar with the facts to
! judge of the merit of the complaint, but
there is one element of the complaint
which relates to California in general
and to railroad stations in particular,
whioh we know to be well founded.
Speaking of the dining station at
Truckee, the literary representative of
the party has the following:
"Here in order to get to the dining
room we had to usher the ladies and
children of our party through a saloon,
with its accompaniment of blear-eyed
loafers, tobacco smoke, whisky bottles
and bad smells. The dining-room
forms a sort of annex to this annex of
j Satan's kingdom."
There is nothing which strikes the
Eastern emigrant so forcibly as the
openness and badness of the sal/on as
sociation with everything public in
California. Wherever a saloon is kept
In a station house, ladies and children
are forced to hear the rough, profane
and vulpar language which is an in
separable accompaniment of a saloon,
and the Eastern visitor is strongly re
pelled by this coarseness, brutality and
vice.
The people of California are so thor
oughly inured to the accessories of
drunkenness that they scarcely realize
the impression which the eternal pres
ence of whisky makes upon the new
comer. There is scarcely an eating
station along the line of any road west
of the Rocky Mountains that is not an
annex to a saloon. In most cases the
passengers must pass through these
saloons to get to the dining-room. It
is not over-sensitiveness, or over-nice
ness, on the part of decent people that
they do not like to pass through a sa
loon to reach a dining-room. It is a
perfectly natural and highly commend
able instinct, and it is to be regretted
that the people of California have not
more of that same instinct.
The sum of this whole matter is that
the association of the saloon business
with the railroad eating-house is wrong
in every particular; is wholly Indefensi
ble; and we entertain no respect what*
ever for any one, be he high or low.
who would have the temerity to defend
it.
NOTE AND COMMENT.
The story comes from Hawaii that
the Government will early pardon the
late Queen. Why not? It would be
magnanimous and involves no danger
to the new Government. The possibil
ity of Liliuokalani's restoration has
now passed.
The San Francisco "News Letter"
terms women "persons of the ruder
sex." In support it calls attention to
the fact that women are less courteous
in car, dining-room, shop, street or
anywhere in public than men, and that
the acts of discourtesy are such as to
be matters of common remark and re
gret. The "News Letter" wants some
man of wealth to endow a college for
the cultivation of better manners
among women. There is just enough
of truth in the charge of our contempo
rary to make the subject one of inter
est. But the remedy for any discour
tesy complained of is or should be in
the home. No girl properly brought up
and taught her duty to her neighbors
will ever be open to the charge when
a woman that she is of the "ruder
sex." For a great deal of the rudeness
of women in public men are them
selves responsible. Chivalry does not
demand of them that they shall sub
mit to it, or remain silent of protest,
when any woman so far forgets herself
as to treat anyone with discourtesy
and rudeness.
The latest dispatches indicate that
Russia will very speedily take a prom
inent part in the Armenian difficulty,
and that England will accord Russia
support. The plan seems to be to de
mand of the Porte certain concessions
for the Armenians which, if not grant
ed, will result in an advance upon Turk
ish territory by Russian troops. There
are a good many reasons for giving
credence to this story, but before it can
be said to be wholly reliable we must
await more detailed statements than
are now given.
San Francisco could not be happy
without a scandal, and it has one for
the opening of the new year, which in
volves a prominent clergyman, and has
led to the arrest of the woman at his
instance on a charge of attempted ex
tortion. As a matter of course, the
sensational press gives from six to
seven columns of the details of charges
and denials. What earthly good can be
conserved by such washing of dirty
linen in public?
The Boot and Shoe Trick.
A coquettish trick has been revealed
to me. It seems to be widely practiced
at seaside and watering-place hotels.
Those wh£» resort to it are ladies solicit
ous to captivate, but who have no rea
son to be proud of their feet. To give
rise to the idea that they have pieds
d'enfants they have pairs of tiny boots
and shoes not made for wear, but to be
left outside their bedroom doors to be
cleaned. To give them a quite natural
appearance the soles and part 3of the
uppers are smeared with liquid mud
kept In a bottle like patent blacking.
As one must souffrir pour etre belle, the
hoots intended for daily wear are slyly
cteaned by the owner, whan she has ru)t
a mxid with her. It appears that
Frenchmen are apt to scan the boots of
ladies in the corridors of hotels. There
is no more curious sight than a long
double row of pairs of boots. It is a
most suggestive sight, and may be
amusing as a rebus. If where beauty
ends modesty begins, it Is, perhaps,
modest as well as coquettish to have
J^" OUR STORES AX/ILL BE CLOSED NEW YEAR'S JD&TZ:«%Z
™DAK After Christmas Bargains.E7~
In which to From store-opening to store-closing we are busy. The prices on RedIICtJODS
T^the Holiday Stocks were closer to cost before these cats than buyers ever Which have
cuts in Holi- before knew. Think what they must be with been made on
Su.?t Discounts of 25 and 331-3 per Cent IFS!
prove the %J %J*J sJ l j
F, . place them
:2- per No wonder we are busy when you consider the facts. Then to make away under
cent wiiS the bargain-giving still more wonderful come these Cape, Jacket and even bare cost
percent Glove offerings. lof PfoductiotLl
Holiday Footwear.
All our Men's, Ladies', Misses' and
Children's Fine Velvet Embroidered,
Leather and Warm Felt Shoes and
Slippers.
25 PER KH. OFF.
Dolls and Toys.
All of the Dolls, both dressed and un- j
dres-^d. Tin Toys, Iron Toys,
Wooden Toys, Doll Jewelry, Doll
Buggies. Toy Furniture, Wheelbar
rows Velocipedes, Tricycles, Rock- •
ing Ilfrses, Drums, Toy Books and
Story Books. In fact everything in
the Toy line.
2o PER CENT. OFF.
Men's Neckwear.
All the higher priced novelties in
Men's Fine Holiday Tits and Silk
Mufflers. Lines bought for holiday i
time.
g PER CENT. OFF. j
Men's House Jackets.
The entire line of elegant Smoking
Jackets and Dressing Gowns go in
this sale at
25 PER CENT. OFF.
Holiday Handkerchiefs.
All the lines of Ladies' and Chil
dren's Fine Boxed Handkerchiefs that
come half-dozen to a box, some ex
quisite patterns in handsomely dec
orated boxes; also the Ladies' Sheer
White Linen Embroidered Handker
chiefs that sold at $1 to $3. The very
fine White Silk Handkerchiefs, with
Chiffon borders, at ?1 50 and $2. and
the fine White Silk^Handkerchiefs,
with colored borders?, 75c and SI.
ALL 25 PER CENT. OFF.
DISCOUNT SALE CLOSES TUESDAY EVENING.
HALE BROS. & CO., 825 to 835 X St.
special boots and shoes to figure in hotel
corridors. *
The person who has told me of this
boot and shoe trk:k is the forewoman of
a chaussures de luxo house in the Rue
dv Quatre Septembre. It appears that
brides whose feet are not small now hire '
tiny ohaussures to figure in the tros
seau. Those really made to fit are not
on view. This device was recommended
and adopted at _ great royal wedding
that oame off within the present year.
The bride had, to quote the sales
woman, les pieds si longs qu' on ne
pourrait se resoudre a exposer ses
chaussures. But as the absence of
shoes and boots would have been no
ticed, a whole stock of elegant and
fairly small-sized pairs were borrowed
for the trousseau table.—Paris Corre
spondence London Truth.
JOAQUIN MURIETTA.
Reckless Daring of the Noted Califor
nia Bandit.
Murrieta dressed after the fashion of
the day, and was a typical Mexican on j
horseback. His hat, or sombrero, was
plumed with black feathers, his panta
loons and jacket were of tine cloth, and
the jacket was braided with gold. He
rode a magnificent steed; the Spanish
saddle being- ornamented with silver.
He frequently visited the towns in dis
guise, with one or two attendants, to
dance at the fandangos, flirt with the I
senoritas, play monte, and if unsuccess- j
ful raid the bank. While Murrieta was j
at a monte table in Marysville, a brag- i
g-art said he would, "Just give $1,000
for a chance at that greaser, Joaquin."
In a spirit of recklessness, Murrieta j
sprang upon the table, bowie-knife in i
hand, and shouted: "You cowardly
gringo, look, I am Murrieta!"
The man trembled and the crowd
stood back in amazement. Murrieta
then walked out of the room, his asso
ciates covering the crowd with their re
volvers. Under various disguises he en
tered towns, sought out persons Vho
had betrayed him, and while in the act
of stabbing them to death, uttered,
"Joaquin."
Perhaps the most daring' act was that
at Stockton. The Governor had offered
a reward of $5,000, "dead or alive, for
Joaquin Murrieta." Disguised, he rode
into town, and seeing- a crowd reading
a placard, he rode up. Reading it. he
dismounted and wrote underneath:
"I will give $10,000 myself. Joaquin
Murrieta."
In a moment he had remounted, and
as his horse swiftly sped away, he
turned in his saddle, and with a dagger
in his hand, shouted, "Carajo. gringos!"
—J. M. Scanland In November Over
land.
FACIAL* HUMOURS
Prevented by jtf^T^b
Cuticura^W
Soap/^l^j? A
A SHAHED TO BE SEEN because of disfig
uring facial humouia is the condition of
thousands who live in ignorance of the fact
that in Cuticcra Soap is to be found the
purest, Bw»et«3t, and most effectiTejkin puri
fier and beautifler in the world. For pimples,
blackheads, red and oily skin, red, rough
hands with shapeless nails, dry, thin, and fall
ing hair, it is wonderful.
Bold throughout th« world. BritUh depot: F. N«w
bzet * Si'!»s, 1, King Edwtrd-it., London. ?om«
I)»ua ajd Chim. Corp.,Sol«frc.pt.,Botton, U.S. A.
Fans, Drapery Scarfs.
Some fine novelty Fans in Black,
White and Colored Gauze that were
priced from $1 to $2; Colored Denim
Stand Covers with fringed border,
and Colored Denim Bureau Scarfs at
$1 and $1 25; also the pretty novelty
Silk Drapery Scarfs at 50c, 75c to $2.
All go at
2o PER CENT. OFF.
Ladies' Neckwear, Skirts,
Fascinators, Infants' Hoods.
Whatever remains of the line of
Ladies' Fine Fancy Neckwetr. The
Ladies' Fancy Worsted Fascinators
•. fine line of colors at 75c, $1 and
•VI 50. Ladies' lint- grade Colored
Knit Worsted Skirts at $1 50 SI RS
and $2, and Infants' Colored Worsted
Hoods, overshot with silk, that are
priced 75c
ALL % PER CENT. OFF.
Fine Leather Goods.
All those Elegant Leather Purses,
Pocket-Books and Card Cases for
both men and women; Men's Cigar
Cases. Hill-Books. Traveling Cases
and Writing Cases or Lap Tablets;
Picture Frames, Photo Albums—in I
plush, too —Scrapbooks and Auto- ;
graph Albums.
AT 331-3 PER CENT. OFF,
Bisque, Glassware,
Gold Pens, Fancy Cases.
The beautiful imported Bisque Ware
of all descriptions—Figures, Match
Safes and different mantel ornaments.
All the handsome Vases and Flower-
Holders, as well as the elegant line of
Atomizers, Gold Pens and Holders,
and Fancy Plush and Celluloid Cases
of all descriptions—Toilet, Manicure,
Work, Collar and Cuff, Necktie and
Jewel Boxes, etc.
ALL 331-3 PER CENT OFF.
P look:
SIS
TA/'j »j //i^ bureau of a bedroom suit we sell at
%1~l 50. Solid oak, antique finish.
Suit includes bureau, bed, washstand, table,
rocker and two chairs.
The same suit, with square bureau, only $25.
Bureau alone {as in cut) ,$l5.
We have a hardwood 7 -piece suit at %\%.
Just a look!
Just a little comparison will save you money —
will teach you that Breuner s is one store in a thou
sand,
Jo\)X) Breuper
604-606-608 X ST., SACRAHENTO
HORSES CLIPPED
BY MACHINERY, |
DIVIDEND NOITcE.
San Francisco Savings Union,
532 CALITORIiIA STREET, CORNER WEBR
FOR THE HALF YEAR ENDING
with the 31st of December. 1895, a divi
dend has been declared at the rate per
annum of four and thirty-two one-hun
dredths (.4 32-10o> per cent, on term de
posits, and three and six-tenths (3 6-10>
per cent, on ordinary deposits, free of
taxes payable on and after THURSDAY,
the 2d of January, IS9G.
dIK-d&w2w LOVEL.L WHITE. Cashier.
TynTTkTlflfiWfl O. Johnston & Co. 3
*Otii>ilil\lU 410 J STREET. ■
f * O«CSR« FflOM THE OOUKIRV PROMPTLY FILLEO JJ
CAPES.
LADIES' DOUBLE CLOTH CAPES, in
navy, black and tan colors, some
handsomely braided, some prettily
jetted. Reduced to
$? SO.
LADIES' ELEGANT DOUBLE
CLOTH CAPES, some trimmed
with jet and braid, some appliqued
and jetted. All up-to-date gar
ments and most remarkable values.
Reduced to
jsia so.
LADIES' FINE FRENCH SEAL
CAPES, with handsome Persian
lamb collar, 120-Inch sweep and
lined with fine quality sijk. Re
duced from $20 to
$13 SO.
LADIES' FIXE FRENCH SEAL
"DOUBLE CAPES, with Persian
yoke and high storm collar, elt
fantly satin-lined. Reduced from
25 to
812 SO.
GLOVE
SPECIAL
A maker's necessity and our ready money brings
these to you at near the half-price mark. You can see
them in the window.
Ladies' Pique Seam Walking Gloves, with four
large pearl buttons in colors to match
gloves. There is a good line of sizes of
these stylish gloves, and they are worth
regular $i a pair.
Sals IPrice:, 69c Pair.
SALE COMMENCES TO-DAY.
Dr. C. L. Megowao,
VETERINARY SUKGKOK,
818 Fifteenth street.
BARGAINS.
MANY BEAUTIFUL. DESIGNS IN HAND
embroidered dainty novelties suitable for
Xmas presents, at 25 per cent, reduction for
these two days. Here are some of them:
Nsedlebooks, Magazine Holders, Clipping
Books, Skein Holders, Jewel Cases. Glove,
Handkerchief and .Necktie Cases, Mufflers,
Suspenders. Drapes, Sofa Fillowi, Pin Cush
ions, Toilet Hets, Dollies, Center Pieces, and
other embroidered linen." in the newest de
signs. MISS L. SCHUBERT, 1014 Elghtn
street.
French Dressmaker
A>D HAIMDHE^EK
And dealer In Hair (roods. MADAM AC L.
BWILLiyq. 101* Eighth street.
THE WEEKLY UNION — THE BEST
weekly on the coast.
JACKETS.
LADIES' CLOTH JACKETS in navy
and black, double-breasted style
with velvet collar. Reduced from $5
to
$3 00.
One lot of LADIES' JACKETS in navy
and black cloths. Reduced from $3
to
31 00.
LADIES' CLOTH JACKETS in navy,
black and tan. Double-breasted
style, lengrths are 23 and 27 Inches,
large sleeves. Nicely braided and
fur-edge trimmings. Reduced from
$10 and $12 50 to
rrr im f~\f~\
LADIES' CLOTH JACKETS in navy,
tan and Havana brown, both
double and single-breasted styles,
to 27 inches long, handsomely
trimmed in fur. Reduced from $15
to
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