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SOLDIER BOYS OBJECTING.
The Mustered-Out Members
of the National Guard
Protest.
CALL IT SNAP JTOCfMENT.
Company HW.IIA.K to Be Allowed
to Continue Without State
Assistance.
■Fmnei«co's soldier boys are
M ° St °, f S Mam of them are indignant.
surprised. -MM>y f rom the action taken
Their troubles an* lro Adjutant-General
by . Governor vu ' eralDimond in re- |
Barrett and Vanop.al Guard. Those)
constructing J^e - y out c
rfthTTiSß^ment and Company H
C °, I fSi lament and Troop Aof the
of tne an] no,' the members of those
CaValr ";tion-reobjecting strenuously,
organizations are Bosh, the colonel of the
Fir't'rl'Sent'^as very guarded in his
=S§ n-i IbisJie explained, was neces
j ' Jo\' nor I'udd was his superior
' *fi^ S 'l n dit Ed not be proper for the
inferior to criticize his commander's
°" "do think, though," he said, "that
the regimental officers should have been
consulted before definite action of this sort
was taken. As it was, we had no intima
tion of what was coming. To be sure, 1
would not like to have to indicate any one
company in the First as being more de
serving "of being mustered out than any
other, still 1 think we should have been
called upon to assist in the selection.
-I do not, however, see the necessity of
mustering out any company of the First j
Regiment They are all of a high grade of
excellence in drill and attendance. In
,iaci,' .cry City company that I know of is
in good condition. This cannot be said of
many outside companies, and I think they
should have paid the penalty."
The men and officers of Company H were
not so conservative as their colonel. They
denounced the Governor's action as un
called for and based upon an inspection
that was practically no inspection.
"1 will bet $500 in gold," said Captain
Eisen last night, "that to-day my company
'is in better condition, better equipped,
better drilled and more regular in its at
tendance than any other company in the
State. Now, that a nice company to
muster out on the ground that it is not I
efficient, isn't it:"
"The whole trouble lies in the last in- ■
spection," here interrupted a young officer. [
'•General Warlield's staff officers were sent j
to inspect the regiment. Different men
• inspected different companies and their
ideas of excellence varied."
"llmpb," put in another, "I should say
so. Why. the man who inspected Com
pany A did not know how to return the i
rifle to the file after examining it. And he j
reported their drill and equipment ex- j
cellent."
Captain Eisen here said that he was sure
t^re action of the Governor would never !
have been as it was had one man inspected
ail the companies.
"The gentleman who inspected my com
pany," said he, '-informed me that.no i
company was to be eiven the grade of 'ex- i
cellent. 1 He was much pleased with our .
work, and told me that he was going to I
■*re the boys the highest grade that he
"altHaWfil Tgn llHl" 11 1 .not hl-"^excel
lent,' of course, but I see tna.t lie nau been i
misinformed, for some of the other compa- |
nies were given that grade.
"Naturally my men feel sore. Our com
pany is one of the oldest. Our rooms are i
finely titled up and we take great pride in |
them. c Our equipments, most of which we
bought ourselves, are the best in the Na
tional Guard. Some of the officers have
served for seventeen years. A number of
men have been in the company longer
than that. ,
"You can understand that they love it.
There is an esprit de corps that is lacking
in the more = poorly equipped organiza
tions. Our company has a history. £\\ c
are proud of it and we feel. that we have
been unjustly treated when o ir long ser
vice, close application to -duty and en
thusiastic love for our company is rewarded
by an order practically throwing us out of
the .service in a way -similar to that in
wbp* :' "gE&two recalcitrant Sacramento
eof -ere punished/ 1 - _
.vho bad gathered around all
- .-^-ntiments. They felt that it
nave been so harsh if they had
solidated with some other com
; hey all objected to the way in
_-y had been inspected, some of
glaring that the inspecting officer j
touched their rifles. v
' iis action is final," said Captain
■j , l 'the company will not disband. If
tate cannot afford to make us an al
ance we will do without it. We did I
• Without it once and we can again. We will j
, petition to be allowed to remain in the ser- '
vice, but without expense to the State."
Last night Captain Waller of Troop A
I was preparing a protest to be sent to Gover
nor Buctd.
. "The whole trouble lies in the fact that I
, Governor Budd and Adjutant-Geneial Bar
rett have been misinformed," he said.
"The troop was" mustered out because of
. the dissensions reported to be rife in it. !
There were dissensions once, but they are
.'over and the troop was never before in so
good condition as it is to-day.
• - 'General Barrett promised me to inspect
the troop. He did not keep his word. Had
J he '.one so, we would never have been mus
-1 tered^out.^ They have . really taken a snap
•^Qtfpihent on us. - .
: "Two weeks ago we took in fourteen new
menders. Tuesday night ten more were
:to cfytoe in. All these: men are splendid
i rid and many have been in the regular
arm .. c < o :■)-■■• -. l
-: Custiin Waller was afraid that the troop
i ■wouljt go to pieces if cit were mustered out
of sejTJeeVas the expense of keeping it up
: ■woulttbe too great for most of the mem- j
bert. "£ hey might go into a new troop of I
I wiwalrv, but they would not go into the in- I
fantry.^. o o .-.
_ "The /cen feel sore," said Lieutenant
Tremaine.^ "I ; ! don't blame them. The
company is }v splendid condition. I was
. a sergeant in the regular cavalry service
for ten years ana I know that the members
of Troop A can proud of their ability as
cavalrymen. =' - J ■..
_Vlt° was suggested to me," said Captain
Waller, "that I alluw the troop to be mus
tered out and then reorganize a new one
But there is no need of such a thing. The
bad material has been weeded" out of
Troop A, and no better could be asked
than that of which it is now composed
The men are not sons of millionaires 'but
they are all good horsemen and are proud
,of their company. I don't see what more
could be asked." -
The men of Company C have the same
complaint as those of Company II in re
gard" to the last inspection. They laugh at
, the report, but their laugh is bitter and
not good humored. The company is said
° a Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U.S. Gov't Report
* AB&OUJTEE.Y PURE '
by experts to be one of tbe best in the
Third Regiment and not the worst by any
means.
THE SLABODA TABOOED.
The Circulation of » San Francisco
Paper Prohibited in Austria.;
The Austrian Government' has just pro
hibited the circulation in Austria and sev
eral of its States along the Adriatic Sea
of the Servian paper Slaboda, published in
San Francisco. This news is of great in
terest to the 1200 or so of Servians who
compose that colony here, and it affords to
the Slaboda the biggest piece of news it has
sot hold of for a long time.
This exhibition of press censorship in
Austria will surprise most Amerians, who
are more familiar with such proceedings in
Russia.
The colony of Servians and Montene
grins in San Francisco numbers about
! 1200, and most of the men included in it I
are members of the Servian Club and of the
Sersian-Montenegrin Society. The Servian
Club owns and supports the Slaboda, which
is edited by S. Had uiovich, assisted by Lazar |
Churich and others. The kingdom of j
Servia lies close to and eastward of the i
Austrian possessions along the Adri- j
atic Sea. which include Bosnia, Herze
govina, Dalmatia. Montenegro and Croatia.
The Servian population in these Austrian
states is large, and it is the battle at long '
range which the Slaboda has been conduct
ing in behalf of the political rights of the
Servian residents here that has got it into
trouble.
It appears that the Croatians are also
pretty well distributed about the Adriatic
states of the Austrian Empire and it is
THE PHILADELPHIA AND THE OLYMPIA RECEIVING VISITORS.
[Sketched for the "Call" by Coulter.]
charged that the Government refuses
rights to resident Servians which it gives
to the Croatians. The Croatians are al
lowed to carry now and then their flag
which was once a national one, while the
Servian flap: is kept from sight. Then
Croatian editors have a freedom of the pen
which the Government censors do not al
low Servian editors. Servian national
songs are prohibited and there are other
wrongs and irregularities.
For all these things the Slaboda has
been valiantly roasting the Austrian Gov
ernment and especially Minister Kaiai,
who represents Bosnia and Herzegovina in
the Austrian Parliament.
The Slaboda has not the largest circula- i ■
: tion in the Austrian Empire but it ex- j ;
changes with many papers there who have :
been in the habit of quoting it and it has i '
i further circulation there of about fifty ,
: copies. Now when the bundle of Sla
! bod as gets to the Vienna postotrice it is ,
I investigated, confiscated and destroyed
i with due effectiveness and contempt. The | '
j editor of the Slaboda has not received the
| courtesy of an official notice that be might
• as well save jifnt««i', but ho has Ipirin- 1
[ about it from several exchanges published |
in Austria and Hungary which have i
spoken of the tabooed journal in far-off
America. The following communication
j relative to the matter has been received:
Editor of the Call From the "Srbobran," a
newspaper published in Zagreb, Croatia, un
der dale of May 30, the following is trans
i lated:
"The Austrian Parliament has prohibited the
j entry into Austria of the Servian newspaper
i 'Slaboda,' published in San Francisco, Califor
] nia, because of its statements concerning Dal
i matian affairs and its opposition to a Minister
j (Kalai) and the Croatians."
Another article from the "Zastava," pub
: lished in Novi-Sad, under date of June 8,. is i
I translated as follows: "The prohibited paper- |
■ ! In San Francisco, in America, there is a news- |
! paper of good standing called the 'Slaboda,'
which not only speaks well of American inter
• i ests, but also exerts itself largely in the inter
ests of Servians in the Austro-Hungarian mon
j archy.
"This latter was not exactly suitable to the |
! taste of the liberal-minded (?) Austrian-Hun- I
garian Government, which resolved that it |
was wise to prohibit the entry of the Slaboda I
within the Austrian-Hungarian monarchy. It
is a wonder that Viennese aristocrats are 'so
greatly afraid of a" Servian paper coming from
faraway America." • '•
The facts are that the Servian colony of San I
Francisco is composed of ■_ as law-abiding,
liberty-loving set of men as ever fought for
their country. The very name of their paper I
means liberty. They love their native land,
but America they love none the less. They
love the American flag because it is the em
blem of liberty. , ■■■"...
In the hall of their society, at 10 California
street, there hangs over the president's chair
a large likeness of George Washington and
when in parade the Stars . and Stripes are
always given the post of honor. Are we not,
then, in hearty accord with such a people?
Their newspaper, the Slaboda, is supported by
free contributions, not only of money, but of
the many bright articles which appear in its
columns. •
The editor is careful that nothing appears
I but what is just and honorable, and nothing is |
printed that would not be acceptable to an |
I American journalist. Because it prints the
j truth, why should the Austrian Government be
I so afraid of it as to prevent its entry into that
country? Lazar S. Churich,
Thos. J. Haynes.
• ♦ — »
CHUBCH OP THE ADVENT.
Biihop Nichols Preaches on Associated
Missions.
Bishop Nichols delivered a sermon at
the Church of the Advent on p;ieventh
street last night of particular interest to
the Associated Missions, which, he said,
held services at some half dozen places
about the bay. This mission work, he
said, is a work that lasts.
He drew some attractive figures from
the cornerstone of the church and the
foundation thereof, showing that these
stand for perfect stability. This is not a
work, he said, by which the laborer earns,
but a work for the upbuilding of the
church to the glory of God.
Bishop Nichols pointed out some val
uable lessons which the mission work
teaches, and gave the several laborers in
the field credit for earnest effort in behalf
of the advancement and growth of the
church.
The services were greatly enhanced by
the singing of the large choir of boys
whose voices are well trained and who
entered with spirit into their part of the
service.
■ Tb> estate of Toddington, in Gloucester
shi-^iiow in the market, presents a com
bination of the mystic number seven. It
has been 700 years in the same family, con
sists of 7000 acres and includes 700 acres of
fruit farms.
TIIT^ SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JULY 1, 1895.
CROWDS ON THE CRUISERS
The Olympia and Philadelphia
Thronged With Sunday
Visitors.
A ROUGH DAY ON THE BAY.
Withered Palms and Hopes In Chad
bourne's Water-Front Flower
Garden.
The cruisers Olympia and Philadelphia
; were thrown open to the inspection of the
i public yesterday, and the handsome ves
sels were crowded all day with visitors,
i Thrc" tugs kept plying between the Clay
-1 street wharf and the war vessels at intervals
! of about ten minute?, and every tug went
away crowded to its capacity. There was
a squabble in the morning as to who should
j have the right of way on the Clay-street
; float. The tugs Annie, Ethel and Marion
and Millie were chartered by Engels and
Carter. Besides these there were several
i launches engaged in the traffic, and the
\ launches of the Olympia and Philadelphia
I were carrying the guests of the officers to
1 and from the ships. Sergeant Mahoney
finally straightened the tangle, after which
all was smooth sailing.
The morning was all that could be de
sired for a spin on the bay, but in the after
noon the weather was very rough. People
of all classes were among the visitors, from
the man who built a ship to the lass who
loved, and who still lovers a sailor. The
lass was very much in evidence, resplen
dent in holiday costume to catch the sail
or's eye. It was very lovely in the morn
ing, but the girls who lingered too Jong on
the cruisers found it very different in the
afternoon. A gale soughed through the
billows, and the waters were lashed with
foam, the whitecaps almost burying the
little launches and whitening the smoke
stacks of the tugs. The boats rocked like
cradles and an epidemic of seasickness
broke out among the fair sex, and even
men who braved the terrors of the deep
bad that strange longing for terra tirma.
Tickets for the round trip were selling at
50 cents and up to 2 o'clock in the after
noon all passengers were taken to the
Olympia and transferred to the Philadel
phia Ijv the next boat.
.\ri I tiiat the ruoiid ti tpo stm tvefit; but;
landings were only effected now and then
and excursionists had to be content
with sailing round the cruisers. On board
the vessels the officers were extremely
courteous and explained again and again
the workings of the guns, the electric
plants and everything else connected with
the ships-of-war and escorted the guests
through the cruisers from the engine
rooms to the military tops.
Seven ensigns, fresh from the graduat
ing class at Annapolis, arrived here yester
day morning and went directly on" board
the Olympia. It did not take the young
sailors long to get broken in and before 1
[ o'clock they were all doing duty as escorts
through the cruiser. One of "the young
men said that he and his companions ex
pected to stay on the Olympia for three
years and that she was going to leave
shortly for Japan to become the flagship
of the Asiastic squadron.
Landing on the cruisers was made more
difficult from the fact that only the weather
companion ladde s could be used, the lee
sido being reserved lor the officers. Engels
and Carter had provided stagings at both
ladders. The Kthel and Marion smashed
the staging at the Philadelphia's side in
the afternoon, and no passengers were al
lowed to go aboard the cruiser until the
damage was repaired There was considera
ble grumbling in consequence, but the Phil
adelphia's officers were not willing to take
chances of further damage. "I suppose
we will be censured for our action, said
one of the officers, ''but we could not afford
to risk smashing the lander in weather like
this, and somebody might be lost over
board."
Commissioner Chadbourne, accompanied
by General R. P. Hammond and Captain
L. Smith went down on the water front
yesterday to look at the lows of palms and
elms which were planted some months ago
to beautify East street. It waa a very 9ad
spectacle— the trees, not the colonel and
his party.
"Why these tears?" asked General Ham
mond, soothingly.
'Tve got something in my eye," said the
military Commissioner. "Isn't that splen
did — I mean too bad. What do you think
about it, Dick? Will they grow? You
used to be a Park Commissioner and you
ought to be an expert."
"The palms have stopped growing,
Chad," said Expert Hammond, slowly,
"but the cork elms will be all right in a
I or two.
n a year or two," gasped Chadbourne.
ill I have to wait that long before I
:ather a bouquet down here and throw
myself ? What's the matter with these
i, anyhow?
ot enough water, Chad."
Ibe court-martialed ! I went out
to Superintendent McLaren and asked him
for a good man to take care of this garden.
He said he would give me the best man he
had. I'm going to give him back to-mor
row and tell him he's too good to be taken
away from the park. I thought I would
get a crop of corks out of those elms for
the Fourth of July, sure."
Commissioner Chadbourne donned his
war feathers on Saturday and went after
the Southern Pacific Company and the Pa
cific Transfer Company. The sheds and
ferry buildings have been newly painted
and the Commissioner has insisted that
the companies shall touch up their shabby
signs in and about the waiting-room.
SUNDAY-SCHOOL LANTERN.
Stereoptlcon Illustrations of Biblical
Lessous at the Third Congrega
tional Church.
Illustrated preaching is what Rev. F. B.
Pullanof the Third Congregational Church
believes in, and he carries his practice into
the Sunday-school. The consequence is
that some pretty large audiences have been
drawn into the rather unpretentious house
of worship on Fifteenth street, between
Valencia and Mission, and the Sunday
school has increased in membership to
about 300 intelligent pupils
The means of illustration he uses is the
steriopticon, and it has been a common
thing for him of late to emphasize the cli-
Maxes of his sermons by fla.*i "lg life-like
views upon the canvas just at the proper
time, fie has found it to havt the desired
S effect of riveting the attention of nlB aUCU "
ence upon his subject. ,
Last night the Sunday-school was treatea
j to a grand pictorial resume of Ibe Jessons
! they have been taught during the past
quarter. These lessons have dealt witn
the latter part of Christ's life and mi" 1 ?"."
; from the time of his triumphal entry into
1 Jerusalem until his crucifixion, jesurrec
tion and ascension. Nearly sixty different
slides were drawn by W. P. Clark, the op
erator, while Superintendent John D. wc
i Kee did the explaining. ,
There were no tired and sleepy children
during this entertaining process of instruc
tion, but, instead, the manifestations ot
pleasure followed in quick succession.
Some of the scenes and incidents pro
dnced were: "Bethany," "The Mount of
Olives," "The Last Supper," "The Agony
in the Garden of Gethseniane," "The Ar
rest of Jesus," "Peter's Denial," "Christ
Before Pilate,"' "The Crucifixion," "The
Angels at the Sepulchre." ''Christ's Ar>
ppurance to Mary in the Garden, "His
Appearance to Hi's Disciples on the Road
to Emmaus," "The Meeting of Christ and
Peter at the Sea of Tiberius" and "The As
cension." There was also a series of
views on the parable of "The Wicked Hus
band-men" and finally an illustrated
hymn, "Abide Witn Me."
Her Arm Lacerated.
Mrs. Annie Healing, 1582 Fifteenth street,
the wife of a saloon-keeper on Third and Mar
ket streets, had her left arm badly lacerated
Saturday. Policeman Porter went to her
house with a search warrant and Mrs. Healing
objected to his presence in the house. The
search warrant was for a boy named Thomas
Sides, who had been entrusted to the care oi
Mrs. Healing. After the house had been
searched the officer and Mrs. Healing had sora
hot words on the sidewalk and ne placed her
under arrest for disturbing the peace. Mrs.
Healing threw her left arm around the iron
fence in front of the house and resisted the
arrest. The officer tugged ami she continued
to resist, and the result was that her arm was
badly lacerated by the sharp edtfes of the
fence. She was taken to the Receiving Hos
pital, where the injured arm was dressed, and
she was then locked up for disturbing the
peace. ;.;•"■ -
HONORING THE SAINTS
The Catholic Churches Ob-
serve the Day of Saints
Peter and Paul.
The Exercises at Old St. Mary's
Church Are Particularly
Impressive.
The feast of Saints Peter and Paul was
appropriately celebrated yesterday in
every Catholic church bearing these
names. The occasion was also observed
in a few churches dedicated to other saints,
but that was due to some society under the
patronage of Saints Peter and Paul, or to
some altar erected in their memory.
The 29th of June is the day set apart for
this particular celebration, but as that
date fell on Saturday this year the cere
monies were postponed until yesterday.
The feast was observed at the Italian
Church of Saints Peter and Paul, corner
Dupont and Filbert streets. St. Peter's on
Twenty-fourth street, St. Paul's in charge
of Father Connelly and old St. Mary's
church. St. Agnes' church, on the corner
of Page street and Masonic avenue, also
commemorated the occasion.
The morning service at old St. Mary's
Church under the direction of the Paufist
Fathers, drew a congregation that tested
the capacity of the commodious building.
This church, which has but recently been
repaired, was adorned with sanctuary or
naments, ferns and flowers.
The morning services began with the
chanting of the Missa cantata and the
singing of high mass by Rev. Father Otis.
A special musical programme under the
] direction of Miss Mary A. Giorgiana was
I rendered by the choir. The morning ser
j mon was delivered by Rev. Father Wy
man, the subject of his text being the
saints in whose honor the feast was cele
brated. Appropriate evening services were
held by Rev. Father Clarke.
The Italian Church of Saints Peter and
Paul, on Dupont and Filbert streets,
opened the day's exercises with high mass
at 10:30 a. M. The officers of the mass were
Rev. Father R. de Carolis, celebrant; Rev.
Father de Masini, deacon; Rev. Father
San Andraen, subdeacou. Father de
Mfcsini delivered a brief talk on the life of
St. Peter. The music, under Professor
Spadina, was specially prepared for the
occasion and was rendered with excellent
effect and feeling. At 7 . -30 o'clock vespers
were sung and the benediction pro
nounced.
At St. Paul's, in the Mission, solemn
high mass was celebrated by Rev. W.
O'Grady. Rev. M. D. Connolly was deacon
and Rev. P. Duffy subdeacon. The master
of ceremonies was Thomas Branson.
The sermon was preached by Rev. M. D.
Connolly, Father Mullegan being prevented
from attending in the morning. Father
Connolly told how Paul before hiss con
version was called Saul, and was of the
tribe of Benjamin, a native of Tarsus, in
Cilicia, and a pupil of Gamahel. Full of
zeal for the law under the old dispensation
he bitterly opposed the Christians. -"As
he was traveling to Damascus to persecute
them he was, on the way, converted by
Christ," said Father Connolly. "How
indefatigably he thenceforward worked in
the vineyard of the Lord, together with St.
Peter, and what dangers and persecutions
they underwent together no pen can
describe."
Giorza's "First Mass" was sung. Miss
Amelia F. Quinn was the organist, and the
following vocalists rendered the music:
Sopranos— Miss M. F. Code, Mrs. McKec
"Wiltz, Miss Mary Reilly; altos— Mrs.
Bruce, Miss Julia Whitney; tenor, Edward
Torpi ; basso, J. Perron. At the offertory
"Decora Lux" was sune by Messrs. Torpi
and Perron. /
The day wadfclso observed at St. Agnes'
Church, on street and Masonic
avenue, andiMl Hallow's Church, in South
San Franci^o. The exercises at these two
churches Jpere very similar, consisting
mainly (whigh mass* and a procession of
whitej^bfd girls, in which several hundred
youngiladies took part.
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THINKS SOCIALISM RIGHT
Rev. Joseph E. Scott Discusses
It From an Ethical Point
of View.
HIS IDEA OF COMPETITION.
The Devil's Method of Keeping
Mankind at Constant Strife,
' He Calls It.
Rev. Joseph E. Scott discussed Socialism
at the Metropolitan Tenr.ple last night from
an ethical point of view. Mr. Scott is a
stanch advocate of this theory of political
economy.
He stated his subject in this way:
"Socialism ; Is it Right, or Is it Wrong?"
and at once proceeded to give his reasons
for believing it to be right. At the outset
he explained that "no attempt to change
the institutions of a people can be success
ful and abiding unless the fundamental
principles of the proposed change be
morally right."
In ages past, he said, men had endured
wrong often blindly and hopelessly under
the impression tnat it was a part of nature,
or of the necessary order of things. At
last, however, humanity has learned that
the source of all wrongs is simply "man's
inhumanity to man," and a growing in
telligence and quickened moral sense are
making it more and more difficult to hide
the real source of ODpression. Con
sequently there is a general discontent
among the masses, and a strong desire to
alter institutions and adjust conditions.
"Socialism" he defined as "an aim look
ing toward the permanent betterment of
social conditions," and its principles he said
were those of "economic righteousness."
He explained:
It may be called a system of society in which
labor and the products of labor are justly dis
tributed—or more briefly, "distributive jus
tice." It is all the people sharing justly in
the burdens, opportunities and privileges of
life. It is each for all and all for each. It is co
operation in the chief productive industries,
combined with an equitable distribution of the
products of industry,. It is the golden rule in
practical operation.
The meaning of the word "riirht" was
then treated with some elaboration by the
speaker, and he deduced irom it all that
the need of some universally established
standard was plainly apparent. Christ's
law of love, in his opinion, was the most
perfect standard of right known among
men.
Incidentally he gave the railroads a rub
in an evident allusion to the Pullman
strike to show how some universal stand
ard of right is recognized and how the
railroads try to divert public sympathy.
Said he:
When the railroads find it necessary to bring
the most powerful tactics known against their
striking employes they either goad the strik
ers Into overt acts of wrong, or bum tlieir cars
themselves and charge such acts to the strikers.
He took a stand against the individual
istic school of political thought, and con
trasted the mvtnal relation and inter
dependence of the members of society
with a popular idea that society ought to
be a loose aggregation of independent in
dividual?. And to argue tho natural sym
pathy that exists between all the units of
society, and at the same time preclude any
idea of individual isolation, he remarked:
When the Colima goes down all humanity it
touched and sorrow runs through the land.
When in far distant Armenia a great wrong is
perpetrated the civilized world shudders and
cries out in indignation and horror. No man
liveth unto himself alone. Socialism is right,
philosophically right, morally right in main
taining the solidity of the face.
Again, socialism' is right in its teachings as to
property. It holds that property, apart from
the common bounties of nature, is the product
of labor, and that in all right and justice it be
longs to the producers. Apart from what
others in the past have done or whpt others in
the present are dome, what property can one
man, by himself alone, produce? Socialism
takes into account the very fundamental
economic truth that every item of wealth and
capital is the product of the thought and toil
of agos : that capital ns a product is traceable
only to society, and, therefore, by right and
justice belongs to society.
Socialism is right because it would abolish
the Iniquities of competition. True emulation
is right. It's aim is excellence, in which the
gain is not by another's loss. But competition
is the devil's method of { erpetuating and in
tensifying the meanest and most brutal ele
ments in human nature.
Competition is the meanest method con
ceivable by which rational beings could under
take to provide for themselves the necessities,
comforts and luxuries of lite. It is as wasteful
of energy, of labor, of material productions
and of life itself us a perpetual war, and iar
more demoralizing in its direct and incidental
effects than the mere conflict of armiesin battle.
It is the element of discord which makes abso
lutely impossible a state of peace on earth and
goodw ill among men. It puts man against
his fellow-man in perpetual strife for bread.
It tosters the cunning by which tyrants rule.
It breeds crime and Its results are beggared
lives, blasted hopes and pauper graves. It is
the trick by which the sordid ami the scltish
thrive and the generous and noble go down.
Socialism is right in seeking to overthrow this
monstrous madness.
Finally Mr. Scott contended that social
ism is right because it would tend to elim
inate merely animal and essentially de
grading incentives to effort and exalt man's
noble qualities, extending true democracy
and making the prize of liberty attainable.
ELECTION COMMISSIONEKS.
Some of the Puzzles the Politicians Are
Still Trying to Solve About
Them.
More than one thing is bothering the
politicians in regard to the appointments
to be announced by Mayor Sutro to-day at
noon. They feel sure that James Dennian,
Democrat, and A. E. Castle, Republican,
are to be named as members of the Board
of Election Commissioners.
They also feel sure that James D. Phelan
can be appointed if he wants to. Some of
Mr. Pheian's friends say that he will ac
cept the appointment. Others say that
Mr. Phelan cannot afford to throw away
his chance for the Governorship or of being
made United States Senator by accepting
a pla:e that will prevent his being a can
didate for any office for at least three years
and maybe live.
Mr. Phelan himself said last night that
he had not been offered the appointment
of Election Commissioner, but that he
would meet Mayor Sutro this morning to
discuss the matter. He could not now say
whether in the event of the office being
tendered he would accept it or not.
Although he has pretty well made up
his mind on the subject, he thought it
would not seem exactly proper to an
nounce his determination in view of the
conference to take place to-day. Ho was
fully aware of the law on the subject of
limiting an incumbent to that office fora
number of years and disqualifying him
from taking any other office. He had read
the law and its provisions would enter
into his final determination on the sub
ject.
There seems to be little doubt that Sam
uel Foster, the wholesale grocer, will be
the fourth man. J. E. Daley was strongly
backed, but the fact that he "is a politician
has been employed against him.
"I would like to see Mr. Daley appointed
myself," said Connty Clerk Curry yester
day, "but I don't think it will come that
way. Unless lam mistaken, Mr. Foster
is the man."
Registrar Hinton is still wondering
whether he had better contest the appoint
ments or not. He would like to be make
clerk of the new board. If he is he will
abandon all ideas of carrying an objection
to their appointment into the courts.
The California Fireworks Co.,
219 Front St., are retailing assorted cases home
made fireworks specially selected for family use.
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