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THURSDAY ..MAY 2, 1895
In energy and enterprise is the people's
trust.
Where there is a will to pay there is a
way to do it.
California's revival this year is not based
on a boom, but on bed rock.
Japan is evidently desirous of establish
ing a Monroe doctrine for Asia.
Unfortunately for the City old debts
cannot be paid by new resolutions.
We must pay our debts even if we have
to raise the dollar limit out of sight.
Having sat down on the Corinto tack,
England is proceeding to get up again.
If the Chinese are wise they will prefer
Japanese domination to Russian assist
ance.
No one has counted the drops in the
rain, but every one says "there's millions
in it."
California being so regal a State, it is
fitting that she should have queens of her
festivals.
The money crisis in this City is not so
big as that of the nation, but it has a worse
edge on it.
England will now do a little figuring to
ascertain what were her profits on the
Nicaragua affair.
An Eastern baseball team has taken the
name of Trilby, and thereby run the risk
of being mistaken for a football club.
The only use Democrats have for their
platform in these days is to take up a
plank occasionally to paddle Grover with.
If Nicaraguans do not curtail their trade
■with England and divert it to the United
States they will have given the lion's tail
only half a twist
Grover will be compelled to issue more
of the bonds which bind him to England,
but even they cannot cover the deficiency
in his own conduct.
With cholera in the Japanese army and
yellow fever attacking the Cuban insur
gents, this does not appear to be a very
healthy year for war?.
As Spain shows no evidence of intention
to make that apology, Mr. Gresham will
probably consider it good diplomacy to
forget that he asked for it.
The contest between bimetallism and the
gold standard will probably be fought to a
finish by newspapers and pamphlets before
the politicians get ready to open the cam
paign.
In one thing at any rate Secretary Mor
ton is in full sympathy with the country,
for he has recently declared that he feels a
yearning to return to Arbor Lodge perma
nently.
Since little Japan has heard the growl of
the Russian bear, she has begun to look to
the priming of her matchlocks and reflect
upon the wearisome length of the road to
Peking.
The ease with which Japan has whipped
the oldest and one of the greatest empires
in the world has given her a magnified
idea of her strength and a dangerous will
ingness to court enemies whom she cannot
suppress.
Stockton's conviction of one of her emi
nent citizens for accepting a bribe while
acting as a public officer shows that her
generous encouragement of the Valley
road is not her only way of expressing
pride and public spirit.
Fresno presents an instructive case in a
judgment for damages against its water
company in favor of a man from whose
house it shut off the water at the land
lord's request, as a measure, presumably,
to force the tenant to vacate the premises.
It is said that opium eating has become
so common in New England that twenty
per cent of the convicts in the penitentiary
at Charlestown, Mass., are addicted to the
drug ana the warden has been unable to
prevent the practice of smuggling it into
the prison.
The "filibusters" who were reported
recently to be fitting out an expedition in
this City for the purpose of reoverturning
the Hawaiian Government seem to have
been miraculously transferred to Puget
Sound, where the clanging of the tocsin
makes the clouds rain blood.
According to the statistician of the Agri
cultural Department, over 30,000,000 bush
els of potatoes have been imported into
this country in the last ten years, and it
would seem therefore that Mayor Pingree
of Detroit was filling a long-felt want when
he set the idle men of that -city planting
potatoes.
Ex-Governor Proctor Knott of Kentucky
is quoted as saying that the sentiment in
favor of free silver has become so domi
nant in that State that if both Republicans
and Democrats by their platforms refuse
to give it the freest and fullest considera
tion, then a third party will spring up and
carry off the prize.
Until Russia's great army of Cossacks on
the Chinese frontier shall be convinced
that the Romanoffs are entitled to the im-
perial crown there is a remote danger that
if she gives these tierce lighters a chance
to smell blood on the Yellow Sea Japan
may acquire an ally more formidable than
any that Russia ever faced before.
Inquiry into the distribution of the
State relief fund in one of the drought
stricken Nebraska counties is said to have
resulted in the disclosure that while the
people for whom the assistance was in
tended received $350, the railroads took
$700; and the people are now referring to
the State grant as a fund for the relief of
railroads.
Under the auspices of the Chamber of
Commerce and the Hundred Thousand
Club of that city, the Fresno Republican
has issued a special edition containing a
large amount of information of practical
value to investors and home-seekers, which
will undoubtedly prove a great benefit in
advertising the advantages and resources
of the city and county.
BEGINNING EAELY.
The extent to which the silver question
is being discussed, and the degree of inter
est exhibited in it in all sections of the
Union at the present time, is something
unusual in American politics. Congressis
not in session and there is to be no Na
tional election this year. More than
eighteen months must elapse before the
question will be submitted to the people
for decision, and yet it is being every
where debated with almost as much eager-
ness as if the campaign were at hand.
It is not usual for the American people
to be so keenly interested in political ques
tions in off years. Generally speaking,
when there are no National elections at
hand, and Congress is not in session, poli
tics ceases to engage the main attention of
the country. Other subjects come to the
front. Trade, industry and improvements
and enterprises of various kinds receive
more consideration than purely political
issues. This to a large extent is true of
this year as of other off years in California,
for we are giving great consideration to
projects of State development; but beyond
the Rockies everything tends to politics
as if it were an election year and all poli
tics seems. to be centered on the money
question.
Although the discussion of the subject at
the present time is unusually early, it can
not be called premature. The real issue
between bimetallism and monometallism
has been concealed for a long time in a
cloud of sophisms that will have to be dis
persed before the great mass of voters
will be able to get an intelligent compre
hension of the question to be submitted to
them. The discussion of the matter this
year will clear away the old dodges and
evasions of party platforms in the past,
and reduce the problem to a well-defined
issue in time for the Presidential cam
paign. This will be a distinct benefit in
every way, as it will enable the people to
speak clearly on the question and deter
mine once and for all whether we are to
continue the gold standard or return to
bimetallism.
There is one aspect of the controversy
that is distinctly gratifying to every Ameri
can. The very fact that it has been begun
so early is a convincing proof that both
sides have confidence in the intelligence of
the people and are willing to appeal to it.
In addition to the arguments put forth by
the press every day, a whole host of
pamphlets and small books have been cir
culated throughout the country, and before
the year is over one or more of them will
probably have reached almost every voter
who has a permanent h/me and an estab
lished postofiSce address. This, as we have
said, is a good sign. It attests the politi
cal intelligence, intellectual curiosity and
activity of the average citizen and gives
assurance that the great issue is going to be
decided by the broad common-sense and
practical judgment of the whole people.
PEESNO OPPOBTUNITIES.
Under the patronage of the Chamber of
Commerce and the Hundred-thousand
Club, the Fresno Republican has issued a
special edition containing a considerable
amount of information concerning that
section of California.
In the way of special editions, the issue
is a notable one. It has broken away from
the old forms that have hitherto governed
editions of the kind, and instead of run
ning up some fifty or sixty pages of florid
descriptions and boom articles, it consists
of a compilation of facts and statistics of a
business nature expressed in a form so
compact as to be easily understood. This
fact in itself will give the edition an im
portant value as an advertisement of
Fresno and the surrounding country. It
will not attract the curious by its enor
mous size, but it will attract business men
by its matter, and can hardly fail to inter
est every one whom it attracts.
It is worth noting, moreover, that the
edition does not appeal to capitalists only.
It affords proof of abundant opportunities
in the great valley for poor men who have
thrift and industry, as well as for the rich
who have money to invest. The leading
editorial in the number says: "The day
for poor men has not yet gone by in
Fresno County, as it has in some portions
of the State where land is held at prices
which are a bar to the home-seeker who is
not rich. Not only is the most fertile land
with water held at comparatively low
prices here, but it can be had upon terms
which give the purchaser opportunity to
pay for it in easy installments."
In giving this prominence to the oppor
tunities offered to men of ordinary means,
the editor of the Republican acted wisely,
and Fresno County will surely reap a bene
fit from it. There are comparatively few
rich men who care to break up their old
homes and start new ones, but there are a
great many men of smaller means who are
looking f<Jr an opportunity to do so. Men
of smaller means moreover are often more
beneficial to the communities in which
they settle than are the rich. Rich men
are nearly always old men. When they
seek new homes they seek a place where
they can live quietly and be free from
business. They are apt to take little in
terest in the community and almost none
in progress, and as a consequence give
little help to public enterprises.
With home-seekers of ordinary means the
reverse is the case. They are nearly al
ways young men who have their fortunes
to make. They are compelled to be pro
gressive citizens from the very nature of
their circumstances. Their interests ;ire
on the side of public improvements. They
sympathize with enterprises of all kinds.
They infuse the community with snap and
vigor, and by their energy and industry
they soon make more money for the com
munity than the richer men brought in.
It is men of this kind that transform small
towns into great cities, and Fresno is wise
in making known the opportunities she
offers them.
THE WOMEN'S CONVENTION.
The Women's Parliament of Southern
California is a formidable name for a
gathering of the clever women of that
region at Santa Barbara, but that need
furnish no reason for discouragement. It
will be time enough to review their work
when it is done.
One of the cheap criticisms of women's
efforts to do good is that they find men in
adequate in some important ways, and
hence place themselves in a position of
antagonism to them. Whatever there
may have been in the conduct of a few
individual women to invite contumelious
remarks of this kind, the great masses of
the women who have at heart the good of
humanity understand that in public as
well as in domestic affairs they are the
complement of men, and that the logic of
their social and domestic value carries
them into all the fields of activity where
the value of their labors as complements
to those of men can be made available.
As a rule, beginners in great efforts are
tempted to aim too directly at the ends to
be accomplished, forgetting the fact that,
except in the case of a few especially bril
liant individuals, there are no short cuts
to great achievements; and even in these
exceptional cases the hard test of time
often stops the accomplishment of the
value which it at first was supposed to
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1895.
have. Taking the case of women organized
to do good for mankind, they can never
hope to accomplish the best results by
aiming to overcome the greatest evils
first.
Reformation of public morals is best
undertaken by incul eating in individuals
such habits of thought and conduct as
naturaliy will lead to a general expression
of right thinking and doing. In other
words, education of the individual moans
the uplifting of the state. Socrates taught
that there is no crime, but only ignorance;
that knowledge of evil induces the doing
of good, and that good has its root ia
understanding. This makes the whole
subject individual. It is not possible to
conceive of a good government by a people
of a defective moral sense.
In inducing personal thrift, energy and
sobriety women have a distinctively power
ful influence, manifestly greater than that
which men can exercise. In other words,
by molding the individual they can shape
the state.
California offers a particularly inviting
field for such work by women. There are
resources to be developed which their
energy and tact can bring to view. When
one sees the Woman's Building at Chicago,
which ranks among the greatest houses of
the world, one sees what women can
achieve in a business way. There are
things to be accomplished in California by
the exercise of just such energy as this,
and if the earnest and intelligent women
of the State should turn their united at
tention to these the labor of developing
the State would be reduced by half.
MAYDAY IN EUBOPE.
Once more Europe has passed the dreaded
Mayday in safety. There were disturb
ances here and there, it is true, and in
Budapest there occurred a riot which
would have been called serious in former
days, but in these times when outbreaks so
much more violent are expected from the
f^reat Mayday gatherings of workingmen
in European cities, it will be generally re
garded as of but slight importance.
As a matter of fact there is but little op
portunity now given for Mayday riots.
The old saying, "That which is foreseen
never happens," is justified in this instance.
The governing powers of Europe have so
clearly foreseen the possibilities of danger
ous outbreaks resulting from the holiday
parades of May that they have everywhere
taken precautions to prevent them. The
military arm of the law may not be visible
in any street, but it is none the less near at
hand and prepared for swift action. The
experience of past years has taught this
fact to the workingmen, and, of all days of
the year, Mayday would be the last to be
selected by revolutionary leaders for an
outbreak against the existing order of so
ciety.
It if? a striking illustration of the per
verse development of the present genera
tion in Europe that Mayday should have
acquired a reputation that excites dread
and anxiety in every capital. The festival
has been from the most ancient times one
of the most joyous of the year. It was
particularly a festival of the working peo
ple, and as it was celebrated by simple rec
reations in the fields and woods the ob
servance of it was so inexpensive that all
could share it. It was a day when every
body gave themselves tip to the delight of
living in a flower-bright world and being
tor the time conscious only of the happier
side of life; were as free from discontent
toward the governing powers above them
as they were loyal to their own May Queen.
All this has been changed in the great
capitals of Europe. Mayday is now the
occasion when workingmen meet together
mainly for the purpose of recounting their
grievances and devising means to redress
them. The agitator has usurped the place
of the May Queen, and deep discussions
occupy the day instead of light laughter
and merry dances. Out of all this there is
to come something of good in the end. It
would be to doubt humanity to regard
with distrust the ferment which now per
vades European labor. Freer laws and
better customs will undoubtedly result
sooner or later from the discontent with
the existing order of things. Such good
results, however, are apparently a long
way in the future. At present there is
nothing evident but the ferment, and Eu
rope may well be pleased that her May
day has passed so quietly.
THE POLICY OP JAPAN.
While the reports of the intentions of
Japan toward China and the extent of the
European protests against her policy can
not be reli^l upon in every particular,
they are sufficiently consistent with one
another and with the known facts regard
ing the Orient to justify the belief that
Japan has no intention to humiliate China,
but is actuated by the colossal ambition of
regenerating the Chinese people and organ
izing an Asiatic alliance powerful enough
to defy Europe.
The only thing which affects the credi
bility of this theory of the Japanese policy
is the vastness of the undertaking. There
is nothing In the conception of the plan
beyond the reach of ordinary statesman
ship. The rulers of Japan need not have
been more sagacious than other men to see
that the encroachments of Russia in
Siberia, France in Cochin China and Eng
land along the Chinese coast have threat
ened an eventual European domination in
the Orient, with the destruction of the in
dependence of Japan itself.
So long as China remains stagnant, bar
baric and weak, so long does Japan stand
without a nathral ally against possible
European aggression. It is clearly to her
interest, therefore, to rouse the Chinese
people to a sufficient degree of civilization
to be able to resist a military power in case
of a war with some great European nation.
These considerations lead her statesmen to
seek a position from which they can exert a
reforming influence on the Chinese Empire.
They also account for the extremely mod
erate terms granted to the conquered
country. It is not unlikely, moreover,
that they account for the vigor of the Rus
sian protest. A reformed China taught
hew to use the weapons of civilized war
would be a serious menace to Russian
dominion in Eastern Siberia. It would
mean Asia for the Asiatics and would so
redress the balance of power in the world
that international politics in the future
would be altogether different from what
it has been in the past.
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.
Thomas A. Edison, the electrician, is one of
the few poker players who invariably win.
His opponents accuse him of possessing a mys
terious power to see through cards.
Sardou's success as a playwright has made
him a millionaire. Nevertheless, he labors
eight hours a day with his pen unceasingly,
and when not laboring gives himself up to the
heartiest enjoyments.
The Empress of Germany was bo anxious that
nothing should be left undone to give Prince
Bismarck pleasure on his birthday that she
had all her children write letters of congratu
lation to him, herself guiding the hands of the
younger ones.
The first woman publisher in this country
was Charlotte Fowler Wells. She went into
business in 1841 and still continues her call
ing. She says she is bo fond of her work and
so occupied that she has no time to realize that
she is growing old.
AROUND THE CORRIDORS.
"Santa Rosa owes a great deal to Mr. Short
ridge," said Mayor E. F. Woodward of that pro
gressive town last evening. "He sent a special
correspondent to write up our town without
cost or tax of any kind to us, something up to
then unprecedented In metropolitan journal
ism. His course naturally forc«d the other city
papers to follow his lead, with results to th«
State at large that are as gratifying to all
thinking citizens ac they are surprising. The
Call spoke so kindly of Santa Rosa that our
citizens felt they owed it to that journal an*
to themselves to demonstrate that they wera
is every way worthy of the good words be
stowed. This prompted the project oi the rose
carnival, which promises to be as great a suc
cess as any similar fete held within the State.
"Our town is in a very satisfactory condition
and as prosperous as can be expected under
existing circumatances. There are $100,000
worth of residences under construction. As
our homes are of a modest character, raaging
from $2000 to $5000 each, this sum, it will
be seen, represents quite a number of new
buildings. We have just finished the erection
of a handsome $30,000 high school, and the
old one will be devoted to the use of grammar
pupils.
"There is also in contemplation the erection
of municipal water works. The question of the
validity of the bonds to be issued for them is
now before the Supreme Court. A decision is
looked for within the next thirty days. If it
is favorable, the contract will be let immedi
ately and they will be constructed this year at
a cost of $165,000. It will be a pumping system
and the water will come from wells containing
absolutely pure water, which has been so pro
nounced by Professor Hilgard of the State Uni
versity. A reservoir will be constructed that
will give a pressure of from 75 to 90 pounds,
ample for all fire purposes."
"I am a crank on a number of things," said
Max Meyberg, the manager of the recent Los
Angeles fiesta, when accosted in the guest
room of the Union League last evening, "but
just now I am taking great interest in the
movement to bring about a 'United California'
in the fullest sense, and in this connection
fiestas. These diversions are but in their in
fancy, to my mind. A year ago 1 gave Los An
geles Its first object lesson in them. Then we
spent about $9500; this year we disbursed
more than $32,000, bo you can see how the
idea has taken hold there. The outcome this
time was that we had between 25,000 and 30,
--000 people there, which will do us more good
than ten times the amount of money would
have done spent in most any other way. lam
strongly in favor of their regular annual cele
bration. They not only offer a diversion to
our own residents and relax for them the strain
under which they are too inclined to labor in
their pursuits, but they draw a class of visitors
there who are in search of pleasure, and I
would rather have one such than a dozen seek
ers after health. Such festivals make better
people of all wno witness them or take pert in
them A remarkable feature in this connection
is that while on the closing night there was an
assemblage of more than 25,000 people in mask
on the streets, completely blockading streetcar
traffic, there were few or no disturbances of any
seriousness."
"Our trip up from Los Angeles was most In
teresting," said W. c. Patterson, president of
the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, just
after he had placed his name on the register of
the Palace yesterday afternoon, "and I am sure
it will be productive of much good. The text
from which I would preach is that we should
have more of these intersectional jaunts. The
commingling of the people from the various
portions of the State would be most beneiicial.
In this way we would come to know each other
better and be more likely to co-operate in the
promotion of the welfare of the State at large."
The committee appointed by the San Diego
City Council to confer with the Arizona Cen
tral Railway people in regard to forming a
connection with the road they are to build
from Salt Lake to Nogales will arrive here this
morning. They are to meet to-day at the Grand
llotel with Colonel Weils Hendershott, who
represents the Arizona Central Railway and
the Hudson Canal Company of Arizona. The
members of the San Diego committee are the
Mayor, William A. Carlson, U. 8. Grant Jr. and
S. J. Sill.
HARTFORD TARS TOOK THE RAIL
ROAD.
The story which appeared In the Eastern
dispatches relative to the starboard watch
from the. old United States war steamer Sara
nae taking possession of Corinto ten or fifteen
years ago is not the only instance where
American bluejackets have played a striking
role on Nicaraguan soil.
In the latter part of 1883 about a dozen of
the Hartford's crew took possession of the roll
ing stock of the little railroad running out of
Corinto to a small town some twenty-four
lnilss inland.
The sailors bought their tickets and boarded
a passenger train, when the conductor and
brakemen attempted to put them in a dirty,
poorly furnished second-class car. A deal of
the warlike spirit of the old fighting Hartford
was in her men, auda row took place between
the Yankee mariners and the railroad em
ployes around the depot.
The sailors captured the train and proceeded
to run it in a shipshape manner. Chief Boat
swain's Mate James Blake was elected president
of the road, Captain of the Maintop John Hogan
and Captain of the Foretop Patrick McClend
were chosen vice-presidents, while Ship's
Writer Smith was made secretary.
An ex-railroader was put in charge of the
train and a machinist climbed on the locomo
tive. Then they took formal possession of the
road in the name of the Upited States and the
Hartford, and pulled out for the country and
further conquest.
They stopped at every station and for every
body who appeared at the roadside, and in
vited all the population to ride free. In a short
time they hnd the cars full of deadheads and
were rapidly bankrupting the finances of the
company. Men, women and children accepted
the pressing invitation of the generouß "mari
neros" to btfard the train, and poor peasants
who had never traveled on anything more mag
nificent than a burro, found themselves rolling
first class through Central Nicaragua like
grandees. The new owners of the line were
shrewd enough not to venture too near the
large town at the terminal of the road, where a
force of Nicaragua's standing army was await
ing them with open arms, but ran back and
forth through the country.
But the fun of the sailors couldn't last
always, as telegrams were flashing between
Corinto and the capital, and the wires were
sizzling with righteous indignation against the
lawless invasion of the American Government
upon the free soil of the little but courageous
republic.
A dispatch went from the American Minister
to the commanding officer of the Hartford, and
a squad of marines were sent ashore to corral
the enterprising railroaders. They were cap
tured a short distance from the seaport, where
they were found out of fuel and steam in the
engine too low to outrun their captors. The
sailors were rushed aboard of the ship to es
cape the infuriated populace and given a lec
ture on the wickedness of filibustering, and all
put on the "bad conduct" report, which meant
no more liberty on shore for many long months.
The Minister apologized for his indiscreet
countrymen, and serious international compli
cations were averted.
SUPPOSED TO BE HUMOROUS.
"I think Bilthus must go Into very low so
ciety."
"Why?"
"He says he has been best man at no less
than twelve weddings."— Detroit Tribune.
Lawyer— Did the parties come to high words?
Witness— No, sir. They were about as low as
I ever heard come out of anybody's lips. — Phil
adelphia Inquirer.
Mrs. Gray (to friend who has been to the
prayer-meeting)— Did you have a good meeting?
Mrs. White— Rather uninteresting. None of
the men who spoke had ever done anything
bad.— Boston Transcript.
"This is as good an investment as you can
make, madam." said the enthusiastic bicycle
agent. "Not only does it cosj nothing for feed,
but if you ever become famous you can make
back all you paid by writing up your experi
ences in learning to ride."— lndianapolis Jour
nal.
Touching the question of the antiquity of
man, how comes it that even the scientists fear
to discuss the antiquity of woman ?—Philadel
phia Inquirer.
THE MONROE DOCTRINE.
The temporary occupation of a single point
in Nicaragua will increase the hostility of that
republic toward this foreign power (Great
Britain). The Nicaragua canal will become
more distinctly, if possible, an American en
terprise. The work will proceed as one of Na
tional importance to this country. No stronger
stimulant could be desired just now than this
temporary outside interference in Nicaragua.
The foreign enemy who has landed and under
taken to collect revenue by force is not the one
to be invited to take any official part in the
construction of the Nicaragua canal. These
small republics will soma day unite in one
confederation for national defense. Such a
temporary invasion as that of Nicaragua ac
centuates the danger to all. No case has yet
been made for interference on the part of the
United States. But the danger now is that there
aaay be other complications that may call for
interference.— Oakland Tribune.
As for our relying upon the Ckiyten-Bulwer
treaty to prove to the British that they should
not occupy Nicaragua territory it Ib to be hoped
that no such step will b« taken. We must get
rid of that treaty, whioh virtually puts Great
Britain upon the ume footing in Central
America as that occupied by the United States.
This treaty was a grave diplomatic blunder on
the part of the United States, and we have sev
eral times tried to have it annulled. In fact.
Secretary Frelinghuysen, under President Ar
thur, practically repudiated it and showed
that Great Britain herself had violated ita pro
visions. The treaty stands in the way of the
Monroe doctrine and we are inclined to believe
that Great Britain would not be sorry to have
this Government resort to it and thus give id
new recognition.— Stockton Mail.
If the principle that European nationi oan
assess damages and enforce their collection by
force in this hemisphere is to ke permitted and
recognized as sound international law, and
Cleveland evidently intends that it should be,
the most disastrous future to American inter
ests and freedom is sure to follow. The prin
ciple Mr. Cleveland has recognized as correct
would allow the English to take possession of
New York and its custom-houses if the conn
try fails to pay the sixty »dfl million dollars he
has forced it to borrow of Great Britain. Of
course Great Britain would attempt nothing of
the kind at Corinto either if a Blame and Har
rison, instead of a Gresbam and Cleveland
were in charge of the affairs of the country. —
Los Angeles Express.
The Monroe doctrine has grown into a prin
ciple firmly imbedded in the American mind,
and for many years has been understood to be
an unwritten law in the administration of the
foreign policy of this Govern ment. To aban
don it now, when, our sister republics are
threatened with dismemberment, and when
England is falsely laying claim to a portion of
our own Alaskan territory, would be cowardly
in the extreme. The only way by which this
question may be settled at once and forever
will be for the United States to extend jurisdic
tion over all countries to the limits of our
natural boundaries— and these extend from
Cape Horn to the Aurora Borealis.— Spokane
Daily Times.
The fixed policy of Great Britain is to
oppress and finally absorb every weak and
helpless state on which she dare lay her hands.
That she is a robber of nations the history of
the Old World has demonstrated over and
over. Heretofore for a long time she has not
ventured to place her heel on any American
country. This was solely because she feared
the practical application of the Monroe doc
trine. Let her cease to fear and the western
continent will be checkered by the victims of
her omnivorous greed. She reaches out a hand
tentatively now and she should be compelled
to withdraw it. The Monroe doctrine should
be maintained.— Fresno Republican.
The Monroe doctrine, so vehemently invoked
nowadays, was not the jingo declaration which
6ome suppose it to have been. It did not even
require the United States to defend sister re
imblies from conquest by European powers,
much less did it call upon this country to take
up the petty quarrels of our neighbors. The
sentiment of the United States, however, is
rightly opposed to Old World nations taking
possession of American soil, and the action of
the President In •warning England not to at
tempt to annex Nicarauguan territory will
meet the approval of patriotic citizens.—River
side Enterprise.
Nicaragua, in offering a three-by-four island
to Great Britain in lieu of the cash indemnity
demanded, appears to seek to involve the
United States in the contention, hoping this
country will then have something to say in the
way of enforcing the Monroe doctrine. The
Monroe doctrine is sound iv principle, what
ever may be its standing in international policy,
but it was not Intended as a shield behind
which these little Central American republics
could conveniently hide themselves whenever
they saw fit to Insult other nations.— San Ber
nardino Review.
Sir Julian Pauncefote may have convinced
Cleveland, Gresham <fc Co. that it was against
the "precedents" for i:s to even protest against
the forcible invasion by Great Britain of an
American State without a formal declaration
of war, but there are Rome millions of good
people in this country who firmly believe that
such men as U. S. Grant, James G. Blame and
Benjamin Harrison could not have been bo
convinced —Daily (Or.) Astorian.
The country demands not an aggressive for
eign policy, for we are not socking to acquire
territory, but a firm and self-respecting policy
as far as the treatment of our citizens sojourn
ing in foreign lands and European interference
with American affairs are concerned. These
are things which the people have the right to
and will demand. — San Bernardino Times-
Index.
President Cleveland will probably find an
excuse for going fishing again just about the
time that affairs between Great Britain and
Nicaragua come to a crisis. The hooking of
one spotted sucker is of more moment to his
Majesty Grover the Fat than the honor and
welfare of this entire Nation.— Los Gatos Mail.
The British lion is growling a little down in
Nicaraguan waters, but the American eagle is
on the wing for the same lecality and the bird
o' freedom will set up a terrible screeching if
any attempt is made to puncture the Monroe
doctrine.— Pasadena Star.
If the Monroe doctrine isn't robust enough to
prevent England walking all over Nicaragua
and Venezuela, It is high time that the United
States was adopting a doctrine that is.—Tuol
umne Independent.
Every American is supposed to have the
Monroe doctrine pinned in his hat and the
George Washington chip on his shoulder.—
Pasadena News.
The Monroe doctrine has no more connection
with the Nicaraguan affair than the doctrine
of transubstantiation.— t-eattle Press-Times.
The memory of President Monroe will be
kept greener after a year from reit March.—
Salem (Or.) Statesman.
PERSONAL.
L. A. Strother of the army is at the California.
Charles F. Webber of Los Angeles is at the
Palace.
A. B. Jackson, a banker of Salinas, is a guest
at the Grand.
John T. Wallace, city editor of the San Jose
Mercury, is in the City.
Isidore Alexander, a newspaper man of Sac
ramento, is at the California.
Commander J. J. Brice of the United States
navy (retired) is at the Palace.
Isaac Copeland, a mining man from Vallecl
tos, registered at the Lick yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. Thaddeus Lowe Jr. of Echo
Mountain are stopping at the Palace.
Ex-Congressman James A. Louttit of Stock
ton and Mrs. Louttit arc at the Lick.
C. Fred Kohl of San Mateo and Miss Kohl
came up yesterday and registered at the Palace.
R. M. Green, a merchant and mine-owner of
Oroville, has come to town on some mining
business and is stopping at the Grand.
William E. Curtis, the Washington corre
spondent of the Chicago Record, arrived in the
City yesterday and is staying at the Palace.
H. D. Willis, a member of the New Zealand
Parliament, who has been traveling around
the world, arrived here on his way home yes
terday and registered at the Grand.
General A. J. Warner of Ohio, the silver
champion, has been visiting some friends in
the northern part of the State and returned to
the City yesterday and registered at the Palace.
He leaves for the East again in a few days.
Music and
Musicians
The New York papers speak enthusiastically
of the latest Trilby, Miss Mary Louise Clary,
who Is performing at the Garden Theater.
Other Trilbys have their claims to recognition
in the sniallness of their feet, or their his
trionic abilities, but Miss Clary does not ap
pear on the stage. All she has to do is to sing
"Ben Bolt." Tbe scene is the greenroom of the
Cirque dcs Bashibazoucks. Virginia Harned,
the leading lady in the New York
production of "Trilby," enters and chats
with her friends, and Is then es
corted out as if to sing. This greenroom
scene entails a regular box setting, which, dif
ferent to the ordinary 4y setting, requires
peculiar strength and resonance of voice to
penetrate its rear wall. Whea Miss Harned
leaves the stage, Miss Clary becomes Trilby, as
far as the performance goes, and sings "Ben
Bolt." The stage business has it that the
singer meets with tremendous applause from
the audience behind the scenes, and there is a
LOUISE CLARY, THE LATEST TEILBT.
great deal of clapping, but the applause from
tne front is nightly so great as to drown it all.
It 6eems that Miss Clary obtained her engage
ment entirely on her merits. A. M. Palmer
was not satisfied with the singing in the Bos
ton production of "Trilby" and sought in New
York for a contralto with a remarkably power
ful, carrying voice. Contralto after contralto
applied, including some of the best in New
York, but their voices all sounded blurred
from the auditorium. At last Miss Clary, a
young concert singer, was recommended. She
tested her voice in the theater and was at once
accepted, for every note of her "Ben Bolt"
proved to be deliciously clear and telling, even
in the remotest parts of the house. Her suc
cess has been so great that in all probability
Miss Clary will soon be added to the ranks of
operatic singers.
Frederick Cowen, the well-known English
composer, has just told an interviewer that
every writer of music ought to have $5000 a
year independent of his profession. The rea
son he gives is: "Music that aims at a hijrh
standard is very seldom remunerative to the
composer. This applies the world over, and to
every art, except, perhaps, painting. As re
gards music the reason is to be found in the
fact that the field is very limited. Take the
symphony, for instance. No publisher would
pay a gTeat price for a symphony, because there
are so few chances of having it performed. It
is the same with opera. A grand opera that is
performed ten times in the season is consid
ered an enormous success. If a composer is
dependent on his art and has to live on it his
best chance is with comic opera or with songs.
There is no other way open to him."
Cowen, however, has solved the problem
very comfortably himself. After making a
competency as a song-writer he is turning his
attention to grand opera. "Signa" was a fail
ure last year, but he is at work on a new opera
for Sir Augustus Harris to produce next year.
The closing performances of the Metropoli
tan opera season in New York are being
marked by the usual wild scenes of enthu
siasm, recalls,flowers, speeches and excitement.
All the principals are fatigued by a long sea
son, and this was especially noticeable in the
last performance of "Romeo and Juliet,"
though the last two acts were splendidly sung
by Emma Eames, and Jean de Reszke. At
least twenty times did the singers bow their
acknowledgments, and finally Eames made a
graceful little speech for Jean and herself.
"Shall I go out and give them a skirt dance?"
ehe finally said quite desperately, to her
friends in the wings. She can rest assured
that if she had done so, great would have been
the applause, for rumor hath it that she
but that would be gossip.
"Le Roi Frelon" is a new comic opera just
produced in Paris. The music, which is much
admired, is by Antoine Banes. The libretto by
Albert Barre tells the etory of au idle shiftless
King, whose ugly economical Queen holds the
purse strings, and keeps her fragile little hus
band in a state of subjection. He grows reck
less, gets into debt, and when a charming
young lady asks him to buy her a diamond
necklace, he obtains it on credit. During the
three acts of the opera he devises means to
raise the money to pay off the installments on
the necklace, and finally obtains the present
back, on the plea that the diamonds were
false.
A remarkable charity concert was recently
given in Paris by the Viscountess de Tredern.
The music consisted of excerpts from the great
est masters, representing the "Life of Christ,"
such as Bach's "Passion" music, Handel's
"Messiah," etc. The excerpts were illustrated
by stereopticon views taken from Gustave
Dore's illustrated Bible. The Viscountess and
her friends were the performers.
Another attempt has been made to popularize
Franchetti's "Christopher Columbus" by pro
ducing it at the Pagliano Theater in Florence,
but only a single number was encored, and in
spite of good artists being in the cast only a
small audience was present.
Francis Wilson and his company close their
season with "The Deyil's Deputy" in Phila
delphia on the 12th inst. Wilson will sail for
England shortly after, Sullivan's rewritten
opera, "The Chieftain," being his quest.
Wilson will produce it in New York in De
cember.
"Louise," a new opera by Gustave Charpen
tier, is shortly to be produced at Nantes It
was Charpentier who composed the opera "Vie
dv Poete," which was produced two years ago
at the Grand Opera in Paris.
It is now decided that Paderewski will appear
i» America in December. Iv all probability a
large orchestra will perform his 'Polish Fan
tasia" on the occasion of his first concert.
Lili Lehmann has been singing Mozart's
music in Paris, and one of the correspondents
commented: "She looked like a queen, and
did not sing like a German."
Mascagni'a New Opera.
[Translated from the Italian.)
It is exactly five years since the "Cavalleria
Rusticaua" was produced for the first time in
Rome, and since then Mascagni has already
reached his fifth opera. His latest work is
"Silvano," and though many critics have de
cried it and said it was far inferior to its prede
cessor, "Ratclif," it continues to give one proof
of popularity— that of attracting large audi
ences. "If Silvano," says II Secolo, "is not a
second 'Cavalleria Rusticana' it is not wanting
in many remarkable passages. Targioni-Toz
zetti furnished Mascagni with the libretto,
which is of the same kind as the 'Cavalleria.' "
"Silvano" is a nautical drama, the action
passing in a village on the Adriatic seaboard.
The work depends to some extent on scenic
effect, and it is staged as probably no theater
in the world, except the Scala, could stage it.
The curtain rises on a group of women drawing
water from a fountain in the piazza. The azure
sea glitters in the background and to the left ia
Matilda's cottage, tne interior of which is
visible. The women sing a, cheerful refrain,
but Matilda remains sad and inattentive,
thinking of her lover Silvano, a contrabandist,
who has fled from justice. In his absence
Maria has allowed herself to be claimed by
Renzo, and she i 6 now regretting her incon
stancy.
But it appears that an amnesty has permit
led Silvano to return to the Tillage, and,
radiant with joy, he enters the cottage and
flings himself into Matilfia's arms. Their love
duet, which is full of melody, is superbly sung
by Signora Ethele and the tenor, De Lucia. On
the piazza the crowd is congratulating Renzo,
who has launched a new boat, and in this
scene the composer's art and the wonderful
scenic art are so combined as to form a
musically dramatic picture of marvelous ef
fect. Silvano appears among the crowd,
every one greeting him with pleasure except
Renzo, who refuses to take his hand, and in
sulte him by calling him a bandit. Ttie music
of this scene is peculiarly suited to Mascagni'a
genius, and he is at his best in Silvano's re
sponse, "Ah, no! hai detto bandito," which is)
written in a declamatory style, with an or
chestral accompaniment, expressive of agita
tion and tumult. Silvano's mother arrives, and
in response to Matilda's prayers peace is patched,
up, and the scene closes cheerfully, while tho
orchestra repeats the motive of the launching
chorus.
Silvano and his mother, Rosa, enter and sing
a duet, in which he tells of his love for Ma
tilda, and persuades his mother to consent to
their marriage. A group of girls appear, carry
ing flowers for a shrine, and singing a plaimivo
refrain about lovers who go to sea and return
no more, "I have let him go, and now his kisso3
are for other lips." These words, overheard by
Silvano, recall to his mind that Renzo, who
showed such a strange animosity to him, has
not gone out with the other fishermen, but the
beauty of his surroundings makes him forget
all disturbing thought, and singing the ma«
znrka refrain, "The earth and heaven, the
stars and flowers, Invite to love," he falls
asleep.
Matilda, left alone, retires to her cottage and
gives herself up to remorse. Renzo enters, how
ever, and wants to renew their love-making»
but with all the force of her nature she scorns
him, crying that she loves oniy Siluano. After
imploring in vain Renzo resorts to threats,
sayiug he will kill his rival, and Matilda, terri
fied, promises to meet him "when all shall
have sailed away with the nets." This duet
closes the first act. The second set opens with
a chorus of fishermen behind the scenes, sup
posed to be sailing out with their nets, and tha
curtain rises on a beautiful strip of wooded
beach, with boats in the distance. While tha
chorus dies away the sun rises, with magnifi
cent scenic effects.
The last act of "Sllvano" is tragic. The hero
wakes, hearing the sounds of Matilda's and
Renzo's voices. The girl has kept her appoint
ment, but filled with repugnance, she refuses
to have anything to say to the lover who wishes
to force his kisses on her. Silvano sees all, and
exclaiming, "Ah, per l'inferno," seizes his gun
and shoots Renzo, who falls dead. The curtain
drops as Silvano rushes in horror Jrom the
stage.
Such is the plot of the opera which has made
a bid for the popularity achieved by the "Cav
alleria Rustleana." Musically speaking, its
choruses are said to be its strongest point.
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