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The manner of procedure in the Gage -libel
suit against The Call was in the beginning
of a character to disappoint those who hoped
that the case would be vigorously prosecuted
and under such conditions as would leave no
ground to suspect that he . might be ¦ sparring
for time. If he has been maligned ! he I owes
it not alone to himself but to the people who
exalted him to high position that vindication
should come as speedily as possible, and- that
if there be any obstruction for the purpose of
delay it shall be ¦ charged ¦ against the other
fellows. When he went way off to San Pedro
to institute his suit his friends were chagrined
and the public to ¦ a large degree 1 disgusted.
But. as above stated these emotions were
aroused at the ' beginning of the case. ¦ The
aspect of the affair has developed later into
that of . a side-splitting farce. The Governor
of the State of California prancing around that
obscure Justice courtroom proclaiming ' Spreck
els and Leake to be outlaws and that they
should -be treated just like escaped criminals,
simply because they- failed to -appear before
There is a report from New York that the roof gar
den actresses are succumbing to\ the heat, so the ele
vation of the stage to the roof has not wholly rid it
of evil. Perhaps the next step will be to raise the
roof., .... . -
So far as the Democratic nomination for Governor
01 New York is concerned, Daniel Lamont says he is
an anti-Lamont man. He is for anybody else for
that office, but is doubtless for Lamont against the
field on any other proposition.
The fall of the campanile at Venice has been
followed by the expected story that all Venice is in
danger of collapse. It will be remembered, however,
that after the Pelee eruption it was said the whole
island of Martinique would sink; so the predicted
fall of Venice is not likely to alarm anybody.
Grotesaue Capering, of Gage
Cruel Treatment.
The city papers are after the Gage managers
of the Glen Ellen Home for the feeble-minded.
They charge all sorts of t cruel treatment, and
of course Governor Gage is made • to bear the
blunt of it, because of his removal of Super
intendent Osborne and the appointment of an
other in his stead. There have also been other
dismissals and appointments, . the most of
which, it is claimed, were made, for political
effect. And now for political effect these mat
ters are being exposed with .a heavy hand.
There seems to be large volumes of. smoke, and
it will be a matter of curiosity to see the fire
when the smoke disappears. — Petaluma Argus.
The reasons assigned ,for the irades are simple.
The Sultan has come to the conclusion that there are
already enough books in Turkey. Being an abstem
ious man, he objects to superfluities. So much for
that, subject. The British and American games on
the greens in the suburbs have been found to attract
Without new novels, lawn tennis, polo or
cricket, the Americans and the British in the Levant
must amuse themselves with bridge whist, ping pong
and the stories of yesteryear. Upon such terms life
would be unendurable, even in London, and we can
hardly conceive what it must be in Constantinople.
Naturally there has been a howl, and the concert of
Europe may again become , involved in the .discord
before the end comes and the Sultan relents and re
•coils. **.
Two of the irades have been particularly obnoxious
to American and British residents or visitors to the
historic pleasure grounds along the Bosphorus. One
of these forbids the publication or importation of any
new. books, the other denounces under severe penal
ties the playing of polo, lawn tennis or cricket in the
neighborhood of the capital, and while golf is not
specifically forbidden it is felt that the prohibition
would promptly follow the first game that came to
the Sultan's attention. . •
REPORTS from Constantinople are to the ef
fect that the Sultan is once more showing
signs of eruptive despotism. From out the
gloomy abysses of his mind he is pouring forth
irades that threaten to blast and blight every ten
der scion of civilization that under Western culture
has been growing around the city which the imperial
Caesars thought destined to become "the capital of
the world, and progressive people are thinking of
making progress straightway in the direction of
places of safety.
TROUBLE IN THE LEVANT.
Politicians understand that on political lines
neither party has much the advantage of the
other. The Republicans have not the plurality
of 20,000 to draw on as might be indicated
by the vote of Gage over Maguire. We think
the Republicans have a- lead in California,
but it is one which permits success to be as
sured only with a united party; that the Gov
ernor has not nor can he secure it. He cer
tatinly cannot draw any aid from the Democ
racy, and with the Ios3 of an influential ele
ment in his own party, the leaders begin to
think that it would.be a presentation of the
gubernatorial office to the Democrats. Loyalty
to the Governor is one thing,' but a Royalty
which sacrifices four years of power and the
incidental profit and patronage is something
that the average' Republican of intelligence is
disinclined to favor. . The drift is against tha
Governor and the Republican State Convention
promises to develop one of the "prettiest con
tests California has witnessed for a' long time.
— Vacaville Reporter.
Drift Against the . Governor.
Scandal Alarms Gage's Friends.
Gage Removed Osborne.
Ought to Have Dignity.
A Governor of a great State like California
ought to have some dignity, some regard for
the amenities of life, some" regard for the truth.
— Colusa Sun. • ¦
A Harvard professor is quoted as saying that the
overcrowding of streetcars is a good thing for those
who have to stand up, since it compels them to take
that much exercise they would not otherwise have
taken. As in that view of the. case the wear and tear
of the moral nature of the man is overlooked, it seems
to be another case of overrating athletics.
Politics for the Governor.
The San Francisco Chronicle now comes for
ward with ¦ new broadsides against Governor
Gage. It charges that the Governor's board
has simply done politics at the Home of Fee
ble-minded at Glen Ellen by ousting Dr. A. E.
Osborne and putting in a staff of incompetents.
The News does not know anything about the
present management other than what the
Chronicle charges about cruelty and of in
competency. But we do know that for fifteen
years, through many administrations. Dr. Os
borne was retained at the head of this insti
tution because he was so pre-eminently fitted
for the position. It looks as if the Chronicle
has made out a good case. — Pasadena News.
One authority calculates that the Fourth of July
expenditure for crackers >nd fireworks for the nation
at large was upward of $7,000,000. That is a' heavy
sum to blow away for the sake of making a noise.
Perhaps some day we shall devise a more rational
and fitting celebration of the birthday of the republic.
For the present we can be satisfied with the evidence
that we are improving. Let us hope the next Fourth
of July will show fewer fatalities or; accidents of any
kind that the last one, and that the diminution will
go on from year to year until the day ceases to be
dangerous. ..:;.;
From that statement of facts it is easy to draw the
conclusion that we could readily diminish the fearful
cost of a Fourth of July by substituting a better
method of celebrating the day. We; cannot always
have a three days' holiday, but it Would be compara
tively easy to provide for rural and suburban amuse
ments instead of drawing crowds into the cities to see
parades and to explode crackers while stimulating en
thusiasm by, copious libations. of, mixed drinks.
The diminution in the number of fires, and of acci
dents to person is of course due to a multitude of
causes. , The regulations restricting the sale and the
use of fireworks are better than they have been in the
past, and police and fire guardianship have also
been improved. While those things count for much
it is believed that the chief factor in diminishing the
casualties of the day was the fact that the holiday, this
year virtually covered three days, extending from
Friday to the following Sunday. Such a lengthy
holiday afforded many people an opportunity to
leave the cities, and accordingly thousands did so. It
is estimated that from Chicago alone upward of 100,
ooo-persons left the city for the country and spent
the day quietly instead ofin drinking and in explod
ing firecrackers.
* ~^ ASTERN papers that have compiled the re
¦H turns of accidents and fatalities resulting di
- — ' rectly from the celebration of the recent
Fourth of July report. that while the list of persons
killed runs up into the dozens and that of the injured
approaches a thousand, the number in each case was
much less than in former years. Thus while the total
deaths and injuries were sufficient to have been ac
counted a fearful catastrophe had they occurred in a
single city, the observance of the day on the whole
was' much safer than usual. .
THE DAY. OP DANGER.
Defeat Rather Than Disgrace.
The disclosures of cruelty and inhuman
treatment given the helpless wards of the State
at the Glen Ellen Home for Feeble-minded are
to be exnected. When Governor Gage, removed
Dr Osborne, who had devoted fifteen years to
its' welfare, and appointed Lawlor, a gang pol
itician, ln his place, he did not only an unwise
thing but committed an inhuman act. Dr.
Osborne had held his position through the
terms of several previous Governors'. His task
was a work of love as well as of skill. Under
his charge these poor creatures were watched
and guarded and taught as was best suited to
their simple, irresponsible minds. The posi
tion of superintendent is in no wise political,
yet Governor Gage has made it so and his
henchman has beaten and abused these unfor
tunates until the facts have become public.
This one act alone should be sufficient to po
litically down Henry T. Gage, and it. is only
one of many acts that show his incompetence
for the responsible office he fills.— rChico Rec
ord.
Sufficient to Doirn Gage.
It is not usual for State conventions to name candi
dates for the Presidency two years ahead of time,
but that is what Republican conventions are doing
this year. All of them seem eager to get on record
for Roosevelt. ,
The libel suit- brought against the publisher
and -the editor of the San Francisco Call by
Governor Gage is rapidly becoming a subject
for derision throughout the entire State. That a
Governor who has made economy his hobby In
the management of State affairs should de
liberately select a place 500 miles away for
the filing and trial of his libel suit, knowing
that his action would entail heavy expense
upon . the taxpayers, is so ridiculous and In
consistent that he is pretty generally coming
to be looked upon with feelings of contempt.
Apparently he does not desire a full investi
gation of the charges "and hopes by some
means to avoid the bringing out of the full
facts, but if so he has made a serious mis
calculation, for The Call will only too evidently
insist on bringing out even the slightest bit
of evidence in justification of Jts course. In
any event it is the Governor" a political fu
neral. — Llvermore Echo. *
Gage's Political Funeral.
Latrlor Was Gage's Pet.
Some -time, back the Governor of California
6aw fit. to remove from the superintendency. of
the State Home for Feeble-minded Dr. Os
borne, who had for fifteen years filled the place
satisfactorily. Dr. W. M. Lawlor, a pet of
the Governor, was installed and in- less than a
year an exposure of the most disgusting, inhu
man and brutal practices of the new superin
tendent is being aired by the metropolitan
press. It is difficult to conceive. how any man
can get so low as to punish weak-minded and
irresponsible children by methods that would
disgrace an Apache. The Governor is having
decidedly bad luck with his favorites all along
the line.— WIII0W3 Journal.
¦ At a late hour last night Governor Gage was
reported as still undecided what to do in re
gard to Dr. Lawlor of the Home for ' Feeble
minded Children, though an investigation made'
at the Governor's' request^ Had fully conflrmsd
the charges that Dr. Lawlor had punished Im
becile patients by methods that are bad enough
even in the penitentiary and monstrous in the
treatment of the mentally weak. Doubtless
the decision of the Governor will be adverse
to Dr. Lawlor. but no decision nowcan' cure
the original crime of the." Governor himself in
appointing Dr. • Lawlor. : That • appointment
from the beginning was a flagrant defiance of
every principle of decent public administration.
The present scandal is only an incident. — Fres
no Republican. ¦..-•¦ - -¦
Gage's Original Crime.
A great shout has been raised by the Gage
cohorts over a recent delegate election in Kern
County. The bold and audacious claim haa
been set ud that the result of that election
was a great Gaze victory, and that the anti-
Gase forces were snowed under, and so on.
As a matter of fact, the congealed truth, is
that no Case victory was won in Kern County,
as claimed. Reliable information from Bakera
fleld la to the effect that "there will not b«
more than two or three Gage delegates iu
the county." Furthermore. S&nator Smith,
whom the Gage people have been claiming with
gall and enthusiasm. Is not a Gage man at
all, as the Times Intimated several days ago.
Senator Smith explicitly denies allying himself
with the Gage forces, and says that he stated
openly in the so-called Gage meeting, at which,
he was called on for a speech, that he would
not Join the Gage club and would not identity
himself with the Gage candidacy. Further
more, It Is asserted In unqualified terros, by
one who was present at that meeting, that
not 20 per cent of those present then ana
there were sympathizers with Gage, and that
the attempt to make it appear that Gage con
trols the situation has stirred up feeling among
the ani-Gaxe forces which will be beneficial
to the opposition. So much for that
In Riverside County, where, it has been
claimed that by agreement the delegates are to
be equally divided ln number— Gage and anti-
Gage, "share and share alike" — there Is strong
reason to believe that the delegates to be
elected will show a greater number against
Gage than for him.— Los Angeles Times.
So Mnch for Kern.
The Republican pretends ; to believe that
Flint is making great headway because a few
counties have indorsed him and one or two
have instructed their delegates for him. As
there are . fifty-seven counties in California, It
is clear that Flint's friends have no great
cause for rejoicing. The beginning he has
made, however, is not a bad one. It cannot be
denied that The Call's exposures have hurt
Gage, and if he is defeated for the nomination
The Call will be entitled to claim the credit. —
Fresno Mirror.
Shadow of Defeat.
Reliable accounts of the work of the polit
ical management of the institution, show that,
apparently unable to appreciate the mental
condition of the inmates, the unfortunates
have been made to suffer tortures similar to
those inflicted upon unruly.- prisoners at our
State prisons. Patient consideration Jor \ the
condition of the .children gave way for the
dark cell, and gentleness and kindness for the
iron chain and ring, prison cot and strap. Chil
dren who could not feed themselves have been
•"punished" by being tied up with bread and
water placed before them: Unable to under
stand that they must eat . and' drink to live,
.they . destroyed and wasted both. A kind
hearted "attendant who attempted in one in
stance to feed -the imprisoned children was
censured by. the management, s ¦ -. -
Such conditions call for immediate remedy.
Under our higher -and - better- civilization, un
fortunates of the kind cared for at the Glen'
Ellen home become the charges of the state —
of the people. • It is the duty of the people
to see to -It that no cruelty be visited upon
the afflicted and helpless whom it assumes to
protect. Prompt investigation into the affairs
of the institution should be insisted upon; and
as prompt punishment of those responsible for
the horrors practiced there should be demand
ed. — San- Jose Herald.
Revolting? Political Management.
.. The Call havingr exposed the Irregularities
and peculations at San Quentin, the Chronicle
has followed \ by unearthing? alleged outrages
and cruelties at the Glen Ellen institution for
the feeble-minded. They are after Gage and
his administration (or maladministration), and
the Governor has got his hands full fighting
newspapers. — Los Angeles News.
Outrages and Cruelties.
Our local conditions remain about as before stated.
Like the rest of the country, we are affected by the
midsummer lull; but owing to the equable climate of
California we arc less affected than the other sec
tions.- As far as San Francisco is concerned, we can
trade right along throughout the whole year in com
fort, and it is fashion and the desire for a little
change of scene alone that takes people out of town
in the summer. This is the only city in the United
States thus favorably constituted. There are several
features, however, deserving of mention, the leading
one being the firmness in many lines of country prod
uce, which cannot fail to have an important and ben
eficial effect on our State finances later on. There is
a steady improvement in such prominent lines as
grain, hay, dried fruits, hops, provisions, wool; wine,
hogs ard their product, dairy produce, etc., and quo
tations are advancing with such persistency that the
farm revenue of the State must necessarily be in
creased by millions of dollars later on. The current
year is one of the very best that the California farmer
has ever experienced, and it seems to be getting bet
ter right along. It was feared several weeks ago that
there would not be labor enough to harvest the fruit,
and that an important percentage of the crop would
run to waste in consequence; but this fear has, hap
pily, proved largely unfounded, for while the appre
hension was felt it was nothing more, and almost all
districts now report sufficient help, though there is
CO surplus. The acuteness of the condition is over.
Every man and woman who wanted to work in the
orchards has been accommodated, and every fruit
grower who wanted help and was willing to pay cur
rent wages has obtained it. This is as it should be,
and constitutes a normal condition between labor
and capital. V^l-l ;..
As far as trade reports and the usual statistics go,
however, the commerce of the country continues on
a sound and satisfactory footing. The bank clear
ings made a better showing last week, the decrease
from the corresponding week in 1901 being only 5.1
per cent, the smallest loss for some weeks back, and
with one or two exceptions the chief cities of the
country exhibited a gain. The aggregate clearings
themselves were also higher, footing up $2,285,800,
000. The failures throughout the country were 213,
against 193 last year. The financial conditions con
tinue sound, money being extremely easy and in
great abundance everywhere, and this creates an op-*
timistic feeling in all branches of trade., Ifwas thought
a month ago that the call for funds with which to
meet the enormous dividend and interest disburse
ments on the 1st of July would strain the market and
cramp things for a while, but it produced no effect
of any consequence, having probably been amply
discounted.' This ease in money, coupled ..with the
improved weather, fine crop prospects, the continued
increase in railroad earnings and undiminished . call
for iron and steel, to say nothing of the comparatively
easy settlement of labor troubles here and there,
has imparted a feeling of confidence that the pros
perity of the country is on even a more solid basis
than generally supposed, and that more than ordinary
commercial vicissitudes will be necessary to seriously
disturb or check it. The fact is, there is not much
market speculation ar^'where, but a vast volume of
good, legitimate, old-fashioned business in the way of
buying and selling merchandise; and where this is
the foundation of trade there prosperity abides. It
is speculation, not genuine. business, that produces
panics, and no country that confines its commerce
to plain merchandising need stand in fear of panics
developing within its own confines.
ASIDE from the weather and its effects on dif
ferent sections of the West, there is no fea
ture of especial prominence to trade at the
moment. Midsummer conditions prevail from . one
end of the county to the other. The large cities are
quiet places now as far as business is concerned, and
it will be at least thirty days before trading is re
sumed to any extent. No activity is expected east
of the Rockies before the middle of September.
TciE PEDESTAL STILL SOLID.
"When Governor Gage gave the Home for
the Feeble-minded, into the hands of politi
cians and thus becar»e responsible for the
removal at short notice pt Dr. A. E. Osborn<s
from the superintendent^ of the institution,
that portion of the press of the State not tied
to his Excellency's chariot wheel spoke out
freely against the change. Dr. W. M. Lawlor.
the successor of Osborne, was editorially
roasted by the San Francigco Bulletin par
ticularly as an unfit man for the place. But
all the same. Dr. Osborne walked out and Dr.
Lawlor walked ln. Now the Chronicle and
Examiner are after Lawlor"s scalp. They re
port the most cruel treatment of inmates of
the home — a system of punishments introduced
and indorsed by the doctor, brutal < in the ex
treme. The Governor has been apprised of
the situation and he promises personally to In
vestigate and act on his findings. He cannot
move too speedily In the matter. — Napa Daily
Resister. ¦ '¦ :
Brutal ln the Extreme.
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Like all the other successful men of his time who
reaped the large fortunes of the Pacific Coast,
Mackay was noted for liberality and a genuine man
liness which, developed in the free democracy of the
mining camps, never forsook him when he acquired
wealth. He retained in California and Nevada the
friendships of his struggling manhood, and will be
deeply mourned, for his. r death will come as a per
sonal loss to many a home. Had \he never become
rich, his strong character would still have made him
a notable man in any community, and he will be re
membered for many things besides his work and
his wealth. In short, he was one of the foremost of
the strong young men who helped to lay the broad
foundations of Pacific Coast civilization, and will be
remembered among those whom future generations
will most delight to honor.
He was one of those men of whom it was written
that their works shall live after them. Even his un
completed enterprises will' not halt with his death.
They, were related to great world movements, which
will of themselves carry -the enterprises forward even
should his colleagues be. inclined to hesitate now that
their leader is dead. The cable for which he
so elaborately planned- will be laid, and while others
will reap the pronVthe world will not forget that
much of the credit for its successful completion will
be due to the man" who is now still in death and
whose labors are over. '.
In some respects he '.was a, man of much larger
mind than the other great Pacific Coast millionaires
of his generation. : He looked upon wealth as a means
to an end rather than as an end in itself.. No sooner
did he possess- it than he '.began ; to interest him
self in undertakings far wider-than. the coast, or even
the continent. He became one of the greatest ocean
cabled builders of his time, and his last labors were
devoted to the construction of still greater cables. His
energies were felt in every capital of the civilized
world, and everywhere he was ranked among the
foremost captains of industry which even this age,
prolific of such men, has produced.
The fortunes which 1 Mackay and his colleagues.ac
cumulated* from the. rich mines of the Pacific Coast
have been surpassed' of late by more colossal for
tunes derived from oil and steel. For a good many
years he has not been notable solely for his wealth:
Richer men than he have arisen in America ; to
excite the wonder of Europe and to rouse fears - of
the coming of a billionaire whose wealth will dom
inate the financial world. His fame of late has rested
upon his great enterprises and upon the energy and
the skill with which he 'worked for their accomplish
ment.
BY the death of John- W! Mackay -California
loses the last of. that group of bonanza mining
kings whose fortunes were once the marvel of
the world. The loss in this case affects not California
only, but the world,- for in his later years the energies
of Mackay were directed to aims that concerned com
merce in every part of the globe. ..,-..-
JOHN W. M ACK AY.
the manipulators are finding: the most promis
ing: field for their sinister schemes. And it la
to the cress of the smaller towns that their
efforts have been directed with considerable
success. The fact that a considerable num
ber of country papers are supporting the Gov
ernor ln the teeth of the opposition of decent
-Republicans, has caused surprise. These little
journals, most of them weeklies, in each Issue
seek to boom the Governor, to try his libel
suit for him. and to throw mud at honest
Republicans who would save their party from
disgrace and defeat. They copy articles from
each other, and reproduce the sayings of the
railroad orsran of San Francisco that is the*
obsequious servant of Gage, Burns. Herrin and
others of that ilk. More than that, they even
have the impudence to point to their unanimity
of sentiment as evidence that the Republican
press of the State favors the Governor. '
So far as the country -papers of San Diego
County that are supporting Gage aro con
cerned, the Union doea not hesitate to say
that some of them are aubsldized, directly
or Indirectly, ln his behalf. It ia a fact that
men professing: to be agents of the Gage ring
have approached the proprietors of small jour
nals with tempting offers for their support oC
the Governor. And the Union can state, on
authority of the editor of one of these papers,
that cold coin has $een paid by men professing
to be emissaries of the ring, for th« publi
cation of articles in favor of the ring's candi
date.
It does not require much exercise of imagin
ation to suppose that If the ring thinks it
worth while to attempt to corrupt the press of
San Diego County, where Gage is so generally
detested, like efforts have been made In coun*
ties where the sentiment may not be ao un
equivocally hostile to him. If the campaign,
of "sneak" is conducted In San Diego County,
why Is it not reasonable to suppose that the
same game may be played in San Bernardino,
Riverside, Orange or other counties of South
ern California, and in Northern California aa
well?
In the light of these disclosures Intelligent
Republicans will not be deceived by the fact
that some papers In the State are advocating
the gubernatorial claimant with so surprising
unanimity. — San Diego Union.
Gapre's Bad Record.
As we survey the realm of politics in Cali
fornia and. note the' general dissatisfaction that
exists, it doesn't seem possible that Gage haa
any chance of being renominated for Governor.
And yet he is the tool of a lot of political
rooters and bosses who are determined that
he shall continue to be Governor, regardless j
of the wishes of the people. ' We have to say,
and we say it : deliberately- and dispassionately,
that California's star haa been dimmed by the
presence of such a man as Gage in the Capitol
building. His : policy : of removing reputable
men from managerial positions in the State in
stitutions . in order to make places for ward
heelers who rooted for him in campaign times
is a damnable departure from all decent prece
dents. The infamous signature bill, the veto
o£ the water and forest bill, the grand stand
libel suit play and the contempt of nlne-tenth3
of the, Republicans ought to bury Gage in the
swamps of I political oblivion. Here in Tulare
County there is no reason why any man should
vote for Gage, but there are many reasons
why he should be ignored. It was Gage who
commuted the sentence of Frank R. Donlan,
the perpetrator of one of the most deliberate
murders ever committeed in the San Joaquin
Valley, and whose conviction cost the tax
payers of Tulare County about $2000. From
principle the Delta is against -Gage, and should
he be renominated for Governor we will never
retract one. derogatory statement we have made
concerning him. — Visalia Delta.
f" tg "^ OO much confidence in an easy victory over the Gage
|j machine push may cause some good citizens to post-
B. pone registration. Every unregistered voter who Is
B . sincerely devoted to the cause of good government
H and -honest administration of public affairs should
•*• 'register before August 2,. Earnest agitation brings
. out a large vote at the polls. A large vote assures
the triumph of good principles. The bosses go down to defeat
when the worklngmen, merchants, business men and other good
citizens take the ballot In hand and go to the election booth.
: The friends of good government have reason to be elated
over results during the j past week. The enrollment of voters
in clubs opposed to bossism and the activity in registration at
the central office signify an awakening of the masses. The
most gratifying Intelligence comes from Santa Clara County.
The people there at a special election last Saturday voted to
make the provisions of the primary election law apply to every
voting precinct in the entire county. This result gives assurance
beyond doubt that the bosses cannot get a single delegate to
the Republican State Convention out of the county's delegation
of thirty-seven. ' •;* '-'.-¦
1 Gage Is desperate. His friends say that he is "mad." He
is fighting in the last ditch to avert the humiliation of losing
his home county. ..The opening of Gage machine headquarters
for the primary; campaign at the Hollenbeck Hotel, Los Ange
les, is ample proof that the bosses are on the verge of defeat.
Intense public agitation in Los Angeles will bring to the
primaries a large army of voters. If the patriotic citizens of
the southern city respond to the call of public duty with the
spirit that animated the people of Santa Clara County In the
war against bosses the Gage-Kevane-Aguirra machine will be
wrecked on August 12. The "allied bosses" have informed
Gage that he cannot be considered as a "possibility" if he fails
to bring to the convention a solid delegation from his home
county.
Early in the campaign machine manipulators boasted of
their ability to win 80 per cent of the San Francisco delegation.
The inside claim of the Gage managers is now half the San
Francisco delegation. The real Indications are that Preston,
Flint and Edson will lead Gage in this city. "Whatever strength
Gage derives in the Assembly districts of San Francisco must
be obtained by stealth and adroit political combination. The
voters are really sick of the Gage-Kevane-Aguirre administra
tion. The laboring men will not support a man for Governor
who hires a Chinaman out of the penitentiary to cook in ths
house of hl3 Gageship. District henchmen of the" machine
frankly say to Herrin: "We cannot put up Gage delegates. Ho
is so unpopular that we would be beaten out of sight. The
best we can do, and all that can be done, is to ring in a few
Gage men on the independent unpledged tickets."
The leading Republican newspapers of California and the
leaders of the party who have borne the brunt of battle in
former campaigns declare that Gage, If nominated, would be
defeated. An idea of public opinion touching the Governor's
administration may be derived from the following comment
of the newspapers;
the San Pedro Justice, presents a performance
calculated to stir the fountains of mirth. But
the spasm of laughter will bo followed by keen
humiliation when there comes a realizing sense
of the truth that this grotesque capering is the
public conduct of no less ; a personage than
California's Governor. — Tulare Register. -
!
Arrangements for the purchase- of the Panama
canal are said to be virtually completed, but the pub
lic has been so often disappointed in such , matters
that it will not boast of the cansl until it sees the
finish. '- -• • v • •• ¦
The Governor Is Down in the Mire Wrestling to
Avert Humiliation of Losing Solid Support of His
;\ Home Delegation — Staggering Blow to Bosses
GAGE PUSH IS DRIVEN
INTO THE LAST DITCH
In this city it is gratifying to note that registra
tion is going rapidly forward. Still there remain many
voters representing the better elements of the people
who have not yet registered. They should attend to
the duty promptly. Registration the primaries
closes on August 2. During the last week there will
be a rush. It will be well, therefore, for as many as
possible to enroll themselves at once.
The contest in Santa Clara has been the more in
teresting because that county, with its county seat,
San Jose, was selected by the bosses as a place in
which to demonstrate their strength and encourage
their followers. Back of Mackenzie, the Santa Clara
boss, was all the power of the State administration
and the railroad. Mackenzie was appointed to" the
office of Harbor Commissioner in this city as an
evidence to the gang in Santa Clara that he had, the
support of the State machine. He was assisted in
every way in which assistance could be given. His
defeat in the San Jose election was recognized as a
disaster to the machine. The vote in the county for
honest primaries is a still heavier blow to the gang.
Thus far, then, the results of the tests of strength, even
on the chosen battle ground of the machine, have been
in the highest degree encouraging to the supporters
of honest politics. Genuine Republicans have, there
fore, good reason for believing they look forward to
an assured victory. Nothing can defeat their expec
tations unless they become oversanguine or careless.
They have prepared a way for victory, but it now re
mains for them to go forward and win it.
In the contest before us it is certain the bosses
are going to combine in the Republican camp 1 and
operate for the purpose of capturing the Republican
primaries and controlling the Republican nominating
convention. The object is to force the renomination
of Gage at all hazards. To strengthen the machine
Gage has converted well nigh every institution iii the
State, from the normal schools to the charitable asy
lums, into the spoils of politics, and has distributed the
offices and the patronage where they would be most
potent in advancing his political ambitions. Back
of the political bosses are all the henchmen ; of the
railroad. Allied and banded together for a single
definite object and willing, to trade everything else
for that, the combination now supporting Gage is a
formidable one, and it behooves Republicans in every
county to be watchful and energetic in combating
a movement fraught with so much danger to the
party and so menacing to the welfare of the State.
It is not enough, however, to provide that honest
primaries shall be held. Such provisions go no fur
ther than to aisure every voter a right to take part
in the primary of his party, cast his ballot for the
candidates of his choice and have it fairly counted.
There remains to him the duty of enrolling his name
upon the Great Register and then attending the pri
mary and casting his ballot. The bosses will bring
their gangs to the polls under an honest election
law just as certainly as if it were not subject to any
law whatever. More than that, the bosses of differ
ent parties will combine and vote their henchmen at
the same primary for the purpose of getting control
of at least one party convention. Consequently the
honest voters must be sure to bring out their full
strength, or they will see themselves defeated by the
bosses notwithstanding the laws under which the pri
maries are held.
It is well known that the source of boss rule in
any community in California is to be found in the
corruption of primary elections. When the bosses
can name delegates to a nominating convention/ or
when they can by dishonest practices and various
kinds of fraud or bulldozing defeat the honest pur
poses of the voters at primaries, they readily suc
ceed in nominating such men as they choose as party
candidates. When that has been done the game is
virtually in their own hands, as the only recourse
that remains to the honest voter is to cast his ballot
for an opposition ticket or throw it away by voting
for some candidate of his own selection. To provide
for honest primaries is, therefore,- the first step
toward honest government, and the voters of Santa
Clara County are to be congratulated upon the over
whelming majority they cast in favor of such pri
maries.
BY the vote in Santa Clara County in favor of
primary elections to be held under the election
law, something like a test ,vote for the State
was given on that subject. There can be no question
that Santa Clara is a representative county. Public
opinion there is essentially the same as public opinion
elsewhere, and since the vote was overwhelmingly in
favor of honest primaries, it is safe to draw the con
clusion that a majority of voters throughout the State
are animated by a similar sentiment.
THE FRIMARY ELECTIONS,
It may be the. Sultan is not a fool, it may even be
that. if some power should forbid the printing of new
novels in this country there would be wise men to
approve the action, but none, the less the irades
threaten to disturb the peace of the Levant. We may
yet have to file another claim for damages against the
Sublime Porte and ask the High Court of Nations to
do justice to our citizens residing at Constantinople
who have seen their summer/ novels confiscated and
their lawn tennis sets destroyed by the. ruthless sol
diery of the irritable sick man of Europe. * .
crowds, and the Sultan objects to crowds, hence. the
games must stop.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY,, JULY 21, 1902.
4
The enemies of Governor Gage are making a
point in calling attention to the abuses at the
Home for Feeble-minded. Something more than
a year ago the Governor removed from the su
perintendency a specialist. in the treatment of
these unfortunate wards of the State — a spe
cialist who had proven his ability — to make
room for a jobbing politician, and one with
not too good a general reputation, either. There
was a good deal of comment at the time by
many who were not Inimical to the Governor,
yet who had an abiding sense of what was
seemly. Now it is claimed that the grossest
abuses exist in the home, and while the situa
tion is probably not as bad as it is painted for
a partisan purpose, the public will readily be
lieve it is not as well as it should be. — Ala
meda Argus.
The charges of cruelty made against Dr.
Lawlor, the superintendent of the Home of the
Feeble-minded, promise to be of serious import
to Governor Gage, who appointed him over the
earnest protest of many people, in place of Dr.
Osborne. who had held the position for years
and given general satisfaction until the place
•was wanted by one of the Governor's hench
men.' Lawlor is charged with acts of brutality
toward boys and girls, some of whom were cast
into dark rooms and kept there alone for days
on bread and water, while others were strapped
down in one way and another. It is said that
the doctor admits that the charges are true,
but attempts to Justify his conduct of course.
Governor Gage is called upon to make an im
mediate investigation and discharge Lawlor
summarily If the charges are found to be true.
The probable effect of this scandal is giving
Gage's friends some anxiety.— Red Bluff News.
Campaign of Sneak.
Republicans who do not -wish to see Gage
renominated, and a Democrat elected Governor
ot California, should be on their guard against
the campaign of "sneak" that is now being
carried on by the heelers and henchmen of the
gubernatorial machine. They are using every
means to accomplish covertly what they know
they could never do openly. It is high time
that the honest rank and file of the party.
that repudiate Gage and his gang, were warn
ed of the insidious tactics that are being em
ployed. -
One need not go far from home to detect
the fine Italian hand of these artful workers
It is a fact that right here in San Diego a
place where Gage and hla methods are especi
ally in bad odor — there are men of Influence
who would not openly venture a word ln the
Governor's behalf, but who are none the less
seeking secretly to promote his renomination
Publicly they are anti-Gage; privately . they
are doing the work of the machine — the secret,
adroit work that is unseen and unsuspected
until the results of primaries or conventions
furnish the surprises.
It is ln the country districts, however, that
ine principal significance of the open revolt
against Governor Gage within the lines of th«
party of which he is the official head is the
demonstration that the time has at last come
when even party leaders and party organs com
prehend that there are worse things than party
defeat. Governor Gage may be renominated
— at least we have to reckon with that ab
stract Dosslbillty until after his actual defeat
L n **», convention— and If he is nominated
he will be defeated. That defeat win be a
party defeat, and will have been rendered even
more certain by the deliberate and public ac
tion of those who now most faithfully speak
for the very party whose defeat is thus risked
r<io such situation could exist if party dis
cipline were so strong as It once was. Then
an unfit nomination had to be swallowed a«
the only alternative to the still bitterer pill it
party defeat. Now It Is coming to be real
ized that the victory of clean political meth
ods is more important than the victory or de
feat of any party. Nationally California is
Republican, because Ita interests and beliefs
are in the line of Republican policies and its
habitual affiliations are with the Republican
organization. Locally, therefore. California Re
publicans feel that It Is their right and their
duty to administer the affairs of the State.
But they recognize It as a duty as well as a
right, and they recognize the duty of good
administration. Therefore, as partisans, from
very loyalty to their party, they are prefer
ring .the risk of party defeat rather than that
of party disgrace. ' \
Theoretically, this has always been the at
titude of strong: and Independent men. Prac
tically, it has almost never been the attitude
of the rank and file of a whole party. That
the Republican party of California has reach
ed this position Is a distinct mark of political
progress — Fresno Republican.
Obligation to Burns.
Gage's sins have been sins et omission and
not of commission. His steady adherence' to
the candidacy of Burns for the United States
Senate aroused the whole better element of his
party against him. Burns had only escaped
conviction for embezzling the State funds while
he was Secretary of State by a technicality
and self-respecting Republicans as well aa self
respecting Democrats looked with n» pleasure
upon the prospect of seeing him In the chief
legislative body of the land as the chosen agent
of the State which he had robbed. WhlU> Gage
was under great obligation to Burns for aid
during his campaign, no one excused him for
paying off this obligation by foisting on the
State a man whose political robe was so be
daubed as his.
•JS^tw^w ab L*i? t and cleanes t "an named
K»^i W lcai l aspirants is Senator
Preston. His whole political life has been cl->an
f£? l 9 t °r^ a^?, l . he close « scrutiny. Flint, as a
son of Dr. Flint, a man much respected in all
the coast counties, is strong and has many
co\eted place.— Santa Barbara Independent.
Gage Has Lowered Himself.
w« cannot believe that Governor Gagre Is a
party to any such frauds as are charged by The
Call. But he Is a man of deplorably bad judg
ment, which he la manifesting to his own rum.
In going to San Pedro to swear out his com
plaints, In himself In appearing In the Justice
Court and slurring other courts of the State as
Mr. Spreckels' courts," and In hiring "Blus
tering Billy" Foote aa his San Francisco rep
resentative, he has lowered himself in public
estimation and brought cheer to his enemies
San Francisco Star.
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