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General. Passenger Agent D. "W. Hitch
cock of the Union Pacific returned yester
day from Colorado Springs, where he had
been attending the quarterly meeting of
the Transcontinental Passenger Associa
tion. ' ' . . - -
John M. Ratto, a well-known commis
sion merchant of this city, has returned
from a three weeks' outing at Bartlett
Springs.
John L. Hudner, a rancher of Hollister,
is spending a few days in this city and
has made his headquarters at the Lick. .
Fred T. Merrill, a dealer in farming im
plements at Portland, Or., is at the Pal
ace, accompanied by his wife.
J. R. Haughton, a capitalist of Chico,
is at the Lick.
Li. S. Hohl, a fruit grower of Oroville,
Is at the Lick.
J. H. Neale, a mining man of Sonora, is
at the Lick.
B. Cussick, a real estate man of Chico,
is at th_e_ Grand.
J. Goodman, a merchant of Fullerton,
Is at the Grand.
T. G. Yancey, a lumberman of Newman,
is registered at the Lick. -
'N. De Yoe, a merchant of Modesto, ?s
among the arrivals at the' Lick. .
Richard Elkins, a prominent resident of
Washington, D. C, is at the Palace.
PERSONAL MENTION.
America is so much a land of conventions that the
proposed gathering of the negro representatives in
Atlanta would in itself hardly attract much attention.
Its interest lies in the fact that it has such an impor
tant and such a complex problem to deal with. To
the white race what is known as the "negro problem"
is but a theme for academic discussion, but -to the
negro himself it is a matter of vital importance. Th e
speeches at Atlanta are going to be earnest, and
while it is not probable any definite solution of the
complex problems involved in the relations of the
two races will be forthcoming, it is certain the resolu
tions which express the opinions of so large a body
of representative colored men will be read with atten
tion and given due heed by thoughtful men through
out thcUnion. ¦
While the object of the meeting is mainly to discuss
the conditions and prospects of the negro in America,
and to devise a plan of action for promoting the wel
fare of the race, the time is not to be given wholly .
to talk It is the intention of the promoters to make
a notable feature of music. A chorus of 1000 voices
is being" trained for the purpose by the musical dU.
rector of Tuskegee Institute, and it is the intention
to render not only classical music, but some of the
better of the old-time plantation melodies.
Atlanta is a fitting place for such an assembly. It
is said to contain more negro churches, negro
schools and negro colleges than any other city in the
world. The colored population of the city is fully
representative of the best that has been done by the
race for the race since emancipation. The promoter
of the convention is himself an Atlanta negro who
won something more than a local repute by his
management cf the negro department of the Cotton
States Exposition held there in 1895. In providing
for the convention he has been assisted by forty dif
ferent denominations and associations of one kind or
another.
PREPARATIONS are now being made in At
lanta for a negro congress, which is designed
to be the largest and most- representative as
sembly ever held by that class of our population.
The estimates are that upward of 10,000 delegates
will be present. It is of course not likely that such
estimates are free from exaggeration, but it is deemed
well nigh certain that the number of influential ne
groes who attend the meeting will make it an occa
sion of national importance.
A NEGRO CONGRESS.
The ordinance provides that the firm of public ac
countants shall install and conduct the system. We
assume that this is for the purpose of securing a per
manent oversight, outside the political departments
of the government, in order to prevent a relapse into
the former confusion. In event of any misunder
standing, disagreement or difference between the
public accountants and any department, bureau or
To the Editor of the San Francisco Call— Dear Sir:
With reference to the attached clipping from your paper
of July 9, I feel It only^fair to the city of Chicago and
the- spirit of progress evinced by its administration in
the matter of municipal accounting, to call your atten
tion to the inclosed ordinance passed by the Chicago
City Council December 23, 1901. The system of accounts
therein authorized was duly installed by Haskins & Sells
throughout the various departments and bureaus of the
city government on the first day of January of this
year. The radical change from the old methods to the
new was made without friction or impediment to tho
proper conduct of the city's business, and^this system
has since worked harmoniously in all Its branches, and
its results have certainly been of great advantage In the
management of the city's finances and in the presenta
tion of Information concerning the dally and monthly
progress of revenues and expenses that would commend
it as highly creditable to the best business administra
tion. Yours very truly, /
J. G. HUBBELL, Deputy Comptroller
We are in receipt of the following letter from the
Comptroller of the city of Chicago, inclosing the
mentioned ordinance, which occupies many pages of
the printed proceedings of the City Council. It
provides a system in complete detail covering every
object of public expenditure and revenue. It is ac
companied by another ordinance explanatory, by
which it appears that on June. 24, loot, an order was
passed authorizing and directing the Mayor, Comp
troller and chairman of the finance committee to em
ploy a firm of expert accountants for the introduction
and supervision of a system of account and audit for
ali the departments of the city government. The
firm mentioned in the Comptroller's letter was em
ployed and the system was installed at the beginning
of this calendar year, and its working is thus certi
fied by the Comptroller:
i CHICAGO, July 17, 1902.
The Call has referred to this subject frequently in
discussing municipal ownership and administration
of public utilities. On the 26. inst. we spoke of the
movement for reform in audit and account, saying:
"Its object is to devise a system of municipal ac
counting that will make clear the way the affairs of a
city are administered and thus bring to light the
poin tc "t which waste and loss occur in any ami every
department."
IT is due to the persistence and intelligence of
Mr. Allen Ripley Foote that the fact has dawned
upon men in this country that errors, corruption
and extravagance in municipal government are pos
sible largely because of the inefficient system of mu
nicipal audit and account. Mr. Foote is the leading
American student of civics, and has wielded a tre
mendous influence upon public opinion in the direc
tion of reform in public accounting.
PUBLIC ACCOUNTING.
Albert Gardner, writing for the New York Inde
pendent, says: "The infant republic of Cuba I has
been launched upon the turbulent seas of national
distress under a sky which is dark withvthe/menace
of disorder, if not of crime." It appears all that dis
tress is due to the fact that the Cuban sugar planters
cannot sell their product in the American market
free of duty. It is a sad case. Perhaps Cuba had bet
ter pack up and go back to her mother.
A curious item is going the rounds of the Eastern
press to the effect that the Brooklyn Ornithological
Company is trying to obtain 10,000 seventeen-year
locusts. to supply the demand of public schools for
specimens of the pest. If the locust plague had been
anything like so widespread as first reports stated it
would seem to have been easy fof the schools to get
all they wished by the simple expedient of giving a
small boy half holiday on condition that he bring
in a bagful.
A CHANCE TO SMILE.
Aguirre's efforts to silence the officials at the prison
is in line with Gage's efforts to avoid a trial of the
case in the courts of this county, or any other oounty
in the vicinity of the prison. The whole aim now is
to suppress information. The Governor and the
Warden, however, have their labor in vain. If Gage
manage to avoid a trial in court The Call will none
the less publish the facts and the evidence to prove
fraud at San Quentin, and if the Warden should dis
charge or force the retirement of every member of
the present prison staff The Call would none the less
have means of proving its case. The issue is made
up. The truth cannot be suppressed nor evaded.
The public will not overlook the significance* of
all these efforts to prevent the press from obtaining
information of what has been going on at the prison
and what is now doing there. If the management
had violated no law the publication of every incident
connected with the administration would show that
fact. There would be direct credit to the Warden
and reflected credit upon the Governor who ap
pointed him. In fact, if all has been done fairly and
honestly since Aguirre went into office he would be
eager for the publication of his record, and Gage
would now be citing it as an evidence of his ability
to select the^dght men for the honest administration
of public trusts.
The pressure exerted to force all employes of the
prison to hide the frauds committed there under
Aguirre's management has already brought about the
discharge of Dairy Reynolds, the retirement of
Steward Praetzel and the resignations of Captain
Edgar and his son. Some of those who have been
warned will doubtless be forced ere long to resign
or submit to dismissal. The' Warden, acting in this
instance on behalf of the Governor as well as of him
self, is eager to prevent further evidence of the
prison frauds from being made known. Perhaps also
he deems it possible to discredit a "probable witness
in the suit instituted on behalf of the Governor
against the proprietor and the manager of The Call
by dismissing him and thus putting him in the posi
tion of a discharged employe who would be likely to
feel animosity to the management.
The public is likely to be much impressed by the
Warden's statement. The efforts of the prison man
agement have been directed for some time past to
prevent The Call from obtaining information of what
is going on within the institution, and also to find
out the source of the revelations which The Call has
already made concerning the frauds committed there.
If the Warden knew of any official who has exposed
his mismanagement he would dismiss the man. He
does not know of any such official, but he suspects
many and is now acting upon his suspicions. The
Call is well aware that several of the retirements
from the prison staff have been virtually forced, and
it knows, further, that other officials have been sus
pected and warned.
That declaration made in public is in line with many
similar declarations made in private. It is therefore
not to be looked upon as an ill-considered expression
hastily m^de. It represents the settled conviction of
his mind, the fixed intention of his will.
These resignations and retirements following one
another so rapidly at this particular juncture have
naturally been received by the public with the moral
conviction that the prison management is forcing
them for the purpose of preventing information being
given as to the conduct of prison affairs. Warden
Aguirre has met that conviction by saying to an
evening paper: "If I knew that any one here had
given out stories as stated he wouldn't remain here
for a minute."
BY the resignation of John C. Edgar, for many
years captain of the yard at San Quentin
prison, following closely upon the retirement
of his son and others from the prison staff, the public
is made aware that something out of the ordinary is
going on in the prison. The management is making
the service disagreeable, and the officials are getting
out of the way.
PRESSURE AT SAN QUENTIN.
The prices of our lands are higher than those of the
Dakotas or of Texas, but the profits to be obtained
by their cultivation more than counterbalance the
difference in cost. That fact is not fully understood
in the East. The showing we now have an oppor
tunity to make in the eyes of the coming visitors will
go far toward establishing a proper understanding of
the matter. It is therefore gratifying to know that
so many counties are going to unite in the work of
entertainment. It is to be hoped that none of the
generous plans now under consideration will fail. The
occasion will be a great one, the company will be
worthy of the best we can do for them. Let us try
to make it a record-breaker even for California.
The number of visitors whose coming is now well
assured will make the encampment one of the largest
gatherings we have known. We are to have men
and women from every part of the Union. They will
come to us as representatives of the best elements of
the American people. Their good will cannot fail to
be of benefit to us in every respect, and did not the
proverbial hospitality of the city and the State
prompt us to make the reception a notable one, we
would have abundant inducements to do so from the
very fact that such a reception will be profitable as
well as pleasant.
'This gathering of so large a concourse of influential
men and women comes at a most opportune time.
The spirit of migration is strong upon the people of
the Eastern States; Thousands of families from the
Mississippi Valley and the Atlantic coast are now
seeking homes in the Northwest or the Southwest.
They are thronging the railways to the Dakotas and
to Texas. Many of them are even leaving the United
States and making homes in the western provinces of
Canada. " It will be well, therefore, at this time to
make known the superiority of California over all
rivals. ,
a RRANGEMENTS now being perfected for
ZA the reception and entertainment of the thou
•* *¦ sands of visitors who will attend the grand
convention of the Knights of Pythias promise to
make it one of the most notable events of the kind
inViur annals. Not only is there to be in this city a
rich display of the resources of progressive counties
and the general wealth of California, but there are
also to be tours from the city to various parts' of the
State, so that the visitors can see with their own eyes
the marvelous variety, richness and beauty of the at
tractions of the commonwealth.
THE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.
According to reports Tracy has escaped from his
pursuers first on foot, then in a wagon, then in a row
boat, then on a tug, next in a buggy, then on a
horse, afterward on a freight train, once more in a
boat and again on a bicycle. Perhaps he will make
his finish in a balloon.
THURSDAY JULY 24, 1902
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o'clock. KW. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky, open
until 9 o'clock. 2200 Fillmore, cpen until 9 p. m.
Besides his widow he leaves one brother
and a sister residing in the East. He was
a Knight Templar and a member of the
Society of' Pioneers.
There were but few men engaged in the
United Slates who by education and prac
tice had a more extensive knowledge of
insurance matters and his counsel ¦was
frequently appealed to by the under
writers of this coast.
From the year 1S60 the deceased has
been engaged in the insurance business,
representing during this period several
very prominent fire, life, accident and
surety companies and was at the time of
his death the Pacific Const manager of the
City Trust Safe Deposit and Surety Com
pany of Philadelphia, 1
Mr. Garniss also took a very prominent
part on the side of good government and
was a very active, member of the old
Vigilance Committee. He was also cap
tain of the first military company orga
nized in San Francisco and known as the
"Lancers."
Late in the '50's he married the charm
ing daughter of General Ranney of St.
Louis, Mo., a sister of Mrs. J. H. Good
man, the ¦widow of Banker James H.
Goodman of Napa. Mrs. Garniss died
several years ago in this city. The lives
of Mr. and Mrs. Garniss were truly ideal
and both were deeply interested in several
charitable organizations of this city.
His first wife was the founder of the Bu
ford Kindergarten, located in the Potrero.
They were very modest people in their
charitable work, very rarely allowing the
outside world to know the extent of their
benefactions.
About two years ago Mr. Garniss mar
ried Miss Barbara Eckert.
PATRIOTIC CITIZEN,
When the news of the discovery of gold
in California in 1849 reached New York
Mr. Garniss Immediately started for the
new El Dorado and arrived here in the
summer of '49. Like many other pio
neers who came here at that early time,
instead of practicing the profession he
had been educated and trained to, he
went into another pursuit, taking up the
commission business. He formed a co
partnership with William Ma'ioney under
the firm name of Mahoney & Garniss. .
James R. Garniss was born seventy
three years ago in the city of New York.
When quite a young man he studied law
and was admitted to the bar.
His loss must be felt, for he was an author
ity on all insurance matters. It •will be felt,
too, because of his gentleness and kindly gen
erosity — generosity that needed no. prompting,
for James Garniss was quick to see and quick
to act where assistance was needed. He was a
lovable man— gallant, courteous, genial and
whole-souled. Alas, so many of that grand
school of gentlemen are passing away. The
community must feel their gping. They are a
part of the history of San Francisco. They
have made history. AVe can ill afford such
losses. '
Speaking of the death of Mr. Garniss,
his warm and close friend, John Landers
of the Manhattan Life Insurance Com
pany, said: <
The body was later removed from the
office to Gray's undertaking parlors on
Sacramento street.
The Coroner was apprised of the death
and Mrs. Garniss came in response to a
call. She was overwhelmed with grief and
it was some time before friends could
compose her.
Hayburn then left to go out on busi
ness and one of, the clerks, Robert Roy,
was a few minutes later startled by
hearing Mr. Garniss breathing heavily
and leaning over the desk at which he
had started to write. Realizing that Gar
niss was seriously ill, he ran over to the
Mills building and returned with Dr. Tay
lor, who said life was extinct.
DEATH COMES SUDDENLY.
Mrs. Garniss said yesterday that he was
in remarkably happy spirits when he left
the house, 2415 Fillmore street, in the
morning, and his manager, James C. Hay
burn, said that on his arrival at the of
fice at about a quarter to 10 o'clock he
commenced to joke, as was his happy
custom, and asked him (Mr. Hayjburn)
where he was going to spend his vaca
tion. The manager replied that he thought
he would go to Mill Valley. "All right,"
replied Mr. Garniss; "I feel so well that
I think you may go next week."
At his home and at his oflice, 219 San
some street, he was ever genial and joc
ular and his presence' in private or among
his business associates was ever wel
come. , . ¦
Certain it is that the deceased was in
jovial spirits even to the last and there
was really nothing to indicate that it was
essential that he should remain- at home.
That he had been affected by the deaths
of John Mackay and General Barnes and
the tragic ending of Evan J. Coleman
was apparent, and possibly the passing
of his friends in quick succession had
something to do with exciting his emo
tions and-thereby hastening his demise.
Mr. Garniss had be*en ailing for some
time from what his medical adviser, Dr.
George Martin, diagnosed as a tendency
to apoplexy, and only a week- ago, after
being called in to see Mr. Garniss, the
doctor secretly told the anxious wife that
he might drop dea'd at any moment.
Through the sudden death of James R.
Garniss, which occurred at his office yes
terday morning, still another respected
name is added to the list of pioneers who
have passed away during the last few
days.
THE PHILIPPINES— Anxious, City.
Three young ladies who would like to go
"to the Philippines for the purpose of
earning a livelihood in any employment
except domestic/ service" will find it a
difficult matter to go to a. strange place
to seek employment. If it is the desire
of the three young ladies to seek employ
ment under the Government in some of
the civil departments they should make
application to the Congressman of tha
district in -which they reside.
HEART DISEASE-A Reader, City. The
climate of San Francisco Is as good as
that of any other part of the State for
persons who. are affected with disease of
the heart. There are many diseases of
thai organ and each is the subject of dif
ferent treatment, which (Joes not depend
upon the climate, but upon the care the
individual takes of himself when folio-w
ing the directions of a physician who has
examined him.
TKACING,FAMILIES— P., City. In or
der to trace families in the United King
dom communicate with the Somerset
House, ¦ Strand, London, England. There
is kept at that place a record of nearly
all the families of England and Wales,
Scotland and Ireland.
ANSWERS TO QUERIES.
"I didn't Intend to say so. What I
v/culd have said was that when the bar
ber saw that Death meant that he should
bo next, he talked him out of It."—Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
"At the dawnce last night," said Cholly.
"Miss Green took me up to one of the
other girls and said: 'Miss Brown!" Miss
Brown said: 'Well, -what is it, Mayrne?'
Then Miss Green introduced me, and ev
erybody lawfed, and I couldn't see any
thing to lawf at, to save my life."—Balti
more American.
Prunes stuffed with apricots. Townaend'v*
Reductions genuine eyeglasses, specs, 10c
to' 40c. Note 81 4th. front barber, grocer. •
Townsend's California Glace trait ana
candies. 50c a pound, in artistic fire-etched
bcxes. A nice present for Eastern friends.
639 Market st.. Palace Hotel building. •
Special Information supplied daily to
business houses and public men by tha
Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's). 230 Cali
fornia street. Telephone Main 1042. *
"A barber was one of the saved' from
the wreck of the Walla. Walla. But please
don't."
"Don't what?" V'
"Don't say he escaped/ by a close
shave." J
"They say the 'Gibson girl' la to be
married."
"Is she? I don't envy her prospective
husband."
""Why not?"
"Because wherever they go they are
sure to meet somebody who will look at
his wife and say. 'I've seen that face
somewhere before.* " — Cleveland Plain
Dealer. . ij££
Every prison in the Philippines is said
to be crowded to its greatest capacity
and prisoners have to be pardoned regu
larly to make room for new ones. Ameri
can soldiers who are found guilty "of the
more" serious crimes often escape after
tlie execution of only about half of their
sentences. Bilibid and the San Isidro and
Lingayen prisons are especially crowded.
It is stated by returning officers, how
ever, that lawlessness is diminishing
throughout the islands. The bands of la
drones are constantly growing fewer in
numbers. These lawbreakers are formed
into quasi-military organizations and have
done much injury to the Americans since
the insurrection was put down, which was
rtally in the fall of 1899. Ladrones, as the
name implies, are merely thieves and
1 have kept the islands in a state of terror
ever since anything has been known about
the country. The Spaniards never had
them in check, but they are learning from
the Americans that brigandage is an un
safe method of securing one's living.
.Manupad, a Tiruraye native, killed a
certain Sulao and took the wife and two
children of the deceased and sold them
into slavery. Manupad was sentenced to
spend the rest of his life at the Presidio
de Manila.
Marceliano Villegas took the oath of al
legiance to the United States and there
after did much to aid the insurgents,
against whom lie had declared himself.
He was found guilty of furnishing infor
mation to ladrones and goes to the Pre
sidio de Manila for twenty years.
Martin Diquito, leader of a band of la
drones, attempted to kill Cesarlo Diriquito
for being friendly to the Americans. He
was given fifteen years at the Presidio de
Manila.
Macario Capulun stabbed Francisco
Miranda, a Filipino scout, and was sen
tenced to spend twenty years at Bilibid.
The records of courts-martial brought to
this country on the transport Sumner
show that the military authonties in
Uncle Sam's island possessions in the Far
East have still much disorder with which
to deal. Several Filipinos were found guilty
of murder and two officers of the Amer
ican army were forced to answer to sen
ous charges during the month of Ma*.
Captain Frederick S. Wild TWf^h
Infantry, was reprimanded for allowing
men of his command to burn a native
cockpit at Lingayen, Pangasinan, in cen
tral Luzon. Two soldiers had been stab
bed at the cockpit and the rest of the
men threatened vengeance, but the cap
tain failed to place a guard over the en
dangered property and it was burned, ine
officer was questioned about the affair oy
Judge Johnson of the Third Judicial Dis
trict and made a rather discourteous re
ply. His sentence was fixed at official
reprimand. General Chaffee, in review
ing the case, stated that the punishment
was too mild but must be approved.
Charles O. Ziegenfuss, a Manila editor,
made a caustic criticism of work being
perlormed under the direction of Lieuten
ant Lytle Brown of the Corps of Engi
neers. The lieutenant read the article in
question and Immediately called on the
editor, knocked out two of his teeth and
'•did then and there otherwise beat,
bruise, wound and otherwise ill-treat
him." And. for so forgetting his of
fici^ dignity, Lieutenant Lytle Brown es
c&pfcl with a reprimand. General Chaffee
objected to the leniency of the sentence
but approved it.
Emetrio Bris, an officer of the insurgent
forces, ordered a native prisoner to be
killed without trial and will rusticate in
Bilibid fifteen years therefor.
Considerable alarm prevails among the
teachers in the School Department owing
to the Intention of; the Board of Educa
tion to remove some of them from t'neir
positions. Although no formaLaction waj
taken at yesterday afternoon's open
mejeting of the hoard two teachers were
consolidated out at the usual secret ses
sion held in the morning. Mrs. I. D. Os
trom, a sixth grade teacher in the Croqk
er Grammar School, and Miss M. C.
Sutherland, a third grade teacher in ihe
"Winfield Scott School, are the unfortu
nate ones. The board had the name of
Miss B. L. Macdonald of the WinfkMd
Scott School under consideration for con
solidating out, but finally decided that
Miss /Sutherland should be the one to go.
The two teachers consolidated out v.iil
be put on the eligible list. It is feared
by the other teachers that more removals
are contemplated. It i3 thought that
President Denman's ukase issued in a
recent circular that "other than first grade
classes shall consist of at least fffty-rive
pupils enrolled at the beginning of the
school year will encompass further re
movals. When the daily attendance falls
below forty- five the Superintendent of
Schools shall, according to the circular,
recommend a plan for consolidation. The
Superintendent, however, had not been
consulted in the consolidating out of
Mrs. Ostrom and Miss Sutherland, whose
pupils fell below the required number.
LESSONS I2T ITALIAN.
The board granted permission at its
open meeting to the Italian Alliance to
use class rooms on the first floor in the
Washington Grammar School from 3:30 to
5 o'clock p. m. for the purpose of giving
private lessons in the Italian language.
The alliance originally requested that
rooms in the Irving Scott School be as
signed for the purpose, but Miss Caroline
B. Barlow, principal of the school, protest
ed against granting the request because
school property might be Injured. Action
wa3 taken by the board in the absence of
Director Roncovieri, who has vigorously
objected to the further use of the Wash
ington School because it is unsafe. Tho
board evidently thought that it would be
impossible to injure the school any morn
than it Is at present.
Miss Lily Huhfeld was appointed to the
classical department of the Mission High
School.
Leaves of absence were granted to
Misses E. McDonald, Miss E. Cleary and
M. V. Arnold and denied to Miss K. Cul
linan.
SUPPLEMENTAL BOOKS.
The Superintendent of Schools was au
thorized to expend $3000 in the purchase
of supplemental readers and library
books.
The resignation of Isabel Wolf Gold
man, a teacher in the Everett School,
was acepted.
Director Woodward submitted a report
of repairs made on a number of school
buildings during vacation. He suggested
that steps be taken to prevent the break
ing of. windows by mischievous boya, the
Starr King School being the chief sufferer
In that regard.
The revelations of misconduct of the home were
startling and infuriating. They demonstrated' gross
abuse of the most delicate public trust The public
sympathy was roused in behalf of the peculiarly piti
ful and helpless objects of gross official abuse. The
storm was so sharp and admonitory that for once the
Governor seemed to bend before it and show a desire
to place himself in accord with the public wish. But
now it appears that his surrender was in seeming
only, and that there is no change in an administra
tion that was universally condemned. The people
wait with interest upon the next move in this game
of false pretenses.
The people are paying the costs of Governor
Gage's libel suit, and he is trying to make them as
heavy as possible. But in return they get nothing
that they demand in the purification of the adminis
tration of this State institution. Under the circum
stances it is probable that the people will also let the
Governor drop permanently and turn.' elsewhere for
awhile for a public trustee in that office who will
not premise one thing and then do another.
In its present aspect a flagrant deception has been
practiced in the affair, most unbecoming in a public
officer, and the people will decline to let the matter
drop for awhile, or at all.
In all this the work of the push is apparent. .No
doubt the Governor's first expressioa of antagonism
to Lawlor's methods was disagreeable to that ele
ment, and it has overawed the executive into hitting
upon a plan by which he could commend himself to
the better element and stay solid with the worse. This
running with the hare and holding with the hounds
will not do. The State supposed that since the 12th
inst. Dr. Hatch was in charge and that Lawlor had
departed from the institution. This supposition has
been worked in politics for all that it was worth in
the counties in which delegations to the State conven
tion were to be selected. It now turns out to have
been a false pretense, and if anything has been
gained by it the gain is undeserved. The people
want Lawlor dismissed, and they want Osborne re
appointed as his successor. Anything short of that
will be a disappointment. It remains to be seen
whether the Governor will continue to heed the push
and deny the people what they want.
In his resignation Lawlor declared that his fault
had been "an error of judgment," and the Governor
seems to have concluded that to be a curable infirm
ity and is letting the cioctor remain for repairs to his
judgment.
The people took Governor Gage at his word, that
if the charges were true Lawlor would be at once dis
missed. The charges were proved, and the people
were told that Dr. Hatch would take charge, tempor
arily, until a successor to Lawlor could be found. It
now transpires that when Dr. Hatch called, on the
Governor in the matter he was told to "let it drop for
awhile." This seems to have been upon the guber
natorial theory that letting it drop for awhile would
cause the whole subject to drop out of the public
mind, and, no. successor being appointed* Lawlor
would remain in charge of the institution for whose
management he had been expertly reported as en
tirely unfit.
THE State hears with equal surprise and disgust
that the resignation of Dr. Lawlor as .superin
tendent of the Home for tly Feeble-Minded
was accepted, to take effect upon the appointment of
his successor, and that, no successor having been ap
pointed, he is still in power at the head of the insti
tution.
LAWLOR STILL IN POWER.
THE PASSING
OF A GOOD MAN
AND PIONEER
STAMPING OUT
LAWLESSNESS IN
THE PHILIPPINES
The inauguration of the better system in Chicago
is highly creditable to that city, and is an important
fruitage of the policy advocated bv Mr. Toote.
This system seems to realize that which The Call
has demanded, that the auditing and accounting of a
municipality shall be by the same exact system as is
used by all business corporations. It will be ob
served that such a system does not prevent the greater
cost of the municipal administration of public utili
ties, but discloses it, and thereby enables an intelli
gent treatment of the policy of public ownership.
When to the greater cost of municipal administration
is added a system of audit and account which makes
its detection difficult, there appears at once the op
portunity to add corruption to the normal waste.
official person, relating to the 'operation of the sys
tem, the issue shall be stated in writing and summar
ily decided by the Comptroller.
SCHOOL BOARD
DISPENSES WITH
TWO TEACHERS
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1902
ft is stated that during the offertory in a New York
church recently the congregation was entertained by
a young woman who whistled Schumann's "Trau
merei," and on being encored after the benediction
she whistled "The Mocking Bird." What is the dif
ference between that and a vaudeville stunt?
It is said that so many orators from the outside are
going to Maine to take part in the campaign there
this fall that there is danger the campaign commit
tees may have to cut down all the pine forests in or
der to furnish a stump for every speaker.
Out of the waste products of her packing factories
Chicago works up material worth in the market
something more than $30,000,000, and if she sold it
on a fair basis the fact would be to her credit, but the
chances are most of it is disposed of by working the
public as if that also were raw material.
NEW YORK, July 23.— The following
Californians have arrived: San Francisco
—Mrs. Buford, at the Albemarle; Miss B.
Enderle, Miss Timmerman, E. Topd, C.
H. Carillon and wife, E. Curruh, P. Her
rick, S. Jensen, at the Grand Union: G.
F. Lamm, at the Herald Square; H.F.
Kohler, at the Hoffman; C. W. Schlichter,
D. A. Einstein, at the Imperial; J. Alves
and wife, at the Manhattan; T. Belton
A. Belton, at the Bartholdi; Miss J. Boc
queraz, M. A. Bocqueraz, at the Holland;
C. A. Hitchcock, at the Cosmpolitan; C. F.
Nicholson, Mrs. P. Lauch. at the Na
varre, M. Rockett, at the E>elavan; L. s
Simons, at the Victoria; J. B. Tread-welf
at the New Amsterdam. ¦ • .
Los Angeles— J. J. Haggarty, at the
Albert; Dr. Davison, at the Netherlands'
F. Domenplier, at the Imperial.
San Jose — J. F. Brooke and wife, at the
Holland; A. Barstow, at the Herald
Sauare. - • - . -
Californians in N"ew York.
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