The San Francisco call. [volume], August 04, 1903, Image 6

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Special' information supplied dally, to
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fornia street. Telephone Main 1042. •
Townsend's California glace fruits and
candies, 50c a pound, In artistic fire
etched boxes, A nice present for Eastern
friends, 713 Market St.. above Call bids. *
DIAMOND— A. O. S.. City. For many
years the Koh-i-noor held the lank of be
ing the most famous diamond in the
world. In the rough It weighed 900 carats,
but now after various cuttings it weighs
but 106 carats. It is said that a diamond
discovered by Captain Ed Jorgensen Jn
South Africa, and which was sent to Am
sterdam to be cut and polished, weighed
in the rough 971 carats. It has b«en named
the Excelsior. The largest prior to the
finding of the Excelsfor was the one in tba
possession of the Rajah of Mattan, weigh
ing 367 caxat3. It is not known what the
Excelsior will weigh when cut. The price
of diamonds varies according to the sup
ply and change of fashions, but the gen
eral rule to ascertain the value of a gem.
is te square the number of carats the- dia
mond weighs and then to multiply by tbo
price of a single carat: thus, a diamond
of 12 carats. A single carat is worth, say,.
$10; the diamond would be valued at 12
times 12 times 10, equaling $1440.
CAPITAL, PUNISHMENT— Subscriber,
City. In many of the German states
capital punishment has been abolished, in
Brunswick, Coburg. Oldenberg: and in
Nassau in 1349; in Saxe Meinlngen and
Saxe Weimar in 1862; in Baden in 1S63. and
in Saxony in 1SG8. But it was restored by
the Imperial Criminal Code in 1S72 in the
case of the life of the Emperor or of the
sovereign of any federal state in which
the offender happened to be. and . for de-.
liberate homicide. The various states are
allowed to choose their own instruments
of death. In the old provinces of Prus
sia It is the ax. In Rhenish Prussia and
in the kingdom of Saxony the guillotine
is used: Executions were public until
1S51. but they are now conducted privately
within prison walls in the presence of
specified persons.
NATURALIZATION— V. E.. City. Th0
wife of a forelsner who becomes a citizen
of the United States by naturalization be
comes a citizen of her husband's adopted
country, provided she herself would be
eligible to naturalization. For instance, a
foreigner entitled to be naturalized is
married to a Chinese woman; the fact
that he was naturalized would not confer
the right of citizenship upon her because
by the law of 1SS2 the naturalization of
Chinese is Strictly prohibited.
KRAG-JORGENSEN RIFLE — Reader,
City. The Krag-Jorgensen rifle, modified,
was adopted for use in the United State3
army September 15, 1802. The first organi
zation to use the same in target practice
was the Third Infantry, during the season
of 1897. The entire army was supplied
with the rifle before the summer of 1896.
THE MISSOURI— A. & F. O. T. P. The
records do not show that any United
States steamer called the Missouri was
ever lost. The Missouri .when purchased
by the United States Government was'
named the Egbert, and was then sold to>
the Dollar Steamship Company, which
changed her name to Stanley Dollar.
posed . to obtain such register.
AMERICAN REGISTER— M. L.. Ocean
View, Cal. In order to obtain American'
register on a foreign built vessel such
must be repaired and altered to three
fourths its' value at the time it 13 pro- :
LEAGUE OF THE* CROSS— Sub., Vet
erans' Home, Cal. Any one not a Catholic
may become, a member of the League of
the Cross Cadets. It is not a. prerequisite
that to join that organization the appli
cant be a native of California.
THE SAN JUAN— A. S.. Antloch, Cal.
The steamer San Juan was not' wrecked,
and she -is still afloat. The San Bias was
wrecked December 17, 1901, off La Liber
tad. Captain Cattarlnich was In command
at that time.
NOT DISBANDEI>r-A..O. S.. City. Com
pany H, League of the Cross Cadets, was
never disbanded.
ANSWERS TO QUERIES.
BAR HARBOR. Me.. Aug. 3.— The war
maneuvers actually began to-day, when
the so-called hostile squadron withdrew
from the combined North Atlantic fleet
and departed from the harbor. The squad
ron was In command of Rear Admiral
Sands and consisted of . the battleships'
Texas. Indiana and Massachusetts and
the torpedo-boat destroyers Lawrence
and Whipple. The vessels when last seen
were heading In a south-southeasterly di
rection. Wednesday at noon the re
mainder of the fleet, under Rear Admiral
Barker, will assume the defensive. Each
vessel will hurry to a point assigned by
secret instructions. Some time between
Wednesday noon and next Monday the
hostile squadron must make whatever
demonstration i3 to be made or secure an
anchorage in order to win. An attack
may be attempted at any point between
Eastport and Cape Ann. - v. .
WAR VESSELS
PREPARE FOR
MIMIC BATTLE
A local police officer has taken the preliminary
steps necessary to make him an insolvent before the
law. To an ordinary observer this seems to be a
violent method of discrediting the gossip which gen
erally clings to the men of the star and club.
A British ship named California recently entered
the harbor. That a British vessel should be so named
argues well for the fame of the State abroad, and we
can say no more than to hope that the ship will bear
the name honorably and fare weir in her life upon
the seas. -, '.-' ' "
In its recent and final report the Grand Jury cen
sured the Board of Education for various offenses
which have been subjects of public protest and' con
demnation. - There is nothing to 1 indicate that the
Grand Jury, any more than the rest of us, hopes for
a J reform in the methods of the School Board.
The Fire Commissioners fear that', the department
over which they exercise- government.- must Jace a
deficit. The crisis is a financial one. There is every
thing to indicate that it will be many;'years before
some, of the members of the Fire Department will
ever suffer from a deficit in audacity' or political
scheming prohibited by law. ,
Several policemen were attracted to the
corner of Mason and Jackson streets
about 4 o'clock yesterday morning by the
blowing of a police whistle.' They found
that the glass In the front door of Ernest
Gardner's saloon at 1224 Mason street had
been broken [ and ¦ an entrance | effected.
The cash register had been relieved of
$6 CO. Palmer ; Gordon was' arrested ;and
booked on/a charge of burglary and was
Instructed before Police Judge Conlan
yesterday. . 'Gordon wanted; to be tried
at. once, but. the case was continued till
Thursday.. ; '' ¦. ,
Saloon Entered by a Burg-lar.
BY the call issued for the assembling of the
eleventh National Irrigation Congress at
Ogden on 'September 15 provision is made
for. a large and thoroughly representative gather
ing. It is announced that each Board of County
Commissioners, the Mayor of each city not over
25,000 population; each 1 Chamber of Commerce, ir
rigation association, agricultural society, livestock
association, society of engineers and agricultural col
lege is entitled to send two delegates. Mayors of
cities over 25,000 population four, delegates, and the
Governor of each State' twenty delegates.,
The proceedings of the : congress will be largely
directed tD practical ends. s The United States Gov
ernment has now in the treasury upward of $10,000,
000, which has been appropriated for reclaiming the
arid lands of the West. .. To that sum there will be
added alhmoney derived in future from the sale of
lands. in the sixteen arid-States and Territories, for
under the law the money thus obtained can be used
only for the storage of. waters, the. construction of
artesian wells or other 'works designed for the con
servation, of water and the irrigation of the arid
lands. It was largely through the influence of irri-'
gation congresses in the past that the passage of the
irrigation act was brought about, and it is now the
intention of the coming congress to make rccom-
IRRIGATION CONGRESS.
The guards at Folsom penitentiary are now taking
no chances with their desperate prisoners and- are
enforcing^ a rigorous .- and almost >cruel discipline.
This course recommends itself as commendable.^ It
is always well to close the stable". door ; after the horse
is stolen so as not to create, unnecessary comment.
Perhaps also a change in discipline may "relieve the
monotony of life for the convicts.
Two girls were arrested the other day on a charge
of having attempted to wreck a train near Merced.
Let us earnestly hope that the incident will never be
recorded as one of the illustrations of child life in
California.
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Recent dispatches chronicle an American inter
state exodus of a most extraordinary" character. It
is reported that many of the negroes of Indiana are
moving in haste to the Southern States to escape
assault, torture and abuse. This proceeding seems
very Jike jumping from the frying pan into the'firei
The Southerners certainly, need no new' fuel to . feed
the fire of their rage against the negro.
The principals of the various public
schools throughout the city met in con
ference yesterday afternoon with Super
intendent of Schools Langdon at the City
Hall. The meeting was well attended and
the discussion interesting. Superintend
ent Lansdon delivered an address, out
lining a policy for the betterment of the
school system of. San Francisco, In which
he advocated the direction of every effort
to the enlightenment of the public on the
needs of the DUblie "school, to the end
that assistance may be given in the way
of educational finance. Informal discus
sion was, indulged in among those pres
ent. . . /• ¦ • . • . ' :
Conference of Principals.
The United States Civil Service Commis
sion announces an examination for male
stenographers and typewriters In this
city on August 12 to fill existing vacancies
at salaries ranging from $840 to $1200 per
annum, and In the Philippine service at
.from $1200 to $1400 per annum. Minimum
age limit for the United States, 20 years;
limit for the Philippines, 18 to 40. years.
The extraordinary request is made that
applicants should telegraph at once to the
United States Civil Service Commission
at Washington, D. ,C, for permission to
take the examination. For f jrther infor
mation apply to the secretary of the Con
solidated Board of Examiners, 301 Jackson
street, this city.
Male Stenographers Wanted.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 3.— The
following Californians registered at the
hotels to-day: At. the. Metropolitan
M. L. Ward of San Diego. At the
Shoreham — W. F. Cronesmlller and wife
of Los Angeles. - ; ¦ <•
Californians in Washington.
"Is that you, mamma?" •' ..
"Yes."
.,i "This is Bella. Say, mamma. I'm in an
awful trouble. You know this is cook's
day off. When George went down town
this morning he told me he'd like some
broiled lobster for dinner this evening.
I've got the lobster, but I can't find any
way to get It open. How do you do it,
mamma?"— Chicago Tribune.
"No," replied the Wild Westerner, "they
git. too personal sometimes. I did sub
scribe to a paper once, but I' stopped it."
"What paper is it you refer" : v^
• "You mean what paper 'was* It. Ain't
1 just told you I stopped it? Done it in
one shot, too."— Philadelphia Press. rK . .v.
. Exit the Editor.— "You have no use for
the papers, you say," remarked the tour
ist.
Second Citizen— That's nothing new. It
happens every four years. — New York
Weekly. .^ '
First Citizen— What do you think of this
idea of an army of the unemployed
marching to Washington?
A CHANCE Tb SMILE.
NEW YORK, Aug. 3.— The following
Callfornlans have arrived:- From I San
Francisco — Mrs. I. Pierce, J. Sahl,' Miss
K. L. Yqung. at the Manhattan; Q. M.
Baker and wife, W. M. (Jinn, at < the Im
perial; J. Coleraan, at the Netherlands;
H. S. Fleming, at the Gregorian; J.* L.
Flood and -wife, F. S. Kelly and wife. M.
Koehler, -Miss S. Maynard, -at the Hol
land; A.' ,W. Hoffman. A. Hoffman, A.
McD. Riddle, a T. Zacharlas. at the
Herald-square; J.' H. Jacobs, P. F. Ko
huke and wife, at the St. Denis; D.
Leonharr. ' at ' the Victoria; H. Rennets,'
at the Grand Union; J. A. Smith, at the
Everett; L. A. Teshan, R. J. Teshan at
the Astpr; F. E. Ware, at the Grand
From Los Angeles — C. A. Duncommun,
at the Manhattan; G. Ijarrabee. at the
Hoffman; N. Pease, at the Imperial.
From San Jose — E. A. Wilcox, at the
Cadillac. .'<.;*
Calif ornians in < New York.
The duty incumbent upon the press and upon the
public to see to it that public administration is care
fully' and honestly performed carries with it not only
an obligation to condemn the inefficient and untrust
worthy, but also that of giving proper and public
recognition to those officials who have deserved well
of the people by reason of the excellence of their
work. In this case the fact that Tax Collector Smith,
Treasurer McDougall and Auditor Baehr are all Re
publicans will of course be gratifying to other Re
publicans from a partisan point of view, but the issue
is larger than that of partisanship. Municipal ad-,
ministration is mainly a matter of business that af
fects the immediate interests of all members of the
community, and consequently the commendation of
the good work done by the Tax Collector, the Auditor
and the Treasurer should come from their constit
uents generally regardless of party ties.
Having made up the record of the past fiscal .year
with a smaller delinquent tax list than ever before,
despite the increase in the tax rate, San Francisco can
face the immediate future with good cheer and with
an assurance of public prosperity, subject only to
the provision that good citizens do their duty in the
coming municipal election and' put the administration
of all city and county affairs in : safe hands. That % is
the issue before the peoples-day. It runs directly
to every man who has a righY'to vote and has an
interest in the general good. Whether we are to have
good government or bad -government depends pri
marily upon the voters, and for that reason it.be
nooves all grood citizens to take careful note of the
records made by men now in office in every depart
ment of the municipal administration in order that
they may vote intelligently when the ltnre comes./
FIGURES contained in the annual report of Tax
Collector Smith make a good showing for the
city and a most creditable one for the Collector.
'1 he* showing is the more notable because the work
of tha year- was exceptionally heavy, owing partly to
the i'jct that some 4000 taxpayers filed protests
iigainst thp legality of the levy for hospital and school
purposes, and partly to the increase of the tax rate
over that of the previous year, which necessitated
making out and mailing some 34,000 extra tax bills.
., Of the extra tax bills sent out the Collector ob
jairfed payments of upward of 24.000, ranging from
one cent upward. Of these the Collector says that if
liot collected they "would have entailed great expense
npoB the city by reason of tlfe fact that they would
have to have been advertised in the delinquent tax
Irst," Of the total collections the report says:
'"The entire amount charged against the Tax Col
lector was $6,124,654 15. of which the actual amount
delinquent Ivas the sum of $31,913 45. or a trifle over
fifty-two one-hundredths of one per cent. The
amount collected from licenses was $485,682 35, as
against. $495,061 50 for the fiscal year 1001-02. making
a deficit of $9720 85. owing to the action taken by the
Police Commission against nickel-in-the-slot ma
chines."*
The smallness of the percentage of delinquent
taxes*is one of the notable features of the report. It
is the smallest delinquency in the history of the city
and bears witness to the fidelity and the earnestness
with .which the work of the office was performed. It
is to be noted, further, that notwithstanding the in
creasing work of the office and the thorough man
ner in which it is being performed. Tax Collector
Smith will reduce the cost of operating it this year
by upward of $6000.
Irr the general confusion existing in so many de
partments of the present municipal administration, a
confusion which in some departments, like that of
the Board of Public Works, amounts to veritable
scandals, it is gratifying to note the excellent work
that has been <Ione by Tax Collector Smith and also
by Auditor Bachr and Treasurer McDougall. Their
offices have been efficiently and economically man
aged. The work has been well and promptly done,
and 'the records can be studied with satisfaction by
all <cho are sincerely desirous of good municipal gov-
GOOD WORK WELL, DONE
- Miss Partington comes of a family of
artists. Her father was the late J. H. E.
Partington, whose name Is well known
In England and this country. Her brother
Richard Is conceded to be one of the
be3t illustrators in the country. She Is
also a sister of Miss Blanche Partington,
the dramatic critic Miss Partington will
open a studio Jn-thls city. She intends to
remain here for a short time. .
Miss Partlngton, however, had other
ambitions. She wished to paint and went
among strangers to study, and by her
talents won recognition and success.
Prinet took a deep interest In his pupil
and gave her the benefit of his knowledge
and exoerlence. She visited all the lead
ing galleries of Europe and studied the
masters., ... .... - .. • ... . .
GERTRUDE PARTINGTOX, one of
.the best-known artists of the
West, returned from Paris yes
terday after an absence of four years.
Her welcome home was a joyous one.
Miss Partlngton has returned with con
siderable, fame as an artist. One of her
paintings was hung In the last Salon and
received hjgh praise from the critics.
During her stay abroafl she studied un
der Prlnet, who professes himself very
proud of his pupil. The distinguished
Parisian has great hope for the youhg
artist's future and believes she will at
tain a high reputation as a painter before
many years have passed.
Before leaving for Paris Miss Parting
ton illustrated for newspapers of this city.
Her black. and white drawings attracted
wide attention both here and In the East,
and her originals were always in demand.
She has also illustrated for the Century
and other magazines. <
T U E S P A V A UGUST 4, »9Q3
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' NEW TORK NEWS STANDS:
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; A. Brentano. 31 Union Square;
i'urrty Sill Hotel; Ftftn-averue Hotel and Hoffman House.
CHICAGO NEWS STANDS:
Sberman Houce; P- O. News Co.; Great Northern Hotel.
Tremont Hoo»e; Auditorium Hotel; Palmer House.
BB.AACU OFFICES— 027 Moniromery. «toer cf Clay, open
cut!! t:S9 o'clock. 300 Hayes, open until 0:S0 o'clock. 633
McAllister, open until 9:30 o'clock. 61S Larfcin. open unfit
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t&arkct. corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 1096 Va
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DISTINGUISHED YOUNG AR
TIST WHO' HAS JUST RE
TURNED FROM EUROPE.
Major W. "YV. Screws and wife and Mr.
and Mrs. V. H. Hanson of Montgomery,
Ala., are among the latest arrivals at the
Occidental. The gentlemen are connected
with the Montgomery Advertiser.
Clarence Ravlin, treasurer and manager
of the California Theater, and George and
Frank Fuller returned yesterday from a
two weeks' hunt in Northeastern Mendo
cino County. They killed several deer, :
Mr. Ravlin dropping three of the animals.
Professor David Starr Jordan of Stan
ford University, Mrs. Jordan and their
son were in the city yesterday and reg
istered at the Occidental.
Lieutenant J. A. Woodruff "of the
United States engineer corps and a son
of General Woodruff, arrived from West
Point yesterday and is at the Occidental.
W. J. GIck, steel expert for the British
naval department at its repair station
at Wei-hai-wei, China, is at the" Palace,
en route to London. • . ¦ . ..- *** o
John Daggett, former superintendent of
the United States Branch Mint, is in the
city for a few days and is stopping at the
Palace.
F^TI. Kennedy, dealer in agricultural
implements at Stockton, is at the Cali
fornia.
Dr. Nat Green of "VVatsonville is at the
Grand. ..- * .,-• ' »
Dr. Lr. A. Pierce of Long Beach is stop
ping at the Lick. \
O. McHenry,* a banker of 'Modesto, is
at the Occidental.
E. H. Wilson, a mining attorney of New
York, is at the Palace.
Dr> A. H. Tickell and wife of Nevada
City are. guests at the Grand.
1 Dr. "John V. Llttigr and wife- of Los An
geles are registered at the Palace.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Charges of that kind made on such authority ought
not to be ignored at Washington. If it be true that
we are fitting our costly warships with cheap ma
chinery, and manning them with incompetent stokers
and machine men, we are likely to some day have a
disaster that will cost us dear. The charges are made
the more serious because Syren and Shipping hints
that the worthless machinery and fittings are accepted
"probably in accordance with an agreeable and con
fidential understanding with persons who know the
three degrees of perfection— addition, division and
silence.", •
Reviewing the reports of 'accidents, to ships that
.were disabled during the work performed under Ad
miral Dewey in the Caribbean Sea,- our New -York
contemporary goes on to say the disasters. were- due
partly to the incompetency of the crews employed in
working their machinery. and partly to the inefficiency
of some of the machine fittings, with which they were
equipped. To one of those two causes it is. $atd every
accident reported is primarily due.
In dealing with the first of these causes, Syren and
Shipping says:. "Four naval vessels under repair at
the present time "show by their' burned < boilers,
broken cylinders, leaky valves and Other defects in
machinery the results from handling by ignorant and
incompetent stokers and mechanics." Of the second
cause it says: "A number of officers of our navy
have told us that the breakdowns of certain sorts of
steam fittings in naval vessels on which they sail is
due to the purchase from favored contractors of in
ferior pipe, fittings, valves and packing. Flimsy, stuff
of this sort made especially for use in cheap excur
sion boats which are built to sell for low prices are
put on board naval vessels Nvhere the naval officers
have specified heavy goods of the best- grades."
' a 3CIDENTS to our naval vessels, even when
/\ cruising or going through maneuvers in Home
•* ¦*• waters, have been .so frequent as to have occa-.
sioned no little surprise' amoi)g people -who give any
heed to them at all. It is announced that since the
beginning of the present year they have been so nu
merous and of such serious nature as to have entailed
the expenditure of upward of $1,000,000 for repairs.
As a result of their frequency there has been a gcod
deal of curiosity concerning the causes, and efforts
have been repeatedly made to find out where the
responsibility for them rests.
As a rule the naval officers have placed the blame
upon the contractors who built. the ships, while the
contractors on their side have laid the blame on the
naval authorities. It will be remembered that not
long ago one of the largest of our shipbuilders when
asked to explain the breaking down of a warship
constructed by him, stated that he had built the ves- t
sel according to specifications to carry guns of a
given weight, but that when she was armed the naval
authorities placed heavier guns upon her, and thus
subjected her to a greater strain than had been cal
culated.
A new view of the is presented in a recent
issue of the American Syren and Shipping. That
paper, which holds a high rank as an authority on
shipping" matters of all kinds, places the whole re
sponsibility upon the naval department,, but not in
the way stated by the shipbuilder. After referring to
naval vessels "which broke down after a few days
of practice on home stations," it says: "As these ships
were put into trie best possible condition prior to
the orders to assemble for sea practice, it is as plain
as a pikestaff that there is something radically,
wrong with the manner in which these vessels are
handled at sea." .' • ,.. •¦,-'¦
ACCIDENTS T<X WARSHIPS.
Perhaps the completest summary of' tlie: despicable
methods of the yellow journals of the United States
ever given was promulgated by Cardinal
who on entering the great conclave at. Rome author
ized the Associated Press to deny any. purported in
terview with him, at any time, on any subject, with
any person aftcr,he entered Rome. This blow cer
tainly ought to silence the saffron sheets; 5 - \
Resolved. That the manufacturers of the
City of Stockton be urged to make Individual
exhibits of..- their, wares at the approaching
State .Fair, so -that the people of this com
monwealth may be informed of the advanced
position ¦ Stockton occupies as a manufacturing
center. We urge this in the belief that our
manuiactrers will profit by the advertising re
ceived.- and realize that upon the prdsp^rlty
of th'e individual depends the prosperity of th«
community. . ' ?i •
That the .'Stockton Chamber of
Commerce Instruct its secretary to make such
an -exhibit of the . products of San Joaquln
County at the approaching State Fair as will
be a credit to the county and an inspiration ±0
other agricultural communities in our State;
and be it further
• -)Vhereag. .'The California State Fair is a
£ .., tc /Pri!=e instituted by the State of
*-aurornla foiv.the purpose ,of promoting agri
cultural 'horticultural,- r*. manufacturing and
stock raising by means of competitive exhibits
0 «Jl* Products of such Industries, and,
Whereas, A special effort is being made this
year to obtain a representative exhibit pf prod*
ucts rrom the ¦ different counties of the State,
where the .producers may view the best prod
ucts of farm. : field and factory thereby being
educated. and stimulated to a higher effort to
ward advanced and scientific production now,
therefore, •• be it" ./ . ¦;-,/. ¦ '
STOCKTON. Aug. 3.-At a meeting of
the directors of the Chamber of Com
merce this afternoon the matter of mak
ing an exhibit at the State Fair was dis
cussed, and it was detdded to make a spe
cial showing 'at the ioming event. The
resolution setting forth such Intention and
urging upon manufacturers the desira
bility of making individual exhibits was
jsarsed. Secretary Brown will go to Sac
ramonto in the morning to make prelim
inary" arrangements.
It is. probable that considerable of the
exhibit, which is to appear later at St.
Louis will be. taken to Sacramento. v It is
believed that the county and the local
business men -will make a very favorable
showing. The resolutions are as follows:
This gain of the negro is not confined to the South.
In the Northern States the blacks gained I7t,oi2 in
the decade 1890-1900. The problem is upon us all
and cannot be treated as sectional. So far, the best
mind of the North sees a solution in moral elevation
and progress in the civilized arts of self-support. Is
there any other alternative but the fee-faw-fumming
of the fire-eating Tillman?
From these statistics it is evident, given equal
physical conditions, the. negro population- will soon
vastly outnumber the white through superior fecun
dity alone. That is the true Southern problem and
the national problem as well. It is the reason for
Tollman's barbaric revolt against every proposition
to cleanse and humanize the negro, to lead him out
of the conditions in which his revolting crimes are
committed, but to slaughter him like a beast for not
"keepin' his place.'' The problem is one that may
attract and appall the most heroic philosophy, but its
solution is not helped by insisting that the whites in
contact with it shall abandon themselves to the mur
der of human beings merely because they do not
keep their place in conditions in spite of which they
make a steady gain upon the white population.
Referring to the causes of negro mortality and
the age of greatest loss, it is found that one-third die
in infancy, of preventable causes, under the age of
5. Between 5 and 10 the death rate is -small, but it
rises again at. 20,' the age of tubercular and allied
diseases.. Of. the 11 54 deaths of negroes 178 were
caused by' consumption and 95 by pneumonia, so that
chronic and acute-respiratory diseases claimed 253.
Bright's disease took 128, enteric and allied mala
rial diseases of , filth* called 156.. Here we have,
grouped. -deaths^ from preventable causes amounting
to 537, /directly refecSble to the immoral, habits and
bad \ sanitation -- prevalent among the blacks. If
taught^bei(te'r, last gear's negro death rate would
haver been reduced td 617, or to 160 less than the
birth-rate!.' Itjs'tq. be supposed that the whites of
Charleston; live, under more sanitary and better
moral -'conditions, 1 for/ their ; death rate per 1000 is
only, 18.08, which is< about normal for such a popu
lation oh the South 'Atlantic coast.
SENATORS' Tillman of South Carolina and
Burton of Kansas have arranged a discussion
of the negro- problem before the different Chau-
Kaifqun assemblies during the summer. It seems to
i have been a mistake to add Tillmau to the torrid
conditions of the, Eastern summer. In his first
speech lie advocated "'shootin' niggers who don't keep
their place." and* belched vocal brimstone like an-
It is a mistake in the South to put this person for
ward as an exponent of her views upon this : serious
issue. Granting all that is charged against the ne
gro's capacity for self-government, and all that is
charged against his bad habits, thrifty temperance and
morals, if we add to that denial that he is a human
being and refusal to grant himiany rights superior
to those of the beasts that perish, a situation is cre
ated that projects to the present "generation of white
people in the South, in intensified form, the evils
that worked upon them when the negroes were slaves
and as a result of that condition.
In fact, according to the programme offTillman,,
the negroes now arc to be denied rights which they
enjoyed in common with the domestic animals whose
subjection they shared. The slave's status as prop
erty was a protection, since slave-holders would,
neither destroy their own property nor- seriously
impair its productive power by ill-usage. Men in
the South continue to so protect their animal chat
tels, but that protection is withdrawn from the negro
by TiUman's proposition, and he may be shot for not
keeping his place among the beasts, though denied
the safeguards that are around his four-footed fel
lows. * _, . ¦ •
Of course philosophy and philanthropy point to
the duty, not of elevating- the negro, but of teach
ing him to elevate himself *out of a condition of im
morality, bad sanitary and other habits, thriftlessness
snd wastefulness, to a state in which he may enjoy
the natural rights of humanity. There is no use gird
ing at the North on the subject of the negro's past
condition of slavery. When Jefferson wrote the
original draft of the Declaration of Independence he
put among its clauses damnatory of the English King
in accusation for introducing slavery into the colo
nies and importing negroes from Africa to that con
dition in the new country. If that had been left in
the completed document we would have had an earlier
and a peaceful abolition of slavery in this country,
but it would have left with us the precise problem
which Tillman is discussing so unwisely.
Tillman seems to derive his ferocity from the reve
lation of statistics, and to get thcYefrom a desire for
extermination of the black race. The vital statistics
0/ Charleston, in his own State, disclose conditions
which may well excite apprehension. In 1902 the
local census showed in that city 24,285 whites and
31.522 negroes. In that year the deaths were of 461
whites and 1153 negroes. Only 1 in 52 whites died,
while the negro mortality was 1 in 27. At such a
rate of mortality the negro would soon disappear.
But the aspect is changed by the birth rate. In the
3ear 751 negroes were born to 354 white?. Of the
whites 107 more died than were born; of the blacks
396.
SAN JOAQUIN
PLANS EXHIBIT
AT STATE FAIR
• rricndations to the Secretary of the Interior as to
the manner in which the available money shall be
expended.
j California of course has large interests in the sub
ject and should be- .Well represented at- the congress.
Public interest in it in the East is manifested by the
fact that the Union Pacific Railway will run a free
¦ excursion train from Washington to Ogden for the
benefit of newspaper correspondents who will be sent
to report the proceedings. President Roosevelt Ins
already manifested great interest in the meeting, and
ori his recent 'tour through the West he said in' an
address at Ogden: "I hope most earnestly that you.
and all the other States in interest will push forward,
and will in every way endeavor to make the meeting
of the Irrigation Congress here in Ogden a thorough
success , And I say that not merely in the interest" of
Ogden. not merely in the interest of the States vyhich
are to be benefited by irrigation, but in the interest
of the Union. I want to see that congress a suc
cess; I want to see the work of irrigation made the.
greatest possible success." 7. * ¦.
TILLMAN AND THE RACE PROBLEM
THE* SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1903.
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