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DIRECT PRIMARIES AND THE MACHINE '
THE CALL' docs not suffer from alarm inspired by Governor
Gillett's remark that the direct primary might result in fasten
ing the domination of the machine on the State. We make no
doubt whatever that the professional politicians will endeavor
to capture any and all primaries, direct or otherwise. That is their
business. Indeed, they have been uncommonly successful under
the present system. They have the whole works. Therefore the
fear of change need not perplex the commonwealth.. Things could
not be worse^in this regard than they are at the present moment.
The proceedings of the Legislature in the manufacture of patronage
constitute a riot of debauched politics in which the professionals
pay themselves, out of the public purse, the price of their shame.
One observes with a certain amusement that Mr. Walter
Parker, the right hand of the political machine, recognizes the in
evitable and acquiesces with the philosophical remark that the
machine will remain invincible because it has the organization and
that any independent candidate must fall before the well-greased
operation of force inspired by bread and butter, the cohesive power
of public plunder. We presume there is no objection to permitting
Mr. Parker to whistle his courage up to standard.
How does the machine operate under the present primary law?
Take San Francisco, for example. A. Ruef and Henry Ach and
their familiars come together in a back room and pick out a ticket
for delegates. The names of these men are mostly unknown to
the general public. A few men of apparent respectability are in
cluded, but all these have secret -affiliations with the grafters. The
ramifications of graft in the business community are far more wide
spread and deeper rooted than the public suspects.
There is no mystery about the operations of the machine. Its
manipulators rely first on the ignorance of the public and secondly
on the activity of the small but well drilled body of mercenaries..
The everyday citizen is voting in the dark.
With the direct primary in force the candidates would be
known. Their qualifications must become the subject of constant
discussion in the press and, in public meetings. The politics of
Ruef s back room would control no more than the insignificant forces
of the "push," so-called. It is the experience of past elections that
this venal body can marshal somewhere between 2000 and 3000
votes in San Francisco.
This reasoning is confirmed by the experience of Minnesota
and Wisconsin under the direct primary. The object of that plan
is to give a vigilant public opinion a fair opportunity of expression
in the choice of candidates.
THE PATRONAGE SCANDAL
IT is an instructive development of the patronage scandal in the
Legislature that witnesses called in behalf of Ruef and Schmitz
, in the graft prosecutions are getting their pay from the State.
Ruef is the fountain of emolument, and he is using public money
to bolster up his defense.
The witnesses, Brachman and Gans, who were called by Ruef's
lawyers to give such evidence as. they might concerning real or
imaginary conversations with grand jurors, are now in the employ
of the State, enjoying sinecuse appointments by the grace of Ruef
and his "strikers" in the Legislature. The patronage graft in Sac
ramento is bad enough by itself, but' when it is used to, give aid
and comfort to the unconscionable blacklegs who are plundering San
Francisco the conspiracy becomes additionally scandalous. It is a
cynical, impudent diversion of public funds that exhibits Ruef in
the light of a lineal descendant of the impenitent thief.
•The Assembly has seventeen watchmen. Doubtless the mem
bers will bear watching, but unfortunately, the same thing is true of
the watchmen. They have ten doorkeepers for four doors and 104 clerks
to fuddle and fiddle with the clerical duty. With 314 attaches for one
house and the Lord knows how many more for the other the tax
payers will be lucky if they escape for less than $200,000 for hired
help, of which $180,000 represents nothing but public plunder.
It is time that a constitutional amendment closely limiting the
exercise of the patronage power by legislatures were submitted. "If
it be urged that an amendment of this sort has already been voted
down by the people, the obvious answer is that the proposition was
saddled with an increase of the pay for legislators. That feature
caused its defeat. An amendment providing for a limitation of
patronage and nothing more would be carried with enthusiasm.
A DELIGHTFUL CASUIST ON THE STAND
TL JTIL J. C. STUBBS, the able traffic director of the Harriman
j\ /\u25a0 system, is always interesting, if it were only for the humorous
XyX* ingenuity with which he contrives to obscure a subject and
baffle inquiry which he deems impertinent. Whether it be a
reporter putting inconvenient questions or an Interstate Commerce
Commissioner making uncomfortable inquiries abou* law-breaking
traffic managers, Mr. Stubbs pursues his easy' way of talking about
' something else. No man has ever yet nailed Stubbs to the cross.
"Competition among railroads! Why, bless your soul, Mr!
Commissioner, the Southern Pacific beats the, band. as an all-round
competitor for everj-thing in sight."
Such was the general tenor of his evidence before the Interstate
Commerce' Commission in Chicago on Wednesday. Of course, it
was quite evident that Mr. Stubbs was talking of one thing and
the Commissioners of another^ although they -both used the same
name for two distinct and separate ideas. When Mr. Stubbs speaks
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of competition he confines the word to service. The Commissioners
were talking about competition in rates.
"Mr. Hill," said the witness, "is probably the leading railroad
man in this country, and he cannot, if he would, destroy competition
between the Great Northern' and Northern Pacific. He must employ
vice presidents and general managers. These men have their repu
tations to uphold or to construct. They will work for their own
lines" against the other line, and competition is inevitable. If Hill
should take that spirit out of his men he might as well hand their
management over to a htmdred-dollar clerk." U v c ;
All that is very pretty, but if any of these skillful and. able rail
road men under Hill should presume to make an open cut in rates he
would be incontinently dismissed. Indeed, Mr. Stubbs, in a moment
of unexpected candor, admitted as much when he said he dared not
change rates without consultation with his "competitors."
This form of competition he justifies as one of the penalties of
civilization. "
"A railroad," he explains, "is just as independent as any member
of society can be. Every man in the community is compelled. to
forego a portion of his natural" rights for the good of the whole. v I
see no difference in this case." ) '
Is not that admirable casuistry? 'A railroad, is compelled to
break the law by way of paying the debt it owes to society! Mr.
Stubbs is quite as entertaining as the immoral monster of a Punch
and Judy show. "
HE usually well-informed Washington correspondent of the
Chicago Tribune describes President Roosevelt's tremendous
activity and the high pressure under which he works. The*
correspondent gives this illuminating account of the manner
in which the original message on the Japanese difficulty with, the
San Francisco schools was written : ' :'-
Rushing down to Oyster Bay to . cast his vote and then scurrying
aboard a warship, the President started for Panama. His rapid flight to and
fro across the isthftius is known of all men, but it is not so well understood
that in order that he<might have time to make that journey it was necessary
for him to write his/message to Congress before he left. That, document
was practically concluded before election day, and yet it involved a dis
cussion of the Japanese j school question in San Francisco and. the dictation
of a portion of his message which the President! must have known would
provoke the hottest sort of criticism."
>,v;, v ; .In a word, the President wrote his message first, an'd then sent
Secretary Metcalf here to discover "facts" to support his conclusions.
There is such a thing as being too strenuous.
CASINO — H.-C, Alameda, Cal. Unless
there is an understanding that points
in the game of casino shall be counted
as they are made, the game on the last
deal is decided by the players holding
points in the following order: Big
casino, little casino, cards, spades,
aces and sweeps, the one holding the
highest point in the order named
counting first. The rule of the game is
that the points gained by each person
are counted at the end of each deal,
and the' person that has the greatest
number of points wins the game.
FOREIGN POSTAGE— H. C. C. Sierra
Valley. CaL The -rate of postage from
the United States to all foreign coun
tries and colonies, Including Newfound
land . (except Canada, , Cuba, Mexico,
Panama, and Shanghai, China) is 5
cents for each half ounca. The postage
to Canada Is 2 cents per ounce, pre
payment compulsory- Domestic rates
apply to Porto Rico, Guam. Philippine
Islands, • Cuba Canal . Zone, Republic of
Panama, Tutuila and. Hawaii, Mexico
and Shanghai.
INSURANCE— Subscriber, City, and
many others. ' For information as \u25a0 to
the "standing of insurance companies,
address letter of inquiry to Myron E.
Wolf,' \u25a0 Insurance .\u25a0Commissioner, . San
Francisco. This "department has' no
record of the companies or their stand
ing. ..
- MISSING - PERSONS— R. G. .A., Oak
land,"; CaL To ascertain if persons. who
were in this city at the time of the
April fire were \u25a0 victims of . the flames,
address a. letter of to the Cor
oner of > San. Francisco. • If there is any
record of . the I person's ; death you will
be advised. v "
INVESTMENTS — Subscriber, : . '• City.
Tour request will have to remain un
answered, for the reason that this de
partment does not advise correspon
dents' in -the matter^ of 'investment, of
money In' mines or business.
DEPOSIT— A.' - W., City. : Tour -ques
tion as , to ; how r long ; you - must ; ; hold \ a
deposit ! to ; secure a j house." where < there
is ,. no i agreement Vas "• to { timV-, when the
bargain /shall be consummated, is a
Which Will get The Turkey.
ALTOGETHER TOO STRENUOUS
Answers to Queries
question which you should submit to'
an attorney. This department does not
give legal advice. ' ' ,
"LAGNIAPPE"— A. S..'City. "Lagni
appe," which has been abolished by '
the; dealers in New '.Orleans/" is an old
time custom of making a free gift to'
each purchaser of something. It is
from the French and has been, a prac
tice, in existence for hundreds of years
in France." ""
INSURANCE — Bonanza, 5 Or., and
others. .; Questions relating, to . the
standing of insurance. companies in San
Francisco should: be addressed ] to State
Insurance Commissioner' Myron E. Wolf
at San Francisco. . ;
HAWAIIAN ; SCHOOLS — Subscriber.
Arabella, CaL For. information relative
to the ' public schools *. of the f Hawaiian
Islands, .write to A. Al'Atkinsdn.iSuper
intendent of the Public Schools.! Hono
lulu,: H. I.
DIAMOND-7-Readers, City. The value
of .a' diamond ;. in the <. rough*?. "depends
upon Its shape, the) chances of -cutting
It- and other conditions.- There is. no
regular! market price for' rough » dia-'
monds. • \
LEGAL '.TENDER— B.. Oakland. Cal.
One-cent pieces of "the : _United
are legal .tender '• to • thelamount V,of \u25a0] 2s
cents^and ' no .. more.' \ \ You : . cannot" com-f
pel any-, one, . to "more Uhari
twenty-five t one-cent ' pieces ; in ' the pay
ment'of any ;debt. v.
QUI VIVE— H. L.. i City. Qui.vivels
French and is' pronounced as if .written
key.veove.*". The] phrase" means j literally,
"Who ; lives?',' , >He'.ls on; the qu! r viye,",,
; means,* '.'he is on' the 'alert; 'on" the' tiptoe
of expectation." */*
AFTER; DARK— D.r, Sacramento, Cal.
This , department^ has' ''not : been X able 1 to
discover either in the Penal ' or ; PoMtir
cal Code "of .. any -provision
prohibiting- the sale? of .jewelry after
Townsend's Cal. glace fruits and can
dies i at : Emporium,^ Post"; and \u25a0 Van : Ness,'
1250 Sutter st. and 1203 and 1220 Va
lencia Bt.',r^m^^^mssm^s^m^^^A
' —CHICAGO INTER OCBAK.
The Smart Set
MR. and Mrs. Henry Clarence
Breeden gave a very enjoyable
dinner at their home on Broad
way last night. The table was
prettily decorated in the pale pink
Hannah Hobart carnations and red
shaded candelabra, the unusual com
bination -proving most effective and
artistic. The guests were Mr. and Mrs.
Evans S. PlllstJury, Mr. and Mrs. R. P.
Schwerin, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Babcock,
Mrs. Wakefleld Baker and Knox Mad
do x. ?J?J;
Mrs. R. P. Schwerin will entertain at
a dinner this evening, at which Miss
Emma Mullen will be the guest of hon
or. Miss. Mullen arrived last week from
Washington, D. C, and. is the guest of
Mrs. Sallie Stetson Winslow at the lat
ter's home : in Pacinc avenue. Miss
Mullen has many friends here and is
being heartily welcomed. /
• •''.\u25a0• \u25a0 •
Mr. and Mrs. William G. Irwin.will
entertain this afternoon at the elab
orate tea which they will give in honor
of their debutante' daughter. Miss
Helene Irwin. About ; six hundred In
vitations have been sent out, and it is
safe to predict the handsome
rooms of the Irwin home, which has
been redecorated entirely since the
earthquake, will ' be thronged wlin
guests between the hours of 4 and 7
0'c10ck. ..." Miss Irwin will be assisted in
receiving by her most | intimate friends
only, and there will be no matrons in
the receiving par,ty. Miss Irwin is one
of the most popular girls of. the debu-'
tantes, both with girls and men/and
there will be a great deal of atten
tion for this pretty, charming young
"bud." Receiving- with her* today will
be Miss Margaret Hyde-Smith, Miss
Claire Nichols, Miss Maizie Langhorne,
Miss Julia Langhorne/ Miss Katrlna
Page-Brown, Miss Louise Boyd, Miss
Lydia Hopkins/ Miss ' Mary Keeney and
Miss Jeannette' von Schroeder.
Miss Jeannette Hooper was the host
ess at a bridge-party at her home on
Laguna , street \u25a0 yesterday : afternoon.
Her guests: were Mrs. George Somers,
Miss Harvey Anthony,\ Mrs. Alexander '
Key es, Mies . Gertrude , Palmer, Mrs. Jo
seph -Thomas,': Mrs. ' Selby Hanna, Mrs.
Saff ord Colby,' Miss ; Evelyn i Norwood, :
Miss Ethel Lincoln; Mrs. William Starr,
Miss Alnette Edwards,, Miss Edythe
Foster, Miss Anita Meyer, Mrs. Covode
and Mrs. Hunter Harrison.
• - * " . •:"• \
Mrs: Horace Davis will be the hostess
at a. bridge -party this'afternoonather
home in- Broadway,- which will' be one
of "the charming \ affairs of : the winter.
Mrs. Davis*: who is herself an /'expert :
and; enthusiastic player, will entertain '
about'nfty 'guests. - .
\u25a0 \u25a0 • • • . • .
M rs. Howard Morrow entertained at
a' bridge party yesterday afternoon at
her/home, "Sacramento . and ' , \u25a0'; Octavia
streets, at .which-j, there were eleven
tables .of -players. '
.Mr. and -Mrs. 1 Charles ' X., Mclntosh
and their family, who have had a. house
in Clay/street since the- fall, expect \u25a0 to
return to their. country place at Wood
side about 'February^ l/ : :~
: Miss Ethel Beaver, who with her
mother, -Mrs. George Beaver, and her
sisters,',- the Misses 'Beaver/, has , been
living in Berkeley since the destruction
of : their • handsome old ; hoVne" In \u25a0 Taylor
street^will : leave next week V for the
East/Lwhere: she; will -Tiisit : friends : for
two or three months. •
, Mr." and Mrs. ''Emory 'Winship and
Miss Patricia Cosgrave, who went East
earlyi in •\u25a0 the winter, * are"; having fa .very
delightful ; stay : there,, and? their * plans
for,; returning ; .: are .; still , . very ; vague."
Since-? theirf arrival y there ' they.' have
purchased a large automobile and 'they
are", making; many., trips' out 'from; New
\u25a0Jfork/Avhlch they write of most enthu-^
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: Mr.^and Mrs. Frederick Hewlett left
for .': Southern ;r Calif ornia~i last ' ' night,"
wherethey will* spend a' few. weeks for
the '\u25a0; benefit of Mr. . Hewlett's 'health.^ He
has -been ; slightly *; indisposed -of ,' late,"
and it > is 7 hoped 1 that [he - willy be bene
fited -^byr- the i change/ , - Mr. /, and ' Mrs.-
Eugene i Hewlettlare 'spending] the
ter in Los Angeles,* and* Mr/ and' Mrs.*
Hewlett will be \ their, guests ?during7a
part' of their; sojourn/ '-' ; . .' , \u25a0'
* Mr. and Mrs. - Henry , Foster Dutton,"
who. have ' been/ spending ./the"? last vf ew
months :In V Honolulu .' as ; the guests "of
Mrs.'; Dutton's^ sister, l^ Mrs.\ : Harry JMac
farlanejywiliisail^fromt there .Ton?Janu
ary^ 18 ;; f or* this [city.'i Mr. and Mrs.fDut
ton - have {-been \u25a0« sadlyjf missed ? by J their,
friends ; hereof and ~\ there! is : great (rejolc-^( rejolc-^
In* ovm the fact '\u25a0 that they will ' return.
English Papers of Japan
Discuss Schools Here
EDITORIAL expressions on the
Japanese school question of Cali
fornia In the English press of
Japan is divided pro and con.
While it goes without saying that the
Jijl and Nichi Nlchi and the Hochi all
have an exalted opinion of the courage
of the President of the United States,
yet the English speaking people living
In Japan are able to see two sides of
the question at issue. The Japanese
Advertiser says In an editorial:
Throughout "this affair it has ap
peared *to us that the Japanese are
admirably. exemplifying the pro
verbial "fault of the Dutch." It must
be admitted that if they could point
to any clause in the treaty which
concedes them the right of free edu
cation their position would be amply
justified; but this they have entirely
failed to do, and we recognize that
It is . merely President Roosevelt's
very natural . and laudable desire to
maintain, amicable " relations with this
country and to arrive at some satis
factory solution of the present diffi
culty that has prevented him from
pointing out to. Viscount Aokl the in
herent absurdity of basing a claim —
not to free - education even, for the
California authorities do not refuse
to grant that — but to mixed educa
tion_with American children. .
If the Japanese or their advocates
can detect any „ reference to educa
tion, either direct or implied, in tha
foregoing, they must be gifted with
that particular - brand of eyesight so
eloquently described by Mr. Samuel
Weller Jr. If it be true, as certain
telegrams -\u25a0 report, that President
Roosevelt has admitted that this
clause concedes the right to free edu
cation, all we can say is, and we
say it reluctantly, that he has been
guilty of an error of Judgment, from
a good-natured desire to placate Jap
anese susceptibilities.
In a later edition the editor of the
Advertiser expresses his views on local
affairs in San Francisco in the follow
ing allusion to Mayor Schmitz:
It is to be regretted that the Jap
anese side of the case should be
prejudiced by the interested support
of a boodling Mayor — his Worship
Schmitz, to wit. It is evident that he
has hopes of making some political
capital out!. of .the school affair, since
It is not easy to -believe that a man
of his evident caliber would other
wise risk unpopularity with the labor
element by championing the cause
of the Japanese.' At the same time;
whatever his motives may . be. ha
Will be entitled to felicitation if he
can persuade the State Legislature to
accept a . clause limiting the age of
Japanese children entitled to receive
a free education. v v . \
y . '\u25a0•• - \u25a0\u25a0
The Japanese Daily Mall takes the
other side of the controversy and holds
that the treaty guarantees . free educa
tion under the most favored nation
clause. It suggests for Americans a
way out of the dilemma in the follow
ing: j
No thoughtful Japanese could fall
Gossip in Railroad Circles
' Carl ton C. Crane is the general pas
senger agent of the New York Central
lines and he is also a hotel man of
experience and renown. If there is
anything that Crane detests it is dirt
and dust. He is a scrupulously clean
man. One can see that at a glance.
Other general agents may look tired
and dusty — Crane, never. >He entered
his airy office In the ferry nave the
other day and noticed that the Persian
rug on which he rested his patent
leather shoes was bespattered with
mud. He was wrathy. A fine indigna
tion suffused his' frame. He sat' down
and penned the following note to the
janitor, whom he had been subsidizing
to dust his desk and keep the flies off
his rug. It was to this effect:
"Jim, you have not cleaned my' office
for. the past three days. You will take
out my rug. give it a good shaking and
polish off the top of my desk. Crane."
\u25a0The next day the office was as dirty
as ever,' and Crane was explosive in
his remarks. At that moment in
walked "Big Jim," as the janitor is
familiarly known by the railroad men
in the ferry nave.
"Is this what you were after writing
me?" he Inquired in tones of ill-con
cealed anger.
"Well, yes,' l did," said Crane, apolo
getically; "you see the office."
"Never you .mind about your old
traps," . cried Big Jim, with fine sar
casm. "Charles Morton has resigned
from the superintendency of this build
ing and I am appointed the superinten
dent and I want to know )f you -are
after insulting me?"
"Oh/no, Jim; not at art." cried Crane.
"Do you know it. is just about lunch
time? Don't you feeWike taking a bite.
eh?" 1 -: .Crane and Big Jim went out of
the ferry building arm' in arm.
• :\u25a0-•--• • .
Edward Chambers and family left
for Chicago last night to attend the
meeting -of the transcontinental lines,
which will ' be held about January 20.
; Chambers will stop over at several
i places on his way East. This meeting
promises to be an important one, as a
decision will be made as to the form
of the tariff, so as : to make it .uniform
and -in "compliance with the law. The
rules as to minimum weight will also
be considered and also changes in rates.
One of the most important matters .to
beadiscussed will be the competition
of the Tehuantepec /oad through pat
ronage given to it by the American-
Hawaiian steamship line. The trans
continental lines are looking upon the
activities of > this road with consid
erable disgust and something will have
to be done to meet the competition.
The owners of the Mount Tamalpais
Personal Mention
:R.R. Scott of Winnipeg is at the St.
Francis. „:
7 John"' L. Pfaff "of . Corning la at the
iiajestic. .
E. F. Jeremiah of Portland is at 'the
Majestic. , !W&£mo&
.Fred Calkins is at the Majestic 'from
Sisklyou. \u25a0^aSHB
A. J. Hamilton of Sacramento is at
the Savoy. , v
T. V. . Lamport of Wichita is at the
St. Francis. '
rB/.C.: Brooks of Wheeling, W. Va.,
18 at the- Savoy.; ,*. V
;T NWilliam;b. Fenton : of Portland ls";at
th!e' St.; Francis. %V. \u25a0.",
Aj'BJred L., Bonffof Los Angeles is reg
istered , at the Majestia
irAl'S. Parks of Wichita; Kan., is regis
tered; at the St. Francis.
'•'\u0084 C.- W. Ayers, " a : Jamestown mining
man; Jis at * the Jefferson.
h\ Julius^. Fried 'Is registered at the"
Jefferson ;\u25a0; from Monrovia.
"4 Douglas .Waterman of San Franciaco
is^ staying; at ;the! Jefferson.
1- Ge*org*e*'.T/ " Chester ""Is registered at
the ', St. ; Francis • from Buffalo.
:J.: J. E. Pelton-Montrose and
daughter; are \u25a0 at the 'Dorchester.
rB. . P. 1 ; Thomas and Mrs. Thorna* of
JANUARY 12, 1907
to 'approve of a role ™* ic * f ° rb ?£°
practical universal experience. Neither
would they object to the introduction
of a language test for all app"can"
for admission to the public schools.
A certain standard of li c ? ci fI l n2iißie
the use of the English lang uag c
might very wisely be established the
attainment of which should b« ««•«.
tial to admission to any but special
SChOOIS. • --.I,* nMfft
Furthermore, no one could a _°, Dj |,,
to the segregation of any and ! aH
pupils who might show themselves
morally unworthy. _..,
There is a right way and a wrong
way in all such cases, and ft seems
to\ the writer's Japanese ftTX ° n %*
that the people of San Francisco have
more or less deliberately chosen the
wrong. %
The Japan Weekly Gazette sees in
the Roosevalt message "gracious toler
ation" and "justice," and delivers Itself
of the following opinion on the subject.
President Roosevelt's Pr°, n ?£?f "I
ment must seem not °nly courageous
but timely and truly P atrlo .tlc- This
was Mo Kalserian speech, setting other
nations by the ears or antagonizing
them against his policy. It JJ" »
message, founded,- in the *™**«f*
sense, upon that gracious, toleration
and justice with which the n«a« «
the United States abroad is ld« n tifl h
Nor can it bo said that he s P ok £«T *v«
out the book. Some seven weeks have
elapsed since the outbreak ,of »«
trouble, and he has had the advan
tage of the State machinery to ascer
tain all the facts. He even dis
patched a Cabinet Minister to the
scVne and has received his «£«"£;
ive report on the situation. He has
become convinced— and presumably his
Cabinet also — that there is an attempt
being made in California to take action
which may be in contravention of the
international treaty, amd that unless
steps are speedily taken the harmful
agitation may spread and seriously ar
fect the co-operate strength of Amer
ica as a whole. He no doubt knew
that his message on tha .subject would
create a storm among those harpor
ing open or latent racial prejudices,
but the President is not the man to
hesitate for popular clamor wnen ne
has made up "iiis mind that prompt
action is needed for his country. He
has, therefore, come out "flat *oot
edly" for non-discrimination and
recognition of Federal sovereignty,
and these are notes which will sure
ly find response among the most pa
triotic of his countrymen. There is
one point, however, which seems to
be misunderstood by some of tha Jap
anese papers, which regret that the
President should not be able to com
pel California to reverse her action
in this school affair at once. The point
is apparently explained in the section
of the message which declares the
President's intention of asking the
Congress to grant him powers to
compel a State to abide within the
stipulations of a treaty.
The Hochi publishes a cartoon en
titled "Pulling Down the Perry Monu
ment," in which suggested act it sees
an expression adequate to its feelings.
Railroad are waiting for clear weather
to. finish their line into the redwood
grove, where they will build a sum
mer hotel. The rails are within half
a '\u25a0- mile of the grove and with pleas
ant weather it should not take the
company long to complete the road:
This park is about 400 acres in extent
and the trees are as large as,tba?? l -»
in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
W. J. Shotwell. the general agent: of
the Gould lines In the city and also
one of the directors of the Western
Pacinc, left on Thursday evening for
Reno, where he will take the Boca-
Loyalton road, which has been pur
chased by the Goulds, to inspect the
work on the tunnels. Shotwell will
make a lengthy report on the progress
of the work.
• • •
F. Shoup of the passenger depart
ment of the Southern Pacific returned
from Xevada yesterday. He says that
there is a big mining "boom in the
Wonder .Mountains and that a rich
ledge eight miles long has been found
recently. He was in Churchill County
when two claims were sold for enor
mous sums. The town of Frfllon ex
pects ,to partake of the benefits from
the Inevitable rush and has begun to
build / a hotel. Two stage lines to the
mines, will soon be started.
• . . -
H. H. Derr, the traveling freight
and passenger agent of the Rock
Island- Frisco lines, is dangerously ill
at a hospital in Sacramento. He was
operated on last Saturday for appen
dicitis and. his condition was such yes
terday as to arouse the anxiety of . bia
friends.
• • * •
D. E. Burley, the general passenger
agent of the - Oregon Short Line, ar
rived in the city yesterday and went
to the St. Francis.
• • •
S. F. Booth of the Union Pacific Is
making a business trip through the
Sacramento Valley.
• . * *
' -W. F. Herrln, chief counsel of the
Southern Pacific, left for the East last
night. It is presumed that he will
be asked to appear before th© Inter
state Commerce Commission.
• • • '
George W. Colby of the Great Xorth
.ern is in the northern part of tha
State on business.
A. Ottlnger, the well-known ticket
broker, has left for the southern part
of the State to look over the field" and
invest some of the money that he hdi
made in the" steamship ticket business
In the purchase of land.
In the Joke World
.."What is Hon. Thomas Rott so ansrry
aboutr'
"Why. the Weekly Palladium •• and
Farmers' Vindicator published a bne
column cut of him and referred to it as
a 'life-size* portrait" _^
• • •.
"Only two months have passed since
their marriage, but yesterday they quar
reled ferociously.".
"Xes, they almost came to blows over
the question of how to obviate unplaa*. \u25a0
antnesa at him."— ll Riso.
• • •
Lady— Why in the world are you
bringing the milk at 4 o'clock in the
afternoon? Can't yon get hero earUer*
V Milkman— Earlier? Why. madam,
this is tomorrow morning's milk!—De
"Take orders fur plxtures here, 1 don't
yer; » inquired Xurlch.
"We do." replied the art dealer.
"Well. I want yet to send a man up -
to measure my- parlor walls for about
$5000 worth o* hand-painted plxtures
in gold frames."— Philadelphia Press.
Portland are registered at the St.
Franda .
P. V. Harris. of the Pactflc Hardware
and Steel Company ; is at the Jefferson
from New York.