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an; extraordinary and unpleasant situation
OFFICIALLY, the President has not exposed the reasons behind
'his urgent request that San Francisco and California back
down in the matter of the segregation of Japanese and white
children in the public schools of this city. In the usual left
handed manner,; known as semi-official, it is made to appear, how
ever, that if the request be not heeded Japan will be angered to the
point of a resort to arms and may even attack the United States
without . further notice. : Thus- the situation, as California sees it,
is that Japan must be placated by the School Board of San Francisco
or the United States will be involved in war with a dangerous foe.
WeLmust be good or we shall be trounced. We must concede that
the State law under which the local School Board is operating is
"wrong and consent to wipe it out or let it remain a dead letter, else
we shall feel the sudden and heavy hand of Japan. It is an extra
ordinary request, an extraordinary and unpleasant situation. The
President's reasons for his urgency. need to be strong reasons.
President Roosevelt asks us to take a great deal on trust and,
apparently, he still misconceives the attitude of Califofnians on this
matter. He is impressed with the belief that it is only the "bassoon
player" and a few of his more noisy political following that ask
for Japanese exclusion. He is persuaded, like Dr. Jordan, that the
policy of California in relation to the Japanese is dictated "from the
shadows of San Quentin." .' \
The President is absolutely misinformed and mistaken in .this
view. California has no angry or malignant feeling in the matter.
As citizens of the commonwealth, we neither like nor . dislike the
Japanese, but. we arc irrevocably opposed to permitting them to
come here in such numbers as to make this an Asiatic colony. As
between Japanese and Chinese, as we know them on the Pacific Coast,
we make no distinction, and in an economic sense none can be made.
They are all equally- impossible of assimilation, either by our polit
ical or economic systems.. This is a white man's country and we
desire that it shall remain so. We believe that sentiment on this
point is unanimous in California and by no means limited to the
"bassoon player", and his following.. The means to accomplish this
end is exclusion,. .'\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 -- . \ ;x' 7
\u25a0:\u25a0 .AH. this is so well known on the Pacific Coast that if might
seem superfluous to give it print, but apparently it is not yet ap
preciated and realized at the East. They believe, or profess to
believe, that it is the opinion of a few windy agitators only.
I. -The President now asks us to repeal a State statute and sur
render to the Federal treaty-making power the right to regulate
ourebmnion schools, ;and it is intimated that if we refuse something
dfeadiul will happen. The . President undoubtedly has means of
•fuller.; knowledge on this : point than the general public, but in spite
of that we cannot share; his apprehension. Let us suppose, on the
other hand, that, the* President is right about the intentions of Japan.
Ltt us suppose that the Japanese are aching to go to war over the
question of segregating a hundred students — suppose they are so
eager to fight. over a small matter, shall we then avoid a conflict
by an ignominious and hasty backdown under. threat? If the Jap
anese are seeking, war not all the diplomacy or hasty retreats that
can be contrived. and executed will. avoid the struggle. \ California,
docs hot want to invite war, but if .we understand the situation the
State will not. execute a hasty and undignified retreat under threat.
AYe shall not avoid war by playing the coward, but on the contrary
we shall imite. Japan to. trample, on us the : more.
All this is said in. no fire-eating spirit of the jingo. We assume
that nobody 'on this; continent wants a war and we doubt very
niuch .if anybody of importance .in Japan is desirous of conflict, but
..if there is any such disposition there it will not be allayed but rather
fostered, by the specta.de of California backing down from a stand
tliat^is. unquestionably correct arid sacrificing her fundamental rights
as- a State. .- i "\u25a0':. : y '\u25a0 . . ' ; ?£~<Z??M, ' ' - :
. ;. A nation' that would .threaten war on such a pretext as this
arid in the face of a treaty such as now exists is in no sense reason
able. :,If. the situation :be as alarming as Washington would have us
believe— and we; trust that' it; is not— the only argument left would
seem to "be that : of the rifle. . ' ~- ''
RESENTS REGULATION OF RAILROADS
T T E; -^f HlLL' is still talking in. dolorous vein. He' is
I |-. : persuaded that the whole country is going to the "demriition
X^J -bow-wows/ because Congress- and the States insist ; on
; .- . meddling with the. railroads a : nd' their business. Uncle Jim
, ?ees nothing but ruin as the outcome of the, legislation designed to
regulate railroad acifninistration, practical and { , financial. Speaking
'for-, the "widows, and orphans" tfic other day at Minneapolis,' , he
..complained like this: '
' I The railroads today are blamed for everything, practically, that -is'
>vrong. The Great Northern road .is blamed., I am> blamed because itVis" 1
'intimated that I own the. Great Northern Railroad. The-truth of the' matter!
'is that I own less than 7 per cent of the stock of the Great Northern road;
There are 3200 shareholders in the company, 1100 of whom are women!
You never knew that before, but that is the situation, "and when; we ask
."our shareholders^ to subscribe $60,000,000 more' stock to our already large
capital in order that we may build more trackage to carry 7th'e business of
\tb-e West to; the East, we are made defendant in a suit brought by the: State
:of Minnesota.- ' \u25a0, "< ' \u25a0"%$
\u25a0' ' That. sounds very plausible, but it is not the whole truth. Mr.
£ J 111 forgfot to state that the suit he mentions Was brought -by -the
• Sf ate of Minnesota in the interest of the very, widow's and orphans
for whom Uncle Jim appeals so feelingly. Nor ;is it true that" the
;' State desires to stop the issue of 1 new stock if a proper showing can
be made. It is simply jthat Hill has not complied \u25a0 with, the law arid
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secured the consent of the State Railroad Commission, which, of
course, will be given if a proper showing is made that the new
stock is needed for construction, and 'not merely for the stock-job
bing operations in which Hill and Harriman and other railroad mag
nates have b^een engaged for the past half-dozen years. Mr. Hill is
probably right when he says that the great need is more trackage
rather than more cars, but that does riot excuse him from! obedience
to -law' \'} . \u25a0 ' - . ".. ; . s , * '.';;\u25a0 \u25a0 .
THE enumeration of avenues for freight out of California which
Mr. Harriman has ./succeeded in bringing into combination
does not include one very important outlet that has quite
recently come into, the field. That is the Tehuantepec Rail-,
road, which President Diaz opened on the 23d of last, month.
This route has often been advocated as the best for a canal between
the oceans. In fact, Eads, the famous engineer of the Mississippi
River, tried to persuade the United States and Mexico to build a
ship canal across the. isthmus, and the undertaking may yet be car
ried out. The geographical features of the new route are shown by
the following figures: " j . \'
The Tchuantepec route saves 2000 miles on the journey-, from New
Orleans to San Francisco; 10,026 miles from New. York to San Francisco (via
Cape Horn), and 1267 miles via j Panama; nearly 85.00 miles - between Liver
pool and San Francisco, via ; Cape of Good Hope, 1336 miles via Panama;
New York to Yokohama, 10,000 miles, via Cape Horn; 5000 miles via- Suez,
1100 miles via Panama; New York to Manila, 1618 miles via Suez, and 1039
miles via Panama. • .'
The 1 commercial* features of the enterprise depend chiefly on
the fact that the railroad is a Government enterprise that cannot be
controlled, in the way that the Panama route was, captured by the
Southern Pacific; If never a pound of freight was shipped; from
California across the isthmus , of Tchuantepec, yet , the potential
effect of the open route on overland rjktes must be extensive and* far
reaching. So long as the new route is kept v out of the hands of mo
nopoly the Harriman combination is not absolute master.
Butter Trade- Shows
Gains in Australia
f~*l ONSTJL GENERAL J. P. BRAY of
I ' Melbourne reports , that the' pren-
I • ent butter season in the state of
Victoria- promises to be' a record
one In regard to exports, i
For the first four months 'of the sea
son (from July 1) the increase .in.; the
exports was 1.455,802 -pounds; United
Kingdom took 7.134,769; pounds, against
6,250,60.8 pounds same';- period In 1905.
Cape Colony and 'Natal took' 920,834,
against 418,867 pounds; while other des
tinations took 398,517,., against 338.843
pounds."": . -*L ''--'-\u25a0 '.' ; ""-,'
In the; joke^orld
She— Here we've been married Just
one month/" and now yoirno longer love
me; . -.;. - .k'"-i- \u25a0 '\u25a0' • ' '•\u25a0 \u25a0''\u25a0\u25a0 '.'\u25a0 - \u25a0;''•;'.'
• He — But, my dear—
; "Don't try"to:explain. :I'm not. blind.
You made 7,'t£\ mistake— you ought to
have married some silly, stupid, wohi r
an." . ___ '. ' \u25a0: *... \u25a0'.. •.'\u25a0<\u25a0',\u25a0'' -..-\u25a0\u25a0 .' \u25a0'!-* \u25a0•-••"'. '"''o..'
V'But, I've "done my best."-^-
Tit-Bits. \u25a0 \u25a0 : <3:^^S3BS^SS^m^^^
\u25a0\u25a0- '•--;-.'V\vy. ••• \u25a0•\u0084,• : .;.•;.;.• ;.. : - "
"We eloped in. an auto : and her father
came after,; us In another.'.'-; /:. r"V.u".'?v
"He had to make a- bluff, eh? I .' . '. . ; .'. ,
' '"That's It/^Had • he' reallyl wanted Ho ;
catch us he- would < have? pursued -us on
foot."— Pittsburgh Poat> , '
- Visitor .. (to; ; artist's .young wife)f— j
Whatever were you two laughing over
Just : now? ' •"", -._\u25a0/\u25a0' i> \ '- X, \u25a0•-;\u25a0'\u25a0"\u25a0'\u25a0''\u25a0'.'\u25a0 ', j, ,;.;\u25a0
i :tWlfe—M3h; It was such'fun!^ My. hus
band painted and I cooked,: andHhen ; we
both', guessed \ what uthe ; things J. were
meant for. — FHegendeißlaetter. V ; .
. ; *; \u25a0 \u25a0-'.. •- • ; - . • \ " \u25a0;• .\u25a0;. \u25a0 ; • \u25a0 •_-.. .':' ;,
;. ; "liam.afrald^m'adarh.'tsßald a'gentle
man who, was looking-for,country;lodg
ings, :V"ttaat\the r housed Is ' toof near v the
station . to"; be 'j pleasant." ' ; ,~;- . ; . .-'. >, ;.
" !; : ;', "It iis:2 a pllttleg hoisy,";v assented ; the
landlady,\,'.'but*froin^'the^ front veranda
one has , such ' a'- fine lvlewj of > people \u25a0 who
miss : the: traih«.VT-Ttt-BltB.*: ; " ; \u25a0!";'\u25a0' ,
The United^ i^^/roac/s is T/npjroW/i^"
NOT ABSOLUTE MASTER^. i'M
Opposes Abolition of
Biological Survey
EDITOR of The Call— Sir: A tele
gram- from states
• that. a bill is before Congress to
j abolish the Bureau of ; Biological
Survey. This bureau was origrinated'ln
1886, \u25a0at first for determining the exact
relations of birds and mammals to
agriculture. Very , soon, \u25a0_ however, 1 Its
scope -had to-be -enlarged, ; as ' it; was
recognized that the distribution, areas"
of plants^and animals were
closely : related with ; those . of -cultivated
crops. -Later, the ; bufeau undertook;the
most; important ; work V of.' supervising:
the introduction "-and Vi protection -of
game, 'the. recognition' and' prevention
of.t importation* of ,i Injurious": species, or
"pests.'.' " ;;;;;, ;:r :'/?\u25a0'' ' .\.'-;\ :\u25a0, ";^=- :'•:>'.
\u0084: In view: of the absolutely/ essential
character of the work of the survey, its
abolitlon.^would "/positively; per
nicious.;;' The .Interests? of the; farmer;
fruit grower^and vstbek ? raiser^would,
suffer ; to an) alarming extentt.*; lnYmany
parts s of v the jUnlted; States," notably in
California,! the economic; ll v balanceVbe
tween7'producti6n.< and ;*in
favor of the V former ,ls| maintained 'by
constant .'supervision \u25a0 * / and scientific
practices. i^Let these ibe^removed.'leav-;
lngi/ no check, \ri'ol|supervision'i;onVi the'
growth or ;, in troductionM of f- obnoxious
''pests," :a;: a ; natural | sequarice | to .. the j ab
"sence of 'j. a -biological survey,^ and * re
sults absolutely disastrous would en
sue.' 'i 7\ '.': 77 ,'\u25a0'.:..-. v V* \u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0: •'-"..-":: '-i-.-.v:-; ;. .':;\u25a0 \u25a0
>* ; There -. seems " to v be ;; absolutely :no
justification : for"; the' proposed; bill.-/* Its
pppositionMß:'a*matter4of 3 moment £to
every one. who has the'.welfare; of J Calii
fornia; at, heart,; and \u25a0it^sirequestedjthat
all district; representatives be»fully.^lm- ?
pressed with the. necessity'' of
ate i and^^ Joint opposition to Hhe^ bill < in
any. form .whatever;-" '-., 7,';/ * -.;-.' ';'.\u25a0% ' \u25a0
' -The .Cooper j Ornithological j Club' {and
the Audubohj Society ;?have ..wired! Sena-'
tor^j Perkins /; and V others % to
strongly S abolitionl<of £ the^Bureauvf of
Biological y?Survey.">iAll? influence: to
this" endiiis earnestly^ desired:!^
> rW^D' EVELYN, iv? "
President 5 Cooper^Orhitholog-ical \ ClubV?
, ,/ '
Gossip of the Doings
of Railroad Men
George W. Fletcher, district freight
agent of the Southern Pacific, who has
been in the hospital f or . Ihe past three
weeks, has sufficiently recoveredrto,at
tend his office for an hour or so 'a day. -
v He •is a wool' shipper, ' and his flocks
roam the- northern hills. ; Thelfleece he
culled this; year was -the finest In' the
land, and he was In a hurry to get the
wool East. He was waited on by all
the persuasive and eloquent freight
catchers in the city. / To all their en
treatie"s he turned. a deaf ear.
"No, no," he. replied gently to the
gentlemen of the various lines. VI like
you all personally; I am charmed j with
your eloquence, your extraordinary ve
racity, the .beauties of your respective
lines, but candor ; compels me to state
that you never live up {o your prom
ises. *, 1 1 have f rlends ' among .the mer
chants, and they tell< me they could
make better time across the continent
with an ox team. Oh, no, Mr. . Ritchie;
I am not referring to your,! line.' This
is ! merely a generality.' I am Indulging
in the I same sort of I metaphors you
railroad men use when you talk of fast
freight time." ' - '
"Well," asked -Wilson of the Union
Pacific, , "you can't ship your-.woo-l
around the v Horn?"t, "
,"I fhave a better plan than that," was
the answer. /'I am ; going to ship my
wool: up. to Portland and: then East by
the Northern Pacific".
; ; "That is a : daring experiment,"
laughed' -.Wilson to, himself;; but aloud
he said, , "I hope the, Northern Pacific
will do well by you." -, -.-""'.. ' " .
JNow ..Wilson and \ the . rest of' the
freight .men In the 'city are chuckling.
The .wool shipper Is begging the Harrl
man : people;^ to get , his | wool j out^ of
Portland and. send It East.' The North
ern > Pacific is badly congested and
says, virtually, I " that it., does not care a
rap 'for the" thirteen cars' of wool .that
are offered. .~^ ' \ ; . \u25a0 ; ' '
were flying fast and thick
early yesterday morning between" this
city and. Portland, and**he wool grower
washeard to exclaim that he believed
thirteen an. unlucky number.
H.C.BushStrafflc manager of the
Colorado i Midland, is ,in -the city and
will/sail on the Mariposa for i, Tahiti on
Monday.,': Bush :'.' is /well | ' known here,
for, he was \ with the Santa Fe for many
years when lit had' ita "offices, in the
Phelan.'buildlng. V "Everything; is pros
perous ', in. Colorado," he: remarked 5 yes-,
terday; "there is albig boom in mining
and ; in'; agriculture -and Is
apparently,/ making money... We have
been -opening up; a of 'cement
mills and 'l : ' understand' wet have quite
a large "colony.; of; San Francisco \u25a0 peo
ple 1 - in Denver and elsewhere.'- 1 am go
ing* to -Tahiti -for} the_" benefit to be dep
rived * f rbxnVa': sea \ voyage. My ?. daugh
ter • Is , with", me and iso'is W. XW/ Nichols
and V his 1 sister. ,; : Nichols \u25a0is the \ vice
president of the ; Allis-Chalmers Com
.pany.", v '-:\u25a0.^-\u25a0. sl.s 1 . .\u25a0\u25a0 ;\u25a0\u25a0;\u25a0. \u25a0\u25a0• ; " : "- •\u25a0 -
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: ;\u25a0 The V railroad } men who been
nearly/: freezing \u25a0 to ? death,' in J' the * ferry
nave'; arecconfident ; that by t ;hext hweek
they; will ,be;h"ousediln'-their new quar
ters- inHhe-Flood^buildlng:^ TheJUriion
Pacific v passerigeriidepartment •• wIU - be
the t first- to r move,f and'it: will beat* the
corner Powell;- and v t Ellis i streets * on
iTuesday.^With the exception < of .the
Colorado Mldlarid^andUhe; Great*North
"ern.'lalllthe' important 'foreign lines Twill
be i.nithe Flood : bulldirig.s,The"twp roads
named will: be in : the Monadnock' build-;
; ; Malone^; Joyce,-, district;" freight \u25a0,; and
j passengers agent \6t£ the.; Colorado!- Mid- |
land y in V- Losj? Angeles^ ? 'is in . :' this Cci ty. |
Joyce, has t come I tbltown; with ?a 'fresh j
stock;ofrstoriesifori.the/delectatlon r of
Trafllcl Manager H.'{C; Bush.? • He ' came
here|to| see) Bush? off .on his .voyage Ho
the islands;of lthe;South'Seas;T. ';" *
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;>; Edward i Chambers; of t the- Santa Fe,
who \went -V to | t to jj attend -; the
meetlrigi of ithelTranscontlnental 1 ; Asso
ciation^ is "way; to '.this 'city/ -"v
'iW'o^^y^^*^:k**i>A'7:. \u25a0";".-.•-
:._, i C. f J.", Jones.i asslstantigeneral .freight
agent [of J thej Southern* Pacific,^ has\been
able'itofreturn ; to}h Is office : af ter an ill
nessjof; several v w _eek^C- \u0084*->y: \u25a0' , ;; :l
Comment on Current Events
by Press of the Nation
ANEW YORK woman has earned
applause by giving a "23"
party* Another haa been crowned
with laurels because her won
derful mind conceived the idea of glv-.
Ing peaches to the jjirls and handing
lemons to the men as cotillon favors.
But In St. Louis— where a solid gold
bracelet disappears at .one" function;
where a diamond sunburst vanishes
mysteriously from the corsage of its
owner at the next; where the thefts
of j mink pelerines and sable boas and
ermine muffs are so frequent as to
excite but passing comment — here is
the opportunity for a sensible novelty.
Let the hostess who would with one
bound reach the pinnacle, of social
preferment engrave upon the cards of
Invitation to her next entertainment — "
"Ample police protection for guests;
detectives to guard all Jewels."— St.
Louis Republic. . •
Japan, in favoring submitting dis4
armament at The Hague, may be try
ing to quiet California. — St, Louis Post-
Dispatch. •• ; . /-
That. Government "Department" of
Child and Home." appealed for by the
Congress of Mothers, would never' be
regarded as of much use so long a«" it
failed to . secure .a more equable dis
tribution of children in . American
homes. — Washington Post. -. • \u25a0 •
When Port Royal slid Into the sea
two. centuries ago Jamaicans held that
its destruction was due to .its wicked
ness. Kingston is said to have been, a
favorite . I resort for . pittsburgers.— -
Louisv.f.lle Courier- Journal. • .- . . "
\u25a0It. was highly indiscreet In- Miss
EHen .Terry-' when setting out on her
American tour to ; announce: '"We
shall not leave the civilized parts of
j the States."".. • *. * Has Miss Terry
a so-ui so far" above' the American dol
lar-that she is. coming all this distance
to" slight- the -region where gold grows
at the grass-roots? What is she cross
ing the. Atlantic for? Merely to draw
a : new map of civilization? — New York
WbrlifT". • • :-'•\u25a0; •
The" "New York- woman who is
charged" with- horse • stealing must be.
a lady "of the old schoc-L.- Any. one
abreast; of' the .'times would/have
scbrn'na ; Dobbfn and- taken a touring
car.— Louisville Courler-JournaL .
it ill becomes the Los Angeles Herald
to gloat (ghoulishly) over the fact that
Florida : has • had a taste of frost' and
snow this 'winter: California has' had
her .share of . Borean blasts and the
company of Jack- Frost. Snow has fall
en in Los Angeles, Colton and Riverside
arid ".in ; the latter place .the' mercury
dropped to 2S— four degrees below the
freezing po.int". Under the circumstances
Callfornlans should have' little to say
about the Florida climate. Our own has
behaved- so badly this .season' that it
"deserves" -to be spanked arid sent -to
bed A-Oakland Tribune. •; '. \u25a0 .
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We suppose that the ' conspicuous
success of -some men' in getting things
done in the Legislature is largely due
The Smart Set
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'"» - r "jp R- and ; Mrs.; Henry '.Clarence
IV/1 eeden entertained at a most"- ;
Iy I enjoyable dinner last night at.
.their home in Broadway, all.
going later tq't'he- Gree'nway ball. The j •
table -was" dedorated ;with /rink roses '
and lilies' of the vajley. Thpr- present "
were • Mr.- and Mrs.., Frank Aaderson^-.
Mj; : and .Mrs. T William Sherwood,; Mr. '
and Mrs. =Henry '.Foster •"button. ;Mlss
Genevieve King;' Miss Helen de Young,
Mr. Woodruff and-KnoxMaddox.. . . :
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Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Eastland- enter-.
tamed at a very pleasant informal din-.,
ncr on Wednesday" evening ; at' ;thelr
home • In ' Jackson '• street In • honor of
Mrs. Walter Magee. Those present' be
sides, the guest of honor were Mr: and
Mrs. Frederick Magee;-, Mr. and Mrs:
Willard Drown and Edward -Tobin.;. '.
" Mr. and Mrs. Harry M. Hblbrook,en
tertained at a very delightful dinner .
last night, after , which -they and their
guests went -to the : Greenway ball. :
Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Thom
as Eastland, Mr. and Mrs.' Wakefield-
Baker. Mr. and Mrs, John" D. SpreckeTs
Jr.. Miss AliceHager.Miss Jennie Blairs-
Edgar Mlzner, and Edward Tobin.. "\u25a0-.
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' Dr. Humphrey- Stewart. -Miss" Frances
Stewart and Mr: and. Mrs, Edgar. Piex
otto will give a. 'dinner on- Thursday
evening next at the Stewart home In -
California street.', which- promises to b»-'
one of the -unique and -Interesting af
fairs of th*»; winter.. The guests, who ,
will number fourteen," are bidden to.
coire in ccstumes of the French bohe- -•
m'.ans of the present day, and some •
clever an<l amusing -results are ex-.
pecteJ. L.vV " \u25a0,'.''-• -1,--''- ..'.'\u25a0:.
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\u25a0 Mr/and Mr?. H. M. A^ Miller- were to. •
I have entertained at a dinner last night,
but the affair ; was postponed on ac-' "
count. of illness in the family..- '- • •
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/Mr. and Mrs. William S.; Porter" will
entertain at', a dinner." on -Wednesday,
eveninier' at their home In California
street. Mr. "Porter, who haa been East
on a business trip,, is [expected to re
turn to San Francisco today.
.•Miss Jennie Crocker and the party of'
friends whom sly took to Mexico In
her -private car— Mr. and. Mr». Walter"
Martin; Miss 'Jolliffe, ""Harry
Simpkiris and Thornwell Mullally — ar«
expected to return early next week,
probably Monday- or Tuesday. They
will • stop ;for, a ,d*jy -or two at Santa
Barbara on their .vray up the coast.*
- Mrs., Henry ;T. Scott Is planning to .
leave In the spring for a European trip.
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' . Mr. and' Mrs. P. J. Van Loben Sels
)and Miss Van Lobeh Sels have sent out
invitations for an informal dance on'
Tuesday evening," February 12. at ;thefr
handsome home In \u25a0 : Sycamore street,
Oakland. 1 » " ".
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•> -Mrs.' Thomas Crellln, Mrs. Robert M. .
\u25a0Fitzgerald and MraJWhipple Hall' hav«
sent out-cards for a large reception on
Friday ' afternoon, ' February . 8,"; from 3 :
to : 6" o'clock, at' the Crellln home in-
Alice street, .Oakland. 1 V
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Mr. and Mrs. -John F.i Merrill went
down to: Santa Barbara a few days ago
and will probably .s pend the rest of the
winter at the Potter. Hotel.
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i-.'t Mrs. Edward ! B. . Pond ' wi 11 •be hostess
at' a- bridge party ; on Thursday, next; at
which : she ; will ' entertain tables .
of •guests. ;' , .-' T " "
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h-iMiss Ethei Dean ;lef t last -week * for .»
Santa Barbara,-; where*- she ] Joined* Mrs. ,
. Wenbah' and Mrs.l Shaw, who are spend- *
(ln'gr ; they winter.:. at,' the VPqttef.^, Mrs.
"Walter] Magee^went "down' on i
evening. 'There ls ? great;' regret" here '
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FEBRUARY 2, 1907
to their ability to make skillful and
effective combinations with others.
We see no harm in that, provided they
do not tie themselves up with meas
ures which ought not to pass. It is a
pity— indeed, it Is a sort of shame— that
every bill cannot be considered strictly
on Its merits. Irrespective of its au
thorship and of the locality particu
larly affected, and pass or fail simply
and only, because it ought to pass or
to fall. That is the way It is in the
books, in the platform, on the stnmp
and in the minds of the unsophisti
cated, but that is not the way it really
Is; Republican principles and insti
tutions, as seen in the books and in
theory, are not " quite the same «a
wKen seen In practical action in Wash
ington and Sacramento. We find that
a good many of our Ideals are sadly
.shattered as we go on through life.-—
San Jose Mercury.
\u25a0\u25a0s * •
J Mr. Harriman. in a private letter to
the News, states that he is a good deal
better, but not yet strong enough to
write, that pass- — San Diego News.
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. Japan has <rult' buying British loco
motives and is now making k«L_p UT T
chases from Germany and the United
States.: Some of the. Joints in the-
Anglo-Japanese alliance are likely to,
be .Severely strained now. — Chioa*»
Record-Herald.
Chicajro is afteT some more of Mr..
Rockefeller's money. One of its Jadsa*
has- overruled the demurrers to the re
bate cases against th« Standard Oil
Company. — Cleveland Leader.
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.The time has long passed when Wall
street exerted any influence on the real
prosperity of the country. Now. with
the: public out of the market and tho
street occupied exclusively by finan
ciers engaged in the business of eating
one- "another up. .it has absolutely no
\u25a0power over that prosperity, except -in
its -ability to absorb more than Its
share of money. That ability can not
last- much longer^-Chioago Journal.
This man Hitchcock, who is Secretary
of the Interior, has. strap ge notions
about the duties of the public prose
cutor. He has asked the President
to remove Harry J.'Bone. United States
Attorney for the .District of Kansas,
on the ridiculous ground that. Bono
was derelict in the prosecution of land
grafters. \Vhat Bone probably did was
to resist "public clamor" and show his
contempt for "muck-rakers": yet Mr./
Hitchcock wants him dismissed. A-;
queer Government we should have. In-""
deed, if alx prosecutors were compelled
to do their duty or get out of office. —
New" York "World. *
. If the American people were half as
insistent on preventing railroads from
killing their passengers as .they are
lnsjstent on preventing them from rob-,
bing their shippers, casualties would be
reduced 90-percent "'• • • • What la
required- is a campaign to "regulate"
passenger traffic so that it may become
little 'more hazardous to ride on a rail
road train In the country in time of
peace than It would be to carry a mus
ket -in battle in time of war. — Wash
ington Post. • .
that th.ese charming -'sisters mad* their
stay! here- so brief, but they will return
a little later, and stay some time.
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.The many friends of Miss Frances
Jolllffe will be surprised and delighted
to: hear that she has abandoned her
.plan, of going abroad and will return
to San " Francisco In the near future,
Iny fact,, she Is now. en, route to this •
city : from New York, .where shehaa.
been for/several weeks, 'r " • ' •• .. •
: John A- Hooper, Miss Jeanette HooprJ
er. Miss Evelyn Norwood and M!%.%j
Edna Hamilton left early tirls week for '
\u25a0Santa Barbara, where Mr. Hooper has
'extensive business Interests. They ar« \u25a0'
guests at.the Hotel Potter. '
• J.- Parker Whitney Is In town at pfe»- -
ent and the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Vin
cent Whitneyat their home In Union
•street. '.. . .
\u25a0'.Mr. and Mrs. E. B. McClannaian r«- •
turned from the East several we»ks ajt>
and will leave for their home It Hono
lulu on the Korea on February 5
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The friends, of Lieutenant John Btirb*
Murphy, U. a A., will be glad «> hear
that he is recovering from his recent
severe Illness, and while »»111 In thet
hospital at Washington. D. C. will soon .
be able to. return to his post at Fort
Monroe*- - * *
,-.- Rear. Admiral, .a W. Farenholt; JJ.L'.'
N.. reilred, has, gone to Los Ang*sm>
for a short visit.' : • "•
Personal Mention
.' p. C. : Oleeson Is • regtstered at mm' -
Majestic. :..••_. -•.-,•:. . . . \u25a0
•tF. Munro 1* at the Jeff erion. C>a»
Montreal. \u25a0• \u25a0•.".•'."; •" '. . T ;
. Herbert V. Perry .is at the MaJ«tlo
from Seattle.. •'.:.
. Judge Frank H. Bhort of Frees la
at the Majestic.
W. S. Sparrow of Chicago Is at ha -
Majestic Annex.
. F. W. Paris and Mrs. Paris of Seitfa
are at the St. Francis. * :
Grey Sklpwlth. paymaster. . C 3j*
is at the Palace HoteL . * *
• Charles H. Colpe of Seattle Is r«s
tered at the Majestic.
\u25a0\u25a0 Dr. VT. *T. Leggett of Goldfieldis
registered at, the St. Francis. ' 1
George E. Knowles and Mrs. Kno^ies
of New York are at the Jefferson. F
John P. Weber. and Mrs. W«berbf '
Elizabeth. N. J., are at the JefTersonl
W. C. Ish and Mrs. Ish and paW
are at the St. Francis from Goldfie&f -
John Deturlu and Mrs. Deturlu of PH.
adelphia are registered at the Je tr*r=i<i. '
Charles ,C. r "Woodcock and Mrs. Wbcl
cock of Portland, Ore.,; are at the D<l
Chester. ... » "I
J. G. "Crumley, a mining man of Tonl
pah. and Mrs. Crumley are at the s\
Francis. ":\u25a0 1
F. S. Webster and .Mrs. Webster 01
Boston," Mass.. are registered at thf 1
Dorchester. '
H. T. Andersbn. a capitalist of 9anta.\
Cruz, accompanied by- R. WV'Helns, Is at'
the St. Francis.^ '; ;
Url B. .Curtis of vTonopah. with An-]
terests at „ Blair. Nev^" is registered ati
the; St." Francis. , j
Reese Llewellyn, an iron manuf a^l
turer.of: Los Angeles, accompanied by
Parvln Wright and ?red Lyons. Is aft
,the St. Francis.
G. S.. Holmes, "mining 'man and capl
talist of Salt Lake. Is at the Majestic:
He is accompanied -by, mining men and
<in vestor s, ; who * have , been - vis it in s * N«
s.vaaV mlalns properties.