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Mail subscribers In ordering change of address should be particular to rive both NEW AJ^D OLD ADDRESS in order to Insure a prompt V '.'\u25a0\u25a0_ and correct compliance' with their. request. \u25a0 . 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 EDITORIAL PAGE 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 - • .•-•'\u25a0 ' '- .. .'\u25a0 '\u25a0 ' \u25a0'•'•i':>v • • : ' - : ;\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. ';" * -\u25a0/-r 'i-\- \u25a0\u25a0,'\u25a0; j : ")^";|» :,>;>.>: \u25a0-•.-\u25a0•\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0";. ; : - ' \u25a0>; ;>; 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 . • •/. "- •_ .".-'.,. \u25a0 v_. - - :.:\u25a0.-;\u25a0; We suppose that the ' conspicuous success of -some men' in getting things done in the Legislature is largely due The Smart Set ~* ; • \u25a0. ... '"» - 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.. . . : *. ". *; \u25a0--. •• '. ; ' : . ' ;• .- •• :l'. 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-. . :- • . ->!,;• ' . :• . i *;. \u25a0.•-. " \u25a0 . .. _ : ' 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:. . »-.. ; '\u25a0\u25a0'. \u25a0:'\u25a0•. • " -.'• • ." ••'\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0. •••••\u25a0 \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..- '- • • ..-\u25a0•.-• - • •• /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. ' :\u25a0' ••\u25a0»\u25a0:\u25a0.•\u25a0• ' . 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 » " ". ••-\u25a0 \u25a0'•-. •.•. • \u25a0 - \u25a0}- - : - •".. - • ' . •\u25a0' ' •> -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 \u25a0--..•.." '•"\u25a0•\u25a0., 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. .•-, , . -.; \u25a0 \u0084-. :,- * \u25a0\u0084., •-• •;.; •\u25a0• 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 " " .-..-. \u25a0; - „.;'\u25a0 - • .. ..":• \u25a0 • ; . .\u25a0 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 ' /:i;,.^ i ..-; i v-.-. ;•.•'\u25a0\u25a0.\u25a0 ...-- v :\u25a0 : , - 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. .;.-\u25a0\u25a0 : * • • . 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. -••• • . • .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. \u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0'\u25a0 • \u25a0• • • • .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 \u2666 • •" : - • • • . • 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.