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Including Postage (Cash With Order): lUILT CALL (Including Sunday), 1 year l*°<> DAILY CALL (including Sunday). 6 months »«•»» DAILY CALL— By single month '•« SUNDAY CALL, 1 year z " WEEKLY CALL. 1 year ''""L \ , Da ny $8.00 Per Year Extra FOREIGN \ Sun( j a 'y ".".'." 4.15 Per Year Extra POSTAGE. ) weekly*. 10 ° Per Tear Extra Entered at the United States Postofflce as Second Class Matter. ALL POSTMASTERS ARE AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE SUBSCRIPTIONS. Sample Copies Will Be Forwarded When Requested. • Me!l subscribers Jn ordering change of address should be particular to Five both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS In order to insure a prompt and correct compliance with their request. THE TRIUMPH OF CLANCY A VERY curious controversy has been concluded in New York with a hammer and nails, the protagonists being Theodore Roosevelt, the Young Men's Christian Association, a Grand Army post and Mr. John J." Clancy. It seems that Mr. Clancy, on "behalf of his Grand Army post, offered the New York Subtreasury a reproduction of his now justly celebrated bronze tablet depicting "Washington at Prayer at Valley Forge," of which the original was affixed to the walls of the Young Men's Christian Association building. The Father of his Country is shown on his knees in the woods in the act of supplication, and certain niggling critics have objected that it was not Washington's habit to go out of doors in the dead of winter to pray. But these wretched! objectors were promptly refuted and confounded by a quotation from Watson's "Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania," in these words: The late Isaac Potts, well known for his good sense, hospitality and urbanity, who resided at the Valley Forge, near Schuylkill River, a preacher to Friends, and with whom my informant spent a few days in March, 1788, informed him that at the time our army was encamped there he one day took a walk up Valley Creek and not far from his dam he heard a solemn voice, and walking quietly toward it, he observed General Washington's; horse tied to a small sapling, and in a thicket he saw the general on his knees praying most fervently. He halted, as he did not wish to disturb him at his devotions, and as the general spoke in a low voice he could only now and then understand a word, but not enough to connect what he said, but he saw the tears flowing copiously down his cheeks. It is evidence of the, malignity of the critical tribe that when shown the proof they merely shifted their trumpery clamor to another ground. These censorious carpers next complained that the tablet was not true to history, because that was^not what Potts saw in the woods. In a word, the sculptor should have shown Washington with his mouth open and with bronze tears copiously rolling down his cheeks. Again, they were grieved because the general was wearing dogskin gloves, with three seams on the back, a fashion that came in only the year before last. In their view, the sculptor was true neither to fact nor fable. These envious tongues being at length silenced by superior) clamor, -Theodore Roosevelt was heard from, and he objected to the name of Clancy. Now, Clancy is a good name, God bless it ; but the man who is the doctor did not want anybody's name on a bronze nailed to a public wall. So the sculptor rubbed out Clancy, only to be met by the objection that a replica could not be accepted for a public build ing. Now, Clancy, being a patriotic and persevering American, although facing fearful odds, was bound to have his way and forth with had the original tablet torn from its socket in the Young Men's Christian Association house. It is now nailed to the Sub treasury wall, t to the manifest discomfiture of the carping critics and' the triumph of Clancy. WHY RUEF RAN AWAY THE late temporary seclusion of that shifty boss, Abe Ruef, is instructive chiefly in the way of unconscious recognition by himself that he is a rascal and sees ahead of him the public demonstration of that fact in a court of law. 'Ruef hates to face his accusers, because none knows better than himself the quantity and quality of the proof that is available to send him to the penitentiary. # The boss who runs away is lost. Boss Buckley never recovered his control after his hasty flight from the neighborhood of the Wal lace Grand Jury. Now that Ruef has been dragged out of his ]iole, he must face the practical admission that he was afraid to go to • trial. " It is not very clear what he expected to gain by hiding beyond a postponement of a few days, and after the change of venue \ bill appears in a way to be beaten at Sacramento he might just as 1 well have emerged into the light of day and faced the music. ; Ruef's henchman, Senator Keanc, failed to persuade his col ! leagues that the change of venue bill was anything more than a dishonest attempt to get Ruef a chance to be tried before some complaisant Judge of the Hebbard type. The present Legislature contains some pretty tough members, but the majority do not relish being led up to the slaughter in the interest of a defunct boss. Ruef has extinguished himself, and the politicians at Sacramento fully recognize that fact. They have little use. for a sinking ship. NEWS FOR AN EASTERN CRITIC fTjHE very curious and indeed inexplicable frame of mind that I obtains in certain quarters of the gorgeous East in relation : JL to the California attitude concerning the Japanese finds . sor rowful expression in the New York Times thus: :, .. Th ? wonder is, and has all along been, that the men of light and leading in San Francisco, the men of large affairs, on the one hand, who foresee or should foresee that the greatest destiny' their city can fulfill is to be the port of America for the trade with Asia; the men of thought, on the other, whose instincts should and must have been revolted by the outrageous persecution of helpless strangers in a strange land, should not have raised their voices against the outrage. Already the country at: large has paid, but the merchants of San Francisco have particularly paid, for the twenty years' persecution of the Chinese by the uprising. of the mild Cathayan with a boycott on American goods, which has already done much harm and threatens to do more. And with this proof that even the P trodden Chinaman will turn, the men of light and leading in San Francisco cc in the persecution of a very different kind of ' Oriental, an Oriental ,' no means requires much treading in order to turn' * , v;' 1 r e should like some specifications on the subject of this alleged geous' persecution of helpless strangers in a, strange land." is no evidence of it in San Francisco, , and this city is always the prime offender in the eyes of the Eastern Jeremiah. ' As far as anybody knows in this city the Japanese are peacefully pursuing 'their several occupations, and nobody" is- throwing bricks, where EDITORIAL PAGE bricks are so plenty. Secretary Metcalf attempted to make some showing of that kind to bolster up the' President's original message on this matter, but he failed lamentably and was promptly, albeit indirectly, repudiated by his master, who has in one revolving moon executed a complete change of base on this question. Possibly it may enlighten our dolorous contemporary in New York as to the sense of men "of light and leading" here when it is explained that all classes on this coast are opposed to the intro duction of another race problem of magnitude, and, further, that they have a radical objection to any immigration that tends to degrade the American standard of living. The only exceptions to this rule are a few dollar pinchers, chiefly in the Los Angeles neigh borhood, who want cheap labor. IT was a billion dollar Congress. In fact, if the appropriations of the first session be counted it was very nearly a two billion dollar Congress. Here are the appropriations for the last twenty years: 1887. .$387,330,971 1897 . $469,494,010 1888 359.011,523 1898.:.. .t..\. ; 485,002,044 ISB9 .. 408,624,057 1899. i. 893,231,615 1890 385,522,357 1900. .:. .. .".V. ........... 674.981.022 1891 509,368,345- 1901 710,150,862 1892 514.424,019 1902. 730,338,575 1893 463,684,385 1903.. .. ....:' 800,624,496 1894 479,932,667 '1904...'. ................./ 753,058,506 1895 ... "459,925,178 1905. .. . . . /. '.. 781,574,629 1896 457,08^,344 1906? IV 820,184,624 Is this extravagance? . There ;is v money in^tlie-- treasury to meet the bills, but that is not a sufficient fexcuse fonspendihg^money with both hands. The question is, What will we have to show for the money? Senator Hemenway. last week protested against the waste of money, and declared that : the people would rise up and sweep from public life every man connected with these ; ex pensive sessions of Congress. -V /, ' We can see as yet no signs of popular impatience with these portentous appropriations. \VVarc preparing to spend $100,000,000 on the rivers and harbors and' the people seem very well satisfied that they will get fair value for the money. The largest items in the list are for pensions and the navy. Some objection has been raised to the vast appropriations for\ enlarging the navy, but they do' not seem to meet with any important popular response. Un fortunately we are, or think we are, compelled to keep step /'with other powers in this regard. ,So long, as the United States has outlying dependencies a great navy is- a national necessity. The same cause has about doubled the cost of the army, anchthe Panama canal comes clanking in^with a demand for anywhere. from $30,000, 000 to $50,000,000 a year. It is the price of making a, world power. If Uncle Sam desires that distinction' he has. the money. Take your choice. • " In the Joke World Growells — He's the most disagree able fellow I ever played poker with In all my life. \u25a0 . Ho wells — You don't say so! Hard loser, I suppose. Growells — Not much: he s an easy winner. — Philadelphia Press. , . • • • "Hubby, little Jessie wants some watermelon." - **' .; "But watermelon is not , in season. - "Quite so. She probably wouldn't want it if it were." — Louisville Courier- Journal. , * < • • . »• "Your speech elicited great ap plause," said the friend. "Yes," answered Senator Sorghum, "it's remarkable to see how easy.lt is to elicit three chers from a man* who wouldn't give 13 to the - campaign fund." — Washington Star." .' ; • .;; • * * Caller — Polly, want a cracker? Boston Parrot — That question,. slr.-is one of the unnecessary noises to which I am compelled to- listen .whenever -> a barbarian enters this apartment. Oblige me by not repeating It. — Chicago Trib une. , ' : \u25a0'\u25a0 • • • "Have you any decorations In. Ameri ca like the Victoria Cross, for exam ple?" . ~ ."--- \u25a0\u25a0 "Er— er— well, I thlnk\ perhaps, the 'double cross' Is our nearest apprpach to it." — New Orleans Times-Democrat. • • . • .' . * . Husband — Surely, It wasn't necessary, for you to buy two brand-new dresses for bur vacation trip? "' '•: Wife— Don't be -penurious. Max.' ,Ybu know I bought - the guidebook second | hand. — BombcyngMWfatiF^Bßl : ;. "They say that old Tltevradd, a*'tcr he has v had a couple. Is liable* to loosen"! up and buy liberally." , "Is that bo? : Well; I'll Invest 15 cents toward a pool to exploit the proposl tlon-."—Louisville Courier T Journal. - • '''•-" \u25a0\u25a0 • Nagger — I've"; put one poor devil ;on his j feet. 1 ' anyway. "\u25a0. \u25a0\u25a0' '• ', > \u25a0>- ;," 1- . '. ; i ':' \u25a0• ; ;; V Mrs.' ; Nagger— Whom have you; been fooling your money away, on; now?. \u25a0-) ' : :'\u25a0 Nagger—^Your; next' husbandi 'madam!" I've, had my life insured.- — Chicago News. " \u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0*•'\u25a0 • \u25a0 \u25a0. • ""Let me see."-, beganf Mr.-Housekeep,' "what Is that old saying," "Man's work's from sun -to sun'— 7— •** ': -I \u25a0 - \ '.'Yes," v ., interrupted \u25a0; Mrs.'.,. Housekeep, 1 ' Just .warm- from; a,. kitchen, intorvlew, 1 " '.'but the', servant girl's \ work' is - never don j."— -Philadelphia} Press. * ; ."^ ; ""^ ''' ' \ ' Crossing the Chasm SPENDING MONEY WITH BOTH HANDS Answers to Queries TANNING— OId Reader, Auburn, Cal. The following is given as ajbncthod to tan J:sheep's pelts \u25a0" with thAJ hair on. Wash the. pelt, in .warm water, —Remove all flesh matter: from" thoMnner. surface; then "dean the wool : with | soft soap and wash clean. \u25a0 When the • pelt Is perfect ly free from all-fatty and. oily, matter, apply% the following, mixture Ato >the fleah'side: For each pelt Uako' common salt- and ground alum, one-quarter of a pound each, and half an ounce 'of borax; dissolve the ?whole In '*&V& V- quart of hot water.andwhen, sufficiently cool to bear tho hand, add rye meal.. to. make It llkothlck paste, and Bpread the; mix ture on tho flesh sido of the pelt.; Fold the "; pel t . length wise : and j let ; in ; Remain two -.weeks,, in 1 an, alryj and shady .place; then remove the; pastes from ;th« sur face, waalr and dry.:. ' : , When nearly dry, scrapo: the flesh" side with a" crescent-; shaped ; knife. : .The Bof tness of the ! pelt depends -much" on the amountof work- ; Ing It receives. . . '>; . \u25a0' \u0084 • ;'-,'\u25a0 ;•_•-•. ... CASTLE . GARDEN— W. F. B.i San Jose, Cal. "Castle Garden" was/a.his torical i :-. spot in: New York. Originally It 'wasj'a fort,; and subsequently .-.'was - transformed, into a summer garden, and .in, that 1 way acquired f t ha \ name. -;" More than-half a' century -ago It.was'used for civic and military displays' and' recep tions. •It \u25a0, was '- there that ; a " grand 1 ball was 'given to .General 'Lafayette JoriUhe occasion' of revisiting "America^ln 1824. President Jackson.-in- 1832, and; Presi dent; Tyler, • In/; 1843,* were ; publicly I- re-. cci% r ed ';'; there. .^ ''?,. Later Jit * became %a.i;con cert yhall,; and", it- was '^there ithat* Jenny LindiVtho; famous;Swedish;nightingale, made* her ' first 'appearance ; ln.* America." The" Immigrant 'Bureau; was \ established in' the .garden" mv 1865., -In \u25a0• 1878" the original ;structure', was '.partially de stroyed by. Qre.^^9BSn^Bfl /. "\u25a0"*•. \u25a0.'-•\u25a0.•\u25a0.-: ' ' : NO • RELiGIOUS TEST — Subscriber, City. .Whilo" no CathollcYhas- ever, filled the ' offlco < : of - President t of r the 1 United States,^ thereV is* nothing, 7 ; tbVprQvanf'a Catholic . from i holding,- that -offlcer-: The constltutiori s of .* ' tho /^United; estates (amendment - l ) \ provides^' that j\"Con gress 'shall unake. no ,law j respecting ; ,! ths establlshinont'of; aVreligiorif or prohibit ing- : . thej - free t~' exercise fi thereor,] ; \u25a0 \ and agaln, v:inUhe'last.articleT6f:|he"coristi tution,'i is^ the'lf ollowing: ">"The Senators and i; Representatives Ibef ore/ mentioned.' and ; the . members fof I the V several?; State Legislatures, and' all (executive- and (Ju- Gossip of the Doings of Railroad Men oeneral Superintendent W. 8. Palmer of the Southern Pacific has again is sued a warning note as to the freight situation and urged merchants to un load card - promptly. , • Another conges tion is threatened. Three hundred and fifty cars are being received daily in the San Francisco yards and only 300 are being unloaded. According to the statistics in the general office there were 883 cars in Oakland yesterday, 457 on the Western division, 815 on the coast division and- 1318 in the San Francisco yards, making a total of 8473 cars to be unloaded here. The company has not as yet increased the demurrage charge, but It is asserted that unless there Is a change for the better the railroads will have to in crease the exaction from Jl a day to $5. The merchants who unload their goods promptly are In favor of the increase,' for they say that the slow ness-of others works harm to them. • • • oohn A.. Gill of_ the New York Cen tral lines has Just returned from Los Angeles, and in speaking of the orange situation said that the growers had no trouble in securing cars. ''They aro not, however, altogether In a ; happy mood." he explained, "for the reason that the tie-up of the Salt Lake line, the Santa Fe and the South ern Pacific has delayed the transit of the, fruit. East. About 150 to'2oo cars are-.packed a day and you can well understand .what it means when there is a delay of a day or two in getting the cars East. . "There is one noticeable thing about the citrus movement. The , fruit' is al ready being: iced to preserve it, as loss is feared through delay.; The shippers have I every reason to be pleased with what we are doing in the way of re turning refrigerator cars. The . New Toriv Central lines send the cars back to California as soon as .they are un loaded, and do not wait for any freight." - <• i•' ,"**-' •• * • Walter H. Cline has \bcen in Hum boldt County preparing! data for the use of R. R. Ritchie and\says that Eu reka is booming. "Everybody has money there," he declares, '."and the storekeepers pay cash for their goods and do not ask credit. "Of course the lumber men are look ing forward to the completion of the railroad which will give them a line to San- Francisco, but! the storekeepers do not seem to be so eager about it. They are afraid that with a fast train ser vice to the bay; many people will be tempted to ;do their; shopping in -San Francisco. -The road is now eleven miles below Pepperwood and : there \u00841s a big force of men employed on grad ing and laying; track. It Is nald that before eighteen months have elapsed the road will be Joined with the Cali fornia Northwestern, ' and Eureka will then be one day's (distance from/San Francisco." ' .' \u25a0 \u25a0•. \u25a0 .• . " • • * Among the notables who have lately called upon : General .• Passenger " Agent James Horsburgh - Jr... Is ; D. L. G. Van Roggen, ; an- engineer in the service r of the Shah of Persia, who is Interested in the Ahwaa irrigation scheme. .Van ' Rog gen will examine the "canal system of this State. :He la a ,~ Hollander, and brings letters of -Introduction, to 'the railroad ' : people. He Intimates .also that he "desires ,1 to \u0084 have I his ; children - edu cated ;in California rather than In the Land ; of Roses.' , Van Roggen will prob ably: make : a' tour.-.'of ; the ; State ; if . the railroads l will, furnish; him -with; trans portatlon!V||BfßßBfpSßß&|l Sam 8., Sweet,* general -freight agent of the Lake. Erie and -Western Railway with 'headquarters in -Indianapolis, is in ; the ; southern ' part • of the > State and will be"!n:£he city.'shortly./ With him is Duke 1 Nicholson; general ; agent ; of the He.d Lines, with headquarters in Chi cago., • . jfrnjkMßHßWßffl dicial ofHcers.iboth of the United Btates and ;"of '.the several VStates, shall -be bound, by '.oath", or? affirmation*- to sup port this constitution; but: no 'religious test shall'ever. be f required as a qualifi cation { to "any office ; or* public \trust. un der; the United States.'.*: : This is ; all • the constitution says onthe subject. *' \u25a0 ' ; . . ,-\u25a0 • \;* i^. 1 !..; • '-' - :. . POSTAL 1 CARDS— M/F';G.,^Oakiandi Cal. Xi Postal cards .were'nrs,t adopted ; by Gerrriany.'y ; Byian' act \of • Congress, 1 June .8,-*.'" 1872, v _the,j Postmaster .£ General was authorized Jandtdlfectedito*! issue : postal cards i to^ the i public *at; a 'cost of il".' cent each.'^. w The % first * cards "; in \u25a0\u25a0: the ; United Stateslwere issuedln : May, 1873. "• '\u25a0 •'" : "; ;*\u25a0 : • ;'" !.\u2666\u25a0\u25a0-•.,\u25a0\u25a0 i \u25a0 .;* .\u25a0DISINFECTANTS— M.Vy. 1 :N.. = /-Ala ,'meda,* Cal. l '• There ; is \no • more": effectual disinfectant ? for [. tho \ sickroom than* dry earth: J 1 It;. is i thel beat', thing;; to'; use \ in spittoons 'or^other.veßselsJabout'such "a room."" Black i loam\is^ betteri than clay or.' sand. I '.« lt J should ? be \u25a0 dried' in", an^ oven and* kept Mfy|forluse.",r.Thejbestf liquid "disinfectants > are i diluted "carbolic v acid, thyrrioUand "camphor. i;,Chloride : of 'lime is t good >in r vaults | and . cellars, ' but" dis agreeable ilni In* sickrooms.": c " . * ?-...-\u25a0/-.'-' ;-,-\u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0 ;-\u25a0":"".•" -.'.:•.-.-• .v •.. .. MARK r TWAIN— Sam J Slick, '-:'- City/ Samuel -r? Langhorne '-"'j Clemens," i"Mark .Twain,"-; was . born Sins: Florida," Mun roe County, Mo.,' NovembefjSO.'jlSSS.^ State Press Discusses the . .' Capital Question pw-jHE friendly spirit in which the I proposed change has been re •\u25a0- I * ceived in distant portions of the ~V State is another remarkable - out come of the agitation. Los Angeles might well be expected to favor a. change, for Los Angeles _ believes in changing things on general prin ciples and /might favor it on this ground alone, without considering tne ease of -accessibility Berkeley offers ;to Los Angeles and the rest of the south. Again the south figures. In an amiably superior mood, that ,the big doings of the State that do not cen ter about Los Angeles center about San Francisco bay, and that it Is pleasanter to be in the center of things than on the sutslde or Sacramento rim. • • • All in all. Sacramento may well look to her laurels unless she wishes to don the willow and weep while Berkeley smiles. — Alameda Ar gus. • • • If the State capital is to be moved from Sacramento It should be located Just as far as possible from San Fran cisco politics, not nearer by.—Sacra mento Union. • ' '• • Should the capital be removed and a new capitol authorized, there can be little doubt that a cost bill approxi mating $10,000,000 would be piled up against the State. The taxpayers will countenance no such proposition. • • • The capital removal proposition has gone far enough. Thei members of the Legislature who support It will betray their constituents. — Modesto Herald. # • • Our near and good neighbor, Mo desto, is making itself heard and points with pride to Its great Irrigation sys tem as an unanswerable argument why the Legislature should convene in Mo desto. • • • Merced wants the capi tal, of course, and its chances are as good as anybody's. . • • • "When it comes to making a cash donation we can come as near as pur neighbors can to raising, the six or eight millions that a new capitol building would cost. In the meantime, the seat of the Stato Government is going to remain at Sac ramento for quite a long spell. — Merced Star. -.. • v",- ; .- • i r,vi' • \u25a0'.' Such proposed changes bob up at al most every session of the Legislature. In this Instance the move has the back ing of all of Berkeley, and It is well known the people there are hustlers. Singularly enough, many Sacramento people say that it would be a good thins for that city to have the capital removed, so altogether the outlook for Berkeley Is rather encouraging. The bay city has the advantage of central location. — Eureka Standard. The opposition to Sacramento is based on many grounds. One is the in gratitude of Its people, and especially of Its newspapers. The people seem to regard members of the Legislature and Its attaches as legitimate subjects for not only sneers, but also for spoil. Peo ple who attend ' the sessions complain that there is not a first-class hotel in the capital city; that everybody In creases prices on every occasion that is presented, and that the city is badly behind the age in many ways. They also complain that the newspapers rep resent the members of the Legislature as tricky grafters, and devote more space, to criticisms of their acts than to faithfully reporting them. • • • The Smart Set THE wedding of Miss Anita Har vey and Oscar Cooper has been arranged for "Wednesday. April 17. and .will be one of the most important occasions of the spring. It is to be a noon event and will be cele brated at the home of the bride's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Downey Harvey, In Webster street. Miss Harvey and her mother are at present in New. Yon.." purchasing her' trousseau, and the date of their return to California is as yet undecided. . Shere was a notable gathering yes lay afternoon of the prominent peo ple of San Francisco, both in a social and ' charitable "way, at the reception give'h in honor of - Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Boardman of Washington. D. C, by the officers of the California branch of the American National Red Cross at Mrs. Eleanor Martin's, she having giv en the use of her handsome, home for the occasion. The house was prettily but - simply decorated with quantities, of cut flowers, pink and .white blos soms, snowdrops, carnations and cin nerarias being used, while in the hall was a particularly noticeable bowl of branches of rose-colored and -white ca mellias. There was>musle throughout the afternoon by an orchestra, playing in a bower of palms and ferns in the hall.' Mrs. Boardman. the guest of hon or, was^ charming In . a gown of white silk," trimmed" with 'lace and a garni ture of black velvet ribbon. Mrs. Mar tin -wore a handsome -gown of Irish point. Assisting in receiving were Mrs. Francis J. Sullivan and Miss Mol lle Phelan, the sisters of James D. Phelan, president of the association; Mrs. W. W. Morrow, Mrs. F. G. .San born,-Mrs. Benjamin Ide Wheeler, Miss Anna Beaver, Mrs. Neumiller. Mrs. Thurlow McMullin. Mrs. John Bake well, . Mrs. Robert T. Devlln.vMrs. Horace Davis," Mrs. John. F. Swift.: Mrs. John F. Merrill. Mrs. Charles W. Slack. Mrs. I. Lowenberg, Mrs. L. L. Dunbar and Mrs. E. B. Young. \u25a0-. • \u25a0\u25a0-,*•' '•','. Mrs. Frederick Spencer Palmer en- tertalned two tables of guests infor mally at. bridge yesterday afternoon at her home in Union street. • .•. • ' -:• Vlcomto and Vlcomtesse de Tristan, the latter formerly Miss Josephine de Guigne, who, arrived last, fall from their home in France : and have spent the winter ~,in Sari Mateo, with Mrs. Abby Parrott, went last week to Santa Barbara for a stay. • -\u25a0\u25a0•.*' • . Mrs. William P. Morgan, who, is .vis iting'in Santa Barbara, "was; the guest of-honor at. a f bridge party given: this week, by = Mrs. Arthur. Lord at the Santa Barbara Country Club,, which was one. of ; the most pleasant affairs of the sea son.; ' •- " »'\u25a0 : -Mrs. ; William G._ irwln and i : Mlss Helene Irwln ; will go to ' Honolulu for the , lata spring and early summer months. .\u25a0. • ; .\u25a0 • -" , • Mrs. E. B. Cadwalader, and Miss Linda Cadwalader are contemplating a trip to Europe' in the near future. , - 'Miss Lucy Gwin jpoleman and \ Miss Christine | Pomeroy nave 'returned from a\vlslt to^MisslEllzabethlLlvermore in Santa Barbara. . KDr.' and'Mrs. C. N. Elllnwood will go East this month for a' short trip. .\u25a0'•\u25a0-. : \u25a0 • ; \u25a0 • \u25a0 . ; , Mr. and -Mrs. William LL Ashe; .who' are .: spending ? the c winter - in "; Oakland, : will; not return to their < ranch* in Sono-, MARCH 9, 1907 On the whole, it looks as if the State was strongly Inclined to the removal from Sacramento. — Stockton Indepcnd- The question of removing the capitol buildings to Berkeley has already been sufficiently discussed to satisfy all the people of the State outside of Sacra* men to that Berkeley is the ideal and the natural and the commqg sense spot for the State's official center'end home. Let the heathen rage. Berkeley will be the capital city of California. — Berkeley Gazette. 'V.- Here Is a site fit for the capitol of the grandest State of a grand Union— a site overlooking one of the most fa mous views of the world, at the same time easily reached and away from the din of a manufacturing district. In Berkeley is the best air and with most golden of sunshine. It Is the- same all the year, always an ideal climate la which to work. Berkeley Is on th» main line of two great railroads. It la easily accessible from all parts of the State, and it is nearer the center of population of the State than any other city except San Francisco itself.— i Berkeley Independent. Modesto and Santa Cruz have put in applications for the State capital and there are still others to hear from. But it is pretty safe to wager that Sacramento will **hold the fort.* The removal proposition involve* a big expense, and to 'the average tax payer it makes little difference wher« the State capital is located. — Napa> Journal. It Is doubtful if the people of the State .will take kindly to the proposal unless Alameda County will foot th» bills. As the matter must be deter mined by submission of a constitution al amendment it goes up to the people*, at any rate. and. as the Bee has often said, the people can have anything they want. — Lakeport Bee. The capital is too close to San Fran cisco and the bay now. If it was so far away none of the political grafters of the metropolis could ever get to it. the State would be much better off. It will be a sorry day when we have, a Legislature absolutely dominated by San Francisco Influence. — Sulsun Cou rier. If Sacramento would have and hold the vote of Napa in keeping her title clear to the State capital she should make quicker dispatch of trips of our people to and f/om that v dty. Four hours on the road is too much time to consume in traveling ninety miles by rail. That wait at Suisun Is "a cork er," or the reverse, for it has a ten dency to drive a man to drink. — Napa Register. Much of. the complaint hurled at the Legislature convening in Sacramento is due to the low grade "moral atmos phere" of that city. Sacramento is full of rapacity, greed, biennial debauchery, perennial conviviality and other things numerous and unspeakable. Even the pure in heart that attend a legislate session in Sacramento are almost sure to be corrupted before they escape. It .Is In the air in Sacramento — like the ague and the tule fever. Sacramento is eminently fitted to receive and enter tain a California Legislature,' for a Leg islature and Sacramento are what may be called 'two of a kind."— Oakland ma County until May 1 this year, al though It is their usual custom to leavs for the country in March. « • • v Mr. and Mrs. Safford Colby will go East the last week In March, to be gone about two months. • • • Mrs. Henry F. Allen will leave in a, fortnight for Boston, where she will spend some time as the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Edward A. Dodd. • • • Mrs. James E. > Robinson and Miss Ethel Cooper have returned to town after spending two or three weeis at the Hotel Potter, Santa Barbara. • • • Mrs. James Cunningham. Miss Hala and Miss Helen Thomas left yesterday morning for New York, to the regret if their many friends here. Mrs. Cun-i ningham has been in California but a few weeks, having come "West to ar- ! ranga certain business affairs, and her \u25a0 sister. Miss Hale, whose guest she has: been during her stay here, goes 'bade' with her for a visit. Miss Thomas, who] has made her home for a number of • years with her aunt, Mrs. Wakefleld Baker, is now taking her departure for the East and will remain there penna- ; nently. making her home In New York with her father. , . • • • Miss Marguerite Qros is among those who are going . East this month, and ' will leave next week for Philadelphia.' where she will spend a month as the ; guest of friends- She will then return , to San Francisco to Join Madam* Oros. who will remain during her daughter's • • • Mrs. Bassett and Miss Amy ' Basse tt have returned to their home in Menlo-* after a stay of a few weeks at CarraeL : Personal Mention Miss T. Barry of Boston is at th« Hamlin. . Joseph Schwartz of Honolulu ts at the Jefferson. J. A. Coffin of New York is at the Majestic Hotel. \u25a0 B. ; J. Glynn of New York is at the Dorchester Hotel. George N. Fuller of Los Angeles is v staying at the Hamlin. E. J. Stanton of Los Angeles Is regis tered at the St. Francis. • - V Mrs. S. M. "\u25a0 "Wolf of Sacramento is staying at the Baltimore. A. Glbb of New York registered at the Imperial Hotel yesterday. - C. Goldsmith, a merchant of Seattle. Is registered at the Baltimore. Isaac Townsend and servant of New . York -are at the Palace Hotel. Frank B. Stone and wife of Los An geles are ati the Hotel Hamlin. Charles A.^Walker and family of Ely, ','- < Nevada, are, registered at U>« Hamlin. -' •Charles .Poor arid wife 1 of Washing- '* ton, D. • C. are registered at the Ham lin. j. A., Jackstone, a mining man from Goldfleld, is registered at the ' St. -Fran-'.'" cis. , Dr. and Mra/OEvV-k' Harbin of Wash- . Ington, D.C.^ are staying at .the. Pal- ' ace. A. W. , ;Chesterton, a capitalist* of % > Boston,. registered at the Jefferson yes- *'\ ;terday. r \ • \u25a0 j -;; . -.-- 4 ' \u25a0 \u25a0 . \u25a0\u25a0', J. G. Richardson, and; wife of .Tanoi.i pah,. Nevada, are staying at the Maiao- J itic Hotel. , " J.