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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
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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. . .
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... 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. *'
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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 " . *
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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.
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Mrs. Frederick Spencer Palmer en-
tertalned two tables of guests infor
mally at. bridge yesterday afternoon
at her home in Union street.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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, 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.
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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. , .
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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.