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BRIGADIER GENERAL FREDERICK FUXSTON came to the relief of San Francisco in the hour of her greatest tribula tion, and he did his work in a way that has commanded the ~ gratitude and respect of the city. We have not forgotten the days of the great fire when Funston marched in his soldiers to keep order and help a people in sore distress. His work was well done and quickly done. it is not ior tnis reason alone that people in this neighborhood regard with wonder and strong disapproval the discreditable fashion in -which Funston has so repeatedly been denied, the promotion which was his right by seniority. Indeed, the record in detail is surprising. Xo other explanation is possible than an ignoble favor itism. The men who have so frequently been jumped over Fun ston's head were none of them superior and were mostly inferior to him in point of actual service done for the United States. Of thirty-four general officers in the army Flinston is the only remaining brigadier general appointed by President McKinley. General Leonard Wood was named to that rank two months before Funston and as soon. as he reached the head of the list he was at once promoted to be major general. He, like Funston, came up from the volunteers and in his case the vested rights of seniority were recognized at once. Wood was 43 when, he was promoted and yet in Funston's case, being about the same age, the plea has been repeatedly made that he was "young and could afford to wait." It supplies an astonishing problem in arithmetic to work out how Funston is younger at 45 than Wood was at 43. Funston. then, was passed over in favor of McCaskey. Hall, Duvall. Barry and Carter in succession, and -now the gossip of Washington says that it is proposed to put Murray, over his head. These men are what is known as "palace favorites" in Washington. Xone of them has seen the hard service that Funston has gone through and they were all his juniors in grade. If Funston is not given his just right of promotion on this occasion he must wait four years for Grant's retirement, and he might not it then after having marked time for fourteen y»ears. .If this is a way, they have in the army it is time that it were reformed altogether. Grossly Unfair Treatment of Funston IX the Xew York Evening Post of the day following election we find the following piece of hypocritical humbug: With magnificent independence and genuine devotion to the f public weal, the republicans of this state have rebuked demagoguery, given the lie to the false • - pretenses of their part}' leaders and punished the betrayal, at Albany of party and state by the republican organization. The absurd allegation s that the only issue was the menace of an alliance between Wall street and Tammany hall is effectually disposed Of. Possibly the Post is prepared to deny that "big business" and Tammany were in alliance to beat Roosevelt. When a paper of the Post ? s standing \u25a0find? itself in such company and working to the same ends it might very well see reason to suspect its own motives. The Post is usually found championing a very different cause, but in this instance its course appears to have been inspired by a per sonal spite because Roosevelt uttered some. hard words about the paper. \ This resentment may have been natural enough, but it has had some very queer effects. All through the campaign the Post has been working like a horse to persuade itself that it was in the best of fine company. For example, Dix, the Tammany candidate for governor, was a good man. Of course he was and is a good man. It is the customary trick of the boss to nominate some respectable nonentity for the head of the ticket, but a man who was nominated by Tammany and whose campaign was financed by "big business" will, not readily escape from his .associations. Finally this "magnificent independence 7 ' that sets the Post dancing a jig found its. expression in a plurality of less than half of one per cent of the vote. Evil communications corrupt good A New York Brand Of Hypocrisy \u25a0 ---- • I -.'"-..- \u25a0 .: •--\u25a0\u25a0- * \u25a0 • S r I T TIE chief of the bureau of statistics in Washington estimates I that the total export values of, manufactured articles for the •*\u25a0 current year will amount to some $500,000,000. This output is \u25a0 — | quite independent of the exports of agricul tural produce. This country has 'long ljßeeri first in that field -and the time is. not' far dis tant when we shall claim the primacy in exported manufactures. These are our infant* industries; which the. tariff is supposed, to protect. Their products can be sold" in free trade competition with the manufactures of other nations, but Americans must pay a higher price for them because of an inordinate, and quite unnecessary tariff. The facts, in brief, indicate why the insurgents- in congress demanded an honest downward revision of , the tariff. If that demand had been complied with the country would not have elected a democratic majority in the. next house of representatives. The republicans who were refused reelection were almost exclu- A Little Lesson From the Figures SECRETARY B ALLIXGER'S powerful adhesive quality - is illustrated by his suggestion that the Cunningham coal land claims in Alaska be adjudicated by the courts of 'the- district .of Columbia. This is equivalentHo a confes sion • that the people of v America have, so completely s lost : confidence in the} interior department under' Ballingers control ;that: any decision arrived .at by the administration v^^.^^^i^j-^ of public-suspicion. '.*-;\u25a0 \u0084..,:. ...,'.; . .",\ . V; U But Ballinger will not/resign. . Admitting himself to . be the subject of public distrust, he still sticks to office like a limpet to ; a rock. He is ready;- as a": concession to popular sentiment,; to; permit Secretary Ballinger's Adhesive Quality EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE CALL The Legislature Must Keep Entire Faith With Albert G. Spalding LUMINOUS exposition of the facts ; and the Jaw, relating^to the election of a United States senator .is contained in the letter of A. G. Spajding of San Diego, printed in these columns on Thursday. It puts the case so clearly and in such convincing fashion that the republican majority in the legislature must jinder stand that if' faith is 1 to be kept with' their constituents,^ with the pledges of the platform and with the.mandate of^tlie direct primary -law v they 5 have no alternative but to elect Mr. Spaldihg to succeed Senator 'Flint. Respect, for. the. principles ,underlying : the direct primary system must be and is a primeconsideration by which the republican repres'entativeS'in the. legislature will' be guided and to this they are pledged. .A rHost important part of :the purposes that inspired the enactment, of this law was to give the whole peopje of the state a direct, voice in the election of United States senators. This was the purpose of the follow ing provisions of the law: . * ..•'\u25a0- r- ' The vote for candidates for United States senators shall be an advisory : _^.. vote for the' purpose of ascertaining th.c sentiment of the voters in the respec- : - _"^* _ • • tive senatorial and assembly districts in the respective parties; provided further. " "' ' that members of the legislature, shall be at liberty to vote either for the _;•** " choice of' their respective districts, expressed at said' primary election or for 'j_ the candidate, for. United States senator" .who shall have received the in'dprse i ment of his party at' such primary election in' the greatest number of districts | electing members of such party to the legislature.. /\u25a0 There is, as Mr. Spalding sa}*s, no ambiguity, about these words. They provide that the advisory vote of the districts shall constitute a mandate to the representa tives, v lf they desire to give effect to the law the only means to. do so is to accept the advisory mandate of the majority of the districts. The single, clear result of the primary and the general election was that Spalding has been given the mandate by sixty-four republican districts, while Works was the "choice of thirty-two districts. In fine, Spalding's advisory vote constitutes without any assistance from the Works districts a clear majority of the legislature on joint ballot and a majority of two to one over vWorks. There is no getting away, from these figures. The Call assumes that no member of the legislature will break faith with his con stituents. Such a course would be fatal to his political' future. The members instructed for Works are not even numerous enough to create a deadlock. Thev \u25a0 may be said to constitute a negligible minority as far as the determination of this matter is con cerned. There is another quite important consideration that republican members of the. legislature should take to heart, whether they are instructed for Works or Spalding, and this is that if they ignore the advisory mandate of their constituents in this elec tion it will form ' a precedent that, may break downfall future endeavors by means, of law to give the people at large a voice in the election of United States senators. If they can make bold to disregard the law as it now stands in this regard no future amendment will be strong enough to bind them. In a word, if the republican party of California desires to keep faith with the principles of the direct primary system there is no escape from the election of Spalding. , another agency to fulfilLthe duties of his office, but he will continue to draw the salary. So much might have . been expected from" Ballingcr. It is nothing surprising, but it serves to exhibit in a fresh light the character of the man. Moreover, he is becoming talkative since election, and the other day propounded these views : To my mind, a continuation of the present situation is the direct antithesis of rational conservation. Consider that for each five tons' of Atlantic seaboard coal transported to the Pacific coast one ton is used. up in transportation, or a total waste of 20 per cent, and you will see that existing methods do not conserve, but destroy. From an economicpoint \u25a0 of: view it is' intolerable that this waste should continue, and that a large region should be handicapped in its legitimate development and the proper,, use of its resources by the failure of the government properly to settleithe ' problems of how to use these resources. It is most sincerelj' to be hoped that congress will determine early in the coming session the manner in which Alaska coal may be taken 'out and placed in the markets of the Pacific coast before those markets are absorbed by foreign: importations.. . This is simply an argument in favor of giving away the coal measures of Alaska., The laws in this' relation are now wide open and the country insists that before anything is done some reasonable compensation be exacted in the public interest as a condition prece dent to the alienation of these enormously valuable properties. Until provision: of that sortfis made by law Mr. Ballinger and his friends must wait. ANSWERS TO QUERIES ATMOSPHERE— G. P.. City. What Js the reason that high mountain resort? ha-re a more, beneficial effect on persons suffering from pul monary troubles than the lowlands? Douglass Archibald, M. A., in the "Story of the Earth's Atmosphere" says: "In large cities such as Edfn burg:. London and Paris, where the product of animal and fuel combustion enters the atmosphere in largre quan tities, the lower atmosphere is so pol luted that'in some cases as many as ir.0,000 dust particles in a single cubic centimeter "(about 15 centimeters equal one cubic inch)^have been counted. As we rise above the surface the number of dust particles is. found to diminish pretty regularly with the ascent. The general rule for the diminution of dust particles is that for every rise of 3.000 feet the amount is four-fifths of what it .was at the lower level. The bear ing of this on the question of the beneficial influence of high mountain resorts is obvious. At 6,700 feet above sea level the number of dust particles is 950 per' cubic centimeter, while at 13,(500 feet it is but 157." * • \u25a0 • \u25a0 • . • . . GARAGE— A. R. City. Wkat Js the origin of the word "garage." that Is used as a place for the storing of sntomohiles? . J \ The word is French, but its root is traced all ; the way Aback to Sanskrit, where it conveyed the idea of "protect ing, covering and sheltering." The word as now used is from the French verb "garer.'V in connection with' such phrasea as "garer un bateau" or "garer un radeau," to place a boat or raft of lumber in safety along the bank of a river. Thence the name "gare" came to designate a spot suitable for such a purpose, and its derivative "garage** was applied to a place of safety. In time,* the roundhouse of French rail roads was called a "garage," and-, be cause the name ..has a euphonous sound it was adopted by Americans as the name for the place where automo biles are safely kept. .RUNCIBLE— O. O. T. A.. City. Is there such a yrord as '.'runcible?** . • . It is a variant form of rounceval, an obsolete word, meaning "huge, glgan ,tio," derived from large bones said 1 to have ' been dug up at 'Roncesvalles, one of the valleys of ; Navarre on .the 'east side of the Pyrennes, about 20 miles north of Pamplona, famous. in song and story as^ the scene /of . a defeat of Charlemagne's army -by J a combined force of Arabs, Navaresse and French Gascons, in 775. . •' * METALS— C. H..- S.. Maxwell. Is there .a place In California to which one. may send rare ore or metals to have the same classified: and where one may learn the value of metals? . The'state mining bureau in the' ferry .building, t San- Francisco,, will classify "ore' and' metals and -tell what the ore 'contains, - but not- trie .assay value." It will also state the value of metals per ounce. . .. GOODBYE— Subscriber. City. This department is, -informed by M/ E. Snively >.bf- Monterey that the .verses you desire,.! "Gpodbyer: My | Lover, Good bye," afeiby: James .Whltcomb j Riley.* ; INDlANS— Subscriber. Clt.r. Why are "the ab origines of America called Indians?". In iVTheatrum' Orbis JTerrarurn," 1583, Abraham' Or telinua. geographer to . the king, designates what is now known as America as "India Nova," and in con sequence the inhabitants were desig nated as Indians. •-• \ • PRISONERS— V., T. S. F., City. What is meant by "sweating." "torture" and "third de gree" as applied to persons accused of crime? Officers in police department some times take persons suspected of crime, put. them in solitary confinement, then .take them out and put them through a long examination in order to learn what they know about a crime. Dur ing the solitary confinement ttfe person is very uncomfortable and when under examination passes a very unpleasant period of time. This is designated by different persons by the names in your letter of inquiry. ' • ' " • " •\u25a0 DAY AFTER THE FAIR— J. 8., Oakland. What is the origin of the Raying, "A day after the fair?" . This was quoted by John Hey wood," a writer In 1562, and it appears in Tarl ton's "Collection .of Jests," issued in 1611. "A ballad, be It ever so good, it goes a-begging after the faire," is to be found in Breton's "Wit Trenchmour.'i • '• \u25a0 * ' LEATHER — Subscriber. City. When did leather first come into use?. There is no record- of when leather first came into use, but It was known very early in Egypt arid Greece, where it was used for harness, ropes and the like. The Gordian knot was made of leather, 330 B. C. • * . • \u25a0,'•' THE BANNER— A, O. V., City. I believe that Los Angeles was for a long time the banner re publican county, but lost the banner to Alameda county. When was that? Los Angeles held It' for, six consecu tive years. It went to Alameda county at the November election In 1896. • ' • '\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0"•.':'** ' : H .\u25a0\u25a0',;." s CHINATOWN— G. A.. East Oakland. Are there any joss houses and a Chinese theater In the new Chinatown In San Francisco? Where are they? Yes.- Any policeman will direct you to them. , ; STATION— S. L. F., City. Which is the larger railroad station, the one in Washington, D. C, or th« one in St. Lonis? It is said that the one in "Washington is 26 feet longer and 90 fee,t wider than the one in St. Louis. \u25a0 \u2666 \u25a0 • * * ~\ * \u25a0 \u25a0 - V - SOPRANO — 0. ; {?.,' City. Who is considered the greatest soprano singer * of, the present time? \ The consensus. of opinion of those in this city who are qualified to judge is that it is Mme. Melba. < AUSTRALIA— City Reader. To whom' should *\u25a0 wr lte for information -as to opportunities for a wide awake man in Australia? .."Write to : the secretary of the cham ber of commerce,; Sydney. \u25a0 • .-•\u25a0*,- CfESS— E. A. S..- Stockton. Is there any publication deroted especially to chess? _-LaskeVs Chess Magazine, New , York <•' '.','\u25a0 '.\u25a0'\u25a0•'.''..'.* \u25a0 * '.'.' :•;."\u25a0 'V-'/jVc.-''. . -AGRICULTURIST— P. A: F.V Sutter Creek/ ll«hedV the Wlsconsln , Agriculturalist , pub- At Racine, Wis. " ' CARSON CITY -PAPERS— Sut>;. ; City, i What are the prominent papers of. Carson City, Xev.? 'The -Appeal . 'and^tho, News; \u25a0 ". Celsius Shows What San Francisco Has Done in the Last Three Years IX May, 1906. shortly after the great fire. Major General A. AV^ Gree y, comman J ( ing the United. States army in this district and at the time practically m a> ntrxn \u25a0 of the city government; estimated the population of San Francisco ' * His.figures were not far'from the mark. The stricken, city had lost some residents in the six weeks following the fire. Most of them did not go far, t>u 3j simply could not find house room here and. indeed, many of those who stayed by tne \town were compelled to put up with tents or extemporized shacks. Most o who left the city under compulsion did so with intent to return. They have coma back. . . "v"rrP-v «' V The federal census was taken almost exactly four years after the great c^°^. What the population of San Francisco may have been in the early months of IVUS there is ho, exact means of ascertaining, but it is quite clear that in the four years of •• rehabilitation we have almost recovered our former population siaiu.. Si 'This by \ itself would be a marvelous, accomplishment. The two years imme diately following the fire may properly be regarded as a period of arrested^ develop- due to an unavoidable convulsion of natural forces. The city can not fairly be said to have begun recovering its lost population until a year after the fire ? so that on the figures of the census now given out by the bureau the city has considerabh more than doubled its population in three years.* To be more exact, the population has multiplied by about two and a half times in that period, an increase of some 250 per cent. No doubt these additions were our own people for .the most part, but if we !oo£ over the bay district we can see that there, has been a striking, gain of population* Oakland has climbed above the 150.000 mark, scoring an increase of 83214 for thei decade. Berkeley has 40.434. or a gain of 27,220, and Alameda records" 23,383 people* an increase of 6,919. All these cities and their suburbs constitute with San Francisco} and its suburbs a single community with common aspirations and causes of growth,' They may be all regarded as a single city in the sense that they are one market, and San Francisco confidently expects to do much better in the coming decade. TnQi Panama-Pacific exposition will bring- this city, and its neighbors a great access o5 business* and this will only be the beginning, because the opening of the isthmian canal is certain to doublcthe trade of the port. San Francisco on this side of the* bay is preparing to spend $10,000,000 in developing the harbor facilities to take caret of the canal trade and Oakland on the other side is getting ready to assume its share** of this business by means of an extensive program of water front improvements amply) Things are moving. Shortly San Francisco will begin to dig tunnels to open upj, quarters now difficult of access. The amendment to' the charter adopted last Tuesday in this relation clears away the legal obstacles that have hampered prog-* ress in this direction. On the shores of this magnificent bay we shall build the Neus \u25a0 York of .western America. The future opens bright with promise. Persons in the News HERBERT SHEARER of Willows. Mr. and ,- Mrs. Charles Parker of New Tork and Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Jones of Salt Lake are among the 'recent arrivals at the Manx. • • \u25a0 • WILLIAM H. COEBETT. president and general manager of the Willamette Iron and steel works, is at the St. Francis registered from Portland. * • * HOMER LEA of LOJS Angeles is staying at the Palace. He was formerly a general of the Chinese army and now devotes his* time to writing. C. B. LAMONT, assistant to the*' president of the Moran company of Seattle, ship builders, , is at the St. Francis. , " . * • • C. J. BURNETT, > who Is interested in hemp growing in Solano, county, is staying at- the ' Union Square. » '• • RUFTTS CHOATE, secretary of the San Diego chamber of. commerce. Is at the Palace with Mrs. Choate. • . --..\u25a0• • •*"."".* D. B. CAMPBELL and D. A. Kenyon, apple growers of Klamath Falls, are staying at' the St. Francis. * * • '-* • •• H. B. J. SCHEEL, a mining man of Silver City,. Nev., Is among the recent J arrivals at the Argonaut. • • • DONALD MACDONALD, a lumlvrm an "of Albion, "is among the recent arrivals at the ' St. Francis. * * * GEORGE GATES of San Jose. Inventor of con crete railroad . ties, > Is staying at the St. t Francis. • *. * • D; 'C. COLLIER, director general of. the San Diego exposition. Is at. the Palace with Mrs. Collier. . • *. * E. T. COSPERr a fruit grower of Hanford, i« at the Argonaut with Mrs. Cosper. \u2666 *.:"'•\u25a0\u25a0. '\u25a0- CARL POLLOCK, a mine operator of Goldfield, is registered at the Union Square. •'\u25a0• \u25a0 - * "W. T. "PTJRNELL, a stationer of Sacramento, is at the Palace with Mrs. Purnell. , . H. O, MILLER of Marysville 1» among • the re cent arrivals at the Stewart. ,•• • \u25a0 8,. M. ROBEHTSON, 'Tiwner of Napa soda springs, is at the Stanford. > * • • GROVE L. JOHNSON of Sacramento is at the Palace with Mrs. Johnson. . GEORGE T. ; COVELL, businessman from Mo desto, is at the Turpm. \ * .** J * REV. and MRS. R. W. ANDREWS of Japan are • guests at the "Stewart. . ' ' , . \u25a0 . * . • ' '* • GOVERNOR ELECT T. L. ODDIE of Nevada is 1 staying at the Palace. \u25a0\u25a0 * •'. »\u25a0.»\u2666": - • . A. P. COLLINS, banker, from. Chicago, Is regis tered at the Turpln. .- \u25a0 • • » . \u25a0\u25a0..\u25a0..". J." J. MILLER, merchant from -South Dakota. Is at the Colonial. .• \u0084 ' '• ; . ."-';' -;v> ; \u25a0 ... \u25a0 •;\u25a0'• • J. L.^BRYSON of Stockton is at the Stanford. Abe Martin . V-Toii; never i see any safety razors at a dance, v. Mrs. ,Tllf ord 4 Moots ; -bought '.'a. beautiful twelve ! payment "". rug «- thla morninV. .— . " V_y 11 Vlv T T Cll V The Po c t Phi loso.pher My neighbor, keeps a- frantic steed that always tries to run away. "You are/a foolish man, indeed/* I siid;;: : >"he'il: kill you off some day/ l^* r An«f" then, into my .car I stepped, and £*ram into a vagrant: cow; an d> when I from the ruins crept my neighbor said : ; "Who:sUoony now?" My wife has bought a new fall, hat, and I remarked, with great disdain: "The dame;, who'll blow good scads for that should have; a cobbler 'fix her brain." And then I took my old stiff tile and jammed it down upon my brow; the frau surveyed it with a smile, and murmured low: "Who's loony now?" All day I'm toiling in my den;. l grind out essays doubly dense ; I'm always, roasting other men, and saying that they Have no sense. And'whjen; I'm all swelled up with pride — c'en as the reader finds me now—*, I make some break; and folks deride, and cry aloud: "Who's^ loony now?" . '\u25a0 r^gg*'^ ?pL WHO'S LOONY 'NOW?' The Morning Chit-Chat ££^"T"^HE right use of money is to accomplish -what 1 you wish with it." — Mary Lyons, founder of / H~V Mount Holyoke. Do you know I wish I were clever ehjough to.edita woman's dictionary containing some of the -words that the. feminine sex seems to need to have defiaediv'-*- .'\u25a0-* "Extravagance" and "economy," for instance. On a little 50 mile train trip that I took yesterday I counted four women on the train wearing white gloves. They were not dressed expensively—you could have bought every stitch any one of them had on, from aigrette to_pump and from skin to coat, for, a hundred dollars, and yet, were I a man witha moderate income looking for a reasonably economical wife, these are the sort of women I would at once place as impossible. Why? Because, using the word in its right meaning, I consider that, those white gloves represented more extravagance than far larger- expenditures, a $20 willow plume or $8 shoes, for instance. * ' For my idea of sartorial extravagance is not, as so many women consider" it, just spending a lot of money on your clothes." Nor do I think, economy conversely is spending very likle money. ' I think extravagance is spending your money without getting good value" for it, and economy is the converse. To sum it up. in .Mary Lyons'' words: - "The right use of 'money is to accomplish what you wish with it." White gloves cost more than dark, gloves in. initial outlay, in greater fragility and in cleansing expense, whether of time or money. Used for every day wear, on a train-or shopping excursion, they are botft. bad taste and unattractive,' because even if they are perfectly fresh when they are put on they, will be badly soiled by Sl the time they are taken off. .Presumably those women spent more money to clothe themselves in white gloves" in order to look exfcrawell. I'm not writing allthis to .inveigh against the habit of wearing white gloves on all occasions. I have no especial- grudge against white gloves* I simply take -them. as typical of the hundred arid one little ways in which the American' woman, especially that class of her who- can least afford* it, is* extravagant. , She buys fragile' and delicately colored materials for every day wear; she buys ultra styles in cheap grade when she ought to buy a two season style In v a better grade; she purchases elaborate and unsuitable accessories, such as white, gloves' and fragile furs. :, > . ':" . it» ; . As .a she looks well, dressed for a brief time and. very poorly" dressed for a very, long .time.- She is spending her money to be well dressed* and because : pf f her- lackjof judgment she fails of her. object. And that's what I. call extravagance— money spent without judgment: Don't you? . _ '\u0084/_] - '. ;\u25a0'•\u25a0' ' :"'"• .. v-. * * 1 A n^, don't /you; think; itvwquld be a grand idea, if ..this kind of women could have Mary Lyons' definition pastedover their dressers, or, better still printed on their pay envelopes? * "The right^use ofmoneyis to ac- *\u25a0 \u25a0'\u25a0 -^ " . i complish what you wish with it." .. 0./>.^«.» -_ / NOVEMBER IS, 1910 ! HTJTH CAMEKO3T | WALT MASO2T