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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-24

That is indeed disappointing intelligence that
comes from Bayreuth concerning the performance
of "Tannhneuser7 at the festival The work was
heard there for the first time in the high company
of Wagners later music dramas much pains and
money had been expended upon the production
and certain far-reaching corrections in the read
ing OF the opera were promised. If the dispatches
are to be believed, the performance was, in i'm
portant points Reflective, and the changes made
in the hitherto accepted conception of Tam
haeuser" failed to commend themselves This is
the first serious discredit that has been thrown
upon the Bayreuth festival since it was begun.
fifteen years ago 1t will be well, therefore, to
await the mature judgment of the critics before
these things are set down against the institution
for which Wagner worked and fought valiantly
all the later years Of his life. Especially does it
seem premature 20 assert that. because Of this
failure, if failure IL he, the influence of Bay
reuth is departing, and that the tlreless energy
and devotion that have sought 10 uphold Wagners
ideals there have gone for naught Much is at
stake for the world Of music in the maintenance
of the purest artistic standards in the Bayreuth
festival; and il will not lightly be believed that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-24

II IL Is true that the Farmers Alliance has set
ont to corner the wheat crops there will probably
h. O oreat manv votes for sale next November.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-24

Mr.. Steinway's explanation of the plans Of
the Rapid Transit Commission suggests that
this body is uniting care and thoroughneSs with
business-like expedition. The selection of
trunk route under Broadway, where there is no
great sewer, was commendable on several
grounds. as an examination of the map will
show. Switching facilities are now promised
under Union Square and perhaps also City Hall
Square, which will insure safety and prevent
congestion of travel along the line. The Pc
culiar difficulties due to the citys conformation
sre apparently in fair way of being overcome.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-24

"Uncasoning compliance with orders is no
longer obtainable from men who are permeated
with quasi education," say Her Majestys Horse
Guards; - this must be considered in all future
dealings with soldiers" OF course, some allow
ance has 20 be made for the elusive language of
official excuses for events past denying but the
truth is that this little SUR at quasi education"
is simply the expression of an old-fashioned pref
udice in favor of ignorance in the ranks. In
plain English, it assumes the less a man knows
the better he will obey orders We believe the
exact converse to he true Certainly it was so in
our own war, OH both sides; the men that knew
the most took the most kindly to discipline. In
the British Army how often have the artillcrymcn
refused duty, and who ever heard, in any service
of trouble with the engineers? These and not
the guarlsmen the educated men of the army
thar "quasiD
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-24

It must be acknowledged that for a place witt
the cold Atlantic Ocean right at its door, AsburS
Park has remarkable faculty for getting lnto
hot water.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-24

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-24

Potential filibusters seldom air their projects
In advance, and the Haytan refugees passing
through this city to Paris are no exception. The
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-24

Governor Campbell boasts this week that he can
win without Hamilton County. This is a modest
claim, but the canvass is still young. BY the end
of September lie will be assuming that he can be
reelected without Ohio.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-24

Partisan crop regulation is novelty even in
American politics. Reports of the failure Of
Indian and European wheat have stimulated the
Farmers Alliance to plan an agricultural wheat
corner identical in method and intent with the
combinations that Alliance orators have been
shouting themselves hoarse in denouncng The
statistics prepared by Republican officials do
show that great opportunity exists for adroit
management of the Western supply But the
400, 900 circulars issued by President Folks
coadjutors may work widespread harm if the
farmers allow chimercal hopes of general wealth
to blind them to the lessons of individual con-
ditions
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-24

The cordial understanding between Mr.. Hill
and Young Speaker ESheehan has stirred up
pretty Democratic quarrel at Buffalo. Mr.
Sheehan is not only bent on controlling the
party machinery throughout the State, but de-
sires especially to retain his grip upon that OF
Erie County. Buffalo being Mr.. Clevelands
home town, reverses there are Of course par
ticularly CALLING to the ex-Presdent, and tho
Illustration of his friends ambition to send four
Cleveland delegates next year to the Demo-
cratic National Convention would warm the
heart of the willy schemer al Albany. II is en-
couraging to note that, while the Erie County
democrats are at loggerheads, all Republican
discussions there have been healed.
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FRIDAY, JULY "a, 1891.
The morning call., 1891-12-19
HONORED BY THE PEOPLE.

1t is common to regard the American
people as nation of money worshipers
and to speak of them as such. We nave
heard the assertion made so often that we
have almost come to believe it ourselves.
In yesterdays telegraphic news, however,
was chronicled story that shows this
mercenary people in different light. 1t
told how the day before the people Of the
United States, East and West, North and
South, the rich and the poor, the humble
and the exalted, had delighted to honor the
Quaker poet on his eighty fourth birthday.
Governors and millhands sent their con-
CALCULATIONS. Gifts came from all over the
country. 1t took two hours to read the con-
gratulatory kilograms that were sent.
a striking occurrence this, in land
where money is supposed to be king and
sentiment at discount-the people uniting
in a general expression of honor to a man
whose life has been lived without any ref
erence to the getting of wealth-whose sole
claim to place in the hearts of the people
is that he has spoken TO them brave, noble
words. Harsh words they have sometimes
been, set forth in stanzas singularly imper-
feet, judged by rhetorical standards rhymes
faulty beyond the most provincial license
of Burns" as James Russell Lowell once
said, but always true WORDS appealing to
what is highest and tenderest and truest in
the humanity lie believes In so thoroughly.
And for these the people love and honor
him far more than they will ever love or
honor the most devoted philanthropic multi
millionaire who ever seeks to perpetuate
his name by the endowment OF institutions,
be they never so beneficent.
The American people are for the most
part complaisant over their milliouaires;
they are proud Of their great statesmen,
proud of their great generals, but they love
their great poets.
Longfellow. Bryant Lowell. Emerson,
Whittier, Holmes - these names outrank
the entire galaxy of governmental, military
or moneyed heroes whose names are fore
most to-day. Monuments may be erected
to all such of enduring marble and stone,
but the memory of these, whose monuments
are builded in the hearts of the people, will
endure when the annals of history alone
preserve the feats of the others.
The morning call., 1891-12-19
The Hebrew Faith.

We understand from very good authority,
says the Jewish Progress, that a Jewish
congregation will shortly be formed in Hon.
olulu and a synagogue erected. as there are
are Numbers of native Hawaiians who,
having become interested in the ten lost
tribes, want to embrace Judaism. Objec-
ton has already been raised to Sunday
services.
The Israelites of Philadelphia have dedi-
Gated the new building of the Hebrew Fdu-
cationa Society, an Institution that was
greatly needed. The building is heated bv
steam throughout and the cost of the lot
and edifce amounted to $4,000.
An instance of the great consideration
shown to Jews by the highest authorities in
Holland is afforded by a recent incident at
Druten. The annual Kermess Gair) coin
cided with the Day of Atonement and in
the very front of the synagogue there was
placed steam circus. which it was feared
would disturb the services. The President
of the congregation in vain appealed to the
Burgomaster to assign another site to the
circus or to order it to remain closed during
the holding of the services in the synagogue.
The President then communicated with the
chief rabbi at Anthem, who called on the
Governor OF the province, and he immedi-
diately teegraphed the Burgomaster TO re-
move the circus.
DIR. Morris Loeb has been called to the
chair of chemistry at the University of New
York, once filled by Professor Draper, the
illustrious author of The intellectual De-
velopment of Europe" DIR. Loeb is a grad
uate of Harvard and of the University of
Berlin.
Considerable satisfaction is felt in all
Jewish circles that the Emperor Francis
Joseph of Austria Hungary should .have en-
ployed Jewish member of the delegations,
Herr Leopold Pollack, from Bohemia. as
the medium for receiving from his Majesty's
lips political declaration of the utmost
weight. This utterance, which referred to
the maintenance of peace in Europe, has
been commented upon by the press of every
country.
The morning call., 1891-12-19
THE LAST STRAW.

1t is intimated that some of the escaped
boodlers propose to follow up their adyan-
tage by commencing suits against members
of the Grand jury who put them in peril.
Probably there is no more direct way to
promote the political fortunes of these grand
jurors than to subject them to a prosecution
Tor their work in exposing boodleism. The
boodlers would then be making an issue in
which decent men, without regard to party,
would all be found on one side THE CALI.
Is fully convinced that the anti-boodlers
outnumber the bo0dlers as one hundred to
one. The trouble about bringing the boo
dler to punishment lies in the fact that
antl-boodlers are divided by parties, while
the boodler knows no party except his own.
movement on the part of Buckley,
Bruner, Harp and their crowd to punish the
grand jurors for doing their duty as laid
down in instructions from the Superior
Court will be the straw that will break tine
camePs back. The decision of the Supreme
Court In the Bruner case presented ques-
ton Oh law upon which the average man
does not think himself qualified to express
an opinion. he leaves the determination of
such Questions to men whom he supposes he
employs for the purpose. He may think
that the Judges are wrong, but he is not
ready to fight for his opinion. But II the
question ever comes to the punishment of
men who have acted in good faith in the in
teresis of the people. under judicial insiruc-
ton, an issue will be presented that the
average. man will have a very decided opin-
ion upon. We do not Imagine, however.
that the boodlers will place such club in
the hands of their opponents. Their prin-
eipal concern is not TO punish, but to escape
The morning call., 1891-12-19
ANXIOUS TO HELP us.
Friendly Attitude of Worlds
Fair Officials.

Captain Thomas T.. Thompson, Secre-
tary of the California State Worlds Fair
Commission, returned yesterday from at
tendance at the Chicago conference of
State Commissioners, and is at the Lick.
1.-The conference was valuable chiefly for
the interchange of ideas by the Commits
sioners," said Captain Thompson. N
gathered considerable information which l
will develop for practical purposes.
ut was gratifying surprise to me to
learn that California is not a bit behind the
principal States in the progress of her work
and the collection Of exhibits. few COM
missions have more elaborate plans. with
cumbersome subcommittee at work, but we
Will be able to hold our own. Only two of
the States, South Dakota and Wyoming,
have selected plans for a State building.
"Ai OF the heads of departments and the
members OF the governing bodies expressed
the greatest frlendliness to California and
warm interest in her progress. / believe
that Director-General Davis attitude
toward this State has been misrepresented.
He Is undoubtedly DESTROYS now of giving
us more than fair treatment.
Chief SamuelS of the Horticulture
Bureau is SO anxious to show that he bears
no animus toward California for her opposi-
ton to his appointment that he is inclined
to favor us and show us Partially. That
he has land interests in this State has been
proven and his private secretary, Mr..
ID Arcy, is Tulare County ranch-owner,
ana anxious to render US any service.
Il am delighted with the site assigned to
California for State building Had q
choice been given the commission, we
could not have made better selection.
Work on the national buildings is pro-
crossing rapidly, those for the administra-
tion and for woman's work approaching
pnmnlptIOD ~
The morning call., 1891-12-19
DUTIES WILL BE RETMposEp.

Our trade contemporaries have at one
time and another expressed considerable
doubt if President Harrison would exercise
the power given the President by the reci-
procity clause in the Mckinley tariff act in
respect to nations that do not conclude trade
treaties. These doubts are set at rest by
Washington special, which fixes Christmas
as the latest date at which such proclama-
ton will be issued. AS the time has not yet
expired within which the proclamation re-
imposing duties might be issued the World
might nave spared its readers such COM
ments as follows:
Is it not clearly requirement OF good faith
that The President shall reimpose the du les In
the case Of tile Countries that have refused? Ir
he falls to do so shall we not be placed as ma
ton in the attitude OF one who secures goods by
false pretenses? Shall we not be open to the
charge OF having exiorted advantages after the
manner of The blackmailer?
1t is requirement of good faith that the
President shall reimpose duties in the cases
of countries that have refused to make trade
arrangements. No one has ever held the
question of the performance of this act of
good faith in doubt except papers that, not
being able to find fault with anything the Ad-
ministration has done, could only condemn
things the President might do or leave I'M
done. The dispatch says that the countries
with which treaties have been ratified are
Brazil, Cuba, Porto Rico, San Domingo
and the British West Indies. Treaties are
pending with Germany. Mexico, Guatemala,
Costa RIGA, Salvador, Colombia, Venezuela,
Peru and Ecuador. Until these treaties are
concluded these countries will have an OBJ
ject lesson in the form of reimposed duties.
The morning call., 1891-12-19
LOWER FREIGHrs WANTED

A San Francisco newspaper in noticing
pamphlet which has just made its appearance
in this city from 6. W. Diekie, relative to
cheaper Treights, makes the following re-
marks:
e. W. Dckie has Just had printed an interest
ing pamphlet on the commerce of the port of san
Francisco, in which he advocates the establish
meut OF drect steamship line between this city
aHd the ports of New York and Liverpool. He pre-
SCENTS data to show that such line could be
ptoftablY operated, and at the same time permit
tie fixing OF rates at figure much lower than
The most sangune member OF the Traffic Asso
citation homes Tor. The most suggestive lines in
the pamphlet these: rs 1t natural for the
merchants Of our interior towns to 60 to New
York or Philadelphia TO buy imported goods and
haul them across the continent on railway
with san Francisco and her fine harbor so near 2''
To this our contemporary responds as fol-
lows:
It is not natural, and II the merchants and cap
italists Of san Francisco had half as much en-
ergy as they should have they would long ago
have brought about state OF affairs which would
have made Mr.. Dlckie's question seem rdlcu-
lous.
Common report has it that even the news
paper whose opinion we copy has received
hundreds of thousands of dollars from
railroad corporation which has for some
years passed controlled. through bosses, both
political parties in the State. By bestowing
its money freely upon such men as have be-
tIayed US, the corporation has been able to
rule us completely. Not a law could be
passed by the Legislature which did not
please the Southern Pacific Railroad Com
pany. Even the paper from which we have
quoted tried toinduce the inhabitants of the
interior of the State to hold aloof from hav-
ing anything to do with the Traffic AssOcia-
ton. Now, however. when it realizes that
our citizens are determined not to be driven
to the wall by exorb liant freight charges, it
says if san Francisco merchants and capt.
talists had half as much energy as they
should have they would long ago have
brought about a state of affairs which would
have made Mr.. Dckie's question seem ride
nj
The morning call., 1891-12-19
A TRADE REVOLUTION.

While certain newspapers in the State
have been urging the necessity Of compel
ing railroad, the fact has been lost sight of
that the routes by which competition can be
made most effective have been utterly neg
leeted. At best competing railroad would
only reduce freight rates to the cost of the
service, but competing water route would
reduce freight rates to the cost Of water
service. Mr.. Dickie estimates the cost on
ali kinds of freight at an average of $40
ton. By the Straits of Magellan route the
time occupied would about sixty days. The
outlay in establishing such a line would be
hardly a 1.-THE of the cost of competing
road. II Is astonishing that with such
means of competition at hand San Fran
cisco has been allowing the railroad COM
panies to charge their own rates for 5000
miles of land travel. a large dry-goods
firm which has recently imported goods
from Europe by way Of New York and
across the continent complains that within
three or four years their trade has fallen off
at least S300,e00 a year. The retail mer-
chants of the northern country as well as of
California interior cities have bought at
New \ ork at as low prices as the San Fran
cisco importers could buy at. All this time
the ocean route has been open but unused.
The association of interests and capital
which was necessary to establish steamship
lines has not until recently been attempted.
So far as our Atlantic and European trade
is concerned. we might as well have been
an inland city. We were at the extreme
end of land Transportation routes instead of
being. as we might have been, at the front
OF water routes. 1t is understood that the
policy OF the Southern Pacific Railroad Com
pany has been to kill off or buy off ocean
mpetition. Ii ocean lines had been es-
tablished years ago the land transporta-
ti0n companies would have confined
their freight business to such articles
as will bear heavy freight The bulk of
merchandise would have come by steamer
at one third the cost of land TRANSPORTATION.
If the plan Mr.. Dieke has outlined is car
ried out San Francisco will recover much
of its lost trade. 1t lost trade because mer-
chants in other cities could undersell San
Francisco merchants, and it will recover
trade when the merchants of this city can
underSeli other competitors. So long as
goods came by water there could be no
other competition than Pacific Coast ports.
The volume of our business would always
give the San Francisco merchant al adyan-
tage- over the smaller ports. Interior
merchants would then have been drawn to
San Francisco by the virtue of the law
which compels merchant to buy in the
cheapest. market. OF course it is not pro-
posed 10 do away with transcontinental rail-
roads entirely. The bulk of passenger
always 60 by land.
But the days of railroad monopoly on this
Coas. sill be numbered when regular line
The morning call., 1891-12-19
KNEW HOW TO DO 1T.
The Man Who Relieved Tired WON
Of aI.

The Man Who Relieved a Tired Woman
of Her Baby.
There are two ways OF doing everything
Two gentlemen standing on Fourth and
Washington avenue noticed young, deli
cate. almost fragile looking woman coming
from the direction OF the big bridge, says the
St. Louis Republic. She was carrying a
baby and leading little child about years
old. 1t was evident that she was fatigued
and that her slender arms could scarcely
bear the burden they held. while the little
fellow clinging to her skirts was fretful and
So tired that his legs could hardly toddIe.
Both gentlemen noted the weary woman as
she passed them, and heard her remark that
they mad ''only six more blocks" to walk.
Il would help that woman if dared"
SAID one OF the gentlemen. ''but il | should
speak To her she would resent it and |
would only have my trouble for my pains.
l tried that kind of a thing once and the
woman called an officer and l narrowly
escaped arrest"
Well, am going to help her ard don't
think I'll be arrested" said his friend.
gentleman said in low tone: you are
about to drop that baby; it is too heavy for
you; let me carry ii"
Without waiting for reply he lifted the
child out OF her arms and she was so glad to
be relieved OF the load that she forgot to get
frightened. AS the little woman and her
brnefoctor disappeared down the street the
other gentleman said: IF had done that
she would have screamed ana there would
have been sensational street scene" He
was probably correct.