The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-19
MEN ABOUT TOWN.
Short Stories Picked Up in the
Hotel Corridors.
A Long Residence in India-Midilrs Remark.
able Memory-Economy the Order of the
Day-The Senate Orator.

Colonel Tan liner. who for thirty-seven
years has served as an officer in the British
army in India, sat in the corridor of the
Palace Hotel yesterday and thOughtfully
tapped the toes of his tan-colored shoes with
an oddly carved bamboo cane. His head
was covered with loud checked helmet and
the stem of very short brialwOod pipe
protruded from between his lips.
Il have had quite enough Of the country"
he said. "and will be content to remain in
England for the balance of my life. The
only really good thing in India is the tea,
which is tie finest in the world. Aside from
that, it is a hot, dry, stupid country, iuhab-
tied by an ignorant, ragged lot of fanatics,
who are in constant state of discomfort and
ready for an outbreak at any moment. 1t is
only by a constant display of bayonets that
the English authority is upheld and a second
Sepcy mutiny prevented. Sooner or later,
however, the Queen power must be broken,
for every man WHO has made a study of the
Eastern question realizes that sooner or
later Russia Will wrest India from her
Every body there believes it, and the army
officers know that nothing will prevent it. .
SUCCESSFUL MAN.
Major George II. Bonebrake of Los An
geles, whose name has been brought promi-
nently forward as a candidate 10 succeed
Senator Hearst when the latter'S term shall
have expired, has returned hume from this
city. While comparatively a new man in
State politics, he has long been power in
the southern citrus belt, and is, in more
ways than one, man whose success has
been remarkable. a newspaper man in his
younger years, and lawyer at a later
period, he abandoned both as not sufficiently
remunerative and took to business. During
boom times in Southern California. he
amaSsed a large fortune, and with the genius
Of born inancitr got out before the re-
action, and Is to-day estimated at over half
a million. He is a man of irrcproachable
character and popular to rare degree.
MEDHL'S MEMORY.
number of reporters sat in the corridor
of the Grand Hotel last night patiently
cooling their heels ON the tiled floor while
they waited for 5 eaker CoOmUS of the As
semhly 10 come in from the theater. As news
paper men will do when together, they fell
to discussing the great lights of the profess
sion. interspeysiug their remarks with wise
wlttlclSms ON the policy Of the various large
journals Of the country. Said one of them
:" The most remarkable man in many
ways l ever met was Joseph Medill, the
veteran editoT Of the Chicago Tribune. Two
years ago l called on him, and when pre-
! sented my card he glanced at it. and, eX-
tending his hand with SMILE asked: Are
you not the young man who wrote me ten
years aEo a. king now to become "A noNspa-
per reporter?
Il answered that l WAS, and that his re-
ply IldtI itl me mo newspaper " rs lJuI-
ing all the intervening years had not met
him or communicated with him in any way,
which made lis remembering me seem all
the more remarkable"
ECONOMY IN DEMAND.
Hon. Frank l.. Co0mbs, Speaker Of the
Assembly. was at the Or nd last night, and
sroke encouragingly Of the outlook for
healthy Legislation.
The Assembly" he said, ais now in good
working order, and the business of the seS-
sion is much further advanced than at a cor
responding period Of last session. There is
a general desire among the members for
strict economy, and | am confident that the
pledges expressed in the platform will be
kept lnylolate. Strong pressure, of course,
VIII be brought to bear by all who want ap-
preparations, but | think we will be able TO
apporton the money out so as to do equal
justice to all and still keep within the fifty
cent limit"
THE sENATE's ORATOR.
Senator Carpenter Of Los Angeles, whose
days ago STAN, ed him as The orator of the
Senate, is at the Grand. Those who heard
him say that his effort was one of the best
ever made on a similar occasion and was
recognized by both Democrats and Repub-
licans. The Senator, however wears his
honcrs with becoming modesty, and refers
to the episode as "a little impromptu affair"
that was hardly worth discussing.
I" thought the remarks of Senator
GOucher very ill-timed," he said, land ieel-
ing as l did toward Senator Stanford, |
could not, in justice to myself, remain silent
at such time. l think the gentleman real
ICES now that he made a mistake, and of
course our relations are of the most pleasant
nature"