The morning call., 1892-06-09


A telegram from Berlin states that Emin
Pasha is dead. Sinister reports of like
purport have again and again been put in
circulation. This report IS said to be a con-
frmatiOn of the recent rumOr. 1t may be
so, but recOnfrmation is desirable, as a
large percentage OF every kind of news that
comes from Africa is utterly Enthusiastically.
If il be the fact that Emin has passed away,
remarkable man has Joined the majority.
lie preferred isolation from civilization for
the sake Of adding to the scientific infOrma-
ton which civilization, in sundry phases of
its manifold development, values highly.
He cared more for science than administra-
tOu or power, and his labOrS in Africa
would be very imperIectly known unless
studied from the scientific standpoint As
pioneer investigator in a new region, he
has made himself a name which Will be
more justly appreciated when present
squabies about the exploits OF explorers are
regarded from a distance. Emin was a
worker in his own way, and ne does net
appear to have placed his hope Of salvation
upon the fame which could reach him in
newspapers or addresses before geographical
societies He is one Of the men, like LiY-
ingstone, who cannot be left out Of African
history.
Doubtless the usual. the almost inevitable,
contradiction will follow the report that the
harbOr of Samantha Bay, in San DOmingo,
has been ceded to the United States. The
report emanates from Paris, a capital which
has about rs eminent a reputation for men
dacity as Vienna, and most sensible people
will sci it aside as fiction unadorned by q
single element or probability, As to the
representatives Of Germany, France and
England taking steps to guard the autonomy
Of San Domingo, that extraordinary fedora
ton hardly requires the comment Of a smile.
The news is said to have originated in
KingstowD. Jamaica; but in that case, if
true, it is more likely to have travelled to
the United States via London than Paris.
Susan B. Anthony is making the cause OF
wOman's suffrage heard amid the shouting
for platform planks at Minneapolis. That
she will attain all her wishes is prob
ably not anticipated by Susan b. Anthony
herself, but the movement is said 10 be
strong this year, and when movement is
strong it is on the highroad to recognition
in some shape. There is more than the
suffrage behind this question, although that
is the first demand. Office-hOlding must fol-
low the concession OF the suffrage, and it Is
debata6le TO what extent il would follow
Ii a woman can sit on the throne Of Eng
land and govern better than any monarch
that can be named is il illOgically hopeless
that a woman should not make good Presi-
dent Of the United States? Wyoming has
women in various Offices and they have full
freedom Of voting. The State has certainly
not suffered from this departure.
II is announced that the Santa Fe COM
pany is about to put into effect new tariff
by which second-elass passengers will be
conveyed from Kansas City to California
for S14 20. and from Chicago for S24 20.
Other roads, from compulsion and not good
WILL are expected to follow suit. The
change in rates cannot fail to benefit Cali
foTnia. Everybody who visits this coast Is
delighted with the climate, the soil and the
general conditions of q happy existence pos
sble to those who are industrious. But the
trouble is so few tome distance Of 1000
miles or more to spy out the land for them
selves. The cost is forbidding. Some years
ago cut in rates to almost nominal figure
worked wonders in inducing immigration
We may witness a renewal OF the movement
if the AtcbisOD, Topeka and Santa Fe per-
sists in its good resolution. Let US hope the
competition will be carried into other fields
of transportation service, for, as Mr.. Leeds
has shown. California stands as much in
need OF relief as IL our one railroad had built
a wall round IL with t0llgates, making II, in
fact, beleaguered State.
Balfour, Guthrie & Co. of San Francisco
"io Slatou " udf0 eoOaOtiohcN CIipPel Hhe
Of sailing ships from New York 10 San
Francisco. Grace & Co. and Williams,
Dimond 81 Co. have also clipper lines in
their service and from the addition Of a
third, shipping circles are bound to conclude
that they must gain by the abundance Of
tonnage and the competition for business.
Independent efforts Of this character are to
be commended. because the more they sue.
ceed the more the power Of the railroad
mOnOp oily is broken in controlling despotic-
ally all kinds Of transportation. San Fran
cisco ought to enjoy its legitimate advan-
tages as a port and In the coming years it
may look forward 70 a better utilization Of
those advantages