The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-09-14

panies have the reputation OF being shrewd
enough not to throw money away. The
public meantime will bear in mind the as
sertion of the Report that the patrons of
newspaper have no concern as to its morals.
The continued existence of the Report de.
ponds on its ability to make the people be-
lieve that they are not concerned as TO the
character Of a newspaper they take into
their homes.
Recently allusion was made In THE
CALL to the experiments of a New York
physician OF experimental mind on inoeula-
tion with attenuated virus as n remedy for
cholera, precisely in the line Of incubation
for hydrophobia. 1t Is PasteurSm applied
in a new direction, and a direction which
promises enormous relief TO panic-stricken
humanity should it succeed. The judgment
of the medical world, founded upon obserya-
ton, must be awaited before any positive
declaration on the success of the pr0phy-
tactic can be made. But the treatment has
PasteupS consent, aud is born of Pasteur's
ori2inatiVe genius. This distinguished
Sayant-fOrtunately he is not doctor
has succeeded in remedies for half-a dozen
diseases Of the most viru!ent character, in
GLIDING anthrax, silkNOrm disease and
hydrophObla, and he has saved brewers
hundreds Of millions by showing them when
fermentation is successful for beer-making.
Should his cholera incubation Prove a true
prOphylactlc what honor is there too great
TO be paid to this brilliant man-great
beyond any term Of verbal magnitude?
Monumental warriors are pIgmies to this
student. His labor is In the track OF all
diseases, and he has benefited all mankind.
AS usual a newspaper correspondent is to
the front in order TO procure subject-matter
for a Geographic dispatch. An American
newspaper correspondent has actually had
the courage to allow his body to be i'm
pregnated with the attenuated virus of
cholera microbes at the hands of Pasteur
and his assistants. He describes the treat
ment, the seizure of his flesh, the puncture
with sharp needle, the injection of the
fluid. the after symptoms and temperature,
and then calmly announces that he Is
almost ready for the second dose OF iDjec-
tlon. So if the cholera comes TO Paris and
to the correspondent he will be armOr-
proof and c0ol-headed among people who
are dying. The example Of this corre-
spondent is not rare in journalism, for
many brave meu have taken extraordinary
risks 10 obtain news, no matter what the
personal sacrifice may be. Ii is pity there
Is not something OF the newspaper spirit
among all the crowd OF maudiin towards on
Long Island who oppose the establishment
OF quarantine station on Fire Island.
The conflict with the Long Islanders on
the subject of establishing a quarantine sta
ton on Fire Island for passengers sane and
we'll taken off vessels detained pruden-
TALLY will not last long. Common-sense
and military force will overcome their
panic and compel a selfish mob to under
stand the ordinary rights OF humanity
The Long Island mob has exhibited traits
Of cOwardice, brutality and savagery that
nobody before these events could have
imagined Americans could be guilty of.
The American name has been lowered by
this conduct, and il American authority,
either State or Federal, cannot correct this
abuse OF mob law promptly the country will
suffer IN the eyes of civil cation elsewhere.
But there is good reason to believe that
New \ ork Itself is quite able to cope with
the difficulty. We act slowly in the United
States at the outset of difficulty IN order
to give people time TO reflect upon errors,
but we act crushingiy IN the long run when
tile errors run into license and the peTpetu-
alton Of wrongdoing. And the Federal
power IS always on guard when the power
of State fails.
The telegram from New York that the
Sixty-ninth Regiment and Naval Reserve
Battalion have been sent to Fire Island. and
that the Fourteenth and Forty-seveDth regi-
ments have also been dispatched to the
scene of mob law shows that no nonsense
will be tolerated on the part Of the Long
Islander rioters. This prompt action will
settle the difficulty within the lines of
States rights notions. There is also news
that the passengers of detained steamers
have been landed. and that the injunction
issued by Brooklyn Judge has been pro-
nouuced worthless.
The proper manner of dealing with all
refuse cast overheard in a harbor from in
fected vessels is to burn it, To throw it
into the sea is simply means of spreading
disease ashore. The destruction of all such
refuse could be accomplished by prov ding
special vessels for the purpose, and The
burning could proceed far out at sea. 1t
would be a costly process. but what is cost
compared with the safety OF city's inhaD-
itaEts. or the inhabitants of whole coun-
try. Infected totsam should not be toer-
ated
The Emperor William of Germany prOba-
bly, Will quaff champagne for month to
come. He is now the happy father of a
daughter. This arrival breaks the monot-
ony Of his family. He has six sons, all alive
and very vigorous, and bright-faced little
girl will refine the brood and laugh at the
military buttons they are wont TO show
when out of long clothes. The cup Of bliss
now runs over with William as II has with
his grandmother, Queen Victoria, who will
probably live to behold six generations gaz-
ing upon her with generation.
The run upon the Birk beck Bank In Lon
don would be a very serious matter if there
were any probability that the bank would
go down. But that is extremely improba-
be 1t is ope of the safest of savings banks
in England. It may be troublesome to real
iZe on the securities But the prudence of
the management is generally accepted as
beyond question. and there may be the FULL
est confidence that assets will by a long
way Offset liabilities The run upon the
bank is simply panic. Other savings banks
may 90 down, but II the Brkbeek is genu-
lnely involved fareweli 10 trust in any
financial Institution. or course the bank
may lose heavily by this exhibition OF dis
trust on the part of deDosltors.
The Southern Pacific shows its patriotism
TO itself by declining to make any conces-
sion In passenger rates on account Of the
Cabrillo festival at San Diego. Those who
hoped for concessions ought to be grateful
that the company has not doubled the rates,
on its infexible principle OF grinding out of
the public all that the traffic Will bear. The
time is at hand, however. when the COM
pany will find itself with little choice about
traffic or rates or even land sales. Its arm
is becoming feeble for robbery and its curse
is losing potency in politics.
The Bohemian Club has shown itself quite
unbohemian by forbidding access TO It's
grounds in Sequoia Canyon upon penalty of
prosecution TO the utmost rigor Of the law.
This rule has been laid down in the true
spirit of propriet0rial exclusiveness and is
quite unworthy of cubbable gentlemen who
profess to love the freedom OF gypsyng. OF
course visitors will tread the Bohemian
proclamation under foot and defy the con-
sequences. The Bohemians are there only
three or four days year, and the wander
iDgs Of those who love the beautiful cannot
be restrained by mere edlct. sensible
caution as to not desecratng the place by
too much botaniZing and prohibiting hunt