The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-08-16

ln*tne: departments controlled by, Demo-
Gratis hold. their places by virtue of their
especial fitness and acquired knowledge.
When Republican Misunderstanding goes.
0utthe same is true of a certain proper
tlon OF Democratic employees. The. ser.
vices OF few experienced clerks are abso-
;lutely indispensable. When. a: working.
politician is elected to be head OF a.
department the least lie. can :do~in the
interests of the publ1c.is to- retain enough
experienced deputies to- teach him the
duties of; the office he holds:
Chinese diplomacy stands more upon
form than brains, but the latter would be
more serviceable in Western. civilization
than allthe auguStstyle conceivable in the
encourage of a Celestial plenipotentiary.
So many attendants have come in the
tram of" Yang w.. the new Minister; at.
Washington, that people are apt to smile
ana ask whether information al relations
require privatethea trical company. ! he.
Japanese at least do not max mi s take
. lneY nave taken severely 10 the simplicity
Of European M ssions. The suite of Yang.
] ucomprlses seventy Gig hi persons; whose
attire Is In various degrees of picturesque
harinG richness. TO the chief dignitary
thev. all pay a II ohseQuiouS Difference that
could hardly be muTe marked In hOnOrs to
aJnSS, and the whGle Chinese colony IS nn-
duly stirred by the presence OF this great
man. So much, humility before rank midi
Gates an interchangeable condition of the
Chinese character. Il is siiigular that at a
time. Ike this the new Minister should
absidutely be unable.to speak one word of:
English: All communications must be
III cred through an interpreter This IS a
mistake the Mikado''s representatives do
not commit. ;: :. - >.
The Oakland trains continue to fly at a
speed: which the Southern Paci1c world
ind 1T hard to improVs:upon over the valley
sections: of this State and does 1ot equal
over@the mountain grades. 1t is all done
to how the good people VIII dare to smile
al opposition that theyare children play
ing with lire and must be, whipped and;
made to feel how naughty is their conduct:
Oakland's PROSPECTS OF revenge Will came
when SOME of the victims who get their
skulls cracked or their legs br oxen ask the
company Tor comDenSatiOn.: A jury woG ID,
have little hesitation in returning verd ct
tlr heavy damages, seeing that no excuse
IS posS tble for such reckless driving. - a
boy injured at Broadway is the latest vic.
tim. but a dozen a week would be sur.
prise. 1t looks bad when engineers are
scared al the risks they are taking
. In Kern Countya great mortality. is re
ported among the jackass rabbits. "It-is
quite unlikely there is any mourning for
he dead, not if the whole race should dis
appear but it w0uid:be Of some service to
farmers to as certain the causes. The rab-
bit pest tends to increase at a frightful
rate, and anatomical study Of the c0rp5es
might gtVea hint "a to the mode of keep
ingthe deprrdatOTs, down.. Some. prOpor-
tim of:rabblts IS necessary To givec0yotes
dim er. or these in turn will thin out
10cks Of shee The rabbltaEsO provides
meals for The various carnivorous birds.
0heOf the most important points in the
decision Of the Boring Sea arbitration is
the prohibition of the use OF firearms in.
killing seals. Farmore than the regnla-
lions as TO distance from the islands where
sealing may proceed. this is a blow to-in-
discriminate slaughter al sea, with the re-
sult:that very large percentage of the
animals sink and are lost. or disappear
wounded and die: 1t. means the death Of
schooner mara udng and the p[ote ton of
the herds. .,..... 49,
Ex-Minster COMBS brings from j ap an
the news that the Mikado's advisers have
resolved to restrain immigration into the
United States. This is "a. course which
meets with the approval of the people of
this country. ItwQuld be a pQor result of
sO-much agitation to prevent Chinese from
sWamplDg America if another State
swarm were to cDlonlze the land and Dust
white labor from its legitimate -sp here:
The Japanese are considerably better.than:
the CeleStials, but they are not GesirabIs
freely intermixed with our population. In:
time they might BECOME just as objec--
tionable as Chinese. -. -.
/ Mr.. Blount comes home from Hawaii
with feeling of WEAKNESS in his heart
that ever he undertook his mission. An
island group is only ISOLATION ana. desola.
ton to him. There might have been less
gloom had he been entrusted with the
prosecution of another policy, but he has
OllOwed HIS structions. ana THE Presl-
dent has. the responsibility. What his:
renort IS Mr. Blount will not say. His
labor IS Qyer, and ne points in: the direc-
tion Of Washington for further Informal
ton. Reticence. is a good quality in. a
diplomat: -. :+->-..:.. -
The RHfdt Press comments with some
thing Ike surprise upon the fact that. Jer-
seys have carried off tile prize inthe cheese:
competition at Chicago, this breed being.
+eele brated for the richness of its milk and.
nigh percentage of butter. But does not
much depend upon the food supplied? In
: IT'S native habitat he Jersey has wonder
v
snow. never lies on the ground But. else
Wherethe f0od is not so sustaining and a
fall OF ~ quality and quantity of milk re-
suits What has happened at. Chicago
however, shows thatOn the same food the
Jersey beats the shOrth0rn, 10 mean vie
. tory, and there Will probably now be a,de-
mand Tor stock with a jersey strain. ...-.
. On Sunday last the .R6salie opposition
ieriy carried about IA, 600 passengers aud
the Grace Barton carried nearly 1000. This
IS a prettylarge cut into the business of
the Southern Pacific which heretofore had
an ayeragt travel of over sc. 900 passengers
per day But the opposition will. do much
better etwbenit has new. steamers :of
adequate size for the traffic. The course
Things nave taken renders 1T apparent that
popular enthusiasm is heartily with the
DAVE Company aud that it has only 10
keep going ahead to get all the support. it
wants. -: >...... :. :: =
+. PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT. I
M. Colonne, the conductor of the Grand
Opera In Paris. has retired from that DO
SitOn.