The morning call., 1893-02-03

The Southern Pacific is DESTROYS OF posing
at Sacramento as a generous company 1t
has issued a new schedule of rates from San
Francisco TO cities in the interior, but the
tariff is only a mockery ana cannot benefit
the trader. The old tariff and the new by
means OF a trick. are six of one and half a
dozen of the other. Just as well might the
tariff be put in force between San Francisco
and the moon. The insult to the mercantile
community lies in Offering reduced rates on
hundreds Of wares. materials and products
per carload as matter of fact, hardly
one of the commodities is ever shipped to
interior points IN carload lots. The demand
is not sufficient COnsignments in less than
carload lots will be charged all the traffic
will bear as heretofore, and nobody will be
one cent the better for this exhibition Of
humbug. Merchants are boiling with rage
over so vile joke.
Sir Ellis Ashmead- Bartlett, who ques-
toned the British Government yesterday on
Hawaiian affairs, is an American who has
naturalzed himself as a British subject.
His brother is the husband Of the very
wealthy Baroness BuTdett- COutts Sir Ed
ward Grey, who replied as Under Secretary
for Foreign Affairs, is of the family of Lord
Grey, VINO carried the reform bill Of 1892
and relative Of the family of the present
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erai Of conspicuous ability. The reply be
gave shows that England does not intend to
Interfere IN Hawaii. No vessels Of war
will be sent, English interests being CON
sldered sale in American hands. and there
will only be a chance call from a cruiser en-
route. Furthermore, no protest in any
shape has been sent TO Washington. Eyi-
IDENTITY the United States may protect or
annex as it pleases without rufiling the
feelings of other nations.
Colonel Mendel, one of the Board of
Sewer Commissioners which has just been
summarily dismissed by the Supervisors,
utters what everybody knows when he
admits that the retirement Of himself and
colleagues "will result in added emolu-
ments to certain city officials, although with
corresponding financial discomfort TO the
property owners OF the city," This Is
doubtless the conclusion Of Professor David
son and the other members. Within q short
time the city would have learned on indis-
putable expert authority what is needed in
remedying defects of sewers and street
grades; but the work is suspended and
thrown into confusion, and it goes entirely
INFO new hands, unless Mr.. Marsden Man
son can be retained. Mr.. Manson is. how
ever, unwilling to remain unless he has full
control. Colonel Mendel does not feel an
n0yed over the abrupt action taken, but he
would nave liked to see our sewer system
improved.
The three survivors Of the crew of the
Thekla who slew and ate a fourth sailor
after drawing lots are to be tried in Ger
many for murder. II formally convicted
they are not likely to receive much punish
ment, but 1t is surely nonsense to Justify
such an act by regarding it as supreme
necessity. There is no necessity to either
Kill or eat human being. Such n deed
may have some palliation but no complete
excuse, even IL the alternative is death by
starvation.
Sir Peter OBrien, Lord Chief Justice OF
Ireland has uttered rather a strong thing
about Mr.. Morley, Chief Secretary for Ire
land, Mr.. Morley had refused police pro-
lection TO some bailiffs who were serving
wriis Mt night, and Sir Peter thinks this
very heinous, and that Mr.. Morley has laid
himself liable to Imprisonment. This utter
ance delighted the Tory landlords. but he
would be bold judge who would Law Mr..
Morley by the heels. II is unfortunate
that partisanship should crop out on the
Irish bench, but the baTristers are hot oar
tisans before they get there.
WHAT liberal and tolerant country
Canada is Goodwin Smith, the elo-
quent professor. who once had renown
Dominion's happiness and prosperity lie
in being annexed to the United States He
is about to visit President-elect Cleveland
with view to prevail upon MIN to annex
our northern nelghbor. Having got wind
OF this, some Canadian perfervid patriots
are urging that he should be expelled from
the Dominion. The professor may retort
chat this is narrow-minded, because he could
legally carry on In England Itself an agta-
ton for the severance of Canada from the
mother country. There would be nothing
amiss in Droaching the matter in the II louise
of Commons at Westminster. One thing is
certain, that II the Canadians sincerely and
by large majority desire annexation the
English people will not stand in the way
Canada is to all intentS and purposes just
as foreign to England as to Germany, ex-
cept In the matter of foreign treaties and
the appointment of Govern0r-General.
The New York Senate has before 1t a bill
intended to check the rapacity of the Read
ing Railroad coal combine Int IL nassau