The morning call., 1894-01-03

mud it presented sorry spectacle yester-
day. The crown of the head had been
cracked off and both arms and legs had
been separated from the trunk.
The scene of the outrage is usually de-
serted at night, and no one processes to
have knowledge of the perpetrators of the
outrage. The watchmen In the vicinity,
who might have been expected to know
now and when the affair happened, alege
their ignorance. 1t seems difficult to un-
deTstand how band of boOdlums could
carry out their plan without attracting
some attention. but they evidently did,
and in consequence the police have made
no arrests.
Attorney w. T. Baggett, who has lately
represented DR.. CogswelI as his legal
adviser, expressed his surprise at the
matter being taken so philosophically by
the public.
There are two ways of viewing the
matter" he remarked, first as an offense
against the city aud again Is a slight and
reflection on DR.. COgswell. l suppose
every one will agree that the miscreants
who destroyed the figure surrounding the
fountain ought, if caught. to be severely
punished. Ii is just possible. however.
that on account of the Identity of the
parsonage whom the figure represented
NO very strenuous efforts will be made
10 track down the offenders.
III JOESW6ll Is q Dell0F6I I'D temper
auce and practices what he breaches.
Like Lick. Cooper. Peabody and host OF
other phllanthroplSts, he has desired to be
identified with the work of encouraging
temperance principles by the erection of
these drlnking-fOuntains. and it is difficult
to imagine any objection to such an idea
on his part, If the figure in any way de-
trscted from the utility of the gift there
might be room for cavil. The doctor donated
the fountain with goodwill 20 the people.
and although, In all, he has erected about
twenty-five fountains in different cities OF
the United States, only in San Francisco
has he been made the more or less con-
slant butt of people who know little or
nothing regarding the aims he has had in
view.
SIN Des Mones he dedicated fountain to
the heroic Kate Shelley and in New York,
where society exists for the purpose of
DISPENSING iced water in the summer
months free to the poor, his gift was
highly appreciated Brooklyn. Washing
ton, Fall River, Rochester, st. Joseph,
Portsmouth. Ohio, Rockville. Conn, Buffalo
and San Jose all have drinking fountains
donated by the doctor. and have yet to
learn that they have outraged the old prov
erb which says you must not Look
gift horse in the mouth"
j. II. Culver, secretary of the Mechanics
Institute, upon being asked for his opinion
as to the destruction wrought on the foun-
tain, said:
We'll, | imagine that a long time ago
some one remarked that a prophet is not
without honor save among his own kins-
folk and relations. Somehow or other
DR.. COgswell has been made to appear be-
! fore the public in an odlOuS light. when he
has simply been fighting for what was
| right and just. There are few, it seems to
me. that know what he really has done for
the city. The college which lie gave TO the
| poor children has an endowment having a
| prospective value of at least 81, 600, 600. OF
course 1t is tangled up, but gradually mat
tiers are being Strengthened out. He was
| one OF the pioneers and has been identified
| with many works of improvement tending
| to benefit and enrich The city and State. Ii
| he has closely identified himself with the
| temperance cause, where is the disgrace of
| thatp True, as drinking fountains increase
| beer halls may naturally be supposed to
| decline and shut their doors. but L think
! in this city we can afford to witness the re-
| ductiOn of saloons with eQuanimity. There
will be plenty left to meet the wants of
the multitude"
The doctor was not aware of what had
| happened to his gift To the city until in
| formed by CALL reporter. de received
| the WIS of his downfall-that is. the down
fall of his castiron representative, very
coolly.
Il am not very much surprised" said he.
Tor IN and ont of season it seems as if
| 10 anu lily motives I'LL
/ pugned. They say I'm temperance
crank. I'm not. I'm not Identified with
any temperance society or organization,
but do believe in it, and furthermore |
| do not believe in people being compelled.
whether they wish 1t or not. to GO into a
saloon to Stake their thirst. In every city
of the Old World / saw fountains dotted
about. and particularly to the poor | be-
| lleve them to be necessity. | have tired
to benefit the city and the class in which
am particularly interested-the very poor
| My efforts have been crippled. however,
more or less, because i would not and will
! not placate those WHO have a pull
As an instance: When | returned
| from Europe many years ago
built a working women's home at the cor
ner of broadway and Ohio streets. l in
tended that it should be run on a similar
plan to other institutions of like character
| which j had seen abroad. Kalloch was
Mayor of the city then and he and his
| friends encouraged me In the scheme. |
| had furniture expressly made for the