The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-03-10

Mr.. Leeds voice is again raised on be-
halt Of the North American Navigation
Company and continuance of its steam
ers to the isthmus. 1t is not voice cry
ing in the wilderness, for il is heard by a
very rich business community with inter-
ests all over the continent and the Pacific
Ocean. and if they do not hearken IT is
their own affair for the time being and
that of the whole community later should
rates of transportation jump up, as fh.y
are wont TO do when Mr.. Huntng tOn is al
liberty to rule California benev0lently
According to Mr.. Leeds every business
man who has assisted the COM any has got
S4 hack for every 81 he subscribed. This
scale OF profits should settle he future Of
the line, and vet Mr.. Leeds seems in doubt.
He shows that on a few produces there has
been a saving to shippers If S2750000.
This ought also % have been an aIlevla-
ton TO consumers, who should receive
their commodities at a lower prize. Pre-
sUmably the opposition steamers wi BIZ
continued, but meanwhile the Pacific Mail
rates are raised, ana they will 90 higher II
the North American Navigation Company
cOllapses.
Is it not something like employing a
steam hammer TO crack peanut 10 pass
law making haZing in universities GRIM
inal offense? When haZing is carried TO
extremes il is a criminal offense already.
Suppose one student T0ssts another in a
bonfire or by violence breaks homes. Or.
as happened at Cornell. suppose a prac-
tical joke ends In poisoning cook and
few freshmen. Does not the ordinary
law, If enfnrr ed, reach such esearades at
present? Would any extraordinary law
reach hem If. as is only too Likely, il is
laid on the shelf? The trouble about
haZlnR being perpetual offeDSe is that
university professors, acting as faculty,
do not exercise rigid supervision over stu
dents when on the playground or holding
festivities ard put them on their honor.
III young men who show themselves brutes
and destitute OF gentiemanly instincts are
caught in such deeds they should not only
be promptly expelled for good bu: turned
over to the authorities for prosecution.
without stern action by the heads of uni
verslties restraints upon haZing by the
law must be farce. There is even, as
matters stand, an esprit de corps in DEFY
ing the law. The evil goes TO the extent
OF lettering the weak from entering uni
verslties.
What an unfortunate steamer is the City
Of Paris. or the Paris, as 1t is now named.
A hoodOo OF some tenacious kind is
saddled upon her somewhere. When under
the British flag she came near laundering
by an explosion and was saved by the
strength and number of her bulkheads.
The loss due TO that accident would al
most have built new steamer. Under
the American flag the other day she had a
rough experience from damage 10 her
rudder, but was safely navigated into port
by alternate DropulsiOns from her twin
screws. Now, while she is undergoing re-
pairs in the MeTsey a fire has gutted the
interior and the damage fools up 500, 0OO
How the shareholders must bemoan their
luck when business is so very dull.
The Worlds London correspondent
states that @ number of the more promi-
nont Irish members are 10 visit MIR. Glad
stone at Hawarden. This Is indeed a
sign Of reconciliation In politics when the
representatives of Ireland can without
suspicion accept social compliments from
English statesmen. Under Parnel the
Irish members strictly held aloof from auy
Establishments OF hospitality. With the
exception of Justin Mccarthy, joseph Big
gar, and I. p. OConnor latterly, they were
all very poor and would grndge more than
80 cents for dinner. The favorite rem
! devious for grand dinner while the House
was sitting was one OF the halls IN the
! Commons kitcheDs and these gatherings
] were often very cheerful, though not too