The morning call., 1894-02-06

The urgent ueed Is undiminished for
generous subscriptions to the relief fund
on behalf of the unemployed. The money
in hand is running down fast. but the
number OF the applicants for work remain
with little fiuctuatiOn. To realize what
the situation is the public should either
see or conceive the 600 men waiting in line
on Leidesdorff street for tickets which will
enable them to earn 81 day. They are
nearly all married men, ana all ara resi-
dents of the city, who by their toll have
helped to create its wealth. They have
wives and children dependent on them. A
dollar day Is small. sum to 60 round,
even In securlug neceSsarles OF food and
household requirement To make room
for those who have had no work the COM
mittee are obliged to discharge hundreds
who have had ten days or fortnight OF
employment. 1t is in this manner that
extreme distress is being tided over, but
further eXertiOns are necessary. Every
dollar LAID out In this way has tw ofold
reward. 1t helps the necessltous. and en-
ables work to be performed at the park
which would ultimately have to be done at
twice the cost out OF taxes.
Complaint comes from HalfmoOn Bay
that the State authorities neglect that
section in the matter of protecting fish
and that illegal fishing goes on constantly
in the waters of Piarcitos Creek, which
is remarkably well stocked notwithsta
ing. There are also complaints that in the
streams of Marin County much poaching
goes on without molestation. All this
may be true without casting much blame
on the Fish Commissioners. They are not
Ubiquitous, and possibly have the otiose
frame OF mind which expects the inhabi-
tants Of district to stand by the law and
see that it is observed. If the residents
are Indifferent about a close season and
wink at illegal practices. such as spearing
salmon or dipping fish out of shallow
pools, the Commissioners can do little of
their own initiative. They ought to have
the backing Of pubic opinion and CO.
operation, not the sneers OF those who do
not think it their business TO interfere.
AS things are poaching is prevalent, both
as TO game and fish. Deer, for instance,
III some of the northern counties are no
more preserved in practice than squirrels
or bear. There is always venison TO be
had.
Old as he is and growing dim in sight
there is yet member Of the House Of
Commons almost ten years Mir. Glad
stones senior, though not so long in Par
lament, still hale and possessed of all his
faculties, and not disinclined to contest an
election If any one should be so unchival-
rous as to stand against him. This is
Charles Pelham Villers, who was born in
1902, and is commonly spoken of as the
father of tie House. which he entered in
1885, According to the notions of twenty
years ago he is q stout Liberal. very much
broader than the Wings, whom he has
seen triumph and fall away again as a
T.
part In the repeal Of the infa oous corn
laws, and all the movements which led up
to Peeps coup in 1876. In short, he was
an active agitator on the subject before
Cobden and Bright were heard Of, and
was instrumental in bringing those men,
then unknown, into the Parliamentary
arena. He has many anecdotes Of the
parliamentarians of bygone DAYS, such as
Canning the Duke OF Wellington, OCon-
nell, Peel, DisTaeli and many others. He
heard the cele bTateG speech during the de-
livery of which Disraeli was hooted down
and told his jeerers that they would one
day listen To him. The statesmen OF to-
day are very different in manner and
methods. There is less oratory, but
speakers abound; less preparation, but
more readiness and assertveness
If there are no more public executions in
France, so much the better for public de-
ceDcy. Let men who are doomed to die
for crime feel that they are wretches
stunned by society and not a mock species
of hero saying farewell in melodramatic
exaltation to a rabble. whose stoicism is
seen in gloating over the outflow of other
peoples blood. valiant died unrepentant
and glorying in his bomb exploit. What
he means by death to society" and Long
life to anarchy" is not to be unraveled by
logic or reason. Society is dead in the
moon, and yet anarchy is not regnant. for
our luminary follows its appointed course
with answering punctuality. III Vaillant's
crude theories had scope the earth would
be graveyard. Do these people imagine
that history will reverse its story?
The glad news is telegraphed from Fan
zibar that w. Astor ChaDler, who has
been trying to enter the UNEMPLOYED re-
gion in the northeast shoulder of Africa,
has been heard from as late as Januarv