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The morning call., 1894-02-16
FROM HONOLULU.

The public are at last given the letter
from President Dole to Minister Willis,
specifying in detail the acts of the Cleve-
land administration, through its repre-
sentative. of which in a general way
President Dole had already written. 1t
was the original letter which displeased
President Cleveland and which Minister
Willis had asked President Dole to with
draw. The specifications as now furnished
doubtless intensity the desire of Minister
Willis that the letter had been suppressed.
The Hawaiian President not only shows
in what respects the attitude of the Ameri-
can administration had materially added
TO the difficulties of the Hawaiian situa-
tion. but convicts Minister Willis of having
made covert threats which would have
justified harsher measures on the part
Of the Hawaiian Government than were
adopted. The interview in the Star, which
Minister Willis admits to be authentic.
was sufficient, if printed in any other
country and under other conditions, to
have entitled Minister Willis to his pass
ports. The expressions. will not be
allowed" and will not be permitted"
when applied to possible events in the
country to whi h Minister Willis was
accredited and of which President Dole
was the actual head, were an assumption
of superiority that might have thrown
less cool-headed man than President Dole
off his balance. The details of the con-
troversy have been given out In way that
deprives it of much OF its national interest
Results have been known in advance of
the causes that led up to them. Results in
these days are pretty much all that is
The morning call., 1894-02-16
WATER RATES.

One of the small matters which incline
man to doubt the obvious fact of his ex-
istence is the principle of bookkeeping in
use in the Office of the Spring Valley Water
Company. For so many years that the
memory of man goeth not to the contrary
the Spring Valley Company have asked
rates which would enable them to make
needed improvements in their works. But
when these needed improvements have been
made with current revenues derived from
the people the amount SO expended has
been added to the capital. on which inter-
est must be paid. We admit certain ad-
miration for the ingenuity which has
worked this thing so many years. and also
a sense of wonderment if the time will
ever come when the company can do it no
longer,
The morning call., 1894-02-16
TOO EXCITING.

IL would be of no avail to harp on the
hazard of playing hide and seek with lions
in den, enforced as it is by the terrible
fate which has befallen the unfortunate
Snowman. Carl Thieman. who has sue
cumbed to the wounds inflicted by one of
his feline pupils during a performance.
The poor fellows death has doubtless en-
hanced the value Of the menagerie in the
estimation of the public. They will crowd
to the place in order to stare at the fierce
brute which clawed and mangled the vic
tim. 1t will also be an easy matter to find
some substitute equally brave. equally non-
chalant about his life. as long as he can
earn large income by displays of hardi-
hood. The secret of success in all these
cases is the Indifference to death, if it does
come, in a violent form. The world ad-
mires courage of supreme quality, whether
il is in the soldier who leads the escalade
OF fortress. the sailor who throws a live
she'll overheard, the prize-fighter who gives
and takes bruises with fer0cious logged
ness and the so-calJed lion-tamer who
whips few beasts around a den, dis
charges pistols to excite them and clubs
them viciously if they show the temper
which is natural under the circumstances.
IL 10 SHC UuSiucoo VI cuUN W
tract aud lion-tamer is worth good
deal more as n drawing card than a circus
rough rider who vaults over half a dozen
horses in bunch. Tie law does not inter-
feIe fussily with these entertainments. 1t
sometimes stops woman in Spangles
from putting her dainty head inside
tigers jaws, because 1t has been instanced
occasionally that the tiger closes his jaws
rather unceremoniously. But men who
are willing to take these risks, who will
twist lions tail and make believe that
the animal is sophisticated and domesti-
Gated. are left TO their inclination provided
the public are passably we'll secured
against an outbreak Of carnivOr9. Ii
cannot be said that these exhibitions are
demoralizing. as are those in which cut
throat bandits figure as heroes. but they
certainly are not elevating. and it would
be better if they were suppressed as need
lessly thrilling and exciting.
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GIVE THE PATIENT A CHANCE.

Mr.. Clark Howell of Georgia has the
same faith IN the repeal of the 10 per cent
tax on state bank circulation that Presi-
dent Cleveland had four months ago in the
repeal of the silver purchasing clause of
the Sherman act. Mr.. Howell unkindly
says that the Sherman law repeal remedy
has been applied and that the patient is in
a worse condition than before. This re-
mark indicates Mr. Howell to be man of
sense, but tue promise disappears when
he formulates his own remedv. The habit
has become quite chronic of speaking of
the United States as patient. The habit
obtained its use possibly from the number
of quacks who come forward with each a
sovereign remedy for the slight impair
ment of our accustomed vigor. The old
practitioner, however, who understands
The morning call., 1894-02-16
THE LIFE-SAVING SERVICE.

There is some reason TO believe that
spoilsmen have obtained control of the
life-saving service of the United States.
Up 10 the present time positions in that
service have been held on merit. Neither
party has considered a service requiring so
much expert knowledge and such special
qualifications a proper subject of party
control. During Mr.. Cleveland's first term
a movement was made on the Office of
Superin tendent of the Pacific Coast branch
of the service, bnt was easily repulsed. 1t
was shown clearly that the superintendent
though publican. took no active part
in politics. He employed men without
inquiry as to their political opinion. These
facts being reported TO Washington the
authorities determined him competent,
declaring the Office TO be non-politicaI.
The efficiency of Superintendent Blakeney
has meyer been seriously questioned. The
Pacific Coast branch of the service has
been declared by officials sent out to ex-
anime 1t fully abreast with any branch of
the service in the East. The present
superintendent saw four years service
in the Union army, and has made the
machinery Of the life-saving service the
study OF mis- maiurer years. Ii the Office
is now going over TO politicians with a
change of heart at each change Of admins
tration. the question will occur if under
such conditions the service is worth pre-
sarvinQ.
The morning call., 1894-02-16
THE NICARAGUA CANAL.

In the course of an argument favorlng
the construction of the Nicaragua canal
by the Government the San Diego Sun
says.
= II the present Congress does not come to the
res cue and guarantee the enterprise, help viii
be asked Of English captal 1t will unquestion4
ably be supplied, and the canal will for all
j.. time pass out of the control of the United
States. A division of the Union would scarcely
be more calamitouS event. With England in
control of the canal and Of most OF the islands
IN and along the Caribbean Sea, not only would
the commerce OF this country be imperiIed but
In event of war England would have us almost
completely at her mercy, as her vessels could
plv back and forth through the canal to harass
our coasts, while American vessels would have
10 make the voyage around The Horn.
The alternative the San suggests is not
possible. English capital will not be
allowed to construct ths canal. If the
present administration does not awake to
the importance of the enterprise, a sue
ceeding one will. Long before the canal
could be finished there would be an ex-
preston of the will of the people that
would convince England that money
thrown into the canal would be worse
than wasted. Self preservation is the
is the natural judge of the conditions
upon which it can live. The United
States. with the Hawaiian Islands and
the Nicaragua canal In the hands of
the greatest naval power in the world.
would be a giant in chains. 1t might as
well rescind the Declaration OF Independ-
ence and admit that we are unfit TO govern
ourselves. The power that has up to the
by Government to construct the canal may
prevail through the existing adminStra-
tion. But it is only a question of time
when the people acting through one party
or another will enforce their will. 1t is
only remotely a question of money. There
is silver enough in the treasury TO build
the canal. The treasury notes issued in
payment of that silver are on the footing
of the original legal tender issue. They
are promise to pay coin on demand. But
as they are needed in business channels
no one wants the coin. The canal runs
through a silver using country, and the
entire labor bills for construction may be
paid il money of that metal. But if there
were no other way to get the 500, 600, 600
to build the canal with than to borrow
gold the Government should not hesitate
Next to an outlay for self-defeuse if an
attack were threatened one for the con-
strueton of the Nicaragua canal is the
most imperatiye
The morning call., 1894-02-16

the patients condition. percelves that all
that is wanted is to let the patient alone.
He has become accustomed to a certain
diet and needs it. Perhaps the diet is
stimulating, but it agrees with the patient
In time he may become accustomed to
low diet, but he cannot be expected to
keep up the pace that had became natural
when his feeding was more robust.
Mr.. Clark Howell falls into the natural
error of assuming that because the Chi
cago platform declared for the repeal of
the 10 Der cent tax the country needs 1t.
This error, though natural, is contrary to
the ordinary presumption. The trend of
enlightened opinion now is the other way.
Let US do what the Chicago platform did
not say we should and do nothing that 1t
said we should do. Then the patient
would begin to mend
The morning call., 1894-02-16
AN ALL-ROUND FAILURE.

The closer we get TO the Bering Sea arbi-
tration the less satisfactory it appears. II
was apparent at the first glance that the
denial of the right of property in seals
would be fatal to such regulation OF seal
fishing as is essential to the preservation
of the seal. The United States has the
power to punish its own citizens for en-
gaging in an industry that every person
not citizen of the United States NAV
engage in without penalty. The Can adian
sealer has this advantage. but is not con-
tent. He does not like to have the seal
protected so far from its home. nor does he
like the long closed season. The American
Government is making preparations to
patrol Bering Sea if it takes half our navy.
But when an American vessel catches a
British sealer it can only administer a
moral reform lecture and bid the offenders
depart in peace. The refusal of the tri-
bunal To recognize the right OF property in
seals ended the conference so far as re-
sults 90. From commercial point of
view the seals are not worth the cost of
protecting them.
The morning call., 1894-02-16
GIRDING AT THE LORDS.

The Importance of the declaration of
war against peers and their pretensions
by the National Liberal Federation can
not be gainsaid, especially as Sir William
Harcourt, Chancellor of the Exchequer.
leads the assault. The National Liberal
Federation re. resen:s all lights and shades
of Liberalism, save that of the so-called
Liberal Unionists, who are now, in fact,
with the Tories. When it draws up pro-
gramme of action the voice Of Liberalism
in Britain is behind it.. II suggests and
emphasizes the need of legislation on
pressing subjects, and it is curious fact
that the very measures which the lords
have contemptuOusly pruned down,
manned and marred were those which
were most earnestly advocated by the
federation at its Newcastle meeting. Now
1t is the Portsmouth meeting which wakes
indignant and wrathful at the audacl0us
responsibility of hereditary legislators or
meddlers in trif1ing with what the repre-
sentative chamber has pronounced urgent
for the good of the country. Their lord
ships have lost their heads in blind
malignancy and perversity because of the
home-rule proposals for Ireland. They
rejected home rule, and now they make 1t
plain that no useful legislation whatever
:emanating from Liberalism will be tOler-
ated. They are doing more than rejecting
useful reforms. They are stultifying their
own professions by res0rtingto cowardly
and shameful subterfuges. The employ
ers' liability bill and the parish councils,
bill are openly opposed. I"
They are secretly hated, because they
strin thu enuiraarehv and tha n of
some power, unjustly and sslfshly exer-
.clsed. but the Tories dare not in broad
daylight denounce the principle OF the
measures. Unqualified opposition would
react fatally against Toryism and peerage
Drejudices at the election booths. Hence
the policy has been to praise the principle
and TO quarrel with the details and sug-
gest some other method, and all the while
precious time has been FILTERED away
ruthlessly. The Lords, in fact, have been
fddling, with a mine of public Indignation
beneath them, and. in the opinion of the
National Liberal Federation, the day of
reckoning with this mischievous, unreason-
ing and stupid body has come. There are
over 500 peers, and not one in ten is dis
tinguished for ability, perspicacity, wis
dom or rcomDon-sense of any kind. Half
of them could not earn livelihood it they
were turned adrift without their estates.
A few are eminent men, but they have
mostly entered the peerage recently 1t is
pItiable to see any sort of respect preserved
for such body. but all history shows how
slow the English are to act until griev-
ances become intolerably CALLING. and then
they move with massive strength. Pre-
diction is proverbially risky, yet it re-
quires li:tle foresight, judging from ex-
Derence, to incline to the conviction that
the Lords will have their power swept
away should they persist in their folly.
Hereditary legislators are an anachronism,
an exhibition of fungoid decay, in these
days when the peoples will is not the
whisper of fashion,"
The morning call., 1894-02-16

legal case with which he was recently con-
Dected. In Greenfield. that State, some time
ago. the clapper In the public school bell be-
came lOoseDed and fell upon youth who was
ringing the bell. infcting fatal injuries. The
father sued the authorities for damages, and on
the trial IL was proven that the superintendent
had made a practice of ordering some one of
the scholars to ring the bell when ii became
necessary, and the jury awarded the father
$1,000 damages.
w. NJ. Wilson OF Arizona, who is at the
Palace. has just closed deal by which he dis.
poses of some mines in the Hassayampa
Mountains near Castle Greek, half way be-
tween Phoenix and Prescott for 100000.
The ore shows free milling gold and the pur.
chasers OF the mines will proceed at once TO
develop the property. 1t is thought there IL
enough ore 10 run fifty-stamp mill. Mr. VIII
son was The discoverer of the famous carbonate
ores IN Lake Valley. New Mexico.
1t has been long time since the hotel lobbies
presented so animated q scene as yesterday
afternoon. Apart from the many delegates to
the Trans Mississippi Congress arrivals have
been larger this week. The storm Kept visitors
indoors, aud the Offices, reading. writing and
billiard rooms were crowded all day. The
Grand Hotel registered l21 guests up to 8
O'Clock last night, and all the other hotels did
fully as well proportionately.
c. L. Stone. a prominent manufacturer OF
westerly, X. L. is in the city. Westerly is
thriving little city which possesses many large
business enterprises, and is the home Of many
persons belonging to the sect of Seventh-day
Adventists They strictly observe Saturday as
DAY of rest, and in consequence many OF the
largest manufactures and business houses close
their doors and hundreds OF their employees re-
frain from all work on the Sabbath.
ID. P. Watkins, an engineer On the Georgia
Southern and Florida Railroad, who Is In the
city. says that his road has electric head
lights on number Of It's engines, which have
been found TO work very successfully. Each
OF them costs S37 5, and their operation, he says
costs but little If any more than that of oil
lamps. The new lamps will throw light from
half to three-quarters Of mile.
Alderman Ed Cullerton. one OF Chicago's
most noted local Democratic politicians is at
the Baldwin. For fifteen years he was chair
man OF the finance committee of The Common
Council, and is about as well known as any man
in that city who Is in official life.
w. Preston Harrison one OF the propretors
OF the Chicago Times, who recently went TO
Hawaii on pleasure trip, returned TO this city
yesterday by the steamer Alameda.
The morning call., 1894-02-16

guilty OF burglary and of using the pistol
ana knife to defeat arrest. Ii was Only
when he got aid from a surgeon, ana
sought to prove that a bullet wound na9
Deen lced by a pitchfork. that Inc feai
nature OF the man was suspecteu. EFeu
10 10 going to the surgeon fraud seems 70
nave oeen the animatlng motive. ne
wanted to cheat friendly society out OF
SICK dues. Virgin has confessed hltnsen
guilty OF all the burglaries committed
around Monterey within radius o! Tires
miles. There is no prejudglng MS case,
therefore. In dispassionate comment. ne ~,
may plead insanity, but does not eAuiei'
any oil the symptoms. His insanity IS OF
iorm commonly treated in JAIL ana Intre
ne Is likely TO 20 as warning 10 hAe
KleptomaniacS.
The Samoans are storming at the thought
OF being deprived of their rifles as pre-
caution against the costly amusement OF
war. They show some sbrewdness In their
logic. When told that the Government
Will pay for the appropriated weapons
they say that they will be again expected
to buy them ut a dear rate. This would be
trafnc not unknown in South Sea ethics,
ana IL may DE difficult to persuade the
guieless natives that such tricks Will not
occur again. Let US hope that now tie de-
clslon for disarmament has Deen taken
there will be no shillyshallylng I'D carrying
out the determination. The oamoans un-
derstand force and firm action. They can
do very we'll without rifles. even IN the
matter of cracking skulls, for they have
some magnificent woods hard enough TO
crack safes. Should there be bloodshed
the three powers interested in the moral
regeneration and physical well -Delng OF the
natives can take hand also. : ="
The wisdom of the Princess Colonna
coming to America with her children is
now palpable. The French court has ade
an order Professionally assigning the Gus
tody of the children to the Prince, who has
shown by his life that he is person the
least qualified to be entrusted with such
care. In addition to his moral obliquity,
he is impecunious, and the last thing he
Will do is to work for his family. The
next decision would probably be that. the
case should be dealt with by the Italian
courts, on the ground that the PrlDcels not
domlcled In France. A mother knows no
law and respects no law that TObs her of
her children, and the Princess action in
coming to America to be beyond the Juris-
dlction of courts In divorce cases will
doubtless be commended by all people of
sound heart and feeling. After little
more battling the Prince will perhaps sue
for terms and confess himself beaten. ~.
The balance in the treasury for the
relief of the unemployed is sinking fast,
and there must be vigorous effort to get
fresh contributions. There is still good
deal OF work To be done uSeiully IN the
park If the money is forthcoming, and
never were meu more willing to toll for
modest sum to keep in life. All day
yesterday. in spite of the drenching
dOwnpour. the gangs of workmen pegged
away at roadmaking and dearly earned
their money.
The morning call., 1894-02-16

The peculiar case of the man Virgin at
Monterey is calculated to puzzle psycholo-
gists as well as people of no special dis
cernment in character and motives. How
came 1t that man who was regarded as
shining light aud an example in his
neighborhood. with reputation for In
dustry. should go so far wrong as TO turn
thief Of no common order or daring !?
He was we'll off. was in no danger of star
walton or penury from hard times, is
married. and has reputable family. The
fact that he was so very respectable
turned peoples thoughts from harborlng
the barest suspicion that he could be
The morning call., 1894-02-16
IN A TENDER SPOT.

There is an inchoate proposition in the
air to withhold from Congressmen days
pay for each day of absence without leave.
A member who is in his seat but does not
vote is to be considered an absent men,
ber. This is another way to arrive at
Speaker Reeds result of counting a men,
ber present when he was present TIE
fiction of absence has caused great delay.
The NUN Der of rollcalls that has resulted
from it is past computation. For hours
the House is occupied with getting a
quorum together only 20 find that quorum
disappears when the business in hand
The morning call., 1894-02-16
TRUSTEES SALE.

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS AND
L under the authority of a certain deed of trust.
duly executed by THE STATE INVESTM ENT
AND INSURANCE COMPANY, a corporation,
party of the first part to HENRY G. CAMPBELL
and 1HADDEUS b. KENT, trustees, parties of
the second part. and the SAN FRANCISCO saw
INGS UNION, party OF the third part. dated june
2, 1892, and recorded in the ONCE of the County
Recorder of the city and county of San Francisco
State OF California. In Iiber 1918 OF deeds at
pages AT ana following; and in pursuance of
solution passed an the 2Ist day OF September.
1898. by the Board of Directors OF said SAN
FRANCISCO SAVINGS UNION, a corporation.
and the holder of the note (No 1899. to secure
executed. declaring that default had been made
in the payment of the principal sum and other
requesting and directing said HENRY C. CAMP
BELL and THADDEUS B. KENT, trustees. to sell
the real estate described therein TO satisfy said
We, HENRY c. CAMPBELL and THADDEUs
b. KENT; trustees do hereby give notice that on
TUESDAY. the 27tt day of February, A d. 1884,
at II O'Clock NJ. of that day, and at the auction
saIesroom of EASTON, ELDRIDGE Il Co. 63S
Market street. in the city and county of San Fran
cisco, State of California, we will sell at public
auction. to the highest bidder. for cash in gold
coin OF the United States all that piece or parcel
land. situate in the city and county al San Fran
cisco State of California, described as follows, to
wit: Comme ncing at point on the easterly line
OF Sansome street. distant thereon eighty-nine
(s9) feet soutnerly from the southerly line OF Call
fornia street. and running thence soutnerly siong
said line of SanSeme street TWEEN ty-nine feet four
inches (29 412 feetl: thence at right angles east
erIy hundred and thirty-seven feet and Slx
northerly twenty-nire feet four inches (29 4l2
feetI; and thence at right angles westerly one
bupdrad and thirty seven feet inches
0S7 6-I2 feet) to the point of commencement,
being portions of beach and water lots numbers
TWO hundred and fl fty.three (253) and two hundred
and ffty-four (254). together with the appurten-
ances. -, a.
TERMS OF SALE.-Cash IN gold coin OF tne
United States; 10 per cent payable TO tne unueS
signed on the fall OF the hammer; oaanCe on
delivery of deed; and If not so paid unIess TOT
want of title item days being allowed TOT ssaren
th en- said 10 per cent be forfeited ana the SAFE
To he void Acts OF sale at purchasers expense
HENRY c. Campbell l.. Trustees
THADDEUS q. KENT.
fe6 q IL l6 % IS ~
The morning call., 1894-02-16
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