The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-26
CIRCUS AND HARD TIMES
Why MIR. Wilson Is Engaged In a
Quarrel With MIR.
DaVie.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL
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school Is an attempt to injure Oakland
and cannot be too severely deprecated.
During the past week the Pacific Coast has
been led to- believe that public opinion has
been rent in twain" by a scandal" at the
High School. Any such statement is
grossly false. Oakland valued the "sensa-
ton" for what it was worth and very prop
erly thought no more of it. Now, after
being exploited for six days the story is
found to be absolutely devoid of founda-
ton. It has been proved beyond doubt
that even If Professor McChesney and fell
low-teachers who visited the girls gym
nasium had been imbued with immoral
ideas there was absolutely nothing for
them to feast upon, and the ablest defend
ers of the principal have been the girls
themselves. As a matter of fact, if all the
girls in the High School were to go from
their homes to the school in their gymna-
sium suits they would not attract half as
much attention as does the bicycle suit that
is seen on the streets all day long.
It is the privilege of any citizen to write
communication to any public board ex-
pressing his opinion, but such communi-
cation, If scattered broadcast, may do ire
parable injury TO some innocent party.
In this case DR.. Myra Knox, who pre-
sided over the Board of Education last
Monday evening, thought fit to defer read
ing the letter until after an investigation.
She did quite right, and subsequent events
have justified her action. But the writer
gave his communication to the press and
did everything in his power to make pub
lie his ideas, and this was, rightly or
wrongly, construed into personal desire
to hurt Principal McChesney rather than
as an honest effort to promote an unneces-
sary reform in the High School. It is
fortunate for Oakland that the readers of
the Pacific Coast are of a high order OF in
.telligence and accept lurid sensations cum
grano sails. Principal McChesney is to be
congratulated. His exoneration is more
complete and pronounced than could be
any investigation of the Board of Edu-
cation.
: The interior papers of Alameda County
have already commenced to prepare for
the campaign of next year. The political
fields are not desolate of prospectors, al
though the county conventions will not be
held till August next. For fear that the
National questions may oyershadow local
fights, the fence-builders have already
commenced work. Between now and then
there is plenty of room for surprises, but
the general trend OF the various struggles
for place is as clearly outlined now as it
will be two weeks before the election. One
Of the interesting points that will probably
go to the Supreme Court is the length of
the term of Justice of the Peace The
weightof legal opinion seems to be that
all Justices were decided to be county
officers when the Supreme Court seated
Fred V. Wood in the place of Sands. 1t
will be rememb ered that when there was a
vacancy in the Office of City Justice the
Supervisors appointed Wood to the va
md hn 4a1
The case went to the Supreme Court and
they upheld Wood, thus recognizing the
office as a county appointment. This will
bring the incumbent under the provisions
of the new four years bill passed By the last
Legislature. The greatest interest, of
course, centers around the supervisorial
and legislative aspirants on account of
their patronage, and while the Superior
Judgeships will be prominent, in view of
the number of candidates, the latter will
not rally the ward-heelers and rough
riders of: the political field who naturally
train with those who can pay for the SER
vice.
Senator Guy Earl has allied himself with
CARRIER, BoaIt and Bishop of San Fran
. cisco, and has stated that it is his inten-
ton to retire from politics. He leaves a
clean record for the Twenty-seventh Dis
trict, and the man who Is anxious to sue
coed him is Assem- blyman G. @. Dodge.
If merit deserves political gratitude, Dodge
will be the next Senator from his district.
Among the Assemblymen, Gay of the
Forty-eighth has moved out of the county.
OF the rest Fassett. Waymire and North
are anxious to succeed themselves.
Mcdonald, the lone Democrat of the For
ty-ninth, who was Assemblyman till Col
. Inns was seated, may try again, but it is
not likely.
The Supervisors to retire are Johnson,
Pelouze and Bailey, and all will try to sue
coed themselves, and all will meet with
opposition. None have established great
claims to the eounty's gratitude and al
though Pelouze has recently made hard
fight to sustain Dalton's assessment of
railroad properties, 1t took him long
time to become converted, and he has done
lots of other things that will not be
speedily forgotten. While Judges Greene
and Frick will try to serve another term,
their places will be contested by Sam ?.
Hall and George w. Langan OF Llvermore.
1t is not impossible that one of the Repub-
lican nominations for Superior Judge will
go to the country this time
= Oakland is the greatest circus town in
the country" said the manager of the
show that was here two days this week.
: As he spoke he looked inside the great
tent where 5000 people were splitting their
: sides listening to clown telling an origi-
nan JOKE ABOUT LneIe DelnB HotHinS new
under the sun. The joke that | could not
. understand was of different kind. There
: were four entertainments given by the
!: CIRCUS and each days attendance was
:; Ii, 600. Each person paid so cents and
: there were certainly as many who paid 70
cents as would Offset the deadheads. This
represents the taking in at the box-office
:. of $1,000 each day. And Oakland is saying
:that these are "hard times.p Truly this
city is circus by itself.
=: About year ago Councilman Capel in
. troduced an ordinance fixing the license
'for-each circus performance within the city
Limits at $1,000. Everybody laughed at
MI. Capell and his ordinance was killed,
but If four out of that fourteen thousand
dollars had been left behind last week Mr..
Capel would have been hero. AS it was,
The manager paid 500 to the license man
and smiled as he did SO.
:. The pitlable spectacle of member of
the Board of Public Works hunting up
witnesses so as to have the Mayor arrested
is to be regretted. The circumstances that
led up to the present disgraceful state OF
affairs at the City Hall are more pitiable.