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The San Francisco call., 1898-03-04
THE IMMIGRATION BILL.

' T will be remembered that about month ago
 migration to this country passed the Senate by the bill imposing educational restriction upon nm decisive vote of forty five to twenty-eight lhe Dill went to the house in the due ot Congresslona proceeding but since then has not been heard rom except indirectly. It begins to look as ii the meas ure had been shelved for this session, and that will probably be its fate unless public opinion compels Congress to take action without further delay
 The situation is the serious because ever since the passage of the bill by the Senate the oppo nents of the measure have been necessarily active n their antagonism Great mass meetings called to pro- test against the have been held in New York and Boston, and newspapers favoring that side o the question have been and busy misrepresentng the bill and as far as possible preudicng the public mind against it.
 It is very we'll known that the opposition is backed by rich and politically powerful corporations. The great steamship companies that bring the immigrants across the ocean and of the large coal com panes that desire cheap labor openly against the measure and there are doubtless many other com binatons secretly supporting the same side Against an opposition abetted and supported the friends of the bill will need all their vigilance and energy to win. and for that reason popular sentiment should declare itself on the subject insistently until the measure has been disposed of by its enactment into law
 There is no sufficient reason apparent to the public for the long delay of the House to take action on the Senate bill It is true the members of the House have been busy with appropriation bills and that the situation Tn Cuba has engrossed much attention, but it would have been possible to pass the immigration bill without neglecting any of these things. The sub feet has been often discussed that long debate on 1t would be necessary, and the delay to have been devised with intention to defeat the measure by indrection.
 It ought not to be necessary to remind members of Congress that the people expect an immigration re- strction bill to be enacted this session. It IS well understood that the revival of prosperity and good wages in the United States due to the Republican tariff will result in enlarged immigration to the country during the coming summer unless something is done to check it. Prompt action is therefore i'm portant the value of the It is time for the people to speak out once more
 If the advocates of unrestricted immigration can hold big meetings to misrepresent public opinion the issue, surely boards of trade, chambers of commerce and labor organizations can find sufficient reason for sending memorials to Con- gress asserting the real sentiment of the country and demanding action at
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-04
THE FIGHT FOR PURE FOOD.

- OR the first time in history there has as
 sembled at Washington convention made up of delegates from all parts of the Union whose object is to procure the speedy enactment of laws which will protect the American people from the frauds and rascaltes practiced in the aduteration of articles of food.
 That such convention has not assembled before is not because one was not needed. As matter of fact general movement of the American people in the direction of enacting pure food laws should have been made long ago. The evil Is not of recent origin though 1t was never before of such magnitude as now For years there have been complaints more or less strong of the injury done to consumers and to the producers of pure foods by interruptions adu terators and in the aggregate the facts proven by the complanants have amply shown the need of na- tona legislation to remedy the wrong.
 The producers of California perhaps more uni versaly interested in the work of the congress than those of any other State Almost all forms of Cali forna produce are subject to the competition of aduterated limitations. Our wheat flour has to com pete with flour mixed with starch, olive oil is confronted Ill the market with oil made from cot ton seed and labeled with brands that represent those of Italy, while fruit products opposed by an almost innumerabe array of adulteratons varying from harmless mixtures to compounds that are posi- lively dangerous.
 
 one. The consumer is cheated by having something of an inferior pernicious quality palmed off on him under a false label, and the producer is robbed of the market for the honest merchandise which he has to sell Out of this double wrong there result two other evils In the first place the production of pure food is discouraged by the successful compet- ton of fraudulent articles and in the second place the value of American-made goods is injured even in the home market by reason of the suspicion cast upon them by the known existence of so many adu- teratons not dstinguishable by the average pur- chaser from the genuine articles.
 It is too much to expect that the convention now assembled at Washington will succeed in obtaining once the much desired legislation. A long fight and hard must be fought out before victory in such a contest this be attained The makers of adulterated food articles many and their combi- nations strong. Moreover, they have possession of the field and entrenched in power. All that can be hoped for at this time presentation of the facts to Congress and to the public and the formation of an organized association to conduct a campaign of education on the subject The sooner fight in all parts of the country is undertaken the issue the sooner will the battle be won and If the convention in session at the national capital start that campaign in good shape 1t will have deserved we'll of the country and all its people.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-04
ANOTHER STEP FORWARD.

| n MOTHER forward step has been taken by / \ The Call III its work of furnishing the most complete and promptest newspaper service the Pacific Coast has ever had. An order has been given for additional press to supplement the work of the two now hand in order to assure the increasing number of readers the delivery of the pa per as swiftly as the public demand calls for
 For some time past the growing circulation ot The Call has placed a severe strain upon the two presses now in use to supply the demand for copies of the paper at early hour in all parts of Central California, including the wide from Marysve to Fresno, which has been covered by special trains since the startling news was received of the destruction of the Maine In addition to this extra burden entailed by an exciting emergency, the augmented number of readers in the city and the suburbs has required increase of press power and made the order for the machine imperative. The press which will soon be put in place Is the latest improved and perfected work of Hoe & Co. It IS known as the new condensed perfecting quadruple newspaper press, and combines all the cellences and powers of the best mechanism devoted to newspaper printing It has capacity for print ing folding and pasting 48,ooo copies of newspaper an hour, and performs that rapid work with un- erring accuracy.
 When the new press is put in place The Call will
 have three quadruple perfecting presses in its service AS edCIl Ol CdH print, IOlQ paste 4OOOO copies hour the printing capacity of the press room of The Call will be I44ooo an hour. This will give The Call unquestionable superiority over all Pacific Coast rivals in printing the news, and will enable it to go press later and get out earlier than any other paper in this city.
 The addition to the plant is another illustra- ton of the way in which the management of The Call is keeping its pledge and promise to give the Pa cihc Coast through The Call newspaper second to none The paper is equipped throughout with all the latest and best appliances for newspaper work. Its building, designed and erected es- pecially for its uses, has been supplied with every thing modern ingenuity has devised for accomplish ing triumphs of swift and correct printing, and as its news service is the most reliable and comprehensive that can be obtained. The Call is assured ot maintaining its promise to be first and foremost m collecting the news, in printing it and in circuat- ing it.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-04
COLLECTED IN
 THE CORRIDORS.

John s. Mckee of Boston IS at the Grand. .ho 1 Grand.
 Iobn Brewer of Sacramento is at the | Palace.
 George Myers from Fresno is at the | Baldwin.
 George Howard and wife are at the l Occidental. 1 Henry Lyman of Paris, France IS at 1 the Palace.
 John Mcintyre, a prominent miner IS at the Grand. Mrs. Andrew J. Shirley of Ne" forA is at the Baldwin.
 Mrs. D. Balfour from Neisoh' D. O'' is at the Baldwin. S. T. Moore, a prominent attorney rum Gilroy, is at the Lick.
 FW. O,Neill. ex-Sheriff of Sacramento is a guest at the Grand
 p S. Schmidt a wine merchant rom Calistoga, is at the Lick C. L. Chrisman, a successful merchant of Ventura, is at the LICK.
 L. H. Biglow, prominent merchan' oi New York, is at the Palace
 T. T. Ransom, a railroad official from Fort Wayne, is at the Palace.
 F. l.. Coombs, the newly appointed State Librarian, is at the Grand.
 Judge Jackson Temple and family or Santa Rosa are at the Occidental
 s. F. Geil, ex-Superior Judge or Mon- terey County, is at the Occidental.
 De Lancey Stone, a prominent jeweler of Maiden lane, New York, is at the LICK
 Theodore D. Wilcox, prominent nour merchant from Portland, is at the Palace.
 Lieutenant F. c. Billiard of the Uniteo States ship Corwin is at the Caii1ornia'
 Dr. F. D. Tyrrell, director of the Re form Home at Sacramento, IS at tAe Grand.
 H. Mcintosh of Silver City, Mexico, a prominent mining man, IS at the dental.
 c. A. Ougley and wife of Salt Lake citv arc among last evenings arrivals at the Palace.
 N. H Jack of Stockton, who is big rancb-owner. accompanied by his wife, is at the Grand.
 w. P. Jones. a prominent business man of Boston, accompanied by his wl1e' IS. at the Occidental.
 John Markley from Geyserville, sec retary of the State Board of Examiners, is registered at the Lick.
 w. H. and w. A. Maloney, who are prominently identified with the turr III the East, are at the Palace.
 General William Booth. who has been a guest at the California for the last 1e" days. left last night for Portland
 The Count and Countess Charles Seileur of London are at the California They are visiting the city on a pleasure trip.
 R. B. Hill and wife, accompanied by Miss M. E. Cadwalder, are at the Grand- Mir Hill is a prominent merchant Tn the City of Brotherly Love.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-04
CURIOUS ITEMS.

With piece of string and a little sand and grease some Hindoo convicts recently sawed through an iron bar two inches in diameter in five hours and escaped from jail.
 A writer in the Engineering Magazine says that during the last fifty years the size of steamships has been multiplied twenty-fold, the horsepower employed to drive them has been multiplied forty-fold and the speed with which they traverse the sea has increased three-fold.
 It is a curious fact that Americans are underselling the British in the making of golf sticks. An agent of an American house, who arrived in London few days ago, had no difficulty in obtaining orders for 5000 sticks from the largest dealers in golf goods in Scotland and America. The American goods are better made and bet ter finished than the English at anything like the same price,
 Twenty millions of dollars is the sum which the French Government proposes to devote to the Paris exhibition in 1900. Nearly sloo0o.00o, will be consumed by the Champs -ElyseeS and those in the Champ de Mars, in the Esplanade des Invalides and on the Quays. The bridges across the Seine are to cost $1 100000 and the mechan- ical and electrical services another $1,000.- 900. In word, France proposes to aid the exposition on scale of unprecedented magnificence.
 The following surprising story is told as illustrative of one phase of the char acter of the Russian peasant-in a re- cent magazine: During the last Russo Turkish war, a Russian regiment march ing from Philippopolis to Adrianople over took the Turkish refugees; wEereupon the terrified Turkish women threw down their infants in their flight. The Russian sol diers, while pressing on as rapidly as pos sible, stopped and picked up the babies until nearly every man in the regiment was carrying child. and the general was hcn Oh1ipQ6 fn the rYaa md find carts and men to transfer the chil- dren to place of safety.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-04
SPAIN ONCE READY TO SELL CUBA

Few persons know that proposition from the United States to purchase Cuba was once accepted secretly by Spain, says a Washington special dispatch to the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The Spaniard who entered into the bargain was shortly afterward assassinated for 1t.
 That is a chapter in diplomatic history which not many know. The Secretary or State who made the offer was Hamilton Fish. who was at the head of President Grants first Cabinet. The time was 1S6S, during the former revolution. The span, ish official who accepted the ofrer and lost his life for it was General Prim Sev- eral persons now living know the facts. One of them said to-day:
 "A man by the name of Babcock ana MT. Forbes were sent. to Spain by MT: Fish as confidential agents. have read their reports and have seen documents, including a letter from Moret, the pres eut Foreign Minister. in which Secretary Fish's proposition is foreshadowed. Prim had accepted the proposition, and the Government papers in Spain had received their instructions to educate the people 10 the idea of the sale when the assassin ation occurred.
 This secret history becomes the more interesting from the fact that a proposi- ton to have the insurgents buy the free dom of Cuba is being considered as the next step by the present administration.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-04
DEMAND FOR A CLOSED SEASON

I AXE RUDOLPH seems to have peculiar ol privileges in this community and to take ad- V vantage of them freely as to make closed season necessary Even if he has the right to shoot peoDe at will he has abused 1t and 1t should be cur tailed The boon of living and being inclosed in an unDerforated skin is all the people ask. They have no desire to rob Jake of any legitimate joy, Let him stir LID strife with the Spanish and then shoot them; or let him shoot Apaches or shoot himself; shoot anything, in fact, which cumbers the earth, and there will be no complaint But the persons he has selected as targets thus far have not been such that their removal would win encomiums for him. Tn fact he has acted much like man who needed hanging It is an irritating circumstance that as soon as lake has shot a citizen he becomes insane and is sent to safe asylum. This irritation IS aug
 ented by the reappearance of the patient as soon as he has grown tired of constraint, always loaded for citizens and ready go through the insanity routine again.
 As plain matter of fact Rudolph belongs either Tn ail or the incurabe ward of retreat for dangerous lunatics His next attempt at murder should be made his last and if it happen to be successful neg lect to send him promptly to the gallows would be a
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-04
THE SUPREME COURT.

THE report that Chief Justice Beatty of the Stu = preme Court has been compelled to take trip
 out of the State for the benefit of his health and that Justice Van Fleet is i'll and unable to discharge his duties brings up again the old question of how to reorganize the principal appellate tribunal ot this State that the lawyers who accept its duties and responsibilities may escape certain destruction
 It Is stated that there now nearly 300 cases un- der advsement before the court None of the Judges have received their salaries since August, 1897. The constitution provides that they draw their pay when case has been submitted to them and left decided for ninety days Fairly interpreted this means that when the court becomes crowded with business its members must overwork themselves or starve to death.
 In order to facilitate the decision of the = has been compelled to cut off arguments in all ap- peals except those involving probate and criminal questions This is partial denial of justice, for with out argument the rights of many litigants may be jcopardized Yet appears that the court does not limit argument its members will never again get dollar of salary. Laymen may say that the remedy for all this IS to elect younger for Judges But if younger men are elected the is deprived of the wisdom and conservatism which comes with age. Young men may be able to work more hours per day than old men, but 1t is notorious fact that young lawyers do not know much old ones.
 Beyond all question the State should provide in termediate appellate courts and relieve the Supreme Judges of about half of the business which whelms them. Unless this is done the character of our principal appellate court is certain in time to de- teriorate First-cass lawyers will not accept the salaries that are paid and perform the work, even if they young strong and able to withstand the strain
 Three District Courts of Appeal at Sacramento, San Francisco and Los Angeles would cost more than the present appellate system with Supreme Judges and five Court Commissioners If three such courts created half of the which go to the Supreme Court could be concluded in them, thus simplifying and reducing the work of reviewing actions at law, meting out justice promptly, and, what is more important than all. changing the Supreme Court from treadmi in which Judges are killed by overwork into tribunal for the consideration and careful decision of great questions of constitutional and statute law
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-04
UNCLE SAM IN RAGS.

THE typical figure of Uncle Sam is so familiar
 that it would be recognized in any part of the
 world. No particular fault is to be found with the conception. The artist has given Uncle honest face if it be plain one-somewhat such face as Lincoln had, albeit distorted in instances by an evident effort to keep chew of tobacco in subjec- tion Whether not Uncle chews is not particularly important. The point at which American selfrespect draw the line is the garb which the artist drapes about the scant form of our Uncle The oidfashioned hat is all right Even the brief panaloons are not bad in themselves, but when they patched at the knees or display gaping protest that the artist is guilty of libel, which is bad and of poor taste, which is Uncle may not be dude, but he can afford good clothes If his trousers were to give way at the knee he would not hesitate to do- nate them to charity and don his Sunday pair It is particularly unlikely that just when the eyes of the world are upon him and 1t is duty to get out and swing the American flag he would be guilty of dressing like scarecrow The artist is in need of a new model; he does not know our Uncle.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-04
WHERE zoLA MAY GO TO LIVE.

The Cherche-M Midi Prison at Paris, Just now figuring in the Zola trial and re ouently mentioned in the DreyIus affair. has its history. It will be remembered that both Dreyfus and Esterhazy were confined in it, and it has been a military prison since the early part of the present century. But few know that at one time it was the home of the lovely Madame Recamier, who fre- ouently held receptions in the then stump tuously decorated rooms. Every celeo- rity of the Restoration at one time or an other did homage within it's walls to the celebrated beauty. The building was erected toward the end of the seven teenth century by the great artist and ar- chitect, Daily, for the Countess de Verne. In the early part of the last century 1t became the property of the Count of Tou-. Iouse son of Madame de Montespan. In the time of Napoleon I the State ac- uuired the place and converted 1t into militaray prison. The secretary of the first court-martial held within it's walls was M. Boucher, and it was to woo his daughter that Victor Hugo, the poet. went daily to this gloomy abode. The lady was married from this very prison. and the wedding feast took place in the hall where Major EsterhaZy the other day went through his trial
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-04
1rID1cIAL VIEW OF LITERATURE.

There are arrangements for helping the industrious struggler with books. In In- diana there are book clubs in which cer- tain members are paid to read as many books as they can and to furnish sum- naries to members of less leisure. In Hartford, Tonawanda, Lansing and some other places there are public condensers who for small fee boil down new hook to a couple of typewriter pages. Perhaps the easiest way of breaking through the forest Is that followed suc- cessfully by Judge Nestor K. Mangles of Council Bluffs. When you ask him if he has read the latest so-and-so he replies with great dignity. "Sir, never read a new book I believe in the sanction of time. When you ask him about some standard work he replies with equal dig nity: 'Sir, I never read anything but modern books. 1t is the duty of every man to feel the pulse of his own gener- ation New York Sun.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-04

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The San Francisco call., 1898-03-04
SIGN OF A NATION.

Hats off
 Along the street there comes A blare of bugles, rufie or drums A flash of color beneath the skS Hats off
 The flag Is passing byl Blue and crimson and white 1t shines, Over the steel-tipped, ordered lines. Hats off
 The colors before us fly; But more than the flag is passing py. Sea fights and land fights. grim and great, Fought to make and to save the state' Weary marches, and sinking shlps, Cheers of victory on dying lips. Days of plenty and days of peace; March of a strong lands swift increase' Equal justice, right, and law. Stately honor and reverent awe; Sign of a Nation. great and strong TO ward her people from foreign wrong; Pride and glory and honor. all Live in the colors to stand or Tall. Hats off Along the street there comes A blare of bugles, a ruffle of drums, And loyal hearts are beating high; Hats off
 The flag is passing byt
 H H. Bennett in Youths Companion
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-04
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

When a girl no longer has any use for a man she begins to try to use him.
 No man would ever say a baby was healthy looking if he wasn't afraid of the women.
 No woman who has once tackled the job of reforming man ever hankers to re- form society.
 A womans hair generally turns gray worrying because she is afraid her hus- bands is going to. really like olives. 1--e rest like the few to think they like them.
 Any man would lot rather have his wife believe something about him than just to suspect it and not know.-New York Press.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-04
Mrs. winsiow's Soothing Syrup ''

Has been used over fifty years by millions of mothers for their children while Teething with perfect success It soothes the child. softens the gums, allays Pain, cures Wind Collie, reg ulates the Bowels and is the best remedy for Diarrhoeas, whether arising from teething. or other causes. For sale by Druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslows Soothing Syrup. 25c bottle.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-04
READ IT

of having their feet made fiat and un- shapely by the lack of support for their ankles. That explains, of course, why women of times and countries in which only sandals were worn or the feet were left unshod furnished so many beautiful models for painters and sculptors.-Cleve- land Leader.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-04

The water company of Los Angeles may be hesitat- ing about filing inventory of its property be- cause of delicacy to including in it the Council men acquired by purchase However, this is mere speculation Perhaps the company is governed solely by its natural inclination to be a hog.