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The San Francisco call., 1898-06-19
STATE PRIDE AND WAR.

\ HEN the splendid victory at Manila broke \AI the monotony of reports of routine work i'll getting the army and navy ready for the war by thrilling the nation with glorious news of battle and heroism, the State of Vermont sent forth shout of shriller exutaton than other States and proudly pointed to Dewey native of her soil Her people felt local pride in having their State illustrated in battle by such hero, as well a national pride in the feat performed by the fleet of the nation.
 When Lieutenant Bagley fell at his post of duty on the deck of the shattered Winsow North Carolina felt her grief his death tempered by patriotic fer vor of exuation that of her had the destiny to fall in the foremost rank of the defenders Of the Union All Alabama has been ringing lately with the praise of Hobson, her heroic representative in the war; and now comes the Boston Journal and exults "As usual the oEd Bay State is to the fore when tars perform deed of cool and brilliant daring Four of Hobson's seven brave bluejackets are Massachu- setts born"
 To this form of State pride there Is likely to be any protest Certainly none will come from Califor- nia We have our own State pride in this war de rived from the facts that State first to spond the call for volunteers, that California regi ment was first to embark for service beyond the sea- that a California-built battle-shp first to land marines the soil of Cuba though she had to steam I3ooo miles to get to the of action that Cali fcrnia-but cruiser served Dewey as flagship at Manila, that California women have led in the good work of the Red Cross, and that the people of San Francisco have surpassed those of any other large city ill showing hospitality and giving aid to soldiers of all States their way to
 There no longer remains among the American peo- pie any trace of the spirit of sectionasn American patriotism recognizes no north, no south, east west as divisions of the indissouble Union. Never
 
 There is among all classes of the people of all the States a generous emulation as to which can do most for the nation in peace and in war. The people of each commonwealth justly proud of those among their citizens who distinguish themselves in the performance of deeds of patriotism and there can be little doubt that among the noble incentives to noble action in the minds of aspiring youth throughout the country is desire be ranked among the illustrous of whom their States proud.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-19
coNKLING AND BLAINE.

Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith, being interviewed by George AL fred Townsend, compared Conkling and Blaine, as he recalled them, as follows:
 MT. Blaine had more tact, more breadth, more of the character of public policy. His ideas were large, his views decided. He was the more affectionate His absorption of knowledge from books and men and his own philosophy were constant, and he imparted his glow to his friends. He also originated plans in trade and diplomacy which have not perished and which affect the present time. But MT. Conkling, though narrower, had force that was greater when exerted. He was so intense that he swept opposition away. The quality of dramatic poetry was then aroused in Conkling; the man and peare was enacttng his own verse on the stage, Those glorious rhapsodies and in- vectives were the delight of Conkling's friends. He had a fierce, supremacy-like chieftainship, and yet, if Conkling be- lieved that you meant to be fair and that you had no sinister intention, and if you treated him with the respect of an equal, you could not only differ with him but he could be persuaded. Blaine leaves upon my mind a sense of gentleness, of con- sideration and of a full mind; Conkling thunder peals, floods and showers to the rainbow. The one was like an essence, the other a personality. 1 do not think MT. Conkling did justice to his talents in the way he diverted them to accumulation of patronage, but the temptation to do that was inherent in the custody of so much power"
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-19

menced understand the nature of the prospect which had been opened up and grand raid on the prop erty-owners inaugurated. Half a dozen "com- missions" with secretaries, clerks, engineers and other attachments, sprang up in night and things be- gan to boom at the municipal building It was pro- posed to widen, open and extend streets which had never been heard of. One commission was organized to open highways Bakers Beach, and another began operations in the vicinity of Lake Merced
 At that time the town was luxuriatng with Solid Nine" Board of Supervisors These nine statesmen put everything through, notwithstanding the protests of propertyowners, and it finally became necessary for the latter to the Legislature. They did this in 1893 and secured the passage of law which dismissed the expensive commissions and busted their army of employees
 The statutes under which street widening, extend ing and opening may be undertaken are exceedingly benefcent and necessary Had the City Hall xeaters been reasonable in their demands great deal of good might have been accomplished under them But the temptation to loot the propertyowners was too strong to be resisted The consequence was that the street extensions and openings of I88o-oo overthrow the Buckley machine at the election held in the latter year. Had the political bosses of that period re- strained their retainers they might have been saved much trouble. But they killed the goose that laid the golden egg and put the city back many years
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-19

yard, a man of words, but neither phil osopher nor patriot. I would not con- demn him utterly, because he may not have been correctly quoted in the Chi cago paper which gives what purports to be his language. If Norton said the things ascribed to him he deserves to be hissed from America into perpetual exile He is credited with having said of Americans: "They cannot distin- guish between what is honest and dis honest" and "I could be proud of my country if it were not for my country men," though he had the surprising grace to attribute the last to Sir Hor- ace Walpole. It is difficult to believe that Norton said this, because there is a supposition that he is a person of brains. The man who adjudges his fellows to be dishonest is apt himself to be a knave. Argument with such man is useless. He is a creature of immovable prejudice. Norton may de- spise Americans as he will, and be sure that the feeling is reciprocated. To distinguish between that which is hon. est and that which is not is the privi- lege Of any man. Even the thief knows when he steals, and yet the thief is net regarded as an admirable char acter. He has no following save the police, and if they overtake him he looks in vain for sympathy Harvard is to be congratulated that Norton has reached the age of retirement, and that the bad advice he has been giving fell upon unheeding ears. He regards the present war as an outgrowth of de- fects in the national character. Yet Harvard students have been swift to enlist and thus uphold the reputation of the university which a few Nortons would be able to drag in the dust.
 It seems that the postoffice facilities at Tampa were rather scant for the ac- commodation of the residents, and that when 35, 900 soldiers were suddenly add ed to the population there was clog of mail which kept many sweet hearts letter for days where it did not do any particular good. But the Gov ernment was equal to the emergency. It added to the local postoffice one clerk at the salary of $500 per annum. It is not easy to see how he can earn his pay. Perhaps in an excess of ambition to do so he will lick the stamps.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-19
A SCRAP OF HISTORY.

HE last boom attempt of the real estate specu-
 lators who between 1887 and 1893 undertook to
 open, widen and extend various streets in this city grief at the City Hall few days ago. On that occasion City Attorney Creswel rendered an opinion in the case of the Potrero-avenue Commis- son in which he held that far as the extension of that thoroughare concerned under the proceedings so far taken it is dead The principle enunciated ap- plies the other extension, opening and widening schemes, and therefore it may be assumed that they are all dead
 It is not necessary this time to review the history of the Commissions" thus put to death by MT. Cres- well. They mostly attempts to turn back yards into front lots and boom the property of the specula- tors who inaugurated them For these reasons they were bitterly opposed by the people upon whom the expense forced and they came to grief mainly because these people raised howl of disapproval which overwhelmed the Legislature.
 The interesting feature of the entire crusade is the tendency 1t shows among the tax-eating classes to overdo things. The street widenings and openings began with the improvement of Mission street to the county line in 1886 That scheme was successful Then followed the opening of number of streets in the Laguna survey. That scheme was also successful By this time the tax-eaters at the City Hall com
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-19
HUNTING A PLATFORM.

THETHER it is a result caused by the defeat of IA the fusion ticket in Oregon a slow return of sense after the stunning defeat of two years ago is clear but the Democratic leaders at last to be seriously engaged in searching for platform that is Bryanism and leader who is not Bryan. Moreover the search is being actively prosecuted at Washington, and in wandering, uncertain way the Democrats in Congress are engaged in it.
 According to the latest reports from the capital the programme of policy outlined for the national De- mocracy is to be of opposition to territorial ex- panson to the increase of army and navy, to Brit ish alliance, and to everything which they call i'm perialism." That party in the nation avors i'm peralism, and alliance with Great Britain IS under consideration, does matter in the least to the plat form seekers They intend to get Democrats out of the slough of Bryanism somehow, and, seeing no other way to do it, they propose set up bugaboo and scare them out.
 The Richmond Times is of the influential papers of the party which warmly comments the proposed policy It exclairns with something of joy: Happy thought this, and happy the Democratic party if it shall formulate a platform with that great principle as a nucleus abandoning its free silver and Popustic heresies generally and returning to the good old Dem ocratic doctrine of attending to our affairs and keeping ourselves safe from all foreign entangle- ments"
 Nothing however, is ever done in Democratic camp with unanimty. No matter how oyfully some Democrats may greet a proposed policy there are always others. In this instance there good many others There Democrats in Congress who believe the party has made bigger bunder issues than 1t made the financial question. There is the exuberant Lewis of Washington, for example, who attributes the defeat of his party in Oregon to the rather than the silver plank in the platform He is quoted as having said in a recent interview on the subject: "We dragged the Republicans into this war, thinking we had dgged pit for our neighbor. We have got it in the neck where the chicken got the ax."
 Lewis of course, was induging in large, loose talk when he declared his party had dragged the Repub- licans into The contest with Spain has not been the result of dragging of any kind. The demand for the overthrow of Spanish despotsm in this hemis- phere was the spontaneous outburst of indignant people whose patience, long worn, finally hausted by the destruction of the Maine Neverthe- less Lewis was right enough in holding that his party has gone wrong the This country is not going to support party which denounces every ac- ton of the Government in the prosecution of the as a tendency to imperialism The people can pardon opposition to the gold standard quickly than an opposition to the Government itself in a war with foreign land
 Never was there better illustration of the blind leaders of the blind than in the Democratic camp at this uncture. The very who trying to lead the party away from the slough of Bryanism are con- ducting 1t to deeper slough the other side of the road
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-19
SONG OF THE RAPID FIRES

You may take the thirteen-inchers, And the eights and six and fours; You may take the heavy battery, And the rain of shells it pours: You may take the grim projectile And the mighty solid shot, But we, the rapid-hres,
 Oh, it's swift the turretS swing us,
 And with steady, ready ken We reach the decks and sweep them With their living walls of men! It's ping, and sping and splutter
 And it's beautiful to be The tenors in the chorus
 That is sung across the seal Swing your broadsides into action, Let the forward turrets play, Hark the thunder of the cannon AS they dance in deaths chassei Sweep the courses with the squadron. Let them give and take again, Send the foe the thunder-challenge- But it's we that take the men! Oh, it's terrible to hear us
 And it's lively when we sing, As across the heaving pillows
 To the foemen's deck we spring We are tenors of the chorus,
 But on starboard or on lee, We are heard above the thunder
 That is sung across the sea! We are flame and fire and terror, We are twenty to their one; We are up again and at them Ere they charge the heavy gun; And our lips are red with battle, And our throats are hoarse with smoke, When we land upon their quarter And they feel our lightning stroke. Oh, it's rapid, rapid, rapid,
 Jolly rapid-fireS are we, Singing round the ranging turret
 And across the surging sea- We are brothers to the heavieS
 And we strike where they have
 missed,
 And there's doom upon the quarter
 Where our twenty bolts have kissed. Swing the pounders into action, We shall beat the batteries yeti From the furnace to the funnel, Where the naked seamen sweat, We are heard amid the chorus, And they know our surging shout, As we sing across the waters From our triple steel redoubt Oh, it's rip and roar and rumble
 When the thirteens sink the foe, And it's death upon the pillows
 When the solid pounders go; But it's swift the turretS swing us
 And with steady, ready ken We search the decks and sweep them With their living walls of men
 Baltimore News.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-19

To escape from the Pesthouse is such simple mat ter that it is strange lepers do not do it. The idea that some of these afflicted people are moving about at will is far from pleasing, but is the plan of herding them in hove unfit for beasts Certainly nobody can blame the lepers and if they manage to communicate their ament to the officials responsible for the disgrace the Pesthouse constitutes the fact will have to be recognized that substantial justice has been done
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-19
ADJUSTMENTS.

Columb mbia-" Number Nine " Baldwin" The Passion Play" AIcszar-"A Celebrated Case Morosco 's-"Under the Polar Star Tlvol-"An American Hero" Orpheum-Vaudevile The Chutes-Zoo Vaudeville and Cannon the 63pound Man Oympia-Corner Mason and Eddy streets, Specialtes- Sutro Baths-Swmmlng, Fl Campo-Music dancing boating, fishing every Sunday Recreation Park-Basebau this afternoon Coursing-At Union Coursng Park Coursing-Inglesid Coursing
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-19

Advices from the East are that steamship com panies there have not responded cheerfully to the Governments appeal for the of their steamers There is disposition do any boasting but it is fair to remark that the Government found things diff ferent here.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-19

The son-in-law of Robert Lincoln has enlisted as private Perhaps this will not be pleasing to the son of Abraham Lincoln but if the old President is so situated as to maintain cognizance of human a- fairs, his approval may be counted upon
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-19
Excursion to the Yellowstone Park.

personally conducted excursion will leave this city July 12 for the Yellowstone Park via the Shasta Route and Northern Pacific Rail- way. Tourists will be accommodated in first class Pullman cars; tickets will be sold in- cluding berths, meals and trip through the Park. Send for circular giving rate and ieiner- ary to T. K. sTATELER, General Agent Northern Pacific Railway. 63S Market st., s. F.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-19

By the time the boastful statement of German naval officer in the throes of joyous jag have been sited through the intellectually of yellow core spondent it is really not much upon which to base an estimate of the intentions of the Emperor
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-19

When a British regiment left Halifax recently the American flag was waved almost everywhere with the Union Jack, and the bands alternated "The Star Span- gled Banner" with Rule Britannia
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-19

There will not be unanimous indorsement of the scheme for barring disrepuable attorneys from the city jail. The doors should be shut in their faces, it is true, but the faces ought to be on the inside
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-19
The Town Run Loose

Is what the ladies are saying after buying hats at Mrs. g. R. Halls millinery sale, 9SS Market street. Ladies keep eye on the S5c. S1 %, $2 90 S4 50 hats this week.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-19

Treat your Eastern friends to California Glace Fruits, soc lb in fire etched boxes. 627 Market street, Palace Hotel building.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-19

The Santa Fe Route will run second excur- sion to Grand Canyon of the Colorado. Arizona,
 on Thursday. June 30. Noted scientists will company the party. A pleasant and profitable trip Get full particulars at No. 644 Market st.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-19

Special information supplied daily to bustness houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 51o Mont gomery street Telephone Main 1042
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-19
Genuine eyeglasses.specs15 to 4oc. s5 4th.s

Prof. Windsor, the eminent phrenologist, will give free illustrated lecture tonight at Metropolitan Temple.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-19

Once in while Editors Pulitzer and Hearst must get the impression that they being haunted by the ghost of Editor Dana.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-19
8 s::. 5. 5. 1888 WITH ENTIRE FRANKNESS.
By HENRY JAMES.

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The San Francisco call., 1898-06-19

Chauncey Depew has been to France and dined well there. So hospita ble were his entertainers that they went so far as to listen to his stories. There fore has Chauncey conceived the mo- tion that an Anglo-American alliance Is out of the question, and that an alliance with France would appeal, at once to the sensibilities and the judgment of Americans. But delv- ing into history, he dragged forth and delightedly exhibited a reason It seems that 250 years ago, by ancestral proxy, Depew came from France under the name of Depuy. Of course this constitutes a bond which all must re- cognize. I suspect that the first De- puys to land brought with them the stock of yarns which Chauncey draws upon yet. Nothing, save perhaps in- clination, Is now wanting to make the Franco-American union complete. Chauncey has declared himself the missing link.
 Last week I had occasion to mention a college president, and this week a college professor seems in need of it. I refer fo Charles E,liot Norton nf liar.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-01-02
THE sHoDDY SCHEDULE.

One of the great virtues claimed by the
Republicans for the Dingley bill was that
II would put a stop 10 the use OF shoddy
and like substitutes for wool in our
woollen and worsted-mills. and therefore
the poor man would get a better article
Of woollen clothing. theoretically, this
was all very pretty, but what has been
the practical experience? 1t Ia now
pointed out that under the Wilson law
the duty upon shoddy was Is cents a
pound which was one half Of the rate
Of duty under the Mckinley law. The
Dingley law increased this duty TO %
cents a pound. In the ten months end
ing october !, 1896, there were imported
Of shoddy and similar duty-paying adulte-
rants, 1,1l9,OoO pounds. In the ten months
ending October 81, 1897, importations OF
this character footed up ~6,SS4,Ooo pounds.
The Republicans endeavor to discredit
this exhibit by stating that a part OF the
importations for the ten months ending
October 81. 1897, was due TO the antici-
mated increase in the tariff, but just here
they are confronted with the fact that
while in October, 1895, the amount OF
such adulterants imported was only 4O1
mounds. the amount brought in during
october. 1897, was 1900 pounds. The
truth is that not a single claim the ad-
yocates Of the Dingley bill have made
for it has stood the test of time. More
over. as time goes OF it becomes more
and more apparent that nearly every
schedule of the bill operates to burden
the masses for the benefit Of the favored
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-01-02

sonal property, returned for taxation. at
s9a,O0.cm There ought rot 10 be so great
a discrepancy. he says. lie would have
rigid laws passed 20 collect the states
dues on personal property where II has
not been listed according 10 law. And he
suggests that where such property has
not been listed. and where II passes by
! bequcst or otherwise. II should be assessed
for ten years back taxes. Such a pen
/ atty. he believes, would cause the owners
Of all such property 10 make full and
true returns for taxation. SO. too, ne
favors rigid laws requiring evidences Oh
debt TO be listed for taxation, upon penal
t. OF their holders being denied the pro-
ccsses OF our courts for their collection
! Further, he asks II 1t would not be well
TO require a listing OF all stocks in incor-
porated companies, and ito pass a law
lnvalidating the act OF any corporation
where il can be shown that any of the
| stock or securities OF said corporation
that are a proper subject of taxation have
not been listed" We doubt IL this would
be practicable. The Governor also en-
QufitS IA IL NOuiN " 70 "Nf
| feasible, to compel all companies doing
business in this State TO secure charters
from his state. Tt this we think there
are insuperable objections.
In concluding, the Governor declared
that he is not without hope in he fu-
ture, and he spoke with enthusiasm OF
what Virginians have done since the close
OF the war, and what he thinks they are
capable OF doing now.
Governor Tyler's address is rank and
outspoken. and in many OF the recon-
mendations he makes there Is undouDted
wisdom. But it will not escape criticism
nor DC we imagine he expected mat II
would. No man can doubt that the Gov
ernor's views are inspired by lofty pur-
poses and unselhsh concern for the public
! veal, but we 30 not find ourselves agree
inc with him always. We differ with him
as TO the extent our laws should 20 In
search of delinquent personal property.
A vast amount of real estate is under
valued; some Of it, indeed, being put down
at farcically low figures. So, too, much
personal property other than bonds.
stocks. notes, &c. fails to yield It's Just
share Of revenue. our laws are full OF
faults. and they should be thoroughly
revised, not patched up piecemeal.
Every species OF property should be made
to bear It's honest share of taxation. And
in this work we are sure the Governor
will agree with us that the Legislature
should know no town, no country, no
East, no West.
However, we will not go further into
this matter now. Opportunities in plenty
10 discuss this whole question, and
others that the Governor has raised, will
come hereafter.
Governor Tyler enters upon his admin
istration with the best wishes and full
confidence Of the people of this State.
Everybody wishes him well, and none
more heartily than the citizens of Rich
mond, among whom he and his Lively
family will make their home the next
four wears.