The San Francisco call., 1898-02-27

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 l It is always a pleasing thing to see a good man get his dues, and there | fore I hail with acclaim the pardoning of Major Moreland of Pennsylvania. If he happen to find this out he will ap- | preciate it, for amongst our mutual joys Is that of being strangers. The major in 1896 found himself in posses sion of $450,000 belonging to somebody else. The police noted the proximity of the major to the cash, his clinging disposition, and made bold to arrest him. I happened to remark the incl dent, and as about that time our own Judge Wallace was sending purloiners of purses containing 45 cents to serve twenty years, feared the major would have to be careful of his diet and not expose himself to draughts or have diff f1culty in living. long enough to sur v1ve his term. But in Pennsylvania there IS respect for the truly great The major got three years as he was tired and willing to rest while Now that he has been in prison two- thirds of the time he indicates a willingness to come out, and the Governor accommodates him. The major made one mistake.
 He should have stolen half a million. l hope he will bear this in mind and not be guilty of another $50, ,O00 short age. Such indiscretion for a second tune might be enough to place him be- yond the pale of executive regard and clemency.
 God help Spain," exclaimed Admiral Gherardi. I hope the solicitude of the gentleman will be of no effect. It may be true that Spain will need help but she will not deserve it. Besides, if this country undertakes to lick Spain 1t does not want to go against odds when the situation Is naturally in it's favor.
 Colonel Mosby Is much older man than he would have been had he been hanged at the time he first merited the distinction. He Is entitled now to all the d1srespect due a certain sort of old age. When the colonel says that Spain was right in the Virginius affair I take the liberty of saying he talks as if his recent accident had knocked out his brains instead of an eye He adds that the United States or England would have done the same thing as Spain, wherein he wantonly islanders two na- tons, neither of which has done anything to deserve it. England may at times have strange conception of her rights, but she does not do more than maintain them as they appear to her. The United states, acting on the principle now advocated by Mosby, would have re- duced her population considerably. and l do not see how the Mosby feet could have reached the ground save through the breaking of the rope. For the Virginius affair, a matter recently ex- plotted anew in the daily press, there was no excuse. It was murder, and the bodies of the victims were treated to indignities such as might have been expected had the captors been Apaches That the matter was settled on monetary basis has been a shame to America ever since and accounts in great measure for the Spanish notion that we are an inferior people. Colonel Mosby indicates willingness to lead an army against the Spanish, but would rather have 1t led by somebody else, almost anybody who might be mentioned. But if war come, and he get into hostile territory and suffer the indignity of capture, the vision of his own head adorning a pole, jest for the rabble, may not comfort his last moments particularly, but it will work within him a change of heart and dis. sipate the clouds of senility which seem to have obscured his vision.
 If Representative Mahaney of New York ever comes out this way he can ex- pect at least one newspaper man to hunt him up and do it with the object of grasping his hand. Mahaney's at tack on the heartlessness of the absurd four hundred who danced merrily soon after the Maine went down was de- served tribute to their inutility I do not suppose they care much. It is not probable that they read the papers and certainly the Congressional Record never intrudes in the sacred realm where they fritter their lives away However, some member of the Guild of likeness might stray into the rude world, and by seeing a copy of Ma haney's remarks be led to conclude that he was not held ip high regard, and so induced to hurry back again
 Some time ago announcement was made that the Rev. MT. Wilson was en- deavoring to establish a home for re- spectable girls. The plan struck me as being an excellent one. There is no reason why the respectable girl should not have home. Undue at tention seems to be paid to the girl who is not hampered by the possession of responsibility. She can always find a home. There are good women in plenty who are consumed of anxiety to rescue her and thus win star for the crown they expect to wear. I must confess to a regard for the girl who has managed to be upright If she happens to be without place of shell ter she should have place provided It is no wonder as she sees arms ex- tended to her erring sister if she re- pine at her own lot. Even in this ad- vanced age there should be some con- sideration for the one who still clings to the rigid idea that there is merit