The San Francisco call., 1898-01-02

| sometimes makes bold to formulate 'censure," the effect of which has never been observed. No verdict for damages was ever found on a Coro- ner's censure, and by reason of it no corporation ever missed a dividend. Whether the death led to criminal or civil action the part taken by the Cor oner amounts to nothing, being abso- lutely ignored. The only thing accom- plished by this official, so far as can see. is to keep mortuafy record, which could as we'll be kept by the | gentleman whose melancholy duty IL Is | to issue burial permits.
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 | An actor named Radcliffe has been sentenced to jail for six months TOT overindulgence in the habit of wife | beating. It must be remembered, however, that while doing this Kat cliffe was not in his professional ca pacity and in no way impaired his right to recognition as matinee dar- ling. Indeed he should be grateful for an incident the effect of which must De to stimulate his histrionic powers As the duty of an actor is known to De. that of pretending to be somebody else, if Radcliffe has any sense he Will find a new and particular joy in sue cessfully carrying out the pretense or not being Radcliffe, and thus in his art be brought close to perfection.
 The question of annexing Hawaii does not particularly concern those | who have an abiding faith that the | people of the United States after short but honest career do. not intend to go into the business of larceny; If they take territory to which they have no right they will be doing that which others are doing at the expense of be- ing known as robber nations. There is this difference: The others are. pre- pared to battle for what they want | The annexationists observe that theft has already been committed, and all they have to do is to divide with the original thief the plunder and the guilt It is not noble scheme. I can see no excuse for taking Hawaii which does not with equal force apply to pick ing a pocket or raiding a henroost. That the power in the islands is held temporarily by the descendants of peo- pie who went there to save souls and compromised by grabbing realty does not mitigate the contemplated crime. If we must confiscate property to which others have title let us at least be man. ly enough to take some worth having, involving perhaps a fight, and by open method of brigandage such as civiliza- ton regularly practices while on it's glorious march.
 
 Senator Wolcott has earned esteem by his denunciation of what he de- scribes as something calling itself journalism, but whose name is pander and color yellow" When man with Wolcott's vocabulary gets after yellow journalism or anything else: words are going to fall all around there, the thud being heard afar, and the odor of scorching i'll the land: The gentleman said nothing but the truth in portray ing the object of his warm remarks to be all that is vile, dishonest and uni clean. It's ali right for Wolcott to feel this way. Perhaps he was provoked to it by that elongated monstrosity whose unpleasant head bow-wows fr New York, while its tail wears the tfr , can of contempt in San Francisco. Ol possibly he was trying to smother 3 l , owned a paper himself: It was not yellow exactly; the term had not beer put to its present use, but looking back to it I can recall lemon hue which , was graduc,ly assuming a more pro- nounced shade. This was Tn the old days in Denver when the Tribune was a power and Wolcott was the Tribune To be sure Rothacker, now dead, wrote the editorials that drove Congressmap Belford out of public life, and Gene Field was trying his sarcasm in reast- ing anybody who seemed too raw while Ed Cowen, afterward Bennett's trusted lieutenant in. Paris, chased political news through. the streets Newspaper illustration had not. reached its present distressing stage, yet the boys managed to make the Tribune pretty hot.. But for whatever course the paper. took Wolcott was directly responsible, and the course was cratic lemon-tinted, suggestive of moderr saffron. Wolcott was considerably younger. then: the; town was crude others wanted the same office he did voters were rated at B apiece anG wouldn't stay bought. Altogether there was much to annoy, and hence much to. mitigate. Anyhow, Woleott,s tirade against. yellow Journalism wa. - good enough to set over against his Tribune days and not only even the score but leave a balance to his credit
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 l. I observe with thrill of AnericaI pride that the autograph collector whC sent a. Accent check to Presfden Mckinley in the hope that he would indorse it was mistaken, It would b, a sorry day for this country when :; President would sell himself for such ; sum, and to an autograph collector a that: This particular brand of cellec tor puts himself with much frequenc, in the position of needing to be abated Others with fads can follow their san 7. desires without worrying anybod, else. If a man loves old pipes, te, pots, canes, he goes about his junl business without disturbing the res