The San Francisco call., 1898-05-08

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 He, too, failed. Whatever may have been the impression Morgan received,
 1t did not shake Huntington, abate his
 power, lessen his standing. The man
 is simply beyond the reach of law. He | can defy the Government itself. Courts
 and Legislatures he can buy; journals of some sort, corrupt; individuals, make | his own for a price. And this little commission of doubtful authority, of untrained personnel, assumes that It i can make Huntington open the sealed | pages of his life. For it to delve into | the distant past is mere foolishness. Such accounting as Huntington may
 give will be given before a higher tri- bunal than the world knows. But the commission might reasonably ask him if he had s30,O00 contract with the Examiner; if he paid that paper s7OoO for the printing of certain speech; If the figure for it's judiciouS forDear- ance was ever set at $5000 and pald. | These are specific and recent things. He might think it no harm to tell about them. But as to the corruption
 which has crystallized into an enorm- ouS corporation himself it's head and front, Huntington will be dumb to the end of his time; else charm the listen ing ear with a flood of reminiscence and prophecy, or exalt his achievement
 until the hearers yield to hypnotic in fiuence. and the session adjourns, no whit having been added to the sum of human knowledge.
 In good faith somebody has asked me as to the wisdom of attending a school of journalism. Never having attended a school having this title, l am at loss how to reply. Still, my ad- vice would be to attend something else. Among working newspaper people, the graduate of a school of journalism would be regarded as a joke, and his first important detail would be the un- learning of all he had absorbed during his course, unless the mere ability to write correct English. The only place to be relied upon for learning the news paper business is in newspaper of flee. There some of us have studied it for years, and are free to admit that we do not know it all
 Never but once have I had the pleas ure of seeing the Rev. Edwards Davis of Oakland. On that occasion his shiny hat had been joggled over one ear, his abundant hair was askew, and the fear in his face was not the fear of the Lord. He was trembling lest a lot of reporters give him licking, as he had used his garb to cut into their busi- ness. In other words, he had employed the character of preacher so as to be enabled to obtain an interview from a man, since suddenly dead, who de- clined to talk to newspaper representa- tives. I thought then the Davis feet were in the downward path which lead eth to the grand bounce, and time has proved the correctness of the theory. The gentleman is out of a job. No clamor to have him enter another pull pit fills the land. The stage is crowded. The sorrowful possibility presents it. self that Davis may have to go to work.
 Ishmael Dalghetty is in his grave,
 But never tear Is shed;
 For Ishmael, in truth, was a sorry knave,
 And we joy that the cuss is dead
 In life he'd a habit of lying low,
 Twas venom made him expire;
 So we hope his soul is a spark aglow
 As it laves in lake of fire.
 I note with interest amounting to en- thusiasm that William Astor Chanler has gone to join Gomez, and that he is accompanied by valet. There is reae son to fear, however, that Gomez has been a trifie neglectful in this regard. I trust the Knowledge of his deficiency of h It r. ;r-, stood that a number of worthy young men are going from this country with the intention of putting up as good a fight as they can, and that compara- lively few of them will have valets.
 It seems to me the present is an ex- cellent time for such foreign born resi- dents as do not approve of the course of this country to pack their grips and get back whence they came. If hao my way I would welcome intelligent foreigners who sought this country with a view to acquiring citizenship and those who come merely to make money and take it away, reviling our institutions while they remain, I would conduct to the border. They deserve less consideration than the contract la borer, and stand on the plane of the Chinese.
 It is happily the fact that I have the privilege, subject to abrupt curtail- ment, of expressing in this column opinions which are not indorsed by the editor, and are directly counter to edi- torial policy. This relieves me, and does nobody any harm. I think the United States has too long followed the scheme of being in the world and not of 1t. We have attended to our own business within lines so restricted that the aggressions of nations openly hog gish, have swept up to our very doors. So we have had to take the Philippines. so we will take Cuba. and, perhaps. ultimately, Hawaii. In the last there can be no advantage save to keep somebody else from taking it. If we assume the position of a dog in the Manger, we would have to fight for the islands without owning tbap, T