New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-18
TOPICS IN CALIFORNIA.
PROSPECTS FOR A LIVELY STATE CAM
PAIGN-INTEREsT AS TO PRESl-
DENT KEILOGG's SUCCESSOR
RESCUED WHALERS'
rNGRATITUDE.
fly TELEGRAPH TO TIE rrIDvNE.l

San Francisco. Sept. 1.-THE state caiiP"'s'
in California promises 10 be one OF the HNe''oe'
known for many years. The Repuhirans VIII
win an easy victory. If factional fights can ne
suppressed These fights are due 70 the aDSu'"
ambition Of several would-be leaders. who re-
fuse 10 abide by platform or nominees athoueh
they had fun opportunity to express their OPP
position at the State Convention. There theF
kept silence. but now they are doing their best
10 kin the chances OF Republican success, in
their effort 10 wreak petty personal revenge on
men whom they dislike. The Democratic cam
paIgn is heavily Handicapped by the odor or
Kearneyisn1 and Sand Lot which hangs around
Mcguire. the candidate for Governor All his
chief le,yenants were followers OF kearney. and
were active I'm driving from San Francisco many
prominent capitalists who transferred much OF
their property 70 NewYork and other cities. 10
escape what then looked like virtual confsca-
ton OF large estates Dunn. Barbour. German
Braunhart. Grady. Garigan and Carey are
names familiar 10 any one who knows the his
tory Of Kearneyism in California. They are oil
working FOR Mcguire. and all expect rat places
should the ex-sand-otter and sinele-tax advo-
cate be successful in his campaign. This array
Of the old Sand Lot party has disguised the
conservative Democrats. and II is doubtful II
more than tvo-thirds of the party vote will be
cannot stomach these men. whose names for
years were a stencil IN the nostrs Of those who
had any property interests at stake These
sand letters who now masquerade Demo
Gratis dealt the state a blow twenty years ago
from which +: required a decade TO recover.
Now conservative men are asking whether
they can afford 10 put In power men who gave
California a reputation that Kansas recently
suffered under. that of harbor Of refuge for
political cranhs who attacked all property
rights and repudiated all honest debts
wanton murder joined to many previous acts
of lawlessness has given the 1st Tennessee Vol
unteers SO evil a name here that the public
would welcome the news that the regiment had
been ordered out Of service. There was no just
fcation for the crime OF Private Rosser this
week any more than for the recent attack by
several hundred Tennessee soldiers on the young
colored man. whose only offence was resistance
10 the rowdyisnl Of two drunken members OF
the regiment Before coming out here the COM
panies were filled hastily with new recruits
gathered al short notice in the cities and this
is the element which has disgraced the regi-
ment.
Lively interest Is felt here among the state
University alumni IN the choice Of a successor
by all that the university needs a strong ex-
ecutive at It's head. we'll as a man who can
command the respect Of the different factions
Among the prominent educators who have been
mentioned for the place are Professor Edmund
lanes of Chicago University: William James
OF Harvard; President Gilman, OF Johns Hop
k,ns. who was first president at Berkeley: Presi-
dent Shurman. of Cornell: Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt and Professor Moses and William
Carey Jones Of the State University Much OF
the success OF the institution depends upon an
able and energetic president. The State Uni
yersity has been fortunate In enlisting the
strong interest Of two of the richest women in
California Mrs. Phoebe Hearst has arranged
10 rebuild the university quadrangle and make
Il the most imposing collection OF college ouiio-
ings IN this country. She is now on her way 70
Antwerp to be present at the opening OF COM
petitive plans for these structures. TINS week
Miss Jennie Flood. only daughter Of James g
Flood the late Comstock millionaire. gave the
fine family country seat at Menlo Park 10 the
university The estate is worth S25VVooo ana
the revenue will be used 10 endow a chair OF
practical business education in the new College
of Commerce. The gift was made practically
without conditions, and al least two thousand
acres of land may be sold to add TO the endow-
ment fund.
Supervisors have approved the plan for con-
verting into a public park ST. Marys Place ana
the remainder Of the upper part OF that dlsrepu-
table block This section is bounded by Dupont
and Pine SITS, St Mary's Place and Cahforhia-
st. and is directly in front OF old ST Marys ca
thedral and the house Of the clergy adjoining.
Priests and Pensioners Of the church were an
noyed by dissolute characters, and they began
warfare on these alleys two years ago. The
fight was carried persstently, and nearly all
of the houses were closed The conversion Of
the place into park will break UP completely
nest Of vice.
All those Interested In educational work were
grjeved this week to hear OF the death in Lon
don Of Mary Shadon Barnes, late associate pro-
lessor Of history at Stanford University and
the wife Of Professor Earl Barnes whose origi-
nal work In the Stanford Department OF Educa-
tkn gave him National reputation. Mrs.
Barnes devoted much time to gathering original
data on California history. and she thus estab-
Nshed The nucleus OF a noble collection OF relies
of abor!gines and SpanLards in the Stanford
library.
Nodieska received a welcome here at
the Baldwin Theatre. after two years absence.
She gave no new production this week but ap-
peared in Marie Stua'@ "Magda, Camille
"As You Like It" ara Macbeth" Mex. week
she will produce here for the first time Antony
and Cleopatra"
The demand for bonds Of all kinds has been
very heavy this week. Spring Valley Os SOLO as
high as 49, Market stree: Railway % al ll's,
and Southern Pacific Branch bonds at llV. In
stocks Pittsburg prices also ruled. Alaska Pack
ers sold at 1903 Hawaiian Commercial at 2S9s'
Hutchinson Plantation at 5S$. and Spring Val
ley Water at 100.
The whalers who were saved from the hor
rors Of sCurvy and starvation by Lieutenant
Jarvis, and for whose relief the Government
spent $4,000. actually refused TO DO the neces-
sary work ordered by Captain Tuttle. OF the
revenue cutter Bear. and several reached Seat
sla i,, Iron MAY, rla i'm Ia "