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day at Sis p. m. Returning Same Even
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SUNDAYS, s. 9, 10 and II a. m. and l45 2:s
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GOLDEN GATE ANNIVERSARY

Golden Gate Lodge No. 204 l. Q. O. r.
celebrated its twenty anniversary
last night in Odd Fellows Assembly Hall
by a grand bali. The hall which was
tastefully decorated in white. pink and sll-
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PYTHIANS IN LINE.
Many Companies of the Uniform
Rank to Parade in Stockton.

Golden Gate Company of the Uniform
Rank, Knights of Pythias, Liberty Com
pany of Oakland, Shaffner Company of
Ukiah and all the companies of Sacra-
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most popular young ladies of Livermore
has been unanimously elected to preside
over the pageant as goddess OF liberty.
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Santa Fe Route
San francisco to Chicago.
THE MOST CONF WAY ACROSS
THE CONTINENT.

EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR PULLMAN
PALACE AND PULLMAN UPHOLSTERED
TOURIST CARS LEAVE OAKLAND MOLE
FOR CHICAGO AND THE EAST. TAKE
MARKET-STREET FERRY AT $50 P. NJ.
DINING ROOMS ARE MANAGED BY MR.
FRED HARVEY. AND ARE PERFECT IN
EVERY DETAIL. SERVING MEALS AT
REGULAR HOURS AND REASONABLE
RATES.
NO OTHER LINE OFFERS so MANY IN
JUDGMENTS AS THE SANTA FE ROUTE.
SAN FRANCISCO TICKET OFFICE. 62S
MARKET ST. TELEPHONE. Main 1881.
OAKLAND OFFICE, Ills Broadway.
SACRAMENTO OFFICE. POI ] street
SAN JOSE OFFICE. w. Santa Clara street
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ignorant. who were slow to doubt that the
pretty pieces OF paper given them In pay
ment Tor their labor or It's products were
not all they appeared to be. That time has
passed. Now all our paper money Is as
good as gold, aud the poorest among US
needs only to count it to be sure OF getting
what is due him.
The law restricts the liberty OF Issuing
the bank notes In the slmilitude OF money
on the same principle that 1t restricts the
liberty OF sending circulars through tho
mails. For honest purposes, the mails are
open to every ono; but when they are used
to promote the sale Of green goods or to
obtain money by other false pretenses. the
authorities interfere and prevent 1t. Swind-
ling Is not an inalienable right, like life,
liberty and the pursuit OF happiness. even
though IL IL attempted under the guise OF
Issuing hank notes to suit the convenience
Of the banks and their dealers. Secretary
GAGE admits this by saying that ample
safeguards for the protection OF the holders
OF bank notes must be provided. but no
apparently does not see that he thus gives
away his whole case. II the inalienable
right OF the banks to create paper money
may be restricted in such a way as to
protect the public against being robbed by
It's exercise ii may also. for sufficient
reason, be suppressed altogether. To this
conclusion the people are fast coming.
They already, for their own protection,
have vested In their Government tho ex-
elusive function of coming coin. and also
for their protection they will. some day,
vest In 1t exclusively the function of en-
craving and printing paper money.
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At an academic festival at Harvard the
other night. President ELIOT said that 80
per cent. OF the students OF high scholarship
the honor men," are physically fitted to enter
the army or navy. Thore has been an impress
sion that In the evolution OF college athletics a
small class OF "g!adIators" has boon developed
while the industrious undergraduate has
stuffed his mind and starved his body. II may
console some doubtful souls to know that exer-
else Ia not entirely taken by proxy among tho
learned In the colleges. One doesn't have to DO
very old to remember when regu ar gYmna-
SUM and outdoor exercise was confined TO a
few students. The old Rymnasums were
absurdy small. but probably tina majority Of
the students seldom entered them.
The pale and interesting undo rgraduate
with noble brow. Lillputian legs. STOPPING
narrow shoulders, and, II possible q cough,
10 no longer type, A youth may DO re-
markably strapping youth and still be
able to nourish and groom his intsllectuais.
There are mighty athletes who don't soorn
to stand high In their classes. and there
are superlntive scholars who know how to put
up their hands. In time the 80 per cent. OF
healthy scholars will grow to near hundred.
At Oxford an undergraduate who didn't take
exercise would be regarded as curiosity, an
invalid or u sumph.
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IN SOUTH AFRICA.

Beyond the brief announcement that Gen.
Gatacre Is intrsnchinR himself at Sterkstroom.
and that the British Withdrawal from Chieve-
Icy TO Frere had been caused by lack Of water.
there IL nothing Of importance from South
Africa. The latest despatch from the Modder
River ls dated the 18th. and Gen. White reports
by helloaraph from Ladysmith on the 22d the
woundinR Of two men and six deaths from
enterio fever and one from pneumonia. con-
hrming the previous statements that entorio
disease was pre- valent among the troops.
The absence Of any news from Cape Colony
may DO differently Interpreted. 1t may mean
simply that for military reasons the authorities
are Withholding all news or that the colonists
are taking the Geld and interrupting the COM
municatlons. News OF the dsafYeetion
among the Dutch Afrlkanders aud some
OF British origin was suppressed until
very recently. and then II was described
as widespread fears being expressed at the
same time that despite the efforts OF the
Hon. W. p. Sohreiner the Cape Colony Pre-
mer. and other prominent Airikander leaders.
1t would extend and result In a general rising
against British rule. This has been predicted
from the beginning as the consequence Of the
policy OF tho Colonial ONCE In London. and
should tho prediction be now realized, tho
situation OF the British troops In the Interior
that depend on Cape Colony for their supplies
10 perilous. A very short time. however. m ust
bring the explanation Of tho present stagna-
ton OF news.
Tho latest descriptions to hand OF the Boer
intrenchments and defenccs at tho Modder
River and Colenso show that they seem to
have mastered tho art OF protecting them
selves against the deadly shrapnol with which
the British uniformly search their positions
while the infantry is being pushed forward for
the attack. II this is tho case. the relatively
small Boer losses, as compared with those
OF the British. are EXPLAINED. The Boer
statements, also. regarding tho lyddite
shells are highly interesting. They say
that whom they strike rocks or rocky
ground the effect 10 very destructive.
but that when they fall on earth or sand. they
are harmless. They will now probably profit by
this experience, and so construct their defen-
slye works IA, In CON- junction with barbed wire
and other entanglements. to render themprac-
t!caly impregnable when held by determined
and well-armed mon. To meet these new eondi-
tons the British will have to adopt new tao
ties In which large bodies OF mounted men
equally skilful with the Beers will be required.
In order TO succeed and II is In recognition OF
these new con dltions that such large bodies OF
mounted troops are being formed In England
and in the South African Colonies. as are re-
ported from day to day.
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A or An.

Thanks to the indefinite article for this
letter from q man whose intelligence IL
worthy OF much less modest signature
and who has the passion for accuracy that
Is necessary to scholarship:
-To THE Eprro. OF TUE sU<--S.r; In THE suS this
morning notice the expression . home and an
hotel In another New York paper the oppression.
an hospital occurs. Why not an home IL the
others BE- correct eo~trd. why not a hotsl.' "a
hospi,Alr The Standard Dictionary IL authority for
the use OF the article "a before all oonsonant
sounds including h u and 'eu' pronounced
~ 'yu.' while the uss Of an before unae.
csntod N 10 prsvslentin England. do not the beat
authorities dscry the practice, Will THn sus Kindly
eniighten IssoRANusi
"Nrw Yonx. Dec. 40
TIE SUN doesn't and didn't say can
hotel That expression occurred in letter
from a correspondent. We shouldn't say
ian hospital" either. although We have no
quarrel with persons who do. No doubt 1t
can be found In many good writer's. but 1t
has the air OF an affectation. Does anybody
OH this side OF the water say IAN hospital?"
There are sticklers for severity and fanatics
OF rule who tell you that you ought to say
ian historian" "an historical" and many
Englishmen and some Americans so write.
But hero we will let our little friend. the
Century Dictionary. speak!
"AA In still sometimes used before . consonAnt
sound. especially before tho weak consonant b ;
and In written style. and In moro formal spoken
STYLE IL by many ESPECIALLY In Enaland ) required
before tho initial Of wholly unaocented syllable.
as II such an were altogether sienti thus an hotsl
bat a hostess; an historian. but a history an by.
pothssis but a hypothetical In ooiioquisl speech
and increasingly In writing. Is used in all these
cases"
The less division between the spoken and
the written speech the better. 1t seems to
US that usage. stronger than million
grammarians, has already decided the
vocation OF "a" and its elder brother
IAN" The junior walks before the con-
sonant sounds; the senior is usher to the
vowel sounds. 1t may be that there are
painful souls who force themselves to say
an historian and history. Most persons
would, we think. instinctively employ the
shorter article In both cases. But We
grudge the an to nobody who loves 1t
before the unaccented h.
AN" is the older form and has had
enough to do In his time. let alone the ex-
| tensive business which he has carried on
under tho form lone" He IL nne old
| article. II there is tendency to overwork
him In England before h, 1t should be attrlb-
uted to the pride which such Englishmen
as have overcome tho treacherous initial
| feel In approaching II.
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to conduct their first defence on British
soil. Instead OF assaulting the British
armies sent against them, their tactics
have been to await and repel assaults, and
doubtless the Beers will persist In them
Meantime, 80 far as possible. they are neu-
tralizing the armies OF the enemy by keep
ing them shut up as at Ladysmith and
Kimberley, or divided and powerless, as in
the cases OF MErHuEN and BUTLER
This situation may last throughout the
winter. BY the aid OF reenforcements and
the concentration OF the British columns.
Lord ROBERTS, 1t may be assumed, how
ever, will ultimately compel the wary Beers
to fall back on their own country and
adopt purely defensive tactics there. When
this is accomplished the vast advantages
Of the defence In present warfare will con-
tlnue with the Beers. II they have suf-
fcient supplies Of ammunition, they may be
able to hold out for many months, II
not indefinitely Being a pastoral people,
the interference OF condition OF war with
the course OF their simple civilization is In
slRnificant, as compared with what 1t would
be II they were O commercial and manu-
featuring people, with . complex civiliza~
tion.
Meanwhile, the task imposed upon Lord
ROBERTS at the advanced age. for soldier,
OF o. years will be wholly novel In his ex-
perlence. His military reputation has
been won % commander Of comparatively
small expeditionary forces In India and
Afghanistan against enemies with weapons
and tactics which are not those OF modern
civilized war. Now no becomes. for the
first time In his career, the commander OF q
great army. even as measured by the
standard Of large wars, and for such re-
sponsibility experience has shown that
few Generals at any period OF his
tory have been fully equipped. Men compe-
tent to command brigades and divisions
are many, good commanders OF corps
are relatively few, but Generals capa-
BILE OF commanding an army OF 100000
men and more are so rare that their names
become immortal. Never before, perhaps.
was this rarity 80 great as 1t 10 now. under
the conditions brought about by the recent
revolution In war 30 conducive to the ad-
vantage OF the defence. Lord RoBERTs.
therefore, Is beginning practically o new
career at the age OF 81 In going to take COM
mand In South Africa OF the most numerous
army the British have over had In the field.
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Secretary Gage on Liberty to swindle

Secretary GAGE thinks 1t very hard on
the banks Of the country that they are
restrained by law from issuing as many Of
their engraved notes as they can persuade
people to take. and put them into circula-
ton as money. In his address at the New
England Society's dinner at Orange. N, j.,
last Friday evening, he took the ground
that the privilege Of note-issuing by banks
10 not privilege conferred by law, but an
inalienable right. like life, liberty and the
pursuit OF happiness. The principle, no
said. applied to banking, would allow the
banker to extend his credit through his
notes Of hand, or by an open credit on his
books. as might best suit the convenience
Of his dealers"
This has plausible sound, but 1t is dlsin-
genuous and sophistical. No law prevents
bank from extending Its credit to It's
dealers In any way 1t pleases. What 1t for
bids is the attempt by bank to deceive
people who are not dealers with 1t into
accepting as money its promises, engraved
and printed in such q manner as to give
them a fictitious value, A dealers check
on his bank Is accepted solely on the
strength Of his and the banks credit: an
engraved bank note circulates because il Is
engraved and has look which custom has
associated In the public mind with a func-
ton quito different from that of a check, or
OF an indivldual's promissory note.
or the swindling that was perpetrated in
the old days, whom irresponsible banks in
inaccessible localities were permitted to
issue their notes in unlimited quantities,
"as might best suit the convenience of
dealers" the present generation. fortu-
nate'y, has little knowledge. Only CON-
paratively few OF us remember the thous-
and different kinds of bank notes that once
circulated here as money. some of them at
small discount. some of them at a large
one. aud all Of them Of uncertain value,
The victims OF bank failures and OF coun.
terfeiters were principally the poor and the
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ooLER-rAMMANY STRIFE.
when It Isn't on Bridges and Tunnels III,
Fire Feeds on other Fuel.

President Alexander L. Orr OF tho Board Of
Rapid Transit Com missioners Is out OF town
and Com ptroller Coler has decided not to send
the letter which he has written asking Tor n
special meeting OF tho board to consider IN.
construction OF inter-borouRh tunnels until
after he has had talk with Mr.. Orr. The
Hon. John Whalen. Corporation Counsel. said
on Friday that the effort to attach other tun.
nels to the Rapid Transit tunnel might kill the
whole scheme. Mr. Coler said yesterday as to
this:
Every one knows that tho present terminus
OF tho Rapid Transit road Is at City Hall bus
II is absolutely certain that 10 this roa Is bull,
ct all It will be continued 10 Its logical termn
at the Battery. This short but most important
extension will be demanded by the city. by the
property owners. and by the successful bidder
for the franchise. Once IL Is determined on the
construction Of tunnel TO South Brooklyn
would serve to make the enormous passenger
traffic OF that section tributary to the Rapid
Transit road. II Ia safe to say that such q
wSpa Than doues the ane
slightest suggestion OF delaying the opening OF
bids on Jan. 10 on account OF recent develops
ments. The underground franchise y. valu-
The Comptroller, thinks that il the South
Brooklyn tunnel isanohiss 10 added 70 the
serve to attract many more 5idders. The
question to- be settled Is wnet her the act. under
which the Board Of Rapid Transit Com mis-
eioners acts. gives II power to tunnel ell ewhers
than under the old city OF Now York. Mr.,
Coler, Commissioner Rives and William BARGE
hold that II does. and that the comm issioncra
can dig tunnels wherever they please. Mr..
Whnlen SAYS that this point 10 in doubt and he
10 investigating IL.
In the meantime Comptroller Coler Ia busy
PREPARING 70 ask the Legislature TO amend the
against the city shal not rest solely with the
Corporation Counsel
The breach between Mr.. Coler anil the Tam
many members Of tho city government has
been growing wider steadily OF late, and II 10
expected that the Mayors frlonds will take
come steps soon 10 punish the Com ptroler foe
his efforts to curtail the power OF Tammanf
officials and 70 take patronage out OF theik
hands.
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Political Notea.

What is known the Central Park election disrIca
(the Thirty third OF the Twenty-nrst Assem- bly, ID
olud,s all tho territory within the Park north Of
Ninety seventh street and between Fifth and Eighth
avenues. 1t has ave registered voters all connected
with tho Modown's Pass Tavern. This was tho CT.
pense attending under the election law, their ezer.
else Of tho suffrage Rant Of polling place 500 four
inspectors 81 q! two poll clerks $40; two ballot
CLERKS $40; supplies, carriage booth and ballots.
$40; total OF 5000,
The Democrats Of Kansas City are alert to the
material advantages OF national convention there.
and arc proceeding in a practical and systematic
manner to secure 1t. The general committee which
has In charge tho movement to bring the Demos
cratic Convention TO Kansas City has decided that
$4,000 should be- add,d to the sa7. 100 fund al
srpt"ms should be- eoera p S ones The S %o
collecting IL going IN actively for this purposc,
Missouri ave Bryan in lSH' more electoral votes
than any other state in tho Democratic column.
Thomas H. Churchill was Governor OF Arkansas
from 1891 to 1854 and his i'm ediate successor WAS
James II. Berry, now a United States Senator WHOSE
term eIpires ON March 4, 1901. Former GovernoI
Berry has ~ his colleague ia the Senate James X.
Jones, Chairman Of the Democratic National
COMMITTEE. WHO'S ardent free silyerite and pro.
houneed anu'eNpansionist. In those particulars he
differs with former Governor Churchill who declares
that tho recent elections have settled two thing.
nee silver aud ehl AMAZON. We cannot win either
upon which TO make The aght or or hunt some otSSs
candidate with different platform
1t IL pointed out As . remarkable feature OF tbs
membership OF the next A, emily that whereas
two years ago. following the Presidential election
OF iS9d, thoro were nineteen farmers in that body.
there will be this winter only twelve. The
number OF farmers in the Legislature has been
steadily declining Of recent years to such an Ell.
tent that they are no longer an important
sioment in computations there. with the enlarge
mPut OF the bcfghiD of the Aaaamlly
20 20 $40, effected in lsa5, tho number OF fern.
ers, which u was expected would increase, has.
on the CONTRARY, d"glin'd and tho Same condition
or anAlrS hiss been observed In other legislative
bodies In the Eastern State. Tho present pro-
portion OF farmers in the American legislative
bodies appears to DO the largest in tho states Of
the South.
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GEN. LAWToN,S BRAVERY.
He Tolls Prof. Worcester why He Exposed
Himself to tho Enemy's Fire.

wAsHrSoToN. Dec. 23.-ProL Dean G. worces-
ter OF Michigan. tho junior member OF the
Philippine Commission. was at the War De.
partment to-day and gave an account OF his
last interview with Gen. Lawton. He said:
Nothing that could possibly DO done would
please Gen. Lawton more than the promps
response that is being made to tho appeal foe
funds to put his wife and children beyond tho
reach Of need. His bravery was something
more than mere fearlessness. The night before
l left Manila was with him until IL o'clock
and Just before bidding me Rood-by. begged
him. as hi. friends had begged Of him hundreds
OF times before. to be more careful about eN-
posing himself 10 the fire OF the enemy At
twenty-eight different occasions since hls ar.
rival In the Philippines, and told him he
ought not to do Il. He replied that he knew
perfectly he risk he was running but that 10
that with the force at his disposal and
the work that he was called upon TO do,
ne ielt II necessary that he should per-
bonsny direct every movement. The loss Of o
little time. or an error OF Judgment on tho
part OF u sun9rdinate might result IN defeat,
Furthermore he knew that as long as he was
with them his men would never ihll to respond
tohny request or call that light he made upon
them. and his person ! bravery was an insplr-
tod me tkt he had not an anxious thought for
himself. hat no had been a soldier all his life
and would gladly die n soldiers death; but he
thought 81 what might be in store for hts wife
and children he should be taken. and this
weighed heavily upon him. No man ever de-
served better OF his country, and Gen. Law
ton s countrymen will see TO II that his wife
anu children are put beyond the fear OF want"
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which, under such circumstances, might
oonceivably DO carried. That would place
the Government in an awkward position,
which 1t can easily avoid by timely conces-
slons to public sentiment. What form
would those concessions take2 For tho
moment, public disapproval 10 concentrated
upon the Marquis OF LANsDowNK, the head
Of tho War Office, and Sir MICHAEL HICKS
BEACH, the Chancellor OF the Exchequer.
The former ls held accountable for the tardi-
ness with which troops we're despatched
to South Africa, for the inadequacy OF
their numbers and for the insufflciency
Of THO artillery supplied, although, no
doubt, the responsibility ought to be
divided between the civilian Secretary for
War and Lord WoLsELEY, the Commander
in-Chief Sir MICHAEL HIcKs-BEAcH, on
his part, Is accused OF hampering the War
Department by stinted provision OF funds.
tho credit demanded by him at the recent
short session OF Parliament being ludi-
crously disproportioned TO tho expenditure
required. II any scapegoats are picked out
for tho errors and misfortunes OF the
Salisbury administration. they will probably
be tho Ministers Just named. They could
do the Government but little harm. even II,
in resenting @ treatment they would
deem unfair, they should cooperate
with tho opposition. which Sir MICHAEL
HORSEBACK, at all events, being q
thoroughgoing Tory, would be scarcely dis
posed to do. Tho case Of Mr.. CHAMBERLAIN
Is different. He may be charged, no doubt.
with bringing on the war; but, from the
outset, he gave warning that 1t would DO q
big war, and no 10 In no wise responsible
for mscalculations OF the War Office or OF
tho Exchequer. Besides, Lord SALISBURY
would think twice before driving 80 adroit
politician and so expert debater as Is
Mr.. CHAMBERLAIN into tho ranks OF his
opponents. Mr.. CHAMBERLAIN has a large
following. not only In the country but In
the House OF Commons. and to lose its sup
port at critical conjuncture might prove
fatal to tho present Ministry.
We repeat that. whether the Salisbury
Cabinet il to remain unmodiied until Par
lament meets will depend largely upon the
news received In the interim from South
Africa. II in that quarter things remain as
they are, Lord LANsDowNE will receive due
credit for his tardy awakening to the mag
nitude OF tho contest, and Sir MICHAEL
HIoKs-BEAcH will not be blamed overmuch
for sharing tho common belief that the
conquest Of the Boer republics would be a
quick operation. II Ladysmith, on the
other hand, or even Kimberley. should fall.
or the force under Lord METHUES should be
cut of. public indignation in England would
probably demand Q victim.