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The San Francisco call., 1899-10-24
PRESIDENT DONNELLY
H0N0RED BY PRINTERS
FIVE HOURS AROUND THE BAY
ON THE MARKHAM.

A score of members Of the San Fran
cisco Typographical Union entertained
President Samuel B. Donnelly of the IN
ternational Typographical Union yester-
day morning and afternoon by trfp
around the bay on the tug Governor
Markham. The party left Mission street
wharf a 10 o'clock and headed a. once for
the Union Iron Works. A long-range in
Vestgation was held at this point with
out landing. The next place of interest
was the dry docks at Hunters Point.
where the party landed and spent a half
nour about the transport Hancock, which
is now being oVerhauled
From Hunters Point the tug steamed up
the bay and outside the heads. Return
ing, landing was made at Sausalfto.
where luncheon was in order. The after
noon ride was up the bay toward San
Quentin and a return to the CITY. The
affair was successful in every particular
and the party merry one from the time
of starting to the return TO town.
The party comprised the following:
Samuel B. Donnelly. president of the IN
ternational Typographical Union; H.
Gibb, Mr.. and Mrs. W. j. White Mr. and
Mrs. William 3. Goode Mr.. and Mrs. G.
A. Buchanan, Mr.. and Mrs. F. c. Van
Schaick, Mr.. and Mrs. Ellsworth Bard
Mrs. j. Prentice Mrs. j. Neely. Mrs A.
Camp. Mrs. George Bigler, Mr. and Mrs.
w. a. Rosetti, Mr. and Mrs. P. w. PRAY
+. Wandress, ]. Collins, T. j. Dinan. e.
L. Taylor, /. |. Wright, c.. NJ. Jones. F.
p, Caller, c. H. Parker. F. Thomas, L.
Nicholson.
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SHADOW OF FORTY-NlNE
Mayor Phelan Balks at a Re-
gine That suggests the
DAYS Of Cd

The Democrats of the Forty-fourth As
sembly District assembled last night in
Washington Hall to greet their nominees
and cheer for the ticket. There was no
lack of enthusiasm even after a score of
tiresome addresses had echoed through
the hall.
Emile Pohli was the first speaker of the
evening and gave an assurance that every
man who stands upon platform of hon.
est government will be elected to positions
Of trust for two years: With this startling
the period Mr. Pohli retired amid mucb
enthusiasm and gave place to Charles
the charter in honor of the decision of the
Supreme Court. l.. F. Byington was also
charged with charter platitudes and eX-
ploded them with frequent Interruptions
of applause. When he had finished Mayor
Phefan was introduced and received with
applause
His Honor did not even vary the phrase
ology of what has now become his stere-
otyped speech. He referred to the city as
a great corporation in which the people
it is for him to meet the stock
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stenographer. who had nothing on the
point of his pen with which to record
that comprehensive. or meaningless,
whichever way YOU take II, shrug.
Maitre Bert was proceeding to get out
of it all the satisfaction possible for
his client. when Maitre Barnard asked
leave to withdraw Comte long enough
10 get in the testimony of the physi-
clans who had treated him. Perniis
sion was granted and DR.. Charles j.
Mccarthy took the stand. The doctor
said he examined Comte four days
after the encounter and found him suf
fering from a fractured nose and con-
fused eye. On CrOsS-eXamination he
said he had examined the eye again
last Friday and found that the sight
was gone from ii
DO not the medical books, DOCTOR"
asked Bert. give numerous instances
of cases where people who are blind
of one eye do not discover that fact till
the other is iniured?'
The doctor replied in the affirmative,
saying also that ii was possible that
Comte might have been blind OF his
left eye at the time he was struck by
Godeau.
Or. James f. Smith testified in
similar strain, although he was not so
certain that Comte was blind in the in
CURED optic.
Comte was placed on the stand again
and Maitre Bert resumed his cross-ex-
animation. His questions were put
with a view TO eliciting answers from
the plaintiff that the injuries to his eye
and nose had not interfered with his
attention to business. Comte shrugged
and shrugged and exhibited the palms
of his hands, but refused to have it
that way. At last he let out a flood
of French.
For a month" the interpreter said
he said. Il was so ugly that l was
ashamed to have anybody look at me-"
Nj. Comte nodded assent at the in
terpreter's translation, and turned his
regaincd beauty on the jurors as the
court ordered an adjournment till this
morning.
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would not seem to most advantage from
beneath, and the feeling of the chapter
of the cathedral and of the public re-
garding this dome was at first one of dis
content. This was the general condition
of public sentiment when, as tradition
tells us, the mason's boy exclaimed that
the new paintings in the dome resembled
a dish of frogs. 1t would thus appear
that the general impression of the forms
above their heads was similar to that
received from their own favorite dish of
frogs, at which only the hind legs were
served. This saying became celebrated
perhaps by its giving expression to the
unuttered thought of many others. 1t was
not, indeed, until Titan passed through
Parma, in the suite of Charles V, in 1880,
that the existence of this beautiful work
was placed beyond jeopardy. The canons
of the church had about concluded to
have it all effaced. Titan, on seeing the
dome, said: IF you nIed it with gold
you would not have paid what it is
worth" This saved the painting, but it
did not reinstate the painter in the re-
gard of the people, for it is a fact that
for half a century after Correggios death
his reputation in Parma failed to receive
full justice.
To secure this truthful effect of fore
shortening he made use of small models
in clay as of course the living model
could not be expected to retain such atti-
tudes. These, it is said, were made for
him by a friend Religious painting was,
however, not his choice, and firing of mis-
apprehension AlIegri gave up the Eemain-
ing commissions on the cathedral. re-
turned to his native town of COrreggio
and devoted the rest of his short life of
not quite forty years TO the production Of
subjects from mythology.
Many madonnas bearing the name Of
Correggio are in the various collections
scattered over Europe, but many of them
are of doubtful authenticity. The origin
of most of these was a demand often
ignorant, for ''Correggios,' in the eight
eenth century. which demand the dealers
undertook to supply But in spite of the
harm this fact has done his fame, the
strict test TO which his works are now
subjected is clearing the way more and
more for an unreserved admiration Of
this happy genius who peopled cupolas
and canvases with glowing images and
| left behind him in his brief pilgrimage
path of light.
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Brannan. last night and listened to Mayor
Phelan's speech on the new charter. the
Democratic administration and other in
teresting thoughts from d score of candi-
dates who were seeking votes.
The Mayor was in good voice despite
the fact that he had spoken at two other
meetings earlier in the evening. Once
started on his now familiar lines he i'm
pressed his auditors with his worth as an
officer and paid beautiful tribute to Mr.
Dodge, his chart and a number of other
Democrats.
He told of the harmony that existed in
the party at this election and excused
former conflicts by saying that like the
waves of the sea, they are in constant
agitation and thus keep it clear and pure
made to draw him into discussion Of
the currency question, expansion and
other national issues, but said this was
a municipal campaign and only local is
sues should be touched on. He raised
his voice to a higher pitch and said:
Let them wait until next year and
we will give them fight on those lines. -
told of it's beneficial effects He in
formed his auditors that under its pro
tecting folds they had redress by peti-
ton to the Board of Supervisors fnsfead
He claimed that the charter did not vest
the Mayor with autocratic powers, but
simply placed in his charge the RESPONSE
bility of appointing different officials, and
If such appointees were not true to their
trust he could remove them at will.
He called attention of the transfer of
and the value thereof. He said the Gov
ernor heretofore had the appointment of
many officers. and if they were distaste-
full the people had to grin and bear IT,
AS on other occasions he paid his re-
spects to the chief executive of the State
declaring that Governor Gage had been
brought from the south and had proven
a monumental failure as an officer He
regretted the fact that Mcguire was not
elected, as he was sure that distinguished
Democrat would have paid more atten~
ton to the will of the people
The Mayor made an earnest appeal for
reelection.
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the very postures in which they would
appear from below. Such powers, serious
~ used could not but uplift the mind if
expended on sacred themes; but Correggio
was a kind of pagan, rejoicing, exulthrg
in light and life for their own sakes. The
very perfection Of this method of fore
shortening had also its faults-the i'm
preston from below, as it would be in
nature was sometimes confused This
appears in the case Of the Assumption
of the Virgin with which he filed the
large dome Of the cathedral Here hun
dreds of figures seen from below, boldly
foreshortened, produce their effect, in the
hands of this master, mainly by the play
of light and shade on the different groups
Still, a number of figures ascending
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n ROCEEDINGS in Judge Danger
- fields court yesterday took on a
decidedly Frenchy flavor. NJ.
u Osmin Comte, who sells liquors
at 400 Dupont street, was there with
three attorneys to press his claim for
900 damages against Undertaken
Jules S. Godeau. who. he swears, broke
his nose and destroyed the sight of his
left eye al the last Christmas meet
ing of the Ligue d'Henri ". Mai
tres Barnard. Henderson and King ap-
peared TO support the claim of the
marchand de vim. Maitres Eugene
Bert and FrancOeur were there to
defend Tentrepreneur des pompes
fUnebres-to undertake. as it were,
the case of the undertaken.
During the course of the morning a
jury was empaneled and Maitre Bar
nard explained the claims of his client,
who sat in the back row a living eX-
hibit of the weight Of the under
takers fist Maitre Bert. whose limit
in French is defined by the edges of a
menu card. took occasion to enlighten
the Jurors concerning the merits of the
defense. He told how Comte had been
anxious TO secure the bar and banquet
privilege for the last French ball; how
Godeau. who was a member of the
committee having that matter in
charge had bafiied the Dupont street
liquorist: and how, at a meeting OF
the Ligue Henri Quatre. under the pre-
tense of fUrthering the good Of the
order, Comte had assailed the under
taker with vile epithet
Woo sonny VOC mongtair,' he eX-
claimed. that is what Mister Comte
called my client-isn't that it, Godeau,
WOO sonny"
"'Il dit que j'en avais menti,' re-
piled the director of funeral pomps.
Johnny sonny VOC mongtay,' said
Bert, impressively. Yes, gentlemen,
that's what he called my client, and
that's worse than
Maitre Bert's voice dropped to an in
distinct whisper The jury shrank in
its chairs. What he said must have
been terrible.
My client slapped him and then,'
continued Bert. he sank his teeth into
Mr.. Godeau's hand. What else could
he do? He struck him. That is the
way Mr.. Comte received the injuries
for which he now seeks damages.
NJ. Comte. looking none of the cannibal
Maitre Bert had pictured him, took the
stand upon the reconvening of court in
the afternoon. His left eye had
weak and watery appearance and his
nose showed the hard usage through
which it had gone at the memorable
league meeting. NJ. COmte's English
being as limited as Maitre Berts
French Official Interpreter K. NJ
Aqtlirre was called in to bridge the
linguistic chasm. Through him Comte
told his story with many grimace
and shoulder shrug. The vitiated air
of the courtroom Vibrated with "Certy-
rnongs." "day-fong- -dongs and par
fav-mongs," the translation Of all Of
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Loyal to Workin gmen
of This City.
He OPPOSED CHINESE LABOR
METHOD OF REVENGE EMPLOY
ED BY THE MONGOLIANS
Oriental Trade Valued at Half a Mil
lion Dollars Annually Was
Taken Away From His
Firm.

A few days ago a Phelan evening or
Eanette sreeringiy said that Horace Davis
lost his flour trade in efforts to gain
cheap political capital Since Horace Da-
Nis in battling for the workingmen of
san francisco sustained great pecuniary
losses IL is we'll TO bring out the fa cts
10 the shame Of the Phelan subsidized
press. When the true history is told the
WorKngmen of San Francisco will place
q still higher value on the character and
public services of Hon. Horace Davis
In 1898 Horace Davis perceived the dan
ger OF Chinese immigration 20 California
and IN q letter to the New York Tribune
sounded the note Of alarm. He was not
an eieVenth-hOur convert TO The cause Of
the worhngmen of this coast. but was
one OF the first in the field to protect his
workers from the dangers of Asiat-
lie invasion
In 1850 Mr.. Davis. who then owned the
largest flour mill in the State. opened
the flour trade of the Orient and in the
course of sixteen years succeeded in es-
tabishtng a large and profitable business.
The trade expanded and he exported an
nually one hundred thousand barrels Of
-four.
In 1875 Horace Davis was elected to rep
resent the san Francisco district i'm the
congress Of the United States. He was
elected 9E the votes OF the honest work
orS OF this city and in Congress was faith
ful to the cause of the people. There in
opposition TO The advice of New England
friends he resumed his battle against the
irT0ductiOn Of Chinese labor, realizing
that white workinEmen could not compete
with the low-Dafd contract labor Of Asia.
lie did not pause to consider the cost
He fought for q principle and that prn-
ClI.e was the protection of American la
tor. He was warned that if he did not
Withdraw his opposition TO unrestricted
Chinese immigration he would lose his
oriental trade. Men who battle for the
cause Of human betterment are not
~wayed or infueLCed by motives Of per-
s'na' gain, so Horace Davis. true then as
.e rs now "a the wOTkingmen Of San
LfanclsCo. falteIed not in the discharge
duty. but continued his active battle
Eainst the infuN Of the Chinese
flnuing that threats were Of no avail
the Chinese Six Companies, acting on the
advice Of Consul Bee took away the -four
trade which Mr.. Davis had developed
was business estimated at a half million
dollars. Five hundred thousand dollars is
81 considerable sum of money. Phelan
never earned one five hundred thOusandth
part Of that sum. Mr.. Davis did not In
herit this vast volume Of business from
his ancestors. He inherited only the en-
grgy, the honesty. the enterprise. the in
oNStrN and the good COmmOn-sense 10 de-
Eeiop the business He won the trade BIZ
honorable commercial achievement and
sacrificed II rather than faIter in his fight
Tor his fellow T0rkirgmen Of this city and
State The Phelan subsidized press
speak Of this sacrifice as a loss sustained
by Mr. Davis I'm efforts TO make cheap po-
Ei.aI capital. Phelan ought to be
ash med 10 address an audience Of work
.|-t.#H.
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for him. He has taken a leading part in
The educational development OF this state
A., ~ ,1|orests Of this community He earn
ed the respect of that stalwart Leader
lanes G. Blaine, and that alone. is sum
tn, other speakers who addressed the
neeting were Colonel T. Y. Eddy. a. ?.
Van DGzer and the following candi{date5s: t5 5:
2iies Gi 3 y, TorelIo. William watson,
Ge69Se 13el5T =; + shaw, W c. Johnson G, J. J.
l[ing5 District Attorney, A: P. Black' 9insT,
Sheriff. John Lackmann; CouR2Iy III TIE r.
fanv: riS's'i Tax Collector, Joseph Il. Scott;
Coroner, DR.. A. D. Mclean City Attor-
nev. c. H. Jackson; Police judges I1dS1a -. ",
Carnen+er Charles A. Low and Judge
Toacbimsen; Treasurer, L. Feusier
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II. CORREGGIO.
BY FRANK FOWLER

1t would seem that of few great paint
ers of the past have so little reliable data
been left regarding their life and work
as of Antonio Allegri, born in Corregglo
1894. and known by the name If his birth
place. Were it not for the comparative
ly small number of beautiful and indiVid-
uaI creations of which the centuries grant
him undisputed authorship this UNIQUE ar
tistic temperament might still be looked
upon as mythical. The parish register
fails us in the outset, for it begins only
in 1896 while this master was born in
1894. Pellegrino Alleg1i, Antonio's father,
destined him for one of the learned pro
fessions. but. Welding to strong predl-
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we would gladly welcome the fact. if
we could find it. of AIlegri's contact with
the great art spirits of his day but thus
lar authentic sources of information have
tailed to tell us of single great p9inter
IN that great period of art whom he per
sohally knew, and it does not appear that
he ever was in Rome. Away from the
great art centers, then, this heaven-born
painter acquired an all-suficient knowl-
edge of his craft. 1t mattered little what
theme presented itself or what he was
commissioned to do, his ready brush
made sport of it-too much sport, indeed.
at times, for canons of cathedrals and
Benedictine monks. These monks COM
missioned Correggio to decorate the GU
pola of the Cathedral San Giovanni
Evangelista, at Parma. Allegrf was of too
joyous a nature to be deeply solemn. and
in this vision of st. John in his old age
The Ascension of Our Lord he pre-
sented the apostles in too unconventional
manner to give complete satisfaction
to the authorities who commissioned him
He departed so far from tradition in this
painting as to represent these holy men
nearly destitute of clothing and reposing
on clouds in most free and unconstrained
attitudes. Below them come the even
gelists, each accompanied by father of
the church. A frieze divided by four win
dows, encircles the dome, and that part
which is beneath each evangelist con-
tains his emblems intermingled with boy
angels and flowers. These boy angels
play an important part in many of Cor
reggio's frescoes. They rollick in wild
est gambols over the whole space, and in
the Coronation of the Virgin only a
part of which now exists, their antics are,
If possible, more audacious than those of
the dome, as they are practiced even
among the robes of the principal figures.
The irresistible gayety of his point of
view did not make of our artist the ideal
religious painter of his day; but, despite
his lack of the sentiment of dignity and
solemnity in work of this character, we
find him in a method of composition emil
nently fitted for the treatment of re-
ligious themes. For by his practice of
foreshortening from the point of sight
of the spectator he seems to. do away
altogether with the dome, If it be a dome,
and to open to US, in it's place, the blue
vault of heaven, filed with figures float
ing upward in a sea of radiance, and in
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holders and discuss with them the
policy which shall be enforced for the
next two years. The ever tiriug but never
abandoned story of the creation OF the
charter was told for the twentieth time
holders who sought to test the legality of
the new organic law and the Mayor in
sisted that the very men who fought the
charter are now seeking to obtain office
under it's administration as the law.
His Honor says that all his enemies are
enemies of the charter and he wants the
people to punish them at the ballot boxes
San Francisco in her swaddling clothes
These men, he declares. are the men of
the DAYS when the water came up to
Montgomery street. They are siluTians
and dIeamers and do not know what a
splendid prospect Deweys victory opened
to the city. The Mayors party is the
party of progress. ready to place the city
city sanitary construct sewers and erect
public buildings. For these reasons and
FOR many more, which his Honor deems
very good votes are solicited for the Dem
ocratic ticket.
lust as the Mayor concluded Assessor
Dodge and his charts entered. The band
must have seen him. for the strains of
I'VE Won't Get Home Until Morning"
bIared through the hall. The other speak
ers of the evening had absolutely nothing
new to suggest and made simply personal
Meas for votes. They spoke in rapid sue
cession as follows Assessor Dodge, r. P.
Doolan. f. X. Lane. Judge Mogan, Dr. r.
Beverly Cole. James P. Booth L. j.
Dwyer, Major Dennis Geary. A. B. Ma
guire. George H. Cabaniss. A. j. Fritz
Judge Conlan. Jeremiah Deasy and Pat
rirlx Roland.
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and friends of the lodge. The following
and guitar Selections Mr.. and Mrs. ]. II.
Willard and Clyde w. Schenck; ballad. F.
Giannini; address, L. NJ. Kohn, master
and Marguerite Honn; autoharp and har-
monica solo, Louis +. Klein Jr.; duet.
Miss Ruby Eggleston and NJ. H. Shep-
mini; contralto solo, Miss Mae Corlette,
and selections by the Knicker Quartet.
This was followed by dancing until mid
night
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DEMOCRATS BLEW HORNS

An open meeting of the Central Demo-
cratic Club was held last night in Pythian
Castle Hall and the candidates on the
ticket, from Mayor Phelan down, were
invited to address the assemblage. As an
inducement TO the audience, large schoon-
ers of beer were furnished by squad of
husky ergeants-at-arms," and when the
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Superior Lodge of the Ancient Order of
United Workmen gave it's first jubilee en-
tertainment and ball last night at 1905
Polk street, and. it was one of the most
enjoyable entertainments that has been
given in the Western Addition this sea-
son. The cozy hall in which it was given
was crowded with members of the order
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The Name BUDWEIsER

on a bottle of beer is a guarantee of superior
merit, when the Anheuser- Busch trade mark
and name also appear on the label Purest,
most popular brand of beer in the world.
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PHELAN ON GAGE.

About 250 Democrats of the Thirty
second District filed the large dining hall
of the Central Hotel on Third street near
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Superior Lodge.

Ladies' tailor-made suits fur capes, cloaks
Credit NJ Rothschild. 80; Post st.
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lection for painting
on the part of the
son, he was placed
in the studio of his
uncle. Lorenzo Allie
gri, an inferior
painter. Here he
studied the first
principles of art and
continued it's prac-
tice under Gianbat-
tista lombard Of
his native town,
Correggio. Lombardi
was formerly profess
sor of philosophy
and medicine in
Ferrara and Bo-
logna. Under MIN
Carreggio studied
p h / l o s o p h V,
mathematics, anato-
my and optics. The
question as TO who
was Antonio's actu-
al master il paint
ing is as problemati-
cal as many other
facts, personal and
artistic, concerning
his career. The idea
supported by Bigi.
and apparently the
most probable, is
that he studied with
Antonio Partolotti.
or Bartolozzi, at this
time head of the
school of art in Cor
reggie. DIR. Meyer
is of the opinion Of
Mengs, that he was
a pupil Of Francesca
Bianchi, called Fer
rart-a painter of
the school Of Fran
Cia at Modena
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