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The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01
OUR WEAK SPOT.
THE suggestion that failures of justice such as
took place in the Rosser case could be prevented

THE suggestion that failures of justice such as
took place in the Rosser case could be prevented
by appointing eectng Judges for life
may be designated as reductio ad absurdum.
Much can be said in favor of life judi
ciary, it is true, but may be said
against it when it is applied to political sys-
tenn such as exists in this city. Undoubtedly lie
Judges are more dignihed, independent and
personally cleaner than elected Judges but they
be introduced here along with them must come an
entirely judicial system.
Failures of justice usually due to the weakness,
ignorance or corruption OF District Attorneys and
juries The Judges ordinarily try to do their duty.
How can juries be improved so long political
Sheriffs summon them and political clerks draw them
from the box? But even if life Judges could change
the laws so as to improve the quality OF uries what
remedy is there for weak, negecttul or corrupt
District Attorney? Judges cannot prosecute GRIM
nal cases They can call for evidence, but will not
be Forthcoming unless the Police Department gathers
it and the District Attorney summons the witnesses,
OF what avail the efforts of conscientious Judge
surrounded by hXers, weak prosecutors and po-
fitical jurors?
In the Rosser case there evidence to show that
the culprt had been drugged while drinking whisky
The place where he obtained the liquor iden-
tilted and the irewater itself was carefully descrbed
but it occurred to anybody to call the saloon
keeper who sold the stuff In fact, the theory that
Rosser had been drugged was the widest kind of
assumption which the District Attorney made not the
slightest effort to refute. Had he summoned any
body likely to know the facts, outside of Rossers
comrades and friends, he could have fatty contra
diced the evidence for the defense
Judges elected or appointed for life would have no
power prevent farces of this character They could
not inject intelligence into juries thwart the
ixers. All they could do would be to perform their
duty which in most cases they do
The weak point in our criminal judicial system is
found in the prosecution What every county in Cali
iornia needs is competent District Attorney. The
only way the people procure the services OF such
man will be to offer to energetic, honest and ca
pabe lawyers compensation equivalent to the sums
they can make by working for criminals. This is all
there is in the problem
A District Attorney in San Francisco receiving a
salary of $4,000 a year would be paying invest
ment That sum would command the services of a
frst-class lawyer, who, in Office, would stay
there so long virtue continued in the community
Such man would rid the city of criminals in less
than year, because he would make, under the
present system punishment for all classes of crime
absolutely certain.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01

necessary Dunning, and so they sat
and drooled at the relation of orgies
in which participation had been denied
them. Another variety was on hand
for the pleasure of seeing one of their
sex suffer. Every shoL of accusation
which pierced the fatty fortified hide of
the prisoner was joy to them. Every
allusion to the gallows, causing the
prisoner to doff her railnent of blithe-
someness and vince, was to them
separate boon, it's coming greeted with
a knowing smile. The murder was nor
rible, each particle of direct testimony
jar to the senses, the levity OF the
central figure disgusting, but the most
debased and debasing phase of the
event, the one to excite the greatest
apprehension, loathing, creepiness, was
the throng of lewd and leering Great
ures scrambling for chance to dabble
in filth and heartless as a band of
harDipS
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01
AVOID THE CAUCUS SCHEME.

OWEVER cunningly the campaign OF Dan
Burns has been conducted, there is only one
4 way in which he can secure final triumph. This
son need be given why there should be no caucus.
There are certain members who afraid to vote
for Burns or a creature OF Burns account OF the
storm of disapproval which would come from their
homes These members there will be an endeavor to
use by means of a caucus If siXty-one Republicans
so into caucus and agree be bound by the majority
rule as is often done, then any candidate who gets
thiry-onc votes will actually, by virtue of the
ty rule receive the Endorsement of sixtyone votes
enough members to elect Thus; by securing thirty
one votes which is only about onefourth of the
bership OF both houses, candidate can be elected
United States Senator.
That there is danger of this result must be realized
because members who dare not vote for Burns under
other circumstances would shield themselves behind
the following argument: Il did not vote for him. l
never would have voted for him, but pursued the
usual course entered and agreed to be bound
by the votes OF the majority
Thus members who really desire the election of an
Objectionable candidate can shield themselves from
criticism and at the time carry out the wishes
of their masters Let it be understood before any
such action is had that any member who goes into
such caucus will be as blanabe if an Objectionable
self for such candidate.
The fight from this time until Senator has
been chosen should be to prevent caucus OF Repub-
lican members Upon the success of this fight de-
pends the honor of the party.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01
A CRIMINAL SWINDLE.

IRON the report made by Major w H. DAY.
chief surgeon at army headquarters at Tampa
during the war, On the fresh meat supplied to the
army it is evident that General Miles did not exag
gerate when he characterized the stuff embalmed
beef" In fact, his language was not severe enough.
He might with considerable business have described
it as poisoned beef
In the course of his report Major Daily says:
"When detailed to take charge OF the transport
Panama for conveying convaescents to the United
States obtained pounds OF fresh beef from the
commissary at Ponce. 1t looked well, but had an
odor similar to that OF dead human body after being
injected with preservatives, and tasted when first
cooked like decomposed bodies smell. After standing
day for further inspection it became bitter,
eous and unpalatable to be quite impossible for
use I was therefore, obliged owing to the condition
and the complaints of the sick about it, and the dis
gustngly sickening odor it emitted when being
cooked and its mawksh fiat taste when served, and
for the safety OF the patients 25 convaescent soldiers
on board, to organize board of survey condemn
and throw 1900 pounds, all we had, overheard"
The United States is rich country and is liberal
with those with whom it deals. 1t pays high prices
and is entitled to honest goods for its money More
over it is country where all sorts of food supplies
exist far beyond the consuming power OF its people
For such an act as that OF furnishing vile beef to the
was criminal swndlc and in its motive was about
as vicious as that of who sends poisoned
candy through the mails.
There should be some punishment meted out to
the scoundrels who in their greed for gan sent such
stuff as that to supply boys the front and in
the hospitals. In many respects the offense is the
gravest scandal OF the year. and is certainly the bases
There should be some way OF indicting the men who
are responsible for the crime on charge of murder
and committing them to the justice and the patriotism
OF an American jury
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01
AROUND THE
CORRIDORS

Thomas Welch of San Jose is at the
Russ.
L. R. Vance of Vallejo is at the occi-
dental.
w. c. knight of Laramie is at the Cali
fornia.
G. F. Thorndyke of Seattle arrived at
the Palace yesterday:
State Senator ]. r Laird of Alturas is
staying at the Grand.
DR.. T. NJ. Blakeley of Poppinsville, KY,
is a guest at the Lick.
w. H. Seamons of Sacramento is reg
istered at the California.
C. H. Phillips, a prominent banker of
San Jose, is at the Palace.
j. H. Martin, a prominent cattle dealer
of Woodland, is at the Russ.
D. S. Lightner, mining man from San
Jose, is a guest at the Russ.
NJ. H. Mears, U. S. N, is a guest at the
Grand.
DR.. H. W. Patterson of New York is at
the Grand.
]. ]. Holloron of New Orleans was
among the arrivals at the Russ yester-
day.
A. L. Gamble of the United States rev.
enue ship Rush is a guest at the Cali
fornia.
]. P Abbott of Antioch and Charles
King of Hanford are two of the guests at
the Lick.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01
>. MUS EMENTA

columba-Minstrel Jubilee
California-"Oliver Twist
Aleszar-"A Midnight Bell"
Tivoi-'The Yellow Dwarf"
Morosco's- The White Squadron"
Observation-Disclosures
Comedy--"A Romance Coon Hollow.
The Chutes-Gorilla Man, Vaudeville and the Zoo.
Olympia Eddy streets, Specialties
Glen Parll--Mssion Zoo.
Ingleside Ceursng Park-Coursing To-day.
Central Park-The Steepechase.
Recreation Park-BasebaE
Metropolitan HaI-RosenthaI Piano Recital Tuesday even
January 3.
Oakland Racce Track-Races tomorrow
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01
HAPPY NEW YEAR,

NTH watch services in the churches, with
\NI merry parties at home, with uproar upon the
streets with music and dancing and laughter
with all forms OF Joy and modes OF expressing 1t,
W. have ushered the old year out and welcomed the
new year in. With good resolves and with bright
expectations the dawn is greeted and out OF their own
sanguine hopes men and women find the inspiration
Ci a most cordial wish for happy year tor all.
With the exception OF the menace OF another dry
season which impends above US from our cloudless
skies, there are no reasons for doubling the new
year will be one OF uncxampled prosperity for all OF
our people Industry has not only revived from the
long depression but has attained unprecedented
activity The products OF our factories well OF
our farms are making their way in all the great mar
kets OF the earth and the demand for them has
panded our foreign commerce that it has become the
marvel OF the world.
The fear OF possible gold stringency which in the
past haunted the minds OF so many persons and rem
dered some tmid capitalists unwilling to venture new
enterprises has been banshed. Not only has the
gold supply of the United States been augmented by
importations from abroad as we'll as from the out
put OF our own mines, bur The gold supply OF the
world has been enormously increased.
1t estimated that within the last seven years the
increase OF the worlds supply OF gold has amounted
TO as much as forty per cent and that ii the present
rate OF gold production continues the worlds supply
will rise during this year to $5,ooo,ooo,ooo and
that OF this the United States will have more than
S, COO, 100000.
When the old year began Cuba was ravaged by
Spanish tyranny and the necessity OF interference
at the risk OF war apparent. Those evils no
longer cloud the sky, The has been gloriousy
fought out, and not only Cuba but Porto Rico and
the Philippines well, have been freed from the old
time oppression, The new year begins with peace
assured at home and abroad. We have added addi-
tional honors to and another glorious page
to our history We have also so clearly demonstrated
our military power it is not likely any nation will
provoke to war, and may, therefore, look
forward to another long extended peace
Out OF the old year, morever there comes the as
surance OF restored confidence between the North
and the South which is full OF promise for the new
Never since the nation began there little OF
sectional antagonism in politics and our social
feelings, In the gadness OF that union of hearts as
well OF hands the interchange OF mutual wishes OF
prosperity among all parts OF the republic will be
more fervent than However It may be with the
fortunes OF individuals that OF the Union is likely to
be the brightest and most golden in its history
through all the seasons OF the glad new year
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01

The best Xmas present-Townsend Cal
ifornia Glace Fruits, soc in fire etched
boxes or Japanese baskets. 627 Market
St, Palace Hotel building.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01

Special information supplied daily to
business houses and public men by the
Press Clipping Bureau (AIen' 81, $40 Mont
gomery street. Telephone Main 1042.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01

Townsend's California glace fruits, soc
lb. in fire etched boxes or Japanese bas
kets. 627 Market ST., Palace Hotel bldg"
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01

Our famous broken candy 31s lbs in
handsome Japanese baskt, SOC. Townsend.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01

The State Superintendent OF Instruction does not
think teachers institutes conducted so as to be help
full II this opinion is well founded perhaps he can
jnaugurate reforms, Neither are Boards of Educa-
ton managed they should be, but there seems no
method of reform short of sending lot of rogues to
JAIL and the rogues, each equipped with pull, refuse
to 60
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01

An employe of the Wells-Fargo Express Company
has away with 100000 Of its funds, wicked and
reprehensible act However, it may be he salves his
conscience by the reflection that by violation OF the
internal revenue bill the company had acquired a
much larger sum than that with which he eloped
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01
FATHER PRENDERGAST
AND MISS VIRGINIA FAIR

n
gifted with
dispatch
there word about Rome Cardinal Rampoa Catholic or Pro-
bishop
tion health of
PRENDERGAsT
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01

Attorney Knight says never guess what a
jury will do He might have added that one can
safely guess twelve intelligent car be swayed
by the buyragging tactics of advocate who treats
a witness as a criminal
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01

When the School Board voted TO suspend rules
made mental reservation to the rule of acting
at the befest of rascay majority,
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01

Widber says that at the end OF his term he will be
on Easy street which being interpreted probably
that he knows where there is Of the gold
Mayor Phelan supposed himself to be netting
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01

Nicholas Brennan has escaped punishment for a
peculiarly heinous ofense, and there is no way in
which he could better express his gratitude than by
hanging himself He something to the COM
munity now.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01

Justice can easily be imagined casting eye along
murdercrs' row and calling confidently, "Next"
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01

II the Dunning is in any measure responsible
for the instances OF poisoning reported fromF New
York to Texas perhaps the sequel to it will in some
o. measure serve as an antidote.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01

Hardly h a d
President High
balls called the
Sazarac Lying
Club to order last
night before the
trouble that had
been brewing for
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01

c. H. Watt and A. C. Johnson, two
prominent citizens of Los Angeles, ar
rived at the Occidental yesterday
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01

A gentleman by name Crane, by pro-
fession a preacher, and by intrinsic
character thorn in the side of civili-
zation, arises to rebuke President Nc
Kinley for having uttered pleasant and
conciliatory words during his recent
trip in the South. Brother Crane, how
ever, neglects to fortify himself by any
excerpt from the Writ which 1 doubt not
he ably expounds. If he believes all
he says, his duty is to provide himself
bloody shirt and a musket and en-
deavor to set his plan of fraternity
in operation.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-06-14

Timothy
Pro- Woody
tein. fiber. Fat.
Cut in full bloom. II 34.7 3.5
Cut after bloom. Go 32.7 3.5
In seed, nearly ripe SIS 1872 90
Crab-gass :. go. -. S.32 '27. so 2.25
Beggarweed E. :. III. 85 % 80 2.92
Thus it apepars that both crab-grass
and desmodium (beggadwee0 are rich
er in the main nourishing element, pro-
tein, than timothy at any stage.
When the weather is perfect, hay
can often be hauled right from the
Wind-row, but the sweetest and green
est hay is made by cooking it up be-
fore it is cured enough to store in the
barn, and allow it to- remain there a
the cocks open into three Or four fork
fuls and let it air for an hour or two.
One will be surprised to find how quick
ly the moisture leaves 1t. The process
of curing takes little more time, but
it makes hay that will please the most
fastidious animal, and any one who
has to sell will suit the most critical
buyer. BY cooking it one is also in bet
ter shape, in case rain should come,
than if it were lying around or in
windrows When the weather clears
out and the ground dries it is spread
around again. This extra work often
means good article where otherwise
it would be very much damaged.
Before hay is stored in the barn Or
stack it ought to be cured so that no
drops will fall from a handful when
it is twisted hard, but is too dry if
there is not sufficient sap to make it
tough when twisted. If put up too
green it will likely mold in places. But
hay often gets hot when stored at the
right stage of dryness without damage.
In fact, heating is rather an advantage,
as the hay settles more compactly, and
better excludes the air and enables one
to get more in the NOW.
If one wanted to sell Florida hay in
town he probably could not even per-
suade the stable men to examine it,
and it would be all he could do to in
duce them to take bale as agift on
trial But his horses have no preju-
dfces; if the provender smells right
they ask no questions as to the state
where it was grown.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-06-14

Reports come from San Saba and
ManardviNle, small towns twenty
miles north of Austin, in the noun
tains, saying that both towns have
been swept by the raging floods, and
were badly devastated. In San Saba
eight persons were drowned, and the
entire town is reported under water.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-06-14

this stage, it will yield from 10 to 20
per cent less weight of baled hay than
when allowed to stand until dead-ripe
and woody. In this latter stage the
sugar and gum have become changed
into the starch and woody fiber, and
weight has been gained at the expense
of nutrition.
There is nothing grown in Florida
that will make as fragrant hay as
timothy except crab-grass. If this is
harvested at the proper stage and
cured free from excessive dew and
from storms, it is as aromatic as the
best Northern meadow hay. And, what
is better, it is as nutritious as that,
and more so when the former is allow
ed to become dead-ripe before being
harvested. TIL following table shows
timothy cut at various stages the last
one, NEARLY ripe" being that in which
t is usually harvested for the Southern
trade calculated ON a water-free .bas>
isl:
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-06-14
Florida Hay.
j. H. Richmond writing in Il

beg2arweed hay. This plant will not
contend for the soil like sandspurs and
flourish under great neglect; it must
be cultivated The soil must be put
in order at the proper period. One
farmer said to me: eff l plow my
land in May 1 am certain of a crop
of wild coffee, and if plow in June
| am certain of beggarWeed."
My own land has never been seeded
to coffee and / can prepare it for beg
garweed at any time from the goth Of
May to the goth of June.
Those who make the most of beggar-
weed in this locality pillow their fields
about June 1, unless they have been
planted to corn. At the last working
of the corn sow the seed and cultivate
the ground to as nice a level as possi-
BILE. When the corn is ripe cut the
stalks close at the ground and carry
them out and the hay can be cut with
a scythe or a machine. If the field
has not been planted pillow it nicely
about the first of June, sow on the
seed and harrow the land as smoothly
as possible.
When the beggarwee,, is three feet
high cut it. Do not wait three weeks
for good weather, as this plant grows
SO rapidly that in ten more days it will
be too large and coarse for good hay.
II the weather is shoWery draw it to
the barn and pile it under tie shed and
keep it out Of the rain-then spread it
in the sun. Beggarweed has the ma
ture of clover and clover hay must be
thoroughly cured before packing in the
NOW.
DO not say this involves too much
labor, for every good thing involves
labor, and good hay is not made in
any country without careful, intelll,
gent trea tment.
BY blowing and narrowing the field
at this period and removing all weeds,
a fine crop of crab grass hay can be
secured on nearly any land in Florida.
[ once owned a fine meadow in New
York that yielded large crops Of tim
othy hay for fifteen years successive
ly without blowing, but Florida soil
inevitably runs to weeds in the alb
sence of cultiva ton. Here we must
make hay by the sweat of the brow,
but a little effort will do it. There are
some hard problems to solve in Flor
ida, but the making of plenty OF good
hay for all the uses of the State is not
one of them. HAY can and should be
made here in the greatest abundance.
| have not paid out S. for hay since 1
settled here in 1880.
The editor of the Fruit Grower,
speaking Oh the comparative value of
Northern and Florida hay, writes:
The writer has mown, stirred and
pitched nay many a hot day in one OF
the states of the Ohio Valley. AS a
means of assuaging thirst and remov-
ing the temptation to drink too much
cold water, he often chewed stalk Of
timothy When cut green and cured
without being wet, it is as sweet as 1t
is fragrant To this day-such is the
force of habit-when passing a bale of
hay on the sidewalks of Jacksonville
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-22

CARD Of THANKS.
CARD or T'HASKS-Mr. and Mrs A. III.
Gill tender their thinks 20 all friends
end scsfuain;ances for their Kind sym
oashiss IN their hersayement.
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