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The San Francisco call., 1899-02-11
GREEN STILL TOO
ILL TO APPEAR

CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-
MENTO, Feb. 10.-As The Call of this
morning stated would be the case, Milton
j. Green did not appear this afternoon
before the bar of the Assembly. The re-
port turned in by the selected committee
which was appointed to call upon him
and examine into his condition apparently
satisfied every member on the floor that
Mr. Green had been really i'll, so when
the matter came up this afternoon as the
special order a motion by Dibble of San
til next Friday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock.
Assemblyman Brown of San Mateo, who
on Wednesday introduced resolution to
declare Green guilty of contempt and
turn him over into the custody of the ser
geant at arms. to be confined in the
County Jail, called upon the chair to have
his resolution reread and then asked
unanimous permission to withdraw it. He
was satisfied, he said, that Mr.. Green was
too i'll to come before the House, and be-
ing so incapacitated was of course guilty
of no contempt in failing to appear. The
consent was given and the resolution
withdrawn. The Assembly will wait now
for an announcement from DIR. Hatch
that Green is well enough to be out, when
an hour will be set for him to appear and
give cause why he should not be punished.
Mead's Amendment.
CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-
MENTO, Feb. 10.-Assemblyman Mead, of
Los Angeles, has finally proposed in the
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an that is in IS power in aid of the es-
tablishment of a State Normal School in
San Francisco, for which there is bill
at present bef ore the Assembly. It calls
for an appro priation of 600 for the
construction OF the school buildings The
land on which it is to build is to be do
mated by the city of San Francisco. Ex-
Judge M. H. Cooney appeared before the
measure, stating that as the city of San
Francisco had the largest population OF
any city in the State the school should
be located there, and as it would bring
considerable money to the city, it would
be to the commercial interest of San
Francisco.
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GAGE GROWS FACETIOUS
AT THE STATES EXPENSE

~ALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRAMENTO, Feb 1o-Govsrnor
the to-day
1t given here in full that the people the State and par
principal industry OF
Governor is
Eimsef
be
amount-wthout requr
appropriated
gentne present lime for n expedition.
Of
special qualities
switch poultry,
much for ndef1ne
SHOULD no
Even should
do
Of
cruedd deman and its expenses GAGE
ate of c. ifornia,"
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with the services of so valuable a man
as John Mackey in order to make Ed
Smith, secretary of the board. Should
Mackey not be reappointed and a sup
there would not then be seven votes to re-
move Mr.. Shields.
very strong effort was put forward to
induce Mr.. Covey to vote for the retention
of Ed Smith Among the elements of pres
sure in this direction was a personal let
ter from D. M Burns.
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Mead's Amendment,

CALL HEADQUARTERS SACRA-
MENTO, Feb. 10.-Assemblyman Mead, of
Los Angeles, has finally proposed in the
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INCIDENTS OF THE DAY AT SACRAMENTO.

lures. To-day there has been caucus of
ministers, headed by Rev. DR.. Mclean,
of Oakland, considering the bill and draft
ing amendments that will fit 1t for legis-
lative enactment.
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THE SAME OLD VOTE.

CALL HEADQUARTERS, SAC
RAMENTO, Feb. 10.-The joint
ballot to-day in no wise changed
the aspect of the Senatorial situa-
ton. The rumor was current IN
the chamber just before the bal
lot that there was something do
ing in the Grant camp. Color was
given it by an unusual activity In
that quarter. The San Diegans
forces were gathered in knots on
the floor in earnest discussion, but
when the Senate came in and the
vote was taken the roll call was
answered in just the same way it
has been, and adjournment was
taken on motion of Radclif to TO-
morrow noon.
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San Eranclsco NormaI School.
CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-
MENTO, Feb 10.-The San Francisco del-
egation pledged itself this afternoon to do
The evening times., 1899-06-21
PATENT ON GOVERNMENT FLAG.
Coston'a Claims Regarding: Trans
port Hunting Design.

New York, June 21.-A private citizen
holds patent on one of the Official Tags
used by the United States Governm NJ. and
if any flags are made from this design in
the future a royalty must be paid on each
one William F. Coston, the manufacturer
of night signals at Water Street, secured
a patent on his design on an army trans
port flag on June 10. 1898. The flag was
officially approved and adopted by the War
Department on January of this year. Mr..
Coston says that he secured the Iattnr
with the full consent of the department
and that his motive was primarily TO pro-
hibit the indiscriminate use of Transport
flags for advertising purposes.
Only seven of the new flags have been
made. Amin & Co. OF 80 Fulton Street,
secured the contract for that number on
June !. They wrote TO Mr. Costcn for
copy of his design. but he declinedNo fur
nish it. The Government forwarded
sketch TO the contractors and the flags
were done before the patent was granted.
Amin & Co. do not intend to pay Coston
a royalty On these seven flags. but say
they expect TO do so IL they make any
more. Mr.. Coston thinks that he is enti
tied TO royalties on Amin & Co.'S order.
but as the amount involved is only about
81 for each flag no litigation is likely TO
result. Mr. CoSton's flag is of the usual
shape. Opposite corners. the upper one
the nearest 10 the staff. are right angle
triangIes of red and blue respectively. and
the remainder. n diagonal strip between
the triaugies. is white. In the white field
are a wheel crossed by sword and a key
surmounted by an eagle. Thirteen stars
adOrn the rim of the wheel and the letters
u. S. A. 7. s" encircle the design.
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NOT EASY TO WHIP.
Lord COmptOn's Opinion of the BOer>
as Fighters.

Chicago June 2l.-Lord Cecil Douglas
Compton, an English captain of Lancers.
who has been visiting Chicago left for the
East Monday night with his wife. Lord
Compton served in South Africa five years.
Speaking of the Transvaal problem, ts
said:
There are motives OF fair play Gul
humanity which make Great Britain ex-
ceedingly reluctant to interfere in south
Africa by force. But ii is only candid TO
say that considerations OF a military
character also operate to make US chary
about rushing into a campaign viii
must present the most formidable OBJ
stacles and involve questios of transporta
tion, supply and strategy that might stag
ger military expert.
In the first place, the Beers of the
Transvaal are magnificent fighters. They
are expert marksmen, born rough rides.
such as your cowboys and their courage
and tenacity are undeniable. Individually
they are as good military stuff as the
world possesses. They are also tho. o;.gh
y convinced of the justice OF their Cause
and would die to a man at the order of
Dom Paul.
But aside from their morale and their
fitness. the. Transvaal country is one ad-
mirablys adapted ior purposes of defence.
IL is inland, with large uninhabited spaces
An army invading il must have distant
base and its supplies must be brought Up
through a semi-tropical country under the
most disadvantageous conditions. Cape
Town is a thousand miles from the Vaal
River. and if an attack were to be made
from Natal there would be mountains 10
work through and much tropical growth.
The question OF transportation would
be serious. We would need thousands o.
mules which would have to be brought
from South America. The ocean voyage
and the adverse climate would kill the
animals by the hundreds md the actual
work would entail even greater losses.
There is a question Of strategy as well.
The Beers would be difficult to hit in
mass. Indeed. they might not be mObii-
lied in an American sense at all. In an
arid. rocky country, filled with sharp
shooters, with no real objective point to
capture and with a disaffecteJ or actively
hostile population on your flank or raa:.
the conquest of the Transvaal would be
one of the most arudous undertakings upon
which We ever entered. In my opinion no
fewer than $4,000 soldiers would be re-
quired. Your own Philippine war is not
go difficult.
THE Beers are armed to the teeth. The
money raised by taxation of the Outland-
ers has been spent in arms and artillery
so that the republic repeats on a small
scale the military camp which the conti-
mental powers exhibit on large scale"
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THE WAR SHOULD BE ENDED.
senator HasvIey and Governor Smith
Express Positive OpiniOns.

Burlington, Vt, June 21.-When Gov. E.
C. Smith was asked yesterday whether 35,-
coo regulars should be left to drag on the
Philippine war indefinitely or whether IO0,-
900 men should be sent to Manila to crush
the insurgents at orcs, he was very decisive
In his reply. The governor thought the
war had dragged along long enough and
was emphaticalIy in favor of sending at
once to Manila. II they could be properly
conveyed, force large enough to bring
the war to a close.
Col. C. ID. Clark of Montpelier. COM
manding the First Regiment, said:
"A force. the effective portion OF which
is barely able to hold its own, can never
coerce the natives into subserviency, End |
believe it the poorest kind of policy not to
put into the field force sufficient to meet
every emergency and crush opposition at
one blow
Hartford, Conn. June Ex-senator JOS
eph r. Hawley spoke at the closing If the
session of the general assembly yesterday.
Reviewing the conditions in the Philip
pines, he said he favored establishing
camp at San Francisco. with transports to
carry recruits to Manila as needed.
If We have an enemy of 1900 it is not
right to send out 1000 against him. said
he. Send 5000 and crush him. That is
what the Government should do in this
case, and it is what l believe 1t will dO."
Concerning the volunteers he said:
There is no more beautiful chapter in our
history than that made by the volunteers.
who are staying with the army weeks and
months after their time has expired. |
have never heard of them signing petitions
or protests. They keep on fighting the
most disagreeable kind OF battles known,
except. perhaps. in our Indian warfare
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WEDNESDAY. JUNE q, 1859.
Impending Events.

No one need be surprised that the air
is full of wars and rumors of wars. Acute
situations. like those at present obtaining,
lead to such conditions as naturally as in
ternational differences do to army con-
tracts and the profits of middiemen.
Today the news continues 20 emphasize
the necessity for immediate action on the
part of the Administration TO organize and
get endorsements 10 our little beleag-
ured army in the Philippines. Ab!e-bcdiad
rumors indicate hope entertained by Mr..
Mckinley, that the Lord is about TO an
swer prayer and take .Alger out of the
Cabinet. so that the President can get
volunteers without stirring up afresh all
the snakes of Algerian scandal.
1t has been more than suspected that
the War Secretary's visit 10 Michigan was
looked upon as containing the elements of
this miracle. y day or two after Alger
left Washington, it was said that nothing
would be done about a call for volun-
teers until after his return. On
that we ventured 10 remark that,
if he should see a fighting chance for
Senator McMillan's seat. he might be will
ing that, and relieve poor M- Mckinley
and a disgusted country OF his presence
in the Cabinet. Now it is alleged in Ger
tain quarters that Aiger really has effected
a deal with the Hon. Potato PinSree, and
that jointly they Will devote the carly fu-
ture to the noble object CT securing the
sitting mans scalp.
Should this be true then it is predicted
that Alger will resign. that Horace Porter
will step into his shoes, and Whiteiaw Reid
become Ambassador at Paris. Such re-
adjustments need not be criticised Happy
is the man who can get the war portfolio
at this time. when the nation is convinc-
ed that any change must be for the better.
BY way Of parenthess. we may remark
upon what is said of Senator Platts lat
est attitude toward Whitelaw Reid. He is
credited with the opinion that even the
French ambassadorship would be a cheap
price to pay to secure the absence of his
ancient enemy from the United States dur
ing the eventful year of 1900
There may be some similar foundation
for the story that the President is going
to let General Miles take active command
IN the fnlllpplne ISLANDS. Inc presence
in Washington OF that distinguished Off
Ger when the next Congress is in session
might prove extremely embarrassing to
the Administration. Even among the
staunchest of Republican Senators and
Members there are not few who are men
and Americans enough to resent the Alger
Relief Commission and the army beef in
quest and. in spite of their loyalty to Han
na might insist upon some sort of Con-
gressional investigation that would bring
out the evidence on the crimes against our
soldiers supposed to exist in the files at
army headquarters.
With Miles at Manila, all would be diff
ferent. When we add the consideration
that bullet or the climate might do for
him, and that very little finesse in the
War Office would be ample to fix him SO
that he could not get any credit out of the
command there is much excuse for giving
credence to the rumor. The hour seems
big with coming events.
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Quay aud the sabbath.

From the Philadelphia North American.)
Why should Senator Quay invariably choose
Sunday on which to have those conferences with
his confederates which result in states? Is he
moved by cynical desire to give offence TO that
still large element of the people of Pennsylvania
who hold the day sacred? Is it his way of show
ing wanton contempt for sensibilities that COM
monty go with characters wholly unlike his own!
Is he hostile to respectability that he enjoys
opportunities to fout it?
year ago the machine ticket was determined
on at Avalon on Sunday, and this year again
the Senator selected Sunday which TO put to
sea in his private saloon. accompanied BY his ad
visers. to do the work of deciding on candidates.
A decent respect for the opinions Of his fellow
citizens is becoming in any public man, and an
apparently studied scorn for that reverence which
most reputable people feel for the Sabbath is
equally ill-mannered and impolitic.
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Parental Anxiety.

a worried mother begs one of the New
York papers to tell her what she shall do
with her fourteen-yea old boy. She SAYS
she 'has tried him in five different
schools and he will not go to school: and
she does not think he is old enough or
educated enough to be thrown on the
world" The only alternative she can see
is to put him in the reform school. or in
an industrial school. if she can find one.
This is not an uncommon dilemma, and
1t is growing more common in these days
of over-education Of the wrong sort. In
about five cases out of ten the trouble
comes from the fact that the boy is sur
feited with school discipline and school
work. and has been hedged about with
petty restrictions till he has an inordinate
idea of the value of his own judgment.
This comes from the fact that he can see
quite plainly that his own Judgment is
better than that of his parents in some
matters. and he makes the mistake of
thinking that he is fitted to take care of
himself in everything
The remedy for this complaint is n very
simple one. though its administering usu-
ally causes some shivers and apprehension
on the part of the parents, and some pain
full disillusion on the part of the boy. IL
the youngster. is thrown on his own re-
sources for year or two. obliged to earn
his own living at some trade, to compete
with other boys who have been used to
taking care Of themselves, he is likely to
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THE PASSING OF ALGER.
Porter Slated for tn. War Portfolio
and Reid for Paris.

New York June 21.-The Journal"
prints the following from its Washington
correspondent:
Three movements of Importance to New
York are scheduled to follow the return
of President Mckinley. If present plans do
not miscarry. They are:
First. The retirement of Secretary Al
ger from the Cabinet. This is conditional
upon his having effected combination
with Governor Pingree, of Michigan. which
will give him a fighting show to come to
the United States Senate as successor to
Senator Mcmillan.
Second. The appointment OF Gen. Hor-
ace Porter. present Ambassador to France,
TO succeed Secretary Alger. This ,hange
would give New York representation in
the Cabinet. which it has not had since
Secretary of the Interior Cornelius n Bliss
resigned and was succeeded by Ethan Allen
Hitchcock, at the time Ambassador 20 Rus
sia.
Third. The appointment of Whitelaw
Reid 10 the post Of Ambassador to France
Senator Platt. who has heretofore opposed
Mr.. Reds appointment to anything per-
manent, would not object now. 1t Is said,
TO having him sent out of the country.
thereby removing him from the political
stage in next years campaign.
News was received at the War Depart
ment today that Secretary Alger, who las
been up in Michigan for two weeks plan
ming combination with Governor Pingrea
for an anti-McMillan campaign. will arrive
in Washington Friday. which is earlier
than he intended to return
1t is claimed that Secretary Alger has
haan NJ in ah
with Pingree which gives him standing in
the Senatorial race. and that he will. upon
his return. shape his affairs for an early
retirement from the Cabinet.
Secretary Alger and his friends realize
that his task of defeating Senator McMil-
Ian is big enough to call for the undivided
attention of the Secretary. Having reached
an understanding with Governor Pingree.
as it is claimed. he will be entirely too
busy with Michigan politics to discharge
even perfunctorily the duties of Cabinet
member"
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4 New York Ga M aliel.

Mayor Van Wyck may not be pictur-
esque figure in politics, but he proved
the other day that he is a man of con-
siderable common sense. He showed this
quality in an encounter with Dunlap. the
evangelist, who is trying to make an i'm
preston on the Hebrews of the East Side
Thus far the impression has been much
of the same sort that the proverbial head
makes on the proverbal stone wall, and
Mr.. Dunlap does not like it.
1t will be remembered that this preacher
started out some weeks ago to convert the
Jews of New York to Christianity through
the medium of street preaching. He goes
about in a gospel cart and denounces the
Hebrew religion. He plants himself in
street where the Hebrews congregate, and
shouts objurgations so that the passers by
and the people, in the houses can hear.
The result has been rioting and disorder.
and watermelon rind and other things of
a plebeian and unpleasant character have
been cast at the evangelist. few days
ago the preacher started out with some
helpers, one of these being young woman
who stood on the cart and sang Jesus
Loves Me-" During this performance the
singer was hit by the same sort Of mis-
siles which were cast at the chief of the
expedition. and they SO wrought upon her
feelings that, leaping from the cart, she
slapped the face of one of her assailants,
and precipitated an exhibition of the
Church militant then and there Every
time Mr.. Dunlap has essayed to preach
there has been something in the nature of
free fight. and as time goes on his
hearers do not seem to love him any better
than they did at first.
1t is possible that one reason why Mr..
Dunlap is not regarded with affection is
that the people have heard of his alleged
record as a usurer. Not very long ago he
is said to have lent a needy expressman
twenty-five dollars, exacting from the man
promise to pay twelve dollars a month
for three months. AS security the man
assigned his salary. When the express
company came to know OF the deal they
said it was usury, and declined to pay Mr..
Dunlap his thirty-six dollars in toto and
took the matter into the courts. The man
who is now cruising about the East Side
Hebrew quarter as an evangelist then
said that he did not loan the money, but
guaranteed its payment to the man who
advanced it, and charged eleven dollars for
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discover the value of money and gcoi
home. He finds that he cannot smoke too
many cigarettes day without missing
one or two meals, and there are but few
fourteen year-od boys who care to co
that. He also firds that gruff foreman
Or testy business man will listen to none
of the excuses which were SO easily ac-
cepted by his doting mother, and that the
man who pays wages is a very different
person to deal with from the teacher OF
private school, who is paid to be tactful
and consideratc. Last, but not least, he
finds that he is only very tiny atom in
the world of human beings. and that 1t Will
really make no very great difference to
anyone whether he fails or succeeds in life.
is dead or alive This is discovery usu-
ally SOLDERING to boy or man. and. If not
dwelt upon too morbidly, is exceedingly
good for the health.
1t makes people contented to do their
work for the sake of the work, without
concerning themselves too much about
fame or other peoples opinion. 1t is anal
ogous to the experience of a child when it
hfst leaihs 10 stdhu diohe' "i'hoo' ii"ie
to a chair. Every man and woman who
amounts to anything in the world has TO
learn. sooner or later. this lesson OF stand
ing alone, and while the support of friends
and the good opinion of others are right
and necessary, the strong man must be able
to do without them. II a Soy learns self
reliance at fourteen. and at the same time
has learned to appreciate the wisdom and
love of his father and mother. and their
in helping him to live out his
own life on higher plane than he could
have reached alone. he has the best possi-
BILE equipment for his career, and it does
not matter much whether he goes to col
lege or not; he is likely to be good and
useful man.
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AS the dog days approach the Navy De-
partment ring begins TO show Il renewed
tendency to froth at the mouth and get
bloodshot in the eye over the Schley-
Sampson controversy. II is now thought
in the Bureau of Navigation that. if 1t
can be proved that the man who COM
manded the naval battle off Santiago said
damn" that will close the incident, ami
prove to the satisfaction of the country
that Sampson was not absent but present
during the whole of the heated discussion
with Cerve-a. Actuated by a spirit OF
fairness we wish to observe that it is the
most sensible argument in support of their
favorite's claims to glory and prize money
that we have yet heard advanced by the
Sampsontes.