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The San Francisco call., 1904-02-28
OTerMorking UncIe Sam.

The paternal assiduity Of your Uncle
Samuel is shown in the statement that
the dead letter department Is the most
overburdened with work OF any in the
postal service.
The recapituation shows that there
were, in round figures. 10.O0O.O00 care
less people IN this country last year
Specifying, it tells Of an increase OF
$50, 900 over the year before.
The book list makes a special
heading necessary. as it amounts to
1000 lots, each containing many
items, books in English and all for
eign languages, hundreds Of the best
selling novels Of the last four or five
years, many copies OF Shakespeare
and an inconceivable array Of reli-
gious subjects Miscellaneous paper
backed novels in stacks are found.
The jewelry list alone would
stock a large store. There are
hundreds of wedding rings. all kinds
Of timepieces, table and other silver
ware. secret society emblems and
pins.
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TO is sickin' him on the best she knows
how. I've got to see about this thing
right away"
She did. She hadn't got her bonnet
off before she was sayin' to her daugh-
ter:
Sarah Davis. it seems as if ProU-
dence had sent me here at this time.
Do you know what Lucien is doin' at
this very minit?"
Hes driving on the ice, I believe"
was the reply.
"Drivin'l Why. he's hoss-racin',
that's what he's doin'-goin' up and
down lickety-split, and that Spooner
gal, about who you've all been writin'
so much, is in the cutter with him
and a-sickin' him on I stopped on
the bridge and saw it all, and I'm
goin' to tell you right out plain that
I'm ashamed Of you. never 'spected
to live to see the day when you and
James would see Lucien become a
hoss-racer and a gambler and muir
derer and never even advise him
agin it."
Come, come, mother" chided the
daughter. They may be driving fast,
and one horse may come out ahead of
the other, but it's not horse-racing.
There are people driving on the ice
who belong to the church. It's simply
recreation. I was driving with Lu-
cien myself yesterday and 1 enjoyed
it immensely"
Don't talk to me, Sarah Davis. 1
know a hoss-race when see one, and
1 know that hoss-racin' leads to gam
blin' and murder. If folks around
here think they can be Christians and
hoss-race at the same time let 'em go
ahead, but can tell 'em where they'll
end up. I was in hopes should take
a likin' to that Spooner gal, but I
never, never can. Any gal who will
urge a young man on to his doom
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and. fiinging her arms around her hus-
bands neck, chung to him, sobbing and
crying. Court adjourned. the day
waned and the electric bulbs were Il
lumined, but no myrmidon Uf the law
in that courtroom moved to separate
them. suggested that an appeal might
be taken from the decision and that.
pending the appeal. the Judge, who
was really a kind-hearted man, and
who was conscientious in his decision,
might grant a stay OF the order Of de-
pOrtation.
And then the husbs-d for the first
time gave utterance to his view OF the
case. NO" said he, L take no appeal
I fiaid Amelican law, I faid Amelican
justice. 1 live here many years.
build great many houses. buy pleEty
Mclean goods. I pay everybody.
pay taxes. 1 no har- anybody. NJ
wife splectable woman. She no laborer.
She no take away Ilish .goman's job
She harm nobody. She lub ne. Same
steamer bling her in cabin bling Ave
Japanese bad women In steelage- Unit
ed States let them land. United States
make no tlubbIe about them But
they take my wife and lock her up
all same one thief. Now hey send her
away and blake her heart. All lightee.
I leave my business with my hends to
sell 1t out. I go back to-moller on
steamer with my wife to China Damn
such Judge, damn such law, damn
such a country"
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-28

Hawaiian legislatures and courts
hive followed California precedents and
California prejudices in dealing with
the Chinese. As early as 1851 the Su-
preu.e Court Of California set the pace
in People VS.. Hall, reported in 4th Cali
fc~nia 399. that the evidence Of a Chi
nauan would not be received in a Cal
iro-nia court because, not being
white. he was therefore black. that be-
ing black he was therefore a negro
within the meaning Of the California
statute. which excluded negroes from
The witness stand.
And in order TO clinch the matter the
court further decided that when Co
lurnbus discovered America he was
looking for India and supposed that he
had found it; that he therefore called
the aborigines Indians; that the
term was generic; that India and Asia
were convertible terms: that a China
man being an Asiatic was therefore
an Indian, and being an Indian was
prohibited by law from testifyinG
against a white man. and so Mr.. Hall.
the proud Caucasian who had been i'm
properly convicted on negro-Indian
testimony Of shooting a Chinaman into
glory, was ordered to be released.
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ton TO China demanded under the pro-
visions ct the exclusion act. A writ
Of habeas corpus was sued out and the
release Of the woman demanded on the
ground that she and her husband had
been married in China by proxy, ac-
cOrding to Chinese law, and that as
the husband had right TO remain in
the United States his wife had a right
to be here also. The District Attor-
ney demanded the deportation of the
woman on the ground that the Chinese
marriage was not a legal marriage, be-
cause the bridegroom was at the time
doing the grand in a distant land, 5000
miles away" He claimed that the nee
essary pro verba was lacking. and that
the marriage had never been eonsum-
mated anyhow, because the bride since
her arrival had cried all the enamel off
her pretty little face in the seclusion
of the cell in which the United States
had iacarcerated her, al the bride
groom had not been permitted to see
her, except in the custody Of three
stalwart deputy United States Mar
shals. 1t was insisted in reply that
marriage good in the place where 1t
was contracted is good anywhere; that
the husband being lawfully here, had
q right to have his wife with him, and
that she could not be classed as a Ia
borer because she was little-footed
woman, and, therefore, incapable of
work of any kind.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-28

But the problem which annexation
created ought not 70 be ignored. 1t has
ever been the policy Of wise victors to
reconcile and not 10 irritate the van
ouished. Rome made friends of Goth
and Gaul by enrolling them under her
eagles and sending them TO fight in At
rica. Diaz transformed captured ban
dts into policemen by giving them
their choice between death and enlist
lnent. Great men gain doubly when
they make foes friends" The Governor
and executive officers and Judges Of
Hawaii had 10 be appointed either
from those who helped annexation or
from those who fought it. and as be-
tween those two factions IL was logical.
Il was, indeed, inevitable, that the an
nexationists should receive the places.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-28

Under all the circumstances most Of
the appointments were successes. The
present Circuit bench averages well for
fndependence and ability. The Supreme
bench. although somewhat saturated
with the ideas Of paternalism acquired
under a monarchial government, is rea-
sonably fair, and is certainly rigidly
hcnest. and GovernOr-nOw United
States District Judge-SanfOrd Is. Dole
has surely most successfully steered his
ship OF state through veXed waters.
his successor. George 4. Carter, has
his record 10 make. lie is Harvard
graduate. a broad man, a lifetime resi-
dent Of Honolulu and he possesses the
confidence OF his friends and the re-
sDect OF his enemies.
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ne decided that as the husband occa-
sonally directed his worl1men how to
drive nails or hold paint brushes he
was therefore a laborer within the
meaning Of the act of Congress; that
the exclusion act only suffered Chinese
merchants to come to this country
that every Chinaman who was not a
merchant was laborer and must be
excluded.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-28

Under his decision a merchant
with a SIS stock of cheap cigars in the
front room and a red hot game of fam
tan in the rear might bring his wife
here and otherwise travel the "prim-
rose path of dalliance." but a building
contractor with $4,000 capital, who
employed hundred men.4not being
merchant. was therefore a laborer,
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-28

Hawaii was freed from the blessing
or Blight Of nonresident appointments
through the insertion by Congress in
her organic act Of clause providing
that appointments should be made only
from those who had been three years
resident in the Territory. This clause
was not after all an unmixed blessing,
because of local conditions never exist
ing in any other Territory. There was
not man in Hawaii Of sufficient abil-
ity or character 10 be ft for Territorial
office who had not actually either
fought or favored annexation. Hawaii
did not come 70 the arms Of Uncle Sam
q biushing but willing bride. She was
married a la Sabine, with a black eye
and a bloody nose for her trousseau. I
am not proposing TO discuss here or at
this DAY the wrongs Of Queen Liliuo-
kalani or the righteousness Of the acts
OF those who struck her crown from
her head Hawaii is with US now, for
good and all, and 1 rejoice, as every
American citizen ought 10 rejoice, that
the fag is there, however it got there.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-28

When the suit brought by the
United States to condemn land at Pearl
Harbor for fortifications was" before the
court the main issue was the value of
the land taken. and this in turn de-
pended upon its worth for agricultural
purposes. The counsel for the owners
Of the land insisted that crops had been
raised upon it and offered as one wit
ness a Chinaman who in former years
had leased and cultivated the land. The
court refused TO admit the evidence,
saying: The court and the jury has
been on the land and we all know that
nothing will grow on it. If you want
to prove to the contrary you must do
IL with white witnesses. / will not lis
ten TO Chinese testimony on the sub
ject."
AS it happened there were white
witnesses and their evidence confirmed
the statement that A crop had been
raised upon the land.
On another occasion. when trying
bankruptcy case in which one of the
petitioning creditors was a Chinese cor
poration, the same Judge refused to al
low the books Of the corporation in evil
dence because they were kept in Chi
nese. We are now" said he, "an
American Territory"
On still another occasion a Chinese
building contractor living and doing
business in Honolulu, and having many
men in his employment, sent to China
for a woman who had been betrothed
TO him since boyhood. According TO
Chinese custom and law. they were
married in China before she departed,
the bridegroom being represented by
his mother. Arrived at Honolulu, the
woman was detained and her deporta-
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-28

lCciyrieht. 1904. b. Thomas F'itch.)
II TERRITORIAL appointments are
cften q subject OF sore perplexity
at the White House. and the
i President never lived who could
satisfy at once 'the applicants end the
people whom they are sent TO rule
The national conventions usually en-
act resolutions declaring that Terri
torial appointments should be made
from among the citizens Of a Terri
tory. and the incoming President as
rule pays about as much attention
10 The resolutions as the pig paid TO
the request OF his driver TO proceed in
the direction OF Cork. when his pork
ship WAS headed for Kilkenny. Del
egare Mark Smith Of Arizona, who
WIS favorite with Grover Cleveland.
once called at the White House TO re-
mo-str2te against a pending appoint
ment Of a stranger from the East to
Territorial Office. lie reminded the
? President OF q resolution OF the ma
b uonal convention TO the effect that
such appointments should be made
from Territorial residents. Mark"
burst forth the badgered-e executive.
applications from Arizona and read
the protests and afldavits against
Them, and If you can ind Z single Of
nee seeking Arizonan who on the
showing made ought not to be in the
pe1itentiary I viii appoint him"
To send acceptable strangers to a
dista M Territory. as England sent her
ancient spinsters in the eighteenth
century around the Cape Of Good Hope
fer India and a market" is a task
the performance of which is not free
from difficulty. It is the lame ducks
who seek a chance 10 swim in distant
waters It is the cripples OF politics
who desire 10 carry their limps TO ii
new land. II is those VINO have been
discarded by conventions or who have
been beaten at the polls who seek the
Territorial Offices, and Congressman
and Senators who have succeeded are
only too anxious to provide abroad
for those manned ones who cannot be
provided for at home, and so the Ter
ritories have often, despite Of national
convention resolutions. been made Of
fal heaps on which TO deposit the
sVecpings Of Eastern caucuses.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-28

Later this class OF legislation was
swept from the statute books. and a
Chlnaman was allowed to testify. but
courts and juries reserved the privilege
Of not believing him.
The Chinese are cunning as well as
bland. and they entirely appreciate the
nice points Of lawsuit l have had,
in the course of my practice. a few Chi
nese clients. but none do ! bear in mind
as more cool and collected than Sam
Lee. He was hi Under. q fantan
dealer. Z fist and gun fighter and an
an-round Chinese bad man. He was ac-
cused by fellow Celestial of assault
with intent to commit murder, and I
was employed to defend the accused.
The prose- to- witness was a little
weazened old Chinaman, who compre-
hended no English and testified through
an interpreter He mounted the wit
ness stand with woebegone features
and his arm in a SLING from the effects
OF a wound inflicted By my client.
From what Sam Lee I told me I had
li.tle hope of securing his acquittal un-
less / could break down or exclude the
testimony Of the prosecuting witness.
With this laudable end in view asked
OF the Justice the privilege of examin-
ing the witness on his voir dire. His
Honor did rot kn, W exactly what
voir dire was. but / was persona grata
in his court, and he blandly granted
my request.
ASK this man." said to the inter
prefer. ii he understands the nature of
an oath"
The accomplished linguist who rem
dered the Chinese vernacular into
pidgin English and transformed Eng
lish slang into pidgin Chinese. jabbered
away for = moment, received the reply
OF the witness and responded, All
light; he say he sabe."
We'll. if he understands the nature
Of an oath. let him explain it"
Again the interpreter jabbered and
again the witness responded in Chinese.
He say suppose he tell lie Mclean
Judge send him States pllson and by
and by when he go die he go stlaight
to helle."
The witness responded with more of
animation than before and pointed his
uninjured arm at my client, Sam Lee,
and the interpreter, with q face like a
craven image, and as if unconscious of
the death blow he was infiicting upon
my case. replied. He say. suppose he
tell tluth, Mclean Judge send Sam Lee
States plison."
But he didn't. because Sam Lee had
three witnesses who testified that the
little, old Chinaman was the aggressor
in the affray.
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came on visit. She was moth
er to Mrs. Davis. and although
over 60 years old it was her
boast that she could still make things
hum. Lucien was her favorite grand
child and she made no secret of the
fact that she had made her will in
his favor. In her Western home she
had heard that he was keeping COM
pany' with a girl, and that it would
probably be a match, and that reason,
more than any other. brought her
East in midwinter.
Grandma Whitbeck arrived in Sum
nyside at an unfortunate hour. The
river running through the village was
frozen two feet thick and was being
used as a boulevard and race course
by every villager who had a horse and
cutter. There were some good horses
and some drivers who were anxious to
head the procession. and among the
latter was Lucien Davis. 1t was
natural thing that Tilly Spooner
should be with him as he drove, and
that she should clap her hands in glee
when the cutter crossed the line fifty
feet ahead of the next best horse for
ten miles around. Grandma happened
to be crossing the bridge during one
OF the trials of speed and saw it all,
and as she continued to gaze her jaw
began TO set.
THE idea Of 1.-THE ideal" she NUT
tered to herself. MY favorite grand
son has not only turned to hoss racin',
but that gal he is as good as engaged
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-28

His Honor was usually a kind-heart-
ed and just man, but he naturally hated
Chinese, and he glanced at the couple
and continued the further hearing Of
the case until Monday. The Marshal
informed the court that the Govern
ment had neglected to provide him with
facilities for caring for ladies. That
the limited Jail accommodation was oc-
cupied by sailors. sleeping two in bed
and two beds in a room, and he asked
the court what he should do with the
woman DO the best you can," said
his Honor in reply. Probably you can
obtain her quarters with some of her
countrymen. See that you produce her
here an Monday morning"
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-28

The Marshal was a sensible and
kind-hearted man. He deputized a
wealthy Chinaman TO care for the lady
at his home. This custodian did not
deem it his duty to separate their guest
from the gentleman to whom under
Chinese laws she was united in holy
matrimony. The next morning the
couple. attended by their friends, came
to me for further consultation. They
were advised to go to the proper Office
and obtain a marriage license, and on
their return the Presbyterian minister
was telegra phed for. On his arrival
the situation was explained. He was
reluctant until his attention was called
to the fact that every necessary con-
stituent element of marriage already
existed except the sanction of the
church, and that in the interest of pub
lie morality the ceremony should take
place. rs q law office a proper place
for this sort Of thing?" said he. Sire
said I, in the language of Richelieu,
for justice all place a temple" He
yielded and Joined those who were
fairly we'll Joined Before, but he COM
pleted the job.
On Monday morning when the case
NdS Adi4tu Nllt llCEllSe 10 marry ana
the certificate of marriage were Of
fered in evidence and the petitioner
rested. And then there was a circus.
His Honor roasted the Marshal for
permitting the marriage and then he
went for me. He said in substance,
though not in words. that out of con-
sideration for my family and my gray
hairs he would not imDrison me and
out of consideration for my empty
pockets he would not fine me- but that
l had been guilty of a grave contempt
of court, deserving Of the severest con-
demnation, that my conduct was rep
rehensible and disgraceful and q lot of
other things. and he ended by declar-
ing that the evidence offered of mar
riage in Honolulu would not be re-
ceived and that the ceremony amount
ed to nothing. 1t was suggested to
his Honor that If the ceremony
amounted to nothing then no harm
had been done. and that the parties
had as good a right to amuse them
selves ad interim by a marriage act as
by playing solitaire or golf. The Judge
paid no attention to this reply. Then
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-28
WHEN LUC1EN'S GRANDMA CANE.

DUNG Lucien Davis,
son of the village
builder, had been
courting Tilly Spoon
er, daughter Of the
village miller, for six
months or more when
Grandma Whitbeck
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-13
CHICAGO SMART SET
E[OPERS IN ST.PAUL
Members of Exclusive Society
Circle Are Married on
the Way.

Mr. and Mrs. H. NJ. Higinbotham,
Chicago"
This inscription, written on the reg
lister of the Ryan hotel, in a large,
manly hand concealed romance in
volving two of the most prominent
families Of Chicago's exclusive society
circles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Higinbotham had been
married Wednesday evening at Au-
. rora, ILL.,, and had reached st. Paul
yesterday morning on Burlington
train from the east, going directly to
the Ryan, where the bridegroom regis
tered and where they We're assigned to
the seclusion of Parlor 5, a suite Of
rooms on the second floor of the hos
telry. The newly welded pair departed
on an evening train for the East.
Harry" Higinbotham is a son of H
N. Higinbotham, one of the leading
financiers of Chicago, and who gained
international fame as the president Of
the worlds fair commissioners who had
in charge the Chicago fair of 1894. His
bride is Miss Natalie Blair, the charm
ing daughter Of Henry A. Blair. a
prominent citizen of the Windy city.
and the Aurora wedding was the sequel
to parental opposition to the marriage
of the couple.
Both Mr.. Higinbotham and his young
wife are members of the Windy city's
most exclusive society set and the clam
destine marriage has Chicago society
by the ears.
The bride Is a beautiful young wom-
an. She is a quite decided brunette
and at the Ryan her appearance in the
general dining room caused a turning
of masculine heads and a f1utter Of
feminine interest. Young Higinbotham
is still young in years, but bore his new
honors modestIy.
The attaches Of the hotel became
cogniZant Of the facts incident to the
marriage of Mr.. and Mrs. Higinboth-
am before they had been at the Ryan
very long and they received the atten-
ton due the dignity of their new reIa-
ton.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-13
MANY ARE PAROLED
RefOrmatOry Prisoners Are Re.
Warded for Good Behavior.

Chairman j. Il. Jacobson and Judge
o. B. Gould, of the state board of con-
troll, have returned from a visit of in
spection to the state reformatory at
St. Cloud. The board, while at the in
stitution, granted number of paroles
and, discharges, as places are easily
found at this season of. the year on
farms for the inmates who are eligible
to their release from the reformatory.
Work on the new south cell wing
OF the refornatory is progressing sat-
1sfactOrily," said Judge Gould yester-
day, and the stone foundation will
soon be up to the grade line. The
board is handicapped for lack of funds.
having but $4,000 available for the
work, and this is not available until
Aug. l. Work has been suspended on
the new administration building for
the same reason. 1t will probably be
several years before this fine granite
structure is fully completed but we
expect liberal appropriations from the
next Legislature to continue the work.
There is another $4,000 available Aug.
for the administration building, and
no more until the legislature of 1905
makes further appropriations"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-13
LECTURER TO TELL OF
IRELAND'S INDUSTRY
p. J. Harmon Will Speak on Recent
Movement in Emerald Isle.

Persons interested in the industrial
movement in Ireland will have an OPP
portunity to hear the question ably
discussed next Sunday night, when P.
J. Harmon, a representative of the
Irish Agricultural society, and a gifted
speaker, will tell of the conditions in
Ireland. The address will be delivered
at Metropolitan hall, 448 Wabasha
street, at s o'clock in the evening, and
no admission will be charged.
The efforts to give the people of ST.
Paul an opportunity to inform them
selves regarding Irish affairs have
been most successful during the past
winter. The lecture by William B.
Yeates in the early part of the VIM
ter was the occasion of great pleasure
to the large and highly cultured audi
ence that he attracted. He spoke Of
the literary revival in Ireland, dealing
with it from the standpoint of the
poet and mystic.
After him came Seamus McManus,
who spoke of the wit and huInor of
Ireland, treating the subject from a
more everyday point of view, and now
comes Mr.. Harmon.