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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-04-08

BOSTON, April Tn the life insurance re-
bate cases Frederick Hockaday was placed I'M
der arrest here today. He is accused OF al
lowing rebates OF rates contrary to public
statutes" Hockaday gave bail.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-04-08

eOur Western Friend
A magazine of interest TO every housewife.
six months trial. 10 cents. GIG Market st.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-05
Public Golf Course Problem

The announcement that a public golf
course is contemplated for the endowment
OF the people of Washington is in line
with the present movement TO provide
healthy recreation for the masses. It is
not surprising 10 hear that the public golf
courses in New York. Indianapolis. and
other cities have been literally patronized
and are established institutions.
In Washington, however. unique condi.
tons prevail, and il becomes decidedly in
teresting TO know how the District Com.
missioners propose TO overcome these con
ditions- We refer to the natural desire
Of the coIored people TO share in all priv.
ieges secured by the expenditure Of public
money. Their right of participation Is
unquestioned. They are American citi-
zens and tax payers. and while private
institutions can discriminate against them
the municipality is in different position
II must recognize white and black as
existing upon an equal footing Even II
the municipality should decline TO accord
this recognition, the courts would speedily
compel it.
In everything which Congress provides
for the District of Columbia the negroes
share. There is a bathing beach for coIoreC
boys as well as white Fairgrounds ar,
provided for both. and, as every one
knows, the schools for colored children
are as well equipped, including housing
furniture, and curriculum, as those foI
the whites. In all these matters. how
ever. the races are kept distinct This
separation is impossible when it comes tc
golf course, because there is neither
land nor money enough to duplicate the
proposed links. What, then, will be the
result? The course win be utilized by
colored people, who viii seek to play with
their white brethren. and there is No
power to interfere with them It will not
be long, therefore, before the links viii
be given over entirely to the coIored
people. This will be the logical and in
evitable outcome.
In New York, Indianapolis, and other
cities there is no such problem to be con-
sidered. Il is. perhaps, unfortunate that
1t obtrudes itself here. Being present
however, it must be considered. one solu-
ton may be to set apart certain days fo1
the whites and allow the colored people
to enjoy the links on the remaining days
of the week Some coIored person would
however. at once question this action and
would have to be sustained.
The Washington Herald approves every
suggestion that has for its object the de-
The Washington herald., 1906-11-05
The Teaching of Literature.

Mr. Justice Brewer. in the preface to
the great work which he is collaborating
upon the Worlds Greatest Orators, finely
remarks that. while literature, music,
painting, and sculpture delight, oratory
moves We should be modest in COM
menting upon the text. though it seems
to us that. compared with literature
OTatOry is eyanescent
But this by the way. Our disposition
Is to say something concerning the teach
ing Of literature.
No great artist in literature was con-
ceIned with rules, but with ideas. A mil
lion of implement makers and precisians
of architectural canons could not have
impelled Phidias and Icinus to rear the
Parthenon. We must use the great
stores Of literature TO teach IT,
The Arabs have far-reaching aphoT-
ism: The fig tree. looking upon the fig
tree, groweth." The mind is nourished
with thoughts, not rules. job Isaiah,
Burke Macaulay. Froude. Pater. and.
then, Shakespeare.
Defoe and Goldsmith are elementary
and perfect. Then, by all means, Ma
caulay with a good guide, because, beyond
any and all writers, Maeaulay is stimu-
The Washington herald., 1906-11-05
SHE'S THE REAL ISSUE.
Mrs. LOnEWOrth Playing n Star Part
in the Ohio Campaign.
nciunati Commercial Tribune.

From the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Alice Roosevelt LOngwOrth. daughter OF
the President. has accomplished the seem
ing impossible in Ohio-she has made poll
tics fashionable.
Nicholas LOngwOrth is putting up
warm fight for reelection to Congress in
the present campaign. and. consequently.
the First Congressional district OF Ohio
Is just now the favored section Of the
United States.
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth is ambitious,
as her fathers daughter has a right to
be: she is also imperious and wee bit
anxious 10 retain her place as a public
parsonage.
And that Is the real reason for the sud
den outpouring Of society women at the
mass meetings in and about Cincinnati
Mrs. Nicholas LOngwOrth has made poll
tics a fashionable fad.
Men, women, and children flock to the
street meetings and crowd public halls
where the G. 0. P. spellblnders hold forth.
To hear the speeches? Not on your cam
paign button. AlIce's dresses, her smiles,
her wonderful hats are the magnets that
draw the crowds.
II is q campaign Of clothes. Chiffon
hrOadClOth and the new shade OF wood
brown that Mrs. Longworth affects this
autumn are the only live issues.
Oh. it's q boon 10 the hired speakers
and the WORKOUT candidates and the rest
less common people!
Democratic to degree undreamed Of
by other women who have endeavored to
help their husbands win votes, Mrs. Long
worth stands in une for hours at a time
making friends with people she has never
seen before. Has not every man vote.
ard is ii not her business TO see that
ii is cast for Nicholas LOngworth?
Some ludicrous incidents take place at
the G. o. p rallies. Congressman Long
worth patiently explaining the issues TO
his constituents is not frequently adjured
to cut ii short" or Tell US something
about Alice The slightest reference to
the President or his policy brings joyous
shouts Of What's the matter with
ALICE ard equally vigorous shrieks OF
She's all right from the crowd.
Alice is a paramount issue in Ohio
this fail
The Washington herald., 1906-11-05

On the heels of the announcement by
several railroad companies Of big divi-
bends comes movement by railway
employees to secure higher wages and
shorter hours. The railroads are enjoy
ing a season of unexampled prosperity.
their business is so great that most Of
them are unable to handle it, and not
Withstanding reductions in both pas
sengeT and freight rates, their revenues.
both net and gross, are constantly and
rapidly increasing. In the handling of
this enormous business. railway employees
have had an important share They
maintain that their responsibilities have
been enlarged and that their work has
become more arduous and exacting on ac-
count Of the growth of railway traffic.
Fer these reasons railway employees
throughout the country think they are
fairly entitled 10 share in the increased
prosperity Of the roads.
The transportation interests so vitality
affect all classes Of the community that
every movement of railway employees
tending toward serious differences with
their supeTiOrs arOuses apprehension Of a
strike, the gripping of traffic, and the
Generalization of commerce. We are
pleased to see that the present movement
portends no such eventualities So far as
appears now, the demands made by the
employees are moderate, and the attitude
Of railway managers cOnciliatory. There
is excellent promise that both sides will
get together, and that they will event
ually reach satisfactory agreement. It
would be extremely unfortunate If the
outcome should be otherwise.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-05
Jones Had TO settle.

From the Boston Herald
Col. John II. George, Of Concord, y. H,
was In the latter part Of his life in New
York on an important case for the Bos-
ton and Maine Railway. He was accom-
panied by Frank Jones At the noon
hour they left the courthouse and stepped
into Park Row restaurant largely fire.
quented by newspaper men, Col George
was greatly amused to hear the walters
call of 10 the cook such orders as sink
ers and cow" &c
Il can give that waiter an order he
won't abbreviate,' said Mr.. Jones.
Bet you the drinks you don't" replied
Col. George.
The Portsmouth man said: "Poached
eggs on toast for two, with the yolks
broken"
The waiter walked to the end of the
room to the dumb waiter and yelled:
Adam and Eve on raft Wreck
EN-"
1t is needless to say that Jones paid
several times while they were In the
city.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-05
MeIIen to Succeed Fish.

This does not mean that Charles s.
Mellen, president of the New York. New
Haven and Hartford Railroad. is TO take
Stuyvesant Fish's place at the head Of
the Illinois Central when F. II. Harri-
man shall finally assert his power I'm
that concern, but that he is TO succeed
Mr.. Fish in the conservative railroad
councils in Washington. As pointed out
few days ago, Mr.. Fish was one of the
two conspicuous railroad managers of the
country who were influential in shaping
rate legislation in Congress last winter.
the other one being President Samuel
Spencer. of the Southern. Now that Mr.
Fish is to leave the Illinois Cetral il is
understood that he will completely re-
tire from active railroad management.
The conservative railroad interests, which.
by the way, do not object to certain
FERNS of government regulation, will
then be represented here by Mr. Mellen.
This, at any rate, is the present pro-
gramme. Mr.. Mellen, like Messrs. Fish
and Spencer, is a close friend OF the Pres
ident and enjoys the Chief Executive's con
tidenee to a degree enjoyed by few other
railroad men. From the inception of the
Presidents railroad policy Mr. Mellen
heartily Endorsed its principal features,
and It is known that he was largely in
strumental in holding the New England
contingent TO the Presidents support. Mr.
Melen, by the way Is not an Fastener.
He was trained in J. J. HIS severe
school of railroading, and lived in the
West nearly all of his life until he was
called TO his present position
The Washington herald., 1906-11-05
SAN FRANCISCO's SCANDAL.
Discovery of Graft in City Govern
ment Arouses Public Wrath.

menu AEOHEEA "
From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The people Of San Francisco are en-
gagged in a struggle to free themselves
Of as hateful a bondage as was ever
forced upon d community. For many
years the government Of the munich
pality has been corrupt, It has been
headed By good mayors, such as Ellert.
sutro. and Phelan. but they were IN
effective in more than temporarily check
ing the shameless boodlers
Party lines have virtually disappear
ed from san Francisco. Control is not
by. but in the name Of, organized labor;
and hocking to this standard the
knaves and adventures Of politics have
swept aside the opposition of decency.
They elected schmitz, a member Of the
Musicians Union, as mayor, and ne Is
serving his third term. Early IN MS
career he chose as his intimate adviser
one Abe Ruef. a lawyer OF unsaVory
repUte. and from that instant the power
Of Ruef has increased until, In all save
name. he is the chief executive, con-
trolling the police and fire departments
debating appointments, awarding con
tracts and fixing the personnel or al
min!strative bodies.
The inevitable result is that the morale
Of the Schmitz regime has fallen 10 the
Ruef level Oficial rascaIity has become
bold, and in looking after the booty the
officials have neglected their sworn duties
While they have been engaged in the
sOTdid crime Of theft. more or less open
the avOwed criminal has been left with
out restraint, and there has followed
an unprecedented outburst of murder and
robbery. until neither life nor property
Is safe
Somewhat accustomed to being looted
by politicians Of the Ruef school. me
citizens were aroused to anger at the
unbridled sway Of violent crime, and be-
came Of mood TO clean out the respon-
sible rascaIs. Schmitz, who had in a
measure won public esteem by his de
voted and seIf-sacTifcing course after
the calamity Of last april. had in the
meantime gone 20 Europe. In his ab-
sence Acting Mayor Gallagher. a creature
Of Ruef. had turned over TO that worthy
such authority as remained with tne
office.
The storm OF Indignation began to take
definite form when suspicious arose that
relief funds had been apportioned among
the fTeeb0oters. and franchise rights had
been bartered by Ruef. Adoiph Spreckels
a private citizen Of large means. announce
ed that he would advance Sl09.000 10 bTinl
about an investigation and secure th'
punishment Of offenders. Francis
Heney. prosecutor Of the Oregon land
thieves. Was retained 10 assist Distric
Attorney LangdOn. 4 grand jury Wal
summoned, and was expected 20 return
/ indictments, and OF these the indict
ment Of Ruef was expected TO head th'
list At this critical moment GallagheI
arbitrarily deposed Langdon, dismisse,
Heney, and named Ruef az district at
torney. This unspeaIable travesty famed
popular anger 10 a Juror. Judge Graham
by RETAINING from acknowledging thl
/ legality Of the change, probably savet
himself from the frenzy Of the mob tina
quickly gathered Judge SeaWell issue
an order abTOgaung the order OF Gala
CHER. Thus the matter stands In tn
troubled city.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-05
MONDAY. NOVEMBER ;, 1906,
A Remarkable Political Episode

Ii has not been many months since John
Weaver lOomed high in the political hori-
ION as a reformer among reformers- He
had been elected mayor Of Philadelphia
10y the Republican machine, and, in turn,
had broken away from his old associates.
His alignment with the elements that
made for good government attracted the
attention Of the entire country. He was
hailed as the apostle of a new dispensa-
ton. He even went 50 far as to return
sUndTy presents of which ne and his
family had been the recipients The pure
IN heart rejoiced. and Philadelphia looked
forward to municipal regeneration.
This iridescent dream, alas, has been
rudely shattered. Mayor Weaver is back
again with the sang. as it IS called, and
his good and pure admirers are wailing
and crashing their teeth. His retrogres-
sion Is due, probably, TO the fact that he
expected his conversion 10 secure for him
the gubernatoriaI nomination. His osten-
sibIe reason is that the newspapers Of
Philadelphia combined against him and
forced him back to his old associations
This excuse is not convincing Whatever
the cause, however, Mayor Weaver stands
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stripped himself Of his only mantle. II is IA.
meutable bsvond expression for his own sake that
De has utterly wrecked his good name Through his
own un-TeaSsb's folly he has completely sacrificed
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The Washington herald., 1906-11-05

lating. suggestive. enthusiastic. Compare
him with the dainty and finical Addison.
You want to read Addison-if at this age
Of the world you want to read him at all
with kid gloves and an evening suit
Lord Bacon says works on travel are ex-
ceptionally fine. by reason Of their breadth
Of view This is true; but any real
teacher, now, goes back to the old wells
of English undetiled
The historic novels, as those Of Scott.
revived great age that has gone They
make men and women come back and
show themselves.
Shakespeare. in Hamlet's counsel to the
players, develops a body of criticism
worth all written from Longinus to
Matthew Arnold inclusive-"to catch the
age and body of the time" ito hold the
mirror up to Nature"
Revolutions ia modes Of life only mod
ify the externals of life Man abides es-
scrtiaHy. And the great descriptive por-
trayers Of life are, as they ever have
been, the real guides and subjects of
any normal and enduring scheme Of inn
parting literature
The Washington herald., 1906-11-05
Cabinet Officers on the stump.

For q by-electiOn. as they would call
it in England, the campaign which viii
close tomorrow, 20 the relief Of every
body has enlisted The services OF more
members Of the Cabinet than any other
in recent years. All but two members
Of the Presidents ministerial aids have
made one or more speeches Of note to
attest the great interest felt by their
chief in The result The two exceptions
are Secretaries Hitchcock and Metcalf
Secretary Shaw has been swinging around
the circle for weeks, and in view Of the
latest report concerning his attitude to-
ward the nomination in 1908, which is
that he has abandoned his intention TO
seek IL and has resolved 10 accept the
presidency Of a big financial Institution
In New York. his great political activity
at this time cannot be understood. It
was expected that when Secretary Met
calf was dispatched 10 San Francisco to
look into the japanese situation there for
the President, that he would make at
least one speech TO his home people on
the pending political issues, but no re-
port has come from the Pacific Coast 10
that effect. Next 10 Secretary Shaw, At
tOrney General Moody has delivered a
greater number Of campaign speeches
than any other member Of the Cabinet.
The Attorney General has stirred con-
sentative New England TO the center by
advocating forms of radicalism, which
that section of the country looked on
askance until President Roosevelt made
them popular and understood.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-05

From the indianapolis Star
Hello Hello! Hello, Jones! Is that you:
Huh? It's me. Me. Sure. Huh? Say,
Jones. called you up to show you where
you were wrong on that argument about
Hearst He's the greatest man that ever
oh. Jonesy, I say he's the greatest
Jonesy2 Jones?
Helloi Hello! Central, what's the mat
ter with $685.? Hun? What's that go;
to do with Il? I want 66-huh? Yes I got
It-Job XII, TO- but l want Jones.
Then he looked it up, and this is what
he read:
If he cut off and shut up who car
hinder him."
The Washington herald., 1906-11-05
THE INNOCENT BYSTANDER.
ABOUT THE LITTLE FELLER.

] set here I'm the sunshine. an / look out
through the trees
An l shut my eyes an see him-with his
pants rolled 10 bis knees
An his torn straw hat a-happin' an a.
fappiu' al his face,
An his laugh a piece O. music that made
gladuess on the place
But I-wasn't patient, didn't see things
as I might
An somehow, sometimes it strikes m,
that ! didn't treat him right
He was such a little feller-wouldn't lool
for him 10 know
That bis little bits @ fooIishness would
aggra vate me So
Oh, I done my duty by him, give hin
pennies now an then,
Give him slcds, an skates, an wagons
an I'd do the same again.
But I-never mind the Scrlpturesl-Pd 10
Hft nay hand 10 smite.
Fer il somehow, sometimes strikes ms
that / didn't treat him right.
It's peculiar how ] mind him-how tn,
tears stood in his eyes.
An him lo1kin' at me through EN-, ful
o. sorrow an surprise.
All his laughter ChOked with sObbin'; bu
he looked me straight an square
AS If searChin for the reason for tht
anger I showed there.
An I mind how brave he acted-nevel
showed a bit o fright
But somehow, sometimes 10 strikes m,
that ! didn't treat him right
1 get to thiukin' Of him. Of his singin' an
his play,
An the fun he had. just Twin, like a DO!
does every day.
All his cuttin' up an prankin'-he was Ike
all other boys
Only difTent.-with their hkin' TO be al
ways maxim noise.
I get TO thinkiu' Of him, when lay awake
at night.
An il somehow. sometimes strikes m,
that / didn't treat him right
So, I see him. see him, see him! An ID
give the world If he
Wasn't lOOkil' through the teardTopi
straight into the soul Of me.
An ] don't believe that parunts have tn
right TO spoil the Joy
OF a minute in the lifetime that Coo
gives their girl or boy.
Still. I tell myself it's better; Up ther'
ne can laugh an play
With no one to fret about it, or to punist
him that way.
An the Lord he left him smilin', with hi
face asleep, an white
But somehow. sometimes II strikes ms
that / didn't treat him right
The Washington herald., 1906-11-05
A Timely Word for the police Force.

A Timely Word for the Police Force.
The washington Herald intends to say
a word here and nova good word-for
the Washington police force. It is a
well-organized. admirably disciplined, eff
GENTLY Differed force, that deserves not
only commentator, but the helpful sup
port OF the community. Beyond that, and
in greater degree. ii should likewise have
the constant, helpful cooperation of those
IN authority similarly intrusted with the
enforcement Of the law,
Policemen make mistakes. We all do.
But. on the whole. there is a much higher
grade of intelligence in the police force
Of Washington than viii be found in the
average body of men doing like duty
elsewhere.
Maj Richard Sylvester is a competent
superintendent A broad-minded man, he
lis fortunately equipped with common
sense, no less than technical ability and
a conscientious desire TO do his duty,
fairly but fearlessIy.
Washington is an orderly city. It must
be kept so. Its orderliness is something
We may point TO with pride without strain
upon our conscience or the least mental
reservation. The major Of police is par
ticularly to be commended for putting a
check upon rowdyism, or honestly trying
to put a check upon it, The Washington
Herald applauds him-heartily He de-
serves IL.
The Capital City has long been noted
for its air of gentiiity. 1t has been a
well-behaved city. 1t is so now. It's
reputation must be maintained There
is no better way to maintain it than by
supporting the police force in its efforts 20
suppress rowdyism. There is no other
way. in fact
The Washington herald., 1906-11-05
Copyright. 1906. by W. D. Nesblt.l
Welcomes the Washington Herald.

From the Patrician.
The astonishing circulation Of The
Washington Herald speaks well for the
taste of the Washington readers. No fake
and immoral advertising. no freak-sheets
for the mal-education of the young, no
horrible detail of revolving crime are serv-
ed to the subscribers Of this clean and
attractive daily. In it is found just the
news you want and the way you want 1t.
Mr.. Scott Bone and his associates have
the congratulations of the Patrician.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-05
ON WAN cIDDLEs OBSERVES.

IF We would not make any laws for FIVE
years and would not break any for one
year. the magazines would quit yelling
reform.
When one woman sees another who is
happy she at once decides that the other
woman's husband lets her spend all his
money.
Don't be too critical of the man with
the gentle smile Of brotherly love. The
last one I met sold me a barrel of wormy
apples for s..
Lots of men get their regulations as
did Ajax, who defied the lightning after
1t had moved on.
A woman wants her husband to have
everything in his Office pretty except the
stcnOgrapher
The last Friend Of All Humanity ! met
found rotten spots I'm the character Of all
his neighbors inside Of a twenty minutes
talk.
The man who is always saying that you
ought to keep your troubles to yourself
usually goes home and biames all his
troubles on his wife.
The Man Who Can Tell You Just What
to Do seldom can show you.
WILBUR NESBIT.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-05

velopment of the city along any legiti-
mate line. This golf course in the park
is a good idea, for the value of golf as an
inducement TO take outdoor exercise can
not be overestimated. We do not want
the idea abandoned, but we would like
the authorities to inform US how they
propose to establish public golf course
and keep out our colored fellOw-citizens.
We do not see how It can be done.