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The San Francisco call., 1906-08-26

summit-Ma ximum temperature. 49, minimum,
90; wind, southwest; clear; some snow on peaks
and canyon
Forecast for San Francisco and vicinity-Fair
sunday with fog; fresh west wind.
for Sacramento Valley-Fair Sunday; light
For San Joaquin valley-Fsir Sunday; light
:, For Los Angeles and vicinity-Fair Sunday
light west winds.
A. G. McADIE District Forcaster.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-26
NEWS OF THE OCEAN.
Tonnage Engagcments.

The British steamer Dunerlc Is chartered 70
coal from Comox to Alaska and the British shi
Comliebank for lumber from Cinema inns To Anto
fagasta al 52s Cd. Both were rechartered.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-26
Builders' Contracts.

MILITIA OFFICERS ouALTY-AIamsd.
Aug 2S--First Lieutenant Rushton MCCONNELL
elected captain Of Company g. Fifth Regiment
lnlanfry. - q. C., and Sergeant Charles FOIL
the required examinations and qualified for their
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-26
TAHITI
South Seas

No region is more interesting and
full of romance than the South Sea
islands, and TO make voyage In the
good ship Mariposa and travel to these
summer isles of Eden is pleasure sail
ing the day long.
The famous surgeon. DR.. Nicholas
Sem, says of this charming region:
No other island can compare In nat
ural beauty with Tahiti, the gem OF the
South Pacific. II Is the island where
life Is free of care-where the natives
are fed. clothed and housed by nature.
where man eats his daily bread with
out being forced to labor, sleeps and
dreams away his life free from worry
and enjoys the foretasts of the eternal
paradise before ne dies"
The Msriposa sails Sept IL; reduced
rate for round trip S125. Write for
folder to Oceanic S. S. Co., 11es Broad
way, Oakland
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-26

The union photographers are making
good progress in their fight in New
York, City, according to the report of
William f. Long. president OF the
dthographers' Association. Mr. Long
states that there are now forty five
firms in that city out of eighty-one
which have signed the forty eight hour
week scale. The last one to get in on
the eight-hour day is that of George
Schlegel 14O Center street
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-26
WEATHER BUREAU REPORT.

United States Department of Agriculture
San Francisco Aug. "a. 1906.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-26

The Duluth Freight Handlers Union
having failed to get a conference with
the employers decided to strike for
more wages. The members have been
receiving 80 cents an hour straight.
They demand extra pay flor overtime
and slight increase ovet the present
scale.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-26

TO ARRIVE.

movement of Steamers.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-26

Attorney General Coleman of Kansas
has rendered an opinion which is ex-
pected to prevent nullifcation of the
eight-hour law of that State. He saws
am of the opinion that employees
about State institutions are governed
oy the eight-hour law; that they can
not be required to work during one
day more than eight hours and that
they should be paid the rate of wages
now obtaining. The attempt to pay
the men monthly wages and work them
ten hours day is an evasion of the
law. The opinion was called for by
the labor unions of the State.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-26

The strike OF weavers in Philadel-
phia, which has been in progress for a.
month, has been settled by cornpro-
mise. The strike was called for a
slight increase of wages and the abol-
ishing of the apprentice system
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-26
VACATION 1906
ISSUED BY THE
CALIFORNIA NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY

CALIFORNIA NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY
THE PICTURESQUE ROUTE OF CALIFORNIA
AND
NORTH SHORE RAILROAD
THE SCENIC ROUTE
IS NOW READY FOR DISTRIBUTION
GIVING Full. ISFORMATfOS
IN REGARD TO
CAMPING SPOTS. THE LOCATIoN.
ACCOMMODATIONS. ATTRACTIONS.
ETC. OF MINERAL SPRING RESORTS
AND COUNTRY HOMES AND FARMS
WHERE SUMNER BOARDERS ARE
TAKEN. WITH TERMS OF BOARD.
To be had at Tiburon Ferry. foot of Narkst
street. San Francisco. Inquiry by mall
viii bring tmmedIate response
Jas. AGLER. r. K RYAN.
General Manaxer Genr Pass Agent
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-26

The position of superintendent of lin
otypes in the Government printing office
has been given to Charles S. Gum by
Public Printer Stillings. The position
is a new one. carrying a salary of $4,000
year and takes the machines from
under the care of the foremen of di-
visions and places them under the SUI
pervision of a linotype machinist.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-26

Eugene Burke was in the chair at
the last regular meeting of the Marine
Cooks and Stewards Association of the
Pacific. Secretary Steidle reported that
the strike situation was improving.
The Seattle agent-stated that shipping
was good. The San Pedro agent wrote
that shipping was fair.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-26

r. v. HALToN. Prcprietor.
The sun., 1906-02-20
TIE EAGER HAND.
Tipping Experience OF n Householder with
the Gas Man.

To THE EnIToR OF THR SUN .S,' Far som.
time my gas stove failed TO work rs II shoJt and
In spite OF several sarcastic notes IN the wr'gI ~
which some years ot SchoomarnlnC made an
adept. the only respUrS" from the gas ,,"1'Hf
was the appearance now and thDn ~ t''n|
youth who would light the various hLgners. MN
screw or two and pronounce the stov" perfect
Finally got q ncw stove and WHILE + "r' 'rh.
connected chance caller remarked ~ '7l
wish your stove 10 work well you VIII hl'c -o ~
those men"
Then all was clear Tn" only r"an.c r'a ~
old stove was the lack Of ten ccui i'" 'r' '..'
OF which had not occurred To- me ae ma. ,.'n.'''
that dollar gas" enabled the COMPANY 'n p." ''
employees and II was not An object u' '.f''
Let 'h's hr a wnrn'rc IN the ~ rs c' ..''r
l..np complaints which the companv is r'"'"d
to have received during the month of &'p'"H'"
II tips must hc given, let the y.ru#, r .r.''
charge on their bills 50 much for a ti1 and ...
instli In their employees hit uf mani -r N' '...
Ing them from hcsgcry. and likewise u'..''' l" I
suffering pnbllc by ma!ilng the awoUu' u.. ..-0..
NEW NoTK Feb. n, iLoRENCF W t1""'''
The sun., 1906-02-20

Secretary WILSON is good enough to
send us a neat and concise illustrated
manual entitled Directions for the
Destruction Of Pocket Gophcrs.' The
Department of Agriculture believes in
poisoning the creatures,
The little treatise will bc put away in
a safe place, in caso of future need for
its intelligent advice. What we are
more concerned about at the present
moment is the Do truction Of Pocket
Graftcrs.
They are still busy undermining public
confidence in the Republican party of
New York State We do not believe in
poisoning them, They dodge the dibble
and laugh at the steel trap. Yet they
must be eXterminatei.
Suppose beginning is made by the
simple process OF ridding the Republican
State Committee of this form of vermn.
The sun., 1906-02-20
The End of sea Level or NothihH'

The Presidents $ recommendation, alter
due consideration by him Of the con-
fictinp co,lnsels of the various sloor-
sinnte authorities who have studied the
question. is for a lock canal at Panama
capable of enlargement, with the summit
section at the S5-foot level
We are glad that both the letters OF
the Canal Commission to the Secretary
Of War and the Presidents letter to Con-
gress emphasize the Importance OF the
transformable nature OF whatever canai
NAV be dug. This is the key to the
canals usefulness to the nation ana the
world in the future.
If the canal is planned and con-
structed with adequate regard to that
fundamental idea the project is safe
When we say adequate we mean WIN
view to the vertical az well as to the lat
eral enlargement Of the cut.
Nothing would surprise us less than the
Gradual perception by both engineers
and the public, "a the work progresses
and experience supplements enthusiasm
of the great fact that it may not be neces-
sarv to dig down even to the so-toot
kvel in order to secure waterway
satisfactory in it's initial form and to get
a ship through that waterway in koose'
yeltian time.
The sun., 1906-02-20
Hearst and Regular Nomination for Cow
epnOr Of New York.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrS-Sir: ! have
been told that Mr.. Hearst fears to accept the
nom minaton for Governor OF the regular
Democratic organization OF New York State
on the assumption that the nomination Of a
regular organization would damage him with
independent vot ers
Nobody need fear Mr.. Hearst very much
as future political problem. The fact that
he, a Democratic Congressman whose n"m-
nation came from a regular organization.
accepted the nomination for Mayor of New
York from an independent body against
Mcclellan. the candidate Of the regular Demo-
cratic city convention OF New York. as rep
resented by all the boroughs vas fatal step
for Mr.. Hearst.
Bryan's strength with Democrats s that
he never fought outside the party" David
a. Hill was never able to lift his hcad after
his rejection OF Bryan in lsos-Bryan. the
candidate Of the Democrats in a regularly
organized nat tional convention.
| The Democrats of the country never for
give a Democrat who takes the field against
the candidate OF regular Democratic con-
| yention, whether for Coroner Mayor, Gov
| ernor or Pres ident,
Mr.. Hearst got 1902 votes in the Democratic
! national convention of 1904 a remarkable
| performance. In opposing Tnmmany and
| Mcclellan last fall he, as Democratic Con-
pressman should have fought from within
the organization and not outside Of il.
| All Democrats of the regular orgGnizat ion
| In New York who espouse MIR. Hearst s aspi-
rations for Governor or for President will
share Hills fate. the former because Of an
Affirmative support given candidate who
openly opposed regularly nominal cd can
didate of the party. and the latter because of
his refusal to support regularly nominal ed
candidate Of tho party.
Mr. Hearst. in my opinion. hearkcned to
ephemeral political wisdom last fall when he
ran independent against Mcclellan
Think Of this on election night in New York
November o, 1905. and on election night No.
| vcmber 3. 1908. DEMOCRAT
| WASHINGTON, d. c.. Feb IS.
The sun., 1906-02-20
The Car Clings to Nittc.

The report is confirmed that the EN-
peror NICHOLAS II. has declined to assent
to Count WITTE's request that he would
remove Mr.. DuRNoyo from the post of
Minister of the Interior. He has refused,
however, to accept Count WHITES resig-
nation, and has ordered the Minister of
the Interior to comply with tho Premicrs
wishes as to the relaxation Of the harsh
measures of repression taken under the
regime Of martial law h. the Governors
of certain provinces, The Car seems
to have recognized the truth Of Count
WITTE's assertion that province under
martial law could not be expected to
give free expression to its wishes in the
elections for the national assembly,
which are now only six weeks distant.
The fact that Count WlTTE could not
obtain the dismissal Of Mr.. DURNovo,
who porsonilies reaction in its most vim
The sun., 1906-02-20

Never before this year of grace 1906 has
Tyranny oppressed Freedom without some
poet to sing the wrongs of the oppressed.
MILTON wrote of the Albigenses, BYRON
sang of the Greek struggle our Massachu-
sets poets of the negro's wrongs. But
hero and now is a people-thc Russians
-scourged with whips for century and
with scorpions for a year, picturesque
rabble fighting for their rights and the
rights of mankind against picturesque
despotism-and not a line of verse do we
give them, unless it is a sonnet or two from
ALFRED ArsTIN's broad and butter muse.
There has been no poetry on the Russian
crisis because there have been no poets.
In the Anglo-Saxon world ia the race Of
poets extinctf
The sun., 1906-02-20

To THt EDITOR or TIRE SrS-.sr, Several young
people. in most instances students In public schools
In thl. State and In New Jersey have In my presence
made use of the expression pen point, meaning
the ordinary article that have always known as
a steel pen. and which until recently have heard
referred to by no other name.
AZ a friends homo last evening young member
of the family spoke Of pen point, which imme
datciy evoked an inquiry to Its correctness when
applied to a steel pen. Two OF US who have not
seen the inside Of a school room for many years
have always called the article pen and contend
II Is nothing else. Further. we think 1t would he
as sensible 10 ask for pen butt" as ior pen
point" when pen Is all that Is required.
The younger people agreed with us 80 far as
common sense is concerned. but stated that "pen
polnt" is what they Instructed to ask tor wien
In school Pen point"now, what do you think
OF It PKSWoIDSR
NEW YORK. Feb. 10.
The sun., 1906-02-20

Az Mr.. HALE has not sought to avoid
responsibility by printing the words by
rcquo It" on the bill. it is evident that he
has confidence in the ability of the com
pany to produce non-sinkable, nom
capsizable man-of-war. If his con-
fdence is warranted, plainly his bill
docs not 20 far enough, for tho patents,
processes and secrets of the corporation
should be acquired by the Government
Immediately and guarded jealousy to
prevent any other nation from enjoying
their benefits and meeting our fleets of
unsuitable, uncapsizablc battleships on
the high seas with others of like construc-
ton and similar wonderful qualities.
The sun., 1906-02-20

IF il were possible to attribute to gen.
nine and earnest patriotism or to
really intelligent public spirit the efforts
of the little band of "revealers and en-
liehteners" now engaged in exposing to
the public the alleged crimes and follies
of our national legislators, their pro-
ductions might he worthy of respectful
attention; but most of the illusions of
which the patient public is now the vic
tim are only a poorly disguised sensa-
tionalism.
That many read and doubtless believe
the tales of these "cXposers" is as true
as it is unfortunate. In a world in which
there are always those who have unsup-
piled wants and ungratified desires
there is always hearing for faulttnd-
ers who discover scapcgoat. Just now
a band of kindred spirits in the fault
finding business is actively engaged in
an effort to convince the American people
that the United States Senate, as body,
is hostile to their interests, the tool Of
corrupt if not criminal aggregations of
capital 1t is singular that Exposer
STEFFENs and Revealcr PHILLIPS and
Enlightener CROSBY and others of their
Kind are carrying on their campaign of
words at a time when the individual
wealth of a few is no more than an in
evitable incident to the unprecedented
prosperity of the many. Never before
in the history Of this or any other land
has there been a time when prosperity
was so widely diflused as it is to-day
among the American people. This fact
stands true in spite of ROBERT HUNTER 8
"tcn millions who live constantly at or
below the bare margin of normal ex-
istcnce." Sound reasons exist for the
poverty Of most of these, and their num-
bcr would be little or not at all reduced
could bc stripped of his wealth by con-
fiscatinG Federal law.
These cxpoundcrs Of financial and
political truth catch their readers by
parading themselves as seekers of facts
whereas they really seek only arguments
to support a preconceivcd individual
opinion or tales which will draw public
attention to their publications and them
selves. They start with the preslmp-
ton that if there is or if they can create
public clamor for free silver, an income
tax, Federal regulation of railway rate,
and control of corporations, Fedora
ownership or anything else for which NJ
unstable public may display temporary
enthusiasm, our legislators should al
once convert this more more or less ire
sponsiblc public opinion into public law
regardless of consequences. In theil
minds the failure of the Senate to rcspono
Immediately to any clamor which they
~ scli-consttuted jury may regaro
"a pubic oplnon is an unmistakabl'
The sun., 1906-02-20
Health to the sisters.

Last Thursday night Secretary ROOT
was the guest Of honor at banquet
given bv the Brazilian Ambassador
Among the sixty guests we're the Mexican
Ambassador and nearly all OF the MIN
listers from the Latin-Amerlcan republics
Replving to the toast proposed by Am
hassodor NABrCo, Mr. RooT said:
when pres.dcu, MONROE. coming to the aid OF
s,ruygNng Spanish America made the audac'ous
and gallant declaration that no part OF the American
.o,,lr.,,s must be deemed subject to colonization
by any European Power, he affirmed the PROPOSE
,,on that all the American republics are competent
10 maintain throughout their territories govern o
,nen,s answering to tho demands OF cN!N%anon
preserving order enforcing law. doing justice and
performlng all International obligations
ITO that proposition all OF lis stand committed
Jts truth we all maintain Every evidence IN Its
suppor, is a source OF satisfaction to us Every
forward step In the path of progress by any Amer
lean rcpubrc Is a cause OF Joy to all Of US
"Let me then. Mr.. Ambassador, pass along the
,oas, which YOU we're good enough to propose 10
nv unworthy self ask you to drink to the SISTER
hood OF American republics. May every one OF
them grow In prosperity and strength haE VIC
,ndcpcndcncc, the freedom and the rights o' the
least and weakest be ever respected equally WIN
the rights OF the strongest and may we all do our
share toward the bl,lding up Of sound and en-
lleh,cncd public opinion OF the Americas which
shall everywhere. upon both continents. nightly
promote tho reign OF peace, OF order ard OF justice
in every American republic
To this truly noble sentiment all good
Americans will heartily respond.
The sun., 1906-02-20
NOu-Sinkablc Ships.

Tho Hon. EUGENE HALE of Maine is
statesman Of sound sense, good Judgment
and experience from whom impracti-
cable and visionary schemes get scant
attention and no encouragement. For
this reason a bill introduced by him in
the Senate to appropriate 10000 900 to
promote the const ruction of "non-sink-
able, non-capsizablc vessels which will
be self-prcserving Of the property value
and the lives of the men who man the
ships" is of more interest than if it were
fathered by a man careless and too
good natured in his legislative habits.
Senator HALE is the author of n bill
appropriating 5000 900 for the con-
struction of new cruiser to be named
Constitution. This measure he intro
duced several weeks ago, and it received
the approval of the whole nation. He
CARRYING SIC, 900, 900 to cover the cost of
the new Constitution, the ship to BE-
constructed by the Columbia Safety
Steamship Company of Boston. The
shin to be built would have a displace-
ment of "a, 900 tons, be capable Of making
over 20 knots an hour, and, as is rcci,cd
in the preamble of the Hale bill, would
have "a lighter draught Of water than
any other ship of her size in tho world,
thus enabling the vessel to enter any
port with practicable commercial depth
Of water and with impunity smash every
thing within her gunshot distance"
The fact that so eminent member of
the Senate stands sponsor for this bill
assures the country that it is not joke.
The sun., 1906-02-20
sign Of Senatorial hostility to public

interests.
Tho Senate needs no defence. IT -
abundantN able TO bear all the light
which these amateur cSpnscr" may 'hfn
ON il. It has stood too many tunes
between the public and rhc results "i
hnsty and i'll advised legislation " need
either defence or apology. There arc
in Washington many mon who il personal
integrity and honest patriotism are AT
least the peers Of this band of c%poH"'S
of corruption in the nations capital.
They have a personal knowledge oi ana
acquaintance with our legislators when
is closer than * at all possible for the
newly arrived seekers of evil, They are
not sparing Of criticism when criticism
is really called for, but they never dcgen-
crate into professional viitiers
The raid on the national Congress and
the assaults on individual members OF
that body will run their course as all
diseases do. In some minds faith in the
integrity and wisdom of legislation ana
in the public spirit of Legislators may be
shaken. In so far as that Is the result
Of their labors the "evil busters arc
evil makers. dangerous to society and
to our political institutions For any
real evils that may exist there is remedy
and it lies in the hands of the people.
To deny this is to assert that the created
is greater than its creator. 1t Is to
declare the failure cf the principles, of
republican government. 1t might al
most be Inferred that this is the ambition
Of these amateur crime seekers at the
national capital.
The sun., 1906-02-20
Who SuDport the Public Schools,

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN Str: Your article
replying to Dr, Forsts letter strs me up 10 write
my feelings OF satisfaction at your clear and sensible
arguments.
The npmhcr OF children In the New York public
schools Is in the nelg hborhood Of 100000.
We will allow for the number OF parents i.ooO 600
which added 10 the 500 Ooo Of children makes total
OF i,5O0 OOO. while the population OF the city foots
up more than 100000. Thus tho 25OO.OO0 either
have no children or are paying for their children $
cdycatlnu In private or religious schools while the
o,hSrs are being educated hy their fellow citizens
who pay tho expense. which after all is n kind OF
charity. cali II what YOU like. TAXPAYER.
DRooKIyS, Fch. ~.
The sun., 1906-02-20

From hr RoS"n Hcrlld
Tie Judges d'ci Ion lI a Ca.c .,ttCd few years
AGO In Milllnockct, Me, PROBABLY will not serve
as aprercdent but no exception 10 1t was reported
An Italian lab jrcr was Killed white At work on a
dam at the pulp mills. Al thc bearing before the
local Justice there was found in pocket roll OF
bills containing SIS and hidden In OF the boot
legs found dirk knife.
As there was no probate court within many miles
OF the town the Judge was AT n loss 10 know VIVA,
disposal should be made Of the money. Finally
he hit upon tAc solution. The Court topk charge Of
the money and nned the corpse SIS for carrying
concealed weapons.
The sun., 1906-02-20
roLICR STATION
Chief of Police Game Constable
Once Police Magistrate Constable
OF / Collection Agency Justice OF tho Peace
Houses for Rent Real Estate
and Sale
Upon the door was tackled: viii be back

Upon tho door was tackled viii be back
at 4 o'clock"
| arm greatly puzzled to know whether or
not the Chief of Police Is the Pooh-Bah of the
town, whether he ia n bad hill as we'll as n
bad drunk collector and If he combines all
thr Offices named how he can act in all the
different capacities, In view of the fact that
his notice Of the time of his return did not
state whether il was A, NJ. or T. NJ, and rs
] could find no on" in the building. am still
more puzzled 10 know what his Office hours
may be. Perhaps that man OF proliho ideas,
Poet ical Wilson, or. as think I've Cnlls him
self "Posay" Wilson, or the renowned Ahe
Slmpslv or perhaps lMK SrN's Office ca,
can throw some light upon the meaning of
the sign. ItH2LtD.
SPOKANE. Feb. u.
The sun., 1906-02-20

To THE EplroR or TnE SrN s.' ~ ~
from purely clinical >iandppip'. uNp''.' ''
In very small waS; % al" aful"'a''"n ''''''
most advertisements and commercial '"''
generally,
Bu, At Is the custom To tp. ant ''"9'1' ". ''
always exist, as long as svn'' u"r N'' ..
TO give tip and some men a'c l"'' 'n"
compelled 20 accept np.
NEs AOIK. Erh l..
The sun., 1906-02-20

DEPUTY Commissioner WALDO has In his Office
map Of the boroughs of Manhattan and Tho htOnN,
and the station houses and stables arc Indicated
thereon by little penny flags stuck on by pins.
just Imagine First Deputy Commissioner Of Police
directing the management and Workings OF the
department under such circumstance In THIS great
metropolis. Comment Of an cr-l1!ict inspector.
After reading this luminous criticism
no student of affairs will feel justified in
speaking of the police of New York as a
semi military body.
The sun., 1906-02-20

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir: In the
little mining town of Wardnor Idaho. saw
a sign which thought ought to be added to
your collect ion of curious signs. 1t was
almost as largo rs the store room" las such
buildings are called in this neck of he woods +,
on which it was painted. which. by the way.
was only o by "A feet, about 10 feet in height
and consisted of a single room with small
partit ion in it, but the smallncss of the room
was made up in the largcn"ss of the sign.
which was as follows: