The San Francisco call., 1908-05-10
Political Sharps of Gotham Watch
Hearst TO Learn Real Designs
Editors Fusion With Murphy, Whom He Pictured
as Striped Jailbird, Disgusts His Adherent
By C. C. Carlton

opposition seems to be to array the
negroes against him. To this end Sen
ator Foraker this week addressed the
general conference of the African
Methodist Episcopal church at Norfolk,
Va.
The Taft opposition has organized
the negroes into a league known as
the national negro-American political
league. The design is to send delega-
tfons to the republican national COM
mittee meeting in Chicago and also to
to the national convention, to demand
recognition for the negro republicans
Of the south. They will protest against
the lilly whites" and against the adj
mission of Taft delegates elected by
what they term boiling conventions.
The league has also sent broadcast
an address to negroes in which is in
cluded Senator Foraker's speech, to
the effect that if the republican party
does not recognize the negro 1T is prob
able that party will be formed which
will do so.
The influence of Booker Washington
has done much to satisfy the negroes
that both President Roosevelt and Sec
retary Taft are friendly to their race.
He has refuted the charge that this
administration has ignored the negroes
in the distribution of federal offices.
There are now three important federal
offices held by negroes, viz: John G.
Dancey, district recorder of deeds; w.
7. Vernon, register of the treasury, and
Ralph Tyler. auditor of the navy de-
partment. These are negro politicians
of national influence.
In commenting upon the fact that a
preacher of Iliff. Colo, has been arrest
ed for sending through the mails a let
ter alleged to be defamatory of Presi-
dent Roosevelt, it was remarked here
that If the offensive sentence attrib-
uted to the preacher is held to be
libelous, great many editors will be
subject to prosecution. Where would
Hearst be now If he had been prose-
cuted for maligning President McKin-
ley, and suggesting violence just prior
TO the assassination The Hearst
newspapers are daily filled with edi-
torial and news paragraphs more Of
fensive than the following alleged to
have been written by the Colorado
preacher: God bless our president
what for? Belonging to the murder
Gus Free Masons and making speeches
for the bloodthirsty sons of st. Pat
rick?"
If the federal court in Colorado holds
the preacher guilty, what should be the
punishment of Ambrose Bierce, one of
Hearst's editors, who admitted that he
wrote:
The bullet that laid Goebel low
Cannot be found in all the land
Good reason, 1t is speeding here
To stretch Mckinley on his bier,''
Gold coins minted in California s
early days are much in demand by
New York numsmatists. Wednesday
another $50 coin minted by Wass, Mol
tier & Co. in San Francisco, 1855, was
sold al Elders auction rooms for $500.
An octagonal $50 slug, struck by
Augustus Humbert in San Francisco in
1852 brought as much as the former
coin. There was also sold $40 gold
piece issued by the United States assay
office at San Francisco before the
branch United States mint was es-
tablished.
The theatrical profession in New
York heard with sincere grief of the
death of Mrs! n. Mott Pierce at Buffalo
on Thursday. Mrs Pierce was best
known by her maiden name, Marion
Daniels. She was known as one of the
best child actresses" in the country.
She spent the earlier years of her life
in San Francisco. She was married
10 years ago to Mott Pierce and before
her marriage had been successful in a
stage career.
She was cast for prominent parts as
child and was known on the stage as
Marion Young. Later she became lead
ing woman for the tragedian, Sheridan,
and coming east took Maude Adams
part in the Masked Balr in Charles