New-York tribune., 1910-11-13
ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE
Comment on Republican Sweep
in California.
LBy Telegram to The Tribune. |

to Congress- is a matter of much congratu-
Iation among Republicans The bitterness
aroused by the result of the first direct pri-
mary election so great that many ex-
perts predicted Democratic victory as the
outcome. and perhaps this would have been
the result had it not been for the mistakes
made by the Democrats
Theodore Bell would have carried San
Francisco by five thousand majority had it
not been for the ardent support given him
by The Evening Post" This newspaper is
known as the personal organ OF Patrick
Calhoun. head of the United Railroads.
Hence its advocacy of Bell called down on
the Democratic candidate all the anger felt
by the labor union men against MIR. cal
hOun because he broke the great street
railroad strike in 1901 and for his opposition
to them ever since.
To add to this on the eve of election
THE Post printed a receipt gwen py
Hiram johnson. the Republican candidate,
to the United Railroads for f,5oo for IesaI
services During part Of the time coVered
by this receipt Mr.. Johnson was acceptihs
pay from the graft prosecution Whlcl ""S
trying to convict Calhoun, among othei9'
for alleged bribery of supervisofs- men
this document was printed every one saw e'
once that it had come out of CaIhoufi
safe. anu Ine tlItCI VII $50
marked. Good judges declare that the pup
Hcation of this receipt cost Ben HNe '
sand votes in San Francisco
The Penub1ican victory carried into ONCE
ron,a mon on the ticket who were not I'e
EQUALS of their competitors on the peino
cratic side. but in the main the tiche' -
made up of good men, MI JoIhSo"' W."
heads the ticket. is an able man dilu d So
. nv,ao,,tive and his influence should pe 1eil'
as,acfalIv in reducing the enormous eN-
raness of the state government VI INC
new Congressmen, William Kent shouIu u
a valuable acquisition, as ne mas ihdU0
close study of public questiohS al" "
good speaker .,;-... rf1-
r,o,,arnor does not mean that TINS parry
has made the wonderful growth 'NAI -
fgnres would seem to show. THOUSANDS u
Tlar,,ocrafs and many Republicans cast thelr
ballots for the Socialist candidate Ior
ar,or hecause they objected to the re9ui"I
o~.,. candidates and wished In this way
=. or,,basiza their sentiment. Perhaps the
,,ost rsmarkable feature OF the eiect'oi'
,-.o the defeat of the Lieutenant Governor
in Los Angeles, his home county.
Cantain William Mogg returned here thlS
week. after four years stay IN inc "i
North above Point Barrow captain MoSs
spent most of his time in Prince Aioei'
Land. and will send TO the American Niu-
scum Of Natural History, in New ioih'
many valuable relics. He FOUND thaC tie
natives of Prince Albert Land. with the
execution of one old man, had never seen
any whites They were dressed in skin gar
ments OF peculiar cut. patterned al'er
American clothes obtained from members
in the sos. the natives have no weapons
save bows and arrows and lew rude
knives made from copper The captain
found specimens of nearly pure copper. and
saws that the whole country IS rich IN MN
erals. Captain Mogg accompanied Amund-
sen on his long tramp from Point Barrow
to Eagle Harbor-
A new branch postoffice Will soon be es-
tablished in Sutter street, just west OF
Polk street. TO accommodate this raplolE
growing district Many large apartment
houses have been built in this neighbor-
hood, and Polk street is much buster than
before the fire
Among the contributions received By the
University OF California this week was
bag of $40 and $40 gold pieces. amounting
to $3.50 which was sent 10 the regents by a
stranger, who said he wished the money
used to .grl1bstake'' some student working
his way through college and needing money
IN finish his course The donor was EVIL
DENLY a miner. as the "grubstake'' system
has been popular here since pioneer days.
The regents will lend the money to some
deserving student.
Much complaint is made by property own
ers over the dilatory work in laying pipes
for the new auxiliary fire system The
pavement is torn up for several blocks In
many districts.
Chinatown BARRIERS have been busy this
week removing the queues of members of
the local colony who have followed the eX-
ample set by Consul General Ii Young Wo
and Secretary Flu Chun Yu of the Chinese
Legation at the City of Mexico. The only
ones who object to removal of the queue
are the conservative, old men and the high
binders The latter have refused to discard
their queues and soon a weaIer of this in
sigma will be conspicuous as belonging to
one of the gangs OF professional gunner"
a J. Rich a well known capitalist and
real estate agent, has had plans prepared
for an aerial garage on his lot at the north
east corner OF Polk and Pacific streets.
The building will include repair shop. and
will be equipped with Il large auto truck for
transporting flying machines.
Plans have been completed for the new
Southern Pacific station at 18th street. to
cost $4,000 For years the present wooden
shack at this important point has been an
eyesore The new building will be 2TS feet
long by 50 feet high. of concrete. and with
much marble. iron and glass All local
trains will reach the station on an elevated
track to avoid any chance of collision with
through trains. The local trains will soon
he run by electricity.
The Southern Pacific Company this week
took over the Pacific Electric Railway. with
its $50 miles OF interurbau track its Iarge
power plants and nearly one thousand cars
and other equipment. This is a 81. 900
deal and marks the practical retirement
from active railroad management of Henry
T.. Huntington, who has done more than
any other single man to give Los Angeles
and it's many suburbs and ocean beaches an
ideal car service.
The Sonora County Co-opcrative PouItrv-
Association, which handles "A large nart
of the eggs produced in California. went ON
record this week as favorinr selling egrs
by the pound instead OF by the dozen Fs,y
men believe that selling their ,,rodrc, ~,
weight would be more equitable than the
present plan.