The San Francisco call., 1910-07-17

handles. started off again and said oh hell;
you're not dead game sport, and proceeded
his way.
Some time later Leach in drunken fit mounted
horse and fell off. He died from the effects OF
the fall. Jim Eastman, one OF the ablest speakers
heard in California and the leader OF the Los
Angeles bar died in the poorhouse drunken wreck.
COULD SPARE HIS PARTNER
In those days Black Jim Howard in part
nershp with Colonel E. ]. c. Kewen. one OF the
greatest orators ever heard in California Concern
ing the partnership Mr. Graves tells this story:
ygsnse b led 3 BY IA T5s F5ens 1d n16s sd
hand like a ham and had oratorieal ambitions
and preferred revolution to lawful government,
took four men of the county Jail and hanged
them. They thought that Kewen & Howard were
fo restitution in fSisndg s g houd hng R
and Howard The next ext day Colone, Howard met
habit Of sta standing while nt talking with hm his feet
ward and of twirling his eye glasses, which he
carried suspended from long gold chain. "sig
picked and hedged little Yes he answered,
that intention last night Come
sgnorets said Howard, we arc old friends; be
the head Of the firm
THE LAST WHIRL OF SIN"
"The last wI1irl of sim at Reno and the hockng
of the sports and spenders revives this story:
Much the same thing is happening as happened
President Cleveland Princeton, little boy
panon scornfully, Why. the thin one OF course.
oh said his mentor, that's his manager, Nc
Vey"
FL1NGING BRICK
State politics are in the doldruns. but that does
not deter the Escondido Advance from hinging this
brick
Phil Stanton is eandd enough to admit that. to
use -d his g oT1 H., ansuage fs this ot IS no mphaR ~ m mt
The thousands He says that they arc listening
thew to what LITTLE f1nEn h has to say aVf Wb add causes hbs s
Riverside Press to ask, What are they thinking3@
1t is ungenerous to fling decayed vegetables at
your neighbor, the hope OF the south
COLD MOLASSES
The Chronicle remarks that sentiment in favor
OF Anderson is 'crystallizing. Doubtless, like
molasses in frosty morning. Frozen molasses
catches flies
The Chronicles infantile devices to persuade
people that Anderson is in the remind me of
Gerald Stanley Lees remarks taking up col
lection, to wit:
Went to church with B this morning The
prayer before the collection they. have it at
- does not somehow seem quite disintereSted.
1t seems to be little hard for it contain
delicate kind of sly dig at the audience You
Your pocket God seems dragged in ineidentally
The prayer before collection can not quite be
some collections arc 50 small 1S as to nj make a prayer
just what it would be for. 1t might be we'll in some
announce the amount and then pray
for the congregation Well, it is delicate
al best in almost any church-praying apropos
of collection Better let the organ do it
Better let the Chronicle do it. In view of the
probable size of Mr.. Anderson's collection it might
be embarrassing to do his praying.
GROWN RADICAL
Los Angeles and its suburbs, which used to be
submissive to the public service corporations in an
abject way, have in the last year turned radical
and rebellious In Pasadena, for example, an organ
lied campaign is in process to drive the Edison
light and power company out of the field. The
lighting league of that town called meeting
of the women to be addressed by imported SPELL
binders setting forth the gross offending of the
corporation and persuading the audience to buy
their light from the municipal plant The league
in calling the meeting issued appeal which took
high ground of principle, from which quote
The struggle in which this city is engaged with
a private corporation involves only the life OF
the city's lighting plant but involves principles
which not be measured by money. What is
going here only part of the struggle through
this country to free public affairs from the
harmful influence Of private interests In this
struggle the of Pasadena and, it is
respectfully suggested. should take active in