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The San Francisco call., 1910-06-15
GEARY Line CASE
RESTS WITH COURT
City Attorney May Yet File AM
swer to Last Brief for
Appellants
Justices Announce Themselves
Ready to Decide Without
Further Argument

The fate of the proposed municipality
owned Geary street road lies now in
the hands of the justices of the su-
preme court. City Attorney Long may,
next Friday or Saturday, file a brief
answering that placed on record by
the appellants, but he is not sure that
he viii do this. At the hearing last
week the justices intimated that the
filing of briefs was not necessary, and
it is believed that decision this week
is a possibility.
Should Long decide to file a closing
brief, he will answer the argument of
Attorney Brobeck that the resolution
calling for bids for the Geary street
franchise should have been an ordi-
nance. He. will also take up the ad-
ditional point that by comforting power
on the city TO lease such a road after
its acquisition the charter gave the
private corporation taking up such a
lease extraordinary privileges and ad-
vantages.
In his final brief Brobeck alleged
that the supervisors failed to acquire
jurisdiction by declaring in the reso-
luton calling for bids that the road
was merely public necessity that
the resolution did not show that the
supervisors intended that the road
should be operated by the municipality,
and that by using the word "construc-
ion,' but not acquisition" the reso-
luton gives the city the right to con-
struct the road. but not to operate it.
Brobeck also advanced the peculiar
argument that, because of its incor-
poration, the city did not have the
right to grant itself a franchise upon
its own streets. Such a franchise, said
Brobeck. must come from a sovereign
power, the legislature, and might be
obtained by the passage of a general
law giving all cities the right to own
their traction lines. The provision in
the charter which granted a special
privilege to San Francisco, Brobeck
said, was void, because the legislature
was precluded from granting special
privileges.
Brobeck has also found new reason
for saying that the leasing clause rem
ders unconstitutional the charter sec
ton granting municipal control of pub
lie utilities. Such a lease. he alleged.
would automatically extend the credit
Of the city to a private corporate
although this was prohibited by sec
tion 81 of article II of the state con-
stitution.
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-15
GRAFT PROSECUTOR
FEARS JURY Fixing
Politician and Spectator Elected
From Chicago Legislative
Bribery Trial
Defense Alleges Chief Witness
Against Lorimer Henchman
Is Blackmailer

CHICAGO, June 1.-THE election of
two spectators from the trial of Lee
O'Neil Browne today gave emphasis to
that he will take no chance of undue
influence on the jury.
The men removed from Judge Nc
Surely's court were Ernest Krulewitch,
west side politician. and Henry Wag-
ner. The latter owes his embarrass-
ment to his audible expression as TO
the guilt of the defendant Krulewitch
was one of the politicians indicted two
years ago charged with primary cleo
ton frauds. The indictments were rem
dered nugatory. however when the
primary law was declared unconstitu-
tional.
During the cross examination of Rep
resentative Charles E. White. who al
legged that Browne paid him 81 900 to
vote for William Lorimer for United
States senator, w. S. Forrest, chief
counsel for the defendant, created a
stir by demanding that Detective Nc
Guire. who did much of the states in
vestigating in the bribery scandal,
keep his eyes away from the witness.
Forrest intimated that Mcguire was
signaling White how to answer. Judge
McSurely ruled that MCGUIRE had a
right to be where he was, however.
The defense on cross examination
began an attack on the character of
White, with the design, it is said, of
charging that the present allegations
grew out of an unsuccessful black
mailing scheme of Whites. Wishing
to introduce some of Whites letters to
Browne, Forrest ran against a snag
when the court ruled that before be-
ing accepted as evidence White first
must Identify them. Evasive replies
nettled the Browne legal battery
Eventually two letters were identi-
fed. In one of them, written subse-
quent to the election of Senator Lori
mer, White said:
81 have only 90 cents in the world.
If you will fill in the inclosed promis-
sorry note for whatever money you will
loan me / will be glad
The note was made out for $50, also
was placed in evidence, and others, ag-
gregating 500, were introduced. Some
of the expressions used in letters which
the defense attempted to introduce
were:
by the grace of God, every cent you
have let me have l will return
Il have my ring in pawn for a few
dollars"
The future is sure to bring sur
prises. Do not be surprised at anything
/ may do in the future"
BY the latter expression the defense
will argue that White was attempting
to blackmail Browne.
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-15
REGENTS TO BUILD
BRIDGE and POOL
University Directors Authorize
Work on Concrete Structure
and Tank at Once
Numerous Fruit Investigations
to Be Made at Laboratory
and Experiment Station

A motion for the construction of an
arched concrete bridge over Strawberry
creek to the Faculty club and for the
building of a large. open air swimming
pool in the same canyon in the univer-
sity grounds was passed at the meeting
of the regents of the University of
California yesterday afternoon in their
rooms in the Crocker building. with
William H. Crocker presiding.
Work on both the bridge and swim
ming pool will begin at once. The
money for the former has been donated,
$1,000 being given by the graduates of
the class of 1910 and the remainder of
the $1,000 required is the gift of a
friend. The pool is to be 230 feet long
and 20 feet wide, with depth of from
31s to IL feet. 1t will be of great serv-
ice in case of fire.
Prof. Bernard Moses, professor of eco
nomics. was granted a leave of absence
on full pay from July / to November !,
1910, so that he may serve as delegate
of the United States. under appoint
ment by the president, to attend the
international conference of American
States to be held in Buenos Aires in
July and August.
In pursuance of the law establishing
the Southern California pathological
laboratory and brench experiment sta
tion, passed by the Legislature in 1905,
the schedule of work for the fiscal
year beginning July 1 was read. 1t
will include efforts to cireumvent the
walnut blight and a pomological study
of the naval orange and an investiga
tion generally into orange growing
Increased equipment of the plant dis
ease laboratory at Whittier and the cit
rus experiment station at Riverside
will be secured and various other in
vestigations be put on foot.
letter was also read from the
chairman of the finance committee of
the class of 1910, in which was en-
closed three checks for $3.50 of which
$3.50 was to be held by an authorized
agent as an endowment for the perma-
nent organization of the class of 1910.
Various appointments were made of
professors in different branches for the
coming-year
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-15
FUNERAL SERVICES OF
ALEXANDER /. SMILE
Many Pay Last Respects to
Former Hardware Man

OAKLAND. June 14-Attended by the
family and intimate friends, the funeral
services over the remains of Alexander
Innes Smile, who died at Livermore
Friday, were held from the home of ].
A. Smile, 947 Fallon street, today.
Rev DIR. Newsome of the Fifth ave-
nue. Methodist church preached the SER
mon The pail bearers We're: J. p. Tay-
lOr, George Smith, Ballinger, Dalziel
Schriber and Bridgeman. The body will
be cremated and the ashes shipped to
the decedent's former home in Canada
Smile retired from business activi-
ties six years ago, at which time he was
manager of the Pierce hardware COM
pany of this city. He leaves a daugh-
ter, Eva A., and three sons, James Jr,
Howard s. and Robert Smile, all of
Oakland, besides his brother, John W.,
and a sister, Annie j. Smile of Max
we'll Canada
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-15
APIARISTS TO PAY
SALARY OF EXPERT

BERKELEY, June 1.-THE salary of
Max c. Richter, bee inspector in Sacra-
mento, has been held up on the ground
that he was not a resident of that
county. The apiarists have agreed to
pay his salary until his residence has
been established. Richter is a univer-
sity graduate
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-15

Passengers should check their bag
gage at the depot in order that it may
be forwarded on same train and avoid
delay at destination.
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-15

IDS ON SUPPLIES coEsIDERED-fhe super
visors began yesterday the tentative award OF
the city's contracts for all sorts OF supplies
for the next fiscal year. The police and health
committees were busy all day considering
the hundreds Of items IN the schedules of sup
plies for public institutions and the other
committees viii take their turns today and to-
morrow. The recommendations viii be acted
upon BY the board probably next Monday.
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-15
EJUNCTIoN
DIssoLvED-Tbe

EJUNCTIo6 DIsSoLvED-The Injunction
signed By Judge Moean restraining the Symon
NreckinR company from tearing down the
saloon az 20 Ellis street was dissolved yes
teroay. The suit was brought in the name Of
Pasquzie g. Clreils, owner Of = boofbIack
stand IN front Of the saloon. Ii was admitted
IN court that PasQusle did not sign the com
plant but that his cousin samuel 10 whom
the lease has been transferred, signed it.
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-15
LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE

HoNoLULU-ssiied June 14-U S stmr Logan
for Manila.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-09-09
THE PRICE OF COTTON.

The phenomenal increase in the
price of cotton to 20 cents pound,
while doubtless largely speculative,
will be a source of satisfaction to the
people of the South. The prosperity
of this section is largely measured by
the price of this great staple When
cotton is high, mules the greatest pro-
duct of Maury county are high. And
while it is probably true that there
will be aNdecline in cotton by the time
the new crop goes on the market il is
altogether unlikely that the price will
20 under 16 cents, which Ia an ex-
ceptional price for the staple.
Back in the nineties when cotton
was around six and seven cents the
planters sighed for ten cent cotton.
They declared with one voice that If
the staple would reach that figure
their woes would be over and plenty
and prosperity would be their por-
ton. Now candidates for office are
actually running on a platform declar-
ing for fifteen cents cotton in some
of the cotton States, as though legis-
lationi could change the price Of cot
ton.
However, with the increase In the
price of cotton has come also the In
crease in the cost of its production.
There is nothing like the profit how
in ten cent cotton that there would
have been In the staple at that rrice
in the nineties when the planters
were getting six cents pound. La
Dor has doubled in cost, the farmers
machinery costs twice as much as 1t
did then and mules, big factor III the
making of a cotton crop, cost three
times what they did fffteen years ago,
1t is probable that fifteen cent cotton
yields but little more profit to the
farmers under existing conditions
than ten cent cotton would have yield
ed in the earlier days under the con-
ditions which prevailed then. 1t is
another case of not being able to eat
the cake and have it also.
It is to be hoped that there were
substantial reasons for an increase In
the price of cotton, and that It's remark
able rise was not due to speculation.
Inflated values are seldom of benefit
to the general business interests.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-09-09
YOU SEE TIN oURAD ITS SO
BOARD
OF EDUCATION
MEETS IN OFFICE OF SUPERlN-
TENDENT GRAHAM-HATCH-
Err ELECTED CHAIRMAN.

At a meeting of the Maury county
Board of Education, held in the office
of the County Superintendent this
morning, resolution was passed au'
thorizing the purchase of an acre OF
ground from Mr.. Foster, on which Will
be built school house for the Stivers'
Vile school.
Friday of fair week was named as a
school holiday for the children in or
der to allow the kids" to have day
off for the fair.
The board held full meeting, with
the following members present: c.
P. Hatcher, E. M Kendall, B. P. Dali
ton, R. S. Hardison and r. N. Moore.
C. P. Hatcher was elected chairman
of the board, and presided over the
meeting. The regular routine of bus
mess was gone through with, the
board being in session about two
hours. 1t was ordered that a we'll be
dug at the New Hope scnooi. Inc
house at Bryant Station was ordered
recovered.
A resolution was passed authoriz-
ing the district advisory board to All
all vacancies in the faculties Of the
schools of their districts, with the ap'
prevail of the member of the county
board for that district.
The county. will give $40 toward
each library, provided the school rails
es $40. This will also entitle them to
$40 from the State.
Several new desks we're ordered for
various houses.
The board adjourned shortly after
IL o'clock to meet again on the frst
Saturday in October.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-09-09
ETERNAL VIOLENCE.

There is no reasonable ground foI
complaint against the police officers Of
Columbia. The Herald believes that
they are doing their duty. 1t believes
that the city administration is making
sincere effort to give the people q
good. clean, decent administration
but the peace officials should remem.
Der that enternal vigilence is the
price Of law enforcement.
! There remarks are prompted by
what appeared to be external evil
dences of a violation of the prohibi-
ton laws here Monday. There was
an immense crowd in town, and it was
made up of all sorts and conditions
of folks. Naturally in such a sath-
ering there would be some liquor
drinking. Doubtless many of the hQ-
uor drinkers on the streets Monday
obtained their liquor in a legitimate
way, that is they ordered 1t from a
distance. But there we're signs that
some of them obtained their supply
a little nearer home. There we're APP
parent evidences that booze was being
dispensed at no great distance from
the scene Of the drinking.
The Herald does not know that this
is true. 1t is merely speaking of zap
parent" evidence. 1t trusts that 1t is
mistaken. 1t would be glad to see the
day when there was not bootlegger
in the city or county. Nothing causes
The Herald more regret than the pub
LEGATION Of the arrest of bootleggers.
They ought to be arrested and the
fact of their arrest should be publish
ed, but this journal is sorry that there
are men in its community who are so
low and base that they will violate the
law to traflc in that which can only
bring woe and anguish to all who
touch II.
This paper commends the oficers
for their efforts to enforce the laws;
they have been active and dilligent
and these suggestions are not made
In a spirit of criticism but to urge
them to a realization Of the fact that
eternal vigilence is the price Of law
No effort should be
spared to make Columbia q dry town.
It is known as one of the most law
abiding places in the State; let 1t
sustain that reputation.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-09-09

out Of a mighty weak case as could
veil be made. Naturally he MAKES
the tarin question the paramount IS
sue and il must be confessed that the
Presidents defense OF that much
abused statute is not a bad one oy
any means. He brings out the strong
points and dismisses with scant eour-
,esy the objections so stoutly inter
oosed by Democrats and progressive
Republicans.
A notable feature Of the document
is a plea for party harmony. the
President is not going to read any
nrogressives OF insurgents or stand,
uatters out Of the party fold. He evil
IDENTIFY feels, and there is abundant
reason for his faith, that at this PAR
ticular juncture the Republican party
needs all of it's conflicting elements to
win a victory in the coming campaign.
Whether or not the Presidents let
ter will weld the discordant and con-
eicting elements together is prob
lem that the election returns on NOV.
s alone will decide.
It must be confessed that the Pres
ident sent a center shot at the weak
est spot in the Democratic armor when
he charged that no one could tell what
the nosition of the Democrats would
be on the tariff issues even should
that party elect majority OF the
members of the next Congress. The
charge is well substantiated. The
Democrats we're more divided on tar
If schedules than their opponents
when the Payne-Aldrich act was I'M
der considerations The party plat
form had little binding effect upon the
members, q majority Of whom PRE-
.erred to take care Of local conStitu-1
ents first and attend to National party
later.
II the President can succeed in har-
the conflicting factions OF
nis party and can bring progressiVes
% the support Of stand pat nominees
md enthuse the standpatters for IN
surgent candidates he will contrib
lte much to the success of the par
". There is little reason to believe
however, that the Republicans VIII
,ury all their differences before the
election. That party's leaders are ol-
yided upon questions of principle and
I is going to be difiicult matter to
,armonize without surrender OF con-
yictions. At this time the prospects !
or a Democratic majority In the next
Congress- are exceedingly bright but
me cannot tell what the develop
nents of the next two months VIII
,e and again local issues and state
contests will doubtless decide more
han one contest for Congressional
eat
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-09-09
MCDOWELL OPENS
WITH LONG ROLL
REV. T. n. ATHEY DELIVERS AN
ELOQUENT ADDRESS TO THE
PUPILS THIS MORNING.

With one or the largest enrollments
in it's history the fall term of Mellow
ell school opened this morning. In ad'
dition to the pupils there were large
number of patrons of the school pres
ent. The three members OF the ad-
visory board of this district, who lave
direct supervision of the school,
Messrs. Hendley, McFall and Alexan'
der, were present.
The address, of the occasion was de-
livered by Rev. It. H. Athey, pastor
of the First Baptist church. DR.. Ath'
ey's remarks were eloquent, appropri
ate and full of good advice to the
pupils. He urged them to improve
each hour, to waste none Of the gol'
den moments of youth but to acquire
all the knowledge that they could
He pointed out that knowledge was
power and urged thorough education
paying tribute to the public schoo''
Brief remarks were made by PreS
ident McFall, of the advisory board
and others. The songs were 1eS
ture OF the exercises. The schooi
opens the term most auspic;ously
with a splendid faculty and the com
ing term gives every promise OF De.
ing one Of the best in the history OF
a district school that is equal to tnei
best In the State.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-09-09
NO JOINT DEBATE.

! There should be no joint discussion
between Cant. Hooper and Gov. Pat
terson. The challenge of the latter
issued purely for campaign purposes
sbould he declined. Capt. Hooper can
not afford to "galvanize Patterson
into responsibility" by meeting MIN
in the arena. Patterson is an outcast
from the good will of the real Demo
Gratis of Tennessee, and his CANDIDA
nv should not be dignified by an &C.
ceptance of his challenge to meet the
champion of the forces of law and or
der.
Patterson stands in this campaign
for anarchy; the avowed FRIEND OF Tue
lawless, the defender Of ASSASSINATION
7, et him. therefore discuss the issues
with some disciple of Herr Most OF
Altgeld II he should meet Hooper
he would dodge the real issues: he
would appeal to the baser passions
the preiudices and the malignlty Oh
bis hearers, He would never calmly,
d;rectlv and with candor discuss MS
own record. He dare not do that. He
would appeal to the bloody shirt Is
suee dead fol-. two decades. He would
insult thousands of old Confederates
NV demagogic appeal to their pre-
JUDGE.
Tennessee does not want another
campaign of sectional hate and pre1u-
dice That day has past The bloody
shirt has been forever folded and no
office seeking demagogue should De
encouraged again to flaunt its foios
to the breeze. Patterson would taik
about his undying love for the soutn
and his admiration for the Conteoer-
ate soldier, at the same time using
the corrupt liquor funds to deoaucn
and buy the negro vote and make II
the deciding factor in Tennessee eIec-
lions.
A Joint debate would furtner in'
fame passion in Tennessee. 1t wouid
accomplish no good purpose. 1t would
draw crowds for Patterson. 1t would
give him better audiences, but that
would do the cause of good govern
ment no good, and 1t might not DO
any harm, for the people have MADE
I'M their minds on the one great Is
sue. the elimination OF Patterson ana
Pattersonism. They have determined
to redeem this state.
As a matter Of fact, except Tor the
purpose of arousing voters and I'M
pressing them with their obligation to
vote on November s, long speak
ing campaign this fall is wholly un-
necessary. No votes are going to be
changed by speaking tour. Patter-
son demonstrated that he could not
make converts during his recent "tri-
umphant" tour of the State. With all
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-09-09
A BOGUS ISSUE.

The charge has been made against
Capt. B. w. Hooper that he voted
against pensioning Confederate sol
diers seventeen years ago. Without
stopping to inquire whether the
charge is true or not, it is sufficient
answer to say that the whole attitude
of the Republican party on this ques-
ton was changed in 1896, when Gov.
Paterson's candidate for President,
William Mckinley was elected. If Nc
Kinley's record, which was the same
as Hooper's seventeen years ago, was
good enough to justify Patterson In
supporting himagainst William ]. Bry-
an, the Democratic nominee for Pres
ident, Hooper's present attitude 10 IA
vor of liberal pensions to Confederate
soldiers, and approving the law allow
ing Confederate bivouacs to select the
pension commissioners, is good
enough to justify the Democrats who
want the rule of law and order in
stead of the rule of the vicious and
the criminal elements, white and
black, in voting for Hooper and Enloe
against Paterson and Pattersonism.
The thing that kills Patterson's hopes
is what he stands for now, and not
what Patterson stood for in 1896, and
what Hooper stood for in 1S92-Nash-
Vile Teennessean.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-09-09
Some Special Things for Saturday & Monday

Everything new in Boys, Misses
and Childrens Shoes to get them
ready for school
THIRTY-sIx INCH PERcALs, 12L5G
Fifty pieces of 36-inch Percals. in
Navies, Reds and Black and White,
l12kc a yard.
FANCY PLAID oINGHAMs, 1oc.
Twenty-Five pieces of Check, Stripe
and Plaid Ginghams, for Childrens
School Dresses, loo a yard.
Thirty-five pieces Fancy Ginghsms,
12hc yard.
MERcERIzED SATIN STRIPE POP.
LIN, zoe A YARD.
Thirty pieces Mercerized Satin
Stripe Poplin, in all the new Fall
Shades. zoe yard.
MILLINERY DEPARTMENT.
You will need a new ready-to-wear
Hat for the Fair. We have just the
thing you want, and can furnish at the
very lowest price.
BOOK DEPARTMENT.
We are agents for the State Books
and if we haven't the book you want
we can get it for you at the lowest
price.
We keep everything the children
will need at school in this depart
ment. Pencils, Tablets, Ink, Pens,
Penholders, etc.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-09-09

the negroes and Republicans that his
machine could coral his ticket polled
but 10000 more votes than he got in =
primary two years before, and yet his
judicial ticket had the prestige OF a
party nomination"
The State Republican COMMITTEES
viii very much disappoint us u 1t
does not promptly decline the Cover
nor's challenge. There viii be no prof
it, no honor and no good purpose Fsrv.
ed in a joint debate between Patter-
son and Hooper.