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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-09-01
Primary Laws Favored

If our political institutions were
perfect they would absolutely pre-
money in any part of our affairs.
We need to make our political
representative more quickly and
sensitiVely responsive to the people
whose servants they are. More
direct action by the people in their
own affairs under proper safe
guards is vitality necessary. The
direct primary is step in this
direction if 1t is associated with a
corrupt practices act effective to
prevent the advantage of the man
willing recklessly and unscrupous-
Nv 10 spend money over his more
honest competitor. 1t is particu-
iarly important that all moneys
received or expended for campaign
purposes should be publicly ac-
counted for not only after election,
but before election as well. Polit-
zeal action must be made simpler,
easier, and freer from confusion
for every citizen. / believe that
or incompetent public servants
should be made easy and sure In
whatever way experience shall
show TO be most expedient in any
given class of cases.
One of the fundamental necessi-
ties in a representative government
such as ours is TO make certain
that the men TO whom the people
delegate their power shall serve
the people by whom they are elect
ed. and not the special interests.
I believe that every national officer,
elected or appointed, should be for
hidden TO perform any service or
receive any compensation directly
or indirectly from interstate cor
porations, and a similar provision
could not fail to be useful within
the states.
The object of government is the
welfare of the people. The ma
terial progress and prosperity of a
nation are desirable chiefly so far
as they lead to the moral and ma
trial welfare of all good citizens.
The prime problem of our
snation is to get the right type of
good citizenship and to get 1t we
must have progress and our peo-
pie must be genuinely progressive.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-09-01
Opposition Shocks Barnes

NEW YORK. Aug. 31.-The announce
ment of friends of Colonel Roosevelt
that they will offer his name to the
state convention in opposition to Vice
President Sherman for the temporary
craftsmanship came in for much dis
cussion at the republican state COM
mittee rooms when William Barnes Jr.
dropped in from Albany today to con
fer with Chairman Woodruff. The state
chairman had nothing to say, but
Barnes said:
/ am shocked to learn that Ger =
tain forces in the republican, party
in this state contemplate an at.
tempt TO undo the action of the
state committee in recommending
Vice President Sherman to be tenn
porary chairman of the state con-
vention. Such a proceeding as this,
threatening affront to the man be.
tween whom and the presidency or
the United States there stands but
a single life should meet with uni
Versal condemnation and defeat by
the convention.
Lloyd c. Griscom to whom President
Taft recently addressed his letter in
regard to the selection of temporary
chairman, made the following state
ment this morning when he learned
what Barnes had 10 say:
No one deplores more than | that
the vice president of the United
States should have permitted his
name to be used in an effort 10 per-
petuate the power of a particular
faction of the republican party in
this state or that he should have
disregarded the advice of the presi-
dent to consult with Mr.. Roosevelt.
/ still confidently hope that Mr..
Sherman and his best friends will
see that he cannot accept an cleo
ton surrounded by such deceit. Mr..
Barnes and his friends have drawn
Mr.. Sherman into an untenable
position, and / can we'll understand
that they would like to make fur
Their use of him
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-09-01
Duty of Congress

The duty OF congress is to pro-
vide z method by which the inter
est OF the whole people shall be all
flat receives consideration. To
this enc there must be an expert
tariff commission, wholly removed
from the possibility Of political
pressure or of improper business
influence. Such 4 commission can
find out the real difference between
cost Of production, which is mainly
the difference OF labor cost here
and abroad. AS fast as its recon-
msnJsJions are made. / believe in
revising one schedule at a time.
The absence of effective state.
especially national restraint upoE
unfair money getting has tended to
create q small class or enormously
wealthy and economical lily power
ful men, whose chief object is to
hOlo and increase their power. The
prime need is 10 change the condi-
tiOns which enable these men 10 ac-
cumuiate power which IL is not for
the general welfare that they
should hold or exercise We erudz e
his own power and Sa gacity. when
exercised with entire regard TO the
welfare Of his fellows. But the
fortune must be honorably OBJ
tanned and well used.
The really big fortune, the swol-
len fortune. by the mere fact of
its size, acquires qualities which
differentiate il in kind as well as
IN degree from what is possessed
by men Of relatively small means.
Therefore believe in a graduated
income tax on big fortunes. and in
another tax which is far more
easily collected and far more effec-
tive-a graduated inheritance tax
on big fortunes, properly safe
guarded against evasion. and in
creasing ank-lly in amount with
the size OF the estate.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-09-01
KANSANS CHEER
"TEDDY'S' VIEWS
ON NATIONALISM
Roosevelt Declares That Issue
Is Struggle of Free Men for
Self=GOvernment
Former President AIigns Himself
With the PrOgressives in
Republican Party

all that we had done earlier. and
which marked the second great pc
riod Of growth and development
within. The name of. John Brown
viii be forever associated with this
second period OF the nations his
tor. and Kansas was the theater
upon which the first act Of the sec
ond Of our great national life dra-
mas was played IT was the result
Of the struggle in Kansas which
determined Jnat our country snouId
be in deed as well as in name de-
voted TO both union and freedom,
that the great experiment of dem
ocratic government on A national
scale should succeed and not fail.
II is half melancholy and half
amusing TO see the way in which
wen meaning people gather to do
honor 10 the men who, in company
with John Brown, and gnder the
lead of Abraham Lincoln, faced
and solved the great problems of
the nineteenth century, while at
the same time these same good
people nerNously shrink from or
frantically denounce those who are
trying TO meet the problems Of the
twentieth century in the spirit
which was accountable for the sue
ccssful solution Of the problems Of
Ffnrnln'G time
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-09-01
SILLONISTS BOW
TO Will OF POPE
Head OF French Society OF
Catholics Turns Over the
Schools to Church

PARIS, Aug. 31.-Marc SANGER. the
mead of the French Catholic SiIon So
ciety, the dissolution and reorganiza
ton of which was ordered by the pope
has written a letter. of complete sub
mission to his holiness saying that the
work for popular education of the SOC
branches will be turned over to the
episcopate. SANGER adds. however
that he regrets the decision of the Vatf-
can, as it gives the impression that
the church is opposed to democracy
and announces that he will personally
continue a democratic Propaganda.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-09-01

On account of Mexico's Centenary Cele-
bration September, 1910. Tickets sold
TO- A month of fun and frolic Grand
masquerade pageants, gathering of
aboriginal tribes native dances, ath-
aviation contests, etc. For information
see Southern Pacific Agents. Ticket
Offices: Flood Building, Market Street
Ferry Depot, Third and Townsend
teenth Street, Oakland.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-09-01
Peril of Modernism

ROME, Aug. 31.-The pope. in re-
ceivinS Signor Gentilon 1, president of
the Catholic electoral union, today in
sisted upon the peril of modernism in
all countries and under all forms The
pontif said that he had displayed the
greatest liberation in the matter of the
Sillonists condemning the society Re
peated complaints had been made by
the French episcOpate, which had de-
clared that their doctrines contained
errors common to all works for Chris
tian democracy by false Interpretation
of the precepts of Pope Leo Kill
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-09-01
CRACKSMEN GET S1O2
FROM WRITER SAFE
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

CLOVERDALE, Aug. Sword has
been received here of the robbery OF
the Witter Springs store at WitteI
Springs last Sunday morning The
burglars secured s102 from the safe
which had probably been left unlocked
the night previous. A kit of burglar
tools and several sticks of giant pow
der were found in front of the safe,
showing that the burglars came pre-
pared to blow the safe.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-09-01
Testimony of Lincoln

o. OF that generation of men, TO
whom we owe SO much. the man 10
whom we owe the most is, OF
course, Lincoln. Part Of our debt
10 him is because he forecast our
present struggle and saw the way
Oug. lie said.
Il hold that while man exists II
is his duty 10 improve not only his
own condition but TO assist in
ameEorating mankind" And again,
Labor is prior TO and independent
Of capital. capital is only the fruit
Of Ia Dor and could never have eX-
listed but for labor. Labor IS the
superior Of capital and deserves
much the higher consideration.
Capital has its rights which are as
worthy Of protection as any other
rights Nor should this
lead to a war upon the owners of
property Property is the fruit of
labor. property is desirable; is
positive good in the world. Let
not him who is houselesS pull down
the house Of another, but let him
work diligently and build one for
himself, thus by example showing
that his own shall be safe from VIC
lence when built" 1t seems 10 me
that in those words Lincoln took
SUBSTANTIALLY the attitude that we
ought TO take We can
not afford weakly TO blind ourselves
10 the actual conflict which faces us
today The issue is joined and we
must fight or fail
In every wise struggle Cor human
betternent one of the main objects,
and often the only object. has been
10 achieve in larger measure equal
ity of opportunity. In the struggle
for this great end. nations rise from
barbarism to civilization, and
through IL peoples press forward
from ore stage of enlightenment to
the next. one of the chief factors
in progress is the destruction of
special privilege. The essence of
any struggle for healthy liberty
has always been and must always
be 10 take from some one man or
class Of men the right to enjoy
power or wealth or position or
immunity, which has not been
earned by service TO his or their
fellows.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-09-01

RECORD SHIPMENT-Omaha. Aug. 31.-The
South Omaha stock yards today received 765
sheep This breaks all records for single
day at this market. The highest previous rec
ord was $50 cars.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-09-01
RooseveIt's Greatest Speech

This is the biggest day that Kan
sas ever knew" said Governor Stubs
after Roosevelt had finished his speech
1T was the greatest speech Colonel
Roosevelt ever made in his life" he
added
Clifford Pinchot, former chief for
ester. made a speech with conservation
as its keynote after Roosevelt had
finished
This is one of the biggest moments
in the history Of the United States,
he added.
We must drive the special interests
out of politics" said James r. Gar
field. former secretary of the interior,
who made speech after Pinchot.
In addition TO Stubs, Pinchot and
Garfield, all known as insurgents, Rep
tow and William Allen White. three
more insurgents. were on the same
platform.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-09-01
Protection for Workmen

We need comprehensive work
mems compensation acts, both state
and national laws to regulate child
labor and the work of women, and
schools not merely education in
book learning but also practical
training for daily life and work.
We need to enforce better sanitary
conditions for our workers. and TO
extend the use of safety appliances
I'M Industry and commerce both
within and between the states.
Also. friends, I'm the interest of the
workingman himself we need TO set
our faces like flint against mob Vio-
lence just as against corporate
greed; against violence and inJus-
tice and lawlessness by wage
workers Just as much as against
Iawless cunning and greed and self
ish arrogance of employers.
do not ask for overcentrallza-
ton but | do ask that we work in
a spirit Of broad and far reaching
nationalism wnen we work for
what concerns our people as
The American people are right in
demanding that new natlonalism
without which we can not hope to
deal with new problems The new
nationalism puts the national need
before sectional or personal adVan-
tage 1t is impatient of the utter
confusion that results from local
legislatures attempting to treat
national issues as local issues. II
IS still more impatient of the inn
potence which springs from the
overdivision of government powers.
the impotence which makes II pos
sible for local selfishness or for le-
gal cunning, hired by wealthy spe-
cial interests, to bring national ac-
p tivities to a deadlock. This new ma
tionalism regards the executive
power as the steward of the public
welfare 1t demands of the judi
ciary that it shall be interested
primarily In human welfare rather
than in property, just as it demands
that the representative body shall
represent all the people, rather
than any one class or section of the
people.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-09-01
Struggle of Free Men

In our day IL appears as the
struggle OF free men to gain and
hold the right Of self government
as against the special interests,
who twist the methods OF free
government into machinery for de-
feating the popular viii.
I stand for the square deal. But
when I say that I am for the
square deal I mean not merely that
I stand for fair play under the
that / stand for having those rules
changed so as TO work for more
substantial equality Of oppor-
tunity and Of reward for equally
good service.
This means that our govern
mcnts. national and state, must
be freed from the sinister influence
or control Of special interests.
We must have complete and eff
fective publicity of corporate af-
fairs SO that the people may
know beyond peradventure whether
the corporations obey the law and
whether their anagement en-
titles them TO the confidence of
7 believe that the officers, and
especially Ehe directors, of cor
porations should be held person
ally responsible when any cor
poration breaks the law.
Combinations in industry are
the result of an impera tive eco
nomic law which can not be re-
pealcd by political legislation.
The effort at prohibiting all COM
bination has substantially failed.
The way out lies not in attempt
ing TO prevent such combina-
tions, but in completely contrOll-
ing them in the interest of the
public welfare
There is widespread belief
among our people that, under the
methods Of making tariffs which
have hitherto obtained, the special
interests are too influential. Prob
ably this is true Of both the big
interests and the little interests.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-09-01

GOOD GOVERNMENT SLATE
The good government league has
completed the slate of local legisla-
tive and judiciary candidates that
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-09-01

Theodore A. Bell and Timothy Spell
lacy will address the democratic ratifi-
cation meeting at Central theater Sat
urday evening, September s.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-09-01
Kansas Leaders Applaud

LAWRENCE. Kan, Aug. 31-Pro-
gressive republican leaders in this
state were enthusiastic in their APP
proval os Colonel Roosevelt's speech
at Osawatomie today. They declared
that it meant much for progressive Are-
publicanism in Kansas and that its
effect would be felt all over the nation.
senator Bristow said:
His speech has demonstrated
that he is in absolute accord with
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-09-01
NaNv and CONSERVATION

II is Of profound importance that
our financial system should be
promptly investigated. and so thor
oughly and effectively revised as
20 make is certain that hereafter
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-09-01

our currency will no longer fail at
critical times to meet our needs.
1t is hardly necessary for me 10
repeat that I believe in an efnclent
arIny and a navy large enough 10
secure for us abroad that respect
which is the surest guarantee OF
peace.
OF conservation l shall speak
more at length elsewhere. ConserV-
alton means development as much
as ii does protection. ] recognize
the right and the duty of this gem
Grafton to develop and use the ma
tural resources of our land, but l
do not recognize the right to waste
them. or TO rob, by wasteful use,
the generations that come after us.
There are strong reasons why the
departments of agriculture of the
various states, the United states
department of agriculture and the
AGRICULTURAL colleges and expert
ment stations should extend their
work TO cover all phases of life on
the farm. instead of limiting them
selves. as they have far too often
limited themselves in the past. sole
" to the question Of the production
oF orOOs
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-09-01
FRAMING FIGHT

That the progressives are not ready
for the organization of the new county
committee is no secret. There have
been no representative caucuses touch
ing The selection of a chairman or Sec
rotary. Charles II. Forbes, incumbent
secretary, apparently has long lead
over any probable competitor for his
place. Before the local convention was
held it was generally conceded that
Forbes would be reelected. Yesterday
it was whispered that some of the
radicals on the new committee were
framing up a fight on Forbes, but in
the absence of the name of candidate
little credence was given the report
Among the men who made Johnson S
fight and who want nothing for them
selves there is decided sentiment
in favor of postponing organization
until Johnson returns to San Fran
cisco and has n opportunity to partici-
pate in the local party deliberations.
Evening journal., 1910-04-09
OUTLOOK In THE
BUILDING LINE
Wilmington is Being Rapidly
Built Up With New
Dwellings

Two important conditions that arc ex-
pected to have strong influence on the
builders market this spring are the de-
mand for homes and the steadily increas-
ing value of real estate. These are really
oseiy allied but they are not INSOFAR
able. because the demand for homes
might apply as well TO rented a. to pur-
chased houses. Well improved residence
neighborhoods are constantly advancing
In ,aiue. This fact is being realized now
by those who bought their own homes.
even so recently as year ago, and it is
one Of the stimulating causes of the in
creased demand.
Population. transportation facilities.
available ground for development and
comp eted improvements are the ruling
features in determining real estate values.
L. has long ago been decided 10y experts
that on a comparative basis, real estate
values in Wilmington, proportioned TO the
population. are on a much lower level than
those OF any city Of size in this country.
II is also pointed out that this can be
only temporary condition and that the
scale will adjust itself gradually. This can
he done by a steady advance that must
necessarily be permanent
Facilities of transportation while they
may not be for an parts Of the city.
everything that could he desired are GER
tain TO bc improved to meet all demands.
as this Is nothing more than the opera
tion Of thegcneral business law. As TO the
ground available for deve opmeut there
can he no question that within the city
limits It is fast disappearing.
Evening journal., 1910-04-09
MOVING PICTURES
AT OPERA HOUSE
Elaborate Summer Schedule
Starts at This House on
Monday

The Grand Opera House begins its
summer season next Monday. IL Is
the plan of the management 10 de-
vote the theatre during the spring and
summer period to moving picture
shows and with that end in view
preparations have been completed for
the most elaborate productions in the
history Of motion photography. The
house will open at noon each day and
run continuously until midnight. The
admission will be but Be and the
longest and hest show Of its kind in
America is promised.
In cooperation with its Philadel-
phia house. the Harris Amusement
/ company which controls the Grand
lopera House. has procured the rights
for all the latest products of the mo-
ton picture studios Of the world. 1t
will be thoroughly high class enter
tsinment and essentially varied. for
II win introduce the silent play in all
the varying shades, the lights and
shadows Of the muse of acting. On
ithe educational side. IL will exhibit
scenic and travel pictures. Humorous
sirts and episodes. enacted by players
OF recognized talent, viii be given.
CnlcnOlQ tiletls hIlu ftdhSiu tuh IL
delity 10 all the scenes and Incidents
the noises Of the city streets, the tur-
moiI of the waters, the roll Of the
thunder, the flash OF the lightning. the
song OF the birds and the buzz of the
( insects: in fact, all nature and all
; the sounds that are man-made viii
be simulated 10 effect the versimili-
tude OF real life in these moving pic
ture shows.
The Grand Opera House has had a
most successful season. It's popular
ity has been unabated. Indeed. the
success of its new management was
instantaneous and having kept its
promises TO the people. IL has played
TO enormous audiences throughout the
season II is assured that the forth
coming season of vaudeville follow
ing the moving picture season, viii
rival the best efforts of the Harir'
Amusement Company in the past
Every provision has been made for th'
comfort and convenience of patrons
and the management has shown a lib
eral spirit which bespeaks thorough
Irgoing enterprise.
Evening journal., 1910-04-09
Freedom Party.

A freedom party was rendered VIII
liam Purdy son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles e. Purdy. at his home No. $40
Spruce street last night. The evening
was devoted 10 games and music. the
latter being furnished by Miss Mabe
Werner. The dining room was pret-
tily decorated in cherry and white. the
High School colors. Those present
were: Marie Burns. Lille Ray. Ethel
and Bessie Sartine OF Summit
Bridge: Mr.. and Mrs. Barr Bessie
Purdy. Mrs -McMullen. Ada Ball. Clara
Burns, Helen Hurlock, Florence NJ.
Lloyd, Estelle Robinson. Sadie Cavan-
der Myrtle Harvey Maud Harvey,
Sadie LaSage, Elizabeth Corkran.
Bertha Biddle, Floss Horner. Pearl
Horner Elsie Purdy. Estclle Gray.
Mrs. Harry McMullen, Mrs. Wood,
Mable Werner. Leona Rice, Edna
Wrench. Ernest Hurlock Charles
Davis. Clarence Davis, John Reed
Alonza Purdy. Grover White. Charles
c. Hahon, G. w Wood. Clarence NAL
colin, Preston Haines, Walter Aurand
j. Harry Wright Clark r. NJ Kuhns
William Purdy. George Vandergrift
Mitchell Hickman, Herbert Smith
| Harry Williams.