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4 S E e THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1885. AN ENEMY OF SILVER, Bpeech of Comptroller Eckels on “Sound” Money. PURE, SIMPLE FIATISM. That Is What He Styles the Movement to Secure a Free Coinage. DESIRES A COMPLETE CHANGE, Just What Is Meant by This Is Not Clearly Explained by the Talk- ative Official. DETROIT, Mics., May 2.—Upward of 850 business men of Detroit and their of the evening enjoyed the banquet given at the Hotel Cadillac to-night in celebration of the completion and dedica- tion of the new Detroit Chamber of Com- merce. After upward of an hour’s discus- sion of the elaborate menu the comp: listened to exceptionally able disc of interesting subjects to the commerci ‘world by representatives of leading busi- ness and financial interests of the country. The guests were welcomed by Rufus W. Gillett, president of the Detroit Chamber ‘of Commerc tor Thomas W. Palmer presiding happily as toastmaster. The first toast eloquently responded to by the Hon. V . Maybury of Detroi i His subject was “No North, No South, No | East, No West, but the Commercial Su- premacy of a Great Nation.” “Commerce of the Inland Seas” was re- sponded to by Harvey D. Goulder, chief counsel of the Jarriers’ Ass On the sub, he Currency Itis impos within the brief limitsof a | conventional aft iner address to do more then touch upon the sentiment which has just | been announced, and to which I am asked to respond. 1 shall therefore content myself with | giving expression to such general views as | seem 10 me to be pertinent to a single phase of | the currency question, as it to-dny engages public thought and commands the people’s at- tention. Iam sure all will agree that it is the most important problem with, which the ex ecutive and legislative bra of the Go ernment have now to deal, and as such d mands that there be brought to bear to i eas it is pat wise. It involves 100 great interests and is too far-reachin; effécts to be considered f point than the desire to reach such sions as will work out the best resul land, in which the wealth, the happin aspirations of every pa ter. ion has been precipitated at & time rom & period of depression, wide- It spread and of long-co: finds every aven deg renewed activity; mill and fact operation, and agricul engaged in its pursnit abundant harvests and | appreciating prices. It presses itself upon.the laborer now no longer idle but busy with the | employment which has come with the settle- ry again in e promising to those ment of questions which have long vexed the public mind, and after ample demonstration of the ability of the Government to maintain w tainted the public faith the Nation credit. If under such circumstances the cause | of those whe stand sgainst the schemes pro- | posed torid by means of law & people from | making proper payment of their just debts ana | give them riches through legislative action cannot be sustained, the experience of all monetary history will be reversed. If this con- test should end otherwise then in the triumph of that which is right in theory and sound in principle it will be because the American peo- ple have lost much of that good sense and honesty which, & great writer declared, though sometimes permitting an agitation for some- thing wrong snd mischievous, always when the danger point is reached brings forth s mass of opinions which, though ordinarily quies- cent, at such times forces itself into ctivity, puts down the wrong thing and peremptoriiy demands the right thing instead. I believe we have come to a point in this dis- | cussion of our monetary system and agitation | for & complete change in our standard of | value when this mass of opinion should not | only be aroused but should 1 tive force in putting an end to the currency vagaries of which the free silver movement as | to-day presented is the culmination, If com- mercial and industrial revival is to continue, recurring loss to every citizen be prevente nationsl end individual financial credit an integrity maintained and ultimate disaster averted, there must be no longer a spiritof | hesitation in those who know the beneful | effects of the thing proposed. There ean be no political ends to be served, no party consider- stions 1o be edvanced of sufficient import to warrant any man in long debating as to the | position he should take when the financial | honor of his eountry is at stake and the pros- | perity of & great people threatened. Here at | least is no room for party end no place for the machinations of d g politiciansor arrant demagogues. The American peo ognize that tk ganda skil with the end cannot too quickly rec- midst of a proga- | ¥ being carried on | revolutionizing the | iystem. Those dea, map ont &nd eontrol their g with words and the policy of its edvocat . action, have ceas put from them hereto- fore have chars: nees when . urging the cause ve s100d. Their demand ¢ of their acts, is that the ed Statesshall at once abandon present standard of value and substitute therefo: peetive and without the co-operation of auy other country, & single silver standard. Nowhere is it suggested by the sponsors for this latest tenet in the silver creed that this nation shall even undertake to maintain at home & double standard. No- where is there promise given of an attempt through internstional agreement to make every dollar of silver which sball be coined the equalin value of every dollar of gold which comes in the mint and fairly interchangeable therewith, They no longer give recogaition to the fact, atiested by every monetary union formed and conference held, that no nation can isolate itself from those with which it has commercial dealings and meintain, inde- pendentof them,a distinctive standard of value. It1s not even designed that the dollar coined shall approach in intrinsic value the value which it purports tofcarry ; instead a ratio shall exist between coins of the same denomination which is incorrect and untrue. The position which they now assume of necessity eliminates from their ranks all who heretofore have strug- gled to bring about a larger use of silver in the | commercial- prosperit country’s currency at an increased ratio and drives into the camp of the opposition every honest champlon of international bimetallism. ‘The plan laid is of their own making, the issue of their own ehoosing, and in the face of their acts the believer in the single gold standard and the believer in a standard of both gold and silver should give them neither aid nor succor. They challenge the one and repudiate the other, and from both should come a united opposition. The contention which is now made by the single silver standard adherents reduced to its 1ast analysis is silver fiatism pure and simple. It differs in degree only and not in principte from the contention of twenty years ago of the advocates of the unlimited issue of irredeem- able greenbacks, and from that fissute of the fint gurrenoy of the period of the Continental \ Congress and the era of colonialism. It finds counterpart in the argument of the French revolutionists who bankrupted the citizens of France with their millions of worthless assign- ats and mandats; it resembles the reasoning of King Alexis of Russia when, more three centuries ago, he impoverished hissubjectsand fomented civil strife by undertaking to force upon them copper copeks of the same form and value as a substitute for silver ones. It is the theory of the socialist and Popnlist applied to monetary seience. Itis based upon the belief in what has been aptly termed “The all-powerfulness” of the State, and is in utter disregard of that great fact in financial his- tory that mediums of exchange and stundards of value did not find their origin in law, but were born of the needs of trade and commerce. They came into use through no legislative ac- tion save that which was wrought in the great parliament of commerce, and from then until now the enacted laws of counsels and con- gresses‘in violation of the principles underly- ing them have failed to control and regulate them. Theend always sought by commerce, the great arbiter of every monetary system since the dawn of civilization, has been to have in every metallic money such intrinsic value as makes the unstamped coin of the same value as & commodity of merchandise as the stamped. It has with equal rigor insisted that in bank currency there shall be immediate re- demption upon presentation in sound me- tallic currency. It invokes in behalf of the money which it sanctions and accepts no alchemist and believe$ in no phil- bsopher’s stone. It has, throughout all the centuries, stood deflant against the errors of legislative bodies and the wrongful edicts of kings and acting upon the principle, “That value knows its own laws and follows them in spite of decrees and penalties,” has taken the coins of every country for what they are in- trisically worth and not for what the legal stamp represents them to be worth. The com- mereial world has, with unvarying precision, drawn the true distinction which exists be- tween true value in a nation’s purrency and thesign of value aflixed to it,and standing upon that line of demarkation it hasbeen as indifferent to the laws of great nations as to those of small. Those who reptesent in thissplendid city the interests of commerse cannot afford to be un- mindful of the condition whigh confronts them. If the standard of value upon which all commercial transactions are based be made un- certain by any experimental legislation, if | capital becomealarmed and credit once more restricted, the magnificent temple which has | been here dedicated to the use of commerce will be of little avail, for there is no commerce where faith is wanting in & country’s medium of exchange and trade reduceéd’ to mere bet- tin; e question to which the friends of the maintenance of a medium of exchange of un- questioned and unquestionable value must address themselves is not how to temporarily defeat the advocates of iree coinage of silver as they now present it,but how to permanently insure the country against the danger which would flow from crystallizing into law any monetary suggestion which is based in whole or in part upon the doctrine of fiatism. Such result cannot be attained either by scoffing at their leaders or under-estimating the sources of strength of those who range themselves under their banners. As long as they have the 1 which springs from the belief in their lessening the woes of the debt-burdened classes to urge them to effort and the encour- agement of the timorous and compromising in the ranks of those who oppose them, they will continue en active force in monetary agitation and an element in American politics that war- rants recognition and sturdy opposition. The forces of fiat silver currency of irredeemable paper and their populistic allies can be permanently eradicated as factors worthy of consideration and scurcesof discontent and financial loss in butene way,and that lies throngh the gateway of sound monetary educa- tion. To this work the individual and the Nation’s good demands that in season and out there be such labor performed as shall at no distant day result in their being beaten squarely upon the issues for which they stand and the country rid of the disasters attendant upon their hope of ultimate success. Chauncey M. Depew was then intro- duced. In opening; Mr. Depew said that while business men might differ politically, the various chambers of commerce con- sidered only the questions affecting com- merce upon the recognized principles of , the immutable laws of trade, saying: Thus it was that the commerce of the United States is the ever strengthening bond of union of the commonwealths which constitute the republic. He referred to the necessity for the asso- ciation of interests and capital, and said There {8 no more beneficent form of associa- tion than these boards of trade and chambers of commerce which are now established all over the country. There will be &' central chamber of commerce in Washington, in which each of these bodies will have repre- sentation. When & business man becomes a member of Congress the effort to spread himself over this great country seems to o thin his gray matter #s to make him incapable of bringingto the ss of the Nation the same common-sense which made him successful at home. The most remarkable illustration of this is the Con- gress that has just adjourned. Instead of re- lief, we had a babel of propositions which only g | added to the general confusion and made the day of adjournment ot Congress a day of Na- tional thanksgiving. The National chamber of commerce would be & kindergarten of econom- ical and financial questions for the instruction of members of Congress. The speaker went into details on the freight rates of the world, showing that in this country the rate per ton was only one- third of that of Europé. Continuing, he sai The internal commerce of the United States makes our country the most wonderful market ever known. Our internal commerce is so vast that the sum of the tariff of Rome when she commanded the world, of Genga when she was | Queen of the Mediterranean, of Venice when she commanded the seas, are but as rivulets to the *‘Father of Waters.” We will always avoid complications in European and Asiatic poli- ties, but no foreign power can exercise a hos- tile authority in Hawaii, or Central America, or in Mexico, or in any of the sister republics of the Western hemisphere without meeting with protest and resistance. How are we to preserve our prosperity? With confidence a business of incalculable msagnitude can get along with very little cur- rency. Without confidence there is not enough money in the world to couduct the business of the United States. We have been atsthe bottom, and we are on the upgrade of pros- perity. Weshould have a revenue system so well defined that it could not be disturbed, except in minor details, for a generation. ‘While not discussing the tariff or free trade we should have & revenue system which will meet the requirements of the Government and to support it without direct taxation. The United States is a debtor ,National, munieipal railway and individual, to the ex- tent of about fourteen billions of dollars. Of this one-third is held abroad. A well-defined policy topay our debts at 73 cents or at 50 cents qn the dellar would lead to two thousand or three thousand millions of dollars of our securities coming home for us to take. The presentation of them in our markets would en- danger the stability of every bank, derange every exchange and paralyze every industry in the United States. There can be but one standard of value.and that is a metal which will bring the same price whether it is in bar or has the stamp of the Government on it. A dollar must be worth 100 cents anywhere in the United States and 100 cents anywhere in the world. “The Effect Upon Commerce of Pooling by Transportation Lines’” was responded to by George R. Blanchard, commissioner of the Central Traffic Association. Hon. O. D. Ashley, president of the ‘Wabash Railroad, responded effectively to “Commerce and Transportation One and Inseparable.” Letters of regret were read from Presi- dent Cleyeland, ex-President Harrison and Senator Burrows. A Tennessee boy had a curious way of proving that he was a child of tender ears and entitled to ride at haif-fare when ferent LATE BUT EFFECTIVE England Influenced by Uncle Sam in Yielding TO NICARAGUA'S OFFER. Salvador’s Guarantee Due to a Deep Debt of Grati- tude. CORINTO MUST BE EVACUATED. Now There Is a Good Prospect for a Union of the Central Ameri- can Republics. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 2.—The De- partment of State received this afternoon a telegram from Embassador Bayard stat- ing that Great Britain accepted the guar- antee made by Salvador for the payment of indemnity by Nicaragua in London within a fortnight, and as soon as Nica- ragua confirms the guarantee and so in- forms the British admiral, the admiral is instructed to leave Corinto. The foregoing official statement, given out at the State Department after 4 o’clock this afternoon, may be regarded as chron- icling the passage of the acute phase of the difficulty between Great Britain and Ni- caragua, which at one time perhapsthreat- ened to involve the United States. It cannot be doubted that Nicaragua will promptly confirm the arrangement, and the British fleet will leave Corinto as soon as notice of the action of the British Foreign Office can be communicated to Admiral Stephenson, which, by the way, might be sooner, had not the Nicaraguans pur- posely interrupted the communication by cable directly between the Foreign Office and the admiral. The guarantee by Salvador of Nie- aragua's indebtedness it is said is simply repayment of the favor extended to Salva- dor by Nicaragua at the time of the Ezeta incident, when Dr. Guzman, the Nic- araguan Minister at Washington, took up the case of Salvador by instructions of his own Government and worked so hard to secure the extradition of the refugee to Salvador. In addition to this considera- tion based on gratitude, the Salvadorans are supposed to be influenced in espousing the Nicaraguan cause by a feeling of ap- prehension at the presence of British troops on Central American soil. It is quite certain that all of the countries of Central America have been deeply im- pressed with some such fear. It is felt here that the Nicaraguan incident may, perhaps, be the direct means of bringing about again the long-expected revival of the union of the Central American repub- lics, the small republics now existing hav- ing been brought to a realization of their inability of protecting themselves in a con- flict with any considerable power. Although it may be safely assumed that the acute phase of the Nicaraguan incident has passed, supposing that there should be no hostile collision before the formal orders have reached the commanders on each side, there are yet some matters to be adjusted before the incident can be re- garded as entirely closed. After the settle- ment of the “smart-money” claim on account of the treatment ot Hatch a com- mission must be selected and proceed to adjudicate the claims of other British sub- jects, not officials, who were expelled from Bluefields at the time of the outbreak last summer, and if this commission assesses damages against Nicaragua on this score there may be some grumbling before the account is settled. Thisisnot likely to lead to serious trouble, but the Nicara- guans, smarting under the sense of oppfes- sion in this case (for they declare that Hatch had never been an exequateur and €0 was never recognized by them as a British official), may be counted on to do everything they can without good cause for an open rupture to give their patronage in the future to any other nation than Great Britain. It was just within the bounds of possibility, too, that the old question of British rights in the Mosquito reservation may again arise at some future day, for it will be recalled that General Barrios, who went to London as a special commissioner for Nicaragua to come to an under- standing with Great Britain on the sub- ject and tfo secure a revision of the treaty of Managua by which the British right of protectorate over the reservation was recognized, was met by a polite but posi- tive refusal on the part of Lord Kimberly to enter upon a discussion of the subject until Nicaragua had first adjusted the claims growing out of the improper treat- ment of British citizens at Bluefields. Thus the subject was left in abeyance, though if it should arise again, it is prob- able that the United States would this time side with Nicaragua in the conten- tion that the Mosquitos by formal actin convention last summer in merging their territory into the body politic of Nicaragua had absolutely terminated the British pro- tectorate. The British diplomatic otficers uniformly follow the practice of keeping their home Government informed as to the state of public opinion in the country to which they are accredited on any issue touching that country, as shown by public declara- tions and utterances of leading newspapers, and it has been suggested that the Foreign Office, in the case of Nicaragua, may have been somewhat influenced in this last ac- tion in closing up the case, or at least may have been hastened in its disposition by notice from the British Embassador here of the action yesterday of the New York State Assembly. It was definitely developed when the official announcement of the agreement was made that the United States had taken a very important part in the nego- tiations within the last twenty-four hours, A cablegram of instructions was sent to Mr. Bayard yesterday laying down a positive line of action. Mr. Bayard re- ceived these instructions so late yesterday that they were undoubtedly communicated to the Foreign Office to-day. It is a sig- nificant coincidence, therefore, that Great Britain's acceptance was given almost im- mediately after Mr. Bayard carried out his instructions. Previous to yesterday the compromise was being urged by the Salvadoran Minister in London, but his efforts seemed to be ineffective and there was no certainty that Great Britain would a; 1t was this doubt which led to the cable to Mr. Bayard. He was directed to urge the reasonableness of the compro- mise proposition and to seek an.early ac- ceptance. The results proved that his ces were more effective than those of the Salvadoran Minister. Dr. Guzman, the Nicaraguan Minister here, received the news from the State e whipped the conductor who held a dif- | De ment late in the day. opinion. “I'am much gratified wyith the result,” said he, “but now that it is all over I don’t mind saying that [ was quite apprehensive up to the time the official message came from Mr. Bayard. There isno doubt that the affair is at an end as no circumstances can now intervene to’ prevent the execu- tion of the agreement. The suggestion that Nicaragua has yet to accept is a mere formality which she has already accepted and, in fact, bas urged the agreement through her representatives. But such further assurances as are necessary will be begun. The payment of the money is be- yond question. Nicaragua’s word is suf- ficient but, in addition, there is the assur- ance of Salvador.” Dr. Guzman was asked what other steps would be taken. ““There is only one more step,” said he, “and that isfor the British ships to sail from Corinto. I expect that will occur on Saturday, perhaps by to-morrow.” As the interview closed Mr. Guzman said: “One thing I want to emphasize, and that is my appreciation of the consideration shown me and my Government by the State De- partment. The kindly manner in which Secretary Gresham and all the officials have treated the subject at a time of emerg- ency is a source of congratulation to me, and certainly will be to my Government when the facts become known.” Dr. Guzman sent a telegram to his Gov- ernment informing them of Great Britain’s acceptance. ARBITRATION NOT THE THING. Sir Edward Gray Explains the Nicar- aguan Afair. LONDON, Exg., May 2.—Parliamentary Secretary of Foreign Office Sir Edward Gray, replying to William Bollard Byless, member of the Shipley Division of York- shire in the House of Commons, to-day said the proposal of Nicaragua to refer the dispute between that country and Great Britain to a commission of arbitration was received on April 11, but, he added, when the papers are submitted to Parliament it will be seen that it was not a case of arbi- tration. Mr. Byless was also asked whether the United States had suggested the terms for an amicable settlement with Nicaragua. To this question Bir Edward Gray answered that no such proposal had been received from the United States Government. He hoped, however, that a settlement would soon be arranged. T0 OVERTHROW ZELAYA. Nicaraguans in a Ferment Over His Arbitrary Rule. NEW YORK, N. Y., May 2.—Passen- gers on the Colombia, from Colon, report that Nicaragua is in a ferment over Presi- dent Zelaya’s arbitrary rule. One of the passengers says: “Plans for Zelaya's overthrow are well under way, and when the coffee crop is harvested there will be an uprising throughout the country. Zelaya’s policy in the expulsion of Hatch was out- rageous.’’ ‘When Barros returned from his useless mission to England President Zelaya kept secret from every one the fact that the Minister had failed. When the British warships arrived at Corinto the people were amazed, One of the President’s latest acts of per- secution, it is alleged, was the brutal treatment of a son of ex-President Zavala, at Granada. Zavala was at the theater. The plaee was surrounded by soldiers. He was taken out and the soldiers searched and then beat him, The other passengers say that two agenls of the revolutionary party on their way to France were on the Colombia. They also declare that the shipment of 180,000 cartridges on the City of Para to Guatemala was significant, in view of the present situation at Nicaragua. MAY HAVE MORE RAIN. Forecaster Hammon Tells Why Unset- tled Weather May Be Still Looked For. “If we don’t have rain for the next three weeks we ought to be satisfied,” re- marked Weather Forecaster Hammon yes- terday afternoon. “In 1892 it began to rain April 27 and was showery throughout the State until May 15. There was considerable frost that year during the last week in April, which, fortunately, is not the case this year, al- though there was frost on May 16, last year. “I have predicted fair weather, but sometimes our predictions turn out the ovpposite, as in the case of a storm force- cast in which the velocity of the storm’s movement 1s miscalculated. We can’t de- pend upon a prospect of steady fair weather just yet, though. It is usual for this sea- son to be unsettled owing to the fact that at this time of the year the area of storms stretches northward. So long as the pres- sure is low up on the north coast we may expect rainy weather. When the pressure is high there it isan indication that the moisture is moving away from the land. Observations have shown us that 14 ger cent of the nights and 12 per cent of the days of May can be counted upon as rainy. ““As to frost, I do not think indications point that way. Since the storm began night before last the temperature fell 22 deigees at Red Bluff, 14 at Sacramento, 18 at Fresno, 12 at Carson City and 4 at In- dependence. A very wet spell, you know, soon causes a fall of temperature. If, how- ever, it is only ordinarily moist there is not much danger of such a fall of the ther- mometer as might result in frost. The temperature has not greatly varied here— that is, not to nni unusual extent. There is no telling what may happen in the 1’“"“3' however. '1;)1115 ucienceo'; mete:m- ogy does not enable us yet to prophesy days ahead.” 4 HILLS ATTEMPTS SUICIDE. A Witness Against Durrant Tries to Take His Own Life—The Police Skeptical. C. T. Hills,who testified for the prosecu- tion in the Durrant-Williams case that he saw & young man and woman enter the side door of Emmanuel Baptist Church on Good Friday evening, attempted suicide at his residence, 203)¢ Bartlett street, by ‘cutting his left forearm twice with a razor. The pain and the sight of his_own blood brought to him a desire to live, and by rudely band:fing his wounds with a towel he succeeded in checking the flow of lood. Yesterday Hills spent in walking about the Mission. Aboum’clock he entered a saloon on Bartlett and Twenty-third streets, and while there the bandages be- came loosened, and the cuts bled afresh, and when Hills attempted to leave he :;mwd from loss of blood and fell to the oor. Hills states that he tried to kill himself because he despaired of obtaining employ- ment. He hints at other troubles, butde- clines to enter into any details. 5 The pelice, however, do not believe Hills’ reiterated statements that he attempted bis own life. They think that an attempt has been made by some one to put him out of the way, and an officer in plain clothes ‘watohes continually by his bedside. The authorities do not, however, volunteer any reason for their belief, e It is a well-known fact that the milk- maids in Switzerland who can sing get better pay than those who cannot sing. The peams is thkxe a Cunctni \;nr‘tll;d who at her work coaxes one-for more ::g from i & Cow than 8 songless can af t. - DRHENLEY’S CELERY CELERY, BEEF ao [RON NATURE’S TONIC AND NERVINE. OPPOSED TO LEVINGSTON Good Government Club and Civic Federation De- nounce Him. Ralney, Buckley, Schmitt, Kelly, Dunn and Henderson Sald to Be In the Deal. The executive committee of the Good Government Club, under a provision of the club’s constitution which allows them to act for the club in matters requiring immediate action, met to consider a voluminous roll of confidential communi- cations and protests against the appoint- ment by Governor Budd of a Board of Health that would choose Dr. Marc Lev- ingston as Health Officer yesterday after- noon. The meeting was called by the club’s presidens, Curtis Hillyer, and the following resolutions were adopted unani- mously: ‘WHEREAS, The Board of Health of San Fran- cisco is responsible for the cleanliness and health of San Francisco, and for the comfort and welfare of the City’s unfortunate poor ana sick, and its honesty and efficiency are there- fore matters of great moment to every citizen of San cisco; and whereas, the organiza- tion and functions of the Board of Health of San Francisco are particularly of a character from which politics and political considera- tions should be barred; and whereas, it is re- g.ortad in the daily press of San Francisco that imuel Rainey,” Christopher A. Buckley, Maurice Schmitt and Martin Kelly have been rromued places for certain of their henchmen nfamous as members of the recent corrupt “Senatorial combine" by Dr. Marc Levingston, who claims that he is to be given control of the Board of Healtb by Governor Budd; and whereas, the Good Government Club of San Francisco has reason to believe from trust- worthy sources of information that Dr. Marc Levingston has freely boasted of his coming E:wer in the new Board of Health, who are to his creatures, and will appoint him Health Officer; that Senator Dunn has declared that he is to have & ‘‘good job” under the board, as well as Senator Percy Henderson and Assem- blyman MeCarthy; that Dr. Gavigan has de- clared he has ln‘:;l:!d tters with the “solid eight” of the Board of Bupervisors so as to in- sure his Agpolntment as head of the new hospi- tal; and that Christopher A. Buckley has been seen several times entering the office of Dr. Maro Levingston within the past few days; and whereas, the appointment of all or any of e apove mentioned polif the creatures or hangers on, would bea calamity to the City of San Francisco and a disgrace to the administration of Governor Budd; and whereas, the Good Government Club has rea- son to believe, because of his past record and rotestations, that Governor Budd’s sole desire s to appoint men to office and to secure an honest and economical administration ot affairs; therefore be it Resolved, That the Good Government Club of the City and County of San Francisco hereby ‘warns Governor Budd of the infamous con- spi: to control the public charities of San l‘;lnn hatched by that exponent of Buck- leyism and political eomrfl Dr. Marc Ley- hzfnon. ‘We_hereby to the Governor's mind the daily scandals that attended the ad- ministration of the office of Coroner of this City and County under Dr. mfingmn; and we respectfully petition Governor Budd not to ap- nt Dr. Levingston to the Board of ealth, nor to appoint any Board of Heall that will be subservient to him or to the cor- rupt political influences that he represents, but to appoint only upright and independent men, who will have the high standing, integ- rity and efficiency that his former appointees to positions in the government of San E{f{'wm have maintained; and be it further Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be -e:: to Governor Budd. test: HILL resident of the G Boverament Glub of the ity snd County of S8an Franeisco. , Dated San Fraficisco, May 2, 1893. I J. Truman, president of the Civic Federation, cdj the organization to- gether in special meeting to consider sev- eral em matters, rly the decision of Judge Bahrs in the Coleman side-entrance case, and the anticipation that Governor Budd in _appoi gx‘lgo. Board of Health would tender the positi of Health Officer to Dr. Marc Levingston, yesterday evening. A motion to amend the by-laws by pro- viding that the regular meetings of the federation be held on the second E‘hnnday evening of each month at 7:45 o'clock was A communication from General Man- uger Vining of the Market-street Railway Jompany, in which he assured the federa- tion (apropos of the demand, made by the federation, that officials of the Market- street Company be indicted for not using fenders on the company’s cars) that the company was not onl; comglying with the law, but was going beyond the legal re- quirements, was read, and, without de- bate, referred to the committee on public | | safety. Mrs. Rose M. French reported on the condemnatory resolutions, adopted by the . Good Government ub, against Judge George. H. Bahrs, for his action in retaining the Coleman case ‘in his court and deciding the appeal even after he had been earnestly urged to transfer the case to some other court, and urged the federation to indorse the action of the Good Goyernment Club. Judge Bahrs, Mrs. French said, had not given his reason for his order allowing Coleman an- other trial until the club had adopted the resolutions, and his decision was based on a technicality which had not been raised hy the counsel for the defendantatany sn{%e of the argument. Mr. Truman thought that while Judge Bahrs was justified by law, possibly, in re- | taining the case in his court, even though he had been counsel for the liquor-dealers when they protested before the Board of Sné)emsors against the passage of the very ordinance for the violation of which Cole- man was arrested, still as a matter of com- mon decency he should have allowed some other Judge to decide the appeal. H. L. Gear agreed with Mr. Truman and thought | that a high-minded man would not have done as Judge Bahrs did. Rey. H. N. Bevier was inclined to believe that the speakers were drawing too fine dis- tinctions, and Mrs. French said in reply that while Judge Bahrs had not been Cole- man’s counsel before he became a Judge he had acted fora liquor association of which Coleman, like all other dive-owners, was a member, and it all amounted to the same thing. C. C. Terrill favored the adoption of the resolutions adopted by the Good Govern- ment Club. Mr. Hillyer mildly protested and the matter was finally referred to the committee for the enforcement of law to report the factsof the matter at the next meetmf. Charles W. Reed brog(m. up the possi- ble installation of Dr. Marc Levingston as Health Officer, and after a spirited debate and review of the term of Dr. Levingston as Coroner the following resolutions were adopted: WHEREAS, It has become known to the mem- bers of the Civie Federation through.the public press that certain notorious and corrupt poli- ticians are endeavoring, by the crafty means familiar to their Xind, to decelve Governor Budd into appointing certain persons on the Board of Health whose appointment would not be in the interest of good government; and whereas the object for which this combination of evil men is laboring is the filling of the posi- tions under the Bou& of Health with unfitand unworthy men; and whereas it is openly and without contradiction asserted that one of the Fflnclpll objects of this vile combination is to nflict on the citizens of San Francisco as Health Officer one Marc Levingston, whom the people of this City remember as the worst Coroner ever known in this City, whose administration is re- membered with shame and disgrace as a blot on the official history of our City; and whereas, the members of the Civic Federation of San Francisco have implicit confidence in the worm{‘inwnfionl of Governor Budd, and do not believe that he will make dishonorable or unsatisfactory appointments unless under de- ception ;)tl artful and designing persons; there- fore, Resolved, That the Civic Federation he petitions Governor Budd to place. onte pomesy. able men on the Board of Health—men who will have no affiliation with the corrupt and eyil elements represented by Dr. Levinston: elements which have done so much to retard the development of our City, and has so often corrupted and poisoned th official life; and be 1t further 0 PRcre of our is instructed Resolved, That the secre tary hereby to forwayd a copy of th Teso] 0 Governoe BUGA. e lutions Kissing the Queen’s Hand. An incident of the Queen’s journey to the south deserves to be recorded. At Toulon Admiral Gervais was so carried away b{hiu feelings that, in violation of all royal etiquette, he kissed her Majesty’s hand and kissed it with fervor, an act which was taken in_very good part by our kind-hearted sovereign. g:fi MP-;I Gu{ette. Twenty million dollars’ worth of ‘bank notes leave the Bank of England daily. | | SILVER 1S THE ISSLE The One Important Question Before the Country, Says Senator White. Little Tariff Legislation May Be Ex- pected From the New Congress and That Not Important. Senator White arrived in San Francisco from the south at noon yesterday. The visit, the Senator stated, was purely one ofbusiness. ‘I am not here on any politi- cal matters,” he said, “and have not had time to-day to talk politics. I am looking after some legal interests, and shall to- morrow go to Alameda. ““There is little to say of the situation in Washington. The silver strength in the Senate has already been tested, and the new Senators but add to the silver forces. In the upper body I look for definite and early action on silver in the new Congress, but the fate of a silver bill in the House I am unable to guess. The majority of the House members will undoubtedly be found against an unlimited coinage propo- sition. The greater part of the new mem- bers are untried and unpledged, however, and the silver strength may be shown to be much greater than anticipated. The Eastern silver sentiment is gradually grow- ing, and it has come to be understood that the currency issue must be fairly met in the next National campaign. It s likely, therefore, that the newer Representatives in Congress will look with considerable favor on silver, as they cannot but note the chmfhx sentiment. “I look for very little tariff legislation. In fact I do not think the Republicans will even propose a new tariff bill. The cur- rency question is so predominant that I believe it will form the great issue beforg Congress. Small changes in the tariff ey tions may be looied for, but they not amount to enough general im- portance to merit more than passing at- tention. But there is really little to say on the tariff issue, which, in fact, is al- most Past being an issue, and it is gener- ally looked upon as settled—for a long time at least.” Senator White was particularly pleased with the cm? outlook in Southern Califor- nia. He stated that his visits to some of the larger orchards in his county h: shown %he crop to be above par, A{d :2 | looks for a prosperous and encouraging season. e —— | | | | { Telegram from Russia: ‘' SEND TO ANITCHKOFF PALACE, ST. PETERSBURG, IMMEDIATELY, ONE DOZEN VIN MARIANI, FOR HER IMPERIAL MAJESTY, EM- PRESS OF RUSSIA,™" .Ordered‘by the Court PHysicians. 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