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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1895. wise and energetic Brother D, W. Adams of Towa was probably not at all surprised at the real facts, which, indeed, did not auy longer matter, as, if there was numeri- cal weakness at Washington, there was plonty of strength elsewhere, and more coming. Brother Adams took hold with the others vigorously, suggesting many valuable ideas which he had acquired in the work. He subsequently became the first master of the real National Grange, holding the position two terms. From this on the growth of the grange was phenomenal. It swept 1hr9ugh the West like a cyclone. - In 1872, 1105 subordi- nate granges were organized; in 1873, 7684, and in 1874, 11,518. ORGANIZED FOR FIGHTING. ith this period of magnificent pros- y. Mr. Kelly's history closes. The greatest growth order had been of in the Mississippi Valley, whose peo- ple’ were suffering from the debt in- separable from the rapid settlement of a new aggravated by the country, and the hard times follow- its banner for a . wasa_war that was raging.. The nges were fighting granges, ntrenched monopolies wherever them, without much knowl- with no discretion at all, but ever abounding, and all the uth and confidence. They made ighting. and carried into their e of the amenities of polite the contrary they described their enemles in the very T glish words theyvould lay hold nd proclaimed them everywhere. They rly undisciplined, but they smote mies hip and thigh wherever they them. he concrefe result of this first move- ment, which has stayed, and will forever remain a monument to their undisciplined vigor, was the final establishment 1n our land of the principle of State control of all common carriers, This was distinctiy a granger’s fight and a graneger’s victory. The grangers, as grangers, did it, and the cases which settled the principle are in- vigor no bones ng we are gradually perfectit: ate in the session of the National Grange in 1874, Wort ter D. W. Adams, in his an- nual address, said: “Ieece no solution of this question but for Congress to avail itself of its constitu- tional right to regulate commerce between the States, and for the States themselves to regulate the tariffs within their own boundaries.” While the undisciplined hordes of the early grangers were thus rushing into bait and winning victories upon their own account, the founders and leaders kept on the even tenor of their way, plan- ning ably, counseling wisely and strength- ening tnemselves against the time of re- action, which they knew fuil well was to come. The National Grange has been from the beginning remarkably fortu- in its responsible leadership. No or more statesmanlike ~ utter- found in our literature than in the annual addresses of the masters and other officers of the National Grange who have had occasion to touch upon all legislative and other proposals affecting the farmer’s welfare, which dur- ing the past quarter ofa century have come before the public. The bound volumes of wiser. ances can be the proceedings of the National Grange can- not be opened anywhere at random with- out com ing upon solid chunss of wisdom business sense especially is this the deliverances of the earlier KEYNOTES OF 1HE IDEA. The keynote of the wise leaders of the grange through all these years has been education; wise plans of co-operative work bave been outlined, covering every field of the jarmer’s interests or activity, but it has been constantly recognized that but little could be done toward executing those plans until edacation and discipline had prepared the membership for such work. So far as the grange has failed in any- thing. the failure has arisen from half- informed granges undertaking work for which they were unprepared and in the execution of which they disregarded the plain rules laid down by their leaders as essential to success. Co-overation in business affairs was one of the things to be attempted by the wild Western granges, and they utterly failed from their igrorance or disregard of the first principles of co-operation; they bought and sold on credit and came to grief; in accordance with the unvarying Iaws of human nature they charged this failure not to their own ignorance and im- prudence, but to co-operation and the The result was a great falling n membership and the temporary dis- credit of the grange as an institation, but many remained; much had been learned; .in fact whoever will go through the vol- umes of the printed proceedings of the National Grange may come to the conclu- sion that they know it all. There is no important subject affectin the farmer’s condition: which is not treate in those reports in a wise and statesman- like manner. What farmers should do they have indicated; what they cannot do they have also found out and declared. The Granger who to-day commits any economic sin does so because he will not read the literature of his own order; or, reading it, does not act upon it. Afier passing through its season of trial it recom- menced building up. Instructed by experi- ence it has become a wise, substantial, con- servative body, moving slowly, with due deliberation, and always in the right direc- tion. It has sowed its wild oats. It isthe natural and proper body about which alt farmers should rally for their own protec- tion. Its cornerstone is education; get the facts before acting. Its social features are most admirable.- They are verfectly adapted to the conditions of country hfe, whose monotony they break and cheer. Here the ladies of the order reign supreme, ministering everywhere to the comfor*and enjoyment of their brothers. The grange owning its own: hall, with conveniences for social enjoyment, where weekly or bi- weekly meetings are held for social inter- course, literary improvement, businessand the harvest feast, is a source of perpetual delight to its members. ONE ELEMENT OF WEAKNESS. In one respect only. has the management of the grange been weak. It has been un- willing to spend the money essentiai to its usefulness. We must spend money to make money, and the grange has not been willing to risk the investment. Except as this has prevented the building of grange halls, this has not seriously affected its social and fraternal features, mor has it perceptibly lowered the character of its official utterances. It has constantly hampered its educational work, its in- fluence with law-making bodies and the public, and rendered any effective business orénnizn‘linn impossible. he total revenue of the ‘National Grange, reported in 18%, was $16,664, of which the session of the National Grange cost $6511, leaving but $10,153 to pay all the expenses of salaries, postage, printing and committee expense. It i3 less than the expense of a good city retai stere. It shows economy certainl”, but it ‘will not buy much service, much education or much progress, all ‘of which cost money ana cannot be had without it. The order seemed to have some money invest- ed, as the accounts of the “treasurer show money deposited on interest ac- count, and the total amount received for dues for the year was $6357 95—less than the cost of National Grange session. The secretary of the National Grange—the Dr. Trimble referred to in_the early his- tory of the order—receives $100 per month, the salary of a bookkeeperin a city retail store. This is not right. Living, as he must, in a city, his condition is not so referred to as the ‘‘granger | The interstate commerce act . we now have, and which by con- good as that of a farm laborer. He cannot lay by so much if he lives as comfortably, and he has earned more. The National Grange once had the finan- cial ball in its hands and muffed it. The phenomenal growth of the order brought into the treasury large sums for dispensa- tions and the profits on_ augphes and left them with a surplus, which kept and prop- erly invested would have assured financial strength to the order and an assured in- come for useful purposes, i At one time, in spite of some unwise ex- penditures inevitable in_the confusion of a suddenly expanding busiress, the Na- tional Grange appears to have had some $70,000 invested in United States 6-per-cent bonds. But it could not be let alone to do good where it was, and in one form.or another was mostly gradually distributed 1o the State granges and -disappeared. What the grange now most needs is a financial apostle, able to convince the membership that in the light of thirty years’ accumulated cxperience the officers of the State and National eranges can wisely and profitably be entrusted with the expenditnre of considerable sums for actually carrying out and putting” intc firm _execution the sound and. well- considered educational and business plans, which are thoroughly matured, and which, if executed, would bring back to the mem- bership in money a hundredfold more than they cost. - THE STATE GRANGE. How the Order tas Grown in Cali- fornia. It'is interesting ‘to. mote with what cer- tainty - popular epidemics of all" kinds, when once fairly started, break out spor- adically ~and .. simultaneously at places most distant from each other and from the center of ferment. In 1871,in spite of the 1w overland railroad, California was farther from the Mississippi Valley than it now is from Egyyt, buta brand from the burning drifted over and lighted the blaze here. A lively account of the beginnings of the agitation in California may be found in a book by the late Professor E. S. v Bancroft in 1875. At vs Professor Carr: “The wheat-growers had the largest in- | terests at stake and were mostly concerned in the question of reducing the cost of transportation, but the fruit-growers even more strongly resolved to strike for free- | dom from the exactions and combinations of middiemen, who, they insisted, were | receiving the lion's share of the profits; | the farmers secmed everywhere fully awake to the idea than an intelligent com- pensation could best be effected by asso- ciations confined to those engaged in agri- culture.” To secure this farmers’ club was organ- ized at Sacramento December 7, 1871, fol- lowed by similar societies at Stockton, Oakland, San Jose and generally through- out the State. The reports and resolutions of the clubs of thatday are lively reading. The fol- lowing extracts from a deliverance of a | committee of the Qukland club, August 23, | 1872, are fair samples: | *To demonstrate the urgent necessity of a league or as-ociation among farmers to prevent the Shylocks who are preying upon them from carrying off all the farmers’ profits and making them mere hewers of wood and drawers of water and delvers in | the soil io benefit a few heartless grain speculators, let us look at the manner in which the crain market has been manipu- lated in California this season. We are told that the prices here are governed by the ?urices of grain in Liverpcol. How is this “On the 2d day of August the Liverpool market for California wheat was quoted at 11s 8d and the same day at San Francisco at$155 to $160 per cental; on the 12th the Liverpool quotations were 12s 4d, and on the next day in San Francisco the speculators paid only $1 60 for ‘good ship- ping’; here was an advance at Liverpool of 15 cents per cental in eleven days, and how did the San Francisco market re- | spond? How much did the wheat buyers 0?5«0 Francisco advance the prices? Not one cepr. * ¥ But we are told by these wheat shrps, these bread buccaneers, that the present low price of wheat is | necessarily caused by the increased price of freights. Is this trne? Let us prick this pretty bubble and see it collapse.” And the committee proceeds to prove that theincreased freight rates were simply due to a corner in charters, which had been managed with great profits to the ring, The distinct charges made by the different clubs, and apparently proved, were that there were often deliberately ar- ranged false reports of the Liverpool mar- ket ; frequent corners in charters; continual corners in bags; refusal of banks to ad- vance on at in country warehouses; outrageous local freights. The remedv proposed was the formation of Farmers’ Protective Unions in the vari- ous districts and counties, each with its own store; a strong State institution at the head; the establishment of a bank to advance on country grain, and the system- atic fighting of charter speculators by withholding grain until demurrage shounld eat up their profits and force them to sur- render. Unions near tidewater or naviga- able streams were to build and run their own boats. To promote these ends a State conven- tion of delegates from Farmers’ clubs met at Sacramento in November and adopted some lurid resolutions denouncing the monopolists and speculators and author- izing the formation of a “Farmers’ Union Protective League,” for the purpose of fighting them. ‘A constitution and by-laws were adopted and officers elected, with Hon. John Bid- well president, and others still well known in the Directory. The convention, how- ever, made the mistake, so often repeated in this State and elsewhere, of raising no money to carry out its resolutions, and the State efiort came to nothing. Vigorous efforts were made in various counties and districts, resulting in the formation of a large number of Farmers’ Union stores, of which some remain to this day, invariably however controlled by a few persons who gradually absorbed suf- ficient of the stock to assure themselves of vigor and ability in the management. For the most part they and the grange stores which succeeded “them have gone out of existence, usually to the great loss of their stockholders. BEGINNING OF THE LOCAL MOVE- MENT. In the spring of 1871 W. H. Baxter, a farmer near Napa, corresponded with Sec- retary Kelly of the National Grange, and in August of the same year received.a commission - as State deputy to organize granges. Tlere had.previously been a small grange organized in Colusa County, whose projectors, however, did not follow the matter up, and willingly surrendered their authority to Mr. Baxter, who at once wene to work distributing information about the new order and preparing for an active campaign. April 3, 1873, the State Farmers’ Union met at San Francisco and passed page alter page of sound reso- lutions and memorials, but apparently transacted no business causing money to change hands. Among the reports adopted was one from a committee, setting forth the advantages of the Order of Patrons oi Husbandry, and resolving: “That if is in the opinion of this body expedient to establish among the farmers of this State granges of the Patrons of Husbandry.” The meeting was a large one, attendea by prominent farmers from all parts of the State, and was able to give Mr. Baxter & better send-off than any other State deputy of the order had ever had. The State Farmers’ Union never met again except to settle up its affairs what- ever they were, and formally turn over the prosecution of its work to the grange. Mr. Baxter went vigorously to work, and in three months had organized twenty- eight granges, representatives of which met at a(g-.lu.ly 15, 1873, and organized the State Grange with J. W. A. Wright of Turlock master, J. M. Hamilton over- seer, and W. H. Baxter secretary. The objects of the State Grange of Cali- fornia as set forth in resolutions adopted at its first meeting were as follows: | factors for good 1. To establish co-operative syn,ama of | Abandoning the trade, thus bringing producers and con- sumers as near togetner as possible. 2. To establish banks from which farm- ers can obtain loans at reasonable interest. 3. To make arrangements for the pur- chase of farming implements, sacks and machinery directly from manufacturers. 4. To obtain direct shipments on more favorable terms and storage at lower rates; drawing upon their products advances at the lowest rates of interest. 5. To secure the establishment of grange stores. 6. The gradual substitution of cash for the credit system. 7. The eventual introduction of ship- ment of grain in bulk. In order to ensure all possible knowledge as to the best ways of doing all these things each grange was invited to devise a way of its own and transmit it neatly written out to the secretary of the State Grange, who should formally enroll ‘it in a “State book of plans” as a’ store of wisdom constantly on tap for emergencies. In looking at the list of objects as above set forth by the State Grange we are at once struck by the distance to which the purely commercial and vindictive spirit which then infested the order had drawn the California Patrons from the broad and noble purposes of its founders. In all these resolutions there was no thought of education; nothing of the im- provement of social life; nothing of fra- ternity; it was simply an agreement to 'stand by each other in the race forthe nimble doliar—and that they did notdo; it was not that these were not good men and women, or that they were not ready to appreciate and appropriate that which was best and most permanent in the order, b;n_ttnat they simply were not thinking of it. _They organized themselves for commer- cial purposes cnly—at least, that must bave been the case with most of the mem- bership—and . when they failed there was nothing to fall'back upon; that was the reason why when the order died, as it did elsewhere for a time, it died so very dead. It revived all right in due time, of course, when the leaven of fraternity had had time to work, but it was in a" state of sus- pended animation a long time. But it did not look so for a time, and, in- deed, before it went into retreat the order did accomplish great material good for the farmers. "It broke up habits and practices which have never been revived. FIRST ANNUAL MEETING. The first annual meeting of the State Grange was held at San Jdose, October 14, 1873. J. M. Hamilton -was chosen master, O. L. Abbott overseer, W. H. Baxter secretary. At this meeting seventy-three granges were represented. [n this connec- tion it may be said that the organization of new granges. proceeded with great rap- idity throughout the State, resulting in the establishment of between two and three hundred granges, the number in ex- istence at one time being uncertain, as some stayed together hardly long enough to be counted. There have been in all 303 granges organized in California, of which the greater part were organized and died out during this period of excitement. There are in existence in the State at present forty-eight, of which some are still so near dead that one must punch them hard to make them kick. But there are signs of the resurrection even of these and of the speedy birth of others. The State Grange at its first meeting set hopefully and vigorously about the work which it was organized to do. ‘This was very properly placed in the hands of the executive committee of five, who pro- ceeded, after the ad;ournmcnt of the grange, to the immediate transaction of the business roughly blocked out for them by the grange. 3 The five gentlemen who composed the executive committee of the grange were scattered from Lake County to Los Ange- les. They had had no previous acquaint- ance with each other or any intimate rela- tions with men in large business or with existing business methods. - They were not incorporated and had not a dollar to work with, but thev were expected to effectively combat existing monopolies and abuses and to revolutionize the course of trade in Californis. They were evidently sensible, capable men who, with sufficient training, sufficient eapital and proper backing, could have sccom’glished great things. But they were set to do the impossible. To change the channels of trade means the opening of new channels, which takes money—and a great deal of it. To make an outlet for wheat the committee did all that it could in arranging with a firm al- ready in the trade to ship directon farmers’ account. They also induced the agent, “for the relief of farmers needing all their money at once,” toengagein buying—thus turning their own agent into a speculator and competitor. Wheat went up under the new competition, but the new agent could not compete with the old heads and soon failed, with what loss to growers is unknown. It broke up that part of the plan. The committee chartered ships—on whose ac- count and at whose risk does not appear— notified all granges to send wheat to load them, which they did not do. Result, again loss to somebody. They established & dairy produce department in charge of a competent person, which appears to have started out with a fair business, but a year later was merged in a general business agency which continued for some years, and indeed still exists although in no way connected with the grange. 1In fact there was no legal way for the grange as such to do business, as it could not incorporate for i.hnt purpose as a grange under California aw. 1t was therefore necessary to create sep- arate corporations for each enterprise whose stockholders might or might not be or continue Grangers, or to arrange with some private firm or indiviaual to do business for them on its or his own ac- count at such reduced rates as they might be abie to contract for in consideration of a large volume of business furnished. This plan would have in the end been profitable if the promised business could have certainly been delivered. All the committee could do, however, was to rec- ommend Grangers and farmers to deal through the appointed agents, but compet- itors iImmediately reduced their rates or terms and got the business as usual. The grange started wrong; it undertook to do from the first on a great scale what it could only hope to effect- ually accomplish after years of education; it neglected the first principle of the order—just as most Eastern granges did— and suffered accordingly. THE GRANGERS’ BANK IDEA. It established the Grangers’ Bank, with 1800 Granger stockholders, and a large paid-up capital. This proved a very useful institution, whose greatest advan- tage was probably its competition in compelling all banks to be more accommo- dating in the matter of country loans on proper security. It has always been a popular bank with farmers and farmers’ societies, but for many years has been in no sense a grange institution. Its stock is still widely scattered in farmers’ hands unless the recent hard times have com- pelled them to sell out. s The grange established * the Farmers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Company, which, starting fairly, went out of business after a year ortwo, reinsuring, however, its out- standing risks. 5 The practical failure of nearly every business enterprise so hopefully engaged in by the State and subordinate granges and the serious losses attended therewith tended to scatter its membership even faster than it had been gathered. Snnge after grange surrendered its charter or died and made no sign. An officer of the State Grange—Mrs. Jennie C. Carr—re- ported at the meeting of the grange in 1875 that the dormant granges in Southern California outnumbered the live ones by three to one, and the mortality was ex- cessive throughout the State. Some lived, however, and as their mem- bership become gradually imbued with the true spirit of the order they began to revive, thank the Lord, and take courage. Individual granges, which it would %)e invidious to single out for special mention in this place, have always been powerful in their community. risky experiment of \ grange stores, with uncertain expenses and deterioratine stocks, they have con- fined their operations to combined pur- chasing for cash, in bulk, upon orders from their members, who pay cash upon delivery. This operation involves no risk whatever, promotes prudence and ‘thrift, and insures a large saving to the farmer. It is a practice which cannot be too highly commended. Other granges have done much to im- prove the administration of their county governments, promoting useful improve- ments and checking illegal or reckless outlays. Btill others have promoted the formation of neighborhood marketin associations, conducted, in the light of their unfortunate experiences, at last on sound business principles and by approved business methods. All these are steps in the right diréction. - The test of the value of the grange as an _institution is the use- fulness of the subordinate granges in their own communities. In all the granges the social feature is rominent and valuable beyond measure. t brings young and old togetherin agreea- ble conversation, improving literary exer- cises or harmless amusements. The fre- quent harvest feasts are invariably the occa- sion of hearty enjoyment and good cheer. Many granges own their own halls; which are their homes, in which they take pride. WISE AND CONSERVATIVE BODY. The State Grange has gradually grown to be a wise and conservative body.: It’s voting membership is composed. of - the masters of subordinate granges, with their wives or husbands; but all members are privileged to attend and take partin the discussions. The result is a large meeting each year of representative farmers and their families, at which most matters affecting ‘the larger policy of the Nation are considered and intelligently discussed. Among the ‘subjects which in- various years have occupied the attention of the grange have been those of irrigation, agri- cultural college, primary education, Insur- ance, taxation, money and many others, upon “all of which judicious ana timely expressions - have been made. Into the grange no politics ever come and questions which elsewhere invariably excite heated discassion are calmly considered in the grange on their merits. The grange is an nctual and powerful molder of opinion in public affairs. In education, the great,cornerstone of the order, there remains much to :do, for bigher education costs money and the grange has always been poor. Thelast State Grange appointed a committee to devise, if possible, some plan analogous.to the Chautauqua Reading Circle which could be put into practice. This hias been atwmp[eé at the East, but not, as appears from the reporteto the National Grange, with the most satisfactory results. Farmers are too widely separated in their homes, too much inclined to sleep after a hard day’s work and have not the habit of buying books. That condition - perhaps also exists in this State; the farmers may not yet be ready for it, and it costs not only labor, but money for books and super- intendence. Ore very promising advance on this line has been made during the past year. One grange, with the approval of the executive committee of the State Grange, has estab- lished a summer school, its educational features being controlled by the State Grange. This school was a distinct ad- vance over any _educational " move- ment yet promoted by the grange, even at the East, in several par- ticulars. First—It was a real university extension course, conducted by great universities, which were responsible for the instruction, and not by popular orators or half-educated men. Second—The scope of the instraction included economics as well as agriculture. Third—There were definite courses in both branches systemat- ically laid down and rigidly adhered to. Fourth—While there was ample discussion on all topics there was no voting on reso- lutions and no partisan discussion what- ever allowed. The grange has some money carefully hoarded for a long time for educational purposes, to which it devotes two-thirds of its revenues. It has lately spent some of this fund in a thorough 1nspection and in- struction of all the granges. The officers now know where they stand. All the signs point to general revival of grange in- terest, not on the purely commercial lines upon which it started out in Califor- nia, but puritied by misfortune and in- structed oy experience, upon the far broader and nobler basis laid down by 1its founders. The grange, as thus understood, seeks material improvement through the in- crease of accurate knowledge and con- siders as material advantage a proper cul- tivation of the moral and social nature. The State is now ripe for a new movement in this direction, and much is expected from the ensuing meeting of the State Grange. The present officers of the Califorma State Grange are: Master, A. P. Roache, ‘Watsonville; overseer, W. W. Greer, Sas ramento; lecturer, S. Goodenough, Oa land; steward, E. C. Shoemaker, Visalia; assistantsieward, George Ohleyer Jr., Yuba City ;. cbaplain, S. Q. Barlow, Peraluma; treasurer, A. D. Logan, San_Francisco; secretary, Don Mills, Santa Rosa; zate- keeper, J. D. Cornell, Routiers; Ceres, Mrs, 8. H. Dewey, Oakland; Pomona, Mrs. E. W. Davis, Santa Rosa; Flora, Miss Alida Allison, Lodi; lady assistant stew- ard, Miss Etta Plummer, Brighton; ex- ecutive committee—B. F. Walton, Yuba City, chairman; George P. Loucks, Pa- checo; Oyrus Jones, San Jose, Next to the master the executive com- mittee hold the most responsible offices in the society, as between the sessions of the State Grange they have great discretion in the use of their authority as representa- tives of the order. One member is elected at each session of the State Grange and holds office for three years. The member whose term expires this year is Cyrus Jones of San Jose. FLOURISHED A GUN. DMrs. Levina Fairbanks Kill W. S. Threatens to Chase of Castro Street. W. 8. Chase, 837 Castro street, was chased by an angry woman with a re- volver in her hand yesterday morning and averted a tragedy by taking refuge in the cellar of his house. : The woman with the gun was Mrs. Leyina Fairbanks, 21 Sixth street. About two months ago Chase’s wife turned sick and he advertised for a woman to take temporary charge of his house. Mrs. Fairbanks answered the advertisement | and was engaged. Before Mrs. Chase re- covered her services were dispensed with, as Cha-e says she was incompetent. Yesterday morning Mrs. Fairbanks went to Cliase’s house. He was working in his garden, and she approached him and de- manded $50 from him to enable her to leave the City. He refused to give her any money, when she pulled a revolver out of her breast and threatened to shoot him if he did not give her the $50. The revolver scared Chase, and ke ran into the house, taking refuge in the cellar. 5 As soon as Mrs. Fairbanks took her de- }mrtm‘e Chase hurried down to Judge oachimsen’s court and swore out a war- rant for Mrs. Fairbanks’ arrest on the charge of threats to kill. ————— Moloney’s Body Recovered. The body of Lawrence Moloney, who com- mitted suicide on Saturday last by jumping overboard from Folsom-sireet wharf, was re- covered yesterday afternoon by Al Hanlon, a boatman, who had been searching for it with ‘rfiy{)hng-kcm since the case was reported: oloney had been sick for some time.and went to St. Mary’s Hospital for treatment on September 17. He left the hospital during the early hours of Saturday morning while delirious from fever, and had-apparently been ‘wandering about the City for several hours be- fore he was seen to plunge off the whart. Ie 'was single, dbout 20 years of age, and resided ‘with his parents at 1126 Treat avenue. ———e e Congressman Aitken. Congressman D. D. Aitken will address the Independent Foresters this evening at Red Men’s building. The Congressman, by a t graphical eccor, was mede (o belong to e A, | instead of the L. O. F. HOLDING THE AX O HIGH, The Solid Eight Fail to Agree| on Police Court Ap- pointments. TWO VETOES BY THE MAYOR. Final Opposition Is Overcome In Awarding the Franchise for the ". New Racetrack. There was a hitch yesterday among the members of the Solhd Eight over. the matter of ousting the assistant prosecuting attorneys of Police Courts1, 2 and 3— Messrs. Jackson, Seaman and Graham. Scme of the members said they could not do the ousting if the prosecuting attorneys objected, but as the Supervisors appoint the prosecuting attorneys of course any Solid Eight -among them -can bring the latter to time on any question they like. Prosecutinig Attorney Dare has given out that he will stand by his assistant, Gra- ham, on account of ‘the latter’s ability and efficiency. Graham, however, "dislikes making a fight for the place if it will jeopardize - Dare’s ‘position.: - Supervisor Benjamin has notified - the prosecuting attorneys to drop their assistants and' so the matter - stands. Nothing was said -about the matter at the meeting of -the Board of ‘Supervisors yesterday. It is un- derstood. that a new . deal is being en- gineered to capture the places. The only ng);minlment made by the board was that (2 ‘Walter Hinkle to be Assistant District . Attorney for three months. Mavor Sutro handed: in two vetoes—one againstthe order paying Contractor A. J. Raisch $3557 75, as the first installment on the eight blocks-of what is called the Fell- street sewer contract; the other veto was against the order granting the Market- street Railway Company the - coveted franchise to the new racetrack for $531. The veto against the payment of the Fell- street sewer bill was ordered passed to print without any apparent objection. The contract and ‘everything else is snarled np in- a number. of legal questions. Con- tractor Raisch'is as anxious as anybody elseto have them settled before the work is proceeded with. Something like $30,000 hangs on the decision... The City is inter- estefi in one-half of the bill and the prop- erty-owners living on the north side of Fell street, along the Park panhandle, are in- terested in the otherone-half. The matter will be turned over to the City and County Attorney for advice. The veto-against the order granting the franchise to the Market.street Railway Company was received in an altogether different spirit. The message received all the stubborn opposition that was given the veto against the $2 25 tax levy aund. it met the same fate. Bupervisor “Benjamin moved : that the veto be placed on file instead of taking the regular course.: Mayor Sutro unhesitatingly declared the motion out of order. Then of coursethe Solid Eight appealed to themselves from the decisicn of the chair. With great dignity they sustained themselves. Supervisor Dimond tried to amend by having the veto passed to print. The veto was placed on file by the old time shoulder to shoulder vote, eight against the rest. Ayes—King, Scully, Benjamin, Hirsch, Hughes, Dunker, MorFenstern, ‘Wagner. Noes—Dimond, Taylor, Spreckels. Absent—Hobbs. The Mayor’s veto was based on the three following grounds: The order granting the franchise di4 not contain the proper ‘“‘con- ditions”; the “‘advertisement for bids” as published and presented to the board as the basis of its action, did not state the term for the continuance of the franchise; the franchise was not properly offered to bidders, by the terms of the advertisement the orivilege was not open to any bidder but the Market-street Railway Company. This practically settles the matter, and the Market-street corporation will proceed to annex the streets named in the fran- chise to its system, unless the Civic Feder- ation or some kindred organization can find something in the statutes to block it. One_such attempt has already been made, but it failed. A motion was made that John J. Salli- van be appointed bond clerk of the Board of Supervisors at a salary of $100 a month, instead of bond clerk in the office of the District Attorney. On suggestion of Su- pervisor Wagner the matter was laid over one week. W. 8. Hinkle was appointed Assistant District Attorney in Judge Belcher’s court at a salary of $250 a month for three months. The discussion of the new order limiting the height of buildings to 100 feet was laid over one week. ) The lotterv law amenament making it a misdemeanor to print lottery drawings was ordered laid over one week on motion of Supervisor Hirsch. It was ordered thatthe Street Committee be empowered to enterinto a contract with the City Engineer to prepare a new official map of the Citv and County at & cost not to exceed $10,000. A communication was received from the Sutro Railroad Company, giving notice of abandonment of the following portions of its right of way to the Cliff House: Com- mencing ut the intersection of Central ave- nue and California street, along Central avenue to Washington street, to i‘ir@: ave- nue, to Richmond avenue; also commenc- ing at Thirty-third avenue and Clement street, along Clement street to Forty- eighth avenue, thence southerly to Point Lobos road, thence westerly to the Cliff House. The notice was referred to the Street Committee. All bids received by the board on May 27 last for a franchise for the right to cremate or otherwise dispose of the City garbage were ordered rejected. The City Clerk was directed to_readvertise for new bids under the specifications pre d by the Committee on Health and Po&’in . Society Item. The marriage of J. J. 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HIS LEARNED SPECIALIST, WELL AND FAVORABLY known throughout the West by his long residence and suc- cessful practice in this city, desires to thank the people of the Pacific Coast for their confidence and patronage in the past, and to assure the afflicted everywhere of receiving from him skillful and scientific treatment now and in the future. With a thorough literary and professional education, and with extensive experience in the practice of Nervous Chronic and Private Diseases of both sexes, he cures every curable case in the catalogue of human ills. He addresses himself in particular to cases that have baffled the skill and science of other doctors. His patients are among our most intelligent citizens of every trade and profession, including merchants, manufacturers, mechanics, miners, farmers, laborers, literary and professional gentlemen, many of whom have ex- hausted the skill of their. family physicians without obtaining relief. every ease he undertakes. letter, this day. 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German American Ins. Co. OF NEW YORK. STATEMENT —O0F THE— CONDITION AND AFFAIRS — OF THE— GERMAN-AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY F NEW YORK. IN THE STATE OF NEW York, on the 31st day of December, A. D., 1894, and for tite year ending on that day, 2s made to the Insurance Commissioner of the State of Cali- fornia, pursuant to the provisions of sections 610 and 611 of the Political Code, condensed as per blank furnished by the Commissioner. CAPITAL. Amount of capital stock, paid up in cas -.$1,000,000 00 ASSETS. Real estate owned by the company. . Cash market value of all stocks and $25,000 00 bonds owned by company 436,050 00 Cash in company’s office. 2,885 82 Cash in banks.......... 437,366 00 Interest due and accrued on all stoe? o 6,100 00 and oans.... Premlums in due thon.s... ‘Total asset: LIABILITIES. Losses adjusted and unpaid.......... $105,874 42 TLosses in process of adjustment or in suspense.. .. 86576208 Losses resisted, inciuding expenses. 35,171 03 Gross premiums on fire risks ru ning one vear or less. $2,485, 180 58; reinsurance 50 per cent. . Gross premiums on fire risks running 1,217,590 29 more than one year. $3,074,- 652 60: reingurance pro rata. 1,579,016 26 All other demands against the com- PaDY........... sescnsssacs sesenasen. 79,910 53 Total liabilities......... ..$3,385,723 54 INCOME, Nev cash actually received for fire premiums. $3,154,960 40 Recelved for Interest and dividends on bonds, stocks, loans, and from all other source: 241,224 69 Tetal income. ,396,188 09 EXPENDITURES. Net amount_paid for fire losses (In- cluding $462,617 97, losses of TEViOUS years), . $1,903,207 98 Dividends to stockholders. L. 200,000 00 Paid or allowed for commif or brokerage . 459,189 70 Paild for salas charges for oflicers, clerks, etc. 287,350 34 Pald for State, National and local taxes...... 78,627 85 All other payments and expendi- tures..... - 218.879 94 ‘Total expenditures. -$8,142,255 81 Losses incurred duri e (Fise). . $1,853,848 08 RISKS AND PREMIUMS. | Fire Risks. | Premlums. t ?lmnu;lt :f l'l.llnfl written during the FERE. .oooliianoraas $399 339,611 84,290,562 95 Net amount of risks! expired during the 371,637,689| 3,999,939 53 December 31, ...| 567,985,207| 5,509,733 18 JAS. A, SILVEY, Vice-President. WM. 8. NEWELL, Secretary. Subscrited and. sworn to before me this 234 day of January. 1895. JOHN E. CAMPBELL, Notary Public. i894... GEORGE H. TYSON, General Agent. 4858 CALIFORNIA ST ===San Francisco. 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