The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 19, 1895, Page 6

HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1895. CHARLES M. SHORTRIDG Editor and Proprietor. BSCRIPTION RATE! nd Sunday CALL, —Postage k. by carrier.§0.15 and Sunday CALL, one by mail... 6.00 &nd Sunday CALL, Six s, by mail 3.00 Datly and Sunday CALL, three months, by mail 1.50 Daily and Sundsy CALL, one month, by mail .65 #unday CALL, oue year. by mail. . . 1.50 1 year, by mail . 150 ncisco, California. Telephone... ...Main—1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street. ...Maln—1874 Telephone.... BRANCH OFFICE treet, corner ¢ : open until open until 9:30 0 and Mission s srkin street . corner Sixteen Entil § o'clock £518 Mission 116 Ninth s nntil 9 o'clock. 119 o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE: U8 Broadway. EASTERN Reoms 31 and 32, 54 P: DAVID M. FO! ATURDAY of helping Armenia The Russian idea out is to take it in. California m: in the coming that. have two chairmanships ‘'ongress, and good ones at Coxey is evidently running his cam- paign in Ohio purely for the education of the voice. We have a good chance to get the next Republican Convention provided we do not trust to chance. The Der ing wood in these days is really engaged in splitting difl Even under Cleveland’s hypnotism the Democratic Trilby cannot sing the cuckoo song with vigor any more. thing this administra- tion w' rve the Monroe doctrine is to put it in cold stor: ge The promise to put fenders on the trol- ley-cars seems to be one of the poor kind that will be always with u The Governor of Arkansas might as well dub Corbett and Fitzsimmons colonels and let the fight go as a chestnut. over the San Joaquin Railroad is a business pl re at present, but it how the pleasure of business. In bis efforts to warm up the Democrats of Ohio Campbell has made his campaign decidedly too hot for his own good. onl This is a good time for the carnival cities to get together and arrange dates so there will be no conflict in the spring. As the King of Korea has been provided with a new wife, itis evident one oriental question has been satisfactorily settled. Now that the Vene one anoth watch or spoils. uelans are fighting r we shall have to keep a close ingiand will get away with the It 1s doubtful whether Clevels cal ambitions for the future include a third term or an appointment as Fish Commis- sioner. If Corbett would join Buckley and Fitz- simmons join the Junta they might come out here and hold their little scrap with great eclat. Cleveland may if he chooses attempt to handle the coming Congress without gloves, but he had better provide himself with a neck protector. Mrs. Waller has arrived in New York, but her husband is still 1n 2 French prison and the vigorous foreign policy remains on the back shelf. 3 Denver's festival of mountain and plain was intended as a triumph of civilization, but it was the Indian war dance that cap- tured the crowd. Cleveland has about six weeks to over- work himself on his message before Con- gress assembles to receive it and turn it over to the waste-basket. Modern engineering has now reached a point where Paris believes it to be feasible and economical to bring her water supply all the way from Lake Geneva. Sacramento has so many leading eitizens running for Mayor that if any one of them makes a clean sweep of the others the town will be very nearly depopulated. It seems that of the 4000 invitations is- sued for the Vanderbilt wedding at least half will go to England, so the New York 400 will not be so badly crowded after atl. What will it profit us to win interna- tional yacht races if we let Brazil get shead of us in recognizing Cuba and standing up for the principle of America for the Americans? Among the defects of trade that ought to be straightened out is the fact that Japan gets cotton from Texas by way of Liverpool, when the straight course would be through & In tarring and feathering a hack-driver for insulting the Governor, the people of Greeley, Colo., managed in a single act to show a reverence for the chief magistrate and a contempt for their laws, The Mayor of Reading, Pa., has been ar- rested along with some other men for playing ducks and drakes in a farmer's field and carrying off chestnuts. What kind of a Quaker racket is that? New York Democracy has adopted a single star as the party emblem on the otficial ballot, but on election day most Democrats will sec two stars and on the day after they will see a thousand. By a typographical error a circular of the Prohibition party in New York headed the campaign committee with the title “Champaign Committee,’” and for the mo- ment New York 1s as much amused as if the election were a carnival. The Supreme Court of Nebraska has de- cided that both the gold faction and the silver faction of the Democratic party in that State have a right to use the word Democrat on the official ballot, and so we shall not know until after the election which wing of the party carries the body with it. lo. 2 HUNTINGTON'S ANSWER. Collis P. Huntington has answered for TrE CALL a number of questions about the Central Pacific Railroad’s debt to the Government. Of course, Mr. Hunting- ton's view of the matter is not the view of men who not are railroad magnates and who consider that their obligation to pay an honest debt is not discharged by finding a way to avoid the payment; but it is interesting as giving the point of view of the people who have manipulated one of the most ingeni- ous if not the biggest of schemes of spolia- tion of a Federal treasury on record. The Government loaned the corporation of which Mr. Huntington is the head $27,- 500,000 to build a railroad. This was the foundation of four of the largest fortunes in the world. Men are usually grateful for the capital that gives them their start in life; but these corporations have neither paid & cent of the ori- ginal indebtedness, nor of the thirty vears’ interest, which has doubled the original debt. The Government was as indulgent as the most generous of patrons. Its proteges said they needed another thirty millions and the Govern- ment permitted them to borrow this and give as security a mortgage which took precedence of its own. If individuals in- stead of a government and a corporation had been the parties to such an arrange- ment the original loan would have been a debt of honor, and as such would have been paid, no matter at what sacrifice. In his answers to the questions pro- pounded by Tur Cain Mr. Huntington does not take this view. His main propo- sition is that by the development of the country and the convenience of a trans- continental road the United States Gov- ernment has profited more than the amount of the loan. It is the old familiar argument on “the equities’” used in past years by Creed Haymond for the railroad, in which he figured out that the Govern- ment was really in debt to the corporation. $10n the point of the payment of 'the claim for services rendered by the railroad, Mr. Huntington says: As to what the Government owes the South- ern Pacific Company—a corporation entirely disti from the Central Pacific—I have no deubt the Government will some time pay it, and as most of it is now drawing interest, the longer the Government waits, of course the more it will have to pay. The Southern Pacific Company leased the Central Pacific and assumed its busi- ness for the very purpose of defeating the Thurman act, one of the provisigns of which was that the services rendered by the railroad sHould be credited on the debt. The theory that a change of namechanges the Central Paci s obligation is one of the minor beauties of the problem of the Pacific railroads. Mr. Huntington’s reply to the question of a moral obligation to pay a debt, that the Government insists on its strict legal rights, and that, therefore, the company will stand on the letter of the law, as he reads it, is something new in moral philosophy. he genileman of honor, ¢ are not a gentieman, so I will stab you in the back. There is another point in Mr. Hunting- ton’s statement that is worthy of a second thought. He writes: Certainly I, as one of the builders of the Central Pacific, would not do the work again for ten times the money that was made out of the venture, as the builders, out of all that | they had for the creation of the road, could not 2 ars after its completion pay the debts that were incurred in the building. Before he and his partners built that road Mr. Huntington was a moderately prosperous grocer with perhaps a hundred thousand dollars; now he is rated as fifty times a millionaire. The view expressed not of the merchant of moderate fortune. If he had not built that road Mr. Hunting- ton would probably still be a well-to-do merchant. ANOTHER BOULEVARD. It is pleasing to read that the wide- awake residents of the Richmond district are prepering to make First avenue, from the Presidio to the park, e handsome boulevard. Thisisencouraging, especially in view of the fact that nothing has been said lately of the San Francisco and San Jose boulevard, and that the Folsom-street enterprise has been temporarily stopped by the lack of a municipal appropriation. Meanwhile the extension of Van Ness avenue is being steadily pushed toward its foct at'the channel; and although the pav- ing has been checked by a protest, the work is bound to be completed in time. The First-avenue proposition, when de- cided upon finally, will be pushed through promptly, as the property-owners in that section are among the most progressive in town. The plan under consideration con- templates a bituminous pavement and a row of trees lining either side of the street. This improvement would be an important link in a series of splendid drives commu- nicating with each other. Thus, Van Ness avenue, some street running westward from it to the Presidio, the fine drives of the Presidio itself, First avenue and the park would constitute one continuous driveway of ‘exceptional excellence. The military authorities are doing more than the City toward that accomplishment. The suggestion of trees on First avenue is alluring. San Franeisco is deplorably deficient 1n this admirable adornment, ]there being a prevalent ill-informed idea that trees obscure the sunlight, and are hence objectionable. Some trees do, and they are the kind most used. Among them is the eucalyptus, which for street use is a plague. Handsome deciduous trees would be exceedingly valuable and would not interfere with sunlight in the winter. Besides being a grateful adornment they would have a beneficent effect in reducing the annoyance caused by the winds and dust of summer. That is to say, their dense summer foliage and their denuded winter condition would accomplish ex- actly the desired results in both seasons, besides adding greatly to the charm of the City. The'attractiveness of Van Ness avenue could be much increased by the planting of the right kinds of deciduous trees along its length. URBAN TRANSPORTATION. New York has just learned a lesson in the matter of street railway transportation that has been as surprising to it asit should be instructive to the other cities of the country. It 1s that since the lumber- ing horsecars were changed into first-class cable and electric roads the business of the elevated roads has fallen off prodigiously. Thus the Manhattan elevated lines during the year ending June 30 last lacked 15,000,000 of carrying as many passengers as during the preceding year, while the competing Third-avenue surface roads car- ried 13,600,000 more, and the Metropolitan Traction 17,000,000 more, and thes2 two surface roads carried nearly as many pas- sengers as the elevated lines. As a result shares in the elevated roads have tumbled, and applicants for franchises for surface roads are eagerly bidding against one another for the privilege. The very conception of an elevated steam railway was both a crudity and an above is the view of the multi-millionaire, | outrage. Apart from its incalculable damage to private property and the public highways it involved the necessity of climbing stairs and of wide apart stations. A vastimprovement on them is the underground road, and while this plan works no public or private damage it siill has the disadvantage of stairs and the'ais- comfort of darkness. ‘Surface roads, properly managed, are the most convenient and satisfactory, but they present so many peculiar dangers that it is a high duty of municipalities and mechanieal engineers to maice their improvement a special study. Their present form, however great its im- provement on the omnibus and the horse- car, is anything but satisfactory, and is a long way from perfection. THE GREAT CONVENTION. The reports and speeches made Thurs- day evening at the meeting of the Union League Club committee appointed to work for San Fraucisco as the place for holding the next Republican National Convention were most encouraging. The main facts developed were that a larger number of members of the Republican National Com- mittee are in favor of San Francisco than of any other city, and that the only objec- tions are on the score of distance and ex- pense and from Eastern newspapers. The last objection should not be considered for a moment. Yielding to this pressure would bring the party no benefit and ignoring it would bring no harm. TrE Carrn has already shown that there are ample telegraphic facilities, both for the press and the delegates. ‘The cost of transportation could be re- duced to a comfortable figure by the co- operation of the railroad companies and the people of the West. Asthe companies have a very great interest in the matter they might in all reason make the desired concessions. If they do not it would be unwise and niggardly for the people to withhold assistance. The benefits both to the party and the country from holding the convention here would be manifold and valuable. They have been fully discussed in these columns and are known to the intelligent men of the West. It is now a question of . insist- ing on thém untiringly, of uniting all the coast forces in the work without particu- lar regard to party, and of raising money for expenses. The Republicansin all the region west of the Rocky Mountains may be depended on to do their part, but' the question is far broader than that of party. So far as this State and the West at large are concerned this should not be re- garded as a matter of politics at all. For that reason the working forces of other volitical parties could consistently unite with the Republicans in this important undertaking. Butif it should be thought by the Democrats, for instance, that the holding of a Republican convention here would strengthen that party in the West they could consistently work with the Republicans to thatend on an understand- ing that the Republicans would assist them in a fight to secure the Demo- cratic National Convention for San Fran- cisco. It would be wiser, broader and more patriotic not to regard the political phase of the subject, or, if so, to reflect that the substantial benefits which the West would receive would be greater than | the political benefits which the Republi- | cans may secure, “THE SUNDAY CALL” Full of good reading for all classes of people, bright, breezy and interesting will be Tue Suxpay CaLn of to-morrow. The special features will be of even more than usual excellence and variety, and in the aggregate will form a literary miscellany well adapted to the entertainment of the leisure hours of the day of rest. An article sure to attract wide attention and well worthy of general reading is William Gregr Harrison’s reply to a recent attack upon him, in an article on “The Degeneracy of Ambrose Bierce.” Joaquin Miller answers the question, “What Is This California Mirage?’ by giving in a delightful essay a poetic analysis of the illusions and apparitions of the desert, while the inimitable Sam Davis nar- rates “‘A Startling Reminiscence of Edwin Booth.” Persons of social tastes and interests will find both entertainment and informa- tion in Edward M. Greenway’s explana- tion, “Why Society Will Be Gay,” an literary people will find delight in W. C. Morrow’s talk, *‘Concerning Bohemians.” John E. Richards contributes an exquisite little poem on ‘“Carmel Bay,” Mary Calkins Johnson describes a *‘’Merican Boy's Start 1in Life,” Rose O'Halloran furnishes “A Brief Historical Review of Astronomical Photography,’”” and, under the title “A Star in the West,” a charm- ing description is given of the home life of Elizabeth K. Tompkins, author of “Her Majesty,” while the regular departments of THE SUNDAY CALL, including book ve- views, fashions for men and women, in Childhood’s Realm, Random Notes, etc., will be found as usual full of interest and instruction. The news features of TuE CALL are espe- cially noteworthy, inasmuch'as THE CALL is the only morning paper in San Fran- cisco that receives the United Press dis- patches, being the same service as that employed by the great dailies of New York City—the Sun, Herald, Tribune and World. ‘I'his gives THE CALL unique value as a newspaper, for whatever other paper may be taken one must always read Tug CavLL to get all the news, THE CALL is for sale wherever newspapers are sold, but there is always an extra demand for the Sunday paper and to make sure of getting ARCUND THE CORRIDORS. “Speaking of lawyers,” said William L. Davis, the well-known mining man, while chatting in the Occidental yesterday; “once in & while they have a good story to tell, and it is also true that hali of the new jokes are brought to town by them. Irecall avery funny thing that happened here in early deys when Judge stafford was Justice of the Peace. It appears that Attorney George D. Shadburne had two clients who became involved in some legal complications, and Shadburne did not teel jus- tified in taking the case of either, so he re- ferred'them to. different lawyers. One, & man named Smith, he sent to Hugh Jones, an old 1AWYEAS KNOW RIT. ne Call” by Nanitvell.} WILLIAM L. DAVIS, WHO A GOOD JOKE W [Sketched from lfe for * The other he sent to J. Judge Stafford was Justice of the Jones At ze chum of his. M. Burne Peace at that time and tried the case. lost and appealed to the Superior Court. time Judge Hunt was on the bench. *‘Each side put in the evidence taken at the Justice Court and Jones, in the presence of his client, said, ‘I submit the case.’ Well, Hunt decided against him, and Smith, Jones’ client, became very much worked up overit. He left the courtroom without speaking to Jones. In a short time he returned and walking up to his lewyer proceeded to lampoon him with his tongue. ‘You're & pretty pill to handle a case. Ihavea good mind to tal u out on the street and break your neck. You're a nice man to pay money to as an attorney. Don't think because Iam an ignorant man that you can take advantage of me. 1 won’t stand it, you confounded scoundrel.’ Jones was dum- founded at Smith’s conduct and blandly in- quired what the matter was. ‘Matter,” roared Smith. ‘Well, 1 went to Webster’s Dictionary and found out what ‘‘submit” meant and it means “to give up,” “to abandon,” and that's what you did with my casc. Simply threw up the sponge. Quit, by George, and threw me down. Iheardyou say, I submit the case,” and we will settle this some other day.’ It took Jones a long time to explain, which he finally did with the assistance of Judge Hunt.” Just then Joseph D. Redding strolled in and when asked for 8 good joke touching upon the law he proceeded with the following: “I yecall & very clever piece of repartee which saved a lawyer considerable trouble. It ‘was in the Supreme court of the United States, where an appeal was being taken. The lawyer I have in mind said: ‘If it please the court this is an appeal from a aeciston of & Circuit Judge. There was only an oral opinion handed down.’ His Honor smiled and in an aston- ished tome oi voice said: ‘How came an oral opinion to be handed down? ‘If it please the court it was too weak to get down alone.’ “There is enother. Some years ago an at- torney came to Delos Lake, a well-known member of the bar, and proceeded to tell of a case he had handled. ‘Lake,’ he said, ‘do you remember that man who killed his wife and three children some time ago? Well, you know the case went from the lower court, then to the Supreme Court and back to the lower court, then to the Supreme Court again, and finally I fixed things so he went to San Quentin for only fifteen years. I charged him $5000. You dor’t think that was too much, do you, Lake? ‘He might have been convicted for less,’ answered Lak Pretty Vernona Jarbeau has returned, look- ing as chic and cherming as ever. She is to appear in the “Passing Show” at the Baldwin onMondey. “There are only three cities in the United States that I would care to live in, and T or something of that sort gave way, and the train was stopped. 1 asked one of the men what was the matter. He said that the train was broken in two. Ithoughthe said ‘broken into,’ and that we were being held up by rob- bers. “The ‘Passing Show'? Well, it is quite & novel entertainment—a sort of combination of different burlesques something like the annual review of all the plays they give in Paris. It takes off the musicel farce comedies, such as ‘Charlie’s Aunt,” ‘Sowing the Wind’ and othe! “The run of musical farce comedies we have been having is about played out. At first they were very good, but there have been so many imitations that people are getting tired of them. Tney were very popular. I had ome of the first companies out. “Now everything is being done on & much bigger scale, and the people demand so much that the managers are making very little money.” Miss Jarbeau was the first woman to pose in this country as Trilby. While playing in Bos- ton the Journel offered her $50 an hour to pose for a photographer for them. “The photo- grapher got through with me in half an hour,” she said, ““and the offer of the Journal then did not seem as liberal as it did when made, somehow.” et PERSONAL. W. I Tukey, a merchant of Caldwell, is & the Russ. Dr. 8. E. Schwartz of San Jose is staying at the Grand. Dr. Willard H. Fox of Tacoma 1is a guest at the Grand. P. A. Buell, & leading lumberman of Stock- ton, is at the Grand. Miguel Duenas of San Salvador registered at the Palace yesterday. John Mackey, a well-known horseman of Sac- ramento, is at the Grand. Colonel D. B. Fairbanks, a banker of Pet- aluma, is at the California. Jesse D. Carr, capitalist and politician of Salinas, is at the Occidental, Judge James Truett and wife, from Topeka, Kans., are guests of the Russ, William Murray, a leading stockman of Sac- ramenso, is & guest at the Grand. J. B. Peakes, a leading hotel man of Stockton, registered at the Lick yesterday. L. W. Juilliard of Santa Rosa was one of yes- terday’s arrivals at the California. - Baron and Baroness Kettler of Germany reg- istered at the California yesterday. George B. Day, merchant, from Bridgeport, Mono Co v, is registered at the Russ. W. C. Myers of the United States revenue cutter Rush registered at the California yes- terday. Captain J. E.Lombard arrived from his home in Portiand yesterday eand registered at the Grand. M. L. Washburn, connected with the Alaska Commercial Company in Alaska, is at the Grand. Miss Vernona Jarbeau of the “Passing Show”” arrived from the East yesterday and registered at the Palace. R. U. Goode, in charge of this division of the topographical work of the United States geo- logical survey, is at the Occidental. Hugh J. Cannon, son of George Q. Cannon. formerly delegate to Congress from Utah, and brother of the present delegate, Frank J. Can- non, and his wife are at the P OCCIDENTAL BRAIN THROBS. Nevada’s Golden Era Dawning. Carson (Nev,) Tribune. Three years ago & visitor from the East was seldom known to be looking for property in Nevada, while now a dozen syndicates are look- ing for an opportunity to invest their capital. Rich as our mines may be their number will necessarily be limited; but even here their benefit does not cease. The farmer will find a ready market for his produce and the people will not be slow to see that we have agricul- tural possibilities that are not lumited. What’s the Matter With the Ax? Petaluoma Courier. Until men can realize that the multifarious aspects of organized society require that the root of evil is the place to plant the upturning spade there will be little improvement. How Free Trade ‘“Maintains.”” Portland Oregonian. Reports from Boston say that “prices of wool are well maintained.” Maintained at only about one-half what our growers got before the free-trade regime began. And the Band Played His Requiem. Wardner (Iaaho) News. There was once & man named Horace Boies, He lived in Iowa and was a Governor. He said free trade would add 30 cents to every bushel of American wheat. ‘Would Be Cheaper to Let Buckley Go. Alameda Argus. There seems to be no way, judging from the City newspapers, of getting rid of Boss Buckley in San Francisco. They might do as the Rus- sians did at Moscow when they were in a simi- lar predicament with regard to Napoleon. Queries Without Answers. San Jose Mercury. Why should California send to Washington for potatoes? Is it for the same reason that we import eggs—that is, Because we haven’t suffi- cient business sense to make use of our re- sources and opportunities? And Home Industry Suffers. Ventura Democrat. Just now American trade affords a curious spectacle, like Captain Martyat's triangular duel. We furnish the. heiress, England con- tributes the Duke and France does the dress. making. Even Democrats Pine for It Now. Los Angeles Times. Many grow ers of Sultana raisins in Southern it orders should be leit for it to-day. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. ANEW YORK CEMETERY— Five Subscribers, City. St. Patrick’s Church at Prince and Mott streets, New York City, was built in 1815, and at the time there was a_cemetery connected with jt. In King’s Handbook of" the City of New York, 1893, is the following: “In Eighty- fifth street near Fourth avenue, in Ninth ave- nue where the old Chelsea village stood, in Mott street about St. Patrick's Church and several other localities there are cemetaries that have fallen into neglect and that must 5001 pass out of exist P SUBJECTS FOR DEBATE—Subscriber, City. This department is for the purpose of furnishing enswers to questions of general interest and not to furnish material for the purpose of “en- abling the writer to prepare himself to take the negative side of a debate on ‘Resolved, Should “the United States recognize the insur- gents of Cuba as belligerents? " or other sub- jects. Debaters must hunt up facts on their own account and draw their own conclusions, NEw Mexico—J. C. B., Madera County, Cal. None of the books accessible in this City give the desired information in relation to the western part of New Mexico. You can prob- ably obtain the desired information by com. municating with the Santa Fe Daily Mexi- can, Santa Fe, N. Mex. BUTCHERS AND UNDERTAKERS — Subscriber, Castle Crag, Shasta County, Cal. There is no law'of this State that exempt butchers and un- dertakers from serving as jurors in murder fases because of the business they are engaged n. PATENTS—M. E., Haywards, Alameda County, Cal. Your question cannot be answered in this deg:rtment for the reason that the answer ‘would be the advertising of a firm. Advertise- ments are not aliowed in this department. AN INSANE PERSON’S ESTATE—R, G., City, The VERNONA [From a photograph.] one of them is 8an Francisco,” she said yester- property or realty of an insane person is sub- ject to taxation in this State. The tax is against the property,and the guardian is re- quired to pay the taxes. terdey at the Palace. “I love San Francisco, but it was & terrible trip through the Hum- boldt Desert and then, to wind up, last night there was an accident on the train, Couplings JARBEAU. California are selling their cured crop from 2 to 3 cents a pound. It is onlyon cheap land and agood dealof it that this industry conld be made profitable at these figures. Even Demo- cratic growers vire for a little ¥ Dro- tection when brought face to face with these prices. Nonsense! Uncle Sam’s the People. Los Angeles Record. It looks as if Uncle Samuel and J. 'I’lnll 'wor‘e about to come to a square “‘snowdown” in V emd- auela. There have been times when you could bet your bottom dollar on your Uncle Samuol’s backbone. Alas! alas! in these degenera days, etc., you are not so certain. Perseverance Gets There. Phanix (Ariz.) Gazette. Success is & commodity that comes only to those who deserve it. Prodgresa ii:‘not;:l‘nel;:; ng accidents, it is trav ff:fl“fif.?fi?e”& h:xn‘::fihigghwuy hiding those who help themselves. Doing Nothing Else, Just the Same. Pasadena News. When & man can’t do anything else he turns reformer. INOPPORTUNE RHYMES. BASEBALL SEASON OPENS. Get out your heavy voices, Your whistles and your gall, And climb the ragged boards, prepared ‘The umpire to appall. To-day the cranks will muster,” 11 they're alive at all, To hear if Arlie Latham throws Fresh slang off with the ball. BOSS POPPEE. Can little Max Popper control tne machine Late managed by Christopher B.? When little Max Popver discovers the knack, The blind will be able to see! Perhaps little Popper a puppet will be, All painted to look like & Joss; While Chris pulls the string and dictates to the ring, The lambs may shout, “Popper, the Bess!” LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. THE MONEY QUESTION. OUTLISE OF A PLATFORM FOR A UNION OF SILVER MEN. To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—SIR: Asa contribution toward the solution of the money question I send you an outline of a pro- posed platform for a union of all the silver forces of the country. 1. The restoration of silyer to free and un- limited coinageat the old ratio of 16 to 1 with- out reference to the action of other nations. 2. The abolition of all existing bank currency and the issuance of all paper money by the Government, under a genuine National bank- ing system, such money to be based on the crédit and faith of the Nation (which is the same basis as that of Government bonds), and to be afull legal tender for all debts, public and private, and not to be redeemed in any other money, the volume to be limited by iaw 2s experience shall dictate, probably to $50 per capita. 3. Greenbacks and all other forms of Govern- ment currency to ba retired and replaced in circulation by the new National money, the hundred millions in %old now held as a reserve for the redemption of greenbacks to be there- upon applied in extinguishment of Govern- ment bonds. 4. Postal savings banks to be established for the security of the people’s savings, to provide for loans and facilitate exchange. 5. Loans to be made by the Government di- Tect to the people on safe and sound securities at & tax not 1o exceed 2 per cent per annum for any period of time dp to twenty vears. 6. All Populist, Prohibition, single Tax and other reform measures of importance to be submitted to a direct vote of the people through the Initiative and Referendum, to the end that this may become in fact as in theory a government of the people, by the people, for the people, bf direct legislaiion in National, State and local affairs, as by this method of Jawmeking sny issue of any party may be enacted into 1aw as soon as the people are pre- pared for it. Expressed in a dozen words this Union plat- form would read as follows: For free coinage of silver, a genuine National banking system and direct legislation. As some such platform is almost certain to be adopted in the campaign of 1896 by the Populists, Prohibitionists and the reform forces in labor organizations, I fee (lnite sure that Regubllc‘na and Democrats wvill be likely to consider it of some importance. I will only add for those who have not paid close atten- tion te this matter that such & union of the re- form forces can hardly fail to carry the coun- try in the Presidential élection next year. JOSEPH ASEURY JOHNSON. 11 Essex street, October 18, 1895. CROWDED THEATERS. SAN FRANcIsco, October 14, 1895. To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—SIR: I attended a performance at the Baldwin a week ago, and had & seat in the gallery. The house was crowded—that is, every seat was occupied, and even the aisles heid a goodly number, so many, in fact, that looking over the sea of heads if seemed a solid mass with no aisle yisible. What the result would be in case of fireora simple stampede the imagination alone can depict. Again, at the Columbis, I saw the same con- dition of things at a recent performance, the passages leeding to the front of the gailery being completely blocked. What existed in the other portions of the house I could notsay, but it did not l?pelr to be so badly blocked as in the places referred to. Why patrons of the gallery should not re- ceive the same protection as those in the higher-priced seats puzzles me, and if there is alaw which prohipits placing chsirs in the aisles or otherwise blockading them during performances, it should be put in effect. It is & hazardous piece of business to sit with the gods, but it should not be made more 0 by the thoughtlessness of managers who crowd every available inch of space, at the perils of hun- dreds of lives. Howxo. THE FIGHT AGAINST TAMMANY, Philadelphia Times. Recent events in New York illustrate the difference between the business classes in that city and our own with regard to local politics. The New York Chamber of Commerce, which took the initiative a year ago in the creation of the Committee of Seventy, and again this year in the movement which has just cnlmi- nated in & union ticket against Tammany, is a purely business and nota political organiza- tion at all. Reécognizing, however, the inti- mate relation between good municipal govern- ment and business Pl’olperity, it has for two years at the critical time mede an absorbing, enthusiastic business of local politics. Boston Herald. New York politics is something too deep for the ordinury comprehension. How the resolu- tions of the New York city Republicans in favor of liberalizing the Sunday law can be made to harmonize with the New York State Republican platform, which declares in favor of the maintenance of the Sunday law as it i¢, is something hard for outsiders to reconcile, In assuming this position the New York Re. ublicans not only undertske to ride two orses, but they appear to be trying the re- markable feat 0f simultaneously riding them in opposite direction: Indianapolis News. Things are so fused and confused in New York that many conscientious voters are going to haveahard time to know what to do. It seems to be admitted on all hands that the fusion ticket is a sort of crazy-quilt’ construc- tion, in which the effort has been made to recog- nize every element antagonistic to Tammany. thl?hthr:rew:re good mlelll.‘ on lhlc fiickel there are others who are machine politicians of th familiar New York stripe. ¥ % New York Recorder. While Croker was making these proclama- tions of retirement it is now seen that he was conspiring with & small clique in Tammany to retain his hold on the organization and work it for all it is worth. He was, in other words Bbunkoing the braves and making monkeys o them with their followers. Why shouldn't they be mad all the way through? Pittsburg Dispatch. Tammany’s ticket has the indorsement of the “executive committee of the association for securingliberal Sunday laws in New York.” It is an uncertain question yet whether the Sunday saloon will prove a burden or & vote. creating energy, but Tammany has the courage to receive the indorsement without protest. Philadelphia Inquirer. It is not often that any lesson of value comes out of New York, but there is one to every mu- xcl.}g:;;fl:%:n lhen un&)n Obf“intereltx against mmany. and ml:i;aendem.sy lie ‘Sown' together la bt own togother in mony an . B agree to fight the common enem: Chicago Record. The latest events. in the New York political situation confirm various previous impressiong which may be summed upin the stat that the Tammany tiger in!: hard be:‘a: &)mkexfi? e e IDEAS .OF WESTERN EDITORS. ‘Why Our Athletes Beat the ‘World. Spokane (Wash.) Spokesman-Review. For almost three centuries the American an. cestry have led denial. 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Every stranger that comes to town says thig is the finest section in the State. THE only true foundation for bealth is in pure blood. Hood’s Sarsaparilla makes pure blood and is therefore the great heaith restorer. Do not lect the little Take Hood's now. B L & gert’s Angostura Bitters gen- erally when they feel low spirited. It brightens them up immediately. SO His Tire Punctured. Portland (Or.) Telegram. Adlai Steyenson’s boom must hava squatted on a tacl GIBSON'S DRAWINGS, Decorative Effect of Pen and Ink Sketches, The original drawings of Gibson, Sterner, Renouard and a host of other pen and ink artists are in immense favor, but hard to obtain. The demands of this new fad must be satisfied, and numberless artistsand amateurs have been obliged to copy il- lustrations of the masters or create new cartoons. Forsurprises, jokes and gifts, these cartoons are very suitable and in ex- cellent taste. Prompt to realize the strength of the new craze and its peculiar require- ments, we have sought everywhere, here and in Europs, the best, the latest materials for framing these delightful bits. Mats of colors, passe-partouts of deli- cate tints were first secured—gray, ma- roon, sage green and sepia, some forty colors in all. . Moldings. which for shape, color and finish have been declared ““up to date’” by popular artists, have been made specially or imported. Warm mahogany, delicate maple, severe oak are the best, they say, and we have them all in great variety of shapes, sizes, colors, to suit the most exacting. A great collection of moldings has been added to our already large stock. Green and gold, the latest fancy, is well represented. is new, that is the latest in artistic fram- ing of pictures, is to be found here at our usually popular prices. SANBORN, VAIL & GO0, 741, 743, 745 Market St. REAL ESTATE FOR SALE BY Thos. Magee & Sons, REAL ESTATE AGENTS And Publishers “Real Estate Circular.” 4 Montgomery Street, UNiOY TRUST BUILDING, CORYER MARKET, NEW PROPERTY. nr. Walier: inthe best block; fine ats, which cost $4500, and lot 27:4x106; street in order; $6800; $1500 cash, balance at 614 per cent. Sixth st., nr. Brannan; 65x120; $10,000. Fifty varas ou Facific’ Heights; finest location; low price. Ninth st., bet. Harrison and Bryant; 75x100 or 25x100. Broadway, N. slde; 35 feet front and residence; fine unobstructed view of bay; §11,000. INVESTMENTS, rents §555: reduced rents; good : large lot: 2 fronts; $110,000. Ninth, bet. Market and Mission: 50x100; rents about $100; with 0ld frame: $30,000. Polk-st. corner; 30-foot front 00d store and buste ness corner; new building; rents $160; 2 tenan $28,600. Sutter-st. investment; north side, near Taylor; seet front and very fine dwelling; would rext Sor #90; $17,000. Taylor: 23x68 to rear street; old should be improved A bargain; 4b:1 6th, back to Berry: double front; only $14,000; very, very cheap; pays & litile now. PACIFIC HEIGHTS RESIDENCES, $40,000 DOWN TO $6000. Pacific Helghts residence and large lot Washington st only $30,500. slde in best location; view supreme; Broadwi side: elegant marine view; het. Buchanan' and Webster; 47:6x187:6. and resi- dence; $23,b00. Fing residence and large lot on Sacramento st., near Van Nessave.: low price. s11%00, o Tol, Franklin sk, nr. Washington; Octavia st., W. side, bet. Broadway and Vallejo: 26x112:6 and 2-story residence, 8 rooms; in very good order: fine view of bay: street biiuminized; only $6000; easy terms, Washingtun and steiner; NE. cor., facing public square; 25x102: and very sunny bath and modern convenience Fine residence and lot 30x1 st., bet. Gough and Octavis inob ed from 2 upper stories rooms and mo 11 conveniences; house cost' $8500; leased at mo 10,2 ide Vallejo n| ,250. S8t., hm.dl"ulk and Van Ness ave.; 50x reduced to $12,500. 370003 left ; new houses just fin and all modern conveniences: fine only 8500 cash and t chanan st., near Green 3 sh ave., 1 block from Union-st. new line on Fillmore st Inesidence and corner; Pacifc Heights; magnif, cént marine view never (o be s cot. Soadway und Fiilmore; 68:6x157:6; $41,000, o :4x137:6. NW. cor. on Jackson, near Laguna; 34:4x127:6 acd fine residence; 13 rooms und all improve- ments; fine View from upper stOry Jackson and Octavia; elega Ppassed marire view; 60x117 PACIFIC HEIGHT PRIC STIEEN Broadway, north side; 34:4% l.n;f‘:“u;ooo: grand marine view; bet. Fillmore and St €r. Pacifle ave. N side, bés: situation. not far from na st.: 56 or 65 feet front: panoramic view, which not be shut off. Paciffc ave., N. side; auv size: 25, 50 or 75 feet front: price reduced to 8200 a 100t; marine view. Pacific and Baker: NW. corner: 60x133:4; $14,000 ; one of the finest residence lois on Pacific bi 5 4 S L orper Pacific ave. and Broderick st.; 35% 127:8: ‘a very sightly lot with view of ‘bay; .500. 000; Stetner st.. W. side. bet. Pacific_and Broadway: 27:6x110; street work done; fins view. 'SW. corner Broadway and Steiner; 27:6x110, 84500, or 55x110, $7500; good vie: treets lu order, s and 2 blocks from corner; unsur- 000, or 1argerlot. LOTS, ALL