The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 23, 1895, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, UCITUBER 23, 1895 [ CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. Teily and Taily and Taily and Sund; OFFICE: ket Sirest, o, California. Main—1868 Telephone..... 4 Maln—1874 | BRANCH OFFICES FreMontgomery street, coruer Clay; open uatil | £:20 o'clog) £5¢ Haves street 717 Larkin strect open unt open & Mission streets; open 9 o'clock. 618 Mission street 3l6Ninth street; o OAKLAND OFFICE: 408 Broad ¥ FASTERN OFFICE: 32, 34 Park Row, FOLTZ, Special Agent open nntil 9 o'elock until 9 o'cloek. s 31 § DAVID M WEDNESDAY It is only the hippodrome-pugilists who cannot find a 1 Now that we are to have pure milk shall we despair of getting pure politics? Kaiser William continues to make of life a ceaseless celebration and variety show. 5 ing in mod- yutfor both National ous foreign policy carrying it as a con- the country to stop mmons fight and let What d. the Corbett and Fitzs) their mouths go on. Round Valley affords California a good arena just now to give the strong hand of h e. law a littie exer The big fire anta Cruz is ed as a blessing in disgms se bas been laid aside. If the Monroe doctrine needs any more ind to stand on the disputed territory in Venezuela will supply it. nay now expect Port Townsend to If the Naples of America, because tive volcano in sight. n Maryland that in all Gor- man flowing eloguence he never mentions Cleveland nor the sugar trust. Chicago can offer more money than we can for the Republican National Conven- tion, but we can give most for the money. Ohio has the bad distinction of develop- : more scandals in the campaign this than all the other States put together. The defeat of Don Dickenson’s effort to get the Democratic nomination for Mayor of Detroit puts a cork in another Presi- dential boom: Even those who are most opposed to It is hard to teil from the actions of the inistration in foreign affairs whether “Cleveland is fishing for American interests or cutting bait for England. Marrying & Vanderbilt girl is not Marl- borough’s only act of heroism. He has distinguished himself jn New York by re- fusing to tip waiters and hotel porters. t is asserted by some political experts WELL DONE, “EXAMINER.” THE CaLL will subscribe $3000 and the Eraminer will subseribe $1000 toward | defraying the cost of holding the National Republican Convention in San Francisco. The Eraminer announced yesterday that it would send a check for the last named sum to the Republican State Central Com- mittee as soon as that body has satisfactory assurance it can raise $100,000 needed to | meet the offer reported to have been made by Pittsbure. The offer of the Ecaminer is highly gratifying tous. It is what we expected of our generous and enterprising contem- porary. Last February, when Tue CaLn began to urge a united and earnest effort to bring the next National Republican Con- vention to this City, it offered to assist in defraying the preliminary expenses of the undertaking and to contribute $5000 toward | the cost of the convention itself, if it were held here. Wesaid then, that Californians, regardless of party, would assist in making the enterprise successful. The Eraminer’s offer is a fulfillment of our words. The great organ of Pacific Coast Democracy. speaks for that party. It follows THE Carv's offer of $5000 with the offer of $1000. Certainly here is cause for congratulation. Fver since the 1éth of last February, when we first proposed to the Republicans of the State and the people generally the task of bringing the next National Con- vention of the party to this City, we have been steadily and persistently working in many ways to accomplish it. Coming as it did to the public on Valentine’s day, the proposition may have seemed at that time bardly more than a Valentine fancy. But continuous, arduous effort has already brought it near to realization. Success is apparently within reach. Many of the strongest and ablest ‘members of the National Committee are on our side. If Californians are true to themselves we shall win. Ifall the progressive elements of the Pacific Coast work together, the convention will be ours. The Eramindr says truly the holding of the Republican Convention here is not so much a matter of politics affecting parties, as of business affecting the State, and indeed the Greater West. To obtain it therefore, and to make it successful in every respect, 1s an object that may well engage the energies and awaken the liber- ality of men of all parties. It is time now for prompt action. The ball has been started. TrECALL offers§5000, the Examiner $1000. Who will be next? INSPECTION OF MILK. The opinion of the milkmen’s attorney that skim milk is not prohibited by the statute against the sale of adulterated foods seems straiged to a layman. The statutory clause afplicable to this article of food seems to be this, as quoted by him: “Any article shall be deemed adulter- ated * * * jif any valuable or neces- sary constituent or ingredient has been wholly or in part abstracted fromit.”” The attorney admits that if this clauseis de- scriptive of skim milk, the sale of that arti- cle is prohibited, but asserts that as skim milk is & recognized article of commerce, is in common use and is wholesome and not injurious, it cannot be held to come under the prohibitory spirit of the statute. * That is a question for the courts to de- cide, and if there is any doubt concerning it the sugeestion that an ordinance be adopted expressly prohibiting the sale of skim milk might wisely be adopted. It is true that skim milk isa very wholesome article of diet and that its witharawal from the market would work a limited hardship, but the temptation to crooked- ness which its presence in a wagon along- side whole milk would create would be too strong. If consumers who cannot drink whole milk want skim milk they can pro- cure whole milk and then skim it them- selves. This will cost them more, but the interests of the whole community cannot be jeopardized for the sake of the few. The amazing prevalence of dishonesty in that if great changes do not occur before next year, Boise of Iowa will get the Dem- ocratic nomination for the Presidency. If the prevailing faction fights continue until next year Democratic National con- ventions will be numerous enough to sup- ply the demand of every city that wishes one. The press of the political tight in Sacra- mento has become strong enough to start another newspaper, and still there are not enough to furnish every candidate with an organ. Now that the milk-dealers who have con- fessed to selling adulterated milk have been made to pay $10 fines for the lesson they have received, they will probably re- member it. According to the expressions of the British press it seems that England would welcome America’s interference in Ven- ezuela, provided nothing was done to in- terfere with England. The Cincinnati fund for the relief of Mark Twain has reached the sum of $14 05 and the people are bragging that is a great deal more money than Chicago rased for the Duke of Veragua. Although many Democrats are trying to get the tariff out of politics, Postmaster- General Wilson announces he will run for Congress next year and make his fight mainly on the tariff issue. According to Don Dickenson Cleveland’s next message will cause a sensation by rec- ommending a Jingo policy to Congress, and it must be admittea that from Grover that would be sensational. Milwaukee has been doing herself proud, pleasing all her neighbors and setting us a good example by celebrating her fiftieth birthday with a festival, in which the offi- cials of five States took part. Holding the balance of power in the Senate certainly gives the Populist Sena- tors a commanding position; but it is not certain yet that they will be able to com- mand anything except langunage, Boston has organized a man suffrage as- sociation, the object of which is to convince the women of Massachusetts they ought to vote this year against a proposition to give them the right to vote hereafter. It is now asserted the Chicago canal will drain off four per cent of the outflow of Lakes Superior, Huron and Michigan com- bined, and the more the lake cities think about it the more they are agreed that Chicago is a hog. The Jury of Awards at the Atlanta Ex- position mentioned in their address the buildings of New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Illinois; butwhen they came to note that of California they spoke of “the building and its contents,” so we bave 8 right to be proud. the milk service which Inspector Dockery has discovered is extraordinary and in- credible. Adulteration with water has been the Jeast of the evils; an immeasura- bly worse has been found to be the substi- tution of cheap animal fats for the cream which has been removed by centrifugal machines, and an equally bad one has been the prevalence of consumption among dairy cows. It may be that Inspector Dockery is able to uproot all these evils, but that should make consumers none the less alert. Now that the City has officers whose duty it is to inspect samples of milk submitted to them, consumers, in simple protection of their health and lives, could do no better than make occasional submis- sions of their milk to these officers. Those who can afford to buy the simple instru- ments by which inspection is effected would be making a profitable investment by procuring them. These, however, will not detect bacteria. STREET-RATLWAY MATTERS. The only interest which the public has in the Supreme Court decision upholding the validity of the Market-street Railway bonds is that connected with the future operations of the company in the improve- ment and extension of its system. This may prove to be a very important matter. In spite of the fact that the suit tying up the bonds has compelled the compsany to work on borrowed money it has done a prodigions amount of work, and the infer- ence is that the very large capital which it may now command will cause it to advance with even more energetic strides than hitherto. Tt is not unlikely that one of the first de- velopments of the decision in question will be a stupendouns fight between the Market- street consolidation and the independent companies which it has been unable to absorb. These are the San Mateo electric line, which has a monopoly of the sub- urban cemetery traffic; the Sutter-street system, which does a heavy local business to three unimportant terminals, but which cannot reach any important outside point except by arrangement with connecting lines; the Union-street line, which has a moderate cable business between the Pre- sidio and Montgomery street, with a horsecar extension to the ferry; the Cali- fornia-street system, which, with its Hyde- street feeder, has only one important out- side terminal, Central avenue, from which point westward it must divide its traffic with the Market-street company; the Butro electric line, which has a very im- portant terminal, the Cliff House and baths, but which has to divide with the Sutter-street line on business from down- town. Thus it is seen that the Market-street Company is the only one tbat has an un- interrupted through svstem between all the important termini in the City. These are the ferries, the Cliff House, the park, the Mission, the large steamer docks, the ]Townsendatraet and Valencia-street sta- tions, the Potrero, North Beach and the Ingleside racetrack. Its relation to the City of San Francisco is identical with that of its parent, the Southern Pacific, to the general railway system to the State, and therefore San Francisco is as much at its y as California. We know bow its power over the State has been exercised, and we are permitted to draw only one conclusion as to the manner in which it will exercise its similar power over the City. The California, San Mateo and Sutro lines excepted, the Market-street Company has a much better equipment and roads than its rivals, and it is constantly improv- ing the equipment and service and con- stantly leaving its less progressive rivals behind. This superiority tends to develop the parts of the peninsula which it serves at the expense of those parts served by its less progressive rivals, and hence this is steadily strengthening its own position and relatively weakening theirs. This may be & part of its policy to force them into the combination. Now that the trafiic arrange- ment has been made between the Sutter- street and Sutro lines, these combined forces, though comparatively small, will prove its most formidable enemy, as Mr. Sutro has extraordinary facilities at the beach for inducing travel over these lines to the injury of the Market-street Com- pany’s beach business. If the Sutter-street Company would improve its roadway and equipment, and force a through cable to the ferry, the Market-street Company could not compete with the combination unless it should erect counter attractions at the beach to offset those owned by Mr. Sutro. Todo so would cost millions of dollars. The Southern Pacific did some- thing like that once, when it erected the Hotel del Monte at Monterey for the pur- pose of breaking down Banta Cruz and Fair's narrow-gauge railroad. The main consideration is the enormous power which the biarket-street Company can now exercise over the City and parts of the City, and the necessity for a very careful public oversight of its industrial and political operations. THE OLYMPIO VOLCAKO. The evidence upon which it is. assumed that a volcanic eruption is in progressin the Olympic Mountains, in the north- western corner of the State of Washington, may be thus set forth: First, several vol- canoes in the Aleutian Islands have re- cently become actiye; second, slight earth- quake shocks haye recently oceurred in the vicinity of the Olympic range, similar to those which preceded the cutbreak of the Aleutian volcanoes; third, the Olym- pic fire is dark red, occurs intermittently, shoots straight up as a flame and then spreads out like an umbrella, and is far above the timber line, thus in several ways proving that it is not a forest fire. But no one has been nearer to the sup- posed eruption than three miles, and the witnesses were two young men unskilled in observation. The bulk of the evidence comes from Port Péwnsend, which is too far distant to permit of accurate observa- tion. Parties have started out to investi- gate, and until they return and make re- port it would be idle to speculate on the facts. The Olympic is the most remarkable region inthe West. Only within recent years have its terrible fastnesses been penetrated, and its explorers were hardy and daring men, who took their lives in their bands. It is a region of formidable bluffs and crags, profound gorges and im- penetrable regions of thorny brush. Here thrive unmolested the large game, includ- ing bear, elk, deer and others, which have been practically exterminated in the more accessible parts of the West. An old le- gend, credited until within recent years, peopled a wonderful valley in the heart of the mountains with a superb race of men who nourished an ideal civilization. There is little knowledge concerning the geology of the range, but its extreme rug- gedness indicates either that it is not vol- canic, or that if it is volcanic it is of com- paratively recent formation and quite dif- ferent from the volcanic conditions preva- lent on this coast. FPERSONAL. Dr. G. F. Chalmers of Niles is at the Grand. J. M. McPike of Nepa is & guest at the Bala- - n. E. C. Apperson, & cattleman of Santa Clara, is at the Lick. Colonel D. B. Fairbanks of Petaluma is at the Californis. James McNeil, a capitalist of SantaCruz,is at the Baldwin. E.J. Campbell, s warehouseman of Vallejo, is at the Baldwin. W. G. Oldham, a searcher of records of Santa Rosa, is at the Lick. D. V. Waldron, a capitalist of Los Angeles, is & guest at the Grand. Dr. R. T. Allan of Redlands registered at the California yesterday. D. D. Ballou; Sheriff of San Luis Obispo County, is at the Grand. W. H. McKenzie, a banker of Fresno, regis- tered et the Lick yesterday. Judge and Mrs. Charles A. Carey of Portland, Or., are guests at the Palace. Dr. and Mrs. C. Mealand of Sacramento regis- tered at the Grand yesterday. John Favor, s merchant of Healdsburg, reg- istered at the Russ yesterday. T. L. Reed, & big land-owner of Reading, reg- istered at the Grand yesterday, " James A. Louttit, & prominent attorney of Stockton, and his wife, are &t the Lick. John C. Mozk, & commission merchant of Colusa, was one of yesterday’s arrivals at the Grand. Talbot Clifton returned yesterday from his trip on the Yukon River in Alaska and is staying at the Palace. R. A. Perkins of the Perkins House, Port- land, who has been at the placer mines on the Yukon River, arrived here in the Bertha yes- terday. Erigadier - General Forsyth returned yester- day from the Sequola National Park, where he had been inspecting Troop I, Fourth United States Cavalry. H. B. Stokes, president of the Manhattan Life Insurance Company, and Dr. W. B. Lane, superintendent of agencies, arrived from the East yesterday and registered at the Palace. Charles M. Shortridge, editor and proprietor of THE CALL, will start from Yew York tfor the Pacific Coast on Friday, October 25. He feels confident that the next Republican National Convention will be held in San Francisco. Among the arrivals from the Yukon diggings who registered et the Grand yesterday were: Dr. R. B. Davy, James Monroe, J. 0. Westwood, F. D. Van Wagoner, H. I, Stratton, F. W. Ewen, J. R. Jewett, Thomas G. Anderson, H. A. Fred- erichs, J. E, Binet and J. C. Felix. CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON. ‘WASHINGTON, D, C., Oct. 22.—Among the ar- rivalsare: Rev. L. W. Sprague. S8an Francisco, Riggs House; Colonel J. K. Eppley, San Jose, Hotel Oxford; J. F. English, California, Hotel Warner; D. Duyckinch and wife, California, Willard’s Hotel; Dr. J. Nichols, California, Metropolitan. Praying to Live Forever. ‘Whatcom (Wash.) Reveille. It would be in order to add to therituala special petition that we may have our lives spared until after the prize-fight and a verdict in the Durrant case, and that meantime our Teason may not be dethroned. Danger-Signal for Weary Waggles. Santa Ana Blade. Let the good tidings be spread over the en- tire State that Senta Ana has a chaingang, mfxarmwndul by e man who will tolerate no birking, -able use. PLAIN TALKS WITH FARMERS. In this short series of plain talks it has been my object to induce among farmers co-operative action for the common good. The obvious method was the plain state- ment of such fundamental truths as seemed most likely to induce action among the substantial and thoughtful class which in the end always directs and controls the action of communities. These truths are that since farmers do not buy books, have not access to great libraries, and do not mingle freely among themselves and with other classes, they must necessarily be lacking in the solid information required for the successful conduct of business, and be ‘at a disadvantage in the competitive struggle as compared with the classes which by reason of better opportunities are better informed. Being ill informed they are led to engage in enterprises yield- ing no profit, to buy property at too high prices, and to incur obligations which they cannot fulfill. The proof of this is the large indebtedness of farmers to other classes who have been sharp enough to sell them property or rent them money at rates which 1o agricultural business will justify. I have further shown, as isindeed evi- dent, that the only escape for farmers is better information, which must be ac- quired at their own expense. and conse- quently, since the expense is considerable, by co-operative effort; and that the great- est obstacle to this is the inveterate dis- trust and dislike of those seeking to in- duce positive action by co-operative meth- ods. If one merely states general truths as I haye done, the " tendency is to reply that talk is cheap, and thatit is easier to preach than to practice. 1f he goes further and seeks to organize for action he is said to be ‘‘after our m & I have said enough. If these truthsdo 20t induce action by any one it is evxdengo that the money of Tue CALL is wasted in devoting space to such subjects. There is 2 sentiment about our mother earth which in all ages has powerfully iufluencec{ the thought of mankind, and it includes in its kindly embrace those engaged in her cul- ture. In the strenuous exertion of com- petition the sentiment is often agparent]y obliterated, but in the long run the farmer may depend in all efforts to better his con- dition on such a generous Support from all other classes as is accorded to those of no other occupation. Whenever the farmers of California shall seriously engage in well-considered organized movements for improving their condition they may count with absolute certainty on the aid of THE CavLr, the respectable press geneull{ and the entire community, which, although often in active competition with the farm- ers, fully recognizes the fact that upon the prosperity of the farmers rests the pros- perity of all. But the farmers must move first. I have perfect confidence in the future of farming. The farmer who is to-day ont of debt is better off than 1most other people, and he who is involved is in no worse con- dition than other debtors. There is no doubt that some debts have been incurred that cannot be paid and there is trouble and worry in many homes. If we had been wiser we should not have incurred these debts, but having incurred them the problem before usis how to escape from that thralldom honestly, manfully and speedily. Necessarily each man must work out his own deliverance according to his special circumstances or abilities. The very seri- ous indebtedness of some may prove a positive advantage, even as compared with others less indebted, in securing for the debtor the wider outlook and greater financial ability of the creditor in putting the imperiled property to the most profit- None but "bankers know how much of this friendly co-operation is now going on. There cannot be too much of it. When property will no longer pay interest debtor and creditor become practically partners in ownership, and should be pari- ners in management and operation. But while I speak of indebtedness because we all know that indebtedness exists, we are not all debtors, For every debtor there is & creditor at least, and there is a great class who are neither debtors nor important creditors. The ex- penditures of the non-indebted are large and are constantly increasing, and in due time, as business adjusts itself, will make employment for all. The world has passed through many periods of financial depression, and while these times - seem hard to us the evidence is abundant that there is less actual suffering in this than in any former great depression. While the commercial interdependence of the present day causes the depression to be more widely felt, and from the vastness of the interests may make the tidal movement slower, yet the flow of prosperity, when it comes, will bs the stronger, and the resulting superstruct- ure of happiness be the more enduring, as it rests on a wider base. I am an optimist. 1 believe in the eventual happy outcome of most things. I think this a good world and wish to live in it as long as I may. I wish all men might have this spint, for it is the spirit which conquers. = But we must also have common-sense, and in troublous times must not deceive ourselves by. shutting our eyes to difficulties or denying their existence. The difficulties will be there just the same, and we are sorely at a disadvantage in dealing with them blindfolded. A close look at them will often despoil them of their terror. As a child I was afraid of ghosts, and one night, belated, in the dark, I saw one right in the path 1 had to travel. I remember that my knees smote together as I ap- proached it, but when I got there it was only the_bare dead limb of a tree that had fallen. It is better to look things square in the face, and if they are bad fight them -with our eyes open. I have said what I have because it is true that we farmers are less fully in- formed and less alert in regard to our in- terests than are the members of other classes, and we suffer accordingly. To ignore this truth is to continue to suffer. To acknowledge it is the first step toward reform. It is not always pleasant to know the truth, but it is always best. I would not willingly become unpopular by my truth telling, but if one speaks at all he should tell the truth. Clear knowledge leads to right action. If we know our ignorance we shall seek to remove it. If we know property is too dear we shall not buy it. If we know in- terest is too high we shall nat borrow money; and, by the way, there isnothing 80 sure to reduce interest as & general un- willingness to borrow. Inall these ways we shall profit by the better diffusion of business ~knowledge. That the New Farmer, who is coming, will be & good business man there is no_doubt whatever. What I desire and what I have sought to vromote in these Plain Talks, which I now close, is that the New Farmer shall be the present farmer, and not some more vigor- ous successor. Eowarp F. Apans, ISOLATION OF FARMERS. Tulare Register. Edwin F. Adams,in his “Plain Talks to Farmers,” now running in THE CALL, is doing some very plain talking, Believing e does that co-operation {s thehope of humanity he £ees with pain that the fundamental difficulty in the way of successiul co-operation lies in the fact that farmers haveno confidence in other farmers. They are mutually suspicious and if one of their number assumes to lead, be he eyer so capable, the others become jealous and do their best, not to further the enterprise in hand, but to thwart the efforts of the leaders in the community. This is & fact and a lament- able one, but there {s no use arguing the point. It has been & characteristic of farmers from the foundation of the world. Artisans can unite, for they will submit to leadership, but farmers and country editors are 5o jealous of one another that co-operation among them is impossible. If granges could be formed in eve: community to bring the people_ together 514 ener 50 they would Gome o Gndersiend. esch | other better they would grow out of this nar- rowness, but they are not to be argued outof it. It comes of the isolation in which they live, mitli not of any effluvia wliich exudes from the soil, RECENT CHURCH CONVENTIONS. Brooklyn Eagle. The general convention of the Episcopal church, now in session in Minneapolis, is proving that there is in the church a sincere desire for Christian unity. Some time ago the church set forth & basis on which it would con- sent to union. Other ghurches have objected to the basis, as it does not yield enough to their theories. Yet the Episcopal church has continued its efforts to bring about harmoni- ous action. It has probably devoted more at- tention to the subject than any other branch of the Christien church in the United States. The Chicago Record. In the face of the facts it would be idle to deny tnat the present age is repidly shaping itself asan era of great religious movements. If science is advancing it seems certain that religion i8 progressing even more rapidly in the public interest, in the scholarship with which its apostles are endowed and in the wisdom with which Its various ecclesiastical organizations are conducted. In noting the tendencies-of the times it -is 1mpossible to overlook the fact that this year has been par- ticularly significant of the trend. Philadelphia Record. It is said that the Congregational Church of Americs, now holding its triennial session in Syracuse, N. Y., will take a definite stand for Christian unity, the broadest taken by any de- nomination in this country. There are many Jines of oractical effort in which, aside from questions of creed, the churches might work together. If Christian unity is ever to become a fact it will probably come about in ihis way. The laymen of the armies may make a truce even ‘before the captains shall have formally resolved upon it. New York Press. In offering to adopt the title “Primate” for its senior bishop the Protestant Episcopal church seems about to take a step at which no sensible person can cavil. Itisalmostentirely & matter of taste, since no one suspects the es- timable and comfortable gentiemen now in Minneapolis of & design on the state. It is ¥oud taste, we think, to substitute an unam- biguously religious for a Panly secular title like “senior” or “presiding” bishop. Boston Herald. The quadrilateral adopted last week by the Congregationalists at their National confer- ence at Syracuse is almost diametrically op- posed to the famous one which was adopted by the Bishops of the Episcopal church in Chi. cago in 1686, and, like the recent utterance of Cardinal Vaughen, puts off all hops of re- ligious union for a long time to come. Buffalo Comumercial. The newspaper writers who predicted a “revolution” in the Protestant Episcopal chureh must be tired of waiting to hear séme- thing drop et the Minneapolis convention. A RHYMESTER'S WONDER. Were I rallroad magnate I wonder how T'd feel, ‘With all the eonntry fastened down Beneath my bands of steel; ‘With hordes of politicians Eacb howHng for hlaP ice, And every one petitioning To get & bigger slice. 1'd stock my marble mansion With wines of vintage old, And sip the blood of Gallia’s grapes From goblets made of gold; T'd run the great elections, And those who framed the laws Should study how to ool the land ‘With mesaures flecked with flaws. T'd borrow from the people Asmuch as they would lend, And when they asked théir money back 1'd trick them in the end; T'd cinch the toiling farmer, And when his crops were big Td sock up rates a notch or two ‘And make the hayseed dig. The markets' base of figuring Should be my grow!ng rates, And every trade and traffic should Lay tribute at my gates. My sons should be instructed To cinch as 1 had cinched. And frown upon complainants when They kicked at being pinehed. And had T any daughters 1I'd buy a auke or kinr And give them each a title big That only gold can bring. Then, having ail the country Right underneath my heel, Were 1 a railroad raagnate, I wonder how I'd feel. FROM WESTERN SANCTUMS. Better Times Only 225 Miles Away. San Diego World. Just think of it! Only 225 miles to additional prosperity! Only 225 miles to better times for all of Southern California! And half of said distance is already graded! What a grand opportunity is now presented for the people of Southern California to build the short line railroad to Salt Leke by continuing the Nevada Southern Railroad from Manvel to the Union Pecific at Milford, Utah. The National Convention. Fresno Republican. It will be hoped that the transcontinental roads will give such special rates to San Fran- cisco as will render feasible the holding of the National Republican Convention in that City. 1f this is done the Western metropolis seems to have a good chance ot securing the coveted convention, and the people of the West would be very glad to see it go there. The Voice of the Skeptio. Marysville Appeal. Milk inspection is now popular pastime in San Francisco. The cry is that chalk and water must go. The old chestnut will doubtless meke many of the “dairymen” smile. The inspector is engaged in a little game to make his commission secure and his salary more certain. Reasonable Talk. Tulare Register. All that the people demand are reasonable Tates, reasonable wages and reasonable service, end all that the stockholders in the railroads are entitled to heve is reasonable interest on a reasonable investment. They Will Cheerfully Pay Up. ‘Watsonville Rustler. Reporters who have a decent conception of their duties and responsibilities will not vio- late the confidence of those who trust them under any consideration. Half-Million Club Philosophy. Salem (Or.) Statesman. Let’s have 500 students for Willamette Uni- versity’s various departments next year. The Wway to get them is to get them. The Chrysanthemum Fashion. Los Angeles Express. 1 The well-dressed man has now a little bunch of cold slaw in his lapel. THE WANDERING PUGILISTS. Boston Globe. It is too early to forecast the future so far ahead. Yet itisevident that since that Sep- tember night 1n New Orleans when the Boston champion wes 1aid low, something has ailed prize-fighting. Either the fighters have been bribing Sheriffs to arrest them on the eve of battle, or have been subsidizing Legislatures to make prize-fignting a felony, or else the American people have had acnange of heart. Either we long for a genuine contest, without & preface of '}ub. or have consecrated ourselves to conversation. Either we have had enough of fighting or are taking a recess, preparatory to & renewed ap- petite for the rlnE. Either we think prize-fights are too brief to P.y us for our time and money OF We &re near- ng the millennium. New York Mall and Express. Despite the temporary success of the Corbett. Fitzsimmons element, however, we feel that the day of the professional pugilist in this country is surely waning, and that his night must goon fall. When two such dediamonded ruffians are forced to travel thousands of miles in search of a sfin where they may with im- punity punch each other out of all semblance of humlnlg it is a hopeful sign of the deca- dence of ‘!’s socalled sport, which bas no claim to continued cxistence nd an to the most brutal instinets. i Sl . Philadelphia Times. ‘Were the champions able to stand the fiat- tery and the public notice they receive, their success would not be so obnoxious. But most of them are turned into dissipated and hippo- droming blackguards, whose very contests are often mere "At:kec."u a:. m'%nay-muken they are 8 success. Uy ey are an o pugi 24 offensive New York Press. In looking about for a Btate in which to pull off the Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight the man: ers of that event seem to have overiooked the fact thet one Altgeld is atill Governor of Illinofs, LETTERS FROH THE PEOPLE. LATHROP'S BIG CLAIM. To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—STR: Your announcement of a new claimant to the lands of the Potrero in to-day’s issue of your paper may disturb some holders of lotson the Potrero. I have held land there for many years, and know what the Bowman ciaim is. Iknow it bas been dead and buried for more than thirty years, and I supposed it had ceased utrefaction; but its worthless carcass has en revived, and an honorable man is trykn% to lift its meatless body from the grave. trust no one will be frightened by its skeleton. The title of lands on the Potrero is good, and this claimant should be resisted by every hon- est man. Yours, E. D. SAWYER. San Francisco, October 22, 189: PRESIDENTIAL SUGGESTIONS. It is an open field as yet for everybody, and— Platt and Quay to the contrary nutwuhxu_nd- ing—it isidle to attempt to eliminate Mr. Har- rison from the race unless he voluntarily and peremptorily withdraws. Should the Repub- licans in 1896 decide that they want & man of conservative views, not troubled with extreme opinions on the tariff, hailing from a central State and possessed of a record which at legsi justifies confidence, Mr. Harrison would be a very strong candidate indeed.—Chicago Record. Most certainly Mr. Carlisle unites within him- self more elements of ability and availability than any other Democrat within the Presi- dential orbit. He is in every way Mr. Cleve- land’s heir-at.law. Noman so decisively rep- resents the idea of sound money and a tariff for revenue only as Mr. Carlisie. He is a wise, calm, firm, thoroughly equigped statesman and ne would make & great President. Ken- tucky will back him for all she is worth.— Louisville Courier-Journal. In carefully avoiding the tariff issue is Mr. Depew already anticipating the position of his party & year hence? In the rapid evolution of &ubllc opinion on this question Governor Me- inley, ex-Speaker Reed and ex-President Harrison may become wholly unavailabie for the Presidential nomination in 1896. In that case, who would better meet the requirements of the situation than Mr. Depew himself, with ?{i. bl:lnk Tecord on the tariff?—Philadelphia ecord. Ex-Governor Boutwell 1s another eminent Republican who thinks it will not do for the Republicans to commit themselves to any par- ticular tariff measure, which may fairly be taken to mean that he doesn’t want to seé the Republican wagon hitehed too closely to Mc- Kinleyism. We take it that the sage of Groton is not for McKinley.—Boston Herald. Serfously, no one can question that Richard Olney has admirable quelities for the Presi- dency. Cool, clear-headed, calm in judgment, wlsel{ conservative in all his instincts, a safer man for the office it would be difficult to find. 1t does no barm at gll to put before the people tllzds best idesal for the Presidency.—Boston Her- ald. Effort is being made at Indlanapolis to de- velop Governor Matthews into & Prestdential poseibllity. His special element of strength 1s D his assumed ability to carry Indians against any one the Republicans may nominate, not excepiing the grandisther-hatted and the gracefully talking ex-Prevident.—Denver Post. The anxiety which some people exhibit as to_the exact Intentions of ex-President Harri- son with respect to secking another Presid tial nomination must be taken to indicate thet Mr. Herrison might carry some weight if he Jrere {nclined to push b5 candidacy.—Omaha e, en- If advanced age is a good reason for not nom- inating Governor Morton of New York, the same reason would apply to William R. Morri- son, who is favorable mentioned by many Dem- ocrats. He 1s only & year younger than Goy- ernor Morton.—Nashville American. Grover Cleveland’s name got more cheers in the New York Democratic Convention than did David B. Hill's. Yet some_people say that Tleveland is unpopular with his own party.— Birmingham (Ala.) News. The only boom with a barrel attachment so far in sight seems to be that of the amiable Mr. Morton of New York. But then, we sup- pose, no one takes the boom seriously.—Indian- apolis News. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDEMTS. STAMPS AND CENTS—G. §. E., City. If you have & Government-stamped envelope and spoil the same 80 that it cannot be used, if returned to the Postoffice it will be exchanged for a new one, providing the stamp on the right-hand upper corner has not been defaced. If you do NOt WANt to g0 to that trouble you can write the address on_a separate piece of paper and paste it on the face of the envelope. A stamp cut from such an envelope and affixed to an- other envelope will not be recognized by the postal suthorities. Twenty cents in copper is the highest amount the Postoffice will accept in any one transac- tion when that kind of coin is tendered for etamps. A LAWEOOK ARBREVIATION—D. N. W., Oak- land, Cal. The sbbroviation “f. N. B.,” fre- quently used in Blackstone, stands for “‘Fitz- herbert’s Natura Brevium,” e treatise on writs, published in London in 1534. Marvin, in his standard work, “Legel Bibliography,” says: Mr. Reeves observes that it 1s remarkable that l.h Teatise was published at & time when many of the writa were going into disuse, and soon aster- ward became obsolete. VALUE OF Corxs—E. E. E., Modesto, Stanislaus County, Cal,, and J. R., City. Dealers in coins do not offer any premium on any of the follow- ing described coins: 8-cent piece of 1852, 5- cent piece ot 1847 and 1853, 1 cent of 1 50-cent pisce of 1854, 8 or 5 cent pieces of Can- ads, Peruvian dollar of 1874, trade_dollar of 1874 or greenback of the serles of 1874. Such dealers, however, offer to sell trade dollars of 1874, and they charge from $2 to $3 for them. NO SPECIAL VALUE—W. H. H., City. A copy of & New York paper containing an account of the assassination of Lincoln, the surrender of Lee to Grant and other important news of that time has no special value, for the reason that there are a_great number of such papers on file in different cities of the United States. It is worth just what some curiosity seeker who might wish to be possessed of such a puper ‘would be willing to pay for it. WAR IN CUBA—M. W. C., Livermore, Ala- meda County, Cal. The present insurrection in Cuba made itself manifest on the 24th of last February. The causes that led to it were oppression by Spain in levying taxes to the utmost limit, robbery bE unscrupulous officials under the guise of authority, refusal to allow the Cubana home rule, and a desire for inde- pendence. HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS—“Photo,” City. Liliuo- kalani of Hawaii was dethroned January 16, 1893. The cause of the revolution that led to ——— e WATGH DAYS TO-DAY and TO-MORROW (Th\frsdsy). 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