The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 5, 1895, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1895. CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: 3 5 nd €unday CALL, One week. by carrier.§0.1: nd £unday CALI, one year, by mall... 6.00 pd Sundsy CALL, six months, by mall 3.00 nd Eunday CALL, three months, by mall 1.50 y and Sunday CALL. one month, by mail .85 50 ¥ CALL, One year, by mail 1.4 W XEKLY CaLL, one year, by mail 150 BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, San Francisco, California. Selephone. <eeee..MaIN—1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street. Selephone... .Main—1874 BRANCH OFFICES: £70 Montgomery street, corner Clay: open until o'clock. £5¢ Haves street : open unt{l 9:30 o'clock. 718 Larkin street; open until 9:30 o'clock. &W . corner Sixteenth and Mission streets; open ©ntil € o'clock. £016 M iasion street; open until 0'clock. 116 XNinth street; open untll 9 o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE: 808 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE:! Rooms 81 and 82, 34 Park Row, New York City. DAVID M. FOLTZ, Special Agent. TUESDAY OVEMBER 5, 1895 THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. ——————————————————————————— It is almost time to begin calling that convention ours. The mass-meeting did the proper thing in the proper way. To-day free trade gets another knockout in several different States. Los Angeles is with us and we cannot help feeling that she is a mascot. The guestion of the day: What have you subscribed to the convention fund? The Democratic deficit will roost at home to-might in twelve States and one Terri- tory. In the listless drifting of the European war clound there is no sign of precipi- tation. A Republican victory in Maryland and Kentucky is safe enough to predict, but not to bet on. 1t seems that grim-visaged Buckley has not smoothed his wrinkled front and is still out for gore. Now, then, the Gazoos, Garoos and Goo Goos will go to their rest, and may they be a long time dead. Nothing is needed to complete Senator Quay’s intellectual development except to come West for a while. The National Convention is certainly a good thing, and if the East will push it along we will do the pulling. There is a growing suspicion in this country that an ultimatum is only a diplo- matic name for a sea serpent. The law of California has been vindi- cated in the Durrant case, but upin Round Valley there is another story. Inspector Dockery sticks to the law with- out respect to persons and has even bowled over the kingpin of the Solid Eight. If any part of Campbell is seen above the debris of his party to-morrow the Democrats will call him the coming man. It isin vain the Kaiser claims to be the arbiter of Europe when he cannot even make two editors shut up in his awn capi- tai. 5 Nobody wishes to fight over the Alaskan boundary, but really our Canadian friends must not be too brash with their mounted police. Twelve States hold elections to-day and Utah raises the number to thirteen, so there will be luck in it of some kind for somebody. Ivis time to inquire whether the Van- derbilts will put up the coin for the mar- riage license, or whether the foreigner will pay the tax. Pittsburg will please take notice that we have no intention to knock her out, but only to bring her in along with the rest of the country. When the returns begin to come in Cleveland may stop writing his message to the people in order to read the message the people send to him. If Dallas could put up $50,000 for a prize- fight and build an amphitheater to hold it in, how much can San Francisco put up for a National convention ? Van Alen is certainly out of luck. A political scandal headed him off when he got his appointment as Minister to Italy, and now the Colt divorce suit strikes him just as he has been elected president of the Newport Sanitary Protection Association. The more light that is thrown on the killing of Jack Littlefield tne darker the crime looks and the blacker appear the surroundings, but for all that there islight enough now for the law to see how to find its way to justice. The women of Santa Barbara call atten- tion to the fact that of the 1500 registered voters of that city only about 600 appear on the assessment roll, while there are 585 women on the roll. On this showing they assert a right to take an active part in the campaign for street improvement, and it is hardly necessary to add the asser- tion goes. It 1s reported that at a recent election of municipal officers in the little town of Acree, Ky., it was discovered on election day that only one voter had taken the trouble to register properly. When this was made known to him he proceeded to elect himself Mayor, a number of his friends Aldermen, and they are now run- ning the town. The Crescent City News has issued a handsomely illustrated edition of thirty- two pages devoted mainly to the dairy in. terests of Del Norte County. It makes a handsome showing for the enterprise, wealth and prosperity of the farmers of that section and proves that it is not upon timber and mineralsonly that Del Norte relies for advancement. In the closing days of the Massachusetts campaign G. F. Williams, Democratic can- didate for Governor, tried to draw all the fire out of the “little red schoolhouse” issue by asserting in a public speech that be has had experience as scholar, teacher and committeeman, and has traveled up and down the commonwealth for many years and does not recall a single school- house which is painted red, | Delmas he states that WHY ANOTHER TRIAL? The reasons thus far advanced by the State for proceeding with the Minnie ‘Williams murder case at once, without waiting for the final determination of the Blanche Lamont case, are that the Wil- liams case 1s the stronger, and that a con- viction in that case would counteract the possible advantage to Durrant in the event of a successiul appeal to the Supreme Court in the Lamont case. Let us ex- amine these reasons and endeavor to ascertain if they are sufficient when weighed against all the other con- siderations. In a published interview with D. M. in his opinion a trial on the Williams charge would be exceedingly undesirable; that the presumption is that the Lamont ver- dict of guilty was just and that the appeal will be unsuccessful; that to all purposes Durrant is a condemned man, and in the expected natural course of events will pay the full penalty; that the great difficulty encountered in securing a jury for the Lamont case raises the presumption against the securing of an unbiased jury in the Williams case; that the logical time for pressing the Williams case would be after the final determination of the Lamont case in Durrant’s favor, should that happen. This is an able legal view of the situa- tion. Apart from it are weighty consider- ations affecting public morals. All have observed the terrible ill effects of the Lamont trial on the public mind; how the insatiable ghouls of the local sensa- tional press have dugand snoutedin the carrion of it, producing fanciful ghastly evidence that mever was presented in court and that never had existence, and pandering day after day to the morbid tastes of the weaker elements of the com- munity; how brooding over the case has produced insanity and suicide in the community; how the whole State has been upset and the attention of the people diverted from the wholesome concerns of life and the commonwealth. It is appalling to reflect that this com- munity must again be subjected to this frightful strain. Were it absolutely neces- | sary to the working out of justice there could be no reasonable objection. But the logic of the situation Is againstthat fact from a legal point of view, and the harm to the morals of the community completes the sufficiency of the objection. We can well imagine that the State might claim the danger to its cause which would result from delay, butis that danger greater than that which would be created by a con- ceivable acquittal on the Williams charge? We trust that the prosecution will care- fully consider the matter before rushing headlong into a repetition of the horrors of the last few months. THE MONEY MARKET. The November circular issued by Thomas Magee & Sons makes a straightforward at- tack on certain banking methods pursued in this City. The circular was published in yesterday’s Carr. 1t is likely to receive a great deal of attention. The burden of it is that the dividends paid by savings banks are entirely too high and must come down; that as a re- sult of high dividends the interest rate is high, and that as the result of high inter- est on loans there is comparatively little lending, and that theretore development isretarded. Mr. Magee's argument seems sound. Rental values have come down and the high rate of interest exacted does not leave a margin of profit to the lot- owner, who otherwise would borrow money and improve his property. In short, dividends and interest have de- clinea with the declination of property and rental values. Under the present system followed by the local savings banks there is more profit from lending money than from borrowing it. This is an abnormal condition and utterly incompatible with material growth. If a man has money, for instance, the in- ducement to place it in a savings bank is stronger than that to invest it in improve- ments. banks are tilled with money and develop- ment is meager. It might be assumed that this condition of affairs would of itself force down the interest rate, as there would be more lend- ers than borrowers. Butina young com- munity likedthis there must always be a certain growth and a certain number of risks on the manifest natural inducements and the hope for better times. Besides, there are many necessary cases. Accord- ingly money continues to be lent. The Bank Commission is considering the advisability of urging the enactment of a statute limiting a deposit in a savings bank to $5000 for each depositor. This would not affect the real savers of money, the working classes, who generally are animated by a hope that their bank savings in time will grow sufficiently to enable them to have a home or a little renting property of their own. This proposed law is the old story of legislation designed to govern the actions of men in the handling of their property. The instinct of the race is opposed to too much of such legislation, and if any other way to accomplish the de- sired end could be found it would be pre- ferable. Fortunately, Mr. Magee has dis- covered it—a reduction of bank dividends and interest rates. It would undoubtedly be better for the banks in the end, as it would increase their business and property values enormously. THE STATE ELEOTIONS. The State campaigns, which close with the elections to-day, have been marked by a great diversity of local issues, affect- ing with more or less force both of the great parties. In Massachusetts, New Jersey, Ohio and Iowa party divisions on National questions will probably determine the great majority of voters in casting their ballots, but everywhere else it is more than likely that other considerations will have at least as much to do with the result as any issue of National politics or any accus- tomed party affiliations. One feature of marked importance has been noted during the campaign in every State except Massachusetts. In the O1d Bay State the Democrats are united; they have nominated strong candidates and, though without the least hope of winning, have been making a fight for further tariff reform 1n the direction of free trade. In every other State Democracy is divided to such an extent it seems almost impos- sible that it should cast a full party vote for any candidate. In New York itis the State Democracy against Tammany, in New Jersey there is a revolt in the party against the Newark ring, in Maryland the fight is against Gorman, and in Kentucky, Ohio, fowa and Nebraska the silver wing of the party is against the gold wing. With such divisions among the leaders there can hardly be anything else than demoralization in the ranks, and if here and there some seeming Democratic suc- cess should be won to-day it will probably be found on investigation to be only a local victory, due in no measure whatever to Democracy as a National party. It isnot too much to say that the di- vided condition of the Democratic party as As a consequence the savings | manifest in every State where it has had a fighting chance to win constitutes the most salient feature of the political situa- tion of the country. If it does not presage the complete breaking up of that old his- toric party it at least demonstrates that under its present Jeaders it is unfit to take part in practical politics on a great scale and would be incapable of carrying on the Government even if the Government were entrusted to it. It is not easy to explain why this condition of affairs should exist. The Republican party has to face every problem that confronts Democracy, but while the Republicans master every prob- lem easily and remain united, Democrats wrangle over them and split into factions hopelessly antagonistic. It is very likely that some of the factions posing as representatives of National Democracy will have some success. New York City will probably vote with Tam- many against the strict enforcement of the Sunday closing law. The personal popularity of Blackburn and Hardin may bring out enough voters to hold Kentucky in the Democratic rank. Gorman by the aid of his machine has a chance of electing his candidate for Governor in Maryland. In no single place, however, is there a chance to win a victory that will mean anything to National Democracy, the Cleveland administration or the cause of free trade. AN AMAZING POSITION. The most extraordinary publication ever made in this part of the country has ap- peared in the editorial columns of the Grocer and Country Merchant, a paper pub- lished in this City in the avowed interest of merchants. Inspired by a rancorous hatred of the Republican party and iis principles, which no Democratic newspa- per in the West would deign to cherish bitterly opposes the bringing of the Re- publican National Convention to San Francisco and urges our merchants to fight the movement with ali their might. It makes no attempt to conceal its polit- ical animus and thereby veil its motives. For this bland candor we should be grate- ful. Ttdeclares that ‘* if these representa- tive politicians come here it will be as birds of prey to see what they can get out of us, and not for our good.” It says that the | Republican party *‘ comes before us steeped | in eyery imaginable iniquity.” In a long and vigorous tirade against the party it makes the astounding charge that ‘it has neglected its plain duty and manifest des- tiny, which are to restrict and eventually annul State autonomy.” It vindictively assails the policy of a protective tariff, | which it calls *‘ excluding foreizn products that compete with our own,”” and says that | it is “ essentially barbarous and impover- | ishes the country.” It adds: ‘*Business men should lend no countenance to the Republican party. Rather than thag let it hold its convention in Maine or anywhere else.” We do not believe that these declara- tions by the professed champion of our merchant class will have any weight, and | our confidence in the intelligence of our merchants and our pride in their man- | nood makes it impossible for us to assume | that they attach any political significance whatever to' the proposition to bring the Republican National Convention to San | Francisco. This defense of their intelli- gence and patriotism would not be made were it not for the danger that Eastern reople might do our merchants the im- measurable wrong of accepting the decla- rations of that paper as a proclam- ation of an infinitely mean, narrow and bigoted spirit prevalent among our mer- | chants. For such is not the case. We be- lieve and know that the merchants of Cali- fornia are broad-minded men, and we are confident that they will not permit them- selves to be placed in the disgraceful posi- tion in which their professed champion seeks to put them. The list of subscriptions made by San Francisco merchants to the convention fund shows where they stand. Democrats nd Republicans among them are sub- scribing with equal generosity and public rit. Not only that, but leading Demo- cratic politicians and newspapers are giv- ing abundant evidence of their intelligence —they are both working and puttine up their money for the convention. Our con- temporary’s position 1s an insult to the in- telligent Democracy of the State as well as to the merchants. Californians are pro- verbially indulgent and patient, but now | that they are well started on their march of progress, they will not permit too great an exhibition of meanness, ignorance and silurianism to stand in their way. THE ROUND VALLEY ORIMES, The transcript of the evidence given at the inquest on the killing of Jack Little- field, which was published in Tug CALL on Sunday and the statements of Clarence White concerning the other offenses com- mitted by George E. White and his men in Round Valley, confirm even the worst features of that fearful story as originally given by THE CALL'S special correspond. ent. There can be no longer any ques- i tion that California law is now face to face with a set of desperadoes in comparison with whom Evans and Sontag were but petty offenders. From theevidence given at the Coroner’s inquest the killing of Littlefield seems to have been the basest kind of assassination, and in their verdict the jury declare, “we believe the officers are implicated in the crime.” In this condition of affairs it be- hooves the Governor of the State to take some action. If one set of local officials areactually implicated in the crime there may be others not directly connected with it but too much in sympathy with the offenders to prosecute them very vigor- ously. In hunting down Evans and Sontag the State had the aid of a powerful corpora- tion; even United Btates marshals were brought in to help. In the Round Valley case there is no rich corporation to help the law. Only poor people have been robbed and murdered up there and the chief offender is rich. Here then is our law put to the test. The men who killed Littlefield should be hunted out and ar- rested, and if the local officials do not at- tend to it those of the State must. ROUND VALLEY CRIMES. St. Helena Star. The Ukiah Dispatch-Democrat denounces as disgraceful and dishonest the sensational articles published in the San Francisco daily papers concerning the reign of terror and vio- lence said to exist in Round Valloy. That paper also prints a protest against such publi- cations, signed by leading and responsible citizens. There is no doubt but the articles complained of were sensational and highly colored, and they may be fakes and unde- served, but the public would also like to know the facts in the case. There Lave been crimes and lawless acts committed in Round Valley; men have been shot down unawares; two or three have been lynched, cattle stealing has gone on almost uninterrupted for months, even years, and as far as we know slight if any punishment has been meted out to the projectors. Why are not these things stopped, end why do not the citizens who proiest against these false and sensational stories un- dertake the capture and punishment of those Wwho are violating the laws; also, if the Dis- patch-Democrat knows the truth in the case Why not tell it, as well as denounce the truth? AROUND THE CORRIDORS. Charley Dickman, who played Trilby at the last Bohemian Club jinks, has made some discoveries in the theatrical world that will be g00d hereafter to remember. In company with other members of the club, Mr. Dickman was lunching in the Palace yes- terday, wnen in walked a youngactor from one of the local theaters. He seemed to recog- nize Mr. Dickman, who greeted him with the renfark: “I liked your rendition of the attorney last night. “Well, I'm glad of it,” answered the Thes- pian; “but say, Charley, if I had only been cast in that old man’s part. Why, Icould have raised the roof. Now, there was a part just fitted for me. Why, I couid have finished it off 50 brown that the box-office would have been progress and development ever since until I See 1t what it is to-day, and I can truly say that 1 believe its growth has been upward in every Tespect. During the present year especially improve- ments have been made and new features intro- duced, which must be gratifying to the best people of the entire City and State. A fresh illustration of this is afforded in the Teports THE CALL has presented of the Durrant murder trisl. While you have constantly pub- | lished the testimony of the witnesses with other proceedings with sufficient fullness of detall to satisfy any one who did not wish to oceupy the most of 'his time in reading it, you have each morning given usa brief synopsis of the entire case for the preceding day, in- cluding the substance of the evidence, and everything else of any importance that had transpired, ana the man detailed for this duty was evidently a person of brains and mental culture, as well as of literary training, that “I1 WOULD HAVE ILENTY OF BLACK CALCIUM LIGHTS,” SAID MR. DICKMAN. stampeded for tickets to see me the next night. | Between you and me, Charley, I never yet | have been cast for the part in which I am just about right.” “You would probably meke . good Svengali,” answered Mr. Dickman, making room for the new arrival. “How’s that?” “Why, every actor is ‘able to hypnotize his audience. I suppose you felt that wa; Now up to the club we are all Svengalis, and there were so many of us that it was a difficult thing to pick out the best. Did you ever notice how many men are able to play the lead, par- ticularly in amateur performances?’ “Well, I might say thatI have.” “All right, then. T have been studying the question, and I believe that I am sble to solve the problem of giving high-class performances 50 that every man, woman and child in the cast will be just tickled to death with his’or | her part. How much do you weigh?” “One hundred and eighteen pounds.” “Good. I would cast you as Falstaff: You have never played Falstaff, have you?” *‘That's fine, then. You would excel in the part. I would have some elderly lady play Ophelia, and expect the leading tenor to tackle | the Count of Monte Cristo. As for ballet | dancers, I would insist upon the chorus girls | dofug it all, and the leading lady’s part could | be haudled by the scene-shifter’s girl. All of the high-priced actors I could engage would be | kept busy as citizens, soldiers, peasants, mes- | senger boys and street gamins. They are simply great in those parts. | “I suppose I would have a great deal of | trouble teaching them to rush up in dramatic | scenes and say ‘Here!” ‘Hurrah! ‘Bravo!’ and other such difficult lines; but most all of them | can read and write so they would learn in | time. Ishould insist upon one of the ushers leading the orchestra, and the stage manager would be a dramatic critic off some local paper. Asitis to-day, few managers give the players parts suited to themselves, but I feel it would be a very easy thing to please every- body. *“In the matter of spectacular display, for thatkind of a show I would have plenty of black calcium lights, and after each act the audience would be invited to appoint a com- mittee for the purpose of making suggestions regarding the general appearance of things. Tam pretty sure that I have discovered the correct way to cater to the theatrical appetite of the populace, and if you will excuse me for awhile I will goup to my room and finish studying the part of Littie Lord Fauntleroy. | There is nothing like being built for the pert.” | LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. WHY CHINESE ARE GOING. To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—SIR: In one of your recent issucs it was stated that many Chinamen in the States were suddenly returning home and declined to give any rea- son for so dofng. Ihave been expecting to see some reason assigned in your columns, but have not as yet noticed any. In building the railway from Vladivostock through Manchuria the Russians will be bound to use Chinese labor, and as Russia wiil know that the Chinamen who have been work- ing in America are likely to be better workers and to have more push than their less ex- perienced countrymen they are likely to be referred. Also their knowledge of t e Eng- ish language would bé of special value, as they could serve as (nter%uteru between the Ohinese workmen and the engineers and Russian officers in the construction corps, who are always acquainted with the English language. Under what conditions the railway through Manchuria will be constructed none but the Russian and Chinese Governments know, ex- cept possibly the Emperor of Japan. This un- certainty is a good excuse for England quietly to leave the matter alone. She will not go to war single handed against Russia, thongh her policy may lead her into it, as, if she can find any pretext for getting a further footing on Chinese soil and thereby gaining some trade advantage, she will avail herself of it, and probably Russia would be bound {o protect China. Russia does not desire ‘war, but she must have an outlet for her Siberian railway. Her chance is now and she will not mmfl. Yours, ‘GNOME, San Jose, Cal., Nov. 2. THE OALL‘S-—D—‘URBANT REPORT, To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—DEAR SIR: Ihave been a reader and & frequent con- tributor to THE CALL for nearly a third of a century. Iremember it well as the four-page little sheet which it was when I first began to write for it, wren it was located in its cramped quarters on Commercial street, when its entire editorial and reportorial force comprised only 8bout half a dozen men. I have watched its qualified him to seize upon all the important peints aud present them in a condensed form, and with a clearness and compactness that enabled the reader to go rapidly through it, and feel, when he had finished, that he kunew nearly as much of the matter as he would have done if he had sat in the courtzoom and }jisteued to the proceedings during the entire ay. T, for one, feel under deep obligations for the help you have thus afforded me in my effort to follow the case, from its opening by the at- torney for the people until the rendering of the verdict by the jury, and I belleve there are thousands of others who in their hearts are thanking you as sincerely and as emphatically for the service you have thus rendered as 1 do now in the words which I have written. JAMES WOODWORTH. ANOTHER FIZZLE FOR FARMERS. The most serious complaint of the potato- grower this year is the low price of the product, particularly in the Northwest. The report from the department’sagent for Wisconsin and | Minnesota represents that 1n the latter State the tubers *‘do not pay for the digging.” He states that the yield is enormous, *‘on an acreage three times as great as in previous years,” that ‘‘hundreds of acres will not be dug” and that ‘“much of the acreage will go to feed stock.” Here is another startling announcement on the official authority of the Secretary of Agri- culture in his September crop report. Can Mr. Morton reconcile the above with the Demo- cratic promises made to farmers in 1892, that the value of all farm crops would be enhanced if the protectionists were turned out of office and the free-traders installed in their places? Potatoes “do mot pay for digging” vs the free-trade Secretary’s report. ‘Hundreds of acres will not be dug” even when 80 much labor is idle and wages are so much cuegper than they were in 1892. ‘‘Much of the acreage will go to feed stock”—feeding potatoes to stock as well as dollar wheat, and corn to be burned, too. Is there no hope for the farmer? Let ussee if the marketsof the world won’t save him. Here are our exports of potatoes for the last five years: EXPORTS OF POTATOES. Bushels. Value. 341,189 $318,482 567,022 361,378 -845,720 700,013 803,111 651,877 572,857 418,22 Note how our exports of potatoes gradually increased during the McKinley tariff period and how we captured hali & million more bushels of the potato markets of the world in 1893 than we did in 1891, Note aguin that, directly the free-traders got their fingers on the farmers’ potato crops, our exports fell off and we shipped abroad 270,000 bushels less in 1895 than in 1893. Perhaps, though, there will be a chance for the farmers to capture the markets of the world during the present fiscal year. Mr. Free-trade Secretary Morton enlightens us upon this point. His September report tells us that “800,000 hundred-weight of potatoes were shipped to England during the first six months of this year” from Germany. He also tells us that *‘France shipped "about the same quantity.” It would seem that France and Germany have got ahead of us, especially “gs England has nearly en average crop of very high quality, the market there {s glurted and prices are as low as ®10 a ton.” This is equivalent to 25 centsa bushel delivered in England. It is not surprising that farmers, “particularly in the Northwest,” when they think of the freight rate from the Northwest to London and the cost of bags, commission and insurance, are complaining of low prices. A potato market at 25 cents a bushel in Lon- don, less these expenses and the cost of seed, fertdlizer and Iabor, does not leave much mar. in of profit for the American farmer after he gu captured the markets of the world. No paying market in England, France or Ger- mauy, and Secretary Morton says. “it is un- likely that we shall be able to dispose of any of our surplus in Europe.” We thought the mar- kets of the world were waiting for our surplus roducts. Can it be that the market of India, Eifine ana Japan alone are open to us? Mus v;s gorgw tubers to supplant the rice crops of the Orient. ‘We cannof but admire Mr. Free-trade Secre- tary Morton’s candor in describing these free- trade conditions, varying as ‘rentl; as_they do, from free-trade promises of 1892, Secro. tary Morton says that “these conditions are worth nothing.” They are, Mr. Secretary. The farmers will note them—will note that “these conditions” are not theories.—From the Amer. ican Economist, Friaay, November 1, 1895. THE CALL'S OFFER., Los Angeles Capital. Tt is generally thought that a newspaper does its full duty in whooping up any public enter- prise, but the San Francisco dailies are not only devotin but are putting up mon With prodigal Tiberalty o, socure (he Repn lican National Convention for that City. Tug CALL makes a little contribution of $10,000. and tells the committee (o Call arain it o funds are needed. We would like to see the Los Azgeics dafles g, Into mosey wcnaing con! N ‘ney ar €0 money an shouid ioosen up 8 little. s PERSONAL. 8. L. Mack, a merchant of Hueneme, is at the Lick. J. A. Cooper, an attorney of Ukiah, is at the Grand. Frank A. Cressey, a banker of Modesto, is at the Lick. R. Gracey, an attorney of Merced, is staying at the Lick. C. W. Tryon, a mining man of Angels Camp, is at the Grand. Arthur A. Taylor, editor of the Santa Cruz Surf, is in the City. William Moorehead, a mining man of Sonora, is staying at the Lick. A. W. Riley, a big land-owner of Santa Rosa, is a guest at the Lick. E. 0. Miller, an attorney of Visaiia, registered at the Lick yesterday. R. M. Bhackleford, a capitalist of Paso Robles, is at the Occidental. Henry Manning, a prominent merchant of New Brunswick, N, J., is at the Palace. Captain H. D. Colson, a vineyardist of Fresno, registered at the Grand yesterday. Warden and Mrs. Charles Aull came down from Folsom yesterday and put up at the Palace. Superior Judge Thomas B. Bond of Lake County came down from Lakeport yesterday and registered at the Lick. Miss Adeline Knapp has so far recovered her health that she is aple toleave the Fabiola Hospital in Oakland and is once more at her home at Dimond, Alameda County. LATE VERSES BY EUGENE FIELD. Chicago Record. THE DREAM-SHIP. When all the world is fast asleep, Along the midnight skies— As though it were a wandering cloud— The ghostly Dream-Ship flies. An angel stands at the Dream-Ship’s helm, An angel stands at the prow, And an angel stands at the Dream-Ship's side With a rue-wreath on her brow. The other angels, silver-crowned, Pilot and helmsman are. But the angel with the wreath of rue ‘Tosseth the dreams afar. The dreams they fall on rich and poor, They fall on young and old: And some are dreams of poverty And some are dreams of gold. And some are dreams that thrill with joy, And some that melt to tears; Some are dreams of the dawn of love, And some of the old dead years. On rich and poor allke they fall, Alike on young and old, Bringing t6 slumbering earth their joys And sorrows manifold. The friendless youth in them shall do The deeds of mighty men, And drooping age shall free the grace ©f buoyant youth again. The king shall be a beggarman, The pauper be & king, In that revenge of recompense The Dream-Ship dreams do bring. S0 ever downward float the dreams That are for all and me, And there is never mortal man Can solve that mystery. But ever onward in its course Along the haunted skies— As though {t were a cloud astray— The ghostly Dream-Ship fifes. Two angels with their silver crowns Pilot and belmsman are, And an engel with a wreath of rue Tosseth the dreams afar. A BIBLIOMANIAC'S GARDEN. My garden aboundeth in pleasant nooks And fragrance is over it ail. For sweet Is the smell of my old, old books In their places against the wall. Here {5 a folio that's grim with age And yellow and green with mold; There's the breath of the S¢a on every page And the hint of a stanch ship's hold. And here a treasure from France la bello Exhaieth a faint perfume Of wedaed lily and asphodel In a garden of song abloom. And this wee little book of Puritan mien And rude, conspicuous print Hath the Yankee flavor of wintergreen, Or, maybe, of peppermint. In Walton the brooks a-babbling tell Where the cherry grows, And where in meadow or woodland dwell The buttercup and the rose. But best beloved of books, I ween, Are those which onc percelves Are hallowed by ashes dropped between The yellow, well-thumbed leaves. % For i’s here a laugh and it's there a tear, Till the treasured book is read: And the ashes betwixt the pages here Tell us of one long dead. But the gracious presence reappears As we read the book again. And the fragrance of precious, distant years Filleth the hearts of men. Come, pluck with me in my garden nooks The posies that bloom for all; Oh, sweet is the smell of old, 6ld books 1n their places against the wall ! HORACE TO MECENAS, [Odes 111, 29]. Dear, noble friend, a virgin cask Of wine sollcits your attention, And roses fair 10 deck your hair, And things too numerous to mention; S0 tear y ourself awhile away From urban turmoil, pride and splendor, Avd deign to share what humble fare And sumptuous fellowship I tender. The sweet content retirement brings Smootks out the ruffled fronts of kings. The evil planets have combined To make the weather hot and hotter: By parbolled streams the shepherd dreams Vainly of lce-cream soda water, And meanwhile you. defying heat With pa:riotic ardor, ponder ©On what old Rome essays at home And what her heathen do out yonder. Mmcenas, no such vain alarm Disturbs the qulet of this farm. God in his providence otscures The goal beyond this vale of sorrow, And smiles at men in pity when ‘They seck to penetrate the morrow. With faith that all is for the best, Let’s bear what burdens are presented, That we shall say, let come what may, “We die as we have lived, contents Ours is to-day, God's is the rest: He doth ordain who knoweth bes Dame Fortune plays me many a prank; When she is kind, oh, how I go it! But if agaln she’s harsh, why, then Iam a very proper poet. When favoring gales bring in my ships 1 hie (0 Rome and live in clover; Elsewlse I steer my skiff out here, And anchor till the storm blows over. Compulsory virtue is the charm 01 life upon the Sabine farm ! WHEN THE POET CAME. L The ferny places gleam at morn, The dew drips off the leaves of corn; Along the brook & mist of white Fades as a kiss on lips of light; ¥or, 10! the poet with his pipe Findsall these melodies are ripe! 1L Far up within the cadenced June Floats, silver-winged, a living tune That winds within the morning’s chime And sets the carth and sky to rhyme; Forlo! the poet, absent long, Breathes the first raptures of his song! IIL Across the clover-blossoms, wet, With dainty clumps of violet, And wild red roses in her hair, There comes a little maiden falr. Icannot more of June rehearse— She is the ending of my verse! Iv. Ab. nay! For through perpetual days Of summer gold and filmy hase. When Autumn dles in Winter’s sleet, 1 yet will see those dew-washed feet, And o’er the tracks of Life and Time They make the cadence for my rhyme. —_— ADVICE TO MR. HARRISON. New York Life. Mr. William Greer Harrison of San Francisco, ‘Who wrote a play which was not favorably re- garded by New York theater-goers, has re- turned home and proclaimed that owing to their slavish lives New York men cannot know what is meant by culture. They are slaves to their business, Mr. Harrison says, and when they go to the theater they are tired and want to see something that will make them laugh. As the result of observations of New York men made in some of their clubs, Mr. Harrison states it as his opinion that there is more re- finement and intelligence in the Bohemian Club of San Francisco than thereisin the whole of New York. Mr. Harrison is overhasty. Life itself con- siders the atmosphere of New York somewhat unfavorable to intellectual deliberation. But, after all, this is a big town, ana there are all sorts of folks in it. The bulk of the population ‘works hard, it 1s true, and is tired when night comes, but is hardly reduced to such & depth of prostration as not to find entertainment in & thoroughly good play well acted. Mr. Harrison should beware of falling into the habit of cor- tain of the realists who revile the intelligence of their fellow-men because they refuse to read their stupid novels. If he thinks New York men are slavishly bent on gein, let him show up their errors in his next play. The New York man who supposes that he is living, whereas in truth he is merely hustling, is an amusing type, which should delight San Fran- cisco, and might even come to edify New York itself. Try again, Mr. Harrison, try again. PRESIDENTIAL PROSPECTS. . Philadelphia Bulletin. In the East—using that term in its broadest meaning—Thomas B. Reed of Maine is appar- ently the favorite. Governor McKinley has many followers the Atlantic States and ex- President Harrison has a strong hold upon the masses. But Reed seems to be the nrst choice of the active political element which fills con- ventions and nominates candidates. Mr. Reed was not on cordial terms with President Har- rison during the closing years of Harrison's term, and if he was uot in the arrangement to nominate Mr. Blaine in 1892, he was very close to it. At present Mr. Reed receives the general support of the element which Mr. Harrison alienated. Chicago Record. It seems to be generally conceded that both the foremost political leaders in the Republi- can party look with a friendly eye on the am- bitions of Thomas B. Reed. Mr. Platt has de- clared himself for Morton, but this need not hinder him from changing his mind as expe- diency may demand. The support of Morton coversany little plans which the wily leader may have on foot, and it affords him an oppor- tunity to be captivatingly “‘frank” as to his in tentions. 1f Mr. Morton’s shrinking boom fades completely out of the situation, both Platt and Quay, together with some of the other party leaders, may be expected to become Reed men. Chicago Times-Herald. The story that comes from Washington to the effect that Reed will endeavor to prick the Cullom Presidential boom in this State by ignoring the claims of Illinois Republican leaders to important committes chairman- ships is not based on correct _information as to olitical conditions. If Mr. Reed really imag- [ies that the Cuilom boom i anything so formidable that it needs to be feared or that he can bring about its collapse by anorxnfl the claims of such men as Hopkins, Cannon and Hitt, it is not creditable to his political sae gacity. Providence Telegram. The Republican Presidential aspirants con tinue to be afraid of opening their mouths of expressing an opinion. They would evidently rather see all this year's elections lost than go on the stump and say a word on any live po- litical issue. No help do they give their party in its great struggle in Maryland and Ken- tucky or in the hot fight going on in New York. One and all refuse to make a single speech. New York Sun. James E. Campbell fs & good American and agood Democrat. No broken-backed foreign policy for him. Heoughtto win. Whether he wins or loses, and even if he should be de- feated by a great majority, he will have addea to his reputation ana sirengthened his titles to the respect and admiration of the party. New Bedford Standard. Senator Teller comes outwith a statement that he will support none but _a silver man for the Presidency next year. It is quite ssible that the Republican party can afford to dis- regard Mr. Teller's ultimatum. There are several thousand Republicans who do mnot want to support silver men. Providence Journal. It the fondest hopes of the Ohio Republicans should be realized in spite of their factional differences and the majority of the State ticket loom up to remarkable proportions, would Governor McKinley's Presidential boom profit thereby, or would Governor-elect Bushnell get the benefit of the decisive victory? Loulsville Courler-Journal. Is there treason in the Iowa camp against Allison? The hardest blow that has yet been dealt that gentleman as a Presidential candi- date is from & professed_friend, Chairman Mc- Millan of the Iowa Republican Committee, who claims that Platt, Quay and Joe Manley are all for Allison. Chicago Tribune. The objection to Senator Allison is that he was “born in Ohlo,” is it? Many & many has risen to greatness in spite of that drawbick. It was not Senator Allison’s fault that hdfvas born in Ohio, and he got away from theR§ at the first good opportunity. Cleveland Leader. Hill is out for the nomination of his party for President in 1896. There is no doubt of that fact, and it has & deal to do with his active ity in Ohio this fall. He wants Western dele- gates in the Bourbon conventio FROM WESTERN SANCTUMS. Hasn’t Rained for a Month in Oregon. Portland Oregonian. Last summer Martinez Campos declared that it was too hot to put down the Cuban insurrec~ tion, but that he would crush it incontinently in the fall. Now he says that it is too wet to march against the insurgents, but that he will destroy them utterly in the spring. No season on earth would suit’ Campos for campaigning but an Oregon October. Railroad Money Paid Out. Stockton Independent. Five dollars of railroad money have been peid out in and around Stockton for every dollar contributea to bring the roads here. That is the kind of liberality that pays a heavy profit. Reality That Mocks Desire. . Astorla (Or.) Astorian. President Cleveland must weep when he thinks of Miss Frances Willard's seventeenth term as president. The Presidential Candidate, Haywards Mail. The times are out of joint. Who is he who was born to set them right? Frost-Bitten in the Bud. St. Helena Star. Jim's record of appointment Gesford, Spencer and Jeter. Republicanism and Sunshine. Yreka Union. There will be no moonshine about the Prest dential election of next year. Menzies, TWO MEN FOR GOVERNOR. Fresno Expositor. 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