The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 18, 1895, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CAI;L, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1895. . S5 CHARLES M. SHORTRIDG Editor and Proprietor. RIPTION RATE ostage Free: onew : 1 Sunday CALL a. Main—1868 ROO! EDITORIAL 517% Clay ..Main—1874 Telephone.. BRANCH OFFIC t, corner ¢ open until stree ntil 9 o'cl open u ; open ch fist work. Help the convention fund and then pre- pare for Thank: In Canada they have a problem for every province, but no two of a kind. 1f New York will take care of Chicago, ill take care of the convention. rightful circulations go steadily and, but there is a kind that goes upand is lost to sight. This week wiil offer you plenty of oppor- tunities to get in some good work for the City and the State. ‘We may have our little rivalries here and there, but for the National Convention we can all work together. When the Congressional circus opens e, Cleveland will appear, not as ter, but as clown. e Democratic Junta has now found that Buckleyism is something more than a shadow on the party. veland is reported to have said the talk about a third term is beneath notice, and for once we agree with him. A syndicate of ‘Opean powers may sible reform Turkey, but a good Rus- sian club would do the work better. y seem diplomatic ut from an American point v they look like bad breaks. There is one Wild West show that gave realistic exhibition in New York, ersof it held up a saloon. does it profit the country to shut ett zsimmons and allow 1gs to go on? and Perhaps in her e: to get the con- -ention Chicago will try the little game of ting the National Committee again. herman is as cold a man as he is re- ported to be, he must have been living on a diet of hot tamales when he wrote his book. If- David Bennett Hill expects the lec- ture platform to support him he must be careful that there are no Democratic planks in it. From the way affairs are going in Tur- key it is no sure thing we may not havea war before the Christmas bells ring for peace on earth. The great West is always far reaching, but Leadville is a little bit overdoing the thing in talking about a toboggan slide two miles long. Since Democracy has no candidate in sight for the Presidential succession there is a chance for some Populist to come for- ward and make a show of himself. It was poor policy in the Junta to try to turn off the lights at the meeting of the Democratic General Committee, for the Buckley crowd is at home in ways that are dark. Marlborough has been rather hasty in taking his bride away across the water, but perhaps he has heard of the experience of Lord Sholto Douglas with an American mother-in-law. 1t is a foregone conclusion that the at- tempt of the Kaiser to suppress all criti- cism of his conduct and his speeches wili have tk ect of making ten critics where there used to be on A certain Wiliiam Read, who claims to be an authority on the subject, declares that Boston baked beans is the identical red pottage for which Esau sold his birth- right, and now Boston does not blame him any more. The Postmaster-General is making an- other effort to stop the circulation of lot- tery matter through the mails, but so long as newspapers are permitted to advertise the alleged drawings of these swindling games the swindles will go on. ° General Schofield is a brave man. He recently stated that he would accept the Presidency i came to him, and the thousands who have been fearing that no one would come forward to save the coun- try may now go abcut ir work in peace. The Columbus (Ohio) Press says: A newspaper which will print words of praise of a candidate for office for money and abuse of his opponent without foundation in fact, isentirely unworthy of patronage.” What would the Press have? Shall a man for money? ning at the horse show the band played od Save the Queen,” and the Duke of Marlborough, who was present, at once arose and stood uncovered, while the Americans in his box remained seated. The story is curious, for the chances are the bana was really playing “America,” the tune being tbe same as that of the British anthem, and while the mistake of the Duke was natural, what shall we say of the Americans at the show who did not <now their own anthem when they heard 1t? | Napoleon | an | ley during the sittings of the Wallace od without foundation in fact and | It is reported from New York that one | THE DEADLY PARALLEL. The friends of Christopher Buckley in their enthusiasm over his rapid renewal | of control over the local Democracy are disposed to liken his return to power to that of Napoleon from Elba to the Tuil- eries. There is some show of reason for the parailel. The domination of Buckley over the Democratic pariy of California in the time of hig past glory was as complete and as autocratic as that of over France before the Rus- n campaign. ‘The retreat from Moscow the disaster which overwhelmed Buck- Grand Jury, have certain elements of simi- larity. The abdication and the Canadian tour were compelled by circumstances which had much in common, while in the exile to Elba and the retirement to Ra- venswood, the student of general and local | history wil! see a resemblance at a glance. The chapterof coincidences does not end here. In each case the exiled dictator announced that his retirement was final and that his ambition for power would no | more disturb the peace of the world. The | return of each was suddenly determined upon and speedily executed. The hand- { ful of adherents which gathered about Buckley at the Occidental Club is a reminder of the pitiful array of foilowers which Napoleon had’ about him at Cannes. The way the royalist sol- diers Geclared their fidelity to the cause of the returning exile finds a modern instance 1 the way the warriors of the local De- mocracy have dragged the Buckley tri- color from their knapsacks during the past few weeks. The treatment which the press of Paris accorded the passage of Napoleor: from Elba to the Tuileries is amusingly like that which the local Demo- cratic newspapers are giving to the Buck- ley of yesterday and to-day. Who that reads this authentic report of that historic episode will fail to appreciate the perfec- tion of the parallel at this point? Here is the report from the Parisian pres: The Corsican has left the Island of Elba. Bonaparte has debarked at Cannes with 1100 men. General Bonaparte has'taken possession of Grenoble. Napoleon has entered Lyons. The Emperor has reached Fontainebleau to- day. His Imperial Highness is expe: Tuileries to-morrow, the anni birth of the King of Rome. How does this compare with the change of attitude of the Democratic press of San Francisco toward Buckley the absent exile and Buckley the returning dictator? The parallel at this point begins to push itself beyond the liking of the friends of the modern Napoleon of Democratic poli- tics, but let us pursue it to the end. The | return of Napoleon was to the brief and fading glory of “The Hundred Days,” at {the end of which was Waterloo. The return of Buckley has in itevery proph- ecy of a parallel of {fate. He has ed at the ry of the with discord and intrigue and weakened by the corrupting diseases and ill-favored repute of which he sowed the seeds in his former days of power. meet the allied forces in fayor of honest methods and legitimate leadership in politics, represented by the Re- publican party, resolved upon the downfall of Buckley and all who are like him. He has come back to | consolidate every evil agency and influ- ence behind his desperate struggle for the supremacy of that sort of ‘‘bossis: which he is the most perfect Western type, but it is only to meet his Waterloo at the next election. There is every indication that the deadly parallel will push itseif to this conclusion. It only rests with the friends of honest | government and pure politics and the ene- mies of their opposite to unite beneath the banner of the Republican party in the next | campaign, and the Waterloo of Bossism | then accomplished will be followed by a . Helena from which Buckley and Buck- sm shall nevermore return. BOSS POLITIOS REVIEWED. An article in the last issue of McClure’s Magazine is devoted directly to Richard Croker and indirectly to the modern methods of corrupt political bosses in securing fortunes out of the business. Croker, who a few years ago wasa poor man, is now ranked among the heavy mil- lionaires of the country, and no one will question the fact that he acquired his enormous wealth by being the boss of Tammany. The question is, How did he make the money ? The magazine writer analyzes this mat- ter minutely, and arrives at the conclu- sion that Croker never directly received a dollar of corrnption money. He must have been aware that his official under- lings of the Tammany guild were levying blackmail, selling franchises for private gain and compelling inferior officers to divide their salaries. All these’ things were clearly disciosed by the investiga- tions of the Lexow Committee, and yet not a single dollar of this corrupt money could be traced to Croker, nor could it be shown that he had a hand in any of the shady schemes in which his subordinates were involved. Then how did he get his money? Largely by “protecting” the interests of wealthy men, and by being favored. by them with knowledge of where and how money was to be made by speculation. This is a salient departure from the old order of corrupt boss politics, of the kind that sent Tweed to prison and Inspector Byrnes into private life. To what extent this refined sort of piracy has been prac- ticed by the corrupt political bosses of San Francisco is an interesting question. This practice of “protecting” the inter- ests of rich men who live on the public is, in its present form, a new thing in boss politics. It discloses the fact that while such men do not resort openly to bribery in their schemes to plunder the public they have just as effectual and a far safer plan of accomplishing the desired end, The difference is that the new plan is not indictable, and it is that that makes the boss of the Croker type even more danger- ous than the one who traffics in bribery and extortion. It is no wonder that labor organizations cry out against the abuse of the money power, but it is a wonder that wealthy men of the type here referred to are so narrow as to regard this way of furthering their selfish interests compatible with ideas of sound business sense. What the end of it all will be the unspeaking future gives no sign, but the enhightened mind cannot re- gard such a condition of affairs without forebodings of terrible consequences. i NAMES IN CALIFORNTIA. An agitation among the residents of Morgan Hill, a prosperous new town in the Santa Clera Valley, to change the name of their town, calls attention to the sm;{ular disregard of a precious oppor- tunity which the State enjoys. Thisis to employ Spanish names for new settle- ments. The policy of the Postoffice De- partment is to discourage names com- vposed of more than one word. Singulariy en_ough this ridiculous rule has nct re- ceived the condemnation which it invites. The people of any community in this country have a right to bestow upon the come back to find his party a France filled | | | i | He has returned to | community any decent name they please, and it is offensive impertinence on the part of the General Government to interfere. This point is of value to California be- cause so many of the Spanish names be- stowed by the early Franciscans and their followers were compound and are still available as names for newly incorporated towns or for postoffices in unincorporated communities. The position of the Post- office Department refers to such postoffices, iand as the communities in which thesé vostofiices are established almost invari- ably become incorporated towns in time the matter has a serious aspect. It istrue that some of the Spanish names attached to places are absurdly long and complex and, therefore, impracticable, but a reason- ably short name made up from them ought not to be objected to. Thus the original name of Los Angeles was (trans- lated) ““The Town of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels,” or “The Town of the Church of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels,” meaning that to designate the settlement contiguous to a church called “The Church of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels.”” Itis true that in its present form the name of the city is meaningless, but it is none the less musical for that. While the Postoffice Department is en- forcing its absurd and impertinent rule we find the people of California themselves showing but a poor appreciation of the beauty of these Spanish names. Hardly any of the new towns are given such names, this intelligent practice being con- fined almost exclusively to large owners of private estates in the country. We should not be discouraged by the fact that the Spanish names which have become fixed are generally mispronounced, the name of San Francisco being a prominent example, for there is an abundance of simple and eagily pronounced Spanish common nouns applicable in a descriptive sense to hun- dreds of places. There ought to be formed a society for taking up this idea and urging it upon the people. It is simply a matter of education. As it is the Spanish names which abound throughout the State lend a certain grace- ful charm of much value. COAST EXCHANGES. The great value of a sugar-beet factory to a community and the State is graphi- cally set forth by C. B. Coliender in a com- munication to the San Luis Obispo Tribune. Deep interest has been created in that county by a proposition from some capi- talists that they will establish a sugar fac- tory there if the people will give them a bonus of 4000 acres of land and contracts with farmers to cultivate from 5000 to 7000 acresin beets, the capitalists agreeing to pay $4a ton for beets running 14 per cent of sugarand 25 centsa tom additional for | each 1 per cent above 14 and 25 cents less for each 1 per cent below 14. It is the hes- itation of the people to agree to these terms that causes Mr. Collender to write. He says that the 4000-acre bonus is really trifling taking the berefits into account. “For instance,” he says, ‘“from Pismo and the Oak Park country to Santa Maria there is at least 40,000 acres that will grow sugar beets. Hence only one-tenth is re- quired as subsidy, and any one owning land in the above section, Pismo to Santa Maria,can well afford to double this subsidy rather than lose the enterprise. A sugar- beet plant of the capacity of that at Chino will cost $500,000 and will work 800 to 1000 tons of beets per day. The pulp of these beets will feed from 4000 to 5000 head of beef cattle. The factory requires thirty tons of lime per'day and consumes about 700 barrels of crude oil as fuel each twenty- four hours. Its water requirements are 3,000,000 gallons daily. About 200 hands are employed at the mill. The products are a trainload of twelve cars of sugar shinped out each day. Such a plant located any- where 1n our county, with its varied train of auxiliaries, would add probably $2,000,- 000 in assessable property to the county and would double or treble in value all land within its influence. An enterprise of this vastness shonld be encouraged and eagerly pushed by every one and by the county at large.” That the benefits of the beet-sugar indus- try are fully apprecidted 1n Yolo County was recently proved by an article in the Woodland Mail. There had been rumors at Woodland that Claus Spreckels had an idea of establishing a_sugar factory in that vicinity. Mr. Spreckels arrived, according to the Mail, in company with Thomas Ma- gee, and to the Mail he said: “I am un- able to say anything further than that Mr. Magee and I are here to look over the Fair ranch. If the so1l is what it is represented to be I will buy it and establish a beet fac- tory—a permanent one, too.” The Mail says that he inspected the property, and adds: ‘“He was not very favorably im- pressed with the Fair ranch on account of the excessive high water that floods that district. He intends to further consider the matter.”” It is hoped that a com- munity which is so alert to the advantages of such an enterprise will not be disap- pointed and that it will do all in its power to forward the matter. In the following paragraph the Stockton Independent calls attention to an interest- ing thing: “California may have a hard name for crime and criminals, but it is well to remember that very few of the criminals are Californians, - Durrant is a Canadian; Brady, the train robber, is an Illinoisian, and his partner, Browning, was a Missourian. Kovalev is a Russian; St. Ciair and Hansen, who were recently hanged, were both foreigners, as was also Young, who suffered for the murder of his benefactor. Chris Evans is a Canadian and the Sontags were trom Minnesota. Fredericks, the all-around ruffian and mur- derer, was a German, and McNulty, who killed a fellow-stevedcre, was a Nova Sco- tian. These cases, cited from memory, go to show that ‘California’ criminals are not Celifornian.” The Santa Clara Journal insists that the comstruction of the municipal works and their turning over to the city should be celebrated by a public demonstration. It calls attention to the fact that Los Gatos celebrated the laying of a third rail by the Sonthern Pacific Company. Municipal construction and ownership of water works certainly constitute a very important step forward, and as the achievement repre- sents a high order of intelligence and public spirit on the part of the people, the city should receive all possible benefits which would tiow from & generous adver- tisement of the fact. The Marysville Democrat, returning to its attack upon Tur CaLL for warning the people of the SBacramento Valley against the danger of taking the Southern Pacific magnates into the proposed colonization scheme, takes the broad ground that it makes no difference whence the money comes for forwarding the enterprise, and that the main consideration is the bring- ing of settlers into the valley. It seemsto us that in view of the sufferings of Califor- nia farmers by reason of the excessive transportation charges exacted by, the Southern Pacific, the main and first con- sideration ought to be the building of competing railroads. Is it morally right to invite settlers into a region where ruin- ously unjust freight charges make farming unprofitable? Would it not be far wiser and more humane first to assure profitable farming by the building of compeling roads? Has it never occurred to our con- temporary thata shrewd reason for Mr. Huntington’s suddenly acquired interest in the welfare of the Sacramento Valley is deliberately intended to obstruct a com- peting road? Has it never reflected that Mr. Huntington could pursue a course of immeasurably greater benefit to the vall.ey by reducing rates than by seel{ing to in- crease the population under existing con- ditions and at the same time maku'_lg are- duction of rates by a competing line im- possible? Would not such reduchfm con- stitute the strongest of all possibie induce- ments for settlers to enter the valley? If these questions are fearlessly and wisely answered we deem it hardly possible for the people of the Sacramento Valley to find anything commendable in Mr. Hun- tington’s attitude or any sufficient reason for their permitting him to fasten himself still more securely on their property. Aproposjof the announcement that Claus Spreckels intends still further to enlarge his sugar-beet operations in this State, the San Jcse Mercury publishes the following valuable information: 2 “The growth of the beet-sugar in- dustry in the United States during the past few years has been marvelous. In 1890 the country produced only 6,000,000 pounds; in 1891, 10,000,000 pounds; in 1892, 18,000,000 pounds; in 1893,43,000,000 pounds; in 1894, 60,000,000 pounds. The direct re- sult of the McKinley law was & marked increase in production, thus saving some millions of doliars for the country and dis- tributing vast sums to American wage- earners, besides reducing the price. There never was a more striking example of tAhe benefits resulting from fostering a home in- dustry. The consumption per capita of sugar of all kinds has increased from 24.1 pounds per annum in 1867 to 63.4 in 1893, and the Louisiana Planter is authority for the statement that it is now 77. Accepting the latter figure, the annual consump- tion of sugar of all kinds in the United States is 5,390,000,000 pounds, and in the year ending June 30, 1894, we im- ported 4,345,193,881 pounds, valued at $126,871,889. During the same period we exported 14,778,416 pounds, valued at §653, 052. As to the quantity of cane sugar pro- duced in this country last year we have not the figures at hand, but in 1893 it amounted to 450,000,000 pounds. Calling it 500,000,000, and adding to those figures the 60,000,000 pounds of beet sugar made last year, we have a total production of only 560.000,000 pounds to meet a demand of 5,390,000,000 pourds. “It will be readily seen, therefore, that the possibilities of the beet-sugar industry are practically limitless. This country should supply its own market, and if the Republican policy of protecting the in- dustry by means of a bounty is revived the industry will expand into prodigious pro- portions, Mr. Spreckels and other manu- facturers doubtless believe that it will be. Germany last year paid §5,781,250 in sugar bounties, France §10,000,000, Austria $2,000,000 and Belgium $5,000,000. “At Watsonville last year, according to areport made Ry a committee of agricul- turists from Yolo County who were dele- gated to visit the factory, to growers alone the sum of $650,000 was disbursed, $150,000 was paid to overatives, clerks, etc., and the supplies of wood, limestone, etc., cost be- tween §$100,000 and $150,000. Similar sta- tistics were obtained at Alvarado.” The Summerland Advance, which has done so much to advertise that charming town in Santa Barbara County, makesa remarkable showing of the recently de- veloped oilindustry there. Itsays: ‘“There are thirty-seven producing o1l wells col- lectively yielding an average of nearly 400 barrels per day, and contracts were let for twenty-six more wells during the past week.” Some of the interesting facts re- lated to the subject are thus set forth: “Lots in the known oil belt are held at $250 to each; the oil is found at such a shallow depth, 18 so inexpensive to reach, that a ten-barrel well will pay for lots, well and all in three months’ time. Mr. Williams says that all oil regions have three distinct sands at different depths which contain oil; that the oil now pumped is from the upper sand, which is found at an average depth of about 150 feet; that the gas vein existing in Summerland is from the second oil-bearing strata, for the gas is found at a greater depth than the first oil strata, and, as the gas will ascend instead of descend, it proves the existence of the second oil vein, which is claimed to be a stronger vein and of a lighter and better quality of oil, judging from the great amount of gas thrown up from it.”’ The opening of San Luis Obispo to the world both by rail and sea is a matter whose importance the rest of the State is likely to overlook. Some of the many charms of that section are thus described by the Tribune: “‘In equableness of climate San Luis Obispo is without a rival among the towns or cities along the golden coast. Set most delightfully amid mountain peaks far famed for their beauty—not on the ocean but open to it by means of devi- ous canyons—it'owns all the benefits of both the mountain and ocean breezes with- out being subject to the discomforts of their storms. Also its outlying driveways are unsurpassed; and whether one takes the road to Pismo, the finest ocean beach in the world, or to Morro Rock, famous for the odd beauty of its shape and peculiar setting, or to Sycamore Springs, justly prized forthe charm of their location as well as for their therapeutic qualities, or to the top of the Santa Lucia Range, un- excelled for the length and beauty of its perspective—and all within a radius of twelve miles—he 1s sure to return enthusi- astic, not only for the things he found waiting him at the end, but for those which he has experienced by the way. Moreover, too, we have our historical and traditional associations—more especially those in connection with our old Mission and the footsteps of the great California pathfinder—which makes our location of the very first importance, whether to the romancer or to the historian, of any in our State.” YOUNG SAILOR BOYS. To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—SIR: As a regular reader of THE CALL, I notice with pleasureable satisfaction your kindly remarks toward boys who o down to the sea in ships. While a life ou the “ocean wave” may not be all that a boy’s fancy may picture, it cextainly is not the most deplorable life to lead, espé- cially if a youngater who does go has sufficient ambition to strive to get abaft the mizzenmast. 1am a believer in having Amencan boys as officers on American ships; that the American flag should be raised by Americans, either na- s&mr adopted, and the more of the native the If the reporter who writes up the sailor boys will take a walk to Swwnt»l}z)mt whart next Tuesday morning he will find the big ship _Shenandoah, commanded by Cap- tain James F. Murphy, now loaded snd about ready for sea, bound to New York. On board the Shepandoah will be found five youngsters in the apprentice-room—three of them being native sons of the Golden West, one a native of New York City,and last, not least, & British lad, who came ont irom Liver- Eoo with Captain Murphy on his last voyage. ‘he English boy, Johnnie Jones, in all proba- bility will leave the ship when she lrr&c! in New York and go home to Liverpool, quitting the sea, notwithstanding he has two brothers who officers on English ships. The others in all probability will return in the -Shenan- doah. 0 orthem will then have completed two voy! around Cape Horn and back with CaptainMurphy and the other two one tri) each. A FRIEND TO THE Boys, AROUND THE CORRIDORS. Aboutnoon yesterdey 6 foot 4 inches of De Wolf Hopper emerged from the dining-room of the Palace Hotel and in a moment he stood ‘with some friends in the center of the cortel. Slowly he removed his hatand looked calmly up into the full six stories of white villars un- til his eyes rested on the hanging ferns which seemed to droop from the very skylights. “Gentlemen, permit me the pleasure of ac- knowledging the grandeur of this effect,” be- gan the original of Wang. “You have here one of the best hotels in the world. What could be more pleasing than the immensity of this in- terior? There is nothing in New York hke it, THE CALL, may seem somewhet extravagant to those who haye never investigated the subject, but to those who have looked well into the matter, they seem conservative. His view is the correct_one for the chief market of the State and the chief center of population. The outlay of $1,000,000 on & proper site end suitable structure, conveniently located for access to consumers, would return a handsome income to the City and provide a sinking fund for the liquidation of the debt, and at the seme time afford adequate remuneration o pro- ducers of the State and greatly reduce the price of produets to _consumers in the City. This statement can beeasily verified by & simple compilation of facts and figures. But if we are not too dull to learn a homely lesson irom the isle of Guernsey, we shall soon have a public free market on a grand scale and even Europe must bend her proud beck to this superior and magnificent structure. Are “WHAT COULD BE MORE PLEAS THIS INTERIORP” [Sketched from life for « which will be a godsend to struggling gro- ducers all over the State and a blessing to City ING THAN THE IMMENSITY OF SAID MR, HOPPER. The Call” by Nankivell.] 1 you all unmindful of its merits? Look over- | head into the expanse of glass. See thesym- | metry of the white balconies,the green fringe of | exotic plants crowning the rim of the top | story. Are you all blind to the fact thet you | have here an institution that is without | para—"' A ponderous door swung open just then and astrain of the “Washington Post March” was wafted into the hotel. Instantly Mr. Hopper's whole demeanor changed. “Isuppose that's a real estate announcement?”’ ks ; the races,” answered one of the party. Mr. Hopper went into & violent fit of laugh- ter, which was some time passing off. “Let me tell you a funny thing that hap- pened out to the tyack last week. Gentlemen, just so sure as the sun shines on the dome of Sentinel Rocky” said he, “this will make you langh. I wasspendingan hour or two watch- ing the runners and incidentally ran across Jack Rgffael of the Tivoli. You know Jack is not a betting man: I assure you he is not. But at any rate while we sat talking of old Broadway and the Lambs Club Jack’s eye sud- denly feil upon the name of a horse on the programme, It was something like Hattie C, or Annie L, or Clara Z, or some such senti- mental name. Jack's memory went back to the little old country town in Wisconsin where he was born and the long-forgotten scenes | flitted to and fro before him. There must have been some maiden by that name whose velvet hand had nestled in his and whose native simplicity was not to be forgotten. On, the sweet and unmarred past. Itall came back— the haleyon day, the cool of summer evening when they strolled alone wrapped in each other’s dreams of long ago.” Mr. Hopper clasped his hands and looked up at the green fringe while his voice trembled with emotion. “At any rate,” he resumed as that soft and celebrated Hopper smile diffused itself over his characteristic face, ‘“Jack insisted on buying that horse. I scoffed at him. I advised him not to make a fool of himself. The animal stood in the 30 to 1 class. Absolutely noshow, so I thought—of winning. Jack was firm and bought five tickets.” Mr. Hopper lowered his voice, gathered his friends around him and said softly: “As sure aslam in the presence of immensity, gentle- men, that horse with the sentimental name won the race. Jack was perfectly wiid with joy. *‘He raised his hand as the horses neared the wire, and as his choice passed the judges’ stand in the lead his heart swelled up with the recollection of the days of long ago, and let- ting out all his pent-up energy, coupled with ahowl of joy that was heard all over the track, Jack brought his clenched fist down on the knee of the person sitting next to him, doubt- Jess confusing her with me. It wasa lady, I might add, and he nearly broke her leg. “I cannot say just what happened at that juncture, but Jack was bronght back to earth with & speed that must have made his head swim. Boys, it never pays to drift over the beaten path back to the playground of boy- hood just for the mere pleasure of mingling the musty past with incidents of the present. It might do when one is all alone, communing with wordless nature, but as a racetrack ad- junet it is a failure.” Mr. Hopper's carriage drove up and he was whirled away to the Baldwin Theater for the matinee performance. As the vehicle spun into New Montgomery street one of the listen- ers remarked that Mr. Hopper had consider- able sentiment for a man who appeared to be s0 eternally joviul‘ LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE FOR A FREE PUBLIC MARKET. EVERY PRODUCER AND CITY CONSUMER DEEPLY INTERESTED. To the Edior of the San Francisco Call—SIR: Quite naturally, the references made by David Bush and by THE CALL editorial this morning to the Oakland free public market attracted my attention, as one of my first ei- forts to promote the welfare of Oakland after founding the Daily Times in the spring of 1878 was the fight made to open a free public market on Broadway, below Seventh street, being induced to undertake it by having wit- nessed in 1876 the successful operation of the consumers, without the outlay of any gold or silver money or legal paper tender money. The now celebrated Guernsey market is an absolute and unassailable demonstration that such a market as we need con be eesily and successfully established without the. expen- diture of money. I hope the Guernsey plan will be investigated. But my main purbose in writing is to com- mend the course of THE CALL in opening its valuable columns for & thorough and earnest discussion of this vital subject. During my sojourn in the country last vear the burden of talk among the farmers was the uncertainty of the San Francisco market and the inade- quate returns irom the commission merchants, ‘who are mostly honorable gentiemen, the vic- tims of a false system as a rule and not the un- speakable robbers they are supposed to be by a majority of the producers. JOSEPH ASBURY JOHNSON. 11 Essex street, November 16, 1893. FPERSONAL. John Buckingham of Ukiah is at the Grand. 0. B. Johnson, a merchant of Los Angeles, is at the Grand. ‘W. L. Austin, a mining man from Denver, is at the Occidental, T. E. Langley, a {ruit-shippez of -Fresno, is a guest at the Grand. M. Goldsmith, a merchant of Stockton, is staying at the Grand. James Dunsmuir, a millionaire from Victoria, B. C., is at the Occidental with his wife. Dr. William 8. Hereford, a Los Angeles physi- cian, is registered with his wife at the Occi- dental. C. S. Raggles and J. L. Staples, proprietors of the Stockton Independent, registered at the Grand yesterday. John 8. MeMillin, president of the Roche Harbor Lime Works, is in town with his wife. They are staying at the Occidental. E. D. McCabe, Governor Budd’s private secre- tary, has been in town several days as & wit- ness in the Howell case in the United States District Court and returned to Sacramentolast evening. yesterday, assigned to duty on the Boston, and all will report at the Mare Island Navy-yard to-day. They are First Assistant Engineer E. H. Seribner, just from his home in Lowell, Mass., but, until a month ago, in commission on the Atlanta at the New York Navy-yard; Lieutenant Walter McLean, from the Govern- ment Coast Survey office at Washington, D. C.; Lieutenant W. D. Howard, from the steel-bor- ing inspection buresu at Pittsburg; Ensign 8. M. Stripe, just from the-United States steam- ship Lancaster on the Atlantic Coast; Chief Engineer Leitch, from Brooklyn, N. Y., just off sick leave and ordered to duty as chief engi- neer on the Boston, and Surgeon Crawford, recently of the Newport torpedo school, who will fill the position of senior surgeon on the same cruiser. THE COMING CONGRESS. Buffalo Comumerelal. The Republican Senators in the incoming Congress have one plain duty, so far as the re- organization of the Senate is concerned, and that is to keep themselves free and clear of any compromise of principle with the silver Re- publicans of the far West for the sake of ob- taining & nominal control that involves re- sponsibility without real power. Either let the honest money men of all parties unite in organizing the Senate or let the Democrats continue to hold it. The Republican party should assume no res unsibflrty for a popu- listic or free silver legislation. St. Louis Republic. ‘When Congress meets the Republican major- ity must enter the fight. It cannot go through long session without & quarrel or a record. Of course, the programme of its leaders is to 80 in for & double-ender protectionist game of subsidizing mannfacturers and purchasing bullion. But there is a powerful sentiment in the Eastern Regpublican States which will not endure the bullion scheme, and the free- coinage Republicans of the Central Western States will have something to say about both kinds of bounties. Republican mnweu have succeeded very well so far in dodging the financial issue, but the fight may come upon them when it is too late to patch up a party. Cincinnati Commercial. ‘When Congress meets in December one of the first and gravest questions that it will be Baltimore Free Market and learning that it had been in full operation for three genera- tions. It wasa very primitive affair in Oak- land at the start, being simply the use of the street for country wagons to back up to the curbstone ana_permission for the farmers to sell their produce without a license. ‘The reerkl of W. H. Mi .n=l‘ reported in called on to answer will be this country’s atti- tude toward Spain and the Cuban belligerents. The perpetuation of a monarchical form of government at our very door is an anomaly that cannot much longer exist. Cuba is the last territory of any considerable importance in all the ::cwm :orld to be ruled by a King. The desire of the Cubans themselves is for a Six naval officers came out from the East | end the least our Government can do is to lend them a hand by recognulnfii:he in- surgents as belligerents entitled to cour- tesies of nations. Within six months after such action on the part of the United States e should have a full-fledged sister republic off our southern coast. New York Times. e §'Ii the Senator will use his great influence with his party—which again 'will control Con- gress when it meets—to bring the currency up %o his standerd, to Tepeal the provision for compulsory reissue, and to restore the con- vertibility of the notes into bonds on demand, he will render a priceless service to the coun- try. Nor need he be deterred by the fear that such legisiation will not be api roved by the President. We are confident that Mr. Cleve- land would approve it promptly and with great joy. PICTURE cards. Roberts, 220 Sutter. - ’ BROKEN, mixed candies10¢ 1b. 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Besuresad ask for Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrap 28¢ + bottle. ————— The nearest approach to perfection which has ever been obtained in a book is said to be in the case of a Spanish firm of publish- ers, who have produced a work in which only one letter has been misplaced. NEW TO-DAY. Con- tinu-= ation of the Great Jewelry Auction To-Morrow, Nov. 19th, 10A. M. and2P. M. Since the temporary inter- ruption we have secured the services of MR. J. H. JFRENCH of New York, the most popular high class Jew- elry Auctioneer in America. ‘We must and will raise that $75,000 demanded by our creditors. Weneed a crowd. The fact that our stock of DIAMONDS, WATCHES, JEWELRY, SILVERWARE, One of the finest in the coun- try, will be offered to the highest bidders WITHOUT RESERVE (no matter how ridiculous the price), ought to fill the store. Beone of the many—PRE- PARE EARLY FOR CHRISTMAS. 'Hammersmith & Field, 118 Sutter Street. ‘When this Dressing Case was opened up our foreman said it was the most sensibly arranged pattern in the store—and he should know. The table is cut away in the center, per- mitting one to sit very near tha_zlnss. with - the drawer arrangements for toilet articles . most convenient on either side. Excep- tionally large mirror—beveled French plate. In quartered oak, birdseye maple or mahogany. If you don’t find the identical piece of furniture you want to give for Christmas it’ll be because you never visited our store. CALIFORNIA FURNITURE COMPANY (N. P. Cole & Co.) 117-123 Geary Street.