The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 11, 1895, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1895. S M. SHORTRIDGE Editor and Proprietor. year, by mail. six months, by mail.. 3.00 hree menths by mail 1.50 one month, by mall.. .65 1.50 . 150 co, California. +e-eee..Main—1868 Telephone. . EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street. ..Main—1874 Telephone BRANCH OFFICES 0 Montgomery street, corner C ; open until Larkin stre SW. corner Sixteenth and M ion streets; open on street; open until 9 o'clock. 1 street; open until § o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE : 908 Broadway. ERN OFFICE: E Fooms 81 anc Park Row, New York City. DAVID M. FO Special Agent. WEDNESDAY ... __DECEMBER 11, 1895 THE CAl KS FOR ALL. We congratulate St. Louis. Pork centers know now to hog things. The convention will come west of the ssissippi, anyhow. There is harmony in the thought that we made a good fight. Since the convention is to meet in St. Louis there is no doubt it will be a hot one. When the Chicago fellows hear St. Louis’ yell they will wish they had come our wa It may not be pleasant to be called a Jingo but it is much better than to be a onjingo. About all that Congress can do for veland before the holidays is to put the Yod in pickle. Street cleaning should certainly include keeping cows and pigs off the streets in the Bernal Heights district. The first lick at Grover in the Senate comes from Democratic Senator Morgan, but perhaps that is poetic justice. I Cleveland wishes to see the country rid of the tariff “‘of perfidy and dishonor” he has only to stand aside for a while. The Solid Eight, trembling in their shoes, look forward to Christmas with a fear of finding an indictment in their stockings. Fog for nearly two weeks in London and nearly freezing weather on the Riviera should make us thankful for these days of genial winter sunshine. The inability of the Democratic Senators even to make an effort to organize the Senate shows that Democracy in that body 1s not only demoralized, but paralyzed. In deciding to resign his command and it Cuba General Campos bas the satis- n of knowing he 1s the only official of bis time who has lived up to his ulti- matum. Now that we have lost the contest for the National Convention we can concen- trate our attention and direct all our ener- ies to winning the fight against the fund- bill. Judging from the prevailing talk the ob- ject of the Chicago Two-million Club is not so much to bring the people to-that city as to prove in spite of the census they are already there. 1i bosses are to be beaten at all they must be beaten at the primaries, for on election day it is impossible to overthrow the boss of one party without supporting the boss of the other. From the way the big theaters of the country are being given up to comic opera, farces and vaudevillesit would seem legiti mate drama will soon have to take to barn- storming for a livin, Adlai Stevenson is Vice-President of the United States and presiding officer of the Senate, but while all is warm and lively around the Speaker of the House there is a dead frost with Adlai. For the despicable brutes who beat women and assault childhood the cat-'o- nine-tails, English style, is the only fitting punishment. The one way to touch the coward’s heart is to tan his hide. The Atlanta Exposition has had one bull-fight the people enjoyed and yet the Humane Society could not interfere be- cause the bull had the best of it from start to finish and wasn’t tortured at all. The National debt of all the civilized pations of the world amounts in rouud numbers to $32,000,000,000. If payment of them is to be made in gold coin the out- look for our posterity is not a cheerful one. rect in saying ‘“‘the only doctrine on which Democratic statesmanship is agreed is sound and bonest money,” but will it ven- ture to assert there is any agreement as to what is meant by sound money? That Cleveland said nothing about the deficit in his message has occasioned less remark in some quarters than the omission of the new Mayor of Baltimore to say any- thing in his inaugural about the winning of the league baseball championship. The South will derive from the Atlanta Exposition at least one benefit of great value, for it has started between New York and Chicago a rivalry as to which will fur- nish that section the cheaper transporta- tion rates, and all Southern shippers are sure to find considerable profit from the contest. The proposed improvement of the Erie canal has called attention to the fact that New York bas not sufficient dockroom for the expected fleet of boats from the lakes, and the prediction is made that the whole island will be eventually given up to trade and the residences moved over to the mainland. Congressman Mercer of Nebraska has announced the intention of urging an ap- propriation_to establish a second military demy equal to the one at West Point, but to be located in the West, and if the point he picks out for the site isas far west as the other one is east, Pacific Coast Congressmen ought to be willing to sup- ort the scheme, OUR DUTY REMAINS. The loss of the Republican National Convention should not be permitted to discourage us in urging the needs which it was hoped the bringing of the convention would make clear to the country. These are: 1. Any and every proposition before Congress looking to the extension of the debt owing by the aided railroads to the Government should be contested with un- failing energy, as otherwise the bond that has held the richest resources of Califor- nia in check will be perpetuated and the whole Nation will suffer with our State. 2. National legislation is necessary to unlock the treasures which suitable irriga- tion measures might render available for the prosperity and happiness of our peopie. This is all the more urgent in view of the fact that the Federal power in this State is arrayed against our efforts to utilize this source of wealth, and that nearly half the territory of the United States awaits only such National legislation to b:come the most prolific area in the world for the pro- duction of articles nezessary to human existence. 3. The depression of the silver-mining industry through a National policy making the production of this mineral unprofit- able has turned attention to gold mining, with the result that, especially in Califor- nia, Colorado and Arizona and more par- ticularly in California, gold mining has recently assumed an importance hitherto unknown in the history of the West. This brings to the surface the fact that within the land grant of some of the aided ailroads, particularly in California, lie vast areas that more than presumably are rich in gold-bearing ore, and that in all probability these will be patented to the railroad as agricultural lands unless Con- gress institutes just measures for an ascer- tainment of their proper character. 4. California, by reason of its peculiar climate, produces articles of agriculture which are grown nowhere else in the United States and must be imported from foreign countries if the production of like and even better articles in California is not fostered by a wise and patriotic tariff protecti Principal among these articles are raisins, wine, figs, citrus fruits, olives and other products of semi-tropical countries. 5. A reasonable protective tariff would not alone be sufficient. Under existing conditions the determination of the pros- perity or failure of these extraordinary natural advantages lies with a powerful transportation monopoly which the Gov- ernment has been the principal instru- ment in creating. This means the over- land railroads which have come into ex- istence largely through the bounty of the Government. These roads have exercised their power for self-aggrandizement and without any regard whatever for the pros- perity of our peculiar industries or for the desire and readiness of the people at large to benefit themselves by these advantages. This bri us back to the original propo- sition that an extension of the railroad debt would be an extension of its power, and that this power will be exercised in the future, as it has been in the past, to the detriment of the interests of California and the entire Nation. 6. The disasters which have attended some features of our coastwise traffic, taken in connection with the restoration of trade which the policy of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company with regard to our traffic both with the Central and South American countries and the Orient, and considering at the same _time the fact that in general our trans-Pacific trade has gone largely to the Canadian steamship and rail- way concerns, call urgently for Na- tional legislation to regulate these indus- tries and make them in a measure instru- mentalities for the advancement of Pacific Coast and National interests. These are the matters of pressing local interest. The Nicaragua canal might be included, but that is an affair more of Na- tional concern. The loss of the convention means merely that our people, largely through their Representatives in Congress, have only harder work to do. PAVING MARKET STREET. It is pleasant to learn that a petition is being circulated among the property-own- ers along Market street for the proper pave- ment of that thoroughfare from the ferries to Haight street, and it is hoped that the ition will not meet with formidable on. The idea is to readjust the streetcar tracks and lay a bituminous pave- ment on a ten-inch concrete base. Just what readjustment of the streetcar tracks itis proposed to make has not been an- nounced, but the proposition probably concerns the horsecar tracks, which lieout- side the cable tracks. With the exception of the horsecar tracks westof the Sutter- street junction with Market street, there is no reason whatever for their existence, and they should be removed. For that matter the Sutter-street company might be re- quired to make other arrangements for reaching the ferry. This idea of sacrificing public for private interests will have to be abandoned sooner or later. It does not need a prophet to foresee the great benefit which would accrue to the property-owners along Market street from the construction of such a pavement as the Strand of London, the principal streets and boulevards of Paris and similar good pavements in other European and some American cities. It is true that in those cities asphalt laid on concrete is the rule, and that here it is proposed to use bitu- minous rock—an unfortunate and unscien- tific. misnomer, by the way. But it hap- pens that we have both bituminous rock and as good asphalt as Lake Trinidad fur- nishes, and that both are useful and inex- pensive. It may be a little. premature to circulate a petition for the improvement of Market street, for experience has shown that our people prefer rather to be led by events than Jead them. There is no doubt that when the splendid new ferry building is finished the necessity for the proper im- provement of the street will be apparent. It is well, however, to put the property- owners along the street to the present test, in order that they may place themselves on record for enterprise and foresight or the lack of them. Meanwhile such a proposition, while it would mean an investment sure to bring a generous profit, should be regarded as an opportunity to solve contingent problems of great importance. Among these are the right of the municipality to restrict and control street-railway matters, the right to enforce the underground laying of wires and the privilege of demanding that the municipal government shall construct ade- quate permanent sewers and require prop- erty-owners to make connections with them of such permanence that the con- crete base of the pavement will not have to be disturbed for many years to come. REAPING THE HARVEST. A lad 16 years old, belonging to a re- spectable family, has been held for trial in this City on a charge of felony, in having 1 stolen bicycles and squandered the pro- ceeds of their salein the downtown pool- rooms. We may expect many more such cases soon to occupy the attention of the courts. Numerous instances of theft in- duced by the poolrooms will never be re- ported, for the reason that parents will protect their sons who pilfer money and jewelry from home or who are privately reported to parents by firms from whom they steal. Any one who spends a half hour in one of these gambling dens must arrive at the conclusion that the hundreds of young boys who are induced to gamble there are either using money dishonestly or soon will be. The professed intention of the Solid Eight in the Board of Supervisors to sup- press pool-selling at the racetracks as well asin the downtown poolrooms is univer- sally regarded as a threat made in the in- terest of the downtown establishments, as there is no analogy whatever between the two cases. The animus of the Solid Eight is clearly disclosed in the declara- tion by one of them that the ‘‘Chicago gamblers” who ate ‘“‘robbing” our people at the racetracks should be suppressed if the poolrooms are abolished. By failing to admit that pool-selling at the racetrack adds vastly to the wealth of the State by encouraging high-class breeding and in- ducing the sale of our horses to Eastern purchasers, the virtuous Supervisor hopes to rouse an unwise sentiment that will op- erate against the closing of the infamous downtown establishments. The Grand Jury is evidently on a hot trail for important disclosures concerning the use of corruption money in the inter- est of these gambling aens. Some repu- tations will probably be wrecked by the investigation, but that will not deter the Grand Jury. It is determined to uncover the whole nest of boodlers, and by pun- ishing the scoundrels who have San Fran- cisco by the throat, place the City in a way to become the great metropolis which it ought to b SPECIMEN POLITICS. Further investigation by THE CALL into the matter of the refusal by a majority of the Health and Police Committee of the Board of Supervisors to grant a petition for the extension of the pound limits to the region of Bernal Heights and the Lick Old Ladies’ Home reveals a condi- tion of affairs fully as interesting as the presumption that a corruption fund had been employed for that purpose. The situation is stated clearly by Georgze W. Haight, attorney for the Lick Old Ladies’ Home, one of whose aged inmates was gored to death by a steer that the absence of the pound ordinance in that section permitted to roam the streets. Mr. Haight had not heard of “boodle” in connection with the matter, and so he had ascribed the action of the Supervisors to “political influence.”” That is to say, the owners of the 2700 cattle which roam the streets in that region have the sym- patny of cattle-dealers, butchers, brewers and grocers, as there is a certain business connection among them all. Thus massed they constitute a strong political force—a sufficient numper of votes to cut a figure in an election. According to Mr. Haight the dairvmen own 5 per cent of the land, and the re- maining 95 per cent is owned by persons who Dbitterly oppose the present dis- graceful condition of affairs, and whose property is damaged to the extent of many hundreds of thousands of dollars by the presence of cattle and hogs running freely in the streets. But the voting strength of these is small in comparison with that which the dairymen command. As a con- sequence the Supervisors “‘stand in” with the dairymen and permit the vital inter- ests of that part of the City to be damaged to an extent almost beyond computation. Without considering the possibilities of “boodle’ in the matter (and it is openly and specifically charged, and generally be- lieved, that bribery was resorted “to), we have in Mr. Haight's statement of the case a fair illustration of boss politics. That sort of legislation must be expected from unscrupulous official tools of bosses. The situation is fully as serious, so far as the good of the City is concerned, as though bribery had been employed. It all means that such men as these in office care noth- ing whatever for the City and County and that they use their positions solely for self-aggrandizement, to the detriment of the City’s interest. If men of intelligence, self-respect and a sense of responsibility should be elected, these shameful occurrences would be im- possible; but that will never happen so long as decent citizens are willing to serve as the tools of shady bosses OCCIDENTAL BRAIN-THROBS. «Aleck” Fished in the Wrong Pond. Ventura Democrat. Every now and then some Eastern “smart Aleck,” who doubtless parts his hair in the middle and imagines he is specially created for the easy occupation of landing suckers, sends us gratuitous information as to how we may increase our circulation and grow prosper- ous and rich. If the aforesaid “Aleck” could see how dexterously his patronizing sugges- tions are deposited in our waste-basket he would probably quit angling in our pond and save a 2-cent stamp. Not a Candidate for Martyrd o Benicia New Era. When we read of American missionaries being killed in foreign countries or living in fear of death by the handsof their beathen neighbors we wonder why they do not get back to America as fast asthey can.’ We would rather see a hundred heathens die and go where good dead heathens go than to leave our good neighbors in Benicia and risk our precious lives in their miserable, unappre- ciative company. Triumph of Mind Over Matter. Pendleton East Oregonian. The power of the intellect is growing, grad vally becoming the equal of physical force, and the world is growing all the better for it, while the average nge of mans increasing, which is a_sure slgn of the workings of trut and the disappearance of all that seemed miraculous when environments were narrower and physical force barely had an antagonist. Magnificent Educational Advantages. Santa Clara Journal. Santa Clara County has within her borders three among the leading collegeson the Pacific Coast. They are the Stanford University, Santa Clara College and the University of the Pacific. We might also add the State Normal School at San Jose, the two large convents, one in San Jose and one in Santa Clara, and a public school system that is an honor to the country and the pride of the State. 7, st anl VARIOUS VIEWS OF CONGRESS. Baltimore Sun. For tHe Republicans to attempt to revive the issues of 1892, or to go before the country ain upon those issues, would seem to be so absurd as to amount to an impossibility. What new issue have they got or will they propose? That is the precise difficulty which confronts them at the threshold of the new session of Congress. It will not do for them to be simply “agin the Democrats.” No pacty can win the confidence or even the respect of the American | people upon a simple policy of negation—of opposition to whatever Demoerats believe or propgse or a Democratic President may recom- mend. New York Mail and Express. ‘Whether there are to pe changes in the tarift during the coming session of Congress isas yet an undetermined question, but of one thing we shall feel warranted in offering the most positive assurances to the country. That is, if any changes are made they will be in the interestof American industries, and not for the benefit of their foreign competitors. Chicago Record. Mr. Cleveland, having informed Congress at some length what he would like to see it do, the Congressmen feel confident that they have & very exact impression as to what they won’t do. ;) AROUND THE CORRIDORS. Among the striking characters which may be seen these days at the hotels is Colonel J. E. Graus, who reached California in 1849 on the second ship that rounded the Horn. The colo- nel is of gigantic size, standing apparently over six feet. His long gray beard reaches al- most to his waist, and to see him is to be im- pressed with the fact that the grizzled pioneer has had strange experiences. After his arrival here he worked a number of years in the mines, and finally changed his residence to Monterey County. There he be- Colonel J. E. Graus. came Sheriff, and was re-elected for several successive terms. During his career as Sheriff he had many bad men to deal with, and had some narrow chances on a number of occasions, He has also bgen engaged in merchandizing and ranching, and altogether has had a career of varied character. For some three years pest the colonel has been in the employ of Uncle Sam at the Mint. At the Russ House, where the veteran stops, he is known as an interesting story-teller. On almost all occasions when at leisure he may be found there with a knot of people around him. The colonel is & philosophical gentleman, and with his cigar alight he entertains with stories all the way from fighting bendits and killing Indians to striking bonanzas. The stories are not overdrawu, however, and per- haps few men have so large a list of friends &s he. “Owing to the reaction from the boom in Denver,” said Thomas B. Everett of Cripple Creek last night at the Grand, “there are a great many residences in the suburbs that may be rented for from $5 to $10 a month. They are pretiy good houses, too. Many houses, in point of fact, are vacant,and the bad boy has broken tne windows in lots of cases, £0 that the owl can come in if he ‘wants to. “I have aresidence in Denver anditisas good & house as there is there, and I rent it for $50 & mon th. “The electric and cabte lines to the suburbs have had hard Work running, business has fallen off so much. Yet generally speaking the eity is in & much better shape than it has been for a long time. But the people are now inclined to move into the center from the out- skirts, instead of spreading. “About Cripple Creek and the cold that is supposed to exist there, I went from here in midwinter, right up into the snow, and I stood it just as well as the rest of them—those who limated. It didn't bother me at all.” . Evereti, who formerly lived for several years in this State, will leave for Colorado to- night, after & visit here of a couple of weeks, Mrs. E. P. Buckingham of Vacaville, whose large orchards have made her noted in Cali- fornia, is in the City. She says the fruit prod- uet in the Vaca Valley has been pretty satis- factory. “There are eighteen miles of orchards in the Vaca Velley,” she said, “and I have never be- fore seen such exquisite coloring as was shown there this autumn. It was varied and most beautiful, surpassing the autumnal tints of the most favored sections of the East.” NEW SLEEVES FOR GCLD GARMENTS. The newest sleeve for coats, and also for waists, is the melon shape, cutin three or more sections, with the seams on top, showing con- spicuously. For coats the seams are generally finished with two rows of machine stitching; for waists, trimmings of jet, guimp and cord are used to outline the seams, and on evening dresses & frill of narrow lace is sometimes sewn in the seams. This new shape has the advan- tage of cutting out of smaller pieces of goods, and may thus be used in making over gowns. The le‘g-o'-muuou sleeve now used is about twice the size of those of & couvle of seasons ago. The one shown here is the latest in that style and may be finisned with a simple {rill of lace, of chiffon or plaited muslin for a thea- ter waist, for home wear or for an evening gown. The cnff makes it exactly suited to the new Louis XVI coats, which are made by am- bitious home dressmakers by simply adding a gathered ruflle ten inches deep to last season’s Eton jackets. This ruffle extends only a little forward of the under arm seam, or t0 the back dart, and should be full enough to fall in grace- ful folds. The handsomest trimming for these is an edging of fur. The cuff on the sleeve and the revers or other trimming in front are edged with fur to match. The leg-o'-mutton sleeve with cuff is also stylish on silk waists, or on costumes of the dressy sort, where a sleeve as_short as this is lf»b;:'roprhw in reaching a little below the elbow. ——— THE BERING SEA AWARD. Globe-Democrat. Tt appears that more than half of the Demo- cretic members of the House are in favor of free coinage, but recent events will hardly fail to restrain their zeal and gradually put them in a m to surrender to the goldbugs in the next National convention of their party. New York Tribune. The award of the Paris tribunal fixed no liability for damages upon this Government. It never contempiated so doing. It expressly left that matter to be determined by future negotiations between the Amerjcan and British Governments. LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE THE DEMOCRACY IN 1896. To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—SIR: The Atlanta Constitution has long enjoyed the distinction of being by far the ablest and most fore-looking Democratic journal in the South, perhaps I should say the New South, for itis abreast of the new era of progress which is rap- idly changing the whole face of society in the Southern States. In politics It resolutely faces the future rather than regretfully revert its gaze to the receding glory and ascendency of the past. It manfully accepts the new condi- tions; industrial and political, and proposes to lead and mold instead of follow and moan. It Beems worth while, then, to hcar what it has to say of the political effects of the recent State elections. ‘‘The result in general can be counted and measured. In every State where the Demo- crats made a s\veering indorsement of the ad- ministration’s policy the party was practically destroyed, “In the South, with this result staring us in the face, with the disruption of the party threatened on all sides, it gecomen important to take measures to preserve intact our State organization to the end that genuine Denio- crats in all parts of the country may have a nu- cleus and a rallying point, and to the further end that the princi qes of the old party may not be scattered before the wind and driven from the face of the earth.'” When the Atlanta Constitution 1s moved to speak out as above in denunciation of the gold standard poiicy of Cleveland and to con- fess the fact that ‘the disruption of the party is threatened on all sides,” the prospects of the Democracy in 1896 are suffi- ciently problematical. In’ thelightof the re- cent State elections one need not go far astray in forecasting the affiliation of the delegates to the next National Democratic Convention, and we can understand the perturbation of the At- lanta Constitution. It is not me re guesswork to enumerate the following States as sure for the gold standard in & convention composed of 902 delegates: Connecticut, 12 delegates: Delaware, 6; Dis- trict of Columbia, 2; Indiana, Iowa, 26; y Michigan, 28; Massachusetts, Minnesota, 18; Matfyland, 16; i ew Hampshire, 8; New Jersey, 20; New York72; Ohio, 46; Pennsylvania, 64; Rhode Island, 8; Vermont, 8; V West Virginia, 12; sin, 24; While the abov, al may be safe for the gold standard policy, it is not safe to rely upon all of the following States as sure for iree ver: Alabama, 22 delegates; Arkansas, 1 California, 18; Colorado, 8; Florida, 8; Geo: gia, 26; Idaho, 6; Illinois, 48; Kansas, 20; Louisiana, 16; Mississippi, 18; Missouri, 34: Montana, 6; Nevada, 6: North Carolina, 22; orth Dakota, 6; Oregon, 8; South Carolina, ; South Dakota, 8; Tennessee, 24; Texas, 30; Weshington, 8; Wyoming, 6; Alaska, 2; Ari zoua, 2; New Mexico, 2; Oklahoma, 2; 2; Indian Territory, 2; total, 394. If the two-thirds’ rule prevailsgit will take 601%4 to nominate. It is not easy to determine where the other necessary 93 votes are to be found. Possibly Alabama may supply 22, Cali- fornia 18, lllinois 48 and Kansas 20, making more than the number needed. On the other hand, if the free-silver men refuse to surrender there will be & _merry war, ending probably in the withdrawal of the silver delegates, who will then indorse the joint candidates of the silverites and Populists, as the union of the two latter silver forces on joint candidates seems almost & foregone conclusion. It is not surprising tnat the Atlanta Constitution sees signs on all sides which threaten the aisruption of the party. JOSEPH ASBURY JOHNSO! 11 Essex street, December 7,1895. = CONSTITUTIONAL PROHIBITION. Sax FraNcisco, CAL, Dec, 5, 189: To the Editor of the San Francisco 'Call—DEAR SIR: My attention has been called to the Na- tional amendment plan for the abolition of the liquor traffic, and I heartily approve of the same. It is very far-reaching in its conse- quences, and, if adopted by Prohibitionists, may result in the immediate disintegration of the Prohibition party. Thet party has been unsuceessful in uniting the friends of prohibi- tion, and has utterly failed in securing the enactment of restrictive legislation. For a score of years it has waged futile warfare against King Alcohol, and afier each defeat its leaders have encouraged the rank and file of the party with glowing promises which have never been fulfilled. They have iterated and reiterated the statement during this perioa that there could not be any prohibition with- out a Prohibition party, and vet the stubborn fact remains that every restrictive measure which exists, whether constitutional, legisla- tive, or embodied in a local ordinance, has been secured by mnon-partisan prohibition- ists. Let me instance the constitutional pro- hibition of Maine, Kansas and the Dakotas, and other forms of prohibition in a majority of the States of the Union, as proof of this asser- tion. Ner do I say this in any spirit of antag- onism to the Prohibition party, for at the last three general elections I have voted for the head of its ticket. I did so, however, purely upon prineiple, and with a full consciousness of the hopelssshess of the struggle along the lines of independent political eff The Yrcstmt plan will, doubtless, receive the unqualified support of all genuine Prohib- itionists, whether third ?nrty men or members of the old party. It is simple, practical and is absolutely devoid of any feature which will give rise to honest difference of opinion among the advocates of restrictive legislation for the liquor traffic. It will receive the support of all true friends of the principle it embodies, and I, for one, will have no confidence in the sincerity of any avowed Prohibitionist, whether he be partisan or non-partisan, who declines under any pretext to indorse it. The argument that an amendment without & party back of it will be inoperative is entirely specious. It is better to heve prohibition’legis- lation without a prohibition party than to have a prohibition party without prohibition legislation. Besides, a constitutional amend- ment will be enforced, even though its enemies be in power. Our own State constitution has been sustainea by public officials who, in the large majority of cases. were bitterly opposed to its adoption. Nearly all the lawyers iu the State fought i, and vet the Juciclaty have ac- cepted it in good faith and have scrupulously upheld its provisions. 3 To doubt the effectiveness of a prohibition amendment to the Federal constitution is to doubt the success of our institutions, for, if there is any power in this Nation which cen defy the will of an overwhelming majority of the people, as expressed in the organic law of the Nation, our Government isje colossal fail- ure and should cease to exist. Let all sincere advocates of prohibition unite in piling up such petitions ior the amendment that its adoption by 1900 will be assured. E. A.GIrviN, 305 Larkin street. HOW GUERNSEY GOT A MARKET. SAN Francisco, Dee. 10, 1895. To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—DEAR Sir: I see in THE CALL of this morning that another of our ingerior towns has voted bonds for the purpose of securing municipal water works. I congratulate the citizens on their progressive spirit. But I would like to ask them what is their object in paying interest for many years, and finally the principal as well, when by adopting the method employed by the citizens of Guernsey in the erection of their market-house, thesame could be attained without the payment of interest. There are none so blind as those who won't see (except those who dwell in enforced darkness). The story 1 am about to relate is not romance, but reelity; not the vision of & dreamer, but & positive actuality—e matter of history. The inhabitauts of the island of Guernsey wanted a market-house. They had the neces- sary materials and she unempioyed labor will- ing and anxious to be used, but they had no money. The estimated cost was £4000, and the gdverning authorities authorized the issu- ance of four thousana obligations of £1 each, tobe receivable as reni for the stalls in the new market-house. With these obligations the cost of the buildln% was defrayed. They were received by the laborers as payment for services, they were received by shopkeepers for goods, they were received by landlords for rent, and they were thus kept in circulation till the market-house was completed. It con- tained eighty shops, which wete let at a yearly rental of £5.” At the end of the first year 400 of these obligations, which had been received by the authorities as rent, were publicly de- stroyed, and this was kept up for ten years, at the expiration of which period the citizéns possessed a_market-house that had cost them nothing and which in the future afforded them a revenue. Comment is su intelligent people ¥e rfluous. Verily, we are an Yours truly, OLIVER EVERETT. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. MotIoN To ADJOURN—J. F., City. A motion to adjourn a meetiag is not receivable by the chairman at any stage of a meeting. A motion to adjourn, when unqualified, takes prece- dence of all others, except to “fix time to which to adjourn,” to which it yields. When qualified in any other way it loses its privi- leged character and is treated as any other rincival motion. A motion to adjourn is not n order while a member has the floor; when the ayes and noes are being called; when a vote is being taken; when the previous ques- tion is still pending; the motion is not debat- able; it cannot be amended; no subsidiary motion can apply to it; it cannot be recon- sidered; if the motion islost it cannot be re- newed until after intervening business; to fix a time to which to adjourn takes precedence of the motion to adjourn, thus, “When we d adjourn, that we adjourn to Saturday next and then this is followed by the motion to adjourn. A motion to fix the time is in order even after the assemblage has voted to ad- journ, provided the vote on adjournment has not been announced by the chair. BotH CORRECT—B., City. The use of ‘be” and “is” is correct in the following sentence: If there be anything that adds to the beauty and attractiveness of a city it is its perfect street system.” Is may be used, but be is prei- erable.” The same in the sentence: “If there be any person among them.”” PRIVATE PROPERTY—A Constant Reader of THE CALL, City. If you should discover a gold | mine upon the private land of another you could not enter upon that land to work the mine without the consent of the owner. SoFT HANDS—Mrs. W., City. It issaid thata pomade made of equal parts of cocoa butter, oil of almonds and pure white wax, melted to- gether and stirred uutil nearly cold, is an | emollient for rough hands HUBBARD OF SACRAMENTO—H. J. H., City. Hubbard, the new Mayor of Sacramento, was elected on the Citizens' ticket. e | DENNY'S AGE—J. P. 8, City. Jerry Denny, the third baseman, was born in New York City on the 16th of March, 1859. PERSONAL. C. A. Trippof Denver is here. J. M. Minor of Fresno isat the Lick. C. W. Dempster of Chicago is in the City. J.J. January, & merchant of Concord, is in town. C. W. Coulter of Gold HIll is at the Occi- dental. Charles Rata of London is among recent arrivals, Ex-Sherift R. B. Purvis of Modesto isa vis- itor here. E. F. Smith of Sacramento arrived here yesterday. Ben F. Wright arrived from Del Monte yesterday. A.J. de Russe of New Orleans reached here yesterday. J. Gambetta, & business man of Stockton, is at the Lick. M. Dinkelspiel, the merchant of Suisun, isat the Grand. Colonel H. J. Barling of Kodiak is registered at the Palace. Colonel H. Trevelyn, Fresno, is in the City. M. Goldsmith, & business man of Stockton, is here on a business trip. Lieutenant L. Holcombof the United States army is at the Occidental. John C. Mogk, & commission merchant of Colusa, arrived last night. E. J. and F. D. Conway, business men of Sacrameunto, are in the City. Theodore Allen, & mine owner of Big Canyon, El Dorado County, is at the Grand. Ex-Governor James H. Kincaid of Nevada is at the Palace, accompanied by Mrs. Kineaid. R. P. Lathrop, the grain-dealer and ware- house-owner of Hollister, is among recent arrivals. D. M. Ryan, J. M. Pennington and E. D. Knight, mining men of Virginia City, are at the Grand. William B. Fisher, one of the wealthiest merchants of Denver and Leadville, arrived | here yesterday. ! Ex-Postmaster Georze H. Steele of Portland, who has been in this City for a fortnight past, left for home last night. 1 J. B. Overton, superintendent of the water | works at Virginia City, is at the Russ. He is accompanied by H. M. Clemons, the mining man. : E. R. Hutchins, president of the California Refrigerator Car Company, arrived last night from Chicago, accompanied by H. A.Thomas of the same city. J. D. Bancroft, tormerly a banker in St. Louis and latterly the owner of mining prop- erty at Citrus, Invo County, and also at Placer- ville, is in the City. C. E. Wood, C. E. Ladd and H. A. Elliott, leading financiers of Portland, areat the Cal fornia. Mr. Ladd conducts one of the oldest banking houses in Portland. Senator J. C. Hollowdy, the wealthy resident of Cloverdale, is at the Russ. The Senator has lived at Cloverdale for many years, and is in- terested 1n many enterprises, Colonel J. B. Lauck of the Southern Pacific left last night over the Shasta route with about 200 excursionists. It was a complete Pullman trein. He will remain in Portland about a week. G. M. Peters of Redding isin the City, and says that Redding is very active, the popula- tion having materially increased during the past few months. A new smelter is under way, and the interest in mining is growing steadily. the vineyardist of CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Y., Dec. 10.—Among recent arrivals are: J. H. Martin, E. B. Livingston, Netherlands; F. M. Meigs, Marlborough; M. Salispury, Hoffman; Mrs. F. G. Sanborn, Miss J. L. Stone, Westminster; R. H. Bishop, W. Morocoleson, Hoffman ; G. E. Hall, Mrs. W. B. Wilshire, Imperial; T. H. B. Varney, Gilsey; A. Buchanan, Grand Union; Mrs. J. Hemphill, Gilsey; H. L. Valentine, Ashland; G.T. Wer- dend and wife, Hoffman. CARDS by the million. Roberts, 220 Sutter.* e SPECIAL information daily to manufacturers, business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * — Mark Hopkins Institute of Art. This is the last week in which to see Mu- rillo’s masterpieces. Thursday’s will be the last concert, the exhibition closing Saturday even- ing, Decemper 14. . —_————— They Don’t Relish That Brand of Sugar. Whatcom (Wash.) Reveille. An exchange says that “human life is sweet- ened by adversity and self-denial.” Just think of the amount of saccharine matter ina great many Democratic lives this fall. I7is a mistake to try to cure catarrh by using local applications. Catarrh being a constitutional disease requires a constitutional remedy like Hood's Sarsaparilla, which acts through the blood. b S CHICAGO LIMITED, VIA SANTA FE ROUTE. A new train throughout begins October 29. Pullman’s finest sleeping-cars, vestibule reclintng. chair cars and dining-cars. Los Angeles to Chi- cago, via Kansas City, without change. Annex cars on sharp conmection for Denver and St Louis. Twenty-seven hours quicker than the quickest competing train. The Santa Fe has been put in fine physical condition and is now the bes: traoscontinental railway. ¢« Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup™ Has been used over fifty years by millions of moth. ers for their children while Teething with pertao: success. 1t soothes the child, softens the gums, al- lays Pain, cures Wind Colic, regulates the Bowels and i3 the best remedy for Diarrhceas, whether arising from teething or other causes. For sale by Druggists in every partof the worid. Ee sureand ask for Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrap u3a 4 bottle. —————— CORONADO.—Atmosphere is perfectly dry, soft and mild, and is entirely free from the mists com- mon further north. Round-trip tickets, by steam- ship, fucluding fifteen days' board at the Hotel del Coronado, $60; longer stay $2 50 per day. Apply 4 New Montgomery st., San Francisco. —————— Democracy Can Criticize Better Than Govern. Portland (Or.) Telegram (D.). 1t matters very little what the Democratic blatherskites are saying or doing. The eyes of the country are no longer upon them. They can make fools of themselves without hurting the public interests or the party. Itis the Republican side of the House that must walk straight if it desires to retain its supremacy. SALE 'NOW TAKING PLACE. AT, WOOLENGOODS UNCALLED-FOR Suits ¢ Overcoats! $16.00 s1m 5100 g g som SUITS AND OVERCOATS, or- dered for $22, upon which is deposited $7, will sell at. SUITS AND OVERCOATS, or- dered for $20, upon which is deposited $8, will sellat...... SUITS AND OVERCOATS, or- dered for $15, upon which is deposited $5, will sell at...... SUITS AND OVERCOATS, or- dered for $12, upon which is deposited $5, will sell at...... OVERCOATS, ordered for $13, upon which is deposited $5, will sell at... OVERCOATS, ordered for $i, upon which is deposited $6, will sell at. Also an Assortment of Unealled-for TROUSERS. Be sure and reach the Big Store with three front entrances, di- rectly opposite Sansome street. COLUMBIAN WOOLEN MILLS, 41 Market Street, SAN _FRANCISCO, Wholesale Tailors and Clothing Manufac- turers. Open Saturday Evening Until 10 o'Clock. This desk is $ro—but what a picture for such a desk! It isn't the artist’s fault, it’s the desk’s fault—it has no business to be so pretty for $r10. Besides there’s plenty of room in it—two drawers that you can see and a lot of pigeonholes that you can’t see, because that envious cover-lid wants to show it- self off instead. Hall chair. If it doesn’t look right in the hall (or the i friend’s to whom you give it for Christmas) we’ll send for it and go to any amount of trouble to satisfy everybody. The money you pay isn’t ours until you are satisfied. An unusual way to look at business ; and we have been unusually successful. How many Christmases will it take to make your home beautiful if you give a pretty bit of furniture every year? Carpets . Rugs . Mattings CALIFORNIA FURNITURE COMPANY v (N. P. Cole & Co.) 117-123 Geary Street. If you want a sure relief for limbs, use an BEAR IN MIND—Not one tions is as good as the genuine. Allcock’s ~ains in the back, side, chest, or Porous Plaster the host of counterfeits and imita-