The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 15, 1896, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1896 CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor- SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: aily and Sunday CALL,one week, by carrier..$0.15 > snd Sundsy CALL, one year, by mail.... 6.00 Paily and Sunday CALL, six months, by mail. 3.00 THE PRIMARIES. All the arrangements for the Republican primaries to be held to-day have been made with the one object of providing for a free, fair and full expression of the wishes of the majority of the members of | the party. There is, moreover, every pros- pect that the object desired will be at- tained. Republican enthusiasm was never bigher at so early a stage of a political campaign, ard a large vote,as wellasa fair one, is virtually assured. Pally and Sunday CALZ, three months by mail 1.50 | Paily and Sunday CALL, one month, by mail. .65 Sunday CaLL, oze year, by mall . 150 . 180 | WEEKLY CALL, one year, by mall. BUSINESS OFFICI 710 Market Street, Francisco, California. reseseenes er....Main—18568 | EDITORIAL ROOMS: | 517 Clay Street. | ...Maln—1874 | BRANCH OFFICE: | 680 Montgomery sireet, corner Clay; open untll 9 ’clock. | " ::Boflllo\‘(e! street; open until 9:30 o'clock. 718 Larkin street; open until 9:30 o'clock. EW . corner Sixteenth and Mission streeis; open | antil § o'clock. 2518 Mission street : open untll 8 o'clocks 116 Niuth street; open until 9 0'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE : $08 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Rooms 81 and 32, 84 Park Row, New York City. DAVID M. FOLTZ, Special Ageni. 1896 WEDNESDAY APRIL 15, SPEAKS FOR ALL. THE CALL Attend the primaries. Vote early and vote right. The Republican procession starts to-day. The report of the funding bill may make 8 big noise, but it won't scare anybody. Don’t forget that every loyal Republican shouid take part in the primaries of the party. sses and the gangs went through their crooked tricks sterday and to-day straight politics has a chance. M:. Huntington may force the funding bill fight to an issue if he chooses. This is just as good a time to settle it as any. The b If General Weyler continues to fight it out on the present line it will takeall sum- ‘ mer to show which way he is mov Cleveland is hiding behind something on the Cuban question, but whether it be discretion or pure cussednessis not cer- | tain. There is some talk among Eastern Democrats about “‘signs and signal fires of possible " but they are deceived by smoke. a delegation to the St. n must be left free to ad- vance California interests in every that arises there. The prospect of having California repre- sented in the Cabinet of the next admi: tration is cheering to all except those who are too blind to see it. The Republican who is truly loyal to the great principles the party represents cares more for the party as a whole than for any | offers no consolation for the eyil which | particular leader of it. All good Republicans in the City should make it a part of their daty to see to it that San Francisco has a strong delegation at the State convention The Tories have introduced into Parli ment what they call an “Irish land bill,” | but according to the Home Rulers it hasn’t a particle of Irish ground to stand on. Noman with any prospect of a political future wishes the Democratic Presidential nomination this year, but there are plenty of back numbers eager to fill the vacancy. The shopkeeper who never has the thing you ask for, butis always ready to offer you ‘‘something just as good,” ought al- ways to be allowed to keep it for his enter- prise. From this time forth until election day politics should be a part of the business of every man who is concerned in American industry and seeks the welfare of the American peopl o S According to Senator Hill, if the Demo- cratic party “*has the wisdom of 1ts wants’ it will nominate Morrison of Illinois, so we may count on it that Morrison is fore- doomed to defeat. The primaries of yesterday, like the bosses who managed them, are back num- bers, and the true Republicans who are up to date will get in with the primaries and the leaders of to-da It is significant that the men who are urging the claims of Morrison of Illinois for the Democratic nomination are much given to a habit of informing the world that he hates Cleveland. As the resolution calling for an investi- gation of the bond deals is in order for the Senate to take up to-day there is a chance for a lively session, provided it is taken up in the right way and handled well. S e The strength of California at the Repub- lican National Convention will have but little influence unless the men who repre- sent it there are left free to exercise 1t in bringing about the nomination of the best man. The delay in the construction of our Postoffice building is one of the things we suffer from the Democratic deficit, but per- baps a little more energy on the part of our delegation in Congress could hurry it up a little, The Democratic scheme of running a gold ticket and a silver ticket during the campaign end then uniting their votes in the electoral college is about as good as any scheme the Democrats could desire, but 1t won’t work. There will be a free vote and a fair count at every poliing-place of the Republican primaries to-day and all members of the party should avail themselves of the op- portunity to cast a ballot for men of their choice to represent them in the coming State convention. As a general rule the article that is most advertised is the vest of its kind, for while it never pays to advertise a worthless thing it always pays to advertise a good one; and those who do not know the relative values of two similar articles will never make & mistake in asking for that which is most widely made known, The immigration restriction bill should be hurried through Congress witbout the formality of debate, for the public is well posted on the subject and further discus- sion is not necessary, while on the other hand it is known that thousands of pauper immigrants are pouring into the country and every day’s delay in the passage of ! architect, asking for immediate attention H the bill permits just so many more to enter. This provision for an absolutely honest primary election should certainly be made | use of by all loyal Republicans. It has been known for a long time that most of the evils attending our political system have had their origin in the debasement of the primaries. By obtaining control of these, the political bosses have been en- abled to so direct and manage the whole electoral mechanism of the law as to be able to obtain almost any results they pleased at later stages, and to practically dictate the nominations of party conven- tions. It is significant of a better order of | things, therefore, that the Republican | party begins this campaign by redeeming | the primaries from the controi of the l bosses and placing them under the super- | vision of men who will assure that strict | political honesty which is summed up in | the phrase, “A fair ballot and a fair { count.” 1t is not too much to expect that the | better element of citizens who constitute | the great majority of the Republican | party will show their appreciation of the | new order of things by attending the pri- | maries to-day and casting a vote for the | men whom they wish to represent them | in the work of electing delegates to the | National convention that is to nominate the next President of the United States. Iivery man of business should to-day re- | gard politics as a part of his business and | attend to it. Men who in the past have | abstained from piimaries because they | have had well-grounded fears that their | votes would be thrown away or rendered | worse than useless by tbe boss rule that | has too often dominated such elections | may go to the polling-places to-day with | the assurance that every vote cast will be | counted, and that none but honest votes | will be either cast or counted. The Republican party of this City is no longer seripusly aifected by bosses or by those who would like to be bosses. real leaders of the party have come to the front. That element known in the slang | of the day as the “push” and the *‘pull’’ has been thrust aside. Honest primaries | are assured. It is now the duty of all loyal Republicans to respond to this call, | and by voting at the elections to-day show | themseives on the side of square dealing and fair dealing in politics as in business. THE LOTTERY EVIL. The Supreme Court was undoubtedly compelled to declare invalid the Los Ange- les ordinance making the possession of a lottery ticket a misdemeanor, but that | bas suddenly sprung up as the result of that decision. The fatal defect of the ordi | nance was this qualifying clause: “Unless | said possession shall be shown to be mno- { cent or for a lawful purpose.” Clearly this throws the burden of proof upon the defendant, and that is a fatal defect. As the San Francisco ordinance contains the same clause the prosecution of persons | found with lottery tickets in their posses- | sion has come to an end and peddlers | seiling them are plying their trade from | cne end of the City to the other. | Other lotteries besides Chinese are, of course, affected, and they will probably | benefit more than the Chinese, for the | simple reason that most of the leading | daily newspapers of San Francisco are ad- | vertising the outside lotteries every month | in flaming advertisements that excite the | cupidity of the poor and make them easy prey. Our contemporaries wouid doubt- less advertise the Chinese lotteries also were it not for the heppy circumstance that the Chinese are prohibited from con- ducting lotteries and dare not make their operations public. ‘The ability of the newspapers to adver- tise lotteries and of peddlers to sell tickets has come in both instances from inexcusa- ble carelessness or ignorancs in framing thelaws. The lawswere honestly intend- ed to prohibit both evils, but the looseness withstand the scrutiny of the Supreme Court. Experience has shown that in the absence of a proper moral sense, laws pro- hibiting such evils should receive the most painstaking care. One remedy remains, as far as the ped- dlers are concerned. That is for ail high- | minded citizens to assist the police in dis- covering Chinese lotteries. Tbe ingenuity of the race in concealing its lawlessness is a familiar fact. However zealous the po- lice may be, outside assistance is always helpful. Nothing iurther ¢can be done un- tilthe Legislature meeis and passes laws to cover the whole ground. Meanwhile the poorer people of the City will con- tinue to be robbed and the press will doubtless continue to lend its assistance. OFFICIAL NEGLEOT. There is something radically wrong in the office or person of the supervising architect of the United States at Wash- ington when, despite the fact that $216,- 736 is available for the work of construc- tion on the new San Francisco Postoffice, that enterprise is absolutely ignored. « All manner of petty excuses have been ad- vanced for this neglect, among others that the Postmaster of this City ana the Fed. eral Judges now iocated in the Appraiser’s building have retarded the matter by fail- ing to promptly and properly pass on the plans of the proposed building submitted to them. These gentlemen aver that they have in fact done everything to facilitate the beginning of the construction of the edifice. It 1s the opinion of some that the dila- toriness of the department in the case is due to lack of ready money, but this can hardly be so in the face of the statement made by the acting supervising architect of the treasury to the Washington corre- spondent of THE CALL that ‘‘with the balance left after the purchase of the site and the §50,000 additional appropriated to commence building, the amount now on hand and available is $216,736.”" Not long since an appropriation ‘was msade for a new Postoflice building for Chicago. Within three months thereatter actual work had begun thereon. Califor- nia’s Senators and Congressmen might take a lesson from the representatives of Illinois, by whose joint and energetic ac- tion this remarkable result was achieved. If our nine representatives at Washington united in a demand on the supervising | to the Postoffice matter, it is not likely lthat, there would be any further dilly- | protection prohibits competition, which is The | with which they were drawn could not | dallying. But should their efforts prove unavailing in this direction, there yet re- mains the drastic resort suggested by Sena- tor Perkins of introducing a resolution de- manding explicit information from the Treasury Devartment why this work is delayed, and directing the Secretary to proceed with the’ construction imme- diately. San Francisco is certainly in as great need of her new Postoffice as is Chicago of hers, and is not less worthy of considera- tion than her more populous sister city. DEMOORATIC TARIFF TINKERING Political economists of the Democratic school demand the nearest possible ap- proach to free trade on the ground that the life of trade. No reasoning could be more illogical from the standpoint of the tariff schedules advocated by the Repub- lican party. [t is true in a general sense that competition is the life of trade, but the Iine which separates that competition which is the life of trade from that compe- tition which is the death of trade is broad and well defined. The Republican party’s theory of protection to our industries does not contemplate the prohibition of foreign competition in our markets, but it does mean that the operatives in our mills and factories shall be protected against the voverty-making wage schedules of foreign countries, and that is the head, front and soul of the incentive that actuates the Re- publican party in its energetic and persis- tent advocacy of protection. It 1s ne doubt true, as the leaders of the Democracy claim, that were absolute free trade to prevail in this country our indus- trial enterprises could and would continue to supply our people with most of their manufacture, but to do that the cost of | production would have to be lowered to the cost of production in Europe, and as the greatest item of cost is wages, even the stupidest of men could not fail to see that nearly the whole burden of the reduc- tion in manufactured commodity prices would be borne by wage-earners. But those who prepare raw materials for the mills and factories would have to accept the European standard of wages, too, for in order to hold our own with foreign com- | petition every factor in manufacture, from | raw material to finished product, would be obliged to conform to the wage schedules and gooas prices which prevail in the old country. The argument of the Democratic party that free trade would strengthen the posi- tion of our farmers isas illogical and falla- cious as the assertion that the lower the Custom-house chargeson imports the better would be the condition of wage-earners gen- erally. With theduty on farm products re- moved breadstuffs could be laid down ava | less cost to the consumer in the Atlantic | States from Argentina than from any trans-Mississippi point. In that eveut | prices for American grain would be fixed | by Argentina, where farmhands receive | considerably less than one-half the wages paid for similar work in this country. It is needless to point to the good results that came to the country through the op- eration of the act of 1890, for the large in- crease of wrecks of business enterprises which may be seen strewn along every channel of trade distribution testifies in no uncertain voice that the Wilson act, which repealed the law of 1890, is a vicious and | destructive attack upon the welfare of all | the peonle. But the Democratic theory of | the tariff problem prevails in fact, and | since the hurtiul consequences of its influ- | | ence upon all lines of trade and manufac- | ture is felt all along the way from the day | laborer to the mammoth industrial enter- | prise, it is impossible to conceive any re- | sult from the coming Presidential election | | other than an emphatic and vehement re- | buke to the un-Americanism of the Dem- | ocratic party, Nevertheless, the snake | | was only scotched in tne State elections that have been hLeld since tnat fatal No- vember day in 1892, These facts shonld be remembered by every one who is for Amer- | can industries, for high wages for Ameri- can workmen and for high prices for American farm products. A REMARKABLE LAW. New York has passed through its second | Sunday under the Raines liquor law and the odd working of the statute is now un- derstood. The law prohibits the Sunday traffic in all kinds of liquors in barrooms, restanrants, drugstores and the like, but | says nothing about hotels. As a conse- quence hotels have sprung upat a pro- digious rate. Every saloon that can find as many as ten roomsabove it has secured them, thrown furniture into them and transformed them into a ‘‘hotel.” Even in such cases, however, it is required that the thirsty shall drink only in the course of a meal. A sandwich which the customer need not eat solves the difficuity. Under the operation of that ordinarily useful | | trait which makes the overcoming of ob- | | staclesa pleasant pastime, New York City has gone mad with a desire to ““beat the law,”” and the resultis to reduce the Raines bill to an absurdity. The question of evasion seems not yet to have been raised. It appears ridiculous thata restaurant may not sell liguors on Sunday while a hotel cafe suffers under no such restriction, A remarkable feature of the iaw is that it represents the rural idea of conduct as opposed to that of the urban. New York State’s large rural population has made it possible for the mar in the country to bring down his heel upon the neck of his arrogant city cousin. Such an event is not uncommon in this country, but hitherto country domination over city pride has been confined to measures affect- ing taxation and public improvements. The New York statute is quite a different matter. Itis theunited voice of the sturdy and earnest workers of the fields and ham- lets saying to the proud residents of the greatest city in America: ‘“You have de- parted from the honored ways of the fathers. That Old World levity and diss vation which have struck rottenness to the heart of European civilization have sown t'.e seeds of decadence in you. While this will react injuriously upon us, your superciliousness and your contempt for the bone and sinew of the State are griev- ously offensive. The yeoman calls upon the aristocrat to halt.” Viewed in this light, which is largely correct, even making allowance for the city sentiment which supported the coun- tryman, the great city of New York now occupies the most ridiculous attitude ever held by an American metropolis. Even its cherished free lunch on weekdays, that most eloguent proof of the mad rush with which city people are wearing out their lives in the pursuit of money, is sternly withheld by the righteous farmer, and the Raines Jaw informs the madmen of New York City that they must go quietly and in peace to a restaurant or stay hungry. What will be the outcome of the law’s enforcement it is difficult to say, except to remark in a general way that laws which operate unequally and produce ab- surd results are never permanent. That the people are taking the matter seriously may be inferred from a recent decision of the New York Court of Appeals, which has gravely announced that the law does not prohibit Sunday drinking in clubs. member of the club is part owner of the club’s liquors, and as every man may drink his own, & clubman is at liberty to drink the club’s liguors, and may or may not leave property of other kind—to wit, money—in the club’s assets in lieu of that which he has drunk. But the thing that has turned the laugh of the whole country upon New York City is that the farmers of the State are regulating the personal conduct of the city’s residents. That is surpassingly amusing. PERSONAL. Dr. R. E. Seixon of Hanford is in the City. Robert Jamieson of Nanaimo, B. C., is here. City Attorney Meson of Nevada City is at the Russ. W. D. Langhorne of Chehalis, Wash., is at the Grand. F. B. Cluff, editor of the Esparto Press, is in the City. G. V. Holt, a mining man of Nelson, B. C., isin town. J. H. Jordan of Hanchow, China, is atthe Occidental. F. Martin and’ wife of Antioch are at the Cosmopolitan. W. L. Robertson of Stockton is staying at the Cosmopolitan. District Attorney C. Lindsey of Santa Cruz is on & visit here. L. T. Kinsay, an attorney of Eureks, arrived Lere yesterday. Dr. R. 8. Markle of Cloyerdale is among re- cent arrivals here. John Burns, a business man of Toronto, isa recent arrival here. J. W. McClanahan of St. Joseph, Mo., is stay- ing at the Cosmopolitan. R. E. Jack, a wealthy resident of San Luis Obispo, has arrived here. A. H. Ashley, vice-president of the Stockton High School, is in the City. John Hilton, & business man of Portland, Or., is at the Cosmovolitan. George W. Roop, the owner of the Gilroy Hot Springs and Hotel, is at the Baldwin. Tne Rev. Father V. Aguilera, P.P., of San Luis Obispo, is & guest of the Cosmopolitan. W. D. Toby of Carson arrived here yesterday. accompanied by his daughter and Miss W. H, Flagg, & business man of Walla Walla, accompenied by his wife and children, is at the Grand. G. R. and F. W. Gorgeson, agents of steam- soip lines at Eureka, and also of Wells, Fargo & Co., are in town. Elijah Smith of Empire City, Or., president of the Oregon Railway and Navigation Com- pany, is in the City, James A. Hardin, the rich cattlesowner of Nevada, California and Idaho, whose home is at Santa Rosa, arrived here yesterday and is at the Russ, W. A. George, Mrs. George and A. George of Colorado City, Colo., the old capital of that State, and for many years a dead place, but during the last year or two made active by reason of the boom in near-by Cripple Creek, arrived here yesterday. They are at the Russ. M. H. Walker, the millionaire mine-owner and extensive real estate holder of Salt Lake, is in the City. He is accompanied by John H. Walker, J, M. Barratt and M.J. Cheesman, Mr. Walker is one of the firm of Walker Brothers, who were among the earliest resi. dents of Salt Lake. They own the Walker House there. They were buiiders of a portion of the Union Pacific system. The Walker Brothers are interested in mines in California as well 8s in Utal CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 14.—At the Astor, C. A. Blenk, Mrs. P. Cowles. H. C. Frazer, Miss Heynman, D, Mendelsohn; cholas, R.W. Carson and wife; Sturtevant, L. Moroses, Mrs. Lawrence and 3iss Martha Gottig, who came in on the Kaiser Wilhelm II from Genoa; Cole- man, W. H. Long and wife, Rudolph and Mrs. Mundy and Ida Schruder, who arrived on the Lahn from Bremen : Marlborough, C. H. Cathe- wood; Holland, Mrs. and the Misses Hecht; Warwick, R. McKnight; Hoffman, G. M. Seligsohn; Brosdway Central, R. McKnight; Imperial, A. C. Rulofson and wife. ABOUT THE CANDIDATES. Those Illinois newspaper correspondents | persist in representing Mr. Cullom as being in & boom-bound condition. It is quite evident that Mr. Carlisle would not be averse 1o sitting up with. the Demo- cratic corpse.—Washingion Post. Reed may take comfort in the thought that at this season everybody is more or less af- flicted with that tired feeling.~Cleveland Press. It wonld be easy to make up & baseball nine of Republican Presidential canaidates, but im- possible to get up an opposition team.—Phila- delpbia Ledger. The people do not want their Prestdential candidate handicapped by the claims of hordes of professional politicians in a score of States.— Pittsburg Dispatch. The Vice-Presidency is & symmetrical step- ping-stone, in the hands of e seli-assertive man, which Mr. Reed should not despise.— Cineinnati Enquirer. Washington Post. Secretary Carlisle’s concern for the welfare of his party might with good results be ex- tended 5o as to include the weliare of the coun- try.—New York Press, Here is the difference: In the Republican party the question is, “Who will get 1t?” and in the Democratic, “Who will take it?’— Worcester Telegram. Robert E. Pattison is a sensible man. He has made kindling-wood of the little Presiden. tial boom his friends presented him with some time ago.—Florida Times-Union. It is said that about a month ago the McKin. ley managers mate overtures to Quay, urging him to withdraw in favor of their man, but their offers were rejected.—Brooklyn Eagle. 1f the next Presidential election could be held in Great Britain there would be many eager aspirants for the nomination, because it would be a Democratic walkover.—Indian- apolis Journal. The managers of the McKinley poom will make a fatal mistake if they permit Mr. For- aker tosit too near that large consignment of fireworks they have ordered for their St. Louis display.—Washington Post. Morrisor, Campbell and Whitney are the men oftenest mentioned for the Democratic nomination. Undoubtedly Whitney would re- fuse it if it were tendered to him. The choice probably lies between Morrison and Camp- bell. Either would do in this off year.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Don’t bet on the result of the St. Louis Con- vention. Betting is foolish at all times. It is doubly so when the situation is so involved as it is regarding Presidential cendidates. We chailenge anybody to figure correctly to-day within 100 votes of the standing of the dele- gates already elected.—Philadelphia Inquirer. The Tribune is not a partisan of any particu- lar candidate, It is one of the encouraging features of the situation that no candidate has yet been named jfor President by any consid. erable group of Republicans whom the Trib- une could not suppor; with heartiness and en- thusiasm es a representative and exponent of Republican principles and policy.—New York Tribune. The Washington correspondent of a Chicago paper says Mr. Olney wouldn’t waik the length of his room in the State Department to secure the Democratic nomination for the Presi- dency. The oddsare 900 to 1 that the Boston lawyer would syrint the whole length of Penn- sylvania avenue—his wind permitting—for complimentary ballots from two States.—Min. neapolis Times. For a time it was believed that Major McKin- ley's boomers would sweep the whole South. That idea has long been dissipated. There is no truth whatever in it. There never was any truth in it, and thet factis now becoming ap- parent to all, Alabame, which is the first State on the rollcall in the National Conven- tion, and which was expected to set the Mc. Kinley gait, will cast only four votes for the man from Ohio. Thatseme proportion, when the convention meets, will hold good in most The ground for the decision is that as each of the other States of the South.—Des Moines Register. LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. POPULISTS AS A FACTOR. RECOGNIZED As A LiviNG FORCE To BE RECK- ONED WITH IN 1896. To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—STR: Advices at hand from all parts of the greater West and the South—not by telegraph, but by the weekly journals of the party—indicate not only great enthusiasm and harmony in the Populist perty, but a degree of confidence and aggressiveness never before manifested. The Proposed alliance with the Silverites receives cordial consideration, but it must be on candi- dates alone, for there will be no surrender of the principles which constitute the Omaha Platform, though the money question in its broadest American sense will be made the fighting issue of the campaign, and the other issues of their platform will be submitted to & Vvote of the people as provided for in the reter- endum, in the same manner as this State sub- mitted the question to the people o an educa- tional qualification of voters. Direct legislation by the people will, beyond 8 doubt, be incorporated in the next Populist National platform, for the Populists bave ac- cepted literally the watchword of the old Roman republic, “Vox populi, yox dei,” with all its age-long significance, and with such patri- ots as Jefferson, Franklin, Paine and Lincoln they believe in trusting the people, and hold &s immutable law to the declaration oi the founders of our Nation that ‘government de- rives itd just power from the consent of the governed,”’ and are unwillins to continue to begavemed by class laws made by corrupted and bribed répresentatives at the behest of the favored and poweriul classes, “as it isat this day”; and they are determined to elim- inate the boss from politics, which will at once accomplished on the adovtion of direet Jegislation by the people. 3 Our old time politicians, who are just now kef;l. 50 busy mending the fences which the political storms are prosirating all over the country, may not reckon at its full value sach an incident as the defection of ex-Governor 8t. John of Kansas from the Prohibitioniststo the Populisis, and they may have forgotten that he was the strongest man who has led their forlorn hope in twenty years, his vote as Presidential candidate far éxcceding that of ln{ Prohibition candidate before or since. He will be attended by a large following into the Populist party, and in strong FProhibition States where Populists have already gaineda large number of voters, some surprising re- sults may follow. 5 In Oregon tbis year the Populists are united and full of enthusiasm, while the two old par- ties are in the throes of open dissentions and bitter animosities, which are not likely to be quieted and hegled during the campaign. Similar misfortunes overtook the Populists at the last election, which greatly diminished their vote, and 'this year they are likely to fil’ofll by the condition of their oppouents and ave a fairchance of carrying the State. king eastward we discover evidences of alarm st the growing influence of the Populist arty as a factor in National affairs. The New York Sun, which bas loang been credited with a high order oi politica! sagacity, has recently said: “While the Republican party is visibly stronger in the former doubtful States of the East—New York,New Jersey and Connecticut— than it has been at any time for many years, the success of the Republicans in their former strongholds in the West is seriously threat- ened by the defection of the Populists, who complicated by their action all the most con- fideut prophesies made in 1892. The Demo- crais, too, are without any enforced depend- ence upon doubtful States, east or west, this year, and Illinois and Minnesota seem to prom- ise better resulls than New Jersey and Mary- land. The contest of 1896 at the conventions will be a free-for-all one, as far as precedents and past conditious will be involved.” It will be borne in mind that the Sun is & prominent adyocate of the gold standard of values and decidedly inclined to discount the influence of the Populist party. The New York Herald, also for the gold standard, devotes two columes to the Populists and silverites, showing toat the Populi-is made larger gains two years ago in Congressional districts, aud avers that “the sfiver men are desperate,” and declares that there is reason to believe that ‘‘party ties will be torn asunder by the white-metal men at both the National conventions.” After giving details at great length of the votes in States favorable to silver, politicians are informed that they can gain “no adequate conception of the situation with- out a careful scrutiny of these details,” and recommends that they be “studied in the hope of finding a sale path through the maze to vic- tory.” The Boston Globe (goldite) likewise has dis- covered the existence of a live and vigorous Populist party, so otten pronounced dead and all but forgotten, and atier due consideration of its claims as & Nationsl party, thus refers to the political situation: “People who can See beyond their noses or out of the back of their heads do not trust any surface indication tuat now may seem to foreshadow & one-sided Pr dential campaign this year, with an inevitable and easy victory for the Republican ticketat the polls. To such a vision there are discern- ible not only many signs of a hard and doubt- ful struggle, but the experience of the past also sounds & clear warning against the idea, some- what prevaleui now, that an election for the Presidency can go by default.” The Globe then proceeds to give some solid reasons for making the ioregoing statement, reviewing at some length political statistics which cannot be summarized within the limits of this letter, but are so significant and instructive that all who teke an interest in the study of conditions which may within a few mouths produce a radical change in the political and economic administration of our National affairs, will find it well worth while to examine thewn in my next letter. In the meantime the reader will observe that I have not presented the hopeful views of silver men and Populists, but those of the ablest goldite journals of the country, to indicate the danger which menaces the further domination of goldites. JOSEPH ASBURY JOHNSON. 11 Essex street, San Francisco. A VOICE FOR McKINLEY. AN ADMIRER OF THE OHIO STATESMAN EULOGIZES HIS SERVICES TO THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—SIR: A good deal is being snid ageinst sending a pledged delegation to the St. Louis Convention in favor of the eminent Ohio statesman, Wil- liam McKinley. Why is it thus? When Gen- eral J. 8. Clarkson ana Senator Andrews of Pennsylvania were on the coast, ostensibly in the interest of Allison and Quay, but evidentiy more to prevent the nomination of Major MeKinley, they found to their surprise an overwhelming sentiment in favor of the Ohioan in preference to their fayorites, and therefore modified their schemes somewhat and urged an unpledged delegation by the State convention, They were also very lavish and magnanimous in their vpromises what their favorite candidates, if nominated and elected, would do for the great West and for the Pacific Coast particularly. Now I, as an Oblo man, undertake to say that neither Alli- son, Quay or ary other man cun outdo Major McKinley in magnanimity., McKinley is at once the grandest man of the present day, the peer of any man, pre-eminent 1n statesman. ship and forensic abilities, the prince of honor, sublime in thought, true to every inter- est of all classes and all sections and the con- siderate friend of the working classes. When some years since the McKinley law became unpopular, even before it had'a fair trial, made 50 by pessimistic Democratic ora- tors throughout the entire country, Major Mc- Kinley, like a true patriot,stood up and boldly defended his measure with greatability, but all the same went down in defeat and lost his seat in the National Congress because of the splendid energy he made in the countr:’s be- hali. It was McKinley that had to bear the brunt and blame for all the dire calamity to the Republican party. But since the country has gone to ruin under Democratic rule, and the McKinley protective system proven fo be the greatest measure ever enacted, and that the country would have prospered beyond measure under its operation, and beneficial in the highest degree to the now distressed people, those other geutlemen now come forward and claim great credit for the passage of the Me- Kinley tariff law, and their friends, like Clark- son, do their level best to undermiune the great Ohio candidate. Let me again say that in the event of McKinley’s nomination and election to the Presidency he will fully recognize our wants and he will not snub the Pacific States, but will appoint one of our best men as a mem. ber of his Cabinet. Tne right of the Presidency belongs to McKinley, and let the delegation be pledged for him. J. B. POWELL. Sen Francisco, April 12, 1896, ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. TuE Crrizex—S., City. The Citizen is pub- lished in Chicago. Itisa weekly; was estab- lished in 1882 and edited by John F. Finnerty. SULLIVAN AND MircHELL—W. O., City. On the 14th of May, 1883, John L. Sullivan knocked out Charlie Mitchell in three rounds in Madison-square Garden, New York City. WorLD'S Farr—8. 8. T., Cherokee, Butte County, Cal. Medals and diplomas awarded at the Columbian Exposition were, it is said, distributed to those entitled to them a long time since. JOHNNY-JUMP-UP—E. G. S., Livermore, Cal, ‘“‘Johnuy-juwmp-up” is a term used in the United States to designate a naturalized variety of the pansy (vioiet iricolor), but who 1 responsible or the name is not known. GENERAL BHERMAN—A D;bwt, City. Gen- eral W. T. Sherman died on the 14th of Febru- ary, 1891. His eldest son, Rev. Thomas Sher- man. §.J., became a priest of the Catholic chureh a short time before the death of his father. ADIOS—E. G. 8., Livermore, Cal. Adios is from the Spanish and is the ordinary term for 0od-by, but in saying ‘“a dios,” which bas geen corrupted into adios, the speaker means to say, ““In leaving you I leave you to the care of God.” GERMS IN MILE—C. E. B., Palo Alto, Cal. To kill the germ of the bacillus tuberculosis that may be suspected to exist in milk the liquid shouid be heated to 170 degress and be sud- denly chilled, The heating should occupy ten minutes. ANTI-TOXINE—A. 8. T. D. C., Goshen, Tulare County, Cal. The paragraph you quote—“We have been fortunate in coming upon the pag- ticular substance which will meutralize the poison (diphtherin) which has been secreted”’— Tefers to anti-toxine, the composition of which is the discoverer's secret. UNITED STATES SENATOR: ., Santa Mon- ica, Cal. Senator Stephen M. White was born in San Francisco June 19, 1853. Among the youngest Senators is Marion Butler of North Carolina, aged 33 years; Frank J. Cannon of Utab, sged 37 years, and J. C. Pritchard of North Caroliaa, aged 39 yeers. ADoBE—E. G. §., Livermore, Cal. Adobe is from the Spanish, meaning sundried bricks. H. H. Bancroft, in his “History of the Native Races,” says: The natives make adobe or sundried bricks by mixing ashes and earth with water, whicii is then molded into large blocks and dried in the sun. COPYRIGHT—*“Citizen,” City. Had “Citizen” complied with the rules of this department, and instead of sending an anonymous com- munication have given name and address, Answers to Correspond ents would have been pleased to forward all information about copy- right, but that question has been answered so often in this department that it cannot be an- swered every time it is asked. SANTA PAULA—Veritas, Jackson, Amador County, Cal. Sante Paula is sixteen miles east of Ventura, the county seat of Ventura County. It is situated on the iine of the railroad at the confiuence of the Santa Clara and Santa Paula rivers. Ithasa population of about 1200; has severaichurches, a bank, & newspaper, cosl- oil refineries and planing-mi he climate is pleasant. For jurther detafls you should wrlie to the County Clerk of Venturs County. SLANG—F. W. B., City. A great many slang words have become words of general use, but none of them are recognized by educated per- sons as anything but slang. For instance, such words as “awfully” for exceedingly, for surprising or uncommon, and for somebody or something charming or ad- mirable, are words in_daily use, but they are vulgar and inelegant. A person who uses grammatical language in speaking or writing will never introduce a slang word or phrase. NAPa AsyLun—H. M. M., Lawrence, Cal. The number of inmates at the Napa Asylum for the insane is 1360. Tnere are no nurses at the in- stitution, but attendants. There is one at- tendant at $600 per annum, 34 at $510 esch, 47 nssistant attendants at $420 each, and 13 attendants at $450 each. 'Appropriation for the past two years, $200, There are S0 patients in the pay wards and the charge for maintaining suck is per month each. There are 1286 free patie SwIFr's Eritapi — Soulsbyville, Tuolumne County, Cal. The epitaph of Jonathen Swift (Dean) written by himself in Latin is as fol- lows: “Hic depositum est corpus Jonathan Swiit, 8. T. P., hujus ecclesiae cathedralis de- cani; ubi soeva indignatio ulterius cor lace- rare nequit abi viator et imitare, si, poteris strenuum pro virili libertatis vindiceum.” This transiated into English is: “Here is the body of Jonathan Swilt, Dean of this church, where cruel disdain can no longer lacerate his heart. Go, traveler, ana imitate if thou canst a sturdy vindicator of the liberties of human- kind.” A SONG OF THE CYCLE. This is the toy, beyond Aladdin’s dreaming, The mugic wheel upon whose hub is wound All roads, although they reach the worid around, O'er Western plains or Orient deserts gleaming. This is the skein, from which each day Such new delights, such witching fi 0f bounding biood, of glad escape from noise— Such ventures, beggaring old Crusoe’s travel. It is ag if some mighty necromancer, At king’s command, to please his lady’'s whim, instilled such virtue in a rubber rim, And brought it forth as his triumphant answer. its shining spokes are fleeting, spring upward irom 1ts tread, And eyes grow bright, and cheeks all rosy red, Responsive (o the heart’s ecstatic beating. Thus vouth and age, alike in healthful feeling, ‘And man and maid, who find their paths areone, Crown this rare product of our century’s “run,” And sing the health, the joy, the gr: You : 0f wheeling ! Companion. IT STANDS AT THE HEAD. Ellensburg (Wask.) Capital. I noting the growth of great papers in this country, the San Francisco CALL should not ba forgotten. Under its present management it has sprung into wonderful popularity, and de- servedly, too, for in its marvelous growth it has maintained & dignity end freedom from sensationalism that commends it to those who want all the news in reliable shape. This THE CALL gives them, and to day It stands at the head of California newspapers. LADY'S BELTED WAIST. A charming model for three fabrics is here shown. It may be without the lining. The pattern is cut with the back in one piece. The frontis laid in & box-pleat on either side, it opens at the top to show a plastron, from which revers of the latest shape turn back. The sleeves are particularly effective, made of striped materials to show the folds at the top. A white lawn with pink stripes would be ex- quisite. trimmed with white plastron and fevers trimmed with yellow 'valenciennes nce. Another charming way of making up striped materials is to use the material crosswise for the plastron, the stripes in the body being used up and down. A waist of biue colored heavy linen after this model might have revers and plastron of white lawn. Blue duck could be made very effective with the revers and plastron in blue and white striped or piain white duck. For erepon or light wools the most stylish and summer-like trimming s fiax-colored grass linen or batiste, which could be used for the revers and plastron. These might be trimmed with narrow vaienciennes lace or insertion. White batiste linen or lawn could be used instead of the naiural colored linen. Organdies or mulls can be made entirely of the material, with an edge of narrow valen- ciennes for a trimming. Ribbon beit and collar are sufficient to elab- orate such gowns. If you want a sure relief for limbs, use an Allcock’s BEAR IN MIND—Not one A NATURAL TUNNEL. On the western shore of Angel Island, about half way between the steamer landing and the fog-bell signal, is a most interesting natural curiosity that it would be hard to find dupli- cated in any part of the world. Itisa tunnel that goes directly through an enormous cliff. The direction of the tunnel is from north to south, or it could be seen from the Tiburon ferry-boats. When viewed from a short distance the tun- nel appears to be only a small hole, but close examination reveals the fact that it is over ten Natural Tunnel on Angel Island. feet high and at least thirty feet long. At high tide it has about a foot of water in it, and were it not for the rocks close to the entrances could be entered with a boat. When the tide is out the tunnel can be traversed from end to end on foot, and & most curious experience it is. The rocks in the pas- sage way are alive with crabs, and it is almost impossible to avoid stepping on them. As the center of the tunme. is a little higher than the ends it drains pertectly, so thatit is dry except for a few puddles. or walls of the tunnel present & curious appearance. They are of volcanic rock and look as if they were thrown into their present shape when mixed with some softer substance. This has since washed away, leay- ing the hole through thecliff. The rock formation is exceedingly hard and in many laces has a spongy appearance. It is elmost B very rough end jazged. For its full length” the tunnel ‘is about the same size, and is so straight it is hard to be- lieve that it is not the work of human nands. In stormy weather the waves wash in anad out of the tunnel with great force, and wnen the tide is high will entirely fill it, forcing the air out with & loud, hissing noise. Don’t Feed the Animals. Tulare Register. Chinamen seem 1o be ascrooked in horse- racing as they are in poker-playing, and the best thing to do with them is to not monkey with them at all, ——————— CALIFORNIA glace fruits, 50¢ Ib. Townsend's.> e A Plain Steal. Fresno Populist. Under the proposed funding bill the Govern. will, at the end of the term—ninety years—bte $129,400,000 out of pocket, or sixty-nine mil- lions more than its present claim, against the Central Pacific alone. Better cancel it now if that is to be the only alternative. m EPECTAL information daily to majufacturers, business houses and public men 9y the Prasa Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mordgomery. + —_—— The Impertinent East. Los Angeles Express. It is rather amusing and decidedly imperti- nent to see the Eastern papers reading West- grners out of the two great political parties beeause they will not indorse the Wall-street financial programme. THE benefits 1o be derived from & good medicine in early spring Is undoubted. To purity the blood, overcome that tired feeling and galn strength take Hood’s Sarsaparills. ——————— InrORTANT CHANGE OF TrME~The 12th inst. the Northern Pacitic Railroad inaugurated a doubls dally passenger service between Portiana aud St Paul, making saving of ten hours between Pori- land and Chicago. These are the fastest and finest equipped traing that ever were run out of the Ya- cific Northwest. The superior accommodations in our passenger equipment recommend our line to all. Ours is the only line that runs dining-cars out of Portland. T. K. STATELER, general sgent, 688 Market street. Sau Francisco. s b ¢Mrs., Winslow’s Soothing Syrup’’ Has been used over 50 years by millions of mothers for their children while Teething with perfect suc- cess. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays Pain, cures Wind Colic, regulates the Bowels and is the best remedy for Diarrhceas, whether arising from teething or other causes. Forsale by Drug- gists in every part of the world. 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