The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 17, 1896, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1896 CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Daily and Sunday CALL, one week, by carrier..$0.15 Daily and Bunday CALL, oue year, by mall..... 6.00 Daily and Sunday CALL, six months, by mail.. Daily and Sunday CALL, three months by mail Daily and Sunday CALL, one month, by mail.. Bunday CaLL, one year, by mall.. WEEKLY CALL, One y y mail. THE SUMMER MONTHS. Are you going to the country ona vacation ? It %0, 1t 13 no trouble for us to forward THE CALL to your address. Do not let it miss you for you will miss it. Orders given 1o the carrier or left at Business Ofiice will receive prompt attention NO EXTRA CHARGE. BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, San Francisco, California. Felephone. .Main—1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street. Felephone. ...Main-1874 BRANCH OFFICES: 830 Montgomery street, corner Clay; epen until 9130 oelock. 839 Hayes street; open until 9:30 0'clock. 718 Larkin street; open until §:30 o'clock. SW. corner Sixteenth and Mission streets; open autil § o'clock. 2518 Mission street: open until 9 o'clock. 116 Ninth street; open until 9 o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE : 08 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Zooms 81 and 32, 34 Park Row, New York City. DAVID M. FOL' Special Agent. APRIL 17, 1898 THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. All good Republicans are congratulating one another. A pledged delegation is always a ham- pered delegation. Unless Californians take care of Califor- nia interests who will? Santa Barbara the beautiful is what we will have to call her now. After this there will be no question that honest primaries will be supported by the people. The way winter lingers on the lap of spring in the East is a clear case of freez- ing to it. It is easy to cut a figure in politics, but not easy to make the figure count for more than a cipher. E s e California has certainly been in the Union long enough to entitle her to a seat in the Cabinet. It was to be expected that the opponents of pure politics would denounce the results of pure primaries. The next administration will pui some California timber into the Cabinet if Cali- fornia insists on it. el e California men at St. Louis will have to look out for California interests, and they should be left free to do it. California should send to St. Louis a delegation vledged to any candidate the convention may nominate. While the political pot is boiling the Kelly-Mahoney scum comes to the surface and can be neatly skimmed off. San Francisco sunshine seems to have gone down the coast to attend the fes- tivals, but we may expect it back any day. Calling the spurious outcome of a bogus primary a “McKinley ticket”” doesn’t con- ceal the fraud and doesn’t hurt McKinley. Adfter all their jugghing to stuff a ballot- box at a bogus primary, Martin Kelly and Jerry Mahoney will find there is nothing in it. The push and the pull gangs may as well get out of Republican politics. The great reform movement goes forward of itself. Through the success of the honest prim- aries the way is more open for a clean Re- publican victory in every coatest of the campaign. If it be decided to send a pledged dele- gation to St. Louis the question as to what candidate it shall be pledged for will make more talk. If Whitney succeeded in getting Cleve- land to say he is not a candidate for a third term then he did not visit Wash- ington in vain. A State convention should never attempt to forestall a National convention in nomi- nating a National candidate or declaring a National platform. After the fiasco of Tuesday even boss Rainey won’t allow Kelly and Mahoney to do politics with him any more, unless they put up something to boot. Kelly and Mahoney were cunuing enough to put a few honest Republicans on their bogus tickets, but they are not strong enough to make them stay there. Whitney’s visit to Washington has caused as much of a flutter amorg Demo- crats as if he had put up his barrel in public view and shown signs of knocking the head in. A delegation pledged to any particular candidate at St. Louis would be regarded as antagonistic to all others and therefore would not faithfully represent the Repub- licans of Californi Among the great leaders v'vhom Repub- licans of aifferent sections of the Union have put forward as candidates for the Presidency, THE CaLL has no favorite to the exclusion of others. It speaks for all. Lest any one should arise to say THE CaLL is opposed to Allison, or Reed, or McKinley, or Morton or any other Repub- lican candidate for the Presidency, we state beforehand that whoever may say so will be lying under a mistake or in some other way. THE CALL opens its columns to earnest Republicans for a discussion of the advisa- bility of sending a pledgea delegation to St. Louis. It regards the question as the most important one now before the party in this State and in its aim to speak for all desires to give every phase of sentiment on the subject an opportunity to make itself known. : The Alameda Argus having asserted that in the funding bill fight “Tae Cary has deserted the field altogether,” bas now an opportunity to write another editorial and a better one, THE CaLL never deserts any field where work 1s to be done for the people. It is still fighting the funding scheme, and will continue to fight until the victory is won. OALTFORNIA AT ST. LOUIS. Shall California send to the St. Louis convention a pledged or an unpledged delegation? That question occupies at this time more or less of the thought of every earnest Republican. It is right that this should be so. The question involves the next important step to be taken in the campaign and calls for an immediate solution. It should, therefore, be dis- cussed at once, and discussed thoroughly, in order that Republican sentiment may be crystallized into definite form before the State Convention meets to take action on the issue. THE CarL favors an unpledged delega- tion on two broad grounds. First, that such a delegation would most faithfully Tepresent the prevailing sentiment of Cali- fornia Republicans. Second, that it would be more able than a pledged delegation to advance the interests of California. To represent the rank and file of the party and to promote the welfare of the State are surely considerations that must have great welght with every loyal Republican and every true Californian. It isclear that only an unpledged dele- gation can truly represent all Republicans of California, because a delegation pledged to a particular canaidate would be antag- onistic to all others and the great mass of the voters of the party in this State are not opposed to any one of the ilius- trious leaders who bave been named as candidates for the Presidency. It would be unjust to send to St. Louis a delegation pledged beforehand to be adverse to the claims of either Allison, Cullum, McKin- ley, Morton, Reed or any other aspirant. As the Republicans of the State will loy- ally and enthusiastically support whoever is nominated at St. Louis, why should they be put in the attitude of arbitrarily opposing any man who is likely to be nom- inated? Equally clear is it that the interestsof California can be advanced by a free and untrammeled delegation much more ef- fectually than by one bound up by irreyo- cable pledges. Norare these interests of little moment. We have seen great works of public improvement promised by the National Government to this State de- layed from year to year for lack of a suffi- cient influence with the executive depart- ment of the Government to push. them forward. In this City the delayed Post- office building is an illustration of how the State bas suffered from the lack of admin- istration influence, and by citing cases in other parts of the State it would be easy to multiply examples. When, in addition to the improve- ments promised but not carried out, con- sideration is given to such great interests peculiar to the West as mining, irrigation, | a Hawaiian cable, subsidies to Pacific | Ocean shipping and the improvement of Pacific Ocean harbors and the great rivers of the coast, it will be seen that the issue isone of the greatest consequence. Cali- fornia should have a representative in the next Cabinet. Her rank in the Union en- titles her to such an office. She will never get it, however, if she acts blindly, What can she profit by a pledged delegation? ‘What may she not profit by a delegation of strong, brainy, loyal and aggressive men acting in untrammeled freedom ? Tue CALL urges these arguments with all the force that springs from a moral conviction. Sanguine in the faith that it is right, it calls for a full and free discus- sion of the subject., We invite the whole Republican pressof the State to take it up. ‘We open our own columns to any earnest Republican who wishes to be heard on this issue, so important to all. Let it be understood then that Tre CALL is opposed to no particular candidate and favors none. We are for the Republican party and the interests of California, and solely on those grounds we favor an unpledged delegation that will be loyalto all and antagonistic to none. DISGUSTED DELEGATES. ‘Well-informed Republicans are not sur- prised to learn that some of the State Con- vention delegates elected at the farcical primaries held on Tuesday may demand that their names be stricken from the list. The contest in the State Convention over the double set of delegates from the Fourth and Fifth districts will not be pleasant. It will be necessary in the interest of decent politics for the delegates elected ‘Wednesday at the regular primary to show how the so-called primary of Tues- day came to be held, This exposure will uncover a rottenness that will grieve high- minded Republicans, but now that the decks have been cleared for action and thereis a firm determination to destroy corrupt boesism in the Republican party of San Francisco, the fight will be made to the end and the party will emerge all the better and stronger and cleaner from the struggle. It will have to be shown that two noto- rious political manipulators, Kelly and Mahoney, by forgery and trickery secured an illegal call from a minority of the Con- gressional Committee for Tuesday’s pri- mary; that this gave them a semblance of standing which deceived a considerable number of voters; that the manipulators ‘“fixéd”” the polis and shamelessly stuffed the boxes; thatthe large body of Repub: licans who understood the situation and were in favor of purging the party of its shady bosses remained away; that mean- while the rightful majority of the com- mittee had regularly called a primary for Wednesday and issnea notice -that'| it was the only authorized, regular and legal election; that the Republicank turned out at this election and, by the overwhelming ‘forde ¢f ‘numbers, cast nearly twice as many votes as were stuffed into the boxes on Tuesday; that Keily and Mahoney recognized the legality of Wednesday’s primary by turning out in force and making an abortive attempt to defeat the regular ticket by supporting one of their own manufacture. These will not be pleasant disclosures at the Btate Convention, and hence there is no wonder that the delegates alleged to have been electea Tuesday are beginning to appreciate the gravity of their position. ‘While such secession would give Keliy and Mahoney an opportunity to furnish substi- tutes on whom they can depend to do their bidding, the defection would be seriously injuring them in a moral sense. This accounts for the desverate earnestness with which they are trying to stimulate the courage of the faltering. All of Tues- day’s delegates who are not self-confessed tools of these men and who are not ashamed to be known as such, and who desire to see the Republican party purged of its corrupt elements and a decent gov- ernment given to San Francisco, should lose no time in baving their names with- A drawn from the Kelly-Mahoney domina- tion. Only in this way can they disclaim a fraud and set themselves right with their fellow-men. CARLISLE'S INCONSISTENCIES. In his speech at Chicago Thursday even- ing Secretary Carlisle, while attempting to prove that the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 would reduce wages, made a series of blunders in reasoning that are so palpable as to raise doubts concerning his sincerity. The address was particu- larly for working people, whom the astute Secretary possibly thinks are lacking in the intelligence needed to expose his fal- lacies. That he shrewdly scattered his contradictory arguments instead of placing them side by side does not lessen the fact that they are inconsistent. This 1s how two of his assertions look when placed in par- allel columns: The naked proposi- tion is that the United States s! In the general confu- sion and disorder re- 11 coin at the|sulting from such a public expense for the|radical change, what exclusive benefitof the will be the condition individuals and corpo-|of the American labor- rations owning the bul-ler? Will he be bene- lion all the silver that fited or injured by the may be presented at/reducing by one-half the mints into dollars|the value of the money containing 371}grains|in which his wages are of pure silver, or 412;|paid, and at the same grains of standard sil-'time increasing the ver—worth intrinsical-|price of the commodi- Iy about 51 or 52 cents|ties for which his wages —deliver the coins to are expended? the depositors of fl’l(’I builion and compel all the other people in the country to receive these coins &t & valuation of 100 cents each in the payment of debts due| them. | That isto say, according to the first of these assertions the value of silver is to be raised to that of gold, and according to the second it will remain at its present bullion value. These positions are manifestly irreconcilable. The Secretary further argues that the free coinage of silver would contract the currency by placing a premium on gold and causing its withdrawal from circula- tion, reducing it to a commodity, and yet he adds: “All the mints of the United States, operated to their full capacity ana doing no other work, could not coin into standard silver dollars two-thirds of the annual production of silver in our own country.” To an ordinary person this would seem to suggest an enormous in- crease of a circulating medium rather than any contraction. For that matter, the Secretary’s unfair- ness and partisanship are patent in his ignoring of simple methods by which free coinage would benefit the United States instead of injuring it. His arguments are so primitive and have been so often met that it seems a waste of time to pay any attention to them. Their only significance lies in the fact that they are addressed to workingmen. This class of Americans have eloquent evidence of the Democratic party’s devotion to its interestin a tariff measure that not only reduced wages, but has actually thrown out of employment hundreds of thousands of American opera- tives. MIGHT BE ENLARGED. Senator Platt has introduced a bill that, judging from the condensed account of it sent by telegraph, seems good so far as it goes. It declares the transmission of news by any means between States concerning bets on any event to be a misdemeanor. The bill might weil be amended by adding & clause prohibiting the importation into this country of news concerning lottery drawings held abroad. This is perfectly within the scope of Congressional action, and it would put a stop to one of the greatest evils under which our people suffer. Lotteries are outlawed in the United States, and those which formerly flourished here have been driven to the protection of foreign countries having a moral ‘percep- tion different from ours. Yet they are working almost as serious harm as when they flourished on our territory. They are enabled to do this by the fact that newspapers not governed by the highest sense of duty and patriotism publish the list of drawings at these lotteries, giving flaming prominence to the prizes alleged to have been won by American ticket- holders. This serves as a lure which the avaricious and ignorant are unable to resist, and the consequence is a heavy drain on the money of the people, coming mostly from those least able to bear it. These concerns are barefaced swindles, far worse than when they were conducted in this country. Congress has the power to probibit the introduction into the United States of news concerning them, just asithas the power to prohibit;the introduction of contagious diseases or the importation of paupers. Already there is an admirable statute prohibiting the transmission of lottery matter through the mails. The scheme of prohibition wonld be complete if the introduction of news concerning foreign lotteries was prohib- ited. The law could recognize the publi- cation of drawing-lists as prima facie evi- dence of such introduction, and include publication as a part of the offense, Such a law as this would save hundreds of thou- sands of dollars annually to California, some of whose leading newspapers publish monthly flamboyant advertisements of these swindling concerns. INSTRUCT NOT. ‘Wheatland Four Corners. The theory of representative government does not imply that the people’s representa- tives must be instructed to vote thus and so on propositions as they arise; in other words that they are to be deprived of the use of their brains and their judgment in the best interest of the people they represent and directed to vote and talk like automatic machines. A rep- resentative in the legislative halis or in politi- cal conventions should be clothed first of all with discretionary powers and be at full 1ib- erty to use his voice and vote &s seems best at all times and occasions. Anything short of thisis abortive of true representative func- tion, and also belittles the character and care- fulness of the representative. It is well enough and in fact important for the people in dele- gating assemblies to go on record as te their desires concerning public issues, and the record should show those desires in unmistak- able language. Delegates chosen from those assemblies must in honor note the record and conduct themselves accordingly, but they should be free to carry out the will of the as- sembly choosing them in such a way as to come nearest accomplishing the purpose. Much as any may dislike to say it, all must admit that our Government in its legislative, L\ldlchl and party make-up is a Government rought into being by compromises. Factions fight for this and for that, and they could never agree except upon & compromise basis. Now suppose we send delegates to St. Louis and Chicago with unalterable instructions about siiver. The result would undoubtedly be to tie their hands and thus leave California practically unrepresented. But_ suppose we send those delegates uninstructed, or rather to represent us on silver and all other matters according to the memorials of the respective delegating convention? What then? Cali- fornia will take first rank amorg the States aud our delegates become & power from the first. An honesi delegate needs no command- ing instructions, and no other kind of dele- gates should be chosen. The late Mrs. E. Marvin, who recently died at Kirkwood, Mo., was an elder sister of the late ex-President Hayes. When the civil war broke out she was living with a family of Bouthern sympathizers in Illinois. Rutherford B. Hayes, as is well known, was a strong Union man_an me a successiul officer in the Northern army. His sister did not forgive him for taking the side of the Government and they 'were neyer reconciled. AROUND THE CORRIDORS. Colonel J. B.Lowe, the mine manager and expert, who for years owned interests at Vir- ginia City and elsewhere, strolled into the Palace a day or two ago, and soon was shaking hands and talking with a number of young and elderly mining men there. The colonel is known as- the expert for the Flood & O’Brien people. He is also the in- ventor of the streetcar seen here and else- where, which is closed or open, according to the state of the weather. He was asked that question which has per- turbed the minds of mining men for & iong while, viz., the best place to go to mine. “They can a1l do as they please,” said the colonel, “and those who want to go to Cool gardie, Cripple Creek or Kootenai can do so; but as for me, I think I'll stay right here in California, “Isold out all my interests in the Comstock | ings against the Richelieu Hotel Company brought by the bondholders. The doors will be closed in ten days and lho}rropsx sold in three weeks. The Richelieu Hotel, like every- thing else in any way connected with the last Democratic campaign, has been “profoundly touched” by the finger of fate. It has suc- cumbed to the Cleveland Hoodoo. The Cleveland hoodoo is not a joke. Itisa grim reality to those who have suffered by it. See what it has done. Chicago, as the conven- tion city, paid most of the bills of the conven- tion which nominated Cleveland. Chics was the first city shaken by the flnlncllllp & few months aiter he was inaugurated. 1t was in Chicago that the first runs upon the banks occurred. Chicago’s Mayor was assassinated by a crank, 1ts treasury became bankrupt. thicves and thugs caused a reign of terror and the Democratic party went to smash. If there is any way in which Chicago hasn’t suffered since Cleveland was inaugurated there is still time for new terrors before the 4th of March brings its four years in purgatory to a close. In New York the Vietoria Hotel, where Cleveland always stopped when in the city “Verily we are the people. Colonel J. There is nobody in it with the Californiamn,” said B. Lowe. [Sketched from life by a “ Call ™ artist.] about eight years ago, and since then haven’t owned much there. The last thing I investi- gated was the Brunswick lode, and I found there the only large vein that promised any- thing that wasn’t already punched full of holes. I really thought that gave indications of turning out something. I think they stand & good show of getting some ore there. “But, now, you contrast California mines with the various outside camps you hear about and then think of the advantages here over the outside places. The com- parison is so much in favor of California that Iwonder why men will be persuaded to leave here and go wandering off to the remote and inhospitable places of the earth. There is no need of it. “Take California as & whole and it is the fin- estland under the sun to mine in. Over a large area one may work winter and summer uninterrupted by snow or heat, and when he gets tired he can jump on & railroad train and reach San Francisco, the greatest city of the West, ina few hours’ time. It is great. There is nothing like it. “Then thisis &land of plenty. A man can live like a fighting cock all the time, and he doesn't have to pay four or five prices for eyery- thing either. “Verily we are the people. There is nobody in it like us, and I am astonished that any man once here will continue to wander, unless it is to fllustrate the old adage that ‘far away birds have fine feathers.” The man who is here had better stay. He isin it. There is only one California. A man mightgo away off, to Koo- tenai for instance, and probably it'sa pretty good rising country, too, but think of the weather, the distance and the isolation. It's tough to think about. It's worse in some of the other places. Let me be grateful that I know & good thing when Isee it and am satis- fied.” POLITICAL GOSSIP. The Democratic party 1s not dead; it has simply been hypnotized by Svengali Grover Cleveland.—Burlington Free Press. The country will hasten to change its brand of prosperity this fall. The Professor Wilson article isn’t even a good counterfeit. Grover Cleveland is one of the greatest all- round statesmen to be found in the world. His girth now measures 60 inches.—Toledo Blade. Reed is known to the country as a good counter, but McKinley is peating him in the enumeration of delegates.—St. Louis Globe- Democrat. In contrast to Major McKinley’s policy of claiming everything stands President Cleve- land’s policy of ignoring everything,—Wash- ington Btar, It was Pattison who made Cleveland the Democratic nominee four years ago. Now the question ariges, Is Grover grateful?—Scranton (Pa.) Tribune. - President Cleveland has expanded his girth in the last two years, but his popularity has shriveled so that its backbone is wickedly con- spicuous.—Detroit Journal. Seeretary Carlisle should not keep his ear to the ground too long, listening for & great popu- lar murmur at his withdrawal. The earth is damp and cold yet.—Kansas City Journal. Mr. Depew seys that New York is a pivotal State, but it isn’t. It went out of the pivoting business some years ago and no longer counts in that respect.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Between the disgusted Democrats who, thinking victory hopeless, would be willing to see Mr. Cleveland nominated for defeat, and his uitlander fanatics that have surrounded the White House with contempt for every Democratic sentiment and principle, the Dem- ocratic party is made to appesr as indifferent to the most sacred traditions of the Republic,.— New York Sun. GROVER AS A HO00DOO. 1f the members of the communism of pelf go to Chicago in July to secure the nomination of Cleveland they will be compelled to camp out in Lake Park, for there will not be a hotel man in Chicago courageous enough to enter- tain them. : It was at the swell Richelieu Hotel ‘that the members of the communism of pelf stayed during the convention of 1892, and there the schemes were laid by which the Territorial 'delegates were bought for Cleveland with Standard Oil and “reform” money. The dele- gates to the convention in 1892 must be re- minded of this by the Supreme Court decree Just handed down in the foreclosure proceed- during his campaign, failed last vear, and has been closed. The Defmocratic Manhattan Club, which entertained him after his Madison squsre speech of mcceptance sand tangled Adial's logs with its punch, is all over in debt, and has lost mueh of its membership because Grover made it impossible for many of its members to meet their dues. Tammany, which unwillingly supported Cleyeland, has been ripped up the back, and Croker, the go- -between, spends most of his time in England because New York is no longer safe or con- genial. These are but a few of the incidents in the chapter of calamities which men and things connected with the last Cleveland campaign have suffered, but they are sufficient to show that the Grover hoodoo is no joke. Before a Republican President enters the White House every inch of the executive man- sion ought to be rubbed with the foot of & graveyard rabbit.—Worcester Telegram. REFORM. The great and good reformer brought his biggest searchlight out, And with firm unswerving purpose he flashed it all about ;. It showed np everybody's stralght snd crookea ways, Tlllblln ‘& man the rascals ran to hide them from the aze. Then presidents, clerks and bank cashiers began to turn them pale, And e’en the gnardians of the peace quailed with a thoughtful quail ; Thesugar man and butter man their heads arew out of sight, But the dry-goods dealer boldly stood and faced that searching light. The railway corporations paused,and ministers meanwhile Began to search their souls to see if they were free from guile; And those who led society, of stately pedigree, Trembled at what the curious world in blazonry might see. And o this benefactor had of moral fun no end, In showing up the faulis alike of enemy and end, ‘Till some one got his breath agaln and turned the light about, And put this great reformer man at once to utter Tout, M. PHELPS DAWSON In New York Sun. — GIRL'S CAPE. Cloth is the fabric usually employed in mak- ing these pretty, comfortable and stylish wraps. Plain lady's cloth simply stitched at the edges with a bright lining for the hood is stylish. Mixed tweeds with plain silk lining for the S hood makes a serviceable garment. Brown serge with a plaid silk lining fof the hood is youthful and pretty. Double-faced cloths are especially nice for these wraps, the hooa thus dlsrluyln the con- trasting color of the other side. The cape is seamless, and appeals to the home dressmaker 854 garment easily made. OF IMPORTANCE TO POPULISTS. Tulare County News. We again desire to call the attention of Pop- ulists throughout the Pacific Coast to the lib- eral policy presented by the San Francisco CALL is devoting space to the free expression of the views of able reform writers in its col- umns. While THE CALL is thoroughly Repub- lican in politics it is not of that nATIOw- minded variety so noticeable in other leuh::, dailies. We have published some of these ar he pen of Joseph Asbury Johnson, e o D ratnlest reform writers on the coast, but our space preciudes the publication of mapy others which we are anxious our uld peruse. reghdg\lrlg%s Cl;eLL continue its liberal course during the present campaign we would advise Populists generally to take that paper in pref- erence to others possessed of less liberality. ‘We have not noticed THE WEEKLY CALL 10 as- certain whether these articles appear in itor not, but, if they do, Populists in the country, who are’ so sitnated 8s to be unable to take & daily paper should give their preference to “HE WEEKLY CALL, and thus not only enable them- selves to enjoy the advantages of this depart- ment of that paper, but to encourage its com- mendable course. X : The People’s party is greatly in need of a newspaper giving ail the current news, but in the absence of such paper should take adyan- tage of the next best thing to be had—which is the old party paper giving their cause the fair- est treatment. " PERSONAL. T. J. Field, the banker, of Monterey, isin the city. Oswald von Biedl of Vienna, Austria, is in the City. L. M. Lasell,’a business man of Martinez, is in town. N. D. Wales of Washington, D.C., is among the arrivals at the Palace. Sergeant F. G. Martin of Angel Island is a guest at the Cosmopolitan. Otto Grunsky of Stockton, Clerk of San Joa- quin County, is at the Grand. J. D, Heard, owner of large placer mines in Siskiyou County, is in the City. E. J. Cehill, the extensive rancher, arrived here yesterday and is at the Grand. A George D, Cagney, 8 well-known stock-raiser of Hollister, is staying at the Cosmopolitan. H. A. Jastro, the banker and early resident of Bakersfield, is on a visit to the City and is at the Grand. Among the arrivals here yesterday were four- teen Raymond & Whitcomb excursionists. They are at the Palace. F. C, Parkinson of Franklin, Idaho, and W. C. Franklin of Preston, in the same State, are among those who are registered at the Grand. W. H. H. Lewellyn of New Mexico and W. L. Dants and Mrs. Dants of New York, with sev- eral friends, arrived here yesterday and are at the Palace. Thomas Crush of Montana, manager of the extensive gold mines at Coulterville, on which costly machinery has lately been placed, isat the Palace. Dr. R. Beverly Cole, president of the Ameri- can Medical Association, will leave for Atlanta, Ga., where the annual session of that body will be held on May 5, to-night. He will deliver an address before the State Medical Society in Los Angeles on the 21st. From the latter place he will go to New Orleans and Chicago, delivering addresses in both cities. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N.Y., April 16.—At the Hol- land, Mr. and Mrs. C. Bier, F. J. Carolan; Astor, A. D. Forbes; Grand Union, Mr. and Mrs. G. Franklin; Coleman, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Loney; Continental, Mrs. D. Thorne; Barrett, J. B. Eldridge; Windsor, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Stubbs; || Netherland, Mrs. R. C. Woolworth, Miss Wool- worth. BIG GUNS THAT ARE USELESS. The work of dismantling the old batteries at the military posts around San Francisco is progressing slowly. As the big guns are taken from the rotten old carriages they are piled together to wait for purchasers, as they have been ordered “sold for old metal.” But so far purchasers have not materialized, and the outlook is that they will not—at least until gun-metal becomes more valuable than at present. As things are it is impossibie to give the old cannons away. Nobody wants them, because the work of getting them to a blast-furnace would cost more than the goods hey could be manufactured into would sell r. S0 the chances are they will remain Where they are until the Government starts a gun plant of its own on the Pacific Coast. These guns are relllin good as when they were put on top of the hills away back in 1863. They can shoot as well as they ever could, but the " trouble is they, cannot do as much Discarded Cannon in an Old Battery on Angel Island. [Sketched by a * Call” artist.} damage to a modern warship as they could to one of the old-time frigates. In fact they would do no more harm to & vessel like the Monterey than & hunter could with a good- sized fowling-plece. As weapons of defense or offense they are not worth b cents. These guns are all of the old-time pattern— cast like a stove-lid by pouring the melted metal into the mold—and yet they cost the eople of the United Btates between $4000 and $E0D0 apioce. The oout of piacing thew in position was at least $1000 sglece, so that the average price was about $5500 for each gun. There are 250 of these discarded gums at Benicia, 200 at Alcatraz and the Presidio and 50 at Angel Island—in all about500. At the cost mentioned, with transportation expenses and cur&)fie! added, the total would be at least $3,000,000. Not one of these guns has ever fired a hostile shot and many have never had any powder in them. But they have ac- complished a great deai of good in the way of “persuading” enemies to keep away, 80 they have done their duty and earned every cent that they cost. . The new guns that are intended to replace the old ones will represent a cost of at least $20,000,000. CURRENT HUMOR. Life Is'a Game—*‘Life,” said the sententious young man, “is like a game of cards.” “It is more like & game of chess to me,” sald the man who rents. *‘I move once a year.”—In- dianapolis Journal. Actor—Couldn’t the mashed potatoes which are served to me in the play as icecream be made a little more palatable? Manager—That will depend on the box-office sales.—Fliegende Blaetter. “Maid of Boston, ere we part, Give, O give me, love, your heart.” w“Sure!” she answered on the spot, And the marble heart he got. —Town Topics. “What an exquisite vase you have those dat- fodils in, Miss Osmond.” «Yes; {sn't it sweet? Mamma gotit with a can of baking powder.”—Chicago Record. “I haye done nothing but blush all day,” complained the rose, “‘and still that idiot of a poet goes on talkiug of the modest violet, as if there were not others.”—Cincinnati Enquirer. PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE. The Prince of Naples, son of the King of Italy, who has just quarreled with his father, was not long ago refused by & European Prin- cess because of his inordinate love of garlic. Professor C. E. Hite of Philadelphia is pre- paring to send a scientific expedition into the interior of Labrador during the coming sum- mer. Itwill include representatives of Har- vard, Columbia, the University of Chicago and the University of Iow: Professor William Henry Green of Princeton Theological Seminary celebrates his jubilee this spring, 83 he started in to teach justfifty years ago, when he was but 21 years old. He became & professor of theology when he was 26 yeais old, and has been hard at work ever since. Ex-Senator Philetus Sawyer has been chosen by the Wisconsin Republicans as a delegate-at- large to the St. Louis convention. He is a man nearly 80 years of age, but active and clear- headed. His enormous fortune has been made in lumber. Itis said of him that he still takes pleasure in driving a sharp bargain. Congressman Bailey of Texas dresses very peculiarly—always in black broadeloth, cut in the old style, with a broad shirt front, a white tie and a broad, black feit hat. He says he and his wife both like it, and he thinks grown men should be independent of fashion. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. EppIE Foy—L. A. M., Golden Gate, Cal. A letter intended for Eddie Foy, the actor, will reach him if addressed to his name, New York City, care of the Clipper, FIN DE SIECLE—E. G. 8., Livermore, Cal. Fin de siecle is from the French and literally means the end of the century, or befitting the end, up-to-date, an expression for that which is most progressive, novel in fashion or ad- vanced in idess. Its first use in the English language is in the following: “Mamma,” said she, “your love in a cottage idea is out of style. Iam thoroughly progressive, up- to-date, fin de siécle.’—Julian Ralph in Harper's Monthly, March, '9 INVENTIONS—Anon, City. The following isa list of the prominent inventions and discov- eriesof the nineteenih century: Chronograph, 1840; electric clock, 1840; electr; h_ght. 15‘13; electrotyping, 1837; gas meter, 1815; kaleido. scope, 1814 ; phonograph, 1877; photography, 1802; pueumatic railway, 18: sewing ma- chine, 1841; steamboat, 1807; lelegraph, 1837; telephone, 1877. To this may be added Koch’s germ theory, the cathode ray and the cable passenger railway. If you have any par- ticular invention or discovery in your mind we will endeavor to give the desired informa- tion if you will name it or them. .‘ SANATORIUM—E. F. H., City. Sanatariumand sanitarium are erroneously used for sana- torium. The spelling sanitary 1s often used in the same sense as sanatory, but improperly. Both are derived from the Latin sanare, to heal, sanatory properly signifies conducive to health, and is applied to curative measures after health is lost, while sanitary has the more general sense of pertaining to health and is applied to preventive measures. A sanatorium is & place where people go for the sake of health or to regain health, usually a private hospital for the treatment of patients who are not beyond the hope o PuUBLIC DEBT AND B enjamin Harrison ‘was inaugurated Pre ent March 4, 1889, and Grover Cleveland was inaugurated the second time March 4, 1893. The following shows the amount of the public debt during the term of office of each: 1888, December 1, the'debt was. ... e 1889, December 1, amount of the debt was 1890, December 1, amount of the'deby was 1891, December 1, amount of the debt was 1892, Decemb the debt was 1,568,612,455 63 These figures give a reduction of $117,305,- 0. ount of o $1,680,817,706 23 1,617,372,419 53 1,549,206,126 48 1,646,961,695 61 amount of 250 1892, December 1, amount of the debt was..... .. $1,563,305,455 63 1893, November 1, amount of 18De debr was. .. 1,649,556,353 63 4, 2 Novemb 1,6206,154,637 88 the'debt was 1895, Novem the debl was.. 1,717,481,779 80 These figures give an increase in three years of $153,869,324 27. Not having the official figures since Novem- ber 1, 1895, it is impossible to give the precise amount at this date, but there must be added the recent loan of $100,000,000, which makes the increase during Cleveland’s present term $253,869,324 27. During President C land’s term there have been three bond issues, two of $50,000,000 to syudicates and the re- centpogullr loan of $100,000,000. The inter~ eston the firstloan is 5 per ¢gnt and on the second 4 per cent. e- CALIFQRNIA glace fruits, 50¢ 1b. Townsend's.s e SPECIAL information daily to manufacturers, business houses and public men by the Press Clippiug Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery, * - No SUNDAY picpics taken on the N. P. C. R.R. via Sausalito ferry, thus affording families and private parties an opportunity of visiting withe out annoyonce the country, which is now at its height of beauty. b5 e Examining the State. Oceanside Blade. There are more strangers looking over the country now than at this time a year ago and, such a state of affairs is certainly a matter fo encouregement and should result in adding to our population, improvement and wealth, for to see California is to believe in it, 1§ to’ be- come possessed of some of it whenever the wherewith necessary can be found. To impart strength, purity the blood and to give a feeling of health and vigor throughout the sys- tem, there is nothing equal to Hood’s Sarsaparilla. Take only Hood’s this spring. Copmil Hedl TAMPORTANT CHANGE oF TrME.—The 12th fnst. the Northern Pacitic Rallroad inaugurated adouble daily passenger service between Portland and St. Paul, making u saving of ten hours between Port- land and Chicago. These are the fastest and finest equipped trains that ever were run out of the Va- cific Northwest. The superior accommodations in our passenger equipment recommend our line to sl Ours is the only line that runs dining-cars out of Portland. T. K. STATELER, general agent, 638 Market 0. e o “Mrs, Winslow’s Soothing Syrup'” Has been used over50 years by miliions of mothers for their children white 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. For sale by Drag- gists In every part of the world. Be sure and asc for Mrs. Winslow’s Sooihing Syrup. 25¢ a boitle. ————— CORONADO.—Atmosphere s perfectly dry, sofs and mild, and is entirely free from the mists com- mon further north. Round-trip tickets, by steam- ship, including fifteen days' board at the Hotel del Coronado, $60; longer stay $2 50 per day. Apply 4 New Montgomery st., San Francisco. - .————— Advice to Young Men. Dixon Tribune. Boys, don’t fool away your money. A young man who cannot put away a littie from his wages when in_the prime of youth, with no family responsibilities, cannot hope to get ahead in the world in after years, with others depending upon them. NEW TO-DAY. ITS VERY NICE. FREE A PAGKAGE OF CREAM CHOCOLATE —WITH OUR— MONEY-SAVING TEAS, COFFEES, SPICES! COLIMA BAKING POWDER. Our 50¢ Teas Cost 75¢ Elsewhere. Our 35¢ Teas Cost 50¢ Elsewhere. EXTRA PREMIUMS GIVEN AWAY. Great American Tmporting Tea Ca.’s 1344 Market st., S, P. 965 Market st.,'S. F. 140 Sixth st., 5. F. MONEY- SAVING 017 Kearny st., S. P, STORES: 616 E. Twa‘lblth ‘t...‘(-):,k'lsll;: Alameda. 1419 Polk st., S, F. 146 Ninth [ : laflu‘k at., IMPORTING FOR 100 STORES Elc:ngZEURSATT';NG SAVE YOU MONEY. l MONEY SAVED EVERY DAY. NO SPECIAL DAY. .