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16 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1896. PARTY WISDOM AND NO PLEDGES Strong Blows by Party Leaders at a Pledged Delegation. POINT AT FOLLY'S PATH Irving M. Scott, the McKinleyite, | Calls a Halt in Behalf of California. VIEWS OF NOBLE HAMILTON.! General N. P. Chipman Sends a Loud Demand That the Coast B: Given a Chance. The sentiment among the Republicans of California in favor of an unpledged delegation pervades the party from Shasta to the border at Tia Juana, but it lies deeply and broadly there and is not the | sort of sentiment that readily gets out with a brass band. The most enthusiastic friends of Me- Kinley, Allison, Reed or other favorite sons are, many of them, ready to support the pledging of a delegation committed through thick and thin and from first to last for the man on whom their hearts are set, but the majority of even these are likely, before the State Convention meets and acts on the fateful resolutions that will come before it,to think again and to cast their vote by word or other ex- pression of influence in favor of a delega- tion from the Golden State that will be free to act in the National Council of the party as its combined judgments may deem best for Republicans and best for California. The broadest minded and the most ex- perienced leaders of the Republican party in this State are taking the sober stand that the mistakes of many former Presi- dential years should not be repeated when the National Republican convention meets again. They are in favor of sending to'S Louis a delegation of representative Repub- licans who, while holding as far as sensi- ble judgment will allow to their favorites, will be free to act, amid the rapidly changing conditions of convention poli- tics, as the highest interests of California and its Republicans may require. It is important that a McKinley, an Al- lison, a Reed or a Morton man be left un- trammeled when an opportunity arises to secure a recognition of California interests or when the situation regarding candi- dates may unexpectedly change, as it generally has done in the course of con- ventions ever since party conventions be- gan in the United States. The California delegation will be made | up from among the Republicans of the State who, by their brains, their moral characters and their influence in the party, have made themselves worthy of repre- senting the Republicans of this State in the highest council of the party. Such men may safely be intrusted with the dis- cretion that is vested in other representa- tiv ernment. Such men will carry out the wishes of their constituents to the last point to which honor and good judgment may take original wishes, but if no discre- tion but to vote one way until the end of the chapter is permitted to the representa- tives of California it matters little who represents the people of this State in the | National Republican Convention, so long as California’s vote is cast according to or- ders each rollcall. Irving M. Scott is one of the many firm supporters of William McKinley in this State who perceives, by the grace of a clear head and the exercise of sound sense, the wisdom of sending an unpledged delega- tion to St. Louis. Mr. Scott said yester- da; ‘I believe that the best interests of the State can be subserved by sending an un- pledged delegation to St. Lounis. Most of the people of California are,as I am, in favor of McKinley, but circumstances may arise that would prevent his nomination. In that case the delegation should be free toact for the best interests of this State and not injure its future chances of get- ting a Cabinet officer by being known as the pledged supporter of a man who failed of the nomination. I believe that this coast is entitled to a Cabinet officer, but it could not with good grace demand a rep- resentative in the Cabinet of a man whom the delegation had voted solidly against. New England, New York and the West | have long been recognized by Cabinet ap- pointments, but the great West has never yet had a Cabinet officer. If the delega- tion goes pledged and its man should not be elected they would say: ‘Why are yon fellows asking for a Cabinet position ? You never voted for the candidate.’ We went from here for twelve years pledged for Biaine. He never got the nomination and we never got a Cabinet officer. Har- rison had made up his mind to put Swift in his Cabinet, but the State Legislature indersed Estee, and in view of the division in the State Harrison did not appoint either. There are plenty of men here qualified particularly for Attorney-General or Secretary of the Interior, for those are the offices I think this coast would be most likely to be favored with, if at all. The idea is that McKinley is so popular that all the other candicates will combine against him in order that some oue of them may succeed, and our delegation wants to be in a position to act consist- ently with whomever may be the successful man,"” Noble Hamilton, ex-Superior Juage of Alameds County, discussing the advis- ability of an unpledged delegation, said yesterday with much emphasis: “Having had some experience with con- ventions, both State and National, I woula suggest that while candidates from Con- gressional districts may express their preferences for one person of the people under our form of gov- | or another for | ing, April 29, | | President or Vice-President of the United States, it would not be good policy for the Republican State Convention to pledge the delegates they elect to the National Con- vention for any person for those offices, “There are several good reasons why, the | California delegation should go unpledged to the National Convention. One of these is that after meeting the delegations of other States and comparing notes our delegates may find it to the interests of the party and of the State to cast their vote in favor of some other than the per- son for whom they may have been pledged. Our delegates should certainly be given a discretion in the matter, and it they are not to have this discretion there is little use of sending an entire delegation to 8t. Louis. | “The State Convention which would bind | our delegation to any one or other of the | candidates might as well instruct a single person to carry the vote of California to the St. Louis Convention, and there cast it 1n favor of the person to whom the deleza- | tion might be pledged. Another reason | why the delegation should go unpledged | is that the important interests and press- ing needs of California require that it should have a more generous and more practical recognition from the General | Government than it has of late years been accorded. The only way to accomplish | this is to impress our importance upon the | National party leaders at the very outset of the campaign. This can best be done by an unpledged delegation, which, after it arrives upon the ground and surveys the whole situation, can form a correct judgment as to where the real interests of the Pacific Coast require that its vote be cast. “I am also of the opinion that repre- sentative men of character should be selected as delegates to the St. Louis Con- vention, and that these, generally speak- ing, should be young men, for the reason that upon them will soon devolve the bur- den of government, and I know of no place where so much may be learned concerning political methods as in a National Conven- tion.” Said W. W. Montague: *“The California delegation should go to St. Louis un- pledged, but there should be a resolution passed by the convention that the people of this State want McKinley if they can get him.”” One of the strongest and ablest expres- sions in favor of this policy that has been uttered during the few days that have elapsed since this issue has arizen came vesterday from General N. P. Chipman of | Red Bluif in the following letter to Tne CaLr: | RED BLUFF, CAL, April 18. | _ To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—SIR: Ihave noticed with approval your editorial expressions favorable to sending an unin- structed delegation to the Republican Na- tional Convention. Permit me to add a word as an humble follower of the Republican banner: | There is a manifest difference of opinion among Republicans as to candidates for the Presidency. This isnatural and proper. No one man in the party looms up so high that all others must bow down and worship him. Noone man in the party is in himself so com- pletely the embodiment of Republican doe- trine s to suggest that he alone should be its | standard-bearer. The party has aglorious his- tory; but that history was not made by any | one man, living or dead. Any Intelligent Re- publican cau name a dozen men equally capable, equally patriotic, equally imbued with Republican principles and Republican policies, any one of whom would make a wise | and safe President. We are, therefore, not suffering for lack oi material, but rather labor- ing under an embarrassment of riches. Some of our most loyal supporters—for ex- | ample. the SacrameAto Bee—insists upon in- structing to vote only for a free-silver candi- date. Many of us cannot bring ourselves to | believe that this would be wise, however much we'may wish to secure the best declaration upon silver possible and the best candidate for | silver possible. Every sound reason that ean be urged against such instruction ean be urged against instructing as to candidates. For myself, ] am willing to declsre that if we are to instruct our delegation at all we had better | instruct upon some principle—for instance, the | free coinage of silver—than to instruct as to | any one of the candidates now namea or who may be named. How can we at this remote distance from the great centers of political thought, scarcely in touch with the vast interests that must be con- sulted, with our own peculiar wants to pro- viae for—how can we safely forestall our own | sction or safely commit ourselves irrevocably to any man’s candidacy? The Pacific Coest has never received just recognition by any administration. It is en- titled, by reason of its varied and important industries, by reason of its location on the map as the western entrance to our continent, by reason of its contribution to the wealth of the Nation and its promise of future greatness, to a Cabinet office, at least. By wise counsels and harmonious action I believe we can secure this very important and very proper recog- nition from the next administration. 1f we instruct for A or for B, we go with our hands tied. We sink every opportunity to urge the cause of silver, we leave entirely to chance the hope of obtaining a place in the Cabinet counsels, we push aside the peculiar wants and demands of our region, and we thus declare the man to be our paramount object, and all other things subordinate. No man can forecast the selection of the St. Louis Convention. The beating of drums, the manafactured applause of assemblages, the sporadic expression of groups of men polled at haphazzard, will not in my judgment control the convention. We may by pledging our del- egates take them out of the list of those who 80 there to consult, to deliberate, and finally to do the wisest and best thing for the whole country; but I predict that nevertheless it will be a deliberate convention and will not be carried off its feet by any maneuver whatever. The Nation’s idols are all dead and have gone to their reward. There remaiu many worthy to continue the great work of Lincoln, of Grant, of Garfield, of Logan, of Blaine and the | host of “Republican saints departed”; but I do not believe it wise for us to undertuke to name the one man among all the survivors wio shall lead especially, as it is by no means certain that the one we name will be the choice of the | convention. No aspiring candidate hus so en- | deared himself to the people of Celifornia by any public service in her behalf as to have an exclusive right to claim our support. Ibelieve we shall go to the convention far stronger and much vetter equipped to serve California by selecting delcgates who, while they may have personal preferences, may yet feel at liberty to act for the good o1 the State and the Nation after meeting their fellow- | delegates in convention. To instruct is to de- | prive them of all power either to combine with | other Pacific Coast delegations or to exercise | any influence in the convention bevond an- noluncing the result of our pledge at the roll- call. Let our delegates go as representatives of the Pacific Coast resolved to secure recognition of Pacific Coast intcrests first, and let the dele- gates be unfettered in their choice of the man most likeiy to give our region that recognition, Very truly yours, N. P. CHIPMA | A grand benefit will be tendered to the widow and orphans i the late Sergeant A. C. Marks of Company A, First Regiment, at B'nai B’rith Hall, 121 Eddy street, Wednesday even- | l Benefit of Sergeant Mark’s Family. i | Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov't Report RoYal Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE THE REPUBLICANS AT SACRAMENTO, State Convention Delegates Chosen Up to This Time. TWO LOCAL CONTESTS. Congressional Committees to In- vestigate Two Charges of Primary Frauds. EVIDENCE WILL BE HEARD., Contests From the Thirty-Third and Thirty-Seventh Districts Bzfore the Committees. The meetings of the Republican Con- gressional committees of the Fourth and Fifth districts to act upon the returns from county committees on delegates to the State Convention will occur within a very few days. The Fourth District committee has one contest before it and that contest will be investigated and acted upon according to the evidence produced. H. W. Magary, N. J. Rogers, Egbert J. Martin and George W. Pennington, who ‘were interested in the defeated opposition ticket in the Thirty-third District, have filed with C. C. Bemis and J. Pockwitz, chairman and secretary respectively of the a contest, supported by affidavits in which fraud und failure to give the minority fac- tion proper representation are alleged. The members of this Congressional com- mittee say that the charges will be fully investigated and that fairness will rule their action. The Fifth District committee will also consider the contest in the Thirty-seventh District. All delegates to be duly accred- ited must receive credentials from the Congressional committees. These com- mittees are the bodies to which full power | to select delegates to the State Convention mittee, and these committees in turn delegated this duty to the county com- mittees of their respective districts, be- lieving that a home-rule policy should be carrieg out. | __This policy has been carried out in San Francisco by the holding of a primary election by the regularly constituted party authorities, who were themselves chosen by the people, and in the management of this primary the policy of the County Committee 11as been to allow the people of the various districts the fullest freedom in nominating and electing their representa- tives in the State Convention, providing the machinery for a free vote and an honest count of the ballots. Now, in two of the eighteen districts of the City de- feated factions have come forth with erievances which are based on alleged frauds at the polls. The Tongressioual committees are the canvassing and returning boards and they will first act upon these contests. The only further appeal is to the convention itself. It s quite possible that the two contests now at issue will not reach the State Convention, for it would be unlikely that the judgments of the Congressional committees would ever appear to be in danger of reversal. John E. Richards, secretary of the Fifth District Congressional committee vester- day received from Chairman William Moir and Secretary J. D. McKenzie of the Santa Clara County Republican commit- tee the certificate of the appointment of the delegates from that county. A large number of the counties of the State have now selected their delegates to the State Convention. Some have in- structed their delegates for McKinley, but a mnjori% have sent ubinstructed dele- gations. The roll of convention delegates as announced up to this time s as follows: San Francisco Fourth Congressional District, Twenty-eighth District—James H. Daley, W. S, Russell, Henry D. Miller, Thomas J. Tully, Albert Houston. Twenty-ninth_District—F. Hageman, J. T. ith, J. M i) o F. Metz- Cook, D. Crowley, E. J. Sm Thirtieth District—E. B. Griffith, ner, I. 8. Cohen, J. Gilleran, H. Benjamin, F. E. Wallace. s Thirty-first District—William Smadeke, J. F. MeGlyun, D. K. McMullen, J. F. Goodwin, P olan, Thirty-second Distriet—Thomas C. Duff, John Heilman, John A. Buck, Zach T. Whitten. Thirty-third District—J. €. Welch, J. A. C. Dierks, J. E. Koster, Louis Holden, Thomas Kendricks, Charles Brown, W.W. McGary, T. R. McLeod, Egbert J. Martin, N. J. Rogers, George W. Pennington, R, Pengelly. Thirty-ninth District—Con 0'Connor, John Tuttle, Martin Stevens, Hugh Fraser, George Cawley, W. J. Herrin, H. Burdell, Solomon { Miller, h. W. Fairall. Forty-second District—F. 8. Chadbourne, Hurry W. Gray. John M. Chretien, Thomas D. Riordan, 0. L. Swett, H. A. Kuchmeister, Dr. G. P. Drucker, Milton D, Garratt. Forty-third District—J. A. Cunningham, A. W. Martin, John Lackman, M. J. Flynn, Fred Lundquist, Charles Sountag, David Connors. Forty-fourth District— Palmieri, George Waterman, John J. Gleason, D. W. Wessen- berg, R. L.'Clark, G. Bacigalupi. Forty-fifth District—Thomas F. Duffy, Wil- liam D. Wood, Wilham Lennox, James Carr, Emile Borzone. San Francisco, Fifth Congressional District, Thirty-Fourth District—J. K. C. Hobbs, S. L. Lent, Cord, H. Wetjen, George W. Elder, E. B. Smith, Henry Beasly, E. W. Eustace, Henry Buttner. Thirty-fifth District—John D, Spreckels, John D. Daly, D. I. Newkirk, C. M. Depew, D. ¥. Mul- ville, ¥! N, Torrelio. Thirty-sixth_District—W, H., Chapman, W. 8. Thargood, H. Smith, W. Linden, J. McCarthy, Charles Lempe, Henry E. Holmes. Thirty-seventh District—C. O. Burton, G. A. Wentworth, John H. Hegler, John H. Gray, A, J. Raisch, James Alva Watt, Fred Eggers, John Gallagher. Thirty-eighth District—John L. Koster, W. 8. Ray, Andrew McElroy, E. P. Barrett, Gustave Pohlman, E. H. Aigeltinger, Richard O’'Don- nell, W, A, Halsted. Fortieth District—Max Brooks, William Wil- kinson, W. L. Cole, B. D. Pike, John H. Nob- man, H. W. Miller, Bert F. Miller, John B. Car- son, Thomas Eager. Forty-first District—O. B. Baldwin, Wallace Bradford, J. D. Boyer, I. F. Kydd, Edward Fox, Charles Wilkinson, George T. Phelps, R. A. Grier, Charles Burdett. Santa Clara County—James W. Res, 8. F. Ayer, Fred Eilis, J. A. Sargent, R. R. Bulmore, ¥en Massol, A.' McDonald, A. S. Mangrum, P. K. Drew, G. W. Scott, L. L. Nattinger, Philo Hersey, 'J. R. Hersey, J. R. Norton, F. C. Franck, Miles Hollister, S. L. Chase, George E. Re, George Dunlap, M. Arnerich, J. R, Johns, A. Lake, H.V. Morehouse, S. G. Tompkins, E. P. Main, George Taylor, Frank Covey, L. Bare. Alameda County—The ‘‘regular” dele- gates—Those to be appointea direct by the Alameda County members of the Third Congressional committee have not yet been named. Opposition delegates were Fourth District Congressional committee, i was delegated by the State Central Com- | Seventh SWard —George C, Pardee. N. W. Evans, N. W. 5 nuldingg.nd K. E. Hansen. Alameda d_Jones, E. von Schmidt, Golonel Baboock, Fred E.Jenkins, Alex Hay, W. B. Hodges. Alternates—Elmer Johnston, I g‘vcvh;pmnn. N. C. Larsen, Thomas White and - W. Petre, 3 Berkeley—F. K. Shattuck, Thomas Rickard, Robert Edgar, 1.7, Morsiton. Alicrnates—. . Ayres and F. N. Lowell. Brooklyn—V. T. Hush, €. A. Tyrrell. Alter- " Oxkiand” Ton Knickerbocker aklans ‘ownship—W. W. Knic! l“'fl R&% Lutnfworth)))'. ‘Alternates—C. A.Mil- er and Captain C. A. Poulter. Eden_8. Hufr, W, 1 Mebk, A. W. Schaffer and D. M. Connor, The d=legates-ai-large for the Assembly dis- ws: tricts are as follo Forty-sixth—E, K, Strowbridge. Forty-seventh—William Higby. Forty-eighth—H. A. Powell. Forty-ninth—Charies L. Pierce. Fiftieth—W. R. Davis. Fifty-first—W. C. Moran, Marin—R. 8, Alexander, modore Harrison, George Mason, J. W. Ath- erton and T. S. Bonneau, delegate-at-large. The counties having selected their rep- resentatives and the delegates named are as follows: W. P. Ta; lo:', Com- . C. Holloway, George O. Camp- Sialey, k. 10 Woedward, M. V. Van derhoof, J. W. sdale, J. M. Streining, J. F. Smith, D. E." McKinlay, Harreson Mecham Lyman Green, Robert rown, J. B. Wattles, C. H. Pond, L A. Norton, T. C. Putnam, W. F. Price, W. F. Graham, W. Orr. San Diego—J. W. Thompson, H. L. Emery, W.W. Stewart, A. F. Dell, W, R. Guy, 1. B. Dud- ley, E. A. Hornbeck, J, B. Pearson, George Mc- Neill, Chester Gunn, M. A. Luce, J. A. Gibson, S (thl.ong, Simon Levi, E. B. Spileman, C. D. Boyd. Napa—Feank 1. Coombps, R. H. Sterling, Percy 8. King, 8. E. Holaen, George S. Me Kenzie, Andrew Jackson, G. W. Strohl, A. L. Williams, A. N. Bell, F. B, Mackinder, W. F. Fisher. Contra Costa—James Rankin, M. B. Ivory, Dr. J. 8. Riley, J. L. Geary, C. M. Belshaw, J. H. Martin, E. Hutchinson, 0. C. Luelling, 'W. Buchanan, Placer—C. F. Reed, F. P. Tuttle, John M. Ful- weiler, H.T.Power, H. C. Trippet, J. M. . Mauley, T. J. Nichols, Allen Towle, Edward Palifka. % Shasta—Judge Sweeny, J. J. Wheelock, A. Schuman, John Kesster, John Spolman, Ed M. k&wlse{. Siskiyou—R. 8. Taylor, R. J. Nixon, C. B. Jel- lison, E. B. Cavanaugh, L. F. Coburn, J. D. Ayer, James Stevens, i:. Tomblin. Yolo—Mark Cnamberlain, J. O. Chalmers, Ed Archer, W. 0. Russell, A, J. Thomas, J. A. Mof- fett, C. L. Richmond. s Tehama—N. P. Chipman, E. C. Pendleton, W. F. Maggard, A. Simpson, D. Dodson. Del Norte—John L. Childs, Dr. A. A. Dupuy. Lassen—Jules Alexander, John Cahlan, E. V. Spencer. : Merced—W. J. Jameson, A. F, Pedrerie, C. H. Jary. Nevada—Rev. L. J. Garver, W. J. Rogers, J. F. Kidder. Plumas—George Standart, U. S. Webb, F. B. Hosselkus, P, Pedrini. Solano—A. Huckins, J. J. Luchsinger, James Neyins and G. V. Carter. Sierra—A. J. Meraux, J. 0. Jones, W. Don- aldson, J. B. Irish and A. 8. Nichols. Humboldt—N. Bullock. L. J. Marshall, Wil- liam Wallace, A.W. Hill, N. H. Falk, Dr. Horel, | Dr. Marvin, G ohnson, John Dinsmore, D. | A. Francs, Barnum and W. B. Alford. Yuba— Cutter, D. E. Knight, J.C. White, G. W. Hutchins, A. Woods. Sutter—A. H. Wilbur, R. C. Kells, Irwin Grifiiths and A H. Hewitt. Riverside—O. B. Fuller, P. 8. Castleman, Dr. C.W. Craven, W. 'W. Phelps, D. G. Mitchell, J. T. Nance, T. E. Ellis, A. G. Munn and L. Middle: coff. Mendoclno—T. L. Carothers, John Mewhin- ney, F. C. Handy, A. M. Duncar, L. Van Dusen, George A. Sturiévant, E. F. do Camp, J. C. Ford and P. W. McPhai D Benito—R. I. Orr, Robert Stephenson, A. D. Shaw and Thomas Fiint. FIRED FOR ECONOMY ONLY Pacific Rolling-Mills Prepared to Meet the Keen Compe- tition. Belief That the Mills Did Not Get What Was Its Due in Reciprocity. The Potrero is still in a ferment over the changes that have been made in the heads of departments during the past week in the Pacific Rolling-mills. The resignation of Manager Charles M. Keeney, followed a few days later by the retirement of Mas- ter Mechanic Bedford A. Tingley and of Assistant Mechanic Henry Wynne, caused the wildest rumors to prevail. The fact that several of the heads of de- partments were interested in other iron concerns, notably the Pacific Axle Works and the Atlas and the Etna works, was a prominent factor in the gossip. It was re- ported that those small concerns, while receiving from the Pacific Rolling-mills work on iron castings, had not recipro- cated by ordering steel rails from tihe mills, but had got them from the East. On these points President Coleman was very reticent. He gave it out that the resignations and removals had been made solely with a view to economy in order to meet the competition of Eastern goods made with cheaper coal than can be had in 8an Francisco. He was asked last night by a CarL re- porter whether there was any truth in the report thatlarge quantities of material had been missing from the storeroom, and he replied that there was no foundation for the story and that he was at a loss to un- derstand how such a rumor could have been started. Then the question was asked whether any further removals were in contempla- tion. Mr. Coleman, after a pause, said the directors had not yet got seitled down to the new order of things, but that when the consolidations in departments bad had an opportunity to be tested he had no doubt that other removals and consolidations would be made. When asked as to whether the directors were dissatisfied with the manner in which employes of the mills had handled the work given ont to the smaller establish- ments already mentioned, Mr. Coleman said that, of course, the persons who had control of the giving out of that work could make a point for the smaller con- cerns. Beyond this, however, Mr. Cole- man declined to commit himself. Patrick Noble, the superintendent, was at his post in the Market-street office ves- terday. He said that the statements al- ready published were erroneous and had done all the parties concerned an injustice. He emphatically denied that there was any reason other than economy for the changes already made, and flatly declined to talk upon the probability of others in the future, _An air of mystery hung over the Potrero like fog on Mount Tamalpais last night. The hotel men, saloon-keepers and others who derive much of their support from the men working in the rolling-mills and the foundries were as reticent as Potrero clams as to expressing an opinion. There Wwas an oppressive stagnation in the air that seemed to forebode rome kind of an earthquake, and reporters were avoided with as much nuh{‘uily as though they :rem tax-collectors or importunste credi- ors. The preparation of the big castings re- quired !oF THE Carr’s néw building will Keep the mill going for many months to come. There are also many big orders on the books for railroad iron. The material for the tracks of the Folsom-street elec- tric road is a big order in itself, and the work will require a master machinist. In the meanwhile the Potrero is in sus- nense waiting for. the next move on the on Monday elected at a convention held in Oakland, the delegates to which were elected at a primary backed by a very large Bomon of the Republicans of Ala- meda County. Th:s contesting delegation of forty-seven 1s as follows: First Ward—F. K. Mott and E. M. Second Ward—P. R. Klein, John E. Farnham. Alternate, P. Third Ward—J. W, Nelson, Frank A. Leach, Hugh Aldrich and W. M, Dimmick. Fourth Ward—Hoover T. Bickel, Thomas Pelrul\,wdyckufl Matthews. Alternates—M. D. Merritt an: 2 t J. D. Fowler. gill"“ h oeth. . Long. A. Sands, J. . Fisher., Ward — Mack Webber and Charles Sixth Ward—J. N. Valentine and N. W. Leitch. - ndustrial chessboard. SR gt St R A Fair at Half Price. The next Mechanics’ Fair is to be given with the co-operation of the Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Association and will be primarily en exhibition of the products and meanafact- ured articles of California. That was agreed upon late last night at a meeting of the board of direetors of the institute. One very impor- tant feature of the new arrangem is the reduction in the price of admission t025 cents. Owls cannot move their eiel round; but to obviate this difficulty they are able to turn their heads mnndy in almost a com- Plete circle without a motion of the body. | 10 BUILD OR HIRE A HOME? That Is the Question Now Vexing Pacific-Union Clubmen. THEIR ANNUALMEETING Peculiar Election Tactics Adopted by the Advocates of Progress. THE RAILROAD INFLUENCE. Regime of the Placid May Be Retired in Favor of Up-tc-Date Man- agement. The Pacific-Union Club had an interest- ing, if not a wildly exciting, election yes- terday. An annual election for directors of that placid and wealthy institution is not heralded by a display of posters, the engagement of carriages to bring in voters and active button-holing in the rooms to promote the success of any candidate or ticket. There was only one ticket in the field yes- terday, but the opposition to the senti- ment which that ticket is supposed to represent made its influence known in a positive but somewhat extraordinary manner. In order for one to comprehend the peculiar features of the contest it should be explained that in the club elec- tion May 30, 1893, seven directors were chosen which, with the eight then in of- fice, created a beard of fifteen. Three classes of five each were then created—the first class to retire April, 1894; the second April, 1895, and the third April, 1896. Aside from the five to go out of office this year by expiration of term there were four other vacancies, making nine. The follow- ing was presented as the regular ticket: Winfield S. Keyes, John W. C. Maxwell, Charles A. Grow, Evan J. Coleman, Bernard Faymonville, George T. Marye, Clark W. Mc- Afee, Eusebius J. Molera, George A. Newhall. The constitution of the club provides that the election to membershig in tne board of directors shall be held by ballot at each annual meeting of the club or at the first special meeting following the an- nual meeting immediately after its organ- ization, and tnat the polis shall remain open two hours. & In case the certificate of the inspectors shows that all the vacancies have not been filled atv the election, the meeting shall be adiourned for two weeks, at which adjourned meeting the election to fll those vacancies shall proceed as before re- quired. ¢ ; The constitution also provides that fifty members shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of the club. Another provision, and one very significant now, is that a majority of all the votes cast shall be nec- essary to the election of a member of the board of directors, either to a place in_the incoming class or to fill a vacancy in either of the other classes. In the Pacific-Union Club there exists, according to tradition, a progressive ele- | ment, and the members representing that element recently resolved to make their influence perceptible. Accordingly it was | decided to vote for one, or perhaps two or three of the candidaies on the regular ticket, but to refrain from voting for the others. 5 By common consent of the progressive opposition it was decided to cast a strong vote for Gerrge A. Newhall, elect him, and by refusing to vote for the others force a special election under the opera- tion of that section of the constitution which prescribes that a majority of all the votes cast shall be necessary to the elec- tion of a member of the board of directors. The progressive element in the first place wants a new clubhouse—a home for all time. The leaders of the up-to-date element hold that the club is too rich_and respectable to live in a hired house. They hold that the Pacific-Union, as one of the leading clubs of the world, should emerge from old fogyism and join the column of modern high-class social organizations. A club home on land owned by the club and a house for club use, with no part of it rented for stores, shouid be provided. Tt is time, they hold, that the manage- ment of the institution should be taken from the few who use the club for after- noon siesta, and who seem to have no higher ideal of club existence than the mere pleasures of the dinner-table and the easy lounging chairs. Other members of the club who do not exactly belong to the progressive element fancy that there is too much Southern Pa- cific influence in club management. In- dividuals connected hiphly with that cor- poration have been placed on club pedestals in a figurative sense, and it is time now they should come off the perch. As one member expressed it: “We might as well go down to the yellow building at ouce as to consult the railroad in everything that is proposed.” A reduction of annual dues from $120 to $75 a year has been discussed, but the roposition has not been submitted in d ue lorm to the members. This reduction would mean the loss of $20,000 a year to the income of the institution. Considerable feeling, which may be de- scribed as suppressed excitement, was manifested at the annual meeting yester- day. The managers of the club are not disposed to discuss the question publicly, but among themselves the members talk with a great deal of earnestness _The new board of directors of the Pa- cific-Union as soon as organized will elect a president for the ensuing year to suc- | ceed Joseph B. Crockett. So much inter- est has centered in the election of direct- ors that not much attention has been given to the presidency. In the club the president does not have a great deal of power. The house com- mittee is the responsible body and the chairman of that committee really holds the reins of management. Inquiry at the club last night failed to licit the information whether the progres- sive element had succeeded in the design to compel another election. From outside sources it was learned that the election Wwas incomplete and that more voting would follow. FATHER YORKE'S LECTURE. The Chancellor’s Next Address Will Be Given To-Morrow Evening. The second lecture of the course, *“The Dragon’s Teeth on Civil ana Religious Liberty,” by Rev. Peter C. Yorke, under the auspices of the American Women's Liberal League, will be given to-morrow evening at Metropolitan Temple. The tickets for ningla and reserved seats are for sale at the headquarters of the league, room 63, Donohoe building, corner Tayior and Market streets. @ 7 ——————— A Lamp Explosion. The explosion of a coal oil lamp lest evening shortly aiter 7 o’clock caused a $300 blaze in the two-story frame dwelling owned by Mrs, Cochran and occupied by A. P. Shannon end T. Doyle. The loss was Inll covered by insur« ance. The alarm was from box 284. —_——— Ladies’ Southern ties, $1 45, all shades, every toe. Kyan & Ryan, 10 Mongomery avenue, * e e e e NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOOD:! BLACK AND COLORED DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENTS! On Monday, April 20th, we will ex- hibit NOVELTY DRESS another elegant collection of FABRICS, in both COLORED and BLACKS. Our assort= ment is now complete in every respect and embraces all th elties, as shown in YORK. e very latest Nov= PARIS and NEW TWO SPECIAL BARGAINS 50 pieces Black French Mo- hair Armures, 48 inches wide, price $1.00 a yard 75 pieces 46-Inch Two- Toned French Covert Cloth, assorted colorings - - - price $1.00 a yard TELEPONE MAIN 5777. 9 GQBP OR4: & 1892, it 111, 118, 115, 117, 119, 121 POST STREET. JAE BICERS VALK With a Companion, She Came From Los Angeles, Go-as- You-Please. A Bright Up-te-Date Bloomer Girl Surprises Her Relatives in Alameda. ALAMEDA, Car., April 21.—Jeanie Baker, a young ' lady, arrived in Alameda yesterday from Los Angeles, whence she claimed to have ‘‘walked” since Friday. She varied the tramping with a trip on a steamer and ‘‘beating her way,” according to her own story. The adventurous heroine surprised her brother-in-law, Constable von Kapff, by walking in upon him yesterday. She was clad in bloomers and a natty waist. Mise Baler is a bright, intelligent young lady of the brunette type, about 18 years of age. Though of only medium height sheis shapely and has a good carriage, together with a pair of laughing, merry eyes that are her passport into everybody’s good graces. This is her story: “*You see my people are all at Long Beach, and I was working in Los Angeles | alone. There, about a fortnight ago, I met another young lady named Lucie Bordeaux, and we got quitechummy. She had been doing some reporting work there for a newspaper ealled, I think the Pacific Field. She wanted to go to San Francisco and sodid . We talked the matter over and decided to walk the distance together.” Notes. ALAMEDA, CaL, April 2L — The following citizens of Alameda have been impaneled on the new Grand Jury for Alameda County: Linwood Palmer, Thomas White, C. C. Volberg, Abel Thorn- ton. Linwood Palmer has the honor of being chosen the secretary. At the meeting of the Board of Educa- tion this evening only C. W. Brown, J. K. Lanktree and E. Brvan were 1n attendance, Mr. I rown acting aschairman. Only rou- tine business was transacted. Two appli- cations for employment as teachers were | received. Mr. Baltheimer was appointed | temporarily as janitor of the Encinal school. Bills to the amount of $110 were ordered paid. City Attorney Taylor presented a petition in favor “of Captain Charles Evans for employment as janitor. No re- port was received from the secretary and the meeting stood adjourned. Alex J. Wetzlar, the weil-known fire ad- juster for the leading fire companies, died at 6 o’clock this evening aged 42. He was a Mason of high standing and will be buried under his lodge’s direction. His death was the resuit of consumption, to alieviate which he had been wintering in Redlands and Los Angeles, returning to Alameda a fortnight ago. City Clerk Lamborn received this morn- ing a lengthy letter from Congressman Hilborn on the subject of the appropria- tion forthe New Alameda Postoffice. Now there seems little or no prospeet of the necessary amount gettin = through this session. Congressman Hilborn explains that the doughty Spesker, Hon. Thomas Reed, will not allow any of the public building bills to be placea on the calendar. i — . 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