The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 28, 1896, Page 6

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Belephone... ..Main—1874 BRANCH OFFICES: 630 Montgomery street, corner Clay; open untll 9:30 o'clock. 839 Hayes street; open until 8:30 o'clock. 718 Larkin street; open until 9:30 o'clock. ©W . corner Sixteenth and Mission streeta; open antil 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street; open until 9 o'clock. 116 Ninth street; open until 9 o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE : 808 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Reoms 81 and 32, 34 Park Row, New York City. DAVID M. FOLTZ, Special Agent- TUESDAY ....APRIL 28, 1896 THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. The funding bill rush may wait another week before it starts. The Altgeld crank turned Carlisle not only upside down, but inside out. Europe’s preparations for Mayday are more fitted for a fracas than a frolic. There is less than one more year of Grover in sight, but that is too much. California should play a leading role at St. Louis and play it with a free hand. Even the treasury officials now concede that Carlisle’s revenue estimates were vain things. The Spanish troops do not dare go far enough from the walls of Havana tohold an April pieni The Matabeles have about as good rifles as the British, but the Maxim gun gets away with them. It is pleasing to learn that the star of free Cuba is rising, but the sunrise is what she is waiting for. Every prediction bureau in the country 1s made of boom timber and is liable to warp before June. Unless California keeps her inter- ests in sight herself she can haraly expect other States to see them. Santa Rosa is not a very big town for a festival, but she knows how to spread her- self and will do it this week. It becomes more evident every day that uninstructed delegations at St. Louis will hold the balance of power and name the winner, After all France may not be much worse off than the United States, fora Cabinet crisis is sometimes betier than a Cabinet hoodoo. In the funding bill as reported it is the expected that has happened. Ii is full of iniquities and means an eternal cinch for California. Carhisle, Hoke S8mith and Cleveland’s other goldbug converts find it about as hard to dodge their records as to evade financial facts. Even if the lawyers of murderer Holmes should succeed in proving him to be insane he ought still to be hanged for the method of nis madness. As long as the Democratic party has any great power we shall never be safe from a repetition of the political blunders of the last three years. There is no need for a long minority re- port on the Pacific roads’ debts. A sim- ple demand for foreclosure would be suffi- cient for the job. e ot Now that the weather returns are com- ing in from the East we see that what we called a storm in our State was only a prolonged shower. s RS ‘We have yet to hear of a single Demo- cratic candidate for the Presidency being put forward by a State that went Demo- cratic at the last election. ‘What France needs is a piece of Gov- ernmental furniture that will show up as an Executive Cabinet in one form and a Senatorial bureau in another. The spirit that is going to revive trade and prosperity in this country is now get- ting the people ready for a sweeping Re- publican victory to start with. Berlin proposes to open an industrial exposition on May 1, but all the same the biggest racket she has on that day may be a labor parade and a high strike. In the great work of naming the next President at the National Convention every uninstructed delegate will be worth two who are bound by cast-iron pledees. It would be better for Congress to pass the appropriation bills and adjourn in June than to monkey with the funding bill and stay in Washington all summer. As long as General Weyler can maintain himself in Havana he can console the Spaniards with the thought they are doing something more than holding their own. When the restoration of the protective system has reopened the factories there will be a better market for American farm produce and prosperity will return to all. The Kansas cyclone which, in wrecking a house, took two women out of it, carried them 200 yards and dropped them unhurt in a pile of straw, was altogether too polite to be called a savage storm. Russell accepts the indorsement of the Massachusetts Democracy as a good enough compliment, but he wishes the country to know he hasn’t taken it seri- ously and doesn’t feel flattered. The arguments for an uninstructed dele- gation at St. Louis should be iterated and reiterated by the Republicar press through- out the State. California cannot afford to let slip the opportunity she now has of ad- vancing her own interests and those of the whole Pacific Coast. 4 ail that, the President should not have |® | in the early days—of bogus enterprises, of A DELIBERATING CONVENTION. From the State conventions of the party already held enough is now known of the tone of Republican sentiment throughout the country to make it fairly certain the National Convention at St. Louis will be a deliberative body in the truest sense of the word. The selection of the party candidate for the Presidency will not be made with a hurrah under the influence of an unreasoning sentiment. The whole situation will be studied as carefully as it was by that famous convention which for the highest reasons turned away from the favorite Seward to eive the nomina- tion to the comparatively unknown Lin- coln. 1t is undoubtedly best that this should be so. Au overwhelming, far-reaching, absolutely conclusive victory for protec- tion, reciprocity, internal improvements and the whole economic system with which the Republican party is identified can be gained this year and the party of American prosperity be restored to power for a generation to come, if wise counsels prevail. There must be no blunders, how- ever. This is not to be as some sanguine Republicans suppose a “yellow dog’ year. There are always complications in politics which must be studied before they can be solved, and with a desperate Democracy and an ambitious Populism to confront it in every State and fight it at every polling- place, the Republican party can afford to take no chances with the great opportun- ity before it. The estimates made by such experienced and practical politicians at Washington as | Aldrich and Grosvenor as to the probable strength of the various candidates in the St. Louis convention differ so widely as to show that no great reliance can be placed upon either of them. The only fact that seems to be clear and beyond dispute is that the uninstructed delegations will hold the balance of power and exercise the privilege of naming the winner. It is these delegations that will hold the van- tage ground in the contest, and if they be made up of or led by strong, brainy, sa-a- cious men it will be theirs to virtually shape the course of the party for four years to come. Every interest of California argues the importance to her of placing her delega- tion among thote who will go uain- structed and have weight and prestige in the great deliberations of the party. Cali- fornia Republicans will give a loyal and tireless support during the campaign to whoever is nominated. Allison, Cullom, McKinley, Morton or Reed will be greeted with an equal enthusiasm as the leader of the party. What California has to ask of the convention is not a man but a policy conducive to the advancement of the great interests peculiar to the Pacific Coast. This is the work her delegation must at- tend to, and it should be leit free in order that the work may be done well. A strong delegation, a loyal delegation, a free dele- gation —this is what California should send to St. Lonis, THE FRENCH ORISIS. France is approaching another serious volitical crisis, and the Government may be severely strained before harmony is re- stored bevween the Senate and the Cham- ber of Deputies, but the iife of the Repub- | lic itself is not threatened. The people are thoroughly in earnest in devotion to their republican system of government, and there is no doubt whatever that they will be equal to any emergency that may arise, Itis evident that the German press is be- ing inspired to magnify the difference be- | tween the two legislative bodies, for alreaay itis given out that the uncertainty isso | great in France that the German Reich- stag will be urged to give the Emperor more money for war purposes so as to be fally prepared to repel a French invasion. The inconsistency of this is in the absurd- ity ot the suggestion that the more wide- spread and serious the internal trouble of France, the greater the danger that she | will declare war against Germany. | It is very evident that President Faure is woefully lacking in force of character to successfully meet conditions such as now confront him. For a month past he has acted in an undecided and hesitating man- ner, and he has permitted the dignity of | his high office to be assaulted without evincing any purpose whatever to rally public sentiment to his side and thus show that he relied upon the strong arm of the people and their loyalty to republican in- stitutions. It is very clear that he has been playing fast and loose with his own Cabinet for a week past, and that very | much of the present trouble comes from his dilly-dallying, first with the Senate and then with the Chamber of Deputies. 1t is true that the head of the Ministry, Bourgeois, is more of a designing poli- tician than a patriotic statesman, but, for betrayed him into the hands of his ene- mies. There is reason to believe that there is | zood foundation for the rumor that Faure will resign before the week is out. If he shall do that, no doubt a serious crisis will be averted, but unless his successor is a man of great strength of character he, too, will be crushed in the struggle be- tween the upper and lower houses for the mastery. The upper house or Senate, with which Faureis just now training, is disposed to be conservative, while the Bourgeois following are ultra radical with plenty of war talk asa stimulant for the rabble that it thay be relied upon to do their bidding. Bnt the French Re- public will survive it ali. HELPING THE FARMER. An intelligent correspondent writes a long letter to THE CALL, which it is regret- ted there is not space to publish in full. He takes issue with an assertion in this paver that a protective tariff wonld bene- fit the farmers, and asks: “How are we going to give this protection with high tariff and reciprocity? Can we increase the value of a farmer’s products by increas- ing the cost of his supplies?’ The propo- sitions here suggested involve elementary principles whicn hardly need either argu- ments or facts to prove their value. Free trade causes large importations of articles produced by labor with which American workmen cannot compete. As a result, factories are closed and the flow of money for the purchase of farm products is lessened. There being less money, greater poverty and a decreased demand for such products, the prices for them de- cline. Added to this directly acting prin- ciple is the indirect evil arising from send- | THE SAN FKANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1896. tition in articles produced or manufactured in bdth shall be preventea by a mgcuul protective tanff, where there is a differ- ence in the cost of production or manufac- ture. This is reciprocity. However, much agriculture in this coun- try has suffered from the financial policy of the Democratic party, that cause cannot be accepted as an explanation of sl_l the burdens now borne by agriculture until the self-evident fact that free trade must pro- duce the same result has been explained away. That will be impossible. If under free trade our exports of farm products were increased sufficiently to offset the increase of imported manu- factured articles the case would not be so bad, but that offset has not happened and cannot happen, and there is no reason why it should. Even that would be bad, becaase our factories would have to close, the enormous capital invested in them would be lost and their operatives would be forced to become farmers and thus glut the world’s markets and force down the prices of farm products. As a matter of fact our exports of farm products under the Gorman bill have decreased enor- mously. The simple reason is that free trade brings the farmer as well as the manufacturer into both direct and indi- ‘rect competition with foreign free labor. Our barley exports have fallen from 5,219,405 bushels in 1894 under the McKin- ley law to 1,563,754 bushels under the Gor- man tariff, while the importations of for- eign barlev were 791,061 bushels in 1894 and 2,116,816 in 1895. Thisis merely a sample. ALTGELD’S LETTER. Those portions of Governor Altgeld's letter to Secretary Carlisle which contrast the present financial views of the Secre- tary with those he held when a member of Congress are not of much intevest to the American peovle. They affect only the personal record of the Secretary, and just at present, although he has been fre- quently named as the administration can- didate for the Presidency, the personality of John G. Carlisle is of no especial im- portance in the minds of any great por- tion of the intelligent people of this country. £ Those portions of the letter, however, which deal with the actions of Carlisle as Secretary of the Treasury are not only of interest, but of importance. Whether he changed his financial views for good rea- sons or bad matters little. How he has acted in office matters much. It is on these points the strength ot the charges against him lie, and while Governor Alt- geld is not a statesman in whom any par- ticular amount of public confidence is re- posed, his statement of facts has as much weight as it would have coming from any one else. It isthe facts, and not Altgeld, that hurt, and if Carlisie or his friends can refute them the refutation should be made at once. Among the charges made by Altgeld there is nothing new, but he has stated them with a directness that demands the attention of the administration. He says, for example: “A year ago Mr. Cleveland sent for his former law partner and close friend, and through him Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Carlisle together made a secret contract with another friend, who wasa former client of Cleveland, by which that friend and his associate speculators were enabled to make nine or ten millions oat of the Government in a jew weeks on a small bond transaction.” This is the deal for which an investigation has been pro- posed in the Senate. Mr. Cieveland’s iriends are opposing the motion by every means in their power. The people would lice to know why; and, therefore, they take some interest in Altgeld’s letter. Per- haps Carlisle will reply. GOLD-MINING PROSPEOTS, While the unique agriculture of Cali- fornia is attracting so much attention and justly offers so strong inaucements to in- dividual settlers and persons of moderate means, the fact that should not be over- looked that for persons of large means and for organized capital the gold mines of California offer an entirely different set of inducements,including the reasonably sure prospect of much larger returns than can be secured anywhere else in the world on heavy investments of any kind. There has come to hand a new and very interesting evidence of skill and taste in making these facts known to the world, Itisin the form of an artistic little pam- phlet advertising shares in a valuable mine on the great ‘‘mother lode” in Amador County. The shares are offered at 50 cents each, and the proceeds are desired to ex- tend the development of the mine. It can easily be seen how such schemes as this should be fostered, it being assumea that they are honest. Inview of the unfor- tunately ugly record of mining operations rascally assessments levied for the pur- pose of depressing the market value of shares and freezing out weak or timid holders, and of other forms of crooked- ness—it will be a hard task to induce the general public to make such investments now. And yet the days of rascality in these forms have passed, and for that matter the mines thus offering shares might find some means of inspiring confi- dence. Such plans as this not only offer a means for the deveiopment of valuable mines without the aid of wealthy persons, but are an opportunity for the profitable in- vestment oi small savings 'and tend to promote economy and thrift. There are too few ways in California for such a use of small savings. The gold mines present the greatest opportunity before the people. It would be far better to invest small sums in mining shares than in tickets for swindling lottery concerns that take so much money out of the State every year. e PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE. A cousin of the German Emperor, Countess Fritz Hohenau, has startled Brussels by intro- ducing this wintér the custom of women rid- ing astride when & hunt is in progress. She has organized a class of aristocratic young women who pledge themselves to adopt this style, Dr. Charles A. Howe of Buchanan, Mich., has an oil painting which he asserts 15 & work of Raphael. It was presented to General Lewis Cass when he was Minister to France by Louis Philippe, and was by him turne@ over to a grandfather of Dr. Howe. The painting has been in the Howe family for sixty years. Gladstone has written a letter to the author of the biography of Cardinal Manning, com- mending his work. One of the Cardinal’s ref- ing large sums of money oui of the coun- try for the purchase of foreign articles. A truly scientific tariif contains two es- sential principles. The first 1s that a tariff should be imposed on articles produced or mannfactured in other countries as well as this, and that it should be so adjusted as to more than cover the difference in the cost of production or manufacture between this country and other countries. That is simple protection. Thesecond principleis such a combinatjon of free trade and pro- tection as will inguce reciprocal trade be- tween this country and other countries. It can be carried out by treaties providing that all articles produced or manufactured in one country and not in the other shall be admitted free of duty, and that compe- erences to Gladstone quoted in the work is as follows: ‘Gladstone is a substantive, and likes to-be attended by adjectives, And Iam not exactly an adjective.” Madeline Brohan, retired societaire of the Comedie Francais, famous for her wit in the time of the second empire, lives in an apart- ment filled with paintings and objects of art, the windows of which open on the Garden of the Tuilleries. She receives her friends every Sunday evening, and 1s as witty as ever, Sandow has a riyal in an Austrian. Arch- duchess Maria Theresa practices daily with dumbbells and can lift & man with one hand. Recently a heavy iron column fell on a man and she lifted it hizh enough to enable him to be withdrawn. In spite of her strength she is a delicate looking woman, She 1s 34 and the mother of five children, AROUND THE CORRIDORS. C. K. Dam, one of the large grain-growers of Wheatland, the center of an enormous amount of wheat, barley and other products, A large quantity of which is sentabroad, is at the Russ. Mr. Dam has long been engaged in grain- growing near Wheatland. He has 3000 acres and the big ranch keeps him busy. He was ssked_yenerdty about the condition of the grainin that productive region. ‘“The wheatcrop is satisfactory to the grow- ers,”” he said. “It looks well all over the coun- try. There has been rain enough,and asT have remarked, the condition is satisfactory. As to oats, there are only & few raised there. Barley, of whicn we ra1se a great deal, is com- ing along fairly. That is about the way it standsrelative to the cereals. “They have just commenced the erection of 8 creamery at Wheatland. It is by a joint with thrilling effect. A. H. Stephenson gave a briet statement of the campaign side of the con- flict with the Police Board. Then Chairman Su- dell introduced Mr. George. In so doing he said he knew of no man more_fitting for the proposed ar- Test for asserting the freedom of speech than the distinguished speaker of the evening. He said further that “the arrest of Mr. George would not stop the meeting, as there were enough speakers present to keep the police busy unil 10 o clock.’ At this bold announcement the audience broke out in great applause . Mr. Georze arose and was again received with Freay chegring and applavse. several times re- peated. Speaking briefly of the progress and Stages through which ail reforms passbefore adop- tlou, he suddenly stopped. and in a voice firm with determination, said: “I now o to the prohibited subject. I desire (o_learn if there is one State in the American Union where a man, de- cently and in order, cannot express his views on taxation on Sunday as well as on Monday night. or any other night.” At this utterance snotber wave of applause swept_over the vast assemblage. All eyes were centered on the Chief of Police, but that dignitary never moved. The victory was won. Mr. George spoke for over an hour and was un- measure be at the mercy of the former. It will be the old story of the free lance overcom- ing in single combat the hosts he would be utterly unable to vanquish by meeting them in numbers. The leaven of the uninstructed delegates will ultimately leaven the whole lump, while the promoters of it will ineiden- tally extract what comfort and adyentage they can from the process. Upon these general grounds, without regard to local considerations, our California contem- porary would be quite safe in advocating an uninstructed delegation from that State. 1f local considerations add weight to this policy, 80 much the better for California or for any other State which sends independent repre- sentatives to the St. Louis convention. ALL FOR FREEDOM. - Voices of the Press Favor an Un- pledged Delegation at St. Louis. California Interests. Santa Barbara Press. California should send men to St, Louis who will look out for California interests. Cali- fornia has been in the Union long enough to entitle her to recognition. The Only Politic Course. Stockton Graphic. Delegates to the National Convention from California will, we hope, go unpledged this year. It is the only politic course to follow, and one that, if followed, will redound to the best interests of the respective political parties sending such delegates. There are numerous sound and weighty reasons why manacled dele- gates will work harm to our Stete, but suffice to say that any other course will jeopardize many important plans now muking for the best interests of California and California politics. Let unpledged delegates be the watcnword. Should Be Unshackled. C. K. Dam, the Conspicuous Wheatland Grain-Grower, Who Is at the Russ. (Sketched from life by a “Call” artist.] movement of the farmers, each one subscribing for so much stock. We think it is going to do well and be of much value there. “It will have the capacity of handling the milk of 500 cows. Nocheese will be made, it being devoted entirely to butter. “There is a lot of land around Wheatland that we think can be profitably utilized as pasture ground for cattle and indirectly turned to the support of the creamery industry. It is creek and river bottom land. “I think that before long there will be a vast increase of milch cows in that section and that we shall need other creameries, and will make large quantities of cheese as well as butter.” Mr. Dam came down to attend the oratorical contest between Berkeley and Staniord stu- dents whichtook place at Metropolitan Tem- ple, and in which his son appeared as one of the Berkeley orators. He will go home in & day or two. THE ANNUAL ACTIVITY. Brush away the cobweb straying. Lightly through the balmy air; Let the carpets all be swaying On the line and thumped with care. Witn a towel for a turban, Up the ladder see her climb; ¥or in homes remote and urban It 18 now housecleaning time. In this hour of renovation Miss Columbia should not pause O'er the musty legislation, Waiting to be turned to 1aws. Often have her thrift and bustle Been the wonder of each clime. Good Columbia, prythee hustle; 1t 18 now housecleaning time. —Washington Star. SINGLE TAX IN DELAWARE. HENRY GFORGE THREATENED WITH ARREST FOR LECTURING ON SUNDAY IN WILMINGTON. The single-tax campaign that is being car- ried on in Delaware is becoming so sensational that it has attracted the attention of all the big journals of the Eastern States; and the fervor of the agitators engaged in the work has aroused the admiration of veteran poli- ticians in the old parties. Richard Croker, so well known as a leader of Tammeany, after reading o review of the per- sistent efforts of the single-taxers in Delaware, remarked that with his knowledge of political organization, and with such an enthusiastic following as Henry George is able to command, he would be able to do wonders. He believed that with such an energetic and tireless an srmy in New York State, he could even control the result of the next Presidentlal election. The recent arrest of single-tax speakers in Delaware is following up the plans of poli- ticians who object to the destruction of party fealty that is said to have resulted from the onslaughts of tie invaders. The single-taxers assert that no man has been actually wrested from his party. The Democrat is stilla Demo- crat, but is pledged to vote for no man unless he will support the single-tax plank. The Re- publican takes & similar view of the prospec- tive candidates in his party. The siugle- taxers have promised not to Tun a separate ticket unless they are forced to do so in self- defense. They say that if the old parties are disrupted in "Delaware it will not be their fault; that all they ask is to have all legisla- tive nominees piedged to enact single-tax laws. If thatis done lh: party lines will be allowed to stand exactly ks heretofore. If the men in control of party machinery refuse, then independent nominations for members of the Legislature will be made. The recent arrests of single-tax speakers at Middletown, Delaware, that have been so bit- terly denoinced by Congressman James G. Maguire of California, were not unexpected. Certain residents of Middletown have shown bitter opposition to the propaganda from the beginning, and for a time some of the newspa- pers were induced to refuse the advertisements announcing the public meeting of the single- taxers in Middletown and Wilmington. _ Even Henry George was threatened with ar- rest if he dared to lecture on the single taxin Wilmington on a Sunday and the city solicitor gave a written opinion that such a lecture would be unlawful and ought to be prohibited. Mr. George, who is himself a devout Clhristian, responded that the proposed meeting was to be composed of law-abiding, God-fearing citi- zens who intended to gather for the purpose of discussing in an orderly manner a question that they deemed of importance to the State and the Nation.. He and hisassociates believed in the old nyins that defiance of tyranny was obedience to God, and he said he thought that an attempt to interfere with such an assemblage would be an invasion of the rights of Ameri- ean citizens and that he, for one, would resist such usurpation of authority to the last ex- tremity. The story of what happened is told by William M. Callingham in a letter to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Mr. Callingham writes: Sunday evening came. Mr. George arrived and was in fighting mood. At 7 o'clock, when the doors of the Grand Opera-house were thrown open. a greal stzeam of people, began pourlag in. teen minutes every one of the 1500 seats taken, and by 7:30 2500 people were packed in the edifice crowding the stage and filliog the sisles, assageways and staircases. 1t was a splendid au- ience. Everybody was curious and expeciant. The Chlef of Police and several officers stood near the st Mr. George arrived and was recelved with cheer- ingz. The meeting opened with the singing of the “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” and it was sung disturbed. So the single-taxers. for themselves and all who come after them, won a great victory ig Delaware. Though the authorities of Wilmington were averse to engaging in a personal contest with Mr. George, it is evident that the officials at Middietown are wiiling to try conclusions with some of the less prominent leaders.of the re- form. The campaign in Delaware is bein; watched by single-taxers and politicians al over the world, and the outcome of the strug- gle is awaited with intenseinterest. K. B, B. A STYLISH CAPE. A cape of some description is an absolute necessity, for a jacket sleeve, no matter how generous, wiJl ruin the large sleeves of a waist in two wearings, The cape shown here is cut in circular snape and can easily be made by the novice at dress- meaking. The top cape may be leit off for hand- some materials such as satin, and the trim- mings may be put on to simulate two caves. On capes ofsatin a ruche at the neck of chiffon or net all around the edge, with adouble ruche at the neck for a finish makes an exceedingly stylish wrap. The ambitious home dressmaker may meke as handsome a wrap as_can be desireq by sew- ing spangles all over a cape of black satin and using a ruche of chiffon or a boa of bright flow- ers at the nack. A handsome cape of black satin had a straight piece of black chiffon, accordion pleated both in back and front, that hung straight from the neck, leaving the satin un- covered over the shoulders, where huge bows of black setin ribbon found an appropriate trimming. The chiffon was finished off on the fdges with tiny ruflles of real Valenciennes ace. < Cepes of cloth in plein colors are very stylism and at the same time serviceable. Tan isa fa- vorite color for general wear and isset off by & collar of brown velvet. Capes of red cloth are appropriate for sea- shore or mountain and are finished by a black velvet coilar. These capes of cloth are not often lined, the cloth being left with raw edges. When the cape is to belined cut the lining exactly like the outside and baste face to face and stitch all around the edge and the gar- ment is made with the exception of the collar. PLEDGES AT ST. LOUIS. Columbus (Onio) Evening Press. In reply to the inquiry, “Shall California send to the St. Louis Convention a pledged or an unpledged delegation?” the San Francisco CALL, the leading Republican newspaper of the Pacific Coast, suggests a number of potent rea- sons in behalf of unpledged representation in | that body. Many of the propositions submitted in favor of independence in the convention re- late to interests mainly local to California, but others stand upon more general ground. Ac- cording to THE CALL a delegation pledged to one candidate would be necessarily opposed to all other candidates, and this attitude toward the Republican leaders our San Francisco con- temporary is unwilling to indorse. It would seem, howevergtbat a broader view of the crisis now approaching in the Republi- cen party would suggest to those States which have not yet named their delegations the de- sirability, on general principles, of sending unpledged representatives to St. Louis. Itis now fairly well assured thatthe Republican nominee, whoever he may be, will not seeure the nomination without resort to more votes than he will be able to obtain on the first ballot. This being true, the unpledged dele- gations will practically control the balance of power and exercise an influence upon the re- sult, which will be $ulminating, and therefore all.powerful, when at last set in motion. Be- fore the balloting begins, however, there will be a very enterprising and persistent mis- sionary epirit abroad at St Louis, which wiil have for its main object the conversion of the unpledged delegates to various standards. If any binding political bargains are made they will have reference to the unpledged in the convention. Opportunities for various unpledged States to advance local interests in respect to candi- dates, the platiorm, future legislation, ap- pointments and ail the myriad details of polit- ical preferment will, therefore, await the dele- gates of such States at St. Louis in far greater number than those which will be given the pledged delegations. The latter will in large Tulare Register. The Times Index believes that the proper course to pursue is for the Republicans of Cali- fornia in Congressional and State conventions to express their choice for Pesidential candi- dates in unmistakabie terms, elect delegates in full sympathy with their preferences, but leave them otherwise free to act. This is about the right idea. The will of the people should be expressed, end if the major- ity of Republicans want McKinley, why he is the man that should be the first chioice of the California delegates, but we do not want any *“first, last and all the time” business about it. Men on the ground ought not to be 8o shackled with instructions as to be helpless, if the man of our choice has to be sacrificed for the good of the party. No Pledge. Stockton Graphic. What do pledged delegates to s National Convention mean? No more nor less than so many bumps on a log, 5o far as being able to do anything in that convention except o whoop and howl and vote first, last and all the time for perhaps a dead cock in the pit from start to finish. A pledged delegate is of all men the most miserabie unless the man he is tied to1s a winner. Don’t send delegates to & National Convention and ask them to drag a corpse around with them which you tied to their heels before they started. 1f you want our delegates to get in some good licks for Cali- fornia_don’t tie their hauds behind them. There has never been s better opportunity for this State than the present, 50 do not kick the fat in the fire by handicapping delegates with & foolish pledge. Measures Before Men. Santa Cruz Dally Sentinel. The San Francisco CALL prints, with itsap- proval and support, a communication from General Chipman, in which that gentleman urges that the California delegation to the National Republican Convention at St. Louis should not be pledged to any of the candidates that come before thatbody. The two promi- nent reasons given for this view are that by going to the convention unpledged the Cali- fornia delegation will be ina position to de- mand higher favors at_the hands of the party aiter election than would be the case if they bound by pledges, and that they will be able to do more toward obtaining the right kind of recognition for free silver in the platiorm. We think these reasous are sound, and that they may be re-enforced by others of even greater cogency in support of the position taken by General Chipman and THE CALL. “Measures before men” is a sound maxim in pariy polities. Platiorms should not be built with reference to candidates, but candidates should be sélected with refererice to platforms. Platforms should not be built around a candi- date to support him, but should be consiructed to support National policies. The candidate should always be subordinate to the policies of the party as formulated in the platform. To first select the candidate and then shape the platiorm and campaign to suit his indi- vidual sentiments js to reverse the maxim of measures before men and to narrow the fight from a contest for principle to astrife which is sure to degenerate into one for the elevation of a person. Unless a candi- date is the acknowledged exponent of all the main policies which the party will or should contend for in the campaign, every pledge for his support made before the adoption of the platform is & claim to hamper the freedom and power of the party. Protection of Ameri- can industries, & liberal policy of public im- provements and National defense and the free coinege of silver aré the main policies which ‘will or should be espoused by the Republican arty and embodied in the platiorm to be ormulated at St. Loais. No pledges should be given to candidates which might embarrass the party in framing such a platform. No prominent candidate before the party now stands as the exponent of those poli- cies, but there are plenty of Republican statesmen who can stand upon such a plat- form and, as President, worthily enforce those olicies. ‘If the party, as represented at St. ouis, is wise it will close its eyes and ears to the personal blandishments of popular candi- dates until it has formulated the policies upon which it Will go before the American people and appeal for their supportat the approach- ing election. he Democratic party stuck Grover Cleve- lend up in its last National Convention and then built_its platform and policies around him. And the Democratic party has ever since been sorry for what it then dig, for by that action it committed itself to free trade and gold monometallism. Such an awfvl ex- ample enforces what we_have above said, and ought to deter the Republican party from the commission of & blunder similar to that com- mitted at the last Democratic convention. Measures Rather Than Men. San Diego Union. Republicans who are attaching epecial im- portance to the nomination of one candidste or another would perhaps save themselves from disappointment if they were to mingle a little philosophy with their politics. In the first place, if there ever was a time when prin- ciples and not individuals were of paramoant importance such are the conditions to-day. Politicians may have their preferences among the men from whom the party’s standara- bearer will be selected next June. The average citizen whose interest in politics usually does not lead him to do more than deposit his bal- lot may also have his favorite among the possible candidates. Still, the most ardent champion of this or that *favorite son’ will doubtless concede that with & Republican ad- ministration assured, the return of the coun- iry to prosperity is certain, and this consum- mation depends comparatively little upon what fzniculnt aspirant carries off the prize at St. uis. This is the view which the aver- age voter takes, and it is the proper one. There have béen times in the country's his- tory, it is true, when the man was almost as important as the measure. When Mr. Lincoln was renominated in 1864, it was certainly the belief in the North—and one for which there was strong ground—that he alone was the man to be at the head of the Government at that critical period. There was the same sentiment regarding General Grant when he was nominated in 1868, and it prevailed, though perhaps toa less: extent, When the’ great captain was renominated in 1872. There may, too, be significance in the fact that all three 'of these nominations were made on the first ballot. It will probably be conceded, however, that since the war, and the stormy reconstruction period that followed, meastires rather than men_have been of para. mount importance, and this is the situation to- ay. s for the coming convention at St. the gentlemen who are so zealously bug:‘illilgz' one candidate or another might find it profit- able to briefly review the political history ot this country, paying essechl attention to the chapter that treats of *‘dark horses.” Prior to 844, when James K. Polk was nominated b?‘ the Democratic convention, the “dark horse’r was almost unknown. He 'has been quite nu- merous, however, during the half a century that has since passed, and he has a trick of Winning the race when'some other contestant is supposed to have a walkover. For example, General Garfield in the convention of 1880 was hardly a possibility until many ballots had en taken. He had only two votes on the twenty-eighth Dallot and the same number on the thirtieth. Yet he carried off the rize. Hayes, 100, may properly be said to ave been a “dark horse” in 1876. He was only fifth in the list during three ballots in which Blaine was far in the lead. Harrison als0 was hardly a possibility when the conven- tion of 1888 was called to order. John Sher- Inan was the leader, and the Indiana man who ultimately received ' the nomination was only in the fifth place on first ballot. These are only a few instances, but they suf- how the uncertainty of nominations g & e S X, pie O e rekory ot neurly all National and State conventions is a history g{ thl? con- test of iactions, intrigue and c.omi n]a loe,s}! Assuming that this somewhat cyn! mmv :Om i o in mos i {:&“fr:;:;::nnce than the principles of which the nominees are only the exponents. =l Of course it is only natural that many - chould have Presidentisl preferences. and should even Wwax enthusiastic over l‘:eorgxe candidates. But at the same time the: = thogsands of Republions, KoL £l Tovad to 1and who are none 4 val to rty’s principles, even though they fa and decrying otliers, x ot misted ap of politicians who wou D e o Tapression Lhat the future welfaro of the country depends upon any one mas. This is the Union’s position !o-dli\;, lnbllun happy to note that many other Repul journals take the same VieW. PERSONAL. A. G, Case, a banker of Iows, is at the Grand. John T. Devine of Washington, D. C., is here. Robert Graham of Los Angeles hus arrived here. James ‘Brockman of Silver City is st the Palace. : B. F. Walton of Yuba County is among re- cent arrivals. Dr. M. L. Charles of Sulsun was among last night’s arrivals. gn L. E. Rice of San Jose is among the arri- vals at the Russ. Mayor S. H. Friendly of Eugene, Or., is in the City on a short stay. % F. E. Taylor, a prominent man of Brooklyn, N. Y., is at the Palace. C. F. Burns, the hotel man of Cazadero, ar- rived here yesterday. Joseph Merchant, a business man of Walla Walla, has reached here. Henry Hamilton of Bavicors, Mex., is regis- tered at the Cosmopolitan. Mrs. T. O'Brien, a hotel proprietor of As- toria, is at the Cosmopolitan. John Markley, secretary of the State Board of Examiners, s at the Lick. 3 Charles Hadsell, the well-known mining man of Sonors, is in the City. Colonel E. B. Babbitt of the United States army, Benicia, is at the Occidental. Among the arrivals at the Grand last night was the Rev. Samuel Hirst of Vallejo. H. H. Richmon of the Placer Argus, with his family, is staying at the Cosmopolitan. M. Wines, the stage-owner. ana mail con- tractor, of Senta Barbara, is at the Grand. J. C. Powers, & banker of Rochester, N. Y., ‘is at the California, accompanied by his family. G. V. Northey, & mine-owner of Sulphur Creek, came down last week. He is at the Lick. Raleigh Barcar, the attorney, of Vacaville, editor and owner of the Vacaville Reporter, was in the City yesterday. Ex-Mayor R. P. Rithet of Victoria, B. C., who has been there many years and occupied many offices of honor and trust, is in town. J. R. Burns, manufacturing engineer and patentee, of Hammond Maaufacturing Come pany, Portland, Or., is at the Cosmopolitan. R. T. Bailey, a mining man of Carlisle, N. Mex., who is interested in developing a big combination of properties there, is at the Russ. A party of gentlemen consisting ot E. F. Runyan, Thomas R. Lombard, R. W. Eames and G. E. M. Pratt, all of Chicago, arrived here last night and are at the Palace. F. W. Bradley, general manager of the rich Bunker Hill and Sullivan mine, Cceur d’Alene, Idaho, is in the City. The mine is at the town of Wardner, named for James F. Wardner, the widely known mining man, who is now here. Mr. Wardner was once owner of the mine, Mr. Bradley owns the rich Spanish gold mine in Calavaras County. He will probably stay two weeks or more. Joseph Chilburg of Olympis, and one of the argonauts of Washington in the very early times, is in the City. The Chilburgs, of whom there are several brothers, one each st Olym- pia, Tacoma and Seattle, are widely known in business circles. The one at Seattle, who is interested in coffee enterprises in Guatemala, narrowly escaped being lost in the disastrous Colima steamship wreck a year ago. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 27.—At the Park Avenue, H. Black; Holland, Dr. F. G, Carney, W. R. Fuller; Hoffman, Mrs. A, Currie rial, J. C. Iler; St. Denis, Miss R. M. Kline; St. James, A. Rosenberg; Murray Hill, Mrs. W. E. Osborne; Grand Union, L. A. Schmitz; Plaza, J. H. O'Neill. Sailed per steamship Trave for Southempton and Bremen—Miss Marion Y. Bunner, Miss Mary Cotterill, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Cohn, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred R. Pritsche, Alfred R. Fritsche Jr., Miss Helen Horst, Miss Adels Helms, Mrs. Henry Huenken and child, Mrs. . Halfpapp, Frank Hoffman, E. Hoffman, Henry Heitmuller, Mrs. M. H. Morgan, Mrs. W. E. Osborne, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Pennoyer, Richard E. Pennoyer, A. Sheldon Pennoyer, Paul G. Pennoyer, Mr. and Mrs. John Stelling, Miss Mary Stelling, Miss J. Stelling, Johannes Schmitt and Miss May V. Townsend. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. JuNTA—M. W., City. Junta is Spanish for congress or an assembly. TANNING—B. McC., Grizzly Fiat, Cal. The bark of the alder is used for tanning and is also used for dyeing and for staining fisher- men’s nets. SINGLE SCULL RECORD—A. B., City. The record for one-mile single sculls is held by Ellis Ward, who rowed that distance on the Savannah River April 1, 1872, in 5:01. GREEK-LETTER SoCIETIES—College, City. At the close of the year 1895 there were twenty- eight Greek-letter societies in the United States, with a membership of 100,000, 650 ac- tive and 350 inactive chapters. PoLLTAX—Subseriber, City. If two or three Judges had decided that neither native nor naturalized citizens of the United States need pey polltax, it is not likely that the officers who are authorized to collect such tax would continue to do so. THE MINT—J. R., City. The lot on which the Mint stands is usuaily designated as the north- ‘west corner of Fifth and Mission streets. Ac- cording to the compass it is the west corner, as Mission street runs northeast and southwest and Fifth runs southeast and northwest. THE NAPA ASYLUM—Reader DAILY CALL, City, Dr. A. M. Gardener is the resident physician at the Napa State Asylum for the Insane. Anap- plication for a position in the asvlum should be addressed to ¢‘The Board of Directors.” If the applicant has letters cf recommendation such applicant can forward them with the ap- plication, and if the applicant has the oppor- tunity to converse with any of the appointing Ewrer there is nothing out of the way in do- g s0. 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