The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 4, 1896, Page 2

2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MAY 4, 1896. e Bo far from it we have the testimony of Car- lisle, Blaine, Thutman, Allison, Garfield and Beck to_the effect that the character of this bill was not known by them, and also one of our citizens, then 4 mamber of Congress from Illinois, deciaring that he had no idea that half of the coin of ultimate redemption was to be dropped from it§ uses‘assuch? Fortunately the Jemand for silver for other uses has been and!is large far less value to that métal to-day. A man in- vesting $100,000 in a silver mine in 1872 has suffered as greats Wrong from the Congres- gional att of 1873 as a horticulturist would, if, after Investing a like sum in Iands for the cul- tivation of fruits, Congress should pass an act that the product of his orchard should only be go0ld 10 aduit males, shutting the grower out from more than half of the former market. The former would be the greater wrone. for the constitution declares that gold and silver shall be coined into money and Congress shall regu- late tbhe value thereof; it did not say it shall cease the coinaee of either one or the other. 1t is doubted if the silver-coinage act would stand approved by our Supreme Court. Con- ress, itis claimed by a distingzuished author- fq-, is limited to regulating the value between the two metals, We hear from ail parts of our country a com- plaint of the times; they are hard here in Cali- fornia. -Since the first settlement of the State we have had our periodical set-backs, but never have we had so continuous, so bitter, so pro- tractéd a check to -our prosperity as now. A worthy cdtizen of Sacramento has a remedy in part by proposing a bounty to be given to the growers of grains. A few enterprising and public-spirited men ceme together here last summer and in a few aays, not only resolved butraised the funds to build an independent railway through one of the most fertile valleys of the State, engaging to freight its products to this Citv at the minimum of cost, without so greata care for the dividends as to stimulate trade and give hope to the producer. All this is good and in keeping with California spirit. Why should this State hesitate in giving it support to the restoration of silver to its former and constitutional place as one of the metals ion, by unlimited coinage, of ultimate rede: thereb; acing it where it has ever been siuce the davs of Hamilton and Jefferson? Would not this legislation revive an industry that this C ndebted to in no small degree for hand prosperity? One third of the 7 this City came from the Nevada sil- ver mimes, One o1,.ur great statesmen, James G. Blail tells us “that polities is intellizent s .” How then we hesitate 1 _our i ctions to our representatives or petitinns to Congress in this matter? Itis safe to predict that within six months after the repeal of the act restricting the free coinage of silver our foundries would be busy turning out new mills, our merchants immediately would new impulse to trade, our manufacturers would be asking themselyes “Why could we have hesitated and remain fnactive these m years and permit one of our most valuable tomers to be choked and destroyed by thes song of the promoters of doubtful schemes, Wwho have been telling us that this Congres sional repenl will ruin the market for the sale of our bonds in London? The cry comes up from the monometallists: “Oh, vou are one of those who wish to pay vour débts with a fifty-cent_dollar.”” This un- friendly legislation toward silver alone has made it & fifty-cent dollar. UncleSam has done a wrong not only to the debtor class but 8150 to & great American industry. Returning conscicusness and impending bankruptey throughout the country should prompt him to retrieve the wrong by restoring silver to its former historic place as a coin of ultimate re- demption. Idon’t think our members of Con- gress were criminal in this action, but Ido think they made & terrible and thoughtless mistake, and we have suffered frem it ever since. it is the principal cause of our precent hard times . With-an increase of the world’s goods, wares and estatesand a stationary smount of the measure of value, what would be the effect on prices? A first-grade schoolboy would tell you that the prices would decline materially. Then cut off say one-] or approximately so, a5 the Congress of 1873 did do, what then conld occur but what we have seen, & constant snd continuous trend of vrices downward. The yield of the gold and silver mines of the coun- try keeps pace with its increasing population end its.growth of business. To depend upon the caprice of Congress to expand and contract the currency would-be dangerous and uncer- tain, giving towbnsiness that precarious feature that characterized it during the Civil War and the period before the resumption of specie pay- ments. - The product of the gold and silver mines is the only safe and sure supply for money of nltimate redemption and messnre of values. The greenbacks should be redeemed siowly and graduelly by the issue of gold and silver certificates against the coin held in the treas- ury after the adoption of unlimited e-inage of silver, and then coin no gold below $10. 1am for bimetallism with international co-opera- tion, if we can—but bimetallism alone, with & tarift on siiver coming from all nations un- friendly to en international agreement. National banks should be continued, sur- rounded with all safeguards, as in the past, for locak convenience and needs. Tne American ress,.that great molder of public sentiment. s, uniortunately, too often found in sentiment with that lately decased founder of a weekly journal who confessed, when confronted with the charge that he was unfriendly to that class of producers in this country in its contentions for a weterial reduction in freight and fares, thathe wes “eerly taken in outof the cold.” Is it not reasonable to believe that a large num- ber.and a large majority of the news vendors of this country are actuated by the same im- plied reasons, but, perhays, do not believe, as he evidently' did, that “open confession was good for the soul,” and are found with the advocates of the single standard ? Railway bonds are maturing yearly in large numbers and for large amounts. The trustees of thesé corporations (I say trustees; what an abused word) grow rich by their management, and too often manage them into bankruptcy, They must pay the interest on their bonds and keep them floating, else they lose control. Then they become like a defented perty in our municipality; their nose is ont of the trongh. - It 1s much easier for them to keep in, when the coin for the ultimate redenpiion of their bonds are restricted to gold. But how fares the great producer when {n hit former normal condition that carried him through that great period-of prosperity from 1850 to 18737 1 fear that this depression may continue until that great class of struggling debtors may lie down in despair aud say as many are saying to-dsy: “Do take my land and my farm and return to me my bond and moitgage.” Then, through enforced idleness, they drift into our army of tramps, already t0o large. Mr. St. John, the president of the Mercantile National Bank of the City of New York, in his address to his colieagues at Atlanta last year, reminded them that there were other callings besides banking that required the fostering care of legislation or soon there would be no banks or bankers wanted, and declared that the demonetization of silver was slowly but surely killing the “ goose that laid the golden egg,” and commended to them the remonetiza- tion of silver. Itrust that the representatives from this State of the two great parties, when they meet in National convention, will see t it that they will not be & party to the killing of the goose that lays our silver egg as well as our golden one. Our merchants are much concerned just now because of the arrival from Japan of an in- yoice of furniture sold at prices far less than it conld be produced here, and they have al- ready invoked our Chamber of Commerce to beseech Congress to give them some relief. I am no prophet nor the son of & prophet, but I predict that in ten years, let the tariff remain 88 it is now and take no concern to remonetize silver, giving the Japanese the present advan- tage of a 60 per cent difference in the price of labor and a 50 per cent premium on the cur- rency they seil their goods for here over the curréncy they pay their workmen, their rents and mherexrcnm incident to the meanufac- turing establishment, and you will soon see the Merrimac and ‘the Connecticut River water-powers unused and such & depression throughout this country that these times will be looked upon as extra good. Let these con- ditions pass unheeded aud we will all be in a financial “sweat-box” at no distant day. There are many sharp as well as many good and harmless persons in both parties who in- duigs the hope that England will soon join us in an international agreement jor the unlim- ited coinage of silver or as our party platforms have put it a “greater use for silver.” Iam not one of those. Indis is England’s great fwrm. She pays her farm hands and the other expenses of produetion in & fifty cent dollar and sells the product of her lands for & hun- dred cent doliar. Is she likely to soon sur- render the advantage and ask for an interna- tional conference on the money question? We try to compete with her in growing whest and cotton bydpnyxng the expense of farming with a hundred cent dollar. How long ean this con- tinue and keep our farming out of the bank- ruptcourt? is the question that now confronts us. 1 was in Washington during the mnelndlnf days of Buchanan’s administration and lis- tened to the belligerent as we)l as the patriotic speeches of that historic period. One I re- member brought down lond clamor and noisy indorsements from the listening crowd in the gallery. The venerable and patriotic Senator Foote of Vermont was in the chair, and risin; 10 his full height and striking his gavel wit all bis power said: “Should this demonstra- tion be repeated I will certeinly order the chamber closed.” The speaker who was ad- dressing the Benate at the time responded: “We had better go a little slow with orders to close the galleries, lest they come down here &nd clean us out.” Who knows but _had the speaker’s apprehensions been realized we might have averted at least for a season a ter- rible war ? Iam not a croaker, but the bitter- ness with which this financial question is being waged and the large numbers that really be- lieve they are cruelly wronged remind me “much of what I heard in Washington in 1861. 1 have nosympathy with those too zealous sil- ver Senators, so called, who would see the country's pressing demands go 10 protest rather than vote for an ‘‘emergency t. bil” unless coupled with silver legislation, This savors too much of the nullification tactics of Calhoun. I would save the country’s credit or there would be 4 first; then wsnld do justice to those who have suffered frond the wrongs of 1873, Twas amazed when lold & few weeks since by the president and secretary of the Ag}x;lenl. tural ux-vn%cc Company of Watertown, N. Y., that they nd longer insured farm improve- ments, when until s vear gince thelr business was wiiolly confined to that class of risks; that incendiarismiwas far more frequent when mort- e foreclostires were 5o common as they are; hat there was no money in thatclass of busi- ness, but loss was certain. There seems to be a great dread comes to many in contemplation ot the restoration of silver lest we lose all our gold. Suppose we do (which 1 do not apprehend), does accumulated gold alone meake & nation or an individual strong financially? It is the bonds of solvent na- tions thatgive to England herright to rank first emong the nations of the earth, and the mer. chandise and bills receivable and ships held by her merchants, her lhlpgin' and her come niercial corporate bodies thet gives them a flfi! to the supreme rank they enjoy. t the United States establish reciprocal trade with Mexico, Central America and the Scuth American States upon lines marked out by Garfieid’s administration and a protective tariff against all nations manufacturing goods that we produce. Then with whom would the silver nations trade, we being on the silyer basis of 16 to 1? Commerce is the objective point of all wise governments. Our City can only realize the dreams and hopes of its founders by fostering legislation that will en- courage and bring to our gate the trade of those whose geographical position naturally centers here. The next great need of our country isthe opening up of our inland waterways, the con- struction of our Nicaragua canal, owned and operated by the Government as Suez is by the English. Oh, for an Earl of Beaconsfield in our country as wise and far seeing, to impress upon our Congress this great necessity to us. It would prove the crowning blessing of the nineteenth century for the American Republic, That party will’ succeed which has for its shibboleth protection, the constraction of the Nicaragus canal and free coinage of gold and silver as in the past, because it will bring the greatest good to the greatest number of citizens of this Republic. MARK SHELDON. San Francisco, May 2, 1896. e e IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY. Republican Delegates Opposed structions for MeKinley. 10S ANGELES, CAL., May 3.—The dele- gates to the Sacramento Convention elected in this county yesterday, together with a contingent of newspaper representatives and “influential Republicans” left for the capital city thifafternoon. The delegation is practically solid tor Hervey Lindley as one of the district delegates to the St. Louis convention, and will line up with about equal unanimity for ex-Governor Sheldon as one of the four delegates-at- large to the National Convention. gheldon, however, will meet with a very formidable opposition from the friends of U. 8. Grant of San Diego in the Seventh (Bowers') Congressional District. The_county con- ventions of the Seventh district”™ nave nearly all been insiructed to smpport Grant, while in this district, and especially in this county, nething has been said openly as to either position. It is well known that despite the antagonisms of four years ago between Sheldon and Lind- ley, they arenow on the best of terms, so the delegation from this county may be expected to stand together on ali proposi- tions affecting the interests of either aspirants, The contest for either of these gentle- men has been carried forward on the still- hunt plan, with a secrecy and finesse seidom witnessed in political affairs. The delegates are absolutely non-committal on the question of preferences for Natiopal delegates, and yet it is confidentijly asserted that the most perfect understand- ing exists. At the late assembly district conventions, while considerable air was agitated in be- half of Congressman McLeachlan’s renomi- nation, an ominous silence prevailed in all the assembly conventions save one— Compton—on the question of the double barbor fight. Not one word of censure was uttered in condemnation of the lately exrosed fraudu'ent methods of Hunting- ton’s local henchmen in behalf of the Southern Pacific’s breakwater at Santa Monica, Ventura County offers vigorous protest against the plan to renominate McLachlan by acclamation. ‘While there has heen a great amount of roise and some presumably genuine en- thusiasm over the candidacy of McKinley of Oh1o, the prediction is here made that the majority of the delegates from Los Angeles County are opposed to instruc- tions and a pledged delegation to St. Louis, They are not in favor of tying the hands of their representatives at St. Louis. A strong sentiment exists here among the best element of the party opposed to pledges of any. sort. to In- A A WEAVER AT PORTLAND. The Populist Leader Predicts Victory for His Party. PORTLAND, Or.,, May 3,— General James B. Weaver of Iowa, Populist candi- date for the Presidency four years ago, is here. He said to-day: “The prospect is that the gold men will control both the Democratic and Republi- can National Conventions. The recent capture of the Michigan Democratic State convention by tbe gold wing of the Demo- cratic party, and the Euclid-Martin gold convention in Nebraska practically settie the question as to who will control the Chicago convention. The Administration will have it solid and fast. It goes with- out saying that the Repubtican convention at 8t. Louis will pronounce in favor of the gold standard. “From present indications McKinley will be the ReFublicln Presidential nomi- nee. This will open the way to the union of all the silver and eurrency reform forces at St. Lopis. The two conventions, Popu- list and Silver, meet in that city on July 22, and itis certain that they will unite on a common platform and ticket. Over 400 delegates have already been se- lectea for the Popilist National Conven- tion and fully 90 per cent of these favor a union. ““We are to have 1860 over again. The Democratic party is dying, just as did the ‘Whig party, and from the same disease, 1t has adop ted the policy of the Republi- can party respecting the great question of finance, and that is fatal to the organiza. tion. ‘‘There are new issues involved since the close of the war, caused by the growth of civilization, which are pressing for a solu- tion, and which will be solved, just as was the slavery question, by the union of ail men and organizations who feel and be- lieve alike. It is the only sensible thing to do, and ‘union of forces’ is the watch- word of the hour. Nothing can stay its progress. The great question of the day is that of finance, and until it is solved all others must be held in abeyance. “I bave never witnes: anything like the present uprising. The commotion is greater than in 1860 for the reason that there are more people involved and that it extends into every village and hamlet in the land.” e e MODESI0’S CONVENTION. Congressman Bowers Will Probably Be Renominated by Aoclamation.; MODESTO, Cav., May 3.—The delegates to the Republican Convention of the Sev- enth Congressional District are arriving on all trains. Much button-holing is go- ing on. The convention meets at 10 o'clock to-morrow to nominate a candi- date for Congress, and W. W. Bowers will probably win without opposition. Two delegates and alternates to the National Convention, a Presidential Elector and al- ternate will also be chosen. Representa- tives from Stanislans, Merced, Madera, Fresno, Tulare, Kings, Kern, San Benito, San Bernardino, Orange, Riverside and San Diego will sit in the convention. sl S Santa Clara Prohibitionists. SAN JOSE, Car., May 3.—The Prohi- bitionists of this county have elected the following delegates to the State Convene tion, which meets in Stockton on May 13: William Kelley, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Summers, F. R. Shat J. Beun, Rev. Mr, and Mrs, T. H. Lawson, T. F. Kerr, J. Blaine, L. W. Rhodes, W. A. Yelland, J. D. Shafter, J. Notestein, Rey. J. 0. Lynn, H. R. Avery, the Rev. Mr. Mount, Mr. an Mrs. C. A. Tupper Mr. and Mrs. H, H. Pillsbury, Rev. G. W. Griffith, C, E. Web- ber and G. W. Houghman. AN UNPLEDGED DELEGATION, Oregon, Not California, to Receive a Cabinet Portfolio. DANGER IN TIED HANDS Ex-Senator Dolph Said to Expect the Secretaryship of the Interior. A TALK WITH MR. WAYMIRE, M. R. Hanna Intimates Nothing More Definite Than That the Pacific Slope Wil Be Considered. There are two or three things that Cali- fornia has a right to expect to come to her like a birthright out of the return to power of the Republican party next fall. The question of that return is not open. The people are impatient for November to wit- ness it. The claims of States and of men are being set up, and those whose claims will be heard and granted are those who from the beginning areboth busy and in- sistent and wise. Trne especial title that California lays claim to is a place for one of ner sons in the Cabinet, the portfolio of the Interior for instance. Another thing that California expects is that the free and unlimited coinage of sil- ver at a ratio of 16 to 1 shall be declared as the policy of the Government. These things must not be merely ss- sented to with & nod or admitted by in- direction. They must be written with ink into the articles of war and the stipula- tions of peace at the very beginning; that is to say, before the balloting begins at St. Louis. California is a large common- wealth; it is the prime factor in politics and trade on the western half oi this continent. Itis the businessof its people to see to it that it receives due recognition. A great number of things of the first importance to California depend upon these two things—representation in the Cabinet and free silver. THE CALL be- lieves that California sunould go to the St. Louis conveation with her representatives free to work for these ends. For that reason THE CALL has urged and will continue to urge taat the State dele- gation shall not be pledged to any man until the man is first pleaged to grant these reasonable demands of the State. It is admitted generally that the Pacific Blope deserves representation. If so, it should be represented by a citizen of Cali- fornia. Oregon long ago was given a place in the National Council. California now demands the same favor as her Naiional right. Ex-Judge James A. Waymire, member of the State Legislature, assumes to speak for Major McKinley, and his attitude toward " Celifornia in these matters. He has been quite industrious in giving out the impression that California was secure for a place in the Cabinet. He has directly stated that he had it in the handwriting of M. A. Hanna, McKinley’s manager, inat bis iriends in Culifornia might rest as- sured that from their number a Cabinet officer would be selected. To ascertain the facts concerning the matter—exactly upon what these assur- ances were based—a reporter of THE CALL visited Judge Waymire in his office and put the qfieniun directly to him, “Has Governor McKinley or his manager, Mr. Hanna, made nni effect that California s the Cabinet?"” Mr. Waymire hesitated an instant and then said: ‘“No, he has not. 1 cannot say that I am authorized to make any promises in that regard.” ‘“‘Have you any communications from him on the subject at ali?” *No, not directly.” h."flra've you from snybody representing 1m Judge Waymire looked over a heap of correspondence which was carefully sorted | outon a file and produced a letter from Mr. Hanna, dated the 20th of February, in which it was written as ‘‘a hint for you to work on,” that in the language of the letter, ‘I understand that the Pacitic Slope feels a strong desire tosecure a Cabi- net office, and I have to say that person- ally I think tney shou'd have one.” +Is this all?” ‘was asked. “No,” said Mr. Waymire. "‘f have an- other letter which states the case more 'plpe_mficuly. It was written on April 7.” his letter was produced and in it Mr. Hanna went so far as to say: ‘“I have heard Governor McKinley say that that section of the country was certainly en- titled to a representative in the National family and ought to have been recognized before.” *Is this all?”” was asked. “That is ail.” “Nothing later?’” “Nothing later. Mr. Hanna, I may add, says that he heartily concurs in the senti- ment as expressed to him by Major Me- Kinley.” “‘No names have been mentioned ?”’ “No; Mr. Hanna says that the Governor has refrained from making any promises to anybody tor any specific office. “Nor any specific section from which to ch‘ofise,n secretary 2"’ No.” statement to the all have a place in This was as near as the approach was made to the offer of a portfolio to Califor- nia. Notwithstanding these vague inti- mations to Judge Waymire a common re- rt is in circulation that ex-SBenator olph of Oregon has received much more definite information about the Cabinet office than this. The common report dis- tinctly says that Oregon and not Califor- nia is slated for the honor and that ex- Senator Dolph is the man. Certainly Gov- ernor McKinley cannot be charged with breaking his word to Judge Waymire if it falls to his lot to keep any word that may have been given inehis behalf to Senator Dolph, for Oregon is certainly on the Pa- cific Sloge. For this reason it has been asked, Is Cali- fornia’s delegation to tie its hands and own citizens to guard our interests in the Cabinet. The news that Oregon is to receive a Tecognition for which California has strug- gled 50 long will be dispiriting to the Re- publicans of California. It has been given out by Judge Waymire and others that nia must have a %hoe in the Cabi- net. Many Republicans have gone along relying upon this assurance. Many earnest Republicans and delegates to the Sacramento convention have i)esn told that Judge Waymire wouid be the dispenser of Federal patronage, and that among the gifts wounld be a Cabinet posi- tion; but in view of the Judge's disclaimer this hope must be abandoued. The loyal Republicans of San Francisco are becoming weary of the impudent pre- tensions of f(anin Kelly to represent the Republican party. Delegates from the in- terior who assisted in giving such a splen- did vote for Morris M. Estee are relied upon to put a quietus on the bold and car- rupt scheme of Kelly and his aiders and abettors to seat his forged-proxy delegates from the Fourth Congressional District. It hasnow becomethorou. hiy understood by the Republicans throughout the State that Kellg is trying to get back into power, and that to permit him todoso will cost the party its chances of success in Francisco. * From San Diegg to the north, everywhere in the State, Republi- cans know and realize that John D. Spreckels is in the party, not for pelf or corruption, but to aid the party and through it the best interests of the people. “I am not a politician, but I am a staunch Republican,” said a prominent merchant in the corridor of the Palace Hotel yesterday, “and I cannot for a8 moment believe that the loyal Republicans of C-lifornia will ever .flm permit Kelly to become the boss of the party in San Francisco. To do 80 wonld be to bring back the disgraceful, corrupt machine which Mr. Spreckels bas had the courage to attack and smash. To recognize Kelly would be to disgrace tne pnrtf' in San Francisco and the State. It would be suicide.” From interviews with many delegates who are in San Francisco on_t! eir way to Sacramento the assurance is given that the Republicans of this City need have no fear that Kelly and his metbods will re- ceive the approvai of the interior counties. General fi P. Chipman is mentioned for chairman of the convention. Frank L. Coombs of Napa is also spoken of for the office. Tt is not definitely known whether Frank H. Short of Fresno will be a can- didate for chairman, though Lis name has been mentioned. There seems to be no opposition to Speaker John Lynch for the nomination for Lieutenant-Governor. THE GREAT BATTLE AS [T STANDS, [Continued from First Page.} cause contests have been filed. Wherever our delegates appear to have only a con- testant claim, based on flimsy foundation, I have excluded them; but it would be the height of folly and impertinence on my part to say thata convention—to illustrate, Florida—that bad three out of four of the elected delegates was not to be counted among the McKinley votes. “Then again, thecontesting delegations in Mississippi, without undertaking to de- cide which is regular und which is not, have declared with substantial unity, each of them and both of them, that they are all or practically all of them for McKinley. “*So it will appear in the end, when we reach St. Louis, that my table of votes to- day, which I here present, will be more than verified by the ultimate resalt when the roll of the convention is called—if it ever is called—upon the nomination for President of the United Stages. *‘Last week I omitted Connecticut be- cause { did not see fit to raise any ques- tions that woula irritate anybody, but I bave received letters and telegrams from Connecticut this week that make it imper- ative to place six, and, i my judgment, I ought t{o place eight of the Connecticut votes for McKinley. “There are in the States enumerated by me east of the Alleghany Mountains not less than twenty votes which 1 am not claiming which will be cast for McKiuley on the first ballot. It must be borne in mind by the critics of my figures that the New York Tribune, Philadelphia Press and Chicago Times-Herald bunch in a great doubtful column from fifty to sev- enty votes. “The New York Tribune states that of the 193 votes which they say are either non-committed or not elected McKinley will get at least one-half. Upon that very conservative basis McKinley has a sweep-~ ing majority of the delegates within reach. But let us see—during the remainder of the month there will be elected in: ellfornia. 18)Idaho. . “Of this number can anybody point out to me ten votes that will not be for Mc- Kinley? It has been fortunate for him that this large reserve has been available; but allow that he only bas 100 and then add to that the commi'ted end instructed vote of the New York Tribune and the other statisticians and he is way up in the neighborhood of 550. I have go ne into all this to point out how idle is the sugges- tion that the National Committee Ly the settlement of a few contests, which do not ag gregate the amount of McKintey's ma- jority, can turn aside the will of the peo- ple and nominate scmebody else,” —_—— I0 WA DEMOCRATS FOR SILVER Bimetallists Win an Exciting Contest in the Primaries. DES MOINES, Iowa, May 3.—The con- test in Towa, it would seem, has been prac- tically settled so far as the position of the majority of the Democrats of the State on the silver question is concerned. Yester- day’s primaries elected 194 delegates tothe State convention, of which 132 were in- structed for free silver. In many of the conventions held the contest was very bit- ter and the attendance of delegates and spectators large. In all the conventions the name of Gov- ernor Boies was received with much en- thusiasm, and he will probably be elected a delegate at larze to 'Sm Chicago conven- then go to St. Louis to discover that Ore- gon and not California is to be givena place in the Cabinet ? It has been thoughtfully arged by Sena- tor Perkins, who is at the front and better unaerstands the situation than we do, re- mote from t, that we should send to St. Louis a delegation unpledged to an: particular candidate and free to deman and able to secure something for Califor- nia. The views of Senator Perkins are not to be construed into any hostility to McKinley or any other of the Presidential candidates. Senator Perkins is counsel- ing the Republicans of the State and pointing out how they can secure the best results and accomplish most for the State. His views are re-enforced by the strong a: guments of General Chipman, Charles Reed and other ublicans, who it is ad- mitted on all hands are wise counselors and seek to advance the best interests of ‘the State. It is urged by these and other Repub- licans that our delegation should be un- trammeled in their action so far as men are concerned; for untrammeled with their favor to bestow they can demand and receive recognition of certain meas- ures of gou’lhr and vital importance to Calilornia and the selection of one of our tion. The silver men are making a move to have him selected as chairman of the resolution committee and he will be backed for the Presidential nomination by the en- tire State if the silver men carry their powmnt at the Dubuque convention May 20. —~— s @ P T IOWa's FAVORITE SON. Two Thousand Hawkeyes to Cheer for Allison at 5t. Louis. DES MOINES, Iowa, May 3.—Senator Allison’s lowa managers left Des Moines last night for 8t. Louis. The party will make arrangements for a building capable of accommodating 2000 Iowans for the convention. The reports coming from the smaller towns show that a large numbe: of Allison clubs have been formed, an that Iowa will be represented as it never has been before at a National Convention. Refuses Vakland’s Call. BOSTON, Mass, May 3.—Rev. Charles Jefferson of the Central Congregational Church of Chelsea announced to-night that he had decided not to accept the call from the First Congregational %humb of Oakland, Cal. AFFAIRS N THE KAISER'S REALM, Celebration of the Founding of the Berlin Academy of Arts. / A BICENTENNIAL EVENT Tumultuous Enthusiasm at the Opening of the Industrial Exhibition. ENGLAND AND THE TRANSVAAL The Vossiche Zeitung Says That Hammond ani His Associates Ought to Be Executed. BERLIN, GerMaxy, May 3.—The cere- monies which took place at the Berlin Academy of Arts yesterday upon the occa- sion of the bicentennial celebration of the founding of that institution possessed ex- ceptional interest from the jact of the presence of so many art and literary celeb- rities, besides the large number of official dignitaries. The affair, too, was in marked contrast, as far as order was concerned, to the opening of the Industrial Exhibition .| ont Friday, when, despite all of the efforts of the police, the carriages of the Minis- ters, state functionaries, Embassadors, generals and other persons of rank and title who had been invited to be present were 80 mixed up and retarded in their progress that many guests, including Dr. von Boetticher, Vice-President of the COouncil of Ministers, and Herr Thielen, Minister of Public Works, left their vehi- cles and walked through the crowd. The throng inside the exhibition build- ings, though they were composed of the better class of Berliners and maintained a fair degree of order until after the impe- rial party arrived, gave a startling exhibi- tion of boorishness the moment the Em- peror and his party arrived. As soon as his Majesty entered the crowd they rushed like aa immense flock of sheep to secure places benind the imperial cortege, with- out the slightest regard for the comfort or convenience of the imperial circle. The function of the Academy of Arts, on the other hand, was a stately and well regulated affair, and seemed to please the Emperor and Empress greatly. Both of their majesties, after the brief formal ceremony, conversed freely with the political and artistic personages pres- ent. The Emperor especially sought out Herr von Puttkamer; Dr. Miquel, Prus- sian Minister of Finance, and the Italian and Russian Embassadors, and engaged each of them in conversation for some time, while he passed Baron Marschall von Bieberstein, Minister of Foreign Af- fairs, without even shaking hands with bim. This act on the part of the Em- peror may not have had any particular meaning, but in view of the present period of recurrent crisis it looked as though he had purposely slighted the Minister, and the act is regarded as con- firming many of the rumors which have been in circulation of late that the dissen- sions in the Minisiry have gone so far as to involve the Emperor in the differences alleged to exist. Apropos of these rumors Baron veon Berlepsch, Minister of Commerce, who was reported on Thursday as being about to resign in consequence of his discontent at the failure of his measuresin the Reichs- tag, toasted the Emperor at the Exhibi- tion banquet in terms and tone which could have been employed only by a thoroughly contented Minister, and at the same banquet Herr Eugene Wolff, the Ger- man explorer, agreeably disturbed th placidity of the official oratory by sud- denly calling for cheers for Prince Bis- marck. Most of those present rose to their feet and cheered lustily, aiter which they sang ““Deutschland ueber Alles,” and resumed their seats amid another burst of cheering. The Industrial Exhibition opened in a better state of perfection than was ex- pected, in view of the difficulties which the managers bad to encounter through the arbitary attitude of the workingmen and from other causes. A special view of the exhibition, arranged for the press through Dr. Horwitz, the manager of the press de- partment of the exhibition, disclosed the fact that vast strides had been made toward getting things into a state of order within the past week, and the general opinion is that the exhibition will become a popular success, and that those who have seen the great international exhibitions held in Europe and America can come to Beriin with the assurance that they will see something new. The latest advices direct from Pretoria, the capital of the South African repubiic, remove all official apprehension that there will be war between the Transvaal Repub- lic and England. The feeling here is that President Kruger's diplomacy has ren- dered England powerless to trespass upon the independence of the Boers without outraging the opinion of the world and justifying the powers in intervening. Dr. W. J. Leyds, the Secretary of State of the Transvaal Republic, who recently spent some months in Germany, will re- turn to Berlin in July in some new official capacity, and Germany will soon send an important diplomat to Pretoria, and this will certainly be done, too, without asking the opinion of England. The utterances of the Right Honorable Joseph Chamberiain, British Secretary of State for the Colonies, against foreign ine tervention in the Transvaal have made no impression here and will not in the digrh est degree affect Germany’s action. The revelations which have just been made in Pretoria, showing the duplicity of the British officials, may have startled the German public, but they have not sur- prised the German Government. whose communications from Pretoria have kept the German Foreign Office advised of even more than President Kruger has as yet chosen to publisk. The unanimous voice of the press strongly condemns Mr. Chamberlain’s want of tact and the clumsy and arrogant style of his treatment of President Kruger, whom Prince Bismarck described as the most'astute diplomat he had ever met. The remission by President Kruger of the sentence of death pronounced upon the leaders of the Johannesburg Reform Committee bas only found approval here as having been dictated by poltical pru- dence. The National Zeitung in an articls on the subject says: “If the condemned men had been promptly executed their fate would have been partly due to Mr. Chamberlain, whose manner toward the Boere has forced them to show that_their rights deserved equal consideratten with those of the English.” The Vossische Zeitung says: “Neither Great Britain nor the Chartered South Africa Company had any right to expect that the lives of the condemned men would be spared, and the convicts ought notto be pardoned. Rather, in view of the comedy of the trial of Dr. Jameson in London, the Government at Pretoria should deal with them severely.” General von Hanke, chief of the Em- peror’s Military Cabinét, had a conference with Dr. Kayser, Director of the Colonial Department of the Foreign Office, on Thursday, upon a proposal to re-enforce the troops in German Southwest Africa, where there are at present only 510 men, including the officers. After the confer- ence between General von Hahnke and Dr. Kayser, Prince von Hohenlohe, the imperial Chancellor, discussed the subject with the Emperor,and it is understood that they reached an agreement tosend re-enforcements to German Southwest Africa at once, The revolt of the tribes of Khavas and Herreros is spreading. Adv_icu manv_od by the Government from Major Luetwein, the chief functionary in German §ou}h- west Africa, refers to the general agitation of the natives against Europeans, and ask that more troops be sent immediately. The passage by the Reichstag of n‘hc provision of the bourse reform bill, forbid- ding dealings in grain futures, has met with vehement opposition in the Baden and Hanse cities. The Berlin Post says that Prussia and Bavaria will accept the provision, however, and thus secure a ma- jority in favor of the measure in the Bundesrath. The general committee of the Reichstag proposes to adjourn t.h_e session of the Chamber about May 22 until autumn, but the Government has not yet decided upon the matter. Prince George, eldest son of the Duke of Cumberland, underwent an operation last Tuesday and appeared to be rapidly re- covering from its effects. On Satunhy. however, alarming symptoms of pyzmia set in and he s in a critical condition. Freiherr von der Recke von der Horst, Prussian Minister for the Interior, has not received the reports of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, which he requested to have submitted to him, and the delay in receiving them retards his disposal of the cases of the American companies. Hon. Edwin F. Uhl, United States Em- bassador to Germany, had an audience with the Emperor to-day. Mr. Uhl de- clingd to give any information as to what occurred at the interview, but it is under- stood that the formalities of presenting his credestials and their acceptance by the Emperor were the same as those observed upon the occasion of the presentation to the Kaiser of the late Embassador, Hon. Theodore Runyon. The Emperor and Empress opened the international picture exhibition at the Moa- bit at noon to-day. Dr. Bosse, Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs, Instruction and Medicinial Affairs, delivered a speech, in which he highly eulogized the Hohenzol- lern family for having assisted in the de- velopment of art. Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria was present. The Empress wore a sea-green velvet dress and a gold brocade bonnet with white feathers. The Emperor wore the uniform of the Dantzig Hussars. Mrs. H. G. Squires, wife of the second secretary of the United States Embassy, gave birth to a son on Thursday. Mother and child are doing well. A OAZILING EXPOSITION, Electric Wonders to Be Dis- played at New York's .Great Show. Power From Niagara Falls—Interest. ing Features in Connection ‘With the Opening. NEW YORK, N. Y., May 3.—Several hundred men have been at work night and day for the last week in making prepara- tions for the opening ceremony of the National Exposition of Electrical Appli- ances to be held in the Industrial Arts building beginning to-morrow evening. The National Exposition is held under the auspices of the same organization which made the display at the World’s Fair, and it is incident to the nineteenth an- nual convention of the Electric Light As- sociation. The delegates present will rep- resent nearly 10,000 electric lighting plants in the United States with an aggregate in- ‘vestment of $750,000,000. The opening ceremony will take place at 8 o’clock to-morrow evening and will be attended by Governor Morton and his staff and a delegation of State officers from Albany as well as Governors of neigh- boring States, representatives of the Army and Navy Departments at Washington, Thomas A. Edison, Professor A. A. An- thony, Dr. Park Benjamin of Newark, P. B. Delaney, Herbert L. Webb, Alexander Graham Bell and other distinguished elec- trical magnates, Governor Morton will be received by the reception committee at the building at 8 o’clock and escorted to the platform, where he will delivera short address. He will thereupon turn a current of electricity generated from the falls of Ni- agara over the commercial wire of the ‘Western Union Company and put in oper- ation the machinery in the exposition building. This will be the longest trans- mission ever performed by electricity for power purposes. The only line approach- ing it in length was one established in Germany, being 110 miles. On this occa- sion the Governor will use the same golden key with which President Cleve- laud started the wheels of the great World's Fair. Another incident in connection with the opening will be the discharge of four pieces of ordnance by Governor Morton over the telegraph lines of the Postal Telegrapn and Cable Company. Arrangements have been perfected whereby, with the consent of the War Department at Washington, a company of artillery at San Francisco, New Orleans, Augusta, Me., and St. Paul will place a gun in the public parks which will be connected by suitable mechanism with the lines referred to. As the Governor declares the opposition duly opened, he will press a button, which will discharge these pieces of artillery. A feature of interest in connection with the exposition wilt be the sending of a message of congratulation to her Majesty ueen Victoria on her birthday, May 24, the current to be used being generated by the waters of Niagara River, which are in- ternational, AR Senator Hale’s Kesidence Burned. ELLSWORTH, Mz., May 3.—The resi- dence of SBenator Eugene Hale was burned here yesterday. Loss, $75.000; insurance, $45,000. The "house was unoccu -ied, but was undergoing repairs. The valuable library and furnishings in the main house were saved. THE PRISONERS AT PRETORI Minor Offenders Are Ask"ed Why They Desire Clemency. THE LEADERS IGNORED. A Strong Point Is Raised: in Favor of John Hays Hammond. PAST LOYALTY TO THE BOERS, Health of the Imprisoned Men Is Good, Their Quarters Having Been Improved. LONDON, ExG., May 3.—The Mail, a newspaper here, has a dispatch from Pre- toria stating that the Transvaal Goy- ernment has asked each of -the minor members of the Reform Com- mittee who was sentenced to life im- vrisonment and banishment, to state his reason for requesting a reduction of his sentence. The four leaders who were sen- tenced to death were not asked for reasons why their sentences should be commuted. George Bicker, an American geologist, has cabled to Secretary of State Olney, pointing out that when, in December, the proposal was made to raise a foreign flag in Johannesburg, John Hays Hammond, one of the leaders - of the committee who was sentenced to death, demanded and obtained from the members of the reform committee an oath of allegiance to the Transvaal. A dispatch to the Mail from Cape Town says that J. 8. Curtis, a member of the committes, is very ill uear Cape Town and that he will probably return to Pretoria and be tried separately when he recovers. The depMchel regarding Mr. Curtis, who is an American mining enginger, are confusing. It was at first stated that he ‘was not present when the other prisoners were sentenced, he having been admitted to bail on account of sickness. 2 It was added that his trial would ‘take place at the next session of the court. Later 1t was stated that he and other Americans had been sentenced to pay a fine of $10,000; to undergo two years'. im- prisonment and then to be banished from the Transvaal for three years. The dispatch to the Mail, if considered with other dispatches, leaves it doubtful whether he was tried or not. The Times will to-morrow publish a dis- patch from Pretoria, saying that the exe- cutive is seriously considering how to avoid the inconvenience to the mining in- dustries entailed by the imprisonment of mining engineers and others belonging to the Reform committee. The dispatch adds that the prisoners are in good health. The Times correspondent at Palapye telegraphs that the keenest indigngtion was caused among the whites and natives in the protectorate by the death o atences passed upon the leaders of the committee, The netive chiefs on the Transvaal bor- der would welcome a chance of attacking the Boers. The commuting of the sen- tences has rot allayed the resentment. PRETORIA, SoutH AFricA; May 3.—An improvement has been made in the ar- rangements at the jail where the members of the reform committee are imprisoned, and they are now more comfortable and have little reason to tomplain of close quarters. Work of the Eescuers. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., May 3.—The latest advices from Chihuahua state thata rescuing party is still working in the mine that lately caved in and several hodies have been recovered. The forty miners that were entornbed must all be dead by the time, as they have been in there for a week. The rescuing party is cribbing the mine as it goes in to prevent further dis- aster. = Killed His Brother-in-Law. ERLE, Pa, May 3.—Edward Heidler shot and instantly killed hia brother-in- law, Levi Kreider, this morning at the latter’s farm near Fairview, as a result of a dispute over money. The murderer fled to the woods, but was surrounded apnd ar rested by neighbors and is now in the Erie Jail. . Nothing but the absence of a leader prevented a lynching. NEW TO-DAY. Dining - room small, - no room for a china-closet, you say ? . ‘A standing one, maybe not ; a hanging one, yes. Not big enough to get in the way, but holds a good deal—maybe 24 pieces. for your dining-room) $4.50. J?x‘:néany (good enough for the parlor) $5.50. And there’s not a whit of cheapness about them—ex- cept the price. You won’t know how bad you need one until you see them—in the window. Carpets . Rugs . Mattings CALIFORNIA FURNITURE COMPANY (N. P. Cole & Co.) 117-123 Geary Street. »