The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 4, 1896, Page 6

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EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street. - BRANCH OFFICES: 680 Montgomery street, corner Clay; epen untll 9:30 oclock. 839 Hayes street; open untfl 8:30 o’clock. 718 Larkin street; open until 9:30 o'clock. £W . corner Sixteenth and Misslon streets; open intil 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street: open untll 9 o’clook. 116 Ninthstreet; open uniil 9 o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE : 908 Broadway. ‘EASTERN OFFICE: Boems 81 and 32, 34 Park Row, New York City. 3 DAVID M. FOLTZ, Special Agent Main—-1874 MONDAY.... eereewMAY 4, 1896 THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. e e e Now for the convertion. Loyal Republicans to the front. ree silver coinage is the pledge. The delegation to St. Lonis must be strong. There is much more in politics than a ‘whoop-up. Principles and not men constitute the issue before us. | California Republicans must again speak . up for woman’s suffrage. California expects her Republican citi- zens to defend her interests. It will be something like a festival for Bacramento, but sbb is used to it. | The people expect a platform of thoughts that breathe and woras that burn., It is =said that Cleveland is aging rapidly, and alas! so is the country. The financial plank of the vlatform ghould ring with & true silver sound. No political party ever wisely seized an opportunity by making a leap for it in the dark. A . This time there will be a protest against the refunding scheme that will mean some- thing. Straight politics is never the pdlicy of the bosses, but all the same it is the boss policy. " The last step of Democracy took it through the slaughter-house and the next . one will reach the grave. . Withloyalty to all and antagonism to none should be the California motto at the National Convention. In serving the interest of California we are serving the welfare of the Nation in the way we can do it best. If we.have a pledge-bound delegation, how can it be strong? If wehave a strong delegation, why should it be pledged ? If we may judge by the signs in the Populist camp, every able-bodied man among them intends to run for President. California should put no man on guard at St. Louis who cannot be counted on to " faithfully guard every interest of the greater West. It should be remembered that an un- instructed delegation can back the favorite as essily as the field if it should be thought . best when the race begins. This is going to be more like a proces- sion toward prosperity under a Republi- can standard than a political contest be- tween well-matched parties. . The main interest in the campaign will be the curiosity to see how near the Popu- lists will come to turning the Democrats out of their place as the second party in the country. The goldbug Democrats of the East have been wildly excited by a report that the Populists have laid plans to capture the Chicago Convention and carry it off on the Omaha platform. Though several Democratic State con- ventions have been held this season, we have not heard the welkin ring a single time with shouts for free trade and the world’s commerce. o PR Members of the Republican State Con- ‘vention are not likely to seat a bogus dele- gation that would commit the party to a recognition of Martin Kelly as a boss of the Fourth District. ‘Whitney’s assertion that he would rather be called Bill Whitney than Presi- aent Whitney sounds a good deal like he had made up his mind to get in the ring and be one of the boys. it o AR e The State delegation to the National Convention should be made up of men whose political record is a guarantee of fidelity to California’s welfare more cer- tain than any pledge could be. The next thing we know Cleveland may imitate the action of Osman Digna and try to make a holy war of the coming campaign in order to cover the holy show his party has been making of itself. Protaction and reciprocity as embodied in ‘the immortal policy of Blaine are among the most precious heritages of the Republican party and will never be aban- doned. On the other hand the great prin- ciple of bimetallism has been bitterly as- sailed and it is that which we must guard now. Having determined to enter the race as a Democratic candidate for the Presi- dency, William R. Morrison has submit- ted to an interview on the money ques- tion, in which he says in one place the adoption of 16 to 1 silver coinage will drive gold out of the country, In another he declares “gold alone is now a too nar- row and insufficient money basis,'’ It will be seen that the gifted Horizontal Binl proposes to stand at Chicago as the boss straddlebugger. “SIXTEEN TO ONE." It is becoming more apparent every day that the Republicans of California will be sorely grieved and disappointed if the State Convention fails to declare emphati- cally and unequivocally for the remoneti- zation of silver at 16 to 1. And it may be said that the Republicans in California are thoroughly convinced that the delegates to the St. Louis Convention should go un- trammeled by pledges to support any par- ticular candidate, that they may be en- tirely free to make a strong and deter- mined fight for a declaration in the plat- form for the coinage of silver, and for a man who will fit the platform. These things are paramount, for their accom- plishment would mean the revival of all lines of business in California almost im- mediately. California is thoroughly loyal to the Republican party and in asking for a pledge that the mints shall be reopened to silver she is only asking for the practical application of Republican principles in the conduct of the Nation’s affairs. ‘Whatever may be saia to the contrary, the fact remains that there is not nearly a large enough volume of metallic money, and because of the insufficiency California’s prosperity is seriously hindered. The question of the expediency, of the economic aspect and of the conseaquencé of remonetizing silver is too well understood by the Republicans of California to need any analysis. The people know by exper- ience that the free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold is of vital importance to every interest in this State; besides, the silver mining industry of the entire West bas been crippled too long already by denying to silver 1ts legitimate place in the monetary system of the country. This is not sectionalism, but it is a demand for the adoption of a sound and sensible finan- cial policy by the 8t. Louis Convention. The principle of economics that makes 2old money has in the past and can again confer the same office upon silver, and California wants the delegates from this State to the St. Louis Convention to see to it that whoever is nominated is nominated under pledges to open the mints to silver and to gold without any discrimination whatever for or against either metal. Gold makes good enough money for California, but there is not enougn of it. Silver makes good enough money for Cali- fornia, and there is enough of it, when added to gold coinage, to give the State and the whole country an ample volume of metallic money to meet the require- ments of the people. \ The attention of the delegates to the State Convention need not be cailed to the tremendous losses that the demonetiza- tion of silver has obliged California to sustain, for they know all about that, and not a few of them to their sorrow on per- sonal account. Noris it at all necessary to show how the conspirators managed to murder silver in 1873, and how by reason thereof there has been only depreciation of values and business distress all over the country, for they know all about that, too. But the attention of delegates to the State Convention is called to the fact that public sentiment in California demands that they instruct the delegation that will go to 8t. Louis to go loaded for bear, so to speak, and that they be bound by no in- structions other than to watch and work and pray for California’s best interests. GUARD OALIFORNIA. The unwonted enthusiasm displayed by the Republicans of California is evidence of party loyalty, a sincere belief in the grest principles which the party supports, and confidence in victory next November. With such a feeling as this, and with dis organization and discontent in the Dew.~ cratic ranks, California is bound to show a Republican majority. The great problem now confronting the Republicans of California is to make the most intelligent use of the situation. The fact must not be overlooked that this State occupies a unique position, and that its duties, needs and opportunities are wholly different from those of other States. As the ruling party in California the Repub- licans have grave responsibilities, reaching far beyond the bald consideration of party victory. These responsibilities affect in- terests vital to every citizen of the State without regard to party affiliation. I'bey go even further than that. Apart from the interests affecting all Californians alike is the position which the State occu- pies toward the welfare of the whole Na- tion. If the Republicans of California fail to understand these matters and merely put themselves on the common- place level of Eastern sentiment, they will neglect the first grand opportunity ever presented to them whereby they might compel the National party to recognize the needs of the State and accede to its de- mands. If California does not exercise the power to make an effective demand for the Nica- ragua canal, from what spurce should such a demand proceed? From Missouri or Illinois or New York? If California does not come to the rescue of the com- merce of the Unitell States and demand such as#istance for the steamers plying be- tween San Francisco and the Aus- tralian and other colonies as will enable this country to compete with the heavily subsidized lines controlled by Great Britain, and if the farmers of "California do not require that San Francisco instead of Liverpool should be the distributing point for their products destined for the Orient, from what other source should such a demand come? If the fruit-growers of California, having no competitors in the United States, do not insist on such a protective tariff as will insure their prosperity and such a reci- procity as will extend their markets, whom should they expect to make their fight? If the English laws standing in the way of irrigation of our arid lands are not to be overturned by us in favor of laws suited to our circumstances and needs, ‘who will do this needaful work for us? It would be idle to say that these mat- ters are so manifest that they will im- press themselves adequately on the atten- tion of the National party, and equally idle to insist that in the absence of intelli- gent work to secure their recognition they will receive due cons!deration. Should the Repablican delegates from California to the National Convention go unpledged to any candidate for President and with a harmonious and earnest purpose to exer- cise the power which independence gives to demand the recognition of our needs as & prerequisite of support, it will be pursu- ing the only course by which it is possible to discharge a high obligation to Califor- nis and the Nation. A delegation pledged to any candidate whatsoever would be a mere football and the supreme opportu- nity would be lost. BENEFITS OF REOIPROOITY. Even if the Republican party had noth- ing more to its credit than the doctrine of reciprocity it would become immortal in American history. To the farmer particu- larly it is equally as vital as a protective tariff, Take the simple item of flour. It stands on record that since the abrogation of the reciprocity treaty with Cuba and other Spanish-American countries we have lost the greater part of our export trade to those countries. Under that treaty we were exporting anndally 3,250,000 barrels of flour, equal to 15,000,000 bushels of wheat, and since the passage of the Wil- son bill nine-tenths of this trade has been lost. It is not difficult to discover one of the main reasons why the price of wheat has declined to a point at which it cannot be profitably produced in California. Itis the duty of the California Repub- licans in the State Convention to demand such a reciprocity at the hands of the Na- tional Convention as will enable all kinds of farmers in California to enjoy the bene- fits of the superb advantages with which nature has endowed them. This demand can be made effectively in only one way, and that is to send unpledged delegates to St. Louis with instructions to support such a platform ana such a candidate for Presi- dent as will insure reciprocity in the in- terest of California farmers. : MARTIN KELLY. Martin Kelly, the political outcast and renegade; Martin Kelly, who openly con- spired with Backley and Rainey to defeat Morris M. Estee for Governor of Califor- nia and shamelessly boasted of his ex- ploit; Martin Kelly, who was driven out of the Republican party for his duplicity, and whose name is associated with every disreputable transaction connected with boss polities in San Francisco, now aspires to regain the power which Le so openly abused and to plunge the Republican party in California into the disgrace which it is now making so strenuous an effort to avert. Republicans of California, this is the man who will go before you at Sacramento and, by assuming to advocate the interests of McKinley and protection, seek to bam- boozle the country delegates and make them the tools for placing the party ma- chinery in his hands. This is the man who will buttonhole =nd wheedle all the delegates who may deign to listen, and by trading on McKinley’s popularity in the interior make a desperate effort to fasten his influence on the party. His preten- sions of regard for McKinley and protec- tion are a sham of the baldest order. Adhesion to any principle except one which will give him power to manipulate and debauch the party is impossible with bim. This is a warning to the country delegates—the Republicans of the bay region are familiar with his career, his character and his purposes. It is time for the Republicans of California, once and for all, to make Martin Kelly stand aside and no longer impede the onward march of the party or bring disgrace upon the fair name of California. WOMAN SUFFRAGE. Btrictly speaking, woman suffrage is not a mere question of the political equality of man and woman, but of right and justice. The spirit of the guestion is whethera class of citizens in name, who, in intelli- gence, comprehension of the principles of the government and loyalty to the best in- terests of the country, are fully on a parity with other members of the commonwealth, shall be enfranchised that they may par- ticipate in the work of weaving broader and better threads in and through the political and economic fabric of the Nation. The opposition to the conferring full citizenship upon woman is not based other than upon foolish sentiment and blind prejudice. It would be a strange and un- natural innovation, they say, which is partially true, for the strength of national and individual progress comes of profiting to-day by the experience of yesterday by innovation. Bufficient unto the day is the blindness and stupidity thereof. Ifitbe politically wrong and socially unheaithy to make innovations then men folk should never have departed from the fashion of old Father Grimes and continue to “‘button up his coat all down before.” There is another class of objectors who say it would be very inconsistent to make such a departure from time-honored cus- toms as the enfranchisement of woman would oblige. To such we say, with Em- erson, that “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines”; and with Lowell, that “The foolish and the dead never change their opinions.” There is still another class of objectors to woman suffrage who concentrate the whole of their argument in one sentence— “I have only contempt for the move- ment.” To such we say, with Stopford Brooke: “Contempt sees nothing, apd, seeing nothing, has no material for thought”; and with an old Spanisn proverb: ‘A handful of common-sense is worth a bushel of learning.” If objectors to conferring full citizenship upon woman would quit the embrace of foolish consistency and feed their con- tempt on common-sense they would come to see that woman is now an independent wage-earner in every line of literature and of the professions and in all the channels of commerce; that she accumulates prop- erty in her own right, and that she keeps even with man in every field of employ- ment in which they are compstitors. Therefore, can, could or would anything but big chunks of the remnants of the stupid and blind prejudice of 100 vearsago attempt to obstruct her way to the enjoy- ment of the same political freedom and advantages that man enjoys? Tar CALL thinks not. OUR OWN INTERESTS. TaE CALL is Republican in season and out of season and stands up for silver, TrE CALL is the champion at all times of Pacific Coast interests and Pacific Coast men. Let the Republican party of Cali- fornia through its representatives at St. Louis demand and it will receive recogni- tion. Let us not throwaway our strength, Let us make the most of our opportnnity. Let us send to the National Republican Convention delegates with full power to speak, demand and act for California. As a State we are interested in measures, not men; in advancing California to a place of power in the Union, not in the political fortunes of any “favorite son.” SAN FRANCIS00'S FUTURE. The principal reason why San Francisco is not to the Pacific Coast country of North and South America and to the Ori- ent what New York is to the Atlantic Coast region and to Europe is because San Francisco has not the.necessary water transportation facilities to make trade in- terchanges. If San Francisco bad a mer- chant marine there would be no question about her crowding New York in popula- tion, in wealth and in volume of business in the near future, and in this connection let us say that next to winning in the bat. tle for the ‘‘dollars of our daddies” our delegates to the 8t. Louis Convention should return with satisfying assurance that the next administration, which will be Republican, of course, will warmly favor encouraging ocean freight-carriers, and push the Nicaragua canal project. The importance to San Francisco, to California and to the entire Pacific Coast country of having adequate water craft facilities to meet the tfade requirements of the countries naturally tributary to this center of commerce and industry is so great that every Californian should make it his business to talk about it in season and out of season. It is & matter we should enthuse over. A ringing speech or two on the subject in the St. Louis Con- vention hall might do good in the direc- tion of acquainting the people of the United States that there are & few things California needs ana must have. e e OALIFORNIA'S ARID LARNDS. P — It is not sufficient for California’s needs that private capital is willing to establish irrigation works here and there. These enterprises, however commendable, are not only limited in extent, buc are able to charge their own prices for water and are quite diff:rent from irrigation plants growing out of the co-operation of land- owners enjoying the use of the water at cost. Of course, no one will question the need of irrigation in California or attempt todecry the great additional value which it gives to the soil. We have had a bitter experience with our endeavors to make laws providing for this need. Our Federal courts, taking the English common law as their basis in the absence of American National laws framed to meet necessities vpeculiar to California and foreign to Eng- land, have assailed our State laws, threat- ened the validity of our irrigation bonds, destroyed the confidence of capitalists in their value and set back the State’s prog- ress to primitive times. We cannot have irrigation without Congressional support, and without irrigation it will be impossi- ble to develop the State to its full capacity. Ii the Republicans of California send a delegation to the St. Louis Convention pledged to some Presidential candidate there will be no reason to hope that the National Convention will make the irriga- tion of arid lands a policy of the party. Even & resolution by the State Convention could not be expected to carry weight. The only way to secure the desired end is to send unpledged delegates to the Na- tional Convention. Such delegates will be in 8 position to demand that the candidate receiving their support must be pledged to advance the cause of irrigation in the West. PROTEOTION FOR CALIFORNIA. If there is & single farmer in California who has not suffered under Democratic free trade and whose condition could not be greatly improved by a protective tariff he is a singular departure from the aver- age. The raisin-growers of Fresno are aware how their industry has been virtu- ally destroyed by the Democratic reduc- tion of their protection, and the fact that in consequence they have been compelled to compete with the pauper-labor pro- ducers of Spain. Our olive-growers are well aware of the long years that must elapse before therr trees coms into prolific bearing; that during all these years, and, when the trees come into bearing, they must pay $150 to $250 a day for labor, against the 40 to 70 cents a day paid in Spain and Italy; that America is import- ing 1,000,000 gallons of oil a year, to say nothing of olives; that California is the only State producing these articles and that they are far superior to those which we import, and that great results would flow from high protection. Grain-growers, lumbermen, wool-producers, wine-makers and all others have a deep interestina protective tariff that will enable Califor- nians to enjoy the benefits to which their unique position entitles them. Unless California sends an unpledged delegation to the National Convention it would be folly to hope that the special needs of this remote and ill-understood State would receive proper consideration. An unpledged delegation, caring more for the interests of California than for any Presidential candidate’s political ambition, would be in a perfet condition to demand recognition as a condition of sapport. COOAST EXCHANGES. The Mariposa Miner (Coulterville) comes out in strong advocacy of Senator Perkins’ bill granting a right of way through the Mariposa {forest reservation for the Yosemite and Merced Railroad. The bill provides for a right of way 200 feet wide, and for the privilege of cutting such timber as may be required in the construc- tion of the road. Says our exchange: Over much of the country through which the raliroad will pass 200 feet in width is by no means. 100 much for a right of way if the track 1s to be kept clear at all seasons of the year. Furthermore, by rescuing as much as possible from the reserva- tion it brings $0 much the more taxable property into the county. Since Mariposs was ruthiessly and iniquitously despoiled by the Park reservation the alm of the majority of the residents has been to get some of it back, or at any rate to get some good out of it.” Here is a chance. An enterprise of great value is about starting up—an enterprise that will benefit the Nation as a whole, and Mariposa in particular. The Nation is asked by the pro- moters Lo glve out of what is now lying useless concessions nothing like so great as have becn glven by private land-owners along the line of the new Valley railroad. The law-makersof the Na- tion, exercising the common-sense that private in- dividuals would use under similar circumstances, will undoubtedly grant the concessions as provided in Senator Perkins’ bill. The bill provides further that the company £hall have twenty acres for each of its station sites. On this point our contemporary re- marks: It is sincerely to be hoped that the railroad peo- ple will exercise the right to use twenty acres every ten miles ns & station. Could- anything be more desirable in the way of opening up the coun- try for settlement? If they find a gold mine at every stopping place along the road and operate it, 50 muchthe better. It all becomes taxable prop- erty and a source of revenme to the county. On Government lands outside the park a man can goand locate as many twenty-acre claims as he Iikes, tying them up against settlement. It seems preferable to give what In the aggregate will Amount to not more than sixty scres, all told, of the public eétate for station uses and buildings railway proposing to operate a road through country which, though picturesque, is now for th most part, but little better than a howling wilder- ness. Speaking generally of the duties of citizens in the premises our exchange says: Public sentiment should assist this Yosemite and Merced Rallroad Company in every way. When Dew enterprise comes to this long-neglected dis- trict, Mariposans should meet it with no carping or ungenerous reception. Petty details should not be made a bone of contention. Capitalists who are bona fide helping to open up the marvelous nat- ural resources of Mariposa should be made to feel ihat they are welcome, The BMarin Press, published at Eastland, Marin County, gives some intersting informa- tion concerning the operations of the Mill Val- ley Sulphur Springs Company, which has re- commenced operations on its property on Cor- nelia avenue. Oar contemporary remarks: A large and wide shaft has been sunk to a con- siderable depth, and the sulphuric mud has been found in large quantities, possessing wonderful medicinal properties. One well-known doctor 1s quoted as saying that the mud obtained in Mill Valley far excels that found in Paso Robles, and, if this is the case, and there 18 n0 reason to doubt it, the Mill Valley mud bathsare going to prove a good thing. The San Andreas Citizen gives some impor tant news showing the interest which is being taken in developing the water power now 80ing to waste in the Sierra. Itsays: Superintendent E. H. Brandt of the California Development Company came up from San ¥ran- clsco Bunday evening. During the week he has been (nspecting mining properties and water power 1n different portions of the county. It is expected that the electric licht ana power plant will be in operation by October 1. Or: tnis subject Mr. Brandt said: In buliding this plant we are not doing it with aview of making money: we are putting it up to secure power for the development of our mining properties. We will, of course, sell as many lights and as mach power as we can, but our charges will be very small. We will charge per horse-power 25 cents perday: are lights 25 cents per day, and 16 candle-power incandescent lights will be but 61 cents per month. This will be the cheapest service i the State.: s That an equally tmportant undertaking con- stitutes part of the company’s plans is shown by these remarks dropped by Mr. Brandt: Yes, the electric road will be bullt betweer/ here and Valley Speings. I have secured a survey of the route which the Southern Pacific had made some weeks ago and this week our engineer will be sent ot to view the ronte and make such im- provements as he can. When the road is in work- ing order the trip from the springs to San Andrees can be made In thirty-five minutes. The trip down will be made in ten minutes less. Arrangements are belng made with the rafiroad company which 1 comploted will enable us to hitch our carson the train and run them to Lodi, thus saving pas- sengers the trouble of changing cars at Valley Springs and save the shippers the expense of handling freight at that point. It is one thing for the people of & section to be provided with facilities for improving their condition and another to make the most of the opportunity offered. The readiness with which these advantages are accepted not only measures the progressiveness of the people, but serves as an invitation to capitalists to introduce other facilities which if accepted will edvance the general prosperity. As & rule men of means are always ready to make valuable improvements in communities where they are appreciated, but without such ac- ceptance there is no encouragement for the incoming of capital. Those communities in California which exhibit the most substantial prosperity are generally those which are readiest to co-operate with outside capitalists. These remarks are rendered pertinent by tic fellows as you to pass the plate now snd t‘l:en I might have something to give you.— Londen Tit-Bits. Mrs. De Pot—They say Colonel Chumperly the old warrier, was always where the bullets re the thickest. ';Zeverdy—\'el, he drove an smmunition wagon.—Philadelphis North American. «Children, T hope you peeled the apples be- fore eating ;h.m:i :u “ “‘Yes, mother, 2 "gvhnt have you done with the peelings ?” “Oh, we ate them after.”—Familienblatt. Blobbs—1I hear you are going 1o sail for Cuba in your new yacht. nS{obba—Yel. and I've changed her name to Venus de Milo. Blobbs—What for ? Slobbs—So that they can’t say she hasany arms on her.—Philadelphia Record. . Wickwire—I saw & Woman pass a bigmir- ro?rlnwnclhow window to-day without look- mn'l::'w:ckwm—x suppose you are going to be fupny now and tell me that she was blind. “Nope. She was looking across the street at another woman with & new hat.’’—Indianapo- lis Journal. THEYRE ALL LIEE THAT. Oh, have you ever known a girl, when asked about he! Who'd -‘f:iz.ly smile and answer you, and not get in a rage? The we.:z'nser. styles and last new plays are topics or you. Bm‘)‘fuyon vyenmu on her age she’ll suap those e: the following paragraph from the Oakdale Leader: The people of Oakdale and vicinity now have what they have been crying for all these years— water for Irrigation. The canal is now finished suflicient for the present needs and full of water. Now. in order that Oakdale may receive the imme- diate benefits from this enterprise and that Mr. Drexler may not feel that our overtures have been misleading and our projects visionary ft re- mains for our citizens to utilize the advantages at hand. Every acre of land in this district that can possibly be placed in condition to receive water should be frrigated. The objects of a prompt and generous use of water are double. Not only will It produce a beneficial result in business conditions, but we shall court Mr. Drexler's favor, and as he is & man of wealih and a progressive irrigationist, we need him. Unlike the average San Francisco caplialist, he is not afraid to go out of the City to invest his money. He has done much for Fresno and Is to-dsy One of the most extensive raisin growers of that place as well as & prominent figure in Uts city enterprises. Mr. Drexler likes Oakdale and is well pleased with this country. Let Oak- dale make him feel that his investment here has been profitable and one that justifies him in iden- tifying bimself liberally with us in other direc- tions. The San Diego Union gives full particulars of the ‘movement begun there for applying to Congress for a naval drydock at San Diego har- bor. The resolutions adopted by the Chamber of Commerce there point out the safety of the harbor, its close proximity to Mexico and its value as a strategic point in case of war, the remoteness of the nearest nsval drydock at San Francisco, the need of a harbor of refuge and repair and the policy to which the Gov- ernment is commitied by the creation of the splendid dock at Port Orchard on Puget Sound. The Advertiser i3a brightand aggressive news- paper that has made its appearance at Yuma. The San Luis Obispo Breese was issued as a handsome special edition in honor of the an- nual meeting of the Grand Parlor of the Na- tive Sons. The Mission News of San Francisco has been s of blue (or lfihey’l’r black 'twill be worse yet) and curl ner lips in scorn; Then ;oup:vm feel that of all men you are the most foFl orn. Now‘.) tento one 1f you could see within that maid- en's breast, She’ll be consigning ong the blest. Tne‘:fllfl.l‘lru all alike In that the whole wide world rround, You.mun ot ask how old they are—at leastso I have found. £ 1 tried it once, and to my cost; now I'm a wiser you jsomewbere, but not : THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MAY 4, 1896 T England, was the oldest clergyman of the Church of England. He was the senior Frec. mason in England for several years. Thg Baronetcy becomes extinct by his death. E. F. Benson of “Dodo” fame is now in Egypt. He is writing a romance, the scenes of which are laid in Greece during the time of the war of independence, and filling up hig spare time by exeavating ruined temples. Mr, Benson has been doing archmological work4n Greeee under the auspices of the British School of Archeology. BOY'S KILT SUIT. This model is suitable for boys of 3 to 6 years. The skirt may be of any heavy cotton fabrie or of wool. Galatea cloth, duck, canvas, cheviot and brown hollands are s few of the materials em- ployed which may be used also for the waist. For a dressy suit white piquet for the skirt man, d to you fellows I must say: Avoid it if you can. 535 HicuarD BRENT In Atianta Constitution. PERSONAL. Judge E. V. Spencer of Susanville is at the Russ. J. Green of Benicia is registered st the Cos- mopolitan. G. W. Young, a Lakeport lawyer, has & room at the Grand. H. L. Herzinger, s journalist of Ukiah,is staying at the Russ. Dr. W. E. Cook of Eureks is among the re. cent arrivals at the Grand. Silas Carle, the Sacramento contractor, took quarters at the Lick yesterday. Carlos Fleishman, a wealthy merchant of Guatemals, is at the Occidental. Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Nason of Los Angeles, Cal., are staying at the Cosmopolitan. John M. Kinley, & well-known lawyer of Los Angeles, is a guest st the Grand. E. M. Willlams, a mining man of Gold Hill, Or., arrived at the Russ yesterday. J. Ross Trayer, an orchardist and fruit- buyer, of Marysville, is at the Grand. Count of Oriola of Germany is back at the Palace aftera short visit at Del Monte, Samuel Fisher, now at the Palace, wasamong the Colon’s passengers from Guatemala. J. A. Dustin, manager of the Stanford horse farm at Palo Alto, arrived here yesterday. T. L. Crothers, a rancher, and J. M. Mannon, consolidated with the Mission Mail, and the latter paper will hereafter serve the interests of both and work as heretofore for the advance ment of the Mission, Potrero, South San Fren- cisco and Ocean View. Founder F.M. Millikan of the Auburn Re publican has resumed charge of that sterling old paper. ‘The Commercial Bulletin, Los Angeles, has be- gun its eleventh year and will continue the policy of aggressivene: nd independence that has made it 50 valuable in the past. M. McGlynn, the accomplished editor of the Voice of Labor, has not severed his connection ‘with the paper, but has gone south on a visit. ‘The Sutter Independent has emerged from its tenth volume as bright and hopeful as ever. Beipio Craig, the brilliant editor of the Red- lands Citrograph is receiving gemerous con- gratulations upon induciing his paper into its seventeenth volume. J.C. Wray's new paper, the Ventura Inde- pendent, has madea promising start. The 28-page fiesta edition of the Los Angeles Hera’d was one of the ablest and most attrac- tive special editions ever issued in California. In its enlarged form the Hueneme Herald is a credit to journalism and a monument to its editor’s ability., Although the fact that the Salinas Indez has entered its twenty-fifth volume indicates a certain staid age for the valley, the paper realizes that the day of advancement is but dawning. S5 Fad The BSutter County Farmer enters its six. teenth volume full of hope and energy. The Sonora Union Democrat has passed under the management of Arthur & Van Harlingen, who, inspired by the wonderful progress in mining which Tuolumne Couxty is expen- encing, are determined to contribute their quota toward the general onward movement. The Blue Lake (Humboldt County) Advocate has begun its ninth voiume with the assurance that 1t will continue to advocate progress. The Lompoc Journal has entered its seventh year with freshened hopes for the advance- ment of the northern end of Banta Barbara County. The handsome fiesta edition of the Los Angeles Times was a credit to the enterprise of its management. The Stockton Independent is now equipped with Merganthaler linotypes and looks very handsome in its new dress. The Mountain View (Santa Clara County) Register enters its ninth volume with no evi- dence of hard times in its appearance. The special woman’s edition of the Fresno Populist is & credit to the cause which itso ably champions. Lee Fairchild has surrendered the St. Helena Sentinel to Fred Clark for the purpose of entering into the active work of the Presiden- tial campaign. . The SBanta Rosa Democrat issued & superb special edition in honor of the rose carnival. The Colton News has been enlarged to ten pages, and presents quite a metropolitan aspect. The Los Angeles Capital issued an exceedingly attractive special edition devoted to the fiesta. The Santa Cruz Sentinel gives evidence of its prosperity by Introducing typesetting machines. The Btockton Mail is another of the bright, prosperous and progressive papers of the in- terior, and it looks handsome in {ts new lino- type dress. The Democratic Banner of Sonors has entered its twelfth volume with the full confidence and respect of the community. The Valley Mirror of North Ontario has changed from a bi-weekly to a weekly, and con- tinues to be an excellent paper. As though It were not sufficiently hot at Yums, & new and bright paper has been started there called the Sun. CURRENT HUMOR. “You look sleepy. You must have been up ‘with the boys last night.” “Iwas. We have twins at our house.”—Har- lem Life. When a doctor advises & patient to go away it’s a pretty good sign that heis prosperous and has lots of others to fall back on.—Phila- delphia Record, Bobby—Say, ml‘lu, was the baby sent down from heaven ? 4 Mamma—Why, yes! Bobby—Um! They likes to have it quiet up there, doesn’t they ?—New York Truth. Robber—Come, shell out! Rural Minister (sadly)—If I had such ener- alawyer, of Ukiah, are guests at the Grand. T. Goldsmith, a merchant at Hollister, is making the Grand his temporary headquarters. H. E. Humphry, & well-known hotel man of Tulare City, is registered at the Cosmopolitan. Joseph P. Stanley, the Sherift of Mendocino County, is down from Ukiah. He is at the Lick. Ed H. Quick, J. H. Sawtell and T. C. Spencer, merchants of Chico, are among the Grand ar- rivals. W. B. Buckminster of Boston, who owns sin Fresno County, is registered at ce. E. L. Schilly, a; prominent farmer and fruit- raiser of Grand Island, Cal, is staying at the Cosmopolitan. George H.Warfleld, cashier of the Healds burg Bank, is at the California on a short visit to his father, General Warfield. Dr.Louis F. Corea, a lawyer of Quezalte- nango, the second city of Guatemala, was among the Central American arrivalsat the Occidental yesterday. John 8. Bell, the owner of extensive acres in Santa Barbara County, arrived atthe Grand yesterday, accompanied by Sam J. Stanwood, long a resident of Santa Barbara, but never be- fore a visitor to this City. Philip Jacobovies will leave to-day for an ex- tended tour of Europe. While absent he will attend the exposition of Buda-Pesth, soon to be made by Hungary. In thatcapacity he will represent the Hungarian Society of San Fran- cisco. Herbert C.Nash, recently appointed libra- rian at Stanford University and for many years Senator Stanford’s confidential secretary, arrived at the Palace yesterday from Santa Barbara, where he has been for a year in search of health. George E. Storey and James Neal of Guate- mala are at the Russ, having arrived yester- day with a party of four native Guatemalan musicians, who attracted a good deal of atten. tion on the street by reason of their peculiar checked gray suits and Panama hats. These are the same men who played the marimba, their national instrument, at the World’s Fair. They have come to the United States again to pound out Guatemalan symphonies and rake in American dollars. Victor de Guise, & wealthy publisher from Guatemala and the owner of the largest print- ing concern in the capital city, arrived at the Occidental yesterday from Central America. He prints the municipal paper and La Fe,a Catholic weekly. At present he is on a pleas- ure trip, the objective point being New York. With him as a traveling companion is J. Este- van Sanchez, his former partner, who is nowa rich farmer and brandy distiller. Mr. Sanchez will probably remain here for several weeks. Dixie W. Thompeon, the Santa Barbara cap- italist and ranch-owner, registered at the Pal- ace yesterday, with his wife. He ison his way to the flower carni at fan Jose, where he with waist of white cotton or linen trimmed with ruffies of embroidery is charming. An entire suit of brown hollands with ruffles of embroidered batiste is very pretty and de- cidedly serviceable. Dark blue and white cheviot with waist of dark blue cambric trimmed with ruffies of cambric, either plain or embroidered with white, i8 serviceable and pretty. Brown and white striped galatea cloth with white embroidery rufles is another service- able combination. A kilt of brown serge with waist of flax. c{;lomd linen or cotton is & good combina. tion. Mixedjcheviot of a brown tone ifor the kilt is useful for general wear with two or three waists of different colors. 7 TOWNSEND'S Cal. glace fruits, “our make,” 50c 1b. in Japanese baskets. 627 Markat st. .* e SPECIAL information daily to manufacturers, ‘business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * ————— VisiTriNe Cards, Wedding Invitations and Announcements engraved and printed. Cor- rect styles and reasonable prices. Sanborn, ail & Co., 741 Market st. %] B Joe Kerr—Do you think this joke will be copled? - Mrs. Kerr—I don’t know why it shouldn’t be. It always has been.—New York World. IMPORTANT CHAXGE OF TIME.—The 13th fnst. the Northern Pacific Rallroad insugurated adoubls dally passenger service between Portland and St Paul, making u saving of ten hours between Port~ 1and and Chicago. 'These are the fastest and figest equipped trains that ever were run out of the Ya- cific Northwest, The superior accommodatiops ia our passenger equipment recommend our line to all. Ours is the only line that runs dining-cars ot of Portland. T. K. STATELER, general ageni 638 Market street San Francisco. —_—————— “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup'* Has been used over 50 years by millions of mothers for their children while Teething with perfect suoc- cess. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays Paln, cures Wind Colic, reguiates the Bowels and is the best remedy for Diarrhcens, whether arising from teething or other causes. For ssle by Drag- gists In every part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow’s Soo:hing Syrup. 25¢ & botle. ————— CORONADO.—Atmosphers is perfectly dey, soff and mild, and is entirely free from the mists comr mon further north. Round-trip ticksts, by steam- ‘ship, including fifteen days’ board at the Hotel dst Coronado, $50: longer stay $2 50 perday. Apply 4 New Monigomery st., San Francisco. —————— Rounsevelle Wildman toLecture. Rounsevelle Wildman, editor of the Overland Monthly, will deliver a lecture before the Young Men’s Christian Association at their hall, Mason and Ellis streets, Friday evening, on ‘‘Malaya and the Sultan of Johore.” The address will be illustrated by a hundred views. This lecture will be open 1o the public and for the benefit of the Association fund. Children whovibrate all through their grow= ing years between health and sickness, will ride in the parade, his spirited saddle- horse and his gorgeous saddle having become famous. The saddle is of Mexican pattern and originally took the prize at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition for its Dbeautifuily wrought design in stamped leather. Subse- quently Mr. Thompson bought it and for two years’ time Mexican silversmiths worked upon it, with the result that the saddle is now said to represent $2000 and has the reputation of being the most gorgeous thing of its kind in the world, CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, D. C., May 3.—Mr. and Mrs, C. W. Rosenbaum, San Franci; re at the Arlington Hotel. o ———— PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE. The favorite hobby of Prince Adolph of Schaumberg-Lippe is to array himself in mili- tery attire and drive a tramcar. Senator Wolcott of Colorado is ambidextrous, He can shave with arazor in each hand and write with two pens at the same time, Miss Martha Elvira Stone has been Postmas- ter at North Oxford, Mass., for forty years. Franklin Pierce was the Presiden pointed her. E¥ho A Miss Alice M. Taft of Upton, Mass,, has in- vented an attachment for buttoned shoes, It is 50 placed that it can be let out or drawn in to suit the wearer’s taste, George Ebers, the German novelist, is one of the most notable of recent converts to Budd- hism. Professor Ebers is one ot the profound- est O;Ixenmzu in the world, and his most sue- novels are .ce-tnd ot filled with the spiritot Egypt The ex-Empress Eugenie, who s still en- gaged on her memoirs, uses a penholder that is set with diamonds. This was employed by the fourteen represeutatives in signing the treaty of the peace of Paris in 1856, ond was pre- sented to the ex-Empress as a memento. The Rev. Sir John Warren Hayes, Bart., who recently died at the age of 97 at Newlands, i Dl e L1 i an weak, children who never seem to grow right, whose develop- ment is retarded, whom food does nlc;:;jécm talzg nourish, s Scott’s Emulsion of Cod-liver Oil and Hy- pophosphites. It con- tains the very essence of nourishment most needed when vitality is low. Consumptives find new hope in it and thin and emaciated adults always gain flesh and strength after taking it. Itis a t and valatable food. ___