The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 5, 1896, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1896. 11 —_——— e el O R e e e outer forms of a: tus are butex- pressions of the underlying facts. The history of government, like every other history of our lives, is but the story of the evolution of the soul. To be capablé of any permanent government 1s a high order of lifes 1o be capable of perticipating in a free govern: ment is a power which makes for right- eousness. A nation ungoverned is no nation at all, and makes mere raw material to be eaten up by better organized communities. The intense 1.”:0;‘1: appetites and passions we inherit in ong straight lines from our bestial ancestors were forced, constrained and made to bend to the common good by governmeut. Even in the dim beginning the fierce captain learned to depend upon his soldiers and to love what he depended on—the king to care for his people, if only because they fed him; the sub- ordinate to think somewhat of the st reading interests intrusted to him; the soul Orman to reach out into the common consciousness ana mutual life, which is humanity. The paper was appiauded to the echo, and several floral iributes were taken to the stage. These Mrs. Krebs took charge of, saying: ~They're Mrs, Stetson’s, not mine.”” The discussion was opened by MissSarah M. Severance. She contended that when men and women should fix a proper stand- ard of right and wrong the need of govern- ment would be at an end. . +Yes,” answered Miss Agnes Manning; *‘but while things are as they are we want 1o have a little to say in regard to the laws which are to govern us.”’ he Cabbala says,” remarked Naph- taly Herz Imber, “that man can never rise unless he lifts woman with him. Man alone is only half of humanity, and one- half cannot rise alone.” “Iam & member of the Liberty Branch of the San_Francisco Socalistic Society,’ said John Lee rising to the floor. “Asa socialist I would like to give my opinion of the woman suffrage agitation, I un- derstand that government is for the pro- tection of mankind against the baser de- sires of animalism. When man attains as nearly perfect a state as his nature will permit we shall have little or no need of government. *I conceive you not only to be ladies, but intelligent minds. Now, I wish to outline what women can do in the work of reform. They can point at least to the abuses of governmentand the imperfec- tions existing in the present form. The time has now come when women shall soon. cast off the shackles of servitude. They may take their place where they can do much toward the uplifting of the race. 1am glad that it is s0.” J. H. Barnard said: “I rejoice in this movement.. Ithink it portends purity in government and the uplifting of the Na- ton. We should all be glad that women are in a fair way to enjoy the fruitsof their long and arduous labor."’ The ten minutes allotted for the discussion being over President Kellogg of the University of California then read an essay on the “Functions of Govern- ment.” " He said 1n substance: The state is “God’s method of helping men toward a perfect life.” It is founded on “the nature and destination of men.” So wrote one of our most thoughtiul publicists. Govern- ment is designed to care for the widest inter- estsof man. He is the one precious thing in this world—meaun supreme and man immortal. It is his Best interests for which human gov- ernment must care. This is the tesi of its uard human rights. Pproper fanctions. Government must g Within proper limits if must giye wise direc- tion to human activities. It must exercise a certain measure of control over its subjects. This is partly negative, partly positive. “Or- der is heaven’s first law.”” There is perfect orderin the celestial universe. In_the moral world ordér is equally necessary. Without it there will be collision and Yuin. Negative control is first in order of time, be- cause the evils of disorder are so great. This must be reduced to & minimum. Some dis- order must be expected, for the world of hu- man spirits has not the perfection of the starry orbits. There have bzen collision, injustice, oppression. Some things interfere directly, others indi- rectly with the free and rightiul activity of men. To meet attacks on persons and prop- erty the Government must take precautions anything that antagonized our sentiments 1 would have zot up with great glee. Mrs. Cooper said the article was by t.e presi: dent of one of our great educational insti- tutions, but she jorgot to say that the in- stitution is co-educational. IYhe had besn the president of Harvard he would not have dared to do this. It requiresa broad mind to be at the head of an institution ran on such broad principles that the fe- male part of the population have an equal charnce with the male element. _“California has taken the foremost posi- tion in the procession; I might say it is the band wagon. At gou are not intelligent enough to take advantage of the great opportunities afforded you by your great State you do not deserve to have the privileges of citi- Zenship. “Iam looking forward to the time when California will take the next step upward to the plane of the ideal and enlist the women to help them in the grand and noble work. And I have not the least doubt that the generous men of this enlightened State intend to Go that very thing.”” “This Government has not done_its duty,” said M. Benbam. ‘“What right has” the State to lay yet heavier burdens upon the shoulders of the lower strata of society? Abuses reign in all sections of the social fabric. I hope when the women get the vote they will use it for the advance of all good measures.”’ “The Jews,” remarked Naphtaly Herz Imber, *“were happy under the reign of Deborah, and most unhappy under Solo- mon, the wisest of men. ;}he last king of the Jews found a prophecy, which no one could read. The high priest and the doc- torsof the law failed to decipher it. In their need they applied to Hulda, the pro{)he:ess. who solved the question. *‘We must make up our minds to one thing. We know there can be no home without a father and a-mother. In like manner no government can stand unless men and women have equal rights under it. If woman had her rightful place in politics since government began, our churches would not now be reduced to the level of nickel-In-the-slot machines. The moral tone of the community would be higher, and man himself better than at presnet. It is not too late for us to takea step in the right direction. Give woman the ballot, and let us hope she will use it well.” George Speede had also a word of warn- ing against the present trend of events. “When this Government broke away from Great Britain,’ he began, “it said that all men should havea right to the pursuit of happiness and liberty. “What is the resuit of this resolution? The women are held in subjection and are obliged to bring up offspring for whom they have not the slightest right in Government to vote for laws that will make them honest men and women. ‘‘Wherever a nation has had =0 unjust a overnment as this—Medo Persia and ome, for example—it has gone by the board. And we are following in the same footsteps. growing worse every day, and it is be- cause you are paying attention to physi- cal and not ethical development, *“We know that men cannot put signs in their windows readine ‘Goods sold be- low cost’ and be honest, because no bonest man’ can afford to sell goods be- low cost, and yet we deem these men among our best citizens. “Let me say in concluzion that we are go- ing to avoid the rocks and shoals only by bringing the women in to vote for re- forms and giving them in fact those rights which are theirs already by the lows of God and nature.” v no sex in nobility, in mind, in honor and in all the higher attributes of humanity. The moral man delights in doing good. This sort of man is the kind which the Government should strive to form, Woman can do much in forming good against crime. It must punish murder and rohbery and fraud. It must also check indi- rect injury to the community, such as comes from undue temptation to evil, from hurtful business, from treasonable utterances. Free activity is the birthright of man, the priceless jewel of life in all inter-human_rela- Hons. Man is made lord over the world he ims the freedom due to this rnment must hearken to this Therefore it may interfere to protect loyes against heariless employers; and 8ls0 to curb the vengeance of the irritated laborer. It may check the corrupting influ- ences of the open saloon, of pernicious litera- ture, of the indecent stage. But these negative repressive functions of government are not enough to round out its duty. Equally imperative are its positive func- tions. 1t must often step in to do for the indi- vidual what he cannot do for himself, It may step in to do for him whatit can do much bet- ter than he. Individual action is not ade- quate to all needful ends. A nation must preserve its existence by armies and navies and fortifications. It must Xeep out infection and prevent smuggling. It must secure open channels and nighways, 1t must build lighthouses and life-saving sta- tions and enforce sanitary regulations within its borders. To do &ll this requires taxation of iis subjects. . Some things.are so important as to beal- most & necessity for governmental action: for example, the mail service, the responsibility of common carriers, laws against libel and sian- der. ss necessary, but very important, are pub- Jie works, such as the old Roman roads and squeducts, the Mississippi jetties, the Erie and Wellend canale and the ‘still tentalizing Nicaragua canal. Subsidies to ocean steam- ships have been common. The telegraph may eesily follow the mail service into govern- wental ¢ ontrol. Government ownership of reilways is no experiment in Europe. In our country they are subject to State and inter- state laws. There are pensions for soldierly service, pat- entlawsfor inventors, copyright for authors. Public_lands have been given to pioneer set- tiers. New questions have sprung up about the holding of land—should it all be owned by the Government? should private ownership, atany rate, be limited, or et least discouraged by the single tax ? Of great importance is governmental aid in education. All agree that it must be given to the common school; not all, that it should ex- tend through the high school and the univer- sity. California, like most of the newer States, ves in the more generous policy. Other points are still undecided—as, for in- stance, governmental protection, or even em. ployment, for all laborers. Some advocate a }ullcommumly of interests according to so- cialistic principles. Many less radical points are in dispute—for instance, help to local communities or to spe- cial classes oi men, aund the whole scheme of public charities. 'Profuse charity is burtful; Liore so when given by an impeérsonal bene- factor. The poor laws of Eugland have fos- tered idleness. It is easy to run into an exces- siye paternalinm, undermining wholesome in- .dividual activity. Unwise benevolence leads *10 vice, not to virtue. There is & {avorite motto, “The best govern. ment is that which governs least.’”” It is only 1f truth. The best government is that h is wmost helpful to its subjects. The of being most_helpful must be left to the ment of the best men. These will cer. y not be the mere politicians. We must g0 to the trained and able statesmen for the right answer to goverumental quastions, ‘They will be guided by & high and noble ex- peliency. They will leave aside disputed Questions of religion. Moral questions there will be, for morality is & necessary substratmm for a sound commonwealth. Political ques- tions, as such, will be judged from the stanad- point of human weliare. Our discussion does not include the form of government., It may bea pure democracy, a rcp:xh‘l\c like ours, 'a mounarchy like that of England. All will need the normal constitu- tion of a State essentially free, the three de- partments of legislative, Yudlcinl and execu- tive action. Of this political machinery some part, at least, will rest on election. Who skall be the eleciors? That, agein, is not included in the question assigned to this half-hour. But it is natural to say, in conclu- siop, that political rights are not inherent. Suffrage is nowhere atsolutely universal. In the United States we have come to the painful -conciusion that the door has been thrown too wide open—that is, the half-door labeled Male.”” If we could shut out the ignorant, the worthless and the venal men, and in their place callon the high-minded and intelligent women of our community to strengthen the forces of law and order, of soberness and purity, of true and esrnest patriotism, were it Lot a*“‘consummation devoutly to be wished ?” Let these enthusiastic ladies persuade us that the time for such en exchangc has really «<ome. “It would take us until midnight to do justice to President Kellogg’s admirable paper,” commented Mrs, Cooper. “Let's give him a cheer, anyhow, and then those “who dare may tear hLis paper to bits.” The cheer was given right lustily, and then voices called for the Rev. Anna Shaw. In a few glowing words she thanked Mr. Kellogg for the good which she said his es- say would do the cause. “I think it very absurd for me to get up here and repeat what President ngllog has said,” she went on. “If he had sais men. Let her then have a right to say how men shall be kept good after escaping from her care, “It is claimed,” said Mrs. Tole, *‘that women have come to the front because men have habits of dissipation and that they have fallen from their hizh estate. I would like to hear Miss Shaw upon _this subjects” ereupon some lady arose and said that men are a great deal better than they used to be. There were a few words anent the subject passed back and fortb, when the president invited Miss Shaw to speak upon the subject, Miss Manning took great exception to a remark by one of the disputants to the effect that men are getting more dissipated than they used to be. “Men,” she contended, “are better than they ever were. If they were not, we would notdare to hold this congress here to-day. The men would break it up.” Several more views were expressed and telegrams of congratulation and od wishes from Mrs. Fay of Southern t‘ali- fornia and from Mrs. Cordelia Kirkland of Chicago were read by the lady secretary, aiter which an adjournment was taken until the evenin, et EVENING SESSION. President Jordan Tells About the Evolution of Government—Rev. Anna Shaw’s Address. President David Starr Jordon of Stan- ford University was the first speaker that addressed the immense audience at the evening session. His subject was “The Evolution of Government.” The speaker stated that government was by divine right, which meant fitness to man’s purposes. He compared man’s use of government to man’s use of a wheel- barrow. The wheelbarrow would be ad- hered to because it was well adapted for man’s use. Then tne discourse was con- tinued substantially as follows: “The general evolution of government is toward broader conditions, when we will have co-operation with the consent of all concerned. The growth is from individual and family interests toward voluntary co- operation, toward self-direction in matters of mutual help. The oldest form of gov- ernment about which we know anything is that of the monkey people. “Government among the monkeys is strictly patriarchal. The oldest male rules. From his experience he teaches the younger ones. As the monkeys can- not read or write, the younger ones do not study. The monkey governmeni, how- ever, is not only by wise guidance. That they do not own property does not pre- vent the rulers from becoming tyrannical. The male monkey, if anything g0es Wrong in the home government, shows his dis- pleasure by biting the female in the neck. The more she is bitten the better the female likes it. She likes to show that she has such a masterful person in her family. “In the monkey people’s government, the reason which grows with experience is domyi.nunc over thé instinct, which does not. _Comparing the modern government con- ditions of men with the primitive con- ditions all-ded to, President Jordan said: ‘‘Much as we may criticize our social order, it is the best ever known. If we should make any great change, we would soon find ouselves back to where we are. Strictly sveaking, our social conditions are not entirely natural. When two men come together in social relations, there must be either mutual help or mutual hurt. But in a broader view, all these bet- ter conditions are natural in a high sense.”’ ¥ Of government in the patriarchal age of man, President Jordan spoke about the rule of wisdom and about the higher heredity that comes from doing things right and right slong. He alluded to woman’s part in the government as hav- ing been the guidance of the young and the control of the formation of Labit—a part not less than the duty of quashing the camp and expressing wisdom for the social government. 5 *Nowadays,” he said, in following out the subj ct, ““we are not always required 10 shed our own blood, but our own time, if we are to do our duty as citizens.” The lecturer expressed belief that the The morals of the Nation are | J. F. Howard contended that there.was | I;"”““" idea of ruling wasin teaching. he form of government that made any large body do right by force was a poor ideal of government. Of the ‘‘comparative failure of mon- archy” President Jordan said: *The kings to-day are taking more and more back seats. "In studying English history we now study the history of the people rather than the annals of tl!e kings. Less important is becoming the deeds of Napo- leon, and more important is becoming the doings of S8usan B. Anthony."” The latter declaration was loudly ap- pla%ded. - - *‘Democracy has not yet made good gov- ernment in the United States,” eont{nS:ed the speaker, under another branch of the discourse. *“Every ant-nill that 1 have ever seen is governed better than is San Francisco. But the S8an Francisco gov- ernment is better for you and for me than the ant-hill paternalism would be. I do not wish to say anything in favor of the San Francisco government, but it has a freedom, a sort of go-as-you-please about it which is important in making the men. “We can learn many things from Japan and Russia, but in our own Government we have freedom. Germany could give us all sorts of points about mkinican of the streets and sewers and slums, but I would rather live three years in the free slums than three years in th German army. While streets in San Francisco may be dirtier than a hogpen in Germany, and while the S8an Francisco politics may be bad, yet we have the freedom that makes good men, and to make4good men is the robjecz of government. “The great body of men in this country think for themselves. It is better that they should think wrong than notat all. I would rather see all men drunk by choice than sober through compulsion. ““It is better that men should think and act all wrong, so long as they do so for themselves, than that others should di- rect them. “The governme¥nt does not touch us very closely; it is what it makes of us that is important. Most of the ballots might be burned for all the good they do. All the ballots that I ever cast, certainly, m’ght as well have been burned, for I seem to have always been on the wrong side. But what of it! “Balloting makes us thing about the government questions, We don’t know what hurts us and we will vote until we find out. Sometimes we think itis the high tariff that hurts, and we vote against it. Then we think it is the low tariff, and we vote against that. And after a while we will find out the trouble. “But we bhave the value of our freedom. We have to pay taxes, and we occasionally run across the sign, ‘Keep off the grass,’ but otherwise the Government does not come very close to us.” President Jordan spoke of the tendency of the people nowadays to get representa- tion in the Legislature or in Congress by sending lawyers as lobbyists—people who will represent them. 8o it is that the peo- | ple do not send “their wisest men to make the pubiic laws.” At the conclusion of the address Miss Agnes Manning spoke briefly. George Speed then arose at the rear of | the audience and declared that the trouble in San Francisco was lack of democracy. The Southern Pacific Company or any other corporation could send its represen- tatives to the legislative halls, and the people would have to take the laws whether they liked them or not. In politi- : cal primaries the good citizen would very likely be kicked out. John Lee of the Socialistic Labor party spoke in the same line. He made a hit by addressing the members of the congress as *“You ladies, starting in for National housekeeping on a large scale.”’ The Rev. Anna Shaw was then an- | nounced. The subject of her paper was “The Trend of Government To-day.” As the able champion of woman suffrage stepped to the front of the stage a storm of cheering greeted her. She spoke in sub- stance as follows: ‘‘I have been attending so much to gov- ernment Jately that I find myself almost overwhelmed with the subject. Still I am | calied upon to speak to you to-night on the trend of government. The time was when kings claimed a divine right to rule. The last one to assert this claim in plain words was the cenqueror of Europe, and he was laughed at. Since then there has been a grand advsnce. We have come to consider it a shame that any free-born man should be governed by any one else without his consent. “We hear it said that nominations are made in secret meetings which a decent man may not attend. Very welll If in- decent men get together and make up an indecent ticket, how 1s it that decent men 2o tamely to the polls and vote that very | same indecent ticket? Who is at fault in tagginfi after indecency? It seems to me that the one most to blame is the tagger. “‘But there is rising among us a demand for a purer state of things in_politics. The trend of government to-day is toward co-operation, as President Jordan calls it, and a fine word it is to designate the labor- | ing of men and women side by side. The public demands able, faithful service from those to whom it entrusts public charges and oftices. “You can never maxe a woman believe that that which is degradation to her can be an honor to her son. [Great applause.] Yet we are told that politics suits men, but degrade women. hat nonsense! The mother, under such circumstances, must necessarily instruct her sons to keep out of politics. Then what results? The good sons, husbands and fathers will let politics alone, leaving the science of government to the lower elements of society. ‘‘A great many men say they are going to vote against women suffrage, because they are afraid women will not make a just use of the ballot. And to tell the truth, the dear fellows are quite earnest and sincere in their virtuous concern. Why can we women not hold up before these men some grander, nobler ideal, which will direct their thoughts toward the right? “If we are to make our Government bet- ter and our couniry happier we must do our best to enhance the good features which we may find in both. Look at the women of this country. How they are laboring to prepare themselves for the ex- ercise of the right which soon will be recognized as theirs. Were the negroes better suited to use the ballot than the women of to-day? ““If women had not been trained, as they have been trained, by living under the protecting care of this noble Government, they would not be worthy to wield this tremendous power. But American women are Americans, and as such they cease not to clamor for their rights., ‘“‘After all, the highest form of govern- ment must not come from without, but fzom within. Virtue and intelligence should be the absolute monarchs of a free people. These powers should command an implicit obedience. These emperors should rule our every word and thought and action. ‘‘And now we have one thing to remem- ber. Our great business in life, so far as we are personally concerved, is to make ourselves nobler and better. t us doit for the love of all that is grand and holy. If we do this, a day will dawn when we shall see no woman’s congress, but a human congress, in which men and women will do their best toward the elevation of the common human race,” During the discussion which followed a man in the audience made some remarks insinuating that if women went into poli- tics the morals of their children would suffer. Miss Shaw was on her feet in an instant. *‘What’s that?’’ she exclaimed. “Un- less 1 am mistaken the gentieman says women must be kept out of politics in order to bring ngrthelr children honestly and virtuously. The gentleman scems to forget that the mother is not the only parent of tbe child, and that the child is almost as liable to }ollow the example of the father as that of the mother. And why not? Are not both his parents? Ah, men, men! We women look innocent, but we know you through and through. Are these the arcuments with which you seek to down a righteous cause ?” No one having sufficient valor to answer this question the congress adjourned until to-day. i | e Programme for To-Day. The exercises to-day promise to be most interesting, Itis understood thata num- ber of able speakers will participate in the informal discussions, and the Rev. Miss Shaw will answer any questions germane to the matter under consideration. The set programme is as follows: MORNING smns:“—“m:n o'cLock. . Mrs. lam Keith e Mollle E. Connors of Oakiacs “The People” (paper) ...... Mrs. Charlotte Perking AFTERNOON SESSION—2 Stetson of Chicago “The Trive”. .. 42 “The State” (fll’ kingdom, “The Nation”..... “What Americans Came From. and What We Came For”.... -.... Hon. Taylor Rogers “What We Did P % aw ity PROHIBITION AND REFOBM They Got Mixed Up at the Pro- hibition County Convention Last Night. THE DELEGATES TO STOCKTON. The Party at Sea on the Proposed Union of Reform Forces With the Populists. The Prohibition County Convention met last evening in Pythian Castle and elected fourteen delegates to the State Convention of the Prohibition party, which will con- vene in Stockton on Wednesday of next week, the 13th inst. What the Prohibition party does and is likely to do is, of course, of especial inter- est to Prohibitionists and liquor men, but the party’s operations have a more gen- eral practical interest this year because there is vaguely pending a movement to get the party over into the Populist fold, or rather into & “union of reform forces' in which the Populist party would cut the main figure, the other elements including also the single taxers, socialists, etc. The County Convention, which met last night, was a little thing, but a typical one. It was typical of the Prohibition party and, among other things, typical of how the party stands, intensely uncertain, on this proposition of slipping like a pearly deWJ’rop into the shining sea of reform. There were no contesting delegations last night, and Judge Thompson did not win the chairmanship through any com- binations on jobs. Fifteen loyal people who have been skir- mishing that way lor years came to order at 8:30p. . Twelve of them were men and three were ladies. The Prohibition party is all right on the woman guestion, and last night the ladies bad as much to say as the men, in proportion to numbers, if not more so, and lheyfmvided the big- gest part of the vigor and progressiveness shown In the discussions. The appointment of delegates was the only business transacted, but there were resolutions, clashes of political ideas and a slightly fierce opposition to sending an instructed delegation. Several types of Prohibitionists were represented, includ- ing the men who valiantly stand by their one central principle as the single great political issue, thos2 who are interested in all sorts of other reforms and who are will- ing to get prohibition by bettering the world up to it, and those who are not cer- tain about this mixing of things. Delezates were selected by unanimous! approving the first fourteen nominu«i, and these were: At large—Mrs. Rose M. French, C. B. Wil- liams; regular delezates—Mrs. C. B, Williams, Rev. J. Rowell, L. Hanson, 8. Fesr, Mrs, 8, Fear, N. S. Hughes, H. H. Lusé, Mrs. D. J. Spencer, Judge Robert Thompson, Charles Van Eaton, C. Sandhurst, T. S. Harrison. The selection of alternates involved thinking up people not present, but when the nominations reached fourteen they were approved as follow Rey. F. §. Bovard, Miss S. M. N. Cummings, F. Head, Mrs. H. H. Luse, H. Chester, Barclay J. Smith, C. A. Mavdwell, J. Richard Mor- com, F.W. Potter, H. B. Burlingame, O. R. Adams, F. H. Jackson, Mrs. H. E. Brown, L. Hanson brought the reform union uestion to tne front by introducing the ?ollowmg resolution: Resolved, That the Prohibitjonists of San Francisco in convention assembled declare for a broad and compreliensive platform that shall make a firm and definite declaration on the priucigal live issues which are demandin, settiement!at the ballot box. We invite a true and earnest reformers to join us in the work of saving and perpetuating our glorious Nation. Mr. Hanson was one of those present ready to widen out and this element and the other one stood face to face at last. Hanson, in speaking to his resolution, ac- knowledged that some would call him an extremist. Becretary Frank Head eaid vigorously that he didn’t believe the County Conven- tion ought to handie that question. He had not made up his mind on the issue, but the State Convention was the place for it and he didn’t believe in fettering the delegates by anything in the nature of in- structions. “I would like to know,” said Mrs. Rose French, who is strong for the union, ‘“‘whnether this county committee favors a broad or a narrow-gauge platform. I will robably vote as I please at Stockton, but fwould like to know the sentiment of the committee.’ N. Morcom moved to lay the resolution on the table and it went there by a vote of 8to4. Then the railroad question was tackled. L. Hanson introduced a resolution, de- nouncing as ‘“‘unjust and lnizglltaus any scheme of C. P. Huntington and his allies” to accomplish the refunding of the Central Pacific debt. i Two-thiras of the convention heartily was with this resolution, and a motion to table it was lost bv a vote of 4 to 8. The chairman at once got the resolution amended. “I would be ashamed to have that reso- lution go forth from this body as it stands,”” he declared. *I suggest that we at least leave out the name. Leave out the ‘Hunt- ington.’” & “Now, I suggest that ‘iniquitous’ be stricken out,” said Judge Thompson, but several said ‘‘no” so vigorously that “‘in- iquitous” stayed in. Mrs. Gray objected to considering the railroad question, “if we are not going to take any ground on woman unfinze‘ the financial question and other reforms,"” but the resolution was adopted by 8 ayes and no negative votes. “I suggest that we pass a resolution calling on President Cleveland to recog- nize the belligerency of Cuba,” said Rev. J. Rowell sarcasticall “‘Send it up; that Mrs, French. A season of ‘remarks” followed, the chairman leading in a speech expressive of his certainty of ultimate victory of the cause. Mrs. Gray brought up the reform union again, wanting to find out how the Prohi- bitionists of San Francisco stand on the union of reform forces. “I believe,” she said, *‘that it is time that we unite with other people or parties who are seeking good government along with the suppression of the liquor traffic. If we gain our cause it must be at the bal- lot-box. Itcannot be said that prohibi- tion is the paramount issue when only ?5(}000 of 12,000,000 voters vote in favor of . “Iam a_prohibitionist from principle,” said Mr, Head, ““and wiil vote with any y. just suits me,” cried E:rtv that takes nfi our cause, butl don’t lieve that any will.” o Chatincey Williams, the last Prohibition candidate for Mayor, spoke for the con- servatives. ) jest “‘Stick to your guns,” he said. “I'm a reformer, but I don’t beiieve that every- thing is reform that people cali ‘reform. Iam ready to vote with any party that sincerely takes up the thing we labor for, but I am not ready to jump into every- thing called ‘reform’ when half the time their tendency is to anarchy. If there's any reform in the single-taxers, the so- cialists and those fellows, I can't see1t.” ‘With that the convention adjourned, united, like the party, on hostility to whisky, but divided in policy. SNOW THAT NEVER CAME. The Record of Light Snowfalls Broken in the Sierras This Winter, The winter just closing in the mountain regions has been the most remarkable one, in one respect, which the Southern Pacific Company has ever experienced, according to General Superintendent J. A. Fillmore and others. Not a snowplow has run a mile on the Central Pacific throughout the season. The big steam rotary plows have been cold and their bright paint unscratched in roundhouses all winter. Not even an old push-plow has bucked a shovelful of snow between Blue Canyon and Reno. There has been no snow that the ordi- nary cowcatcher could not get away with. This, as stated, is the first time tbat rail- road men have seen such a thing happen since the first Central Pacific engine climbed the Sierras. Away back in the sixties, when construction was being pushed in the mountains in midwinter, the grading often being done in tunnels under the snow, snowplows were kept busy much of the time making roads for the construction trains. The vast and deep expanse of snow in the mountains which at first started de- spair and then the great snowsheds was typical of the annual snows. In seasons of ayerage mildness since trains have been kept running with fair regularity with the help of the snowsheds and the enormous push-plows which were rushed by several engines. Blockades in the neighborhood of the summit have been frequent, and one season, four or five years ago, no traia got through for four weeks. The remarkably light snowfall of this year has saved the company from $300,000 10$500,000. There have been no blockades, no detention to travel, no expensive wash- outs orlandslides and no disastrous tunnel- cavings. The winter of the big blockade just referred to cost the comPnny about ,000, it is estimated. But then, on the other hand, say the railroad men, the busi- ness has been light this year to match the saving. The condition of things has been nearly the same on the Oregon line. Snowplows were used but once in the Siskiyou Moun- tains and that was last month. The light snow/all in the mountains will likely be followed by a lack of the usnal floods in the Sacramento and San Joaguin valleys. These rivers are not likely to reach their usual stages of high water. Another result may be that there will be a shortage of water for irrigation later in the season in the central and upper parts of the San Joaquin Valley; and then the Yosemite season will open early. FROM REAL LIFE A Great Truth and a Warning Brought Out at a Lunch-Table. Two well-known business men were seated at 8 lunch-table recently, consulting the bill of fare. Oneof them looked fresh and bright, the other was pale and languid. After a while the sickly looking man threw down the biil and exclaimed: “It’s no use! I have no appetite. I can't eat.”” His friend looked up anxiously. ““Why, what's the matter?” he asked. “Well, I don’t know,” was the reply. “I have s bad cough in the morning, a tickling in the throat and difficulty in breathing. My pulse is quick, my breath is short, and I have s tightness across the chest. I have tired feel- ings, and scem completely worn out. Now, what do you think is the matter with me?” “Idon’t think, but I know that you have the first symptoms of consumption. I am con- vinced of it, because I was once_in the same dangerous condition myself. You must do something at once! If you follow my advice you will do as I do and take a pure stimulant regularly. Itried many things, but received 5o benefit until I took Duity’s pure malt ‘whiskey. I have been using it regulurly for over a year now, and it has made me feel better and stronger than I ever felt before. 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Wilbur of Portland, secretary of the Maza- mas, are in the City seeing about Southern Pacific rates for the annual mountain climbing trip of the Mazamas in which the Crater Lake Club will join this year. The Mazamas is the Sierra Club of Oregon. The society consists of scientists and others of the Northwest interested in the mountain regions of Oregon and Washington from scientific, esthetic, athletic and other standpoints. It was orzanized in 1894 at the summit of Mount Hood when the top had been reached by 200 of the 300 people who began the ascent. Last year Mount Adams was explored to the summit and this year a great expedi- tion to Crater Lake is being organized. Crater Lake lies at the summit of the Cas- cade rang e in Southwestern Oregon, about twenty-five miles north of Mount Klamath. It fills an ancient crater six by seven miles in size, is 2000 feet deep and its surface ?uietly expands at an altitude of 6251 feet. t1s the intention to spend a week at this lake and Joseph Le Conte, John Muir.and other California mountaineers have been invited to join the interesting expedition. C. B. Watson, president of the Crater Lake Club, will this ennin‘g deliver a_lec- ture at Stanford, having for his subject ‘“‘Crater Lake.” The lecture will be illus- trated, stereoptican plates having been made in this City for the purpose. Mr. Watson is an enthusiast on _his subject and declares that neither the Yosemite or any other park on earth has a thing of greater grandeur than Crater Lake. Crater Lake Mountain lies some eighty- five miles from Ashland in the Cascade range. Orater Lake is held in the hollow of the crater, 6000 feet above the level of the sea. The highest point on_the bank is 2200 feet higher. The lake is 2200 feet deep, so that the depth of the crater is 4400. The lake has no visible outlet nor in- let. The lowest depth of water near the shore is 1000 feet. At one point a rock may be droppe 1000 feet in the water, where it will strike, and boundine, will fall 1200 feet more. There isan istand_in the lake on the northwestern side which rises 845 feet above the water. The island is itself an extinct volcanic cone. Ata point half a mile east of the island the water is 2200 feet deep, making the island rise from the depths of the crater over 3000 feet. 'ompared with other craters of extinct volcanoes its altitude, depth and_area, it is the greatest kunown, says Mr. Watson. If Mount Hood were cut off at the height of this crater the cone above that point could be turned into Crater Lake and be lost. Actording to rules for measuring mountains, taking the incline of the side, etc., this mountain would, were it not burnt off, rise 20,000 feet high. “*There were evidently a number of great explosions in the crater at the time of its activity.”” said Mr. Watson. “These re- leased the water of a reservoir, which rushed in and quenched the fire. The :im of the lake is narrow. The view is incom- parable; 20,000 square miles lie under the eye, cxmhdlng ovyer a third of Oregon and across the line of California, with Shasta, Pitt, the Three Sisters and many other snow-capped mountains within the great circle.” ————— Spring Valley Lakes. At a meeting of the directors of the Spring Valley Water Company held yes. terday it was deccided not to open the Pilarcitos Lake to anglers this year. The San Andreas Lake will not be opened to the fraternity until July 1. ————————— Reduced Fares for Richmond. 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