The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 14, 1896, Page 6

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EW, corner Sixteenth and Mission streets; open until § o'clock. 2518 Misslon street; open untll 8 o'clock. 116-Ninth street; open until 9 o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE: 908 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Rooms 31 and 32, 34 Park Row, New York Clty. DAVID M. FOLTZ, Special Agent. TUESDAY.... <2snieenen--JULY 14, 1896 THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL.. PATRIOTISM, PROTECTION and PROSPERITY. FOR PRESIDENT— WILLIAM McKINLEY, of Oblo FOR VICE-PRESIDENT— GARRET A. HOBART, of New Jersey ELECTION NOV! MEER 2, 1896. The first duty is registration. Register early and avoid the rush. Get your name om the voting list and secure your rights as a citizen. The only way to ratify your citizenship is to register your name as a voter. The people cheer McKinley because his speeches for prosperity cheer them. Mr. Bryan will probably announce him- self as the advance agent of a circus. Remember you cannot vote for McKin- ley and prosperity unless you register. Bryan announces he will not bea can- diaate. for re-election and the country smiles. Ii the Populists do not surrender to Democracy this year they will capture it in 1898. He who does not register as soon as he can may find himself barred out before he knowsit. Democracy in the East will have to make its campaign with dodgers, for it has no newspapers. The only thing in New York that pre- tends to approve of the Bryan ticket is the Tammany tiger. ‘We may count Kentucky in the Repub- lican column, for even the Courier-Journal cannot stand the Altgeld ticket. We have tried freetrade in wool and have lost millions by it. Now what Cal- ifornian wishes to try it any longer? Rl Democracy may ignore the tariff issue, but it cannot ignore the people who de- mand protection for their industries. Bland will be satisfied if he can obtain a re-election to Congress. In fact almost any office would be a poultice for his sore spot. Solid Democrats are coming over to the side of protection and prosperity, and there will soon be nothing lefi of the Democracy but the wind-bags. The Republican party is the only party of the whole Union, and the only party of the whole people. It will be supported by good citizens everywhere. 3 The Democratic faction under Bryan’s leadership has already raised the crv against corporations, and before long it will be yelling against property of all kinds. Business men of all parties, of all sec- tions and of all industries are declaring for McKinley because they know that his election would result in good business for all. In deciding to go to New York to receive the official notice of his nomination the boy orator shows a desire for grand stand plays that will soon make him the lsugh- ing stock of the country. The attempt to make the Democrats and the Populists of the Southern States fuse into one harmonious whole will require the raising of the St. Louis convention to s white heat, and even then it may fail. There is not an induetry in California that would not be injured by the adoption of Bryan's free-trade policy, and no in- dustrious Californian can vote for him without voting against the interests of the State. In trying to perform the cirtus act of riding the Democratic donkey and the Populist horse at the same time the nimble Bryan will first have to induce them to move in the same direction at something Iike the same rate of speed. Eastern papers are already discussing the make-up of the McKinley cabinet, and while the talk is somewhat premature, it is pleasing to note that a general senti- ment prevails in favor of Tom Reed for Becretary of State. It is certain he wounld give us a foreign policy of the American kind. Since the Democratic party has been discredited by the Cleveland administra- tion, disorganized by the rivalries of demagogues and divided by the outrages of the Chicago convention it can no longer claim the allegiance of its former voters and those who have business interests or business sense are leaving it by scores. The election of Bryan would mean a period of political, industrial and social disturbance, which would seriously affect the welfare of every home, and might lead even to riots and bloodshed. The times are too critical to take risks with the Gov- ernment. All good citizens must stand with the Republican party this year and vote for law against lawlessness, THE DIFFERENCE. It was a short but masterly speech Mr, McKinley made before the Foraker Club. The Chicago convention bas just com- pleted its work of declaring fora sectional policy sbould its mominees be elected. Tne whole country stood appalied at the triumph of Altgeldism over the conserva- tive element of the convention. The news had been conveyed to Mr. McKinley and it was then that the Foraker Olub of Cleve- land marched up and as he addressed its members and the large crowd that fol- lowed, he seemed to gather fresh inspira- tion at each word spoken. He said there is now “imposed upon the peonle of this country a responsibility and a duty greater than any since the Civil War.” “Itwasa contest to save the Union then,” he said. ‘We all know what the people did in that contest and we have unbounded faith that they will do their duty well and thoroughly in this contest between the honor, the integrity and the prosperity of the country, and the efforts of the Bryans and the Altgelds and the Tillmans to set community against community and sec- tion against section, and then turn the country over to the mercy of foreign mills and factories. In concluding his speech, Mr. McKinley said: ‘“Our creed embraces an honest dollar, an untarnished National credit, adequate revenues for the uses of the Gov- ernment, protection to labor and industry, preservation of the home market and reciprocity which will extend our foreign markets.” This differs from the creed of the Chicago convention as widely as mid- | night differs from midday. No one need be told of the importance of an honest dollar—dollars of gold and silver and paper—not silver or gold or paper exclu- sively, nor is there a man so stupid who does not know that money is required to maintain the Government. The question is, then, Shall we oblige foreign makers of | goods and wares who fetch their products | to our markets to contribute the required sums of money needed for the Nation’s | expense account? Or shall we let them | come free of toll, and oblige our own peo- { ple to contribute from their income? Mr. | Bryan says the latter is the better way, and Mr. McKinley says such a policy would close all our shops and mills and cast adrift in idleness our millions of | wage-earners. lsnot Mr. McKinley right? | It does not become the new Democracy to talk about *Lombard street and Brit- ish-American syndicates” in condemna- | tion and charge the Republican party with encouraging ‘“‘gold relations’’ with Earope. Itis the central idea of the Republican party that other countries shall not com- pete on equal ground with our people in our people’s markets, but that they must pay a good round tax for that privilege. But the Bryan-Altgeld central idea is that foreign goods and wares shall not only be let in free to override our merchants and manufacturers, but that they should be encouraged to come. McKinley stands for American markets for the products of Americans, and Mr. Bryan stands for American markets for foreign products. Toat is the difference between the new Democracy and old Republicanism, which is the same vesterday, to-dey and forever. | b T ST S T i THE OUTLOOK. | Tammany declares for Bryan and will do its level best to defeat him. Tammany {came into the world in 1779, for the one i purpose of controlling the offices of New | York City first and of the State next. As | an organization it has never bolted the nomination of the party’s National candi- { dates, nor has it ever failed to trade votes | with the other side. That is to say, it will throw the whole of its influence against | Bryan for votes for its local candidates. Already the edict has gone forth that no | Bryan Democrat must be elected to Con- gress, and no doubt the sachems will go to the verge of jeopardizing the local ticket | to carry the Congressional districts 1n the country. Tammany’s programme will be, if it adheres to its old methods, to work up as strong a boom as possible for Brvan, soasto be in a position to dictate terms | when it comes to selling out Bryan for control of New York City and the election of certain Democratic Congressmen. Bat, | in any event, Tammany will see to it that Bryan does not get the electoral vote of New York State. It could not afford to let the candidate of a convention that turned its great sachems down with a dull thud, as they were, carry the State, for it would mean that the organization had lost its grip. ‘When the secret of Bryan going to the largest hall in New York City to be noti- pfied of his nomination is out it will be found that Tammany’s fine Italian hand managed it all. Bryan will thrill his au- dience with superficial enthusiasm, but before the echo of his last word has died away the support of Tammany, including its country annexes, and it has one in every county of the State, will be offered to the Republican campaign commitiee. It would suit the sachems better to have McKinley carry the State by a guarter of a million than by the skin of the teeth, for such a majority against Bryan would be an object leszon to future conventions in the direction of magnilying Tam- many’s importance. There 1s no doubt at all that not only Tammany but all other Eastern Demo- crats understand that the election of Bryan would transfer the center of au- thority, as well as the power of conferring bosships, to the West, and that they will not tolerate nor will they take many chances. Whenever the Democratic party refuses to be dominated by the East, the East will have no Democrats, except to control Stats and Congressional elections. As for the Soutb, it 1s a little early yet to maxe anything like a correct estimate of the number of States that will return Mec- Kinley electors, but West Virginia, Ken- tucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana and Missouri can be counted upon with cer- tainty. 1nLouisianaall parties are pledged to demand a Government sugar bounty. Such a sugar bounty as was provided for in the tariff act of 1890 insures the distribu- tion of fully $12,000,000 & year to the sugar planters, and as sugar is the leading in- dustry, pretty much all the people are | deeply interested in its prosperity. In- deed, without a bounty the indnstry would bave to go out of business. Bryan is un. alterably opposed to the Government pay- ing sugar bounties. He thinks it is very wicked and leads to immorality, Alabama, Tennessee and West Virginia are rivals of Pennsylvania in the coal, coke and iron business, but they stand with Pennsylvania in demanding protection. Several hundred million dollars have been invested in the States named in recent years to develop the mineral resources and establish furnaces, mills ana factories, and naturally the people are now protection- ists. A great many cotton-mills have been erected recently in several of the Southern States, and cotton-growers want the mills protected against foreign pauper labor so that they may get better prices for their output. As for Missouri, Bland could probably carry the State, but Bryan’s nomination secures the electoral vote to McKinley for many reasons. The principal cities of Missouri are trying very hard to become manu centers, and they know very well that they need protection THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1896. more than the old-established industrial enterprises of the East, and as business is business the State can be counted upon to vote for protection. When Mr. Bryan talks about the “Solid South” for him he reveals a good deal of ignorance of what the people down there want and will have. “ALTGELD'S CONTAGION. The esteemed San Francisco Ezaminer has caught the “Altgeld contagion,” and it Jifts its voice in the song of “down with the trusts and monopolies,” meaning cap- ital employed in industrial enterprises. The Chicago platform sotnds the key note of the song, but somehow the signers leave out the burning words in showy rhetoric which tell of the beautiesof sec- tarianism. The Eraminer should sing the whole song, and incidentally it might, refer to the bloated shipbuilder who adorns the tail of the Bryan ticket. But a polit- ical campaign that 1s waged on sectional lines, and which denounces certain sec- tions of the country and applauds others, will baraly find favor with the people of the United States. It is unquestionably the right of the Democratic party to pre- sent its candidate to the country and ask the people’s support, but it has no right to set State against State and business in- terest acamnst business interest. It was hoped the party had enough of sectional- ism during the National administration which followed James Buchanan’s retire- ment from the Presidency to last it for all time. There are trusts and there are monopo- lies in this country, as there are and have always been in every country, but no trust nor monopoly was ever heard of that had in mind such a combination of selfish as well as destroying purpose as the platform of the Examiner's party contemplates in its “interior States” scheme for monopo- lizing the commerce of the country. 1lfa gigantic monopoly 1s not contemplated, and if it is not the purpose of Altgeld & Co. to control Government appropriations for internal improvements in the interest of the interior States—the ississipp1 Valley country—to the neglect and harm of the balance of the country, then why was that particular plank so worded? But as to the so-called trusts and monopo- lies having come to the supportof Mc- Kinley becanse he is their friend, why that kind of talk belittles the intelligence of the people. It is true that employed capital is identifying itself with the Re- publican party, and so is mechanical skill and brawn coming to the support of McKinley, and very naturally so because each feels that it needs to be protected in its rights against Altgeldism. The skill of the mechanic is his capital just as the dollars of his employer are his capital, ana they are willing to *‘trust’ each other in this great battle for the best interests of both. No doubt it is true that all the great cor- porations are coming out for McKinley. They are employers of workingmen and they know that if Bryan is elected their employes will be forced into idleness and their own capital threatened. If business firms and companies and chartered organi- zations are coming to McKinley it is be- cause they fear that the triumph of Alt- geldism would bankrupt them. There iz no sentiment in commerce, nor is there any in money. It isa matter of no conse- quence to either who is President of the United States. All they want to know is that they will be protected against’ those things which destroy commerce and threaten the safety of money. The decla- ration of the party which Mr. McKinley represents is that all interests, from the opportrnity of the laborer to the mam- moth industrial plant, shall have ample protection and encouragement without discrircination or favoritism. The decla- ration of the party which Mr. Bryan rep- resents is that sectionalism shall obtain; that certain States, together with their trusts, monopolies and capital combina- tions, shall have precedence in the care of the Government. If such a policy were carried out no Goubt great good would come to the favored States, but that kind of a,government would be dangerous to people and industries beyond the confines of the favored belt. In view of these things cannot the Framiner see that self- preservation is what is sending the busi- ness and labor interests of the country to the support of Mr. McKinley? The whole matter resolves itseif into a plain, com- mon-sense business proposition. FUSION AT ST. LOUIS. The cunningly devised scheme of Alt- geld, Tillman and others to obtain from the Populist Convention at St. Louis an indorsement of the Democratic Presiden- tial ticket is likely to go as far astray as did the plans of the Republican bolters to bring about the nomination of Teller at Chicago. The two schemes are of a simi- lar nature and the fate of the one presages the fate of the other. 5 In some of the prairie States a fusion of Democrats and Populists may be effected. Such fusions have taken place in the past, and while they always resulted in con- fusion wherever a victory was gained it may be possible to induce men to try them again. In the far West, however, there are several States where there is hfrdly a Democratic party atall, and in those States the Populist leaders are hardly fools enough to surrender their organization for the sake of the few votes that possibly might be gained by fusion. In this State the ablest Populist leaders have already declared themselves against the proposition and the Pacific Coast dele- gates will, as a rule, be against it in the convention. It will be in dealing with the delegates from the Southern States that the fusion managers will find their greatestdifficuity. In that section of the Union the Populists are much more likely to fuse with Re- publicans than with their bitter oppo- nents, the Bourbon Democrats. The men from Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi who have seen their voters crowded from the polls by Democratic bulldosers and their candidates counted out by the dis- honesty of Democratic election officers will bardly be willing to yield themselves up in abject surrender to the very party which has most wronged them and in- sulted them in every election since the Populist party was organized. 1f the Populists were a well-organized, well-disciplined body, with a popular Pres- idential candidate of its own, it wouid be easy to see that the convention wonld not indorse Bryan. It is simply because the party lacks coherence that any uncertainty is felt regarding the probable action at St. Louis. Most of the delegates wiil be men who have had very little experience in the conduct of political affairs, They will find at St. Louis no leaders to whom they will yield a prompt following. They have been in the habit of going their own way, and when they meet will be about as aivided in mind and uncertain in temper as were the Democrats at Chicago. Thney will be liable, therefore, to be stampeded either for Democracy or against Democracy at any time after the proceedings begin. It is the uncertainty in the minds of the delegates which gives interest to the con- wnfion.h?o one can at present foresee from wl quarter a stampeding power may come, if, indeed, it comes atall. Ths clear-headed farmers in the body may be able to keep their balance, no matter what happens, and if they do no oratory will be sufliciently persuasive to induce the Popu- lists of the far West to surrender to a dis- credited Democracy or the Populists of the South to support a party whose success would mean a continuance in their States |. of a domineering oligarchy against which they have battled for years. A PAIR OF THEM. 1t must have been very funny to hear John R. McLean urging upon delegates the importance of making ‘‘more money and less misery” a conspicuous feature of the warcry, Mr. McLean’s wealth is es- timated at §5,000,000, and the misery of being snowed under by Bryan is the only aistress he knows anything about. . He in- herited a few million dollars, and he is himsel! a pretty thrifty T, but no one ever Leard of Philanthropist John R. MecLean, nor has he any honest sympathy with the silver wing of the Democratic party. He is a goldbug by nature, asso- ciation and inclination, but he has been longing for office many years without anything turning up his way. No doubt he thought the free-silver play would fetch him something, else he would not have departed from the way of his father, who Wi Democrat of the Thomas H. Benton school. Altgeld, too, must have amused those who know him to be worth all of $4,000,- 000 when he went about whining for something in the platform that woald en- courage the ‘‘downtrodden poor.” Alt- geld’s name is not found on the listof Chicago’s liperal givers to the pvor, but, like McLean, he makes a vast difference between standing for the poor for political advantage and standing between the poor and starvation for charity’s sake, It is just such men as Altgeld and McLean that disgust the great middle class with politics, and all parties bave men of that sort. Even the Populist party hasa follow- ing of very rich men, but of course they are there for personal gain.’ In this con- nection it may be said that every one of the prominent candidates for the Republi- can nomination at St. Louis has the repu- tation of being a liberal giver to the poor. WILL DO GOOD WORK. St. Helena Star. John D. Spreckels of San Francisco was se- lected as the National Committeeman for Cali- fornia by the St. Louis convention. Mr. Spreckeis is a young man, rich, patriotic and ambitious. He'desires to lead that he may become a leader, not from mercenary motives. He will do good ‘Work, and although he has not had many yeers of experience in political life he will take wise counsel and the Republican party will prorit thereby, ONLY A BLUE LINE. Yreka Journal. The Republican party is before the country with an admirable ticket and an excellent platform, and it is the battle line of that party that 1s the only barrier between the march to power of the' silvor-standard bearers “It is only that blue line,” said General Hood at the battle of Franklin, in Tennessee, pointing to the army under command of Schofield, “that stands between us and the Ohio River. Break that and the country is ours.” Then the wild charge was made in which eleven Contederate generals were killed in fifteen minutes. The blug line was one of impregnable fire, and from the fierce flame lFl’efid & storm of death. The line that guards the honor and safety of the Republic is the Republican front, and Me- Kinley is the leader, and it will prove invin- cible. Republican defeat would mean the loss of a generation of opportunity and prosper- ity, and first the stagnation of ¢fvilization and then & drift toward barbarism, CYCLING IN ENGLAND. England continues to be disturbed by the intrusion of the American bicycle. A late London journal ssys: Creling is playing its part in revolutionizing the old social orderin the country. Ancient inns are taking new life everywhere from the visits of crowas of thirsty cyclists at week ends, but now the great coun- try houses are to suffer change, t0o. Sheen House, a fine spacious mansion standing on the edge of Richmond Park, is to be taken by the cyclists and changed into a clubhouse. The grounds, twenty-two acres in extent, are 10 pe laid out in cycling tracks and tennis courts, and are to give scope for every sort of amusement. The house, with a fine suite of rooms on the ground floor, is to be well fitted up as a club. Thirty bedrooms are to be fitted up for gentlemen members, and regular board and lodging provided for those who wish 10 stay. Exc’l‘xrs(onl are to be organized to places*of interest which abound in the neighborhood and the institution mede to provide every- thing that the cyclist’s heart could wish for. The situation is good, for it lies within about seven miles from Charing Cross, by a good rond with little traffic upon it. 1f it succeeds, Richmond Park will soon be vying with Bat- terseaand Hyde parks in its attractions for cyclists; but it will be strange to see the old country-house, with its historic associations— for it was there that the Comte de Paris lived —turned to such modern uses. If the saven- ture succeeds it will soon be common news to hear that this and that country-house has been taken by the cyclists, just as the news comes from time to time that some great municipal- ity has bought up & fine estate and mansion and made it people’s property. Thus will the countryside soon change from the old order 10 the new. The ladies’ cycling gymkhana, which is to take place at the Raneiagh Club on Saturday week, is likely to produce many striking nov- elties in the fashionable pastime. Besides tue ordinary flat oyeling racing, there are to be several exhibitions of fancy riding, such as side-saddle riding, and ridin; bicyele and trundling a hoop at the same time. NEWSPAPER PLEASANTRY. “William,” she said, “will you do something that is for your own good?” “What is it?"” “I want you to give up smoking. You are simply ruining your heaith and my lace cur- tains.”—Washington Star. She—Have you heard that our minister is to be tried for heresy ? He—Yes; it is quite & distinction for so young a man.—Brooklyn Life. s Mrs. Wilson, a very prominent lady, tried to get Mrs. Jones' cook away from her, and actuslly went to Mrs. Jones' house when she was out and offered ook more money. The next time they metat & big dinner Mrs. Jones didn’t notice her. Some one who sat be- tween them said: “Mrs, Joues, you know Mrs. Wilson, do you not ¢’ “No, T believe not. She sometimes calls on my cook, I understand, but we do uot extend those courtesies. Waiter, another ice.”—Bos- ton Traveler. She—It seems strange that men are no longer willing to do deadly combat for the love of ‘woman. He—Ain’t it queer, though? Especially when women have so much more money of their own these days.—Indianapoils Journal. Tommy Traddles—I had the measles harder'n you did, so there! Johnny Parvenue—Huh! That's nothing. I gos my measles from the Astobuilt children! ~Truth. A housefly whose buzz is keyed in F yibrates his wings 335 times & second. When a victim with & bald head happens to hit him he flats awfully.—Lowell Courier. Mrs. Nuwed (to clerk)—Have you any wax for polished floors? Clerk—No; we only have sealing wax. Mrs. Nuwed—Well, that will do. If it's for the ceiling, I suppose it will do for the floor justas 'QHT—'W_JM’ Conductor—How old are you, my little girlt Little Girl—If the company aoesn’t-object I'L prefer to pay full fare and retain my own sta- tistics. —Judge. Jinks (at & variety entertainment)—That fel. low in front of us was about the only one who didn’t applaud the, good old song, *‘Don’t Despise a Man Because He Wears a Ragged .O:IL” He must be & regulsr aristocrat, isn't 1 ’ ¢ Blinks—Well, I dunno. New York Weekly., Maybe he'ss tailor.— T'.h.jn PERSONAL. ' John Drew is at the Palace again. E. P. Bernhard of Fresno is at the Lick. H. B. Pringle of San Rafael is at the Baldwin. ‘Dr.G. H. McCann of Santa Cruz is at the Grand. 5 Harry Nimmons of Stockton is a late arrival at the Russ. W. A. Atlee of Santa Barbara hasa room at the Occidental. J. H. Hiil and wife of Selma are staying at the Cosmopoiitan. H. A. Preston, & mining man of Jamestown, is visiting at the Grand. E. G. Crow of 8t. Louis is at the Occidental, With his wife and child. e C. E. Kephart and wife of Angels Camp are guests at the Cosmopolitan. C. J. McCracken, a merchant of Portland, Or., is registered at the Grand. W. 8. Barrett of Kingstown, Ireland, is among the guests at the Palace. Dr. W. C. Brumfield, a physician of Porter- ville, arrived at the Grand yesterday. George McMullen, who keeps a hotel at Fort Bragg, is-making s visit at the Grand. General N. P. Chipman, the attorney, of Red Bluff, arrived at the Palace yesterday. A. P. Wolville, & mining man from Grass Valley, is making a visit at the Grand. T. Tatsuno and K. Otsuka, merchants of Japan, are guests at the Cosmopolitan. Mre. H. Weish, the wife of Attorney Welsh of Fresno, is & guest at the Cosmopolitan. H. E. Polk, wife and child, of Lincoln, Cal. are among those registered at the Palace. Charles L. Fair engaged apartments at the California yesterday for himself and wife. W. H. Kirkman of Walla Walle, Wash., is among yesterday’s arrivals at the Baldwin, G. W. Schmidt, 8 wine-maker of St. Helena, il:’o:e of the guests recently arrived at the ck. E. C. Stuart, a well-known citizen of Port- land, Or., is one of the recent arrivals at the Grand. T. W. Phelps, one of those interested in the Los Angeles oil wells, is & late arrival atthe Grand. J. W. Lane and Woodson Garrand, mining men of Angels Camp, are registered at the Grand. Rev. J. N. McCarthy of Riverside and Rev. J. Barron of Los Angeles are guests at the Grand. Dr. B. W. Rees of The Needles has returned to the Grand after a few days’ absence from the City. State Controller E. P. Colgan is down from Sacramento and is making the Lick his head- quarters. Samuel Porter, who has extensive real-estate interests near Martinez, isat the Grand on a short visit. A. C. Rosendale, s merchant of Pacific Grove, is staying at the Grand during a busi- Dess visit here, George Webb Alexander, the Market-street merchant, will return from the East about the middle of August. W. H. Mills, agent for the land depart- ment of the Southern Pacific Railroad, is a guest at the Palace. George West, one of the largest wine-makers in the State, is a guest at the Occidental, regis- tered from Stockton. William Edwards of Upper Lake returned last night from a trip to Boston and took a room at the California. C. E. 8. Wood, a lawyer oi Portland, Or., is at the California with his son Erskine and his daughter Nanny Wood. George E. Goodman Jr.. who is engaged in the banking business at Napa with his father, arrived at the Palace yesterday. Colonel L. S. Babbitt of the United Statcs army, stationed at Benicia, registered at the Occidental yesterday with his son, E. B. Bab- bitt. Rev. A. P. Anderson of Santa Clara is at the Occidental. He says that his initials were as good as anybody else’s when he first came by them. s George Beker and wife, C. J. M. Dougaii and George T. Myers, all of Portland, Or., were pas- sengers on the Columbia last night from the north. H. Taubenheimer and wife and Miss Flor- ence and Miss Mabel Taubenheimer of Port- 1and, Or., arrived at the Palace last night from the north. C. A. Walker and A. E. Walker, sons of the weli-known Salt Lake banker, returned to the Occidental vesterday, after spending several ‘weeks at Del Monte. Rev. C. O'Connor of Ukigh is at the Grand. He was in town to attend the funeral of his townsman, the late John P. Buckingham, editor and poli tician. ©C. J. Cox of Delano, son of Fred Cox, the Sac- ramento banker, arrived at the Grand yester- day with his family. He bas charge of a large ranch in the San Joaquin Valiey. % Ly Senator C. A. Dolph of Oregon is at the Cali- | fornia in company with H. A. Eiliot, a bank clerk, and Charles E. Ladd, a ba'1k president, and all are registered from Portland, Or. H. Fischer, manager and ore of the stock- holders of a great tea plantation at Buxa Duar, Bengal, Indis, returned to the Palace yesterday after visiting the Yosemite. From here he will go East, his destination being his old homein Germany. T.S. C. Lowe of Pasadena is st the Palace. Mount Lowe, the scenic attraction near Pasa- dens, is named after Him, and the inclined railway up its slope is his property. Professor Lowe is now building a hotel at Pasadena with 300 rooms, in order to accommodate tourists and health-seekers. Donald Ross of Ross & Hewlett returned to this City yesterday aiter a visit to Point Arena and other places in Merdocino County. He drove from Ukiah to the coast. At Point Arena he says the Government is having & new fog signal station built further from the surf than the old one, which has been under- mined by the waves and rendered untenant- aple. The improvement is s notable one, as Point Arena is probably the most important point 1o coastwise vessels bound for this port. Coliins Landing, the otd lumber shipping sta- tion, has been nbandoned. The Five Brothers, which left there a few days ago, was the last vessel to go from the landing. The lumber business is so dull that a number of lumber campshave been abandoned and several mills have shut down. But all things are not so un- prosperous. Some time ago the Fish Commis- sioners stocked the Garcia River with rain- bow and Eastern trout. The fish have done remarkably well. High up the river there is unusually fine fishing. MISSES' ROUND WAIST. The waist shown here is made with a fitted lining, over which the goods is laid in one piece for the back, and in the front is like. Wwise seamless, with gathers at neck and belt. The sailor collar is adjustable,so that other trimmings or accessories may be worn. A dress of white mohair, designed for even- ing wear, had a sailor collar of primrose yel- low velvet, with ap of guibure lace. The belt - mu‘?,fl'.“:? Dr-‘annnhnm w lines, - These «nd blaek Tattor, et g'm'"' justable, the gown could be changed en- :lij}fil! b! :' fiehn‘:l bluej chiffon, with velvet belt and collar of the same shade of blue. A narrow pleating of chiffon trimmed the edge of the fichu, brown serge dress was brightened by & collar of velveteen in black and green and brown checks. A blue alpaca had a collar of black and white checked velveteen trimmed with gold braid. A gilt belt was worn with this. A waist of Dresden silk in_ brown was made Wwith a collar of the silk. Pale green velvet formed a belt and stock collar. A batiste dress of the new plaids, showing blueand yellow threads, had & collar of biue de soie, the soft silk with o satin finish. A b:¥ and stock collar completed this dainty gown. LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. BRYAN'S CHANCES. How HE MAY RECEIVE POPULIST VOTES AND BE ELECTED. To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—SIR: As I stated in & former letter tnere is Dot the remotest possibility that Mr. Bryan can be elected by the Democracy. Even it one- third of the party had not rejected him and his platiorm, but remained loyal to gold, there would be no hope of success without the suppors of the Populists. The fond and per- sistentdelusion of Democrats, in the face of reason and common-sense, that the Populists ‘would abandon their own organization to vote for even so popular a candiaate as Bryan upon & platform in many respects wholly antagonis- tic to Populist convictions and then be classed and counted as Democrats, will soon be dis- pelied even trom muddled Democratic brains. There is only one way possible by which Mr. Bryan, Mr. Teller or any other man ¢an Teceive the nomination of tne Populist Na- tional Convention at St. Louis, and that is to come before the convention after the platform has been adopted and before the assembled delegne- declare in plain and unequivocal ‘words that he aceepts the principles enunci- ated in the platform and will stand upon it openly and gonnrlbly, and if elected, he will ¢l to his aid distinguished, sound and loyal Populists as members of his Cabinet; also.that & due and full share of all his appointments shall be true and tried Populisis. On these terms alone is it possible as I believe for Mr. Bryan or any other man to receive the support ana votes of the People's party. e istent taunting of Mr. Bryan since his nomination with Populistic affiliations by Republican and Democratic newspapers com- mitted to gold and McKinley may have a sig- nificance which will be fully understood when the People’s party National Convention assem- bles Juiy 2{“ 1 am half inclined to surmise that it means more than an ordinary partisan slur. Tt may point to a secret understanding between the’ prominent Populists in attend- ance on the Chicago convention and the sup- portersof Mr. Bryan. It may be that Mr. Bryan and his tollowing have agreed that he shall go before the Populist convention and openly ac- cept their platform as their candidate, on con- dition that he shall receive their nomination and deal fairly b{ them in appointments, bnt Istill doubt it. Yet it may prove to be true. The question then arises: How could he stand on a Populist platform which cannot be made to harmonize with his Democratic plat- form? It is a difficult question to_answer, but only one answer can he given: The adoption of a substitute platiorm disposés of the first one, as a second will or contract supersedesand setsaside the first, in so far as it differs from it in any of its speeific declarations. Ever such a pledge given by the candidate might fail to satisfy a dangerously large element in the Peo- ple’s party, as it is not a party given to meking compromises and is, in fact, a party of deep- rooted and stubborn convictions. Assuming, however, that Mr. Bryan and the National Democratic Committee have come to such an unrlel’s(ll:dhlgq with representative Populiste that ali the obsiacles in the way of its consummation may be finally and fully overcome and he has been duly acd even unanimously nomingted by the Populist con- vention, there will yet remain the Democratic contingeney to be considered and pscified. How isthat to be done? I may answer this uestion pretty nearly by asking, where will silver Democrats go if they reject Mr. Bryan as an avowed and pledged Populist? It may be true that the great majority of his Demo- cratic supporters would not be deeply grieved to vote for him as an out-end-out Populist. Turning now to another view of this gues- tion of union candidates to be nominated and supported by silver Democrats, Populists and Tellerite Republicans, I am free to say that itis a greye question with thoughtiul and sturdy Populists whether it is desirable to enter into any such slliance with men whoare 80 ignorant of the distinctive economies of the People’s party 8s to be in fact still more in sympathy with their old parties on all matters except the comparatively insignificant one of iree silver coinage. Will the result be satis- factory to_honest and loyal Populists? Can Populist oil and old party water be combined to any good purpose? Would it not be better for the country and the People’s party to make haste slowly? Itis an open %ueuiou whether it is clearly | desirable for Populists to come into power hampered as partners of silver Demoerats and Republicans. May it not in the end, be better for the country and the party as well, that the people should suffer four years longer under gold McKinlevism? . If not in open insurrec- tion by 1900, they will have becomesufficiently educated in the Popunst system of economies to know how to use the bailot to protect them- selves and secure the fruits of their labor. There is still another view of present con- ditions which certainly should receive due consideration, namely this: Concede that a union of silver forces” can be secured which will result in the election of Mr. Bryan by a | conglomerate party held together mainly on a financial issue which has been enscted into Taw, and on other issues there is, in fact, no actual 8 ment whalever, and on such charact tic Populist demands as the Govern- ment ownership of railroads, telegraph and telephones, and the land question there would be decided antegonism, what would the future of that sort of party be? Does any one imagine, even in his most hopeful moments, that tne gold power 1s goin; tol6t go easily and patriotically? The word patriotism is unknown in the vocabulary oi the gold power and its equally greedy and un- patriotic allies, the great trusts and railroad and telegraph monopolies. When the new party goes into power it should be homo- eneous in all its elements and held together loity ideals of unselfish patriotism. A con- glomerate party, made up of men who have but littie in common, and little to be elimi- nated at once after it obtains control of the Government by proj enactment, which ‘would be assailed and warred upon in every way ible by & powerful, vigilant, thor- oughly organizéd and admittedly unscrupu- lous enemy, with unlimited resources anda determination to use them for the overthrow of the new _party, would probably soon go to ieces. Populists are not likely to rush head- long into any uncertain and undefined union with silver Democrats and Republicans. Bet- ter wait till 1900 and win a complete straight People’s party vietory, unless there can be a substantial union on great National issues of a permanent character. July I1—The foregoing letter was written Sunday afternoon. I desire now to add that I have read in THE CALL this (Monday) morning the astounding address issued at Chicago last Saturday, July 11, from the headaquartersof the Bimetallic Union, indorsing Bryan and Sewall, the Democratic eandidates, and urging upon ail who can agree with them to join them atSt. Louis July 22, there to indorse and ratify these nominations, and signed by A.J. War- ner, president, H. F. Bartine and five others, 1'write this postscript to say that, asone delegate to the People’s party National Con- vention, I denounce this Warner-Bartine ad- dress as & x‘;lcce of brazen assumption and an act of bad faith, and as false and misleading in its statement of the purpose of the Silver party formed at Washington, D. C.,January 2, in calling a National Silver Convention to meet in.§t. Louis July 22, as being the time and Khoe previously fixed by the Populists for clding their National Convention. I have not space here to enter into_ particu- lars and cite the call issued by Dr. J. J. Mott, chairman of the National Committee of the Silver party, for such National Silver Conven- tion and thus prove that this Warner-Bartine address, in 80 far as jt states the purpose of the National Silver Convention, is false in fact, false in spirit, false in inference and false in conclusion; &nd inasmuch as A. J. Warner and other signers ot this pernicious address were participants in the formation of the Sil- ver at Washington, January 22, they stand convicted of an act of bad fsith in issu- ing said address and of false assumptions in attempting to justify the act. 1 make these charges in sorrow, but as a dele- gate to the National Convention of the Peo- le's and as s Populist I am charged with grave responsibilities, and in fidelity to my trust I utterly t;rnm-h and denounce this Warner-Bartine address, and shall act ac- cordingly. J. ASHBURY JOHNSON, San {rmoheo July 18, 1896. PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEQPLE. Alphonse Daudet’s son Leon has achieved a decidea success with. his new book, “Le Voy- sge de Shakespeare.” By personally soliciting for money from house to house, the Dean of Norwich has raised $30,000 for the restoration of the Cathe- dral Joshua Levering of Baltimore, the Prohibi- tion candidate for the Fresidency, will receive mh;;d notification ot his nomination on y 28. It is ten years since mad King Louis II of Bavaria was drowned in s lake on his palace grounds. The anniversary was observea this year by Prince Regent Luitpold's laying the cornerstone of a commemorative chapel on the spot. The fourth report of the mission among the higher classes in China, of which the Rev, Gil- bert Reid is the director, declares that the work has'been girly successful. Dr. Holmes, writing to Motley in 1855, at a time when Howells was sending letters on Venice home, said: “This is & yOung man ot no small talent. In fact, bis letters from Venice are as good travelers’ letters as I re. member since Eothen.” The University of Strasburg contained in 1883 three men, each unknown to the other, and each of whom has since aclifeved interna- tional fame. The trio consisted of Paderewski, then musical instructor at the university; Pro- fessor Roentgen, professor of physics, and Nicola Tesla. The latest whim of women cyclists is to have their wheels painted to match their dress. In the London streets are seen cycles in various shades of green, brown and terra cotta. The fashion was started by Lady Warwick, who last summer had her wheel painted Wwhite, and who dressed in white from head to foot. ADMITTED TEN. The Presbyterian Orphanage and Farm Is Overcrowded. At the monthly meeting of the Presbg- terian Orphanage and Farm yesterday it was stated that ten new children had bsen admitted during the past month. As the home is already overcrowded it was re- solved to take a cottage adjoining it. Applications having been received from several quarters for children for adoption the board decided yesterday that the or- phanage would allow papers of adoption to be taken out for children who after three months’ trial decided that they would like to stay in the famiiies wishing to adopt them, The following ladies were appointed a home-finding commitiee: Mrs. E. M. Stevens, Mrs. 8. S. Palmer, Mrs. W. B. Noble, Mrs. H. Fish, Mrs. T. F. Day, Mrs. Robert Coyle and Mrs. W. A. McRae. The orphanage is issning an_appeal for groceries and soap, of which it stands padly in need. Wells, Fargo & Co. will carry the groceries to San Rafael free of charge. —————— The Charter Movement. In accordance with the request of the San Francisco Association of Improvement Clubs the following five delegates have been ep- pointed by the Merchants' Association to represent it at the meeting of the Federation of Improvement Clubs: Messrs. Charles Bundschy, James 8. Conwell, M. A. Rothekild, Joseph Britton and M. H. Hecht. At the regu- lar meeting of the Association of Improvement Clubs_to-morrow evening at Cosmopolitan Hall, B'nai B'rith building, the new charter has been made the special order of the even- ing. Argumentson both sides will be offered and action will be taken by the association. F. W, Dflhrmlnn.lgr&sidenl. and J. 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