The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 22, 1896, Page 6

- THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1896 CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Pro l'_ldll!. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Daily and Sunday CALL, one week, by carrier..$0.15 Daily and Sunday CALL, one year, by mail.... 6.00 Dally and Sunday CALL, six months, by mail.. 3.00 Daily and Sunday CALL, three months by mail 1.50 y and Sunday Ca Sunday CALL, one y WEKKLY CALL, 0D ¥/ THE SUMMER MONTHS Are you golng to the country on & vacation * Tt #®. it is o trouble for us to forward THE CALL to your address, Do not let it miss you for you will iss It. Onders given 1o the carrier or left at Business Office will recelve prompt sttention. NO EXTRA CHARGE. BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, San Francisco, California. Telephone. ............... Maln~1868 EDITORIAL « Telephone... Main-1874 BRANCH OFFICES: 530 Montgomery street, corner Clay: open untll 9:30 o'clock. 839 Hayes street: open until §:30 o’clock. 718 Larkin street: open until 9:30 o'clock. &W . corner Sixteenth and Mission streeis; open until § o'clock. 2518 Mission street; open until 9 o'clock. 116 Ninth street; open until 9 o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE : 608 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Rooms 31 and 82, 34 Park Row, New York City. DAVID M. FOLTZ, Special t. SDAY.. _JULY 22,1896 THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. PATRIOTISM, PROTECTION and PROSPERITY. FOR PRESIDENT— WILLIAM McKINLEY, of Ohio FOR VICF-PRESIDENT— GARRET A, HOBART, of New Jersey Bad as Clevelandism has been Bryanism wonld be worse. ‘We may count the Fifth District as safe for a Republican Congressman. Bryan Democracy in its last analysis is only Rainey Democracy with a larger pull, We hardly need a weather bureaun report to tell us it will be hot in St. Louis to- day. If Bryan has any more words to con jure with now is the time for him to use them. Once more we remind youn of your duty to register and to get your friends to regis- ter also. Consider what would be the condition of the American sailor if Sewall should ever get to be President. The cause of woman suffrage marches along and you will be left if you do not join the procession. The Democrats of the Fifth District have been true to the traditions of the party and made the usual blunder. The kind of reform Democracy will give the people 1s shown by the nomination for Congress 1n the Fifth District. A little while ago California was re- garded as a doubtful State, but that com- plexion of things is changing rapidly. The chances are Bryan will talk his fol- lowers into such a tired feeling they won’t have energy enough to go to the polls. Bryan will not object to Populists stay- ing in the middle of ibe road, provided they will lie down and let him walk over t.m. Joseph P. Kelly is hereby informed that Lis nomination by Lanigan and Rainey does not vindicate his record, but con- firms it. It takes goid Democracy a long time to make up its mind, but probably it has not yet succeeded in finding any mind to make up. Anti-Bryan Demoecracy in the Fast is not half so much needed for the welfare of the party as an anti-Rainey Democracy in California. Gorman is one Eastern Democrat who will stay with the Chicago ticket, but no Democratic organ in the West is adver- tising the fact. —— If the Democrats are to get any profit out of Sewall’s reputation, they will have to use it for foreign export and not for home consumption. This is going to be a year of victories for the American home; and the home incus- try, the home market and the home- keeper will all share in it. Every speech of McKinley appeals to the vatriotic instincts of the people, and that is the reason the response is always marked by ardor and enthusia: In the increased export of gold we see the first evidences of the monetary panic which Bryan and his Democracy are trying to force upon the country. It is more than probable that Kelly's nomination for Congress by the Democrats of the Fifth District was due to bis estab- lished reputation as a sack carrier, It is better ‘o have work for unemploved men and pay a little more for horue-made goods than to have foreign goods cheap while American labor goes a-begging. The Democratic bolt in California this year will be bigger than the crowd that doesn’t bolt. It will be the dog leaving the tail and not the tail dropping from the dog. The nearest Democracy can come to giv- ing the people a candidate who means business is to nominate s fellow who is reputed to have had experience in several kinds of jobs, okl 25 LR In the present condition of the fight against the funding bill no man should be elected to Congress from California who is not above suspicion. He must havea character as well as a platform. e There can be no question of the import- ance of this election to every business in- terest of the country, and therefore every business man should make it a part of his work to secure the success of the advance agent of prosperity. The Republican party is receiving a strong infusion of young blood, and it is safe to say that fully two-thirds of the young men who this year cast their first vote in a Presidential election will cast it +Jor McKinley and Hobart. 3 THE FARCE IN THE FIFTH The nomination for Congress made by the Democrats of the Fifth District and the circumstances under which it was made afford the people a fair illustration of the extent and quality of Democratic practices of reform. In no part of the Union has Democracy made a greater .{ pretense of overthrowinyg its own bosses nor given more vociferous pledges of purity and reform than in California. Yetin this case, with lungs still feeling the strain of their yells against Buckley, the Democrats have nominated for Congress a kid raised in the Buckley fold and tarred with the Buckley stick. { The Democrats of the Fifth District are | not wicked above other Democrats. The general quality of the party is the same the country over. With an occasional ex- ception here and there due to local causes the party convention in every Congres- sional district will be controlled by forces and influences not widely different from those which cominated at Redwood and the men nominated will measure about the same in character, ability, reputation | and experience as Joseph Kelly. It is worth while, therefore, to give attention to that nomination in order to know what manner of men are now Tunning the Democratic party. 1t is the claim, we believe, of Mr. Kelly's friends that thev nominated him for vin- dication. Mr. Kelly is reported to have himself told the convention that he de- sired to run in defense of his honor and #reputation, because in his last race he had | been charged with being ‘‘a corporation lawyer.” Our recollection is that he was charged with something quite different from any kind of legal practice, but as neither Lie nor his friends mentioned it we | may let it pass. Taking the statements as | made at Redwood it would seem that Mr. | Kelly and his friends are willing to wear all other charges made two years ago, but from that of being a lawyer employed by corporations they demand vindication and hope to get it by an appeal to the people. To this desire Rainey and Lavigan gave | their consent and Mr. Kelly will ask the | Democrats of the Fifth District to wash | his dirty linen for him and make him | clean again. | That is the way Democracy practices | politics in the face of some of the most | stupendous issues ever submitted to the arbitration of a popular vote. As a Nation we have to undertake the complex prob- | lem of adjusting the tariff for the protec- tion of American indusiry and providing a revenue for the Government ; we have to engage in the momentous task of readjust- ing the monetary standard upon which all business is based; we have to deal with many questions of foreign policy, not a few of which involve possibilities of war; and in addition to these National issues | we, of California, have to -confront in Con- gress a powerful lobby seeking to perpetu- ate a railroad monopoly that would | barass every inaustry and cinch every | enterprise of the State for fifty years to come. Instead of nominating as a candidate for Congress a man able to deal with these great issues, the Democrats of the Fifth | District ignore them all and flippantly ask | the people to vote for a mun to vindicate | him from the charge of being a lawyer | whom corporations occasionally think it worth while to employ. From this fact we can estimate the quality and degree of the political ideas of Lanigan and Rainey and the men who follow them. To such | men and indeed to most of those who con- trol Democracy in these days it would seem that polities is Jittle more than a circus where each individual rider desires to ride the trick mule and win applause. Every candidate of the party is clamoring | for vindication, gratification or glorifica- cation. Egotism dominates the whole crowd from Bryan to Kelly. They are turning the campaign into a farce which is ridiculous to common-sense and offen- ve to patriotism. It is not to be won- dered that decent Democrats are turning from their party with diseust and indig- nation. There are very few self-respecting men even among Democrats who wiil care in a campaign of such importance as this to devote their time to washing Mr. Kelly's dirty linen. WHO PAYS THE DUTIES? A free-trade contemporary putsa ques- [ tion to protectionists which it appears to | think they dare not attempt to answer. the consumer does not? And if the con- foreigner pays the duties?”’ jumps from or whatitis likely to light upon. use 1n the analysis of any economic prob- lem, and hence it is not surprising that the campaign cry of “Our people pay the duties that are collected under protection’ and ‘‘the nearer free trade the country gets the cheaper will the consumer get his supplies’’ should be heard in the land. The economic principle upon which the Republican varty’s demand for protection is based certainly does contemplate the payment of customsduties by theimporter and, we may say, the policy of the party has no other thought than that the tax upon goods and wares of foreign manufac- ture consumed in this country shall be paid by the manufacturer. The object of | & protective tariff is twofold. The first purpose is to afford such encouragement to home capital that it will feel justified in undertaking the work of transforming do- mestic raw materials into merchantable articles which in turn would operate to give continuous employment to home me- chanical skill and brawn at wages which shall leave a reasonable margin of profit wherewith to provide a home undaer indi- vidual ownership, and which would in turn again make the United States the leading manufacturing nation, as it is now the leading agricultural nation. The sec- ond purpose of a protective tariff is to oblige those foreigners who would com- pete with us in our own markets to paya tax for the privilege, 1f & duty were put upon tea, coffee, rub- ber or any other article of consumption which we do not produce in this country certainly our consumers would pay the tax, but the theory of the Republican tariff doctrine is that all articles of com- merce which cannot be produced to ad- vantage in this country should not be du- tiable and being on the fres list their cost to our consumers would be at the lowest point. On the other hand, as to articles we can manufacture from our raw material, such s iron, woolen goods, cotton tabrics and a multitude of other commodities, the Republican party wonld levya tax upon goods and wares of a like kind manufac- tured in ather countries. That is to say, importers of foreign-mele articles would have to pay a tax before they could enter our markets, and the tax would be so ad- justed that our industries could maintain the American scale of wages for our work- ing people and still leave them a profit on their investment. By that means goods and wares for home consumption would not be arbitrarily advanced, but good prices wonid have to be maintmned to bold the wage schedules gp-to w! The question is, “Who pays the duties if sumer pays them, how isit that you say the The| trouble with our contemporary is it jumps at con- clusions without looking to see where it But the doctrine of free trade is the enemy of logic and will not permit its operatives could have a margin of profit or surplus between income and expendi- ture. The introduction of foreign-made ar- ticles of consumption wouid not, under such & tariff, reduce domestic prices, but it would give the market the life of sharp competition, which, in tarn, would prevent the formation of ‘“‘corners” between mills and factories to advance values beyond what supply and demand would justify. Now, the free-trader would say, “‘But if there were no tariff would not prices for goods and wares be materially lower— down to the basis of what the foreign competitor would sell them for?"” Cer- tainly they would be cheaper under iree trade; but free trade would also close our mills and factories, stop the marketing of raw materials, close up the farmers’ mar- ket, throw the wage-earner out of employ- ment, send the capital engaged in indus- tries to safe-deposit vaults and turn our merchandise markets over to the foreigner. But be would not sell many goods, for our people would be idle and penniless. The Republican theory of protection is that Americans should be permitted. to develov the resources of their own country and reap all the benefits accruing there- from. REBUKE THEM. The gold reserve of the United States Treasury is now more than $10,000,000 be- low the legal requirement. On the day the Chicago convention adopted a sec- tional and repudiation platform the re- serve showed a healthy surplus, but im- mediately upon the adoption 9f that dec- laration money began to grow timid, and the run that is now being made upon the treasury is the first fruitsof the revolu- tionary purpose of the men who arein control of the Democratic party. Notonly are American securities held abroad com- ing bhome for redemntion, but our own people are beginning to rent boxes in safe deposit banks. Nor is this fear of ap- proaching danger confined to men of this or that political party or to capitalists. It is bemng felt throughout all the ways ot trade, traffic and investment. ~ But the Chizaeo platform and the utter- ances of Mr. Bryan are quite enough to make people everywhere wonder whither we are drifting. The people of the United States, or the thinking ones, had made up their minds that we were on the eve of re- vamping our monetary system upon the basis of bimetallic redemption monéy, and confidence was beginning to be restored in the channels of husiness. It was agreed that the plan set forth in the platform: of the Republican party would place the gold and the silver dollar side by side whither- soever America’s commerce might go, Foreign nations have seen and read the declaration of economic and monetary principles which the St. Louis convention had commissioned Mr. McKinley to estab- lish, and already the bimetallists in Eng- land and Germany had taken favorable action, But Mr. Bryan’s wild and unbusiness- like utcerances are alarming people. He deciares it to be his policy to utterly ig- nore the peopie in other countries with whom we sustain profitable credit and business relations, and cram his kind of silver down the throat of commerce by foree. It certainly is unfortunate that the business situation should be so disturbed, and it 1s still more unfortnnute that his threats should cause more than $10,000,000 to be drawn from the treasury in a fort- night. But the people should not be neea- lessly alarmed. Let them rally to the standard of McKinley, and by the moral force of such a rallying they would do much to restore confidence to the world of business. Bryan and his fallacious the- ories ywill be repudiated. There is no system of the country will be put upon a true bimetallic basis by the Republican party, and the best thing for the people to do meanwhile is to grow more and more determined that the country shall have protection and prosperity. That is thp way to rebuke the Altgelds and the Bry- ans, A GOOD KIND OF “"PARALYSIS" Bryan’s alleged platform has a good deal to say about the prosperity of the people being “locked fast in the paralysis of hard times,” and of course the Republican party and the demonetization of silver in 1873 are blamed for it all. Let us see how that is. In 1870 there was $1,700,000,000 invested in manufactutes, and in 1890 there was $6,200,000,000 invested in mills and factories, and the value of the output of these industrial enterprises in 1890 was considerably over $9,000,000,000 against $3,400,000,000 in 1870. In 1870 the total number of wage-earners employed in manufacturing concerns was 2,000,000 and in 1890 there were 4,500,000. These fizures show an increase which obtains in all lines of business since 1870, except that since the repeal of the tariff act of 1890 there has been an enormous shrinkage of values in all kinds of property, 1o say nothing of idleness en- forced upon hundreds of thousands of working people. There has been a good deal of “‘paralysis,” as Mr. Bryan’s plat- form says, and ‘“‘an indunstrial people’ are still “locked” in its deadly embrace, but there were not even symptoms of paralysis until in a thonghtless moment the people permitted Mr. Bryan's party to inaugurate a policy of industrial wreck and ruin. But, then, the makers of the Chicago platform started in toget as faras possible from the truth in ail things, and bring to- gether in one little group the most mon- strous falsehoods that could be cuiled from a “paralytic”” imagiration. It has always been the custom of the Democratic party to diverge widely from the truth in cam- paign times, but when it is remembered that the Chicago convention got its in- spiration from Altgeld, Tilman and repudiated politicians the spirit of the platform is not so much to be wondered at, JEFTERSON AND BIMETALLISM. Democratic free silver orators continue to harp on “the money of the constitu. tion” —meaning gold and silver—and de- mand that the white metal be reinstated at the ratio of 16 to 1. Either they do not know, or are playing upon the supposed credulity of their hearers, but anyway, the constitution does not name gold and sil- ver as money metals. It was not deemed adyisable in the |- act of 1792 to vcoin dollar pieces of gold, because they would be incon- veniently smali, but silver dollars were ordered minted on the basis of fif. teen times as much silyer to the dollar as there would be in a gold dollsr, were gold doliars minted. That is to say, the mane- tary unit, “the dollar,” contained enough silver to be the equivalent of one-fifteenth of its weight in gold, but the silver dollar, as such, was not made the monetary unit of value. Our system of coinage was adopted Ltecause it was belieyed that the decimal way of designating money, i. e, dollar, half-dollar, quarter-dollar, dime and half-dime, would prove to be very much more convenient than the pound, shilling aad pence system of Englana. Bimetallism was thus establishea and for convenience, gold coins called eagles, balt-eagios apd Quariercesgles were thorized. A few yearsafterward President Jefferson, upon discovering that the bul- lion price of the silver doilar had depre- ciated to about 97 cents, and that the shrinkage in value was driving gold from the country, ordered the mints to discon- tinue the coinage of silver dollars, and con- sequently, with the exception of 1000 silver- dollar pieces, not a silverdollar was coined bi%st.h mints between the years 1805 and 1 Mr, Jefferson was quick to discover that bimetallism could not be maintained by the United States independent of the com- mercial nations when either metal as bul- lion fell below its coin value. He readily saw that if the mints remained open to the free coinage of the white metal, inde- pendent of other commercial countries, this country would very soon be upon a silver monetary basis with the dollar representing two separate and distinct valnes. Mr. Jefferson did not believe that the parity of the metals could be maintained by merely issuing an edict that it should be maintained, and when the modern Demacrat tries to prove his insane vaga- ries by quoting from the founder of the Democratic party, he is either ignorant or dishonest. Undoubtedly, President Jef- ferson was a bimetallist, but he realized that commerce is very exacting in its de- mands, and that it will accept only money that stands for the same value every- where. Were Mr. Jefferson alive to-day there is no doubt at all that he would be found in accord with the Republican party’s plan to establish bimetallism, which is to call together all parties in in- terest and have them declare that a bimetallic monetary system shall prevail everywhere throughout the commercial world. — W. J. BRYAN AS A CITIZEN. CANDID ESTIMATE OF HiIs CHARACTER, QUALIFI- | John C. doubt ai all about that. The monetary | G. Th CATIONS AND EXECUTIVE CAPACITY. Omaha Bee. NEW YORK, July 15.—To Edward Rosewater, Editor of the Bee: Will you greatly oblige the World by telegraphing us a candid estimate of Mr. Bryan's ability, character and convictions on other political questions as well as silver? Apart from the silver issue, on which the World shares our views, what kind of an executive would Mr. ryan make? Did he take an active in the management of the World-Herald, and if 50, how was his influence exerted? As an editor and law- ces lie stand with respect to corpora- What sort of practice had he? What le- gal experience? Is he generally regarded in Omaba as a man of souna judgment® Please re- member that the East knows nothing about him and is exceedingly interésted. We would like to publish your dispateh signed. THE WORLD. OMAHA, July 16, 1896.—To the World, New York: Within the short space of one week William Jenniugs Brfan has emerged from comparative obscurity to find himself the sub- ject of National solicitude and international discussion and speculation. With his name on every tongue, his portrait in all the papers, and his movements and utterances given with minuteness to the country by Associated Press dispatches and special correspondents, Bryan hes suddenly loomed into the horizon as one of the two foremost figures in the great Na- tional drama that is about to be played on America’s politicel stage. The story of his early life, his academic training, apprentice- ship as & lawyer, his torensic triumphs in the schoolhouse and on the political rostrum, his career in Congress and intrusion into the arena of journalism' have furnished ma- terial for the people who absorb with avidity all that is said and written con- cerning the man who ugnvlled & great Na- tional convention with his elouuence and carried away the laurel crown for which the leaders had been striv- siready been published cong ¥ physical and mental make- up, his habits and his’ associstions, the pot\l- lar conception of the man is vegue, and the World is therefore well justifiea in asking me to supply some data for a true estimate of his ablilty, character and capacity for filling the high office to which he now Without pretending to have an intimate ac- quaintance with Mr. Bryan, my opportunities for gauging the man have been ampie. Meas- ured by the standard of men truly great, Wil- limmn Jennings Bryan will scarcely take rank with eminent political leaders of the Demo- cratic school such as were Steph2n A. Douglas, Breckinriage, Horatio Seymour, Allen G. Thurman, Thomas A. Hendricks, Samuel J. Randall, to say nmmn$ of Samuel J, Tilden, Thomas F. Bayard or David B. Hill. While gifted with oratorical powers of & high order, Brysn®lacks both depth and breadth. He isa popularizer of other men's ideas rather than an original thinker,and has a catchy way of presenting his subjects to an andience, He'is a consummate actor, whose forte lies in appeals to sentiment and emotion rather than in arguments and sound reasoning. He isa born agitator, who never hesitates to employ the weapons of the demagogue to make a Po““' ryan’s most vuloerable part is his ack of moral stamina and utterindifference to the maintenance of public integrity. While so far as I know his private character is unim- peachable, he has never raised his voice or used his pen in denunciation of flagrant abuses of public office or betrayal of publie trust, but, on the contrary, bas permitted the gmper of which he is ostensibly the responsible editor to glose over and defend embezzlements in public office, gross official negligence and cor- rupt coliusion with public plunderers, even where the offenders were foisted into office as Republicans. rom the professional standpoint Mr. Bryan may be considered a dismal 1ailure. His legal practice has never amounted to anything worth me: uomn{. His venture in the news. paper business has not been Te as serious in these parts. While he has been nominal editor of the Omahs World-Herald since September 1, 1894, he has in reality been & mere j?mrnnlipue figurehead. His name has been paraded at the head of the weekly edi- tion todraw free-silver delusionists, but was soon taken out of the daily and has not been replaced. Instead of devonng his time to the paper he has been traveling about the coun- iry live weeks out of six as the paid champton of the Bimetallic League. As 8 politician Bryan has displayad no or- niziug ability. He is a good stump speaker and an effective campaigner, but that isall, If he has any executive capacity it has not yet manifested itself. He has never held any ex- ecutive position and has never had an opfol‘ tunity to exercise any faculty he may gon bly possess in tnat direction. The best business men of Omaha, regardless of party, look upon him as & man of immature judgment, who would constitute an_extrahazardous risk as head of the National Goyernment. E. ROSEWATER. A HOMELY PHILOSOPHER. Don't know 1f the world is better Or geitin' a good deal wuss; But, winter or spring, I know one thing: It's & purty good world fer us! So trim up the roses, Mollie, That climb to the lips 0’ you— The violets sweet at the children's feer, An’ give me a rose or two. Don't know If the world is better— I'm ont o’ the tret an’ fuss, But I xinder think as 1 eat an’ drink, 1t's & purty good world fer us! S0 trim up the roses, Mollle, AD’ 100K (0 the violets blue; A:' m-ln the boy:. with their rompin’ noise, n’ give me tvo! X A Kiss o adta Constitution. NEWSPAFER PLEASANTRY. Lord Nocount (proudly)—I ¢sn trace my de- scent from William the Conqueror. Cynicus—You have been a long time on the downward path.—Truth. Mr. Skinflint—What; 40 cents for a little bit of & hair-cut? Tonsor—Yes, sir; shaving 15 cents, hair-cut is 40. Skinflint—Weli, then, snsve it off; warm weather's coming anyhow.—Judge. = “‘Scribbs won literary fame long before you a0 “Yes; no trick about that; he worked in a bank where he couid get liis postage stamps iree."—Chicago Record. Unmarried Sister—Do you think Jack's yacht Wwill be becalmed ? Married Do—I could tell you better if I knew what women were on board, my dear.—Pick. Me-Up. Mrs. Cumso—What have you dome to the pudding, Bridget? - Bridget—The brandy (hic) ye gave me to pour on it got losht, mem, so I ushed coal oil Won't it (hic) burn?—Town Topics. She—Do you remember, Jack, this day one Year ago you offered me your hand and beart PERSONAL. Judge R. McGarvey of Ukiah is at the Grand. Dr. Bush of Fortuna is at the Grand with his son. Dr. W. H. Davis of Detroit, Mich., is at the Grand. b T. Loul King of San Jose is registered at the California, H. E. Picket, mining man of Placerville, is &t the Lick. W. F. George, an attorney of Sacremento, is at the Grand. * Mrs. Gamble of ‘Modesto is a guestst the Cosmopolitan Hotel. J.W. Young, the banker, of Salt Lake City, is a guest at the Palace. $ Dr. Lay of Fresno is registered at the Russ with his wife and family. H. T. Unger, a farmer of Rio Vista, is regis- tered at the Cosmopolitan. G. Z. Akawo, & merchant of Japan, is regis- terec at the Cosmopolitan. Judge J. R. Webb of Fresno was one of yes- terday’s arrivals at the Lick. ‘William H, Coffin ot the United States Navy is at the Palace with his wife. Thomas Clark, a Placeryille mining man, is making a brief stop at the Grand. R. 8. Paine, a theatrical man of Connellsville, Pa., has apartments at the Grand. W. D. Tillotson, a mining man of Redding, is one of the recent arrivals at the Grand. T. R. Parker, superintendent of the gas works at Nape. is visiting at the Grand, W. C. Woolley, an insurance man of Santa Rosa, i3 at the Occidental on a brief visit. H. B. Goodman of Naps, son of the well- known banker, has a room at the Palace. The name of George Frinvell, & big rancher of Tehama, appears on the Palace register. A. C. Bingham, a Marysville rancher, regis- tered at the Palace last night with his wife. C. C. Ward, who has a butcher business and an orange orchard at Oroville, is at the Russ, R. Godfrey Broderick, a surgeon of the United States Navy, is among the California’s arrivals. M. C. Osborne, superintendent of the gas works at Banta Cruz, has & room at the Grand, S. W. Young,a hotel proprietor and land owner of Lovelock, Nev., is & guest at the Russ, B. S. Little, who owns a mine and some other real estate near Eureks, is a late arrival at the Russ. W. F. Prisk, editor and proprietor of the Grass Valley Union, is a guest at the Occi- dental. William H. Alford of Visalia, chairman of the Democratic State Committee, is at the California. L. F. Garrand, 8 member ot the United States Geologieal Survey, returned yesterday to the Occidental. Dr. A. M. Gardner, one of the officials of the Napa Insane Asylum, is making a short visit at the Lick. F. W. Street, a mine owner of Sonora, came to town yesterday for a short visit and regis- tered at the Lick. George L. Arnold of Los Angeles, 8 member of the State Board of Equalization, registered at the Lick last night. Dr. A. 1. Simons, who is interested in mines near Redding, took up his temporary residence at the Grand last night. M. M. Bernheim, & dry goods merchant of Modesto, is staying at the Lick during s brief business visit to this City. A H.S. Munroe, & mining man of Sonora, ar- rived at the Russ yesterday with two fine specimens of auriferous quartz. J. C. Stubbs, traffic manager of the Southern Pacific Railroad, went south yesterday to meet bis family, now on the way home. L. D. Robinson, 8 wealthy northern mining man, arrived from Portland yesterday and is registered at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. Heber C. Tilden and wife returned last night o their California-street residence after com- pleting a bridal trip to Southern Californis. Henry K. Hyde of Ware, Mass., arrived at the Oceidental last night, with his wife, They are on their way to Honolulu, on & pleasure trip. Major Geo C. Reid of the United S Marine Corps arrived at the Occidental yestes- day with his wife and son and registered from Washington, D, C. L. F. Moulton, who is one of the largest ranchers in the State, arrived at the Grand last night from Colusa, near which place he bas extensive acres. 8. W. De Witt of Washington, D. €., Commis- sioner of Indian depredation claims, returned to the Baldwin yesteraay from a business visit 10 the interior counties. H. J. Lewelling, the St. Helena lawyer, took apartments yesterday at the Lick with his wife and two children. He will remein In town during the warm weather. ; D. E. Knight of Marysville, general agent of the large woolen-millsat that place, newspaper proprietor and racehorse owner, returned to the Lick yesterday from one of his business trips. H. E. Adams, superintendent and one of the principal owners of the gas and electric light works at Stockton, is a guest at the Grand dur- ing the meeting of the Pacific Coast Gas Asso- ciation, now in session at the Palace Hotel. Ameong those registered at the Grand is A. B. Lemmon, the Santa Rosa journalist, delegate to the Republican Convention at St. Louis and member of the State Republican Executive Committee. Helsin town ou campaign busi- ness. Thomas H, McCune, & graduate of the Uni- versity of Dublin and of several English col- leges, arrived at the Baldwin yesterday. For several years be has been one of the two prin- cipals of the Santa Barbara Collegiate School, which has fitted a large number of students for college, but owing fo the recent desth of his partner, the school may be abandoned. Sho Nemoto, the Japanese Government agentsent to study the commercial situation along the Mexican, Centrsl American and South American coast, and J. Kuskado, his companion, who is going to Mexlco to consum- mate the purchase of 300,000 acres of land for the Japanese Colonization Society, will start for San Diego this morning, where they pur- pose to spend two days examining the possi- bilities of that port as a terminus for a Jap- anese steamship lihe. After that they will go on to the City of Mexico. B. Acosta, & wealthy coffec merchant of Tapachula, State of Chiapas, Mexico, arrived at the Occidental yesterday with hir wife and fumily, He left Tapachuls over two months ago for » visit in the City of Mexico, but peither at home nor In the capital dia he hear anything of the contemplated purchase by the Japanese Colonization Society of 300,000 acres of land in the State of Chispas. The cul- tivation of coffee is the principal industry in his particular part of the country, not because the soil will not produce other crops, but be- cause coffee pays best. Cattle and sugar are products next in importance. How the Batives will look upon a large colony of Jap- snese in their midst is & question not yet put. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK NEW YORK, N. Y. July 21.—At the St. Cloud—T. R. Kean; Continentai—M. P, Ham- mat, J. Chase; Broadway Central—8. Loven- thal, C. H. Worth, W. J. Shreve; Grand Union—W. R. Nieper; St. Denis—K. P. Put. nam; Cosmopolitan—W, Warner; Bartholdi— T. J. Emery; Park Avenue—H. A. Mallay; Everett—A. L. Younger and wife; Barratti— Migs Dickerson. J. L. Milton of Oskland left the St. Cloud to sail on the American liner st. Paul for Englan DEVELOPING THESUGAR INDUSTRY Philadeiphia Ledger. 1f Claus Spreckels can put in operation the grand scheme hais said to have developed to promote the beet-sugar industry he will con- fer a great benefit upon this country, which ‘will be in no wise diminished by the incidental profit to himself. He is reported as saying that before he started on his present yisit to Europe be mailed to every farmer in California & pamphlet urging him to grow sugar beets. Now. be is coming home with the intention of starting three or four factories, with a capacity of con: 6000 tons of beets daily. If he more sugar and I cruelly refused you. I—I have thought man sand betler ot it since. market themselves he will accomplish a great work. Itlooks like a simple &r:%umnn. but a sticking point will probably und in the subsidies paid to foreign sugar producers, which the American growers would have to do without. ROOM IN SAN JOAQUIN. Hantord Democrat. There is room in the San Joaquin for 3,000,- 000 people. The present population will hardly exceed 100,000. With the Valley Rail- road completed and in operation it can be con- fidently predicted that the population of the valley will more than double within two years. Hanford will secure her share of these &c‘nph only when the road passes through our Y. OPULENT NEWSPAPERS. In the assessment of taxes on real estate for 1896 by the New York Commissioner of Taxes and Assessments various newspaper buildings in New York appear at the following valua- tions: World, $950,000; Times, #775,000; Herald (new builaing), $600,000; Evenin Post. $550,000; Tribune, gwooo Mail anc Express, $500,000; Puck, $430,000; Staats- 00,000; Ameriean News Company, ,000." All'of these buildings are occupied either wholly or in part by the respective newspapers named. GENUINE BIMETALLISM. Tulare Register. Let it never be forgotten that the Repub- lican party of this Nation is not committed to the single gold standard as a preferred theory of money; that it stands now as it has ever stood for bimetallism, but that it believes that the only bimetallism possible is international bimetallisia and that independent free coinage Wwould not only not result in bimetallism but in a silver monomotallism, which nobody wants and which would yield all our gold up to Europe and postpone real bimetallism in- definitely. All Republicans are bimetallists and the existing standard is adhered to only until such time as true bimetallism can be ob- tained in the only way possible—by interna- tional sgreement. BRYAN'S “CROSS” AND “CROWN.” New York Evening Post. Mr. Bryan's oratorical powers are not marked by great versatility. It has been shown already that his speech which carried tne Chicago con- vention off its feet and made him the nominee for President was mainly one which he had de- livered a week earlier in a joint debate. He declaimed it in the convention as a sponta- neous burst of pure eloquence, but the body of it and the closing passage, with its crown of thorns and cross of gold, had been delivered only a few days before to another audience. Now it appears that even this first audience had it second hand, for he closed a speech de- livered before a committee of Congress on De- cember 22, 1894, in opposition to a bill ex- empting the notes of State banks from taxa- tion, as follows: I, for one, will not yield to the demand. I will not hslH 10 crucify mankind upon & cross of gold. I will not aid them to press down upon the bleeding brow of labor the crown of thorns.” Possibly this was not its first ng})eannce. Whenever the ‘Boz Orator of the Platte’ gets under the spell of his own eloquence tue crown of thorns and cross of gold roll irresistibly from his tongue. For an orator in his line of busi- ness the iwo figures are perfect. Nobody can tell what he means by them, but they are so- norous in delivery and have a Biblical flavor which gives them the aspect of true prophecy. When shouted forth by a man with waving hair and upturned eyes they sirike everybody Whois dissatisfied with the way the world is moving as the very soul of eloguence. LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE THE COLOMBIA. A PROPOSITION TO RAISE THE VESSEL AND PUT HER IN THE DRYDOCK. To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—SIr: I notice the graphic articles you have pub- lished in your valuable journal in regard to the wreck of the Colombia and the general conclusion that both the agent of the vessel and the newspaper press have come to—that she is & doomed vessel. There is no particular necessity of coming to that conclusion, as the vessel can be raised without much trouble by only knowing how to .go about it. Over twepty-five years ago, I came to California to raise a vessel, and the owners would do noth- ing themselves nor give me an opportunity to do anything with her, so there she lies till this day. For the last twenty-five years I have of- fered my services to ship-owners to assist them to raise wrecks, without success. The- first step I should take in raising the Colombia would be to put an artificial break- water to the ocean side of her, which would completely insulate her from the force of the waves, 50 that she would lie where she is without any harm for weeks. This wonld cost from $500 10 $750. 1 would then close up the rent in her bottom, which, by means of my patent marine patches and other original methods unknown to the wrecking fraternity, would inside of three weeks make her bottom perfectly watertight. There is RO reason what- ever why she should not be in the drydock in- side of five weeks from the time I commence operations upon her. Considering that this is midsummer and no great storms are likely to arise, it would be comparatively easy to raise the Colombis. All that is required is to have the necessary appli- ances and know how to use them. JONATHAX BEGG. Taylor's rench, Novato, July 20, 15896, GIRL'S CAPE. Capes are indispensable for the sudden changes that occur in the hottest season and for evening wear. Cloth is the fabric usually employed in mak- ing these pretty, comfortable and stylish wraps, Plain lady's cloth simply stitched st the edges with & bright lining for the hood is stylish, Mixed tweeds with plain silk lining for the hood make a serviceable garment, Brown serge with a plaid silk lining for the hood is youthful and pretty. Double-faced cloths are especially nice for these wraps, the hood thus displaying the con. trasting color of the other side. The cape is seamless and ap) 1 home dressmaker as & garment y made. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. BACK DATE—A.F. L N., Marshall, 8th of April, 1879, fell on a Tuesday. NONE AT MARE Is1AND—W. J. K., City. There fl)::::nl training school for boys at Mare Cal. Tpe AssESsMENTS—J. W, R,, City. The Assessor asserts that the valuation he on real this r-r isnot 40 hso TOper! 1o or T cen but :-r‘{n value of the |wo|nny.l‘e 5 FRACTIONAL CURRENCY—J. W. A., City. Frac- tional currency issued during the Civil War may be said to be still current, for it is re- deemed at the treasury, Practically 1t went out of existence when the Government called it in, in 1881, for the pur- pose of destroying the same. e du‘oflw. but as the lake is one sources of wate for the LCity, t Valley c'm’rny.m: .fn:' s therein. person d sttempt e ek periment agel. o T RV a north end of tha lake was g for the purpose of protecting the outlet }rsnsn? ‘:.Irle nrn'u rays.. The ?eudn: ozdmm chinery st Lake Merced was discontinued on the 11th of January, 1895. COSTELEY CASE—O. E., City. It isthe duty of the arresting officer or officers in cases in which he or they are complainant or complain- ants to appear in court to Erosecute the du_e. cused. Tge case of William °"°"¥ was dis- missed for want of prosecution. H:;l that case any one feels aggrieved because the ar- resting officers did not appear to rro:wcl:ne, th,: person can file scwmgl‘::x;gn:g: %:] 3 :Kiel:n before the Police Com: T pon the tris them with neglect of duty, all the facts will appe: PAPER MoNEY—H. E. F., City. The figures given herewith show the value of the several classes of issues of paper money of the United States that are still outstanding and the amount of each denomination. The state- ment was that made up to the close of 1895 : | *ROLLYNIRONHQ wiopod ; "§310N sareg patun jis DN ‘0681 30 023!031 ALauswaxy, SION AUH FLL TN ‘5278951130 PloD $918O11290 I0ATIS 018'898" LY6'616! ‘S2IWIPIUB) - Kousxmy eeemog tates notes it is estimated that as been destroyed an amount equal to 000,000, and the grand total outstanding $1,095,586,3 w Joined in the New Tea Rates. Notice was sent out yesterday by the South- ern Pacific Company that che following-named railroads have joined in the new railroad rates of $1 per 100 pounds in carloads and $1 50 per 100 pounds n less than carloads on tea and tea dust to Chicago and all points West: Union Pacific, Chicago and Northwest ern, Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Penl, Wae bash, Missouri Pacific, Chicago and Alton, Chicago, St. Paul, Minnespolis and Omsha, Chicago and Grand Trunk and Llinois Cen: tral. This leaves the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy s the only road not in tie new deal. Must Readvertise. At & meeting of the Harbor Commissioners yesterday afternoon bids were opened for the work of repairing Bryant street, in which Galloway, Townley & Co. are delinquent. There were a number of bids, but all of them were over the statutory limitation of $3000. Aec- cordingly the clerk was directed to readvertise for ten days. The smounts of the bids sub- mitted were not made known cxcept in two or three instances. ————— SorT Baby Cream 15c¢. Ib. Townsend's. * e £PECTAL Iniormation daily to manufacturers. business houses and public men by the Prasi Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * ————————— A young Indian girl of the Chippewa tribe was adopted when 3 years of age by & Michi- gan farmer for the sote purpose of satisfying his hobby that women, if properly trained, can run faster than men. She is now 19 years of age, weighs 117 pounds, and can outrun any man with whom she has ever raced. Cheap Excursion to St. Paul. The Shasta route and the Northern Pacific Rail- road has been selected as the official route to at- tend the National Encampment of the G. A. R. at St. Paul, o be held there September 3t05. The excursion will leave San Francisco and Saora- mento August 26 at 7 P.M. Hates $67 90 for the round trip. The above rate isopen to all who wish to make the trip East. ‘Send your name and ad- dress to T. K. Stateler, general agent, 638 Market treet, San Francisco, for sleeping-car reservations. —————— Are You Going East? The Atlsntic and Pacific Railroad—Sants Fa route—is the coolest and most comfortable sum- mer line, owing to its elevation and absence of alkall dust. Particularly adapted for the trans- portation of families because 0f its palace draw- ing-room and modern upholstered tourist sleeping- cars, which run dally through from Oskland to Chicago, leaving at a seasonsble hour and in charge of attentive conductors and porters. Tick- etoffice, 644 Market sireer, Chrenicle buflding. Telephone, Main 1581, e — “Mrs, Winslow’s Soothing Syrup"™ Has been used over50years by millions of mothery for thelr children whue Teething with perfect suc- cess. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allayy Pain, cures Wind Colic, reguiates the Bowels and isthe best remedy for Diarrhcess, whether arising from teething or other causes. Forsale by Drug- glsts In every part of the world. Be sure and asc for Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup. 250 & bogtie. CORONADO.—Atmosphers is pertectly dey, safs and mild, being entirely free from the mists com- mon further north. Round-trip tickets, by steam- ship, including fifteen days' board a: the Hosal dat $60; longer stay $350 perday, Appy #Dew Monigomery st.. San Francisco. - . - and effective remedy for in- dose of Aver's Pills. Try the Pills T meals enjoyable. —_——— On Waterloo day Emperor William for- warded to the British First Royal Dragoons, of which he was honorary colonel, & wreath with which to decorate the head of the staff of the regimental colors. The garland is composed of gelden laurel leaves, interwoven with flowers and fruits, and with a scarlet gold fringed ribbon attached. On ome end of the ribbon is the initial “W,” with a crown. digestion and make y o Good So liure A Beautiful Piece of Chinaware Given to Each Customer, (ireat Amsflcanflnurfin[ Tea Ga. MONE‘V'- SAVING STORES: Market Ninth 3345 Mission s, e Third st. 140 Sixth st. 2008 Fillmore st. 617 Kearny st. 965 Market st. 1419 Polk st. #M Mty T Nt g Market st. (Headquarters), S, F. g&%n. :::e.'r-n?n. 1353 Park st., Alameda.