The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 2, 1896, Page 22

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MaD-1874 BRANCH * OFFICES : 2 590 Montgomery street, corner Clay; open unll 9380 o'clock. s 339 Haiyes street; open untfl 9:30 o’clock. 718 Larkin street: open until 8:80 o'clock. EW. corner Sixteenth and’ Mission streets; -open dndil § o'clock. 3 2518 Mission street; open untll § o'cleck. 116 Nibth street; open until 8 o’clock. l OAKLAND OFFICE: 908 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Rooms-81 ‘and 82, 34 Park Row, New York CIty. DAVID M. FOLTZ, Special Agent. Telephone. LAUGUS' 2, 1896 | . THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. -PROTECTION and PROSPERITY. PATRIOTISM, : FOR PB;SIDENT—_ e . WILLIAM McKINLEY, of Obio FOR v1c_s;l;iu:sxbms'r— -+ GARRET A HOBART, of New Jersey 'FLECTION NOVEMBER 3,.1896. | —_— In thie hands of blunderers tke free coin- age of silver.would itself be a blunder. —_— £ Tax-shirking asa philanthropy ‘is the latest corporation fad, and 1£'s a daisy. . It.will be a‘long campaign, but when once fairly started it won’t stem long. Establish protection snd prosperity will follow and the return to bimetallism will then be easy. Don’t be too-severs on ‘you.r' Democratic neighvor. He didn’t know how badly his party -was loaded. - - It is iyueA~ths election of Bryan would | bring ‘on a panic, but all the same thege |, won’t be any panic g e Bimetall{sm-established by sound busi- ness methods will benefit the country, but " bimetallismférced on by fools would be ruib. v The Democratic attack on the Supreme Court’ may' not have been meant as an-_ archy, ‘but all anarchists are pleased. with it, -~ " 3 .There will be much’ panic taik" auring. the campaign, but no sensible man wilk| be: algruied.. McKinléy .is -sure to be elected. @ 5 We. are not getting any reports from | Cleveland’s fishing trip this summer, and it.seems ‘the oid man has become a back’| number. 7 . It “will be just as well to remember this summer that the American people are not fools and cousequently Bryan’scampaign is not dangereu: . A Democratie gold necessary to .save the country; but it-is necessaiy to'preserve the self-respect.of a good. many Democrats. 3 C———— The next monument tp a corporation vhilanthiopist will bear this inscription: | ‘‘Erected to % public benefactor who served the people by shirking taxes.” g Thé Republican cgmpaign has been fully ovened up.in the. East -from Maine to Wisconsin; and alogg with it has been opetied up the way fo prosperity. E There are .two things that will ne grow'in {bis'country, no.matter how oftei they are plante One is. class politics,. and the other is sectional politics. ~ The Democrat has® the satisfaction of knowing .that while a political licking in this campaigp mey- hurt' his feelines a . little it will give prosperity 1o his busihess. - Benator ‘Wolcott's lettér expresses the sentimentsof the great majority of West- ern .Republicans. We are for ftee silver, > but pot if We -have.to take Democracy’ with:it. - £ All the old veterans of the war will sup e ~port their comrade, McKinley, and the patriotic .youth of the land will march. with them, work with them and vote with them for the weliare of the Republic and the pregeryation of its honor. ° ¢ : Each returning day of rest duting the campaign should be devoted by reflecting . _ citizens to an earnest consideration of thre | : issues involved in the contest. ~ We made a bad mistake in the-elgction four years -ago. Let us not repeat it this year, The Los Angeles Times has issued_an. elaborate special edition under the title A" McKinlgy Number,” in which is pn lithed @ large amount of information con- | «erning the St. Louis conventisn, its nom- inees, the record of "the Republican patty and othér matters pertinent to the cam- -paign. The number Wil be found in-’ structive as well as interesting to voters, and deseryes a wide circilation, 1 The tgx-shirking corpdrations claim that * they. shirk taxes only that they may re- dice.the rate of public charges, but none of them. promise to fix-the rate of public . charges at a fair percentage of the vaiue of the assessment upon which they pay taxes. In other words they claim that tax-shirking is strictly philanthropy, and being so otight to be entirely voluntary as| to the. extent to which the philanthropy is carried. * The action of thc Republicans of the ‘Fifth District virtually assures the suce cess of the party there, Claus Spreckels for Presidential elector will strengthen the ticket throughout the State, for he is knowh to be one of che men who has done * most to develop its resources and provide work and wages for industrious men; while the selection of Mr. Loud for Con- gress was wisely made, as he has been a faitbful and able Representative In the past and proven himself in every way worthy of ihe cenfidence and the honor of the . .| ger travel. <| that to tax a corporation is to tax itself, THE FIFTH DISTRIQT. The action taken by the Republican Convention of the Fifth Congressional District will be read with gratification by Republicans in ali parts of California. The nomination of Claus Bpreckels for Presidential elector will strengthen the ticket all over the State, while the nomi- nation of Mr. Loud for Congress sssures to the people of the district the continued service at Washington of a representative who takes rank among the foremost of the younger leaders of the House and has there a prestige and an influence which will be of great value to the State. It is significant of the importance of this campaign to the business interests of the community that a man like Mr. Spreckels accepts a part in the contest as a candi- date for Presidential elector. Mr. Spreck- els has no time to expend 1n seeking idle honors. His energies ars occupied in the conduct of great industrial affairs, and he would not devote any of them to politics | were not the issues of the campaign so momentous as to make it imperative that every man of business and every good citizen should do all in his power to save the people and the Republic from the con- sequences that would be sure to follow from the success of the Democratic party and the election of Bryan on the Chicago platform. % As Mr. Spreckels is at this time the foremost promoter of the industries af California it is most appropriate that he should take a leading place in the contest for patriotism, protection and prosperity. Every workingman in California knows that Mr. Spreckels is employing his eapital and his energies to make work and wages for the unemployed. Every farmer knows that he is devoting himself largely to the important work of developing the sugar industry of the State that will give profits to farmers as well as wages for working- men. Every producer of the 8an Joaquin and every shipper of freight to or from that valley knows what he is doing to break down the power of the monopoly and to make transportation freer for the benefit of all. His record asa promoter of mdustry, as well as his reputation for business sagacity and stainless integrity, will enable him to exert a powerful influ- ence during the election, and he renders an important service to both the State and the Nation in exerting that influence on the side of financial honor and industrial prosperity. Mr. Loud obtained his renomination by virtue of the fidelity and the ability with which he has served his constituents. Elected for his first term against so stroug and popular a Democrat as General Clunie, Mr. Loud has strengthoned his hold on the minds and hearts of his constituents year after year uniil he is to-day the strongest candidate that could have been possibly nominated in that district. His ‘re-election may be safely regarded as a foregone conclusion, as the voters of the Fifth are too intelligent to throw aside the service of a well-tried representative for the purpose of electing such a man as the Democrats have nominated against him. 1t is no exaggeration to say that all Cal- ifornia is interested in Mr. Loud’s re-elec- tion. He has now risen in Congress to a position which entitles him to the chair- .manship of an important committee, and was appointed to such a chairmanship in this Congress by Speaker Reed. He has therefore influence enouzh to be-helpful ‘to the whole State, whereas a new man could hardly do much even for his own district. The people of the Fifth wil§ not .| overlook that fact, and we count on Mr. Loud’s re-election by a majority that his friends may be proud of. ‘_I;AX-SHIBK_ING SOPHIRTRY. . The tax-shirking corporations urge in defense of their shirging that if they pay their full taxes they will have to raise the raté of their puolic charges. To increase | the nssessment of the water company for taxition we are told is in fact to increase the water rates that the people must pay. To increase the assessment of the railway company is to increase the fares of passen- In short the public is assured and therefore- the corporation that shirks taxes is a public benefactor and a tree philanthropist. To this amusing sophistry the answer is easy., We say to.the water company: Fix your property valuation as you please, either at $23,000,000 as you say it is worth when fixing water. rates, or $3,000,000 as you.say it is when taxes are laid. If yon hold to the first amount and pay taxes on that sum, then the rate of the general tax levy can be lowered and the people be better able to pay the water rates. If you hold to ‘the lower valuation, then indeed ‘your taxes Will be less and those of the people higher, but at the same time the water.rates will be less, and the people - ‘will be better ‘able’to pay taxes. There is another answer to the sophis- ¢ry. 1f. the exemption of corporations .from taxes will enable them to reduce their public charges, so also will. the ex- emption ef the people from taxes enable them to patronize the corporations more liberally.. It'will be seen then that every individual tax-shirker is a benefactor of corporations. In fact it might be as well argued that the whole burden of munici- ‘pal taxation should be 1mposed on corpo- rations and the .people left untaxed, so that they wculd have more money to spénd on water, gas and streetcar fares for the benefit of the philanthropists who own them, Sophistry is a very pretty trick in the way of argurnent, but unless presented with sufficient brilliancy to dazzle, it de- ceives nobody. The corporations are not brilliant, They have ‘ presented their sophism bare and bald without even a literary cleverness, much less a logical dexterity, and their weakness in argu- ment is seen as clearly as their impudence in asserting a right to fix water rates on a valuation of $23,000,000 of property, while denying-the right of the City to tax them on: $3,000,000. REMOVE THE OAURE, Not a few people believe that if the Goy- ernment would increase the coinage of the .metals and issue a large volume of paper money times would necessarily be good, but they are mistaken. If the Govern- ment were to incréase the circulating money medium ten times over it would not be felt at all in-basiness circles unless “there was something to call it into circula- tion. Itis not the purpose of the Govern. ment to coin or print money to give awa; There is complaint everywhere that the banks of the country are overloaded with idle money. If that be true, it is the fault {of the business and not the fault of the money-making department of the Govern- ment. There is no money stringency, There is plenty of it all over the country, but there 1s no occupation for it. It the per capita money of the country were $500 it would do the farmer no good if be had nothing to sell for money, nor would the workingman be a whit better off if he could not sell his labor; and yet farmers and workingmen, or some of them, profess to believe that if the mints were open to silver coinage and the presses were printing greenbacks they would see people. i streams of money coming their way; but 1 : THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, AUGUST 2, 1896 _— it would do them no gooa if there were thousands of millions of dollars unless the workingman had work, so that he might earn money to buy the farmer's produce. It is the business of tha country, and not vgtacks of money,’” that makes times good. Money does not go into circulation unless there is something for it to do. Money does not seek the pocket of the idle workingman, nor does it hunt for the farmer unless he not only has something to sell, but has a customer who is willing to buy. There is enough money in this country todo eeverai times the present volume of business, but business refuses to swell its volnme so as to give money a chance to circulate. For nearly three years busi- ness has had no confidence in itself and money knowing that is in hiding. If the handicap which the Cleveland adminis- tration put upon our industries and com- merce were removed money would come from its hiding to pay for raw material and ‘wages, which in turn wotlld create a de- mand for the produce of the farmer and the goods and wares of the merchant. It is business, therefore, and not the Gov- ernment that puts money in circulation, and if the peopie want more money in circulation let them remove the ob- structions which Democratic imbecility has put in the highways of business opera- tions. There is money enough for the present, but anyway it would matter not how much money the Government might coin and print, it would nevsr reach the pockets of the people, except through the channels of trade and traffic. =o————— GOLD, SILVER, MONEY. A Populist orator asserted in the Mis- souri State Convention the other day that “The Government fixes the value of gold by making 22.23 grains of fine metal equal adollar. If thé Government can do that it can make a silver dollar by legislation.” The trouble with our Populist friend is that he 18 ignorant. The Government of the United States does not fix the value of gold by asserting that a given number of grains are a dollar. The grains in a dollar are put there by international commerce and were our Populist orator to meita gold dollar and take the lump.to the mint of any nation he would get the equivalent of an American gold dollar, less a smull charge for coinage. The stamp ofa nation upon gold coin is to certify to its fineness and not its quantity. If 371.25 grains of pure silver, that is, an American silver dollar, were melted the lump would e worth 54 cents and no more at the mint of this or any other nation. Mr. Bryan and his Popocrat following say that an act of Congress would close the gap in value between 54 cents and 100 cents, which is the difference in the value of 371.25 grains of fine silver in bullion and in an American dollar, but they do not explain how they are going to make the people of other ndtions accept such dollars in payment for commodities pur- chased by us. The reason why 371.25 grains of pure sil- ver in the form of an American dollar is the equivalent of 22.23 grains of pure gold, eitherin coin or bullion, is because the faith, the integrity and the moral sense of the Government are pledged to main- tain silver dollars—not silver bullion—at par with gold, but were the issue of silver and paper dollars unlimited the Govern- ment could not carry out its pledge. The Republican party’s plan to close the gap between silver and gold is to bring the nations with whom we do business to- gether and enter into an agreement—a mutual agreement—that silver dollars or bullion shall be held in like esteem with gold dollars or bullion, and that either one or both shall be accepted in the set- tlement of balances. The Republican party does not believe that the American Congress has the right or the power to establish a monetary system as the basis of trade relations with other countries without consulting them, nor does it be- lieve we could maintain trade relations with other countries without an interna- tional monetary system. We have a sys- tem now which makes 22.23 grains of fine gold the unit of value and the dollar of final redemption, but it is desirable that the value of redemption or balance zettle- ment money be increased by an amount equal to the production of silver, and the Republican party is pledged to accomplish it by a cenference with the nations in in- terest. WAGES AND PRICES. The desire of the heart and the burden of the song of the Popocrat is to better the condition of the ‘‘common people” or “‘the masses,” but he does not make it quite clear whom he means by “common people’’ or by “the masses.” Btrictly speaking, we are a Nation of *common people,” if titles of nobility are evidence of supe- riority. Nobility of character and daig- nity of labor are the basis of our social and polineal life, but they are attributes of lofty manhoed and cannot be conferred by edict. Moreover, we are a Nation of capitalists, and every capitalist is a sov- ereign. It must be, then, that the Popo- crats mean to better the condition of all the people and not & particular class, but do they mean the people generally when ‘they talk about the ‘‘common veople’’ ? Certainly not. They mean workingmen— a class of citizens or sovereigns whom a plutocracic class are said to be trying to ensiave. Assuming that we have a plutocratic class that is bent upon making industrial slaves of the common people, are they likely to succeed when there could not be more than one “plutograt’ to ninety-nine ‘“‘common people?”’ But it is the wage. earners that the Popocrats are so solicitous about, and it is for their great, glorious and eterual good that they would -open the mints of the Nation to the free and unlimited coinage of silver without any safegnards whatever. Without stopping to inquire to what extent these Popocrat orators are moved to champion the cause of labor by the hope of office, we would ask them how laboris to be benefited by their monetary theories? It would not be benefited at all, but it would be greatly damaged. The workingman’s capital is his mechanical skill, brain ana muscle. He employs his capital and his wages are his interest, and his interest money re- munerates his capital exactly in ratio to its purchase power in the market where he buys his supplies. Now, the workingman buys everythi: g he uses. He produces nothing whatever for himself but his wages. And not only 80, but he is a creditor man. The moment he begins to employ his skill or muscle on Monday morning, he becomes his em- ployer’s creditor, and the debt increases every hour until payday comes when the account is settled. But the Populisis tell bim that if the mints were open 1o the free coinage of silver, independent of the labor that produces very many of his supplies, and which buys much of his employsr's product, his wages would be higher. Let that be granted, but would. pot his sup- plies advance in price too? Would not everything he buys cost more? And does the industrial or commercial worla give any account of wages ever rising higher than commodity price? On the contrary, there is not a line of history that does not prove that advances in wages are never in p?porfion to the advance in labor’s sup- plies. The history of labor and prices is that prices move up quickly and often violently, whereas wages are the last to advance and the first to decline. What the *‘common people’” and ‘‘the masses” require is a circulating money medium that is free from value fluctua- tion. When the workingman goes to work on Monday morning and credits his em- ployer until payday he wants to know that he wiil be paid in dollars whose stability is as firm as the everlasting hills. The monetary system of this country makes all forms of money interchangeable on their own merit, but their merit is ob- tained from their ability to exchange themselves for a standard of money which is recognized everywhere as possessing full redemption power whether in the form of money or as a merchantable com- modity. SENATOR WOLCOTT'S ADVIOE Senator Wolcott's open letter to the people of Colorado is a manly proclama- tion of a manly man. He does not pre- tend to believe or say that the Republican party’s platform goes far enough in the direction of establishing bimetallism in the United States, but he realizes that whatever legislation is required to re- monetize silver and to improve the con- dition of the business intetests of the country must come from a Republican administration. Senato: Wolcott honestiy believes the Republican party could bring about bimetallism in this country inde- pendent of other nations, but he does not believe the Democratic party could do it under any circumstances, and hence it is better to first attempt international bi- metallism than to prejudice the cause of bimetallism by intrusting it to the Democ- racy. In every attempt at economic and financial legisiation the Democracy has failed utterly thus far, and that, too, when its ablest men were at the helm. It cer- tainly follows then that the inexperienced and visionary men of the party would commit even greater blunders. Senator Wolcott believes that the silver declaration of the Chicago platform is in line with what this country shoulé do, but as every other plank is hostile to our system of government he feels it to be the wiser course to work for bimetaliism on the plan proposed by the Republican purty than to take any chances of letting Altgeldism prevail. Mr. Wolcott, like thousands of other Republicans, knows that the silver question is not the only is- sue before the country,and he does not hesitate tosay that even conld bimetal- lism be secured under s Democratic ad- ministration it would avail the country nothing because of the most hurtful legis- lation in other directions that would be sure to follow. Bimetallism is preatly to be desired, Senator Wolcott thinks, but it is not to be desired in company with communistic legislation and the degradation of the Federal Supreme Court. We wanrt bimet- allism, the Colorado Senator believes, but we do not wantit at the expense of the basic principles of the Government. Sen- ator Wolcott urges the people of his State to consider whethet it is better to have bimetalhsm by international agreement and preserve the honor, the dignity, yes, the very constitution of the Government, or to aceept the Democracy with an un- limited amount of fiat irredeemable paper money, ownership of the railways and telegraphs and a swamped Supreme Court that is pledged in advance to interpret the constitution and the laws in .accordance with the wild and reckless thoories of Alugeld of Illinois and Tilfman of South Carolina. Senator Wolcctt is a patriot and a citizen, who puts the safety of the country above every other consideration. PERSONAL. Dr. C. H. McCann of Banta Crnz is at the Grand. General Robert M. Clark of Carson, Nev., 158 guest at the Palace. Mrs. and Miss Capps of Oakdale are at the Cosmopolitan Hotei. i D. P. Pierce, a mining man from Big Canyon, is staying at the Grand. Superior Judge John F. Ellison of Red Bluff has a room at the Grand. ‘W. Ferstner, a mining man from New York, is & guest at the Baldwin. o J. T. Bill will return from his summer vaca- tion the middle of August. Charles Rule, a stock-raiser of Duncan’s Mills, is one of the Grand’s guests. John A. Stewart, a merchant of Silver, Or., is & late arrival at the Palace. ¥. Hitchens, a mining man of Mexico, is reg- istered at the Cosmopolitan. P. Musto, a Stockton merchant, i8 among those registered at the Grand. E. H, McClevey, an attorney of New York City, is registered at the Palace. 8. 8. Shutt, a capitalist of Fort Wayne, Ind., is & guest at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. 8. W. Austin, Superintendent of Schools of Inyo County, is a guest at the Occidental. Mrs. J. Naffzigger, wife of Judge Naffzigger of Merced, is & guestat the Cosmopolitan Ho- tel. W. W. Douglass ot Sacramento, Deputy State Controller, is one of the latest arrivals at the Grand. Thomas V. Cator, delegate to the Populist convention, returned here last night and is at the California. Brad Barner, a mining expert of London, re- turned to the Grand last night after a visit to the mining districts. 8. N. Byekel of New York, expert, travel- ing through the towns of Californis, regis- tered at the Baldwin yesterday. Among the latest arrivals at the Cosmopoli- tan Hotel are Mrs. J. Nash, C, 3. Nash and C. E. Nash, prominent residents of Portland, Ore. Buperintendent Daggett of the United States Mint in this City returned yesterday from a visit to his home in the northern part of the State. George D. Moore, a merchant of San Antonio, Tex., & Republican and an old resident ot Tows, arrived at the Grand yesterday, on his Way 1o Australia, where he thinks of engaging in mercantile business if prospects warrant. W. H. Gaskill of Meadville, Pa., a delegate to the recent Democratie Nationsl Convention at Chicago, and the editor and proprietor of the Messenger, & weekly paper published in Mead- ville, arrived at the Palace yesterday evening with his wife. Ephraim Sells of Columbus, Ohio, one of the three brothers known to circus-goers, is at the Baldwin. Hesays that Kansas City and San Francisco are the best show towns in America, and after them come Denver, St. Paul and Minneapolis. The circus will be here from September 3 to 13. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N.Y., Aug. L.—At the West- minster—Mrs. F. G, Sanborn, Miss J. L. Stone; Belvidere—S, Baden, A. Friedman, J, Meyer- field and wife, L. Schwarz and child; Everett— J. Meyerfield; St. Denis—J. J. Wutner, W. H. Swnley; Murray Hill—Mrs.'L: Thorn; Hoff- man—P. C. NEWSPAFER PLEASANTRY. *-James—What is the two-thirds rule? Samuels—At my house it means the rule of my wife and boy. And 1t goes.—Indianapo- lis Journal. Laura—I am surprised to hear you are not going down to the sesshore this summer. How’s that? Lulu—Oh, I don’t have to go this summer. I'm aiready engaged to be married.—Yonkers Gazette. “Iguess I had better give these biscuits to the first tramp that -u?x- nk;: said Mrs Hunnimune, with pathetic candor. “No,” exclaimed her husband, nervously, “don’t do that. He might throw them atthe ."'—Washington Star. “Tolliver is running as an independent can- didate, I hear.” “Perfectly independent. Nobody is support- ing him but himself.”—Cincinnati Enquirer. 0Osgood—1 guess Mathews intends to run for office this year. > Wawman—What makes you think so? 0sgood—He’s removed the fenge from around his beautiful lawn.—Cleveland Leader. I like the old, old-fashioned songs,” re- marked the man with the bored look and an ungenial squint. “Why is that?” “Nobody sings them.”—Washington Star. Mr. Newlywed (suspiciously)—Who is that old gent who appears to take such an interest in you? 5. Newlywed—Oh, he is only the lawyer who attends to my divorce business.—Texas Bifter. *Isn’t it sweet, Tom, dear,” she said, 'si tting here in the moonlight listening 10 the crickets and the tree toads?” - 2 “Humph” retorted Tom. ‘“Thosearen’t us'a toads and crickets, It's the trolley.”—Harper's Bazar. WOMAN SUFFRAGE MUST BE NON.PARTISAN. , July 81.—The different wobian suntage. Commiiices ot Southern Callfor- mia. it Is understood. are planuing to do some very effeciive caupaign work in behaltof the eleventh amendment by forming alifed women's clubs to ihe old parties. Lo pian, it is argued, will be pers fectly cousistent, owlng to_ the fict thaithe Re- publicans, Popullats apd Prohibitionists all put & woman-suffrage plunk in their State platforms, and that while the Lemocracy refused this, many of the delegates from tbis énd of the State favored it and are s:anch supporters of the movement. It is congidered “50o0a polities” to work in connec- tion with justesd of independent of the presentor- ganized political parties. The plan of action proposed in the above item from Los Angeles in yesterday's CALL would be most disastrons 1o the woman’s sui- frage amendment. Every one must see that for a part of the suffrage women to thus ally themselves with the Republican party, another portion with the Demooratic party, another with the Populist, another with the Prohibi- tion, another with the Nationalist, and yet another with the Socialist Labor party, would be to divide and ditract public thought from women a8 suffragists to women as Republi- cans, Populists, etc. To do this may be “good politics,” for the aifferent political parties, but it would surely be very “bad politics” for amendment No. XI. Itdoesn’t need a prophet to see that “allied clubs to the old parties” will turn the thought of the women themselves to proselyting for members to their respective political party clubs instead of each and every one holding herself non-partisan, or better all-partisan, pleading with every man of every party tostamp “yes” at amendment No. XI, not for the purpose of insuring success to his perty ut the coming election, or to win the good wili of the women of the State for future partisan ends, but instead, pleading with every one to thus vote that he may help to se- cure to all the women of California who can “read the constitution in the English lan- guage” their citizen’s right to vote to help the political party of their choice in all elections in the good times to come. Of course each of theé political parties, old and new, would be glad oi the help of the women throughout this fall campaign, but who can fail to see that the women who should join one slliance would thereby lose their influence with the men of each of the other parties. They would at once be adjudged partisans, working for the interest oi the party with which or to which they were aliied. Women of Californis, you canmot keep the good will and win the gcod votes of all the good men of all the good parties of the State by allying yourselves with one or the other or all of them! You muststand as disfranchised eitizens — outlaws — shut out of ‘‘the body politic,” humble suppliants, veriest beggars at the feet of all men of all parties alike. The vote of the humblest man of the humblest party isof equal value to that of the proudest millionaire of the largest party. And every woman must see that if a vast majority of the women of the State should, under the Los An- geles plan, ally themselves to either one of the parties, the men of all the others might well take alarm lest their party’s chances of success would be vastly lessened if women were allowed to vote and 80, from mere party interest, be influenced to stamp “no” at emendment No. XI. It is very clear to every student of polities that what is *“good poiitics” for political parties is “mighty poor politics” for & reform measure dependent upon the votes of the members of all parties. It will be time enough for the women of California to enroll them- selves @s Republicans, Democrats, Populists, etc,, after they have the right to vote secured to them by theelimination of the word *‘male” from the suffrage clause of the constitution. And to work most efficiently to ges the right t0 become & voting member of one or another of the parties of the State women must now hold themselves aloof from affiliation with each ana all of them. g The State Suffrage Campaign Committee has settled upon a wise plan of campaign, and the women of every county should adyise with it, by letter or by calling at the headquarters, 564 Emporium building, this City. A good plan well executed is sure to bring victory. To thisend it is to be hoped that the women of every one of the fifty-seven counties will hold themselives all-partisan and act in har- mony with the State Central Committee. SUSAN B. ANTHONY. San Francisco, August 1. ONLY A TAIL. Fresno Republican. I wail you, my children, the sorrowful wail Ot a patty consisiing of only & tatl. I don't need a head,” 50 it said with a wink, hing with which citizens think, If I don’i try to think, why, of course 1 won't fall;’ Bald this party consisting of only a tail, “A party consistiug of only a tail 8aould flop it, you know, and never should fall, For the use of the tali of the nvarags Pop, As every one knows, is merely to lop. A caputless caudal should flop to and fro Till It 1ands in the camp where the Democry 1f I had a thinker some day it might fail," Said this party consisting of only a tail. PARAGRAPHS A.OUT PEOPLE. Louisiana is the fifth State to make January 18, General Robert E. Lee’s birthday, a public holiday. James R. Atwater, who has just been elected Mayor ot Thomaston, Me., is only 23 years old. Ex-Governor Osborne of Wyoming is a thor- ough athlete. He rides horseback and indulges in all outdoor sports. Count Lou Tolstoi, 4 son of the Russian nov- elist, was recently married at Stoekholm to Miss Dora Westeriuad. Queen Victoria owns & dress manufacturea from spiders’ webs, It was s present from the late Empress of Brazil. Mrs. Watson, mother of the poet, William Watson, died recently in England in the seven. ty-third year of her age. Lady Londonderry’s yacht, which has just been completed, will probably be the must beautiful one in the world. Bince the opening of Carlyle’s house, Chel- ats go. sea, on July 21, 1ast year, it has been entered | 8 by 4400 people. The exhibit of memorials has “proved very attractive and will be continted. throughout the summer. " It is announced that M. Jules Lemaitre is about to resign his post as dramatic critie of the Paris Journal des Debats because he has'| found that his weekly article made too many demends on his time, which he intends to de- | vote to original and ereative work, - Massachusetts elects its Governors annually, but itis the practice to elect the same incum- bent to two or three successive terms. There have been twenty-one different executives in the last fifty yedrs. Of these thereare now only four suryivors, they being George 8. Boutwell, ‘who held the office from 1851 to 1853; Wil liam Claflin, who served 1869 to 1872; John D. Long, who was Governor from 1880 to 1883, and John Q. A, Brackett, who served in 1890 and 1891, Boutwell and Claflin are now each 'Hawaii are tranquil 78 years of age, and Mr. Long is 58 and Mr. Brackett 54, ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Arrarra—H, W,, City. Alfalia grows in Eogland and in Europe, and has grown there for years. TUBERCULOSIS—"‘Query,” City. When cows are killed by order of the Health Department because they are affected with tuberculosis the animals are, after death, cut into pieces and the pieces saturated with coal oil, and in that way rendered unfit for human food. The carcasses are then turned over to & fertilizer company for final disposition. BeLeruM—H, W., City. In Belgium the lan- guages spoken are Freach, Walloon (a dialect of the ancient French) and Flemish or Dutch. Some German is also spoken. French isthe language of the upper and educated classes and is generally understood even in the Flemish part of the kingdom. The kingdom of Belgtum formed {tself into an independant state in 1830, baving previously been a part of the Netherlands, The secession was decreed on October 4, 1830, by a provisional govern- ment established in consequence of a revolu- tion which broke out at Brussels on August 25, 1880. According to the constitution of 1831 Belgium is ‘“‘a constitutional representative and hereditary monarchy.” The legislative ower is vested in the King, the Senateaad hamber of Representatives. By the treaty of London, November 15, 1831, the neutrality of Belgium was guaranteed by Austria, Russia, Great Britain and Prussia. It was not untii after the signing of the treaty of London, April 19, 1839, which established peace between King Leopold I and the sovereign of the Netherlands, that all the states of Europe recognized the kingdom of Belgium, PAY IN THE NavY—P. 8, Santa Cruz, Cal The pay of enlisted men in the navy of the United States is as follows: Chief petty officers—Chief masters-at-arms, $65; chief boatswains’ mates, $50; chief gun- ners’ mates, $50; chief quartermasters, $50; chief machinists, $70; chief carpenters’ mates, $50; yoemen, $60; apothecaries, $60; band- masters, $52. Petty officers, first class—Masters-at-arms, boatswains’ mates, gunners’ mates and quar- termasters (all first class), schoolmasters, $40 each; machinists, first class, $55; boiler-mak- ers, $60; coppersmiths, $50; blac 1ths, $50; ' sailmakers’ mates, carpenters’ mates (first class), water-ienders, $40 each; first musicians, $36; writers, first class, $40. Petty officers, second class—Masters-at-arms, boatswains' mates, gunners’ mates and quar- termasters, $35 each; machinists, second class, $40; oile $37 arrenters’ mates, $35; printers, £35; writers, $35. Petty officers, thira class—Masters-at-arms, coxswains, gunners’ mates, quartermasters, carpenters’ mates, painters, writers, §30 eacn. Seamen, first class—Seamen guuners, $26; seamen, $24; apprentices, $21; firemen, $35. Seamen, second class—Ordinary seamen, $19; apprentices, $15; firemen, $£30: ships wrl{hu. $25; sailmakers, $25; musicians, $30; buglers, $30. Seamen, third class—Landsmen, $16; lg' prentices, $9; coalpassers, $2! aymen, $18. TWO POPULAR SLEEVES. While there is no doubt but that sleeves are to be tight on the forearm for all fall costumes; yet the comfortable Bishop sleeve is always in style for shirt waists, house gowns, ete. Thne Bishop sleeve is one of the most popular for round waists, whether of silk, woolen or cotton fabrics. It is a distinctive featare ot this summer. An old waist remodeled by a 8 pair of new sleeves will be unrecognizable, and itis & simple matter to make & pair of sleeves, and needs no knowledge of dressmak- ing, thus meaking an opportunity for any woman to have au extra waist if a well-fitting podice be leit of last season’s wardrobe. A black, brown or blye, or, in fact, any plain waist, may be made stylish and useful by making sleeves of plaid. Add a collar and belt of the plaid and the waist is done. A plain fold of the plaid down the center front may be added, or a strip laid over each shouider seam ending in s point over the sleeve. Sleeves of chiffon in a silk or satin bodice make a dressy waist. A handsome bodice of silk or satin may be made to do admirable eervice by adding sleeves of printed velvet, or of the checked or striped velyeteens. The upper sieeve shown in the {1lustration is the melon-sleeve. 1t is principally popuiar for evening and house wear. It is cut in sec- tions, and over the seams joining these 1s laid anarrow jet or gimp trimming. A laceis used Ir?;xhl.he narrowest to four or five inches in widt OUTSIDE TH: HEADS. Passengers on a Pleasant Outing Pass Graceful Resolutions. The following seli-explanatory resolu- tion was yesterday adopted on board the tug Vigilant: WHEREAS, We the undersigned desire to e: gresn to Captain D. H. Rivers of the ship A. G. opes our appreciation of his kindness in pro- viding this excursion outside the Heads, a trip ‘we have long desired to make and which we have glrenl enjoyed; therefbre be it Resolved, That we tender to him & unanimous and hearty vote of thanks for bis generous action, which has made possible this pleasant excursion; and that we hope Captain Rivers, who wiil live long in the memory of usall, may ever continue to enjoy & habpy, useful and prosperous life. The following signed the resolution: E. P. Vining, Rev. and Mrs. Boynton, W. M. Levensaler, Mr. and Mrs, W, B. Pierce, H. L. Batchelder, Mr, and Mrs. H. K. Mitchell, Miss Kate Shipley, Miss Stevenson, Miss Adams, R. J. Chapman, Miss Rube, Miss Laura Leven- saler, A, M. Palmer Jr., J. T. Toyle, Miss Emma. Parks, Miss Lottie Parks, J. A, Wiles, 8. Middlemas, D. M. Stevenson, Miss Dew- ing, Miss An’l;“ Dewing, Miss _ Hall, uf!l Fallin, Mrs. Tuck, Miss Fiske, J. A, Leven- suler, Miss Smith, James Patterson, D. M. Car- . H. Flynn, Miss Tolchard, ‘Spear, Miss Emma Jenses, D. B, Pingtee, Burgess Leveunsaler, Frank Van Duzer, Mr. an: Mrs. C. K. Harmon, F. Ellis, Miss Ida Green, Louis Levensaler, Miss Gladys Park, H.C.R. Buswell, Phil Carman, Caléb Levensaler, John Ahren, Miss Clara Jensen. . ——— PAUL NEUMANN'S SICKNESS, The Patient Moved ¥rom the Palace Hotel to San Rafael. Paul Neumsnn, who arrived from Hono- lula Friday last, somewhat enfeebled by an ai/ment of the stomach, was taken yes- terday from the Palace Hotel to the San Rafael residence of his son-in-law, Wil- liam F. C. Hasson, Mr, Nenmann says that he was feeling well when he lefs Honolulu for this City, He had placed his affairs in shape to be away from the islands until November, It was his plan to attena the midsummer high jinks of tlho ?olunplm Club and then visit Guatemala. Information had r Honoiunlu that a steamship line b::fvl::: Centrai America and Asia was about to be established, and there was a general de- hc l.d' b:ho .;lll‘:d‘ldlhlt arrangements shoul made to induce mers stop at Honolulu. S 24 n the fourth day out from Honolulu Mr, Neumauon was attacked by the stom- ach trouble and prostrated. 'He had similar attack eight months ago and w: laid “:t“:lrek.:'m;:“h' In view of the prese: ess the try; will probably b-uuoelod.‘ rabi ! Mr. Nenmann utor(s)- lthn affairs in ni fe entertained the ides of lyl'c.l'o:l" n’(l); royaity. The Queen is llvin; quietly at Honolulu. The country is fairly prosper- ;:; m‘;:?n ;n-um:s.ook for bau;g times i s sugar e !m'nn crop this season is e S — An Hour With the Irish Evangelist. This Sunday sfierncon at 3 o’clock Mr, Thomas A. Bailey of Belfast, Ireland, who is making a tour of the world, will by special re- q‘nnt an address to i, X- el miv‘(’a?“'-‘t' the Association mdfng. Masn and E!l ts, on_“True Liberty and Hay to Oblg ” Mrs. Princess C. LOUR, recenty from the free toall 5 East, will sing a solo. Beats will 5o young men. Burned to Death. Levi A.Morgen, 72 years old, who lived a;’ 210 Natoma street, died yesterday morning at 2 o’clock as the result of burns received earlier in the nignt from a lamp which exploded. . Just how the accident happened is not shown, but it is presumed that_in going to his room Morgan stumbled and fell is daughter P"“""d the glare of the flames and rushed nto the room only to find her flames. The fire was soon quenched, but the old man had sustained such a shock that he never rallied. Morgan was considerably burned about the body, but had he been more youthful and vigorous he probably would have recovered. ————— CALIFORNIA glace fruits, 50c 1b. Townsend's.* it Sbre i E. H. BLACK, painter, 120 Eddy street. g i SCHOOLBOOKS bought, sold and exchanged at King Bros., 3 Fourth st. bd —e e e " SPEcIAL information daily to manufacturers, business houses and public men by the Press —————————— . ScHooL supplies, including slates, penciis, aper, pens, ink, tablets, compaosition-books,, lunch baskets, ete., at current prices.-Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Market street. . S RLRE G ke A1LL classes and conditions of society will be gratified to learn that Putzman & Schurman have the exclusive coast agency of the famous “Golden Gate” brand of Kemtucky whisky, Their Prussian Stomach Bitters cure. all stom- ach and nervous troubles. 341 Pine, corner Montgomery, telephone, red, 391. g g gt 5 01d Olivier (at the Library)—Where will I find that great anthropologi¢al work called ““Mam, the Ruler of the World?"” 3 Bluestoeking Librarian (scornfully)—Under the head of “ficfion,” sir.—Truth. . : Cheap Excursion to St. Paul. The Shasta route and the Northeru Pacific Rail- road has been selected as the otficial roiite 0 al- tend the National Encampment of the G. A. K. at St. Paul, tobe heid there September 2to 5. Tha excursion will leave San Francisco and Sacrh. mento August 28t 7 P.x. Kates 367 80 forths round frip. The above rate i§ opeti to all who wish to make the trip East. Sead your name and ad: | dress 1o T. K. Stateler, general_agent, 638 Market treet, San Francisco, for sleeping-car reservations. ———— Are You Going East? The Aulantic and Pacific Railroad—Santa ™ route—is the coolest and most comfortable yure mer Tine, owlng to its elevation and absench of - portation of 1amilies because of its palace raw- ing-room and moaern upholstered touris: sleeping., cars, which rug dally through from Oskland <3 charge of attentive conductors and porterss Tiog. Telephone, Main 1631. % B HUNDREDS have testified 1o tire curative frop ertles of Ayer's Cheérry Pectoral in. colds, coughs and other throat and lung troubles. g to every glass of impure water you drink. e son’s Eye Water. Druggistssell it at 25 centa. - ———————— g “Why does Stimpson always® carry-his ) brella closed when it rains?”’ Detroit Free Press. e NEW TO-DAY. THE. 16 TEA HO Divided wITH BIG CUT. Grockery, China and. Glassware A HANDSOME - PRESENT * .. GIVEN EACH CUSTOMER .- FRUIT |- ffeserbor-Blae, JARS - - 75¢,per Doz. Half Gallons - Zec per D;c. Jelly Glasses MONEY SAVING STORES; 1344 Market st. 146 Ninth s 2510 Mission st. s 218 Third st. 140 Sixth st. 2008 Fillinore st.’ 617 Ki st. . 965 Market st. % 1419 _Polk st. . . 521 Montgomery ave. 104 Sécond st,’ .333 Hayes st. J 59 Mission st. 52 Market st. (Headquarters), S. Fo .. 1053 Washington st. 616 E. Twelfih st. . 137 San Pabls ave. o 1355 Park st., Alameds. . : ‘THAT FREDRICK'S - ° - Dl SANITARY T!)QTBR_U,S Is the best in the market Indorsed by all theleading physician: Because it has & tongue-cleaning attachmgnt, which is a preventive for all kinds of . throat diseases., PRICE Mailéd free to any address. a -éemnfa“.“'" #3° RAZORS and SHEARS skilled mechanies, 818-820. MARKET ST. —FOR—- . AND ALL OTHER PURPOSES, " FROM 1 TO 200 HORSE POWER. e e i 2; Actual Horso Power DISCOUNT FOR CASH. - 31 85 HERCULES GAS ENGINE WORKS, 3 BUILDERS OF 3 J GAS AND OIL ENGINES; OFFIcE: .+ Wonxs: ‘* 405-407 Sansome St. 215-231 Bay St. San Francisco, Cal. 2 Purely vegetable, mild and reliable. Secure Com- B e ST Ot T var ot rendor ine Bowels thelr operat on withous griping et office, 644 Market Sreet, Chronicle bullding : is S . ADD 20 drops of Dr. Siegert's Angostusa Bitters _.Customers. . (oeat American mparting Toa (o - 917 Broadway, Oakland : 25 AND 50 CENTS: - MINING HOISTS, MILLING, PUMPING - HERCULES SPECIAL PILLS, er & mass of Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510° Montgomery, * alkali dust. Particularly alapted for the traus ° Chicago, leaving at a seasonable hour and la* - Ir affiicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isasc Thomp- “He is afrald the owner might recogrize it.” °