The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 24, 1896, Page 6

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Telephone. ........ werecees Maln—187¢ BRANCH OFFICES: 630 Montgomery sireet, corner Clay; open umtdl 9:30 o’clock. $39 Hayes street; open until 8:30 o'clock. 718 Larkin street; open until 8:30 o'clock. BW . corner Sixteenth and Mission streets; open 2618 Mission street: open until § o'clock. 116 Ninth street; open until § o’clock. OAKLAND OFFICE: 808 Brosdway. EASTERN OFFICE: Booms 51 and 32, 84 Park Row, New York City. DAVID M. FOLTZ, Special Agent. MONDAY. AUGUST 24, 1896 THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. e e PATRIOTISM, PROTECTION and PROSPERITY. ¥OR PRESIDENT— WILLIAM McKINLEY, of Obio FOR VICF-PRESIDENT— GARRET A, HOBART, of New Jersey ELECTION NOVEMBER 3, 1896. McKinley's speeches are not long but they reach every interest of the country. The free coinage of silver can be effected beneficially to this country, but not by fiasco statesmen. Every day records a new bolt from the Democratic party, and every bolter en- courages others to follow him. Even with free coinage no one can get silver without work, and there will never be abundant work in this country under Demiocratic free trade. Banker St. John of New York says his name is pronounced Sinjun, in the hope probably that the people will rhyme it with “honest Injun,” but they won’t. If there were no other issue at stake than the simple one of choosing men to conduct the Government the-people wouid down the fiasco party and elect McKinley by & rousing major Business men are averse to any more economic experiments for a time at least, and it is everywhere recognized that the free coinage of silver in the hands of Dem- ocratic bunglers would be an experiment of the most hazardous kind. An attempt of the Democrats to fool the people into the belief that thetariff is not an issue in the campaign has not met with much success in the East, for the demand of the voters for protection literature is said to exceed that of any other cam- paign in the history of the country. Under wise and conservative guidance free silver can be restored in this country without injury to any industry, but to have that guidance we must elect states- men and not demagogues; we must in- trust the Government to men who can govern and no: to a set of bunglers, wran- glers and faction fighters. Bryan’s New York speech contains 13,000 words, and yet it never made balfas much impression upon the country as that short address in which McKinley said: *It is a good deal better to open up the mills of the United States to the labor of Americans than to open up the mints to the silver of the world.” General Daniel E. Sickles, one of the few heroes of the war who honored the Demo- cratic party by their support, has broken from it now and has called upon his fel- low-veterans in the party ranks to come out and stand up for their comrade Mc- Kinley in opposition to the platform ot repudiation and the candidate of agra- rianism. The more the situation is studied by in- telligent bimetallists the more thoroughly do they become convinced that Senator Wolcott was right in saying: “Silver will again be restored to its place as a money metal at the old ratio, and when this res- toration comes it will be accomplished through the action and efforts of the Re- publican party.” In describing his voyage in the polarre gions Dr. Nansen said he lightea his ship by electricity generated by windmill power, and now 1t is pertinent to ask whether there isn’t science enough in this country to transmute the blowing of the Democratie windmilis into something that will throw light apon what they expect to do for the business interests of the people. Every day the quiet home of McKinley ia the little town of Canton is visited by throngs of veterans of the war, working- men of the great industries, farmers, busi- ness men and good citizens of all clusses, who call to pledge him their support, because they recognize in him the cham- vion of protection, the promoter of pros- perity, and in this issue the defender of National honor and integrity. Harold M. S8ewall, scn of old man Sew- sll of the Chicago ticket, recently made a speech, in which he said: “I shall attack the Chicago platform in everv line and letter. Iknow it and we know it to be absolutely opposed to Democratic tradi- tions and adverse to the principles on which this Government must live.” It is for stalwart Democrats to decide whether it would not be better to vote for \:-tuon than for the father of a son like that. — In opening tbe Ohio campaign at Co- lumbua Senator Foraker accurately de- fined the Republican position on the money issue in saying: ‘‘What we want is the double or bimetallic standard, under which we ¢an have not only the free coin- age of both metals but the actual use of both metals as we now have, with the ad- ditional use of silver for redemption pur- poses. We propose to secure tiis by in- ternational agreement—the only possible way, in our judgment, that has yet been nointed out.” THE OAMPAIGN OPENED. The formal opening of the Republican campaign at the Auditorium Saturday | night was a great success in point of num- bers, enthusiasm and logical presentation of the issues. Tt is unfortunate that the accommodations of the hall were not equal to more than 25 per cent of the crowd, but even though so many had no opvortunity to participate in “firing the first gun,” the fact that there was such a general outpouring of the rank and file shows how deeply interested the peopleare in the election of Major McKinley, and in the trinmph of Republican principles in the local as well as in the National strug= gle for supremacy. A striking feature of the gathering was the great number of thoughtful business men and wage-earners, nor could one help being impressed with their earnestnessand enthusiasm—enthusiasm of the kind that comes of a full understanding and appre- ciation of the importance of victory. The speakers were quick to catch the spirit which brought so many thousand people together, and their analysis of the eco- nomic problems which now confront the country was made in soberness and in ear- nestness. It was “‘Come, let us reason together’”” about the public concerns of the people and the good of the material inter- ests of the country. There was plenty of the enthusiasm of determination, and every one left the hall deeply impressed with the dangers that threaten home, industry and commerce in the purpose of the advocates of free trade, unsound money and social revolution. ‘While there is really no cause for alarm, the people are becoming alarmed at the aggressiveness of Altgeldism, and the sentiment is so wide-spread that it be- hooves every lover of our institutions to become an active participantin the work of uprooting seeds of sectionalism and sav- ing the country from the reign of an un- learned and visionary experimentalist, There would be cause for uneasiness at the threats of the Bryanites to overturn pur system of government were the country not assured by such gatherings of the people as the one at the Auditorium Saturday night that the peovle know what Bryan’s election would mean, and are re- solved that no such departure from the fundamental principles of the Government shall be made. When the interior towns and neighbor- hoods read about the Auditorinm meei- ing they should be stimulated to greater activity than ever in the work of organ- izing McKinley clubs. The Republicans of San Francisco will set the pace, but close, thorough and enthusiastic organ- izations throughout * the State ar) absolutely necessary to the kind of a victory that would set at rest for years to come, at least, any doubt as to how Cali- fornia stands on the question of prosperity and protection for America. CALLED UPON M'KINLEY. It is no small undertaking for 2000 p2o- ple to charter a train and go to a neigh- boring State to do honor to a candidate for a public office, and when 2000 Penn- sylvanians journeved to Canton, Ohio, to assure Major McKinley that the farmers and wage-earners of the great industriai State of Pennsylvania were his. political friends they must have felt that the country was facing a crisis, and that it was the duty of all patriotic people to assure their leader in the great cause of prosperity that they were rallying to his support. These travelers from Pennsylvania to Ohio were not moved by curiosity. It cannot be said of them that they merely wanted to see the man McKinley. They were moved by lofty and sincere patriot- ism, and they went to Canion for no purpose other than 1o empha- size their devotion tg Americanism. It may be that there was a thread of selfishness running through their hearts and minds, but if the threads were followed to their beginning it would be found that the Pennsylvanians—farmers and wage-earners—felt that if Bryan were elected the one would have to face open competition with the pauper farm labor of Europe and South America and the other would have to face indefinite idle- ness. Such selfishness is to be com- mended in every American citizen. In reply to the delegation Major Me- Kinley said, among other ‘things, that “the thought of the people this year 1s di- rected 10 the present condition of the country and how best to improve it. Thisis the thought of every mind and the prayer of every soul. Nobody is satisfied with our unfortunate business condition and the great body of the people want and mean to have achange. Whatshall the change be? Shall it be the continuance of the present Democratic party under another leader- ship—a leadership advocating ail the pol- icies of the Democratic party which have been injurious to the American peopleand rejecting all which are good, wholesome and patriotic and which have received the approval of the people of the country? The wing of the Democratic party which controlled the Chicago convention is just as much in favor of free trade as the wing of the Democratic party in control of the National administration.” THE SPOILS OF OFFICE. Itis very easy to understand why the vrofessional politician—the man who is “in politics for revenue only”’—is shout- ing for Bryan. The Chicago platform de- nounces the civil service law as a scheme to deprive workers of the spoils of office, while the Republican party is pledged to extend the civil service list wherever prac- ticable. The Republican party placed the civil service law on the statute-book, and it has had Cleveland’s hearty support. The necessity for making intéllectual and moral worth the essential qualification for ap- pointment to government office was never questioned by either of the great parties until the Democracy declared in its con- vention at Chicago that the patronage of the Government should be disposed of with reference to the faithfulness of work- ers for the party’s success during the cam- paign. Mr. Bryan is a firm believer in the spoils system, and if he is elected campaign debts will be paid in public offices without refer- ence to the fitness of the appointee. It is for this reason that Tammany and Tam- many’skind of political bosses in thelarze cities are working for Bryan’s election. 1t is hard to understand how a man of Bry- an’s character could be so carried away by ambition to be President as to make mer- chandise of the President’s appointing power, but his platform declares for the reinstatement of the spoils system, and he indorses the declaration. It the Republican party cannot win without stooping to such a disgraceful method to catch votes it certainly will not win. The Republican party does not believe that the operation of the ma- chinery of the Government should be given into the hands of toughs and bum- mers, nor will it entertain any proposal for anything of the kind. All things being equal, those who did the most to se- cure the downfall of the Democracy will be the first on the list for appointment, THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 1896. and is a man of integrity his work during the campaign will avail him little, The Republican party believes the Govern- ment should avoid placing its manage- ment in the hands of men who look upon a public office as pay for party work rather than a public trust. The Republi- can party is a deadly foe to Bryan's spoils system. A BRYAN DISCOVERY. For once a great economic truth has penetrated the mind of Mr. Bryan. He says: “If the cost of producing gold should be reduced 90 per cent without any increase in the output, the purchasing power of an ounce of gold would not fall.” What Mr. Bryan says the world has known always, but it is none the less true because it has only just now reachea Mr. Bryan’s understanding. The presump- tion has been in all ages of the world that it was the quantity of the precious metals produced and not the cost of their produc- tion that fixed their status as money metals. It is of no consequence what it costs to deliver gold to the gold market, nor is it of any consequence what it costs to deliver silver to the silver market. It is what can be obtained in the market for them that fixes their purchasing power. And, again, the cost of producing the AROUND THE CORRIDORS. Itisgiven out that the extensive cattle in- terests of Nevada are in better shape, and on & more profitable basis than for a long time. There have been no deep snows or fierce bliz- zards in recent years to carry away the live- stock. But there has been enough snow to in- sure pienty of fine grass. Cattle are now in excellent condition there, and the hay crop, both wild and of alfalia, is heavy. J. S. Hill, an extensive alfalia grower. of Lovelock, 90 miles east of Reno, is at the Russ. He gets the water necessary toirrigate his ranch from the Humboldt River. *I believe T have not for years seen the live- stock interests in better shape,” he said yes- metals is not alike in any two mines, nor does the buyer of them in the market care what the cost to market them is, It is their value asa commodity that be deals with. It is the fact, too, that if the cost of pro- ducing the metals exerted any influence whatever in determimng their mirAkBt value there would be about as many prices for gold and silver as there are gold and silver mines. The purchasing power of anything is regulated by the supply of it and the demand forit. The principie which commerce adopts in determining what it shall use for redemption money is that that which it adopts shall be limited in quantity and for which the demand shall be unlimited. That is the very essence of the philosophy and science of money. The metal or metals which commerce adopts for redemption money is as much an article of barter, either in bullion or coin, as potatoes, but for convenience com- merce makes certain bullion or coin a common article of barter—that is, it is re- ceived that article in exchange for every otherarticle~but unless commerce sanc- tions the use of an article as a common article of barter itis deprived of univer- sality of exchange value. The Republican party does not under- take to equalize the cost of prodacing either gold or silyer, but inasmuch as com- merce has outgrown the old volume of gold money and is in need of a large in- crease of redemption money, the party proposes to have commerce make silver dollars a common article of exchange with all the redemption power that gold has. The Republican party believes that the volume of redemption money should been- larged in an amount equal to the produc- tion of silver, but it does not think it wise to undertake it independent of commerce, pecause commesce is supreme in authority when it comes to saying what shall consti« tute redempfion money. That the Repub- lican party will have silver added to the world’s money metal there is no doubt, but it will secure the co-operation and con- sent of commerce before the final decree goes forth, OOAST EXOHANGES. The newest addition to the list of Califor- nia newspapers is the Sisson Mirror, pub- lished by Rogers & Wolcott, The paper is cer- tainly deserving of support, as it makes an excellent advertisement for Sisson and the country around it. Politically the Mirror will be independent, and will reflect events and ideas with fidelity to truth and reality. Sis- son is a progressive town, and a newspaper should prosper there. The Monmouth (Oregon) Monitor last week gave up the ghost after a struggle of about six months. The advertising columns of the paper were illy patronized. Nevertheless, the editor was perfectly willing to work for glory, but he couldn’t live altogether on a diet of glory. Hence he has closed his newspaper office, and will seek another road to fame and fortune. The Lemoore Radical has commenced its third volume. It isan “‘independent advocate of genuine Democracy,” and is published semi- monthly at 25 cents a year. It hangs & ban- ner with the name of Bryan on it over its edi- torial column, but Mr. S8ewall isn’t mentioned, and Mr, Watson, too, is treated as if he were not a figure in the campaign. L. A. Eichler has purchased an interest in the Williams Transeript, which will bereaiter be run under a copartnership arrangement be- tween Mr. Eichler an2 the recent sote propri- etor, J. L. Kennan. From the Ferndale Enferprise it is learncd that surveyors have found an essy grade for the proposed Trinity road and that it can be built at a cost not to exceed $300 per mile. The Enterprise says: “It is the intention of the Toll Road Company, which has been or- ganized, to get & fifty-year franchise from Trinity County, sell the shares of stock in the company for $1 per share, payable in monthly installments of 10 cents per share, and as soon as money enough has been paid in to justify, to commence to build the 1oad. The company can get all the mén it wants, who will take one-half money and one-half stock, for working, and has received the same proposition for team work.” The example of the San Joaquin Valley farmers in making shipments of freight from one town to another in days before a com- peting railroad lire forced down the freight tariffs, 1s being imitated by & man in the southern part of the State. The Los Angeles Ezxpress tells about it, thus: *'Arthur Scott, a wealthy Antelope Valley rancher, has inaug- urated a freight line between Fairmouns and this city for the purpose of hauling wheat south and merchandise north. He claims that he can make a round trip in ten Aays, and do the work much cheaper than the rail- road. A business man in Los Angeles informs the FEzpress that Mr. Scott is meeting with good success in his new venture. 1t is also stated that the Southdrn Pacific, in order to compete with Mr, Scott, has reduced the rates on hauling wheat from Lancaster to this city from $4 per ton to $2 15.” A GOOD PLAN IN CALIFORNIA. New York Evening Sun. In the advertisement department of some of the best-known veriodicals this season appears the prospectus of a certain summer resort, which concludes its list of attractions with the words, “Special Rates to Young Men.” The ‘words are in good, big type, by far the most striking thing about the advertisement. The summer resort that welcomes young men is sure to have the opportunity of’llkewha wel- coming young women—droves of them. It'sa good rule that works both ways, snd so insures Ppatronsge. —_— GOOD FOR ENGLAND. American Economist. Labor in England has been faring better dur- ing our free-trade era than under American protection. Even so late as June 40,000 Brit- ish wage-earners received increases, while only 3000 hands sustained decreases of wages. The average increase in the wages of the total number affected was 28 cents per week. Here we have been recording nothing but decreases in weges or no wages through closed mills, A Cosmopolitan City. Yreka Journal. San Francisco is the most cosmopolitan city: in the world. The holidays of every nation are commemorated by public parades. Every civilized language may be heard, and the shipsof every maritime nation from the Brit- ish man-of-war to theMaltese felucca 10 406 bag. and the but uniess the applicant is well qualified | Chinese junk are seen standing the low price ot silver no less than thirty silver mines are being worked in Utah, owing to the extraordinary richness of the ore. Fred W, Swanton, president of the big creek- power company at Sauta Cruz, is at the Bald- win with his wife. F. W. Swanton, one of the owners of the eleotric light plant at Santa Cruz, is at the Palace with his wife. Jesse A. Bigelow of Trail Creek, B. C., one of the new and promising mining regions, arrived at the Baldwin yesterday. i John 8. Dore, the Fresno Populist leader and delegate to the St. Louis convention, is among the late arrivals at the Lick. D. E. Knight of Marysville, general agent o the woolen mills of that place, the largest in J. S. Hill, the Ranch-Owner of the Humboldt, Who Tells of the Boom in the livestock Business. [Sketched from life by a “Call” wrtist.] terday. “Cattle are fat and hay is plenty. The wild hay consists of a sort of redtop which grows in the bottoms, and of bluejoint which grows on the hills. “On my ranch I raise alfalfa only, and get from two to three crops a year. “I met a leading livestock-grower from Gol- conda to-day, and he told me that in that part of Nevada stock were in fineshape. They have put up a lot of hay, but mostly for winter in- surance, that is, as emergency against long- continued storms. “A great many steers have been shipped out of the State recently, and as & whole I think the supply is decreasing. Cattle are worth about 5 cents a pound there, or a little nnder. Alfalfa hay is worth about $4 a ton in the stack. “Quite a number of new ranches are being opened in my neighborhood. The proprietors get the water 10 irrigate them from the Hum- boldt. They bhave laid out several new canals lately.” Rev. P. Wright and wife and D. H. Wright of Porwage La Prairie, Manitobs, are at the Grand on their way home after spending three months at San Diego, where the younger Mr. Wrigat went in quest of health and whither he proposes to return and locate, “Portage,” said the large, robust, genfal- looking clergyman who is pastor of a Presby- terian cnurch st home, “is a town o6f about 5000 inhabitants. It is fifty-six miles from Winnipeg and is in the very heart of a great wheat country. Last year about 60,000,000 bushels of grain were shipped out of Manitoba. The crop this year wiil not be so large, although it is by no means & poor yieldi—an average, I think, of twenty bushels to the acre. One thing I can say definitely is that there is not now in Canada any desire for union with the United States. There was a strone sentiment ten or fifteen years ago, but it has given way to a general desire for closer and more friendly commercial relations only. At Portage we have about 200 refuge Sioux from the United States. We have gathered their children into school and are educating them. All the Indian schools in the Dominion are maintained by the different churches, but while good work is being done I do not think the system is generally so good as that main- tained by the Government of this country. In time Canads is sure to come to Indian schools conducted by the Government.” On March 3 when the younger Mr. Wright left his wheat ranch near Portage he says the weather was delightful. The next day, how- ever, a severe blizzard struck the place. The winters, he declares, are “corkers,” with the temperature 35 and 40 degrees below zero. That is why he is now so loud in his praises of the climate of San Diego, & place which he predicts will some day be a great sanitarium, its commerce de- veloped from the date of the first Japanese steamship line and its surrounding country made green and productive by the use of great water supplies awalting capital to convert them into reservoirs for extensive irrigating systems. : PERSONAL. Ex-Judge J. W, Davis of Tulare is at the Grand. R.Davis of Hiawatha, Kans., is at the Cosmo- politan. Dr. T. B. Reed of Sacramento is registered at the Grand. Dr. 8. E. Winn and family of San Diego are guests at the Lick, L.T. Hatfleld, the Sacramento attorney, is registered at the Lick. Dr. 8. T. Armstrong of New York arrived at the Palace last night. J. F. Brown, a mill man of Portland, Or., i registered at the Grand. E. M. Manning, a merchant of Los Angeles, is staying at the Grand. Superior Judge George H. Buck of Redwood City is at the California. F. Hauss, an orchardist and fruit dealer of Yuba City, is at the Lick. C. Carpenter, & merchant of Stockton,is a guest at the Cosmopolitan. J. L. Openheimer, a merchant of Portland, Or., i5 a guest at the Lick. T. M. Diviny, a lawyer of Sacramento,is a guest at the Cosmopoliian. F. P. Wickersham, tho Fresno banker, ar- rived at the Lick last night. N. W. Moodey, Tax Cotlector of Fresno, is making a short visit at the Lick. * 8. Towne, & well-known railrcad man, is at the Cosmopolitan with his family. Ex-Judge H. W. Magee of Pasadena is regis- tered at the Grand with his wife. Julius Lee, an attorney of Watsonville, is one of the recent arrivals at the Grand. F. Stone and P. A. Moore, merchants of San Jose, are registered at the Cosmopolitan. Ex-Congressman E. C. Voorbeis of Sutter Creek is making a brief stay at the Palace. Louis Meyers, a large cigar manutacturer of New York Cit; alate arrival at the Palace. Mrs. M. D. Pease, who conducts & large mil. gi:q.‘ry business at Seattle, is registered at the Tom 8. Louttit and John R. Louttit, sons of -Congressman Louttit of Stockton, are guests at the Lick, Hon. James A. Miner of Salt Lake, one of the three Bupreme Justices of Utah, is at tne Pal- oce. He says ho undersiands taat Botwithe the State, is among the latest arrivals at the Lick. E. Blinsdell and wife of Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras County, arrived at the Grand yesterday on their bridai trip. - Adolph Rainish of Los Angeles, a member of the Democratic State Central Committee, is among the guests at the Baldwin. Mark R. Plaisted of the Riverside Daily En- terprise and & member of the Democratic auxiliary committee has a room at the Cali- fornia. ! Elders Abraham Fernandes, A. K. Kianani and Peter® Kaflakaihunui of the Mormon pchurch are &t tae Russ, en route from Honolulu to Salt Lake. J. B. Johnson, Clerk of the Board of Super- visers of Fresno County, and W. Parker Lyon, Deputy Sheriff of thesame county, arrived at the Lick yesterday. P. A. Buell of Stockton, lumber-dealer, mer- chant and one of those interested in the Val- ley road, is making the Grand his headquar- ters while in tnis City. Sam McCall, who owns & plantation near Ful- ton, Ky., arrived at the Grand yesterday with his wife, after having completed & pleasure tour of the Northwest. Gus Petterson and Charles Erickson, railroad contractors of San Luis Obispo, who have had construction work on the coast extension road, are registered at the Grand. B. T. Lacy of the Parke-Lacy Company has returned to his home in this City, afteran ab- sence of three months, during which he vis- ited Europe and several of the Eastern com- mercial centers. He was accompanied as far as New York City by Miss Margaret Lacy, who spent the summer with relatives until her father’s return from abroad. W. H. Falk of Arcata, lumberman, millman, merchant and McKinley enthusiast, arrived at the Grand yesterday. He says that a manon the train deciared that McKinley wouldn’t carry Ohio, and he told the man that if he eon- tinued to think that way just to call on him at any time and he would gladly cover any bet from $1000 to $10,000 on such a proposition. Mr. Falk is accompanied by his secretary, John Harper of Eureka, and will remain here for several days. CHEERINESS. Let us stop the worry, dear, Things are coming right. 8ing your heart a song of cheer, Give your eyes the light, Lack 1s with the bola of heart, God with those that smile; ‘We but need to do our part Yeu & lictle while. Fortune. but to hide her frown pvhen she sees your S ot mmed with tears and a lown, ity passes by. % Meet her look with ne'er a fear, Soon her eyes will light. Let us stop the worry, dear, Things are coming right. ~—L. W. Smith in the Independent. —_— NEWSPALFER PLEASANTRY. Johnnie—Tommy Brown's mother makes him go to Bunday-school every Sunday. Mamma—Why do you say she makes him go? Johnnie—Because he goes.—Puck. ‘‘Am I fer free silver?” said the man with the independent whiskers. “You betI am! And Idon’t believe in stopping at 16 to 1, neither, Maker er 80 to 1 while you are at 1t, is what I say |"—Indianapolis Journal. “Billy is in love with Miss Billingham.” “Did he tell you so?” “No, but he’s got her picture hung up by the side of the portrait of his best dog.”’—Chicago Record. “I've never seen my wife 50 angry asshe has been made by that echo.” “What's the reason?”* “When she talks it won’t let her have the last word."—Fliegende Blsetter. “I suppose you are fond of Shakespears,” said one intinate actor to another. Of course, I am.” “Then why, in the name of humanity, do you insist on acting his plays?”—Washington Star. She (angrily)—I was a fool when I married you. . He—Aren’t you & fool still? She—No; I am not. He—Then you should be thankful to me for reforming you.—London Tit-Bits, — PARAGRAPHS ABOUI PEOPLE ‘The Dukeof York has s weakness for double. breasted waistcoats. The Khedive of Egypt is expected in Eng- L‘:d -:‘ guest of the Queen about the end of gus! Thé iate Colonel North’s estate at Eltham is in the market, and will shortly be by y be put up at Marquardt, the vnl_y passenger on the steamer Drummond Castle who was saved, oc- cupied stateroom No. 13. ¥ One of the Boston artillerymen declared that “Queen Victoria was & dear old lady, most courteous and kind.” A satue of Queen Victor d;lten feet high, executed in Sicilisn marble by Mr, Hamo Thornycroft, R. A., which has been placed on the quadrangle of the Royal Ex- change, was unveiled on Saturday by the Lord Mayor of London. Herr Krupp has given 600,000 marks for the erection of & new hospital at Essen, with all the modern improvements. ¥ Burton H. Winslow of Biddeford, Me., is per- haps the most enthusiastic philatelist in Maine, and nas over 3000 varieties in his list. Secretary Carlisle appeared on tha street in Washington the other day in & silvery gray beaver, gray trousers and gray frock coat, and he carried an umbrella of a silvery gray eolor. Edwin Lord Weeks, the American artist who was appoinied a chevalier of the Legion of Honor of France, recently, is a Bostonian. He is as great & traveler as a painter. He has lived in Paris for twenty years. There is & man in Ohio named Jenkins whose resemblance to Abraham Lincoln is said to be wonderful. . He is said to have received in his time enough jail sentences to round out an ordinary life and been in enough brawls and accidents to kill a dozen ordinary men. Yet, on account of his likeness to Lincoln, it is as- serted he gets all the free passes on the rail- roads that he wants and almost any favors he asks for. SOUND MONEY AND A BAD TARIFF New York Press. It has always seemed to some thoughtful ‘people that the almost simultaneous discovery of gold in California and the opsration of the Walker tariff constituted the most curiously savage joke that fate ever playea upon a country. The tarif was passed in 1846. Two years later, the discovery having been made, the annual gold prodnction leaped from $1,000,000 to $10,000,000; then, with an astounding bound to $40,000,000; then to $50,000,- 000, and in no year thereaiter, while the Walker tariff and its destructive amend- ment of 1857 kept its deadly paraliel, fell be- low that annual amount. But, whatever pace the miners struck, the importers were even with them. In some vears they tallied almost to the dollar. Thus, in 1855, the gold product was $55,« 000. The exportation of domestic gold to pay for foreign imports was 353 957,418. It haa to be nelped «ut with 2,989,925 foreign gold, and then it leit us in debt. For the adverse balance of trade—a tre- mendous amount for those days of small things, with less than half out present popu- lation—was_$65,000,000. Again, in the panic year of 1857, when the second reduction of tariff schedules was made, we dug $55,000,- 000 out of the ground and sent abroa $60,078,352 of domestic gold. "It will be seen that $5,000,000 bad to be borrowed from left-over stocks of one good year where the exports had been only ,000,¢ and the product $55,000,000. At the end of the first ten years, the Crimean war and the failure of foreign crops, Irish especiaily, hav- ing helped us to pay in produce a little of our debt of $485,977,291, ten years’ adverse bal- ance, we had exported §£340.814,274 of the less than $500,000, in gold which we had dug. In consequence of this drain we.suspended specie payments almost as soon as the war be- gan. Tne work for the Confederscy which Sec- retary Floyd did in shipping munitions of war South for a few months before the war began was a trifle, a nothing, compared to the work which Secretary Walker’s tariff did in shipping gold avroad for J“" before the war began. But we would not dwell so much upon the condition of the Government, which was noto- riously bankrupted by the Walker tariff, as upon the condition of the people who were helped not one whit py this enormous fin this windfall, of money, which, owing to tariff laws, they could not turn inio wealth. That for which they paid their gold they wore outon their backs and used up in their houses. No capital came to them in return for their money. Wages remained at their old rate. Few great public works were undertaken. The era of transcontinental m\'li building wi postponed tor a decade, and the conquest of the continent so languidly pushed that in the second year of the war the Government had to withdraw troops from the South to battle with Indians for the mastery of Minnespta. And sfter this yellow torrent hed swept thet year over it for ten years, the per capita circulation of the country—mostly in depreciated State bank bills—was $14 06. It is $21.65 at pres- ent. There should be no difficulty in applying this one of the lessons which this Demoeracy has learned by experience. If the silver, with ‘which the mine-owners of the Rockles propose to flood this couniry tbrough the mints were gold, or if it had the coinage yalue of which they say it has been deprived, if we really should have more money—which we should not, but less through the depreciation of that which we now have and the expulsion of gold —through placing & 1ying mint mark upon their product, it would advantage us not one whit until the Wilson tariff was revised. VIEWS OF WESTERN EDITORS. Anticipation and Realization. Fresno Republican. The competing road naturally expected to receive a warm welcome when it reached Fresno, but it hardly expected to be put on the gridiron, Not Shouting for Bryan. Los Angeles Times. The wool-growers are not shonting for Mr. Bryan to any alarming extent, 83 he was one of the most virulent shouters for free wool during his brief term in Congress. The wool men have memories. Cure for All Complaints. ‘Woodland Home Alliance. The universal application of the Golden Rule—“Whateoever ye would that man should dounto you, do ye even 8o unto him’’—will regulate the conditions between man and man and settle all difficulties between nations, and between capital and labor. Preaching and Practicing. Visalia Delta. Mr. Sewall, the Maine millionaire, railroad president and national banker, has been formally notified of his nomination for the Vice-Presidency by the Democratic National Convention, and now we may expect him to open his barrel and make silver free. Investigate Thoroughly. Stockton Independent When & farmer or any other business men contemplates any new venture he gathers all the facts and figures he can on the subject and from these facts and figures he caiculates. The result of the calculation decides the ques- tion of going into the venture or abandoning it. In politics, however, men are too apt to Jet the politicians make their calculations and to accept them without scrutiny. That is what the free-silver men are doing in the present campaign. Those who put the siiver question 10 & business test find_that the figures and facts are against the ch-nge of basis if they take every factor into considerations. A FITTED WAIST. The perfectly plain fitted waist always has many devotees. The one shown here is fastened invisibly at the shoulder and under arm seams, though it may be made to button in frontor lacein the back, the waist being cut with the usual back, side-body and under- arm forms, and having four darts in front. A striking waist was of dark silk with white lage on the body, as shown above. Thesleeves ‘were of green silk in two tones. Cheviots make up well aiter this model with :.gllmliolbuldln'. One of blue, brown, white had a design in brown braid; various shapes in elaboral lr?dy to_sew on, T Dble to trim a dress very h: effect, the bein those designs come al- ARd mavels post nd make - e ndnox:l ely "llh 0od ng equal a8 braided :: .ths kh'fl:.q e A waist of emboidered batiste over biue silk had sleeves of blue novelty silk, of which the skirt was also made. A brown cloth waigt had a braid jacket effect in brown soutache edged with gilt. The sleeves were of novelty stlk. The skirt was of the cloth. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENIS. JEAN BarT—E. L. H., Belmont, Cal. It is said that the most comprehensive and fullest work, and therefore the best work, on J:’m Forbin and Duguay-Trouin,1s “La Vie g:?é-nnnnt," by Richer, a French author. Of this Eugene Sue once sai narrated by Richer are not true they ought to » CUSTER’S WIDOW—S., Santa Barbara, Cal. Not- withstanding the fact that the biographies of General Custer do not mention that he was a married man, he did leave a widow. He was married in 1864 in Missouri. Mrs. Custer wrote a book called “Boots and Saddle,” in which she described life on the plains and in the West. COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES—E. L. H., Bel- mont, Cal. As to the universities for me;l, }_{;\'- nd Yale in the United Statesare in the Y;oxl‘lit‘nnk. and these are about the most diffi- cult to enter on account of the rigid examina- tion that applicants for admission have to un- dergo. As to colleges for women, it is asserted that Vassar and Wellesley are in the front Ta! ScrooL DisTRICT—P., Philo, Cal. A school district in this State has no right to wncur any liability during one school year with the ex- pectation of paying it with the next year’s ap- propriation. Section 18 of article XI of the constitution of thiy State says: “Nocounty, city, town, board of education or school dis- trict shail’ incur any indebtedness or liability in any manner or for any purpose exceefl[ng in any year the income and revense provided for it for such year, without the “se"‘:f" two- thirds ot the qualified electors thereof.” This provision of the constitution has been con- strued by the Supreme Court to apply 10 any indebtedness which officers mignt_have the discretion to incur, and not to indebtedness created by legislative enactment. TERRITORIES—F. J. 8., City. The Territaries of the United States are Alaska, Arizona, In- dian, New Mexico and Oklahoma. The unor- ganized Territories are under the direct con- trol of Congress, while each organized Terri- tory has & Governor appointed by the Presi- dent for four years, and ratified by the Senate. Each organiged Territory has a” Legislature officially known as the Legislative Assembly, and is composed of a Council and a House of Representatives chosen every two years by the rmple. A Delegate to Congress is elected for he same term. He has the right®of debate, but not a vote in the House. Territorial legis- lation is subjeet to Congressional contest. Territorial courts are provided for, the Judges of which are appointed by the President for four years, and confirmed by the Senate, and over which the Supreme Court has appellate jurisdiction, The Territories have no voice in residential elections. At this time all the Territories are organized except Alaska and Indian Territory. Alaska has been organized as a District, and has executive officers ap- pointed by the President, but is without repre- sentative institutions. Laree CouNtiEs—W. R., Philo, Mendocino County, Cal. The area of Aroostook County in the State of Maive is 7200 square miles. There are many counties in other parts of the United States tbat are larger. In Montana there is Choteau County with 27,280 square miles; Custer, 26,580; Dawson. 26,680; Meagher, 17,000, and Missoula, 18,550, In ldaho—Idaho_County, 11,400 :quare miles; Bingham, 10,500: Owyhee, 7800. In Wyom- ing—Big Horn _Conutly, 12,260 square miles; Carbon, 7800; Sweetwater, 10,230; Uinta, 14,830; (Yellowstone Park, 575). In Utah—San_Juan County, square miles. In New Mexico—Bernalillo County, 8628 square miles; Donna Anns, 8992; Grant, 9300; Lincoln, 26,452; San Miguel, 13,246; Socorre, 15,476; Valencis, 8900. In Arizona—Apache County, 21,060 Maricopt 2; ~ Mohave, 11,332; Pima, 10,596; Yavapai, 29,236; Yumn, 10,186. In nis—Inyo County, 10,224 equare miles; Kern, 8159; San Bernardino, 20,055; San Diego, 8400. In Nevada—Eiko County, 17,652 square miles; Emeralda, 8450; Humboiat, 16,580; Lincoln, 17,680; Nve, 16.908;\\'}:]'& Pine, 9892. In Oregon—Crook County, 8150 square miles; Harney, 10,600; Lake, 8040; Malheur, 9936. In Washington— Okanogan County, 7258 square miles. square miles; A NICE present—Townsend’s California Glace ¥ruit, 50c. 1b,, in Jap baskets. 627 Market. * — e —— SprcraL information daily to manufacturers, business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * } Miss Btinger—Well, you needn’t complain; every woman chooses her own husband, you know. Mr. Nipper—Yes, the only trouble isshedon’t always get him.—Truth. Cheap Excursion to St. Paal. The Sbasta route and the Northern Pacific Rall- road has been selected as the official route to v~ tend the National Encampment of the G. St. Paul, to be held there September 2t05. Thy excursion will leave San Francisco and Sacri- mento August26at 7 P, Kates $87 90 forths round trip. The above rate is open to all who wisa tomake the trip Fast. Send your name andal- dress 1o T. K. 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