The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 26, 1896, Page 16

16 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1896. McKINLEY AND AMERICAN LABOR. ITALIANS AROUSED AGAINST BRYAN, Prominent Democrats Go Back on the Ne- braska Man. DECLARE FOR M'KINLEY Bryan Reviled Italians in His Newspaper, the World- Herald. “BUT A STEP FROM BANDITS.” All Over the Country Italian Votes Will Resent the Unjust Stigma. North Beach is full of indignation against W. J. Bryan and the strong feel- ing against the Democratic candidate which prevails in the Latin quarter is spreading among the Ttalian population of this and other States. Prominent Italian Democrats are declaring their in- tention of voting for McKinley and if the feeling goes on growing, as it is doing at present, the Democrats will scarcely poll any Italian votes. The indignation arose from scornful and insulting comments on Italians, written a year ago in Bryan's paper, the World- Herald of Omaha, and recently reprinted by L’Italia of this City. Other Italian papers all over the country are copyineg 1'Italia’s lend and the consequence is & withdrawal of Italian support from the Democratic party. Under the date of August 8, 1895, Bryan said in an editorial: As & class the Italfan immigrants to the United States are not desirable. Of all the nations of Europe they are the worst. are iguorant, made so by bad government for centu s, which is their m*sfortune, and they have little or no knowledge of the spirit of our institutions. Life with them is cheap, and among the worst and most ignorant it is but a step from their present condition to the bravo and bandit. And again, August 12: Among the most objectionable of the immi- grants are the low-grade Sicilian Italians, the Huns and Mexicans. These Italians and the Huns are densely ignorant, and they care nothme for our institutions. Many are in worse condition thau serfs, if un-contract. As s00n as they get a few hundred dollars back | the Italians go to Italy to spend wiat they earn here. These Italians regard human life cheaply, and the stilletto is a ready weapon to plunge into any one who angers them. Bryan’s editorial was inspired by Prince- town riots, vhich might have been sup- posed wo give him, as a demagoeue, an ex- cellent opportunity for preaching a ser- mon against the plutocrats; instead, how- ever, he chose to take the labor troubles as the text for a tirade against the poor Italian miners. “And thisis a Democrat, the chiet of Democrats, the sort of Democrat that is | now filling the ears of our laborers with election speeches, full of praise and prom- ises,”” says L'Italia, in commenting on Bryan's editorial. “*We wish to consider the words of the Democratic candidate,” coutinues L’'It- alia, *“from a higher point of view than that of National sentiment. “On what base has Bryan pronounced such summary judgment against Italian immigration? Perhaps he bhas consuited statistics and has learned from them that Italians are especially prone to become criminals? *‘No! Because the official statistics com- piled at Wasbington state thatof all the foreign colonies the Italian gives the smail- est contingent to the criminal class. It follows, therefore, that Bryan has either willfully lied, or—and thisis more prob- able—he is ignorant of the social condi- tions of the country, therefore he is not a statesman. “But the most authentic and complete lie is given to Bryan by the celebrated Dr. Senner, the Commissioner of the United States attached to the Bureau of Immigra- tion, Heisan earnest and lesrned man, having no need of cheap popularity, and he is being continually brought in con- tact with immigrants from all the Euro- pean nations, Dr. Senner, in an article on Italian immigration, published in the North American Review recentlv and copied in the Review of Reviews, has words full of praise for the Italian immi- grants, whom he judges to be—in contra- diction to Bryan—‘among the best and most easy to assimilate elements in the United States.” * ‘The Italians,’ says Senner, ‘are not turbulent, violent and harmful, as they are often represented in American papers as being.’ e also shows the ignorance or the unrehability of Bryan when he says, ‘Italians no longer come to this country as birds of passage. The later NEW TO-DAY. has saved thousands of people from thousands of “‘sick-spells.” This preparation is no secret. It is to-day what it was 75 years ago—the best preparation of gin- ger it is possible for man to make. It is made by the FRED BROWN CO., Philadelphia. Ask for It at your druggists. Remember .flo ur::;—A bottle at gund and a dose They | immigrants no longer come and go, they are coming here for good and all.’ ““What can one think,”’ continues L'Ita- lia, “of this Mr. Bryan who thus throws insults in our faces, when the man most competent to pro- nounce judgment in the matter de- clares the exact contrary? We must conclude that he iz not of tne stuff to be- ccme President of this great and glorious republic, that he has not the seriousness and the culture befitting a statesman. Qur Italian electors possess no small in- fluence in the coming struggle and we nourish the nope that they will not for- get—before voting—that they are Ital- ians.” 5 It was the publication of these articles that has aroused a storm of indignation among Italian residents. Prominent Democrats, among whom are G. Calegarns and D. Caglieri, iave announced their in- tention of voting for McKinley, but a few devoted disciples still cling to Bryaun and declare that they would never believe him capable of penning such a tirade. To satisfy these doubting Thomases the fol- lowing telegram was dispatched by | L'Tralia: he Editor of the World-Herald, Omaha, e e e otk of Augass, 1600, | Mr. Bryan published in the World-Herald two editorials insulting to Italians living in America. Our daily L'Italia is in favor of the | Republican party and we loyally notify you that as Italians we are fighting against Mr. Brran; also on account of the unjust insults { hurled by him at Italian immigrants, Should Bryan or yourselt wish to make any statement on’the matter, we have no objection to pub- lishing it in our paper. A week has gone by since the dispatch of the telegram, but no response has come to gladden the heartsof Bryan’ssmall contingent. During the week of grace L’Italia refrained from all editorial com- ment on the obnoxious editorals, but to- day the few Italian Democrats who have not turned against Bryan will 2gain be urged to do so, and as Italian papers in other States are following suit the loss of voters to Bryan will certainly be great. E. Patrizi, one of the editors of L'Italia, said yesterday: ‘Besides the fight on sil- ver, we now, as Italians, have another fight against Bryan. We do not wish to judge from a narrow standpoint, but he is certainly very unreliable, or else he 1s | iznorant of the soeial conditions of his country, and in either case he is not fit to be President.” : T. Almagia, editor of L’'Italia, said: ‘‘In North Beach alone there are over 3500 Italian voters. Three thousand would have voted the Republican ticket anyway, but the two editorials published by Bryan have alienated a large number of the re- maining 500, and are certain to have the same effect all over the United States.” WILL DO MISSION WORK Miss Sarah Peters, Seven Years in the Riot Sections of China. Her Story of the Need of Educated Physicians and of the Progress of the Church. Miss Sarah Peters of Illinois, who has been for seven years laboring as a mission- ary at Nanking, China, under the auspices of the Woman’s Board of Foreign Mis- sions, is at the Occidental. Nankingisa city of about 500.000, in the province or Quang Su, 200 miles up the Yangtse River from Shanghai. It is there that some of the comparatively recent riots have oc- curred, but Miss Peters was not injured. “If they know you well they are not apt to hurt you,” said Miss Peters. “The Yangtse Valley, where a good many of our missionaries are at work, is known as Central China. Itvisa very rich agricult- ural country, I may say the richest in the whole of China. Elegant passenger steam- ers traverse the Yangtse River, so that it is no trouble for us tp get about. ‘“We have our books ail printed in the Chinese and English languages, so that the natives may make as much progress as possible. The Chinese are very tract- able, and learn quite easily. Our mission work is going forward in a very successful way. “‘There is especial need of missionaries who have a knowledge of medicine and surgery. Over most all of China if a per- son sustains a severe fracture of a bone there is no one who can set it. Their doc- tors would know nothing at all about how | to_set 1t, nor do they in fact know any- thing of surgery in any of its depari- ments, “Going back with my party are Dr. Mary Stone and Dr. Ida Kahn. both of Kinkiang, youne native Chinese women who have lately completed the medical course at the Michigan State Medical Col- lege, Ann Arbor. They were educated in English before they left China. Mjss Stone’s mother is a Christian, and Miss Stone was tne first Chinese child in all that region whose feet were left unbound, and which grew in their natural way. They have just completed four years at Ann Arbor. They will practice medicine in connection with the other workers in the Methodist mission.” Miss Ida Deaver of Philipsburg, Pa.. is also at the Occidental, en route to Ching Kang, and Miss Clara Merrill of Flint, Mich., who is going to Kinkiang. They will all sail on the steamer Coptic to- morrow for the mission fields of China. —————— Attorney Glidden Again. The case of Attorney Glidden, indicted by the Federal Grand Jury for having written improper letters to Miss Jennie Ryan, has as- sumed, according to reports, & new phase. The story goes that friends of Glidden ap- roached Mrs. Ryan, the mother of the young ady who accuses Attorney Glidden of im. proper conduct, Xeflncl!ing that the prosecu- tion be stopped. Mrs. Ryan refused to enter- tain such a proposition, whereupon, she says, her visitors declared that they had friends in the City who could and would swear to the innocence of the accused mar and incidentally make things extremely disagreeable for the accuser. Mrs. Ryan naturally refused to enter- taiasuch & proposition, but instead reported the affair to Inspector Shrall, who will inves- tigate the matter. ———————— John H. Miller Dines Mr. Iwanaga. Attorney John H. Miller last$ night gave an eiaborate dinner to S. Iwanaga, manager of the Nippon Yusen Steamship Company, R. Kafuku, the manager’s secretary, and others. The din- ner was & very enjoyeable affair and lasted sev- eral hours. Among those present were: S. H. Saleno of New York, who is en route to Japan A. Bowers, Williain Grant, F. W. Ludovici and Crittenden Thornton. Mr. Iwanaga, now that he has made arrangements for his stéamers between Japan and Seattie and San Diego, will soon take his departure for Yokohama. Heis much pleased with his visit here. In a Critical Condition. Mrs, Crowles, 315 Beale street, who was ‘brutally beaten and kicked by John Collins, a longshoreman, was in & critical condition at the €ity and County Hospital last night. She was in a high fever, and little hope was enter- tained of her recovery. The chances are that Collins, who is in the City Prison, will have to answer to & charge of murder. —————— ONE million will read “Mechanics’ Fair Daily.” Advertise now. Mysell Rollins,22 Clay,* BUSINESS DEPRESSION AND BRYANISM. Disturbances. The masses are beginning to see that the Democrats are dodging the free trade question in this campaign and they are beginning to ask why they hide their faces 1n shame when confronted with the sad record of failure under Clevelandism. The ghost of the ruin already wrought by the Wilson bill will not down, however much Bryan and his supporters try. to divert attention from the issue most vital to the people. ‘‘How will iree coinage help the man who has no ‘bullion?’ the workingman asks as be turns and contemplates the widespread ruin wrought by, the very measure advocated by Bryan as a panacea for all industrial ills. Lest it be charged that the present hard conditions have only lately been attributed to the Cleveland and Bryan free trade volicy it is well to refer to records that vgexelextnnt :gng before this year's Na- tional conventions made their pla and named their candidates. oy A careful report on American business conditions was made by the American Economist in October, 1894, by which it plainly appeared that wages were then, o the average, 45 per cent less than in 1892; that there was no work for 30 per cent of the people; that the outputof the factories had decreased 44 per cent; that the aver- age earnings fell off $55 per head, and that billions of dollars less money ¢irculated than circulated two years befcre, The report showed that 320 different employers of labor were unable to find work for 20,800 hands in 1894, and that they paid $8,000,000 less wages than in 1892, The report concludes as follows: i “There was 8 lo3s of $55 for the year for every individual employed. Theanaly- gis of the reports, according to sections of the country, brings the facts learned by the investigation committee more strik- ingly home, both to the employer of labor and the employe. The statements pre- sented regarding the conditions that have recently existed in the different sections of the country are also extremely inter- esting. “A valuable tabulated exhibit is that which shows the percentage of business that was done by each separate industry this year as compared with 1892. Unfor- tunately there are very few cases where there has been no shrinkage, and there was but one showing an increased busi- ness for this yaar. “The McKinley census that was taken by the American Protective Tariff Le#gue in 1892 proved that over $40,000,000 of money had been invested in new or en- larged indastries within two years. Also that work had been provided for 37,285 additional hands. ‘Now we are under the painful necessity of showing that 20,800 people have been deprived of work in 320 different industries. Also that those who were at work have re- eeived nearly §$3,000,000 less money within six months than they did two years ago. It is shown further that the amount of business was but 56 per cent of that trans- acted in 1892, *‘A year ago this month we published the results of our industrial census. This showed that there had been a decrease in business within twelve months of 47.2 per cent, a decrease in wages earned of 69 per cent and a decrease in the number of persons employed in factories of about 6034 per cent, ‘“We now have to report a shrinkage of 30 per cent in the nnmber of persons em- ployed; a lossof 45 per cent in the amount of wages earned and of 44 per cent in the output of industrial establishments. A year ago the averagejdecrease was recorded as $2 35 per week in the wagss of each em- ploye, or §61 10 for the half vear's work. We now record a loss of $55 for each per- son for the six months’ work ' this year as compared with the money that he earned during the same period in 1892, - ‘‘If we look back still further and com- pare the present results with the census of 1890, we find on the basis of the reports that we have received that there were as many as 1,413,550 idle persons in the coun- try this year who were actively employed in 1890. We further find that there were more than one billion dollars less wages earned than in 1892. We further find that the value of the product of the factories bas decreased by more than five billion dollars. Also that three billion dollars less money has been paid for material to be used in macufactures. “We cannot but accept as thoroughly reliable the information we haye received, and upon which we have based our calcu- lations. Itis extremely paintul to us to record such a distressful condition of business, which must involve pinching and poverty in most American house- holds. ‘“After these facts have been carefully studied by eyery reader and thinker in the country, we should bardly expect to find one solitary individual to advocate a policy of free trade as against protection to American labor and American indus- tries.”” The foregoing figures stand in bold re- ply to the oft-asserted accusation of the popocrats, that the Republicans of 1896 are reviving a cry of free trade and ruin to divert attention from the money ques- tion. The truth is that the Republicans of this year, like those of every year, re- fuse to shut their eves to the fact that free trade has ruined the wages and the indus- tries of the country. Republicans are not crying free trade and ruin so mmuch as they are asking the Democrats to account for their utter failure to bring prosperity out of the Wilson bill. No one who has studied the question even in the most elementary way will deny the fact that Bryan was a champion of the Wilson bill, which he promoted asa panacea for industrial ills. He was 80 full of promises that his lips were as roses. In free wool, free iron, free lum- ber and free products from afar he beheld the signs of a coming Eden. While strik- ing down the industries of the country and reducing American labor to the verge of staryation he forcibly held out the illu- sory hope that the dagger of free trade was a magical wand of progress, The cool man who studies the foregoing re- fion will see the extent to which Bryan as tried to mislead the people. . The disasters that have occurred in the industrial and commercial world since 1894 have been along the line of those that befnn with the first threats of free trade. here is scarcely an induetry from one ocean to the other that has not felt the blight of the Wilson bill. It has been shown that the woolen industry has been hurt in every part, from the shepherd amoxg his flocks to the girl at the loom ; that Canadian lumber has hurt the Ameri- can trade; that cheap iron has stopped hundreds of forges and closed hundreds of factories, and yet the popocratic cam- paigners persist in saying that thers is no taniff question, People are beginning to inguire, how- ever, why it is that Bryan is ashamed of his party’s record on free trade. They are wondering why the orators sent fortn from the Chicazo convention are not pointing with pride to the record of their party, instead of covering their faces and standing mute in the presence of damag- in'i accusations. . he efforts of the stump speakers, how- ever, cannot prevent the people from turn- ing to the Democratic record of shame, every chapter of which is a story of in- famy, a record of promises unredeemed, —_— A New Electrical Company. Articles incorporating the Reger & Atwater Company were filed with the County Clerk yesterday. The capital stock is $25,000, with the ‘following * officers “and incorporators;” Strong Evidence That Free Trade is the Cause of Industrial Reger & Atwater Compeany; P. A. Reger, presi- dent and manager; William M. Reger, treas- urer; Richard Wagner, vice-president; Ed- ward Wagner, secretary; H. R. Knapp. The company will manufacture and dealin elec- trical supplies. e - NATIVE DAUGHTERS' BALL. A Charming Festivity Held by Orinda Parlor No. 56. The fifth anniversary ball of Orinda Parlor No. 56, Native Daughters of the Golden West, was held last evening in Native Sons’ Hall. Theaffair wasja cbarm- ing success. The hall was beautifully decorated. The decorations were increased duaing the evenin, large silk American flag, presented %ob{l:e ‘pgrlor by Mrs. M. Till- man, the grand president. Miss Maack responded with a few ap- propriate words, thanking the grand presi- dent for the high honor conferred upon her associates. The following ladies constitute the vari- ous committees: Committee of arrangements—Lena B. Mills {Chairman), Emma Gruber, Agnes Boyd, Louise Kompf, Laura Utschig, Sara Callahan n | ‘and Mamie McCarthy. Reception committee—Mamie McRae, Anna McPhillips, Tress Mayer, Elsie Boyd, Josie Rusac, Ada Nau and Henrieita Kramer. Floor director —Hannah Mack; assistant, May Hayes. Fioor ‘committee — Bert Mayer, Charlotte Kompf, Annie Seipel, Hildur Anderson, Anna Gruber and Daisy }:Xvingslon- WOULDN'T BEFEND THEM Baggett Would Tell the Board of Supervisors to Come Out Openly. Argument in the Geary-Street Fran- chise Ended and the Case Submitted. The Geary-street franchise .matter was submitted to Judge Daingerfield yesterday ‘afternoon at the conclusion of arguments which occupied the entire day. It wasin- timated by counsel of both sides that they desired the opportunity to submit addi- tional authorities within the next ten or fifteen days, and the court remarked that proper allowanece would be made for them. The arguments on the writs of certiorari and prohibition were concluded with the morning session, but Judge Daingerfield announced that he would reserve his de- cision on them until after the third and last writ, that of prohibition, had been discussed and would then consider them all together. The three writs were issued to George Fletcher, a privace citizen, to restrain the Board of Supervisors from opening bids on a Geary-street franchise to run for fifty years after 1903, the year in which the Southern Pacific Company’s present privi- lege on that street will end. It was that the alleged peculiar terms of the proposition and the early date at which itis made, were calculated togive the present owners of the franchise an opportunity to defraud the people by making what might appear as the largest bid while in factit would re- sultin an ultimate lode to the City treasury. The bids were to be so much money for ‘the privilege and such nrmntsgsof the gross receipts of the roac Mr.Fletcher doubled the purity of the mo- tives of the Board of Supervisors in devis- ing such terms, and he was suspicious of an innocent looking scheme with C. B. Huntington behind it. He thought he saw a plan to handicap the honest bidder. The railroad might put in the biggest bid and offer the highest ger cent of gross re- ceipts, hold the franchise simply to pre- vent competition, then run cars at infre- quent intervals and rely upon traffic on its adjacent parallel lines, and really pay the city very much less in the long run than a smaller bid by an honest bidder would have amounted to. To each of the writs the City and County Attorney, acting in defense of the Board of Supervisors, yester- day offered these three objections: First, that the complaint did not furnish suffi- cient facts; second, that the court did not have jurisdiction in the case; third, that the plaintiff, being a simple taxpayer and unable to show that he was to be person- ally injured, had no capacity to sue. He claimed that the writs were inconsistent, and that if one of them applied the others could not. A great many cases were cited and authorities read in support of a lengthy argument against the three writs, Attorneys Baggett and Samuels for the complainant denied that there was any inconsistency. ‘‘But we don’t care,” re- marked Baggett, ‘‘under what writ itis classed, under what head it comes; if the Board of Supervisors steals iud’icinllv, legislatively or administratively it makes no difference, the people who elected them to-the position of trustees should have the wer to restrain them. I tell you, Mr. robeck,” he declared, in reply to a ques- tion as to what he would do were he counsel for the other side, ‘I would not make a defense of the Board of Supervisorsif I were City and County Attorney. I would not interpose a demurrer. would say, ‘Show the people that you have nothing to hide, you are trustees of the people.’ If I were aefending a private individual [ would, of course, make a defense. *Do you say a taxpayer is not injured v the difference between $1,500,000 and $5000 a year in the City’s revenues? *‘If a wrong be contemplated we think it should be prevented, and that this court has jurisdiction to prevent it. Inasmuch as there isa charge of fraud on the part of the Board of Supervisors, that claim is sufficient in itself to warrant this court in granting all these writs.” Mr. Samuels cited the case ot the Spring Valley Water Company vs. the Board of Supervisors, whera the Superior Court held that the court had power to interfere if onits face tne mntamgllud act was fraudulent and corrupt. The writs filed on which the judgment was entered were submitted by "Attorney Herrin, then ein- ployed by the water company, but now in the employ of the Southern Pacific Com- pany. The citation of that case apparently an- noyed the Southern Pacific attorney, J. E. Foulds, who up to that time had ‘sat lently at the taple near Brobeck rolling a vencil between his thumbs and cultivating a smile bounded on the north by a pair of gold spectacles, on the south by a shirt bosom and on the east and the west by the walls of the coartroom. At the conclusion of the argument Judge Daingerfield, reviewing as 1s his custom the points as he understands them, ex- pressed the opinion, liable, he said, to change on more mature deliberation, that the bid on the franchise is untenable, and that the defect, if there be a defect, is ju- risdictional, 2 —————————— P. F. Osborne Attached. P. F. Osborne, the Market-street hardware man, was attached yesterday for $8300 on a Jjudgment obtained several days ago by J. M. Master. Osborne’s troubles began when he was attached for a smell plumber’s bill, over which there was a_dispute, and the second at- tachment was imposed soon after the first trouble nad been settied, : . REPUBLICANS ARE IN' ACTION, Flattering Reports Received From All Over the Coast. SILVER CRAZE WANING Protection and Sound Money Increasing in Favor Every Day. SOME POLITICAL PERSONALS, Assignment of Speakers by the State Committee and Mass-Meetings Next Saturday. The executive committee of the National Republican League, together with the finance committee—Tirey L. Ford in the chair—met in their new headquarters in the Pioneer building last evening, and made arrangements for the opening of the league headquarters next Saturday even- ing with a mass-meeting in Pioneer Hall and also in their new rooms. The committee of arrangements reported that they had engaged Cassassa’s band and a glee club to furnish entertainment for the visitors. Prominent speakers haye been secured and among them are: Colonel John P. Jackson, Irving M. Scott, General Fredericks, Judge J. A. Waymire, W. F. Gibsorr and Z. U. Dodge. ) Ladies are especially wanted and all vis- itors will be made comfortable. There will be another big mass-meeting at the Auditorium, corner of Jones and Eddy, next Saturday evening, at which M. M. Estee will speak on ‘‘Protection and the Financial Issue.” Mr. Estee’s reputa- tion asa logical speaker and asa man thoroughly informed on the subjects of which he will speak, will, no doubt, draw an overcrowded house. Persons wishing to get seats shorld go early. The Republican State Central Commit- tee have made the following assignment of speakers for the week: Colonel T. V. Eddy—San Luis Obispo, August 31; Arroyo Grande, September 1; Pismo (afternoon), September 1; Nipomo, September 2; Cayucas, September 3; Cam- bria, September 4; Paso Robles, Septem- ber 5. J. A. Barham and Colonel John H. Rob- erts—Susanville, August 31; Greenville, September 1; Quincy, September2; Sierra- ville, September 3; Sierra City, September 4; Downieville, SBeptember 5. Congressman Loud — Mountain View, August 31; Milpitas, September 1; Palo Alto, September 2; Mowry Hall, San Francisco,-September 3; Santa Clara, Sep- tember 4; West Side, September 5. Judge R. B. Carpenter— Los Angeles, August 29; Bakersfield, August 31; Fresno, September 1; San Rafael, September 3. Major C, W. Kyle will speak in Invo County at Keeler, Independence, Bishop and Lone Pine next week. George C. Perkins will speak in Peta- luma on August 29 and in Livermore on September 5. Tirey L. Ford will speak at Mountain View on Augus: 31. 8. J. Duckworth will speak in Petaluma August 29 and in Healdsburg August 31. ‘W. H. L. Barnes will address the voters of San Jose on August 28 and in the Audi- torium on September 5. John T. vare will speak in West Berke- ley August 29. Samuel M. Shortridge—Nevada City, August 26; Los Angeles, August 29, San Bernardino, August 31; San Diego, Sep- tember 1; Hanford, September 3. F. P. Wickersham, chairman of the Board of Supervisors of Fresno County, and C. W. Garratt, Supervisor from the First District of Fresno, paid a visit to the rooms of the Republican State Central Committee in the Palace Hotel the other day and reported Republicanism as boom- ing in that county. Fresno at one time was a hotbed of Democracy, but now all the offices except Coroner and a Justice of the Peace are Republican. They are for protection and a good dollar. State Senator E. C. Voorhees is spend- ing a few days at the Palace Hotel. He reports two very successful Republican meatings in his county thus far. The siver craze is beginning to die out in his district, as wage earners are reflecting upon the meaning of a dollar which means a dollar. LA National Committeerman ~ John D. Spreckels is in receipt of hundreds of letters daily from all parts of the coast testifying to the growing popularity of McKinley and protection. Senator F. C. Frank and Senator 8. N. Androus are spending a few days in this City. They report a growing boom for McKinley and protection. 8. J. Duckworth of Monterey, who has been in town for a few days, returned home this morning. He will take an active part in the campaign in the way of making speeches, etc. George B. Katzenstein of Sacramento, treasurer for the Earl Fruit Company, is visiting friends in this City. He is solid for sound money and protection. He re- ceived a day or two ago a letter from a locomotive engineer in Guatemala to the effect that he was receiving wages of $7 50 aday in free silver, but thateverything else was so dear on account of the cheapness of the freely coined silver dollar that he could not save anything out of his wages. Butter is $1 50 per pound, a 90- cent woolen hat sells for $4, board is $15 per week and everything else in propor- tion. Guatemala is an object lesson in free silver. The Folsom Club. The Folsom Club heid a meeting last night at its clubrooms at Fourth and Perry streets. Speeches were made by Dr. Heino and Charles O'Brien. Twenty-five sizned the roll, increasing the membership to mnezi-fln. A resolution was passed indorsing J. D. Spreckels as leader; also W.J. Hawkins for Coroner. The meeting adjourned with cheers for McKinley and the ticket. Alta Republicans. The Alta Repubiican Club at 1ts meet- ing last night, completed its list of per- manent officers, by electing John B;odn tary, George Hunt treasurer, Harry sEQ::lel:g. Emd Jones and Robert Ker-| NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. WA LL {8 We take pleasure in announcing the arrival of 150 CASES during the past week. NEW FALL GOODS The attention of our customers is invited to the following new lines: NOVELTY SILKS, BLACK SILKS, NOVELTY BLACK FABRICS, NOVELTY COLORED DRESS GOODS, FRENCH AND AMERICAN LADIES’ CLOTHS, LADIES’ and GENTS’ SILK AND LINEN HANDKER- CHIEFS, TAFFETA and MOIRE COLORED and BLACK RIBBONS » CAMBRIC and NAIN=- SO0OK EMBROIDERIES, CHENILLE and DAMASK PORTIE GENTS’ HOSIERY RES, LADIES’ and and UNDERWEAR, LADIES’ SILK and MOREEN SKIRTS. All are invited to call and examine these NEW GOODS and NOTE OUR LOW PRICES. EXTRA SPECIAL! 50 pieces 52-INCH ENGLISH CHEVIOT SERGE, in black and navys only, $1.00 per Yard, Regular value $1.50 per Yard. 111, 118, 115, 117, 119, 121 POST STREET. ling, an executive and finance committee. The membership has increased to 127, Resolutions were passed indorsing Mr. %ilkinson for Supervisor of the Twelfth ard and John D. Spreckels as the leader of honest Republicans. Pheenix Club Big Meeting. The members of the Pheenix Republican Club are making arrangements for the big wmeeting which is to be held at Scottish Hall, on Larkin street, to-morrow night, atwhich the gifted orator, J. C. Campbell, and others, will speak. The gallery will be reserved for ladies and their escorts. Republicans at Pixley Hall. The Republicans of the Forty-first Assembly District will hold a rallying meeting at Pixley Hall, Pacific and Polk streets, t0-morrow even- ing, at which Messrs. Carpenter, Dibble, Barnes, Firebaugh, Bovee and Lieutenant- Governor J. Lynch will speak. DEATH OF C. H. M. CURRY. The Father of the County Clerk Died Last Night, After Two Weeks’ Tllness. Charles H. M. Curry, father of C.'F. i Curry, the County Clerk, died last evening | at o’clock, after an illness of two eks, mMr. Curry was bornin England nur]y sixty-three years ago, but came to this country with his father and mother when only achild. They settlea in Wisconsin when tkat State was a Territory. He grew up there, and was one of the organizers of the Republican party of the State. Since his advent here in 1873 he has taken a prominent part in politics, al- though he never ran for office. Twelve years ago he was elected grand recorder of the Knights of Honor, a posi- tion he held to the time of his death. For nine years he has been a delegate to the Supreme Lodge and past supreme sen- tinel. ¥ ceased was one of the corporate direc- to?:ol the Grand Lodge, Ancient Order United Workmen, and has attended all their sessions for the past fifteen years. He was one of the best-informed men in the State in political and fraternal matters, and asa spe:’kar he has always been in t demand. "2; a member of the Howard Methodist Church he was a good Christian. 22 Geary 8t., Near Kearny. Plain Black Fabrics. EXCEPTIONAL VALUES! Black Serge, Black Henrietta, Black Mohair, Black Crape Cloth, Black Diagonal, Black Corkscrew, Black Albatros, Black Bourette, Black Drap d’Alma, Black Cheviot, Black Sicilian, Black Camel’s-Hair, Ete. Ete. Our assortment is the most com- plete in this city—at most moderate prices. Goods sent C. 0. D. Samples for- warded, R. T. KENNEDY COMPANY Telephone Grant 518. FURNITURE - CARPETS. rty-one years ago Mr. Curry married Mfi: Eymma J. Kimball of the family of that name that settled in Vermont one century before the revolution. His widow resides now with her children at 317 Oak street. They are C. F. Curry, W. K. Curry, L. M. Curry, Miss Minerva Curry and Mrs. James Peterson, also three grandchildren. — e Butte County Miners. The Butte County Miners’ Association will meet in the first week in September for the purpose of reorganizing. The purpose of this is to allow the association to conform to the new constitution and by-laws of the California Miners’ Association. Julian Sonntag of the latter body will assist the Butte miners in re- organizing. From all accounts there is a gen- eral revival of interest in mining matters in Butte County lsd the association desires to send a large delegation to the California Miners’ Association Convention, which will be held in this city on November 10, —_———————— Died in Convulsions. Paul Demartini, manager of Frank and Paul’s Exchange, 224 Montgomery avenue, was sud- denly taken with convulsions at the Grove Street Theater last night and was promptly taken to the Receiving Hospital where he di soon efter midnight. 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Open Evenings $5 Belts fir $30. Old-fashioned and poorly made, can be had by pay- ing your money to electrio belt, muon" and travel- ing “fakers.” For a first- class article at a reasonable price write orcall for free /W copy of our new book. i, PIERCE & SON, 704 S8acramento st., cor. Kearny, #econd, tiird and jourts, foors, San ¥rancisco.