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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1896. CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Dally snd Sunday CaLy, one week, by carrier..$0.18 Daily and funday CALL, one year, by mall.... 6.00 Dally and Sunday CALI, six months, by mail.. 3.00 Daily and Sundey CALL, three months by mall 1.50 Dafly and Sunday CALL, one month, by mail.. .65 Bunday CALL, one year, by mail 1.50 WEEKLY CALL, ORe year, by mi 1.60 THE SUMMER MONTHS. ) ou going to the country on a_vacation * nAllt‘l: o irousie for us to forward THE CALL to your address. Do not let it miss you for you will miss ft. Orders given to the carrier or left at Business Office will receive prompt attention. NO EXTRA CHARGE., BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, San Francisco, Califoraia. Telophone.., Maln—1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: B517 Clay Street. Telephone..... vee . Main-1874 BRANCH OFFICES: 30 Montgomery street, corner Clay; open until 9:80 o’clock. 7 339 Hayes street; open unti) 9:30 o'clock. 718 Larkin street; open until 9:80 o'clock. SW, corner Sixteenth and Mission streets; open until § o'clock. 2618 Mission street; open untll 9 o’clock. 116 Ninth street; open until § o’clock. OAKLAND OFFICE: 908 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Booms 31 and 8%, 84 Park Row, New York City. DAVID M. FOLTZ, Special Agent. THURSDAY.... esee +-.. AUGUST 27, 1896 THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. B PATRIOTISM, PROTECTION and PROSPERITY. FOR PEESIDENT— WILLIAM McKINLEY, of Ohlo FOR VIOF-PRESIDENT-— GARRET A, HOBART, of New Jersey ELECTION NOVEMBER 3, 1896. e e e e . Read McKinley’s letter. The champion of prosperity speaks well. Democracy may squirm, but the tariff is an issue. Now let Republicans unite and make the victory sure. California will answer the great letter with a rousing majority. The banner of protection is upraised and the people will rally to it. We need international bimetallism and the Republican party will give it. The letter of acceptance is long, but none too long for earnest voters to read. International bimetallism is silver monometallism is a craze. The campaign is far advanced and no one as yet has told Tom Watson where he stands. reason, The farmers can be counted on thls year to vote for McKinley and the home market. The people have confidence in McKinley, and in that confidence lies the assurance of prosperity. Men who attempt to stir up strife in Republican ranks may call themselves Republicans, but no one else does. There is a promise of better times in McKinley’s letter to every farm, forge, fireside and factory in the country. The platform and the leiter of accept- ance are about the only campaign docu- ments the Republican party needs. Protection and prosperity are synony- mous terms in this country, and to have the one we must support the other, Imposing a charge on the transportation of bicycles is such a poor business that even a monopoly cannot make it pay. If the fellows who told us four years ago “the tariff is a tax” could be feund now they would tye beard shouting “‘the deficit isa bonus.” Intelligent Americans will take notice that McKinley speaks always of the har- mony of labor and capital, while Bryan speaks only of conflict between them. The Des Moines Capital takes the cake with this: “Mr. Bryan, you shall not press another patch on the pants of American labor; you shall not crucify the weary ‘Willie at the crossroads. With thousands of men out of employ- ment and winter coming on, every sane man can see that the chief 1ssue before the country is to reopen the shops and pro- vide work for the workers, The Ezaminer says McKinley’s recent speech to the potters was the same he delivered in 1896, and then neglects to add that Bryan is not telling the country any- thing he said in that yvear. I The State Fair managers, who are ar- ranging for a series of discussions of live topics, would make a ten stroke if they could get Sewall and Watson to come to Sacramento and debate their little issue. The Democrats seem to have agreed to let the elections in the East go by default this year, and this gives the Republicans of the West the glory of meeting the whole force of the enemy and defeating it. Those so-called Republicans who are trying to divide the party, drag down the leaders and confuse the public are really trying to give the victory to Democ- racy but baven’t the courage to make an open fight. If you use articles made in some other country you benefit the labor of that coun- try; if yon use home-made goods you benefit home labor; if you vote for free trade in foreign articles you vote-against American workingmen, aud if you vote the Democratic ticket you vote for iree trade. In giving an account of a controversy between C.F. McGlashan and A. Cami- netti, in which McGlashan is reported to ave said, *“You can’t call my friend a liar,” the Ezaminer of yesterday says: “Oaminetti answered. ryv-gUci&& ¢ .ahviul” Whatkind of campaign talk is that? 1In his speech at Albany Bryan saids: “I expect in this campaign the support of many Democrats who are not willing to indorse sll the platform declares for,” and jt would seem from this that Bryan in- tends to pose as something better than his platform and is playing the Cleveland dodge on the people. SOUND, CLEAR AND SATISFYING. Major McKinley gives voice to the Re- vublican platform in his letter of accept- ance with force and clearness, leaving nothing to be guessed at or twisted to mean something else. The country now knows for sure what to exvect if he is elected. Likea manly man, like a sincere patriot and like a true and tried friend of the peopie Major McKinley declares that “The first duty of the Republican party, if restored to power 1n the country, will be the enactmentof a tariff law which will raise all the money necessary to conduct the Government, economically and hon- estly administered, and so adjusted as to give preference to home manufactures and adequate protection to home laborand the home market.” Thus the country is assured that if Re- vublican principles have the indorsement of the people in November the whole power and influence of the Government will be brought t, bear to immediately se- cure such legislation as shall be most con- ducive to the well-being of every business interest, and which shall give the wage- earner the greatest possible opportunity for constant employment at satisfying pay. No other assurance isneeded. As sure as the Republican party triumphs the industries of the country will open wide their doors and invite labor to enter and accept permanent work at highly re- munerative wages. On the money question Major McKinley will be indorsed by men of all parties who want to see every form of our money kept at par underany and all circumstances. He says: “The Republican party has not been and is not now opposed to the use of silver money, as its record abund- antly shows. It has done all that could be done for its increased use, with safety and honor, by the United States acting apart from other Governments. This has been the unbroken policy of the Republican party since 1875. It has in- augurated no new policy. It will keep in circulation and as good as zold all of the silver and paper money which are now in- cluded in the currency of the country. It will maintain their parity. It will pre- serve their equality in the future as it has always done in the past.”’ AN IMPORTANT MATTER. The tariff and the money question are the leading issues in this campaign, and they cannot be discussed too much; but meanwhile the people should not lose sight of the attack upon the Kederal Su- preme Court by the Bryan platiorm. Itis said that Altgeld 18 responsible for that particular plank, but no matter who in- spired or who wrote it, the fact remains that the purpose is, if Bryan is elected, to revamp tbe Supreme Court so that de- cisions may be had that will not interfere with the operation of the principles of Altgeldism in social ana business life. The question of the counrt interpreting lawfrom the standpoint of the declarations of the constitution is not to be considered, says the Chicago platform. The Bryanites want to accomplish certaitt things, but which cannotgbe accomplished without the sanction of the Supreme Court. As the court is now constituted there is no hope of their being sustained in their revolutionary schemes, and so the plan is to increase the number of Justices enough togive the Aligelds a clear majority. It will be seen that, with a Supreme Court in full sympathy with the aims of the Bryan- Altgeld combixe, decisions to order conld be relied upon. Altgeld’s chief reason for wanting such acourt is to protect him, when occasion requires, from the authority of the General Government. There have been times in the past when the Federal courts were very much in his way, and he is quite de- sirous that they should be reorganized with some reference to his wishes in the matter of handing down decisions. Mr. Bryan is viciously anxious to “tap” those who have incomes from investments and business enterprises under the guise of an “income tax,” and he wants a Supreme Court that will reverse the decision of the present court and ceclare that it is aito- gether constitutional for the Government to rob its citizens that way. But the danger of Bryanism lies not wholly in its purpose to revamp the Supreme Court for political purposes. The introduction of the spoils system would be equally as dangerous to the rights of the people, but with the spoils of office as the reward for disreputable campaign work, ard witha Supreme Court in sympathy with all forms of Bryanism, which means the very reverse of what Republicanism stands for, the sovereignty of the people would be tarned into the serfdom of the people. The people must protect the Supreme Court of the Nation from Altgeldism at all hazard. REPUBLICANISM GROWING. If the race for the Presidency were ex- tended to January the struggle for su- premacy would finally be between the nominee of the middie-of-the-road. Demo- crats and Major McKinley. Bryan de- serters are growing in numbers very fast, and the Populists are making lifea barden to those who still stick to the young man’s fortunes. It so happens that the really astute Democratic campaign managers are against the Chicago nominee, and there is a suspicion that Gorman, Hill and Hoke Smith are playing Bryan to'secure certain local advantages, and that when the war is over he will find that they were in his camp for the opportunity it gave them to have access to his campaign secrets. But, anyway, it is very clear that the peopls are taking less interest in the sil- ver and more in the tariff question. The recent talks of Major McKinley to indus- trial operatives and farmers are changing public sentiment very fast. Major Mc- Kinley has made it very clear that itis better to open the shops, mills and fac- tories to labor than the mints to silver, and the sober second thoughi of the peo- ple is taking to that idea in a way that means the silyer question is by no means the paramount issue as they now under- stand the situation. Mr. Bryan’s vehement denunciation of all who differ from him on economic ques- tions; and his constant appeals to wage- earners and farmers to declare war upon capital, are setting the people to wonder- ing if he would not be a very unsafe Presi- dent. The suspicion is growing, too, that Altgeld and Tillman are the power be- hind Bryan, and that if he were elected he wouid be dominated by them in ail things. But whether it is that influence or his own boundless egotism, it is certain that he grows more sectional and his abuse of all who have accumulated wealth grows more bitter every day: It is claimed by some of Bryan’s friends that he is really & very conservative man, and that he is trying to array class against class to catch votes, but a man who would resort to such a trick and so disturb busi- ness as to inflict a loss of hundreds of millions of dollars and create feelings of hatred between neighbors is not the peo- ple’sideal Presidential candidate. Itis very clear, too, that Chairman Jones of Bryan’s National Committee has no influence with the young man. That is .because the Altgeld-Tiliman combine does not pro- pose to let the young man slip so gn away as to endanger its hold upon him should he be elected. Altgeld and Tillman are responsibte, no doubt, for Bryan’s treatment of Watson, and the publie is beginning to see or to believe that those worthies are working a deep scheme which does not mean good to the country. These things, together with Major McKinley’s talks with the “‘com- mon people,” as Bryan puts it, are chang- ing public opinion very fast in the matter of the importance of securing protection for our industries and work for labor first, and silver coinage afterward; besides, Bryan talks more about making war upon capital than he does about the good of the people, and the people have not been suf- ficiently educated to his theories to accept them. At the veryoutset Bryan madethe mistake of trying to array class against class, and it was a positive blunder to say he “was going to the enemy's country” when he started for New York. The peo- ple had enough of sectional hatred years ago. They want peace and prosperity now. BRYAN MAKES THREATS. It is doubtful if any irresponsible agi- tator of the time has uttered a more vehe- ment or vicious sentiment than did Wil- liam Jennings Bryan in his Albany (N, Y.) speech. It wou!d seem that he tried to put all the fury of class hatred in the declara- tion: *“We ask no quarter, we give no quarter. We shall prosecute our warfare until there is not an American citizen that dares to advocate a gold-standard policy. Youask why? We reply that the gold standard is a conspiracy against the human race, and that we would no more join it than we would join an army march- ing to despoil our homes and destroy our families.” Mr. Bryan says if you ask him why no one will dare express the belief that the gold standard is the better monetary sys- tem, “we” will tell you that “the gold standard is & conspiracy against the human race,” and ‘“‘we’’ will not permit you to advocate it because you are “‘an army marching to despoil our homes and destroy our families.” The man, there- fore, who believes in the gold standard is a despoiler of homes and a destroyer of families. Jefferson, Jackson, Benton, Til- den, Seymour and Hendricks were, ac- cording to Bryan, despoilers of homes and the destroyezs‘of families, for they all were gold-standard Democrats. . But Mr. Bryan's purpose is to in- augurate a class war—that is to say, to set labor against capital. What the thinking peorle will conclude to do con- cerning Bryan’s effort to kindle flames of hatred in the minds and hearts of those who go to hear him speak remains to be seen, but Bryan iimself must know that the intelligence and patriotism of the country do not relish that sort of thing. However, the more Bryan tries to set brother against brother and neizhborhood against neighborhood the faster will the eyes of his misguided followers be opened to see-how dangerous to the peace and prosperity of the country the man’s pur- pose is. WHEELMEN IN POLITICS. The Southern Pacific Company, which ou:ht to go out of politics itself, has, in- stead of doing so, taken steps to force into politics other organizations that would have gladly remained non-partisan had they been left alone. One of these organi- zations is the California Division of the League of American Wheelmen. It has been compelled to take the field asa poli- tical force in order to obtain legislative protection from the arbitrary action of the company in imposing » charge upon the transportation of bicycles, It is difficult to understand why the managers of the company should have imposed such a charge when they must be fully eware of the invariable result of making such charges in the East. Pos- sibly it is the consciousness of the posses- sion of a virtual monopoly of railroaas in this State that has led the officials of the company to believe they could succeed in doing in California what could not be done elsewhere, They have imposed the charge and the only recourse left to wheelmen is to apply to the Legislature this winter for the passage of a law similar to that which prevails in New York and Ohio, requiring railroads to class bicycles as baggage and carry them withont extra charge. The justice of tne claim of the wheel- men is beyond question. Passenger charges are fixed at a rate which defrays the cost of carrying a certain amount of baggage as well as the passenger. Every traveler on the road therefore is entitled to have that amount of baggage, though as a matter of fact in local traffic very lit- tle baggage is carried. The rajiroad com- vany 1s thus paid for far more work than it performs, and it will lose no money by treating bicycles as baggage and carrying them without further charge to any pas- senger who may choose to take his bicycle with him on his outing trip. ! The imposition of the cliarge is the more unfair inasmuch as the use of bicycles has largely increased railroad travel. Thousands of cyclers take a short ride on the train to some locality in the country before taking to their wheels, and num- bers of others who leave town on their .bikes ride back on the trains. The very fact that so many bicycles are handed in at the baggage-cars is a proof of the num- ber of cyclers who patronize the trains. They would not leave town at ail were it not for the cyciing pleasure frips thai en- tice them to the country. The railroads of California as weil as those of the East have gained much from bicycles in this way, and it is*to be regretted that any railroad company should be so shert- sighted as to impose an extra charge for carrying wheels, and particularly so when ail past experience proves that the only result of such charges 1s to force the league /o into politics in order to protect their in- terests by legislative enactment. SHOULD NOT VOTE FOR FREE SILVER. Jowa State Register. These snould not vote for irec silver coin- age, 16 to 1: s 1—Those who work for wages or salaries. 2—Those who live on invested funds. 3—Those who carry life insurance. 4—Those who carry fire or other insurance. 5—Those who hold loan and building stock. 6-—-Those who are insured in fraternal socie- ties. 7—Those who are paid pensions. 8—Those who have saved up for & rainy day. 9—Those who desire to labor and save. 10—Those who want a 100-cent dollar for their labor or for the products of labor. 11—Those who want to 1o to others as they would that others should do to them. 12—Those who believe in maintaining the money and the credit of the Nation. 13—Those who believe that the United States should remain one of the great commercial Na- tions of the world. Vice - President Stevenson does not lfke bloomers. He says he is willing to be behind MUSIC AND All the great musical papers in Europe are celebrating the Bayreuth fetes with extranum- bers, containing portraits, illustrations, ete. “Siegiried Wagner,” writes his master Humper- dinck, “has become & conductor beyond all expectations; he made the best impression of them all, and Richter, Mottl aud \Levy con- sider him as exceptionally gifted and more fitted than any one else to maintain the pater- nal glory.” It is reported that:the Exmperor William will assist at the last series. In spite of the great success of these representations it is said that there will be & deflcit or 100,000 marks. The technical requisites absolved alone 40,000 marks. The sale of singie seats represents 24,000 marks, and the whole receipts amounted to 480,000 marks. The performences did not pass off entirely without acci- dents; at the performance of the “Dusk of the Gods” the machinist in charge of the thunder and lightning was severely burned in the face SIEGFRIED WAGNER, MUSICIANS, the Paris Conservatory both for grand opera end opera comique. Both the opera-houses are anxious to secure her services for the part of Zerhma in “Don Juan,” which is being per- formed simultaneously at both houses. It is thought that she will decide in favor of the Grand Opera-house. At Budapest ajduel has just taken place with sabers between M. Le Baron de Nopesa, superintendent of the royal theaters, and M. Diosy, musical critic cf the Neues Pester Jour- nal. The Baron de Nopesa received several wounds in the neck and throat, butnone of them were serious. The duel was eaused by & discussion about M. Mahler, formerly director of the Royal Opera and now conductor of the orchestra at the opera-house at Hamburg. A sensational performance at the Chatelet, Paris, will be the reproduction of the ‘‘Biche au Bois,” in which a ballet will be presented by means of the cenematographe. Upon the WHO NOW SHINES FORTH AS A CONDUCTOR. and hands, and the tenor, Gruning, in the role of Siegfried, wounded the machinist hidden inside the body of the dragon Fafner. They are already speakingof next year’s perform- auces. The immense cost caused by the” re- newing of all the decorative and technical material once incurred, a repetition of the- “Nibelungen” alone could succeed in making up for the deficiency of this year. The admin- istration is thinking of repeating the “Tetra- logie” in 1897, and adding & series of repre- sentations of ‘‘Parsifal.”’ Della Rogers is the only American singer, indeed, the only person not French in a troupe of sixty, which the young Princeof Ghica of Roumania hasselected in France to play the coming season in the new theater at Jassy. A compeient corps de ballet s included. Among the singers are women who have made suc- cesses in Paris and various French and italian cities, but Miss Rogers 1§ to be prima donna assoluta. The opening is to be made in “Faust.” Miss Rogers makes her debut the third night in “Samsor. and Delila.” She is to sing in eight different roles. Her costumes, all new, are of the most luxurious description; the jewels, crowns, bracelets, ete., made to order, cost alone over 1500 francs. The cos- tumes will cost over 6000 francs. The prince is a young, dark, fascinsting mah, but a musician, but not an executant, who talks wisely and well of his venture, which is largely *‘pour. s'amuser.” The the- ater 18 scarcely finished, The best is hoped for the project and fog all parties concerned. Miss Rogers and her mother leave Paris for Jassy to-day, August 27. There is no race, however uncivilized, that is without its musie, and it is through music the savage finds his best expression of varied passions. We even read, and know of, in stances where music has had the power of charming and subduing wild beasts and venomous reptfles. It is a significant fact that after the close of the great Civil War, when our Nation was torn asunder in memor- able strife, the Grand National Peace Jubilee, held in Boston in June, 1869, assumed the form of & musical festival. A chorus of over 10,000 voices and the harmony of more than 1000 instruments rolled forth-their sea of sound, accompanied by the chiming of bells and the boom!ng of cannon, pouring out praise and gratulation at the restoration of peace in the land, in loud hosannas, with all the grandeur and majesty of which music is capa- ble. Amy Fay says: *To visit New York in sum. mer one would think it was the home of bad music. An oncasional hand organ played for ten minutes used to be rathera pleasant thing; but when one is daily besieged by four or five mechanical pianos which are much louder in tone and which play until they force one to pay them to leave, it becomes a serious matter. We don’t mind one biack cat on our doorstep, but when it becomes ‘a million black cats,’ as the boy sald, may heaven defend us! Itis said that in London one can never get outof the sound of the hand organ.” Several of the French journals have an- nouuced the engagement, at Scala, of the sister of Otero. This would be nothing wonderful; the only surprising part of it is that the beau- tiful Otero, unfortunately, has no sister. A competition, open to all the world, is being organized at Barcelona, according to these conditions: There will pe four prizes. The first, 500 francs for a cantata for four soloists, chorus and orchestra, upon any text chosen by the candidate; second, prize of 400 francs for an orchestral suite in four movements in a popular style, and reflecting the nationality of the author; third, a prize of 800 francs for & mass to St. Cecile, for four solos, choir and quintet of stringed instruments, organ and timbrels; fourth, a prize of 200 francs for a series of six melodies for singing, with piano accompaniment. Besides these prizes the title of member of honor of the society will be be- stowed on the four winners. The competitors must send in their work before the 15th of October next, addressed to the local Artistic Musical Circle, Place Saint-Juste 4, Barcelona, Spain. The announcement is just made that Miss Ida Diserens of this City has won & large pre- mium offered by a publishing firm of Phila- delphia for the cleverest essay: on ‘“The Sest Method of Teaching Music to Children.” Miss Diserens’ many friends will hear of her success with great satisfaction. She is a gentle, retiring young girl, who, however, is ever ready to devote her talents and energies to helping any charitable cause. The success of ::: :{Mlxy concert last winter is still remem- ‘The different corporations of church artists of Paris, whether chapel-masters, organists, singers, etc., have been holding reunions dur- ing the past month with the view of forming a professional association. At Carlsrune the Conservatory of Music, placed under the patronage of the Grand Duchess Louise de Bale, wiil commence a new school year on the- 15th of September. It is interesting to know that at this institution the teaching is in four languages—French, Gerihan, Italian and English. the times in this matter and prefers skirts. | Mile, Guiraudon has gained the first prize at cloth all the rhythmicand regular movements of the dancers will be seen accompanied by the orchestra. PERSONAL Thomas B. Price of Boston is at the Palace. Judge Windom Kemp of El Paso is in town. Dr. F. B. Sutliff of S8acramento is visiting the City. Ex-Governor Sheldon of Pasadena is at the Grand. James Enright, a lumber<dealer of Redding, 18 here. Dr. H. O. Staller of Kalamazoo, Mich,, is in the City. Dr. C. E. Tumeo of Rio Vista rrrived here yesterday. W. W. Scarlet, a rancher of Suisun, s at the Cosmopolitan, F. B. Harris, a merchant of Fresno, s at the Cosmopolitan. L. A. Richards, a livestock grower of Gray- som, is at the Lick. W. N. Chester of the United States steamer Alert is at the Lick. State Senator William Johnson of Portland, Or., is at the Grand. C. F. Burns, the hotel proprietor of Caza- dero, is at the Grard. F. F. Parker, owner of Elk Park, Napa Connty, is in the City. Howard Paschal, a mining man of Butte, Mont., 1s at the Palace. Charles M. Cassin, an attorney of Santa Cruz, is on a Visit here. G. A. Smith, owner of & large ranch near Courtland, is at the Grand. i/ George D. Jones, a business man of Silver City, arrived bere yesterday. A. Neilson, an iron works owner of Sacra- mento, is here on & business trip. William W. Adams and H. A. Keller, wealthy residents of Montana, are in town. F. D. Cott, a resident of Stockton, {s at the Baldwin. He is accompanied by his wife. ‘W. Huntington, a prominent business man of Charleston, 111, is at the Cosmopolitan, Wilmot Grant Pierce of Bt. Paul is among those who yesterdny registered at the Occi- dental. Lieutenant W. H. Hart of the United States army is at the Occidental. He arrived yes- terday. J. D. Hardin, a business man of Chariton, Towa, was among those who arrived here last evening. R.C. Miner, an attorney of Stockton, was among the arrivals here yesterday. He is at the Lick. W. A. Cullodin, a mining and business man of Guaymas, Mexico, is among those at the Baldwin. J. H.J. Van Warden of Laramie, Wyo., an old friend of the late William Edgar Nye, is on & visit here. Mrs. Irwin C. Stump of New York arrived here last night on a visit to her friends and is at the Palace. E. Cumenge of Paris is among the arrivals at the Palace. Mr. Cumenge is interested in gold mines in Trinity County. Ex-Judge Fitzgerald, an extensive merchant of Solomonville, Arizona, is at the Palsce, ac- companied by several friends. Samuel Harris, & wealthy business man who for some years has been in Tahiti, is in the City. He is interested in the pearl fisheries and in other enterprises. D. J. Chadwick, formerly United States Treas- ury agent in this Btate in the interests of various lands, and who then resided at Los Angeles, has been appointed to an important position at Washington, D. C. For some time until lately he has been chairman of the Utah Young Men’s League of Republican Clubs and lived at Salt Lake. Hamlin Smith, formerly chief of the Cocopah Iadians who roamed at the head of the Gulf of ‘California, and who is renowned as one of the most expert hunters snd trappers on the Pacific Coast side of the continent, is among the late arrivals here. He has been for some time in Lower California, where he hunted the rare birds like the egret, black crane and heron for their feathers. He brought with him quite a large quantity of these feathers, and for them he has received a handsome sum. The noted hunter has long been known as #Cocopah’ Smith, from hiy extended resi- dence among the Cocopsahs. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N, Y., Aug. 26.—At the St. Cloud, J. C. Green; Astor, L. D. Jacks, Albert H. McDonald and wife, e LAW . AND LORGNETTES IN ENG. LAND. London Law Journal. The decision of the Lord Chief Justite not to permit the presence of ladies on the bench at the Jameson trial will be well received by ail who wish to see the dignity of the couris up- held. The appearance of the courts during more than one cause celebre has been tive of a society function rather than of a trial fraught with very serious consequence to the parties. Law and lorgnettes do not go well to- ther on the bench. There is no reason why adies who desire to attend the hearing of an interesting case should not have their wishes gratified and be able to attend the court in the proper place. This view was adopted by the :mu :mxne- .vg::‘:l :he{nec aside o{? finuh conr: of accommodation a; ggm that at the disposal of the general ]5::- IN POLLY'S EYES. Let poets sing of besauty, fame, 1n rounded rhyme or sior. Let soidiers boast of war's fierce game, Of martial deeds and glory: For me life has no greater prize Than gazing into Polly’s eyes. Let scholars waste their cheerless lives ‘With books 50 old and dreary: ‘The man who but for knowledge strives Of 1iving s00n Rrows weary; And what's the use of growing wise ‘When I gaze nto Polly’s eyes? S0 let the old world go its way, A fig for fame or glory. » 1 livebut for that happy day When finished is “our story” And I can read with glad surprise The “Yes” that lurks in Polly’s eyes. —New York Truth, HUMOR OF THE LAY. Chappy—Ma told me to call here and ask you if you couldn’t give me something for my head. Dr. Blunt—You run homgand tell your ma I wouldn’t take it as a gift.—Harper’s Bazar. The king of Aragon once said: “There are four things in the world worth living for—old wine to drink, old wood to burn, old books to read and old friends 1o converse with.” The King was satisfied with any old thing.— ‘Washington Times. He—As near as I can get at it, the general idea of heaven seems to be & place where it is always summer. She—Yes; and the proportion of men to women will be aboutas it is at most of the summer resorts. Am I right?—Indianapolis Journal. Conductor—Your ticket, please. Passenger—I’m traveling on my face. Conductor—All right; I’ll punch that.—Town Topics. “Young Jones is a pretty bright fellow.” “Didn’t he deliver the valedictory at his college commencement & couple of weeks ago?’ . “Yes; and B®'s begun to revise his opinions already.”—Puck. Ardent jover—If you could see my heart, Belinda, you would know how fondiy— Up-to-date girl (producing Rontgen camera)— I intend to see it, George. Sit still, please.— Collier’s Weekly. Parson Jones (returning from church, to smail boy with pole)—Do you know where little boys go who go fishing on the Sabbath ? Small boy (with pride)—You just bet I do, and I ain’t a-goin’ to give the snap away, either.—Texas Sirter. PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE. Dean Farrar of Canterbury has imposed a fee of 3 pence on all persons who visit the tomb of Bt. Thomas & Becket. The Rev. A. Holden Byles, one of the English leaders in the Pleasant Sunday Afternoon movement, has been visiting friends in this country. A war correspondent returned to Cape Town from Matabeleland reports that Cecil Rhodes aisplayed bravery verging on rashness in the fights with the Matabeles, The vestry of Hawarder have accepted an offer by the family of Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone to put a stained-glass window in the parish church in honor of their father and mother. The Archbishop of Cantetbury will visit Ireland next month and preath in some of the churches. No Archbishop of Canterbury has preached in any Irish church within living memory. John Burns, M. P., was unintentionally the cause of much merriment in the House of Commons a few days ago when he said, “Since 1 came in the House, four years ago, the confl- dence of the public in it has much dimin- ished.” George H. Millar, the assistant architect of the Capitol, who has just died, had hela that office since 1852. He built the great white dome that surmounts the Capitol and in doing 80 took a deep personal interest and continu- ous risg in the work. Dr. Alice Bennett, who has just resigned the office of superintendent of the woman's de- partment of the Pennsyivania State Hospital for the Insane, after holding it for sixteen years, was the first woman ever appointed to the independent charge of a woman'’s hospital, FOR THE LITTLE TOTS. A dainty little gown for .infants is shown here. The waist is cat with a round yoke, ‘which is of tucked nainsook, with insertions of Valenciennes lace. The epaulette ruffles of embroidery are on the edges of this yoke. The waist is gathered back and front, and is sewn toablng from which the skirt also hangs. The full bishop sleeves are after the latest models. For state occasions little dresses of white Japanese silk, with ruffies of the same, having insertions of Valenciennes lace let in. STORY OF THE GOLDEN GATE. Stockton [ndependent. Joaquin Miller had an interesting contribu- tion in last Sunday’s CALL on “The Story and the Glory of the Golden Gate.” The object of the articleis to prove that Genersl Fremont gave the title of Golden Gate to the entrance to San Francisco Bay long before the advent of the Argonauts. The Poet of the Sierras sue- ceeds in this quite conclusively, resurrecting a map which had been made by Fremont previ- ou 80 1848, in which year it was prin; The old poet follows General Fremont up the Contra Costa hills to the point whence the in- trepld explorer contemplated the beautiful Golden Gate, where he gave it its name and from which point of view he subsequently had Bierstadt paint his famous picture of the mag- nificent gateway to thie State’s metropoiis. Mr. Miller has rendered history a timely service in publishing the hxlerelfln(fli ts in connection with the name of the Golden Gate. Through all the narrative crops out the poetic nature of the writer, Standingon the t Fremont drank in the impm“:po"::el’:‘c: Miller draws the following graphic picture of the scene: “It is noticeable that at each equinox the sun, from this. g!‘remonl’l) point of view, falls down exactly into the Golden Gate, and itis always at such times incredibly vast, blocking for a few moments the whole %;!e with it disk of gold. I oncesaw a black ¢!oud—black as midnight and as boundless—hang above this ball of gold as it rolled down into the golden chasm of the Golden Gate. But the sun did not heed the cloud. The cloud was only blacker from the bright- ness of the golden giobe and the gate and the walls of the gate and the bay and the city and all the cities up and down, and the islands and the ships and indeed al! the world, the heavens and the earth, all things save that awful night- mare of black cloud aboye the golden sun, were for & moment nothifg but molten gold, Then the sun sank, sank suddenly into the sea, as if it had, indeed, been a mighty ball of oid and the blackness fell down as suddenly n his ‘fl-oe. and blackness was only black- ness, as if God himself had closed the gate with abang, and forever.” THE DIFFERENCE. Riverside Press. THE CALL notices that whila Republican leaders are organizing the business men of the country to promote . prosperity Democratic leaders are revising Bryan’s next speech snd trying to make it seund pretty. WHY IT IS PREFERRED. Santa Barbars Equity. One reason why we prefer THE CALL to other San Francisco papers is that it uses the United Press dispatches -instead of those of the noto- riously unreliable Associated Press. THE GOOD WORK. ‘Woodland Mail. THE CALL still keeps up the good work of ex- posing luueuivt frauds. In it« Sunday issue it Enowed up a little more of the modus operandi of these rotten institutions. OPINIONS OF COAST EDITORS. The New Term. National City Record. The old dictum, “In union there 1s strength,” has been changed into “In fusion there is spoil.” l Explanation Called For. Santa Barbara Press. When a man says, ““I am a Democrat,” he is now obliged to go still further and explain to what particular species he belongs. Iguores His Populistic Brother. ‘Woodland Mall How cruel it was of Bryan.not to mention Tom Watson in his New York speech. It is about time the Populists were reading between the lines. Has So Soon Forgotten. Boston Herald. Mr. Bryan’s allusion to the hirelingsof the press is a reminder of the fact that he was one of these hirelings himself once, though he seems to have torgotten atl about it. Three Is a Crowd. San Jacinto Record. ‘Whenever Mr. Bryan thinkes of Mr. Sewell, the plutocrat, and Mr. Watson, the Populist, each demanding his undivided attention, he appreciates the force of the saying, *‘Two's company; three's a crowd.” Need a Usury Law, Fresno Republican. ‘We need a usury law in Californis, and we need it badly. We need it to protect life’s un- fortunates from tnose who feed and fatten on them. Such a law _should be passed by the next Legisiature. Whetner it will be, is an. other question, In a Nutshell. New York Press. Prosperity will come only with increased business. Increased business will come only with increased revemue. Incre revenue will come only with protection. Protection will come only with Republicanism. Repub- Meanism will come only with McKinley. The Day for His Class Ended.- Stockton Independent. Dave Neagle, the slayer of Judge Terry, must begin 10 realize that the day for his class has ended on the Pacific Coast. It must be & great shock to Neagle and his kind that thein- fluence of those whom they have seryed 1s no longer potent for their protection. , - ‘What California Needs. Stockton Independent. California needs protection for its figs, unes, citrus fruits, raisins, olives, olive oil, ts sugar, wool, meat and honey. To get this protection Californians must elect Re- ublican Congressmen, who, while laboring ?or protection to Californians, will aid others in getting like protection to their industries. A Boomerang Argument. ‘Tulare Register. The strong point urged by certain oratorsand newspapars in favor of the free coinage of un- limited silver is that it will increase prices, Yet they denounce the tariff as an iniguity be- cause, as they allege. it increases prices and they ‘‘cannot stand the tax.” If they cannot stand high prices in one case how can they in the other? The Nickel-in-the-Slot Robbery. Fresno Republican. nickel-in.the-slot machine, as it in saloons, in cigar-stores and by the Southern ‘Pacific Railway Company, is not an unmixed blessing. Even where the game “square” 1t is a constant incentive to the waste of money in driblets, and where it is ‘‘crooked.” as it fre. quently is, it is merely & species of safe rob- bery. us far the inventor of the nickel-in. the-slot machine has not proved to bé a public ‘benefactor. The — CALIFORNTA glace fruits, 50¢ Ib. Townsend's.* e e e Iryou want fine service, fine carriages, com. ppetent drivers, ring up1950. Pac. Carriage Co,* — Srrcran information daily to manufacturers, ‘business houses and public men by the Pr-z Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. B Profitable and Appreciated Freedom. Oakland Tribune. The latestrailroad innovation has occurred in Minnesota. Over a year ago the Minneapo- iis, 8t. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie rosd tried the plan of allowing each locomotive engineer to hire his ‘own firemen. The vlan has worked s0 well that the mausgers of the road now propose to let each conductor hire his own brakeman. Other roads, includ- ing some of the most important in the country, ‘have been watching the plan with great interest and its general adoption is under discussion. Cheap Excursion to St. Paul. The Shasta route and the Notthern Pacific Ratt- rond has been selected as the officiaj route to w- tend the Nationat Encampment of the G. A. B 3 St. Paul, to be held thers September 2t05. Ths excursion will leave San Francisco and Saora- mento August 26 at 7 P. M. Rates $67 90 forthy round trip. The above rate is open to all who wisa tomake the trip East. Send your name and al- dress o T. K, Stateler, general agent, 638 Marke: treet, San Francisco, for sleeping-car reservaiions ——————— Grand Army of the Republic. The Atlantic and Pacific Rallroad, Santa Fe route, will make for the encampment a: St. Paul & one-way rate for the round t#p. Tickets on sale August 25 and 28. Ticket office, 844 Market street, Chronicle bullding. Telephone Main 1531. THE most efficacions stimulant to excite the sppetite are Dr. Siegert's Angostura Bitters. Be- ‘ware of counterfeits. ———————— YOUR cough was occasioned by careless expos- ure to draft. Cure 1t at once with Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. .’ ——————— No Contest Among Native Daughters. Sausalito News. The oldest “native son” died in San Diego on last Sunday night. Alreaay contentfon has arisen as to the elaim of the deceased havirg been the oldest “boy” in the State. We ob- serve that there is no contention as to who is the oldest ““girl” in the State. Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov't Report Rl Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE

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