The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 30, 1896, Page 22

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EW . corner Sixteenth and Mission streets; open wntll § o'clock. 2618 Mission street; open until 9 o’clock 116 Ninth street; open until 9 o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE : | 908 Broadway. ... Maln—1874 EASTERN OFFICE: Rooms $1 snd 82, 34 Park Row, New York City. FOLTZ, Special Agent. THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. { — PATRICTISM, PROTECTION and PROSPERITY. FOR PRESIDENT— WILLIAM McKINLEY, of Ohlo FOR VICF-PRESIDENT— GARRET A HOBART, of New Jersey ELECTION NOV The tide has turned. All is plain sailing now. McKinley stands for law, honesty and prosperity. 0ld Chang has reached this country just in time to get on record as a campaign Li By the way he is talking Bryan is cut- ting his throat as weli as making it hoarse. Bryan's campaign began as a threat, but it will be a joke before the campaign is over. California will not vote down the sub- stance of her gold mines for the Demo- cratic shadow of free silver. The interests of the East and of the West, of the rich and of the poor are equally bound up in the cause of sound money. Bryan wanted to debate with McKinley, and now Tillman has challenged Harrison. to a discussion. The youthful prodigies are getting sassy. Men are judged by their works, not by their words, and what deed of Bryan’s contains any promise of good for the American people? -— | ‘We have reached the turn of the tide, | and from this time on the cause of protec- tion and genuine bimetallism will rise steadily in all parts of.the country. —— 1t is to the interest of California to ex- | pand her mercantile marine, and there- fore her people should support the Repub- | lican party, which is pledged to pro- | mote it. McKinley’s letter of acceptance, taken in connection with the great speeches of | Reed, Harrison, Sherman and Thurston, raises the campaign of education to higner education at the start. Republican leaders are doing everything in their power to establish harmony, and pefore long the rank and file will take things iu their own hands and dram the kickers out of the party. Men who have studied the situation in the Southern States declare McKinley will certamnly carry Missouri, Kentucky, Ten- nessee, West Virginia, and probably Vir- ginia and North Carolina. Lord Chief Justice Russell and other eminent leaders ot British thought make eloquent pleas for international arbitra- tion with the United States, but none of them made any offer of that kind to Zan- zibar, The bombardment of Zanzibar shows how fiercely the British take the aggres- sive to protect their trade interests on the Indian Ocean, and America wiil have to be on guard or they will be doing the same thing on the Pacifie. The straightforward pledge of Major McKinley to promote the free coinage of silver by international agrecment is in accord with the sentiments of all genuine bimetallists, and offers the people the pros- pect of a speedy restoration of silver to its position a8 & money metal. A New York court has decided that a girl may keep an engagement ring after breaking off the engagement, by way of compensation for gas and coal used dur- ing the courtship, so young men had bet- ter see to it that the ring isn't worth more than the gas bill comes to. The Hon, Edward J. Phélpsof Vérmont, who has been a stalwart Democrat for years, has joined ths protest against Bry- anism, “Itismy p- -otic duty,” he says, “and should be th d ty of all loyal and patriotic citizens, 1o support the sound- money candidates in this campaign.” It is reported that the use of the bicycle in Paris has forced the dressmakers to fix styles for the coming year with an increase of from three to four inches in the waist measure, and as this of course means more cloth thé manufacturers will not be in- cluded among the kickers against the wheel, The physicians of St. Louis are said to be much interested in discussing the re- cent occurrence there of the remarkable phenomenon of & child 8 months old dying of senile debility, and in November the whole country will be discussing the similar death of that equaily young infant, the Popocrat fusion party. You remember the story that William C. ‘Whitney has begun near Lenox the build- ing of a great valace for his son who has just married Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt? Well, the Boston Herald has investigated the matter, and found that the building is to be a plain two-story wooden house. The palatial story was all friils, THE GOOD OF RECIPROCITY. We belicve the repeal of the reciprocity ar- rangements negotiated by the last Republican administration was a National catamaty, and we demand their rencwal and extension on such terms as will equalize our trade with other nations, remove the restrictions which 20w obstruct the sale of American products in the ports of other countries and secure en- | larged markets for the produets of our farms, JSorests and factories. Protection and reciprocity are twin meas- ures of Republican poiicy and go hand in hand. Democratic rule has recklessly struck down both, and both must be re-established. Protection for what we produce, free admis- | ion for the necessaries of life which we don’t produce, reciprocal agreements of mutual in- terest which gain open markets for us in re- turn for our open market to others. Prolec- tion builds up domestio industry and trade and secures our own market for ourselves. Reciprocity builds up foreign trade and finds an outlet for our surplus. Reciprocal trade is the oldest as well as the truest method of commodity exchange because it is based on equivalency inde- vendent of money upon the one hand and sentiment upon the other. It méans “‘trade and barter,” and is fair or iree trade. Reciprocal trade comes and goes | without let or hindrance, and, moreover, quality and quantity, not money, deter- mine the equivalency. That is to say, in- ternational reciprocal trade is made possi- ble because A of one country has more of a given commod:ty than he wants but not enough of another. B of another country has a surplus of that which A wantsand he is in need of some of that which A has asurplus of. But they cannot yet ex- change cheir commoditi They must uscertain how much C of still another country, who 1s s bayer of both A’s and B’s kinds of commodities, will pay in money for a given quantity of a given quality of their commodities. This C de- termines by the supply of and thedemand for such commodities. 1t is Q's prices that enable A and B to exchange their commodities on the basis of equivalency, but the money that C would ‘pay in must be the same in re- demption and purchase power in all three of the countries, otherwise there would be no way of knowing what the equivalent of one commodity would be in another commogdity. ‘There need be no reciprocal trade relations between A and C, or B and C, but there must be between A and B, and they must be free io go and come be- tween: their respective countries without paying to either country anything for the privilege. But there counld be no recipro- cal trade relations between countries whose prodaucts were identical; on the contrary, the true policy oi each would be to secure iiself against the competition of the others by customs duties. This is theoretical reciprocity. For results aceruing from the principle of reciprocity practically applied we need only to turn to the operation of the prin- ciple under the McKinley act. During the operation of that act our trade with the countries with which reciprocal trade re- lations were established was more than twice as much as it was before the McKin- ley bill became a law or has been under the Wilson-Gorman act. We have not only lost enormously directly, because of the abrogation of the reciprocal trade treaties made under the McKiunley act, but because of some of the provisions of the Wilson-Gorman act. Several European countries have adopted retalistory meas- ures, and our farm products more espe- cially are discriminated against. In fact, the farmer has been the worst hurt by the repeal of the reciprocity act, for in addition to losing good markets for his breadstuffs, he is confronted by the greatest encour- agement to the farmers of other countries | to increase their cheap-labor product for consumption in Europe. Reciprocal trade treaties are as necessary as protection to this country, but Mr. Bryvan says both are wrong, and that neither shall be if he is elected. The people spoke at St. Louis and they said two things especially—first, ** We will have an income equal to the expenditure of this, the most progressive nation on the globe; sec- ondly, our financial honor shall be as unques- tionable as our love of freedom and as our trust in heaven.” And, to make it all sure, that convention simply tegistered the will of the mine and the work-bench, the manufac- tory and the counting-room, the farm and the village, the patriotism and hope of the repub- lic, and mominated William McKinley for President. At that hour he was elected chief magistrate of the United States.—Rev. F. W. Gunsaulus. X EX-PRESIDENT HARRISON. There is no occasion for one to lose faith in the stability of our institutions when such men as Benjamin Harrison come from the pleasures of retirement to help rally the people around the fundamental principles of the Government, that the in- tegrity and the honor of the Nation may be guarded against foes, whether they be from within or without. There was noth- ing to move Mr. Harrison to meet and ad- vise with his fellow-countryraen in New York but the sacredness of duty. Mr. Harrison has served his country faithfully in the field, in the halls of legis- lation and in the Nation’s executive chair, and at his pwn request he retired 10 the quiet of home Iife. His public career we thought was closed—closed while the whole country was rejoicing in peace and prosperity to which he had contributed much. But when sectionalism began to parade in the highways of the Nation’s progress and threaten to march against and overthrow the very foundation of the Government and of society Benjamin Har- rison came forward with all the vigor of vouth to protest—to protest in words that would pe heeded. “My interest in my country,” said Mr. Harrisop, *‘did not cease when my last salary check was cashed.” Standing there addressing thousands of his fellow= citizens, the ex-President exhibited no beroism, nor was he a martyr, but the representative of the highest product of the civilization of the nineteenth century, which is the 8pirit of freedom, right and justice as manifested in the geniusof the principles of the Government of the United States. It isin this fact largely that the Harrisons of the country always come from their seclusion without the asking when the public good needs them that the masses always feel secure, and it is well that they do come and participate with the people in their protests against proposed departure from the methods and customs which have made this people the happilest aud best ¢ircumstanced people in the world and their country the most powerful as well as the most independent nation on the earth. : And now will the people see and appre- ciate the cause of the ex-President’s com- ing to them? It must be he believes events are occurring which presage no good to the country’s institutions, and when it is remembered that Mr. Harrison is very far from being an alarmist, it will occur to thougntful people that it is their duty to carefully analyze the situation and see what it promises for good as well as evil. But Mr. Harrison is not alone in the belief “that the people are facing a crisis, It may be said all those whom we recognize as statesmen and wise leaders believe this is a time when the patriotism of the people should assert itself in-a wav that shall be a warning to all who would assail the integrity and the honor of the commonwealth. e — That some may be rich shows that others may become rich, and hence is just encour- agement to industry and enterprise. Let not him who is homeless pull down the house of another, but let him labor diligently and build one for himself; thus, by example, as- suring that his own’shall be safe from vio- lence when built.—Abraham Lincoln. THE ZANZIBAR INCIDENT. The bombardment of Zanzibar by the British and the reported attitude of the Salisbury Minisury toward the island are matters of something more than passing ntsrest {o the American people, and par- ticularly to those of California. The bom- bardment was done in the interests of British trade, and those interests would be much advanced by the annexation of the island to the empire. However, it is not likely the annexation will be made, as it is said Lord Balisbury is not certa.m that France and Germany would readily consent to abandon their rights and con- sular jurisdiction. We have in the incident, therefore, 1wo facts of note. One is the promptness with which British tradeé is backed up by the British navy in weak countries, and the other the evidence that the extent of the but it is true, nevertheless, and every- body shonld be thankiul that it is so. Men who were pronounced Bryanites a week ago atre repudiating him; not becanse they have changed their views on the sil- ver question, but his incendiary speeches the past few days have convinced them that he is a revolutionist, and nota well- balanced one at that. The people, not even Mr. Bryan’s friends, are prepared to adopt his brother-against-brotherand war- and-blood policy. Having so overreached the mark, together with the candid but severe analysis of the man’s fallacies by McKinley, Reea, Harrison, Sherman and other men in whom the country has con- fidence, the public is beginniiig to appre« ciate what the election of such a man would mean, and the turning away from him is more pronounced than the turning to him was when he was nominated. ‘The speeches of the gentlemen referred to have been circulated iar and wide, and they inangurated a campaign of éducation that 18 being feit in all the avenues of trade and traffic. There never was such a flocking to the standard-bearer of a party as there has been to Major McKinley dur- ing the last week or ten days, and tha so: called sound-money Democrats are draws ing irom Bryan every day. Evén the Populists are *‘working” Bryan's party in many States, all of which gives the people courage to go ahead and resume business at the old stand. Nothing could be surer than Major McKinley’s election, for it is evident that every man in the country who wants none of Bryan’s blood, warand sectionalism in the administration of the affairs of the Government is either backing stops short of the annexation of the weak power only when some strong nation &tands in the way to object. Wi_th the affafrs of Zanzibar we have no partie- ular concern, but with the spir?t dis- played by the British Government in deal- ing with it we have some concern, for that same spirit may yet be shown by the British in their dealings with the islands of the Pacific Ocean or the weaker nations openly for McKinley or is combining for Bryan’s defeat, which means indirect sup+ port of the man who stands for prosperity, peace and the good of all the people. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 20.—At the Plaza, G. F. Sutton; Union Square, J. S. Angus; Hoft- man, R.E. Brown, W. Louisson; Astor, L. B. along the Pacific Coast. The United States has become a great manufacturing nation and will soon bea great exporter of manufactured goods. It needs only that our Government shall do as much for our merchant marine as Great Britain does for hers to expand and ex- tend that commerce into every sea and to every land that borders on the sea. This of necessity will bring us face to face with the British as competitors for the com- merce of the world, and that competition will be keenest on the Pacific Ocean, for it is on that ocean that the trade of the tuture will find its largest and most profit- able development. The islands of the Pacific are already recognized as important to the world of trade and commerce. Their strategic | value is known to the naval commanders of all nations apd to diplomatists as well. No well-informed man in these days speaks lightly of Hawali, Samoa, New Guinea or of the lesser gronps of islands in that wide sea. They will offer strong points of vantage in the coming commer- cial struggle to the power that owns them, and it is the duty of American statesmen to cee to it that Great Britain does not play in the Pacific Ocean the high-handed game she has just played very nearly to a finish at Zanzibar. We have a great country and we must keep it great. Inwages and industries and in the ntegrity of its finances and currency the United States must be at the head of the na- tions of the earth.—McKinley. WHAT A GREAT MAW SAID, The Brysniles are ransacking the speeches of the great men of the country to prove that free silver coinage inde- pendent of other countries was indorsed by them. Naturally they select the speeches of those who are not among the living. They do not want any one to push them to the wall for garbling. Mr. Bryan does not hesitate to claim that all dead statesmen would be advocating his fallacies if they were alive, but the follow- ing from a speech of Daniel Webster shows that if he were taking part in this cam- paign Major McKinley would have a very strong supporter in the Massachusetts commoner. Mr. Webster says: *'Bir, the very man of all others who has the deepest interest in a sound currency, who suffers most by mischievous legisla- {ion in money matters, is the man who earns his daily bread by his daily toil. A depreciated currency, sudden changes of prices, paper money falling between morn- ing and noon, and falling still lower be- tween noon and night—these things con- stitute the very harvest time of specu- lators, and of the whole race of those who are at once idle and crafty, and of that other race, too, the Catalines of all times, marked soas to be known forever, by one stroke of the historian’s pen, ‘those greedy of other men’s property and prodigal of their own.” = *Capitalists, too, may outlive such times; they may either prey on the earnings of labor by their cent per cent, or they may hoard. But the laboring man, what can he hoard? Preying on nobody, he be- comes the prey of all. His property is in his hands, His reliance, his fund, his productive freehold, his all, is his labor. Whether he works on his own small capi- tal or another's, his living is still eéarned by his industry; and when the money of the country becomes depreciated and de- based, whether it be adulterated coin or paper without credit, that industry is robbed of its reward. He then labors for a country whose laws cheat him out of his bread."” b} Can any American citizen, to whom his country is first in war and first in peace, and who fully understnds this question in all its consequences, have the heart to throw our country into this seething and heartless vortex of silver speculation—this maelsirom o/ the silver Mammon?—Senator Nelson of Minne- sota. PUBLI0 SENTIMENT. Major McKinley's leiter of acceptance, Sherman’s speech at Columbus, Speaker Reed’s speech at Old: Orebard, Me., ana ex-President Harrison’s speech in New York are exerting a poweriul in- fluence for good all over the country. The news comes from all sections that a betier feeling and more confidence pre- vails, and that capital is beginning to look about for employment in new enterptises. | The feeling of unrest and.doubt which was so observable everywhere a. week ago is giving way to tbe belief, which is grow- ing, that the country will not fall, into the bands of rash experimentalists; and that whatever Bryan may say or threaten | his utterances will no longer materially hinder business operations. Mr. Bryan may. be thanked for helping to bring about this change in public senti- ment. His speeches the past week have been so sectional and vi¢ious that oppor- tunity was given McKinley, Harrison, Sherman, Reed and other distinguished statesmen to fully scquaint the people with the full meaning of Bryanism, and the people are governing themselves ac- cordingly. Such a sudden change in pub- lic sentiment and such a sudden restora- tion of confidence in the commercial world is not often experienced in this country, Jacobs, L. F. Cockroit; Albert, R. Taimie. Mts. Butters aud Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Butters and meid left the Plaza to sail for Liverpool on the Cunarder Laconia. PERSONAL. E. 0. Miller of Visalin is ot a visit here. E. Ireland, a business man of Winters, is in town. L. W. Robbins, & merchant of Stockton, is at the Ramona. 3 J. Jerome Smith, the extensive landowner of Stockton, is at the Lick. Mrs. W. J. Lowrie and son of Honolulu have taken rooms at the Ramona. 1. Nieto, représenting the cordial firm of Charles Jacquin & Cle, is in town. G. A. Wiley, manager of George W. McNear's 1large warehouse at Port Costa, is at the Grand. Superior Judge E.D.Spencer of Susanville, Lassen County, is among the arrivals at the Russ, C.R. Guhther and 8. H. Pell of New York were among the arrivals on the Rio de Janeiro yesterday. T.J. Welden, the Boniface ot the Palace Hotel 1n Ukiah, is gladdening the hearts of his {riends at the Ramona. Mrs. T. G. Thrum and family, who have been atthe Ramona for two months, will ieave for home on the Australia. Liedtenant Hough of the United States ship Yorktown arrived here from the Urient yes terday on the Rio and is at the Palace. Ex-Superior Judge D. P. Hatch, formerly of Santa. Barbara, now of Los Angeles, who ac- quitted A.P. More some years since for kill- ing a Chin&man, is at the Grand. Colonel Watzosky of the Russian military service is at the Occidentel on his way to Mexico and Cuba. He will remain some months, finally returning by wady of New Orleas His sister is accompanying him, J. Tarn McGrew, who left hére three months ago to visit his parefits ih Honolnlu before going for a year to Korea, 18 expécted to re- turn to this City shortly, as he has given up the Korea trip and decided to take some addi- tional courses at Stanford University, where he was a student for four years. MY LADY'S CHOICE. She was queen of the hour _And she reigned alone : In a leafy dower, With a heart of stone. 1 watched where she swung In a hammock cool, Through the Arowsy hours of & summer's day, And I marveled much &t her courily rule /Ana pitied the knights who owned her sway. A college youth was the first to sue, With a manner cold, till his boyish face Flushed red a: glimpse of her dainty shoe 'hat peeped, as she swung, from her finttering ace. He served for a while, but she wearled fast; ‘When he talked of sports and his college crew She yawned in his face, till he went at last, ‘With & sadder heart than the lady kew. A tenor, who came with an angel’s voire, Sang a song of love and had well-nigh won She gave him her hand and her eyes were molst; But his lips were mute when the song was done, &0, idly, she swung till the sounds of night Had luiled her o sleep and 4 shadow crept Up the gravel walk, through the failing light, '0 the hammock’s slde where iy 1 b She woke at a breath from his bending form, His eyes looked in hers us ho held her fast; Then, a8 darkness fell Ike & gathering storm, Lknew that her lover had come at Iast. —~ WALDRON W. ANDgRSON In N. Y. Truth, PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE. Tiburzi, the notorious Sicilian bandit, en- joyed the aistinetion of having been sentenced 10 death twenty-seven times. ) The Commandant Regnier, the distin- guished French soldier and explorer of the Venezuelan Guyana, will leave Caracas shortly for his native land. Davidson, the English sculptor, has bowed to the wishes of the Inverness Town Council and consented to provide his statue of Flora Macdonald with a pair of shoes and stockings, and, no doubt, garters. Ex-Queen Isabella of Spain has followed up the reconciliation which took place some years ago between herself and her husband, Don Fraucls d’Assise, by traveling with him for the first time since the separgtion. Miss Willard’s recent letters are dated at Little Hampton, Eng., where she is resting for & short time at the Beach Hotel after her arduous labors in connection with the recent annual meeting. She will sail for America on October 9. Mrs. Anson rhelps Stokes, who fotinded the Italian Froe Reading-room and Library in Mulberry street, New York City, has largely increased its facilities, and placed an ice-water fountain at its door for the use of passers-by. The libraty now containg 3000 voluines, most of them given by the founder, i ! Menelek, the Emperdrof Efhiopia and Negus of Abyssinia, has promulghted several sump- tuary laws. Among thém is oné forbidding any woman to wear jewels of gold. This privi- lege is roserved exclusively to Empress Taitu. Another law prohibits tobgego-smoking. This Is explained by the fact that Menelk énoticed one day that a tobacco-plafit had ‘grown over the grave of one of his ancestors, Belgiim papers say that ‘M. A. de Gerlache, the Belglum explorer, will be ready to start on is voyage to the Antarctic ‘regions by the iiddle of September. The sum 6f money al- ready collected by private subscription, and idcluding the £4000 voted by the Chamber of Deputies, amounts to £9200, and sithough at hirst £10,000 was estimated as the amount ne- cessary, this estimate has been extended to £12,000., James Douglas Reid, United States Consul at Dunfermline, Scotland, will be present at the National Convention of the Telegraph Asso- ciation in Pittsburg on September 9. Mr. Reia, Wwho is affectionately known as the “Grand Old Man of Telegraphy,” is & Scotchman by birth, and was assistant to Henry O. Reilly, who built the first telegraph line under contract with the Morse patents between Lancaster and Harrisburg, Pa, = A ossssuoncus SnMnATaemoeo s e e . | LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. DEMOCRACY AND MONEY. A GoLD DEMOCRAT SHOWS THAT JEFFERSON FAVORED THE GOLD STANDARD. Editor Cail: The essence of true Democracy has evet been sound money for the protection of the poor, ighorant and helpless. By sound money the Democracy has ever meant mouey Which was as nearly as possible on a pat with that of the nations with which our prinecipal trade was conducted And money of universal value, and sveh as would maintatn itself as merchandise at the general level of the world. These are the old, standard and approved tests of money for tha Démocracy. Theréfore has piper money evet been rejected by the De- mocracy—in the sense of Government puper; beeatise the paper value is not mercantile and cahnot maintain {tself atthe general level of the world’s commerce. If the paper bé too abundant it cannot g0 out as an article of merchandise to & country where It is scatece, but must remain in the eountry where it is issued, to choke the channels of circulation, \flx rs! s out all specie and continue to depreciate Silver no longer fills the conditions of good Denocratic money. It is no longer the money of the countries with which our great trade is condueted. If declared of & value equal to gold, at a yaluation of sixteen parts of silyer to o{u part of gold, when the valuation of the world’s commerce declares 16 t6_1 to be false and the tfue valtation to be 81 to1, silver will no longer maintain itself at the general level of the world, and will be mere local United States money and nearly as dangerous as paper. No conservative, balanced man can Assert with firm belief ‘that all thé silver in the world will obey the alehemistie command of our lawyer congress and rise, presto, to 16 to 1. Therefore, 16 to 1 silver is undemo- cratic ana violates all the teachings and tra- ditions of the party. 5o assert thé principles of Jackson and Jefferson. Ifi the létter to John W. Eppes, November 6, 1813, found in volume VI of Jefferson’s works, at {nge 281, Jefferson writes: ¢To trade on equal terms the common messure of value shouid be, as nearly as pos- #ible, on a pAr with that of its corresponding nations whose medium is in 4 sound state— that ig, not i1 ageidental state of excess of de- ficiency.” 2 “Wow one of the advantages of gpecie is that being of universal value (which gold alone would be at 16 to 12 it will keep itself at the general level, flowing out from where it is too high into parts where it is lower; whereas, if the medium be of local value only, as paper money (and 16 to 1 silver) if too slight indeed, gold and silver (now gold oniy) will flow in to supply the deficiency, and if’ too much, it g;:per and 16 to 1' silver) accumulates, nishes gold and silver (undeér 16 to 1 ban- ishes the gold) locked up in vaults and hourds, and depreciates itself, 1. e., its proportion to the annual produce of industry being raised, more of it is required to represent any particu- lar article of produce than in the othef coun- tries. It may be seen, therefore, that Jefférson, if alive, would stand for world money only, to wit, the single gold standard. Very faith- JOHN HEENAN, . _ ] WHAT HAS HE DONE? fully, Chicago Times-Herald. . From the beginning of his public career Mr. Bryan has talked of the sufferings of the peo- ple with ¢hoking voice and tearful eye. But has he ever contributed anything save talk to the cause of labor of the eommen people? A consideration of Mr. Bryan’s brief publie life yields the conclusion that his interest in the sufferings of the people begins and ends in the use he can make of the subject in his lifework of competing for oratorical prizes. Mr: Bryan has never been anything but an orator. He has been piling up the erowns whicn his ora- tory has brought him, while labor has been bearing its cross r. Bryan never per- formed any one act of service to the cause of labor. He never helped pass & 1 to secure higher wages for labor. He never assisted in “’3’ legislation designed to securé comfort or independence for the workingman. He never Helped to_shorten the hours of la- bor—though he kas done his part in ing away the opportunity of labo He never helped advance the system of arbitration. He never sought to relieve labor from the oppres- sion of gréat monopolies. He has never, so far as is known, held out the had of charity to the unfortunate. He has never contributed .anything to;the cause of the common people save tal He voted to continue the oppres- sion of alarge number of people made free by ‘Abraham Lincoln. And now he is working to the end that the wages of iabor the country over may be reduced by one-halt. Mr. Bryan invites comparison between Abrahum Lincoln and himsélf. There is no more resemblance peétween Lincoin and Bryan than there is be- tween agranite hitching-post and & bumming bird. Mr. Lincoln provea that he was not a demagogue by a lifelong service to the op- Ereued and wronged. His monument is what e did, not what he said ALLEGED HUMOR. “Talk mey be cheap,’ says the Manayunk philosopher, “but the man who retains a law- yer kndws differently.”’—Philadelphia Record. Teacher—Now, what happened when Lot’s wife looked behind her ? Small Boy—They prob'ly yelled *“Rubber- neck I’—=Detroit Tribune. He—It's reported around that we are en- gaged. BShe—Well, you know it's a mistake. He—Yes; I called to see if I couldn’t rectify it.—Puck. Lord Pitznoodle—Would I marry? Prithee, yes, could I find my exact 6pposite. Lady Betty—That canst nos be difficult, my lord. There muste’en be some sensible dames in thy neighborhood.—London Judy. “Did you hear about the funny thing that happened up at Dumley’s house?’ asked Wig- Wa “Noj what was 1t7” “Dumley added two wings to the old build: ing, and @ ehimney flue.”—Philadelphia Rece ord. —— “What have you named your boy?” illlam—just plain William. My wife wanted to name him after that lovely Mr. Bryan and I wanted to name him after Me- Kinley, so we compromised ot plain Wil liam, after both of them.”—Indianapolis Journal Johnnie~Tommy Jones don’t know how to swim, beécause his mother don’t want him to g0 near the water. Mamma—Well, Tommy is & good boy. Johnnie—Yes, he'll go to heaven the first time he falls overboard.—Brooklyn Life. “And you never inquired what your flance does for a living?” “No, I have felt no interest. It is enough to know that he is ready to die for me.” Clearly the matter of living was not the im- portant thing at that stage ot the game, what- ever it might chance to be subsequently.—De- troit Tribune. OPINIONS OF WESTERN EDITORS. A Good Rule. Merced Express. Mark Hanna proceeds on the principle of the golden rule. A Questiocn for Laborers. Pasadena News. Here you are, sir; what will you have for your labor, two 50-cent silver dollars or two 0ld dollars? It the former, vote for Bryan; fi the latter, vote for McKinley; and if there are enough of you, you ¢an havé it your own WA The Imaginary bLividing Line. Fresno Republican, : A San Francisco woman appeared on the streets in man’s elothing, and she was arrested and fined Up here wo! ppear in men’s ciothing that was picked t00 soon and they are neiiher arrested nor fined. They are too particular down in San Francisco. . Sam Small’s Flop. Berkeley Herald. Rev. Sam Small has offered his services to the Democracy for stumping purposss. What & queer world it ‘k to be sure, Here the Rov. Bamuel has been gmm&m devil for years, and now, all ot a sudden, behold the flop into the enemy’s eamp. When Women War, Men Surrender. Tulare Register. Whan women go into the ranks as soldiers and fight side by side with their hus] and brothérs, as they are now fighting in Cuba, there ¢an be no doubting the determination of the insurgents or the futility of the Spanish cause. Nothing short of extermination of the revolutionists will enable Spain to govern Cuba again. It is high time for mediation, peageful or otherwise. A Lesson From History. \ Calaveras Prospect. One of the great lessons of history, as ex- pressed by Hon, William McKinley, 18 that ag- riculture cannot rise 0 its hfll?helt\_peflutlon and reach its fullest developmient without the aid of commerce, manufacture and mechani- calarts. All areessential to the healthy growth and highest advance of the others; the progress of one insures the prosperity of another. There are no conflicts, there should be no antagonisms, They indispensable to each other. Whatever eénfeebles one is sure to cripple the res Ode to the Dollar. Uklah Herald. How dear to our hearts is the old silyer dol- Iar as some kind subseriber presents to our view—the liberty head without necktie oz col- lar and all the strange things that seem to us new—the wide-spreading eagle, the arrows below it, the stars and the words and the strange things they tell, The coin of out fatners! we're F"d that we know it, for some time or other 'twill come in right well—the spreadeagle dollar, the nu-lpnnfled dollar, the old silver dollar welove so well. — ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS MacniNERY—G. W. L., Red Bluff, Cal. It is geiierally denied that American mining machinery and Ameriean agricultural imple- ments are sold cheaper in this country for ex- portation than to home consumers. —— . MepicAn Works.—J. H. Los Angeles, Cal. If you wish to secure a list of the standgra medic cal works, the latest up to date, write toa first class book seller and such will be sent you. This department will not reeommend any par ticular Enok or books nor advertise the firms that have them onsale. RAIL IN SAN MaTteo=—C. R., City. An ordi: nance of the Supervisors of San Mateo County, adopted November 1, 1895, says that it shall be unlawful to kill or hunt rail in that county between the 15th day of Novémber and the 15th of October of the following year. Theres {ore, the open season is only one menth. CATHODE RAY=M. C. W. Jr, City. No rulé can be laid down fixing the time that a plate shall be exposed during an X-ray experiment. e bperatis st be gaided By the condition of affuirs, the thickness of the object to be op- er-i:ed'::pon, the sensitiveness of the plate and 0 forth. ALFILERILLA—E. S., Livermore, Cal. Al- filerilla is the Spanish-American name for pingrass or pineloyer ferodmm cicutarium) ot the geranium family, a European weed now naturalized in California and some other arts of the United States and used as a forage erb. The spelling is sometimes alfilaria and alfileria. THE RIGHT T0 ATTACH—S,, City. A salesman to whoin a mantfacturer for whom he is work- ing is ihdebtea and who cannot obtain his money has a right to sue, and he can have the propefty of his employer attaclied. To ascer- tain what further rights he might have in the matter the salesman should state his case to an atiorney. A QUESTION oF Law—Subicriber, €ity. This départment“does not undertaké'to solve legal questioris. That is a matter for the courts and for that reason it ‘cannbt answer whether, under certain circumstafices, an indlvidual ¢ould compel another ihdividual to grant him & right of way over .certain lands without making 1t a way for publie use. Cottp EXemaNce—N. B. F., Citrus; Inyo County, Cal. From present indications and the utterance of the leaders of the Democratic- Popnlist movement for freesilvet coinage, it looks very much as if a_person Laving silver coined at the mints of the United States could g0 to the Treasury and demand gold in éx- change forit. At present there is no law on this subject. FILARIA—E. G. 8., Livermore, Cal. Filaria, or fileria, is the name given to a genus typical of the filariide. A nematode or thread worm of this genus is parasiticin man and in some of the lower animals. It is said to be the cause of elephantiasis, that is, the one known as filaria, sanguinis-hominis, which in its larva form 1s found in the 1ymphnlcn and blood vessels. No PreMivn—C. C;, City. There is no prem- iumon & five cent nickel without the word cents upon it. The catalogues of dealers have rinted on them, *‘Coins we do_not buy: Fly- ng eagle cents of 1857 and 1858 ; three cent nickel, excepting 1877 }du not mistake nickel for silver); five cenis, nickel, without the word cents; quartets and halves of 1853 with arrow heads at side of date and rays around the eagle; half dollars of 1861, and dollars of 1878 with either seven or eight feathers in the eagle's tail.” REFERENDUM AND INITIATIVE — Ignorance, City. “‘Direct legislation’” eomprises the referendum and fnitiative. Under the former, laws, ete., after being passed by the Legislature are referred to & direct vote of “the people” to be ratified or rejected. When “obligatory,” all laws must be $o referred; when ‘‘optional,” they are referred only on request of a certain humber or percentage of the voters. The initiative requires the submission to such direct vote of any propcsed law formally ap- Proved by a certain percentage of the vOters. PERU AND MEX1CO—B. F., Oakland, Cal. The subjects of the Ineas of Peru wére not a& com- mercial people and had no knowledge of money. In this they differed from the ancient Mexicans, who had an established currency. The first coins struck in a mint on the Ame: ican continent were those minted in the Cit of Mexico, in the mint established in 1535. The coins were }% real, 1 real, 2 reales and 4 resles. At thatperiod the ratio between gold and silver was 6 to 1. The first coins of Peru —silver reales, médios and pesos—wete minted in 1621. At that time the ratio was 10 to 1. No SUCH ORDINANCE—A. R., City. There is no ordinance prohibiting persons from staking out horses, cows or goats, and requiring that such shall be kept within an inclosure. There is an ordinance which declares that ‘no person having of using any animal shall leave the same without securely fastening the same, except it be attached to a aray, truck or whter- cart; or, if attached to a dray, truck or water- cart, shall leave such animal without first securely locking the wheels of the vehicle to which it is attached; any animal left unfast- ened in violation of this ordinance shall be impounded.” REPRESENTATION—A. W. P., Oakland, Cal The following table shows the number of elee- toral votes cast at the Presidential election of 1892, the numbe r and politics of the represen- tatives at the Congressional election of 1804, The same number of Representatives will be elected this year as there are now in office, as there has not heen any changein the appors tionment. This includes Utah, which was not a State in 1894, The only increase in the elec- toral college will be electors from Utah, three in number, which will make the number 447, and 224 will be necessary to a choice. There will be no change in the number of United States Senators, there being two from each Sta Each of the foliowing-named States will have a_Senator whose term expires in 1897. The letter following the name of the State indicates the politics of the retiring Sen- ator: Alabama, D.; Arkansas, D.; Californis, R Colorado, R.; Comnecticut, R.; Florida, D. %,; Idaho, Tilinojs, Kentucky, D. ana, iand, D.; Missouri, D.; Nevada, P.; shire, R.; New York, D.; North Caro- llnl.%l.; North Dakota, R.; Pennsylvania, R.; South Dakota, P.; Vermont, R. R.; Oho, D. ; Oregon, South Carolina, D.: R.; Washington, Wisconsin, D. Elector yo ot Washington West Vicginia Wisconsin.. Wyoming. Totals. 232|277 I1as ree are Republicans, The 245i104] 7 Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma have one delegate each in the lower house of Con- gress these th litical complexion of the State of California been: 1852, Demo- n Presidential years has 1;;3' B crat; 1856, mocrat; i lican; 1868, Republican; 1872, fi%bfiggf Y876. Republican; 1880, Demo- t; 1884, Republican; 1888, Republican, g:‘d 1892 :f:m. lgapnbuc-n 1, Democrats 8. o R S ] LADY'S YOKR WITH EPAULETTES. Here Is shown a perfectly plain waist, which is made to appear very elaborate and "dressy by a simple accessory. A yoke like this can be worn with any waist, and is a great help when one’s wardrobe is limited. The pattern is cut with the straps in one plece witli the yoke. Theepeulettes are sewed on at the shoulder. A waist of plain cloth may be made very stylish with trimming of the new cashmere velveteen cut after this model. The edges gmy be turned in. or simply bo‘\lnd with rib- on. Another ¢harming way to remodel s plain waist is to have this trimming of a contrast. ing color in cloth—sdy a black waist with mignonetfé green cloth. This may be span- led along the edges or beé bordered by s ringe of fur. ‘l;hifl silk is aléo used over ‘plain cloths or sitks. Flouncing may be used.for the yoke and épauléttes, with band lace for the giraps. Or ‘{lie yoke or straps may be cut in ome’ of piece- 1ace, using 4 highly-celored silk for liming. Black lace makes a very effective trimming fof almost any waist. Black het, plain or the dotted, may be used, the edges turned in and trimmed with green or black spahgles sewn on cloge together. If the dotted net is used, a spangle may be sewn on each dot. ‘ Piece embroidery can also be utilized for such a trimming. The natural colored grass linen ot batiste makes a very stylish accessory and is not ex- nsive. Efther the plain or the all over em- g.midered ones can be used. Plain white lawn or batiste are very dainty. All the edges to be trimmed with the narrowest of yellow Valenciennes lace. The collar to be of rgw tpon row of lace on & plain strip of the 00ds.. $ Ribbon two and a half inches wide, joined together by strip of embroidery or lace the same width ean be used, with the lace laid over the ribbon for the straps. E. H. BLACK, panter, 120 Eddy street. ——————————— A NICE present—Townsend’s California Glace ¥ruits, 50c. 1b., in Jap baskets. 627 Market. * -~ SPECIAL information daily to manufacturars, business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * e - EVASION OR COWARDICE? New York Mail and Express. Two years ago William J. Bryan canvassed the State-of Nebraska in search of a United States senatorship. His labor resulted in a Republican vietory. At that time he was an out-and-out free-trader, and he is the same to- day, nlumuih he seems to have so far lost the courage of his convictions that he dared not make even casual reference to the tariff jssue in his Madison-square Garden speech. Some people call this evasion; others term it eowardice. But as all evasion is cowardice the designation mesns little, the fact much. Are You Gomg East? The Atlantic and Pacific Railroad—Sants Fe route—is the coolést and most comfortable sum- mier line, 0wing to its elevation and absence from sikall dust. Particalarly adapted for the trans- portation of families because of its palace draw- ing-room and modern upholstersd tourist sleeping cars, which run daily through from Oakland to Chicago, leaving a6 & seasonable hour and in charge of attentive conductors ant porters. Ticket office, 644 Market street, Chronicle building. Tel- ephone, Maln 1631 .Cheap Exeursion to St. Paul. The Ehasta route and the Northern Pacifio Rait- road has been selected as the officlal -route tow tend the Natlonal Encampment of the G. A, B. s 8t. Paul, t0 be held there Beptember 2t65. Ths excursion will léave San Francisco and Sacra- mento August 26 at 7 P. . Rates $87 90 for ths “round trip. The above rate Is open to all who wisa to make the trip Bast. Sénd your name andai- dress to T. K. Stateler, general agent, 638 Marke: treey, San Francisco, for sléeping-car reserviiloas. L s iipiilii THE most efficacious stimulant to excite the appetite are Dr. Slegert’s Angostura Bitters. Be- ware of counterfeits. — ———————— YouR cough was occasioned by careless expos- ure to draft. Cure it at once with Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. e Ir afflicted with sore eyes uss Dr. fsasc Thomp- son's Bye Water, Druggists sell It at 35 cents. pusteii-e-i iy A nail-making achine produces as many nails in a given timeas wers former- ly made by 1000 men. DINNER SET complete for 6 persons, 54 pieces. DINNER SET complete for 12 persons, 100 pieces. Best quality Semi-Porcelain Ware. DINNER SET Decorated, for 6 persons, 54 pieces. DINNER SET Decorated, for 12 persons, 100 pieces Guaranteed Very Best Quality. PRETTY DECORATION, Will Cost You Double Elsewhere. SEE THEM. FRUIT § 330 per o= B, JARS. (reat American_lmnnmnfi Tea Co. 80c pet Dos. Jelly Glasses. 3285 Mission st, 1053 Washington st. 616 E. Twelfth st. fif*fln Pnhlon-vc. 9:7 Bmflw;n Oakland 1355 Park st., Alameda. SPECIAL SALE ROXBURY BRUSSELS CARPET LAID A LINED, YARD. 4 Rooms Furniture, solid oak, $75. SHIREK & SHIREK, HOUSE" FURNISHERS, t Street, Opposite Grant Ave. T ket e Rr NS 301,