The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 26, 1896, Page 1

VOLUME LXXX.—NO. 118 PRICE FIVE CENTS. RUINED BY REE TRADE Havoc Wrought Among the Wool-Growers by Low Tariffs. MAJOR M'KINLEY CITES THE FIGURES. Ridiculous Predictions Made by Springer Before the Bill Was Passed. MILLS AND WORKMEN THROWN INTO IDLENESS. Visiting Delegations to Canton Are Also Told of the Evils of Free Coinage. CANTON, Ommo, Sept. 25.—Major Me- Kinley made four speeches to-day. The first one was shortly atter 8 o’clock, and from that time till 2:30 he was busy re- ceiving his catlers. Every visitor insisted upon shaking hands with the candidate. To-morrow there are seventeen delega- tions expected. They will bring in the agegregate more than 20,000 visitors to Canton. One railway company has ar- ranged for fourteen special trains. Major McKinley has found it necessary to make his speeches shorter. All of his speeches Saturday except one will be brief. To-day he made his longest speech to a delegation from Seneca County, Ohio. It was a wool speech and was largely addressed to the wool-producing States. George E. Btroth of Tiffin wus the spokesman for the Seneca €ounty delega- tion. His address was strong und his re- marks in presenting Major McKinley with a handsomely framed steel engravine of the late General William H. Gibson were particularly eloquent. The picture was presented on behalf of the widow of Gen- eral Gioson. In respormse to Mr. Strotn’s address Major McKinley smd: My tellow-citizens and ladies and gentle- men: I have been very much moved by the generous mesasge which has been presented 10 me by your syokesman in your bebalf. I reciproeate the kind words he has uttered and the generous terms in which he has expressed your essurances of good will and support You could mnot have brought to me a gift dearer or more to be cherished and longer to be cherished than the picture of my oid friend, your iriend, the friend of every soldier, the friend of the whole country—General William H. Gibson. [Great cheering.] Iam glad to congratulate your county upon beiog now in the column of Republican coun- ties [applause], and I would not have you forget that the only way it has become a Re- publican county is because the Democrats, loving their country and wanting prosperity, have joined the Republican ranks. [Laughter and appiause] And you must keep them with you and continue to recruit from their ranks to your own. [Applause.] This year is an ially gcod one ior that sort of recruiting ce. Men of all parties this year, as in the contest of the Civil War, when the Nation was threatened with dismemberment, sre er for public honor and public good currency, good credit and National good faith. [Applause.] This is & year when those who stand op- posed to us indulge in glittering promises. They offer & Temedy which they say will cure all ourills. We might accept their services and take their remedies if we had not been doctored before. [Laughter and applause.] Free trade and free silver are the false friends of labor. [Applause and cries of “That's right”] They lure with promises of cheap commodities and cheap money. The partial trial of free trade has proved that the cheap commodities promised are dear to labor and at the cost of labor, and cheap money will be equally déer to them and a sacrifice to their highest and best interests. [Cries of “That's right.””] We caunot but remember the prom- ises that were made to the people in1892 of the universal beueficence which was to follow the inauguration of a tariff-for-revenue-only policy, and with which prodigal bounty it was to benefit labor, incresse the purchasing power of wages and decrease the price of everything itbough and increase the price of everything {t mede. [Applause.] They did not “pan Tecall an utterance by the Hon, William M. Springer, made in the House of Representa- tives April 4, 1892. when he was advocating iree'wool. There may be some Wool-growers in this andience. [Cries of “Yes.”] This is what he said: ‘‘Pass this bill and thousands of feet heretofore bare, and thousandsof limbs heretofore naked or covered with rags will be clothed in suitable garments, and the condi- tion of ail the opie will be improved. [Laughter.] It will give employment to 50,000 more operatives in woolen mills. It will in- crease the demand for wool and prices will in- crease, and with increased demand for labor wages will incresse. Those who favor its pas- sage may be assured that they have done something to promote the general weal, some- thing to scatter plenty o'er this smiling land.” Well, the free-wool bill was passed. e any of you realized the promises then made ? [Cries of “No, no.”’] Wool was made free and every man in this couniry knows how poorly the performances have tallied with the prom- ises then made. Instead of adaing 50,000 1aborers to the payrolls of the woolen-mills it has taken off more than that number. The price of wool has fallen, and with what effect upon the manufacturer I will show hereafter. The wools of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, New York, New England, Connecticut and Missouri, twefity-four varieties, washed and unwashed: The average price in April, 1890, was 30.3 cents per pound; in April, 1896, 17.4 cents per pound, a decline of more than 42 per cent. The wool of Texas, California, Oregon, Montans, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Mexico, Georgia and the South, tweunty-six vari- oties, scoured: Price in April, 1890, was 49.1 cents per cound; in April, 1896, 27.4 cents per pound, & decline o1 44.2 per cent. Other wools, ten varieties, scoured: In April, 1890, 45.9 cents per pound; in 1896 28.5 cents per pound, a decline of 38 per cent, Sogreat a decline cannot be found in any other commodity. Ohio -wool nas dropped from 29 cents in 1892 to 18 cents per pound in 1896. This witl give you some idea of what free wool has done for the wool- producers in the United States. How has it affected the manufacturer? It is well known that there is but one customer for the wool- grower of the United States, and that customer is the manufacturer of the United States. The American wool-grower has no foreign market to-day. He cannot compete in any other market with the Wools grown on cheap ' to be taken from | the Libl‘ary, tee e This Paper not | Boss Buckley —“Let go, Sam, and give me a chance to grind that organ.” Sam Rainey —“ Go on, Chris. You played it until you got it out of tune. It's my turn now. (To the monkey) —Dance, Willie, dance.” 1ands and by cheaper labor of other countries. This is his market, and when it is taken from him it entails loss and ruin to him. In the first year of free wool 120,000,000 pounds of clothing wools came to our ports, an increase of over 200 per cent as compared with the largest quantity received when a duty was imposed. And the toial imports of all classes reached 250,000,000 pounds, while 175,000,000 pounds were the largest importa- tions ever made under dutiable wools. Have these free imports of wool benefited the manu- facturer? [Criesof “No! Nol”] Thetwoyears in which the manufacturers have enjoyed free wool have been the most disastrous in the history of American wool manufactories— greater then the disaster which followed the close of the war in 1812, or the panics of 1853 snd 1857. [Applause.] It is a well-known fact that since free wool 1t has pot béén possi ble to make woolen goods in the United States with any confidence that they would sell in the market for what it cost to make them. The imports of woolen goods following free wool were simply enormous They averaged $5,000,000 a month in value, 50 that at the end of the first year under the new law the total value of woolen goods imporied had ex- ceeded $60,000,000 foreign value. In 1895 it is estimated that nearly one-half of the woolens which entered into consumption were of foreign make. We have in this country enough woolen machinery to manuf. cture all our wants, but it is not all in demand under present conditions. We must start ail the machinery in the United States, my fellow- citizens of Seneca County. [Applause.] While they are idle working people are looking for & job; foreign wool-growers are sending their wool to the United States while American farmers are se'ling their flocks. and cries of *“That’s right.”] Contemplating these figures and this con- dition, what do you think of Mr. Springer's prediction ? [Great laughter.] Everyword of his prophecy has proved false; every promise has been broken. “That's right.””] If this is *'scattering plenty o'er a smiling land” we pray God to spare us any more of it. [Greatlaughter and applause.] Those who promised plenty and prosperity under free trade are now assuring us that they can only be secured through free silver. [Laughter and cries of “No.”] How will free silver stop the impor.ation of foreign wool? [Cries of It won’t.”] How can freesilver check the appalling importations of woolen goods from the Old World? [Cries of It can’t do it.”"] How can free silver preserve the home market to the wool-producer and the woolen-manu- facturer? [Renewed cries of “It can’t do it.”] My feliow-citizens, it is as delusive as free wade. It will only further cripple every in- terest in the United States. How can free silver increase the demand for American labor and American products? An- swer me that. [Cries of “It can’t do it.”] Re- member, my fellow-citizens, that money does not make business. It never dida and it never will. Business makes money. [Cries of [Applause [Appiause and cries of | “That's right.”] Poor money never helped legitimate business in the history of mankind. It has always hurt it. It 1s destructive to every interest but that of the speculator. [Applause.] Whatis true of wool is true of other incustries. All have been suffering; if not o the same extent, it is because the blow on other industries was not so severe. We want in this countrys sound Government, & sound tariff and sound money. [Great ap- plause.] And we want to takecarsof this ®oodly inheritance of ours and keep it what it has been, for the most part, in all its glortous history—the most prosperous beneath the sun, with more happy and contented homes thsn can be found inany othercountry of the world. JAppisuse.) To a delegation from Marion, Ind., —which arrived in Canton shortly after 7 o’clock this.merning, Major MecKinley spoke in part as follows: I congratulate you mpon being first to-day. {Laughter.] No other delegation has yet pre- ceded you. [Renewed laughter.] Youhave in your city of Marion, as I recall, an industry which manufactures glass that used to be in Elhe city of Canton. Am Iright sbout that? | [Cries ot “Yes, yes.] It is a good industry. | Weil, now, that fairly illustrates my idea. That used to be, as I said, a Canton industry. We would very much have preferred to have had it remain here, but it was taken away. However it did not go out of our own country. [Great applause and cries of “Good, good.”] It went into a neighboring State and therefore benefits the Americap family; American workmen still do the work. We share in your good fortune and prosperity, but we would have felt differently |if it had gonme on the otner side | and out of the United States. [Cries of “Yes, we would.”] In a word, we want to do our manufacturing at home [Great cheering and cries of “That’s right”], and if we cannot do |1t in Ohio we are willing to have you do it in Indiana. [Renewed cheering.] We want in this country good times, good wages, steady employment, & good home msrket and then we want to comtinue the good, sound, round, | honest doliars [Cheering and loud eries of “That's what we want”] with which to do our business and pay our labor. [Renewed cheer- ing.] At 11 o’clock 800 citizens of Meadville and Crawford County, Pa,, arrived. Major McKinley was repeatedly cneered when he appearea on the porch. Dr.T. L. Flood was the speaker. In the Crawford County delegation were half the faculty and 100 of the students of Allegheny College. Major McKinley was 2 student al this college, and his greeting was ardent. In response to Dr. Flood’s remarks Major McKinley said: Itgives me genuine pleasure to greet and [Continued on Third Page,) FOUR LEARNED JURISTS NOMINATED FOR SAN FRANCISCO'S HON, JOHN HUNT. MEN IMPORTED T0 THE CAMPS Miners From Joplin, Mo,, to Work in Leadville’s Mines. GUARDED BY THE TROOPS State Soldiers Ready to Shoot to Kill if Further Riots Occur. P CULIAR ‘SCENES IN COURT. A District Attorney Who Wanted the Di charge of Prisoners Pube licly Disgraced. LEADVILLE, Covo., Sept. 25.—The 150 miners from Joplin, Mo., arrived safely in Leadville at 5 o’clock and were escorted by squads of militia to quarters prepared for them at the Emmet, Marion and ad- joining mines 1n the downtown district. Though there was some jeering by men and women in the great crowd assembled at the depot to witness the arrival of this first instaliment of non-union miners, no acts of violence were committed. The camp remainsat peace and as quiet as it has been throughout the three months’ strike. The militia are entirely capable of maintaihing order, and they are prepared to act promptly and without hesitation. It will be shoot to kill if the slightest demonstration indicating a riot occurs. The courtof inquiry has accomplished HON. CARROLL COOK. nothing, and it will probably cease its sit- tings shortly. The legal phase of the strike occurred to-day upon a hearing before Judge Owers of the District Court to bail for the twenty- two prisoners charged with the murder of Fireman O’Keefe at the Coronado Monday morning. The Sheriff and Marshal testi- fi d that the arrests had been made upon complaints, and they personally had no knowledge of evidence sufficient to hold any of the prisoners. District Attorney Thomas wanted all the cases dismissed, but this the court de- clined to do. The attorney for the de- fendants alse requested a hearing of the ‘frersts of the cases before dismissal ora finding. ‘The District Attorney in the afternoon created a scene and was ordered out of the courtroom by the Judge, the Sheriff escorting the disgraced officer of the court from-the hall. Judge Owers decided that in view of the state of affairs existing here and for the reason that the defendants and he him- self desired a thorough investigation to be made the prisoners should be released on bail in sums of $500, and the Sheriff was directed to accompany the miners who desirad to go out and obtain sureties. Although interest centered about the Courthouse and a great crowd gathered during the hearing no trouble occurred, the militia preventing a crush of specta- tors in the courtroom. In the afternoon a crowd also gathered about the Rio Granae depot to await the arrival of the special train bringing in the Joplin miners. The depot was surrounded by State troops, and no one without a pass was permitted to cross the lines. At 1:30 four carloads of the local citizen solaiery were sent to Maita, four miles be- low,’to guard the train as it came in. The train arrived at Malta at about 4 o’clock. Atter some delay, it proceeded cautiously up tothecity. Alongthe line of the tracks, in the suburbs, there was no demonstra- tion. On the arrival of the train at the Poplar-street depot, the miners alighted and formed on the depot platform. The order of march was given and the newcomers, preceded by the soldiers and flanked and backed by the guards, started for the hills. Their progress was viewed. by thousands. At some points on theline demonstrations were made against them and there were jeers from the striking TRIED MEN FOR THE BENCH, Judges Nominated by the Republican Conven- tlon. THEIR SELECTION MADE . AMID ENTHUSIASM. One of the Most Harmonious Ses- sions of the Loyal Members of the Party. WORK OF THE DELEGATES WILL BE COMPLETED TO-NIGHT. An Unfounded and Malicious Charge of Fraud Made Against Secretary Andy Branch by One of the Kelly-Rainey Organs Is Com-~ pletely Refuted. SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES. Hon. John Hunt, Hon. Carroll Cook, Hon. C. K. Bonestell, Hon. John F. Finn. POLICE COURT JUDGES. Hon. Charles A. Low, Hon. J. A. Campbell, Hon. H. L. Joachimsen, Hon. A. B. Treadwell. JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, Hon. Frank H. Kerrigan, Hon. G. C. Groezinger, Hom. E. W. . Cook, ,Hon. James E. Barry, Hon. 0. K. &cMurray. Though -the Republican convention of the City and County of San Francisco was in 'session for two hours last night, so much of the time had to be devoted to permitting the delegates and the specta- tors to give expression to their entnusi- asm over the various nominations that it was possible to nominace candidates only for Superior and Police Judges and Jus- tices of the Peace, as above. Some few there were who thought further work of the convention ‘would be postponed pending a definite result from the conference cailed by Chairman Mec- Laughlin of the Republican State Central Committee for the purpose of giving the recalcitrants under the leadership of Martin Kelly an opportunity to make their eace and to climb into the band wagon. ut feeling secure in the justice and strength of its position, the very existence of the Kelly-Raineyites appeared to be forgotten, and the labors of the delegates went ah ad with an enthusiasm that ex- celied any yet extibited. They were siimulated with the lust for battle by the inglorious rout of the enemy, ana there was a vim and force about the proceedings that spoke in subtle but un- mistakable tones of a deep and strong con- fidence in victory against the machinations of the traitors who claimed allegiance to the Republican party, and against the more manly adversaries of the opposing parties. Secretary Andy Branch was wroth and indignant over the unfounded charge made in one of the Kelly-Rainey organs yesterday morning that a iraud had been perpetrated in recording the vote for Sa- perintendent of Public lnstruction. It was charged that votes for Babcock had been knowing!y and with fraudulent intent counted for Webster. Secretary Branch’s explanation of the matter shows that malice alone prompted the publication in question. miners and women and children. HON. C K. BONESTELL. His rollcall, which is open at any time to the inspection of any person who de- sires to see it, shows that the original vote when the last delegation had ane nounced its choice stood 131 for Webster and 111 for Babcock.: Then the Twenty- eighth changed five votes to Babcock and the Forty-fourth changed three votes to the same candidate. This made the cor- rected vote stand: Webster 123, Babcock 119. In announcing the result the chair- man called the unrevised totals instead of the corrected figures, and on this mistake the charge of fraud was based. A minute or two given to honestinvestigation would have shown the true state of affairs and prevented an anjust charge against a painsiaking, able and honest official of the convention. John Hebbarc, Tohn Hunt, Carroil Cook, C. K. Bonestell’and Jonn F. Finn were placed in nomination by eloquent spon- sors for Superior Judges. - Chairman Rior- dan resigned the chair that he might have the pleasure of placing in nomination hig schoolmate of thirty years ago—Carroll Cook. Lincoin E. Savage, in nominating Finn, prefaced his eulogy of that gentle- man by saying: "I was sent te jail for twenty-four hours for contempt of court— that is what I got from Judge Hebbard.” “‘Good,” shouted a voice from the gal« lery, and almost instantly the entire honse was in a roar of laughter at the expense of the speaker. It was ot uhtil the Thirty-first District was called that a vote was cast for Heb- bard. The five votes announced for him here started the convention cheering at each announcement of a vote until the enthusiasm became a nuisance, and the chairman was forced to request the audi. ence to refrain from any demonstration untii the result of the ballot was ane nounced, but when the chairman an- nounced his vote for Hebbard he was loudly applauded. Juige Hunt had the proud and unusual distinction of receiving the solid vote of the delegates of the convention. The real contest was between Hebbard, Finn and Bonestell. thougk at no stage of the ballote ing was Hebbard really in the fight. There having been only four nominations for Police Judges and five for Justices of the Peace all the candidates for these offices were nominated by acclamation. The convention expects to conclude its lzbors to-night, there remaining nominas tions to be made only for Supervisors and School Directors. g LS THE PROCEEDINGS. Superior Judges, Police Judges and Justices of the Peace Nomi- nated. When the convention was called to or« der the hall was densely crowded. The SUPERIOR COURT BENCH.