The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 29, 1896, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1896. TUESDAY... SEPTEMBER 29, 1896 CHARLES M. SHORTRIDUE, Editor and Proprictor. ° SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Dally and Sunday CALL, one wegk, by carrier..$0.18 . Bally and Sunday CALL, one yegr, by mail.... 6.00 Dally and Sunday CALL, six montys, by mail.. 8.00 Daily and Sunday CALi, three months by mail 1.50 Daily #ndSunday CALL, one month, by mail.. .65 Sunday CaLy, one year, by mail. 1.60 WXLKLY CALL, 00 year, by mail.. 1,60 . THE SUMMER MONTHS. pae ou goIng to the cpuDLTY On & vacation -‘A?Iz 7 trouble for ua to forward THE CALL to your address. Do not let It miss you for you will miss it. Orders given to the carrier or left at Business Office will recelve prompt -attention. NO EXTRA CHARGE. BUSINESS OFFICE: 9 710 Market Street, San Francisco, Californi Telephone. Maln—1868 EDITORIAL ROOM! 517 Clay Street. Telephone.... veee. . Maln—-1874 - BRANCH OFFICES: 527 Montgomery street, corfer Clay: open mntil 9730 o'clock. 539 Hayes styeet; .open until 9:80 o'clock. 713 Larkin street; open until 9:30 o'clock. W . corngr Sixteenth and Mission streets; open yntil § o'clock. 2618 Mission street; open until § o'clock. 116 MNinth street; open until 9 o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICB : 908 Broadway. 3 EASTERN OFFICE: Roeoms ST'and 82, 34 Park Row, New York City. DAVID M. FOLTZ, Special Agent. THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. Patriotism, Protection and Prosperity. FOR PRES!DI‘L\'T:—- WILLIAM McKINLEY, of Obio ¥FOR VICF-PRESIDENT— GARRET A. HOBART, of New Jersey Election November 3, 1896. - 0 City politics claim altentipn. Don’t fail to work for organized Repub- Jicanfsm. 2 Party loyalty will soon setile the ques- tion of party harmony, Straight men are for straight politics and a straight municipal administration." The record of Charies L. Taylor as a Supervisor is a guarantee what be will b as a Mayor. Every one Knows where. Rainey is &na where Buckley is, but what has betom of the Junta? 3 Bryan says all the poets are- for free gilver, but he neglected to add how many votes they have. If the Examiner intends to stand in with Martin Kelly it shottld at least retract the cruel words of former years. 5 Were Democratic adyice to be taken by Republicans there would-bé no -organized Republicanjsm in the State. ‘Work for the regular Republican ticket, preserve the party organization and’ give San Francisco a good government. The State Céntral Committee can hardly do othefwise than support the party- or- ganization. What else was it selected for? To the demoralized Democrat the Non- Partisan movement is as welcome as the siglitef a green granger 10 & bunko man, The" Non-Partisans may - justly declare - they belorg to nd party, but are they sure they do not belong to a .clique orperhaps .agang? g es The reason why the tariff is the chief issue of- the campaign is because Demo- cratic bard. times have forced it to the front ajid képt it there. ‘Will Buckley or Rainey or Hearst kindly * notify the public how their factions of the Demderatic party stand on the election of Cator 10 tne United States Senate? Democratic demoralization "has made the prospects of the camp so hopeless that . the great fake journal has decided to ** abandon it and ‘seek more profitable fields, . ————— ..With Buckley, Rainey and Willie Hearst fighting a triangudar duel, itis not strange that the dverage Democrat- shows a will- ingness to get out of his party and' seek . peace in the Populist camp, 2 g et e It was the intentiot of-the Demotratic - mofikeys to make the Populist eat pull the chestnits out of. the-fire for them, but the monkeys have fallen to fighting and the t has got away with the spoils. Demogracy being divided snd the Non- Partisan and the Kelly tickets being sup- ported .by the Ezaminer.as twin fakes, there is a sure victory in sight for the Re- publican ticket. Let us work for it and. we will have it. 2 5 . Party government is the only possible governmert in this country. We can see from the present Democratic administra- : tion.what bappens when we -intrust the goyernment to a set of factions that can- not att together. . e McKinley's speeches show that his most earnest thqughts are -directed to the wel- fare of workingmen, but Bryanl!s reveal only a desire to involve labor in a conflict with capital in order -that he may be elected to the Presidency. . Satantiis ublican ticket can carry San Francisco by the aid of indépendent votes despite the soreheads, but if another Republican ticket nnoglfl be put up in a vain attempt to conciliate the balters, the ‘outlook would be almost hopeless. In a recent interview Mr. Hanna said: ““I do not believe there were evet so many people engaged in electing a President as there are in the present Republican cam- paign. Thousands of men who never be- tore have turned their hands over for politics are oui taking polls or distribut- ing literature.” This shows how clearly the people understand the issues of the campaign. They know that prosperity is at stake and are working for it with might and main. 5 e The cotton export trade, which practi- cally begins with September, has been something extraordinary this year, over 127,000 bales having been shipped from New York upto September 17, ascompared with 84,000 bales for the corresponding period last season. The New York papers seem at a loss to account for the activity, but-it may be due to the English demand for raw cofton to manufacture goods for the American market before McKinley can got into office, REGULAR REPUBLICAN TICKET. Registrar Hinton yesterday ofticially reooéniud the ticket put forth by the Au- ditorinm convention as the Regular Re- publican ticket, and entitled assuchtoa place upon the official ballot. + This act of an honest and impartial offi- cer, takenlafter full detiberation, and done in accordance with the duty imposed upon him by the Australian ballot law, should set at rest now and hereafter the queslion as to which is the Regular Re- publican. party of the City of San Fran- cisco, and shounld bring every loyal Re- publican -to the support of its official ticket. The action of Registrar Hinton should aiso put an end to the factional conten- tions of the local campaign. There is only & month remaining before election day, and not another hour of it ought to be spent in wrangling. The time for effective and united effort for party suc- cess is all too brief for further dissensions. Not only should no new elements of dis- cord be introduced but every old difficulty should be at once eliminated and the common banner of Republicanism be lifted by all who honestly desire a Re- puslican local and National victory. You can make frec-sitver men see, from the financial history of every mation that ever tried it, that while making more money does inflate prices, it works both ways. It raises prices for what they have to buy as well as Jor what they have to sell, and is apt to raise the former first and highest. The grocer raises his figures long before the day laborer can have his wages advanced; and the laborer never really catches up till the inevitable crash comes and both tumble together. Cheap money never did cheapen the necessities of life; but it cheapens the men. Look at Mex- ico, and China, and India.— Whitelaw Reid. THE REPUBLICAN SITUATION IN SAN FRANCISCO. When the State Central Committee comes to consider the affairs of the party in San Francisco it will find the party or- ganization opposed by aset of men whose opposition has been aided by Buckley, by Rainey and by Willie Hearst. At war with one another on every other subject the leaders of all the factions of demoral- ized . Democracy are united in a desire to beat ithe. Republican ticket. The com- mittee will see that the situation calls for prompt and resolute action. The party organization must be sustained and all loyal Republicans must be called to the support of the regular ticket. It-is not worth while to question mo- tives. The ,main thing is to understand actions and see to what results they tend. It matters little whether the desire of ‘Buckley, Rainey and Hearst to beat the Republican ticket arises from some secret understanding among them, or is the out- come of ‘“pure cussedness’’—the instinc- tive opposition of boodlers to good gov- ernment in San Francisco. it is clear that the hope of good govern- ment rests upon Republican success at the polls. To that success the State Cen- tral Committee should contribute by every means in its power. All efforts should be directed to bring back all wandering Re- vublicans to the party fold and to infuse into the minds of the loyal & more reso- lute determination to maintain the Re- publican organization of the county and earry 1t to viclory. The rank and file of the Democratic party has been completely demoralized by its faction fights, but the bosses have lost none of their cunning. Buckley has managed to get a ticket of his own, Rainey | has a ticket of his own and Hearst is try- ing to play the Non-Partisans as his fake. All of these leaders know that as against a united Republican party they have no | chance whatever. Itis their plan to have two Republican tickets in the field and if possible three. Any Republican who'feels himself better than the party organization and favors another ticket will receive their encouragement. That1s the situation in San Francisco. It is thoroughly understood by the people. The plain issue in the election is between a city government representative of the policies and the citiz enship of San Fran- cisco Republicans and one which represents Buckley or Rainey or Kelly or the Willie Hearst pull, and that pull may have at- tachments to all of the other bosses. The people of San Francisco desire an admin- istration devoted to the public welfare. They are aware they can obtain it in this contest only by the election of the ticket headed by Charles L. Taylor. It is there- fore in the interest of good citizenship as well as good partisanship that the Siate Central Committee should act firmly in supporting the organization of the party agaiost bolters and traitors. - Does any loyal Republican question which was the regular Republican County Convention and which 1s the regular Re- publican ticket? The regular County Convention was that presided over by Thomas D. Riordan. lican county ticket is that headed by Colonel Charles L. Taylor, and officially recognized as such by Registrar Hinton. The Republican State Central Commit- tee will not seek to destroy but will en- deavor to preserve party organization. It will not turn the party over to Boss Kelly & Co., with whom and whose methods this City is too well acquainted. A depreciation of the currency is always attended by a loss to the laboring classes. This portion of the community have neither time nor opportunity to watch the ebbs and flows of the money market. Engaged from day to dayin their usefut toils, they do mot perceive that, although their wages are nomi- nally the same, or even somewhat higher, théy are greatly reduced, in fact, by the rapid increase of currency, which, as it ap- pears to make money abound, they are at first inclined to consider a blessing.— Andrew Jackson. THE REASON WHY. The reason why the candidacy of Mr. Bryan is losing in public favor is because the more he analyzes his theories the more satisfied the people are that there would be risk to the interests of the coun- try in giving practical application to them. The people want better and stronger conditions than they have had the last three years, and Mr. Bryan bas thas far failed to show wherein his policy would strengthen the channels of busi- ness. If the people could be convinced that free and unlimited coinage of silver, inde- pendent of other commercial nations, would advance and maintain the builion price of the white metal to its coinage value, no doubt the vote for it would in- clude all business interests; but neither Mr. Bryan nor one of his supporters has presented a single reason why such wounld obtain. The logic of the law of commodity interchange and the experience of com- merce are that no such results would fol- low; and as no free-silver advocate has suggested a reasonable plan for the Na- tion to enter upon adouble standard of In either case | The regular Repub- | money independent of those with whom we have financial operations, the people are concluding that it won!ld not be wise to apply Mr. Brvan's crude and uncertain theories. ‘“‘Let us try the experiment,” is what Mr, Bryansays, and because he will not say why he should be permitted to experiment with the business concerns of the Nation the people are turning away from him. If Mr. Bryan could convince the people {bat no business disturbance would follow his election the people would at least listen to him with patience, but he says himself that a business panic would come as the result of introducing his theories in the conduct of the Government, and aithough he says good times would come after awhile there is an element of chance in his purpose which the people do not care to court. Mr. Bryan has failed to satisfy the peo- ple that a nearer approach to free trade would cause the industries of the country to open to labor employment. They know that the aegree of free trade which the Wilson-Gorman acts affords has seri- ously injured all the fields of labor, ana Mr. Bryan does not explain how a still greater degree is going to protect this country against hurtful foreign competi- tion. In short, Mr. Bryan has failea to give a single reason why the people should depart from the ways which have made the Nation rich and powerful and adopt his untried and at best uncertain volicy, and naturally, therefore, the peo- ple would turn away from him. Mr. Bryan has failed to give a single reason why any one should vote for him. To pay the National debt in silver; to pay private debts in silver; to nullify and declare wvalid any contract, however freely and honestly entered into, for paying gold, and to turn 53 cents’ worth of silver into a dollar at our mints as often and as long as any silver mine owner at home or any silver-burdened Chinaman or Hindoo from Asia chooses to bring it to us; the effect of ail this is stmple robbery. To ask intelligent and honest men to vote for it is to insult them, as well as to declare that the American people have the right to overrule Mount Simai at the polls, and reverse the moral law if they want to.— Whitelaw Reid. OHAIRMAN M'LAUGHLIN, In all the controversy over the selection of the Republican ticket in this County it is worth noting that no complzint has been made on either side of the manage- ment of the campaign by Major McLaugh- lin. He has shown an earnest desire to pro- mote harmony in the ranks of the party, and has been wisely impartial. The ad- vice given by him last week, that both county conventions should postpone nom- inations until yesterday, was undoubtealy intended in the interest of the general wel- fare, and if the regular convention, pre- sided over by the Hon. Thomas D. Riordan, did not follow the counsel it was from no lack of appreciation of the motives which prompted it. The advice of Major McLaughlin was not strictly followed because after full consideration it was seen nothing could be gained by delay. Had the Auditorium convention postponed its nominations the result would not have been different from what has taken place. That convention represented the organized Republicans of San Fran- cisco. It could do nothing else than maintain faithfully the rules of the party. It named a full ticket at once, as in duty bound, but renders to-aay full and loyal support to Major McLaughlin in his work of carrying on the State cam Aside from the financial delusions of the Chicago platform, its other features are almost equally objectionable. 1t proposes to repudiate in great part the National debt, to the distress of thousands, whose small re- sources are intrusted to the faith of the Nation, and to the dishonor of our country n the eyes of the world; to destroy the pro- | tection we enjoy under the Supreme Court of the United Stales, the most honored, and in the last resort the most mecessary, institution we have; to restrain the arm of the National Erecutive from the repression of lawless vio- lence, and even from the preservation of the very agencies of the Government itself; to violate the obligation and sanctily of existing contracts and to restrict the freedom of private contracts in the future. It sceks, in short, to break down the dikes which the constitution i and the law of the land have with long and laborious assiduity raised for the defense of the common interests and welfare, and to let in upon us the seething and polluted flood of communism, mob law, bankruptcy, repudia- tion and anarchy, which is the chief object of all civilized governments to exeiude.—Edward J. Phelps, ex-Minister to England. T. V. OATOR, EOONOMIST. The Povocrats of California should get together and agree upon a contession of faith. They are not agreed as to how free coinage independent of other nations would shower blessings upon the people of this couniry. Take the opinion of T. V, Cator, for instance. He said in his Metropolitan Hall speech the other night if foreigners tried to dump their silver into this country ‘‘they would have to take it to the mint and have it coined into American dollars—dollars of no use abroad and which they would have to spend in this country.” That is it exactly. Mr. Cator is commendably honest and frank. Thatis just what foreign owners of silver would do with it, but does not Mr. Cator himself warn our people to pre- vent foreigners doing that very thing? Not directly, to be sure, but that is the logic of his reasoning. Mr. Cator admits that such silver dol- lars would be of no use abroad, and that they would have to be spent in this coun- try. The meaning of Mr. Uator's philoso- phy is that foreign silver coming to this country for coinage would have to be spent in this country when converted into dollars, because such dollars would have a value of only half their stamped value in other countries. Therefore, when such dollars were invested in American wheat at say §1 a bushel, would not the wheat stand at a cost of 50 cents a bushel when it reached Liverpool? . Mr. Cator says silver dollars coined in America independent of the monetary systems of other countries would be of no use in other countries as dollars, but, of course,they would have a bullion value,and Mr. Cator is exactly right, but why shounld this country oblige our people to accept a thing for 100 cents for their produce when the purchaser of the produce pays only 50 cents for the thing? Mr. Cator alsoad- mits, by inference at least, that after we have accepted these dollars as being the equivalent of 100 cents we would have to pay them out as the equivalent of only 50 cents in transactions with foreign peoples. ‘Would that be a good thing for us? But Mr. Cator says such an arrangement would increase the circulation of such dol- lays in this country, which is undoubtedly true, but according to his own show- ing not onme of them would be accepted for more that 50 cents in the payment for coffee and other articles of consumption which we have to go abroad for. Under such a financial system would we not.have to pay twice the foreign mar- ket quotation if we paid in American sil- ver dollars? The Jogic of Mr. Cator's ar- gument is that wewouid. Then if a thing that is worth 50 cents in Europe can be brought over here, stamped and exchanged for what is worth 100 cents in Europe, who is profited? Certainly not the one who accepts 50 cents as the equivalent of 100 cents, The proposition for free and unlimited silver coinage, carried to its logical conclusion —and but ome 13 possible—means, as before intimated, legislative warrant for the repudi- ation of all existing indebtedness, public and private, to the extent of nearly 50 per cent of the face of such indebtedmess. It demands an unlimited volume of fiat currency, irre- deemable, and therefore without any standard value in the markets of the world. Every consideration of the public interest and pub- l1c honor demands that this proposition should be rejected by the American people.—Garret A. Hobart. WORKINGMEN INSULTED. 1t is unfortunate for the good name of the people of the United States that a great political party shou:d have selected a man as its candidate for the Presidency whose sense of honor is so pliable as is Mr. Bryan’s. The man does not hesitate to advise the employment of the most disreputable methods, nor is he at all backward in commending his nefarious schemes to others. In addressingacrowd the other day he noticed that quite alarge number of workingmen were wearing the McKinley button. He immediately jumped to the conclusion that as a matter of course they had been coerced into wear- ing it by their employers, and in order to show his deep interest in their welfare he volunteered a bit of advice which oughtto insure him the contempt of every honest workingman in the country. In the most confidential manner he told the wearers of tlhie McKinley button that they should not do anything to endanger their jobs; that they should keep right on parading the McKinley button; that they should contribute their campaign fund to the McKinley collectors, and to deport themselves as zealous supporters of the Republican candidate, but on election day they should secretiy use a pencil and scratch the McKinley electors. He told them that it was all right to be Republi- cans and shout for McKinley every day of the campaign, but on election day they should quietly slip a Bryan ticket into the ballot-box. Aside from Mr. Bryan's purpose what do working people generally think of a man who holds their class to be persons wholly devoid of honesty? He seems to think it nothing for a wage-earner to live a shameless falsehood. He does not re- gard workingmen as persons who would be loyal to the principles of any outward or public declaration if it suited their pur- pose better to play the hypocrite. Play the hypocrite openly 364 days in the year, but on the 365th day secretly sneak ina vote that contradicts everything that had been said during the year. That is the code of ethics Mr. Bryan thinks is the kind for workingmen to adopt for their rule of conduct. The following is the full text of what Mr. Bryan said to the wage-earners who wore McKinley buttons on the occasion referred to: “'I will not ask him to do any- thing thac will endanger that position (of employment), Let him wear the opposi- tion button if he will. Let him enroll his name on their club list. Let him con- tribute to their campaign fund if he will it, but let him remember there is one day in the year when he is his own master and can use a pencil as he pleases. Iam will- ing for you to be Republicans. 1am will- ing for you to be Republicans every other day in the year if you will just be Demo- crats on election day.” MINE ENEMY. Tireless enemy have T Who, with arch insistency, Maketh withoat sign of cease Keen attacks upon my peace. Sad my p'ight, who never know If by pight or day my foe Will, with his strategic art, Storm the ramparts of my heart. ‘Through delay and dearth and doubt 1 have kept the foeman out: But I fear the fort must fall, And his banner top the wall. And I pine In lung duress— 1# no friend heed my distress Who will come and csuse to flee Love, that is my enemy. —Century. A HANDSOME CAPE. Of ull the different length capes of this sea- son the one shown here isthe most popular for dressy capes. It is cut circular, thus avoiding seams and making a delightful model for the home dressmaker. Of course if narrow goods such as satin it used a seam in the center back is necessary. The goods and lining may be 1aid face to face, stitched around the bottom, and the fronts in a seam turned right side out and pressed. An interlining of flannel or of one of the many fiber ll\torllnfln‘s may be stitched in if the extra warmth is wished. Ruffles of black lace adorn the cape of black satin shown here. It meets in front, but is uu'avnhu:k in the illustration to show the waist. Collars of net or chiffon heavily spangled make a dressy garment over black satin. These make trimming where it is neces- sary to save labor, for they may be had in end- less variety of designs and prices. A wide ribbon gathered through the center makes & fashionable finish for the neck, but it must be full, at least two and a ball yards being for the rache aione, with one anda half to two yards for a bow if one is desired. VOTE PFOR HcKINLEY. Jobn M. Pal; e ngest man who ever is the w endured 80 ym'n! ncunm—lmn Observer. True, indeed, Palmer is & miracle of indus- try, strength and vitality. The history of a well-spent and happy career is visible in every motion of his green o1d But why -i “enflur:r. has not en- he has enjoved "? He dured it; it all. arm; aL ning ¥ e or muegln:;lflu battles, there about him of the patience and inertia whi form the tic of endurance. All was eagerness, force, concentration, readiness and “That stern ‘hich heroes At mhmn,’ oy ot ther steat Three cheers for Palmer and Bule.hur. he- Toes, statesmen, Democrats. And then make certain ihe downfall of re -l!m' McKinley, {fear and 'nho'u’l the ope! PERSONAL Colonel J. T. Risbey of Redlands is here. H. C. Woodrow of Salt Lake is in the City. J. H. Tibbits of South Africa has arrived here. Senator 8. N. Androus of Pasadens is at the Grand. J. W. Langdon of Walla Walla, Wash., is at the Palace. Dr. G. C. Simmons of Sacramento is here on & short visit. « Superior Judge J. W. Davis of Tulare County is in the City. 0. A. Lowe, a business man of Woodland, is on a visit here. A. C. Ellis, a business man of Salt Lake, is at the Occidental. Dr. G. C. Porter of Hollister is among yester- day’s arrivals here. J. C. Woliskill, the extensive rancher of Suisun, 1s in the City. W._E. Rogers, owner of a large mine at Amalie, is at the Lick. John Williams and wife of San Jose are at the Cosmopolitan Hotel J. R. Robinson, the banker of Chico, is among the visitors here. Congressman James Maclachlin of Pasadena is among recent arrivals. Dr. Rentke of Berlin is at the Pslace, ac- companied by his family. Captain M. F. Taylor, owner of a large rancn at San Simeon, is at th Occideental. J. M. Brooks, proprietor of the Antelope Val- ley Nursery, Red Bluff, is at the Grand. Eugene J. de Sabla Jr., the mining superin- tendent of Nevada City, arrived here yester- day. John D. Howe, & Govefhment agent of Omaha, Neb., is staying at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. F. 8. Hussey, a business man of Victoria, B. C., arrived here yesterday. He is at the Palace. Dr. A. C. Osborne, superintendent of the Home for the Feeble-minded at Eldridge, is st the Grand. A. D. Remington, the Watertown (N. J.), manufacturer, formerly owner of the San Francisco Post, is at the Palace. Dr. C. W. Aby, formerly superintendent of Mrs. Langtry’s Lake County ranch, arrived here from Butte, Mont., yesterday. A. C. Maude, the newspaper proprietor of Bakersfield, is among the arrivals at the Grand. Heisup on a business trip. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., Sent. 28.—At the West- minster—J. A. Brady, C. Daily; Astor—G. Mar- tin and wife; Aslland—B. T. Reeves and wife; Holland—Mrs. H. T. Scott; Windsor—W. C. Martin, G. L. Simpson, J. C. Stubbs; Murray Hill—Miss M. Switzer. Oswald Lohan, Deutscher Vice-Consul, and Mrs. Rosa Lohan arrived in from Bremen on the North German line. Miss Alma Ven Borstel left the West~ minster to sail on the Lahn of the North Ger- man line for Bremen. CAMPAIGN ECHOES. The railroads reaching Canton, Ohio, will pay dividends this year.—Chicago Inter Ocean. Sewall has paid his money and is bound to have the goods—even if they are a damaged lot.—Philadelphia Press. Tom called Sewall & wart, but Sewall, who is & very witty cuss, gets even by speaking of his twin as Mr. Wartson.—Minnespolis Journal. Free silver and repudiation isn’t all Bryan- ism reoresents. Itstands also for free trade and Federal deficiencies.—Chicago Times- Herald. . So far nothing has happened to make young Sewall regret his refusal to wallow in the same puddle with the 0ld man.—Kansas City Journal. If the truth must be told, Senator Teller's prediction of Bryan’s success has a very audi- ple boy-in-the-graveyard sound.—Scranton Tribune. One of the Bryan speakers at Louisville eulogized his candidate as “the greatest an- archist that ever lived.” Such candor will have to be discouraged.—Boston Journal. There is no third-term danger connected with Mr. Bryan. He has already declined a second term, and the people will see that he does not get & first.—Philadelphia Ledger. Why does not some Popocrat or Populist de- clare that when free silver coinaze comes the people or the Government shall have a part of the profits of such colnage ?—Indianapolis Journal. Mejor McKinley is right. We do not want to repeat this agitation every four years. The way to prevent it from repeating itself is to vote it under by an overwhelming majority.— Iowa Register. “What was that fine sentiment that Bryan got off the other day?” ‘‘He said we must not drop the bough of thorns upon the corns of labor.’—Chicago Record. Tom Watson has been sweeping through Texas like a cyclone with a cockle-burr under its tail. But the queer thing about it is that he has been for the most part knocking over Democratic haystacks. ‘exas Siftings, Chairman Jones of the Popocratic National Committee is worried about the State of New York. This is absurd of Jomes. It is ridicu- lous to worry. New York is all right by about 200,000 honest-money majority.—New York Mall and Express. ““When it rains Bryan simply raises an um- brella and goes on with his speech,” remarked the snake editor. “I see,” replied the horse editor. “He'd rather put up then shut up.” — Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. As the earnings from wages in this country approximate $7,200,000,000 a year, & propo- sition to scale the purchasing power of the money in which they are paid involves con- sequences of vital importance to those who work for wages.—Indianapolis Journal. Tom Watson is reported to have made a speech in Nebrasks the other day without once mentioning Mr. Sewall. Perhaps the Georgia candidate hopes that the people will forget who Mr. Sewall is if he refrains from saying anything about him.—New York Press. “What are you reading. Johnny?” asked the father. *Jist a book of fairy tales,” said the son. “Seems to me you are getting too old to be interested in that sort of thing.” “Really,” remarked the mother, “didn’t I hear you last evening reading the prediction that Bryan would carry New York?"—Indian. apolis Journal. Until the Wilson bill, of which Mr. Bryan ‘was as earnest and eloquent an advocate as he has since been of freesilver, scared the country into a panic the workingman got the highest ‘wages the world had ever known and he goi them regularly on a gold basis just as he will get them again if McKinley is elected.—Phila- delphia Inquirer. So far eight members of the next House of Representatives have been elected. They are classified as follows: Democrats-. Populists. Republican plurality. Republican majority. errieans 8 That is how the silver ave begun the capture of the House of Representstives.— Cleveland Leader. PARAGRAPHS A:OUT PEOPLE. According to London Truth Queen Vietoria’s physical condition is such that she never stands on her feet for two minutes at a time. She is wheeled from room to room, snd at all court and other functions sits constantly ina low chair. There are two survivors of the class of '23, Williams College. One is Joseph L. Partriage of Brooklyn, the other is Rev. E. H. Stratton of Branchport, N. Y. Rev. J. Harris Noble, D.D., a member of the Williams class of '26, died during the year. Carducei, said to be one of Italy’s great poets, who was until recently one of Queen Margaret's most passionate admirers, is no longer to be honored with the royal regard, King Humbert objects to the acquaintance of Queen and dreamer. When Prince Philibert of Orange’s grave Was found to be empty at Padua recently, the city officials began to hunt for him, and have now presented to the Duich authorities a small casket containing the Prince’s ashes. It seems that his body was cremated in 1530, after the siege of Florence. NEWSPAFPER PLEASANTRY. Roscoe—It seems to me they’re meaking an awful noise out there in the ballroom. Rapley—Yes; you know ail the -belles in town are here to-night.—Pniladelphia North American. She smlled at me wiftly passed, Over the handle-bar; That sunny amile was the maiden's last, Over the handle-bar, She caromed hard on a cobblestone, She took a header she couldn’t postpone— Her twinkling heels in the moonlight shone, Over the handie-bar. —Cleveland Platn Dealer. Visiting Philanthropist—Have you anything to complain of? State-prison Convict—Yes, sir. I am re- strained of my liberty.—Boston Transcript. Some one says thatliquor strengthens the voice. That is e mistake. Itmakes only the breath strong.—Texas Sifter. Grimshaw~—What is your politics, sir? Gassaway—I am a firm believer in the free and unlimited coinage of silver, sir. - Grimshaw—Huh! That isn't politics; it's a disease.—Puck. ‘‘Why do you panch that hole in my ticket?"” asked a little man of the railway offi- cial. > “‘So that you can pass through,” was the re- ply.—Tit-Bits. She—I saw your dog on the street to-day. Chappie—Was he alone? “Not exactly. You were with him.”—Town Topics. “Ostriches swallow rocks to help grind their food.” ‘“Yes—and poor down-trodden man grinds hisown food and gives the roeks to his land- lady.”—Detroit Free Press. FOURTEEN DESPAIRING BRIDES. S ‘Westminster Gazette, Sept. 10, At Hounslow yesterday thera was a remark- abje scene when the Fourth Hussars left by the 9:45 train for Southampton en route for India. A detachment of 400 men, in full marching order and under the command of Colonel Ramsey, proceeded from Hounslow Barracks to the railway station, where they ~were awaited by an immense crowd, chiefly females, Among the latter were fourteen brides of only a week’s ex- perience of marriedlife, and these were in a most distressed condition, the poor women crowding together and clinging with the fondest affection to their husbands. Thé soldiers quickly entrained, and after the last g00d-bys had been spoken the train steamed out of the station, leaving the disconsolate brides weeping hysterically in a heap on the piatiorm. The fourteen privates were mar- ried during the Pl’e\'luul week without the consent of the colonel, and tneir wives were therefore not entitled to accompany them.. ANSWERS T0 CORRESPONDENTS. A GoLp PIECE—F. C. J., City. There is no premium on a $5 gold plece of 1844. No PREMIUM—C. W. W., Palo Alto, Cal. There is no premium offered for a five-dollar plece of 1847. THAT EARTHQUAKE—S. P., City. . The answer to question about date of earthquaké appeared in %‘B! CALL Sunday, October 20. TAX ON MATCHES—O. C. L., City. Theinternal revenue tax on matches was removed by an act of Congress passed October 1, 1882, Two DaTES—J, P. M., Ono, Shasta County. Cal. The 26th of December, 1834, and the 27th of June, 1867, each fell on a Frida; A TirL Bumping—F. C. J., Gity. No build- ing “that is to be 200 stories in height” 1s being constructed in the city of New York. - PRICE OF GoLD—McK., Snelling, Cal. The price of gold fluctuates. Sometimes brokers Tun it up above par, when there is an unusual demand for it,but they do notrun it below per. . STEEL RATLS—A. O. 8., Oakland, Ca.. Steel ralls cannot be manufactured in America, shipped to England and sold thereat current rates without loss to the American manu- facturer. S§1pE—J. K., Cornwall Station, Contra Costa County, Cal. There is no law in this State for the g‘mrenfion of bringing English snipe to the San Francisco markets during the month of September. Two DesieNErs—E. T. T., Oskland, Cal. The new City Hall in San Francisco was designed by Charles A. Laver. The Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City was designed by T. 0. Angell,an’ English Mormon. ' THE TIMBER AcT—S., Pino Grande, El Dorado County, Cal. If by the question, “Has the timber act been repealed 2"’ you mean the act thlhllln' timber depredation on public ands 1t has not been repealed. THE BIG TANE—P. E. L, City. The big tank in the Sutro baths is 300 feet long by 100 feet wide. If you take in the Lat the southern end it is 100 feet wide for two-thirds of the length and 175 feet wide for the balafice. GOLD AXD SILVER—MCcK., Snelling, Cal. The latest official figures show that the amount of, ;:‘sd in_circulation in the United States is 0,275,000 and of silver dollars is §51,980,- 000, but these are only estimates. LOGARITEMS—G. V. D., Los Angeles, Cal. This department is unable to find any work ex- aining more fully the computation of the ecimal part of a logaiithm than those you mentioned in your communication. STATES AND TERRITORIES—E. F. H., City. There are at this time forty-five States in the Union and there are six Territories, viz.: New Mexico, Arizona, Indian Territory, Alusks, Oklahoma and the District of Columbia. . SENATORS—H. H. M,, City. The Senate of the United States is composed of 45 Republicans, 89 Democrats and 6 Populists. The terms of 29 Senators expire in 1897. Of these 14 are Democrats, 12 Republicans and 3 Populists, A CONTINENTAL—S. O. T. C., Sonoma, Cal. Continental paper money is not in demand, consequently has no market value. Such a bill as you have is worth just what some one would ga willing to give for it as a curiosity. AFTER SUTRO'S ELECTION—O. J. F., City. The order of the Market-street railway system re- ducing the fare to 5 cents to the Cliff House went into operation on the 15th of November, 29? Mayor Sutro was elected November 6 of at year. FREE COINAGE Bruis—H. M., Oakland, Cal. During the Fiity-third Congress, which opened March 4, 1893, and terminated March 4, 1896, & free coinege amendament to the coinage laws was rejected, and again during the Fifty- fourth Congress. MAcHINIST—A. 0. 8, City. If you are young and wish to become & practical machinist you should go into a machine-shop and learn from the bottom up. Itwould be & very difficult thing for you to become a machinist from simply reading books. If you go into & shop those who wiil teach you will teil you the kind of books you should read that would be helpful to you. : y STORAGE BATTERY—W. R. R., City. There are at least twenty different kinds of secondary or storage batteries, and this department has not the space to describe each, but would suggest that,as you are a resident of this City, you visit the Free Public Library and examine there that will give 1 o b . give you all the fniorma. A FRENCH QUOTATION—L R., City. ‘‘Aide tof, et le ciel t'aiders,” is from the French of La Fontaine. It meaus “Help thyself and heayen will help thee.” In other words, depend rather on your own exertions than on your prayers, &:nmhzflan hnm'.t::"::mner Zsop, who, Prayed for the aid of Herepiai e 18 & diteh, HE CaxNor—R. D, Oakland, Cal President of the United States cannot on dayafter his inauguration issue tonds and coinage i Pprovince of Congress to order the ool fl-:::x’f::: the Bean.d - tlryc‘ of mnbl‘;e::n:y.‘n.u;f pass 24 and issue bonds for mcnr“;f-’;:’.nn"" e CHICALOTE—E. G. 8., Livermore, Alameda County, Cal. The % ia flower about which you make inquiry is not tocalote, in chicalote, which is a popular name o Southe T ————————— e, e, — ™ — — — — — — — — — ——m—m —mm™m™me€—" m™ms"mse "'m?m7seoe-e-—— o m> as | ern Galifornia 'fors Argemone hispida. It is the Aztec chicalott, which means_‘“that ::)o:?;hk:aprin " The Centaurea melitensis is called tucdlote, and that also refers to Spring. g To JoI¥ THE NAVY—A. H. L., City. If, by the question asked, you mean to join the navy so as to become an officer thereof, you will hnlvie ive the appointment to the Annapolis Novat Acadomy ftom the Congressman of ho Qistrict in which you live. If you mean to join the navy in the ranks below that of office you may send your application to the com_ mander of the Independence at Mare Isiand. AN OLp VERSE—A correcpondent from Oak- land is anxious to obtain the ')i,u‘ii n!tld. ulma‘ of the author of an old poem, the first verse of which is as fo!lovrg. Can any, of the readers of this department furnish the desired informa- tion ? A poor wayfaring man’of grief S ot times crossed me on my Way, He sought so humbly for relief That I could never auswer naj. Horses — M. S, D:, El Modéna, Orange County, Cal.. From the indicstions described in your communications, it is ltkely that your horses are suffering from iteh, I that case it would be advisable to consult some one versed in the dlsease of horses. 11 it 15 the itch, the following is given as a remedy, but .of its vir- tue this department cannot say: Reduce the daily allowance ot food and piace the horses onlow diet. Give a teaspoonful of equal parts of sulphur end antimony and at the end of ten-days the source df troubie will have disap- eared and the horses will be covered with a ne coat of neyw hair. SoLDIERS—P. D., Alcatraz, Cal. ‘A soldier in the army of the United States stationed at any of the posts in the City and. County of San Francisco or on any of the islands In the bay, it o hasTesided the required length of time in the State, county and precinct, is entitled to register # San Francisco at the'time regis- tration is open, and it is not a prerequisite that he should have enlistéd in California. THE JUMPING BEAN—Minerva, City. What is commonly called the “sfexican bean” is called the “jumping bean’’ and the “devil bean.” It is the seed of a Mexican plant infested by the larva of & small tortricid moth. The uneasy movement of- the imprisoned larva swhen itis warmed Jnakes the seed roll about on a flag surface, or even jump a slight distance in the air. The larva pupates in Japuery and Febru- ary. The tree produces a berty' containing three “beans,” but dnly one contains & larva. There is no hole or indication of the manner in which the larva'finds its way into the inte- rior. 7 EXAMINATIONS FOR THE NAVY—W. R. W., Palo Alto, Cal. Entrance examinations for the navy of the United Sistes are keld -at the Naval Academy at Anndpolis, Md. Candidates nom- inated in time to enable them to reach the academy by May 1? of each year réceive per- mission to present themselves on that date to the superintendent for examination for ad- mission. Those not nominated in time to pre. sent themselves at the May examination are examined on the 1stof September following. When either of ‘the dates given falls en a Sun- day then the examination is held ou the Mon- day following. - Candidates are required to en- ‘ter the acidemy immediately after passing the prescribed examination, BRITISE INDIA-T. P. C. The jpresent mone- tary system of British India was established Septémber 1, 1835, on the single- silver stand- ard. The rupees and hali-rupees are unlimited legal tender; but smaller silver coins only for sums less than one rupee. Gold coins are not legal tender. There is no limit te their coin- age, but the mint charge is 1 per cent. The debtg.of India require the snuual export of $80,300,000. - The price of silver, however, dropped so_low 1n 1892 that this amount was ingcreased by over $51,100,000 in pay ments of gold premiums. This fall in silver ied to the closiug of the mints to silveron June 26,1893, and the avowed policy to return to the goid standard. The.law of 1861 prohibited bank ‘issues of curtency. The Government issues currency upon- Government securities, receive able for all debts, public and private. . PaLEsTINg—B. H., City. In the reign of Augustus, Elius Gallus, the Roman Prefect of Egypt, at the nead of & large army, unsuccess- fully attempted the reduction of Yemen to the Roman ‘Eipire. In 529, however, Yemen was conquered: by & large Abyssinian simy amd was kept in. sibjection to the Ethiopians for seventy-six years. Christianity found an early entrance into Arabia. The Jews, in con- siderable numbers, migrated into Arabiaaiter the destruction of Jerusalem and made many proselyles, especialiy in Yemen. This diver- sity of creeds was favorable to the introdug- tion of the doctrines of Mohamméd, which forms the grand epoch in ‘Arabian history and brings it 1ito” close conneciion with thé gen- eral history of civilization. Then, for the first time, the people of Arabiabecame united un- der one scepter and one creed, and poweriul enough to erect new empires in three quarters of the world—in Palestine, Mesapotamia and Persia, in Egypt ana the north of Africa and in Spain. e CrEaM mixed candies 25¢c 1b. Townsend’s, * D S — SpPEcrAr information daily to manutacturars, business houses and public men by the Presy Clipping Bureau [Allen’s), 510 Mqntgomery. * ————— e Professor T. T. Timayenis, who holds the chair of Greek in Harvard University, isa big, broad-shouldered, dark man, and wears a black beard, closely clipped. He beligves that Greek will always hold itsown in the educa- tional system of the country, no matter how much the course of study may be modified. Are You Gomng East? The Atlantic and Pacific Raflroad—Santa v route—Is the coolest and most comfortable sam- mer line, Owing o its elevation and absence from alkall dost. Particolarly adapted for the trans- portation of families because of its palace draw. ing:room and modern uphoistered tourist sleeplag cars, which run daily through from Oakisnd to Chlcago, leaving at a seasonable hour- and i1 charge of attentive conductors sua porters San Francisco Ticket office, 844 Market sjreet, Chron- icle building.. Teiephone, Main 158L Oakiand, 1118 Broadway. 3 P~ SR . I, To the Traveling Public. Advices from the general offices of the Rio Grande Western Rallway at Salt Lak® City, s:ate the damage caused by recent heavy rains will ba folly repaired by to'dar (Tuesday, the 29th), and all tralnswill run through without transfer gr de- lay. Tickets are on sale as usual’ at all Southern Pacific,Offices and the Rio Grande Western Rail way city office, 14 Montgomery st. W. H. sneda ker, General Agent. - ————— - * Phillips' Rock Island Excursions Leave San’ Francisco every Wednesday, via Rio Grande and Rock Island Railways. Through tourist sleeping-gars to Chicagoand Soston. Man ager and porters accompany these excursions to® Boston. Fortickets, sleeping-car accommodations and further information address Clinton Joges. General, Agent Rock Island Railway, 30 Mont- gomery street, San Francisco. f Ir your complaint 15 wantof appetite try halt's wine glass of .Dr. Slegert's Angostura Bitters bes fore meals. . ——are— CoLps are frequently caught by the sudden fail of temperature a: sunset. Hence the nmeed of cantion and Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. Lord Kelvip always carries a notebook in his pocket, which he produces at the most unex- pected times. While on a visit to a country house, in a crowded drawing-room, with all the jabber of conversation going on in fnll blood, he will take out his notebook and £l page after page with intricate calculations, seeking the solution of some problem which awaits investigation. NEW TO-DAY. Absolutely Pure. A cream of tariar baking powder. Hichest of all tn loavening strengih. batest Tnitei Stades i BoYal BAXING POWDER Co., New York.