The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 3, 1896, Page 6

BATURDAY OCTOBER 3, 1896 CHARLES M. SHORTRIDUE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Dally and Sunday CALL, one week, by carrier..$0.15 Daily and Sunday CALL, one year, by mail.... 6.00 Daily and Sunday CALL, six months, by mall.. 3.00 Daily and Sunday CALL, three months by mail 1.50 Daily and Sunday CALL, one month, by mail. .65 Sunday CaL1, one year, by mail.. 1.50 ‘WEEKLY CALL, oo year, by mail 1.50 THE SUMMER MONTHS. Are you golng to the country on a vacation? It »9, 1t is 1o trouble for us 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 a Business Office will receive prompt attention. NO EXTRA CHARGE. BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, San Francisco, California. Telephone.. e Main-1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street. % ver . Main—1874 Telephone....... BRANCH OFFICES: 527 Montgomery street, corner Clay; open until 9:30 o'clock. ~ 839 Hayes street; open until 8:30 o'clock. 718 Larkin street; open until 9:30 o’clock. EW. corner Sixteenth and Mission streets; open until § o'clock. 2518 Mission street; open until 9 o'clock. 116 Ninth street; open until 8 o’clock. OAKLAND OFFICB : 908 Broadway, EASTERN OFFICE: Rooms 31 and 82, 34 Park Row, New York City. DAVID M. FOLTZ, Special Agent. THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. Patriotism, Protection and Prosperity. FOR PRESIDENT— WILLIAM McKINLEY, of Obio FOR VICF-PRESIDENT— GARRET A. HOBART, of New Jersey Election November 3, 1896, —_—— Well done, Mr. Sonntag. Unity and victory are now certain. One month from te-day McKinley will be elected. The way to have harmony is simply to get in and harmonize yourself with the majority. The people are getting on to the silver trust, and by election day will be ready to sit down on it. The issue of the campaign is to put an end to Democratic experiments and return to sound business. During the month of September the public debt increased over $1,806,000. De- mocracy is still in the saddle, The dollar of our fathers was nevera dishonored dollar and the people will never vote to dishonor it now. Bimetallism and statesmanship would improve business, but free silver and crankism would ruin any country. Every intelligent citizen can see that the Non-Partisan ticket has a string on it, and Rainey has a pull on the string. The Bismarck letter to Governor Culber- son of Texas has proven to be & roorback. The Governor didn’t translate it correctly. It is conceded that Bryan is virtually beaten and the next thing is to make sure of bealing the Bryanite candidates for Congress. 3 Democratic agitations are retarding busi- ness and Democratic success would ruin business. The country must beware of Bryanism. The frée coinage of silver would not put money 1nto circulation. We must restore the protective tariff and reopen the mills to do that. Bear in mind that now is the time to gst rid of Buckley, Rainey nd the whole gang. Work for Colonel Taylor and make a clean sweep. ‘What do good Democrats think of the combination with Cator? What do good Populists think of Cator’s combination with Buckley? Republicans! uphold the State Central Committee; recognize its authority; ac- qtiesce in its decision, and under one flag go forward to victory. Workingmen of San Francisco, do you wish any more free trade? Do you wish to be represented in Congress by men who will vote lor free trade? e NS A Mr. Phelan—Dear sir: Do you know why Rainey nominated you? Do you think he intends to use you for anything more than a decoy duck? Have the Non-Partisans agreed that their candidate for Mayor shall connu- biate with Rainey, or haye they over- looked the circumstance? P It is now in order for Professor Ross to explain that his famous letter was a gen- tle university joke all the same as Presi- dent Jordan’s cat picture. All the stories from the East give us new reasons for rejoicing that we live in California. We have here neither the Bryan tour nor the hurricanes. The fusion leaders may be fooling Cator, but do not let them fool you. Elect none but Republican legislators and make sure of a Republican United States Senator. The announcement that Chauncey De- pew will answer Bryan raises great expec- tations of fun to come. The answer will undoubtedly add to the gayety of nations. In the present close division of parties in the United States Senate every vote is important. Californja can afford to take no risks this year with Democratic or Populist legis!ators, Several platforms have given way dur ing Bryan’s tour, and now one has failen under Vice-President Stevenson. It seems that Democracy cannot find a good plat- form anywhere this yea: Does any Republican telieve it possible to elect any Republican ticket in this City except that headed by Charles L. Taylor? Does any Republican doubt that Colonel Taylor can be elected if the party unites in his support? LS SR A poll made by the Chicago Tribune through the medium of secret ballots shows that 90 per cent of the skilled labor of Illinois is for McKinley, and it is a fair assumption that the workingmen of the rest ot the country will vote about the same Way. A WORD TO REPUBLICANS, The retirement of Mr, Sonntag from the contest which threatened to divide and defeat the Republican party in this City will suggest to all loyal members of the party the folly of further fighting. Why should there be any continuance of the dispute, which has been carried to the highest party authority in the State and settled' in accordance with the time- honored and universally followed rules and practices of the organization? Party discipline is absolutely essential to party organization and party success. There must be somewhere within every organization an authority which all members recognize, respect and obey. That authority is the State Central Committee. None can question that in the Republican party at any rate the State Central Committee 1s made up of men of the highest character, of just impartiality and of genuine devotion to Republican principles. Itis composed of eighty mem- bers—one from each Assembly district in the State—and the executive committee of twenty-one members selected by the chairman of the late Republican State Con- vention. The committee deservedly en- joys the confidence of the Republicans of the State. It speaks with an authority given it by the party itself, and how can any one who calls himself a Republican deny that authority without denying at the same time the right of the Republican organiza- tion to be a self-governing body? In every State of the Union the administration of the party is intrusted to a State Central Committee, to whose decisions loyal mem- bers yield a cheerful obedience. Where there are differences of opinion there must be a way to decide them. The State Ceniral Committee is the authority which has the right to decide all questions of the party. In this San Francisco contest it has spoken, with but one dissenting voice. Party discipline and loyalty will give support to the de- cision. Those who try to prolong the dissensions will find no favor among those who desire to see a victory for Republican- ism. There should be no rebellion against the decision of this high authority of the party, to which the controversy was voluntarily referred. Mr. Ruef (himself a member of the State Executive Committee) and those whom he represents are in honor bound to abide the decision rendered. True and loyal Republicanism demands that they submit to party authority, and if they would hereaiter pe credited with the fealty to the Republican party which they so constantly assert they will go no further in this business. The fight within the party has been fought to a finish. Now let it stop. MUNICIPAL POLITICS. Citizens of San Francisco, the issues of the municipal campaign have been formulated by the various cenventions and are now before you. The chief of these issues is the choice of men to administer the affairs of the City. All candidates are pledged to economy, progress, lower taxation, pub- lic improvements aud administrative re- form. To which set of candidates shall the work of reform be entrusted? Candidates for office are to be judged by the record they have made in public and, private life. They are to be judged also by their sssociates. We must elect men of good personal character who are sur- rounded and supported by good men. Unless the candidate be honest he will not try tofulfill his pledges, and unless hissup- porters are equally honest he cannot fulfill them if be tries. You know that back of the ticket headed by Superyisor Dimond stands Boss Buckley and his gang. You know that back of the ticket headed by Mr. Phelan stands Boss Rainey and bis gang. You know aiso that back of the ticket headed by Colonel Tay- lor stands a group of men who represent the pest element of our civic life--men who bave a personal and business interest in the welfare of the City—men who are large property holders, taxpayers and em- vloyers of labor. Which of these tickets best represents you? Which is most like- 1y to fulfill the pledges made to you? Colonel Taylor has been tried in office. His official record has been published from week to week in the papers of the Ciiy and is known to all who read. Has it not been a record that wins yourapproval? Has he done anything in office to which just ob- jection can be made? Has he not been faithful always to the performance of duty ? Has he not guarded the interests of the taxpayers and of the people generally ? ‘What is the choice presented to you? Is it not the simple one of deciding whether our municipal affairs shall be intrusted to Colonel Taylor and his associates on the ticket or turned.over to the men who would owe their election as they owe their nomi- nations to either Buckiey or Rainey? ‘With such a choice before you, can you hesitate to decide? Repubiicans of 8an Francisco, do any of you believe you can elect any Republican ticket in this City except that headed by Colonel Taylor, which the State Central Committee has pronounced the only genuine Republican ticket in this City? Do any of you doubt that Colonel Taylor will be elected if the party supports him against the wrangling and divided bosses? ‘Will you not, as a loyal Republican and as a good citizen, unite witn' other good citizens in making a clean sweep of the bosses and assuring San Francisco a municipal government which shall be at once economical, progressive and honest in all its departments? AN APPEAL. In his address to the Wastern Reserve delegation Major McKinley said: “‘Never has the Republican cause more closely ap- pealed to conscience and intelligence than in this campaign.” The meaning of this is that the conscience of no right-thinking American should permit him longer to see the destitution among working people, caused by shutting down the Natfon's in- dustries as a result of the Wilson-Gorman act, without putting forth all his strength and influence to have the great wrong righted, and that the intelligence of the people should give hearty sanction to the effort. And it is true that the time has come when the appeals of the thousands in en- forced idleness for employment must be listened to. For three years the condition of wage-earners in all industries has been growing worse, and for no reason other than that an unjust and hurtful law bars the way to remuperative employment. Surely no fair-minded man is willing that wage-earners should be subjected to pav- erty and distress, especially when all that is required to give them proper conditions of existence isto enact & law that shall permit the industries to give them work THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1896 at good pay. These idle men are in no sense objects of charity. They are manly men and loyal, high-minded citizens, and all. they ask isa chance to employ their brain and muscle at remunerative wages. This certainly 18 an important cam- paign, not only because the honor and credit of the Nation is ufider attack, but because it is necessary to the well being of all the people that mill and factory and shop should resume operations. The ex- veriment of filling the markets with articles that are the product of foreign countries has shown in a thousand ways that protection against that sort of thing must be had if we would be a free, pros- perous and_independent people. The fs- sue is narrowed down to two inseparable propositions—the preservation of the Na- tion’s honor and credit and ample oppor- tunity for working people to secure em- ployment at good wages. Major McKinley, stands for those propositions. Mr. Bryan stands for repudiation of the Nation's solemn promises and for a still nearer approach to free trade than the present low tanff act provides. MR, SONNTAG'S WITHDRAWAL, In following the example of Mr. Horace Davis ana retiring from a contest which threatenea to divide the Republican vote in this City Mr. Henry P. Sonntag will have the applause not only of genuine Republicans but of all good citizens. His action goes far toward unifying the Re- publican party. It brightens the pros- pect of success at the polls and givesa fair assurance of the election of Colonel Taylor and of the establisbment of a good municipal administration in this City. Among the reasons assigned by Mr. Sonntag for his patriotic course is one which deserves the careful consideration of every voter. It refers to the serious pownt of what would be the result of the adoption of the proposed new charter. Mr. Sonntag says: The Mayor, under that charter, would be vested with great power and responsibilities and would have the appcintment of many public officials. The election of a Mayorin that event would be of great importance to the Republican party of this City, and so, after full consideration, I feel that I should not do anything that might possibly jeopardize the election of a Republican to that office, which two Republican candidates in the field might do, and I have, therefore, decided to step aside in the interest of party unity and to subserve, as I believe, the best interest of this City by assuring the election of a Republican to that office. No one can read these words without realizing both the truth and the impor- tance of them. San Francisco faces a pos- sible crisis in her history. The adoption of the new charter would certainly be a crisis. This is no time to take chances, no time to make experiments. No class of citizens can afford to run the risk of elect- ing the candidate of either the Buckley or Rainey factlon of the Democratic party. ‘We must elect a good Mayor in order to be sure of anything like a good govern- ment, Mr. Bonntag pays a justly deserved com- pliment to Charles L. Taylor in speaking of him as ‘““a respected citizen, who has filled many positions of public trust with honor and fidelity, has been nominated by one or more conventions of citizens for that office. He is a Republican, and, in my opinion, would make a conscientious and able Mayor.” No one can question the justice of this estimate of Mr. Taylor’s character. Itis to be trusted, therefore, that Mr. Sonn- tag’s action will mean the end of the long fight in the Republican party, and that from this time forward we can go on unitedly for victory and good govern- ment. The imitation of Mr. Sonntag’s example by other Republicans who are in a position similar to his would complete the unity of the party and assure victory. Is1t too much to expect them toshow this regard for the interests of the party and the welfare of the City? “THE SUNDAY OALL” To-morrow’s edition of Tme CarL will contain & number of particularly bright and interesting features, and, it is almost needless to add, all the, news of all the world, politically and otherwise. It isn’t every week that a literary menu equal to the one that will be presented to- morrow can be published, because the best efforts of writers, editors and artists sometimes fall short of their own high ideas, and there is, too, sometimes a dearth of attractive features as there is of news. And while THE SuNDAY CALL has increased in popularity each week, as the ever grow- ing subscription list amply proves, it is also true that to the trainéd editorial eye at least the attractiveness of its literary supplement must vary at times, though, perbaps, to an exteat inappreciable to the general reader. . However, the bill of fare for the coming Sunday’s issue would seem to satisfy even the most critical, and & bare recital of the titles of some of the more attractive fea- tures is sufficient: Tender Bentiment and Fierce Passion to Be Weighed and Measured. Absorbing Tales of Vanished Mines. A Little Fat Queen and Her Big Jubilee. A Thing of Beauty. As Free as the Air, ‘Who Have Grapes to Sell Smile Com- placently. Good Manners for Horses. Some Four-footed Soldiers, New and Beautiful Autumn Fancies of the Dressmakers. “In Childhood’s Realm,” the best chil- dren’s page published in any daily news- paper. Strange Harvest Ceremonies of an Un- canny People. Building of the Great Warships for the New Navy. The Year 1901 and the Law of Cycles. A Mignty Nation That Sank in Mid- ocean Bsfore the Great Deluge. Maripoza’s Harness for the Mystic Power. Aside from these and many other inter- esting and handsomely illustrated depart- ments there *will be the Book Reviews, ‘Whist, and a host of good reading matter. 2 —ee TWO0 KINDS OF BIMETALLISM. Mr. Bryan will not advance the cause for which he islaboring by trying to im- peach the honor and 1ntegrity of Major McKinley. The people of this country, irrespective of party, look upon Major McKinley as the highest type of Ameri- can manhood. There are very many who would not vote for him because they are not in sympathy with the principles of his party, but no one guestions his per- sonal integrity. No one belleves Major McKinley to be capable of accommodat- ing himself to any political doctrine for personal political advantage, and Mr. Bryan shows ignorance of public senti- ment when he undertakes to make it ap- pear that his opponent is a mere poiitical weathercock. Hitherto Mr. Bryan has held himself aloof from that sort of cam- paigning, and it must be that he is get- ting desperate in the face of sure defeat that makes him invent absurd charges against Major McKinley. If Mr. Bryan will take the trouble to trace Major McKinley’s record on the silver question from his first public utter- ance down to his speech to the last visit- ing delegation he will find that he has always been a consistent bimetallist, and he will also find that Major McKinley has always mixed a good deal of sound busi- ness sense with his attitude on the coin- age question, The difference between Major McKin- ley’s plan of re-establishing the double standard and Mr. Bryan's free-gold-and- silver-coinage scheme is broad and dis- tinet, and they are necessarily dia- metrically opposed, Major McKinley’s plan contemplates the remonetization of silver in the interest of the Nation’s com- merce. Mr. Bryan's scheme has in view the doubling of the price of the product of silver mines, Each has in mind the free and unlimited coinage of silver, but Major McKinley looks to the good of all the people, while Mr. Bryan looks to the interests of silver mine owners and spect- lators. Major McKinley refuses to sacrifice our foreign commerce, amounting to $2,000,- 000,000 annually, in which all the people have interest, to enhance the bullion price of silver. He insists that other countries with Whom we have business relations shall be invited to meet with usin con- ference to not only agree upon an inter- national basis for a double standard of re- demption money (silver and gold), but to enter into reciprocal trade relations to the end that we may have still more and better foreign markets for our surplus products. Mr. Bryan says in effect: ‘‘Let our foreign commerce go to perdition. Double the price of the product of silver mines. That is my postion on the coin- age question.”” A GOOD FAIR ENDS. The Mechanics’ Fair, which closes to- night, has been the most valuable and en- couraging object lesson ever seen in Cali- fornia in the way of illustrating the extent and fertility of our State resources. For 2 month all shades and varieties of home products have been tastefully arrayed in the imposing pavilion in such a manneras to encourage those whose faith in this great State and whose belief in its pro ductive possibilities are unwavering. It was held by some enthusiasts in the pioneer days of this favored land that the earth was so fertile in diversified re- sources that an empire of industry ought to be founded here free from dependence on any State or nation on earth. While the necessity for such an alienation from sister States has never arisen a study of the exhibits made at the fair this year confirms the early opinion that California is an emvpire that could survive and pros- per in the manifold fields of industry that characterize this marvelous age, even were it cut off from the balance of the world. Such an illustration of the re- sources of the soil as that now closing is encouraging to those who have cast their fortunes with the State, and it attracts the attention of desirable classes from abroad, 8o thatit wil! finally result in far-reach- ing benefits to the commonwealth as a whole, No one who walked through the many great departments of the exhibition during the past month bhas failed to have it wividly impressed upon his mind that few, if any, regions in the world offer such luxuriance and diversity of useful resources as California. In the realm of growing things, whether plant, animal or fish, there was a bewildering abundance, and manufacturers made a splendid showing as well. He whose mind revels in the wonders of mechanics could feast for hours among the gigantic evidences of achievement dis- vlayed by the Union Iron Works, the fore- wost ship-building concern in America, whose conquests are known round the world; or one of that temperament might have spent days among the grest machines in the mining department, where crushers and concentrators vied with one another to pulverize the great rocks that were heaved up by elemental forces years ago. There were interesting exhibits of crockery, glassware, cordage, cotton, min- eral products, cereals and products of the farm, and various exhibits from the trades, so that altogether there wasenough to make a Califurnian proud and attract a stranger to these shores. The good results are so apparent that it is probable that the home product department of future ex- | hibits will be given marked attention. It is encoursging in this connection to note the fact that a home-product exhibi- tion is being arranged in Los Angeles on lines similar to those of our Me- chanics’ Fair. It will open on Janau- ary 83 and continue until the 3lst. This promises to be an instructive and interesting exhibition of home prod- ucts exclusively,and it will no doubt do for the south a benefit similar to that brought about by the great Pavilion ex- hibit here. No work can be of more per- manent benefit to the State than that which teaches the people seif-confidence and shows them the extent and fertility of the resources of California. T ——. CAMPAIGN ECHOES. No wonder European farmers approve of the Bryan propagands. It would, if applied, help them much more than the American farmers. ~—Chicago Times-Herald. The Governor of Kentucky has recently ap- pointed 8 boy 13 years oid on his staff es colonel. But if boy orators, why not boy coloneis?—Boston Transcript. Mr, Bryan will never be President, but ne ‘will probably live lotig enough to be .heartily ashamed of some of the sentiments he has uttered in this campaign.—Yonkers Gazette. ‘The people will remember the crime of 1894, ‘when labor was demonetized by the passage of the free-trade tariff bill, and will repudiate the party that passed it.—Clay County (Ind.) Enterprise. A “Ivote for McKinley,” said the slespy pas- senger. “I don’t care who you vote for,” yelled the train-robber; “shell out!” *Oh,” said the sleepy passenger, ‘I thought you were polling the train.” —Wichita Eagle. No man who believes in free Colnage at 16 to 1isa bimetallistany more than & man who would advocate free coinage at 8to lor4 to 1. He insists on that which would make bimetal- +| lism impossible.—Seymour (Ind.) Republican. It is not at all likely that Tom Watson will be elected Vice-President this year, but there no doubt that Mr. tson is getting more fun out of this cam; han the gentleman who got in his way at Chicago.—New York World. ‘The campaign is drawing to a close, and as yet not a single reason has been produced to show that the whole Republican .ticket, from McKinley down to the lowest candidate on the county ticket, should not be elected.—Toledo Commercial. Arthur Sewall seems to be another of the silver bugs who believe in gold contracts. His recent contracts are sald to be payable in gold. Itistne old story. He wants gold for himself and silver for others. He believes in self-protection, apparently.—Springfield (Mass.) Union, This is the situation: A vote for Eryan and Sewell or Watson is a vote for repudiation and civic disorder. A vote for Palmer and Buckner 1s haif a vote for sound money and half a sur- render te the pride of precedent and personal liking. A vote for McKinley and Hobart is the only direct means of securing good money and good government and is the expression de- manded of every good citizen throughout the country in this hour of his country’s peril.— New York Tribune, a g SCORED BY EDITORS. Mr. Hearst’s Attitude Free Coinage Is De- nounced. on How Popocratic Success Would Add to the Magnitude of His Fortune. The light that has been thrown upon the animus of Mr. Hearst in so ardently working for Bryanism and the free coin- age of silver continues to attract attention from that gentleman’s contemporaries, and they continue to talk very plainly on the subject. SUFFICIENT REASON. Stockton Record. THE CALL shows that the silver mines owned by Hearst wiil increase his revenue from $10,000 to $75.000 per month in case of free coinage of silver. This issufficient reason why Mr. Hi 's papers, the Examiner of San Fran- cisco and the Journal of New York, are clamor- ing for free silver. Still there are papers which have even better reasons than Hearst. He has at least got to secure free coinage before his mines yield the additional income. The reward is therefore contingent on success. Those organs that have received their siiver mine dividend in advance may be said toexist on the prudential side of the issue. Coniin- gent fees in politics and journalism never pan out very well—not more than 53 centsona dollar, Buta lump sum for a retainer issuch @ cheerful evidence of prosperity that convic- tions are soothed and zeal susiained through the most arduous campaign. We are not dis- posed to view the Examiner with ayersion, but rather with eyes of pity, tempered with some- what of admiration for its heroism in under- taking such a difficult task merely on a contin- gency. Had it been working for a corporation instead of its proprietor’s mining interests it would have demanded & regular wage, OF say a $12,000 fee in advance, INEONSISTENCY SHOWN UP Santa Rosa Republican. The San Francisco CALL has been success- fully showing up the inconsistency of the Examiner of that city on the financial ques- tion. For some time the latter paper nagged the former on its changed position in regard to silver coinage. Finally THE CALL turned upon its Democratic-Populistic contemporary and it has made good use of its inning. In 1895 the Examiner was a sound-money 1aper. Then it declared in favor of a silver dollar containing a dollar's worth of silver. May 4, 1895, it said its experience had not en- couraged it to believe that this country couid maintain parity of value of the two metals at 16 to 1 and suggested 25 to 1. Then that paper stood by Carlisle and opposed 50 cent or 90 cent dollars. THE CALL is now re- publishing those articles to the discomfiture of the Examiner in its present position. pireed 0 vt THE MONARCH SQUEALS. Woodlana Mail. THE CALL'S article showing the heavy in- terests of the Hearst estate in silver mines and incidentally why the Examiner and its twin brother, the New York Journal, are so strongly in favor of free silver, has caused the Monarch to squeal, and it attempts to give an explana- tion that does not explain. THE CALL’S article goes & long way toward showing up the hypocrisy of young Hearst and his two papers. THE FLAG OF THE FIRST BRIGADE. + This 5 the flag of the First Brigade,” The captain said with pride, As the stranger gazed on the stars that blased ‘And the crimson stripes and wide, And thonght of the brave Who had found a grave— ‘Who had fough: for the flag and—aled! And he faltered: “How many—how many fell "N eath Its folds, In the cannon’s roar? How many bled in the battle red, And the flag to victory bore?"” £ald the captain: “Nonel 'Tis the flag, my son, Of the first brigade since the war! —Atianta Coustitation. A STYLISH COSTUME. The jacket basque is made in two distinet ways, one with the skirt portion cutin one with the body, the other with skirt portion added. The waist shown here is of the latter class. This form is easier to make than the other and so recommendsitself to home dress- makers. It isequally stylish; in fact is more seen in hanasome waists and jackets than is the other. The sleeves are small, but not the extreme of the mode. A gown of black with blue boucle threads bad a vest of blue chiffon with revers, stock collar and bows of black satin. The narrow belt was also of black satin. The ruche about the neck was of blue chiffon. A smooth cloth skirt of a deep reddish violet shade had a waist of vioiet to match. The revers and full front were of creag y luce over white satin, this being one of the most used combinations for vests and revers of hand- some gowns. The ususlly an open mesh with applique designs, or of applique above. A white satin stock collar with & large bow at the back end a ruche of the same lace finished the costume just described. A skirt of black satin was worn with & waist of taffetas having a_black ground liberally covered with flowers in shadowy tones of rose colors with foliage in natural tints, and myrtle green strips of satin over all. The vest was of black mousseline de soie, with ap- pliques of creamy over green satin. The Tevers were of green velvet. A white stock collar of ribbon finished the neck. A gown of tan cloth had vest and revers of ‘white satin heavily embroidered in gold. A narrow belt of gold ribbon was worn. A gown of green zibeline had revers of n velvet, with vest of creamy lace over white satin. The belt was of gold disks. CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT SILVER. New York Mall and E: Dr. Edward Bedloe, ex-Consul to Clina, made an interesting address before the Herbert Spencer Club upon “Silver in the Far East.” He said: “The eastern mind is practical and businesslike, and, in using silver as a medinm of exchange does so by weight. The expres- sion ‘tael,’ which you read about so fre- quently, is merely a weight and not a coin. By doing this they give full play to the law of suppl; d demand. It has few advantages, Dut many disadvantages. The chief disad: vantage is that the value changes from day to day, and in doing any business with the eivil- ized nations you are cnm)cned to wait until the price of silver, which is set in London, is ed by cable to the city you are in. Every , and _even twice a day, these quo- tations irom the London silver market are flashed into the furthermost corners of Japan, China, India and the smaller silyer countries of the'extreme Orient. Thus, if you are send- ing home $100 to_your_wife or daughter in New York irom Hong-Kong or Shaughai, it cost you one day 195 silver dollars and the Text day 197. Worse than this isthe gambling based upon the fluctuation in the market. Men buy and sell millions of silver jor future delivery. At one time the speculation was so tremendous that almost every merchant in the east was engaged upon it. Finally, in 1891, there came a crash, hundreds of firms, large and small, were ruined, and millions of dol- lats were swept out of existence.” PERSONAL. Dr. J. D. Young of Stockton is in town. A. D. Pott of Point Arena is at the Lick. A. W. Hutton of Los Angeles is here for & brief stay. Dr. Morton Grinnally of New York isa recent arrival here. G. B. Glage, a business man of Dayton, Ohio, is in the City. Roy A. Littlefleld of Detroit, here yesterday. 8. Bado, & wealthy business man of Mexico, is at the Occidental. Harbor Commissioner E. L, Colnon has gone on a visit to Fort Bragg. Colonel W. P. Butler, an attorney of Chicago, arrived here yesterday. Andrew Jamieson of Portland, Me., is stop~ ping at the Cosmopolitan. Lieutenant H. Kimmel of the United States navy, is at the Occigental. George Gibbons of Bartlett Springs is in town at the Cosmopolitan. 0. P. Heaton and D. 8. McCooe of Indian- apolis are at the Cosmopolitan. E. W. Morrison, a business man of New York, is registered at the Baldwin. ‘W. Waterhouse, a business man of Pasadens, is among the arri t the Occidental. F. A. Walpole, & business man of Portland, is at the Palace accompanied by Mrs. Walpole. E. W.8. Van Slyke left last night for New York to be absent thirty days on a business trip. The Count de Kergorley of France, who has mining interests at Riddles, Oregon, is in the City. Baron E. Cumenge of Paris, who is inter- ested in mining in Northern Californis, is at the Palace. Byron L. Reed of the United States cruiser Corwin, which has been cruising in the Arotic, arrived here yesterday. E. H. Bryan of Germantown, Pa., accom- panied by Mrs. Bryan and Miss Thompson of Hastings, Nebr., are at the Palace. William Howarth, Mrs. Howarth and Mr. and Mrs. J. W, Butterworth of Everett, Wash., are among the arrivals at the Occidental. F. A. Cutler of Eureks, in the Humboldt district, who has been nominated for Congress and is making his canvass, is at the Grand. Stephen J. Menzles of Liverpool, who is one of a wealthy British syndicate which recently purchased the great Laguna de Tache ranch, which extends through several counties, is at the Palace, having just arrived from England. C. W. Fairbanks Jr., son of Charles W, Fair- banks, chairman of the Republ National Committee, arrived here yesterday from his home in Indianapolis. He will be here for probably & fortnight. His trip is largely for pleasure. 8. F. Loughborough, who owns a turquoise mine not far from Santa Fe, N. Mex., and who has for the past month been absentin New York and other places, is at the Grand. He says everywhere he went he found politics discussed. This was 50 on the streets in every city,in the cars and stores, and besides this everywhere were stump speakers, Mr. Lough- borough will leave for New Mexico to-night. C. F. Davis, who was for. several years com- nected with editorial and special work on the daily and weekly papers of this City, has re- turned here after two years in France, Ger- many, England and Italy. Prior to leaving here Mr. Davis had made some real estate In- vestments in Spokane and Denver. He stopped for a timne in Colorado on his way out. notably at Harney's Peak, in Routt County, where he was engaged in hunting and fishing. Mr. Davis has now opened a business office in the Nevada block. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y, Oct. 2.—At the St. Cloud, J. L. Little; Holland, C. 8. Bier and wife, W. Wo'ff; Metropclitan, H. 8. Butterfield; Grand Union, A. J. Campbell; Morton, F. Cowan. The Havel of the North German line brought back with ber from Bremen, William Wolff, Claus and Mrs. Johanne and Walther Wreden, Miss Anna Zebender. The Ems brought back from the Orient and Italy, John Smith, Emelie Del Vecchio. % ANSWERS 'TO CORRESPONDENTS. QUAIL AND DUCK—V. O., Haywards, Cal, The uail and duck season in California opens on 310 15th of October. LaBOR DAY—B. J., City. The 5th of October being & legal holiday (Labor day) in Califor- :m the public schools are notopened that ay. THE GERMAN VOTE—P. G. F. 8, City. The Registrar of Voters has not yet had time to classify the number of registered electors who claim Germany as their place of nativity. For the election held in 1894 the number reg- istered was 7602. THE TWO CANDIDATES—A Subscriber. Wil liam McKinley, the Republican candidate for the office of President of the United States, was born in Niles, Ohio, ana William J. Bryan, the Democratic candidate, was born in Salem, Marion County, Ill. BY THE SILVER PARTY—W. 8. B,, City. Frank G. Newlands of Nevada was nominated in 1892 by the Silver plrtx of Nevada, also by the Stiver Republicans, and he was elected to the Fifty-third Congress. In 1894 he was again elected as a silyerm BY TELEGRAPH—A. snd B., Oakland, Cal As yet 1t is impossible to photograph by tele- graph; but there is no telling what some in- ventive genius may bring out. A tracing of a Lhotograph can be transmitted by telegraph. At the receiving point it becomes a picture, but not & photograph. Mich., arrived TAMALPAIS—G. and D. L., City. The distance from Ross station to the top of Mount Tamai- pais, by the old road, is ten miles, and the time occupied in making the distance is from one )::;u fi:g flnydmlnu:;u wt:i‘llo hours and a uarter. epends on the abilit; gelmnn asa m%:mnln-cumber. el g WAR TOKEN—E. T. P., Oakland, Cal. The piece you aescribe is one of 5200 war tokens issued between the years 1862 and 1864 by the merchants in various parts of the East. Thic department is unable to give the history of this particular piece, as t{en is no volume devoted to the origin and S tok et g Purpose of each of HoaRsENEsS—Subseriber, City. There are a great many remedies that are advertised as ‘“‘sure ;nra for hoarseness,’” but as this depart- mexut does not adverti: tent specifics it cannot 'ngxel():hlch %‘&’ffé'.‘fi': ?; try. The best thing for you to do in the case you describe is to consult some reputable phy- sician in whom you have confidence. “‘OLD GLORY”'—A number of correspondents have written to ask the origin of the applica- tion of “:0ld Glory” to the American flag. None of the books of ref information. Such booek?n:fin“l'; (e dméelg Glory, & name given to the Amer: flag. Do any of the rei o A | and '(“ aders know of the origin? they kindly furnish the information? THE FORTY-SECOND—J, A, E., Oity. The fol- lowing is the boundary of Assembly District 420f the State cf California. All that portion :tnnncu(y: 2nd County of San Francisco as ollow! ‘ommencing at the junction of the center of Market and Mason streets, continu- ing thence along the center of the following named streets: Mason to Broadway, Broad- way to H‘d-. Hyde to Snlwrfismur 10 Jones, Jones to Market, Mark ot beginning, t, Market to Mason to the place To ELECT SENATORS—A. O. 8., City. The fol- lowing named States will elect United States Senators to succeed those whose terms will e?a in 1897: Alabams, Arkansas, Califor- Tavho, 1o, Tadianas Towe: Kas tucky, Lot Conn Indiana, Io Ka, nmmmn’md.'la-nu:l., oua':: ‘New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, P lyania, N Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylyar b g‘)fll:"fi Cl:;lofl;‘;. South Dakota, Vermont, Wash ington and Wisconsin. : { i ‘here s no law prvorce—X. X. X. X, City. T in the State of California that wll‘;. prbee\‘;en:n; woman from leaving her husband’s < there com= board and going to Dakots and eyt ner an action for divoree ag! ?:snbculg , but before doing $O :Tfilci;n;‘\:lNl:’nrY; heen & resident nimety days ko, , and six months if in Sout! ]!?:K?xt-: of husband to support ul:r“: ;{’;:: Ccausos 1n each of the States named, fon g% P for a divorce. The notice of intentior Y for a divorce in either State is by SuI publication in a newspaper. THE CIVIL SERVICE<A. l.d, A woman who wishes to unde: tion under the civil service Tules is not ?(2”:: by reason of sex. Generally women tage o7 examination for positions in the FO - Mint, Internal Revenue Department L0 tom-house as well as for the departineiiity service which includes teachers nn There schools, stenographers and lypewr"_"‘-wmw will be an examination under the civilSrFER rules in this City on the 13th inst. applicas information may be obtained upon he Poste tionto A. W. Stowell at the office of the master, this Cit¥. TrE New CHARTER—Lex, City. What s to‘:: done with a charter after it has been cnrro ¥ at an election in the State of Californis is to! in section 8 of article XI of the constitution: 1 rat- of such qualified electors shal 1y the Iome 1L ahall thereafter be subinited (0 the Leglsiature for its ADProval or rejection as & ‘whole, without power of alteration or amendm" ;\ . Buch approval may be made by concurrent resolu- i ed by ® majority vote O o b 4o cach house It snil become o Charter of such city, O if such city be con-o!ida’ed With county. then of such city and connty, and, shall become the organic iaw thereof and super” Seqe any existing charier and all amendmen thereof and &il laws inconsistent with such char ter. PosTING ON TELEGRAPH Porms—W. F. M., City. In regard to the posting of -dvcrt:’uh ments on telegraph poles section 50 of order 1587 of the Board of Supervisors of San Fran- cisco says: o R It shall be unlawful for any person y lfl‘x,.pllm or fasten on any telegrapb, l_eleg?v':); or eiectric light pole in the City wnd County o San Francisco, any advertisement, bill, notce card, sign or advertisinz device; and It hat o the duty of every persom, firm, COrporation of business representative Lbereof, named i a7 68 vertisement, bill, notice, card, Sign OF AAVErLIIng device, which is now or may'be pasted, paloied, affixed or fastened on any ielegrauh, telephone ot electric light pole, in said City and Cou! m o diately to remove such advertisement, notice, curd, sign or advertising device. ' The penalty for a violation of this section o the ordinance is a fine not exceeding $1000 0% 1mprisonment not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. LABOR'S RESPONSIBILITY. Santa Cruz, Cal rgo an examing- New york Press. It is the power of the wage-earners of this country to make the defeat of Mr. Bryan the most overwhelming that ever has been admin- istered to a candidate for President. Inevery State north of Mason and Dixon’s line where there is reasonable doubt as to the resultof the election the wage-earners will cast the de- ciding votes. It is proper that it should be so, for in this election the wage-earner has more at stake than any one else and his responsi- bility must be measured by what he does on the day of election. In the States of Maryland, Michigan, Vir- inia, Missourl, Kentucky, California and In- Siane tne votes of the wage-earners will turn the scale; and here is their opportunity abso- lutely to wipe out Bryanism, for with these States, or a part of them. carried for McKinley Bryan's electoral vote would be sosmall as 10 make him and his cause the objects of uni- sal ridicule. The Press has no doubt thata majority of tha wage-earners of this country will vote for or. McKinley, just as it has no doubt that he will be elected President. But the wage- earners can do more than assisi in the elec- tion of Major McKinley; they can make the defeat of Mr, Bryan & political massacre. They can annihilate the silver conspirators and exterminate repudiation. And this is what they must do. They must not be con- tent with merely defending, temporarily, their wages against Mr. Bryan's plan 10 maka their doilars buy less than they now buy. They must not be’ satisfied with checking for a season the attack upon their purchasing power. They must make it impossibie for any man in the present generation ever again 1o dare assert that the doller which 1s paid to labor must buy less than it now buys. TOWNSEND'S famous broken candy, 2 1bs 2dc.* —_————— MoLASSES crisp popcorn, 5¢ box. Townsends™ e e TowxseND’s California glace fruits, 50c lb, in Japanese baskets. 627 Markat st.. Palace, * . Srrcrar information daily to manufacturare, business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * —_— Mrs. L. D, HarT, formerly of “The Oriental House,” Oakland, has leased the large building at 1384 Fourth street, just completed. “The Crown” is furnished complete from top to bot- tom, and the accommodations accord perfectly with Mrs. Hart's well-known reputation for hoxplul"{. Every apartment has stationary stands, tiling, mantles, etc. Prices to suit the times. If you want elegant sunny rooms in. spect those, ———— . Discovered at Last. “Pioneer brand” shredded, desiccated and string cocoanut is used by all leading cracker and candy factories, sold by all leading gro- cers and used by all prominent families and bakeries, who pronounce it superior to all other brands. See the great exhibit of the home industry at the Mechanics’ Fair, where thousands are gathering around the booth. L. G. Sresovich & Co., manufacturers, 601, 608, 605, 607 Sansome street. ————— A joint stock company has been formed in Sydney to promote the co-operative settie- ment of women for silk-culture. With raising of silk are comblned flower-growing, scent. making and bee-farming. —————— Through Sleeping Cars to Chicago. The Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, Santa Fe route, will continue to run aally through from Oakland to Chicago Pullman palace drawing-room, also upholstered tourist sieeping-cars, leaving every afiernoon, Lowest through rates to ail points In the United States, Canada, Mexico or Europe. Excursions through to Bosion leave every week. San Francisco ticke: office, 644 Mar- ket street, Chronicle bullding. Telephone main, 1531; Oakland, 1118 Broadwa: —_————— Phillips’ Rock Island Exeursions Leave San Francisco every Wednesday, via Rio Grande nd Rock Island Rsilways. Through tourist sleeping-cars to Chicagoand Boston. Man- ager and pOrters ACCOMpPANY LhEse excursions to. Boston. Fortickets, sleeping-car accommodations and further information address Clinton Jones, General Agent Rock Island Rallway, 30 Moni gomery street, San Francisco. —————— Dr. SIRGERT'S Angostura Bitters, the celebrated appetizer and invigorator of the digestive organs, is now used all over the world, —_———— Covps are frequently caught by the sudden fall ©f temperature ai sunset. Hence the need of caution and Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. —————— Terrible euffering is being endured from starvation at the present time in the Central Province of India, and Mrs. Besant appeals for “a comparatively smail sum” to carry the people over the worst time. ] NEW TO.-DAY. Absolutely Pure, A cream of tartar baking wder. Highe all in leavening ltren:lh.—z;uu Unu:x m Royar BaKING DEB Co., New York. '