The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 14, 1896, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1896. WEDNESDAY _.OCTOBER 14, 1898 CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Propriet SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Daily and Sunday CALL, one week, by carrier. .§0.18 Daily and Sundey CALL, one year, by mail.... 6.00 Daily and Sunday CALL, six months, by mail. 8.00 Daily and Sundsy CALL, three months by mail 1.50 Daily and Sunday CALL, one month, by mail. .65 Sunday CALL, one year, by mail.. W XEKLY CALL, one year, by mail, THE SUMMER MONTHS. Areyou going to the country ona vacation? If 50, 1t 18 no 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 at Business Office will receive prompt sttention NO EXTRA CHARGE. BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, San Francisco, California. Telephone.... +eer.Maln—1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street. Telephone.. Main—1874 BRANCH OFFICES: 527 Montgomery street, corner Clay: open untf) 9:30 o'clock. $39 Hayes street; open until 8:30 o'clock. 718 Larkin street; open until 8:80 o'clock. $W _ corner Sixteenth and Mission streets; open until § o'clock. 2518 Mission street; open until § o'clock. 116 Minth sireet; open until § o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE : 908 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICI Rooms 31 and 32, 34 Park Row, New York City. DAVID M. FOLTZ, Eastern Manager. THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. Patriotism, Protection and Prosperity. FOR PRESIDENT— WILLIAM McKINLEY, of Obio ¥OR VICF-PRESIDENT— GARRET A, HOBART, of Rew Jersey Election November 3, 1396, Wherever work and wages is an 1ssue the tariff is an Itis not too late vetto join a Republi- can club. There will be lots of fun before the finish. Cleveland is writing his final message to Congress, and oh! what a contrast it will be to the final message of Harrison. 'be usual Democratic campaign canard may be expecied at any time now, and it is likely 1o be & whopper when it comes. Bryan is dwinaling so rapidly that by the time the election is over be will not bave to crawl into a hole to be lost to sight. The choice before workingmen in this campaign is the simple one of good money and good wages or poor money and no wages. The flignt of the Bryanites to the woods shouting “coercion” is but another illus- tration that the wicked flee when no man pursueth. The result of the Democratic experi- | ment with free wool is & good enough warning against any Democratic experi- ment with free silver. No Popocrat procession is up to date without a number of masked men in line leading & great coercion guyascutas to irighten the American workingman. There is still one thing lacking in the campaign. The Palmer and Buckner managers have not yet issued their esti- mate of the vote that is to elect their men. The absence of Senators Jomes and Stewart from the free-silver stump is dis- appointing many people who would like to hear why they voted for ‘‘the crime of '73.” Sending Altgeld to New York to reply to Bourke Cockran and Carl Schurz is a poor way of making a campaign, but it has the excuse of being the best the Popocrats can do. Bryan was expected to reply to Arch- bishop Ireland’s letter in his Minneapolis speech, but as he did not make the at- tempt it seems the boy orator has some discretion after all. The accession of Bayard to the ranks of the supporters of Palmer and Buckner is subject to the double drawback that his voice has no influence and he istoo far away from home to vote. Democrats may declare the masked men in their processions are afraid of coercion, but the chances are they are fellows who are ashamed of themselves or afraid to show their faces to the police. The success of Cator in capturing the Democratic legislative ticket while Buck- ley captured the Populist municipal ticket may have been a mere coincidence, and then again it may have been a trade. CONTRASTED OANDIDATES. No student of the course of eventsin this cam).aign can fail to notice that from the day of bis nomination McKinley has steadily grown in the estimation of the public, while Mr. Bryan has fallen below the level even of what reputation he en- joyed when the nomination was given to him. Day by day, during all these weeks, Major McKinley has spoken from the porch of his cottage-home in Canton words that have carried courage and hope and confidence to the people; while from every stump to which his wandering footsteps have carried him Bryan has talked of nothing but the strife of classes and sec- tional animosities, and, so far from inspir- ing those who heard him with confidence, has filled the minds of the more reflecting of his audience with anxiety'as to the out- come of our present problems. Major McKinley, 8o far from endeavor- ing to excite passion or prejudice in this campaign, hae spoken those ‘‘large, divine and comfortable words” which lift men’s minds above even such prejudices or ani- mosities as formerly disturbed them. His addresses to Confederate veterans have won the warm approval of the veterans of the Grana Army, and have manifested how completely the Nation has forgotten or forgiven the mistakes of the terrible years of the Civil War. His addresses to workingmen and to capitalists haveshown how clearly he perceives the common in- terests which bind them, and have re- vealed the extent of a patriotism wise enough to plan for the best interests of North and South, of rich and poor. To him the people are one unit, as this fed- eration of States is one Nation. He knows no differences; he stands steadfast as the champion of all. Mr. Bryan, on the other hand, while he hasnot been so silly as to adopt the advice of Tillman and Watson and make a sec- tional campaign, has, from the very be- ginning of his speeches, appealed to every prejudice which might be supposed to exist in the minds of the poor against the rich, or of workingmen against their em- ployers. He has not been above using the lowest arts of the demagogue. He has hardly been above the falsehoods of reck- less agitators. If he has nou said he has at least insinuated that the campaign of his opponents is beinz made by bribery, intimidation and coercion, and he has given the more reckless among the people reason to believe that if elected to the Presidency he would endeavor ta subvert the interests of capita! in order to satisfy the ‘envy of those less prosperous in life. He secured his nomination by a speech of some brilliancy, but since that day in all his speeches he has not uttered one sen- tence that will live in literature, nora sentiment to which the better instincts of the American people respond. Thus he has steadily gone downward in public re- pute, and when he is defeated on election day there will hardly be a patriot even in his own party who will regret his discom- fiture. Our people have seen the folly of the course pursued in previous years and have fully determined to correct We have not only halted in our march in the | wrong direction, but we have wheeled { about and shall certainly march back | and rebuild the fences we have torn down and reopen the doors we have un- wisely closed, Idleness as a National policy has been tested to everybody’s satisfaction, and nobody any longer be- . lieves in it.—Hon. York. A DUTY OF OCITIZENSEIR S. Black of New The weeks which elapse between thisand election day will pass rapidly. Whatever campaign work any citizen can hope to do should begin at once. Itis hardly neces- sary to say that every man who has any repute or influence among his acquaint- ances can do something to determine the votes of those who still remain confused by the issmes of the contest and unde- cided how to act. That influence, there- fore, should be exerted rightly and ex- erted at once. There can be no question of the great- ness of the issues before us. The tariff affects every industry, the financial ques- tion touches not only all industries but all trades, all savings and all obligations, while the Bryanite attack on the Supreme Court involves the maintenance of law itself and threatens to weaken every safe- guard of property and of individual and National welfare. It is difficult for the average man to comprehend how momen- tous these issues are. Many of those who were deceived by free trade are liable to be deceived about free silver. Every citizen, therefore, who understands the danger ahead should be diligent in warning the people against it. It is a matter for congratulation that almost every man of eminence in the country has been outspoken in denuncia- tion of Bryanism. Party rivalry has been thrown aside by our abler statesmen and great newspapers and to-day pairiotic Democrats are hardly less earnest than patriotic Republicans in their efforts to counteract the pernicious influences of Bryan, Altgeld and Tillman. Thanks to these efforts there is little or no chance of success for what bas been 80 justly called “the party of revolution.” Even that small chance, however, should be de- stroyed before election day. This can be done if every good citizen will take the trouble to exert his influence for the party In declaring that he does not know what the Populists mean Bourke Cockran shows himself in the same situation as the rest of us, but all the same it is a safe guess that they mean trouble,to the country, IR e Bryan’s attempts to arouse class hatreds among the people have justly ex- of law, industry and prosperity. Let all good citizens declare themselves with vigor and emphasis and the doubters will soon cease to be doubtful. A resolute con- viction clearly expressed goes far to form public opinion and that much at least the country has a right to expect from every citizen who has the intelligence to form an opinion and the courage to avow it. cited indignation in the East, and as a result the candidate is rapidly becoming more objectionable than the platform he stands on. According to the bést estimates Mec- Kinley is certain of election, being assured of 270 votes in the electoral col- lege, while his popular majority will be in all probability the largest ever given to. a Presidential candidate. Under the lead of Cator the Populists have swallowed the Democratic legislative ticket, and under the lead of Buckley the Democrats have swallowed the Populist local ticket. When this rival swallowing isat an end which party will find itself on the inside of the other? “If Healdsburg,” says the Enferprise of that city, “could secure a beet-sugar fac- tory it would bring a deal of sweetness to this section”; and yet the Enterprise places the names of Bryan and Sewall at the head of its columns when it knows there isn't a sugar factory in the whole Democratic prg ramme. AT A A A high tariff hurts no American in- dustry, while a low tariffl may work abso- lute ruin. This has been verified by the experience of the last three years, Itis evident, therefore, that the proper policy Ior the Government to pursue is to restore tariff duties that will protect the indus- Start the factories and put American machinery in operation, and there will not be an idle maf iu the country who is willing and able to work; there will not be an American home where hun- ger and want will not disappear at once—and there will not be a farmer who will not be cheered and benefited by his improved home markets and by the better and steadier prices for his products,—William MecKinloy, A BUGABOO OAMPAIGN. A dispatch from: St Louis under date October 11 announced that a large mer- chant in that city, an ardent supporter of the gold standard, had, on the day before, discharged a number of men from his em- ployment because he found that they were supporters of Mr. Bryan. We do not know whether this story 1s true or false. It comes to us in the general news of ‘the day and may be considered as fairly ac- curate. The incident is of little import- ance, but it has led a reader of TaE CaLL to ask us in apparent sincerity whether it does not justify the charge of the Popocrat orators and organs that intimidation and coercion is being used to compel wage- earners to vote for McKinley or to forfeit their positions. The answer to the question is plain. If this story from St. Louis is true it is only tries of the country before we go forward | ancther proof that there are fools in the to any new issues whatever, world, and even in our own intelligent, enlightened and liberal America. What some particular individual may dodoes not affect the general mass of the people. The cry of coercion and intimidation is es- sentiaily a bugaboo. It is the introduc- tion into American politics of the Chinese dragon which is ‘supposed to scare and frighten everybody on the street, but which is known and well understood by every intelligent man to be nothing more than a sham, a shell, a hollow mockery. The whole cry of coercion is so silly that it would have occasioned no comment if it had not been to a large extent led by no less a person than William Jennings Bryan, the Popocratic candidate for Presi- dent. The Arwmerican workingman 1s not a fool and he is not & coward. He cannot be intimidatea, even if the employers of labor were silly enough in mind and false enough to American principles to attempt it. Throughout all America, except a few Southern States, the ballol is fair and free. There could be no intimidation vnder the secret ballot system even if 1t were attempted, and certainly it will not be attempted by any man who has sense enough to vote the Republican ticket and to understand Republican principles. 1t is evident the Bryanite orators and organs, despairing of success by fair argu- ment, have determined to make in the closing weeks of the campaign an attempt to frignten the foolish by this story of coercion and intimidation, and to win the support of the brave by leading them to believe they will be standing up for American independence if they work and vote against the Republican party. Against such low tactics as these honest and intelligent men must be on their guard, We had an experience in Cali- fornia during the Garfield campaign with the forged Morey letter which has taught people to beware of stories issued from the Democratic headquarters during the closing days of the campaign. That trick cannot be successfully repeated. We were fooled once by - the fraud of our adversaries, and if we are deceived a second time it will be our own fault. The purpose of free coinage is not only dishonest, but impossible. You cannot create a value by statute nor compel the other nations of the world to abide by what you declare to be wise. Integrity is beyond the control of legislation, and you can no more force the people of other countries to accept 53 cents fora dollar that you owe them than you can force them to pay 147 cents for a dollar that they owe you.—Hon, F. 8. Biack of New York. THE TARIFF ISSUE Although Democratic oratorsand organs endeavor by every means in their power to divert the attention of the American people from the tariff issue, the condition of American industry, and, indeed, of every American home, is such that the issue cannot be overlooked by the peeple when they go to the polis on election day. A high tariff means prosperity; a low tariff means enforced economy in every hormze and destitution in homes of thou- sands. Under such conditions the people would be foulish indeed if they did not regard the restoration of a protective tariff as one of the first remedies to be applied for the evils of the time. During the three years prior to Mr. Cleveland’s inauguration the net.increase in savings banks deposits was $99,000,000, $89,000,000 and $73,000,000, respectively. The year succeeding bis inauguration was one of wreck, ruin and disaster. The people earned no wages and were com- peiled to live on their savings, the conse- quence being that the net decrease in sav- ings bank deposits for 1894 was $38,000,000, which, as compared with the increase of the previous year, showed aloss of about $111,000,000, According to the reportsof the SBecretary of Agriculture, the farm crops of the country, which in 1892 were valued atover $2,000,000,000, had decreased in 1895 to only a little over $1,786;000,000. Accord- ing to Curtis’ “Protection and Prosper- ity,” a work which contains a careful com- pilation of statistics, obtained from re- liable sources, the value of our manufac- turing products, which, by the census of 1890, amounted to $9,370,000,000, had de- creased in 1895 to about $5,000,000,000. The American Protective Tariff League, from a careful census of . the industries of tke country, estimates an annual loss of $350,000,000 in wages in the manufacturing interests between 1892 and 1896, Bradstreet’s returns of bank clearings show that in ten months of 1892, as com- pared with ten months of 1895, which was the most prosperous year of Mr. Cleve- land’s administration, the business of the country lost $7,000,000,000. To this is to be added the fact that Mr. Cleveland’s bond sales have increased the National debt by $262,500,000. These statistics carry their moral with them. Surely it needs no argument to convince reflecting men that a tariff sys- tem under which such grave disasters have fallen upon the people is totally false to American interests. It benefits none; it injures all. To overthrow it is a neces- sity of the time, and the only way to over- throw it 1s to vote for McKinley, the cham- pion of protection and the advance agent of prosperity. NEWSPAPER PLEASANTRY. “Flee!” said she. “You mean fly, don’t you?” he asked. “Never mind what insect I mean; just git. Pa’s coming.”—Harlem Life. “William Jennings Bryan is on his way to Maine,” remarked the snake editor. “He has some curiosity to view the ruins, I suppose,” replied the horse editor.—Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. Packer — That sailors’ Whnat wes the matter? chorus was awful. Stage Manager—The tars couldn’t get the right pitch.—Philadelphia Record. Crummer—The love of money is the root of all evil. Gilleland—True; but if I had a cutting of the plant I would do all in my power to make it grow and thrive.—Truth. Mrs. O’Brien—Say, docther, me grown son Patsy says he’s 'most got th' “silver fever.” Phwat’ll Oi give him, Oi dunno ? Doctor (grimly)—Give him strychnine and prussic acid, equal parts.—Judge. Father (withing to impress the lesson)—Now, my son, tell me why' I punished you. Son (sobbing)—That's it—you’ve flogged me, an’ now you don’t know what you done it for. Tit-Bits, Gus de Smith—That's a good joke. Idon’t know when I have laughed so much over any- thing. Where did you get i1? Hostetter McGinnis—It's one of Gilhooly's joxes. “Is that one of that fraud’s jokes? Well, ifI had known that I wouldn’t have laughed.”— Texas Bifter. “‘Scribbs and Stubbs don’t seem to be as in- timate as they once were.” “No; Scribbs an- Gentleman—My lad can you direct me to the Bank of England? Shoeblack (with withering scorn)—Go on;do yer fink I should be doing this if { was & bank director 7—World’s Comic. His Fiancee (with ‘enthusiasm)—And were you ever 1n a real engagement, major ? The Major (misunderstanding)—Neyer be- fore, I assure you,—Detroit Free Press, Letters From the People. TAXATION OF MORTGAGES Views of a Citizen Who Favors the Pro- Posed Constitudonal Amendment Ewempting Them. To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—SIR: In view of the fact that several articles have appeared in the columns of your paper and other San Francisco dailies opposed to the adoption of the proposed amendment to the consutution exempting mortgages and trust deeds from taxation, I beg leave to submit the following considerations in its favor. Before the adoption of the present constitu- tion it was found that the lender or mortgagee, to escape the payment of the mortgage tax, in- serted a provision in the mortgage that the borrower or mortgagor should pay the tax on the mortgage as well as on the property mort- gaged. To prevent this the new constitution provided by section 8, article XIII (which is proposed to be repealed by this amendment), that “every contract hereaiter made, by which a debtor is obligated to pay any 1ax or assess- meut on money loaned, Or on any mortgage, deed of trust, or other lien, shall, as to any in- terest specified therein, and s to such tax or | assessment, be null and void.” This provision Was not so successful as was anticipated, for, although just and proper on its face, it amounted to little more than a usury law without the binding force of such an act. For, altnough it prevented an express provision re- quiring the mortgagor to pay the tax, itdid not prevent the mortgagee charging an ex- orbitant rate of interest to cover all possible expenditures for taxes on his part. Thus the mortgagor in fact bore the burden as before. That this was the necessary result of the pro- vision is very forcibly shown by Mr. Justice Harrison in Hewitt vs. Dean, 91 C : “Itis well known thai prior to the adoption of the present constitution it was the universal custom for the morigagee 10 incorporate into the mortgage a stipulation binding the mort- gAZOT 10 pay all taxes that mizht be levied upon the mortgage or the debt secured thereby. This provision engendered a vast amount of litigation, and the collection of this 18X was stoutly resisted at &ll poinis, chiefly upon the ground that a tax imposed upon tue 1and, and aiso upon & mortgage thereon, was double tazaiion and unconstiiutional. As a consequence of various decisions of the Su- preme Court in his litigation all money, oaned upon mortgage security escaped taxa- tion,and the owner of the land mortgaged was compelied to pay wore than his share of the expense of government. It was for the pur- pose of obviating this consequence that the constitutional convention adopted the fore- going provision of section 5, article XIII, in order that a portion of the taxes might be col- iected irom the mortgageeand that the burden upon the morigagor might not at the same time be increased. The provision thus incorporated into the constitution was in- tended for the benefit of the borrower, but it is unnecessary to say that the results expected therefrom have not been realized. ““All experience has shown that the rate of interest is governed by the inflexible laws of trade, and is regulated by the same iaw of sup- ud demand as that which governs ail icles of commerce, and that legisla- tures and constitutional conventions are pow- eriess in their attempts tochange this law; that whenever the State {mposes a 18X upon a commodity tae burden of that tax is borne by bim whose necessities require him to pur- chi d not by him who holdsit for sale. . * It is unbecessary to do more than 10 state the proposition that whatever bur- dens in the form of taxation the State imposes upon money which is loaned are in reality borne by the borrower, and not by the lender; that the lender, in fixing the rate of interest for the loan, will invariably add the amount of this tax to the market value of the mouey, and, under the guise of iuterest, collect from the borrower a sufficient amount to reimburse himself for the amount of the tax.” Justice Crockett, in the case of Savingsand Loan Society vs. Austin, 46, Cal. 415, uses the following language: *Interest on money loaned s paid as a compensation for the use of the money, and the rate of interest, as agreed upon, is the amount which the parties stipulate will be a just equivaient to the lender. 1f, however, by the Imposition of a tax on the debt the Government diminishes the profit which the lender wouid otherwise receive, the rate of interest will be increased sufficiently to cover the tax, which, in this wey, will be ultimately paid by the borrower. The transeciion would be governed by the same immutable, inflexible law of trade by reason of which import duties on articles of consumption are uitimate y paid by the con- sumer, and uot by the importer. ““I'he rate of inierest on mouey loaned is reg- ulated by the law of suppy and demand, whieh governs all articles of commerce, and burdens imposed by law, in the form of & tax on the transaction, which would thereby diminish the profit of the lender, is paid by him, will prompt bim to compensate the loss by incressing to thatextent the raie of interest demanded. If his money would command a given rate of interest without the burden he will be vigilant to see that the borrower as- sumes the burden, either by express stipula- tion or in the form of increased interest. This is the law of human.nature, which statute laws are powerless 10 suppress and which per- vades the whole realm of trade governed by the law of supply and demand. Nor would the enactment of the most stringent usury laws produce o different practical result. Hu- man ingenuity has hitherto proved inadequate to the task of ‘devising usury laws which were incapable of evasion and wherever they exist they are and wiil continue to be subordinate to that higher law of trade which ordains that money, like otherarticles of commercia. value, will command just what it is worth in the market—no more and no less. Assuming these premises to be correct, and I am convinced that they are, it resuits that it is the borrower and not the lender who in fact pays the tax on vorrowed money, whethersecured by morigage or not.” The tru 'k of these observations has &t last been seen by the Legislature, and what is he remedy proposed ? That the borrower shall pay the taxes on the morigage as well as on the land mortgaged ? No. But the only possi- bie remedy, viz. : that the mortgage be ex- mpt from taxation. The discussion mey be summed up as follows: 1f the mortgage is to be taxed atail the Mortgagor must ultimately bear ihe burden, and therefore the only way to avoid this I to exempt it from taxation entirely. It is objected tnat this will benefit the lender. Even granting that it will, will it not also benefit the borrower ? In other words, is it not advantageous to the borrower to obtain money at the lowest possible rate ot interest ? It certainly is. Now, can he do so when the rate is fixed so as to cover all possible taxes? He certainly cannot. In iny opinion, there- lfore, this amendment will be of great benefit 10 the borrower; of far more benefit than it ‘will be to the lender. 5 Since this conclusion was reached James D. Phelan has written an open letter pointing out the fact that under the present constitu- tion “credits” are taxable and maintains (hat an exemption of ‘‘mortgages’’ merely, as is provided by this amendment, will not exempt the mortgage debt or the note which lge mortgage secures. If this conclusion be correct, the purpose of the amendment would be defeated. I do not think, however, that a sound construction of the section as amended warrants any such interpretation. The section in effect Frovidu that “ail” prop- erty lhll.‘be taxed; that “property”’ includ:s ‘“‘credits,” provided that morigages shall 1.0t be taxed. It will be seen at & glunce that the word “‘mortgage” is intended to limit the word ‘‘property” and may limit the word “credits,” since they are declared to be prop- erty. That is, the amendment “may’’ exempt certain “credits” jrom taxation. If this true, it is incorrect 10 say that all credi.s are taxable under the present constitution. That thisis the effect of the amendment can,I believe, be easily shown. Tne word ‘“mort- gage” does not refer to_the instrument of that name, but to the *debt” secured by the mort- gage. Itisnot the mortgage—the deed—that 1is taxed at the present time, but the debt that is secured by the mortgage. If I am rightin this contention, it results that all credits are taxable, except credits or debts secured by mortgage or trust deed. This being so, Mr. Phelan’s objection is entirely obyiated. The only thing necessary to mak is true is proof that the word “mortgage” means or inciudes debts or credits ucllurfiry mortgage. This proof is not far to seek. In Falkner vs. Hunt (16 Cal. 167) it was held that, under & statute providing that al ty was subject o taxation, including * the money at in- terest, secured by mortgage or otherwise,”’ a mortgage as such was not taxable, the Court nylng‘: In & ec;nun loose 1lenu l‘ mgn“-"a meay be regarded as personal property, but evi- dently it is not so re‘;:med in m?. act, * * * Prima facie, & mortgage is no more taxable than a deed or any other instrument of title or miere security. The money which it secures may be taxed.” In Peoplevs Park (23 Cal 13(;), l!:e u(‘:cmn said: o 0 ‘u' itis ’meldeln and not the security whicl properly taxa- ble.” And i ‘,ll vs. Eastman (25 Cal. property to be as- the money at interest or y“c &lnurutad‘xt or obliga- rincipal thing, and the mos e ?nrkyf-lmne ncident to the debt or obli on : It follows from these decisions that a mort- gage as such is not taxable. Now,if a mort- gage 13 not taxable, whatis the necessity of passing an amendment exempting it from taxation ? This amendment must be given some meaning, and that meaning must be that mortgage debts shall be exempt and not rely the mortgage, which was never tax- able. “That this conclusion is correct & mo- ment's thmfln will d&mofllm& bli s morib- gage as such is 1axable m! taxed in p%uruon to its value. Now what is its | There: value ? The amount of the debt, of course. , 1t 18 the debt and not the mortgage that 1s taxed at the present time, and there- fore an exemption of the mortgage is an ex- emption of the mortgage debt. TREADWELL. EDWARD F. San Francisco, Cal., Oct. 10, 1896. FAVOR WOMAN SUFFRAGE. What the California Newspapers Are Doing in 4id of the Sizth Amendment. To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—SIR: A few weeks ago you published s list of nearly two hundred papers in California which had declared in favor of woman suffrage. Since that time fifty more have enrolled themselves as advocates of the six:h amendment and have protested against having been omitted irom the first list. Here are the fifty names to be added to the roll of honor: Suisun Repub- lican, Berkeley Advocate, S8an Diego Vidette, San Benito Advance (Hollister), Woodland Home Alliance, Vacaville Reporter, Ione Echo, Willits News, Berkeley Herald, Lemoore Radical, Selma Irrigator, Red Bluff News, San Francisco Daily Mission and Weekly Mail, Oakland Times, Los Angeles Searchlight, Ful- lerton Tribune, San Pedro American, Alameda Telegram, Alameda Argus, Oskland Tribune, Anderson News, Honcut Pendulum, Lancaster Gazette, Hanford Sentinel, Redwood City Times-Gazette, Half Moon Bay Coast Adyocate, San Jose News, Haywards Journal, Salinas Owl, Visalia Delts, Solano Republican, Whittier Register, Healdsburg Tribune, Grass Valley Daily Tidings, Santa Barbara Inde- Placervil Nugget, Arbuckie Transcript, Santa Ynez Argus, Santa Ana Blade, San Rafael Journal, Los Angeles Star, Eureka Times, Colusa Gazette, San Francisco Times and Obseryer, Hanford Democrat, Ala- meda Encinal, Los Angeles Silver Sparrow, Paso Robles Independent, North Ontario Val- ley Mirror, Marin County Herala. very newspaper in California has given space to suffrage departments, published no- tices of meetings, etc., willingly and without charge, but I have counted no paper as in favor of suffrage unless this declaration has been explicitly made in the editorial columns. If any mistakes of omission or commission have been made I hope I may have an oppor- tunity to correct them. It is hardly necessary to state that all of this newspaper support has been & free-will offer- ing. Itrepresents papers of every political or- ganization, of all creeds, of yarious nationali- ties, and illustrates, as nothing else coula do, the absolutely non-political, non-sectarian character of the woman-suffrage movement. Not, to the knowledge of our State Central Committee, has one dollar been spent on the newspapers during the present campaign, and yet the help and encouragement they have given toward the enfranchisement of women never has been equaled in this orany other country. It does not seem possible that an issue can fail which is thus championed. If the men will stand by the women of Califor- nia as the press has done the sixth amend- ment will be carried by a large majority at the November election. IDA A. HARPER, Chairman State Press Committee. THE TIRED OLv WOMAN. There was an 0ld woman who always was tired, She lived ina house where no help was hired. Her l1ast words on earth were, “Dear friends, I am goinz Where sweeplog ain't done, mor churning, nor sewing; And everything there will be just to my wishes, For whero they don’t 8at, ther's 10 washing of shes; And though thers the anthems are constantly ringing, 1, having no voice, will get ridof the singing. Don’t mourn for' me now, don’t mourn for me never. For 'm going to do nothing forever and ever. —From an Old Newspaper. CAMPAIGN EChOES. ‘When will Mr. Bryan address a meeting of savings-bank depositors of Nebraska and other Btates,—American Economist, Watson and the gentleman who has bought 8 gold brick ought 10 get together and make it unanimous.—Chicago Journal, Bryan 1s aoing lots of talking now, but after November 3 he will be one of the quietest men in the land.—Baltimore American. “The American eagle still screams,” saysa Bryan orator. You bet, but it’s for tnat other 50 cents that he is screaming.—Texas Sifter. The Republicans of this Nation are prac- ticing up on a new and absolutely terrifying Electoral College yell for November.—Wichita Eagle. Senator Jones and Chairman Danforth say they will put up a hot fignt in this State. That ‘was what the barn did when it was struck by lightning.—Troy Times. Sewall, Aligeld and Pennoyer apparently find it difficult to establish a parity between their silver arguments and their gold con- tracts.—New York Press. Wheat 1s approaching the dollar mark, but let us hasten to add thatitis not the Bryan dollar, which continues to be worth just about fifty cents, with few takers.—Cleveland Leader. The drowning of tne Ohio fanatic who thought he could walk on the water was nat- urally suggestive of Mr. Bryan’s alleged think- ing that he can be elected President.—Yonkers Gazette. The only way in which Mr. Bryan seems likely to get any satisfaction out of the elec- tion is by betting on McKiniey, always pro- viding that he can find takers.—St. Paul Pio- neer Press. There are about 2,000,000 German voters in the country, and at least 95 per cent of them will vote against free silver, which is all that need be said about the Bismarck-Culberson letter.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. It requires a Government fiat now to keep silver dollars at a par with gold. It will re- quire more than Bryan’s flat to keep the two Silverites, Sewall and Watson, on a par with each other.—New York Advertiser. In meaking his quotations from the great men of the past, Mr. Bryan is careful to skip Grant, who said in his first message as Presi- dent: ‘Letitbe understood that no repudia- tor of one farthing of our public debt will be trusted in public place, and it will go far to strengthen our public credit, which ought to be best in the world.” —St. Louis Globe-Dem- ocrat. Over two and a half millions of silver dollars were colned by the Government during the month of September, but, as every dollar was equal to a gold dollar, and Bryan says a gold dollar is worth 200 cents, the number of dollars coined in September should be stated at over 5,000,000. See how rich we grow by using the Bryan arithmetic.—Muncie (Ind.) Times. PARAGRAPH . ABOUL PEOPLE. ; W. H. Mallock’s new weekly paper, the British Critic, will appear early in October. Queen Victoria is the heroine of an exciting drama now being acted in the leading Siamese theater, in which she finally marries the King of Biam. . A monument has been erected at Boulogne in honor of L'Hoste, the French aeronaut,who first crossed in & balloon from the Continent to England. King Prempeh’s throne, footstool and umbrella, which were captured by the British force during the Ashanti war, have been pre- sented to Queen Victoria. F. R. True, in charge of the National Musenm of Washington, is mentioned as a possible suc- cessor of the late Dr.G. Brown Goode as as- sistant secretary of the Smithsomian Institu- tion. 1t is declared that before seiting out on his expedition to the pole Professor Andree en- gaged a manager to make arrangements for lecturing tour through the United States on his return. Judge Joseph H, Earle, who is to succeed J. L. M. Irby as a United States Senator from South Carolina, is & native of that State, is in the fiftieth year of his age, andis a man of character and standing. Mrs. Beardsley, the mother of the Bishop of Carlisle, England, who died recently at the age of 94, has seven sons, all of whom took holy orders. Her hnsband, too, was a clergy- mean. They were intimate friends of Charlotte Bronte. % Brussels is mourning the death of Pierre Dustin, who for thirty yearsdevoted himself to the project of making Brussels a seaport by the creation of a ship canal. Eiected to the Communal Council of Brussels he afterward ‘became permanent representative in the Pro- vincial Couneil of Brabrant. He was one of the leaders in all progressive wWOrk in Brussels, ‘and had great Influence. v PERSONAL. Dr. G. A. Hare of Fresno is at the Lick. Mayor W. T. Ellis Jr. of Marysville is at the Palace. J. I. Leonard, a hotel man of Santa Cruz, is at the Grand. L. Katz, a Sutter Creek merchant, has a room at the Grand. Dr. P. Russell of Fresno is registered at the Lick, with his wife. H. H. Knapp, a Napa banker, is among fthe guests at the Palace. T. G. Wilton, a Sebastopol merchant, is reg- istered at the Grand. Dr. R. 8. Markell of Cloverdale registered at the Grand last night. W. E. Herzinger, & journalist of Redding, has a room at the Russ. J. C. Herrington, ex-Councilman of Fresno, is at the Cosmopolitan. 3 C. F. Foster, s mining man of Red Bluff, is registered at the Graad. Dr. G. A. Miiler, a Fresno physieian, is stay- ing at the Lick, with his wife. W. B. Good, & prominent lawyer of Fresno, is at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. Hon. Jefferson Chandler and wife of Los Angeles are guests at the Palace. Henry Steeld of Pescadero, a rancher and the owner of creameries, is at the Russ. E. C. Loftus, & mine-owner of Railroad Flat, is among the lute arrivals at the Grand. E. 8. Valentine, an insurance and real man of Fresno, is visiting at the Grand. George and A. E. Pickford, prominent capl- talists of Fresno, ere at the Cosmopolitan. 8. F. Glasson, a vineyardist of Fowler and a Mason attending the Grand Lodge, is at the Russ. E. 8. Machen and wife and Miss Myrtle Machen of Fresno are at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. W. J. Tinnin of Fresno, formerly a customs official at this port, arrived at the Grand yes- terday. George A. Smith, a well-known farmer and orchardist of Courtland, is at the Grand, with his wife. John 8. Dore of Fresno, Populist candidate for Congress, is one of the recent arrivals at the Lick. Timothy Lee, ex-Chief of Police of Sacra- mento, is in town on a visit and is registered at the Lick. R. M. Wilson, engaged in a general merchan- dise business at Maders, is one of the late ar- rivals at the Russ. Mrs. E. P. Buckingham of Vacavilie, one of the largest orchardists of the State.is a late arrival at the Palace. Professor Oliver Peebles Jenkins, head of the department of physiology at Stanford Univer- sity, is registered at the Palace. C. K. G. Billings and George Knapp, promi- nent railroad men of Chicago, arrived at the Palace last night with a party of friends. Count Kergorlay, a French mining operator from Southern Oregon, is at the Palace, hav- ing completed ‘a visit with friendsat Pleas- anton. Ex-Judge George A. Nourse of Fresno arrived at the Lick yesterday with a number of Fresno people who came down on an excursion over the new Valley road. Frank Aver of the well-known firm of Aver Bros., merchants ana CALL agents of Grass Valley, is in the City on business, and will stay for about ten days. Rudolph Kanzow, a banker of Hamburg, Germany, 1s making a brief visit at the Palace. William G. Kerckoff, a lumber merchant of Los Angeles, is at the Palace with his wife. E:ganor Barry of the Palmer Company, the leading lady who is to take Miss Crane’s place as Trilby at the Columbia, arrived from the East yesterday and has apartments at the Baldwin. Among the arrivals on the overland train last night who took apartments at the Paiace was a party from New York swelldom that has come here for a duck hunt. Those of the party are Pierpont H. Duryea, Woodbury Kane, E. H. Bulkley and H. H. Hunnewell Jr., and each one is accompanied by his “man.” Edward L. Brayton of Oakland gave an elaborate birthday dinner at the California Hotel last might to a number of his Oakland friends. Those present were: Arthur Pope, Harry East Miller, Arthur N. Goodall, E. C. Sessons Jr., Ernest R. Folger, Ernest E. Buckleton, George S. Wheaton and William R, Wheaton. CALIFORNiANs IN NEW YORK NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct. 13.—At the Plaza, J. H. Borland, T. A. Furnham; Imperial, D. W. Huld, C. P. Rank; Netherland, G. E. Raum and wife; Gerlach, Mrs. Bradley, Mrs. Ellon; Broadway, H. Herzer. M. Bauer is here buy- ing for Bauer Bros, MISSES’ WAIST WIIH BLOUSE VEST. Dark blue zebilline was the fabrie of which this waist was made. The braiding on epau- lettes and the front of waist were of bright green cord. The vest was of fancy silk in both thesa colors. Another waist seen was of an indefinite cnecked fabric in several colors beautifully interwoven. Narrow black velvet ribbon was tate gathered and set on the edges of epaulette and waist, forming tiny ruffles. The vest was of white chiffon trimmed with the ruffies of vel- vet ribbon set on crosswise at intervals of an R e b4 white cheoked goods h ue aud w! checked goods had ruffles of half-inch white gros-grain ribbon. The vest wiubgi dark blue silk with ruffles of the white ribbon. A plain brown dress with vest of light yel- low silk with rows of brown lonucge’brynei}l was very pretty, The waist was braided, as shown in the illustration, with a brown sou- tache braid having a gilt edge on one side. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. SILVER A8 LEGAL TENDER—T. O,, City. Silver dollars of the Unitea States are legal tender toanyamount unless it is otherwise named in the contract. s&'llll. u’RA!lD——J. L. McK., Oakland, Cal. teel rails cannot be manuf in th United States and sold in l’%n:gl::fim:td c:rr’ensl zE:rglr“h prices without loss to the manufac- er. BOND IssUE—Reader of THE CALi, Watson- ville, Cal. The first loan under the Cleveland administration, and for which bonds were is- sued, was of the date ot February 1, 1594, for ,000,000. GODDARD-MCAULIFFE—City Subseriber, City. The fight between Joe McAuliffe and Joe God- dard took place in this City on the 30th of June, 1892, Goddard knocked McAuliffe out in fifteen rounds. A PPoPER EXPRESSION—Mrs. B. L., City. “The chutes” is commonly used in the senseof a place of recreation jnst as “the park” is used, and it would be proper to say “The chutes is a nice place to go t0.”" THE CRIMEAN WAR—S., City, War was de- clared by England and France against Russia March 28, 1854, and the Crimea was the seat of war. Peace was proclaimed in the Crimea :lfm 2, 1856, and in London April 29, The ies quitted the Crimea July 9, 1856. CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION—Reader, Sebas- topol, Cal. The examinations in. the various ‘branches that come under the civil service passed through manv editions. rules vary according to the class. Application planks c.yn be obl-fncd by addressing John T Doyle, secretary of the Civil Service Commis- sion, Coucordia building, Washington, D. (.3‘, and stating wnat branch it is desited to take an examination in. To CANTON—Reader of THE CALL, Watson- ville, Cal. This department has no other in- formation in regard to excursion trains that run to Canton, Ohio, than that excursion tickets are sold at very low rates. SENATORS TO BE ELECTED—A. O. 8, City. In Answers to Correspondents in the issue of under the hesd of *To Elect Senators,” & | of the States that are to elect Senators for 1897, To PreeoN Porst—Subseriver, City. Pigeon Point is Jocated nineteen miles, in an air line, southwest of Redwood City. From San Fran- cisco it is reached by rail to San Mateo, twenty= one miles, and from there by stage, thirty-nise mile; PoLITICAL ComPLEXION—S. S., City. The Senate of the United States that was in session during the latter part of the term of President Hayes was composed of thirtv-eight Demo- crals, thirty-seven Republicans and one Inde- pendent. Nor Exexer—N. N., Livermore, Cal. Those who were members of the Volunteer Fire De- partmenis and were entitled to become ex- empts are not at this time entitled to_exemp- tion from the paymentof politax unless over 60 years of age. GERSTER—A. 8., Oakland, Cal, Etelka Ger- ster, tifé singer, sang for the first time in the United States in the city of New York Novem- ber11, 1878. She sang again in the United States du1ing the season of 1880-81, and again daring that of 1883-84. LArceNY—T. K., Myrtle, Los Angeles County, Cal. To constitute the crime of larceny there must be a union of intent and act, and the pruperty taken must be of value. It must be the intent of the party taking the property to deprive the owner of the use of it. THE CENsSUs oF 1890—H. B, City. If you will write to the Congressman of the district in which you live he will give you all the in- formation you may desire in !egnrd to the manner of the distribution of the different parts of the eleventh census of the Unlv? States. To LrverrooL—M. W., City. By rail to New York and steamer to Liverpool the trip will occupy about fourteen days. The cost ofa trip depends on the cluss by which the traveler wishes to go. The rates can be obtained by app:ication to any of the railroad officesin this City. BNAP SHOTs—M. B., City. The newspapers that use snap-shot cameras for taking pictures do not all use the same kind. THE CALL uses the very best that can be procured. For prices and quality must refer you to dealers in such outfits. This department cannot adver- tise where they do business. UN1oN LEAGUE CLuB— Y. Yokohl, Tulare County, Cal. The Union League Club of New York has a membership of about 1700, and every member considers himself as prominent 8s his fellows. Among the most prominent mey pe named Joseph H. Choate, General Horace Porter and Chauncey M. Depew. To THE CLiFF—C. D., City. If you board a car of the San Franciscoand San Mateo electric line at Thirtieth street you will be given a transfer to the Sutter-street line at Ninth and Larkin, then be transierred at Sutter acd Polk to the Sutter-sireet main line and there wi'l be given a transfer to the Sutro line to the Cliff. AN ILLEGAL AcT—W. M., City. A landiord has no right, without due process of law, to levy on the property of a tenant and hold the same for arrears in rent. Inn and hotel keep- ers have certaln rights to hold baggage for non-payment of bill. There is nolimit to the amount of rent a landlord can collect without going to law. OLD GLOrRY—Several Subscribers, City. The friends of the department have not furnished any information in regard to “old glory” as applied to the American flag. Thesame ques- tion has been. asked in & numberoi Eastern apers, but 10 answer has been gi Preble i his ‘history of the flag says: *‘0id glory,’ as ourflag was baptized by the soldiers during the Repellion.” FRESH buttercups, 25c & poun. Townsend's.* ———— SPEcIAL Information daily to manufactura=, business houses and public men by the Prasi Clipping bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomecy. * The venerable Fleld Marshal Count vonm, Blumenthal, the greatest surviving German commander of the war of 1870-71, 18, 1n spite, of his 86 years,about to start on & long tenf in Sweden and Norwav. Through Sleeping Cars to Chicago. The Adlantic and Pacific Railroad, Sania Fe route, will continue to run aaily through from Oakland to Chicago Pullman palace drawing-room, also upholstered tourist sieeping-cars, leaving every afternoon. Lowest through rates to all points in the United Siates, Canada, Mexico or Europe. [Excursions through to Boston leave every week. San Francisco ticke: office, 644 Mar- ket street, Cbronicle building. Telephone main, 1581; Oakland, 1118 Broadw: S Phillips’ Kock Island Excursions Leave San Francisco every Wednesday, via Rio Grande and Rock Island Railways. Through tourist sleeping-cars to Chicago and Boston. Man- ager and porters accompany these excursions to Boston. For tickets, sleeping-car accommodations and further information address Clinton Jones, General Agent Rocs Island Railway, 50 Monw gomery street, San Francisco. - «pry. Winslow’s Soothing Syrun' Fas been used overf50years by millions of mothery for thelr children while Teething with perfact s> cess. 1t soothes the child, softens the gums, alla Pain, cures Wind Colic, regulates the Bowels aal Isthe best remedy for Diarrhceas, whether arising Irom teething or other causes, Forsale by Draz- glsts in every part of the world. Be sure and asc jor Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup. %96 4 wOidia —_— CoRONADO.—Atmosphere is perfactly dry, soft and mild, being entirely free from the mists come mon further fiorth, Round-trip tickets, by steam- ship, including fitteen days’ board at the Hotel del Coronado, $65: lonser stay $2 50 per day. Apply 4 New Montgomery st., San Francisco, —_— e AYER'S Hair Vigor is justly considered the best and most economical bair-dressing in the market. —————————— Professor Carl Gegenbaur celebrated his seventieth birthday at Heidelberg last month He is probably the only living naturalist who has mastered the whole fleld of comparative anatomy, and his works on that subject have 2 NEW TO-DAY. New parlor-chair. and tassels to mateh. Picture—jast a hint at its shape. Bilk cover, fringe Eastern factory - made upholstery looks fair at first—that’s all. Won't wear; wastes money. There zs honest upho‘l‘- stery, home-made—ouzuys. New farniture catalogue ready. 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