The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 16, 1896, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1896. R 16, 1596 CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: ‘ Dafly and Sunday CALL,one week, by carrier..80.18 | Daily and Sunday CALL, one year, by mall 6.00 | Dafly and Sunday CALL, six months, by mail. 3.00 | Dally and Sunday CALi, three months by mail 1.50 Daily and Sunday CALL, one month, by mail. .85 | Sunday CALL, ope year, by mall.. ee 150 ¢ W XKKLY, CALL, ODe yer mall . 150 | MONTHS. ! v ons vacation * TIf THE SUMM Are yon polng to the coun! £6.1¢ 18 no trouble for us to forward THE CALL to ur address. Do not let it miss you for you will miss ft. Orders given to the carrier or left &t Rusiness Office will recelve prompt sattention NO EXTRA CHARGE. S OFFICE: BUSINE 710 Marke! reet, San Francisco, California. Telephone.... ...Main—1868 | EDITORIAL ROOMS: Telephone... Main—1874 OFFICES: 527 Montgomery streeq, corner Clay: open untll BRANCH 9:80 889 ock. ayes street; open until 9:30 o'clock. 718 Larkin strest: open until 9:30 o'cl £W . corner Sixteenth and Mission streets; open unti] § o'cluck. 2518 Mission street: open until 8 o'clock. 116 Mnth street; open until 9 0'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE : Rooms 81 and DAVID 3 Patriotism, Protection and Prosperity. FOR PRESIDENT— WILLIAM McKINLEY, of Ohio | FOR VICF-PRESIDENT— GARRET A, HOBART, of New Jersey Election November 3, 1896 The local Populist ratification meeting was a good enough function, but wbat did it ratify ? 7 | Wheat and silver have parted company just in t'me to keep step with the farmers who have parted company with the sil- | verites, The fight against Bryan is virtually over, and Dpow we must push the fight | agai B ite Congressmen with vim and vigor. One Palmer and Buckner man has spoken up with an estimate of the vote in November. He declares his ticket will carry Alabama. ‘Whenever Bryan talks of sweeping the big corporations from this country you mey be sure he always puts the silver trust on a mental reser The National Democrats are deveioping an unexpected strengt in the South, and it seems now that Bryan cannot ciaim a sure thing in any State in the Union. As Robert Ingersoll and Robert Lincoln are to follow Bryan’s trail through Min- nesota the boy orator hasa double reason for 1ejoicing that he is out of the State. With such a muscular mass of tongue and jaw Bryan, 1f he had avoided politics, would have had a chance to make himself the greatest professional pugilist of the age. Making a pledge to a convention and then modifying it afterward to suit the bosses is the latest trick in politics, and it is scarcely necessary to say itis a Demo- cratic invention. The revenue of the Nation must ba made equal to the expenditures, and that is one reason why the people will vote agaiust the fiasco party that enacted a National defic If the Republican party should be divided on election day the success of either Buckley or Rainey would be assured and municipal reform would be retarded for a long time to come. The more Bryan talks about the strife of classes and the war of the poor against the rich the more the people are per- suaded that the chief issue before the country is to shut him up. The trace which gives Cator the senator- ship and Buckley the municipal govern- ment may suit some Democrats and some Populists, but it will never suit any who believe in party principles or good govern- ment. ——— Tom Reed’s visit to California wili be more like a triumphal tour thaa a stump- speaking trip. Men of all parties will unite in doing honor to the great Speaker who taught the House of Representatives how to stop wrangiing and do business. There are increasing evidences that the Silverites will make every eftort to control the next Senate so as to block the possi- bility of restoring the protective tariff. That scheme must be stopped, and Cali- fornia must maks certain the election of a Republican to the Senate by etecting a Republican Legislature. If there are to be Non-Partisan -legis- lators there ought to be a Non-Partisan candidate for the United States Senate who would pledge himself to dodge the tariff, straddle the money question, cor- promise on the funding bill and do noth- ing decidedly except draw hissalary. Per- haps Mr. Cator would fill the bill, According to political experts the hard- est fight of the year will be for the control of the Senate. Neither party will have much of a majority in that body and every vote will count. Californians cannot "af- ford to take any risks on that issue. We must elect a Republican to the Senate if We expect protection to ourindustries. The September circular of Justice, Bate- man & Co. says: “It is not strange that the woo! sales during the past month bave been the dullest on record when it |in Among the planks of the Republican National platform which must not be overlooked during the campaign is that which declares the policy of the Republi- | can party in regard to the veterans of the war for the Union. These men, as the platform declares, “should receive fair treatment and generous recognition. Wherever practicable they should be given the preference in the matter of employ- ment, and they are entitled to the enact- ment of such laws as are best calculated to secure the fulfillment of the pledges made to them in the dark days of the country’s peril.”’ The platform justly denounces the prac- tice of the Persion Bureau go recklessly and unjustly carried on by the present ad- ministration of reducing pensions and arbitranly dropping names from the roll as justly deserving the severest condem- nation of the American people. In his letter of acceptance Mr. McKin- ley gave the most cordial support and in- ’ SOLDIERS AND SAILORS. < { | dorsement to this plank of the platform, declaring that under his administration, if elected, the soldiers and sailors of the | Union should neither be neglected nor forgotten. Our soldiers and sailors, as he says, gave the best they bad. “They freely offered health, strength, limb and life to save the country in the time of iis greatest peril, and the Government must bonor them in their need as in their ser- vice with the respect and gratitude due to brave, noble and seif-sacrificing men who are justly entitled to generous aid in their inereasing necessities.”’ The Republican partly rightly chal- lenges the Bryanites for their refusal to declare themselves in favor of a just | treatment of the defenders of the Union who now, in their old age, not only de- serve but need the honorable recognition of their services by the Government. If Mr. Bryan does not favor the Cleve- land policy he should at least say so. He has not hesitated to denounce Mr. Cleve- land for issuing bonds in time of peace and for his dealings with financial syndi- cates and there can, therefore, be no| reason why he should not be equally ready to denounce him for his bad treat- | ment of Union veterans. There may have been abuses and frauds the pension service. Where such exist they should undoubtedly be reme- died and those who have perpetrated them should be punisied; but no soldier of the war should be made to suffer for the wrong of another. The debt which the Nation owes to the soldiers and sailors of the Union armies can never be fully repaid, but so far as payment can be made itshould be done with the most loyal patriotism and to the fullest extent. of the Chicago platform upon the business world has been char- acterized not by Kepublicans alone but by the old and trusted leaders of the Democratic party as a menace to every vested interest in the United States, revolutionary in character and directly leading to dishonor and partial repudia~ tion.—William McKinley. PROSPEOIS IN THE SOUTH. One of the best features in the campaign is the earnest fight that Is teing made by the Republicans of the Southern States. Kor many vears past the South has been regarced as solidly Democratic, and little or no effort has been made to carry any of the States of that section for Republican’ candidates, A very different condition of affairs prevails now. A strong fight will be made for McKinley in eévery Southern State, and there are good chances of carry- ing some of them. This favorable change from the former condition of things is due largely to the revolt of conservative Democrats from the Chicago platform and to the personal pref- erence of many intelligent Southern men to vote for McKinley rather than to risk the chance of the election of a man like Bryan. Back of this feeling of disgust | with the Chicago ticket there is, more- over, in Southern business’circles a con- sciousness that the welfare of Southern industries as weli as tkose of the North 1s dependent upon the protective system. Many Southerners, therefore, are by no means sorry to see the breaking up of free-trade Democracy, and are willing to give the Repuolican party in their States all the help they can. 3 The Republican National Committee is doing much to promote the good cause. The management of the campaign in the South has been intrusted to Senator Quay of Pennsylvania and noabler leader for the purpose could be found in ail the Union. Quay is peculiarly fitted for the conducs of an aggressive campaign. He has achieved more than one victory where it seemed he was simply leading a forlorn hope. His management will inspire and encourage Republicans throughout the South and there will be no lack of vim and vigor in the fighting all along the line. While Senator Quay intends to carry the war aggressively into every Southern State he will make his main attack in West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and Maryland. In each of these States there is a fine prospect of success. The ranks of the bourbons were broken in all of them two years ago and have never since been strongly formed. Victory in one or more of them seems certain. It isindeed full time the Solid South were broken up, and what better time for such a breaking up could there be than this year which bas sean the disruption of the party which kept it solid? The effect In the logic of events the silver craze and its supporters will be brought into derision and contempt. There is time enough to reach that conclusion before the November election. None is doirg more to help in this than Bryan and his supporters. As time goes on, under Legislature is necessarily a partisan. He must vote on matters of public policy which have become party measures. He must, in the next Legislature, vote for the election of a United States Senator who isto be a representative of one or the other of the great parties ot the Nation. A non-partisan legislator, therefore, would be of necessity that rare creature known as the “white blackbird.” It seems that in the cases of the gentlemen who have signed this document the Non-Partisans have indorsed or nominated rarer crea- tures still. Seeking for the white birds of reforg, they .have got them in the color of the blackbirds of repudiated pledges. The issue raised between these Demo- crats, who after takinga pledge to vote for the new charter if the same were car- ried by the vote of San Francisco, bave now after what they call “‘mature consid- eration” decided to modify the pledge, and the Non-Partisan convention may well be left to them and the members of that convention to settle between them- selves. ‘The point for the people to note is that these candidates did not give any sign of modifying that pledge until it was too late for the Non-Partisans to withdraw the nominations and place other candi- dates in their places. Here is a clear case of receiving a consideration and then refusing to carry out the pledge for which the consideration was given. The men who have been thus false in their written pledges are very likely to .be false again in their spoken pledges to the people. Who can trust men of this kind? What is any promise of theirs worth? In all the tricks and trades of this campaign, and as between Democrats, Populists and Non-Partisans it has been a campaign of trades and dickers beyond parallel, there has been nothing worse than this scheme of giving pledges for a nomination and then modifying them for the sake of elec- tion, It can be said for Mr. Braunhart and the others that they have at least been open in stating what they intend to do. Others will not be so open and there will be a good many more pledges broken if the pledxe-takers are elected to office. The only safeguard of the people is to elect men who stand for straight polities, and who when they give pledges will stand by them to the end. If unfortunately the American people should elect Mr. Bryan President no tongue can describe the future. It would be six months before he would be inaugurated and six months after that before the proposed silver leglis- iation could be enacted. In the mean- time all obligations would be enforced ; merchants would collect all outstand- ing debts in order to protect them- se!ves against depreclated money; de- positors wounld withdraw their money from the banks; the mills and factories which are now in operation would be closed, and millions of men would be added to those already idle.—Hom, C. C. Shayne of New Yorl OATOR ON DEBT-PAYING. In bis address at San Diego on Wednes- day night Mr. Cator, among other things, is reported to have said: “If they dump shiploads of silver upon us let them dump. We will coin it into money and it will raise the price of all products, and we can pay our debts with half the labor and sweat that is expended now.” It is difficult to say whether this state- ment is to be condemned most for its folly or its dishonesty., If Mr. Cator meant to imply that the personal debts of Californians could be paid more cheaply und er free silver he spoke either foolishly or falsely, for almost ail debts in this State are in express terms made payable in gold. Ifhe meant to imply that the National Government would pay in silver what it promised in gold he appealed to nothinz more tnan such dishonesty as he may have supposed to exist among his kearers, and urged them to enter upon a policy which could result in notbing less than National dishonor. Tue effect of free-silver coinage would be that the producer would have to sell his produce for silver, while he would have to pay his debts in gold according to the express contract. The workingman would have to receive his wages in silver, while the mortgage on his home woula still have to be paid in gold. The pro- ducer and the workingman would be com- pelled to buy this gold at a premium, and the payments which are now heavy would then be well nigh insupportable and ruinous. There is much to besaid for bimetallism, and the abler and more intelligent advo- cates of that system have arguments for it to which the whole world listens with respect. But the advocates of the Bryan plan of free silver are presenting their vpolicy to the people in a form which ex- cites the mockery of the intelligent and the scorn of the honest. Mr. Cator has shown himself in his stump speeches to be one of the least reliable advocates of free silver in the State. It is not certain whether he speaks from an honest ignor- ance, or whether, in his eager ambition to be Senator, he believes he ean deceive and defraud the people by statements which, while they cannot be sustained either by fact or reason, may yet win him votes among those who seek any sort of relief from the hard times which they are un- dergoing. ‘We commend these words from his San Diego speech to the consideration of hon. est Populists and conservative Democrats. Are they willing under any circumstances to vote for legislators who would send the advocate of such a sentiment as the one quoted to represent California in the United States Senate? NEWSPAPER PLEASANTRY. He—If it be agreeable to you, we will be married by the Bishop. She—Ah—er—is it any harder to get a divorce the mecessity of the case, all appear- ance of logical reasoning is disappear- ing from their speeches, and they are becoming mere promoters of animosity between cla , to the disgust of a very great number of persons who might otherwise have been misled by thelir specious faliacies.—Edward Atkin- son. DODGING THEIR PLEDGES. Two candidates for the State Senate and- seven candidates for the Assembly, after having received the nomination of the Non-Partisan convention of this City on is remembered that 75 percent of the wool- manufacturing mechinery of the United States either is entirely 1dle or is running cn short time.” It was not that way wken the McKinley tariff was in force und the wool industry was protected. The visit of nearly 300 members of the Early Settlers' Society of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, to Major McKinley is one of the notable political events of the week, as it shows the interest which the old men of the country are taking in the campaign for National prosperity. These veterans in life remember the great contest of 1860, and now, as then, they see that the salva- tion of the Republic depends on the suc- cess of the Republican party. an express and signed pledee to support the new charter in the next Legislature, bave united in signing a document de- claring they will not keep that pledge in the terms in which it was given. The pames of these men should be remem- bered. The candidates for the Senate are. Samuel Braunhart and Hugo K. Asher; the candidates for the Assembly are Eu- gene F. Lacy, John Allen, Eugene J. Han- non, James P. Brady, Jobn Power, George B. Godfrey and Wiiliam M. Gately, Dem- ocrats all. At the time it was proposed that the Non-Partisan convention sbould nom- inate candidates for the Legislature we warned the members of that body of the folly of such a course. A member of the atter being married by the Bishop than it is if the knot is tied by just & plain clergyman?— Cincinnati Enquirer. Flossle—1 wonder why Hal does not sit with us this morning. Isuppose it is because I was cross with him last night. Millicent—'Tisn’t that. It's because I flirted with Tom Simpkins yesterday, just to tease him. 2 Doris—Absurd! I know very well that if you two girls weren’t here he’d come and sit by me directly.—London Fun, “Idon’t quite see why you call Mr. Briggs lantern jawed.” “Why, because his face lights up so when he talks.” —Brooklyn Life. “Didn’t I see you pitching pennies with that little Sprankle boy:" “Yes'm." ““Well, don’t you do it again. Do you hear me?" “Yes'm. Iwon'tdoit no more. He hain’t got a cent left.”—Cleveland Piain Dealer. She—I wonder why the men take such de- light in talking politics? He—Because 1t's 5o easy. Any man ¢an talk politics, whether he has any sense or not.— Indianapolis Journal. Student—Last year I had six new suits made for me. Friend—I didn't suppose that there were so many tailors in town.—Fliegende Blatier. “Aunt Lucy, what is eccentricity "’ *It is the queer things that other people do.” | Chicago Record. "PERSONAL. J.T. MeJunkin of Hanford is in town. Dr. George McKenzie of Concord is in town. Henry May of Washington, D, C.,1s on a visit here. H. A. Held of Hamburg, Germany, is at the Palace. E. Schwartz of Washington, D. C., is at the Grand. A. C. Washington of New York is at the Palace. The Rev. W. E. Smith of Menlo Park is at the Russ. Mayor Frank Rader ot Los Angelesisona visit here. J. D. Robinson, & business man of San Jose, is in the City, V. Lagamarsino, a miner of Mokelumne Hill, isat the Russ, The Rev. E. Graham of Chico is among the recent arrivals. Colonel A. K. Whitton, an attorney of San Jose, is in the City. The Rev. Samuel Hirst of Vallejo is regis- tered at the Grand. R. D. Clarke, a wealthy distiller of Peoris, 111, is in the City. H. A. Justro, an attorney of Bakersfleld, ar- rived here yesterday, Dr. Nourse, a well-known resident of Paso Robles, 18 at the Lick. John Brenner, & merchant of Sacramento, 1s here on a business trip, J.J. Kirk, 8chool Superintendent of Fresno County is here on business. County Clerk G. M. Foote of San Benito is here on a brief business trip. John Markley of the State Board of Exam- iners, Sacramento, is at the Lick. W. H. Pierce, the well-to-do fruit-grower of Vacaville, is & recent arrival here. Ben Thomas, a general store keeper of De- lano, is among the arrivals at the Grand. A. D. Moffat of Bridgeport, on a flying visit to the City, is at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. Cnarles 8. Ross of London was among the ar- rivals here yesterday. He is at the Palace. Chris Sehrt, proprietor of the Toulumne Hotel, Merced, {s at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. The Supreme Court has admitted Douglass B. Woodward of this City to practice in that court. Congressman W. W. Bowers of San Diego was among the arrivals here yesterday. He is at the Palace. A. H. Podmore, a large cattle dealer of Nevada, is in the City on business and is stopping at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. J.J. Livernash, editor and proprietor of the Healdsburg Enterprise, the well-kuown paper of Sonoma County, is on & visit here and is at the Russ. General Paul Neumann of Hawaii, who has for some time been at San Rafsel for his health, is at the Palace, accompanied by Mrs. Neuntann. Health Officer A. 8. Lovelace has been obliged because of illness to go to Paso Robles for a brief time. Dr.J. M. Williamson will fill his place during his absence. 5. G. Little, the banker, of Dixon, who some time since bought an alleged gold brick and was swindled out of several thousand dol- lars, is on a visit to the City. A.T. Wells, general freight agent at Denver of the Denver and Rio Grande Raiiroad, who recently visited Hawaii, has returned from a short visit to Monterey with his family. 8. H. Brooks of Los Angeles, who was one of the seconds in the famous Termy-Broderick duel, which has become celeprated in duelling annals, is among the arrivals here and isat the Lick. Among the arrivals in the City is Carlos Rohl, Consul-General of Argentina at New York. He is accompanied by several wealthy gentlemen of Buenos Ayres, Argentina., They are on a pleasure trip ro the coast. J. J. Brice, United States Fish Commissioner, Washington, D. C., is at the Palace. He was formerly & commander in the navy, with head- quarters at Mare Island. He is & cousin of United States Senator Calvin 8. Brice of Onio. R. E. Schuiz, export agent for a large brew- ing firm, bas returned from a trip to St. Louis and other Eastern points. He says it isa cer- tain thing that business is brightening. He expects a substantial revival of trace this winter. W. P. Shaw, who is largely interested in a gold and silver mine at Eureka, and also in the Cordes silver mines at Cordes, Nevada, is in the City. He has just returned, aiter a month at Bartlett Springs, where he went after a trip to London. The London trip was the fourth this year. Barbour T. Lathrop of Chicago is registerea at the Palace Hotel. He expects to sail for the Orient on the steamer Beigic to-morrow and join his brother in Java as soon as possible. They will travel together leasurely around the world, aiming to reach New York next sum- mer. Mr. Lathrop was an active journalist and special writer on the staff of THE CALL during most of the time from 1875 until 1880. Since that time he has traveled extensively in England, France, Germany, Russis, South America and South Africa. CALIFORNIANS ‘N NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct. 13.—At the Plaza, A.J. Wright; Savoy, F. F. Ryder; Metropoli- tan, W. P. Townsend; Holland, Mrs. Whiting; Grand Union, H, J. Bourne Jr.; Continental, Mrs. D. J. Culvarse, R. M. Richardson; Murray Hill, M. Marcy; Vendome, W.G. Palmantier, Mrs, Parsons; Imperial, D. J. Spence and wife; Hoffman, B. B. Thayer; Astor, Mr. Jacks and wife; Cosmopolitan, T. L Piper. NEWS OF WO: AN SUFFRAGE. The members of the Modesto Buffrage Club are actively engaged in precinct work and in. tend to make a thorough canvass of the county. Mrs. MeComas and Mrs. Maynard spoke to unusually large audiences in Pasadena last week and made many converts who declared their intention of doing active work from now until November. Colusa County is well organized and the ciubs are doing good work. Mrs. Catt ad- dressed a Xugge audience at the town of Colusa !e&"mber iss Harriet May um-‘ the suffrage organ- izer, was in Bakersfield last week, and Miss Anthony and Mrs. Catu are expected there on the 20th. The Baturday afternoon parl which are being held 1n Petaluma are, ing to the Argus, becoming more and more popular. B‘? W. Marsh of Fresno and Mrs. Alila Terrill l&olu at the big suffrage rally heldin the Curistian ehurch at Selma October 6. Mrs. Catt's speech at Marysville October 6 is described by the Appeal as & “vote maker.” The Grass Valley Tidings says: “There seems to be & strong sentiment in the community in favor of the adoption of the sixth amendment to the State constitution which will give wo- men the right to vote.” Mrs. Cati addressed a large audience at Red Bluff October 2. At therecent Republican meeting held inSan Diego Mrs. McKoon and 8. F. Smith spoke for woman suffrage, and at the Populist and Dem- ocratic meeting Lottie C.Park spoke on the same subjecl. All the speeches were received mAm b tly given to the teach. reception was recently give . ersin Y&n. and & number of speeches for suf- frage were made by prominent men and wo- men. At the suffrage rally_at Fresno Raleigh Rhodes, Dr. Chester P. Roweil, Mr. Browen and Mrs. Hazlett spoke for suffrage. The sub. L«u is kept pefore the eyes of the pzople of resno, and there have beén numerous discus- sions and debates regarding it. An equal suffrage edition of the Santa Bar- bara Independent is soon to be issued by the ladies of the Suffrage Club. The El Barbareno says: The sixth amendment i8 the topic of the hour, dividing with gold end silyer *he con- sideration of the voters at this time. Mrs. Cattand Miss Susan B. Anthony will speak there October 17. Effective work is being done at Lang Beach and the meetings are largely attended. Miss Mills has been organizing clubs in the vicinity of Kern City. Snsan B. Anthony ana Mrs, Catt will speak at Ventura October 16, under the auspices of the Woman Suff. ue. done in Los Angeles. rage Leag' Splendid work is being The suffregists are invited to speak at Repub- lican, Democratic and Populist meetings, and uew clubs are being formed in all the out.ying distifcts. The Recora says: “*Mr. Luther Brown incorporated in his speech atthe meeting of the Boyle Heights Republican Clubof Angeles a stirring appeal for the sixth amend- melm, which was loudly spplauded by the voters.” A debats on “Resolved, that the passage of the suffrage amendment would be for the best interests of the State” was recentiy held in I%oemd ;n decided in the affirmative. & Mercury sa. Miss Ids Hazlett has concluded her work of Fresno County and reports a very successful cnlmination of the equal suffrage campaign. The people in the mountain districts greeted her with large audiences and most hospitable arrangements,’”’ 3 At the recent suffrage meeting at Hanford the Wigwam was crowded with those desirous of hearing Miss Anthony and Mrs. Catt. Music was furnished by the Hanford Park band, the McKinley and Hobart double quar- tet and the Lemoore quartet. A number of original suffrage songs were sung which were highly appreciated by the audience. The Tulere City Cifizen says: “The magnifi- cent reception given Sus: . Anthony at Visalia 1ecently by Visalians and Tulsreans was a splendid indorsement of equal suffrage, the measure whicn appears sixto in the plat- form of the People’s suny of California.” There will be & grand women's mass-meeting in Gordan’s Ope: ouse at San Rafael the last week in Octol t which Miss Anthony and Mrs. Catt will speak. Rev. Anna H. Shaw has made many converts at Ukiah. Her wit, eloquence and winsome manners have made her a general iavorite. A suffrage club of sixty-one members is do- Ing good work at Willets. This is an unusually large club for se small a place. Hale’s Hall in San Jose was packed to the d00rs the night Rev. Anna Shaw spoke there. She was greeted with great applause aud lis- tened to with attentlon by the audience. A central county eampaign committee was xeoon(xl‘y orgenized in Orange County. The Napa Journal says: Miss Anna Shaw ad- dressed a large audience at Maple Hall rink recently on the subject of female eniranchise- ment. Every seat in the vast auditorium was occupied and many occupied seats on the plat- form. Miss Shaw handled her subject in an interesting manner, eliciting much applause. The Alameds Argus says of the recent suf- frage rally held in thatcity: In point of at- tendance the mass-meeting held in Armory Hall under the auspices of the Alameda Polit- ical Equality Club was a grand success. The building was jammed to the doors and there were enough who could not get in to make up another meeting, Miss Mary G. Hay, chairman of the State Central Coramittee, and Rev. Anna H. Shaw wll speak at Petaluma this week. Hon. Benjamin Butterworth and Franeis X. Schoonmaker have in their speecnes indorsed the woman suffrage amendment. A FINE OLD CHAP. 1 like this kind old sunny soul, Whom aothing «an annoy; His pleasant smile is e’er the same, To fill my heart with joy. 1 like his quaint, ungainly shape; 11ike his big ronnd face, Although ne's clumsy through and through, To me he’s full of grace. Indeed, he's sweet enongh to eat— Feet, ‘elbows. legs and head— This very dear old gentleman, Who's made of gingerbread. R. K. MUNKITTRICK, in Harper's Round Table. CAMPAIGN ECHOES Bryan has dropped his crownof thorns, but Tom Watson continues to remain a thorn in the side of Mr, Bryan’s prospects.—New York Press. The annual wages of labor in this country are $7,000,000,000. Is there any particular use in reducing them to $8,500,000,000 7— Syracuse Post, The disintegration of the Tammany figer progresses slowly but surely. oon there will be little left but the howl.—New York Morn- ing Advertiser. The farmers want markets for wheat and corn more than they want markets for silver. They have wheat and corn ; they have no sil- ver.—lowa State Register. As the campaign increases in intensity bust- ness continues to develop increasingly. This is & new experience in politicel eampaigns, for which we should be duly grateful.—Boston Globe. . Mr. Bryan, having failed to convince any considerable number of people that he can be elected, is now trying to demonstrate what will happen when he is defeated.—Chicigo Tribune. Mr. Black made a good point in his Carnegie Hall speech when he said that the laboring man wanted a dollar that would be as good when he spent it as when he earned it.—Syra. cuse Post. The Democratic candidate asserts that his election to the Presidency “would drive every trust out of existence.” Including foreign trust in our National integrity. — Chicago Times-Herald. We'doubt if Mr. Bryan could have made a worse mistake thau in placing himself in op- position to the civil-service reiorm movement, as he is reported to have done in his speech at ‘Washington.—Boston Herald, It is said that Chalrman Jones is thinking of offering Tom Watson a big bonus to discuss the issues of.the campeign in Hawaii—or any other country with which we have no tele- graphic communication.—Chicago News. We have heard nothing about McKinley prices for the last three years, but the farmers are beginning to talk about them now. We have a foretaste of McKinley prices for wheat. The next thing will be McKinley prices for wool, and then will come prices for labor. Nobody will complain then of McKinley prices at the stores.—Portland Oregonian. Mr, Bryan may as well bid good-by to the farmer vote. No matter what may happen in the next month, however, two things have been proved sgain before the very eyes of our people. One is that an enormous rise in the price of a leading commodity can occur with- out any change whatever in the volume of currency; the otner is that the prices of silver and wheat bave no connection or relation to each other. On the opposite of these two commandments have hung all the law and the gospel of Bryanism and Populism.—St. Paul Globe. LADY'S NIGHT DRESS. Night robes made in the old-fashioned sack shape with large sleeves and a big collar are very pretty, and have the advantage of re- quiring less material than other shapes. The back may be made with a bias seam, which avoids piecing at the bottom, and cuts to better advantage. The ease with which these gowhs may be laundered recommends them to many. Lounging, or bath robes, are cut after the same model, being liked as they u:e less bulky than those with pleats or gathers at the top. Batiste is the material used when any nice !nw re made, A sailor collar is made of ne Hamburg edging, which is seamed from all the corners to the neck, to bring all the scallopsaround the edge. hite lawn is also used, and with & collar of the same, trimmed on the edge with an inser- tion of Valenciennes lace, and beyond this & ruffie of the plain lawn orof embroidery, is uridxln . A collar with embroidery set on with braiding through which delicate colorea ribbuns are drawn is also .sreny. These gowns may be made quite elaborate by tucking the goods down toe back and the froat, and also tucking th sleeves. X Heavy nightgowns of flannelette or heavy muslin caunot be better made than in this style. The collar may be of China silk for flannelette gown o give a dainty touch, for organization in | the silk wears quite as well as the flannelette, LEMONS AND ORANGES. Injury Done the Growers of Citrus Fruits by the Free-Traders. American Economist. Our imports of lemons and oranges for the fiscal years 1890 to 1896 have been as follows: Lemons. The imports of lemons and oranges for the latest fiscal year, ending June 30, 1896, were larger than in any previous year ou record. This must be unsatisiactory news to American growers of citrus fruits in Florida and Califor- nia, because every single orange or lemon that we buy irom abroad tekes the place of Ameri- can-grown fruit and helps to depreciate tke valiue of the produce of our own orchards. Growers of oranges and lemons shouid call tomind the fact that they receiye less protec- tion under the Gorman-Wilson bill then Was accorded them by the McKinley tariff, t!ze rates of duties being respective.y as follows:, McKinley tariff—13 cents per package measur- Ing 114 cubic feei; 25 cents per package of fro.u 134 16 234 cubic feet; 50 cents per packaxe from 23106 cublc fest; 10 cents for each aditional cabic foot or part thereof: $1 50 per thousand for lemous or oranges imy.orted in bulk; 30 per cent ad valorem on boxes or barrels unless made of Amer- ican material. Gorman-Wilson bill—8 cents per cubic foot ca- pacity on all packages: 150 per thousand when imporied in bulk: 30 per cent ad yaicr-m on. the boxes or barrels ‘unless made of Amerioan wate- rial. On the smallest-sized package in which oranges or lem«ns are imported the reduction in duty under the existing Democratic tariff is nearly 40 per cent: on packages of medinm size the reduction ranges from 20 (0 60 per cent, and on the largest-sizec packages the loss of protection also ranges irom 20 to 60 per cent, with 20 per cent additional loss on every package measuring more than five cubic feet. This loss of protection undoubtedly accounts for our imports of foreign-grown lemons and oranges having reached their highest point during the 1896 fiscal year. Owners of citrus orchards in California and Florida will promptly recognize that their interests will be best protected by the election of Major Mc- Kinley and of Republican Congressmen, and they should without hesitation votea:ainst every Democratic free-trader from Bryan down. THE MEASURE OF BRYAN’S DEFEAT New York Press. The Republican poll ot voters in Illinois es- tablishes two facts that must bring rejoicing to the country. The first is that Illinois will be Republican by an enormous majority; the second is that neither the farmers nor the wage-earners of this country have been de- ceived by Mr. Bryan’s ciaptrap. The poll for the State of Illinois outside of Cook County (Chicago) showed a Republican majority of 85,000. Furthermore, the count emong workingmen proved that they were overw%:elmlng\y for McKinley, so that it is confidently expected that the wage-earners of Chicago will add vastly to the Republican ma- jority in the rest of Illinois. The result of this poll in Iilinois demon- strates what the Press has before pointed out, and what it wishes to repeat with emphasis, that Mr. Bryan is so grotesquely week a can- didate that it is possible to make his defeat not only a disgrace to him _and his following now, but a warning to all political aaven- turersin the future. The expectation of complete success at the November election should not tempt Republi- cansand their allies to diminish theiractivity and earnestness. Rather shoula the ever brightening prospects confirm them in their determination to wipe out the free-coinage band once and for all. Foreseeing defeat in the coming election, the Bryanites are already deciaring that they propose to continue in future years their ‘warfare against honesty and honor. Well, then, the people must see to it that after November 3 the free-silver remnant will not have strength enough even to call for help, In order that we-shall be able to goabout re- storing the prosperity of our Nation without fear of further plot and conspiracy the voters, after they have beaten the silver forces, must cu. them to pieces, They must convert the defestinto & rout; they mus: press the rout to & slaughter. If you want & good dollar vote for it next month. WHAT MAKES A4 DOLLAR. “Every dollar in existence,” exclaims Mr Bryan, “is the creature of law.” Rightyou are, Mr. Bryan, but the stuff of which every dollar is made is the productof labor. The mint mark on & coin is merely an official cer- tificate that the laborer’s product is asfine and asheavy as it purports tobe. Itcan’tmake an ounce of silver weigh an ounce anda half, nor it in any other manmner increase the actual commerc{nl value of the metal on which it is stamped. Don’t overlook the fun- damentals, Mr. Bryan. Coinage measures val- ues, but it doesn’t create them. The strongest dollar is the one that contains no “fiat.” The weakest dollar is the one that contains the least value as a commercial commodity.—New York Mail and Express. THE TEETER-BOARD BOOMERANG. When we were young we used to play upon the teeter-board, and even in our childhood days we knew that when one end of the teeter- board went_up the other ena went down.— Wil J. Bryan. Just o0, d what is troubling William J. Bryan nowadays is 10 show how the “prices” eng of the teeter-board is to go up for the benefit of the farmer without the “wages” ead of the teeter-board going down at the same time, to the injury of the workingman.— Louisville Courier-Journal. NOT QUOTING TILDEN. It will be observed that in trying to make witnesses of departed statesmen in favor of cheap money Mr. Bryan carefully avoids Sam- uel .r.’hlden. who declared that the farmer wought to be secure in the tranquillity of his fireside from the curse of an unstable and fluctuatingjeurrency.”—St. Louis Globe-Demo- crat. ANSWERS TO CORRESFONDENTS ‘Worms—E. A. B, City. Worms in dogs arise from various causes. They are seldom found in healthy dogs. When a dog is so affected the owner should tone up the animel's stomach and other organs, by which means food is prevented from running into fermentation,and a vermifuge, to be obtained from any druggist, should be administered. InpoRTS—J. 8., City. The Wilson-Gorman tariff act went into effect on the 1st of August, 1894. During the year ending June 30, 1889, the imports into the United States, as appears from the figures furnished by the Treasury Department, amounted to $745,1381,652; for 1 the emount was $789,310,409; for 1891, 44,916,196; for 1893, $827,402,462. The years given all end June 30. Booxs For Bovs—A Constant Reader, City. There are so many good and useful books that a boy of 17 years can read with profit that this department has not the room to print a list of them, but &5 you sre s residentof this City you can go the Free Library and there you will find in the Monthly Bulletin a list of the best books for a boy of that age under the title *Books for the Young.” CLEVELAND’S CABINET—A. 8, Palermo, Cal, The Cleveland Cabinet is composed of the fol- lowing named: R. Olney, Secretary of State; J. G. Carlisle, Secretary of the Treasury; D. . Lamont, Secretary of War; J. Harmon, Attor- ney-General; W. L. Wilson, Postmaster- General; H. A. Herbert, Secretary of the Navy; D. R. Francis, Secretary of the Interior; an J. 8. Morton, Secretary of Agriculture. LicuT ENGLISH COIN—Old Subscriber, City. The English Government does not redeem worn or “Jight coin,” as it is called, at face value. It receives the light gold coins for re. coinage and returns coin of the full mint value less the deficiency of weight. In the case of silver coins the loss on the recoinage of silyer money is now covered by the seignirage arising from the difference between the real and the nominal value of the coins. - STUDYING LAW—Subscriber, Vanderbilt, San Bernardino County, Cal. If you wish to study law you had better consult an attorney, who ‘will probably let you read law in his office for services you may render him. Such a person would be better able to tell you what your ca- Ym"’ for study will enable you to grasp first. i you wish to study by yourself you had bet- ter read the codes of the State you live in, books on evidence, books on practiceand books on euntracts. TAMALE—New Subscriber, City. The tamales that are sold in the San Francisco markets are made of chicken, olives and cornmeal, and sea- soned with tomato sauce to which has been added a dose of red pepper. The cornmeal is made into a paste that is spres that have b:cn dipped i h’;‘: ?‘e'g:? hg;k: Iayer of the cornmeal 1s placed a piece of chicken, previously boiled, and an olive; then some of the tomato sauce is poured over these f and rolled together; then successive layers o paste-covered husks are added, the whoie I(;d and steamed. But it takes an adept to make them. THE SUPREME COURT—Y. Yokohl, Tulare County, Cal. ‘Thé Justfces of the United States Supreme Court are: M.W. Fuller, Chief Justice} 8.J. Field, J. M. Harlan, Horace Gray, P J. Brewer, H. B. Brown, George Shiras Jr., E. D. White and R. W. Peckham, Associate Justices. Tais department has no means of ascertaining if “‘all of them were at some time or other em= ployed by any corporation before they were -ppolmefi to the Supreme Bench.” CITY AND“TowN—N. N., Livermore, Cal. A city is a municipal corporation thatis gov- erned by a Mayor and either & Common Coun= cil or Board of Supervisors. A towa is a place that has defined boundaries like & city, but a less elaborate government than a city. It has no Mayor. The powers of & Mayor are define in the different States and it is impossibl this department to give the powers vested in such officials in the seversl States. The Po- litical Code of this State defines the powers and duties of Mayor in California. A Muyoris elected by the people. Tne president of a Town Council is, as & rule, chosen from among the Town Counciimen. in A WOMAN FOr PRESIDENT—Constant Reader, City. There isnot anything in the constitu- tion of the United States that says a woman may not become President. The fifth clause sec. I, art. 2, says: No person excep: a natural-born citizen or & citizen of the United States at the time of the ‘adoption of the constitution shall be eligibleto the oftice of President: neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years and been fourteen years a resident within the Unlied States. Now, if a woman born in the United States is not “a natural-born citizen™ and if she is not a “person” what is she? CarrraL PusisaMENT—A. Y. C., Colusa, Cal. The following works will give you a grea: deal of information on the subject of capital pun- {shment: “On the Punishment of Death,” by Basil Montagu; “Memoirs of Sir Samuel Ro- milly,” and his writings; I nisoment,” enthan; “‘Essay on Crimes and Punishment,” by Beccaria; ‘Die Abschuffung der Todesstrafe,” by Berner; “‘Die Todesstrafe, " by Mittermaler; “Clode’s Administratio: Justice Under Military Law”; “Morr on Capi- ta) Punishment ike’s History of Crime”; volume 133 of the North American Review; “Fielding’s Inquiry Intu the Causes of the In- crease of Robbery,” and *‘Stephens’ History of Criminal Law.” FLYPAPER—L. H., Weaverville, Cal. It is stated that the following methods of making fiypaper will prove effective: Poura ouart of water over a pound of quassia wood and let it stand over night; strain and boil down to one pint. Boil the wood again in a pint of water until reduced one-hll{; mix the two liquids, add a quarter ot & pound of sugar,and when the sugar hasdissoived pass sheets of porous paper turough the liguid and hang them upto dry. When wanted for use piace in a plate, with enough water to moisten the paper. Melt resin acd add while soft enough sweet, lard or lamp oil to make it when co.d of the consistency of honey; spread on' sheets of writing paper and distribute in convenient piaces. PARAGRAPH, ABOUT PEOPLE. Philip T. Colgrove of Hastings, Mich., who hes just been elected world’s supreme chans cellor of the Knights of Pythias,is 37 years old, s native of Indiane, s graduste of Olivet College and a practicing lawyer in Hastings. David Crockett’s Maconic apron is now in the possession of E. M. Taylor of Paducah, Ky. It is in excellent condition, and treas- ured highly. It was given to Mr. Taylor by a descendant of a friend, one of the old-time settlers, and an associate of Crockett. Speaker Thomas B. Reed went to Boston last week t0 efix his signature to the papers that made him referee under the agreement of twenty-eight insurance companies, the posi- tion having been made vacaut by the recent death oi ex-Governor William E. Russell of Massachusetts. LARGEST variety of chocolates. Townsend’s. * — .~ — SPEcTAL Information daily to manufacturare, business houses and public men by ihe Prosy Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * s S State Mining Journal, James J. Robbins, editor, 628 Montgomery street. Reaches every mining camp in Cali- fornia. i ‘English Purchasers of California Mines,” “Water and Light,” State mining news and items of Interest to mifers. * —————————— Wife (examining the bil)—Do you remem- ‘ber, my dear, how many trout you caught last Saturday ? Husband—There were just twelve—all beau- ties. Why? Wife—The fishmonger has made a mistake. He only charges for & half dozen.—Tit Bits. Through Sleeping Cars to Chicago. The Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, Santa Fa route, will continue to run caily through from Oakland to Chicago Pullman palsce drawing-room, also upholstered tourist sleeping-cars, leaving every afternoon. Lowest through rates (o ail points in the United Siates, Canada, Mexico or Eurove. Excursions through to Boston leave every week. San Francisco tickes office, 644 Mar- ket street, Chronicle building. Telephone main, 1581; Cakland, 1118 Broadway. —_——— Phillips’ Rock Island Excursions Leave San Francisco every Wednesday, via Rio Grande and Rock ‘Island Raflways. Through tourist sleeping-cars to Chicago and Boston. Man- ager and porters accompsny these excursions to Boston. For tickets, sleeping-car accommodations and further information address Clinton Jones, General Agent Rock Island Railway, 30 Moatr gomery sireet, San Francisco. 3 —————— “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Sywno' Fas been used over50yearsby milllons of mothary forshelr children whiie Teething with perfect sa> cess. It soothes the chlld, softens the gums, allayy Patn, cures Wind Colic, reguiates the Bowsls aat isthe best remedy for Diarrhceas, whether arising irom teething or other causes. Forsals by Draz- gists in every part of the world. Be sure and asc 10r Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup. 00 4 Wit —_———— CORONADO.—Atmosphere is perfactly dry, soft and mild, being entirely free from the mists com- mon further north. Round-trip tickets, by steam- ship, including fifteen days’ board at the Hotel del Coronado, $65: longer stay $2 50 per day. Apply 4 New Montgomery st., San Francisco. —_————— AYER'S Halr Vigor is justly considered the Dbest and most economical bhair-dressing in the market. —_— e Friend—Are you going to have a church wedding ? Prospective Chicago Bride—Yes; I'm always married in church.—Harlem Life. NEW TO-DAY. 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