The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 4, 1896, Page 6

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FOLTZ, Eastern Manager. THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. Victory ! —_— Now for business. The agony is over. Get ready for Thanksgiving. No American kicks against the msajority. There will be anvther chance four years from now. ‘The revival will come in with the holi- day trade. The campaign mus: give way now to the Christmas novelty. Whatever the American people do is all right in this country. It goes without saying to the wise mer- chant that now is the time to advertise. Four months of Grover is the way it stands now and every day will lessen it. One month rest from politics, and then Congress meets and begins another ruc- tion. It was not quite a unanimous vote, but it was so nearly so that no one will ais- pute it. 1t took three months of the campaign to heat the people up, but they can cool off in three days. We can now pay attention to Europe once more, and to the changing form of the old wer cloud. The Cuban campaign still goes on, but with brightening prospects that the pa- triots will carry the country. The party fight is over and this morn- ing we all unite as loyal Americans in do- ing honor toour next President. The question to be discussed now is, ‘What is to be the next best thing in the | way of California development? There must be a good deal of crow eaten this week, but Thanksgiving is coming and then we will all have turkey. Now that the crisis is over there is no use criticizing the result. The thing has happened and the country is safe. All defeated candidates may draw satis- faction from the fact that this isa free country, and they can try it again. If you aqnarreled with any of your friends during the campaign now is the time to make up and call it square. Business is reviving, prices are rising, gold is coming into the country, and pros- pects are bright for the workingman. Let us hope we will never hear the cry of coercion in another campaign. It doesn’t sound well from American lipl.. . But yesterday the boy orator was a freak that made the bigkest show on earth, and now he is but an idle curiosity. The fellows who stopped you before to explain the money question will now stop you to explain the meaning of the result. There will be a grand.whoop-up for the victory, and after that people will begin to take an interest in chrysanthemum shows. The coming winter will be one of great activity in California, and now is the time to square away and make yourself a factor in it. The question of the day is not so much what the Democrats will try next as whether they will survive to try anything atall. Before long we will be getting reports about what Cleveland 1s going to say in kis next message, but you needn’t read them. There will never be other party in this generation that will run its head against the business sentiment of the country. S S Itis clearly evident now that when the American workingman asks for prosperity he cannot be fooled with an offer of fifty- cent dollars. As the campaign canard fades away we may expect to hear rumors that Cleveland intends to recognize Cuba and start a war with Spain. A lady in Ozkland declares a cataclysm is coming, but a good many American citizens believe this morning that it struck the country yesterda; Itis a pity that New Year is not at hand, for there are thousands of men this morning who are ripe and ready to swear off from the betting habit. England in Egypt may sound like a dull topic to talk about after the excitements of the last two months, bnt it may be ex- citing itself before the winter is over. According to a New York dramatic critic there isin that city no such thing as a moderate success for a play. If it does not become the rage it does not succeed at all. The critic also says, but that was scarcely necessary, that good plays never become the rage, In 1497 Vasco da Gama doubled the Cape of Good Hope and Sebastian Cabot discovered the coast of North America at Labrador, and now Portugal proposes to celebrate the one event and Canada the other, and you can take your choice which ope you wish to attend. _NOVEMBER 4, 1896 | 2chieved by their union. | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1896. McKINLEY AND HOBART. The people of the Unitel States may cougratulate themselves this morning. Republicans and honest-money Demo- corats may be proud of the success A glorious victory has beem won for protection, sound money and good government. The i defeat of the agitators has been over-| whelming. We shall not have a Bryanite campaign again in this generation. Once more the American people have proven themselves to be the safest jury in the world to which to submit questions of jus- tice and honor. The victory for McKinley and Hobart means so’ much fo the American people that it is hard to express it in a few words. It means protection to Ameriean indus- ries and good wages to American work- ingmen. It means sound money and the maintenance of the credit of the Nation and its people. It means the enforcement of law, the upholding of the powers of the General Government and the preservation of the Supreme Court as a temple of in- violate justice. 1t means the defeat of mischief-making agitators, of demagogues who appeal to sectional passions and to class hatreds, of the repudiators of honest debts, of the violators of contracts, of the opponents of the General Government, and of the slan- derers of the dignity of the Supremé Court. It means the overthrow of every element tbat has threatened National prosperity and National honor. We can now look forward to the im- mediate return of better times. Cleve- landism has been rebuked and Bryanism repudiated. There will be no more free- trade experiments, no more deficits, no more increase of the National debt, no | more disasters in private business. There will be no more cheap-money agitation, ino more resistance to National law, no more threats of discord and industrial disturbance. ‘With the assurance of the return to. the protective system, which will make American industries profitable and pro- vide an adequate revenue for the Govern- ment, the money question will settle itself. The Nation will no longer have {to run in debt to maintain the gold reserve. Mills and factories will open for American workingmen; good wages will be paid in good money, and industry and enterprise will once more receive their reward. Never in our history have great questions been so well settled as in this case. Every danger that seems to have threatened the Republic or its people has been met boldly and overcome. Certainly all good citizens may con- gratulate one another this morning. Every prospect of the time now promises an immediate revival of prosperity. Se- cure of good legislation at Washington, capitalists can at once put their money into circulation and set about the accomplishment of great undertakings. Men who have long been unemployed can look forward to finding work for their energies within a comparatively short time and every trade in the country may | | reasonably expect an immediate improve- | ment of business. The best feature of the glorious result is the manifestation that the appeal to sec- ! tional antagonisms and class batreds has | been in vain. By the vote of yesterday the American people attest that they are one in interest and sympathies as well as one in patriotism. They have most | effectually rebuked those who have en- deavored to excite in them anything like antagonism. They have shown by their votes that they agree with McKinley and | stand for *‘country first, country last and | country with stainless honorall the time,"’ | CUBAN AFFAIRS. According to a correspondent of the New York Herald, it is believed both in Havana by the Spaniards and in Key West by Cuban refugees that the departure of Consul-General Lee for Washington was caused by something like a crisis in the relations of the United States and the Span- ish Government. If these reports are well founded, it is more than likely that the Cnban news will be about the most inter- esting that Americans will receive for some time, and it is possible the coming session of Congress may see the conclusion of this long protracted Cuban problem. It is not known what course Mr. Cleve- land will pursue, nor even what course will be recommended by the Consul- General. This silence on the part of the President may be due to a mere sullen- ness, or it may be ominous of a graver crisis than has been supposed. We shall probably have to wait for his message to Congress, when it assembles in December, before we learn clegrly the true nature of the case. It may be said, however, that the peovle of the United States have fairly made up their minds on the snbject, and that if the President should determine upon the recognition of Cuba and active measures of putting an end to the war he would bave the hearty support of the great majority of our citizens. The Cuban war has been protracted too long. It has been evident for some time past that Spain could not govern the coun- try with peace and good order. Sbe is not strong enough to enforce her laws. The continuance of her armies in the island simply serves to continue war and all its sttendant evils. Cuba is s0 near to Amer- ica that we not only sympathize with its people in their struggle for independence, but we feel that in a certain sense we are responsible for what happens there, It Spain is fighting merely io preserve | her bonor, interference of the United States would give her just cause for retir- ing from the field, and there would be no loss of yrestige to her if she did so. On the other hand, if she is fighting merely to exercise a military tyranny in the island, certainly in the cause of human- ity we have a right to interfere, No American desires a war with Spain, nor do we desire to make an unwarrant- able interference in the affairs of another nation. No Government bas more hone estly maintained international law than has that of the United States during all its history. It would seem, however, that even international law would allow our interference 1n this case, and certainly if Consul-General Lee in his report to the President shows that any injustice bas been done to American citizens by the Bpanish Government, it would be the duty, as well as the right, of the President to put an end to what has become more like a struggle for destruction and exter- mination against the Cuban people than a civilized war to maintain & well-ordered government. | It is an easy prediction that our new Legisiature will make things at Sacra- mento as lively as usual, | chant marine. UALIFORNIA FOR M'KINLEY. Ail reports from the State tend to show that California is surely Republican. She stands with all the great progressive com- monwealths of the Union for sound money and protection. . She will cast her electoral vote for McKinley and Hobart. Indications are favorable for a large majority of the Republican candidates for Congress. The Legislature will be Re- publican, and a sound protectionist will be elected to the Senate. The victory, in fact, seems far more complete than the most sanguine hoped, and later returns will probably add to its completeness. The saving of California from the Popo- crat fusion is a matter of congratulation to all good citizens. We haye had more than our share of agitators and mischiei- makers. Their disturbances have long retarded the development of the State and an industrial as well as a political benefit will result from their over- throw. We can, therefore, hail with a double gladness the victory now assured. right side. She 1s for patriotism, protec- tion and prosperity. A BE}UBLIOAI!_OOHGRBB& One of the best features of the news of the election is the assurance it gives of a Republican majority in both branches of Congress. This assures to President Mc- Kinley the support which he will need to carry out his policy for the promotion of the prosperity of the American people. It seems clear from the returns that not only will the House have a strong Repub- lican majority, but there will be in the Senate after the 4th of March a sufficient number of Republicans to support all ad- ministration measures over the combiued votes of Democrats, Populists and free silverites. This will enable Congress and the next administration to carry out the great plans of a protective tariff, reci- procity treaties, internal improvements and the upbuilding of the American mer- We have needed these things for a long time, and now that they seem assured within the near future, it is hard to set limits upon the prosperity that is in store for us. It is pleasing to note that in this Re- publican majority the Southern States will bave part. They will no longer be regarded as a section alien to the rest of the Union. They will have strong and able representatives to act with the Re- publicans in promoting their interests and industries and in providing for uneir | own welfare as well as thatof the rest of the Union. Taken altogetber, the assurance of a Republican Congress is hardly less grati- fying than the assurance of a Republican President. The one is necessary to the other. If there had been lacking a Re- publican majority in either house the re- turn of good legislation and of good times resulting from it might have been long postponed, but now we may count on its speedy occurrence, NOW FOR BUSINESS. The election is over. The long, hard struggle of one party against th® other is ended. We can now turn trom talking of money to making money and give our thoughts and energies to industry instead of polities. As we turn our eyes in this new direc- tion we are greeted everywhere with bright prospects. Business generally revives aiter Presidential elections and this year the re- vival promises to be prompter and more universal than we have known for a long time. The rise in the price of wheat and cot- ton carries cheer to both the great sections of the Union and gives an increased activ- ity in trade to all lines of business. Goid rapidly flowing into the couniry and money rates will in all probability be much easier than they have be en since the great panic. In addition to these features of the busi- ness world, which would be encouraging at all times, we have also the stimulus of the coming holiday trade. The shop win- dow, along the principal streets are al- ready brightening up with the giow of Christmas goods. In a few weeks they will be rauiant. A more cheerful as well as a more active life will soon flow through all the chennels of trade, and everybody will feel the glow of the coming of better times. The beginning of this new era of trade activity means a great deal for California. The coming decade should beone of im- g)ense development in all parts of the tate. Let us square away and make ready to take partinit, The last echoes of the =reat political struggle will soon die away and be lost in the rising hum of in- dustry. and let us hope that every home in California and in the Union will derive some benefit from the renewed activity of capital and lavor. HONEST MONEY DEMOCRATS. In this Republican triumph due credit should be given to honest-money Demo- crats. While many of them voted for Palmer snd Buckner there is reason for telieving that the great majority casta straight vote for Republican electors and Republican Congressmen. 1t is certainly to the vote of these men that we owe much of the Republican success which has been attained in the Southern States. 1t is not too much to say that there isa reasonable hope that 21l these Democrats who voted for McKinley in the South will remain hereafter in the Republizan col- umn. They have given in this campaign abundent evidence that they stand for sound money, protection and the consti- tution, and as the Republican party will continue to guard these against the as- saults of combined Populism and Democ- racy these conservative Democrats will have no rightful place in our polities ex- cept in Republican ranks. It seems safe to say from the returns that bave come to us that the Republican party has entered upon a new lease of power and will maintain it for the rest of this generation. Our polities in the future will"be largely concerned with economic questions, and on all these questions the Republicans hold to-day the vantage ground. Wise legislation by the incoming Congress will make the position even stronger than it is to-day, and as the old South ceases to be s stronghold of Dzmoc- racy the radicals and agitators will have no position of strength from which to assail either the prosperity of the people or the constitution of the Republic. Honest-money Democrats, protection Democrats and conservative ocrats have a richt to a share in the trinmph to-day. We hope to hail them as perma- nent members of the Republican party. They have done well in this campaign, and we bave faith they will continue in well-doing. THANKSGIVING DAY. The next big day to occur in the course of our National life is that wkich will be | set apart for Thanksgiving. On that day California has put herself firmly on the| even those who bave to eat metaphorical crow this morning will have a share in the reality of turkey. The day is not far distant and it is worth while to think about it a little before we put politics aside and settle down to the coming rush of hoiiday business. In the political situation itself there Is enough to furnish men of reflect- ing minds with occasion for feel ing thankful that they live in a Republic such .as ours and among ® people capable of supporting it or months past our citizens have been di- vided into rival parties, each intent on overthrowing the other at the polls, and yet this morning the defeated ones are as loyal as the victors to the decision of the majority, and nowhere is there any sug- gestion of opposition to the peaceful in- auguration of the President-elect. A people who are capable of deciding complex questions and exciting issues at the ballot-box and Jaying aside their par- tisan antagonisms immediately after the resultof the vote is announced is certainly a people that ought td have an annual thanksgiving. Never has there been a Republic such as ours. Never has there been a people capable of supporting one. Republicans, Democrats and Populists alike have therefore a good reason to look forward this morning to the coming of Thanksgiving. On that day we are to meet with one another sround hospitable boards and rejoice as Americans in the greatness of our country and the general prosperity that prevails among us. Party volitics for the time is laid aside. We are neighbors, we are friends. We shall have more election contests hereafter, but for the present we are all for harmony, peace and industry. PERSONAL James L. Barnes of Suisun s in the City. Daniel E. Hayes of Mill Valley is at the Russ. H. A. Shaw, an attorney of Los Gatos, is in town. Captain J. C. Edgar of San Quentin is at tne Grand. 7/ Robert Clarke of Modesto arrived here yes- terday. M. F, Johnson of Abingdon, Ill., is at the Palace. Mrs. G. P. Root of Bakersfieid is stopping at the Cosmopolitan. M. H. England of Pasadens is registered at the Cosmopolitan. W. N. Chester of the United States steamer Alert is at the Lick. J. H. Mellon and Mrs. Mellon of Victoria, B. C., are at the Lick. J. B. Hoope, a mining man of Mokelumne HIll, is at the Palace. John T. Biven of San Maieo was among yes- | terday’s arrivals here. i D. L. Bleeker of the United States navy is registered at the Russ. M. F. Dimick of Los Angeles is in town, ac- companied by his family. Morris Laning of the United States steamer Oregon is at the Occidental. A. G. Campbell, a mining and business man Juneav, Alaska, is in the City. W. W. Bedford of Washington, D. C., is among the arrivals at the Grand. H. T. King, a prominent resident of Fresno, isstaying at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. A.F. Fuguay, a prosperous fruit-grower of Modesto, is among the arrivals at the Russ, Among the arrivals at the Palace 1s J.J. Kenny, a business man of Toronto, Canada. James Spieres and Willlam G. Spieres of Berkeley are here for a couple of days’ stay. E. J. Rother oi Sacramento was one of the visitors here to watch the outcome of the elec- tion yesterday. Among the arrivals at the Russ is J. H. Fal- len, a merchant and mine-property owner of Junesu, Alaska. W. K. Skinner, & mine-owner of Atlantic, Idaho, is at the Occident: accompanied by his wife and son. W. G. Benton, owner of a fruit ranch near Haywards and manager of the American Press Association, is at the Russ. Captain J. 8. Layton ot the bark Cape Horn Pigeon, who for many months past has been in the Arctic pursuing and eatching whales, is at the Russ. He succeeded in getting five whales, from which he get 1000 barrels of oil and 5000 pounds of bone. The captain was at the Russ on his way up. He isan old whaler, baving spent most of his life on the sea. A STREET COSTUME. One of the models for' skirts used this sea- son is somewhat narrower in the front breadth, making the shape less flaring directly at the front of sides, and has the fulloess massed in the back in four gores which are feather-boned to make them flare stifiy. The one shown here is ot this description, having rim gores, four of which are gathered at the back, there being two gores on either side, with a narrow front gore. The jacket or basque is & suitable model for any fabric. A dress of mixed cheviot in brown had the vest, which is seamless and fits moothel‘{ over the bust, having fullness below gathered st the waist line, of 1D _green cloth in rather light shade matching dashes of same color in the cheviot. The revers sand collar were of derker green velvet over the plain green cloth. A dress of a black and blue mixture in waol had vest of blue cloth with rows of narrow black velvet set on crosswise st intervals of an juch. The collar and revers were of black velvet, an_inch of biue cloth visible at the edge, with one row of half inch velvet set midwnykon it. A dar] 0 1adfes’-cloth had the jacket em- broidered in irog effect in front with a design in the back, wide at the shoulders and narrow- ing to the waist. The vest was of brocade in green, bl and vase color, the revers and collar plain black ssiin. Smem——— NEWEPAPER PLEASANTRY. Miss Fossdick—Is Sue’s new husband = do- mestic man? Miss Keedick—No; she imported him from London.—Judge. There has been keen competition between Kanses landiadles for & chicken that was hatched at Cedarville with three legs and two pairs of wings,—New York Sun. Tommy—Maw, what are the ‘“early Chris- tians”? E Mrs. ¥igg—A men who gets up and builds the fire for his wife to get breakfsst ought to have a right to the title.—Indianapolis Journal. “Ibelieve it7Is said that travel broadens s man,” remarked Mr. Hilltop. I have often heard it said,’” replied Mr. Bir- mingham, “But the conductor of a sleeping-csr never gives a wider berth to a commercial traveler than to any other passengor.”—Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. % VALLEYS UNDER THE PACEL Interesting Lecture by Prof. Davidson Monday Night. The Submarine Elevations and Depressions Lucidly Explained. AN INTE.RESTED AUDIENCE. The Subject Has an Important Bear- ing en Navigation Not Before Recognizad. In the hall of the Academy of Sciences Monday night Professor George Davidson, at one time chief of the Government Pacific Coast SBurvey, delivered a lecture entitled, “The Submerged Valleys of the Pacific Coast.” This is the third of a series recently inaugurated by the society for the purposesof popularizing seience. The large and attentive gathering which listened to Professor Davidson last night served to show that the society’s laudable effort is aporeciated. The lecture was illustrated by stereopti- con views of charts specially prepared by the professor, whose treatment of his sub- ject proved both instructive and enter- taining, although many daetails were necessarily technical. After having re- viewed at some length the geographical character of the coast of California he proceeded to describe still more minutely the submarine depressions and elevations, which have been referred to, not inaptly, as valleys and mountains. The Pacific Coast differs considerably from the At- lantic seaboard in this particular. Off the coast of New Jersey, far out at sea, the soundings are invariably shallow, whereas the ‘‘plateaus’’ of the Pacific are comparatively few and of small extent. Generally speaking, the whole plateau ot tbe Pacific, from California to Japan, averages a depth of 2400 fathoms, or a little over 214 miies. The character of the seaboard, ha was careful to point out, is no indication of the presence of these submergec valleys. For example, where we might expect to find one at the open- ing of the Golden Giate, we have instead a broad platean. So tar something like twenty-five submerged valleys have been discovered within Califorman waters, and in extent they vary greatly. The question of their formation he preierred to leave to the geologist. He merely threw out the suggestion that it, nodoubt, corresponded with the formation of American rivers; what were formerly mountains became de- vressed and subsided below the level of the sea, the valleys remaining. The dis- tinctive feature of such valleys is a great depth of water near the slore or, at least, where under ordinary conditions the depth would be inconsiderable. The slopes, which rise on either side of these depressions, are often very steep indeed, as in the case of a submerged valley 315 fathoms deep off the coast of Southern California, whose slopes have a grade equal to that of Jones street between California and Pine. The bottom usually consists of green and blue mud, which gives place to sand and shells as the twenty-five-fathom mark is reached. Oil wells are sometimes found at a depth of seventy-five fathoms. One of the most important of the Pacific Coast submerged valleys is that which enters Monterey Bay. This has been chosen as the site on which to land the projected Pacific cable, because the latter can be carried into the beach without exposing it to the risk of being fouled by anchors. There are four notable valleys between Point Arena and Cape Mendocino, the most southerly run- ning so near the coast thatthe twenty- five-fathom line is only a few yards away from the shore. The subject of submerged valleys has an important bearing upon navigation not hirherto properly recognized. More than once, the speaker reminded his hear- ers, vessels have run aground, though their captains protested that immediately before that bappened the lead had ind.- cated an ample depth of water. The pro- fessor expressed his conviction that in a case of this kind, the ship must have been heading up 3 submarine valley, in a dense fog, the shore being thereby ren- dered invisible. Twenty-eight miles from the mouth of the Columbia River, at which distance 100 fathoms would ordi- narily be found, there are 430 fathoms of water. At the end of his lecture Professor Davidson showed a chart, prepared last May, in defense of Nansen's theory of polar currents. He added & few words of Iucid explanation, which were well re- ceived by his anditory. ANSWERS TO (ORREsPONDENTS. A LoNé WAY AHEAD—M. M., City. The Fourth of July,1900, will il on a Wednesday, GoLp OF 1847—E. G., Todd, Placer County, Cal. A $10gold piece of 1547 does not com_ mand e premium, GENERAL BoOTH—G. C., City. General Booth of the Balvation Army in London is said to be financially well off. Specie PAymMENT—J. D. P., City. Specie pay. ments were suspended from January 1, 1862, until January 1, 1879. SHOOTING OF KALLOCH—Mrs. T., City. Rev. I 8. Kniloch was shot by Charles de Young on the 23d of August, 1879. A Prcrvre—M. P, Coulterville, Mariposa County, Cal. The picture that you name in your communication is certainly an obscene and vulgar one, BENZINE—E. R. C. P., Berkeley, Cal. Itis said that the continuous application of ben. zine to the human skin would pe produgt ive of unpleasant results. CoxeY's ARMY—J. F. Y., City, It was on the 29th of Aprii, 1894, that Jacob s. Coxey en- tered the city of Washington, D. C., with his Commonweal Army. It numbered 336 men. mm Bmvtzg ll,vmuulwsoH' D.J., City. Under e act of Jul 3 thera was coined 10,043,954, :yn-'ui:e o&)urehnod“ a gut:‘n- coined . a e 088 $185,851,479. S LES MISERABLES—M. H. W. E., Fruitvale, Alameda County, Cal. Probably the best English criticism on Victor Hugo's ‘“‘Les Miserables” was that written by Charles Alger- non Swinburne. THE TARIFF—E. G., Todd, Placer County, Cal, William M. Springer of Illinois wad chairman of the Ways and Means Committee of the House at the time that the Wilson tarift bill 31"1"@;6?‘" up for the first time, November B 3 ~ A Live FIcurRE—N. N, City. In the scene in ‘‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin'’ recently presented at the Grand ra-house, in which Little Eva ’.1:'“ uo%n ing E henun,ul&:.flmvu Bot a lay one, but a live one, th child actrass. 3 e SriLis—L. B, City. It is not *“a fact that there is a law that allows a rancher 10 main- tain a still to manufacture brandy for his owa use” without notifying the internal revenue department. Every still must be registered, even such as are put up for scientific purposes. \ JUNIOR—G. C., City. There isno law requir- inga man to use “Jr. the abbreviation of Junior, after his name after he becomes of age and his father bearing the same name being still alive. It is used only as a means of dis- tinguishing the elder from the junior member of the family. Tbe younger member should diseard it on the death of the father. NEw Licexse REQUIRED—G. L. P., City. Ifs man in Ssan Francisco buys outa saloon that has a City license, two months of which is un- expired, the purchaser must apply to the 'olice Commissioners for a new license. The permit for a license js issued to the individual, not to the saloon. DEMONETIZATION—P. M. S., Concord, Contra Costa County, Cal. In 1871 Germany began the enactment of laws which by 1873 placed the currency of the empireon ‘g"“ basis. In 1874 silver was demonetized by the Latin Union, composed of France, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland and Greece. IMMIGRANTS—A. N., Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County, Cal. The act to facilitate the enforcement of immigration and contract la- bor laws provides that the ship's manifest mong other things, show if the immi- grant is possessed of money, and, if so, whether upward of $30, and how much—if $30 or less. SHIPPING FLOWERS—R. 8., City. Flowers are shipped East by placing each in a sheet of tis- sue-paper and laying in a perforated box, in the bottom of which moist moss has been laid. Moist moss or cotton is also placed between the flowers. In that manner flowers have reached Chicago from San Franeisco in good eoundition. In transportation to New York the flowers were not in the best condition. ARGENTINE REPUBLIC—T. O., City. The latest statistics from the Argentine Republic show that the average product of wheat to the acre is 990 pounds. The price of land variesac- cording to the quality and location, ranging from & few dollars 1o $600 per acre. Many Teaping machines are used in the country and about 10 per cent of the agricultural imple. ments are imported from the United States. GOVERNORS—A. P. F., Manhattan mine, Knoxville, Napa County, Cal. There is but one State in the Union that elects its Governor for a longer period than four years, and thatis Utah, which elects for five years. The States that elect for four years are: California, Dela- ware, Florida, Ilinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Moutana, Nevada, North Carolina, Oregomn, Pennsylvania. Virgniia,Washington, West Vir- ginia and Wyoming. PAYMENTS—M. J. B., Jackson, Amador County, Cal. If there is no stipulation in the contract that a loan shaill be repaid in gold, standard silver dollars are a legal tender to any amount. The statement of the Popocrals of your seetion that silver doliars are not legal tender above $5 is not correct, and it is evident that they have not yet become familiar with tbe provisions of the act of February 28, 1878, which says: ‘Silver dollars of the United States shall be & legal tender of their nominal value for alldebts and dues, publicand private, except when otherwise expressly stipulated in the contract.”” REVENUE FIGURES—F. W. J., San Jose, Cal- Tne McKinley bill went into effect in 1890. Under its proyisions the revenue in that year was $85,040,272 in excess of the expenditures. This is for the fiscal year ending June 30 of that year. In 1891 the excess of revenue over expenditures was $26,838,542; in 1892 it was in excess $9,914,454; in 1893 the excess was $2,341,261; in 1894, when the Wilson act weut into effect, the excess of expenditures over revenue was $69,803,261, and in 1895 the excess of expenditures over revenue was $42,865,223. THE ST. LOUIS—P. Tracy, San Joaquin County, Cal. G.D. Fahnestock, San Francisco agent for the International pany, gives the following record of the Ameri- can liner St. Louis: Left Southampton August 1,1896, at12:12 7 M., passing Needles light at2:02 P M. a riached Sandy Hook light ship at 11:26 A. M. August 7, current year, having traveled 3055 miles in six days two hours and twenty-four minutes, the then fast- en&:ssage on record. Her averags: speed was 20.867 knots per hour. Subsequently the steamship St. Paul of the same line beat that record, having made the distance over the same route and between the same pointsin 8ix days and thirty-one minutes, her average speed being 21.08 knots per hour. IN CasE OF DEATH—G.W. 8., Oakland, Cal. In case of the death of a President-elect before his inauguration there is a great deal of diver- sity ot opinion asto what would be done, in view of the fact that there is no provision to meet such a contingency. There are some prominent men, well versed in politics, who are of the opinion that in such a case the Vice- President-elect would become the President. There was a time in the history of this coun- try when the President-elect refused to enter upon the discharge of the duties of the offica of President of the United States on the 4th of March and that led to a complication, yet the Vice-Presigent-elect did not, under the provi- sions of the constitution which declares that “in case of the removal of the President from office or of his death, resignation or inability to discharge the power and duties of said office, the same shall devolve on the Vice-President’ to enter lawn the discharge of the duties of the office. The 4th of March, 1849, fell on Sunday, s day that the constitution does not recognize as iegal in the transaction of such official business as the ad- ministration of an oath of office to a presi- dent-elect, At noon on that day the term of President Polk terminated, and President- elect Zachary Taylor prior to that time refused, on conscientious grounds, to be sworn in, as he did not believe he couid legally ac- cept the office on that day, it being a dias non. The prospect was that the government would be without an executive head for twenty-four hours, and as those were iting times, Con- gress, then in session, was extremely anxious that there should be no vacancy. A very heated debate took place. There was an inability on the part of the President-elect to act, but Mil- lard Fillmore, the Vice-President-elect, did not step in, but Congress decided that David R. Atchison of Missouri, President Elo tempore of the Sensate, must, from Sunday noon ntil the following Monday noon, as- sume the functions of President, and he did. It is probable that in the case of the death of a President-elect between the time of his elec- tion by the electorsl college and inauguration Congress would step in and declare who should be President. PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE. George Muller, tne British philanthropist, passed the other day his ninety-first birthday. The winnings of the Prince of Wales on the turf this year amount to considerably over $100,000. During his recent visit to England the Czar had his yacht insured for $2,300,000 against builders’ risks. Isabella Darling, who died in the Cowgate, Newcastle, Eng., at the age of 111 years, left a daughter 88 years old, There are now only two ex-judges in Eng- land. These surviving ex-occupsnts of the bench are Lord Field and Sir Edward Fry, Alderman F. Philips is the fourth Hebrew to hold theeffice of Mayor of London since the ln‘bo;monol the Heprew disabilities in Eng. nd. Lady Colin Campbell confesses to an intense interest in fencing. She has a theory that fencing equalizes the sexes much more than most sports. She regards it esan art, almost a vocation. Her Majesty the Queen Consort of Siam bears the distinction of possessing le; beautiful features and more sound lnlomxg'n: than any oi the women that surround the siamese court of the King At a recent meeting of the vestry at St. George's, Southwark, London, Miss A. Eiliot of Lancashire was appointed sanitary inspegtor to the vestry by twenty-two votes to sixteen. There were twenty-two candidates and she was the only woman. The well-known German painter, Franz von Lenbech, whose portraits of Bismarck are widely known, has recently been married in Munich to Fraulein Caroline von Hornstein. Dr. von Lenbach was recently divorced from his first wife, Countess Magdaalene Moltke, a relative of the great field marshal, M. Emile Zols, who is an #xpert bieyclist, is, according to a Parisian journal, so fond of the wheel that he has made up his mind to write a novel about it. The novel is to follow the book entitled “Paris.” The development of the cvcling movement, in M. Zola'’s opinion, is destined to produce a race of vigorous young men and women, Mz, Jefferson Davis writes to the Baltimore Sun en appreciative letter aboutl the late Frederick McGinnis, colored, who was the personal seryant of her husband, “He wasan honor to his race,” she says. A man of ster- ling integrity, bigh intelligence, keen sense of justice, a warm and grateful heart, he had the fine instincts of a gentleman. Whatever he undertook he performed faithfully and well, for bis mental faculties were not Inferior 1o his moral qualities.” MARY BALLOTS MAY YT B COUNTED and the Distinguish- ing Number. The Law Said to Be Clear in Barring Them Out of the Count. THE REGISTRAR IS IN DOUBT, Is a Voter to Be Disfranchised by the Stupidity of the Elec- tion Officers? The Board of Election Commissioners had a hot session all day yesterday. The usual tardy voter clamored like a small army at the railing asking to be certified to the precinct offices as being 0. k.ana permitted to vote. The early registration was responsible for much of the trouble, Many who went on the great register so early in t_ha year had moved into some other election pre- cinct, and, forgetting or neglecting to se- cure a transfer on the books, found when he presented himsell at the polls thgt he would not be permitted to vote. Straight- way he hastened to the Election Commis- sioners, sitting all day for the hearing of such cases, and told his tale of woe. There was no incident of note interrupt- ing the business of the board throughout the daytime. * After the close of the polls and when the count began reports of trouble at the polling-places began to follow one another with considerable rapidity. First came the report from the Twen- tieth precinct of the Thirty-fourth that a number of votes had been cast there with the stub showing the number of the vote s0 that it could be identified. Protests were immediately filed by watchers against having these votes counted, inas- much as the law distinctly states that no distinguishing mark shall be upon the ballot. These ballots were held out and a re- port mads to the Registrar. He decided at first that the voter should not be de- prived of his vote because of the stupidity of the election officer and that the votes should be counted. It was argued, however, that Judge Murphy had decided otherwise, and so he intimated that if the question was put to him by the eiection officers themselves he would tell them to throw out the ballots, though it did not seem to him the proper thing to do. Following is the law in the matter: 1209. No member of the election board shall deposit in the ballot-box any ballot from which the slip containing the number of the ballot has not been removed by the inspector. Reports concerning the same difficulty came in_from the Twelfth Precinct of the Thirty-first and from the First, Second and Third of the Thirty-fifth. It is said that in these three precincts of the Thirty- fifth all ballots, up te 3:30 in the after- noon, were cast with this stub, with the distinguishing and identifying number upon 1t, so that if these few lines of law rule out the ballot with the numberupon it a majority of the votes in these pre- cincts will not be counted. The Registrar’s office had reason to fume, as the night wore on to midnight, over the very general disregard of printed instructions. Precincts by the halt-dozen only returned two packages instead of three. The two were necessarily sent back. The First Precinct’ of the Forty- third District won distinction by sending in only one package out of the required three. The Fourth Precinct of the Thirtieth Assembly District sent in only two en- velopes, and those who made the returns said that two tickets had been checked upon register. This made Chief Clerk cGlade rub his head a little, for the 1n- structions on this point were plain enqugh. Two or three precincts failed to return the semi-official returns, and these had to be sent for. The returns from the Fourteenth Pre. cinct of the Forty-thirda Assembly Dis- trict were found to be unsealed when they arrived at the Registrar’s office, and were held to be sealed later in the presence of election officers. _There were very few complaints last night, for the general reason that only the funenl ticket was counted, which was straight and easy work. The Third All Here, Light Battery C, Third Artillery, from Washe ington parracks, arrived at the Presidio Mouday morning, Lieutenant W. E. Birke heimer commands the battery, with Lieuten- ants Campbell and Barrett. Sixty-five enlisted men constitute the force. This completes t! transier of the Third Artillery. All the bat- teries of the regiment are now on duty on the Pacific Coast. ——————————— At the Chutes. The new roller skating rink in the Casino at the Chutes has proven an immediate success. 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