The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 12, 1897, Page 6

CISCO CALL, TUESDAY JANUARY 12, 1897, _____________THESAF“______________________;_——————————— h RY 12,1897 M. SHORTRIDGE, r and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Daily and Sunday CALL, one week, by carrier..§0.15 Daily and St 6.00 D nd Sunday CALL, six months, Daily and three months by mail 1.50 Dafly an 3 one month, by mail.. .65 Sunday CALL, one year, by mail.... W EXXLY CALIL, One year, by mail. BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, San Francisco, California. Telephone. .. E 3 aln—1868 Telephore.... Main—1874 BRANCH OFFICES: AMontgomery siTeet, corner Clay: open until 718 Larkin street; open un €W corner Sixteenth and Mission streets; open 9 o'clock. 518 Mission street: open untll 9 0'clock. 116 Minth sireet; open until 9 o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE : €08 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Rooms 31 and 32, 34 Park Row, DAVID M. FOLTZ, Eastern Manager. ~ 1HE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. California triumph E it the funding bill. Now for the senatorship. All eyes are on the Legislature. Give us the right man tor Senator. The people desire merit to be honored. We have forced the Ezaminer todrop the boodle cry. Don’t send a back number to the United Btates Senate, Is Senator Perkins standing on his record or his *se: of humor’’? Samuel M. Snortridge has made a clean canvass and deserves a clean victory. No man should be allowed to attain the senatorsnip from California by tricks. On what part of h1s record in office does Senator Perkins ask a vote of confidence and a re-electio The Rep icans of California shoula s to the Senate a true blue Republican ana a stanch California: California_has great interests to be guarded at Washington and must send a strong man to look after them. The Republican Senator from California should be something more than a *‘Me, too,” to the Democratic Senator. The assaults of the Ezaminer on Repub- lica slators won’t hurt them. Every- body knows it is a blackmailing sheet. When the roll is calied for the election of United States Senator it is the duty of every legisiator 1o be present and to vote. Republican lezislators will take notice that Mr. Shortridge has neither vilified his opponents nor hired others to vilify them. The atterapt of a Democratic organ to buildoze Republicans into voting for its candidate for the senatorship has been the roorback of the canvass. for Senator has aminer hasn's **'worried’” There The day for ba come and the E: Porkins “into selling a ship” vet. will be a squall to-mo What legislator having business of his own to be looked after at Washington would not entrust it to Samuel M. Short- ridge rather than Geo rge C. Perkins? Legislators of an inquiring mind should ask the Perkins management how they came to get the support of the subsidized boodle organ of the Democratic camp. Samuel M. Shortridge is unquestionabl the choice of the Republicans of California for the office of United States Senator, and legislator should respect the will of his constituent: al fools or common Despite all th slauderers of our politics may say, it is | better for a State to be represented in the Senate by brains, energy and fdelity than by money bags. When one party to an agreement breaks his pledge the other is released from it. Perkins has absolved all lezisiators from their promises to him by violating every pledge he made to them. There should be in the United States Senate from California a man abie to de- fend the interests of the State and the inciples of Republican policy for which the people voted. The man who, with the most zeal, the most eloguence and the most effectiveness championed the Republican party during the campaign is the man on whom the party should confer its honors. To uphold the interests of California in the great councils of the Nation we must send to the Senate a man who is not only willing to undertake the duties but hasthe ability to perform them with success and honor. The public official who, after a term of office, can show no work accomplish ed, no service rendered, no effort made, is like the unfaithful servant in the parable who buried his talent in the earth. No such man should receive further trust. While the managers of Senator Perkins depend for success on pledges obtained by ex parte processes the friends of Samuel M. Shortridge advocate his claims on the ground of merit alcne. Which of thes methods is most worthy of a United States Senator? Earnest legislators will not regard the election of a United States Senator as a mere matter of the distribution of the spoils cf office. They will realize that where the people of the State have so many and such vast interests involved 1t is important that the Senator chosen to puard them should be a man of ability, fidelity and force of character. The San Jose Board of Trade expressed the convictions of all progressive Califor- nians in declaring the urgent need of “an sble ana energetic revresentative in the United States Senate—one familiar with the needs of this and all other sections of the State and who will be prepared at all times to champion the right of the people against any antagonistic influence.” THE CHOICE OF A SENATOR. This is the day designated by the Federal statutes for State Legislatures to enter upon the duty of electing a United Stdtes Senator. The members of the Senate and Asseibly of California will, therefore, devote some portion of to-day to this impor- tant labor. They will meet separately and ballot for the candidates whose claims to election are duly presented. To-morrow they will assemble in joint session to gither ratify their choice of to-day or to proceed to vote together until they reach the result of a majority of their joint session for the man of their choice. x The duty of selecting a Senator devolves mainly if not solely upon the Republican members of the Legisiature. It1saduty which is twofold, in that it involves their obligation to their party as well as their duty to their State. Although double in its obligation it is not a divided duty, for the reason that in performing th'e one with loyalty they will be doin: the other in the best and most practical way. The State of California to-day needs a Senator Repu blican not only in theory but in practice as well. It requires a man in its Senatorial seat Who has the brains, the genins and the energy to distinguish himself in the public service; who will impress the mark of his own strong and vigorous personality upon public affairs; who will labor incessantly and intelligently for the interests of the Pacific Coast, who is fitted to utter the voice of the Republic upon occasiong of National importance and of international concern; who has youth, independence, talent, force, ambition, eloguence and a well-established place in the esteem of honest men. These requisites the State of California expects its Legislature to be able to find in the man upon whom their choice for United States Eenator shall finally fall. There are especial party reasons why a Republican Legislature should send to Washington the ablest and the strongest man within reach of their selection. The Republican party bas just passed tarough a Nationa! campaign, in which the gravest financial and commercial issnes were involved. It has elected a Republican adminis- tration upon the party pledge that the next four years wonld see 1t solve tbese problems to the satisfaction of the people of all the TUnited States and with tbe proviso that its failure to do so would mean its banishment from power at the next election. It therefore restsasa solemn party duty upon the Republican Congress to enact the wisest legislation pos- sible in order to set these issues at rest. Wise legislation 1s the product only of wise and able men, and to such a body it is the duty of Republi- can Legislatures in every State to add increase by the cnoice of men eminent for their merits, distinguished for their talents, powerfal in their influence and untiringly ambitious to acquire by the excellence of their service the reward of National fame. The California Legislature owes therefore to-day a most sacred duty to the Republican party, the performance of which can only be accom- plished in its choice for United States Senator of the candidate before it whose merits fill the measure of requirement for this most important piace. Will the Republican members of the Legislature do their duty to their party and to California which the importance of the occasion demands? Will they cast aside every other consideration save the one that merit alone deserves their support for the office of Senator and that nothing else should be permitted to determine their choice? Will they vote for the most able, the most vigorous, the most eloquent, the most unseifish and the [least entangled man? Will they prefer brains to wealth? Will they honor the candidate who beyond all denial can perform the great and arduous duties of the office with energy, ambition, zeal and effect, or will they prefer a candidate whose occupancy of the office has given evidence of none of these quaiities nor produced anything of sufficient benefit to Calitornia to be quoted in favor of his re-election? What will the Republicans in the Legislature honor themselves and their party by doing to-day? " HE WHO SEEKS EQUITY. The organ of Senator Perkins, the San Fiancisco Ezaminer, has been forced to drop the cry of boodle and give surcease to the iteration of the charge that “‘bribery must be met with bribery.”” For that Senator Perkins may thank us, since it has saved him from the trouble of “‘selling & =hip” in order to be able to circulate the “long green” where the Ezaminer should decide it wouid do the most good. The organ has also for some reason ceased to demand that Perkins should be made Senator for another term because of his keen ‘“‘sense of humor.” It has adopted other tactics and yesterday made play to “terrorize” Republicans who will vote against Perkins by threatening them with dishonor. The mnew tactics of the formerly subsidized organ of the Southern Pacific are as futile as the first. The Eraminer cannot procure the appointment of *'Long Green’s Lawrence's bodyguard 10 act as referee of legislative honor. It cannot ‘“‘terrorize’ anybody any more, as Mr. Grove L. Johnson remarked in Congress, with a keen *'sense of humor.” As a matter of fact, it has fizzled. That is the end of all its attempts to “worry” Mr. Perkins “into selling a ship” in order that he might pose in the United States Senate as a great California humorist. That the charges of dishonor made by the Exzaminer against Republican legis- lators who will vote against Perkins are mere abusiveness and worthless is evident not only by reason of the sources from which they come but by reason of the fact that every promise made to Perkins has been nuilified by the falszness of Perkins himself. +‘He who seeks equity must do equity.” No contract is binding upon one party when the other has violated it in letter and in spirit. Senator Perkins, by breaking his pledges to others, has relieved them from any obligation to him based upon his pledges. The case of Assemblyman Brierling, specifically cited by the Ezaminer yesterday, is a good illustration of the general rule. That Mr. Brierling is a most estimable citizen in private life and is one of the strongest and most popuiar representatives of Alameda is not denied even by the fakers of ‘‘Long Green” Law- rence. . He voted for Perkins in the attempted caucus, but now announces adetermin ation o vote against him. For that reason the Ezaminer clfarges him with dishonor,” notwithstanding the fact that he gave to the Ezaminer itself abundant and good reasons for his course. It is proper that Mr. Brierling should be heard in his own defense. is thus reported in the Ezaminer itself: What he said I feel that I have dome all that I owe to Senator Perkins. If he were a warm personal friend of mine, to whom I had promised my open support, the matter might be different. But I have done my duty to the convention that nominated me, and I feel tnat I am wholly absolved from any machine-made pledges to support him any longer on that ground. Besides all this, T do not feel that Senator Perkins has treated Judge Waymire rightly at all, and Judge Waymire is a personal friend of mine. Icame back to Oakland from the Capitol to consult my constituency upon this matter. AsfarasI have investigated, and I have seen a great many promizent citizens of this district, not more than one in ten want me to vote for Perkins. One man in West Berkeley sald he would bring me a petition signed by 2000 against Persins if 1 would give him a little time. Iam not going to be guided by those outside my district against the wishes of those who elected me. How I shall vote on next Iuesday I have not yet decided 1 feel free to use my own personal judgment. It should be borne in mind that this statement passed through the Ezaminer office and has been weakenzd as far as the editors and fakers of that journal dared to do it. It is nevertheléss strong, sufficient and convincing. It makes clear three things: First, that Perkins obtained instructions in his favor by ex parte processes; second. that Perkins and bis managers have broken their promiszs to the friends of Waymire; third, that the constituents of Mr. Brierling desire him to vote against Perkins. What honorable man on that showing would do other than Mr. Brierling bas decided to do? It is not for Senator Perkins, nor for those who are acting for him, to denounce pledge-breakers, since he and they are themselves the guilty parties. It is not for Willie Hearst ana “Long Green” Lawrence to talk of honor, since they have too rare “a sense of humor” to know what honor requires, either in precept or vractice. It is the duty of a legislator to vote for the election to the United States Senate of the can- didate who in office will be the most faitbful to the interests of the State, the Nation and the people and who will support them with the most ability, force and eloguence, It is also the duty of the legislator 1o take counsel with his constituents and with the leaders of his party in determining which candidate has the confidence of the people and is best fitted to fulfill the duties of a Senator. That Mr. Brierling has done, and whoso imputes that to him as dishonor is himself dishonored by the practice of :lnnde:. S“HIE WHO seeks equity must When Semnator Perkins ana his broke the promises by which present at that conference were not in- structed. The question which presents itself is this: Suppose the caucus had been tended by all of the Republican legislators and that the majority of its members managers a caucus could not possibly exist ander suc unfair and uneven conditions, and thatno member of the Le:isiature who, out of courtesy, was present at the conference to which Mr. Perkins’ managers have vainly attempted to give the title and dignity of acaucus, is in the slightest degree bound thereby, or by any action whatever taken thereat. WILLIE HEARST'S POLITICS. The action of the Ezaminer in turning abraptly from a campaign for free silver and free trade togive to a Republican candi- date for United States Senator every form of support which its coarseness can devise or its peculiar “sense of humor’ suggest is po accidental inconsistency. 1t is a vart of the political policy mapped out for his papers by Willie Hearst in the begin- ning of the canvass and maintained with as much show of decency as they are capa- ble of by both the Ezaminer and the New York Journal ever since. We reprint this morning an editorial of the New York Journal of July 10 of last vear in which the Hearst policy is clearly stated. In that article it is declared to be the duty of Democrats to vote for Bryan for President and goldbugs for Congress, or, as Mr. Hearst put it, “‘sound-money Congressmen and the National ticket.” Thus it wasdesigned for the Ezaminer and the Jowrnal to play a clever trick upon both the Democratic party and the public. Tt will be remembered the Examiner gave little encouragement and no effective sup- port to Democratic candidares for Congress during the campaign, and is now scorr- fully refusing to give even a complimen- tary mention to any Democratic aspirant for the Senate. Mr. Hearst's policy, therefore, while in- consistent with any established rule of political morality, is at least consistent with itself. It has the element of humor in it in the same sense that a gold-brick swindie may be accounted a practical joke. If it were possible to eliminate from the mind tte conseiousness of the rascality which prompted such a policy there would be amusement in watching the antics by which it has been carried out. resh from a campaign in which it made every effort to array labor azainst capital, in which it denounced every cor- poration as a conspiracy against the poor, and portrayed every member of a corpora- tion as an oppressor of workingmen, a robber of the needy, a public plunderer and a human hog, the Ezaminer, with a total disregard for the public *‘sense ot humor,” now turns round, and with, an equal fierceness of vituperation advocates the election tothe Senate of a man whoisat onge a member of a corporation and a millionaire, and therefore the sum of all which but a short time ago it had been denouncing as the ‘ blood-sucking plu- tocracy whicn is ruining the country.” When Willie Heerst demands the ad- vocacy of such a policy of duplicity by his pavers it is not to be wondered that they take to sensations as to strong drink. It is not strange that to them flippancy should be better than seriousness and the ridiculous more daesirable than dignity. Being called upon to exercise not merely aversatility and agihity of mind, but all sorts of erratic antics, it is but a natural result that the Ezaminer and the Journal should regard the world as a circus, them- selves as the biggest clowns in it, and be- come so enamored of their fooling as to demand that Senators of the United they obtained pledges of sup- port in the Legislature they removed the foundatiom om| which the support was to be based, and the pledges fall of themselves. A broken pledge is evidence of intent to deceive at the time the pledge was given, and it is mot within reason that the deceived party is to be bound when the de- ceiver goes free. A TFAST AND LOOSE CAUOUS. The more the claims of Mr. Perkins’ managers that their ineffectual attempt to hold a caucus had or could have had any binding effect are considered, the more absurd and inconsistent they appear. It is asserted, for example, that there are avout thirty-five members of the Legisia- ture who received tbe nominations of county conventions which at the same time passed resolutions instructing their nominees to his support. These thirty- | five men were present at the alleged caucus of last Monday right. The remaining members of the Legislature who were also | had voted in favor of another man than Mr. Perkins, would the thirty-five instructed Perkins men have been bound thereby ? Would not the managers of Mr. Perkins’ fight have at once claimed that a caucus could not compel members of the Legis- ture to violate their former pledges? ‘Would the instructed men not have re- fused to act in accordance with the will of the caucus upon the ground that it did not accord with the will of their constitu- ency? Would the action of the eaucus not have been entirely nullified by this view on the part of the instructed portion of it? It must be evideni that such would bave been the case, and, being so, the query arises, What kind of a cau- cus it 1s which can only bave binding force in favor of a single candidate for the senatorship and is void and of no effect in favor of any other candidate. What sort of a fast-and-loose caucus was that of last Monday anyway? It seems to have been a kind of a “Heads-I-win-tails-vou-lose” affair, atleast as far as the uninstructea members of the Legisiature were son- cerned. If they voted jor Mr. Perking they were bound, but if they saould have voted for any other candidate the instructed members would not have been bound. It will be seen at a glance that such a thing as States should be elected solely for their “sense of bumor.” PERSONAL. W. W. Chapin of Sacramen to is in town. Dr. 8. E. Sulia of Stockton'is at the Grand. Harry Hadden of England is a visitor here. C. D. Allen of Spokane is & late arrival here. H. L. Tucker of Nevada City is at the Grand. A. C. Wheat of Los Angeles is a late arrival here. * R. L Bently, a fruit-packer of Sacramento, is here. Dr. B. Chapman of Nevada City is at the Grand. Dr. M. D. Rodgers is registered at the Occi- dental. E. A. Pluke, & business man oi Eureks, isat the Grand. George D. Allman of Cazadero arrived here yesterday. H. E. Downing of Saiem, Or,,1s in the City on business. C. A. Renstrom of Rossland, B. C., is at the International. J. A. Mainwaring of Brooklyn, N. Y., isat the Occidental. J. B, Davidson, a business man of Astoris, Or., is at (ne Russ. J. B. Wright and David J. North of San Jose are at the Palace. Assessor L. A. Spitzer of San Jose is here on a brief business trip. Dr. R. Cameron, a business man of Hanford, is a late arraval here. Sam C. Gorman, a business man of Portland, arrived here yesterday. J.T. McCall, a mining man of Forest Hill arrived here last night. A. Abrahams, & well-known merchant of Reno, Nev., is in the City. E. Weyle of Stockton is in the City, and is s guest at the Cosmopolizan, Allen Towle, the wealthy lumberman and mine-owner of Towles, {sat the Grand. D. H. Painter, a newspaper man of Minne- apolis, Is staying at the Cosmopolitan. M. Stein, a wealthy business man of Fargo, 1s at the Palace, accompanied by his wife. 1. Shepard and son, of Chicago, are among recent arrivais at the Cosmopolitan. Among the arrivals at the Commercial is J. P. Jorgensen, a mining man of Juveau, Alaska. W. H.Cleary Jr., who is interested in mining properiy at Ratlroad Flat and other places, is in the City. - J. D. Holmes, & leading physician of At- Ga., is atthe Palace, accompanied by Mrs. Holmes. Deputy Surveyor Samuel Ruddell, who has been unwell for three weeks past, resumed work yesterday. State Railway Commissioner H. M. Ls Rue came down from Sacramento yesterday and is at the Oceidental. Mrs. L. P. Sage, the owner of Congress Springs and of the hotel there, is among the arrivals at the Lick. J. Kitelsen, who has peen mining in Alaska some time and is now here for the winter, isat the Commercial. P. Tognazzini of Cayucos and A. Tognazzini of San Luis Obispo, prominent dairymen, are here on & business trip. F. 8. Wensinger, the wealthy and widely known resident of Sonoms, was among yester- day’s arrivals in the City. George Steel hes been given charge of the marine business of the Home Mutual Insur- ance Compauy of this City. Francis Dond, the banker and ranch and town property owner of Monterey, came here yesterday. He is at the Lick. Macguam Coxe, a wealthy merchant of New York, isat the Palace. He came last night and is accompanied by Mrs. Coxe. Samuel T. Black, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, arrived here from Sacra- mento last night and is at the Lick. Adolphe Roos and George Roos left last Thursday for the East. They will visit all the principal manufecturing centers before their return, H. Steele, the extensive land-owner of Pes- cadero, who is not only farming largely but has a very large dairy, is among those at the Russ House. He iss ploneer of Pescadero and is widely known. G. W. Kimball, a business man of Roseburg in the Umpqua Valiey, Or., and owner of a gold property located about fourteen miles from Roseburg, is in town. C. F. Lancaster and F. L Smith of Santa Cruz, who own mining property in Randsburg and who have been here and in the vicirity to spend the holidays, are at the International on their way to Rendsburg. Leon D. Smith has been appointed secretary of the Pacific Rolling Mills, succeeding W. P. Sulliven Jr., who resigned to accept the pri- vate secretaryship to Mayor Phelan. Captain David Wallace of the steamer City of Topeks, running from Seattle to Alaskan ports, is In the City. He has been enjoying a vacation for a few days at Paso Robles. Eugene Wiegand, quartermaster-general of the Department of California and Nevads, is improving rapldly from the broken leg which he received some months ago. He has been removed from the German Hospital to his home, and is expected soon to resume his duties. CALIFORNIAN> (N NEW YORK NEW YORK.N. Y. Jan. 11.—At the Plaza— J. F. Daly; Holland—Misses Hopkins; Broad- way—J. J. Husband and wife; Hoffman—Mrs. H. Winfleid; Barrett—Mrs. Rankin; St. Cloud —D. McCullough. Rev. John Dillon left the Plaza to sail on the Aurania for Europe. SPGIS ON THE SUN. The only symptom of solar disturbance on January 1 was a small, scattered group on the southeast quadrant of the sun’s disk. During the following days it decreased to one solitary spot of small size, which is still visible, though near the western limb, Onthe morning of January 4 a very large spot, chiefly composed of one umbra or nucleus, en- circled by a wide penumbral region, and a curving penumbral trail attached, was several degrees inside the southeast limb. It had Sun Spots Observed January 11 at 2P M changed little in general outline on Jgnuary 5, except that the less foreshortened view showed it to be of unusual size, and mensure- ment proved that it was but a few degrees south of the sun’s equator, an unusnal posi- tion, as the equatorisl zones are generally free from spots. The umbra of & spot, probabty de- pendent on the direction of the surrounding movements, takes many shapes, being often oval, triangular, pear-shaped, etc., and the re- semblance of this large umbra to & flower with protruding streamers wes quite remarkable on the morning of January 6. It lost this form on the following das, but was enlarging, and when near the center of the disk and free from the effect of foreshortening on January 8, was found to bz about 36,000 miles in length, while the encircling penumbra and trail ex- tended more than 100,000 miles in a north- west-southeast direction. In telescopic view the dark umbra shows signs of dividing, though durability often ac- companies depth of tint, and it may last for some weeks. On one border of this umbra is a white space into which the encircling penum- Dra has not encroached, but this is a frequent feature in sun-spot formation. A few degrees in advance on the disk {5 a small curving spot, no doubta product of the same disturbing force. From a record of the solar disinrbances of December last it appears that about the 18th a large, scattered group, extending over 30 degrees, was on the southwest portion of the disk, and this present spot may be a devel- opment of that group, as such phenomena often continue near the same point for weeks or months, reappearing at the east limb about every twenty-five days, as the vaporous iumi- nary rotates on its axis. Prediction, how- ever, is impossible as solar activity is fitful, especially at this stage of the eleven-year cycle. The large spot of last September, though fn the sun’s northern hemisphere, was aiso in the equatorial zone, which uawonted positions may have some significance in con- nection with the approaching sunspot mini- mum in 1898-99, As that stage of comparative inactivity is gradually attained the surface is free from spots for days and weeks at a time during the preceding years, though as at present an occasional great disturbance shows that solar storms ere only partially subject to the unknown restraning influence that cre- ates the eleven-year cycle. RoSE O'HALLORAN. an. 11, 1897. San Franclse PARAGRAFH> As0UL PEOPLE. The late A.T. Stewart once said: “If you have two bushels of potatoes to sell spend the price of one bushel in advertising the price of the other.” Of the thirty-cight Sultans who have ruled the Ottoman Empire since .the conquest of Constantinople by the Tuzks thirty-four have died violent deaths. The British Museum hes purchased the card catalogue that Edward Gibbon, the bistorian, used for his private library. He employea tne backs of playing cards for the purpose. David Rankin has a farm of 3200 acres in Atchison County, Missourl. Several hundred acres were pianted in corn, and & careful test showed that it yielded 101 bushels to the acre. One of the best-known South African million- aires has frankly told his iriends tnat he has no intention of ever marrying, because he knows he 15 50 ugly that no girt would wish to marry him except for his money. The costliest rugs in the world are owned by the Shah of Persia and the Sultan of Turkey. Itissaid that each possesses a mst made of pearlsand diamonds valued at over $2,500,000. The Carlton Club, London, owns the largest ‘mat or rug ever made. ‘When Mr. Dingley was graduated from Dart- mouth College the suit he wore on the occa- sion came from the fashionable tailor’s shop in the iittle town of Hanover, and the fashion- able tailor was Levi P. Morton, since Vice- President of the United States and Governor of the State of New York. Six persons within a six-mile radius of West Paris, Me.,are 90 years old or more, One of them is 104 and one 99, Within the same ter- ritory ere fourteen persons above 85 years of age. Benjamin Bscon, aged 92, walked two and a half miles, carrying his ax, and cut sev- eral cords of wood recently. The late Ggneral Willlam Cullom of Clinton, esque career both as and many amusing snecdotes are told of him. Asalawyer he set little store by book learn- ing. “Booksare made for fools,” he used to say. He was elected to Congress in 1851, and became speedily famous by ‘& speech ugainst the Kossuth resolutions. It was an eloquent and fiery oration, and John C. Breckinridge sald to the new member: ‘‘There have been men in the House for thirty years who have not made s much reputation as you made in your speech.” THE IMaLGLUKATION BALL. Mena yer black silk, Mandy; A’ trim yer bounet fine; Take a fashion magazine Au stady each de lgn. Press my doeskin .rousers: T y*:{ hangin’ ‘geinst the wall, ready fur the dancin’ An’ the 'aauguration ball ‘What's that "bout how I voted? Now. jes’ let bvgones be: The fac thet he's ihe President 15 quite enough fur me. . ‘We'li leave our cares behind us— Pigs, cattle, tramps, an’ all— A’ you an’ me'l, be partners AU the ‘nauguration ball. —Washington Star. NEWSPAFER PLEASANTRY. “Papa don’t need to say his prayers.” Mamma—Why not? «’Cause it's most morning when he goes to bed."”—Brooklyn Life. “Jones ’s got the grip again.” “Is that 507" “Yes. Joined the Masons last night.”—Cin- cinnati Commeretal Tribune. “Has your husband the button-collecting 1, replied young Mrs. Torkins, doubt- fully, *he usually helps take up the contribu- tion in our church.”—Washington Star. Do you think you could learn to love me, Maud?” “I don't know, George,” she answered softly; “I might. I learned German onco.’— Hartford Times, “How did you happen to insure in that par- ticular company?” *I consulted the wishes of my wife.” “0f course; that’s very praiseworthy. Bat, does she know anything about life insurance companies§” “‘Yes. She investigated and found that this one always issues the prettiest calendars.”— Indisnapolis Journal. She—I had a terrible fall on the sidewalk to- day. He—No! Did you lose your feet? She—Why, of course not. Here they are. I only lost my dignity and my breath.—Detroit Free Press. ELECTS TWO BOARDS, The Federation of Women Steadily Continues Its Work for the House of Refuge. At the meeting of the Federation of Women, held yesterday, the President, Mrs. Eva Bates, announced that the full list of officers and directors for the House of Refuge, 1057 Golden Gate avenue, had been selected. The following names were read as composing the board of directors and the advisory board: Board of directors—Mrs. Eva E. Bates, president; Mre. J. E. Hill, first vice-presi- dent; Mrs. K. 8. Aitken, second vice- resident; Dr. Mrs. T. B. Jones, treasurer; iss C. L. Smith, recording secretary: Mrs. L. M. Kimbail, corresponding secre- tary; Mrs. E. M. North, Mrs. M. J. Payne, Mrs.M. E. Ackley. Adyisory board—Dr. T. L Jones, Re Dr. John BStephens, South Methodist Church; Rev. M. M. Gibson, United Pres- pyterian Church; Rev. M. P. Boynton, First Baptist Church; Rev. Dr. Birch, Dr. Gardener, Mrs. S. A. Kelley, Mrs. John Rassell, Mrs. Oatman, Dr. John Hemphill,California Presbyterian Church: Dr. George C. Adams, First Congrega- tfonal Church, Mrs. Ida H. Benson, Mrs. Frank French, Dr. W. 8. Thern, D. W. Bates. About the middle of February the feder- ation will hold a bazaar for the benefit of the House of Refuge at the home of Mrs. E. K. Stevenot, 1518 Taylor street. A number of musical features are being pre- pared to enbance the attractions of the sale of work. I MODERN AND ANCIENT EGYPT, | A Charming Entertainment by the Rev. Hassett Smith of England. The auditorium of the Young Men’s Christian Association was fairly well fillea last evening by those who appreciate gooa things of the intellectual variety. Rev. Hassett Smith of England delivered an- otherof hisinteresting lectures, illustrated | by stereopticon views, His subject was | “Egypt,” and though many have spoken and written of that remarkable country still the Rev. Mr. Smith presented his sub- ject in a manner that never gave rise to the thought that it was a tale told many times, The speaker had traveled over Egypt many times, and being a scholar in the true sense of the word be was able to tell of what he bad seen and of what he knew of its history, its rulers, people, customs and its boundless wealth of monuments, etc. In all of this the stereopticon played no small part, for it assisted Mr. Smith in taking his audience to Cairo, up the Nile, to the pyramids, to the ruins of ancient Memphis, Thebes, and to the University af On, that existed more centuries than the modern colleges have years. It is rarely that the ancient history of a coun- try is so ably presented as by this gentle- man, for by the aid of his fine views he took hisaudience back through the ages, or rather brought the past ages up to the present for theirentertainment. ——————— Mary B. Toland’s Will Probated. The will of the late Mary B. Totand was ad- mitted to probate by order of Judge Dainger- fleld yesterday, on the testimony of Hugo H. Toland, John O. Earl and George K. Hooper. Hugo H. Toland was appointed adminisirator. Tne opposition of Willam Gridley Toland, a minor, was previously withdrawn, the igw allowing a year within which the contest ma: be renewed if such a course be deemed ad- visable. The exports of wheat, corn, rye and oats from Baltimore during 1896 amounted to nearly 40,000,000 bushels, an increase of 26,000,000 busheis over 1895. A CONDITION, NOT A THEORY. A STATEMENT IN THE NEW YORK JOURNAL, ‘Jvnv 10, 1896, or WiLLie Hzarsr's Poricy 1o Sup PORT BRYAN FOR PRESIDENT AND GOLDBUGS FOR CONGRESS. The platform adopted yesterday at Chicago, admirabie in everything else, outlines a finan- cial policy that is not satisfactory to Eastern Democrats, nor to the more thoughtful ones of the West and South. It involves confusion, distress, and, as regards existing contracts, partial repudiation. Recognizing thess unplaasant facts, whatis the practical “condition that confronts us?” If the alternative were between the free, unlimited and independent coinage of silver at 16 to 1 and McKinleyism, with its gigantic National sweating system for the profit of unserupulous wealth, our situation would indeed be embarrassing. But it is not quite as bad as that. The election of a free-silver President would not necessarily mean the iree coinage of silver. Al such a President could do would be to sign & bill passed by both houses of Congress. It is ab. solutely impossible for tne silver men to capture the House of Representatives without gross dereliction on the part of the friends of sound money. The question for us, therefore, is whether we ought to try to elect a President who is independent, upright snd progressive, free from any compromising entanglements with sinister forces, and enlightened in his views on all subjects but one, but whose ideas on one topic that is never likely to come before him for official action are unsound, or whether we should prefer a man mortgaged to a corrupt oligarchy that would make his administration a National scandal. We say nothing about the possibility that the Democratic candidate himself, sobered by the responsibilities ot power, may fall to live up to the fanatical platform of an excited con- vention. Such things have happened—Mr. Cleveland, “the Apostle of Tariff Reform,” re.\ pudiated the fariff plank on which he was elected. But leaving that consideration outof account, the House of Representatives can be made & sure bulwark against any danger from the free-silver views of the nominee, and there is nothing else that could give any Democrat a shadow of an excuse for voting for McKinley, with all that that name implies. Of course, if if there were two Damocratic candidates in the field the situation would be complicated. At present, however, the choice is between the regular Democratic nominec and McKinley, and in such circumstances the duty of Democrats admiis of no doubt. Itis to vote for sound- money Congressmen and the National ticket, MUSICIANS T0 FORM 4 CLUS They Organize an Exclusive Society in This City. Only Professional Players Can Gain Admittance to Mem- bership. The New Rooms Will Have Comforts Not Afforded at the Union H-acquarters. The musicians of San Francisco have a new and somewhat exciusive ciub of their own, and all they now need is a cozy set of rooms to make everything complete. They have perfected their organization, etected officers and a board of trustees and given the club a rame, in ndfimon 1o which by-laws and a constitution have been adopted. The name of the new society i}s th}? “Orpheus Musical Clubof San Francisco. The objects are stated as purely social— the friendly intercourse of professional musicians, and this impiies the advance- ment of members 1n the social scale, U the qualifying word ‘‘professional’’ co siderable stress is laid by the clubmen, as it is said to convey to a musician the idea that its possessor is not merely a follower of some mechanical craft or commercial occupation and playing for pay whenever the opportunity offers, but a man whose life is exclusively devoted to music. 5 In the Musicians' Union in s City there are several membners who work at trades during the day and give their spare time to musical engazements. They don 't come under the prolessional category, it seems, since they cannot get into the Or- phens Club. Also, there is another fine line drawn by the club with regard to ad- mission of members—one that can be de- termined only by the discretion and feel- ings of those clubmen who cast the ballot. One black ball in ten Wil keep the applicant out in the cold, and if the members should decide that he is not possessed of the requisite social or per- sonal qualifications lie cannot get into the select c.rele. The Orpheus Club is fashioned after elubs oi musicians in New York and otber Eastern cities. There a man must be in bigh standing in his profession be- fore he can join the club—a recognized rale which is said to have a certain bene- ficial influence upon the profession. The effect is that of devree upon the profes- sional spiril among musicians. That the club is to be exclusive may be seen in the limit placed upon the total | membership. The extreme number of its members shall not exceed 150, and the active workers in the club say i¢ may not reach anywhere near that figure. A club- man explained yesterday that that limit would include all tne professional musi- cians in 8an Francisco, or 2t least the bet~ ter element, if lines must be drawn. Membersuip in the Orpheus Club does not mean any decrease or weakness in the Musicians’ Union. Members of the club will retain their allegiance to the pro- tective association and continue as en- thusiastic supporters of the union idea as ever before. The.ciub is.simply a ciub and nothing more. ‘‘Like_the Press Club or any of the clubs,” said Charles Ca: sasa, the band leader. Mr., Cassasa with two_of his colleagues organized. the club, and almost immedi- iately the movement gained in momentum and spirit, so_that in a8 week or two it has become a reality. A meeting was held yesterday at 20 O'Farrell street. About thirty-five char- ter members were present. E. E. Schmitz, leader of the Columbia Orchestra, was elected president; E. Rosner, leader of the Orphenm orchestra, vice-president; A. Guiterson, second vice-president; Henry Susman, secretary, and Charles Harrisor,, treasurer. The trustees elected are Henry Heyman, A. Spadina and L. Ritzau. f Keogh was elected librarian. A constitution and by-laws were adopted and the new organization was called the Orpheus Club of San Krancisco. It was decided to close the charter roll when sixty professional musicians had signed it. The number of members is already pretiy close to that limit, and the next business for consideration will be the selection and furnishing of clubrooms in some central location downtown. e, BEST peanut taffy in the world. Townsend's,* . STANDARD patterns, highest perfection, lowest price. Domestic office, 1021 Market, nr. 6th.* s S SPECIAL {nformation daily to manufacturers, business houses and public men by the ress Clipping Burean (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery, * —— Freeling—There's Charley over there. He's going to be married next week. Synnex—And yet he looks cheerful.— Transcript. T Phillips’ Kock Island Excursions Leave San Francisco every Wednesday, via Rl Grande and Rock Island Rallways. Through tourist sleeping-cars to Chicago and Boston, Man- Sgerand poriers accompany thess excursions ta Boston. For tickets. sleeping-car accommodations and farther information, address Ciinton Jones, General Agent Kook Island Kaliway, 30 Mooy gomery sireet. t2a Francisen e MANY ladies are martyrs to suffering. Theig Best help is PARKER'S GINGER ToNIcC. PARKEN'S Barsax invigorates the haie e BRONCHITIS. Sudden changes of the wemh»\’ cause Bronchial Troubles. *Brown's Bronchial Troches™ will give effective relief. - .- THE best remedy for constipation is Aver's Pills. Ther never fail. Have you seen Ayer's Almanac for this year? Cumso—Well, Johnny, now do you like your new teacher? Johony—Not much. She don’t know any~ thing. To-day she asked me who disccvered America.—Yonkers Statesman. NEW TO-DAY. You may get over that slight cold all right, but it sleft its mark on the mem- branes lining gour throat. You are liableto takeanother cold and the second one will hang on longer than the first. Scott’s Emulsion is not an ordinary cough specific, but it is ““the ounce of preven- tion.” It builds up the system, checks inflammation and heals inflaimed mem- branes. “Slight”’ colds neve bring serious results when it is promptly taken. Book on the subject free. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, New Yok . S —