The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 13, 1897, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MARCH 13 e 1897. CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Dally and Sunday CALL, one week, by carrier..§0.18 Daily and Sunday CALL, one year, by mall.... 6.00 Daily and Sundsy CALL, six months, by mail.. 3.00 Daily and Sunday CarLi, three months by mail 1.50 Daily spd Sunday CALL, one month, by mail. .85 Sunday CALL, one year, by mail. 1.50 W 2aXLy CaLL, one year, by mail. 150 BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, San Francisco, Californis. Telephone.... .Main—1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street. Telephone. Main—1874 BRANCH OFFICES: 537 Montromery sireet, corgg Clay: open untl street; open untfl 9:30 e'clock. street: open until 9:30 o’clock. SW. corner Sixteenth and Mission streets; opes sntil 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street: open until 9 o'clock. 167 Ninth strect; open until o'clock. 1305 Polk street; open until 8:30 o'clocks OAKLAND OFFICB: 908 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: fiooms 51 and 82, 34 Park Row, New Yerk Clty DAVID M. FOLTZ, Eastern Manager. ARCH 18, 1897 During the week ending Sat- urday last THE CALL published 46195 of advertisements, which is D4 inches more than was published by any other San Francisco newspaper during the same time. g inches Enforce the law. Bring the rascals to punishment. The jute-goods act must be obeyed. The fakers are very close to jail now. Hypocrites should not be allowed to dodge statutes. Every citizen is iuterested when the laws are broken and statutes defied. No friend of free labor prefers prison- | made goods to those made by free labor. T.ong Green Lawrence out on bail only gives a larger exposure to the convicted liar. Provisions of the law for the protection of freelabur cannot be evaded with impu- nity. Teave orders for THE SUNDAY CALL to- desy and make sure of good reading for to-morrow. Greece may not be running a bluff on the powers, but she is certainly leading them to the precipice. It is not correct to say that Long Green Lawrence crawied into a hole on the bribery charge. He was kicked in. “True, we use convict goods and vio- lated the law to obtain them,” says the Ezaminer, “but that is a small thing.” Every member of the Cwban committee of fifty-eight should attend the committee meetin fornia Hall. In claiming that its use of prison-made supplies is but a small thing, the Examiner is right enough in one respect. It is truly a small business. The patron of prison-made goods de- fends himself by belittling home indus- tries, and thus does a double Injury to the work of free labor. Why do the authorities at San Quentin require ‘armers to make afidavits when they desire to purchase jutebags and then allow the Ezaminer to evade the law? Free labor, which condemns the use of prison-made supplies in competition with home industrice, should make the con- demration felt forcibly and promptly. The ciause of the law requiring affidavits from all purchasers of jute goods from State prisons was enacted for the protec- tion of free labor, and its vivlation is a direct injury to that labor. Buying cheap prison-made twine for the sake of saving 2 cen's a pound is buta poor sort of economy, but Wastefal Wailie squanders so mucii at the bung in New York that he must save at the spigot in San Francisco. If the Ezaminer sincerely believed that iis use of convict-made supplies was right, why did it not procure them openly and in a lawful way? Why did it think it necessary to ac' the sneak and take the risks of violatiug the law? Lottery advertisements, false dispatches, fake sensations, foul slanders, criminal stories and prison-made supplies make up the composition known as yellow-dog jonrnalism. Is it any wonder it is beirlg exciuded from public libraries, clubs and homes? The atlempt to hold in New York a mass-meeting to support the proposed arbitration treaty with Great Britain was anything but a fizzle. Unfortunately for the promoters of the treaty, however, the explosion went the wrong way and blew them sky high. The cause of American citizens sub- jected to Spanish despotism in Cuba is, in a broad sense, the cause of all Ameri- cans. All members of the committee ap- pointed hy Mayor Phelan to advance that cause should attend the committee meet- ing this evening. The time for action has come, and every man should be at his post. The Ways and Means Committee of the House of Representatives have settled the wool schedules pf the new tariff by adopt- ing virtually the McKinley rates. This settlement will probably be satisfactory to both the growers and the manufacturers, Those rates promoted the wool industry before and it is reasonable to assume they will do so agai The law of California requires that all orders for jute goods from the State prison where they are made shall be ac- -companied by an affidavit subscribed and sworn to before a notary public or a Jus- tice of the Peace residing in the township where the applicant resides. In order to keep its deal in convict goods secret t!u ‘Ezaminer made no affidavit and thus vio- Jated the law. It is now for the State officials and the criminal courts to decide whether this violation of the lay is a small thing. 1 to be held this evening at Cali- | THE VIOLATED LAW. The statute of the State which the Ezaminer violated in order to obtain vrison- made supplies is not one about which there can be any honest difference of opinion.- The terms are too clearly stated to admit of misconception or mistake. The law says: All orders for jute goods must be accompanied by an affidavitsetting forth that the amount of goods contained in the order is for the individual and personal use of the applicant, saia affidavit to be subscribed and sworn to before some Notary Public or a Justice of the Peace residing in the township in which the applicant resides. The supplies obtained by the Ezaminer from San Quentin prison were jute goods. There is no question on thatpoint. It is clear that they could be lawfuily obtained only by making the required aftidavit. Such affidavit was not made. Warden Hale admits that no affidavit was made. The Ezaminer, therefore, in its effort to obtain prison-made supplies secretly and without the knowledze of the public, violated the law and succeeded in inducing the prison authorities to connive at the violation. The only defense of the Examiner is that the amount of goods obtained 15 small. This defense is not valid in any respect. 1fitsincerely believed that the purchase of pris- on-made supplies was rightful, it would not have taken the risk of violating the law in order to keep the transaction secret from the public, It was well aware that it was doing a wrong to free labor, and on consideration believed it would be better to violate the law by a sneak rather than to face public opinion by acting openly. The clause in the statute which requires an affidavit from all would-bs purchasers ot jute goods was designed for the express purpose of protecting free labor from the competition of convicts. When the question of the manufacture of such goods in State prisons was before the Legisiature it was debated whether it would be advisable to undertake it. Aiter full consideration the Legislature decided to permit the manufacture in order to provide the farmers of California with grain- bags and sacking-twine on terms that would enable them to compete fairly with the farmers of other localities. It was recognized, however, that this concession to farmers involved some danger to free labor, and to guard against that danger the clause requiring the affidavit from purchasers was inserted in the act. It will be seen that in evading the clause which requires sffidavits to accompany all orders for jute goods from the State prison the Ezaminer has violated that part of the statute which was intended to protect free labor. It has committed a misde- meanor in doing so, for the law expressly declares “‘any applicant, as heretofore pro- vided for, who falsely and fraudulently procures jute goods under the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.” ‘We have in this case, therefore, something more than a mere case of hypocrisy, something more than the use of prison-made goods in preference to the products of iree laber. We have a distinct violation of the law of the State, the deliberate com- mission of a misdemeanor. It will go hard with free labor and home industries, as well as with the laws of California, if this misdemeanor is not punished. The rascals who committed it must be compalied to undergo the penalties provided for ‘their offense. THL VOICE OF THE PEOPLE TrE CALL published yesierday a summary of the voices of the people condemning the Ezaminer for violating the law of California in order to obtain prison-made supplies for use in its office. 1t was impossible for us to give anything more than a summary. Had we undertaken to report in full the indignation of the people it would have required every column of every page of THr CALL to do so. The summary given was sufficient to show the prevailing sentiment of the people in all parts of the Btate. Julian Bonntag, president of the Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Association, said: “Any person or persons, company or corporation purchasing convict goods should be condemned in the fullest sense of the word. It is an injury to all free men of the State. It is a menace to capital and a menace to labor.” These words sum up the substance of the offense. They were indorsed by work- ingmen ar.d capitalists from all parts of California. President Rogers of the Alameda County Federation of Trades said: “Theaction of the Ezaminer is severely condemned by usall”” O. F. Decker of Red Bluff, who was long the active head of the Knights of Labor, said: *“The working people know the Eraminer has never been a friend to labor and are glad to see such an expose as has been made by TuE Carn,’’ Frank Muther, 2 prominent cigar manufacturer of Santa Rosa, says: *Its buying prison- made goods while loudly chanting its own praisesas a friend of free labor is a detestable offense.” The workingmen of Sacramento were clear and decided in condemning the course of the paver. One of them said: *“I have taken the Ezaminer for years because I was a Democrat and always felt an interest in politics, but this settlesit. I quit.” Samuel Hughes of Typographical Union No. 21 said: “'As a union tnan I can do-nothing else but denounce the Ezaminer.’' Many others spoke with a like force and directness. In San Jose the demonstrations were equally strong. A. B. McNeil, proprietor of an extensive job-printing establishment in that city, said: “Speaking as an employer of organized labor, and as one whose entire interests are identitied with the welfare of the Pacific Coast, I will say that I know of no action as insidious in its character and as far reaching in its effects as this throttling of labor by the purchase of prison- made goods.” A. T. Huston, president of the Barbers’ League, said: “The Eramin- er's excuse for purchasing prison-made twine is a lame one. ' This is not a small mat- ter. There is a great principle involved. The purchase of such prison-made goods as enter into competition with free labor prevents honest men from getting work.” From Salinas come expressions strong and vigorous. W. E. Grant, contractor and builder, says: “The Ezamwer is not the workingman’s friend. No convict labor for me.” H. E. Bessett, carpenter, says: “No paper that uses the produce of convict labor can be a friend to the wage-earner.”” A. T. Uncapher said: “Since the expos- ure in THE CALL I know the Ezaminer is the enemy of honest labor.” Tous from all parts of the State and from all classes of people engared in inaustry there come words of support to the statement that the action of the Ezaminer in using prison supplies is a menace to capital and a menace to labor. We cannot quote them all, nor is it necessary to do so. The voice of public indignation can and will make itself heard to an extent beyond the power of THE CALL to reproduce. The peopie of California believe in home industry, and they will not condone as a small thing the action of the Ezaminer in using prison-made supplies, and then defending itself by belittling home industries and libeling home products with the assertion that freé labor in California does not produce supplies equally good to those obiained from prisons. THE SALINAS ENCAMPMENT. The preparations now being made at Salinas for the annual encampment of the Department of California and Nevada of the Grand Army of the Republic give as- surance that this assembly of the veterans will be beld under circumstances propi- tious to enjoyment in every respect. Few localities in California have more attractions than Salinas, and no part of the State has a fresher beauty or more de- lightful climate in the month of April, when the encampment is to be held. Na- ture will do everything to make the occa- sion a delightful one, and the veterans will meet under circumstances as different as possible from those which surrounded them in the hard days of war, where their friendships were first established and the patriotic deeds performed which have ! made them friends forever. It will not be upon nature only, how- ever, that the members of the Grand Army may depend for the success of their encamnment. Salinasis not a large town, but the people have large ways. They are genuine Californians in hospitality and 1n loval love of the brave men who preserved the Union. They will devise a thousand means of manifesting their welcome to the veterans, ana when the old soldiers gather there they will find themselves at home among their friends. The advantages of the encampment will not be wholly on the side of the veterans, Salinas will protit much by the entertain- ment she givesand the hospitality wuich she extends. These gatherings of the sol- aiers of the war invariably attract public attention, and as a refult Salinas will be largely in the thoughits of the people of California during the whole time of the encampment. Thiscannot fail toredound to her benefit. The advantages she offers for home- seekers and for men who have capital to ipvest are many. It is only .necessary that attention should be called to them in order that a considerable number of tour- ists may be attracted to the city. When t evisitor has seen Salinas he will not need much argument to convince him thatit is a good place to seitle and a good place to invest money. The hosts as well as the guests of the coming encampment may therefore look forward to it with pleasure, and we congratulate both on the prospects before th-; Enforced economy brought about by a failing business may be an excuse fot the rurchase of cheap prison twine by the Ezaminer, but what is the excuse for vio- lating the law in obtaining it? ‘We can now understand why the Ezam- iner was opposed to the construction of the new Federal building. The work Is not to be done by prison labor. THE NEW TARIFE. The Ways and Means Committee of the House of Representatives is making rapid progress in the work of constructing the new tariff, and there is reason to believe the bill ‘will not only be ready to report soon after the new Congress is organized, but will be in its main points entirely satisfactory to Congress and to the coun- try. There is some cause for fear, however, that tne fruit industry may not be as well protected as it merits. It is well, there- fore, that the people of California and their delegation in Congress should kesp a vigilant watch on the fruit schedules. According to reports the East bas not yet learned the importance of protecting Cali- fornia raisins-growers from the competi- tion of the so-called Zante currants. This is understood in Fresno, and efforts are now being made to procure a duty on these goods which will afford the required protection. In this work the people of Fresno should have the cordial supvort of all Californians, and can certainly count on that of the people, the press and the commercial bodies of 8an Francisco. It is also urged that a fuller protection shonld be given to citrus fruits, In addi- tion to the competition which slready ex- ists in Southern Europe and the West Indies, there is an mcreasing competition from Mexico. The Mexican growers of citrus_fruits would be most dangerous competitors to California, and it is only right that Congress should give a protec- tion sufficient to guard our orange and lemon growers against the rivalry of a country where land and labor are so much cheaper. Another feature of the tariff which will be ofimportance to Californians1s the duty on wool. These schedules have been acted on by the Waysand Means Committee and the results seem to be fairly satisiactory. The rates adopted are in the main those which were provided by the McKinley bill, and, as these were beneficial during,| the continuance of that tariff, it is reason- able to assums that they will be equally beneficial now. Nevertheless, it must be remembered that the conditions of the world have changed in the last four years and that the country requires to-day a much higher proteciion in some lines than it required before the universal de- pression began. ‘When the bill is reported it wiil come before the people as well as before Con- gress for criticism. Until that time all comment upon it must be made in a ten- tative way. The framers of the bill have to adapt it to the double purpose of pro- tecting American industry and of pro- viding a revenue for the country. It will not be fair to criticize the bill from efther of these points of view alone. It will rep- resent the best judgment of Republican linders and true protectionists and 1s therefore entitlsd 1o favorable considera- tion. Nevertheless, it behooves the people to watch every step in the progress of the measure with great care. We have many industries and interests which differ from those of tte East and we must look after them ourselves, for no others will. TRE ARBIIRATION TREATY. A mass-meeting in New York called to support the proposed arbitration treaty with Great Britain resuited in a vote ad- verse to the resolutions of those who called it. Though speakers of eminence and eloquence were on hand to advocate the treaty, the honors of the mesting were won by an orator who rose from.the audi- ence to denounce the measure. The incident serves to show how strong is the popular feeling against any move- ment which seems to commit this country to submit all its possible controversies with Great Britain to anarbitration which might be controlled by some foreign power. This feeling, which is natural to Americans, has been intensified by the conduct of the Cleveland administration, and particularly by the speeches of Bay- ard. It is, therefore, more adverse to the treaty now than it would be under ordi- nary conditions, and it is certain there would be little regret among the great mass of the people if the treaty should be refused ratitication by the Senate. It must be borne in mind, however, that a new admiuistration has come into power. McKinley is not Cleveland, ana Bayard wili soon cease to misrepresent the United States at the Court of Bt James. With a more resolute American- ism in power at Washington the ipopular confidence in the conduct of our foreign affairs will increase and, consequently, the opposition to the trealy will be largely diminished. It is not likely that the terms arranged by Olney will be mccepted. Important amendments to the instrument will be roade by the new Secretary of State. We shall have the Monroe doctrine guarded against submission to arbitration and our control of the coming Nicarazua canal will be assured. Under such conditions the treaty will be more acceptable to the people. In the meantime the New York protest shows clearly how strong is the public feeling against the measure as pro- posed by the Clev-land administration and how resolute is the popular desire to defeat it. FER ONALS. P. Lundy of Ukiah is at the Russ. Dr. W. C. Reid of Madera is at the Russ. M. J. Byrnes of Los Angeles is at the Lick. J. 8. Bliss of El Dorado, Kans,, is in the City. J. W. Phelps of Clinton, Mo., is a visitor here, Colonel E. C. Culp of Kansas is at the Grand. Dr. G. M. B. Claw of Sacramento is 1n the City. Mrs, Love of Oakland is at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. Dr. G. M. Freeman of Sutter Creek is at the Grand. The Rev. Dr. Wakefield of San Jose is at the Palace. P. W. Schmidt of Calistoga is here on a busi- ness trip. W. W. Felger of Port Townsend arrived here yesterday. Mrs. 8. Delashmutt of Selma is at the Cosmo- volitan Hotel. Mrs. M. Fox of Salt Lake City is at the Cosmo- politan Hotel. Mark L. McDonald, the capitalist, of Santa Rosa, Isin the City. 8 W. Jackson,a business man of Selma, is st the Cosmopolitan Hotel. A. B. Grindrod of Liverpool, England, was one of yesterday’s arrivals. Dr. C. T. Hibbett of the United States navy, Mare Island, is at the Palace. F. C. Lusk, the attorney of Butte County, is here on a brief business trip. Mrs. K. Emerson and Miss R. H. Emerson of Denver are at the Occiden tal. R. T. Devlin, the State Prison Commissioner, of Sacramento, arrived here last night. 3. 8. Howard, who is interested in hotels in Net York and Philadelphia, is at the Grand. Charles Keeffe, s wealthy resident ot the City of Mexico, accompanied by his wife and daughter, is at the Grand. Mr. and Mrs. Philip E. Chapin, Miss Susan M. Chapin and Miss B. M. Beli of Washington, D. C., are at the Occidental. Louis de Costa Meyer, a leading banker of Guaterala, and friend of General Barillas, with whom he went to Europe some time ago, has returued here. James Shields, the wealthy mining man of Butte, Montans, who has been visiting differ- ent parts of Californis lately, arrived here last night. Helisaccompanied by H.T. Lewis of Montans, M. E. Mulbey, a member of the City Council of Salt Lake, and H. P. Hynds, & wealthy live- stock-grower of Cheyenne, are at the Baldwin. They are here for pleasure and to see the Cor- bett-Fitzsimmons fight. M. Page Miner, who used to be secretary in Dr. Perin’s ofice here, and who afterward went to Fresno and became interested in the Minarets mine, is vow at Williams, Ariz, where he has some mining interests. James Dunsmuir, the millionaire, of Vie- toria, B. C., one of the owners of the famous coal mines at Nanaimo, on the mainland, known as the North Wellington and South Wellington mines, arrived here yesterday and is at the Palace. Ex-Governor C. W. West of Utah is one of the striking figures to be seen in tne Palace corri- dors. The ex-Governor is here to remain through the winter, as he likes a change from the snows of the Wasatch Mountains. He served in Utah during the last of its terri- torial days, and witnessed the great growth at that time of Salt Lake and Ogden. Ex-Gov- ernor West1s hale, full-faced and in personal appearance much resembles the greatagnos- tic, Bub Ingersoll. Milljonaire August Belmont, who with Pierpont Morgan bought enormous quanti- ties of United States bonds during the Cleve- land administration and reaped heavy profits therefrom, and who is widely known &s one of the leading operators of Wall street, will be here in probably two or three days. There is mail for him here already. The millionaire is now in Los Angeles, Mrs. Belmont and a ‘prrty ol friends are with him. T ey are trav- eling in the handsome private car Oriental. Kirkland H. Wade, general manager of the Southern California Railway, who died sud- denly at Los Angeles yesterday, was weil known here. He was 64 years old, and had been in the service of different roads for forty years. He was ten years with the Toledo, Wabash and Western, and then for two years and a half was telegraph-operator at Delphi and Peru, Ind. Then he was at Logansport, and afterward for five and a half vears was train-dispatchet at Lafayette. He filled other positions and was five years master of trains of the 1llinois division of the Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific. Afterward he was superin. tendent of the same division. Theén he was superintendent of the Iowa division of the hicago, Buriington and Quincy for a year, and then was superintendert and goneral superintendent of the Wabash. It wasin No- ‘vember, 1889, that came general mana- er of the Southern ifornia Railroad. Mr. Bz:d!: had many friends in this part of the ALIFORN.ANS N NEW YORK NEW YORK, N. Y., March 12.—At the As- tor, 0. T, Earl; St. Cloud, John D. Morrison. WOULD Br ATTRACTIVE. 3 Pit:aburg Dispatch. An Esstern contemporary is making & good deal of capital over the fact that Jonn L Sulli- van is to write for it concerning the prize- fight and William J. Bryan is to contribute articles concarning financial and lhh;fl“ . It it wouid arrange that Sullivan should wrii on finance and statesmanship and Bryan con- cerning the prize-fight tnere wou!d be a chance of some fresh and original news, with ne of them :omm%" some v be Worth PERSONAL RECOLLEC‘—I:IONS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. “Strange mingling of mirth and tesrs, of the tragicand grotesque, of cap and crown, of Socrates n:; Blbclal:, of Zsop and Muarcus Aurelius, of all that is gentle and just, hum%r- ous and honest, merciful, wise, laughable, lovable and diyl,ne, and all consecrated to the vse of man, while through all and over all an overwhelming sense of obligation, of chivalric loyalty to truth, and upon all the shadow of the tragic end. Thus Ingersoll portrayed the character of Lincoln—*the grandest figure of the fiercest c1vil war; the gentlest memory of our world.” Every reader everywhere will be interested in “Personal Recollections of Abraham Lin- coln” in THE SUNDAY CALL. The inciaents and anecdotes related are now published for the first time. The author is a Calitornian who lived near Lincoln’s home in Illiois prior to the Civil War. You should not fail to read these ‘Personal Recollections,” as they constitute an impor- tant addition to Lincoln literature. And don’t fail to read the opening chapters of Clark Russell’s brilliant new story of the sea, “The Last Entry,” in THE SUNDAY CALL. Van Dyck Brown has an excellent story about the living models of London studjos. The naturalist at large continues the valua- ‘ble series of ‘articles which come under the general caption, “Iayls of the Field.” Do you want to know how the human voice can be photographed? You will learn all about the wonderful process in THE SUNDAY CALL. The luminous life line for shipwrecked mariners e a b in illustrations. THE SUNDAY CALL will be rich in contents and super i 3 Society, the Drama, Fashions, Books, Whist, the Mines—sll have carefully edited depart- ments in THE SUNDAY CALL; and the best childhood’s page in all the wide West is to be found in THE SUNDAX CALL. 2 i “THE CALL” SPEAKS FOR ALL. is the subject of another article of Readers on Topics of Current ; Interest. Letters From Our Populists Denounce Fusion. Editor San Francisco Call—Srr: It is & matter of more general importance than may at first bespparent that the Memphis meeting of tbe National Press Assocfation of Populist editors and publishers undertook to define the attitude of the Peoble’s party on fusion. The convention was in session three days, February 22,23 and 24, was very spirited and earnest, but remarkably harmonious. An able committee on-address to the Populists of the United States was eppointed early in the session, and this address, adopted just before adjournment without a dissenting vote, defines the attitade of the masses of the party beyond a doubt, and is worthy of serious attention by all good citizens regardless of party. After charging the leaders of the Democratic party With “failure to carry out their promises by which they secured the inaorsement of their candidate for President, thereby causing the defeat of the reform torces,” and claiming that this *‘serves as a warning that no reliaoce can be placed in such pledges,” they set declare that they “realize that to achieve practical reform we must have the assistanc - of every man who loves his country and defends the right,” On the subject of fusion they make this declaration: “We strenuously oppose all fusion or entangling alliance with any other political party, and we declare to the ‘boys in the trenches’ who are 10oking o us for new hope and encouragementand to the whole country that we will never furl our flag nor fight under the banner of either of the two old polit cai parties.” There is marked significance in what they say concerning iransportation companies. Probably a large majority of the people will agree with them. They make this arrsignment: ““We call special attention to the fact that the grea: railroad corporaiious of the country bave been freely and openly used during poiltical campaigns by the money power of tho iwo con. tinents as one of the most powerful and effective ageucies for defeating promised financiul reform.” . ‘Surely there is good ground for their conclusion that, in view of this “active and pern:- clous conduct” on the part of such corporations, “the ptblic ownership and operation of the transportation lines of the country, as demanded by the People’s party, is not only necessary to sectire lower and more equitable transportation rates, but it is alsc absolutely essential to enable the people to secure financial reform and to preserve popular government.” Urging the necessity of & vigorous campaign of education and a “thorough dis the question of direct legisiation as contemplated in the initiative and Teferendum,” t new *the recommendation unanimously made one year ago by this association that tue mor- interest bond plan be made a subject lor general discussion.” pass by other matters in ti- address as formulated by the committee to note some addi- tions made by the as-ociation. *We recommend that our National committee be conyened not Iater that May 1, 1897, for the purpose of calling a general delegate conference of our party to Qefine our future policy and strengthen the ranks of reform for tne impending conflict,” and a committee of seven was appoinied to confer with ihe National committee, clothed with authority to call for such a National conference if the National committee fails to sct. The association also “Resolved tnat no proxies shali hereafter be recognized in People's partr conventions or_commitiees,” and “‘that we reaffirm our approvai oi the resolution oi the Omaha convention that no office-holder snall be eligible as delegates to our conventions,’’ which was amended to Include candidates also, and then adopted. A smali boiting faction held a meeting at Kansas City at the same time of the Memphis meeting and organized a “union” association favorable to fusion arrangements, but oaly half a dozen or less of the oid associations affiliated with it, the Nationalsecretary, J. A, Edgerton, who participated in the proceedings, finsliy deciiuing to join i1, on the ground that itmight t2nd 10 a division of tne Popu ist jorces. T. e new association is pracuically composed of a small tumber of fusion editors who have ! v influence witih Popu ists 855 Market street, San Franciso, March 11, 1897. OSEPH ASBURY JOHNSON. NEWSPAPER PLEASANTRY «Why do so many modern Writers seem to prefer notorlety to fame?” “Because a man has to' climb for fame, but e can get notoriety by an easy tumble.”— Chicago Record. Reporter—But how did you detect the fel- low? His disguise as & woman was absolutely perfect. Expert Detective—I noticed that when the supposed woman sat down she gave her dress & little jerk with both hands as if to keep it from bagging at the knees.~Chicago Tribune. Mrs. Toplofty (anxiously)—1 wonder what President McKinley’s policy s going to be? Mr. Toploits—In regard to what, my deat? Mrs. Toplofty — Why, theater hats, course.—New York Evening World. Meter hate Mrs. Mc- ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS 84¥ Lus OB1sPo—A. O. 8, City. If, by the question you ask, you mean what daily paper is published {n San Luis Obispo, the answer is the Tribune. THE CUBAN FrAc—Y, R., Guinds, Yolo County, Cal. The Cuban flag is made of five stripes, light blue and white. The top, bot- tom and center stripes are blue. Thereisa triangular red field at the staff end with white star in the center. CONTRACT MARRIAGE—G. A., City. On the 28th of March, 1895, the act rep:sling that section of the Code of the State of California that recognized contract marriages was ap- proved. Such murriages entered into prior to that date are still in force. f| 1A Natrve—). 0. E, Walnut Grove, Bacra- mento County, Cal. A child born of Chinese parents in California or any other part of the Union is & native of the United States. California such are recogniz:d as citizens and they have been registered ana have voted. “Why does Mrs. V. Masters so cordialiy?” “Sometody told her they looked enough alike to be sisters.”—Detrott News. -occupied by gentlemen. h fon; that as the Jews made it ame- enta i The ereation, and of their liberation irom bonda.e, so Chri-tians may well observe it week y on the day when the ressurection ot the Mexsfan 100k place. There is no definite intormation as fo when the observance o. the first day of (he weel was substituted b he Christians for the seventh dn{. the aucient Jewish Sabb th. It undoubt diy arose auong the ear jest practices of the Christian church, and was regard d as the fittest day to be he.d ss sacred because, as has been said. “It is the day on which God changed darkness and T und ma e the wor!d, and ou the same day, also, Jesus ¢ hrist, our Savior, rose frou the dead.” Tue first law, el ther cceiesiastical or civil. by whicn the sabbathica observance of Sunduly is known to huve been ordained, is an edict of Constantine, A. D. 321, “forbidding a1l work but necessary husbandry on the vene erable Sunday.” In tue Theodosian code it is enjoincd thai ‘on the Sunday righifuily designated by our ancestors as the Lor v all lawsuits and pubiic busiuess shali Siuce the ninth century Sunday has thoroughly established day ol the Chri Church as a day of rest and religious cise, and one exempt from any occupatious of & pure.y secuisar charscter, except such as wers bsolutely nece FRATERNAL FELLOWSHIP, Reception to the Sup eme Lady Com- mander of the Maccabees—A Pro- gressive Euchre Party. Lillian M. Hollister of Port Huron. ¥ supreme commander of the Ladies of t cabees, who has been in this State for « time paying official Visiis to the various hives of this order in the southern part of the sist was tendered a reception last night, in Union- square Hall, by the ladies of the various in this City. The hall had been very fully decorated with the colors of the orde red, white and black—and over the stage th colors radiated srom a golden hive and w taken up in graceful fes Under the hive were in tinlsof the order-L O.T. Supreme Lady Commander Mrs. Henr.eiia Cook declarcd had been interpreted io mesn “Leave out tne men,”’ because the order i managea excinsively by women, but later on the supreme lady commander explained that in Michigan the interpretation of the initiais was, “Lean on the men."” Therc were present besides the ladies from the local hives visitors from hives across tha bay and many Sir Kuights om the several teiits of Muccabees in this City and vicinity. The meeting was called to order by the deputy supreme ledy commander, who bid all welcome, and after an overture twenty-four young ladies presented the Maccabee drill, which was recently described in THE CALL. This was exceedingly well done and iondiy applauded. The supreme lady commander was then introduced, #nd she delivered an in- teresting and strongly argument e ad- dress. She stated thut the order of which she is the ‘' head now numbers 70,000 in the United Siates, that it is controlied aud man- aged exclusively oy women, and then gave a detailed account of the order and its work- ings and the good it has accomplished and is s ccomplishing in a iraternal and beneficiazy way. X% the ciose of the address, frequently ap- plauded, there was a dance, whicn was kept up unul midnight. The visitor will remain here several days to visit.the focal hives and those in the vicinity for the purpose of instructing the members in the work of the Maccabees. B Evans Council’s Euchre Party. Evans Council No. 52, Order of Chosen Friends, gave & very pleasant progressive cuchre party last Thursday night in its hail in the Aicazar buiiding. There were many present, bus the majority were ladies. There were ten tables, and 1in order to make up tho requisite number of partners several ladies were obliged to assume the places generally There were present Past Supreme Councilor C. M. Arnoid, Su- yreme Trustee W. M Gibson, Past Graid Counciiors Mrs. Henry Fayot,' . W. Hutton r Max aud A. B. Sanborn; Grand Counci Boehm, Grand Recorder S. C. Wallis and Grand Treasurer Mrs. C.J. Sweeney. At the close of the game Mrs, Henry Payot was awarded the first lady’s prize, The first prize for gentlemen went to Miss E. Bryan. The booby prize for ladies was awsrded to Mrs, Geurge F. Smith and the on: went to W. B. Dunlap, it hay that no one could have played worse than ho did. At the close of the game light refresh- ments and a collation were served. The com- mittes that had_charge of the affalr was com- plimented for the very enjoyuble evening's entertainment provided. THE NEW JOURNA iSM AND PRI VATE RIGHTS. , New York Commercial Advertiser. Senator Ellsworth’s bill prohibiting the pub- lishing of any poruaitoralleged portrait of «I hope Mr. Shyman managed to crack the ice in his conversation with you justnow?” “No; it wes all slush.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. “You refuse to marry me,” he said bitterly, “because I am poor.” “Weli, yes,” she repled; “it would pain me too much to have people hurt your feel- ings by saying that you married me for my money.”—Philadelphia North American. “Don’t weep so, ma’am. Other boys have gone to sea and returned alive and well—why shouldn’t yours ?” “But J-Jim {s go-going on a bub-bub-battle- ship, sir.”’—Cleveland Plain Dealer, — THE JOY> OF MARCH Hail, most pof mionth of March, *_Prance in this vear with head erect, Beneath the bright and flowery arch, ‘With springime joy and gladness decked| “T00 oft your advent we desplse, Your windy highness scorn and cusa; Berate you and auath'matizs Your tendeucy to ralse a fuss. But in this blooming year of grace We care not if you chose to wear A Jamb-iike or a lion’s face— 'No f.eak of yours shall make us swear! Kor with you come McKinley, t00, And Grover bids your Uncle Sam A'sad and iong deferred ndleu, 'And goes ont like a 1imid lamb. Then, t0o, ere you have passed away, ‘Another great man will cry quits; For Cor .ett wiil have seen his Jay, Or knocked the davlignts on_of Fitz! —New York kvening Sun. PARAGRAFH . AcOUI PEOPLE. The following bitter remark is attributed to Mr. Healy: ‘Better have Parnel' with the "seven deadly sins than Dillon with all the Beattudes.” Miss Jane Barlow, the writer of Irish stories and sketches, is the daughter of a professor of Trinity College, Dubiin. She lives with her father in the village of Rathgar, a few miles from the Irish capital. When the London Echool Board was debat. ing wkether elementary science should be taught in the schools it was objected that the puyils would get only a smattering. Bir John Lubbock replied, *“Who has more?” The proposed statue to be erected to Mra. Harriet Beecher Stowe in Hartford, Cona., will be in bronze and represent the author as she appeared in 1850, The figure wiil be seated and will hold in one hand a pen and ia the other a manuseript. Dr. McMurtrie, Belfast, suggested that a fit- ting to commemorate the “Diamond Jubilee” of her Majesty’s reign would be to give the people the power to prohibit the drink traffic, and the Queen and her royal circle to become abstainers. Nansen {s desczibed as ‘“a tall, stalwart Saxon blonde, with & thick mustache and a light shock of rebellious siiken hafr, close sot blue eyes trained for the distant vision, a high rorehead, a !arge nose, and the open, thought- ful face of a student rather than a sailor.” The Czar of Russia s the richest man in the world.. The disvosal of every penny raised for the Government of Russia is in his control, and be draws upon it as if it were his private, purse o as great an extent as he pieases. But 1f his we h is great the claims upon him are boundless. 2 Licexse—W. H., City. If you want to peddle small articles through the State of California you will have to havea license in every county in which you carry on such business. 1n such Fhub where there is not a special collector of jcenses the license may be had from the County Clerk. CLARA LoUmE KELLOGG—J. M., City. Clara Louise Ke.logg, the American singer, was born in Sumter, 8. C., in 1842. Her parents were New Englanders. She made her first public appearance in the New York Academy of Music February 27, 1861, in *“Rigoletio,” and Muarch following 'she avpeared in “Linda di Chamounix,” in the city of Boston. INTERNAL REVENUE EXAMINATION—A. B., Cily. The next examination under the civil. service rules for the internal revenue depart- ment will fnciude clerk, deputy collector, storekeener, gnuger and messenger. It will be beld gn (g&?flll& ?l l[u;clkn;_];i “1‘1 information may be obtained from F. Of the Board of Examiners, " teoTetary A Vara—Subscriber, Eureks, Humboldt County, Cal. A vara is & Spanish-American linear weasure. In Texss & vara is regarded as equal to 33! English inches. In California by common consent & vara is 33 English inches, and in Mexicoa vara is 82 9927 inches, 50-vara lot is a lot having & frontage of 137:6 teet on each of the four sides. PoLLTAX EXEMPTION—Subscriber, Sfockton, Cal. The constitution of the State of Cali- fornia declares that “ihe Legisiature shall provide for the levy and collection of an an- nual politax, of not less then $2, on every male inhabitant of this State over 21 and under 60 years of age, except paupers, idiots, insane personsand Indians not taxed.” Undes that provision members of the National Guard are amenable to the tax, but there are some who contend that despité this provision the members of the guard are not required to pay the tax. The maiter has never been tested. CALIFORNIA—M. C., Monterey, Cal. There are some writers who claim that California is derived from caliente fornalia (a hot furnace) and that the name was given to the State on account of the not climate, but the origin o the name i; uncertain. ltis asserted that the name was borrowed from of ‘chivairy —Las Sergas: ap ‘E:'ntl'.:?fl first pub.ishedin Madrid in 1510. 'In rela tin the exploits of Esplandian, son of Amadis o Gaul, Lhe romancer iu one passage deseribes & marveious island, called California, lying to the right hand of the Indies. The name was first applied to Lower California soon after its discovery. BUNDAY—Subscriber, San Jose, Cal. Sunday, the name of the first day of the week, is de- rived from the Baxon Sunnan daeg, or day of the sun, in the Roman calendar Dies Sells. The.Jews aud one sect of Christians observe Saturday as the Sabbath, while the other Christfan denominations observe the first day, or Sunday, of each week as the Sabbath. Both Jews and Christians claim special authority from the fourth commandment of ‘he deca- logue, familiary called the Ten Command- ments, This law was fonuded upon the fact ::.l:‘idn llx:-y- the hlol'd made the world and on the seveath day, and hence direct that each seventh day shouid lhnlfge&"h::g be observed as a ho.y day. The first record ofits observance by tne Jews is mentioned i1 Exodus xvi:23-25, when in addition to its being observeu in remembrance of the original rest day of creation, it was celebrated 8lso in memento of theday of ireedom of the Jews from Egyptian bondage. There can be D4 doubt about its meaning in th- Old Testa- ment. Itisintended asa principal testimony of fuith in ‘he Creator of the universe. Tho:e Who keep the first day of the weck as Sabbath argue that there is no-proof that the Jewish count actually began on the seventh day from any person without first obtaining his writ- ten consent should be passed by the Legis- lature at once. If it is amended at all it shouid be so as to grant further protection to defenseless men and women from the spies, the sneaks, the diabolica: rascals and the “Peeping Toms” of the “new journalism” who exploit themselves in all direciions and are not intericred with by the pusillanimous oi- ficers of the law. The. public has become aroused to this coudition of ffairs at last, and it is time that vigorous steps were taken to make the new jurnalists understand that there is a vast difference between liberty and Iicense. PROTECIIUN (F THE HEN. B Ol City Blizzard. It is positively shamefal taat our Senators at Harrisburg should get into a wrangle over the projosition to print 15,000 dozen books on chicken diseases. They saould be printed at once and no Senator opposing the measure should ever hope for re-eicction, Just at the epproach of spring, when the faituful hen is preparing to resume business, along with the rest of our native industries, any literature of such o nature would be of the greatest value, and the issue should not stop at & paltry 15,000 dozen. Every man, woman and child in the commouwealth should be provided with copy. Our birds and our fishes have been suitably embeliished; why draw the line at the hen ? TourIsTS—California glace fruit, 50¢ pound, In elegant fire-etched boxes. Just what you want for Eastern friends. Townsend's, Palace. ot b idubimsds FPECTAL intormation daily to manufacturscy bustness houses and Yuh.lo men by the Prast Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * oS e “What are you bothering your father about?” asked the boy’s mother, “I want him to tell me a story and he says he doesn’t know any.’ ‘Porhaps he will make up one as he goes aong.” “ asked him to, but he said he had been testifying before an investizating committee all day and it had used up all his material. " Washington Star. “BRrowx'S BRONCHIAL TROCHES” give rellgf . all Bronchial Affections. A simple and g remedy. Avoid imitations. e ANY one trouvled at night with s persisten: cough can procure much-needed res. by taking s dose of Ayer’s Cherry Pactoral, s/ Sal s ta SO Dr. Grenter, a French convert to Islam and now a member of the French Parliament, has his little 8y with regard io the decline of the population of France. He advocates polygamy to mitigate the evil. II men who areable and wil\ing to support more than one spouse were allowed to do so he tuinks there wou!d be less old maids, more happy mothers and & larger number of childre in France. NEW TO-DAY. AKING | POWDER Absolutely Pure. Celebrated forit grest leaveuiug strength and Dealthfuiness. Assures the foud axuinst alum aod all forms of adul.erat.on common to the ches? brands. ROYAL BAKING POWDEER Co. New Yors i l