The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 4, 1897, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JULY 4, 1897. e e GREETING TOSILVER'S CHAMPION Citizens of the Golden State Bid Bryan Welcome. THOUSANDS HEAR HIM AT FRESNO. At Stockton a Great Crowd Gathers to Cheer His Utterances. APPEALS FOR THE CAUSE HE REPRESENTS. Californians Tarust Party Lines Aslide In Honoring the Elo= quent Nebraskan. FRESNO, CaL., July 3.—Willinm Jen- nings Bryan spoke to-night to the largest crowd ever assembled within the limits of the city of Fresno. It is estimated that the assemblage exceeded by one-third the which greeted the opening of Claus Spreckels’ new line of railway which has aone so much for this beautiful, fertile and progressive the mountains and from counties in the valley. But all were not B yan men and women, Many came out of curicsity to see and hear th e man recently a candidate for the Presidency, and whom the wealthy silver mine owners expect to make the candi- date of the Democratic party in the next campaign. Mr. Bryan has fallen in flesh since he made his defiant speech at the convention in Chicago last July. The open-air out- ings which he has had recently bave done bim good and bave made his voice more Tesonant than it was then. Mr. Bryan did not arrive Fresno on the special train, consisting of an en- gine and coach 8 o'cloc He was scheduled to be here at 5 o'clock, but a hot box on the locomotive delayed the train after it left Stockton. Finally when Berenda was reached it was decided to telegraph to Fresno for another engine, which was dispatched at once and brought the special in. The crowds waited pa- tiently during the three hours, some st. ing around the depot and others remain ing on the sireets between the station and the Hughes Hotel, where the noted Ni- braskan made bis headquarters. | But when the headlight of the special came into view and the report was spread aronnd there was a big rush for the Tulare-street crossing, where it was an- nounced the tra:n would stop. 1tis estimated that there were about 5000 people at the depot to. greet the ex- Presidential candidate. As the special came to & stop there was a craning of necks to catch a ghimpse of Mr. Bryan. After a few minutes he came down the | front steps of ihe coach and the crowd | immediately recognized him. There was a great outburst of cheering. Headed by the reception commitiee, which had gone to Stockton from this city, Mr. Bryan walked to the carriage, in which he was conveyed to the hotel. Betore the convevanc? was reached the crowd surged around the distinguished visitor, and 1t was with tue greatest diffi- culty toat a way was opened for him to the carriage. W. W. Foote of Judge George E. in the car- riage with Mr. Drvan. It wasdrawn by ~ix milk-white s, and moved up H street to Mariposa, thence to I and thence to the Hughes Hot The Hanford band led the procession. | the way Mr. Bryan was loudly cheered. When he alighted from the carriage at the botel there was a renewed outburst, and he had to be rushed to the room which had been engaged for him 1o escape the jamming crowd. The multitude remained about the ho- tel, but presentiy Senator Goucher came out and anrounced that Mr. Bryan was tired and that he would not speak until 9 o'clock. Afier the announcement the crowd dispersed and then there was a rush for front seats at the place of meet- ing. Those who accompanied Mr. Bryan from the north to this City were: Ex- Congressman A. Caminet'i, Congressman James G. Mayguire, W. W. Foote, Road Commissioner William Ashe, T. V. Cator, George W. B Assistunt Ad jutant® er, William Craig, A. Alford, chairman State Central Commit- | region. They came trom the adjacent General R. I Frank Goult ana V of the Democratic tee. The following members of fhe local re- ception committee went from this city this morning to Stocktion, where they met the party leader, and accompanied him back to Fresno on the special train: Judge George £. Church, E. D. Edward George W. Ca ight, J. L. Gilvert, W. J. Tinnin, M. Harris, George L. War- low and George A. Nourse. The various sitver clubs of the county and that from Hanford formed at the Hughes Hotel and marched to_the depot to meet the noted orator. Judge W. Chriciiton was the grand marshal of the vrocession & Juige E. H. Tucker of Selma was his chief aid. The other aids were: Charles Craven of Hughes Creek, E. D. Vogelsang of Huron and Charles Boyd of Centerville. Visitors began coming to the city from all parts in the county during the fore- noon. Several hundred arrived from Hanford on the Valley road train, accom- panied by the band of thattown. About 350 people came in on the Porterville branch of the Scutiern Pacfic, and in fact all trains were crowded witn people who came from the‘south to hear Mr, Bryean. Fresnoans in charge of the arrange- mients for the meeting did not commit any error of judgment when they seiected the largest vacant lot within a reasonable dis- tance of the courthouse to accomiaodate the crowd that they expected to be in at- tendance. It was the unoccupied square between P and Q, Mariposa and Fresno streets, and on this larse plat of ground benches had been placed sufficient to seat 12,000 people. These seats were filled within twenty minutes after Mr. Bryan had smiled his way up the grand staircase of the Hughes Hotel, after ricing and walking the gaunt- let of several thousand of the most sun- burned men and the preitiest girls in the great San Joaquin Valley—as fair as Fres. no's uncloudy skies and as sweet as the grapes that compete with the raizins of Maiaga. Not only were the benches crowded, but the entire area of the sauare back of them was packed with a mass of cheering men and women. A large speaker’s stand profusely draped with the stars and stripes, the tri-color and the broad leaves of the fan palm stood in the northern angle of the square, and in front of this was the reporters’ table and the reserved seats for the Hanford and the Fresno brass bands. The elegant homes surrounding the square were iliu- Wi minated with Chinese ianterns, shedding their mellow light among the palm and umbrella trees. The nig it was lovely—a tritle warm for dwellers on the coast, bui the heat was agreeably tempered by, zephyrs from the Kings and San joaquin rivers, and the cool beights oi Pine Ridge. But the enthusiasm of the crowd was so great that there is no doubt that they would have waited until dawn had Mr. Bryan chosen to have taken a few hours’ sleep before going to the meeting. Mr. Bryan’s train, delayed bv the breaking down of the engine at Madera, about | twenty miles north of this city, did not arrive until 8 o’ctock, and it was necessary that he should have a bath, a shave and a dinner before he could address the big meeting, so that the blazing evening s ar and the silver crescent of ihe new moon bad gone down beiow the brown hiils in the west long before he appeared. It was at 9:25 o’clock that the bands of music escorting Mr. Bryan appeared upon the ground and their coming was greeted with a wild burst of cheers, the beople standing upon the benches and waving hats and handkercbiefs. At the same moment the ex-candidate for the Presi- dency boundel lightly up the steps lead- ing to the platiorm and stood for a mo- ment bowing and smiling upon the peo- ple. Then he sat down beside George E. Church, the chairman of the meeting, and his face assumed the stern expression which it wore th the convention at Chi- cago when he hurled defianc2 into the pallid sullen faces of David B. Hill of New York and the others of the New York deiegation. Mr. Church introduced Mr. Bryan, and Ihe cheering was so prolong-d thut ne felt obliged to raise his left hand. His first request of his hearers was that the men and women standing on the benches should be seated and give those behind them an op- portunity o: seeing and hearing better. He began by complimenting the city of Fresno for having atiached 1ts name to a common article of household use—namely, the Fresno raisin—out times were so bard; he added, that the people could not afford to buy and eat Fresuo raisins any more. Then he proceeded to quote from Thomas Jefferson that the art of government was the art of being honest. No question would arise in all the ages that were to come that would be too deep for the American people to grapple with and successfully solve. With reference to the charge of demagogism Lincoln’s say- ing was cited that “The Lord must have loved the common people, becausd he made so manv of them.” We were all common people, and did not differ much in physical and mental qualities; but sometimes abuses arose that tended to place the common masses and the few un- common people farther apart. Because some wanted to reform these sbu: they had been called anarchists and socialists, | He paid no attention to those names. | It was not what people said of cne, but what one was that should determine what they should say of one. The true princi- ple” of government was iound in the Declaration of Independence, and it read that all men were created free and equal. He continued: Show me an abuse of government and I will show you & law that denies equality before thelaw. There are some who imagine that | when we speak of equality before the law we | mean to uvdermine society—to take from | those wWho have to g.ve 1o those who have not. It means that wherever e Government touches the citizen all must stand upon the level plane; that there shail be ‘no difference between high and low, rich and poor, in re- | gard (o the Governmenl's treatment of ther. 1t it be true that &l men are created cquai hen it must be true thatno citizen hasa na- tural rigat to injure any other citizen. But | government far (0o ofien_enables one citizen | to ijure another. Fa sm is the curs our Government; partial and special pri leges are tne things which should be removed | irom the Government, You will find that the people are willing to stand _anything, provided that they are treated alike, while they will not Iudorse any- thing woiie one citizen is favored more than another. I shall suggest the application of the principle in one direction. is there any principle which goverus the sassessment of | tax.s? Eech citizeo should pay taxes in pro- | portivn to the b:nefits derived by him. Let you what is the effect of unjust tax : Suppose one man pays $10 to the sup- | port ot hiJ Government wlen he should pay only $5, and another man pays §5 when he ought 10 pay $10 the effect of your law is simply 10 take $5 out of one man’s pocket and put 1t into the pocket of another. It is larceny in principle. If the law is placed upon those whose burden is heavy and taken off those whese burden is light I cannot see auy distinetion between the man who robs his neighvor by that iaw and the man who bs enother upon the public highway by I hove to live to see the day when the th of this country, instead ol enjoying speciai privileges and ‘escaping taxation, will be made to bear its share 1n contributing to the supoort of the Government. Mr. Bryan aitacked the internal revenue system of taxation. The rich man dld not consume tobacco and liquor in propor- tion to his wealth equally with the poor man. In fact the poor man consumed more food because he was always looking to put something into his stomach, while the rich man was always looking for a stomach to put his fool into. The man with an incoms of $100,000 did not use 100 times as much ciothing as a man with an income of only $1000. Mr. Bryan denounced the internal rev- enue system, and conten.ed ihat ita bur- dens bore unequally and unfairly upon the poor and was light upon the wealthy. Taxes were unequal, because the people who were overburdened did not apply any attention to their rights, and because those whose burdens were light were ever present clamoring for more exemptions, It was the fault of the people ihemselves. They would vote their party ticket even though it pround them 1nto the dust, in- stead of asserting their rights, [Voices— That's what’s the matter.] You ask me what dollar is best? My answer is that it is that doliar, no matter what it is made of, that deals juatly between man and men. You and I must hope that the final set- tlementof this quesifon is that which will give us the best dollar that can be obtained uuder present conditions. We advocate bi. metallism for (w0 reasons: First, bimetallism is betier than monometallism. We know what theory itis that underifer bimetallism, ‘and we will prove it by following out that theory. Mr. Bryan quoted from a French au- thority to the effect that a river that was fed from two sources changed less in vol- ume than it would if it had but one feeder. Gold and silver were the money from which all thing: flowed. When ail the -ilver and ail the gold constituted the money of the country the ratio between them would change less than if it were of gold or silver alone. The debtor should have the option of saying in what kind of money debtshouid be paid. The debtor is no better than the erediior, and the way to determine between them is (0 con- sult the interesis of society, for society is brighter and better than eitner the debtor or the creditor. The creditor 1s selfish, and if he has the option he will demand gold, if it bea trifle more valuable tnan_silver, while the debtor will choose silver it he can buy sixteen ounces of it cheaper than be can buy one ounce of gola. The demand of the ereditor increases the price of gold aud draws the met- als farther apart. 1f the debtor has the option his demand for silyer will draw the metals cloger togeiher Lo maintain the parlty of 16 tol. The financial influences of & country are potent in business and politics. 1f you have any doubt of this, run tor Presideni upona free-coinage ticket, and you will find how po- tent is ihe influence o: the financial class. You offer them & bribe todrive the metals part, and you pay them a premium for doing it, but it you give the debtor the option you benefit socieiy by drawing the metals nearer together to the ratio of 16 to 1, by increasing tne demand and the value of silver. The speaker next proceeded to say that the Repubiican party did not indorse the gold standard. The polting Democrats were the only one pariy that_advocated the gold standard, waile the Repubiican pariy favored international bimetailism. Baid he: The strength of the gold-standard party mny be gauged by the fact that it polled on.y 132,000 votes in’ the whole country and c: ried only one precinct, and that in Kensas where there were only $tx votes and the Gold Democrats got only three of them., The Republican platform promises tne finan- clers of the Old World thatif they keep on opposing us we will stand by them. We say to the financiers of the Old Worid that the American people want to get rid of the gold standard. and - substitute bimetailism. *In. stead of telling them that we wouid like them to help us, and that if they don’t help us we will pey them, we should ted them that we intend to make th legal tender for all de at the ratio of 16 to 1. and private, it was before it was not help us we will pay them in silver at the ratioof 16 t01. A great many people have talked about international bimetallism whe do no: want it. Here the speaker quoted the remarks of a New York binker and a Congressman named Hendricl who said in Conere that if the Sherman act was repealed Eng- land would come to us and ask for inter- national bimetaliism; but England did not come, and the Congressman knew that 1t wouldn’t come, because the same man had said that the gold standard would come as surely as tha rising sun. Let us imagine ourselves walled in from the outside worid and that we had enough wheat to last us a year. Suppose that it were worth §1 & busher and it were di- vided Into two piles, each owned by a different man. Suppose one of these piies is burned down the price of the other pile would rise in vaiue, and the man whose pile was not burned would be glad of it. 1f he had nothing to do with burning his com- petitor’s pile of wheat we should say he was fortunate that it occirred. But suppose that he himself set fire to the other pile, what would you say then? You would send him to the penitentiary. Mr. Bryan then proceeded to apply this illustration to, the money problem, by supposing that the piles were one of silver and one of gold of equal value. Then, if the owner of one pile should conspire to destroy the other pile in order to make his own rise in value, e would be guilty of a crime, and the people would rise up and send him to prison. Next came the illustration of an under- taker scattering the germs of fatal diseases in order to increase the demand of his coffins. That was equal in infamy tothe conspiracy to destroy the purchasing power of silver, in order that the gold of the conspirators may rise in value. Another illustration followed of the farmer feeding corn to his hogs to make them grow fat and of the financier feeding h s gold dollars with Shermen repeais and Rothschild contrects to make the gold dollars grow fat. He continued: For twenty years the financiers have made the laws for the people of the United States, and have elways claimed that it was for the good of the people. It is mnot fair that vou should let some one else do good to you all the time witnout making some kind of a return; and, as they have xaid that the free coinage of silver would do them good, Isay then the time hascome when we should give them free coinage of silver in re- turn for their having borne for twenty years witbout & murmur the burden of thegold standard. If gold melts you can have it coined into as many dollers as there were before, while if your silver melts you have to hunt somebody up who wants’ to make spoons out it. We have ‘some bankers in our State who favor bimetallism, and one of them said that under the goid standard we lose more than we can gain, because of people being unable to pay their debts. Tne vaults of the banks are filled with the bad paper—good when 1t was given, but bad be- cause of falling prices. The speaker asserted that, notwith- standing the return of prosperity, more banks failea since the election than during the campaign. They failed to realize upon their asse's and that was what was the matter with the people of the United States to-day. If you had 412} grains of silver and could sell it any time you wanted to for $1 you would not sell it for less, You can buy siiver for 63 cents an ounce now because You must sell it to somebody as merchandise; but under free coinage you could not buy it for 65 cents an ounce any more, because it could be coined atthe mints and you wouid not have to sell it as merchandise. There is a lack of money, because if you have something to sell you cannot get any- body to give a price for it. 1f we have enough money now why should we borrow it from abroad and pay it back with interest and in bigger dollars. The Government to-day fixes the_price of gold, and nobody selis his gold &t less than 25 4-5 cents a grain, beeause he can take it to the mint and have it coined into money. g Mr. Bryan told an anecdote of his father-in-law saying to him: “William, while I have we shall not both of us want.” “And don’t you know,”’ he continusd, “the more 1 have thought over those words the less comsolation I get out of them. 8o, when yon find a man who says there is plenty of money in the country you will find a man who has plenty of it.”’ Mr. Bryvan closed with a well-worded peroration concerning the compensations of nature, and said that the man who would rob his neighbor of food and yet leave him his appetite was an enemy of mankind. Mr. Bryan will start for Los Angeles at 12:55 o'clock Sunday morning. — - BRYAN a ZOCKTON, Eight 2housand People Hear the Silver Champion’s Speech. STOCKTON, Car, July 3.—This was Bryan day in Stockton. On the streets it was nothing but Bryan. There was no talk of iree silver or free trade. All party principles were lost in a desire to see and hear the man who ran against William McKinley and was defeated. It was more curiosity than politics. Ever: ready for the reception of the of the Platte” at 11:30 o’clock, the ap- pointed time, The stand on the plaza wuas finished last night and decorated this morning and the seats arranged. Early in the morning the people from the country began to arrive, and by 10 o’clock there was a great crowd on the street, which grew as the time for the meeting drew near. The seats in the equare had been ull taken, mostly by women, who sat in tbe boiling sun and patiently awaited the coming of the man who had excited their wondering curio- sity. The streets leading to the depot were lined with carriages and the platform along the track filled with a jostling, densely packed mass of people hours be- fore the arrival of the guest. A band of musicians lessened the tedium of waiting by playing popular strains, At 12:48 o’clock—nearily two hours be- hind the schedule time—an engine and coach beuring the silver champion with his suite of distinguished followers, in- ciuding the Sacramento and Stockton reception committees, rolled into the depot. The Pullman was lavishly be- decked with Nationai colors, wreaths and flowers, in the center of which was a large tri-colored shield bearing the legend +Bacramento—16 to 1,” with the name “William J. Bryan’ in large argentine letters at the top. The throng that awaited him at the grand stand on Hunter-street plaza was fully 8000 strong. Su densely were the masses packed together that many were unable to get near enough Lo hear him and went away disappointed. Women and children were in the majority. The speech, though Kkindly received, was devoid of any spontaneous display of eloguence foriwhich the youthful Presi- dential candidate is famous. It was more of an analysis of the silver que:tion—a plain statement of facts—rather than a collection of rhetorical phrases or brilliant | tlights of oratory. Hon. Frank D. Nicol introduced Mr. Bryan, who said substantially: ~Idonot come to preach a new gospel. The prineiples which we aavocated during the last campaign were old_principles. We're asking for a resicration of landmarks set up by our fathers, which have been destroyed by those who have been following sirange gods. I shall mention some things you nave often considered. IfI should say a thing that you have not often heard Governor Budd say I should {o back on everything that 1have held dear. Irealize thatlam spesking to you of the effects of & vicious financial policy, which perhaps your local advantages have not made you feel as much as it has others. Those who heve to raise mouney to buy fuel are denied what nature bas given you in natural gas and other resources; yet you would be blessed with greater advantages under a more just system. If youcan survive while others are suffering, how much more could you rejoice 1f others were happier fu their lot. In the last campaign each ore was endeavor- ing to soive the money question. When the silver Democrats declared ior the nioney of the constitution in their platform some said they were disturbing the harmony of the Demo- cratic party. We replied that we were trying to bring the Democratic party back to its originul position. We were like Johnny pull- ing the cat's tail. He told his mother that he was oniy holdin; the cat was doing the pulling.” That was the ition that Demo- crats occupied. We w.re holding to q;lm:ipla and the others were doing the puiling and making all the noise. The Chicago plotform declared for the free and unlhimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 10 1 without the intervention of any for- B a siricken down In 1873, and that if they do | ¢ign nation, The Populisis and National 8il- verites agreed with us and all three parties joined in the issue. g Mr. Bryan said that the Republicans did not meet the issue squarely. The Re publican platform was, to his mind, an admission of the fault of the gold stand- ard, because it was trying now to accem- plish an international agreement jor a double standard. It sent a commission abroad to get rid of it, and why should any party try to get rid of a eood thing? Mr. Bryan hoped that the Republicans would bring back an agreement for inter- national bimetallism, because then they would be repudiators, along with the Democrats. Bimetallism must have good qualities if Republicans and Democrats alike favor it. “Why should we wait for other nations?” asked Mr. Bryan. “If we think we want it ourselves, let's get it ourselves.” Many, he said, did not know what free coinage of silver meant. Some thought every man would have his own mint and the country would be flooded with wildcat money. He said: It issaid that these farmers do not want free silver because it is mnot their product. Why not have free wheat? some will say. A man in Iowa argued that free silver meant nothing to him, because that State raised mors wheat than Colorado produced silver. Itold him that the United States produced more butter than the valuation of the gold miued, but the only connection I could sce was that wheat and silver were white and gold and butter were yellow. All we ask is to_place silver on an equal footing with gold. We cannot have a double ana a single standard at the same time, as_the Republicans would have us be- lieve. We don’t want silver riding on the back of fold. but standing side by side with it to uphold the Natlon’s commerce. noneg is not tested hizha melting-pot, 88 the Republi- cans would have us believe, but by its pur- chasing power. He apologized for using the term *‘zold- bug.” As it was shorter and more ex- pressive than “‘advocate of the gold stand- ard”’ ne would use it with that samp good will with which they referred to him asa lunatic. Names did not hurt him, and therefore would hurt no one. A ‘“gold- bug’s’” definition of an “honest dollar” was ‘‘sound money,” and his definition of “sound money'’ was an ‘‘honest doilar.” The Mexican dollar would stand the melt- ing test, and it was pleasant to think that when we descended to the Mexican stand- ard we would have “sound money.”’ Mr. Bryan wondered why people in- sisted in chloroforming their intellects. Turkey had a sold standard, and why not say Turkey was as favored as the United States? The test was whether a nation under a certaln policy was better or worse than under another. Honest money was 1n0ney whose purchasing power was for- ever the same. Apprecialed money meant depreciated property ; stable money, stable property. Only the creditor ciass wanted 2 fattening doilar, while the masses grew thinner. The speaker did not believe that an “honest’ dol!ar would ever be had, be- cause the human was not perfect, but we could approximate to that condition, Gold couldn’t keep pace witis the demand for money. When all the countries got to using gold alone then matters wonld be worse because there would - be so - much less gold 10 meet the demand. Japan’s adoption of the gold standard would take the yellow metal from the United States. The people did.not want a balloon dollar, where the financier's ollar was in the basket and. the masses watched it go out of reach, but something they could get hold of to' pay their deots. There were two things in money—quality and quantity. He continued: 1 was never precocious as achild, but Iale ways had sense enough to know that when one end ot a teter-board went up the other :em down. When gold goes up property goes own. Carlisle, Blaine and Sherman divided society just alike—on one sige the capitalist out of debt and the man enjoying a fixed income, ad on the otger side the struggling mass of humanity., SOmetimes we are accused of be- ing aemagogues if we speak in behalf of struggling masses, yet it must be admitted Carlisie has sdmitted, that it ia the struggling masses Who sustain our Government and My friends, whben the ‘‘gald bu say that what they are doing 18 for your own good, tell them to et you alone and let you do_yoursel good. The “gold bug” never says he wants the gold siandard because it is good for him, but because it 1s good for the laboring man, the farmer and the business man, Teil him that these are willing to risk bimetallism; does that appease his solicitude? No; he rises to the height of his normal stature and says: “8hall I allow them to hurt themselves?” I likeaman wno admits he is trying to do something for himself—he is more natural— and when I fina one who is aiways feeling for me, 1 want to see that he does not reach me. Belleve me, when this question finds its solution those whose sympathies are with the masses will be for bimetallism, while those of the capitalisticclasses will be for the gold standard. The issue is joined. The remedy Lies in oulvoting them. There 18 no use in trying to conyince them. This is the greatest Nation on earth. Itis the only great nation that is to-day sufficient- Iy independent to_throw off the shackles of money-changers. We are just on the eve of the one hundred and twenty-first anniversary of National independence, and yet arte we free? What is po.itical independence withiout financial independence? Iamwiliing totrust the destinies of this Natlon of 70,000,000 of people to the people themselves, but am not willing to intrust it to the people of other nations. John G. Carlisle once in a speech.in the United Siates Senate said that the acceptance of the single standard by the nations of the earth would entail more misery to the race than all the wars, pesiilences and famines in history. Carlisle spoke the truth. No graver, deeper and more far-reacning problem con- fronts the people to-day. I am but & plain American citizen, and my sympathies are with the people. Believing as I do on this question I would rather maintain my right to proclaim against this iniquity than hold every office in Christendom. At the close of Mr. Bryan's address three cheers were given by the assembled throng and the meeting broke up. Such a rush was made for the entrance of the plattorm by thuse who desired to shake bands with the late Presidential candi- date and apostle of free siiver that a blockade ensued and there was some de- lay before Mr. Bryan and the reception committee were abie to reach their nacks. Mr. Bryan finished his speech at 2:30 o'clock and immediately took h:s car- riage for the special car. On the way to the depot he was stopped several times by enthusiasts who wanted to shake his band. The train lefv for Fresno at 3 o’clock. SHORT ATUP ATl BSACRAMENTO, The Nebraskan Gicen a Hoarty Welcome by Ciiizens. SACRAMENTO, CaL., July 3.—William J. Bryan’s greetling to the -peopie of Suc- ramento was ‘‘short and sweet,’”” as the period of his stay was extremely limited. When the train entered the depot the several hundred people present broks into a cheer and crowded around the car con- taining the speaker. Mr. Bryan alighted, walked across the track totue coach Rose- burg, which had been decorated in his honor by the citizens of Bacramento, and, in response to repeated calls, s.epped out upon the car platiorm and said : “Ladies and gentlemen: 1 appreciate this demonstration, I assure you. Owing to the limited time at my disvosal, 1 shail not attemnpt to make a speech; besides, I am to return and speak here next Thurs- day evening, when I shall have time to address you.” W The train immediately left for Stockton, amid cheering ana the waving of hats and handkerchiefs, Mr. Bryan standingon the rear platform bowing and smiling. Killed Near Halfmoon Bay, RED WOOD CITY, CAL., July 3.—Joseph 8. Miguel, a resident of Halimoon Bay, met with deaih under distressing circum- stances early this morning, while coming across the mountain. His team ran off the grade and be fell under the wagon. His aged father, who was with him, tried to raise the wagon and save his son’s life, but was not equal to the task and went in search of heip. When he returned the boy was dead. Migue! was aged 24 years. e Unknown Man Killed at Davisrille. WOODLAND, Car, July 3.—An un- known man was killed on the railroad bridge at Davisville last night by being run over by & train, Notbing was found upon the dead man’s person by which to identify him. He appeared to beabout 35 years of age. & a8 BULLETS AVENGE HIS CHILD'S DEATH Rancher Green Commits Murder on a Street of Tombstone. His Victim Suspected of Hav- ing Caused the Drowning of Two Chiidren. Accused by the Bereaved Father of the Mallclous Breaking of a Dam. TOMBSTONE, Ariz, July 3. — Mad- dened by the loss of his chila and the by grief of hix wife W. C. Greene _deliberately shot and killed James C. Burnett yesterday. The tragedy occurred at midday and on a pub- lic street. It came as the sequel of a dis- tressing casualty on San Pedro River the other day wherein a daughter of Greene and her playmate, Edna Cochran, were drowned by the bursting of a dam. Greene believed that Burnett mali- ciously destroyed the dam. The two men met face to face on the street. Greene ac- cused Burnett, at the same time flourish- ing his pistol. “It's a lie,”” said Burnett. ing to do with the dam.” “I know better,”” said the enraged father. ‘I have proof thatyou broke that dam. You will never break another.” Bang! bang! bang! sounded the pistol, and Burnett dropped with three mortal wounds. Both the men were widely known in this part of the Territory, as both were pioneer ranchmen and possessed of con- siderable wealth. Burnett was Justice of the Peace at Pearce and the owaer of a big ranch in the San Pedro, near that of his slayer. For some time they have been unfriendly, owing chiefly to a quarrel over water rights. After the drowning of bis daughter Greene offered a reward of $1000 for proof of the identity of the person who broke the dam, and then he set out up the river, vowing not to return, until he had learned who bad caused the death of his child. Greene came into town yesterdav with Sheriff Scott White and left his weapon at alivery stable with histeam. A couple of hours:ater he came in and asked for the pistol, saying that he intended to have it repaired. Five minutes later the shots were fired, any one of which would have been sufficient. Greene made no attempt 1o escape, but surrendered to Chief of Po- lice Wiser, who turned him over to his friend, Sheriff White. When seen in his cell to-day he said: “I have no statement to make, other than that the man I killed was the cause of my child being drowned. Iascertained beyond the shadow of a doubt that he was the guilty man, and when I thought of my little girl as,;she put her arms around my neck on tiile day she was drowned 1 could not think of anything but ven- geance on the man who had caused her I had noth- lived in this territory twenty- and have always been @ peacea- ble, law-abiding man. [ held no animos- ity and have no regret for anything ex- cept the death of my little girl and the lit- tle Cochran girl, her playmate, and the terrible grief of my poor wife,” and then he added, as though, perhaps chiding himself: **Vengeance is mine; I will re- pay, sayeih the Lord.” Friends of Mr. Greene declare that his troubles have unsettled his reason or the killing would not have occurred. The funeral of the little girlsdrowned in the San Pedro by the bursting o* the dam was more Jargely attended than any other ever held in tuis county, and the whole affair from first to last is regarded in the light of a public bereavement. SUDDEN DEATH A% WOODLAND, Mrs. Armstrong, County Superintendent of Schoolv, Passes Away. WOODLAND, CaL., July 3.—Mrs. Clara March Armstrong, County Superintend- ent of Schools, died very suddenly last nightin this city. She was a native of California, the daughter of J. P. March and wife of Yolo. Miss March attended the public school in ber home town and afterwar d gradua- ted from the State Normal School at San Jose. She was engaged in teaching school until 1894, when she was elected County Superintendent on the Republican ticket. This office she has filled with entire safis- faction. She had the distinction of being the first woman who ever held office in Yolo County. : Oniv last December she was married to E. M. Armstrone, a mining man of Placer County. He was unable to be present when she passed away:. e L Freak of a Stockton Manfae. STOCKTON, CAr., July 3.—Thomas Boltz, an inmate of the State Hospital for the Insane, died lastnight from the effects of an operation verformed by himself in the loft of the barn on the grounds shortly before noon on Thursday. He labored under the delusion that he had too much blood and, sharvening a caseknife on a brick, made an incision in his groin, took out twenty-two inches of the intestinein two pieces, four'een and eight inches long. He was discovered three hours later, having walked a distance of 300 yards un. assisted. The hospital doctors put the man under chloroform and performed an operation, but peritonitis had setin and the patient was beyond recovery. The case will be reported in the medical jour- nals as one of the most unusual on record. NEW TO-DA 1896 MODEL CLEVELAND BICYCLES 50! THE PRICE IS RIGHT, THE QUALITY IS RIGHT. If you are looking for a first-class wheel this will suit you. Inspection . so- licited. LEAVITT & BILL, 303 LARKIN ST., S. 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