The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 24, 1898, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1898. RAILROAD MEN - ARE WORKING FOR McFARLAND With Their Aid He Hopes to Influence Delegates in Convention. The Latter Apparently Desire to End Southern Pacific Dom-= ination in Politics. ADQUARTERS, SACRA-| ed at the polls even at the expense of —As was indicated in \‘(h(}f candidates Wh‘O might be carried > ajspatches yesterday the political | J0NE WIS Bim. - Such expressions ot bureau of the Southern Pactfic Company | pOrtions of the State and are represmts | iS making a desperate and well sustained | tive of the general feeling regarding rail- to ate the acts of this con-| road cendidates. tempt he ter of the selection of | “Muz;?.\" ;;P- w‘ far :\sn to say !xm;(! they | 5 oeinta R Tontbes o vould” p: r to see the entire ticket de- | for Assaciat "“1,1 2 \(-t the | feated rather .aan have the corporations e Court. This s particularly true | seoure the ¢ h ofia sinele cardidate. ce to T. B. McFarland, who | T} ssert that it is well known s for vears been a | ilroad company, and that suffered because of this | If on the Supreme | called forth the full | fends in the yellow | who his public has ndship of at the er of Montgomery \ey look upon the present barefaced | an Francisco, to ald apt of the rallroad’s political bureau | ation. Mc eat on “arland into f pporters and his T 1ds have for the past twol Y el ;}:fi[ s been moving heaven and earth to sadistniamtainea ] rfett: some combination whereby they e s e | rcome the evident desire on | AIAiS Becrotaries | seatbkns | art -of the majority of the delegate ] e e convention to shut the Southern securing for McFarland | Company and kindred corpora- Hon for ARt oiate st e ot out of Republican politics and put a COUNt. he it has in the corruption that railroad’s partictpation for the 4 the most seriou part of leaders | party. their efforts to do so they have come| From present Indications it appears out.in the.open and are making litt or | that the feeling of m felt s t nceal the fact that they | desirous of securing the nomination of | 4. the Southern Pacl apany in the nomination of Judze W. C. > attempt to ar | Fleet and Judge B. Willlams nf Ven- | h comment among th tura. The Los Angeles delegation ates concerning the man- | pledged its strength to Judge W. McFarland is attempting to | Clark of Los Angeles, but it is bel that after the first few bailots. wh | becomes apparent that Clark has no show of winning, the votes of the Los delegation will be given to Ju permit McF liams. Other cand!dates for the Supreme | Court nomination are still | r in the fight, but their chances of winning mination for whic 8 are not good. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRAMENTO, Aug. 23.—L. H. Brown, who ‘was a candidate for Governor, closed his rooms at the Capitol Hotel to:night and retired from the contest. Many of the delegates on whose support he had counted asked to be released from their promises to sus- tain his cause as there was no chance of his success. Some of the dele- gates who were in Brown’'s camp this morning are now wearing Gage badges. Before his retirement from tne field Mr. Brown sought consola- tion at the headquarters of Henry T. Gage and presumably obtained it. The retiring candidate did not make a long explanation of his course. ‘When his reasons for getting off the track were solicited he replied: | “Without the delegation from Alameda County or any delegation from San Francisco it was utterly impossible to break the slate. I had about 250 delegates. In my judgment iir. Gage will be nominated by acciam- ation. 1 am not a candidate for any other office on the ticket. I wish to thank my friends for their loyalty and kind efforts. Had the convention been go-as-you-please I am satisfled I would have been nominated. I honestly hope the ticket will be successful, for I am a consistent Repub- | lican. I anticipate a falling off in the vote, due to decreasea registra- tion and a lack of enthusiasm as a result of the nervous reaction fol- lowing the war. Which party will lose by the decreased vote it is impos- sible to state. Had I received the nomination I am satisfied I would have been easily elected, begause I received more votes in 1894 in the same:Congressional District than did Maguire, who was a candidate for Congress and is the present Democratic-People’s party nominee.” ‘Brown’s retirement will net introduce any complications. It will give Mr. Gage additional strength in several of the mountain counties and insure the nomination of the Los Angeles man by a larger majority than was first counted on. Thomas Flint Jr. withdrew from the gubernatorial contest to-night a1s0; and his name will not be presented to the conventi~n. He gave as his reasons for withdrawal the apparent hopelessness of his candidacy against the landslide of votes that has been pouring in upon Henry T. Gage. He declared that he had withdrawn without prejudice and that he had made no attempt to influence his friends and supporters in the interest of either Gage or Pardee. MAGUIRE ACCEPTS. Bends His Letter of Acceptance to the stantially agree in all matters relating in any way to the functions of the office of Governor and that they are not in any respect Inconsis- | tent. Populists. 1 desire in this connection agaln to express my earnest appreciation of the preat honor James G. Maguire yesterday sent the |conferred upon me by your convention, and to #o]owing formal letter to the chairman |assure you of my full sympathy with the pur- poses for which the People's party and the Silver Republican party have united in hon- { orable co-operation with the Democratic party | in_the present campaign. Further assuring you that I will faithfully af the People’s party, accepting the honor | of - carrying their banner in the coming campalgn for the office of Governor: N FRANC , Aug. 23, 1898. B. M, Wardall Esq, Chairman People's | @nd earnestly devote myself to the accomplish- iy, § atral Committee—Dear Sir: | Ment of those common purposes, I remain. sin- official notification of my | cerely yours, JAMES G. MAGUIRE. —————— New Mining Company. The Golden Treasure Mining Company incorporated yesterday with a capital stock of $100,000, of which $3500 has been 1 q S Sy e ian subseribed. The directors are: C. W. Ta- I am pleased to state that upon & ci | bor, E. P. = reading of your platform and a comparison of | ;’;‘d";} dln ‘ij"e‘:i’ ~1N1-‘, Rl_';nnle. C. R. Eager, §t& terms with those of the platform adopted | wars ul at, F. Dulmaine and J, §. by the Democratic party, I find that they sub- | Stearns. - the State Convention e's party of California, at its session | in“the city of Sacramento on July 12, 13 | and 14, 1898, 1 take pleasure in advising you | hat T have accepted the platform adopted by the corivention, and herewith return the same, sixned as requested by your committee. | plated such use of certificates of registra- HILBORN MEN EXPOSE FRAUD AT PRIMARIES Dummy Registration Cer= tificates Circulated by Jordan’s Ilen. Will Not Endeavor to Punish the County Clerk, Leaving the Pub- lic to Place the Blame. tion nor transfer as was made of them last Wednesday, and it {s to be hoped b, every lover of good government that suc] an outrageous prostitution of a high of- fice to the schemes of ward heelers will never again be witnessed In this county.” “This committee has no desire to injure Mr. Jordan nor cast any reflections pub- llclj’ on his office. His repeated challenges and misstatements would place us in a false light, however, if we did not pub- Iish the facts as we know them and afford Oakland Office San Francisco Call, %8 Broadway, Aug. 23. Another bomb was thrown into local politics to-day when the “Hilborn cam- pailgn committee,” which, however, does not indicate its personnel definitely, pub- lished a lengthy statement regarding the certificates of registration which it Is claimed County Clerk Jordan {ssued in or- der to favor Mr. Metcalf's candldacy. The committee states: *At that time (before the primary) our committee could not get possession of any of these cards, owing to the fear of those who gave the information that they would be invoived in the expose and the further desire to dict, and place the responsibility for the wrong inflicted, where it properly belongs. Our work is ended and we shall take no he may say.” This xl:nffir‘ant phrase “we shall take no further notice of Mr. Jordan” shield some of the deputy clerks who fizstnecimotice jof M, durdanil imay e : mean a great deal to ; | signed the cards.” The statement of the [ Mean a great deal to the county clerk s committee Is illustrated with reproduc- tions of two certificates signed, one by R. C. Gelder, and another by J. G. Deane, a deputy county clerk, for the produ tion of which Mr. Jordan offered a reward of $0. The committee does not state whether or not this reward will be claim- ed. It says that “the law never contem- Dr. Pardee's organ s headed “‘Hilborn's friends.” frien as shown at the primary, only in the minority by twenty-four, and | should they take “no further notice of | Mr. Jordan” at the primary on Septem- ber 17, a different complexion may be | placed on county politics. County Clerk Jordan is to-day working for Dr. Pardee. PART MY HAIR IN THE MIDOLE ~ SAID JAKE ./ THE IRISH FAIR. music by Bennett’s Exposition Band af- ternoon and evening Is proving a strong The Attendance Increasing and the |feature of the fair. | —~—— First Week Proving a Great I To Locate the County Boundary. Success. | On Thursday morning, August 2, the The opening event at the Irish Fair last | engineers representing San Francisco and evening was the grand march, led by | San Mateo counties will commence the Erin, represented by Mrs. F. E. Dunne, | resurvey of the boundary line between and Uncle Sam, personated by Robert | the two counties. San Francisco will be Emmet Lynch, the promenaders keeping | represented by Mr. Tilton, the City En- step to the music of Bennett's Exposition | gineer, and San Mateo County by the Band. “ounty Surveyor, Mr. Gilbert, and D. The theater, in which 1s located the art | Bromfleld, civil engineer. gallery, drew full houses at each perform- | The county boundary was last surveyed | in 1862, and stone monuments placed upon G 1 s rom | ance, the bill consisting of scenes trom | i1 182 and stone merymen's Places SBOT The Honeymoon," “Marle Stuart” and | claims have ben made that the line was r?cl(uliofis interspersed, the programme | established erroneously, and lthlfl in re- Peine under the direction of Mrs. | Sponse to these claims that the present udlam. | The booths did a thriving trade, and all | :X‘:l;vey is undertaken by the two coun- the other aftractions —were itberall atronized. 'he attendance was muc S———— arger than on Monday mFm. The first Born in the Hospital. week 18 proving a gratifying success in| macoie Adams, a woman about 2 years every respect. The pald admissions so far are more than ever known at any ex- position held in the Mechanics’ Pavilion Quring the same length of time. The of age, was found in a doorway at Turk and Laguna streets early yesterday morning and was taken to the Recelving ,,,,, Hospital in the patrol wagon, where 0000000000000 000000000000O000000O000O0O0O SACRAMENTO, Aug. 23.—In my humble judgme “the honor of presiding, and I can say further that no company to get control of the convention. The best divided in preference for the candidates. of earnest friends. .sense a test vote in this respect. For example, the Placer delegation which cast _votes in this delegation. POHEOOOPOOOPOO®E®P 0.0000000000600000 :man’s fight to-night. have no doubt the delegates will give expression to ind | sincerely hope and believe that a ticket will .60_00@@ ANTI-RAILROAD, ANTI-MONOPOLY. ration influence of any kind controls the convention over which | now have so far as my knowledge extends, on the part of any corporation or railroad gates are seeking to represent the people is the fact that they came here Dr. Pardee has a strong following L. H. Brown is also sustained by his friends. Gage has likewise a considerable number of supporters. £ The preponderance of sentiment among the delegates is anti-railroad -and anti-monopely. My election as temporary chairman does not signify the _triumph of any candidate for the gubernatorial nomination. befd, and three of the aspirants for the nomination for Governor will receive vote I speak of Placer because it is my home. ‘contest between the candidates for the first place on the ticket it is no Judging the convention by the character of the men composing it I that will command the support of a great majority of th -tro'oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo 5 about two hours later she gave birth to 0D0O0O0O0ODO0OO0OOO0OOOOOOOO |a girl baby. She is a domestic, but for some months has been out of employ- ment, and lived the best' way she could. She said that John McCarthy, formerly a bartender in a Fourth street saloon, was the father of the child. The babe will be sent to Mount St. Joseph's Or- phan Asylum. ——————————— Mining Case Settled. Judgment for the plaintiff was rendered in the United States Circuit Court yester- day morning in the case of Koulback vs. Hazzard, brought to determine the owner- ship of a mine in_Plumas County. Haz- zard clalms that Koulback has not done the requisite amount of work on the mine and accordingly seized it on the 1st of January. Koulback groved to the satis- faction of the court that he had done the required amount of work b; & group of six mines, and rendered accordingly. X —_———————— ‘Without a Prescription. ‘Willlam A. Kelly, druggist at Market and Stockton streets, was arrested yes- terday afternoon by Detective Crockett on a warrant charging him with selling Ipflson without a physician's prescription. e was released on his own recognizance by “Judge Mogan. The arrest arose out of the sending of a messenger by Leo- nora Lewis from the Recelving Hospital to Kelly's drug store Monday night for morphine with which she intended to poi- son herself. —————— Stewart Presbyterian Church. Next Thursday evening an entertain- ment—musieal, literary and triotic—wil] be given at the Stewart Melpn‘orlal Unllm{ Presb*terhn Church, on Guerrero street, near Twenty-third, in aid of the church. A programme of sixteen numbers been arranged for the occasion. —_————————— ‘When All Others Fail To stop itching scalp, dandruff and fall- ing halr, use Smith’s Dandruff Pomade, the only positive remedy; never fails. Try | it. Sample sent free by Smith- Bros., Fresno, Cal. £ nt no railroad or corpo- attempt has been made, evidence that the dele- working on udgment was Henry T. It was in no its vote for me is divid- In the has the will of the people, be placed in the!field e voters of California. JACOB H. NEFF. 0O000000OOD0O0OODO0ODO00D0OO0D00OO0OOOODOODOOOOOOOO0OO the public an opportunity to reach a ver- | further notice of Mr. Jordan nor of Whl[i may | In the Seventh Ward Hiiborn's | were | in Sacramento | terday morning and told him ADVERTISEMENTS. big shirt waist reductions. | We have taken 113 dozen of this season’s shirt waists and cut them to one-third former price; you can. to-day in this final clean up get $2.50 waists for $1.50, and $1.25 for 50c, or a 75¢ waist for.25¢ ; figures tell the tale ; it's easy to verify by coming in and seeing the waists. children’s hose Tc pair Of Black Cotton, medium heavy welght, narrow rib- bed, double knees and seamless; sizes 6 to 9. Of Black Cotton strong school hose) extra beavy quality, double knees, heels and toes; fast color and seamless; sizes 6 to 10. (a_regular boys’ hose 15¢ pair Natural Gray and Ecru | Cotton, heavy quality and | fleeced shirts have | French neck. silk-bound | front; pants to mateh; in | following sizes: { children’s underwear 10c up 18 13c 28 e No.—16 T0c No.—26 %e 19¢ 32 3¢ 31c Prices quoted per garmenta ladies’ vests 48 Natural gray wool mixed | Vest, high neck, long slee jersey ribbed, self front, gfuche( edge; regularly Worlhj Te. | f 2% Ib. bar Castile Soap and | toilet a d4-inch Turkish Bath oo S Towalare: Che St 3 sundries 4 "oz wottie Fiorida Wa- J15¢ | ne. 40z bottle Vaseli e Celebrated Bran Mash Toiiet Soap, 3 cakes for.... ise fittl Cloth Covered Corset Steels, itie black, 5 hooks. ........4c pr. : Trenton Safety Pins, fotions G2 "%c doz.; No. 3, 3¢ doa.; No. 4. 4c doz. | White and Ecru sTinted Plllow | Tops, Ux24 ... SR 10¢ each | cambric One caso Just In. mmma}j e 36 ches wide, limit t ]]]IISIIII nches wid mit to EBCL‘ customer 10 yards. 4c yard 937, 939, 941 lot N 8 doz. lot No. 2 lot No. . 3 doz. Fancy Madras and Chambrey Waists, In pinks and blues; novelty | shirt waist sale. lot No. I. 10"doz. Dimity Waists, with self-colored or white stand u; nnd&i(urn <}own collnrs,‘ all aizes from 82 to 38; cut from 75¢ and 50c to 26¢ each.. m 28¢C | lot No. 2. 72 doz. Dimity and Percale Shirt Waists, some with pouch front, pointed yokes, some plain, others plaited fronts; with self-colored and white stand up or lay down collars, in pinks, blues, light | greens, grays, blue and white, and small movelty effects; stzes from 33 to 38; reduced from L 81, Tsc, to 50c. 3 80c¢ o. 3. Dimity Walsts, in tans, two and three tor x;lah;rs. crash, stripes and | novelty small effécts; si ! to 42: cut from $1 25 to Toc...... 75C | 4. | doz. of the celebrated Stanley and | Trojan Waists in Novelty Dimitles | and Percales, including Scotch plaids, | stripes, self a two tone combina- | tions. plaited vokes and pouch sl fronts; sizes 32 to 42..,......... pouch fronts; college checks; in as sorted colors; in all sizes; re- s| 50 duced from 32 50, $2, $1 75 to.... @k Fleece back, dark col- cashmere ;e varfety patterne; spectally good for ' fal flannelettes F5iSE Wrdbpers: fimic o 5C ll'd any one customer y yards. dress 2000 yards, 27 inches wids, h in this 'season’s fancy ginghams plaids; regularly worth 43¢ ]I.l'd e yard. : Lace Stripe Scrim, 38 inches SCIM wide, in ecru—just come in. (Only a case of It in to-day’s 4c yard L)) 22-inch Dress Suit Case, olive leather, heavy riv- eted end: - Alligator Club 12-inch Real Bag, leather lined, $1o0 grained inside pocket.. 8:50 leather goods 14-inch Imitation Alli- gator, cloth lined... 18-inch Cabin ' Bag, leather, leather lined new dress goods. Scotchy—large designs . in_ a faucy heavy fabric, 42 Inches wide— l 'd and something novel because Plalds foral effects in mohair are worked over the plalds—extremely fashionable for Eepflrnle75c yd SKIFtS ..ocvvireninnniiiines f " Here is where the fall goods a stand alone for color, display and strong_ individuality; - chiecks fioh “Wide heliotrope, marine, olive, brown, body colors with an overweave check of blac! mohalr S 1 | yd Circular ruffies will be on every- thing—even the redingote. f: One of the new fabrics par- a0CY ticularly adapted for plain tailor-made costumes; a CTePOAS heavy fabric of a two-toned crepe effect; 41 inches wide, in two colors, such as mousse and black, royale and black, emerald and black, mordore and $1 yd black Princess gowns will be much worn this fall. , 943, 945, 947 Market street. PARDEE AND BROWH ROUTED Continued from First Page. Republican campaign in the platform had been wrested from the hands of the opposition and had fallen into the possession of Gage. The victory had been well worth the winning. When Jacob H. Neff subsequently announced the committee on platform and in his selection protected the convention and the party from the stain even of the suspicion of railroad influence, the triumph was more thoroughly under- stood. Neff struck the keynote of his policy as soon as he took the platform to thank the convention for the honor be- stowed upon him. He vigorously as- serted his freedom from boss and rai- road influence. ks public life has been such that he needed to' make no such assertion, but the announcement won the recognition and hearty response of applause and cheers. When Neff had concluded uis address the convention began its labors. The first and one of the greatest battles of the convention had been won and lost. The opponents of Gage had combined their forces in vain. The results of this foolhardiness be- came manifest as soon as the conven- tion took a recess for the rest of the afternoon. Pardee’s managers, who suf- fer from inexperience, saw at once that their favorite was not only sadly in a minority, but that they had made a fatal mistake in exposing their weak- ness to the common enemy. As soon as possible after the adjournment Par- dee and his advisers held a conference to discuss the situation. The futility of continuing a hopeless struggle was pointed out to Pardee and he was urged to withdraw from the fight. By doing this he was shown where he might secure the favorable opinion of his onnonents and place himself in line for the Republican nomination four years hence. “It is inevitable,” his advisers said, “that Gage shall win the nomination. This will make it reasonable to sup- pose that four years from now the nominee will be chosen from the cen- tral or northern part of the State.” wardee had placed himself in line, but all the urging was wasted on deaf ears and he positively declined the advice of his followers and will remain in the field. His obstinacy had its counterpart in the actions of General Dickinson and Judge Angellotti, the former of whom wished to be Governor and the latter Supreme Justice. Dickinson saw in the events of the afternoon the destruction of his hopes. He decided therefore to retire from the fleld as gracefully as possible. In doing so he promised to throw his strength to Charles F. Curry for Secretary of State. Judge Angellott! determined upon the same policy so that Curry will receive an unexpected support and an added strength for the battle in the conven- tion. Neff's victory and the bearing it has had on the aspirations of other candidates have sent several claimants for honors to hasty cover. The guber- natorfal contest being over the other prizes are being sought for with re- newed vigor. ——e—————— Charged With Murder. Mrs. Dora Fuhrig was arraigned in Judge Mogan’s court yesterday ‘for the murder of Mrs. I'rleda Maler of Baden. She pleaded not gullty, and at the re- quest of the rmucutlon the case was continued until Friday. Has Strange Hallucinations. Mrs. Mary Donovan, residing at 323 Val- ‘States, which is to meet in Indianapolis. &pf.md before Lieutenant al lejo street, aj A 1t Esola at the ifornia-street station yes- that her son | fun of him for kissing the VPO POPOOOOEQPIPOOOPS + McGOWAN’S OPINION. He Will Remain in the Fight for the Lieutenant Gov- ernorship, SACRAMENTO, Aug. 23.—I be- came a candidate for the nomina- tion of Lleutenant Governor at the solicitation of a number of my friends, and I propose to stay in the fight until the last vote s glven. I will not withdraw from the contest under any circum- stances whatever. I belleve that I am entitled to recognition at the hands of the party on the score of party service rendered at all times without compensation. I have had ten years’ experience in the Legis- lature and do not believe that I am boasting when I say that I am qualified to discharge the duties of the office. If nominated I will make an active campaign and spare no effort to secure the elec- tion of the whole ticket. In view of the fact that the fusion party has nominated a bril- liant politician and orator, I anti- pate that the coming campaign will be one of argument. I trust it will be a campaign where the. discussion of principles ‘will be paramount. I think a good ticket will be nominated and will be successful. I have engaged in a recalcitrant movement known po- litically as a ‘“kick” when I thought that I observed the ap- pearance of a “slate,”” but I have reason to believe that such politi- cal methods have been abandoned. I only want an open fight, and if I am not considered the best man for the position I do not want the nomination. Whatever the result may be, I will loyally and actively support the nominees and sustain the principles of the party. I may be a “kicker” but never a sore- head. FRANK M'GOWAN. PPOOOP0PPVPO0PPPPVPPO00PP09P00P000290000006090900 000 ®® & @ ® * ® & @ @ @ L4 @ L4 @ @ @ * L4 L4 L4 @ @ @ @ @ L4 @ ke L4 * 4 4 L @ @ @ @ @ & L4 @ @ @ L4 R4 @ @ @ @ £ @ @ @ L4 @ POIPPOPPOPQPOOPIPOIPIOIGEOR was being slowly murdered in the house where he was boarding. An officer sent to Investigate the case found that the woman was partially insane and that her son Is now in Alaska. —_————— IMPROVED ORDER OF RED MEN. The great sachem and great keeper of wampum have arranged to leave on the 15th of Beptember to visit tribes and councils as follows: Newcastle, Auburn, Grass Valley, Truckee, Stockton, Angels Camp and Quartz Mountain. The great representatives from the res- ervation of California will leave Septem- ber 5 for the Great Councll of the United The Sims, C. F. Burgman. ——— Irishmen to Picnic. The Tyrone, Fermanagh and Donegal Benevolent Society will give an excursion and picnic to Shell Mound Par. on Sun- day next. Arrangements have all been completed and a %ood day’s sport is prom- ised. There will be many valuable prizes distributed. Suicide at Sacramento. SACRAMENTO, Aug. 23.—Jacob Hart- man, an employe in the rallroad foundry, committed suicide this e'enlus by taking opium. He leaves a wife and two chil- dren. The only reason known for the act: ‘was that his wife was a hopeless invalid. ———————— Back to Ante-Bellum Ideas. DAYTON, Ohlo, Aug. 23.—The commit- tee on resolutions of the Democratic State Convention -T"d on free sliver ?t lsug- 1, and the indorsement of Bryan lor . A Brighton, England, young man has reat representatives are Josiah %‘. A. “&lppla, G. W. Lovie and { BROWN AND FLINT RETIRE Continued from First Page. made itself felt at State conventions. Among the fourteen candidates who are either actively or passively seeking the nomination are many who have un- assallable records as jurists. There are others whose records are not so clean, and whose connection with the manipu- lators of the affairs of the Southern Pacific Rallroad Company are matters of common knowledge. The efforts that are being put forth by the railroad company, through its political bureau, to secure the nomina- tion of at least one of these men, would be beyond belief, were it not for the fact that the people have become somewhat accustomed to the partici- pation of the rallroad In political af- fairs. Whether or not the corporatfon will, in this instance, be permitted to carry its design to a successful issue and thus secure for itself a representa- tive in the highest tribunal of the State, of course remains with the dele- gates to this convention to decide. It seems quite possible that they may de- cide in favor of the railroad company, and if they do, the voters of the State will then have an opportunity to ex- press their approval or disapprobation of the actlon of the convention. Local Sacramentans have been treat- ed to-day to an illustration of how poi- itics “is did” in Alameda County. Dr. Pardee came to the convention in the vanguard of a delegation composed of the young men who made up for their lack of political knowledge by an over- exuberance of spirits that has found vent on every possible occasion, in and out of season. With an idea of catch- ing the nimble country vote, they have marched up the street, singing and shouting. and then marched down again shouting and singing as if they were never tired of it. This exhibition always wound up by a demonstration beneath the windows of their candi- date’s headquarters at the Golden Eagle Hotel, and then the populace was treated to an edifying spectacle of youthful enthusiasm, such as was good to see. But it was not politics. Dr. Pardee would appear at his win- dow and wave his thanks, but he must. have been disappointed by always see- ing the same famillar faces turned up to him—their very familiarity proving that they had gained no recruits, and instead of making votes were merely making a noise. There is some prospect that the work of the convention will be finished some time to-morrow night, but this will de- pend largely upon the length and num- ber of nominating speeches. A goodly number of more or less celebrated ora- tors have gathered here for the purpose of presenting to the ear of the country delegates in convention assembled the irresistible charms of varfous candi- dates. To-day's events will, however, materially reduce the number of. these political orators, for the reason that the candidates for whom they were to nominate have retired from the race, and will be disappointed but silent spectators of the proceedings that mark the closing day of the convention. ——————— killed himself because his wife made servant girl No fewer than 1173 persons have been | burled in Westminster Abbey.