The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 26, 1898, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1898. WEDN .OCTOBER 26, 1898 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Propnetor. Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. PUBLICATION OFFICE......Market and Third Sts., S. F. Telephone Main 1868. EDITORIAL ROOMS. 217 to 221 Stevenson Street Telephone Main 1874. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) Is [ served by carrlers In this city and surrounding towns for I5 cents a week. By mall $6 per year: per montb | 65 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL OAKLAND OFFICE creneans NEW YORK OFFICE Room 188, World Building | DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Representative. | WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE .-Riggs House C.'C. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGO OFFICE ..Marquette Building C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Representative. One year, by mall, $1.50 ..908 Broadway BRANCH OFFICES—52T Montgomery street. corner Clay, open until 9:30 o'clock. 387 Hayes street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 621 McAllister street, open untll 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 1941 Mission street, open until 10 o'clock. 2291 Market street, corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street, open until 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh street, open untll 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street, open until 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ana Kentucky streets, open until 9 o'clock. Prisoner of Zenda. Vaudeville. Comedy Theater—'‘Where's Matilda?" The Chutes—Lilllan F. Smith, Vaudeville and the Zoo. Olympla, corner Mason and Eddy streets—Specialties. Sutro’s Baths—Swimming Sherman - Clay Hall- ertainment Thursday Evening. Metropolitan Temple—Benefit Thursday Evening, Octobs pep Gushion Tea—At 1918 Californie street, Saturday, Novem- r 3. Rosenthal—Coming in December. ——— | AUCTION SALES, By J. Leutholta—This day, October 26, paintings at California’ Hotel, at 2 and 7:30 p. By Killip & Co.—Thursday, October 27, Horses, at corner GUILTY, BUT DON'T CARE. of Van Ness avenue and Market street, at 11 a. m. ELLS-FARGO people have had their lesson, W but don't seem to have taken it to heart. They | reed another, more severe. Attorney-General Fitzgerald is in a position to give it to them. He has the authority. It is true that He has ample grounds. | tions. Sad Sea Waves.” | HATEVER student virtues may be possessed | W by those callow and inconsiderate youths at | Stanford University who have organized them- sclves into Maguire clubs and are now shouting and | spouting for the single taxer, it cannot be claimed for i | | | | \MENTAL ABERRATION AT STANFORD. |[SOME NECESSARY RETRISCTIONS. HEN a public utility is controlled by a mon- \A/ opoly it must be subject to restrictions. Leit to iitself, greed becomes its guiding sentiment, and the rights of the public are forgotten. In California the most absolute monopoly is the | them even by their friends that they are at all loyal ‘ telephone company. It has no opposition, no par- to the welfare of their alma mater, or have any re- | ticular prospects of any, and it waxes fat and arrogant. | gard for the memory or the principles of the great It forgets that its patrons have rights, or, if it re- | man who founded it and endowed it with all his wealth l members, does not care. Therefore it has become | that it might serve for the education of youth. | epprobrious epithet whi | gate, could produce. The denunciations began while | Stanford was alive, and have not ceased with his | death. According to Maguire, Stanford was a thief, | a perjurer, an extortioner, a briber of judges and | legislators, the corrupt author of a thousand corrup- ‘ According-to Maguire, Stanford University | was founded in iniquity and endowed with the profits | of plunder. Every one who accepts a salary from its | revenues, or shares in the munificence of its endow- | | ments, is a receiver of stolen goods and a sharer in the i proceeds of fraud and dishonor. Maguire has not limited his antagonism to Stan- | ford University to bad language. So far as he is | capable of acting as well as talking, he has acted against it. He did his best to have the Government take from the university every dollar that Stanford gave it. He sought to have the bill providing for the | settlement of the Government's claims against the Central Pacific so devised that the property of the | university would be taken by the Government. Could he have had his way. there would be no Stan- ! ford University, except in name. The great founda- | tion would have been stripped of everything it pos- | | sessed, even to the land on which the buildings stand, | and the students who are now enjoying its advantages would have had to seek their education elsewhere. Nor does the menace of Maguireism to the univer- | | sity cease with the passage of the funding bill and the | settlement of the railroad indebtedness. The greater | part of the munificent endowment of the institution | consists of land. If Maguire can get his single taxers | in power in California he will make short work of | that endowment. A year or two of their taxation would virtually confiscate the property of the univer- | sity and leave the institution without revenues. The schools, the lecture-room, the museums and the | libraries would have to be closed for lack of money to maintain them. The great structures would pass to other and widely different uses from that for which | they were designed, and in place of the stately quad- | rangle, with its attendant buildings, which now so | fittingly stand as a memorial of the great railroad | builder, Governor, Senator and philanthropist, there he has campaign duties to attend to, but these can- not be more imperative than the duties of his office. Despite the fact that the Costley suit was decided against the express company, that it has paid the costs and the damages, it proposes still to exact from the people the price of the revenue stamp which Congress | specifically said the company should pay. It does | this because it thinks patrons will be too busy to hag- i gle over the cent, and some of them are. Demonstra- | tion has been made, however, that no patron needs submit to the imposition if he choose to take the mat- ter to the courts. | The reason the Wells-Fargo people, headed by that | great and good man, Valentine, are still obdurate is that they know of a test case somewhere in the East which they wish to see carried to the tribunal of last | resort. Their patience is beautiful to see. Delay to them is as good as actual victory. They have hopes | that before a final decision can be reached the war | tax will be a thing of the past. Then what will they { care what the decision may be? Nothing. They will | have had their illegal gain, and there can be no re- | covery. So Mr. Fitzgerald should hurry up. Every which goes by is marked by a series of petty swin- dles on the part of the Wells-Fargo Express Company. | The people are the victims, and the Attorney-General | is expected to give them the protection to which they | are entitled without an hour’s delay T:md which bids fair to overwhelm him on the 8th of next month, possibly might be stemmed jf he would return to the taxpayers the $16,000 lost by ‘Widber’s defalcation. The Mayor’s endeavor to sub- stitute a “hefting” system for the old plan of counting the treasury money was the direct cause of the loss, and he is morally if not legally responsible for it. Inasmuch as he believes in responsible officials and advocates honesty in public office, a moral respon- sibility should be as binding upon him as a legal one. As we understand it, the people of this city doubt the sincerity of the Mayor because of the discovery that he is a careless and indifferent official, chiefly in- terested in getting places for his personal friends, and for that reason ambitious of becoming a political boss. ‘Were he to draw a check for $16,000, and thus assume responsibility for at least one result of his careless- ness, he would do much to check the public sentiment that is rising against him. In such an event the peo- ple would feel that they were getting something for Phelanism. They would feel that if they re-elected him and more money were lost through his practice of “hefting,” he, and not the taxpayers, would be the loser. It will be remembered that when it was discovered that Treasurer Widber had taken advantage of the Mayor’s custom of “hefting” the sacks in the treasury to steal $116,000, Mr. Phelan hustled around, counted day @ POINT FOR PHELAN. HE tide which is running against Mayor Phelan, the money and forced the surety company to liquid- | ate its bond of $100,000, But here his hustling ceased. There was still a deficit of $16,000, and the last statement of the Auditor reports that amounts as a loss. Mr. Phelan felt his responsibility while the $116,000 hole made by Widber in the treasury was still yawning, but the moment the surety company put its share up his nerve returned, and he has allowed the taxpayers to pocket the residuary loss. In other words, Mr. Phelan is willing that his “hefting” habits shall cost the taxpayers $16,000. It is quite plain that this is the argument that is controlling a large number of the Democrats and Re- publicans who are making up their migds daily to vote against him. They reason that a man of Mr. Phelan’s wealth who causes them to lose $16,000 by the in- troduction of an absurd system of “hefting,” is mor- ally bound to make good the amount. Therefore we do not hesitate to express the opinion that if the Mayor will draw a check for $16,000 in favor of the City Treasurer it will materially aid his election. Tt might not carry him through, as many people still might regard it as a delayed contribution to the con- science fund, but that it would tend to stem the swift- running tide of defeat is unquestionable. Besides, the money might better be expended in discharging an obligation of this kind than in hiring strikers to boom Phelanism in the corner groceries. If the Mayor spends $16.000 this year he will have to do it in violation of the purity act, Moreover, the | or indifference to her welfare, is not one that can be = would be but a desolation to bear witness of the tri- umph of James G. Maguire. Many vagaries can be, and are, pardoned in young men at universities, but treason to their alma mater, lightly looked upon. The group of Stanford youths | who are shouting for Maguire in this campaign have carried folly too far. THE CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS. ROM the vantage ground of the national cap- | ital, where political campaigns are unknown, but | where all parties are represented by their Con- gressional committees, the Washington Post has been making a careful study of the situation throughout the country, and has found reasons for believing the Republicans will control the next Congress if they are active and vigilant this fall, but will be in a mi- nority if they permit either over-confidence, indiffer- ence, apathy or any other cause to lead them to neg- lect their duties at the coming election. According to reports gathered by the Post the Re- publicans are fairly certain of 166 seats, the Democrats | are about equally sure of 128 seats, while the Popu- | lists and Silver Republicans are conceded twenty-one | seats. This leaves forty-two seats in doubt. If the Republicans can win thirteen of the doubtful seats and hold all that are accounted certain, they will have a | majority, while the opposition to control the House must win thirty of the doubtful places in addition to those which the Post concedes them. On the face of it this report is highly encouraging. It appears, however, that many seats in the present Congress were won by very narrow majorities, and it will take but a slight falling off from the Republican vote of 1896 to return Democrats or Populists to the next Congress in place of Republicans. The fight, therefore, is one which must rouse the energy of Re- publicans everywhere. Any weakness in the ranks of the party may result in such Democratic successes as will either give them control of the House of Repre- sentatives or reduce the Republican majority to so small 2 number that it will be seriously hampered in undertaking important legislation. In a recent review of the work of the Congressional campaign committees in Washington the Post says: “There is no disguising the renewed activity at Dem- ocratic headquarters these days. The Democratic | leaders have encouragement that they may win out | aiter all, and this has stirred them to unusual efforts of late. * * * The chairman of the Democratic | Congressional Committee, Senator White of Califor- | nia, has been in that field all summer, and Represen- tative Osborne of Wyoming, the vice chairman, after aiding in the work of organization at headquarters for about a month, has gone West again.” ‘With both the chairman and the vice chairman of their Congressional Committee in the Western field, it is clear the Democrats are to make a hard fight for every Congressional seat in this part of the country. They have undertaken something like a still hunt. Since the Republican victory in Oregon no Demo- cratic brass bands have been heard banging away for free silver, free trade or Bryanism. The present tactics are for fusion, State issues and silence. This form of canvass may be one of political cowardice, but it is insidious and dangerous. Republicans cannot afford to overlook a single point in the fight. An effort should be made to carry every district in California fer the administration, sound money, protection and prosperity, and to send to Washington a delegation honestly representative of our interests, our principles and our people. | | The Call has published in fac simile the shameful contract made by Hearst’s paper with the Southern Pacific, showing that the company in self-defense had to bribe to silence a blackmailer from whose asper- sions it could not otherwise have regarded itself as safe. And it was not safe after all. Perhaps there is no other statesman contending with more devils and deep seas than surround Blanco. And the world, having noticed the manner of man he is, doesn’t care a cent whether the devils get him or he jumps into the brine. —_— Maguire says he is not an anarchist. Gage does not have to say anything of this kind in relation to him- self. —_— money belongs' to the people, and he has no moral right to spend it at all. i fatal to brunettes. necessary this monopoly be called to the attention of Maguire has denounced Leland Stanford by every | the Legislature. It has not yet grown too mighty to ich his brain, fertile in billings- | be called down. ’ According to authentic reports, the receipts of the concern are as high as $3,000,000 yearly, of which im- mense sum 25 per cent represents profit. In consid- eration of this fact, it will be the duty of the Legisla- ture to investigate, to ascertain the character and ex- tent of the investment, and to fix the rate at such a figure as to permit a reasonable income, and no more. Twenty-five per cent on $3,000,000 is not only too much, but so much too much as to be absurd. The regulation of this matter is clearly within the pur- view of the Legislature, and candidates for the Senate and Assembly should be asked to declare where they stand. In the District of Columbia a telephone company once thought itself supreme. Congress appointed committee to investigate, and the committee reported that the company could supply telephones at $50 per year and yet realize a fair profit. Congress thereupon made a law setting this limit. As soon as Congress had a adjourned the company set up the claim that this rate | As yearly | contracts expired, subscribers tendered $50 for re- applied only to Government telephones. newal, and the corporation declined to receive it, threatening to take out the telephones. The sub- scribers applied for an injunction, won in the courts, { and the company accepted the stipulated sum, doing it, too, without getting near a condition of bank- ruptcy. The local company is as subject to whole- some regulation. It merits treatment as condign. Let the next Legislature bear this fact in mind. There is another matter in relation to which the telephone company needs rebuke. No telegraph operator will reveal any information which may come to him in the course of business. A secret ticked to him over the wire is held inviolate. He is forbidden by law and by honor to reveal it. The telephone em- ploye leaks like a sieve. The news sent in to one paper is tattled to another. Matters which should be held in confidence become the subject of gossip. This is_not only wrong, but so far wrong as to call for in- terference. There should be legal enactment for- bidding it and prescribing a penalty. The penalty now is nothing more than distrust. This seems not to be sufficient. It should be made unlawful for an agent, manager or superintendent to extend special privi- leges to any one, for in respect of telephones all who use them are supposed to pay the same rate, and all should stand on an equal plane. THE POPULIST DILEMMA. HE middle-of-the-road Populists of the State Tat large are in much the same position politi- cally as the old line Democrats of this city. The latter on one side are confronted by defeat of their party, and on the other by Phelanism. To their credit it must be said they are generally accepting defeat as the lesser of the evils. The Democrats of this city were able for several years to survive Buckleyism and its attendant evils, but it is questionable whether they could weather a single season of such bossism as Mayor Phelan has been giving them—appointed State delegations and conventions, cooked up tickets, buncombe issues and a general suppression of the rank and file of the party. The local Democracy is, therefore, to be congratu- lated on its determination to sweep the entire Phelan brood off the field. That is the shortest and surest road to the rehabilitation of the party. There are periods’ in the history of all political or- ganizations when it becomes necessary to defeat them. Sometimes annihilation at the ballot-boxes, which never obliterates vital principles, results in as- tonishing purification. We agree with Mr. Shanahan, the middle-of-the-road nominee for Governor, who has been shut off the ticket by the Maguire fusionists, that their party label, party platform, party prestige and party principles having been stolen by a band of Democratic office-seekers, it is in order for the Popu- lists to retaliate. If the People’s party is to be saved at this time it must be saved by drastic measures. It never can be saved by the election of Maguire. On the contrary, his success would undoubtedly de- stroy it. A majority of Populists are farmers—the very class whose property will be confiscated by the triumph of Maguire’s single tax plans. How can these men vote for candidates whose success means indirectly the in- troduction into California of a system of taxation which will deprive them of their land? Maguire has said that the single tax “must be forced into the poli- tics of California,” and he is forcing it in now by de- claring that it is not an issue and that if elected he will possess no power to establish it. There is but one way for the middle-of-the-road Populists—and, in fact, all Populists who regard prin- ciple as paramount to pelf—to save their party from destruction in this campaign. They must imitate Mr. Shanahan and vote the entire Republican ticket. There are no other means by which they can let loose their sentiments. The Maguire party has shut them off the official ballot, has stolen their platform, ap- propriated their name and adopted as much of their campaign thunder as it considers of value. If it can get the Populist vote by this process, the middle-of- the-road men may as well give up in despair. They have been sold by a few of their office-seeking leaders on a time contract. If the goods can be delivered on November 8, Populism in California on that day will pass into history. Because this paper congratulated Mrs. Botkin upon her escape from the necessity of taking a trip to Dela- ware, the Bulletin jumps to the conclusion that a para- graph palpably intended as a reflection upon the lax- ness of the law against murder was really meant to felicitate the prisoner. It is such sundown breaks as this which lend strength to the theory that the Bul- letin is edited by an idiot. Chicago wants a tower higher than Eiffel, higher than Babel. The utility of such a structure can be discerned. Chicago is tired of boasting only concern- ing the number of steers it can slaughter in a season. St Some of the Cubans, having seen Spain whipped by the United States, seem to think this country has ex- hausted its resources, and are acting in a manner to invite a thrashing devoted to their own reformation. Several dog-catchers got licked and put in jail yes- terday. This did not illustrate a triumph of law, but among the observers it gave rise to a large and vo- ciferous satisfaction. A ruling that Chinese exclusion applies to Hawaii Race wars in the South seem to be particularly | as well as to the rest of America indicates that the islands will be overrun by the almond-eyed. PHELAN ON A BRIDGE OF SIGHS. How the Destruction of the Primaries by the Plug-Hat Boss Menaces the Citizens’ Rights. NUMBER FOUR. Dear Sir: The statesmen who founded this republic knew by bitter ex- perience that the power of the people might be used against the people. Therefore they exhausted human ingenuity in the attempt to safeguard the rights of the plain citizen, your rights and mine. And in the first place they divided political power among so many officials that there could be lit- tle chance of any one of them getting so much power as to render him independent of the people. Hence we have the law-making power independ- ent of the executive, and the judiciary independent of both. Itis against the American system to combine these powers in the hands of one man. The gravest danger that could confront the plain citizen, you and me, is that any one man should control all these departments of the Government. are plain people we must deal with plain facts. There are to circumvent the precautions of our forefathers. They try to get control of the various branches of the Government by controlling the officials. Such men are bosses. We know they exist. We cannot eradi- cate them. We must make the best we can of them. Our own experience tells us, and (e experience of the founders of this commonwealth that the more bosses there are the less dangerous any one of them is. We must deal with them as our fathers dealt with political offices. We must multiply their number and thus divide their power. The greatest danger that can menace our interests, your interests and mine, is the big boss that can buy all the little bosses and rule alone. BUT THE INGENUITY OF THE Men who established this Government provided another remedy against the danger that the power of the people might be used against the people. At frequent intervals the power granted to officials is returned to the citizens. The mgn who have been elevated by the people’s power return to the com- mon mass and there they remain unless the citizens think well to intrust them with the same power once more. In theory it is true that any citizen may run for office. But the common fate of independent or sporadie candidates is not such as to tempt aspirants. No man wishes to run for office unless he has a reasonable chance of win- ning. The number of those voters who belong to groups or parties of men is S0 great that the candidate who is selected as the representative of such group or party has a t ndous advantage in the race for power. It is only in very ptionalcases thataman who has no organization to support him gets into office, and plain people, like you and me, are not dealing with exceptional cases. The usual method by which a candidate’s name is proposed to the peo- ple is through a party nomination. The b therefore who wishes to con- trol the offices makes it his duty to see that only his friends get the nomi- nations. He tries to control the nominating machinery, and he usually has his candidates selected long before the nominating convention meeta. BY SECURING THE CONTROL OF THE CONVENTION The boss defeats this device for preventing the power given by the people from injuring the people. The plain citizen has no hope except in nominating conventions in which there are many bosses. In the ideal convention every man would be his own master, but there are few ideal conventions in these United States, and none in San Francisco. Therefore the most the plaincitizen can look to is the increase of bosses ina convention. If there are ten or twelve bosses in the convention they will be compelled to unite on some neutral candidate in order to make a nomination at all. The more neutral- ity the candidate has in his composition the better for the plain citizen— for you and me. If there be only one boss in the convention he can nomi- nate his own henchmen, and the only remedy left the plain citizen is to vote the other ticket if he votes at all. Hence, as far as our rights go, we want to increase the number of bosses in the nominating convention as well as everywhere else. To you and to me the danger comes not from the dozen small bosses, but from the big boss that can buy them all. Now, a convention is supposed to come directly from the people. Tha members of the party or organization select the delegates immediately. Such election is known as a primary and the electors are all those who care to identify themselves with a political party. The plain citizen very seldom troubles himself about the primaries. We are content to leave the management of them to those who take a special interest in politics. We usually think it enough to vote at the general elections. Of course the plain citizen knows that the primary is very important. You and I have heard the exhorters and the expounders urge us again and again to go to the primaries. But somehow or another we don’t go. We must accept the facts about ourselves as well as the facts about others—the plain citizen is not numerous at the primary. BUT ARE WE THEREFORE TO REJECT THE PRIMARY And consider it of little use? By no means, It is our great safeguard. It is, as it were, an open door for bosses. Every political leader who is worth his salt can make an impression at the primaries. It is the portal by which he enters into public life. He can extort there at least a locus standi. The primary is an open call—come one come all. No matter how the boss may be said to control it there is always an opportunity for an- other boss to get in. The primary, therefore, of its very nature contributes to the multiplication of bosses and for that reason to the safety of the plain citizen—to your safety and to mine. But Mr. Phelan hes no love for the multiplication of bosses. He wishes to be the sole and only boss and with his keen eye for his advantage in politics he looks askance on the primary. He gives his reasons quite frank- ly. “The bosses,” he says, “will get hold of it. I wish to be the only boss in the party and I do not intend to have my power disputed. If I have claimed the right to dictate to the Supervisors and the judiciary surely I am not going to suffer some mere member of the party to have opinions of his own and to differ from me.” It is very seldom that the bosses dare to dispense with a primary. The old bosses do not love the primary more than Mr. Phelan because every primary introduces a new batch of bosses into the political world. But a certain regard for public opinion compels them. Even their follow ers expect it. But with Mr. Phelan it is different. He has too much in the balance. He is playing for big stakes. He is no ordinary boss, who shares his power with half a dozen others. He is the big boss who is to rule all. He cannot brook opposition. He therefore considers it better to fly in the face of all precedent rather than tempt the possibility that any one should be nominated for office who might differ from him. He still believes in dinners, but if he can control the next Board of Supervisors without giving them dinners it is so much money saved. Even millionaires have been known to be thrifty. BETWEEN ELECTION AND ELECTION An appointed committee usually takes charge of the few interests of the political party demanding attention. Before election its duty is to call a con- vention and then resign. But Mr. Phelan saw a new use for such a com- mittee. He first took care to fill it with his followers. Then he compelled it to declare against primaries as a nuisance and finally he made it resolve itself into a nominating convention of the party. His object has not been concealed. He wished to secure his own nomi- nation and the nomination of men who would support his policy. In other words he wished to make it absolutely certain that if his party is success- ful at election he shall hold the city government in the hollow of his hand. The plain citizen like you and me is usually suspicious of the politicians of both sides. We know the worth of their professions and promises. That Mr. Phelan is a politician and a smart politician his tactics prove. Of him we are not only suspicious—we are afraid. He aims after more power than one man should have. He is trying to build a Chinese wall round the offices of this city—a Chinese wall with one door—a door of which he alone holds the key. . You and I have been raised in the good old belief that this country gives every man an opportunity. Mr. Phelan believes otherwise. He has built a new bridge—a short cut to power—and no man may pass over that bridge unless he pays toll to Mr. Phelan. Other bosses have built such bridges and have collected toll in the shape of coin. This is Mr. Phelan’s reason, so he tells the people, why he has built his bridge. But he takes toll of the opinions of men, of their manhood, of their independency. No candidate can put foot on Mr. Phelan’s bridge unless he thinks as Mr. Phelan thinks. It is a new Bridge f Sighs, the emblem of the tyranny that may take hold of a great commercial city. This is the gravest outrage yet committed against American principle. Better die in the Almshouse and retain the right to freedom of thought than wallow in the spoils of office with as much mental liberty as the hog in the byre. Yours truly, A PLAIN CITIZEN. 4 number of promising mines in Trinity County, is in the city on a short visit. General Passenger Agent Thomas Lord of the Chicago and Northwestern Rall- w?y is here with his wife on a vacation trip. AROUND THE CORRIDORS Martin Lund, a wealthy Stockton farm- er, is at the Russ. Lieutenant S. Fullinwider, U. 8. N., a guest at the California. Professor I. 8. Kellogg of Stanford Uni- versity is at the California. R. C. Meade of the Bakersfield Daily Californian is at the Grand. " United States Senator S. M. White of Los Angeles is at the Palace. Judge J. M. Mannon of Ukiah is among the recent arrivals at the Lick. | John H. Dale, a prominent cattle man of Eden Valley, is at the Russ. Bank Commissioner John Markley of Geyserville is stopping at the Lick. ‘W. H. Nichols, a large general mer- chant of Courtland, is at the Grand. Willlam Myers, a large land owner and | cattle raiser of Fresno, is at the Russ. A. H. Denny, one of Siskiyou's most prominent merchants, is at the Grand. Rev. Danlel G. Mackinnon and wife of Stockton are registered at the Occidental. Edwin A. Sutter, a large Chicago to- bacco manufacturer, is at the California. C. 8. Foraker, United States Marshal for the district of New Mexico, is in the city. F. L. Ransome of the United States Geological Survey is registered at the Lick. Captain B. P. Newhall, a prominent mining man of Orcas, Wash,, is at the Russ. George E. Stickle, engaged in merchan- Ol i CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Oct. %5.—Ross E. Browne of San Francisco is at the Hoffman. Willlam H. Maloney and wife of San Francisco are at the Metropole. Mrs. Géorge W. Reed and Miss Violet Jacobs of San Francisco are at the Girard. B. R. Douglass of San Francisco is at the Marl- borough. —_—— FINAL RESULTS OF FUSION. Editor of The Call: After rcading this morning in The Call Mr. Shanahan’s re- view of the political situation as seen from a strtaight Populist point of view, and while feeling a deep sense of satis- faction with his masterly presentation of the subject, it seems to me there yet re- malns a serious reason for repudiating fusion which should have weight and re- celve equal consideration among intelli- gent and honorable men of every po- iptmcfil dfznh or affiliation, which T feel my duty under existin, state as briefly as poul‘ll)lé‘. SEdion iy I refer to the moral aspects of this fu- sion question, since if fus?on is to become a settled and successful method of mak- ing nominations for office and conduct- h;g Bg;l;gnlfl cnrmpaégm iths lcm.m!r:r must ed for '!F:g gre‘ A tfolrllg“’.i luav table Tesults asis of fusion is compromise—a compromise with consclenca—anlo Judge Meguire, for example, puts aside his sin- ile tax doctrine, which is his most pro. ound and earnest political convietion, I is suppose—in order that dising and mining at Angels Camp, 18 at | on some kind of issue m%‘;mflogoun; utr‘;g the Grand. the temporary ‘“union of forces” to se- Charles Erickson, the well known Mar- tinez railroad contractor, is stopping at the Grand. . M. Gibbs, treasurer of the New York Life Insurance Company, IS a guest at the Palace. George Carr of Carrville, owner of a cure a common object—the same object n every known instance of fusion, name- ly, the election of certain men in each party to office. Is not this true? Is 1t not a fair statement? Even the most ar. dent fusionist will say yes to both of these questions. Fusion ¥: then a com- promise of ciple, of one's most sin- cere convictions, the ignoring of an hon- | States $10 ptece of 1847 is from 313 to 815 est man’s most cherished desire, the hushing of a patriot’s most unselfish aspi- rations for the welfare of his country, that certain men may combine and get into office. : It follows that if the American people in the mass do not repudiate fusion at the polls the time is near at hand when men of conviction must retire from poii- ties, for . office-seekers alone who can unite with any class of voters to secure election will fill the offices, make and ad- minister our laws, with e men for Judges to pass upon these laws, and the end of our form of government has then come, for no nation can survive the dom- fnance of compromisers and place-hunt- ers. 1 desire to say to all straight and earn- est Populists that I think our firs!_fmd most urgent duty in this campaign is to do our utmost to destroy fusion, root and branch, and my view of duty in this exi- gency is to vote for Gage. the Republi- can candidate for (}x;overnur. and for no fusion candidate whatever. & S OSEPH ASBURY JOHNSON, 618 Harrison street. —_———————— ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. THE SELLING PRICE—W. H. B., Oak- land, Cal. The selilng price of a United The selling price of a 20 cent piece of 1875 is from 65 cents to $L UNITED STATES TERI}XTO!HES— Constant Reader, City. The United Sl:h:: Territories on October 18, 1898, were New .‘-I(L'rxrl(':). Arizona, Indian, District of Col- umbia, Alaska, Oklahoma, Hawailan Isi- ands and Porto Rico. PACKAGES TO MANILA—Mrs. J. B. and W. E., City. Arrangements (‘an.he made with the depot quartermaster, New Montgomery aund J e streets and W the Red Cross Society to send small ps ages of non-perishable goods to soldiers or sailors at Manila or vicinity. FLAG ON FOREIGN SHIP—C. R., City. ‘When a foreign merchantman enters a United States port she does not dip the American colors, but carries them at the foremast. When a foreign man-of-war enters United States port she salutes the American colors with cannon. TEN LARGEST CITIES—Constant Reader, City. On the basis of population estimated by the Mayor of each of more than 150 of the large cities in the United States the ten largest are: New York, Chicage, .Brooklyn. Philadelohia. _ St. Louis, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Buffalo, N. Y., and Cleveland, O. PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS—L. E. F., San Mateo, Cal. The President of the United States names ten candidates at large for the Naval Academy at Annapo- lis and one for the District of Columbia. The President names the eleven and they are examined whenever there is a va- cancy. As soon as Era(‘!ic:xl)le after the 5th of March of each year the Secretary of the Navy notifies every Representative or Delegate of any existing vacancy in his district. FROM ONE PRECINCT TO ANOTH- ER-J. E. K., City. A voter In the State of California does not lose a residence until he acquires a new one. In order to acquire a residence in a precinct he must have resided therein thirty days. If a voter resided in the First Precinct of the Thirty-sixth District at the time he was registered with the intention of vot- ing at the election next November, and on October 17 moved into the Sixth Pre- cinct, he would have his vote in the pre- cinct'out of which he moved, namely, the irst. TROOPS ON TRANSPORTS—A. R. 8, Sacramento; A. 8., City; N. B. B., City. On the 25th of May, 1898, the City of Pek- ing sailed from this port for Manila car- rying the First California Volunteers; the Australia, the Second Oregon Volun- teers, and the City of Sydney the officers of the headquarters, a battalion of the Fourth Infantry and a detachment of heavy artillery. June 15—The Senator, Colon, China and Zea- landia sailed that day for Manila with the First Colorado Infantry, Tenth Pennsyivania, First Nebraska, two battalions of the Eigh- teenth and Twenty-third regulars, two battal- ions of Utah Artillery and a detail of engineers. The FirstColorado went on the China, the Tenth Pennsylvania on the Zealandia, the Utah Artil- lery was distributed on the China, Colon and Zealandia and the remainder was distributed on the Senator and other vessels. June 27—The Morgan City carried away the First Idaho, the City of Para the Thirteenth Minnesota, the Indiana a battalion of the Eigh- teenth regulars, a battalion of the Twenty-third regulars, the First Company of the Volunteer Signal Corps, a_detachment of engineers, Brig- adier General MacArthur and staff, and the Ohio the First Wyoming Volunteers, Batteries G and L of the Third Artillery and recruits for the Thirteenth Minnesota for Manila. June 35—The Valencia sailed for Manila with the First North Dakota Volunteers. June 29—The Newport sailed for Manila with General Merritt and staff, Batterles H and K of the Third Artillery and the Astor Battery. July 15—The Peru salled for Manila with six troops of the Fourth Cavalry and Light Bat- teries D and G of the Sixth Artillery; the Puebla with five companies of the Fourteenth regulars and recruits for the Twenty-third regulars. July 20—The Pennsylvania for Manila with the First Montana and 300 recruts for the First California. July 23—By the Rio de Janelro, two battalions of the First South Dakota and a detachment of fifty-three of the Signal Corps. July 20—By the St. Paul, two battalions of the First South Dakota Volunteers and recruits for the Minnesota and Colorado Regiments. August 6—By the Lakme and Nelson for Honolulu, battallons of the Second United States Regiment of Engineers, and Companies L K, L, M and C, First New York. August 18—Alliance for Honolulu, Companies F, G and H of the First New York. ‘August 21—By the Arizona for Manila, Com- pany I of the Eighteenth regulars, Third Bat- talion of the Eighteenth Infantry, 234 recrults for the Tenth Pennsylvania, 306 for the First Nebraska, 124 for the First Colorado and a num- ber of officers. August 27—The Scandfa salled for Manila via Honolulu. She had on board two companies for the First New York at Honolulu and for Manila a detachment of Heavy Artillery to guard $1,000,000 for the paymaster at Manila. She also had ‘147 of the Hospital Corps and several officers. —_———— Cal. glace fruit 50c per b at Townsend's® —_————— Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mont- gomery street. Telephone Main 1042, * ———— Pictures and Frames. Carbon, old Flemish and gray oaks, fine mat gilts, ebony and little, narrow mold- ings in Bright Green, Blue and Violet Bronzes are the latest for picture frames. The Tabor-Prang and Hargreaves Col- ored Photographs mounted on glass with projecting gilt corners find great favor with the public this fall. We have them all at popular prices. Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Market street. . Mrs. Wicklins—You and your husband and Mr. and Mrs. Caddsley seem to be very good friends. Mrs. Dimpleton—Yes. You see, Caddsley and I used to be engaged. Mrs. Wicklins—But I don’t understand why that fact should make you enjoy each other's society now. Mrs. Dimpleton—Well, of course, I can’t speak for him, but he married a woman who is at least five years older than I am r(.nd not“hal;as good looking, if I do say myself. You don’t - fortable feeling tsxesk%g:se‘gs};g; notc Ofie mlne.—slevelfi.nd Leader:c s }hen 2 —_—— “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup” Has been used over fiftv years by millions of mothers for their children while Teething with perfect success. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays Pain, cures Wind Collc, reg. ulates the Bowels and is the best remedy for Diarrhoeas, whether arising from teething or other causes. For sale by Druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrg, ‘Winslow’s Soothing Syrup. 2c a bottle, ————— Through Tourist Car to St. Paul. This car 5 nicely upholstered in leather, leaves every Tuesday night, no change. Gees via Shasta route and Northern Pacific Rail. way. The scenic line of the continent., Tick- '.ru ;.n cs.::‘(ll.) all Eastern cities at lowest rates, 4 eler, general o Franotane. agent, 638 Market st., —_—— HOTEL DEL CORONADO—Take advant: of the round-trip tickets, Now only $60 by ;uuln.hllp. including fifteen days' board at otel; longer stay $2 50 per day. Apply at 4 New Montgomery street, San Franciaco. —_—— SICK HEADACHE ABSOLUTELY permanently oured by ‘using Mokl rea. . it herb drink. Cures constipation ppy. "‘?itumnw’ A T L R T hug. At No Percentage eyo.r . Mr. ———— Commercial lunch, 11 to Among ‘Bar- zels, 865 Market at. e s