The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 3, 1898, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1898 NOVEMBER. 3, 188 Ail- Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. | PUBLICATION OFFICE......Markét and Third Sts., S. F. J' 1 “.Telephone Main. -1868. EDITORIAL - ROOMS. -:21T-to 221 Stevenson Street Telephone Main 1§74 . THE AN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) Is | sérved by carriers In this city and surrounding towns fof I5:cents ‘a week. By mail $6 per year: per montb | 66 cents: ; : THE :WEEKLY CALL.. ..One year, by mall. $1.50 | OAKLAND: OFFICE.. Uybeds NEW 'YORK: OFFICE {Room 188, World Building | DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Represcntative. WASHINGTON. (D. C.- OFFICE..............:Riggs House | . %% €. Ci CARLTON;. Correspaondent. CHICAGO OFFICE...: +..:Marquette Building | C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Représentative. 908 Broadway BRANCH ‘OFFICES—52T Moptgomery street: corner Clay, | open-until 9:30° o'clock.” 387 Hayes:street. open .until. 9:30 -o'clock... 621" McAllister street, open .inti! -9:30 o'ciock. 6i5 Larkin street. open . untll “9:30 o'clock. | “1941:Mission street, open until 10 o'clock. 2291 Market | street. ‘corner.: Sixteenth, open untll 9 .o'clock.’ 258 | Mission street; open until.9 o'clack. 106 Eleventh | street; -open until .9 oclock. 1505 Polk street, open | wuntll 930 o'clogk..-NW. corner Twenty-second ena Kentucky. streets, open_until 9 o'clock. . — AMUSEMENTS ts—Speatalties.’ Smith, Vaudeville ‘ang the Zoo: :Heinrichi Recital -this afternoon. ng. ! Paik—Couréing Saturday and Sunday. niversary -Ball,” Saturday, November 5. AS. TO:* A YELLOW SLANDER. miner was displeased tvo‘ rve--thé: wing the : Dlemocratic. “party vhich: ‘Phélan had “tried to kick out;-and later It was | tried< 1o wde: with :bribes, resent the insilt. disturbed to: learn:that the mastery of its pet Mayor | ! nowledged, and that nobody was cringing ription - of the occasion - at ‘which: he - was | overtures rejected; his. promises | v have been expected to be: flat- | ver-of-the Examiner, it was cef- | rerted, uhjust, -and;"to the extent | scorned, ter] followed by it; there was-.1o“excusefor portraying thé sssemblage as -a | collection::-of: thie ruffians’* and. jailbirds:- . Of | course ;of-a Phelan. Committee’ of “One | Hugdzed: canfiot ‘be” expegted everywhére. - The fire- | men:of ‘the’ City:: Who.-participated in’ bouncing - the | Mayor; in.-“hef thud; “have been cl ting” “him -and.letting “hym-fall with a | ed . as-paft ‘of ‘a collections of | boistérous’ rowdies-among ‘whom a policeman would not. be safe.. This is neither just net ‘politic. . It sinply-a- feésh touch. of the raving’ lunacy which has characterized the Mayor's campaign; Tor: the condugt ing’ of which:talént has.-been imported at great ~ex- petise. - Even': the rhifiofity -among the Harney :men have been-insulted. Wmc railway ‘have been- orderéd to vofe for a particuldr .set’ of candidates, ‘we give it -¢redit for :sufhicient fritelligence-to know that .it'is lying. At this point:its-intelligence. is.at an end; it does not- kniow: that: it'is: Iyirig “stupidly. In:the:first place thereis. no.way-in which'the rail- roadl’;‘company.” OF : any-othér . -corporation * cquld’ force: its -employesito vote _contrary ‘ta. the wishes of the:employeés.. No ‘matter "how a“man. toils for his living, -at:-the- polls “he is -his’ own 'master, and "can snap’ his :En’zt_:x;s at any ir}stfuétions. : P Again, it is plain-that an American citizen ‘would take sucliordets as an insult; and:justly: so take them. 1 ‘told:- t6 \'mev_'one' way,v a_matural - spirit ‘of resent- meént. woald. impel -him to:vote the other. Hé might evér, cast aside: his-own. desires and vote contrary to & :determination -already ibr_tned‘ rather. than “dppar- ently-submit to.a. di¢tation which ‘would be both- imn- pertinent: and.critinal;-*Any’ corporation having cer- tain: ends in view could xiot de ‘more fo.thwart their is COERCION OF EMPLOYES. HEN: the Examiner charges. that ‘emiployes of accan shmc,nt,tha"n‘ cdmr’r_lah_d ifs ‘emplayes-to sus- tain-them: . American. citizens are not.of the class to be-driv They: know their rights as:well as the dig- nity"of Jabor: * S does’the employing corporation. To say:that it ‘would: attempt “arbitrarily to control them is ‘only. d-roundibout way of calling it an"incorporated idiot: o e PROTEST AGAINST ABUSES. HE Colordde bdys now in. thé- Philippines did Tga]lani service ‘when there -‘was ~néed. ~“They <harged tpon. thé.eriemy ‘with the same courage ‘whilch: w6n” aduiiration, for the - Californians. “They bore . uncempldiningly ‘thé ‘hardships’ of:a campaign on'a foreign’shore against 1 whose strength was unknoivn, and whose.Supériority” in_position was apparer Oys want to come home, and nobody; canblame theri. .. ; e Complaint:is ‘ma diers. . Any- contrictor who nish- it -otighit ‘to be-shot’ as: than ‘a.man-who poisons 4 well;- for .a ‘misdirectéd sense ‘of patriotism’ might. induce ‘this’ villainy. But rotten meat.i it,:not by an :enemy, but by a plain, unmitigated, -aviricious. scoundrel.-. In the beginning of.a war'there may be circum- stances - which ‘make!. tenip suing of rations both-insufficient -and unwholesome, but no plea-such as this can be made now that peace has practically beert declared. The Government has plenty of money to provide for ifs men amply and decently. Therc_arc officers whose duty it is to attend to supplies and to pass upon the quality. Somebody has been derelict and deserves, punishment. Dis- missal from the service would be mild. The country freely contributed of its sons to fight or to die, but the people who sent their loved ones forth with bless- ings and cheers did not anticipate that the efforts of the patriotic youth were to be rewarded by a diet of worms. 3 Some papers are hinting that Spain may fight again, This course on her part does not seem probable. In entering upon a war there is necessity not only for an enemy to fight with, but certain weapons, supplies, ships and patriotism are absolutely essential. | work in this city at $2 per day, but that he was mainly { which completely nullifies the section. O ! there is no question that it will be followed.” PHELAN AND THE WORKINGMEN. | HE demagogic methods’ of Mayor Phelan are aptly illustrated by a letter published in his even- ing organ, in which he seeks to make it appear nat-only that the new. charter fixes the minimum rate !-of wages to be paid laboring men employed on public instrumental in securing the insertion of the provision in the instrument.. In the letter referred to the Mayor says: “The new charter fixes thé standard of wages on all public work at a minimuni of $2 per day, for eight hours’ work, and, as you are no doubt aware, I was a strong advocate of that provision.” This is what Father Yorke would call a flagrant | case, of political mendacity. Phelan knows that the | provisions of subdivision 24 of chapter 2, article II, of the new charter are a fraud and a sham. He knows | this because during the charter discussion last spring the subject was prominently mentioned and engaged his particular attention. It'is true.that the new charter fixes the hours of | labor for mén employed by the city at eight per day, and :the rate of wages at not less than $2, but it also provides that all public.work of every kind, character and nature whatsoevér shall be let out by contract, Section 14 of chapter 1, ‘article VI, declares that “all public work authorized by the Supervisors to be done under the supervision of the Board of Public Works shall, un- less otherwise determinéd by the Board of Public Works, be.done under written contract, except in case of urgent necessity, as hereinafter provided,” and “hereinafter provided” is found in section 30 of chap- ter 2 of the same article. That section limits the power of the Board of Public Works to order urgent necessity work by day’s labor, to expenditures of less than ‘$500. 5 Thus it is seen that the $2 and eight hours a day provisions of the charter are a fraud. They were put in to catch the thoughtless laboring vote, and, since | practically all work must be let out by contract, they were designed to obtain that vote by false pretenses. Mayor Phelan ought to be proud of this exploit. He should call public attention to it frequently. As a friend of the laboring men he is certainly a champion. He has offéred to them not a granite loaf, but a loaf Containing a‘'cobble. s 5 As a specimen of demagogy the operation, however, | can scarcely be called clever. If the workingmen fo this city do not on Tuesday next resent the fraud | Phelan has practiced upon them in this connection, they will be singularly blind and meek. THOSE I.‘ ‘CONSISTENT '’ DEMOCRATS. N Sunday morning the Examiner, in a state of jubilation so exultant that it fairly chortled with glee, exclaimed with all the vigor of cir- | cus poster type: ‘“One of the most cheering features of the present campaign is that the people realize | what is at stake. Minor differences are forgotten, and devotion to principle is bringing every advocate of good government into line.” In explanation of this effusive delight the yellow journal announced that thé¢ Harney branch of the Democracy. had resolved to call a meeting to con- sider the propriety of giving united support to the en- tire Democratic ticket—State and local. It added: “Major Harney himself advocated such a course, and “The action of these i " Then the chortle proceeded: Democrats’ is both patriotic and consistent. These men have, always fought under the banner of Democracy, they are devoted to those undying prin- ciples that the Democratic party represents and en- forces.” ‘The ineeting thus announced with such a hulla- baloo of joy was held on Tuesday evening. It re- sulted in'a demonstration that the Examiner was right in saying -“the people realize what is at stake.” Nevertheless, it was a surprise party and a confusion to the yellow organ. The ‘‘consistent” Democrats, the stalwarts who are “devoted to the undying prin- ciples” of Democracy refused to be a party to the trade with the Phelanites. - They would not surrender even for one-third of the municipal patronage. Hence yesterday morning the Examiner changed its song. The warble of rapture was re-| placed by an outburst of billingsgate. The “consi = ent” Democrats were denounced as “rats of civiliza- tion that inhabit the sewers of politics,” as “thugs and prowlers from the Barbary Coast, dope fiends and maquereaux from the most disreputable sections of the tenderloin district, men who spend more time in than out of jail, pickpockets and vagrants, sand- baggers and prize-fighters, keepers of low grog shops, City .Hall hangers-on and Police Court shysters.” From this contrast between the language of sweet- ness and light on Sunday and the hell howl on Wednesday, it is clear the Examiner has learned by long practice to express the extremes of the “whoop her.up” at night and the “difference in the morning.” It has been there, this Examiner, and the vivid references to “rats from the sewers” has all the merit of realism. It has done justice to its feelings, and Phelan no doubt read the wild tirade with a sense of gratification that his sentiments had been so perfectly expressed. Far be it from us to take part in this Democratic fight. We have no side or part in the issue. The Democrats who were “both patriotic and consistent” on Sunday and turned out to be thugs, fiends and maqueraux on Tuesday, may have actually made that lightning change, or it may have been the Examiner that changed. All that we know or care for is, the incident has given one more touch of humor to the campaign, and in that we are sure the public will be well pleased and enjoy the situation. A SILLY ROORBACK. O Phelanites and Maguireites in their despera- tion is the charge that the Republican candi- dates for the mayoralty and the Board of Supervisors are hostile to the new charter, and that the legislative candidates of the party will vote against it in the Legislature. This statement is a plain lie without any frills either to ornament it or to hide it. NE of the silliest roorbacks started by the The very first plank in the Republican county plat- form, immediately following the preamble, declares: “We pledge. the legislative nominees of this conven- tion to vote for the ratification of the new charter by the Legislature.” The final plank, which sums up the whole, declares: “No person shall become the can- didate of this convention unless he shall wholly and without reservation indorse the principles of, the platiorm.” - By pledging the legislative nominees to vote for the ratification of the new charter by the Legislature the support of that instrument is made one of the prin- ciples of the platform, and by requiring every nomi- nee to indorse the platform as a whole and without reservation all the candidates of the party are bound by express prontise to join in that support. The attitude of the Republican convention and its candidates toward the new charter having been thus clearly and strongly defined by the platform, the sub- ject is one about which no intelligent man can be in doubt. That the organs and speakers of the fused factions should aftempt to misrepresent so plain a fact as this shows how completely they have lost their heads and how frantically théy are floundering. The question of the adoption of the new charter is not an issue in this contest, unless Phelan and his friends in making their treaty with Rainey and Har- ney have agreed to deliver the charter to the bosses for slaughter in return for the votes of the push. IS HE FIT FOR CONGRESS? E have referred to Barry’s indorsement of \/\/Spanish Minister de Lome’s insult to President McKinley, but that was not the only instance in which’ Barry has shown his venom toward everything that stands for national pride and public order. When the anarchists murdered Canovas, the Spanish Prime Minister, and President McKinley for- warded to the Queen Regent of Spain the usual for- mal expression that passes between all nations under such circumstances, Barry denounced the Presi- dent for it and declared that he would better have sympathized with the devil for having to receive the murdered Minister in hell. Barry approved the murder of Canovas. “The Firebrand,” an anarchist paper in Portland, Or., which constantly denounced all government and all authority, was jubilant over the assassination, and when it became obscene was suppressed by the legal authorities. Barry in his Star approved the course of “The Firebrand,” and said that if all the people in this country who approved the murder of Canovas were jailed, there would not be half enough jail room on the planet to hold them. Barry’s idea for the correction of evils is to do it by violence and murder. He has time and again advo- cated this in his paper, and has not scrupled to recom- mend physical violence to Judges as a means of con- trolling the judgments of the bench. He has stood always against law and public order. A narrow and ignorant man, incapable of logical reasoning, he sub- stitutes his passion and prejudice for reason and runs to sympathy with violence. Because Canovas turned the rough hand of Spanish law upon the anarchists who, in attempting to assassinate the Prefect of Bar- celona, murdered innocent people, Barry believed it to be right to murder Canovas. Because the militia of Pennsylvania had to obey orders and turn out under arms to guard property during a strike riot, Barry denounced the citizen sol- diers and said that any one had the right to kill them on sight, and that it was no more a crime to do so than to kill rattlesnakes. Every man must finally go to public judgment, when a candidate, upon what he has uttered as ex- pressions of his opinions. We have quoted but a small part of what this man has said against government, against law, in opposi- tion to good order and plain patriotism. The utter- ances are his own. From the fullness of the heart the mouth speaketh, and if Barry is to be judged by what he has said he is at heart an anarchist and favors cold-blooded murder as the best means for advancing any cause to which he happens to be attached. His nomination for Congress was a serious mistake among the many blunders made by the fusion poli- ticians, and his election would put San Francisco in the worst possible light before the world. VICTOR H. METCALF. MONG the men who are to infuse fresh blood fl into the California delegation in Congress is Victor H. Metcalf, the Republican nominee in the Third District. His election may be taken as virtually assured, for the district is strongly Republi= can, and Mr. Metcalf's personal popularity is calcu- lated to increase the normal strength of the party vote. While he is a new aspirant for Congressional honors, Mr. Metcalf is not unknown in the field of politics nor to the voters of his district. Born in Utica, N. Y., and graduating from the law department of Yale in 1876, he came to California to make his home in 1880, and soon attained eminence at the bar | and leadership among the lawyers of the State. Pos- sessing in a high degree the faculty of making and re- | taining friendships, Mr. Metcalf enjoys a deserved | popularity for his social qualities as well as esteem | for his ability as a lawyer and his sterling integrity of | character. A demonstration of the strength of his personal following was shown in the contest for the Congres- sional nomination. Mr. Metcalf carried the primaries by a large majority over all competitors, thus show- ing that he was the first choice of the Republican | rank and file as their leader in the contest and as their representative in Congress. Nothing but a feeling of over-confidence on the | part of Republican voters can lead to Mr. Metcalf's | defeat, and even that feeling is not dangerous at this juncture. The people of the Third District are well aware that the supreme issue of the Congressional campaign is that of supporting the administration. They know how much of national welfare depends upon the maintenance of the Republican majority 1n the House of Representatives. Therefore, however confident each may be of Mr. Metcalf's election, he will go to the polls as a matter of pride and patriotic duty to swell the California vote for the administra- tion party. ‘ At the present time there is no one question suffi- ciently dominant in national politics to exclude others from public attention. The maintenance of the tariff, the settlement of the currency, the upbuilding of the American merchant marine, the construction of the Nicaragua canal and the solution of the many problems arising out of the war with Spain, are al to engage the attention of the coming Congress. All are summed up in the one comprehensive issue of supporting the administration. A vote for a Re- publican Congressman is a vote of confidence in McKinley, while a vote for a Democrat would be a vote of distrust, division and confusion. These considerations will not be overlooked by the voters of the Third District. Neither will they over- look the advantage to themselves of having in Con- gress a strong, brainy representative in harmony with the administration. Local interests and national patriotism are as one in this contest, and therefore an overwhelming majority may be counted on for Victor H. Metcalf. While French and Russian editors are abusing America’s part of the Peace Commission, they forget, among other things, the utility and beauty of attend- ing to one’s own business. Also, that the formation of the commission was in itself 2 concession Spain had no right to expect. The Wisconsin man who shot nine people because some gay person had caused him to sit down on a tack rather overdid the business. Still, somebody de- served to be peppered with birdshot. Spain’s representatives in the Peace Commission threaten to appeal to the powers. There is only one power to be considered in the matter. We are it. Spain has not even the subdued satisfaction of say- ing, “All is lost save honor,” for honor was the first to go. : : When Attorney Neuberger feels his damaged nose B oot B SANDBAGGING NUMBER THE SENATE. - TWELVE. (o 5 Dear Sir: Plain people have a homely saying that the proof of the pud- ding is in the eating. When Mr. Phelan comes before you and me for our votes we have a right to inspect his record. What has he done. during his term of office? What guarantee does The Examiner has given a list of Mr. Phelan’s good deeds as reasons the past give for the future? e that entitle him to re-election. You and I have considered the first of ‘these rea- sons and we have found that it does not bear inspection. However, it was merely a wordy paragraph that might mean anything or nothing. Plain peo- ple like to deal with facts. and let us see what are the facts on which Mr._ Phelan bases his claim for re-election. THE PASSING OF THE CHARTER Is one of the benefits for which it is “He was foremost in the constructive is responsible. said that Mr. Phelan He advo- work of the new charter. cated with success the election of Freeholders who were free, and then’ the adoption of the great instrument itself. Phelan took up this work.” The plain citizen remembers that neered by Mr. Phelan. new charter was before the people an Mayor. charter. of our times would be plucked out by adopted. those who approved of the instrument. resentative of the ideas expressed in the eharter that the faction of the Dem- ocracy opposed to him organized as Mr. Phelan is an observing politician. He.saw that the new charter was Many voters who were a Mr. Phelan real not popular. pelled by the charter. sonal cause he sacrificed the cause of the new charter. At his political meet- . You and I recollect that at the election of 1806 a Mr. Phelan in the beginning appeared as an ardent supporter of»the % He believed in strong government, and he told us how all the évils In fact, he was the new charter candidate and attracted votes frot - Five failures had been scored before: one of these five failures . was engi- candidate for d Mr. Phelan was a charter were if the new the root So much was he considered the reb- - the Anti-Charter Democrats. ttracted to him personally \gv'er; 1 lized his danger, and to save his per- ings he drew a clear distinction between his own canvass and the canvass of the charter committee. With much pressed on the plain citizen—that is, o charter were two very different things. iteration and many illustrations he im-. n you and me—the fact that he and thg He explained that we could voté against “the charter and yet vote for him. He urged his hearers to this - course, and with such success that so support the charter. The plain citizen can hardly unde ment as this. Of course if good govern: James D. Phelan, the case is obvious. tem well administered, then we are inclined to think that Mr. ficed good government to his zeal for himself. - B Mr. Phelan is dealing with the ch: dealing with the last. When the Free! Phelan got into their fight late and did not remain in it long. me 14,000 .who supported him did not rstand such devotion to good -govern-- ment means simply government by But if good government is a good sys- arter now before the people as he was- the people Mr. When the holders were before Freeholders were at work it was notorious that he was not at all pleased Wwith - their doings. The new charter did not crat as did the old. Mr. Phelan resen run the whole city by a very cold campaign in favor of the charter when went before the people. make the Mayor as much of an auto- ted this want of trust in his ability to - it Plain people like you and me do not wish to be unjust. We do not wish to deny Mayor Phelan such credit as may be his in the matter of the chartet. . But we do not like to see him overlos and other citizens through whose effo oking the organizations of merchants ‘| “Pony B. .| .the question ‘asl "|forntd; for & m: _Departm - ing. Ba Phelan’ sacri-. .",h“f 1 own: hame,:and :: th b, eight hours and ten min- tistagn et e B SR -the S ‘e an cult 4 such “as. hostile- ‘Indians, d. agents, floods: and_ snowstorms horses ‘and riders, the tained to an astonishi only among the employes, ranks of stage employes, freighters and residents along the route. o g 3 “pony’’ in difficulty was aprivilege, ant 0e to the man who would so much.as W | throw - ] | ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. ’nn': WISCONSIN—. Oakland, Cal. . The date for the launching of the Wiscon- sin has not yet been announced. JEWS IN CONGRESS-M.. R( and. others, City. There is nothing in lheAgl.lbflP -lishéd records of those who :have se&\)fl since’ the establishment of. the republic ‘to _show " if u;:eyl vliewes‘:l%hlf‘e“;f) g!;;;:voer. g tly it Is impossible 4 3 the usstion asked, The sketches e those ed in, Congress gives .only £ the individual, but not a stone in the way.—Century. who have serv the nationality. o the religion. i ; VALUE OF COINS—Mary, Merced, Cal. 'For a $1°g0ld piace of 1854 dealers offer a premium_of 15 cents. . They sell such coins dt. prices varying from $2 to Vi-’-% Witheut -a.description of ~and legemn on. the Mexican cein:ailuded to in your communication, it-is impossible ‘to’ eher- . mjne: what it is, or. its value, if it:has " DIVORCE AND MARRIAGE—Subserib- er; Napa;: Cal. - An-individual divorced in California ‘catinot marry again- in the ite . within -a’ year, but if the . party s!n'd i)h‘tov the. State of Nevada .and &leré,- within: the: year, the mar- would 'be : cansidered Jegal in Call- riage: that is legal in any -other' place is-legal in the: State of Call- fornda.. ... - marry riage: : THE: MEDICAL DEPARTMENT-H. C H., - Oakiand,.Cal; Applications and reesmimendations. for pos!tio;s Hi‘,v‘hi medital -department:at . the: Presidio -0 Snn-’Franclhng:o' may be: sent-to the medi- :cal’ departme at --army: headquarters, enit: of. ‘California, Phelan build- 4neisco; -and from there they istribited: to. the proper . parties om:intende: 5 t > NS TN I8SF ALV, Clty: & dated of éleetions: tn. the territory of Unitéd ‘States west. of ‘the Mississippl 0w 1898, “Texas; sas; No- 3 “Atizona; s, Washington; No- forado, . Towa, pl, Nebras- Notth Dakota, r ER_Subscriber; Af-a Pérson is hiirt upen the streets, 3 ‘ambulance. to the rts the real work was accomplislted. When we see all these public-spirited citizens lost in the vasty deep of . the Plug Hat we are reminded that this is only another exemplification of Mayor. Phelan’s proneness to pose as “I am Sir Oracle.” In the present campaign Mayor Phelan is touching the new charter is- sue with delicate fingers. more decided issue in his canvass. He There are two reasons why he is not making it a does not, in the first place, wish to lose the votes of those who, while personally friendly to him, are opposed to the charter, the legislative fight. in the event of a Democratic victory in the State Mr. In the second place, he does not wish to draw too much attention to There is such a thing as a still hunt for the Senate, and Phelan’s nominees would hold the key to the Senatorial position. The plain citizen does not condemn laudable when the prize is worthy and Mr. Phelan’s ambition. Ambition is the means are straight. There is no more worthy prize before a rich young man than a seat in the United States Senate. It is a legislative chamber as honorable as any among the Parlia- ments of the world. For these reasons should not follow devious paths or-sku! to tree. If Mr. Phelan wishes to be S the people desire to honor him, Senato the charter campaign or the campaign hide his real designs. Plain people liki who come to us under false pretenses. ing Senators encourages the sandbaggi those who -aspire to enter its doors Ik toward it like the Indian from tree enator let him tell the people, and if r he will be. But he should not use for good government as a blind fo e you and me are distrustiul of those It is a pity that our system of elect- ing of the office. When a man comes before us and declares he has no desire but the welfare of the city, we are sus- picious if we see his eye glued on the Capitol of Washington. The plain citi- zen has no use for hypocrites, and as far as the plAain man can see Mr. Phelan is an adept at hypocritical pleas. PLAIN - CITIZEN. AROUND THE CORRIDORS State Senator A. F. Jones of Oroville is at the Palace. ‘W. B. Adair, an Orland mining man, is at the Grand. F. C. Lusk, a well-known Chico attor- ney, is at the Palace. P. A. Buell, a prominent Stockton lum- ber man, is at the Lick. F. P. Duhring, a prominent Sonora law- | yer, is at the Occldental. | W. D. Tobey, a prominent Carson lum- | ber man, is at the Palace. g Professor O. P. Jenkins of Stanford University is at ...e Palace. Thomas Payne, a prominent mining man of Blaine, Wash,, is at the Russ. Adjutant General C. T. McGlashan of the Governor’s staff is at the Russ. E. R. Gifford, a prominent merchant of Auburn, {s a guest at the Baldwin. C. C. Wright, a well-known Los Angeles attorney, is registered at the Lick. C. H. Hill, an extensive shoe manufac- turer of Beloit, Wis., is at the Palace. T. F. Hunter and T. Board, young stock- breeders of Eureka, Cal,, are at the Russ. J. W. Griffin, proprietor of the Burbank Theater at Los Angeles, is at the Baldwin. W. H. McKenzie, a prominent Fresno attorney, accompanied by his wife, is at the Lick. Mason W. Mather, the owner of large plumbago mines in Nevada County, is at the Occldental. Colonel J. P. Bratt of the Nebraska Vol- unteers has returned from Manila, and is at the Occidental. F. S. Hensinger, a prominent ranchman of Freestone, is at the Occidental, accom- panied by his wife. Mrs. Henry T. Gage and her little daughter arrived from Los Angeles yes- terday morning and joined Mr. Gage at tae Palace, ——— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Nov. 2.—Allen T. Kittle of San Francisco is at the Windsor. ——————— BROEKER AND CHAFING DISH, “No, I haven't been sick,” said one of the younger Cotton Exchange men, in re- sponse to the query of a group of friends, “I have been engaged in a set-to with a c:mflngh dish, and am yearning to inter- view the miscreant who invi blasted mln«; 1 want to dip me;t:gwsnllne his_gore, hat was_the trouble? Oh, nothing much. 1 heard it was fashionable to be a chafing-dish expert, and bo one on the solemn assurancé of the clerk that the thing was as easy as | 1 never found any special di but let that pass. What 1 tri a Welsh ra}t’)bn. All nvited few friends to watch me and get envious, Well, couldn’t = remember exactly | whether you put in the eggs first or the ale first, and I guess I must have got them switched somehow. Anyway, the rabbit looked exactly like a mum.rx plas- ter—after using. My friends told me they liked me personally and were willing to strain a g:lnt for courtesy’s sake, out that they had families to glrovide 1or, and would haye to draw the line on rabbits. 1 threw the cursed thing out of the win- dw and nearly brained a nigger. The next dish I attempted was a Josephine omelet. Ever hear of a Josqihlne omelet? Be- tween ourselves, I believe it must have been the cause of Napoleon getting t! divorce from his first wife. receipt, and I have been wond since what the mischief I evi asked an did to_of- fend her. old car very dear chum of mine to come up and héip me devour the d , and when I went ‘was particular to follow directi to a gnat's heel. The omelet a chunk of beeswax, . after ea a small piece est pried open his mouth and sald he Just portant ment. gaye the chafing dish and the receipt to a fellow I don't like, and he went right. off in high glee to experiment. I haven't seen him since. But somebody told me he was in a Hardware-store this morning, Duying a gun, and that he asked particu- arly and mangle."—New Orleans Times-Demo- crat. . CURRENT FUN. Good Reason for Laughter.—Hewitt—TI | sat at the table next to yours at the ' by the Representative :if he:-sées-iit to Testaurant yesterday, and I don't see how You could laugh at the stale stories that Gruet was telling. . Jewitt—He was paying for the dinner.— New York Truth. 3 Why He Does It.— ’ I am a very little boy, 5 I'm only 4 years old. % I want to know a lot of things; Of course I must be told. ¢ My mamma says I've much to learn, And mamma’s always right. And so I ask, and ask, and ask, From morning until night. That Grand Air—Papa, I wa dog; they’s so 'ristocratic look: “Bobby, what do you mean by aris cratic looking?"” . 3 “W’y, they looks like they’d get hoppin’ mad if they had ter git a'quainted with anybody."—Brooklyn Life. to- Very Unusual—'Remarkable man that, sald Mr. Blykins under his breath. never met anybody quite like him.” ‘‘He's quite ordinary in appearance and conversation.” . SR A “Yes. But he was beaten at™a game of billiards without saying a woré about how |- well he used to play before he got out of practice.”—Washington Star. : —_———— THE HQUSE OF. LORDS. The House of Lords cannot now profess to make the laws of the nation, but it can, and does, prevent vast charges be- ing made in the constitution by & snap Yote or a scratch majority. It does for the British constitution what a writteh document, unalterable except under cer- tain special conditions, does for other forms of government. But.for it tHe whole of our laws and liberties would lfe at the mercy of any man who could get control of the House of Commons fir twenty-four hours. It considers all legis- lation, and though in practice it seldom Yentures to make changes, it is able to Insist on a reference to the coun it holds that a great and revolution is being made without the elec~ tors belnf really aware of what i pani“ ng. In fact, it views the laws sent : not amended, to th the demand. Is it - ure that this bill shall becomgul:‘;v%!w . f %::d.l ls,edln a word, an o pass m&y‘mg. s out of active office in the national househ _R-%e master has sald to him i s You n;:c?nt very active work, and I do not_ex you to take any great share aking. That e my younger servants. should like you, however, to keep an eye upon them, and if you notice something being done which npg»nu to you quite contrary to my wishes and {o sound management, I want you to step it until I have been asked whether I really want it carried out. Of course you must not always be worrying me with such ques- tions, nor do I want you to refer tI back to me merely because you do not like them yourself.” I only want to be ap- BEatT shutl object v what 15 propeged s ol e Spectator. u ac: 1 —_————— THE PONY EXPRESS. At first the schedule was fixed at ten days, an average of eight miles an hour from start to finish, This was cut down to eight days requiring an average speed of ten miles. The quickest trip made was i, gEyine preinen i - %, e R 88 et il St el Boing i e or something that would mutilate |- the llfht of this question, |" 1 be been referred to the |- but still holds one very im- |. ‘should® be:used.” for “‘that purpose,: the driver of the ambulante hds:no right to demand fee - for: such service, ' If. any driver has done.so: it is your duty to maéke conrplaint-te Policé Department. THE DIME - 94-0." D.; Yolo,: Cal. fThe dimé of "18%4;: like’ Banquo’s“ghost; will ' not' down: very few. weeks during the: past four years: some: dne wants to know {f.theré is a'premium on a dime of 1884, In that year the Mint'at'San Fran- cisco coined -just tweénty-four dimes, and these ‘were distributed and accounted:for. When it became: Kriown ‘that- ‘but that number of -dimes. had’ been-¢oined there . were & number -of persons who offered 35 for one in the:hope that in:the distant futyre “some’ yramismatist. would offer -a high pfemiurnr for such eoins.. Unless the coln is osie ‘that bears:the. San Francisco v s face value. City. [ imprint ft is-worth onl HIGH : INTEREST—Subseriber, | The question fiskéd ahout Judge Corrigan and high' interest is so indefinite that it is imrpossiblé. to even:guess #t what the .correspondent.- . desires.;. Had:the corre- ?ondem given his correct name and ad- ress this departmient. might:have com- municated with him and ascertaineéd what . he desired to know. In asking a question for information there is mothing that an individual need be ashamed:of, for there is no one who knows ey 1} ngt.’la.nd to ask $0.aS t0 be Informed is laudable; con- sequently there s no eccasion.for conceal- mg identity under “Subsecriber” or. any | other fictitigus namie,: Lu_the department of "AnstWers to Corréspondents the identi- ty of. .the: ‘inquirer -is never. disclosed, so_torrespondents. who' seek -information need’ have no.féa théir names will be made public: S WEST - POINT . APPOINTMENTS—A Subsecriber,” City. ‘"Fhe ‘members of Con- gress are notifiéd when there is a vacancy in their ‘respéctive districts ‘:for appvint- “West . Point. Military Academyj but that fact 'is not made:public except have a .competitive examination.’ “If. he does not care to have a competitive. ex- amination he simply ‘makes his seleetion and thére is an ena to-it.: -Fuor thit reason it is impossible to .announcé which dis- tricts have vacanciés. to. fill. . Tf. it should be decided that i competitive examina~ would he selected.. :After ‘a competitive examination at tie place of appointment Lhe'ear}dldnt’e has to undergo-another ex-. amination at the.academy. . “Hopkins Institute of Ait Open daily including . Sundi Coneert on Thursday . evenings. ' Ménibers must register thelr. names order ta particf- pate_ in.‘the’ distributicn -of : plctures. * Important!: B(_m Pou_nhbstre.ér. look out -for No. 81, .nr. Grodery; Dheést ‘eyeglasses, specs 10c ‘to d0c. No'sale on rainy. days. ¢ i trult S0¢ per I u Spectal _information: supplied daily to business - houses and public Prees Clip) gomery 'he. Peace 0! observed Rivers, edch for thelr:serv - leaves every Tueaday night, no change. Geas via' Shasta route and Northern Pacific . “Ratl- way. The scénic’liné ofthe continent. Tiek “"i"s"..’..'f‘” P4 cities af lowest rates, T. K. Stateler; gencral agent. &5 Marker DRINK A: STEEPING OF MOKI TE, fore retiring at night,” and ses -how .Q‘n.fi‘x’, you will sleep and how . jovously you wiil awake {1 ‘the morning. It Supplies food for the blood while you' sleep, produces a -clear: and beautiful complexion, cures: constipation ~and sick headaché. . At No- Percentage ey, - Wherr going dway take a, bottle of the gesu- ine imported Dr. ‘Siegert's Angostura Bitters. Neutralizes Impurities in_water. - 5% “Yes: the world.1s cago Record. iss Dauber says-she is wedded to her’ fuil of mésalliances.” -