The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 4, 1898, Page 6

JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor ‘Address All Communications to W. S.-LEAKE, Manager. (oo Al Commiisttions A5 ¥) o ek ° PUBLICATION OFFICE......Market and Third Sts., S. F . Telephone Main 1868, EDITORIAL ROOMS..........2I7 to 221 Stevenson Street 2 Telephone Main 1874 YTHE AN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) Is ‘served by carrlers In this city and surrounding towns for 15 cents @ week. By mall $6 per year; per montb |65 cents. . THE WEEKLY CALL. “OAKLAND OFFICE NEW. YORK OFFICE ...Room IS8, World Buildiag DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Represcntative. “One year, by mall, $1.50 | | .908 Broadway | WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE...ccccoo... ...Rigge House | g C. €. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGO OFFKCE....... veesnassessise..Marquette Bullding | C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertlsing Represcatative. BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, | open untll 9:30 o'clock. 387 Hayes street, open until | 9:30 o'clock. 621 McAlilster street, open until 9:30 | o'clock. 615 Larkin street, open until 9:30 o'clock. “1941 Mission street, open untll 10 o'clock. 2291 Market street, corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 2518 | Mission street, open untll 9 o'clock. 106 Elevenzhi street, open until © o'clock. 1605 Polk street, open until 930 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ana Kentucky streets, open until 9 o'clock. AMUSEMENTS, Baldwin—* ansit of Leo.” nbia fornia - { Comedy Theater—''A Scrap of Paper.” Olympia, corner Mason and Eddy streets—Specialties. . The Chute ith, Vaudeville and the Zoo. Sutro's - B n Y: M. C. A. Auditorjum—Heinrich recitals, this aterncon. Oakland Race Track—Ra: Glen Park—Mission Zoo, Ingleside Coursing Park—Coursing Saturday and Sunday. Saratoga Ha! niversary Ball, Ssturday, November 6. Rosenthal—Coming in December. LOOK OUT FOR THE ROORBACK: | ITH ‘the closing days of the campaign the \/\‘ ycratic roorback is due. The gen- : familiar with that form of dem- any great evil will re- roorback when it comes, and yet it 1>[ jist as well for the. voters to be on guard. The situation of the Democratic managers 1s sO desperate. that some audacious stroke to deceive the | unwary. and-to catch fools may be- expected at any time. - The effort of the -Phelanites to win the inde- | pendent ‘vote has-failed, the attempt to buy with one- | third the patronage of the.city the Rainey push has | failed, the struggle to ge respecting Democrats | to.rally’to the support of a ticket nominated by a seli- | constituted -Committee of One Hundred job-chasers has failed. - There is but one resource left—Phelan is ; defedted unless a large number of voters can be | stampeded at the last moment by the promulgation of some extravagant lie. From the beginning the fused factions have made their campaign in the city and through the State by incessant misrepresentations, humbug and downright falsehoods. The managers and the candidates of the party from Maguire down have dodged every genuine issue at stake in the contest and have sought some- times to elude the vigilance of the pecple by the si- lence of a sneak canvass, commonly known as a “still hunt,”-and sometimes to frighten them with a buga- boo “accompanied by a hideous discord of whoops, hoots and yells. Such a party is ready for the launching of a roor- back, and the ' situation prompts them to produce ‘one. It may .be postponed until Monday, the last day of the canvass, but it may come sooner. At any rate the people should be on the lookout for it. The real issues of the campaigh have all been clearly stated to the vaters, and the characters of all the can- didates are now well known. Any new story sprung at this time is very’ apt to be false. The public, there- fore, must not. be misled if a. series of interviews shoutld be: published in the Examiner with Collis P. Huntington; the Spanish Prime Minister and the Emperoriof. China,-in which each of those dignitaries | will be' made to *declare a desire for the defeat of Ma- guire’ and Phelan in order that California may be | made - pérmanenfly subject to the Southern Pacific, annexed t6 Spain and opened to Chinese immigration throtugh' the succéss of the Republican party. - ATTORNEY NEUBERGER'S NOSE. HERE are few occasions on which a nose be- Tcom»cs of particular interest save to the owner. 3 One of these is when a race .is won by it, a second -when it ispoked into other people’s affairs, | ‘and a--third when it.finds its way between a hostile | _thumb and finger ‘and is subjected to the pang of | being tweaked. The claim has been set up that Moses Gunst has tweaked the nose of Attorney Neuberger, with intent to clinch a political argument. “Swuch episodes be- tween gentlemen might be passed over ordinarily, - put the position leld by Gunst in this community makes ignoring of the incident dereliction of duty. He is a Police Commissioner, who spends much time in_Europe studying how to patrol Bernal Heights artistically, the ethics of the locust club, and the amount of foéd needed by a- department horse. ‘When he suiis, admirers say, “Mose Gunst has went.” Upon his" return they herald the glad tidings from sea to sea—"Mose Gunst-has came.” Therefore so serious a matter as his pulling a nose other than his own becomes a municipal, if not a national, concern. We do not hesitate to say that Mr. Gunst, if he did this, was hasty. He ought, for the sake of dignity— providing, of coursé, thé organ was really reprehen- sible—have ordered a policeman to do the work. Then he could have had the policeman on the carpet, fined him and paid the fine, There would have been satisfaction, but no distressing scandal. A complication arises from the allegation of Mr. .Neuberger that the nose was not pulled, tweaked, pinched or otherwise maltreated. He was on the spot. with the nose and ougiit to be qualified to judge. Of course there were no disinterested witnesses. When such events are to be observed everybody who hap- pens to see is interested. Probably, still enveloped in mystery, the episode. will go thundering down the ages. A visitor from Ofegon complains bitterly that he was charged $20 for a bottle of wine. The reason he was charged this sum was doubtless that he had no more coin about him. Some people do not seem to know when to felicitate themselves. e i ‘Whatever sacrifice may justly be required of an American soldier in tinre of war, it is beyond reason that-tre should be expected during peace to eat bacon made displeasing by the presence of worms. —_—— Cubans will never consent to having their swords beaten into pruning hooks. Some impertinent for- eigner might venture to inquire why they did not use A 3 . N MAGUIRE AND LAND CONFISCATION. N his Napa speech, and in other speeches, Maguire l says that he will not discuss land confiscation by the single tax with Mr. Gage, because Mr. Gage does not understand the subject. We think Judge Maguire is mistaken. Not only Mr. Gage, but all men who can read, understand that subject very clearly. Judge Maguire’s voluminous exposition of it has left no chance for any misunder- standing. True, he has infused into his exposition a great deal of abusive invective. He has called land- owners monopolists, - robbers, schemers, and has charged upon them the guilt of all the poverty and sorrow and crime in the country, and to trace their guilt in all this to their buying land instead of per- sonal property may be something hard to compre- hend, but that has nothing to do with ‘the issue it- self. It is merely the Maguire way of making an ar- gument to prove the rightfulness of land confiscation. The issue is that confiscation itself, not the argument made to sustain it. In his speech to the Single Tax Club of St. Louis, published in “The National Single Taxer” for Decem- ber 15, 1897, volume 6, No. 46, Judge Maguire said: “We propose to do away with all vested rights and titles and ownership in land, and raise the public rev- | enue from land rental.” There is nothing intricate nor hard to understand about that.” The argument to sustain it may be com- plex and involved and difficult to understand, but the statement of the thing itself is perfectly plain. ‘When Judge Maguire was asked within a few days, “If you are elected Governor will you use your best endeavors to have the single tax embodied in the con- stitution and laws of this State?” he answered, “I will not answer yes or no.” Having stated the purpose of the single tax to be the “doing away with all vested rights and titles and ownership in land,” he refuses to answer yes or no when asked if he will promote that policy as Gov- ernor. All this is perfectly plain. Every land-owner has a vested right and title to his land. He has a right to know whether Maguire will try, as Governor, to take it away from him, and Maguire refuses to say that he will not try to destroy the vested rights, titles and ownership of land. This makes the issue perfectly plain. Every land- owner in California who sees this comprehends it perfectly. Mr. Gage needs no illumination from Ma- guire’s argument to understand it. The matter is so plain that explanation can only darken it. Maguire says what he proposes to do; he says, “We propose | to destroy all vested rights, title and ownership to land.” Those who want to do this should vote for him, as they will. The holders of the endangered vested rights and titles, the owners of Iand, should not vote for him. He seeks votes by attacking the railroad. The sins of the Southern Pacific might be as scarlet, but we ask the people of California, in all calmness and soberness of mind, if those sins as stated by Maguire are facts, what damage have they inflicted upon the people at all comparable to the blight that will fall upon the State by instant and complete destruction of all vested rights and titles and ownership of land? Henry George says the moment the single tax is made operative land becomes worth nothing, “the community would get the tax, the owner would get nothing.” This is a burning issue. It cannot be trifled with. The Call has persistently presented it in Maguire’s own language, and his only answer is that he will not promise not to promote land confiscation as Gov- ernor. All men who know him know that he will promote it, that all of the influence of the Governor’s office will be used to effect it. All men.know that his election will stimulate the men who believe in land confiscation and will solidify and encourage them' to move on the unfortunate land-owner to destroy his vested right, title and ownership. THE SECRETARY OF STATE.: MONG the offices at stake in this contest which f\ the Republican party must win in order to as- sure a thoroughly efficient administration at Sacramento is that of Secretary of State. The duties of the Secretary are many, and are of grave respon- sibility. It is, therefore, important that a Republican Governor should have in the State Office a stanch Republican to co-operate with him. For this office the Republicans have nominated Charles F. Curry, 2 man who is well known as one of the most earnest and loyal Republican workers in the State. Born in Illinois in 1858, he came to San Fran- cisco with his family in 1873, and, with the exception of two years spent in Washington, has ever since been a resident of this city. He has always taken a keen interest in public af- fairs and in politics. In 1887 he was elected to the General Assembly from this city, and, although that was his first term of legislative experience, he was chosen chairman of the San Francisco Assembly delegation. In 1894 he was made Republican nominee for County Clerk, and such was his personal popular- ity that he was elected, notwithstanding the fact that it was a Democratic year and most of the municipal offices were filled by the candidates of that party. It will be seen from this record that Mr. Curry has had ample experience in public service. He has borne official responsibility and is not an unknown man. His party loyalty has never been questioned, and he merits the support of the party throughout the State. THE MAN FOR ADMINISTRATOR. NE of the strongest nominations made by the O Republicans was that of J. A. Drinkhouse to be Public Administrator. From the first there seemed to be no doubt as to the election of Mr. Drinkhouse, but throughout the campaign he has gathered support so rapidly that his victory gives every indication of being overwhelming. There is no position in which the requirements of honesty and executive ability are more absolute than in that of Administrator. This official must handle vast interests, often concerning heirs who are at a distance. It falls to him to protect the widow and the orphan. No one in whom the public did' not have the utmost confidence would ever be intrusted with the duties of this place, nor even receive a nom- ination at the hands of the Republican party. The candidate is known in business circles as the head of the great J. A. Drinkhouse Tobacco Com- pany, established in 1850, and now located at Sacra- mento and Battery streets. Aside from a high stand- ing in the commercial world, he is esteemed for per- sonal qualities. and known to take a generous inter- est in all matters of public concern. In his long rec- ord there has been no stain. He will carry into office the same characteristics which in private life have won success. So popular is Mr. Drinkhouse that, unsolicited, he has received the indorsement of clubs embracing a membership of over 3000. Each acquaintance ‘is a friend and an active supporter. Not only has the candidate these advantages, but the weakness of his opposition leayes him little to overcome. He is sure to receive the full and the votes of many Democrats, = * THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1898. MAKE IT @ COMPLETE ROUT. ITH the closing days of the campaign comes Wthc critical period of the political contest. During these days, therefore, all good citizens should take an active part in the canvass against the factions of discontent and make their defeat a com- plete and overwhelming rout. The course of the contest up to this time assures a Republican victory all along the line. The san- guine boasts of the factions that nominated Maguire have been turned to yells of desperation. Maguire himself is more busily engaged in dodging his single tax and sandlot record than in discussing the issues of the time, and his followers are equally demoralized. Mr. Gage has increased in strength as the canvass has proceeded. His character, his record, his plat- form and his method of conducting the campaign have alike merited and won the favor of the people, and now, if all earnest citizens will unite to bring out the full vote of the conservative masses of the people, Maguireism and all other “isms” associated with it will be eliminated from State politics for the rest of this generation. In the Congressional districts the same promise of Republican victory is seen. The people understand that in the election of Representatives the chief issue is that of supporting the administration, and that the time has come for California to stand by the Phesi- dent, to uphold him in the great policies that tend to domestic prosperity, and in the settlement of the com- plex foreign problems growing out of the war with Spain, Fully understood, too, is the importance of electing a Legislature which will return a Republican to the United States Senate, which will carry out reforms needed in State affairs, and guard against the folly of single tax schemes and other vagaries of the represen- tatives of ‘the “ists,” the “ites” and the survivors of the sandlots. In the city campaign Phelan and gang, who thought themselves invincible, have been completely demoralized by the strength of popular sentiment in favor of Patton. After trying in vain to catch the in- dependent Republican vote the Phelanites have now turned to Rainey and his push and have promised them one-third of the patronage of the city and county in return for votes. It is the last play of a desperate political gamester, and can have no other effect than that of opening the eyes of independent Republicans to the true character of Phelan, and giv- COUNTING THE COST. - NUMBER THIRTEEN. Editor Call: The plain citizen is not accustomed to take people at their own valuation of themselves. You and -I judge them net by their words, but by their actions. We have inspected certain portions of Mr. Phelan’s record and we are not satisfied. We have seen him agitate for good government when good government meant his own election. We have- seen him drop good government like a hat coal when he thought that good government might cost him the support of a few. Mr. Phelan’s dealings with the charter question were inspired by the desire to help himself and not to help the charter. tactics now tend not to the good of the people, but to the good of Mr. Phelan. MR. PHELAN’S ARDENT SUPPORTERS Are never tired of pointing to the new pavement on Market street as a proof of his public spirit and as a result of his good government. The plain citizen is no doubt delighted that Market street is paved. But in the midst of his delight he asks himself who is benefited thereby and who 'is paying for it. When the streets near your lot or mine are to be paved or improved you and I have to go down into our pockets to pay for the as- sessment. But Market street is an accepted street. The improvements on Market street do not come out of the pockets of the property-owners; they are paid for by the city, that is, by the plain people, by you and by me. The property-owners on Market street are nearly all millionaires. They could stand the assessment on their propesty far more easily thdh we can stand the assessments on our property. Yet where the plain citizen has to pay his own money the millionaire is able to tap the city treasury. Of course the plain citizen benefits in some way by the repaving of Mar- ket street. But the chief benefit of the noiseless pavements accrues to the great property-holders with the big buildings, and chief among these prop- erty-holders is Mr. Phelan himself. BUT THEN MR. PHELAN Has laid down the pavement in front of his own building at his own ex- pense. It is true that the pavement laid down in front of the Phelan building 1s said to be laid at Mr. Phelan’s expense, But the plain person who has ever taken the trouble to look at the real estate map knows that the Phelan building is not the only holding of the Phelan estate on the improved area of Market street. The Phelan pavement is an experiment, an advertisement. The use of the streets for advertising purposes may be as valuable as the use of the streets for railroad purposes. Mr. Phelan receives this use for the expense of Yutting down the patent pavement, and the plain citizen—that is, you and I—is very anxious to know just how much interest Mr. Phelan has in the new pavement and what are his holdings in the company that con- trols it. IN THE LONG RUN Everything comes from the plain people, from you and from me. When rich men improve their property we pay for it. The plain citizen may well stop and think what has the paving of Market street cost. . Mr. Phelan is an ardent advocate of a low tax levy. If the city is to make such extensive and elaborate improvements as the paving of Market street ,the city must stand For that reason we are justified in suspecting that all his - ing them a right understanding of his hypocrisy and falseness. Throughout the field, therefore, there is promise of victory. Now is the time to press the demoralized foe. The vicious and unscrupulous demagogues who have risen to power in the Democratic and Populist parties, and who have used those organizations to advance their personal athbitions, who have made a campaign that threatens every industry and every in- terest, should be utterly driven out of politics. Good Democrats and good Populists should unite with Republicans in this effort for the redemption of their own parties. It will work for the benefit of all thrifty and law-abiding citizens without respect to party to unite with the Republicans in this issue and win a great popular victory for the administration, for good government in the State, and for honest politics in the city. A STRANGE OMISSION. HE second number of Boss Fitch's esteemed Non-Partisan is upon our desk. The publica- tion is more than usually interesting this week. A hépeful article on the -acquisition It contains: | of the Philippines; in the course of which the writer argues that unless the Phelan gang is elected on Tues- day our brilliant prospects in -the Orient will be dimmed; several attacks on the bosses and “corrup- tionists,” the identity of the latter being concealed under a strong appeal to vote for Phelan and his Mexican candidate for District Attorney; a card from a merchant telling why he is a Non-Partisan, which bears the earmarks of the Deacon himself; an editorial laudatory of dollar limit parsimony and real estate booms, and various small assaults on Kelly, Crimmins, Rainey, Harney and other bosses who are not named. This issue of the Non-Partisan comprises four pages of closely printed matter. We have searched through it carefully for the purpose of discovering some reference to Mayor Phelan’s offer to trade one-third of his patronage to Rainey and Harney for their votes. Apparently Editor Fitch is entirely oblivious to that interesting incident. Nowhere in his paper does he mention it. He prints a number of biographies of the candidates whose patronage the Mayor offered to barter, and in all of them ‘\he speaks in glowing terms of how efficient these men would be if ‘elected; yet he neglects to state his opinion of their efficiency with Harney and Rainey men as subordinates. We are not disposed to regard this omission as an oversight. Deacon Fitch knew when he put his paper to press that Phelan’s offer was being consid- ered by Rainey; that is, he knew it unless he had ceased to read the newspapers, The Call published full particulars of the negotiations last week, and we have reason to believe that he reads this paper. He read it when he used to run it, and certainly it is a better paper and more readable now than it was then. What does Deacon Fitch mean by ignoring in his publication this important development of “reform” politics? Does he want the people to think he fa- vored the bargain with Rainey and is discomfited because it could not be consummated? Two-thirds of the ticket he is supporting wag nominated Dby Phelan, and if it is elected one-third of the patronage within the control of its candidates would, under the proposition of Phelan, have been turned over to Boss Rainey. Are we to understand that Mr. Fitch fa- vored this combination and that he was willing Rainey and Harney, in return for their votes, should have one-third of the municipal patronage? We trust that in the next issue of the Non-Partisan the Deacon will devéte an article to\ this subject. Sixty thousand voters are panting to know how the Non-Partisans reconcile their professions of reform with Phelan’s latest manifestation of political “purity.” We venture the guess that there are on the Pacific at this moment as seasick a lot of soldiers as ever sailed from this port. Most of the Tennessee troops had never seen salt water until they came here, and many of them suffered qualms while crossing the bay from Oakland. . Careful study of official reports of the destruction of Cervera's fleet tend to show that each vessel of the American fleet did a little more work than any other. It is a great fleet. 2 Esterhazy is said to have gone into the business of blackmailing, and there is hope that he may be suc- cessful to the extent of getting into a strong and commodious jail. P 4 While residents of undesirable resorts are being crowded off certain streets, morality must not felici- tate itself upon the belief that they are being crowded | the expense., If the expense is not provided for in the tax levy some depart- ment of the municipal government must suffer. suffer? Of course that which has the least influence. the City and County Hospital have no and County Hospital have been robbed by And what department does The poor people in ull, and the poor people in the City Mr. Phelan in order to improve Mr. Phelan’s property and the property of rich men like Mr. Phelan. FOR YEARS THESE TWO PROJECTS Have been before the people, the repaving of Market street and the buildin, of a decent hospital for the sick poor. out plain people like you and me expect to pay for them. campaign cry of a low tax levy makes it impossible to carry out projects simultaneously. and me, would have no difficulty in making the choice. You and If the two projects are to be carrie Mr. Phelan’s the two One must be dropped. The plain citizen, like you T may be- come poor and sick. While we are-strong we pay our taxes as an assurance that the city will take care of us when we are helpless. Every one knows how the sick poor are housed now. Therefore our own interest, our natural sympathy, would lead us to let Market street go and build suitable accommo- dations for the sick. Mr. Phelan has not been bad to the poor. Plain people are pleased that he has done so. But them at the Almshouse. He has built a_library for the limitations of Mr. Phelan’s character and the lack of sound sense in his policy manifest themselves in the Almshouse is the nature of his as useful as a silk hat gifts. A library at to shipwrecked sailor. a The people need more for their bodies than for their minds. Still Mr. Phe- lan’s intentions were good, even though they are carried out with the charming inconsequence of Mrs. Jeflaby. But with the City and County Hospital Mr. Phelan’s policy has resulted ievous wrong. No doubt without meaning it the sick poor have been ina W sacrig;ed to the demands of the rich owners the plain citizen looks on that pavement he remembers Tt is a black border that tells of nezlectegi deathbeds and the pau; The noiseless passage of the vehicles reminds funeral and the quiet of the dead. Mr, James street, and the price has been paid in the sore Every time of Market street frontage. the cost. er's grave, Bou and me of the hush of the . Phelan has repaved Market distress of thre sick and'poor. A PLAIN CITIZEN. ) AROQOUND THE CORRIDORS Dr. D. C. Lazler of Windsor is & guest at the Russ. Dr. L. L. Young, U. 8. N., is a guest at the Odcidental. 3 W. J. Lynch, a prominent Cincinnat! at- torney, is at the Palace. Ex-State Senator James McCudden of Vallejo is at the Baldwin. Rallroad Commissioner H. M. LaRue is registered at the Occidental. §. D. Kilpatrick, a prominent merchant of Wyoming, is at the Palace. G. C. Rosendale, a prominent merchant of Paclfic Grove, is at the Grand. A. J. Summerfield, the well-known Chi- cago bookmaker, is at the Baldwin. A. W. Cole, a prominent farmer of Grand Island, is a guest at the Russ. rles Rule, an extensive ranchman otcg’:mca.ns Mills, is a guest at the Lick. t Colonel Henry Wagner of thxe‘le}g;sl;:;‘ Cavalry is at the Occidental. Samuel Matthews, the well-known Dep- uty Sheriff and cattleman of Salinas, is at the Russ. W. G. Kenkhoff, a well-known merchant of Tos Angeles, accompanied by his wife, is at the Palace. Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Coleman and family have returned from Hurope and taken rooms at the Occidental. Preston Woods, a prominent mining man, who has been making his home at the Lick House, has left for an extended trip through the East and Europe. ———————— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Nov. 3—Mrs. E. Ravier of Los Angeles is at the Cosmopolitan. Colonel Robert S. Siebert of Los Angeles is at the Girard. PP AL S, CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, Nov. 3—Colonel Fred Pergin of San Francisco is at Cham- berlin’s. Attorney Lyman 1. Mowry of San Francisco and his Chinese client, who have been here on legal business, left for home to-night. —_——— ASSORTED JESTS. = tion?”’ answered Mr. Slowman, "W‘?am.ut?at is ‘grabbing anything in reach {noldlnxv on to it.” “I don't care,” sald Miss Huggerton, ‘Ix.x he pushed the hassock away; "I am gn.vn? of it, If pa is not,”—Life. ““There goetdah;nanuw‘htr on:gka one fi imself famous. ms)';lg\?‘dg:'t :ay so! What did he do— write a great poem, or sink a collier, 'No; he's a dentist, and once filled the mthool the victim of a murder mystery. Chicago News. 5 pose,” said the admiring friend, "th!aim;'%u gave a great deal of thought to that big case you just won?” 8 “No,” answered the lawyer; I never gave a bit of thought to it. But." he added reflectively, “I sold.a lot.”"—Wash. ington Star. Sl “What can you offer my daughter that equals or excels what she has now?” de- '!W:ldl '9'&31'{:« the young man after a ‘minute ‘or_two of thought, “I think the name Martindale is 1m) upon that of Skraggs.” “The green corn -dance?” lntcrrnPuil listener. ‘Do you mean to that Il s dance of our native In: x * replied the traveler. “Exactly,” uh! 1 thought, when you mentioned it/ that it was another mame for that Turkish dance.”—Inc olis Journal. “Then you do not think th is o] r@&u&em e florsy s e0! provement. Post. | yours, between colors and EUGENE LoUD'S GOOD WORK Editor of Call: I fake much interest in the pending campalgn. I notice the press and speakers representing that party to which I belong have failed, it seems to me, to give adequate empha- sis to the good work our member of Congress from the Fifth District, Hon. E. F. Loud, has given to the country while he has been our representative. ‘While looking out upon Market street and noticing those white cars (mes- sengers of peace or war) speeding along that we who live away from the center: of the town may get our mail before we start out for our dally work; this was brought about by him. I received a letter the other day from a farmer who lives some five miles from his postoffice, saying, ‘“We have the first mall delivery to-day. Think it a grand success.” These are the acts that tend more than almost any others to make a farmer boy -contented with his vocation, and acquaints him with the affairs of his country by enabling him to get the daily paper. All our prosperity comes from the soil, and those whe cultivate it are our benefactors, So all credit should be pald to him who makes this {solated life more enjoyable. This was all brought about by our member. His labors in and out of session and season have been earnest and zealous to reform our postal laws to the end that private and incerporate advgrtisers’ greed should not so weigh do the mails, as they have heretofore done, that really beneficent service for the public good has to be often dropped. The speculative uses of the mails are!! a crying evil that our member has sue- ceeded In abating so far as that branch of Congress could to which he has been accredited. : Phe first step a man of good common- sense takes when he wants to employ a member of any profession or engage a person to manage the affairs of a cor- poration in which he ‘has an interest is to select some one that will guard well his interest and bring it to success. Equally so should the voter exert his best judgment in selecting his repre- sentative. It would take a new man and an able one five years to equip himself for the usefulness of our pres- ent member. To what sad end would our great corporations come should they change their manager every two years. . The only objection I hear to Mr. Lou is he has not “suaviter in mode,” says a public speaker. “Do you want to send a dancing master to Congress?’ he added. Let us have the man of level head and untiring industry. Few voters, I fear, fully appreciate the difficulties that are coming with a proper settlement of the questions growing out of our late war. We well remember the bitterness that was en- gendered by the debates upon the re- constructive measure after the Civil ‘War, when the President was brought to the bayp of the Senate and tried for im; t, and now no one g, after the cooling lapse of thirty od: years, the messages, papers and ‘rial of President Johnson, as recently p ‘b- lished by authority of Congress by James D. Richardson, member of Con- gress from Tennessee, can come to any other conclusion than the follv and the wrong of it all. Why not look for as great errors now unless wisdom and sound judgment control? Very truly MARK S N. Market Street. ..nsc'\‘lotc is gl'm by an s ed rowest valleys of Tirah, were annoyed the attentions of a solitary marks- . giyan, who tro‘xi:y thlne to time sent a bul- let, unpleasani close. a1 thmed | to his - orderly—a Pmt-t.:i-‘: sowar—and told him to dismount, = his carbine and try and stalk medmlar e taineer. The sowar started olfi, and pres- ntly there was a crack, and 2a lay genxded old Afrida tumbled hea one‘ down the mountain side. - Fhe -owtrwr 1 turned and fell into his place. el done,” sald the general. “But how on earth did you manage it “;oknnw his “Oh,” replied the sowar, 3 habits. e was my father.”—Lomdon Truth. \ 2 e ——————————— CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON MATL CLERK—G. D. A., Berkeley, Cal. The age limit for clerks in the Postoffice Department is minimum 21, maximum no limit. _In the railway mail service:the maximum age is 8 years. For informa- tion about the examination address or call at Postffice or Railway Mail Service Of- fice in San Francisco. At last the.gen- ° A COPPER CENT-—R. M. C:, City. A copper cent of 1843 may be pur_chased 3 from dealers at from 5 cents to $1 25. The cent of the same type of the preceding year brings the lowest price, while the one that is of the type that was issued In 1844 brings the iflghest price. . MONKEY WRENCH—R. R. A, City. The tool that s commonly called a mon- key wrench was Invented by a mechamic named Muncka. It was at first called, in honor of the inventor, Muncka wrench. The transition from Munka to monkey was easy, and as no one took the trouble to make ‘the correction, the fame of the inventor has been lost. » SOLDIERS AT ST MICHAELS—M. f. P., City. Mall for soldiers at St. Michaels is.sent by every vessel that sails from San Francisco for that point. If you de- side to send a Christmas box for any of the soldiers at that point, communicate . the quartermaster’s department at the corner of New Montgomery and Jes- sle streets, San Francisco. 3 WEARING MALE ATTIRE—M. City. There is an ordinance of the Boar¢ of Supervisors of San Francisco™ which prohibits any one from wearing attire not belonging to his. or her sex. There is no one who has the authority to give a woman the right to violate the ordi- nance, even though it were “for the pur- DOSEk of allowing her to do a man's work. 2 WATER RIGHTS—F. D. N.,, Pacific Grove, Cal. Until the Supreme Courf passes upon the validity or inyalidity of a law as to water rights for irrigation purposes it cannot be said that such law is null and vold, notwifhstanding that one Judge of a Superior Court may have 8o decided. If an individual, acting under that law and it belng the indisputed law ° at the time, sold certain water rights, - he could not be held for optaining money under false pretenses. ° SIXPENCE AND NINEPENCE—H. Z., Lone Pine, Cal. Not being ‘furnisired” . with ‘a description of the par- ticular sixpence and ninegence men- tioned. in the Iletter of ., inquiry it is impossible to know what tountry they were minted by, but it can be -sald that the United States of America neve coined any such coins. If you will sen a description of each, together with the inscription, it will be’ possible to inform you what they are. In colonial times there were circulated in the colonies Eng- lish and Spanish coins that passed as 12 cents and as 6% cents. G PROTECTED CITIZENS—P. 8., Occi-* dental, Cal. It is a well-established rule of interpational law that a country r¢- ceiving into citizenship a citizen of an- other country, will not protect him in the matter of any obligation he owes to the country of which he renounced allegiance " and which was incurred prior to change of citizenship. If a British subject desert- ed from the army, came to the United States, lived there flve or more years, be- came a citizen of the United States and after having_acquired .such citizenship should visit England and be arrested for the desertion, the United States would not protect him, as the offense ante-dated his United States citizenship. IR0 A CENT OF 1858—G., Station B, City, copper cent of 1858 is_a valuable ope & humismatist’s standpoint. ’E’m : selling price of a pure copper cent of tdat year, with small letters, is from $5 to $7 50, ‘while a pure copper cent of that year hav- ing an Indian head In profile on one side and the value in an olive wreath on the other sells from $3 50 to $4 50. There were quite a number- of issues of cents that ear, a number belng of copper nickel. uch sell at prices varying from 10 cents to $1 50. Dealers do not, however, make any offer for any of the issues. Had you sent a self-addresed and stamped envelope the other part of your inquiry would have been answered. This department has: often announced that it will not advertise the business address of any firm. INDIAN OUTBREAK OF 1862—M., Mil- ler, Mendocino County, Cal. During the spring and early summer of 1862 there were frequent reports of dissatisfaction and threatened trouble among. the In- dian tribes of Minnesotg and Dakota. The causes of the discontent were corplaints that annuities were' not paid, that an at- - tempt was made to' pay in greenbacks, instead of gold, and there were minor complaints. The first.attack was made : by the Sioux under Little Crow on the Yellow Medicine Agency, August 18, 1862, where nearly all the whites, old and young, were murdered. New Ulm was at- tacked - August 23 and .many ° whites were killed, but the citizens banded for defense and repulsed the Indians. The next day a.force of soldiers came to their relief. "Fort Ridgley was besleged. ‘for nine days, and its small garrison re- pulsed three attacke before reinforce- ments came. The Indians then went northward toward Fort Abererombié, . massacreing and plundering as they -went. " In the meantime Governor Ramsey called . out all the militia, a special session-of. the Legislature was summoned- and an appeal was made to the General Govern- ment. General Pope was detailed to com- * mand the department and the United - States soldiers were sent ‘from various points. The Indlans made two assanits - on Fort Abercrombie in September, but were repulsed with heavy loss. They re- treated westward, were followed by the soldiers and forced to make a stand at ‘Wood Lake, where they were utterly de- feated. About 500 were taken prisonersand tried by court-martial; 300 of the number ° were ordered hanged, hut the President commuted the sentence of all but thirty- eight, the remainder being placed 4n con- - finement and_ given lighter punishment. There were about 1000 of .the Minnesota Sioux who took part in -the trouble, and . it Is believed that the greater t were . captired and the remainder killed. It was estimated that about 500 whites were ° Kkilled by the Indians or died from.sick-.:" ness or exposure caused by their hasty . flight from their homes. For several months several thousand people were de-. E’ehndem on charity for food and shélter. e loss of property through the out- - break was estimated at millions of dollars. .. —_—— Cal. glace fruit 50c per-1b at Townsend' —_————— Special information supplied dailyto .. business houses and public, men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 510 Mont- - gomery street. Telephone Main 1042 e from two to three _ —————— s Lipton—Old man, I'm sorry to hear that you have lost your wife. Monipae—Thanks. But divorce s ‘a‘. thing we must all meet sooner or later, T suppose.—Philadelphia North American, ————— “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing, Symp”,.-' ——— S HOTEL DEL CORONADO—Take advantage ~ of the round-trip tic % steamship, | sl S R ¢ e A m”l_g}?" Star, ,fi 1 T T g ing thelr way LB AR n’-‘!“&“ m, : fn-‘},‘, Amang the Bar-