The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 15, 1899, Page 11

+ + + + + + + + i§ + + + + + + + + + $ =5 Y + + Pages 1110 20 R R SR SRR SR SR S SR S SPOF U A te444 444 + + + + + + + Pages 11 to 20 + + + + + + + D Rt R R o O e e 2 R R R RS T e SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1899. ENTHUSIASTIC REPUBLICANS RATIFY THE WINNING TICKET Municipal Campaign Is Opened With a Rousing Rally in Metropolitan Temple, at Which Horace Davis Makes a Strong Speech and Re- ceives a (rand Reception. in the municipal | alrman Z. U. Dodge n Cou: Central Com- n presided and to order In a brief eeting He said: Julius Kahn Opens the Ball. S my [ nt duty to call g to order in the absence of n of the county committee, resent engaged in perfecting But we do not want to ng and so we will 1 you what propose to do after you have elected e people of San Francisco at the nt time occupy a more prominent po- before their fellow countrymen ever before in the history of this Our fellow citizens hav bured out eir wealth in a lavish ma to wel- | come home the brave boys in blue who bued with a feeling of deep s € have o much good feeling stage they are spreading Rally f what San I le are. what her peo ed at s at opportu- to suit obts Ovation for Davis. Chat San Fra future we all kno t the welfare of ti ply protected by our Horace Davis (prolonged | cries of “We will stand by ure you will. I am sur Republi- of San Francisco will all stand by Mr. Horace Davis. I take great ple in introducing to you our next Mayo: Hon. Horace Davis.” (Great applause. Mr. Davis stepped to the front of the stage, but it was several seconds before he was allowed to begin his address. He poke as follows: ir, Chairman, My Friends, Citizens and Neighbors: 1 fear tl but cold comfort you will get in comparison with the poetic s my friend Mr. Kahn, who has } dressed you. I thank you for you dial reception to me. I feel that this ele Fellow tion we are coming to is one cited unusual interest in the ity. I see it in the excited the newspapers already at of the proceedings co election. I see it in commenc d. He the th irkable registration, equal al that of a Presidential FHEER the people are taking th in tr airs of this campaign. | chinery without the means of driving it, and it is no use to have a good charter without we have the honest primary to lead up to it v fin : took h t “I look upon this primary we have had B et this year as the most hopeful sign in all R asureeall | the politics we have had for twenty year LoriHe st Mayc ober, serious citizens are taking a »st in politics this year because the are their politics, and not the of the machine; not the politics of Cheers for Horace Davis. | o first signal for applause was when | Cong 5 Kahn appeared o ses. This vear politics Is the pol the followed } the homest voter himself. (Ap- by Hor Believes in the People. mus 4 ve confidence enough in the good ed valian he 3 oposed thri egrity and patriotism of the 1« K li\x izen to believe that when he » A at prove s to take his share in pubiic & ¢ was_with have no faith in those p € € n. Followin ants (h.;[l niu:x-ns: {nlp . dents occu ng out. do not believe pEER elieve there : public_affairs, J P N much patriotism, Just as much hon N terest in government in the citiz te r was, only they have not as there « ;l..ul a chance to show it for the last yeal i 1 have been a good deal su 1 have been told that our Demo- tic friends have cl d this primary aw a8 part of their p rty. 1 have no | doubt that there are as many men among the le: S the Democratic party that have wa »d politics as on our. side, and when the gentiemen got together and formulated this law they were compose of men of both parties, but when the law Was sent up to Sacramento—you know the { title by which it is known Is the Strat w—it was introduced into the Legi: by- t! patriotic and_ex the Repub- lature 1 Jent gentleman, Mr. Stratton Senator from Oakland; it was blican House; it was o enate and signe by a Republican Governor ed out Dl Y iehfuily here in this city by a very pa O’ Nefll, tient, honest, upright and fair Republican By Registrar. Kow T do ‘mot seo "in’ that Erein the Democrats have any very errault, | W Taim to call the primary law a part T \“f thelr property, but, passing by that, {et us come to the'charter itself. It Is the Teal meat of the nut we are after to- night. Democrats Opposed the Charter. «] was very much astonished the other night to sec in a paper that the Der htic convention passed a resolutlon ‘»a A oter was carried maimly by Dem ocratic votes; that It was malily _ine hat © Democratic intelligence Proue Ofh of that? I was @ member of the convention of 100 which formulated {he charter. Our convention was com- posed of men of all parties. There was Do politics in the convention. ~ We mor fike sober business men and dizcussed the provisions of the charter. We wer. several weeks—some months, in fuc.— orking over it. There was no partisan- Ship Inside of. that convention. We stood shoulder, to shoulder like sensible men Working out & good form of government for the city. We did a great deal of work and we accomplished a great deal of re- suit. “‘After the charter was out of our hands Captain hn R. Hi rge W. Herri hard iy we. nominated * Freeholders and they, ames H. Colonel J. €. ¢ again, were composed equally of both John Seremian Maroomi®® | Dhrtics, | When the Freeholders had put |J. G. Glestin, 5 fl into the shape it is in to-day and passed Patrick Crowlay, out of their hands It was ratified by a fighting under the starry ban- | far away Philippines and the | e been both amazed and de- lighted with San Francisco' pitality. These brave soldlers have returned fto | polis of | ¢ tit is | ‘Now there are two reasons that con- | duce to this. One is & ary | and one is the new chs | Now the honest prima t by that m ou to the new char ople we To have néw charter withou honest primary is of but little use to u because it is no use to have good n to a verdict of the popular vote. And if you will look at the vote in the city at that time, if you will analyze it by dis- tricts, you will see that every district vielded a majority against the char- ter was a Democratic district. (Ap- plause.) I have not observed that any Democratic papers have noticed that (Laughter.) w, after the charter passed from the people it went to Sacramento and was passed by a Republican Legislature—in houses—and signed by a Republican sovernor. (Applause.) I don't care much about their talk, but when they make uch claims as that for something the right and wrong of which belongs to + IR neither party but was the joint work of plause.) Worked for It and Voted for It. “And let me say one word before I leave it as to my own part in it, because some- thing 1 1id about that. I was a nvention. I attended all carly all, besides meetings s.” 1 voted for the Fre ter the Freeholders had charter I voted for t | charter, and when it was finally ratifie by the people and went to Sacramento I t | used all the influence I had with individ- | ual members of the Legislature to secure ts ratification by the Legislature. Pardon me for this bit of personal mention, be- | cause I am proud of my part, of my con- nection with the charter, and cannot en- dure to have it questioned without mak- | ing_this dental. “When the charter question came up in | the convention there were many among | us who would have liked a charter with a larze body of Supervisors and a Mayor | with very limited powers. That is what | you n 1l the English fashion. Then there was another party which wanted a whelming majority in the convention—in at I call the American plarn iat is a plan which prevails to some ex- tent in America. At all events, it provid- ed for a moderate-sized Board of Super- viso nd gave the Mayor a great deal of and responsibility. As I said, this ledAmerican plan proved to be the one most in favor in the convention. Under this system the Supervisors hold the same | relation to the other departments of the government that Congress does to the United States Government or the Legie- lature does to the State government—the Board of Supervisors has legislative pc er and at the same time the power that levies the taxes after they are levied and ppropriates them. But the power of ex- pending the money lles in the hands of seven boards or commissions that are ap- pointed by the Mayor. Great Power of the Mayor. “Now let me enumerate to you these boards to show you what great power the Mayor has under its provisions. There is the Board of Public Works, which has charge of the streets and the sewers and | the bulldings belonging to the city. There s the Board of Education—the Mayor has | the appointing of that—consisting of four. | There is the Board of Police Commission- | ers, which are now appointed by the Gov- | ernlor, you know; it will be appointed by the Mayor. There i{s the Board of Fire Commissioners. There is the Civil Serv- | ice Commission, which is to prepare and formulate the rules for examination for appointments to the city service. The Board of Health—you all know of them— and the Park Commission. These seven \'er{ important boards are appointed by the Mayor, and they have practically the expending of the money which is provided by taxation. You see at once that it is a position of great power, of great responsibility; that it requires a man of cool head and clear judgment and wide experience, of good knowledge of men, and above all it needs a man who is both honest and fearless. (Applause.) I have detailed this to you that you may understand what his responsibilities are, what the powers of the Mayor are and what the responsibilities are that attach to that office; and this first year of the new charter, you will understand, he has | the entire filling of all these boards. After that only one a year upon each board is appointed by the Mayor, but the first vear the Mayor has to appoint all the members of all these important boards. Benefit of Public Utilities. Now, then, one other matter in the charter I would like to say a word to you about because a great deal of the iime of the convention was devoted to it, and that is the matter of public utflities. Public utilities are those things that are used by the general public—if the strests have to be used, especially. These are gas, water and Street railroads. Theso are all public utilities. Under the new charter special provision is mada that the city by a vote of the people can determine upon the means of acquiring these utilie ties whenever they desire them. Now, the custom of different cities varies very much in reference to these matters. Al- most all large American cities own their own waterworks. Boston, New York, Philadelphia, St. Louls, Washington, all meoting in this hall, and then it was sent | own their own water supply. Some cities charter—which proved to be in an over- | @t oo et e o e eoeo+@F | | | | | | | | | B -4 TAN TEMPLE. own the gas supply; others do not. age of the cars. At an expense of several million dollars they built this tunnel and took the cars from the surfac: and put them under the highways from end to end of the city. And here is 1 example we might hold out to our own city: that tunnel mated expenditure and for less than the amount that was appropriated to build it Think of it; anything be done for le than the estimated cost and less than the money provided to do it with. Whenever, by reason of honest primaries and the in- térest you take in the election, we reach the point where we shall be able to build things for less than the estimated cost, or that we shall be able to do our woi omically, then whenever the the moment has arrived, under ihis new charter they have the power to say the word to purchase any or all of the public utilitles of the city (Applause.) Then we shall own municipal waterworks, and if we see it to buy them, our own gasworks. And we have it in our power under this new charter at any time by fair and hon- orable purchase to take p on of any or all railways and use of the streets of the city. Now, there are many other prov. 0 your platform on many of the other provisions of the charter of which I have not time to speak to-night. I will pass on now, and with a few words more 1 will close. Friend of Workingmen. “T have been a citizen of this city since I cast my first vote. All the property I have accumulated was accumulated here. And it has been invested here (applause) mainly in industrial enterprises, which have contributed to the growth of tne city and which have employed a large v of men from the time when I first this period my conta was always pleasant, brought me to see many things that otherwise I should not have noticed. It called my attention to some circumstances that I deem give grave peril to the community. I refer es- ecially to the great flood of fore'gn 'fhnr which at that time threatened this city. I do not think we realize ourselves how great the danger was to this com- munity. We were then a long way from New York and it was a very expensive passage, while the trip from China over here was a short one and a very cheap one and 1t was very easy at that time to have filled this coast full of Asiatics. There was serious danger at that time that this city might have become Aslati- cized instead of Americanized. “‘However, these things have passed off so0 long ago that we do not realize it, but it impressed me and as far back as 1853 1 communicated with the leading papers in New York and called their attention to the singular peril of this coast being Asiaticized—of becoming not American but Asiatic in population and tendency; and later when the attention of the com- munity here had been called to it and when we were all much exercised by tne presence of bands of unemployed = men parading the streets and threatening prop- erty—men who claimed that they = had been thrown out of work by the presence of these Chinamen among us, when at last this unwelcome truth was driven home—we went to Congress to see if we could not get it recognized. Then it was my good fortune to be able to do my share in stemming the tide and in chang- ing the sympathies of the Eastern peo- ple and winning them over to our side and help to close the doors to bar put these unwelcome intruders. (Applause.) Great Growth of the City. ‘‘Happily for us, these times passed away and these perils passed with them, and from that time uUntll now there has been no cloud that has arisen in our hori- zon that to my mind was anything like as threatening as that. Our city has grown with the State and with the growth of manufactures in our midst. Our com- merce has increased during the last three or four years especially. As stated by my learned _friend who "preceded me,” fhe commerce of this city has grown by leaps and bounds. Wherever the flag goes trade goes with it, and as the stars and stripes have been raised over terri- tory other than what they were raised over five years ago, as they have been raised over new territory new trade th labor, which Some | has come and we of this city have > =2 \ _ N \ T O S CS SRCE SCS SRCRE SROSS SRCEY SOR S8 O—QWAQ-HH—O—M—“ *"HM“@"W’“HM’W‘W B R B R e R S L. ] HORACE DAVIS ADDRESSING THE REPUBLICANS IN METROPOLI- re- honest men on both sides desirous of good | even own their 'street railroads, or |ceived the benefit of it. | government, I gay it should be left where | partly own them, but most do not. Bo; “I believe we have no conception of the | it belc g the production of the | ton, for example, has provided a tunnel, | commerce that is destined to spring up | honest, g ment-loving part of | or subway, as she calls it, two miles loi between this coast and the teeming mii- the c of party. (Ap- | under the center of the city for the pass- | lions of Asia and we here shall receive the full share of it. the wise policy of protection, has become an exporter of manufactured goods, and the ships that go from this port over to | China—something like seven or eight each month—are filled full with American products bound for the milllons of Asia— steel rails, cotton goods, flour, wine, all of this Ameérican territory , and we receive in return s and the ofl and the goods of Asia. This trade is destined to increase to an amount we can have to-day no im- tion of, and with it our city will g and if we are wise and if under this new charter we are able to provide just and economical and wise government I think the wildest imagination of any man here will fail to realize the possibili- t of the future of San Francisco. Let us then be up and dolng. Let us rovide wise government and sound laws. .t us see that the city is kept in the right and the sound course and with an honest primary and good citizens taking an interest in the new charter and a sound and economical government, the increasing foreign trade, bringing miilions of wealth into our coffers, I sce in the future San Francisco marching forward with the front rank of modern great mu- nicipalities.” (Applause.) Great Reception to I. M. Scott. ‘When the uproar of cheering_had sub- sided Chairman Kahn arose and sald: “When I was In Washington last win- ter I was surprised and delighted at the attention which had been attracted to California and San Francisco since the breaking out of the war with Spain. I knew this was a great city and I knew some of the reasons for its greatness. I had seen the battleships Oregon and the Olympia; but it was not until I saw the Oregon and Olympia in action that I un- derstood clearly what you Californians mean when you exclaim ‘Great Scott!” (Laughter and applause.) Gentlemen, it glves me great pleasure to introduce to you Irving M. Scott.”” (Uproarious ap- plause.) As soon as he could make himself heard Mr. Scott sald: came down here to-night to ask every Republican and every good citizen to votqba straight Republican ticket from top to bottom at the next election, There ‘is not a nominee on the ticket that any one need feel ashamed for having voted for. My Democratic friends claim the credit for this new charter. I have been connected with the framing of every charter that has been presented to the people of San Krancisco until the last one, and that is the onlg’ one that the citizens voted in favor of. It is a good law and only a humbug ‘would make the assertion that the Republicans would not enforce it. We showed the people what we could do when we framed the charter and we will show them what we intend to do when we elect Horace Davis Mayor, “Mr. Davis, in his modesty, did not say that he was going to administer the new law, but I will say it for him. The city is on the verge of liberation from the chains that made her a captive of corruption and olitical bosses. e Republican party as always been opposed to the misap- propriation of public funds, and now Y! the time to elect men who can be trusted and who are known to be true to every trust that was ever imposed upon them. Let me tell you that Horace Davis has al- ways been on the firing line in the battle for good government. California Always in Front. ; ‘‘California has been foremost in many of the most important events of the na- tion. In our great civil strife the stream of gold that we poured from our mines into the national treasury was the tie that bound together the two extremes of the nation. California put the first vol- unteer regiment in the field during the Rebellion. 1In the late war with Spain it was a California built ship that carried the day off Santiago. When the Oregon trained her guns on the Spanish vessels, running at a speed she had never reached before, doing frightful execution with her batteries, her work was the trlumph of California mechanics.” Charles J. King, candidate for Super- visor, followed Mr. Scott. He said he had been a resident of the city since 1849, and although a native of the District of Co- lumbia had been raised in the city by the Golden Gate. “I have noticed all of the trials through are Our country, thanks to | Congressman Julius Kahn Presides and the Great Audience Is Kept in a Ferment of App‘ause by the Eloquence and Telling Remarks of the Speakers. which the city has passed and appre-|over the Republican municipal conven- clated that there was never a more 17| tlon. Alfred Bouvier w ected chair- ortant time than now. It is the f = ma P e 1o have een given an ap. | man, John R. Hillman and Thomas Duff, 5 . Pernmen: | vice chairman, James A. Wilson secre- portunity to vote for a local governmer el Lt | tary and Nathan H. Frank treasurer. of ihe people, for the people and by the | " {liins"the chair Mr. Bouvier said The next to be introduced was Asa R. | that he ) with a full knowledge of the work it entailed and the responsibili- ties that went with it. He expr hope that at the end of the cam: committeemen wo satisfiec their confidence h n misplaced. “‘We have only cne object,” he said, “and that {s the election of the entire Republi- can ticket from top to bottom There was some discussion over the ap- Wells, and as the Auditor adv o the front of the sta he was given a flattering welcome. His remarks were brief, but every word told. Asa R. Wells’ Telling Speech. “I think most of you have seen me b fore; you have certainly heard of me, he said, whereat there was a gene al laugh. “I am your Auditor and a can- | pointment of the executive committee, didate for re-election to that office. 1f | seve members arguing that it should you remember when I took that office | consist of thirty-six committeemen, while there was trouble at the City Hall. The | others expressec on that a com- funds were in a bad state; they were all | mittee e too unwieldy to short, and it required a great deal of fig- | accomplish d. The matter was uring to keep out of pittalls. I believe I |disposcd of by ng it entirely to the discretion of thy have steered clear of the pitfalls and I | dis The question of have made no mistakes. I certainly have | not been accused of making any mi takes.” Referring to the new charter Mr. Wells said he believed that one of the great reasons why the people voted for that instrument was the discontent and complaint against the School Depar ment at that time. He then referred to that provision of the charter that gives the Mayor authority to appoint the mem- bers ot the School Board, and said: disposition of the caucus and convention funds and the puy- ment of the bills w referred to a com- mittee consi: g of the_ officers of the County Committee and Messrs, Kellogg and Lewis. A resolution was recefved, purporting to come from the Central Republican League, denouncing Mr. Kellogg for ap- pointing John J. C v on the County Committee in place of Frank P. Shiveley, Tt Mr. Davis Is elected do you believe | whom Rad recinnae o oith Ris knowleags of school affalrs | The r d that Curry was & he is going to make any mistakes In | Democrat. oo AN 4 making these appointments? I believe the | Forty-third t stated that the 0 | leagie had held no meeting and that the majority of the people of San Fra e nd that they will vote for an | resolution was unauthorized. The come e e "And wn honest administra- | plaint was referred to the executive com- tion: >'Ia there any reason why he should | mittee. not be elected? (Cries of “No, 1Xl].b)r hl‘. Stly days Mr. Dayis was a nelghbor o B Sa¥he was of Irving M. Scott, and TWO STALWARTS here was not a man in Tar Flat ll\i\[‘ é\'ur had a word to say against him. l.h was spoken of as ‘one of the men that God made.’ (Applause.) “Mr. Davis did not have a i to him; that is the man we should hav A man that has done something 1“"‘ him- gelf is the man that ‘ls most hhl‘.l) T n‘\:)”‘ Something for us. There are over Voters registered in this city and the very encouraging to ti Republicar § FOR SUPERVISOR. B eo e eoe6eoeoeQ fortune left | party, for it is well known that wi there Is a large Tt ation it meal is a_Republican yea (Long continue applause.) d Black Nails a Lie. | Chairman Kahn then introduced A. P Black, candidate for District Attorney, | who was cordially received. He sai | “‘Tt has been my honor to serve the peo- ple of this city in a subordinate position | and my one object duty and to do it well. now to answer ? me whether I have dus | : so.. I ask my friends if they can i aught against my record not to v : @ ® was to do my whol I ask you people me and if I cannot win by fair means l don’t want to be ed. A man ne | knows how ‘Black’ h until_he runs for office. The Examiner says that I ani | an enemy of labor and an advocate of | low wages; that the Musicians' Union has boycotted me. What a preposterous isfied that of 50 votes from Union I will receive at idea. I am satisf the Musi k'n‘f\tn:r man who makes a living by hard | work should be ashamed to call him a Democrat. High wages for a fair day’'s always been the policy of the labor ha Republican party. This policy hur' ‘lnn party stands most resplendent in the his- 64640 —0-04-0-4-0—-0—-0—b-O—-0—+-0-6-0—-0-0¢ tory of the country, from the time T. coln found the ship of state scuttied u the Democrats and steered it through a bloody war till at last McKinley took the vessel and sailed it well out into the ) ocean of world powers and prosperity. | The special committee, of which Judge Fellow R(‘publicani, if me{ p:zr\yqtl!r\)z‘;t“ba? | Schell is chairman, appointed by the Re- saved this nation ls not to be supported | puplican municipal convention to fill va- Dy Yol LYol go et 1ve under | cancies on the ticket, met vesterday and Louis Feusier, candidate for Treasurer, | formally appointed I. J. Truman, presi- s irer: | dent of the Columbia Bank, and B. P. promised 1t elected M way.> C1'® ' & Barrett of the Stock and Bond Exchange 3 r i sed the ticket and | to fill the vacancies left by Messrs. Kos- his administration and try to sat orial candidates. The Registrar will be people with an economical, cons notified to make the nec: ry changes administration and work for the orna-|on the ticket according to law MAY SECURE 85 CHEFTH Judge Maguire for the Mayoralty. - O+ 0-+0+@Q L J. TRUMAN, s Dr. A. P. McLean, candidate for Coro- ner, indorsed the ticket and said that he would give a good, clean administration if_elected. L. G. Carpenter, candidate for Police Judge, advised his hearers to work hard for the rest of the campaign for the entire ticket and not_to be humbugged by the talk of some Democrats that whichever party wins the foliowing out of the lines of {ge charter would assure a good ad- ministration. That talk, he said, was like the arrangement proposed by the roosier to the horse not to step on each other’s toes. Honest John Lackmann Cheered. ‘When the chairman called on the candi- date for Sheriff, some one proposed “Three cheers for honest John Lack- mann,” and they were given with a will. Mr. Lackmann said that there were but few orators in the present Board of Su- pervisors, and that he was not one of them, and confined his remarks to a promise of an honest administration to the people if elected. He hoped, how- ever, not to see any of his listeners in an official capacity after his election. ‘Willlam_Z. Tiffany, candidate for Re- corder, after indorsing the ticket, as- sured his hearers that his employes would take home their entire salaries to their familles. If the Supreme Court should decide that there shall be no election for | county officers this year Mr. Tiffany promised to take off his coat and help to elect Davis. ‘Willlam A. Deane, the present County Clerk, said that he had kept within his pledge and would, if re-elected, continue to do so. William Watson Makes a Hit. Willlam Watson, candidate for Super- visor, made quite an impression on the audience in his plain, frank manner, “This is my first experience in politics,” he said, “and you can tell by my looks that I have been in no hurry. If elected I will not be for sale. They cannot buy me_nor buy my vote. I am a mechanic and, huvinf by good fortune accumulated enough to live on, I retired several years ago. If I am elected I will give my en- tire time to the duties of the office.” Dr. E. N. Torello, when introduced, said that he was no orator. HIs business was to heal wounds, not to infiict them, With an undertaker on the board with him he felt sure that if elected they would be successful as a combination. Joseph H. Scott, candidate for Tax Col- lector, Judge Joachimsen and James Nagle, candidates for Police Judges, in short speeches indorsed the ticket. ‘This concluded the speechmaking, and after three rousmghcheers for the Repub- lican party and three more for Horace Davis, the crowd flled out of the building while the band played “Rally Round the Flag.” & COMMITTEE ORGANIZES. Al Bouvier Elected Chairman of the Davis Campaign. The new Republican County Central Committee met and organized last even- Ing at the Davis headquarters, 723 Mar- ket street. The members were called to Senator R. Porter Ashe, who was nomi- nated for Mayor by the People’s party convention, has declined to accept the nomination, although his acceptance was urged by a large body of his Democratic fellow citizens. The argument was ad- vanced that the convention had a stronger Democratic following than the McNab-Phelan convention, and that ac- ceptance of the Populist leadership would dd to his prestige in the Democratic party. Senator Ashe gave his reasons for declining in the following letter SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 13, Messrs. A. B. Kinne, William Meakin and Aaron Wasch, People’s Party Committee— Gentlemen: When the committee from the People’s party convention waited upon me at my office Saturday morning, October 7, and asked me to become the convention's candi- date for Mayor I declined the honor, stating that I had submitted my name to the Demo- cratic municipal conventlon the night before for the nomination for District Attorney and that submission precluded me from accepting a nomination at your hands, even If I felt at liberty, as a Democrat, to accept the same under 'existing conditions. _Since this oral declination your convention has placed me in nomination for Mayor. While T am not insensible to the honor you have conferred, and I use the word hbmor advisedly, T am constrained to most positively renew the declination. The true Democratic principles expressed in the platform of your convention appeal to my svpathies and 1 cannot but regret that the Democratic municipal convention was not equally definite and explici¢ In its declarations upon Dational issues. Very respectfully yours, R’ PORTER ASHE. 1t is understood that James G. Maguire or some other well-known Democratic ad- vocate of free silver doctrine will accept the first place on the People's party ticket. Judge Maguire was out of town last night and therefore was not waited upon by the committee. Ignatian Council. Ignatian Council No. 35, Young Men's Institute, will to-morrow night listen in Young Men's Institute Hall, on Fourth street, to a lecture to be delivered by Rev. Father Newell. This will be the second of a serfes of lectures delivered before order by Sheldap Kellogg, who presided | that council this season.