The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 12, 1900, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MARCH 12, 1900. WARNER'S REMEDIES. e e e e e e e e e Progression Is the watchward of men and women who are alive and up-to-date. Old-fogyism and stagnation are mental death. Nations, cities and individuals that progress are not afraid to getout of the beaten path. The aggressive, earnest, intelligent man or woman ,is not bound by codes or dogmas. They think for themselves, and humanity benefits thereby. As a class, the medical profession is clannish. The old schoo! smacks of decay. Bleeding and blistering died hard, but died nevertheless, while homeopathy continues to progress. Thae great Pasteur was not a physicien, yet he blezed a pathway which thousands now gladly fol'low. A few bright,active, progressive phy~ sicians, who will not be bound by precedent, and who have the courage of their convictions, are doing a great work for the profession as a whole. They believe that no man or school has absorbed all the medical knowledge ob- tainable, and when 2 scientific discovery is made that revolutionizes a pet theory for the treatment of disease, are willing to give it a fair trial and abide by the results if favorable. Such a physician is Dr. L. M. Lander, of Chi- cago. Read and weigh the honest words of this noted specialists “Several times during the past few years [ have observed the effects of Warner's Safe Cure in cases of Kidney Trouble. I found that the action of the medicine was highly curative in effect, and that most desirable results followed its faithiul use. 1 believe it to be a very fine remedy for Kidney disorders.” (Jan 20, 1900.) DR. L. M. LANDER. ate of the Imperial eden T, PATAIS CELEBRATION PROGRAMME List of Participants for Aft- ernoon and Evening Entertainments, AR Tk Clesing Meeting of the General Con- { vention of Irish Americans. Sub - Committees Ap- pointed. LR The last work of the convention of the Irish-American societies for the St. rick's day celebration is over and ail is in readiness for the afternoon and evening | entertainmefits. At a meeting of the gen- | eral convention and the executive com- | mittee yesterday afternoon the follow- | Ing committees were appointed: Press committee—Rev. D. O. Jeremiah Deasy, C. B. Flanagan. tion committee—Judge Robert Ferral, J. J. Donovan, J. C. Canty, J. D. Condon, liam Brod John McGillicuddy, Wi Murphy, John Ganey, Rodger McCarthy, 3. Warren. The afternoon programme will be: Overture, “'Salute to Erin” (La Motte), band;_addres: nel Thom: Tillie Roeder; collection - of Irish jig and Professor T. Me( y, Irish piper, accom- panist; “Star Spangled Banner,” mational anthem and chorus, Madame Roeckel and Crowley, Rece, president of the day, Barry; soprano soio, Alamo Quartet, with pupils of Convents of Notre Dame, Presentation, Holy Name and St. Vincent and prchestral accompaniment; solo for cornet, “‘Killarney,” William Ma- hood; tenor solo, Hugh N. Callender; fancy dance, Miss Pearl Hi Professor Mc- Carthy, accompanist; songs of Ireland (Godfrey d ce, Miss Murie- ta; spec black ts, the Col : grand march, * (Mat- | tingly), band; closing anthem and chorus, | "God Save Ireland,” Madame Roeckel and Alamo_Quartet and pupils of Convents of Notre Dame, Presentation, Holy Name and St. Vincent and orchestral accompaniment. Evening programme, commencing at § o'clock—Overture, patriotic airs, orchestra; introductory address, president of the day, Colonel Thomas F. Barry: vocal quartet, Tdeal Quartet—John Braiton, first tenmor; Frank W. second tenor: Frank Germain, basso: o 1 solo. Miss Dalsy Keane omas W. orchestra; fa pil. Miss Alice vocal _solo, ““Three-Leafed Mrs. J. 8. T ney_da Pearl Hickman: G0d” Save Trel Miss Daisy Keane. ce is requested to join in the AMUSEMENTS. *TIVOLI* COLUMBIA & “HOOT MO, IT'S SIMPLY WONDERFUL!”| Beginning TO-NIGHT, CHA S FROHMAN . ts WILLIA 1 BECAUSE EEK SHE LOVED HIM SO M )LUTELY —— “THE THE IDOL'SEYE M POPULAR PRICES—25c and 50c. TELEPHONE—Bush 3. CALIFORNIA THEATER. Opera, GRAN HOUSE NIGHTLY' CROWDED IS TO LAUGH! R L. GRAF ents GRAND OPERATIC CONCERTS WAGNER OPERAS AND MUSIC DRAMAS. | R M PARIS THIS EVENING at 8115 | a . DOUBLE BILL! TAIN B “DAS RHEINGOLD” and “DIE WALKURE.” Now on| 411, GRAND VAL TH MR. and MRS. SYDNEY DREW, AGNER « an W " s c o = g HOWARD TH STON: FLATOW and DUNN. HIS AFTERNVO + SMEDLEY SKETCH CLUB. «DIE GOTTERDAMMERUNG. HAPPY FANNY FIELDS - PA AL IMPERIAL MOORISH ACROBATS. March ;_Saturday, | 7 TR R WHOUSE and WARD; e Wednesday, Saturday and Sundav. Populer sk o ot i b e | ALCAZAR THEATER. Coming Again! Next Thursday, Se both Afternoons and Favorites! Living | TO:NIGHT AND ALL WEEK, ! Magnificent Scenic n of Palmer Cox's The Greatest Farce Hit Ever | Made in This City. Never Again | g “hronicie says: ** ou Bulletin farce of the season.’ , B0c, The; Matinee, on, March 18, Mark “Pudd’nhead Wil- | Mr. Burr Mcln- this production. MATINEE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. '\ Next Week, “DIPLOMACY.” CflUTE§ fiND 10). EVERY AFTERNOON MAJOR MITE: GORDON SISTERS: or, tor PEOF OPULAR PLAYHOUSE FHONE SOUTH 770. 'HIS WEEK | | | ! AND EVENING. | e’ Overjoyed| 78 HARWOOD: LULAINE and DARRELL; with banners wi BLACK BARTONS; BENNETT SISTERS; ance, to witness = s HARRY HOWARD; AF N WAR PIC- Farce Comedy YOU SEEN SMITH Comedians Who Are Funny. TURES. AMATEUR IIIEHI THURSDAY, Cakewalk Comtest Saturday Night! e Seats by Phone—Park 23. ' MECHANICS’ PAVILION. LAST '!!K’A_L"' WEEK! LAST WEENK! LAST WEEK! NORRIS & ROWE'S BiG TRAINED ANIMAL SHOWS. TO-DAY AT 2:30 AND 8:I5. 300-PERFORMING ANIMALS-300 BRING THE CHILDREN. TANFORAN PARK. FIFTH MEETING, Mch. 12 to 24, inclusive. Six high-class running races every week day, rain or shine, beginning at 1:3) p. m. The ideal winter racetrack of America. Pa- trons step directly from the raflroad cars into a superb grand stand, glass-inclosed, where, Comfortably housed in bad weather, they can | epjoy an unobstructed view of the races. Trains leave Third and Townsend streets at 9:00, 10:40 and 11:30 a. m. and 12:15, 12:35, 12:50 and 1:2 p. m. immediately after last race at P Seats in rear cars re- served for women and their escorts. No smok- ing. Valencia street, 10 minutes later. “fun Jose and Way Stations—Arrive at San Bruno at i2:45 p. m. Leave Bruno at 4:00 and 4:45 p. m. RATES—San cisco to Tanforan and re- v turn, including admission to track, §1.25. PRICES—ADULTS, 25— . J. MARTIN, President. — PRICES—CHILDREN, 10c. | ¥, H. GREEN, Secretary and Manager. 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PILE-DRIVING ENGINES. ‘Worthington Steam Pumps & Water Meters, Mundy Hoisting Engines. Tatum & Bowen. ENGIMNES, BOILERS. ETC. | BAKER & HAMILTON, Engines and Bofl lowest prices on the coast. Pine & Dhvis lers; sts! TENTS AND E & CO. 31 and ‘W. & P. BUILDING PAPER. Win: ‘water and vermin R Moty v ErEUATL LOVERS. NEVILL .. manufact: ten covers. i Calitornta st. " P Yoty Pat- | | in the final victory or defeat lies the soul's | the ministers of darkness. TRIBUTE PAID - T0 ROME, THE WORLDS Cmy Father P. C. Yorke Describes | the Cathedrals of the Religious Center. P Eloguent Lecturer Speaks to a Vast Throng at St. Mary’s Cathedral on an Interesting Subject. Koo St. Mary's Cathedral, on Van Ness ave- nue and O'Farrell street, was packed— pews, aisles, gallery and all—last night by a devout congregation come to hLear Father P. C. Yorke lecture upon “Rome." “It is a peculiar thing,” he said, “while you can mention the greatest cities of the world without provoking animosity or feeling, the moment you name the city of | Rome people begin to take sides. To some | the name Rome calls up a feeling of ley- alty and devotion; to others hatred and opposition. It is a name that awakens everything good and bad in man—a bless- ing or a curse, “It was not always so. The time was when it was merely a great city; the | greatest and the grandest of them all; the | center of the empire of the Caesars, whose | | very word was law to all the world. And this proud city, gleaming in the splendor | | and beauty of its magnificence, one day | | received a poor, unknown and unnoticed | man—St. Peter—who changed Rome that | was the city of a military nation -o the | | city of the world. He was sent by his | master in far off Jerusalem and told that | all the glorious pagan splendor would p: | away. St. Peter came to mighty Ren: | poor and_without friends, but mighty | hope, and this city, that looked so oro: | perous, was already declining in its bruta | strength. No longer was it to be wrapped in the purple of imperialism, but in the purple of the blood of martyrs, spreading | its name by virtue of the cross of Christ. | “Father Yorke devoted the latter part of | | | i | his lecture to a description of the cati | dral % Lateran, St. Mary's, S Paul's and St. Peter's. In speaking of the grandeur and magnificence of the places | of Catholic worship, the speaker sald: “For this reason it has been charged that Catholicity fosters ignorance. Go to Rome and this belief will be oblite-ate:. The many rooms of the Vatican, the sou! rring cathedrals, are open to the whole world; they exist for the visitor, the tour- ist, the holar and the scientist, the his- | torian who writes of past ages and whose material can be obtained from no other source.” Yather Yorke closed with a beautiful word picture of St. Pete: Cathedral and | all that it inspires of religious feeling. . { INCESSANT CONFLICT RAGES IN MAN'S NATURE Father Yorke's sermon at St. Mary's Cathedral yesterday morning was on lhei A New Heaven and a New In his discourse the reverend lecturer said that there was an irrepres- | ible conflict going on between the natural and supernatural forces in man's nature, and from it he drew the conclusion that salvation or damnation. | n is made up not only of body and | soul,” sald Father Yorke, ““but there is a | | supernatural element in him which is con- | | stantly battling for supremacy over the | insidious attacks of his natural or ma- | terial being. Here, in the human heart, | | does heaven make its fight against earth. The angels of light are arrayed against | It is not a bat- tle of flesh and blood, but of principalities | powers against the spirit of wicked- | in high places. | We are not properly equipped to wage | | the unequal struggle, and the soul is too ! prone to compromise and sink itself in | the dust. Only by the grace of God can { we work out our own ton. There is no decisive victory or defeat until the end comes. The battle goes on with varying | fortunes from day to day, but the result of the last conflict will seal our fate for | all_time. ““There Is an end to everything in this | world. In the great enterprises of man- kind may be discerned a struggle against | forces that conquor in the end. Every- thing, even we ourselves, lasts for a short time only. There is the season of growth, | maturity and decay, and the world knows | it no more. Death is active always, and we eventually realize that the sun is going down in the heavens and the day is over for us. Do not leave the settlement of vour affairs until the end, for before you | | know it the judgment begins, and then it | is too late. We are face to face with our sins, and satan stands before the throne | of God to demand his own. God has given | |us means in plenty to carry out his | 1deals, and we should take advantage of | | them in order to merit salvation.” |SALE OF L.QUORS IN PHILIPPINES DENOUNCED In a prelude to his regular sermon Rev. E. A. Woods, D.D., pastor of the First Baptist Church, last night spoke on “The Saloon in Manila. In part he sald: Whatever may be ¥ald of the condition of | the Filipinos before the islands came into our | possession, they were not addicted to the use | | ¢ intoxtcating liquors. President Schurman of | the American commission says: T regret that the Americans allowed the saloon to get a foot- hold on the islands. That has hurt the Amer- jcans more than anything else. I have never | soen a Filipino drunkard.” It is said that un- lder Spanish rule there were but three saloons in Manila and they sold only what are called “eoft drinks.” Now there are 400 saloons sell- | ing whisky and there are 300 dealers repre- senting Amer firms. The evil results among our scldiers have been terrible. But if the na- tives are thus made a race of drunkards the | awful responsibility will rest upon our Gov- | ernment. ‘They have become our nationa Wards and we have pledged ocurselves to their elevation and efvilization. —_——— REV. FHILIP COCMBE ON CONQUEST OF OUR STATE “The Conquest of California” was the title of a sermon delivered yesterday morning by the Rev. Philip Coombe, pas- tor of the Richmond Congregational Church. He said in part: When the Stars and Stripes were ralsed at Monterey July 1, 1846, and the declaration was made at Los Angeles August 13 of the same year that this country belonged to the United | States a great acquisition was made to Amer- ica, a great victory was gained for Californi buf the true conquest of California will not be made until all the people of the entire State take hold of its great interests and control them for the King of Kings. This is the kind of conquest which the pilgrim fathers came to America to win, and which their descegdants have nobly helped California to gafn and up- hold by sending men of righteousness and money without stint to these golden shores. It is to this conquest of California I invite your hearty sympathy and energetic co-operation. _—————— LENTEN SERVICE OF CALVARIAN SOCIETY | e { The second of a series of devotions in- tended to increase -the interest of Cath- olics in their Lenten devotions was held | able, as the whole building was a mass of | | seéthing flames, but ! knocked off work at 5 o'clock everything | mas clean and apparently all right about | plant will b | illness before taking command of the ves- vesterday afternon at St. Mary’s Cathe- dral under the auspices of the Calvarian Soclety. The devotions began with the recital of the “Way of the Cross” by Father Demp: llowed by the singing of “Veni Creata! in which the large congregation joined. A sermon was reached . by ev. Father Charles A. amm on the subject, “Magdalene, the Penitent,” in which he drew a moral from the scriptural story which concerns the infinite mercy and forgiveness of the Sa- vior toward the repentant sinner. In his introductory remarks Father Ramm paid a high compliment to the large attendance of the members of the soclety and exhorted them to be faithful to the tenets of their faith and to ever remember in their prayers those who have &one before to meet their Creator. FLANES NEARLY DESTRDY BIBB'S | LUMBER PLANT Loss Includes * Practically Everything but the Machinery. The Damage Will Foot Up Fully Thirty Thousand Dollars—Origin of the Fire Is a Mystery. | —_— | About the only thing saved in yester- day morning’s fire, which destroyed the furniture plant of the D. H. Bibb Lum- ber Company at the corner of Beach and Stockton streets, was the machinery situ- ated on the first floor of the structure. Everything in the line of woodwork | went up in smoke and entailed a loss of | at least $30,000. D. H. Bibb, who owns a controlling interest in the concern, was an interested spectator of the blackened ruins vesterday, and sald that exactly $82,000 had been put in the plant about two years ago. There was some $8000 worth of furniture stored where the fire started, and this was on the point of being shipped to dif- ferent parts of the State. In addition to this there were contracts on hand and to be filled amounting to several thousand dollars, The machines known as ur- facers” and “matchers” suffered litile damage, as the burning floor did not fa in on them. The firm had just put in a “sander,” which cost $2280. The men from the underwriters were busy all day yes- terday oiling up the different machines, and it is thouggt that with the expendi- ture of a few hundred dollars they may all be made available for use. The work of the firemen in this instance was remark- R g SRR IR IR SCRY OIS S SR 3 grompt action saved much property which otherwise might have been destroyed. The officers of the company are at a 10ss to know what started the fire. Every | Saturday it was customary to turn on a huge steam blower inside the premises for the purpose of cleaning up the place of ail shavings and refuse. When the men the building. Whether the fire had been smoldering for eight hours from a cac lessly thrown away cigarette or cigar not Known, but that theory seems to he plausible. 'Watchman Nelson discovered the flames at 1 o’clock, and by that time the first alarm had been turned in. There was little ofl or varnish in the part where the fire originated, but with the dry | woods the flames rapidly spread to the oil ! warehouse, and the firemen had a rard | time ther As an evidence of their ex- | cellent work, it is noteworthy that John | Twigg's boathouse, fifty feet away. was| not even scorched, and not a stick of lum- | ber in Simpson’s vard, directly opporsite, | was charred. | Mr. Bibb says that there was about $15.- | 000 insurance on the buildings and contents in several companies. Negotiations had been opered for an additional $10.000, but the risks were so high -that the idea was abandoned. Fifty-eight men are thrown out of employment as a resuit of the fire, | but the company will immediately rebuild In about three months a fully equipped n running order. | | NEWPORT BRINGS IN ! LARGE COFFEE CARGO | No Truth in the Report of Illness] and Death of Captain i Saunders. | The Pacific Mail Company’'s steamship | Newport arrived from Panama and way | ports yesterday, bringing twenty-three | cabin passengers and thirteen Chinese in | transit for Hongkong. Among her cargo | were 12,187 sacks of coifee, which is the | largest and most valuzble consignment thet has come here for a long time. While the Newport was in Central | American waters a story came here to the | Saunders had died | As the popular effect that Captain while on the way south. master had just recovered from a serious sel, his many friends took the news very much to heart and awaited with fear and trembling the confirmation or denial of the story. Much to the joy of all con-| cerned Captain Saunders was found to be in better health than he has been for montHs and galning flesh every day. He | had a little relapse while the ‘vessel was | in Acapulco, and that was what probably gave rise to the story. The hospital ship Solace went to the navy vard yesterday. From there the sick and discharged soidiers now aboard Wwill be sent East. The cruiser Philadel- | phia sailed for Acapulco vesterday afier- | noon. She will relieve the battleship | Towa, now on her way here. | The horse transport Siam also got away | yesterday. She has a icad of horses and mules for the army in the Philippines. n—"— O BENJAMIN FAY MILLS { ON “HEAVEN AND HELL” Addresses a Large Audience at Met- ropolitan Temple—Views Ex- pressed in the Lecture. Benjamin Fay Mills delivered his lec- ture, “Heaven and Hell,” at the Metro- politan Temple yesterday afternoon be- fore an audience that packed the audi-| torium. He sald in part: “We have developed a conscience. As we learned the value of men we are now learning the infinite worth of humanity. ‘We no longer bow before the gods and in- carnations of the my. iologies of the past, important as their symbolism may have been for our ancestors; we will know God for ourselves and not another. We dis- cover ‘tongues in trees, books in the run- ning brooks, sermons in stones and God | in everything.' We ‘are slowly but surely | learning to love our neighbors as our- selves, in that we see that human society is one living organization, and that we are indeed members one of another. We have fairly stated at last what now seems to us the ultimate problem of the race— that we may learn to live each for all and all for each, and if we have not all learned its solution we have at least apprehended it afar off. We have killed the devil and are filling up heil. We regard as our greatest glory the apprehension of the glory yet to be.” — e Metal Initials or name stamped in gold e of charge on &ll leather goods pur- e ed at Sanborn & Vair's, 141 Market. + —————— AUTOMOBILES WERE IN THEIR STABLES San Francisco poured the majority of its population through the gates of the many pleasure places yesterday and out un- der the trees and by the ocean they passed the Sabbath. Although the people gath- ered in crowds numbering tens of thou- sands, not an accldent or specizl inci- dent occurred to mar the enjoyment of the day. The programme at the Park was augmented by several encores; conservatory, deer park and the home of the birds were patronized from noon until Jate in the evening, while the drive was the largest of the season. Many people lined the south drive to witness the com- ing and going of automobiles. but o to the action of the Commissioners gro- hibiting the operation of any of these machines in the park except those operat- 2d by electricty and compressed air, the drive was deserted by those of autome- bilious temperament. Hence the public was disappointed. ov(e:rh Ht" thosxun’d pe?':lf lll;mbled atl the Chutes and en. e variou At 5 o'clock &l Markel ssful balloon ascension, ng e mecca of a large and pe g crowd. Hundreds re! ed themselves in the big tanks and were entertained by the aquatic contests. i For tan, frecklies and blackheads Anyvo Theatrical Cold Cream has no equal. * a_ succe: without accident. { their failure to distingui NATIONAL NOMINATING MACHINERY. Copyright, 1900, by Seymour Eaton. AMERICAN POL II. NATIONAL NOMINATING MA- CHINERY. BY JESSE MACY, LL.D. The Congressional Caucus. Much confusion exists among writers upon American political parties due to h clearly the two quite different ideas suggested by word party. There is (a) the par! the preseat day, a thoroughly organized machine, its parts all carefully adjusted to one another and ali working in har- mony to bring about and to uphold a definite national policy—that is to say, to form and to express in an effective man- ner the political opinions of a large body of citizens. Quite another thing was (b) the mere loose, temporary association of men of like views in respect to some par- @ro s e e edeseie@ z . . t3 ANDREW JACKSON. @i oo e e > o e e9 ticular question or questions of public in- terest, which was all that the word im- plied in the early years of the republic. Many leaders of opinion were then deep- ly distrustful of tendencies to closer par- tisan union. Washingtc Wi careful to declare himself—and no donht with per- fect sincerity—*not a pa..y man.” In his first inaugural address Jefferson assert “We are all Republicans—we are all Fed- eralists.”” He felt himself the representa- tive of the natlon—not of a party. Jack- son himself, whom we now know as the great promoter of party spirit and parti- san methods, pronounced early in his po- litical carcer - against partisanship and the strengthening of party divisions. Like any Institution possessed of vitality and entering dynami life of a people, the American political party of to-day is a growth, a plant whose roots ramify in the sofl of the dis- |*tant past, and a product far other than the seed from which it sprung. As littie is the present Republican or Democratic party like to the Federal or the Republican party 100 years ago as the full-grown oak is like to the acorn which gave it birth, political history h them. B fought for the adoption of the cons ution in 1789 agreed together only upon one point that under existing circumstances hreatened as the young confederacy foes without and foes withi a ser, more efficient union of States was imperative and that the plan set forth in the pri | posed constitution was the only plan like- ¥ to prove acceptabie in the existing temper of the people of the different State: Men of opposing views as to the various provisions of that document sunk their differences and labored together to the one end—that the nation might live. The constitution once the law of the land | they were free to contend with their former allies upon every practical point which should arise. In like manner the anti-Federalists agreed among themselves only in their opposition to the adoption of the consti- tution. They opposed it upon widely dif- ferent grounds and Yor diverse ends, and their later political action had no neces- sary connection with their course durimg the great constitutional struggle or that of their colleagues of that period. It is an_error to identify the Federalists of 1787-89 with the Federalists who supported the administration of Washington and John Adams, or to regard the Republican party of the end of the eighteenth cen- fury as the political heir to the anti Federalists. *“Party consistency,” “party loyalty,” were terms not yet in use, as the ideas which they now stand for did not vet prevail in America. Certain of the anti-Federals of 1789, even though they did not become supporters of the Federal administrations which followed, still counted themselves among the worship- ers of the constitution and the guardians of its integrity. Federalists of the same year became persistent opponents of the olicy of the Federal party, and ultimate- ¥ ranged themselves under the Repubii- can leaders. No one of them regarded himself or was considered by others as a political “renegade” or a “traitor.” Par- tisan rancor did indeed deal harshly with Madison, who had been one of the most PVOLILOEIOIOIPIDOIDEIEDVEITSEIOET ITICAL PARTIES. ardent and most able advocates of the constitution, and who by the year 1792 had drifted into sympathy with Jefferson and his followers, and had become a deter- | mined opponent, oven or disguised. of Hamilton and his policy. Madison's con- spicuous position and influence made his attitude upon public questions an im- portant one, and his separation from old assoclates and his antagonism to_their cherished views led naturally to bitter personal enmities: but the sentiment which charges Madison with_political apostasy is largely read into the litera- ture of the day by writers whese political ideas and feeiings are the outgrowth of more modern conditions. The First National Party Caucus. In the first and second national elece tions but one candidate was before the | people for the office of President. The whole nation thought only of Washing- ton, and he seems to have been nomina- ted by general consent without any for- malities. The scattering votes for Vice President in the election of 1758 showed that no candidate for that office had been agreed upon. But for that of 1792 some understanding appears to have been pre- viously arrived at (though there is no evidence of any meeting having been held for the purpose), for all but four of the electors voted for either Adams or Clin- ton for Vice President. Again, in 17% there is reason to belleve | that Adams and Jefferson were generally regarded as the heads of their respective parties and were voted for by common consent without formal nominations. But by the year 1500 a simple method for the expression of the party will had been hit upon. In that year meetings were held of the party members of the houses of Congress, “besides many _df citizens,” as stated In Niles’ | the purpose of nominating can President and Vice President. time until 1%2¢ the From that “Congressional party caucus,” as this assemblage is called, con- tinued to be used for placing Presidential candidates betore the people. It was far from being the only means adopted for that purpose, for it never won the general favor of the people and was never accept- ed as the party organ in any such sensa as the convention has since been ac- cepted. Development of the Congressional Caucus. Tn 1804 the Federalists held no caucus, but in some unexplained way they did not put forward candidates. Jefferson and Clinton were nominated by the Republicaa Congressional caucus. Four years later, Jefferson having declined to accede to re- quests from party members of varous State Legislatures that he should for a | third time become a Presidential candi- ate. a Congressional party caucus was | called by the Senator who een chair- | man of the preceding caucus. “in_ pursu- ance of the powers vested in him.” Many Democratic Congressmen looked askares | upon this indication of the organization of | a permanent party machinery and re- | frained from attending the caucus. The influence of Virginia w: paramou: in | this caucus. but Virginia was herself ai- vided between Madison and Monroe, and | the friends of the latter in Congress. fird- ing themselves in a hopeless minority ia »nal caucus, published short- |1y after a denunciation of that method of nominating Presidential candidates, as ar- rrngaling to a _few members of Con; s a right which belongs to the people alone. | In this year the Federalists again held | no caueus, but voted for Pinckney and | the Congre: he parties were divided within "lhflmSP‘\ in respect to the war with England. What is called the “regule™ | Republican caucus was far from receiving | the support of all the Reoublican mem- | bers of Congress. for 51 of the 13 remained |away. Nominations were made in several of the States. The Legislature of Penn- | sylvania nominated Madison and George | Clinton, and a meeting held afterward in Pittsburg declared for Clinton and_FI- | bridge Gerry. ~A mass-meeting in New | Hampshire put forth a full ticket. Tae Republicans of the New York Legistatura | nominated De Witt Clinton as an anti- | administration candidate, and at jeact | four State conventions. besides numersus county gatherings of Federalists. as well as Republicans, declared for him. No Strictly party nominations were made by | the Federalists, though a secret meeting of representatives of that party froan | many States made pledges to support De Witt Clinton. The Republican’ members of Congress | who favored the war were determine | that a war policy should dominate the | party and the incoming administration, | even with the peace-loving Madison at its head. Before the caucus was held they communicated their purpose to the Presi- | Gent by means of a committee. of wiich | Henry Clay was chairman. Rather than [ S ke ok e ot g s } z B T S S o o % R R R L e e e I * @ THE ORIGINAL GERRYMAN‘DI&‘? ¢ (Called after Elbridge Gerry.) ¢ > w0—0~0+0+0—0—0—~0+‘ to fall of receiving a renomination Madi- son reluctantly consented to issue a war message, and was Soon afterward unar:- mously renominated by the party caucv at Washington. with Elbridge Gerry as candidate for Vice President. PRAISE FOR THE FRENCH COURSE IN THE CALL'S HOME STUDY CIRCLE Editor The Call—Dear Sir: with pleasure Call's H:me Study Circle the French conversation of the series of twenty les- sz issue daily paper. T. B. DE FILIPPE, Teacher of Languages. I have read in The first lesson in ns which you intend to weekly in your It is the language of science, society, court, and it is, without doubt, one of the most useful studies; take pleasure in commend- ing the same, as it will mage| encourage the study of the very beautiful therefore I < and courteous language of ¢‘La Belle France." Yours Very Truly, T. B. de FILIPPE. San Francisco, March 7, 1900.