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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1900. WARNER'S REMEDIES. OO ; 0 1st Rec. Sec., < "), B A o A i 2 "’f‘zz i . maniee s % the qpgrep BB P Centre, Maine. AFFILIATED WITH THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, MAY WRIGHT SEWALL, 653 XORTH PENNSYLVANIA STREET, INDIANAPOLIS, IND. Warner's Safe Cure Co., Rochester, N. Y. Gentlemen:— January 20, 1900. I take great pleasure in acknowledging the benefits which I have received from the use of Warner's Safe Cure. From the continual change of food and water my stomach refused to perform its work, and severe pains across the back shuwed me that my kidneys were also affected. My physician prescribed for me, but it did not seem to help me, and I asked him what he thought of my trying Safe Cure, and he said that he knew of several patients who had spoken highly of it, so I tried it. Before I had finished the second bottle, I felt a remarkable improvement, and being greatly encouraged, I continued its use fcr about two months, when I considered myself entirely cured. I am indeed most grateful to you for placing the means beforg the public of restoring health to ( ““Sorosls,” of New York City; nor Wolcott of Connecticut. Miss Loulse Wolcott was one of the earliest members of is also Vice-President of Daugh- t ers of the American Revolution, and granddaughter of Gover- the afflicted. ) UL ool ol | AMURENERIN ot AT IVOLI* GRAN "HOUSE | 007 wow, we ARE GOING TO LEAVE!” irand Duchess 3 -MAIN 532 ' 'OPULAR PRICES. | Qrehestra Baturdey | TENTH WEEK Of the Marvelous Comic Opera, THE IDOL'SEYE AND LAST. Souvezir Performznce To Morrow. - | Time Tu:sday—75th Tine. SPLCIM"““‘”,OPE“'BOUSE Beautiful Souvemirs Given Away!! TO-MORROW, TUESDAY, AFTERNOON, =vesives AT s it At 3:15 o'clock. Farewell Grand Orchestral Con WALTER DA cox R, and ¥ ORCHESTRA. MATINEE SATURDAY cert, | POPULAR PRICL&—2F¢ and 50c. S | Next Week—"MANILA BOUND." 1 B VROSCH, | = MADAME GADSKI i £ mz,f«”'o:usc DER OF IT IS 0 TWO ALIKE. in the world like this AND THE W THERE ARI Nor are there two MR. DAVID BISPHA (By Arrangement With Mr. C. L. Graff) PROC THERE -:- IS -:- ONLY -:- ONE “PUDI’NHEAD WILSON.” Mark Twain's Powerful Production Agaln Hit. (Beethoven), (a) 2 tra: ‘“Rbapsodi X McINT MAYO, Reserved Reserved Monday Nig! _Seats on sale Thursday N g, Ma |CALIFORNIA THEATER. o | —THE WORLD'S GREATEST PIANIST, LEAD! | e | < e, 2c, blc , March 2 - - PADEREWSKIL forning, March ““Lobengrin March Slave nd §2 50, Y & COS. N, CLA COLUMBIA LAST WEEK! Y TRIUMPH, E Because She . ot i in rotation as they reach R ter after the opening of the Farce.” | ats on Thursday, March 22 3 y Aft ay A D SEATS, $150, 82, 33, $4 Seats commences on THURSDAY 2, at 9 o' clock. by mail or tele- * The Litle | Minister | ific Coast tour under’the direction ot §. H. dlander & Co. YDSON and Original N. Y. Cast. WAY PIANOS USED. “MR. |~ - CHUTES AND Z00. PHONE SOUTH 770. with s EVERY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LILLIAN HOWE. CON. ES- G. MAT EE SATURDAY. THOUT A RIVAL. — nee seen in this ¢ THE BLACK BARTO! e ¥ . 2 A‘ M. HARRY GLAZIER THREE mpany WUSKETEERS. FROM NEW YORK CITY. THURSDAY NIGHT! Cakewalk Contest Saturday Night! : by Phone Park 22 . WESTERN TURF ASSOCIATION, i TANFORAN PARK. FISCHER'S | FIFTH MEETING, Mch. 12 to 2, Inclustve. i NEW CONCERT - HOUSE, O'FARRELL STREET, R... Propri Sea rain or shine, beginning at 1:30 p. m. The ideal winter racetrack of America. Pa- trons step directly from the railroad cars into & superb grand stand, glass-inclosed, where, comfortably housed iu bad weather, they can enjoy an unobstructed view of the Traims leave Third and Townsend streets at 9:00, 10:40 and 11:30 &. m. and 12:15, 12: 4 1:2 returning immediately b p. m. Reats in rear cars re- served for women and thelr escorts. No smok- ing. Valencis suest. 10 minutes later. an Jose and Way Stations—Arrive at Ban no! ' Cormer Fourth and | Bruno at 12:45 p. m. Leave San Bruno at 4:00 a 8. F. Try and 4:45 p. m. m -«1 RATES—San Franeisco to 'Ill!mu’:LIM re- etor l Manager c Hall in America. i "D OPENING TO-NIGHT. et of rities in the Fourth Act 1 Trovat Hinriche challenge or- A l0c. From § to 10:45 | Seats reserved upon application. Strictly | Cafe unsurpassed. A Quaris :50 after g‘u’-— and Lager, | turn, including admission to track, se. ] V. J. MARTIN, President, Valises checked free and Manager. F. H. GREEN, Secrstary er, PRICES. — | 8 | 5 2 HOOT MON and th: AMATEURS. Six high-class running races every week day, | AMUSEMENTS. AN ABSOLUTELY NEW BILL. Waiter Jones and Norma Whallsy In a Comedy Scream. MISSES nd SAM MARION: W. C. F WESTON and YOST; NIELSEN SIS’ S; IMPERIAL MOORISH ACRO- BATS: HOWARD THURSTON; FLATOW and DUNN. Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew, In ““When Two Hearts Are Won. Reserved s, Balcony, 10c; Chairs and_Box Sea | “Matinees Wednesda | urday and Sunday. | AMTUSEMENTS. ALCAZAR THEATER. TO-NIGHT— Elaborate Modern Production. DIPLOMACY 15¢, 25¢ RESERVED 35, 50c. | SEATS. Next Week - - - “AUNT JACK” | ,,Now in Prevaration, QUO VADIS”.... MATINEE EVERY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY | AT AND SONDAX CAPE NOME SAND CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS | In Overation Daily, 625 Sixth Street. BYRON JACKSON. i SAND CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS: ‘KROGH and Drake Amalgamators, in operation dafly; 1 30-Hp. gaso- line engine cheap. § Stevenson st., S. F. DREDGING PUMPS. Ofl, Gasoline, Steam Holsts, Centrifu Engines&Bollers. HendyMach. Wk Pumps, Fremont. MARSH STEAM PUMPS Supply fresh or salt water for eluice boxes; high or low lifts. Simonds, 33 Market st. PUMPS AND GASOLINE ENGINES. Al kinds of Pumps and Gasoline Engines. | _WOODIN & LITTLE. 212 Market st., 8. F. BEACH OGOLD CONCENTRATOR. SAVES All the Gold by Gravitation. No quick- silver. Hand or power. In operation 14 Spear. BOSS GOLD SAVER. Man pumps, water operates machine, works 3 tons per hr., saves 9 p.c. free gold. 129 First. CENTRIFUGAL AMALGAMATORS. SAVES fine gold. In dally operation at 254 Beale st., San Francisco. | GASOLINE ENGINES, HERCULES GAS ENGINE WORKS s filling many orders for Nome. 141-143 First at., 8. F. GOLD SEPARATOR. Cyclone Gold Separator and Amalgamator in Wm. H. Birch & Co., 133 | “eally operation. | First st, 8. F. GOLD SEPARATOR. MARSHALL Gold Saving Machine. 22 Fol- €om street, Oriental Gas Enzine Company. GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS Outfits packed. TRVINE BROS., 570 Howard, 308 Fourth, 1302 Polk and 1441 Stockton, S. F. OILS. Crude Ofl and Gasolins. McGUFFICK, 23 Spear st. . F. PLATES FOR SAVING GOLD. Schaezlein & Burridge, 3 Hardie place, Kearny, between Sutter and Bush streets. F. W. BELL, Central Plating Works, 852 Mis- slon st S. F. Phone Jessie 301, ROCKERS. RCCKE?S rs-vm;.gm. Rocker: _Centrifugal - a umps: Machinery. PAR' & LACY CO., 21 Fremont st. e = PORTABLE HOUSES. BURNHAM-STANDEFORD CO., Washington and Ist sts., Oakland, or Bullders' 8. F. PILE.DRIVING ENGINES. Worthington Steam Pumps & Water Meters, Mundy Holsting Engines. Tatum & Bowen. ENGINES, BOILERS, ETC. BAKER & HAMILTON. Engines and Boflers: lowest prices on the coast. Pine & Davis sta. TENTS AND (OVERS. | NEVILLE & CO.. manufacturers, bags, tents, overs. d 33 1. LUBRICATING O], ENSIGN & oft W. & P. BUILDING PAPER. Wind, water and vermin proot. Prepared | roofing.” 113 New Montgomery st. : WINTER RESORT. PASO ROBLES == SPRINGS WILL CURE RHEUMATISM, BLOOD, LIVER, KIDNEY and STOMACH DISORDERS. Eiegant botel accommodations. Famous mud baths. Special round-trip rebate tickets. Apply FRANK W. ELY, Agent, 640 Market st. Weekly Call, $1 per Year HORSELESS CARRIAGE DRIVER IS ARRESTED IAutomobilist Captured in the Park. Fun at the Chutes and Sutro Baths. The arrest of a lone driver of an auto- | mobile was the only excitement furnished | the people at the park yesterday. E. A. Boesete, either through ignorance of the existence of a prohibitory ordinance or through a determination to place himself In the hands of the officers, that he might contest the constitutionality of the act of the Park Commissioners, sent his auto- | mobile steaming through the drives of the pleasure grounds until overhauled by Offi- | cer N. R. Norton, who placed him under arrest. Boesete and his automobile were taken to the Stanyan-street Police station, | and on depositing $10 bail the prisoner was released, and mounting his automobile wended his way to town. The threatening weather of the early afternoon Kkept many people In their| homes who would otherwise have visited one or the other of the various resorts. | When the sun came out later in the day, | however, the crowds increased, but an- | other change in the weather drove them home again. The usual jolly crowd gath- ered at_the Chutes, and another was at | Sutro Baths. There were no accidents or incidents worthy of mention at either place, and all enjoyed the outing. Follow- ing are the results of the contests at the baths: Fifty-yard dash (Juvenile)—P. Sunburg, first; 3. O'Brien, second. One hundred-yard dash (amateur)—H. Likens, first; J. Laird, second. Tub race—T. Borgan, first; T. Sunburg, sec- ond; J. Wandel, third: High diving mihtch for boys—J. Wandel, first prize: H. Harris, second prize. Trick and fancy diving—F. Borgan, first; H. Leicken, second. Underwater swimming contest—S. Winters, first; S, Ralston, second. ——e———— JAPAN’S CHIEF OF ORDNANCE IS HERE | General Ota Comes to Inspect Gun Factories of This Country and Europe.. Major General T. Ota of the imperial Japanese army was among the passengers Who were released from quarantine on the Gaelle. General Ota. who {s accompanied by three young Japanese military engineers, is one of the most distinguished officers of the army of Japan. He was actively em- plu{:d at the front during the recent wa: with China and gained great distinction in that conflict by the ability and gal- lantry he displayed. s General Ota 15 now chief ordnance of- ficer of the JA{meu Government and has chargs of all the imperial arsenals. His present trip is one which will take him around the world and has for its object the study of ordnance and gun factories of the United States and Euroge. He will thoroughly investigate every- thing pertaining to the manufacture, use, adaptability and storage of ordnance and s visit to this coumr&owlll, no doubt, result in the Japanese vernment plac- ing some heavy orders with one or an- other of our plants that are devoted to the manufacture of great guns and ammunition. General Ota will remaln here but a few days. as jt is his intention to proceed East as quickly as possible. The Popularity .be enforced If passed, and | against it or seek to have it | ward murdered his brother. EARNEST APPEAL T0 SUPERVISORS Rev. Dr. John A. B. Wilson! - Is in Favor of Closing Poolrooms. A el Declares His Confidence in the Pass- age of the 2nti-Gambling Ordi- nance and Predicts a New AMERICAN POLI1 II. NATIONAL NOMINATING | MACHINERY. BY JESSE MACY, LL. D. Decline of the Caucus. The Congressional caucus had reashed Municipal Era. the height of its power and was now to hasten to its downfall. By the events of | ey G the year 1816 more than by anything that | had gone before the people were aroused | to a determined opposition to the system. | A nomination by the caucus had come 1o | | be| equivalent to an election, and in this year the honor came near going to Wil-| liam H. Crawford of Georgia, a man | whose name had never occurred to the | people as that of one fitted for the head of the Governmeni. Monroe received a ma- jority of only eleven votes in the caucus. The caucus had held its place hitherto in | spite of abuses and in the face of adverse | e i et ol o e e e e e o At the Howard-street Methodist Church last night, the pastor, Rev. Dr. John A. B. Wilson, was bombarded with a great array of questions about the Cookes and other themes of interest before his ser- mon, “On Whose Side Are You?” from Matt. xii:30—"He That Is Not With Me Is Against Me.” Among the questions propounded were the following: *“‘What is your opinion of the Tobin resolution against gambMng that is to come up for final passage to- morrow before the Supervisors? Should it pass? Will it do any good if it does pass?” The pastor said: In reply to this I have to 1 approve ot the resolution in every particular. It ought to s unanimously and its enforcement is fectly practicable. It looks to me like the great practicable movement on the part of the | Supervisors to get at one difficulty. San Fran- i cisco stands gibbeted before the world as the most shamelessly wide-open, immoral city in Christendom. Men, too dreadfully familiar with | the life of Paris and of London, tell me that it is fmmeasurably worse than either. Personally I do not know, for I never go slumming, nor | allow myself to look upon misery I carnot re- lleve. With all its faults, I am glad to be a citizen of San Francisco. 'I belleve In the in- tegrity of the Mayor and the Chief of Police, and in their earnest purpose to faithfully exe- cute the ordinances of the city and in their desire for the strongest measures from the Supervisors that shall comport with public opinfon. Mr. Tobin's resolution is practicable. It can | if we are to have something to amount to anything he has struck what we nded. Everybody knows that the pool- room gambling is‘worse than that which goes | on upon the track. And every gambler knows | that every game is a dead game in San Fran- | cisco. 1 challenge any sambler to name one square game in this city in any house or on any track anywhere. Even the athletic sports which are the least objectionable are so gen- lly fakes that no one can tell when one is honest. Mr. Tobin's resolution deals with all the scoundrelisms alike, putting all under the ban of law, and by so much raising a stand- ard of right and wrong that must tone up the public conscience. There is but one side to the question among honest men, Watch the board on the finai vote, for mark my word, not one man will vofe mended who is not bribed to do so0. The votes against will be either for cold cash or for future support of the robber gang who hold up the youth of this city. Indeed, the declaration has been publicly made by one of the Supervisors who | spoke against it, not becauss it was wrong, un- wise or impracticable, but because the sport- ing fraternity constituted a large part of his constituency, and it might lose to his cause their support in the future. That is to say: “Cutthroats, thieves and sure thing gamblers elected me to serve their interests as against the Interests of the city and society, and hav- ing been purchased by their votes for this pur- pose I must deliver the goods or lose their votes in the future.”” 1 want to say that the gam- blers of this city themselves are ashamed of | such a tool. [PPSR S PSP S S S S S S vigilance committee and a rove, will not now | be tolerated. But there is no danger; the pas- | sage to a reading almost without debate by a | vote of 12 to 5 does not mean defeat or emas- culation of this bill. Its passage will bring San Francisco before the whole country as a city | that means to reform its municipal life. Not through making men good by law, but by leg- islatively making it easy to do right and hard | to do wrong, so far as sure thing gambling is concerned. And I predict that most if not all | of the five will be found In line with the twelve after giving the question the sober second thought for which the week has afforded them an_opportunity. Let the pulpit help the press when the latter gets the lead as now, and let the press help the pulpit if the pulpit should get the start. We both and we all want, not only a cleaner, | but a clean, city., And we want legislation that | e 'vice unprofitable. 1 saw that re- | sult achieved in New York. All vice was not | banished, but it was made so unprofitable as to be reduced to the minimum. And it was so outlaweds that it ceased to be respectable to | e a scoundrel: and thousands of the bad ele- ment carried their trade to other cities, and many reformed. The popular dissatisfaction with the RESPONSIBILITIES OF _ ceaction witn « OFFICIALS DISCUSSED | S8 nhiont e country. Exen thres | years before the canvass of 1524 the States | began to anticipate the action of the party Rev. E. A. Woods of the First Baptist | representatives at Washington by them- Church last night delivered a strong dis- | selves recommending candidates for the course on the ““Responsibilities of Office- | Presidency, South Carolina was fi S | the field. Tennessee came next, bringing L g prelude to his regular ser-| torward the name- of Andrew’ Juckson, | and as many as twelve States made rom- Those who accept public office recelve a|inations before the meeting of the ua- sacred. trust and assume special responsibili- | qlonal caucus. Nor was this all. Many dis- ties. By their oath of office they are Sworn to | 4,it and county conventions were held act for the public's g0od. For wickedness which | prict W06 SN, COL e oTutions wers hey could orevent, bat do nol. they % (0.3 | passed.committees appointed and a strcns guilty because others are sharers in this neglect determination ‘Was ma}r,llll’es('e M‘a‘l b P:_ 5t duty. To see the poor, lgnorant children |sede the obnoxious macl n(aryih e fleeced or misied by designing men and not | ings were held throughout the lani. at strive to protect them is to share in the gullt | which regular ballots were taken to rati y °f thelr Fuin. T4 protect the health and morals | nominations made in some one of thes of the people is a duty of our clty officials, | jrregular ways, and every effort was mads and no personal or Party reasons can excuse | to discredit the system In vogue. News- the nelect of such duty. Indeed. every ood | papers and public meetings were made Citizen, whether in public or privats life, should | PoPCTSiClive, Argument, ridicule, per- feel that his respensiblilty for the public Wel- | gonal influence, all were brought to bear. vl i the power to preveni 3 = 5::&&!’:&’ hfa-n"-ra Fesbonsibie for the evils | States to unite to break down thgogn_we{ they could prevent. He who excused himself | of the irresponsible nominating body. . by saying “Am I my brother's keeper?” after- | Pennsylvania convention declared: “If a| link In this chain of dynasties be not broken now, then may we be fetterel by it forever!” The dread of the political ring at Washington seems to have been no less lively than it is at the present day. The friends of Henry Clay in that citv ledged themselves to attend no caucus. Rifles Register deplored the prevalencs of political intrigue, and contrasted “the chirpings of tomtit politicians” with “the majestic voice of the people.” which veice was asserted to be “decidedly against the caucus.” The Second Disputed Election. nce more and for the last time the m?nonll Congressional caucus was held, nevertheless. It met in February, 1821, with only sixty-eight members present. Called as it had been for the sole purpose of giving to the friends of Crawford an opportunity to manipulate more success- fully than before the nominating body, it had neither power nor influence and did not even command respect. Crawford as the caucus candidate received in the 8. Matthew, editor of the Californias| electoral college but 41 of the 261 votes Shriatian Advocate, led in prayer and at | cast. The votes were divided amorg four its conclusion Rev. George C. Adams was | Presidential ~nominees — John = Qunicy introduced and delivered an_address on ! Adams, ‘William H. Crawford, Henry g ¥ he Bible in the Family.” Rev. Robert | and Andrew Jackson—and. no cholce Ray- Mackenzie followed with an address on | ing been made by the electors, the decision the ‘“The Bible, the Foundation of Eng-|agalin devolved upon the House of Repre- jand's and America's greatness.” Rev. sentatives. son was plainly the Dr. John A, B. Wilson spoke on ‘The | popular choice. and had received a plur- Bible a civilizer.” “The Bible Ip For- | ality of the electoral votes, but the bal- - by St s (accordin, Hien Lands” was the subject of an Inter. | loting in the House by States (according | criticism, because it had after all trulyi represented the political sense of the peo- | ple. It had nominated the real leaders of the parties. But if it was to be able to bring forward for election men whom tha rank _and file of the party did not wish for President, men whom they had not thought of at all in that connection, then its usefulness would not only be in ques- tion, it would beat an end. The people tcok |alarm and the newspapers voiced their uneasiness. But the national satisfaction over the successful termination of the war and the unity of feeling which pre- vailed suspended active hostilities. Never- theless, when the chairman of the lastCon- gressional caucus, by virtue of his office, called a new one in 1820. the call brought together only about fifty members of ths two houses, and they, in deference to the general feeling, separated without taking any action. The voting was by common | consent for the re-election of Monroe anl | Tompkins, and no opposing candidates ap- | peared. Even threo | BIBLE SOCIETY HOLDS ANNIVERSARY SERVICES The Rev. E. A. Woods Says It Is Their Duty to Protect Public Health and Morals. A large number of church people of this city attended the semi-annual anniversary services of the California Bible Society in the auditorium of the Y. M. C. A. yes- terday. The programme was highly im- ressive and was participated in by the 1 ters of the cl Rev. John eldlng“l'll?h\lljs el‘f, resided. After the singing of a hymn Rev. John Thompson, State suplel‘-intende;t’. read :! =i ‘(:. f the society's progress during the e O o Fhia was followed by & Torlp: 1 a1 rending by Dr. Hemphill, Rev. W dopted in 1501) | esting talk by Rev. 1. Nelander of the | to the rl‘:)l!:gflms b V) gave (hiicten | )’x’ms;#n‘“’h Lutheran Church. In part | Sa7es ‘o rawford, while Clay. standing 5 3 fourth on the list of candidates, was in- | rbarians we have called those rugged men e urturned the Roman Empire. Sut for & hundrea years or more they had bad the Scrip- tares in thelr own Gothic tongue, and when they crossed the botindary of the empire they were already Christians by a larger percentage than the race they conquéred. From these Gothic tribes came the legacy of a pure gospel t4 other nations. But it is only a hundred ary e eligible. John C. Calhoun had’ received | a large majority of the electoral votes for Vice President. The Conventions. According to Professor m, it is to Tamman gevhe“?‘hz first suggestion 0}’ Alexander Hall that we a nominating years since the m; h |nr :M church. | conve?s‘i‘f“;v::s slucl(: 3 lgnl nls'fln:s the To-day, after a lapse of single_centus year rga pro- tne iste 18 printed in na alects | bosed Tor mominating a Democratie can- idate for Governor of New York. Though nothing came of it for that year. the idea was soon revived, and. ere long the nomi- nating convention became, as we shall see, a prominent feature in State poli- tics throughout the Union. The old Ccngressional caucus, as has been shown, had come to an inglorious end in 1824, and nothing had agry upon as a substitute. It was felt that for the next election unusual effort must mads expression of the 300 to! A familiar prayer at missionary gy ey Wi for Proj n of e That ?fl)” is ete. The t r hinges, and the 0 'fi!‘ml let or earth ears died on his i{:m,m.a;:‘.?. trica. stributed from Ta the Nile bt d A i being appo and whatever else results a hig! will one o_Bible is now belng inganvika to the Congo, From an numerable State conventions, legislative caucuses, county, distriet and town meet- ings of various composition were held to of the name BUDWEISER is such as to tempt many brewers to attempt its use on inferior brands. The U. S, courts have accorded that name exclusively to the Anheuser-Busch BUD- WEISER brand. E. G. .« Wholesale recommend candidates for President and v1ce' Pmda:ft. ) qr:-nlt :u the re- nominatl n iniey dams * e those composing Ladies’ kid ties, worth 82, for only S0 -} o mair at the sala of shoes, 717 Market st. cast up for the evangel. - Already the clasp the round earttNn their arms. and it only remains for them to lift it up and lay It on the bosom of its Lord. ANDREW JACKSON | islature. | the permanent organization, the addre | to the IONAL NOMINATING CONVENTION. Copyright, 1800, by Seymour Eaton. TICAL PARTIES. son and Calhoun were elected in 1823, National nomination conventions had been for several years under discussion, ha\'lnf been proposed by different indi- viduals and newspapers opposed to the Congressional caucus, but the difficulties in the way, together with the lack of agreement on the ?urt of the people, had prevented a general movement in favor of the plan. Now some of the difficulties began to disappear as facilities for com- munication between the States improved with the improved roads and with the building of railways. State party con: ventions had gradually developed impor ance and efficlency and the people were familiar with their working. The First National Conventions. In 1830 the first call for a national nom- inating convention (Iif we except a gathe ering of Federalists called In 1812, which proved unimportnt and _attracted little | attention) was sent out by the anti-Ma- sons. Thirteen States were represented in this first national convention. An ad- Db anas dna e os o o 2o o Bt 2nan Y J D e R e R T S = Mark what I say, the tactics of the old days of a year ago will not be tolerated in this re (From 2 painting by Vanderlyn in the City Hall, New York.) deemed clty. The actions of other days, which | should have called out & reorganization of the | @ ¢ §-4--4- 98- 94>+ +O+ ISP+ +50Q dress to the people of the United States was Issued and nominations for President and Vice President were made. The con- vention idea was “in the air” and was promptiy adopted by the two great par- ties. The convention of the National Re- publicans, held in Baltimore in December, 1831, was called by a caucus of the mem- bers of that party in the Maryland Leg- It is notable for the fact that the opponents of the administration in the several States were invited to send to it delegates equal in number to the Presidential electors to which their States were entitled, while the suggestion was made that the delegates be elected by Congressional districts. This is now the almost universal method, though for some time a variety of usage obtained, some States choosing delegates in State con- ventions, others by legislative caucus, others by district conventions. The pro- cedure of the Baltimore convenfion was in many particulars much like that of a na- tional convention to-day. Eighteen States apd the District of Columbia sent dele- gates. There was the temporary organi- zation, the examination of credential ple setting forth v princi- ples and assailing Jackson, the “nominat- ing speeches” and the committee to no- tify those nominated of the honor con- ferred. There was no formal “platform™ adopted. Henry Clay received the unan- imous nomination for the Presidency. Before adjourning the convention re- solved “that a central State correspond- ing committee be provisionally appointed in each State where none IS now ap- pointed, and_that it be recommended to the several States to organize subordin- ate corresponding committees in each county an wn in their several respec- tive States. _Note—This subject will be continueq —_—— COURSES OF INSTRUCTION. Spring Term, 1800. Mondays—American Political Par- ties. Tuesdays — Twenty Lessons in French Conversation and Recent Sci- entific Discoveries. Wednesdays and Thursdays — Golden Ages of Literature. Fridays — Photography for Ama- teurs. Saturdays — Biographical Studies for Girls. These courses will continue until June 7, 1900, Examinations will be held at their close as a basis for the granting of certificates. s MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF A MALE NURSE Paul King Found Unconscious in & Room He Had Hired for the Night. Paul King, a nurse, hired a room at 113 Kearny street Saturday night, and yes- terday morning was found jn bed uncom- sclous. . The police were notified and he was taken to the Recelving Hospital. Dr. Dorr could discover no symptoms of poi- son, but he appiied the usual remedies to be on the safe side. King went into spasms and died about three hours after his arrival at the hospital. The body was taken to the Morgue. King was a nurse at the City and Coun- ty Hospital at the time of the recemt smallpox scare. One of the nurses was stricken with the disease, and when ho was removed to the pesthouse King vol- unteered to accompany him and nurse him. After finishing that case he went to the McLean Hospital as a nurse. He was a man about 35 years of age and a heavy drinker. His death, the doctors say, may have resulted from alcoholic pols He came from Brooklyn, N. Y., where relatives live. —_— HONORED THEIR MOTHER. Reception to the Founder of Auxil- iary to Veteran Firemen. The Ladies’ Auxillary of the Veteran Volunteer Firemen's Association gave a reception Saturday night in the parlors of the association in the Pioneer buflding to Mrs. Mary E. Roberts, who during the beautiful the auxillary. l“w-rrnnie Initials or name stamped In d I free of cha on_all leather Eoods purchased at Sanborn & Vails: w SEoer Sireee