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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JUNE 4, 1900. WHOODMEN HONCR THE MEMORY OF ‘DEAD MEWBERS Decoration Day Exercises Are Held at Several Cemeteries. LT, Camps Redwood, Golden Gate, San Francisco, Tamalpais, Mission and Calumet Pay Loving Tribute at the Graves. R, camps in the Pacific juris- Woodmen of the World held Rt ] bee e b e Forty-one graves were choice flowers and touch. tonounced by lay ora nored dead are a few members of the local camps, d to the soverelgn or ction, but no exception e simple but impressive tered two e and in members were con- awn Cemetery deco- annual nder the ely visited brief feeling ones. He paid a who had gone 0dd Fellows’ t we ces were was de 0'cloc ated ( former p; F W and of were had the poem, Mortal Be nas F. Barry | with a hymn SON | SOCIALISTIC MATTERS | ex-evangelist, | ce at Met- on social- B. FAY MILLS TALK verything me plan rything love is “When every 3 i ve- day services yesterday graves of their departed | Odd Fellows’, Holy Hill and Cypress The | < | 0 . & . < - @ . 1o | . R4 arity worthy of their nt Worker: world w attention incorpor little mc J. Smi n merct has since been its chief supporters ity and the , was t and one of it a pub] pr It h ide never bee names of those who work in behalf have never been made public. Yet the Silent Workers are now caring for and educating over 500 children taken from poverty stricken home are assisting nearly 200 hard wo mothers besides. e e o e the Poor. Two of the Principals in the Silent Workers’ Concert for Charity. S4B 400 00000000+00009 e e S e e e e e e e OPLE who are interested in the | The headquarters of the organization is welfare of little who, | at 928 Harrison street—Sunshine Hall— | either through t or in- | where six voung lady teachers and one e of their ents, are d nurse are employed the year thrown er m s of the around to look after the children. In ad- the children are given fresh- ough the summer months. ark has grown to such proportions | that it has been thought best to now in- vite public to contribute toward it. Mrs. Marian Bartlett Sheppard, who re- cently came here from the East and has taken great interest in the labors of this society. is arranging a grand concert, to be heid at Sherman & Clay's Hall on the evening of the 2ist in in which some of the best musical talent of the city will take part. Already the s of tickets has gone beyond the $200 , and it Is | expected that twice that amount will be THESE LADIES WILL SING FOR THE SILENT WORKERS Something of the Scope of a Quaker Charity That Is Doing Much Toward Uplifting the Children of 404040 R e R S S S ) | realized. Among those who will take part are the following named: Mrs. J. 8. Ber- and M Margaretha E. Bruntsch, contralto: Alma Ber | Blund_and Miss Sus tark, sopra- ! Homer Henley, barytone; (larence | Wendell, tenor; W. J. Hynes, comedian; | Profes ardt, viclinist, and the erbocker Quartet. On Tue-day evening there will be a par- ty for about fifty of the boys under the | care of the Silent Workers in the parlors of the nd Hotel, tc which the public is invited. A special invitation has been issued to about a dozen messenger boys, who have given their services to the soci- ety free of charge. ch of the boys wil receive a box v | Emporium, and two pretty pocket hand- kerchiefs. ' The latter will be given by the White House, Joe Rosenberg and 1. Magnin & Co. mingham fellow man as his brother, and £hall guard and protect the interests of his fellow man as he would his own. then the problem of social life will be solved, ald the speaker. DESPONDENT LABORER ATTEMPTS SUICIDE Philip Sheridan, a laborer, while suffer- ing from the effects of an over-indulgence ® | in liquor, last evening attempted to com- | mit suicide by gashing his throat with a razor. The deed was committed at his| home at 357 Dore street. Sheridan was at once removed to the Receiving Hospltal, re the wounds in his throat ~were ed by Assistant Police Surgeon Roche. It is believed he will recover. Recently, it is claimed. Sheridan had trouble with his wife and, becoming de- | spondent, he took to drink. Shortly af- ter 6 o'clock last evening he returned to his home and without saving a word to anybody went to his room, and taking the razor gashed his throat in two places. | atives believe that he is mentally His r from the exc use of liquor. wea AMUSEMENTS. «TIVOLI* “Just a Little Bit Off the Top” TO-NIGHT Begins THE SECOND WEEK;- nantic Comic Opera, CUARDSMEN!” Chorus Orchestra! nee Saturday at 2. “THE THREE Unrivaled Company. Evenings at § SPECIAL!I—REAPPEARANCE NEXT MON- DAY OF Fdwin Stevens and Anna Lichter *‘MADELEINE" or “l]lE MAGIC KISS.” POPULAR PRICES—235c and 50c. Busb 9. Telephone, | LA THEY LAUGHED | THEY UNTIL | CRIED AXD THEY ALL SAID IT WAS THE FUN- Dunne & Ryly's ALL-STAR CAST, | THEWS & BULGER. MARY | R JONES, MAUDE | NEY and 30 Others. ting Hoyt's “A RAG ‘BABY” EVERY NIGHT THIS WEEK. MATINEES THURSDAY AND SATURDAY. Mext Bundsy Nigk:, Hoyt's “*A TIN BOLDIER.” LORZAR THIS Monday Night and Every Evening Thercafter, FLORENCE ROBERTS In & Spectacular Production of SAPHO! MATINEE, SATURDAY ONLY. - BEATS EIX DAYS IN ADVANCE. _ VAUDEVILLE AT ITS EIGIEST PERFEOTION. | JOE HART'S VAUDEVILLE CO. and Orpheum Stars. JOE HART AND CARRIE DE MAR In “A CLOSE CALL." URETTE and FRANK GARDINER, MR. r"-‘End ;‘;!“; .IEI\V\ME BARRY: MISE LIL- LIAN B KHART and CO., o Presenting ~“HER SOLDIER BOY.' AND TWENTY GREAT STARS IN TEE BEST BILL OF THE SEA2ON. Reserved seats, 25 cents; balcon: ra chairs and box seats, 50 cents. OPMfatinees Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. 10 cents; D LAST WEEK. MATINEE WEDNESDAY. SECOND Al EXTRA Owing to the Immense Bemand for Seats a | SPECIAL MATINEE WEDNESDAY Will be given in addition to the regular Satur- day Matinee. N. C. MAX'N GOODWIN - ELLIOTT In Their Greatest Success, “WdrN WE WERE TWENTY-ONE” Last performance takes place Saturday night. NDAY, JUNE 11. KELLAR. CHUTES an ZOO EVERY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BASCO & RICE, DEMING & CARROLL, ES- TRELLA, KATE SPRAGUE, HEALY SIS- TERS, GATES & CLARK, MOVING PIC- TURES. BLADDER CONTEST ON THE LAKE ELECTRIC FOUNTAIN AT NIGHT. Telephone mr-s:.u. Park 2. nscflER's CONCERT HOUSE, MBARDI OPAEI’I;"A.‘Q-:JTR!I“E‘I" AND AT LA " SIG. ABRAMOFF, In Acts From “AIDA” and “MIGNON. MISS MARTINI, TYROLEAN SINGER. Reserved Seats. 25¢. Matinee Sunday. SUTRO BATHS OPEN NIGHTS. Open daily from 7 a. m. to 11 p. m. Bathing from 7 & m. to 10 p. m. ADMISSION, 10c. CHILDREN, be. Bathing including admlssion, &o; chiidren, e NATIVES OF INDIA DYING OF HUNGER California Girl Risks Her Life in Famine-Stricken District. | @ ¢+ 0+0-+06+9 | | | | t * ¢ P*90 | | MISS LILLIAN MARKS. -G P¢-OD4-9-00-+- -0 Beteos et e0eiecets@ ]RIGHT in the heart of the famine | stricken district of Rajputana, In- dia, a California girl is risking her | life daily to bring relief to thou- | sands jof victims of starvation and dis- case. Miss Lillan Marks left San Frau- cisco for India In January, 18%4, going as assistant teacher and trained nurse to the Girls' High School at Cawnpore. It had always been a dream of Miss Marks' life vatural that she should very rapidly de- velop Into a most active worker In that field. Miss Marke was born near Cambpria in twin girls, the daughters of M. C. Marks, nov: a resident of San Jose. She a‘tended the public gchools until 1887, when she en- tered the State Normal School at San Jose After a year and a half at the | Normal Miss Marks went to the \Woiman s | Hospital and Training School for Nurses in this city to prepare herself for the missionary work that she had in view. Since Miss Marks has been in India, to which place she was sent by the Paclfic Woman's Foreign Missions of the Metho- dist church, she has been through the heart-rending experiences of two famines, and her letters from Ajmere, where she is now stationed, to frie ids here are full of pitiful Incidents and stirring appeals for help for her starving people. In a let- ter te~Dr. Beard of Grace M. E. Church | she says: | “Hundreds of starving men, women and children, with death written on _their faces, may be seen any day, and, oh, the awful cry ‘Bhuk se marte!" (I am dying of hunger) rings over and over in my ears, even when I lie down to rest. Sometimes my own food almost choaes me. Fifty families are being kept alive by helping to build the new school.” In another letter she writes: jpu- tana, containing a population of 12,000,000, |is one of ihe worst stricken areas. | Thousands of homeless, naked and stary- | ing ones wander about from village to | village in search of work, water and food. Conditions are growing steadily worse. Horrible stories come to us from eye-wit- nesses of bodies “being devoured by vultures, jackals an dogs. The grain market is thronged with these hu- man birds, Plcm‘ out of the dirt every | grain that falls, and even gathering ma- nure to wash from it the undigested grains. I have seen dogs carry children, already partly eaten, in their mouths.” Much more in the same strain might be quoted, showing the heroic work that Miss Marks has undertaken. Mrs. n lor, 224 Kast Sixteenth street, Bast T4 D‘ and, is an active worker of the Wo- man’s Foreign Missions and through pri- Fifteen dollars will take care of one orphan, and there are to be a forelgn missionary, so it was but | San Luis Obispo County, and 1s one of of ;nmauhumnndm:ed them in Rajputana, for a Marks occasionally’ breaks down her arduous labors, but as goon health permits she is at it Again, heart and soul. In her latest letter she affirms that she would “count it a privi- lege to give her life for Ind: l!nn." An aunt of Miss Mark: Canham, lives at 23 Shotwell this city ———— VETERANS ENTERTAINED AT YQUNTVILLE HOME Members of George H. Thomas Post, G. A. R, Pay a Visit to Their Comrades. The veteran soldiers Yountville | Home were pleasingl ained yester- | day by George H. Thomas Post, G. A. R., the members of which left this city yes- terday morning at 8 o'clock. The party comprised 200 persons, who on arriving at Yountville were met by the home band, under the leadership of Musician Bradley. At the home an informal reception was held in the assembly hall, after which ad- journment was taken to dinner, over which Colonel George Waltz presided, Im- promptu speeches were delivered by Com- rades Charles Holbrook Blinn, Majar Vin- ing, Adjutant Graham and others, | those seated at the table were Willlam J. Ruddick, Colonel Loop, Superintendent of Schools Reginald H. Webster, Dr. George Keables, Dr. H. McAliister, Dr. Hawkins year. Miss unaer s her | | | treet in A seléct programme was dered in the assembly ha talented members of the visiting party. The in. mates of the home, to the number of se eral hundred, were pre and enjoyed the following numbers: llander broth . in a sketch entitled “The Musical okes'; recitatiol Roger and I,” Mrs. lbrook-Blinn: legerdemain, - by Pri fessor J. Warren Keane; selected songs, Wheaton Leonard; songs, “Don’t You ry, My Honey” and “Fieur de Lis,” Os- car 8. Frank, who responded to several encores; operatic lections, Charles | Dauphin, formerly a member of the Em- ma Abbott opera company. The Yount- | pleces, played a number of selections, un- | der Musician Bradley, who was formerly leader of the Tennessee regiment band. After the regular programme the enter- tainers sang for the paralytic ward, and | veterans _in the hospital. Among the lat- ter was Robert Davis, who has just passed his ninety-second birthda The inmates will long remember the day as one of the | pleasantest ever enjoyed by them. i o Ll e WOULD CLEAN OUT ALL THE HOODLUMS Citizens of the Northern Section Are Tired of Petty Depreda- tions. There was a sighificant meeting of the | citizens of the northern section of the city | last Saturday night, the object of which i was to devise some means by which their district could be ridden of some of its un- worthy inhabitants. For some time there have been petty depredations upon preperty, particularly along the water front, until it has become unsafe for a man to leave even the small- est article of value unprotected. A com- mittee had been appointed at a previous meeting and it made its report Saturday eventng.- The report was that special counscl had been enfaged and that the hoodlum element, Which is not large but is very active, would be run to earth and prosecuted with a vigor unusual in the police courts. There is one particular gangy known as the “North Beach Matia,” to which the rnruculur attention of the prosecutors will be turned. The members of this gang, it was announced to the meting, will' take anything from a foot of lead pipe to a ton of coal or the rigging olha.flluckleu fishing boat too near the wharf. Special Officer Carter has been re by the citizens to- 100K UD. tho mernbe B the gang. He submitted the names of several who needed the consideration of the courts and there will be no time lost in seeing that they get it. Several of them’ have been up before, and more than one is at large on probation. They will be brought up again and this time there ‘will be no leniency shown. te donations has been enabled to send | The superintendent of th T e ] o T e Thar AEeT i Albany, . s that sin, of the o lant tg)hoid fever per cent. Atter 3 a special concert was given for the sick | { Holy Ghost, so they in their turn trans- | | donated by the | ia’s redemp- | Father Allen, s, Mrs. S. L. | Burkhardt as deacon and M. | | | as sub-deacon. { the direction of Organist R. J. | to the task of transforming | naturalizing_human society after our di- OBSERVANCE OF THE FEAST DAY OF PENTECOST Catholics Celebrate Descent of Holy Ghost Upon Apostles. Solemn High Mass Celebrated in All the Churches and Sermons Prec ched on Significance of the Day. PSS T The Feast of the Pentecost was cele- brated yvesterday with solemn and im- pressive ceremonies in all the Catholic churches throughout the city. The occa- sion is indicative of the scriptural narra- | tive of the descent of the Holy Ghost in flery tongues upon the twelve apostles, whereby they became enlightened in the doctrines and mysteries taught by the | Savior and were thus enabled to take up his mission to preach the gospel and work out the salvation of men. Interesting dis- courses were dellvered at the high mas the subjects being mainly on the sig- nificance of the feast day which sym- bolizes the wonderful growth of the Cath- olic church by reason of the beneficent | influence of the Holy Ghost upon the | apostles, who began the spread of the faith. In St. Mary's Cathedral solemn high mass was celebrated at 11 a. m. by Rev Father Ramm, with Rev. Father Hanni gan as Ge n and Rev. Father O'Malley The regular choir, und Harrison, intoned Mozart's “Twelfth Mass. ‘“The Apostles said Father O’'Ryan, who preached the sermon, “‘were not equal and super- vine Lord left them to ascend into heaven, because men, with no learning. They were not fitted to accomplish the great mission left to them by Christ until Providence gave | them a means by which they were ena- bled to teach the truths of the Catholic religion. There came to them one day the Holy Ghost in the form of hot tongues of fire, and behold! the transformation was complete. They became strong with the strength of the Holy Ghost. “Before this great miracle was visited upon the apostles they had not light—now they are enlighiened by the light divine; before, they spoke of things that were human—now they discuss divine subjects only. As they were transformed by the formed the world. They were clothed with the power of working among the souls of men and were prepared to conquer the world. They went against the great pow- ers, amid the camps of soldiers, the pal- aces of princes and the halls of the learned, gnd were victorious. They formed a mighfy kingdom which has lasted through all time, that has achieved results which cannot be attributed to human agencies. “Our voices should be raised in thanks o Almighty God, who transformed the apostles so that the whole world was brought before the feet of Christ. Paga- ism, heresy and human passions have succumbed to the superior power of the kingdom, which became renovated and strengthéned through the influence of the Holy’ Ghost. “On_this great Feast of Pentecost we should give thanks for the great favor of being members of that great society, and realize that the Holy Ghost has a mission in ourselves. He dwells with each of us who are sanctified by the sacraments of baptism and confirmation, and gives us the power of being sons of God. It is a glorious inheritance and a precious legacy Teft to us, and we should make resoluti to harken to his voice and show ourselves worthy of the great favor.” Solemn high mass was celebrated in St. Ignatius Church at 10:30 o’'clock by Rev. assisted by_Rev. an shutliv deacon. Music was rendered by the choir under the direction of Rev, Father Allen. Rev. Father Culligan was master of cere- ies. The sermon was Rev. ‘Father Chiappa, who took his text \from the gospel of the day: “Paraclete— | | | | little of the meaning of his words, but | york city, | | May | | ville Home orchestra, consisting of seven | | | whom the Father will y Ghost, e oy name. He will teach you all send in my name. hings.” “After (h‘? ascen!lh to e ather Chiappa, ‘“‘the apos r‘;:ph.—ms bereft of their beloved fath teacher, comforter and protector. But to console them our beloved Redeemer promised us the Paraciete, the Holy Ghos®, who would teach us all things—another protector who would endow them with his own divine power and lead them under his guidance to the conquest of the world, to the conversion of the human race from the darkness of paganism to the light of faith and from the shadow of death to the never-fading light of life eternal. “The apostles, however, understood but jon into heaven,” said feit like imly understood who the Holy host and what wonders he had already ormed, but they soon realized his wonderful power in_endowing them with great privilez: Christ was conceived the Holy Ghost and born of the Virgi who is the immaculate spouse of jirit of God and the virgin mother of our Savior, Jesus Christ. It was the Holy Ghost that urged the apostles on .0 action and to untiring zeal and persever- ance amid the countless hards and privation which they met on all sides in the faithful discharge of the mission ¢ preaching the gospel to all creation. All saints, in fact, of the old and new dis- ation are but mouthpleces of divine race, which is poured into their souls by o Holy Ghost.” The closing devotions for the month of were held in the evening. Rev. perf & t Father Bel services concluded with an act of con: cration. E High mass was celebrated at St. Peter’'s Church by Rev. Father Lyon, Rev. Father Yorke was deacon and Rev. Father Mc- Donnell sub-deacon. ~ Father Yorke preached a_sermon in which he desig- nated the Feast of Penetcost as the an- niversary of the birthday of the Catholic church because from the day the Holy Ghost came down in tongues of fire on the apostles the church began to advance until now her comamnslcnms had reached tremendous proportions. The hlessh?g of the new baptismal font in St. Boniface Church took place at 7:15 o'clock yesterday morning with appro- priate cermonies. High mass was cel brated at 8 o’colck with a sermon. The Children of Mary and the Holy Childhood Sodality received holy com- munion in a body at the 7:3) o'clock mass in St. Francis Church on Vallejo street. A Solemn high mass was celebrated at 10:30 o'clock in St. Boniface Church and special music was rendered by the choir. The closing exercises of a very success- ful retreat were held in the evening by the Young Ladies’ Sodality. ~The services concluded with a benediction of the blessed sacrament and a reception of new members. There Is But One BUDWEISER the product of the Anheuser-Busch Andvima Axsn. Tt leads other beers in quaiity and output—over half a billon bottles of the original having been consumed by a discrimin- ating public. E. G. Lyons Co., Wholesale Dealers, San Francisco, Cal. REPORTS OF MISSION SHOW ADVANCEMENT Annual Services Conducted Under the Auspices of a Branch of the Good Samaritan. The annual service of the Cathedral Mission of the Good Samaritans was held in the Mission Chapel at Folsom and Second streets yesterday. A report of the work was reau by the officers. It showed a remarkable advancement in the charita- Ble affairs of the institution. A libra: has been estabiished in connection wit the mission, and the home for boys sit- utted in a building adjoining was shown to have sheltéred many gout 3 A sermon written by Rev. W. I Kip, on, was read b under of the missi {1‘1’: ::cre , owing_to the author's ili- ess. Its title was “Stability and Expan- :hn that being the motto of the 1?- ns were special S ioea. Sepvices were held 'in the evening_also. The mission is conducted by the Eplscopal church, they were weak and vacillating | Father | preached by | hips, fatigue | 11 preached a sermon and the | AMERICAN POL IX. MINGR PARTIES. BY JESSE MACY, LL. D. Besides the two leading political parties which have embraced the great body of American voters little groups or coteries of citizens desirous of inaugurating some political or industrial or social reform, or factions especially opposed to certain measures or tendencies of the great par- ties, have sometimes med the name and form of political parties. Occasionally these have become powerful enough per- course of political history. More frequent- | Iy they have proved of little lasting con- sequence and have only strewn along the current a series of grotesque or temporar- | | Iy significant names whose origin _and meaning have been soon forgotten. Some of the earlier of these names crept into national political history from the fac- | tional strifes which very soon became characteristic of New York politics. superior wealth and power of thre great roduced there cy among p along families in that State ir in no other nd f: a tende to divid r- ties | and pe I lines. Clintonians and Bucktails. close of the war of 1812 the of New York became divided Erie | _After t Republi in respect to the construe canal. This was the form icy of internal nts by the | ernment took in . and to | promotioh of that enterprise De Witt C! ton devoted part of his public I e ion of the which tn His politic lled ans’ Was derisive | Hence those fa- | voring the general theory of public im- provements are sometimes referred to as | Clintonians | “Those in the New York Assembly most | strongly opposed to the Erie canal the Tammany members of the Republican party from New York City. One of the | | emblems of the Tammany soclety was a | buck’s tail worn in the hat frot came th name ‘“‘Bueckta . by they were commonly known. Durii. canal controversy the term came to be ap- plied in a general way to all who oppose the canal system. The factions in New York parties always tended to play an important part in what are known as “third party’ movements in national politics. This was true in respect to the v\’&e question of internal improve- ments, but these local names have, strict- national Iy speaking, no place in party history. Hunkers, Barn-Burners and Loco | Focos. | These are all factional names originating in New York. The ‘‘Hunkers” are some- times identified with *Bucktails’—mean. | ing those opposed to the canal system— but such an application of the title is| retrospective rather than exact, for the | name did not come into use until about 1844. 1t was ap to the conservative | Democrats, representing, ys Prof Johnston, “the inertia of the party opposed to the “Barn-burne who were the radicals. The name is believ have come from the Dutch word “houk.’” sta- tion or home, and so stands for the st at-home Democrats, who opposed change Holst, however, derives from “hanker,” as indicating the greedi imss of the faction for the spoils of of- fice. | The “Barn-burners” were the extrem- d t | ists who would burn down the building | | to get rid of the rats. They followed | Van Buren as their leader and with X’:\m | most of them went into the Fr Soil party in I848. : K | PInto these two factions the Democratic party s more and more widely split during the years from 184 to 1848 The division wi apparently healed in 852, but manently to influence, for good or il the | ‘Loe | family | ITICAL PARTIES. Copyright, 1900; by Seymour Eaton. |and sedition laws, passed in 1798 by = l-‘axlerallsx Congress, {llustrate this. In 185 to 1837 1 place and to_foreigners was attempted in New York City, where the foreign population was growing rapid- ly. For years idea of nativism as oppos m figured more or less m State and local politics in several States, 1 to occasional violence and even bloodshed at the . But it wa until about 1852, when the sectional slavery agitati was becoming f foreign rious, that parf political influen n to ta an jealousy ng m™ 2 decisive rder its real ! party | varior | said to have b Order of the Sta it has c when questior ply, “I don't came. ere lon | and kee hand. | and the | Catholic ends as the placin ical power In the America: to Roman an poiities. know to be fve F ng of opj issue in Amer t pr th anks i AV b were constantly immigrants, whom were ( formation in 1% Republican o were un- party the willing ed by hostility to for them but to party, which had ame Ameri and Southern ever a o South, str and the element alme: it practically of the Whig part 1 arty wa n adopt: atform conven 1 Mil or Pres dowed the vland were all ty. Once mor. into the Presiden ppeared, having Greeley said, “about as many of the ele- ments of persistence as an anti-cholera of an antit-potato rot party would have.” t 1, as Horace The Liberty and Free Soil Parties. be- The Amer came divided about 1839 int over the stion of | Garrisonian aboli an Anti-Slavery Society two_sec action. At of working against the ton and sup- A conven- al methods . and urged | port of aboli | nize or to have any s with a nation- |al government whose constitution mads | compromise th the iniquitous system of | The more moderate wing favored the nomin | tion of these sec met at Albany elves the Libe never him at | the el . In 1544 E s again the | nom ¢ the Liberty party, and re- ceiv 00 votes—enough, it will be re- membered, to defeat Clay and elect Polk. Though the Liberty party held a con- vention 1847 and nominated candidates, the political_con t year induced the leac | ization and join with t form the Free Soil party w party held a convention at Buffalo. Their chief | principle, as promulgated in the preamble to their long pl m, was declared to e securin “free soil to free peo= and they ywed a determined hos- to any £ er extension of slavery. he Free Soil candidate wearly all being from the free Both of the old parties were more rprised and demoralized, and the was State: or less s reappeared almost immediately, the Hunk- | oT less < nd dem s calling themselves the “hards” or| g candidate was elected. 'P‘;:xr‘dsh«ug » while their opponents were | The compromises of 1 wera rejected know “softs, The line of separa- | by the Free Soilers, and in 1552 they took o W the name of “Free Democracy,” and fly with reference to cas drawn 2 B dve This factional dis- the slavery questio s integration of the Democratic party gave opportunity to the Whigs, who elected ir State ticket in 1854, and the Demo ts of New York did not regain a ma | jority untit 1862. z & | °As”the Democratic party in New York | was split by the canal question and by | the avery question, so 1so was it during 1 while oppe favored the char- The 1al rights | by the bank controversy The “regular” Democra the United States Ban! tering of te banks. focos” caled themselves the E:r‘ir\ fleges to any incorporated bodie name “loco foco” seemed to strike | popular fancy and ere I | tional in its use a * and opposed the giving of special nd oppose: rclal the | cal wing of the Democratic party a { often used in a general way for the whole arty. The origin of the nickname is assigned | to the year 1834, when at a stormy Demo- | cratic meeting in Tammany Hall, New the regular Tammany Dem: d out the gas and withdrew. faction were supplied with | crats turne The other nd With loco-foco (or friction) matches went on with their business. e The two branches of the party in New | York were brought together in 1837 by the | skilitul management of President Van | Bliren, but for some ten years longer the | National Whig party persistently applied | the name “loce focos” to their opponents, seeking thus to imply that the Democrats Sere opposed fo the moneyed interests of | i the country. | The Anti-Masons. Tn 1526 a New York man named William a_ book Morgan _threatened publish which he nad wri ex | secrets of the Order of | Shortly after he disappeared ‘There was wic ver again heard of. never agal - leading Free- | against ) l‘lgulrfl‘-;) the anti-Masons had absorbed or ational Republican party prominent anti- displaced_ the National | New York. Am 3 nen Masens were Thurlow Weed, William H. Seward and Millard Fillmore. The new party spread and gathered considerable force in some 1831 it took the field as jon. Its nationa BT s, the first. in our histors By nominating Willlam Wirt o for ‘President the anti-Masons hoped to | prevent the nomination of Clay by the | National Republicans. The result of the | election was to give the anti-Masons the electoral vote of Vermont o They played some further part in Sta politics in one or two State: but newv: again fig- ured in national affairs. Most of them Went into the Whig party, which they were able to influence in the campaign of 1840 so far as to defeat the nomination of Clay and force that of Harrison. The history of the anti-Masonic party llustrates the Impossibility of etfectively maintaining a national party organizztion Uipon the narrow basis of a sinzle idea not eld as a national or- Vitally connected with broad political principles. The “Americans” or “Enow-Noth- ings.” A unique episode in the political history is the career of the American or Know- Nothing party. It was a secret, oath- bound, nameless order—nameless even to its members until they had reached the higher degrees in the lodge. Its nomin: tions were made by conventions of dele- gates from various lodges, secretly held @na of absolute binding authority upon all members of the order. No prbiic an- nouncements were made as to the candi- dates. Sometimes they were chosen from the most acceptable names on the tickets of the great parties, and the calculations of the party managers were often mys- teriously brought to naught, and elections were decided In a surprising manner by an unknown, incalculable force, dread- ed by both Whigs and Democrats. The causes of the rise of this curious order may be traced back almost to the aaoption of the constitution, to the time when the line of division between Federai- ists and Republicans began to be affected by the character and temper of the im- migrants who came from Europe. Many of these were exiles from their own land as unfriendly to its government. They were naturally attracted most strongly to the n;R:Pubunn or Democratic party, and nat 1y also a disposition to resent alien infiuence in American politics _gained strength among the Federalists. The alien ndles. which they immediately lighted | spri excitement. masons of the region were freely charged with having conspired for Morgan's abduetion and murder. Nothing was | ever proved, but the strong feeling arou: | ed took a political aspect. A large anti- | Masonic vote was cast at local electiol candidates who were Mason: of the other States and in | 1 convention of | f Maryland | Hale a d 1 George W. uonced both ach one wing promise party of nominated John F Julian. Their platform Whigs and Democra “ of the great 4 the nation.” The vote polled was but a little more than half that of the preced- ing campaign. Before nother Presidential election | both Whigs and Free Soilers, or Free Democrats, had disappeared from Con- gress. The party has a history of only about five vears. At the end of that time it heiped to form the Republican party. Note—This paper concludes the first course In the history ¢f American political parties. An examination upon this course will be published on Monday, June I1. You can ruin a good picture by putting the wrong frame cn it. It requires good judgment to frame pictures correctly, and the right kind of mouldings, too. Our Vert Cherry, Ebony and Gold and Septa mouldings, ‘which hava just arrived. are gems of the moulding-makers’ art. Bring in your pictures and let us talk it over with you. Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Mrkt. * —_—— PRIZES DISTRIBUTED BY FRENCH ALLIANCE Public School Pupils Who Have Stu- died the Language Are Hand- somely Rewarded. The annual distribution of prizes ta French pypils in the public schools was held yestérday afternoon at Native Sons” Hall ‘under the es of the Alliance Francaise, an assoclation authorized by the government of F ce to promote the au study of the throughout the | world. The Sa: o soclety em- | plo v s of French in the public_schools under special authority from the Board of Education, and during the past year over 300 pupils have takem advantage of the opportunity offered to French. Each of these pupils re- 1 yesterday from the soclety a pres- | ent of a handsome book. | Incidental to the distribution of prizes there was a general meeting of the so- clety, during which a literary and musical programme was carried out which served to illustrate the progress made by the pupils. M. J. Lambra, president of the Alliance, presided and made a neat speech. Among the guests was Command- er Germiuet of the French cruiser Protet, | now in_port, and the members of his | staff. The following named took part in the presentation of the ome-act comedy that was part of the afternoon’s enter- tainment: Katherine Lindsay, Signe Ol- sen. Antoinette Keyston. Ethel Atkinson, Marguerite Bergez and Viola ! | FUNERAL SERVICES OF EX-SUPERIOR JUDGE Remains of Walter H. Levy Laid at Rest Yesterday in Home of Peace Cemetery. The funeral of Judge Waiter H. Levy, who expired last Thursday, took place from his late residence at 2409 Jackson street yesterday morning. The simple and beautiful ceremony of the Masonic Order was gone throush, after which the body was consigned to tne grave. The cere= monies were conducted under the auspices of Doric Lodge, F. and A. M. Judge Robert Ferral delivered the funeral oration. He | spoke on the career of the deceased and paid a tribute to his acts, both publia and private. The pallbearers were: Hon. T. B. Me- Farland, Judge John Hunt, Hon. Robert Ferral, D. B. Wolf. Henry Ach, C. L. Ackerman, Stephen Potter and Judge Wil- liam W. Cral The interment tool lace in Home of Peace Cemetery. The floral tributes were many and beautiful. A large number of friends were present. —————————— . Maimed for Life. Policeman John Phelan, who had his Yeft foot so badly crushed in the collision between an electric car and a cable car at Ellis and Larkin streets early yes« terday morning that it had to be ampu- tated, was taken from the Receiving Hos- pital to St. Mary's Hospital yesterday morning. He is suffering fmu from the shock to his system. Willlam Leland, the motorman, and 8. 8. Stearns, the con- ductor of the electric car, were booked on a charge of battery and Teleased on 320 cash bail each. r