The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 23, 1900, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1900. BNOTHER ACCEPTANCE. OLONEL BRYAN will this week accept the - ‘ Populist nomination. It was given to him at Sioux Falls several months ago, and he has s to W, S, LEAKE, Manager. ....Telephone Press 204 PUBLICATION OFFIC] Market _and Third, S. F. Telephone Press 201. EDITORIAL ROOGMS.. Telephone ..217 to 221 Stevenson St Press 202, Deltverea 15 Cents Per Week. 5 Cents. Ly Carriers, Sinzle Coples. Terms by Mail. Incinding Postaze: PAILY CALS P AILY CALL SR A CALL . 13 DA CALL &5e x CALI 1. KLY CALL O 1 Ail postmmasiers are authorized fo receive subseriptions. be £ Sample ccples will warded when requested. ing change of address should be 3 > OLD ADDRESS in order sce with their request. ubseribers ar to give re & pr +++.1118 Broadway C KROGNESS, Mznager Foreign Advertising, Marguet! ! “Central 2619.”) DENT: REPRESENTATIVE: .30 Tribune Buiding NEW YORK NEWS STANDS: igort-Astoria Hotel; A. Brentano, 51 Union Square; Hill Hotel. CEICAGO NEWS STANDS: Frem WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFF Wellington Hotel . corner Mason and Eddy streets a Zoo and Theater—Vaudeville every afterncon and DIBBLE’S LATEST TRICK CEIVING Fe th the decent Republicans of ict are opposed to him rty-first s ticket if left to itself would be ut- aries to-morrow, Dibble by a4rick which is about the p: s sought to save himsel mscrupulous as any ever played in 4 trick he has taken advantage of are to be elected to-morrow d ite convention ds well as delegates to c In the State ttl, His fight n of Dibble delegates to the to get for himself the nomina- To achieve that he has placed ket a State convention ticket, of W. C. Van Fleet of the Re- ymmittee; George Stone, chair- te Central Committee, and J. B. Dut- d B members of the executive te Committee. the trick consis! ention or no interest X aker, e n putting up bers of the national and State com- »ose of adding strength to his local expectation that voters for the one so vote for the other and that he will thereby ut despite popular objection to him. It is hardly necessary to point out that the members of the State Committee and of the National Com- | mittee should not be candidates for election in this contest. Should any disputes arise over the results, the determination of them would doubtless be carried to the State Committee and therefore the members oi that body should hold themselves strictly impartial. That appear so plain to intelligent and fair- minded men that it requires no argument. The Republicans of the Forty-first are warned to on gu against the trick. Dibble should not be permitted to profit in the least by such cunning as that. Let the word be passed along among the rank and file. The man who is trying this trick in the primaries would be equally tricky in the Legisla- ture will be MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE, r CCORDING to a report from the East, a :\ movement will be made at the Grand Army i scampment at Chicago next week to change the date of the annual memorial observance from May last Sunday in May. The object of the pro- movement is to get rid of the tendency to day a general holiday and preserve for it sed the memory of the patriotic dead. That som movement should be started is not It has been noted for som® time past earnest persons have been dissatisfied with the in which Memorial day has come to be cele- brated by the general mass of the people. There have been c ms time and again upon the toler- games, picnics and other forms of atur that ma; way e of sports, g that day ect the conduct of those criticised. When n set apart as a holiday, it is not within the scope of our Government nor within the power of public sentiment to force a2 man to celebrate it in uy othier way than he chooses. The day happens to come at a season of the year when throughout all Northern States every one delights in getting out o the woods and ficlds and to indulge in open air es. Consequently it was inevitable that the popu- lar form of celebrating the day should depart more sl from that which was designed by the founders of it. The only sports is t hat which has now been proposed. A Sun- on would not be a holiday in the ordi- nary sense of the word. It remains to be seen, how- ever, whether the public would consent to the change. When a people have grown up in the custom of cele- > g a particular day. it is not easy to induce them ndon it. Should the Grand Army adopt the resolution suggested snd hold their services on Sun- day it is probable the general public would still insist on its own holiday and celebrate it without the aid of the veterans. It is certainly an interesting issue and one that will be followed with no little attention thyoughout the country. 233 28 Building, Chicago. | the solemn and sacred character of a day set apart for | way to keep the day free from holiday | had ample time to digest the platiorm. He will now assure its makers of its assimilation and will declare that it has become a part of his political flesh and bone. The platform, which he accepts with the nomina- tion, declares for public ownership of all land; for an unlimited issue of prcenback;; for government p and operation of owners tion of private ownerghip of the instruments of com- merce, and, to secure all these innovati for direct | legislation by the initiative and referendum, relocat- | ing the veto power and giving it to the people. In his speech on assuming the- presidgncy of the { PoBulist Convention, Mr. Patterson of Colorado said: “In 1806 we did not nominate Mr. Bryan to please the Democrats. We cared not what their wiil or pleasure was. The Peoplc’s party, standing on its platform, would have been untrue to itself, untrue to | its principles, had it nominated any other man."” | It will be seen, then, that when Colonel Bryan ac- cepts this nomination and platform, he declares for an entirely new system of government, foreign to our | of that instrument. Raising the cry of imperialism, ‘hc accuses the Republicans of intending to change | the government, while accepting and himself advo- cating a change more positive and revolutionary than that which he pretends to see in the policy of his op- ponents. It is a settled principle in the science of Sherman House: P. O. News Co.; Great Northern Hotel: | gOvernment that when the objects of governmental | t Hcuse; AuditBrium Hotel. | | jurisdiction are increased the efficiency of govern- | ment is decreased. It is a sound maxim that the | government is best which governs least. But here is Colongl Bryan advocating the abolition of private ownership of land, of transportation, of the instru- ments of commerce, the transfer of the veto to the ballot box, the destruction of representative govern- ment, the abolition of the courts and of all processes for the rationalizing of government and the intro- duction of wholesale communism, which must result in the final coming of chaos and anarchy. It will be observed that this Bryanic revolution de stroys the doctrine of inalienable rights, written into the Declaration of Independence by Mr. Jefferson. It puts every man’s rights of person and property into politics, to be buffeted at the polls and taken | away at the will of a majority that is not under any obligation to be ‘“reasonable,” wi Jefferson said was the sole standard of the rule of the majority. right As to the externf! policies of this government, their errors are subject to correction by wholesome reaction in public sentiment. But to what.quarter shall we look for escape from the evils which lie in such a revolution of our home government as this platform proposes? When representative govern- ment is once destroyed; when the courts and legis- latures and Congress are once abolished, when legis- n and adjudication are given-over to the ballot ox and our judicial system is stricken down, there comes a chaos from which escape lies only in the man on horseback, and a condition to which Colonzi Bryan's picture of imperialism is as mild as the por- trait of a pretty maid milking her cow compared to the presence of a hungry Bengal tiger. Much is said about the honesty and sincerity and fidelity of Colonel Bryan. About this opinions dif- fer, but admitting that ascription of these qualities to | him is correct, if he is elected President the power 4 of his office will be used to effect this startling revo- lution in our Governmment. It will be used to replace our constitutional system by all the vagaries of the French revolution, edged with the theories Nicholas Bakounin and the leaders of anarchy and | nihilism. His power will be used to upset our financial tem, destroy the gold standard, effect the free coinage of silver at an artificial ratio and return to the issue | of greenbacks. The volume of that issue will, under direct legislation, be determined by popular vote and | the fallacies held by the advocates of “a more and a fittener currency” will riot without check or hind- | rance. This is the programme to which Colonel Bryan's acceptance of the Populist nomination commits him. Ii he is honest, sincere and faithful he is so much more dangerous. There it is. Those who vote for him vote for what they want, if they want such a revolution. Those who vote for him, not wanting such a revolution, but because he is honest, will get it anyway, if their esti- mate of him is correct. THE FIGHT AGAINST BELSHAW. URING the regular and the extra session of D the. Legislature, when the Southern Pacific Company, aided by certain disreputable bosses in San Francisco, was endeavoring to procure the election of Burns to the United States Senate, no Republican stood more faithfully and firmly by the Lonor of the party and the welfare of the State than | C. M. Belshaw, at that time a member of the Assem- !b]y. The Southern Pacific Company noted the zeal with which he combated the railroad schemes and | put him upon the political blacklist—marked him as one whom the railroad and its tools would oppose | from that time on. | Mr. Belshaw is now a candidate for the Republican nomination for the Senate in the Eleventh District. The railroad has set all its bosses and its push at work | to defeat him. The tactics employed by the company | in the fight are unscrupulous, and there is no limit | put upon the means or the methods which it makes of the people and of true Republicanism. The Cali has information that men who are | supporting Mr. Belshaw have been told by represen- | tatives of the Southern Pacific Company that such | action is regarded by the railway officials as an act of hostility to the railrcad, and they have heen warned that it will be to their detriment if they continue. Men who have business relations with the South- | ern Pacific and whose business affairs can be seri- ously injured by the railroad have been thus notified that they must expect to bear the consequences of the | displeasure of the Southern Pacific Company if they support Mr. Belshaw for the State Senate. The Call has accurate information from reliable porting Mr. Belshaw have been made by representa- tives of the railroad. Should occasion require it, the { names will be published. There is no doubt about | the matter. The Southern Pacific Company in its malignant hatred of Mr. Belshaw is now attempting to defeat him by threatening injury to the business interests of those who support him. Tt can hardly be necessary to point out to the Re- publicans of the Eleventh District what they must | do under such circumstances to maintain the honor of | their district and their party. ¥t matters not who is | running against him, Mr. Belshaw should be elected. 1l railroads; for the free | coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1; for the aboli- | i B versive of inciples Heraid Square | Present constitution and subversive of the pri ples | We have avoided overstatement of the situation. | | use of in the effort to defeat this honest representative | Of course, such criticisms sources that these threats against business men sup- | He is known to be true and trustworthy. It is cer- tain the Southern Pacific cannot use him to dishonor the party and wrong the people, It is sure that he can neither be coaxed nor bulldozed into dishonest paths. Such a man merits election. He has by his fidelity and firmness won the right to ask the indorse- ment of his fellow citizens, and it should be given him by an overwhelming majority. The issue is up to the Republicans of the Eleventh District. They can send to the State Senate a man | whom the people can count on, or they can surrender | to the Southern Pacific. The péwer of the corpora- tion is great, and there is no question but what the threat uttered against the business men who support | Belshaw is one of grave portent. Nevertheless, the | Southern Pacific is not all powerful. by Belshaw and nien like him in the Legislature, first | at the regular session and afterward at the extra ses- | sion. It can be beaten again. The Republicans of | the Eleventh District can beat it, and if they are | worthy of their party and of the manhood of Cali- fornia they will. o REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES. which AN FRANCISCO Republicans are now face to face with the issue of honest against dishonest politics as involved in the primary elections are to take place to-morrow. The County | Committee has stood firmly for genuine Republican- ism, despite all that Herrin, Crimmins and Kelly | could do to dominate it. Therefore the regular ticket | which will be put forth in each district will represent | the better elements of the party and a firm opposition | to the bosses. The issue having now been joined, it is for the rank and file of the party to determine the contest. The bosses are going to make a hard fight to win. They will make use of every resource at their command. They will have the support of all the rounders of the | saloons and of all the railroad push that is controlled | by Herrin. Therefore it is no easy victory that awaits the upholders of honest politics. Not a single vote can be spared. The energy and the persistency of the | bosses must be met by an equal energy and persever- | ance on the part of those who stand for genuine Re- publicanism. The voting is to be fairly done and fairly counted. | In It was beaten | B B S B B S e e CE S S S O SO SO SO SRS S = L B e R R e e S S o THE YELLOW TERROR AT BAY. D 100000404040 00000000 00000500 0be0ete PERSONAL MENTION. b ? F. W. Street of Sonora is at the Lick. ? George M. Hughes of Nevada is at the ? | Lick. f; O. O. Webber of Santa Rosa is at the Lick. ?; W.. A. Brewer of San Mateo is at the | Palace. ‘r‘ F. K. Rule of Los Angeles is at the ¢ | Palace. €1 C. G. Jepson of Los Angeles is at the ¢ | Grand. @®| F. W. Street, a Sonora merchant. is at ¢ | the Lick @ | T.J. Field, a banker of Monterey, is at ¢ | the Palace. - -Judge A. P. Catlla of Sacramento is s LI S . 2 Los Angeles merchant, 1s R4 & ter of Albany, New York, 1s . : Pratt of Seattle, a merchant, b4 the Palace p: an attorney of San Jose, ? | is at the Occidental FEZ NS T MeClusky & therchunt' b Biowss ® | City, is at the Pala . 5 3 f Yreka, a mining @ A nent landowner of ¢ | Tehama, is at the e 6| Wiliam E »ckraiser of Lake- + | view, Ore., Lick L | J. B. Some man from Yer- + | nston, 2 ck. | William F. Brown, a well known lawyer ? | of Philadelphia, Palace. * | Willlam H. Hanson, a lumber merchant ¥ | of Redwood City, is at the Palace. ¢ | George J. McCarthy, a mining man, is & | at the Palace, registered from Mexico. ¢ | B. Blumenthal has returned from a & | business trip to Europe. He is at tha 4| &l A. Friedrich, United | | States at Sitka, Alaska, 18 ¢ | speunding his vacation in this city. S it g e, —Fittsburg Dispateh. 4 | 6T TFORNTANS IN WASHINGTON ® HINGTON, A WA 22.—D. A. Fenyes, the call for the primary it is stated: § “That the committee hereby insists that a free and untrammeled ballot and an honest count must be en- | forced at said primary election; that all attempts to | cdeviate from this principle should be discountenanced, | and that those guilty of frauds or parties thereto should be debarred irom all conventions, and that if shall appear at any polling place that there is or has been any fraud or wrong committed, or the right of any citizen to cast his free and untrammeled ballot and to have the same honestly counted has been in | any way interfered with, the committee in charge | shall set aside and declare null and void the election at said polling place and report their action to the ferent conventions, who shall take action in such matter and decide which set of delegates is entitled to | a seat in the convention.” | | i The fairness which is to characterize the primaries gives encouragement to honest Republicans to go <o the polls. Their votes will not be overcome by | Mint Saloon stuffers nor thrown out by the unscru- | pulous agents of the Southern Pacific Railroad. ' Every honest vote will be honestly counted and con- | ! sequently the bosses will be utterly defeated if good | Republicans attend to their political duties—go to the & i | polls and vote right. In this connection it is pertinent to remind all Re- publicans who have not yet registered of the import- ance of attending to it at once. Later on there is | sure to be a great rush at the registration office and ! there will then be more or less inconvenience in at- | tending to the duty. The primaries take place to- | morrow. Why not register to-day? L S L TS ! SLOW CHILDREN. THE Superintendent of the Oakland schools fa- | vors the exclusion from the classes of children who don’t keep up, on the theory that they are | mentally deficient. It may be true that there are a | few children who, by atrophy of the thyroid gland, | are suffering from deficient cerebral nutrition. But | it is probably truer that the pace set in the public schools is too fast for the average child. Many fail to keep that pace for physical reasons, | | not related to brain-cell development at all. There | are many peculiar defects of vision which handicap | children and make them seem dull. When these de- | | fects are remedied by the oculist and optician there is | no further complaint of the child's capacity. It is the | opinion of many sound educators that the common | school curriculum is,overloaded and that the system is keyed up to the maximum precocity of children, | instead of being adjusted to the average. All chil- | dren are not equal in development and observation | confirms the conclusion that those who develop late | are usually the most reliable and have the best staying | qualities in after life. | The hectic and artificial conditions which idealists | have forced into the schools are not producing re- | sults which the people have a right to expect. When | manual training schools, fully equipped, have been made a part of public school systems, results unfore- scen and very satisfactory have followed. It has been found that a very large majority of children consid- ered dull and defective in their classes, indifferent and | insubordinate, have found their proper place in the | manual school, where they evince the greatest interest, make the most satisfactory progress, drop their dullness and indifference, and are finally led into a full and useful education through the use of mind and hand together. Before the Oakland Superintendent writes “idiot” op- posite the names of such children, we advise his Board ' of Directors to completely equip their Central Gram- mar School manual department, for it needs it, and give to these children the opportunity to combine head and hand in smithing, carpentry, mechanical drawing, cooking. weaving. tailoring and other manual opera- tions. - We are sure that the results will be gratifying. If it were our case we would rather take the revenues that now go to support one entire ward school in that city and devote them to a plant for manual training, { than wring the heart of a single parent by condemn- {ing a child as a cretin. { - | The officials of the insane asylum at Stockton re- { port that they have received a patient who went insane . because he couldn’t zet married. The divorce courts tell the tale of scores who are on the verge of insanity | because they could and did get married. It % all in - the point of view. | ———— Since the Supervisors have adopted a law intended | tc close the notorious dives of the city it will be in- | teresting to see what new excuse the police will pre- | sent to avoid the performance of their evident duty. The gambling instincts of the Chinese, it is said, t may lead them to cast their lot with the foreigners. | 1t is a reasonably safe bet, however, that the foreign- | ers will not hazard much on the alliance. | The Call does not hold ftsel respons Editor Call—Dear Sir: text books. move from one cf of the books nec not used in anoti THE NATIONALIZATION OF | GRAMMAR SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS sxswess zo consssronaxs le for , not the means nec the ovinfons published in this colnmn, Sut | Now, Mr, presents them for whatever value they may | fOr the United States have as communications of general interest. | 1 have been for | some time thinking of writing to you re- | arding a question which is of vital im- | portance to every family in the United | States—a question which when solved and | not require a. | put into effect will make the paper that | pushes it to a finish one of the most popu- | lar in the United States, and that is, the | nationalization of the grammar school As every person knows that | miserable books they are In every w sends children to school, the cost of books | in California is a most outrageous tax, | | and not alone a tax, for if a family should | — |Mrs. E. S. Fenyes and Miss L. S. Muss | of Pasadena and J. E. Manerhan of San | Franetsco are at the Raleigh. A VULTURE'S EGG—A. M. L., Lucia, | Monterey County, Cal. If you have a vul- ture’s egg of large size you might offer it to the officers of Golden Gate Park, to be added to the collection of eggs there. LEGAL HOLIDAY—A. L. G, Irvington, > Governor Gage on the 28th of last declared September 11 a legal holiday order to carry out the four days’ cele- bration of the golden anniversary of the admission of the State. Y to purchase. houid be done is Government to ay Editor, wi it be able to turn out some better samp than California has seen for some time, have them edit complete set of text books for the public schools and have them used throughout Ty. A child in Florida does ny different education in t grammar school than ome in California, and there is no reason, outside of this financial one,that canbe urged. You know | what a miserable farce it has been for the | State to print our school books and what point some competent persons, w! |15 to be hoped w « | the entire count s BAY INCIDENT—N. S., City. In The Call of September 24, page one, col- 1 six. and of September 25, page three, 1 will find an account of all resuiting from drageing the question | {1 yabture of Sublg, island of Luson. |nto polit’es, and it is time that a halt |j. 2" CFF <ORSUE the C8 O e Bublie was called. When the State printing de- | 1 the reference room of the oy to anothor many | Dartment gives a person 3150 per month | I PRy e 5t nty er many | who is appointed to examine into BV v scribe: . . ary in one county are | methods, it s NOthing more nor less than | oy p S——— G . but different ones are |a bribe, and the school book quesiion will | Cl- Durin ivil war Adial K. Ste- demanded by the county Boards of Edu- | never be righted that wav. and I hope. ncery in Il by the way. of tax-eaters that ation, whic most useless b authorized by la other every book used are one of the | Mr. Then when some poor | people S0 clea family moves out of the State into an-|our ss, and an- t be pur- often families have | Editor, vo! is | statistics, will with your ability to get ce the matter before the that they will insist on Congressmen and Senatc lating plans to bring about change. RO Benicia, Aug. 22, n from 1860 to ed the State n nominated a on the Democratic n 1564, 1900. A POLICE If you cailed T CASE—M. G., City. nant for rent who re- -9+ 0 22 et eoes FASHION HINT FROM PARIS. @eetotr e oo edeoe ‘4&04—@4-04—04—0*—0—&. SUIT FOR LITTLE BOY. The suit represented in the illustration is made of thin light beige covert cloth, with collar and chemisette of white ba- tiste trimmed with pleats of the same ma- The Dbelt is of yellow leather. The chemisette is made with sleeves so that terial. it can be worn without the jacket. THE JAPS. When the drummer gently taps Close together swing the Japs; The natty ligtle, Ratty little Japs, Japs, Japs! All their faces are a-shine As they move in rhythmic line; The happy little, Snappy little Japs, Japs, Japs! tle, but T know Wi rrehé‘y"re led they'll surely go; The ready little, Steady little aPu. Japs, Japs! They will battle with their might— For they're Yankees in a fight! These wiry little, Fiesy Il((_l'e 2 aps, Japs, Ja P v alana TRUE TO LIFE. “Well, my boy, how did you feel when ou proposed?’ . e 2 lt’eltp?or my hat.” UNCLE ALLEN. “Nothinf." remarked Uncle Sparks, ‘is ch except human life. port the other.”—Chicago Tribune, AN AUDIENCE OF ONE. It is related of Sydney Smith that on en- terlnf a_dra -room in a West End mansion he found it lined with mirrors on S R e I O S R S TN W D SPU P S SR S S | i nd Plain. Dealer. A CHANCE TO SMILE. Allen eaper _in China than rice, The reason of this i3 that it takes so little of the one to sup- fused to pay d laid violent hands upon you to eject you, and the indivdual has acknowledged that he assaulted you, the parties bef ing to testify that he made such acknowledgment. then you can lay a complaint in the Police Court for his arrest for battery. MINTS—O. 8., City. The United Statcs parent mint is located at. Philadelphia | all sides. Finding himself = reflected in | every direction, he sald that he “supposed | he was at a meeting of the clergy. and there seemed to be a very respectabie at- | tendance.” } i SHFE WAS SO GWATEFUL. Young Lady—Give me one yard of—why, haven’t 1 seen you hefore? Dry Goods Clerk—Oh. Maud, can_you and thé branch mints at Sam Francisco, | have forgotten me? I saved your life at | Carson City nd New Orleans The | the seaside last summer. United States assay offices are located at Young Lady (warmly)—Why, of course ' New York, Louis, Denver, Colorado; Boise Cit Carolina. e e———— Cal. glace fruit 50¢ per Ib at Townsend's. ® —_————— Spectal information supplied dally business houses and public men b; Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 gomery st. Telephone Main 1042 —_——————— REASONABLY SURE SIGN. you did! You may give me two vards of ho, and Charlotte, North this ribbon, please. WISHES IT HAD A GUN. “Do birds think?" asks a writer in open- ! ing a_curious article. If they do, we would like to know what ! a canary bird thinks of the woman w ~tands on a chair and talks “baby talk" to it through the wires of the cage. LIKE ANY OTHER WOMAN B A 3 “Which side do you favor in this Anglo-| \f; hy ;’g hi"";’ ;;‘:f;'; 0‘;016'(101113_9“ for Russian rivalry for Asiatic influence?” . ; Bryan: -s 1€ © th > “T can’t tell yet.” answered the Chinese | ‘Well T can’t say as to that, but I hap- Empress. I haven't opened my morn- | €l to know L - De's one of the most ing's mail and noted the remittances.” . | dissatisflied men that ever drew the breath goss v el wh | of fe, and that mpkeun me reasonably A TIE certain as to his politics.”"—Chicago Post. ; ek - ‘Osmond—Oh, T don’t know; there's time, | gestion than the use of Dr. Siegert’s Angosutra | —Detroit Free Press. | Bitters, the celebrated appetizer. to the ont- . THE MOST DANGEROUS OCCUPATION IN CALIFORNIA. Experience of the man who follows it TRAINING HORSES FOR THE GERMAN ARMY. Photos of the trainers at work at Baden, Cal Camiile d’Arville Telis Why She Prefers Wedl:ck to the Stage. THE MOTOR- MAN'S SIDE OF THE STORY. What’s Doing in Paris. By GENEVIEVE GREEN. HOW TO DRESS THE BABY. NEXT SUNDAY'S CALL DON'T MiSS THE GREAT MAGAZINE SECTION