The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 3, 1900, Page 7

{IRL AERDNAUT HURT IN FALL AU BALLODN Drops Twenty- Five Feet Through Breaking of a Rope. Suffers Greatly When She neeovm':{ Her Senses and Is Taken to | Her Home in San THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER ALCAZAR’S NEW LEADING LADY HAS RARE TALENT Comes From Her Triumphs in England and the East to Thrill San Fran- cisco Theater-Goers. TR Francisco. i and Office San Francisco Cal ¥ Sept. 2 licon ropes this Z, an aeronaut, a horrible death at > big canvas bag had had been car- eak the daring have been dashed Topes tive or ace over | No fur- ave an as- llapsed af- | released. VALOIS DEFENDS COMMISSIONER PECK ! id Not Act Discourteously te Representatives the Exposition. t The French line 1 from Havre Valois, Paris Commissioner harge that ded YAN PENS A LABOR DAY SENTIMENT J R on Bry Hot GOVERNOR ROOSEVELT ARRIVES IN CHICAGO in New York State. campalgning tour will then nsuming practically s WJSCONSIN_ CONVE;‘TION OF SOCIAL DEMOCRATS E and Howard T George Dick Meir; Tre Attorney General endent of Pub- Buelow: Rall- ¥rank Ellis; Com- nce, Max Goers: for rth Distriet, Robert rict, Dr. H. C. Ber rernor roor « DEMOCRATS UNUSUALLY ACTIVE IN VERMONT INTPELIER . Sept. 2—The cam- 1 last night with nearly every city This year the can- | iite as vigorous as | %0, _although . the arge amount of re fight and the ii- nto Tuesday's b i Bt S the plurality of 40,000 | vt issue will « some ext ct to equ n they se 1 .our years ago. [ Another Death in Glasgow. | ‘ LASGOW 2.~ Another death sup- | ed to be d to bubonic plague oc-| cured here to-day. Ninety-three cases | f the disense are now under observation. > Deaths From Heat. CHICAGO, Sept. 3—Three deaths and one prostration occurred here to-day as the result of the heat, | | eet, last night and was stabbed in th ;;l;ck ‘with a pocket-knifee, Thompson u:l Kloy of_ th .\ i 2 MISS DOROTHY DORR. *— > HEN Dorothy Dorr, the In her taena goEaged her as leading P e 4 5 n “Held by the Enemy.” After two | Asnding lagg <3 m; s weeks In ( go Miss Dorr was sum- | to and sing for swee - moned by Mr. Frohman to New York to | ity's » in amateur theatricals | take the principal role in a new play given by terprising church societ Golden Giant,” at the Fifth A in the historic little town of Medford, |nue. Later she played Catherine in Wil- | Mass., her admirers would marvel at her | liam Gillette’s ve Robert Els- | e, and when ' was first mc wonderful versatility. pduced: by 5 Why dc t you study d M H,n‘\ D = they 1d ask, and althc sing a season with would it to th in New York Miss Dorr! Som Swa 60 Eoocome & wd_studied for the grand et i < nge. Her first ap- et sh stage was at the ol¢ uritan d e lon in the society demoraliza ma m¢ Deane,” written by husband. Af uccessful run she rts in various plays Patrick Campbell’ dy at the Adelphi 1 Dorr became a great er parent's wisk imbering_among her argeant, proprie- | I s Mrs. Craigie, who o of Jdhn Oliver Koy Fitz George. | of the Duke cousin to the e M ul in one particu- s of prominence,” she A - there s Dorr | win the Eng ou there This pecu- Dorr man | more pre rt story writer and play- | in any ¢ Since going abroad Mr. Dam has | ern pec h_abundant cess_as a writer | whom York s winter to W writing duced her to come West. striking personality and a w A ne 7 for M o ver: nalist It . y t is entitied *The Red |that she will give & serles of private cor M be produced late this | sicales at the homes of seme ot trir g y | wealthy society women ing y s it was the little church | here. b S hep vt c whic = used to appear | Howard Hall is to star with N that k | her passion for the stage.|in “The Masqueraders.” Tie lnin 1&7:5 ohman picked her out at t wright and last seasan starred in “The A v, gnd when she was | Soldier of the Empire.’ WEDDING OF MISS AALIGE TOWLE UNIVERSITY HAPPENINGS | Gertrude, was united in marriage to Wal- repast. who is the daughter of John one of Oakland's most i the M ark Hopkin: lifornta and en’s Christian As- | Mason and Elils Normal School near Sacramento, a 1 musical circles on this side of th and the possessor of an_excellent soprano voice. She has devoted much of her time to music, | §t. Paul's Episcopal De Koven Mus | ganizations. | " The groom., who is connected with the equipment office, United States Navy De- ason streets; buil nd in the Sta Powell street rancisco sociatior Church choir, the The History of E: Her Aslatic Morse Stephens, at r 14, in’the Y. ) lecture on ]ml!mPn(‘. is \\'6;” nud’ favorably known 2 5 among the yachting fraternity on the ¥ Dr. W . V. Oster- y. He is one of the popular members Mark Hopkinee™ | of the Corinthian Yacht Club, having Modern Draara” 1 | been ldentified with that organization for gland and the United | & RUMber of years. Du Pont Syle. Tues.- | T o ST commencing Octo- | EREIC HT TRAIN SMASH-UP NEAR THE OREGON LINE Six of Ten Southern Pacific Cars The Eoologues of Virgil, Hopkins, Friday evenings at § imencing Ser er 21, at Mark | | Zeologues of Virgil,” b oM iny mornings at 10 vy . Sep £, 85t Matx Hop | Leaving the Rails Are Con- _Feur 1 1oaky Protessor | verted Into Kindlings. aning October 10, at State | PUNSMUIR, Sept. 2.—Another ireight train was wrecked near here iast night language will be taught by Tuesday and Thursday beginning September 13, and fortunately did not result in @ life. As the south-bound freight train, drawn s of k. place and in about the same manner as | didthe wreck oh time an engineer and fireman were Killed: |TWO MEN DROWN IN VANCOUVER HARBOR Special Dispatch to The Call. VANCOUVER, B. C., Sept. 2.—Four | young men who had been camping near which occupied just one year lacking a day. Dr. and Mrs. Kellogg made the tour for pleasure and recreation and took it in casy stages. Some considerable time was epent in each countrv. Japan. China. Cey Jon, India, Egypt, the Holy Land, Greece and the prineipal countries of Eurdpe were ited. At Oberammergau Dr. Kellogg witnessed the ““Paséion Play. “We were much inter>sted in the play,’ eaid Dr. Kellogg. “There was nothing farcical about it. It was very dignified = presented by the actors in perfect good faith.” Dr. and Mrs. Kellogg are at their old home on Bushnell place. University exercises will be suspendea to-morrow on account of the National La- bor day. September 10 and 11, the two days following Admission day,” will also be university holidays. —e————— Stabbed During a Row. Charles Gebhardt, residing at 102 Trum- busl street, became involved in an alter- cation with Charles Thompson, allas Brooks, in the Risso saloon, 4276 Mission | put out In a rowboat last night to meet the steamer Comox on the return home. | The steamer, in the darkness, ran down the Doat and smashed it, and the four | were thrown into the water. One of them J. Pride, shouted: “All here, boys?" He | sald he heard three shout back, “All right.” He then shouted: “All swim for | He says he heard the shore, this side.” two swimming in the water near some distance. When he rm\cher;l":!hég; Shortt and himself, however, were the only two left to tell of the accident, Au- brey Lund, a clerk in the Merchants' Bank of Halifax, and A. Vaughan, in the em- e wholesale firm of Oppen- elmer Brothers, were the men drowned. 1;—-7\4 . 1“:‘\),.1 lv‘n h;;\u”nlr- ned an_en- | 1as ; s E ' David Belasco in N man,” and he will fall, but the San Franc She | attend and sub- | ter Clark Howe of San Francl The will rece univer- | nouse was very prettily and tastefully | "rs may attend as Visit- | decorated, the prevailing color being | ipink. Owing to the recent death of be. openea | the oom’s mother the affair was ptember 12, at £|a very quiet one, only the immedi- ate relatives and a few most inti- street, | mate friends being present. After the Henry Morse emony, which s performed sby the | ell University, who will Mr. Babcock of the Free Baptist > History of University E h, fhose present partook of a dainty being identified with | cal Club and kindred or- | of two years ago. at which | | Powell Lake, a few miles from Vancouver, | LAWYER HALL DIES IN FAR- AWAY ALASKA Perishes in the Snow While Comrades Are Unable to Assist Him. S Was at One Time District Attorney of Santa Cruz and Also Assem- * blyman From That County. R S 5 A letter recelved in this city yesterday | from Nome conveys ‘the sad news that James Hall, a well-known attorney, at one time a member of the firm of Hall, Ford & Kelly, perished in the frozen North while searching for gold. The letter was written by Dr. Deas. | Hall left here several months ago to seek | his fortune at Cape Nome. He was ac | companied by Dr. Deas and several otn- | er friends. According to the letter which | was received yester Hall, becoming | dissatisfied with the ondition of affalrs | on the beach at Nome, decided to explore tne country furtner inland. Heswas ac- companied by two other men, both of whom were experienced miners. After an | absence of several weeks the two min | returned, bringing news that Hall, unaole | to continue turtner, had dropped down |in the snow and perished, his com | being unable to him. On! | untold privations did they suc | reaching Nome in a condifion b lon complete collapse. ‘Lney feebly told the story of the fate of Hall and a rescu- ing party was immediately formed. Af- ter searching tnhe frozen ground where Hall was supposed to have fallen they returned to Nome without the body of tne unfortunate attorney. Hall was at one time District Attorney of Santa Cruz County and afterward rep- | resented that county in the State Assem- bly. where he did meritorious work. Af- | ter leaving Santa Cruz he came to this| city and opened a law office at 214 McAl- | | lister street. He leaves a wife, but no | children. i | AT THE THEATERS 6 HE Tivoll Opera-house will present an exceptionally interesting bill this week, with Verdl's “Ernani” alter- nating with the favorite “Carmen.” In the former will be heard Russo, Ferrarf, Nicolini, Tzain and Effie Stew- art; in “Carmen,” Barron Berthald, Salas- | sa, Schuster, Graham, Poletini, Repetto and Lichter—a magnificent cast. Miss | Graham alternates with Signorina Poletini as Carmen, and Signora Repetto with Anna Lichter as Micaela. | Clay Clement and L. R. Stockwell in “A | Great Obstacle,” an adaptation of Charles Dickens’ and Wilkie Collins’ novel “No Thorughfare,” will follow Henry Miller | the Columbia Theater this week, begi ning to-night. The usual Wednesday and | Saturday matinees will be given. ‘ . adie On Saturday evening next the Azzall | grand Italian opera company will open a season at the California Theater. opening opera yet unannou the repertoire is notably new Among_the numbers ne are ‘“"Manon Lescaut, and “Falstaff,” which the Tivoll also an-| nounces, with Salassa in_ the title role. m heard which will be Boheme,” “Mephisto,” ' Africiane” and orza del De .‘-“[Y\ll, . . The Alcazar management presents this week Dorothy Dorr and Howard Hall in a “‘costly production” of “The Masquer- aders 8t At the Alta Captain Jack Crawford will be seen in a dramatization of his life a_Government scout, which he entitles “On the Trail everal well-known scouts now en route to China have been secured for the performance. e i Howe; Wall and Walters, musical come- | dians, head st promising bill at the | Orpheum this week. Gertrude Mansfield | nd Caryll Wilbur, fresh from Londor: { successes, also appear, with Frances Kep- | pler, a widely heralded little impersonator | of 16 years. ‘The hoid-overs are ail favor- i ites, and next week Jessie Bartlett Davis is announced. P The Olympian attractions of the week IVERSITY OF TALTF¢ v c = E i e SO ',—\‘,,‘H;‘,{‘\!A' N\ AELAND, Sept. 2.—A very pretty | are Conradi's ving statuary, the Morgans (EY. Sept. 2—The extensi n | ' )) home wedding was celebrated at | and Kalacratus. | which opens u noon yesterday at the residence of | 5 S 1 cover a laree | Mr. and Mrs, Jobn F. Towle, 1023| Fischer's presents Olive Vail, Amos C. | rtant courses are of- | Myrtle street. when their ds ter, Alice | Cain, Hazel Wainwright, Horace Hanna, on ectilice ik ekl P S Hickman, Dutch AValton, Howard mpbell and new moving picture: &ha The Chutes has another strong bill for this week. Carroll, the whistler; Sid Bax- | ter, a novelty juggler; Weston and Her- bert, musical duo; the Malcolms, sketc artists; Baby Ruth, La Li a2 and of new moving pictures, including s of the Chinese war. . The reopening of the Alhambra Th next ater son The Thursday evening for the to be quite a popular event opening night is unusually at- but on the coming occasion it to be doubly so, for the attrac- be presented is the popular su | cess “Ship Ahoy,' 'with Comedian Ferris { Hartman and a specially selected cast in the production. The cast includes among others Harr; shman. ¥ 1 K naugh, Thomas Guise, Oscar Frank, Julie Cotte and Gertrude Wade and arrangements ave just been completed by the manage- ment for the appearance in the cast of | the great favorite Hattie Belle Ladd. | P | | Miss Clara Kalisher, contrajto, will give | | 2 song recital at Sherman, Clay & Co.'s | Hall to-morrow evening, at §:15. offer a delightful programme accompanied by Dr. H. J. Ste —_— Labor Day Fireworks. Pain’s great open-air military spectacle, “The Battle of San Juan,” will be pre- | sented again this evening at the Sixteenth | |and Folsom street grounds, and from | | pow on up to ana including urday | fight, September 15. The production wiil | be even more perfect than on Saturday | night and the speciallies, which were so | | far away from the audience that tneir, { fine noints were lost. will be brought | within seventy-five feet of the grand stand. To-night, in honor of Labor da | the set pieces of the fi | works will con- sist of labor devices and will inelude | She will | art. in Cantonese is being organizeq | BY locomotive 7%, was nearing | many marvelous moving works. A pyro- S emite . T & organized | ¢y mite at 11:30 o'clock last ,,,g,,l"-{:‘chr;m pl(’lu!lf; of Ma(\'nr Phelan will also 2 e e ten cars loaded with wood s atta i be shown. The performance w Particulars regarding these extension | 1 the rear nave of the toct 1o Att Ached ! at 8:30 sharp. . el courses may be had by communicating S)v of tl urs were y_shattered in | R with Mrs, Mary L v. secretary for | the smash-up that ensued. One man only university extension, Berkeley. 1 | was hurt and he was a tramp stealing 4 Tolesgce e the Tews, | Ex-Preaident Martin Kelloxs of th | ride. There was no delay to the passenger | 1At night at the Bush Street Syna- Va;:“v mident Martin Eali 55'-Im'-d" v;q(; | train. | gogue Rabbi Isidor Myers gave the elast | | Yeriag from & trip around the womd: | ¢ accident happened at the same |of his course of Sunday lectures, the sub- ject being “‘Universal Toleration Taught by the Jews, or the Attitude of Jews | Toward Gentiles.”” Rabbi Myers said in part: According to the Mosale teachings all ware | absolutely equal before the law. The Israelite | was commanded to extend to the stranger all | the tenderness and service of love i owed his fellow Israelite. The God of israel | is considered in the Bible the God of all hu- | manity. The law was given to Israel for the | salvation of all mankind. The feeling of uni- versal tolerance among the Jews at all times was the natural result of the Jewish belief in | one God, one universe and one humanity. The | essential base of universal charity which trans- | fuses the human heart with the tenderest brotherly love, Judaism found in its convie- tion of the common origin of all mankind and, 25 a result, that the whole human race wili ultimately ~be united in love, faith and thought, as children of the same parent on earth and of the same father in heaven. ————— Used Kaife in Fight. John H. Young was arrested by Officer Campbell last night and charged at the Calitornia-street Police Station with as- sault with a deadly weapon. Young cut Fel Cavo about the head with a pock- et-knife. The prisoner clalms he was obliged to use the weapon in self defense. | | | | | encouraging | Arnold and his mother-in-law, Mrs. Mar 3, 1900. TAX RATE FOR * ALAMEDN IS NGREED UPCN Improvements Necessary for the 0ld County In- firmary. ——— More Roads Wanted, but Still the Tax Rate Will Be Lower Than That of Last Year. R O Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Sept. 2. The Board of Supervisors has fixed the tax rate in committee, and it remains only to make the formal ratification at the meeting on Tuesday. There will be some important changes in the rate this year, which, on the ag- gregate, will be lower than last year. The figures, as compared with those of last year, will be as follow unty General. v Infirmary. $1.69 $1.65 Total outside cities. tate rat much lower than last ye nd the Supervisors have lowered the county general fund's apportionment, and have left the school fund at the same infirmary fund has ‘ents, the money to be raised additional tax to be used in erect- at the infirmary. This by this ing new building: was deemed a better plan than trying to bond the county, for the bufldings are badly needed and Alameda Coun now ithout a dollar of bonded indebtedness. he building to -be erected with this money will be a hospital proper with an operating-room and emergency wards. The buildin, at the infirmary are very cld, and very expensive to maintain in consequence. Dr. Clark, the superintend- ent, has put them In excellent condition, but’ they are crowded, and more room is an imperative necessity The road fund has been increased in order to make some needed improvements in_some of the mountain roads between Alameda and Contra Costa Counties in the interests of the growing trade be- tween the two counties. SHOE CLERKS APPEAL TO -THE LABOR UNIONS mittees of Association to Urgs Adoption of Early Closing Agreement. The newly organized local union, No. 410, of the Retail Shoe Clerks' Protective ociation, met last week and received reports from the various Com: committees appointed by President Hor- ace V. Carter to wait on the labor organ- izations and ask co-cperation in its ef- forts to secure an early-closing mov. ment among shoe d. All the union | that were addressed promptly indorsed the movement, and the members pledged themselves not to buy any shoes for them- selves or families after clock in the evening. It was also decided by th a sociation to te an agitation among the sho public containir tore and a request not to patronize the shoe after 6 p. m. except on Saturda evenings preceding holidays. The presi- dent was also authorized to appoint a committee to wait upon the principal shoe dealers some time during the first week in October with a view to obtaining th signatures to close on and after January , at the hour named. following additional committe ppointed by President Carter to vis were it the labor unions on next Tuesday and Wednesdey and urge the support of their members in the carly-closing movement: Woodworkers' Union, R. and J. B. n; Boilermake ipbu 3 Cigarmaker: No. R. A. Boydston, V Carter and L rter; Cloakmaker: L. E. de Sallier and Albert Wi rs'_Union, J. Ferren a a J. Union Barrent; 138, Tron and Union Moore; Kittlewell Union, C. fectioners’ ‘A ‘hn and Blackell ¥ Shalk and ( Union, « nion, A. Plumbers Teary Kast; Bricklayers' , Q. W. S and C. Cook. . of thanks was extended to Tk for its in securing early ing for the shoe clerks. ——————————— DENIED PRIVILEGE OF SEEING SICK DAUGHTER E. W. Arnold and Irving Rathbon Are Arrested ou a Charge of Disturbing the Peace. trouble between Ernest W amily L4 Henderson, will take them inta*the police court. Mrs. Henderson's daughter married to Arnold and the couple reside at 254 Folsom street. Mrs. Henderson called to see her daughter yesterday and ‘Arnold objected to mother-in-law entering his house. Expecting trouble, Mre. Henderson consulted Police Officer J. A. Feency, whom she met in front of her son-in-law’s home. Shortly after Mrs. Henderson had en- nd will be | tered the house, the door of which was | open, Officer Feeney saw her ejected from the place by a man named Irving A, Rathbon. This same man approached Feeney and in a rough manner scized him and demanded his number., duct Rathbon was placed under arrest on the charge of battery. Arnold caught up with the arrested man and the offi and used vile lan rd the lat- ter. Rathbon was also arrested for dis- T turbing the peace. Mrs. Henderson assigned as her reason for visiting her daughter that the latter g of cons ee her before she passed a ——e—— ACCOUNTING ASKED FOR. Fund Raised in Mexico for a Spanish Warship Disappears. MEXICO CITY, Sept. 2—The popular organ here, La Nation Espanola, wants to know what has become of the big patriot- fc fund raised here by patriotic Spaniards for the purpose of purchasing a warship for the Spanish navy. statement of the committee’s and declares that the war contribution ac- was dy wished to count will not be permitted to be liquid- | ated in silence. . The newspaper charges that there is a deep mystery about the fund which should be cleared up. The article has caused ex- citement in the Spanish colony, which which he [ Jfherally subscribed for an addition to the | Spanish navy during the war with the United Stat g Three Killed. SYRACUSE, N. Y train from the West struck a carriage containing four people at Oswego Junec- tion, four miles west of here, to-night. Patrick J. Foley of Syracuse, auen ~le; of Snlit Rock, his sister and Joseph F. Bilanchard of Svracuse were killed, and Michael Maroney was injured. Idaho Fusion Deadlock. BOISE, Idaho, Sent. 2—The managers of the proposed fusion between the Popu- lists and Demoerats took a rest to-day. There is a bellef prevailing among them that the; or the other to-morrow, but there is noth- i A b‘:. indicate wbat the settlement been | ir | Tniton, | For this con- | 1t calls for an open | accounts | . Sept. 2—A fast mau} can settle the matter one way | Democratic trium; THE DISPUTED ELECTION. Copyright, 1900, by Seymour Eaton. —_— AMERICAN POLITICAL PARTIES. ——— v XX. ggzt t;‘utdn statement th‘r\ Jome day rr;m: . ea s & v Republican Decline. Hayes wab slected by one eloctoeal vate Various cguses were now bringing about | a formidable reaction against the party so long in power. The “Liberal Republi- | can” movement of 1572 had given unmis- | the States of South Carolina, Florida and Louisiana having gone Republican, Disputed Returns. takable indication of @ turn In the tide | oweq oG fndg fateful contest fol- which was still more apparent four years | jecting our constitutional Government to later. Certain elements which had join- | even greater strain than it had suffered | ed the party during the war were drop- the s of civil wa Four States ping away as the special bond which had €ach made two sets of electoral returns. held them was relaxed; the military policy | fi‘r":'"'v;;'w-w _were freely charged with in- still persisted in in the South continued , oy W SRC. b gy ‘[,r.,,; : | to alienate a large independent section of | with two State: Governmerts, twn Gov- former adherents, while, as is usual, the |ernors | > *hard times” which followed the = of 1873 were charged to ill-advised fi measures of the Government. But among | the most powerful of the disintergrating at & deels £ es d belief that the g sy s party had become -ally corrupt and ol T By R untrustworthy. Carolina 3 lectors | certificates from 2 The Spoils System Once More. i g paLb The civil-service reform so hopefuily in- e X | augurated by the act of 1871, whic re- quired the mainienance of a syst of competitive examinations for official ap- pointments, did not find favc with the actical politicians who manipulated party affai Their power and influence were restricted by the loss of the patron- age of which the act deprived them. B the end of 1874 Congress would no longer vote the necessary appropriations for carrying on the work of the commission, and the noxious spoils system was prac tically restored in full vigor. Corruption in High Places. »ne Demoéra Republic: n with him, ¢ r electors three gave t | General Grant's second term was made proveeilians memorable by the discovery of numerous | on both sides further complicated the sit- flagrant_instances of official corruption fon. Party accused for party ad- ne or mo made. little would temptation ake of par fallible human in the Government and disgraceful | @ g with that t for stible the to yield a moral po was almost irre nature. The Settlement. ions respect- dering sult turned upon de y complicated r rejection, they separated commiss: the houses d could not unit SAMUEL J. TILDE | - dals among legislators. The President’s Judgment of men W untrustworthy. Thoroughly honest himseif, he had | himself with a greedy horde of s s and advisers and officials. In the investigations which were demand- ed even the high Cabinet officer, the Se retary of Wa having been impeached for bribery. 1 conviction only by i resigning vy internal revenue | placed upon distilled spirits led to ch illieit t in the West and South, | | to the defrau »f the Govern nt, and in 1875 a cy of wide ex t be- tween the distillers and officers of the | | | Government wa overed. The dis-| | | honest ‘‘whis was t to | trial and several trusted officials 1 | were convi: H | 'Not the executive department only, but | { the legislature al invaded by the | | gener Jemoraliz 4 .{-"(‘23{‘:“"5. ;.br RUTHERFORD B. HAYES. | nt grants, had | | | nity for pecula- | € > Many Sen of reason and tion perversion g g ators and Represe were charged | rejecting the conclusions of the commis with complicity in andals, which, | sion their decisions remained in force. All on inauf developed in connection with thirteen doubtful States were thus | the corporation own as the Credit Mo- n to the Republicans. and on March | bil which had control of the . the count was finished and the v butlding cf one of the lines. The shadow eially pronounced to be 185 fur | of suspicion fell even upon the nation’s | and 184 for Tilden. Hayes and Vice-President and upon others ree e were accordingly s ed ly less exalted positions. Doubtless not | tw¢ ter. { all the charges were true, but many a fair The acceptance by the disappointed | name pelessly smirched. An s | party of this according to consti- popularly called the “salary grab.” pa: tutional methoc N mistrusted Cong th same by cefved public attention out of p The Democrats honestly believed the {0 its real importance. It was a bill to | cision to be unjust and strictly N increase the pay of members, and its spe- | throughout, and their patriotic s v cial ignominy lay in its retroactive fea- | under most tryine cond s to the 1 ture, by which the members of the exist- | though. as they deemed it. unfair a ing houses shared in the advance of sal- | of the constitut oritles gave to con- ary. The whole matter was insignificant, | stitutional Dem fts_last and great- but_was reg; ] as one more evidence | est vietory. JESSE MACY of Republicar The act was re- Towa College. pealed at the n ssion of Congress. e — —— - —— TS. The Democrats as a Party of Reform. ADVERTISEMEN' The discreditable revelations jn high Re- publican circles gave the cue to their op- | ponen The Democrats entered the arena in 1876 as the party of reform. In a platform of portentous length their nominating convention demanded deliver- |ance “from a corrupt centralization, from “the rapacity of carpet-bag tyran nies” and “the contagion of misrule.’ Reform in the clvil service was favored, as was a tariff for revenue only, and econ. and fruga in the national admin- Repeal of the resumption act for, id reform in the curren- v. Samuel J. Tilden of New York was nominated on the second ballot. Mr. Tilden had shown moral and administra- tive qualities of a high order in the vari- State offices that he had filled, and he commanded the fullest confidence of his party. Hendricks of Indiana, who had ranked second among the aspirants for the Presidential nomination, accepted the second place on the ticket. The Republican Nominations. A large and powerful Republican faction favored reforin within - the par and deprecated the succession of an adminis tration to be controlled by the methods and the men whose ascendency had | brought reproach upon the organization. | Senators Conkling and Morton were un- | derstood to lead the representatives of | the “Grant dynas while of the other | aspirants Blaine was the most conspicu- | ous. The platform adopted by the con- | vention recited at length the many claims of the party upen the gratitude of the na- | tion, demanded the fulfiliment of the | pledge for the resumption of specie pay- | ments and for a measure of civil service | reorm, _deprecated_sectional ill feeling, eulogized General Grant. arraigned the Democratic party as still “the same in character and spirit when it sympa- thized with treaso and warned the country ‘“against trusting a party thus alike unworthy, recreant and incapable.” Mr. Blaine’s name led by a large major- ity over every cther until six ballots had been cast, andseven on the seventh, which nominated Ha Blaine received 1 larger number of votes than at any previous | count. William A. Wheeler of New York was nominated for Vice President. Mr. Hayes won favor by his warm sup- | port of civil service reform, and secured the votes of an influential =ection of his party whose members had determined to refuse support to any candidate who | | would not pledge himself to that measure. | Many others were drawn to him who, would have voted against a_more prom- inent and experienced Republican poxm-j cian. | The Apparsnt Democratic Success. The canvass Was not an exciting one, | , but there was real discussion of opposing policies. Republicans emphasized the | IDemucmtlc opposition to resumption and scouted Demaeratic professions of reform. | Democrats made much of Republican cor- | ruption, and derided the candidate as an | obscure and uatried man. | | The great Democratic “tidal wave" had | | begun to rise m 1874, . ven the autumnal | elections gave surprising Democratic ma- | jorities in many Northern States. The | same thing happened in 1575 and made the | lower house of Congress overwhelmingly | Democratic. 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