The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 20, 1900, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1900. .OCTOBER 20, 1900 = JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. s I AT A A It Address All Comm MANAGER'S OFF EDITORIAL ROOMS. ....217 to 221 Stevenson St. Telephone Preas 202, Delivered by Carriers. 15 Cents Per Week. Single Coplies, 5 Cents. Terms by Mail, Inciuding Postage: g3 suf All postmasters are subserip | be forwardeds when requested. Sample coples w ing change of address should oe NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order Pt and correct compliance with their request. | OAKLAND OFFICE..............1118 Broadway GEORG €. KROGNESS, Manager Foreign Advertising, Marquette Euilding, Chicago. (Long Distance Telephone “Central 2619.”) NEW YORK €. C. CARLTON. . CORRESPONDENT: ssssess.Herald Sq re | NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: | STEPHEN B. SMITH. .. ...30 Tribune Building W YORK NEWS STANDS: | s Hotel; A. Brentano, 81 Unlon BSquare; Hotel. Waldort-Aste Hiu Morray CHICAGO NEWS STANDS: ! P. 0. News Co.; Great Northern Hote Auditorium Hotel. H WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE. ... MOKTON E. CRANE, ANCH OFFICES— 406 G St., N. W. Correspondent. | BR 7 Montgomery, corner of Clay, open Haves, open until $:30 o'clock. 63 antiT $:20 o'c Larkin, open until clock. 221 Market, 103 Valencia, open mse—"“The Ensign.” | ican Brothers.” From Mexico.” b0 Hoodoc dy streets—Spectalties. ‘audeville every afternoon and ghts rand Ball to-night. AUCTION SALES. E. Cohn—This Gay, at 11 o’clock, Furniture, at 1167 Mar- | A BAD PRACTICE. ase of Mrz. Schneider, who arrived here I geles with her three helpless chil- and who ever since has i charitable strangers, ie boun ber of similar cases which ng the past few years. e not only of interior citizens but of f S isors and Common Coun- | ate people coming their way to A few years ago this practice be- nounced in the cases of destitute sick that of Health adopted a rule providing | ¢ who had not resided in San Francisco ty days should be admitted to the County Hos- per ot, however, operate satisfactorily. serable individuals were turned into r it, and in conseguence the Board of tendent ph of the ne in for a round rib roast in the The fact that destitute sick persons the interior to the city were compelied r residence in the streets, moreover, to disturb the euthorities of the offend- towns and cities referred to. ider came here in a dying condition, | H cian tal ca Angeles in the hope that the climate down the lung disease with which she t the people to whom she was con- » Orange City held a contrary opinion the probable effect of the climate case, and they promptly raised a purse d her to San Francisco. | e znd her three children at once | ien upon the first locality in which she three days her scanty funds were ex- the dying 3 1 i n her dis - mother, surrounded by her | g, was taken in charge by her neigh- n this condition was found by the news- city from interior ures should be taken at once to to the coming Legislature. n unjust one, but it entails and privation upon the miserable sub- s the custom aj it to be 2 sufficient charity in every town in California to permanently care for such persons as Mrs. Schneider. whose case certainly appeals to the hardest heart. To send such a woman to San Fran- cisco, where the climate is particularly inimical to her tle less than an outrage, to say nothing of the motive of disease, The scandal which has broken about the head of Henry C. Dibble, who asks that he be chosen to dis- grace again the people of the Forty-first Assembly District, indicates very clearly that legislative high- waymen play no favorites. Good meas.res as well as bad ones are grist for them. His Highness the Mayor has some serious work to do among his hired men in the jocal Treasurer’s office. Some of them have been talking out of school and confess that the “pull” works wonders in their office. His Highness must have shuddered when he re- called that hefting incident. It seems impossible to satisfy the critics of our new “reform” government. They are expressing surprise ! znd dissatisfaction that the charter is either siient or | ambiguous in reference to vital elements of city gov- ernment. The rest of us had accepted these facts as matters of course. s Scandal has laid her black wing over the Federal Immigration Burean in this city. The authorities should remember that in dealing.with certain classes of Japanese they are handling merchandise where carelessness is as dangerous as criminality. If the latest allegations of some of the probate sharks who were exposed by The Call be true, it was wmich more satisfactory, safe and profitable to xob a living rascal than to prey upon the unoffending dead," “ | make | a candidate for re-election in that district. O | tion, should none the less vote for McKinley IN THE LEGISLATURE. EXTORTION ACTS disclosed by The, Call yesterday in rela- [:tion to the passage of a bill by the last Legisla- tute making it a misdemeanor to willfully and maliciously cut or break any oil pipe line in this State | recall public attention once more to one of the gravest evils that affect our legislative system. The bill in question was not only an honest one, but was a desir- | able addition to our laws, and yet to promote its pas- | sage the advocate of the measure, Captain Frank Bar- | rett of Palo Alto, was told by his attorney, Elwood | Bruner of Sacramento, that it would be necessary for | him to pay $200 in addition to the $50 which Mr. Bruner asked as his own fee for drawing the bill. The object for which Captain Barrett unders!qod | the $200 was to be used is thus set forth by him: | “1 employed Elwood Bruner Esq. as ;mgmc}: to pre- | pare a bill for the protection of oil pipe lines, for | which 1 paid him $50. Within a day or two Mr. Bruner informed me that there were so many lnll.s ahead of mine that it would be impossible to have it passed unless I would employ —— 3 clxai@an of Judiciary Committee, and Dibble, who was chairman of Committee on Rules, and each one would charge $100. Acting on his advice I gave Mr. Bruner my check for the amount to pay them. I received several communications from Mr. Bruner subsequent to my giving the check, both by wire and by mail, asking for more money, but I did not respond.” When requested by a representative of The Call to a public statement of his relation to the affair, Bruner replied, “I authorize you to say that I did not, pay Dibble a dollar and did not tell Captain Barrett that Dibble would charge $100.” In considering that reply the public will bear in mind that Dibble in the past has defended Bruner when Bruner was i trouble, and, moreover, that Mr. Bruner as an attor- ney doubtless holds that his proceedings with respect to the bill are to be kept under the veil of “profes- sional secrec; s Confirmation is given to the statement of Captain Barrett by the record of the Assembly and the Sen- | ate, both of which show that the measure was ad- | vanced for a t e quite rapidly, taking precedence oi many bills that were on file before it. The speed was such that the bill, read for the first time in the Assem- bly on February 3 and sent to committee on the 7th, was returned from the committee on’ February 16 with the recommendation, “Do pass.” After making its way through the Senate with an equal speed the bill went to the Governor, who pock- eted it, for reasons best known to himseli. Such is the story of this bill so far as known. The charge it brings against Dibble will not surprise the public. For a long time Dibble has been known as “a smart man in politics and a crooked one.” Hardly any scandal has been exposed in the Legislature sin Dibble first entered that body without showing him | either in the middle of it or under the shadow of it. He has been in politics a long time, he knows all the tortuous paths of its darkest recesses, he is acquainted with all the tricks by which men may be corrupted, he thoroughly understands the nice distinction be- tween taking a fee as « lawyer to promote the passage of a bill and taking a bribe as a legislator. By rea- son of that knowledge, accompanied with a habit of making an unscrupulous use of it, he has become one of the most dangerous of the evil personal influer in our politics. We present the story to the public as one of interest pertinent to the campaign now going on for the elec- tion of an Assemblyman in the Forty-first District. Dibble, with all his scandals hovering about him, is He secks to be chosen again as a representative of a con- stituency he has frequently betrayed, and of a party whose confidence he has abused. There is hardly any form of legislative wrongdoing of which the public not good grounds for a moral conviction of his guilt, 2nd his escape from legal conviction has been due solely to his possession of a cunning equal to his audacity and his falseness. It rests with the voters of the Forty-first Assem- bly District to decide whether they will tolerate such es | a man as their representative in the Legislature of the State. They have the chdice of electing a young man of good family and of known honor as well as ability, o- of electing again this man against whom a new scandal has arisen in addition to the many of .the past. We can hardly believe good citizens will have any hesitation in*making choice between such opponents. | The defeat of Dibble will rid the Republican party of |*one of the worst leeches that ever fastened upon it, and save the State Legislature from an influence that has done almost everything to degrade it and nothing to honor i THE MEN BACK OF BRYAN. NE of the most notable addresses of the cam- paign is that recently made Concord by Senator Hoar in defense of his position that'the true friends of liberty and of good government, even if opposed to the Philippine policy of the administra- and against Bryan. The Senator’s argument is that the | Republican party has accomplished for human rights | all that has been accomplished in that direction in this country for fifty years; that the Democratic party has been opposed to every effort to protect the negroes, or to advance the prosperity of white workingmen, and that Bryan, even if sincere, could not as Presi- dent achieve anything against the powers of the par | that elected him. Commenting upon the issue before the people he said: “You cannot help the cause of anti-imperialism by going into partnership with Bryanism. You can- | not mix tyranny, dishonor, broken faith, anarchy and license in one cup and have constitutional liberty the | result of the mixture.” He went cn to point out that | i Boutwell and Schurz entered into an alliance with Croker, Tillman, Altge!d, Towne and Bryan the com- bination would still be Democratic and do Democratic business in the old way. Should Bryan be elected, what men would have | most power in his administration? To what advisers would his administration listen? Senator Hoar asked | the questions direct: “Will it listen to Mr. Morgan and Mr. Pettus, with Alabama behind them? Will it | listen to Mr. McEnery, with Louisiana behind him? Will it listen to Mr. McLaurin? All these men are imperialists. They are as thoroughly intrenched in the political leadership of their. States as ever was Daniel Webster in Massachusetts. Or will it listen to | Mr. Schurz or Mr. Boutwell, with nothing behind them?” Such questions carry their answers with them, but the Senator did not leave them in the air. He has served long in Congress and is familiar with the sen- timents of the Democratic leaders there. Speaking | from the fullness of that ample knowledge, he warned | the anti-imperialists »f Massachusetts that back of the | Bryan administration there will be “a solid South, in- tent on disfranchising the negro in earnest and mean- ing business. There will be behind it the free silver men of the West, in earnest and meaning business, There will be behind it the Populists, the anarchist and socialist of the great cities, in earnest and meaning business. There will be behind it Richard Croker and | l Tammany Hall, intent on spoils and jobs and patron- | @ Fkeieimiieiiuliiiiniiminimieiimieimimiiei il @ age, in earnest and meaning business. Al these must be listened to and will be. Mr. Boutwell and Mr. Schurz and the anti-imperialists will have served their purpose. They will have nothing more to do. They have made good bait. The Democratic fishermen will have done with them and will throw them back, stiff and half dead, into the sea.” Can any intelligent man doubt the truth of those words? In the Southern wing of the Democratic party there is an almost unanimous sentiment in favor of imperialism, as it is called. Those imperialists hav2 no respect for the rights of either brown or black men. To accomplish the suppression of the negro vote in the South they are willing to combine with iree silver men or Populists or any other party that wil act with them. There have been many blind fools in American politics at various periods, but the Sin- cere opponents of imperialism who vote for Bryan will be about the blindest of the lot. AFFAIRS IN FORTO RICO. O many wild stories have been sent from Porto Rico of late, most of them colored and distorted by partisanship, that it is gratifying to have the salient features of the situation presented from an in- dependent standpoint by one who speaks with knowl- edge and with authority. Such a presentation is con- tained in the recently published report of General George W. Davis, commanding the Department of Porto Rico. General Davis says the prospects of the government of the island are excellent, and that as soon as the or- ganization of the civil government is completed and the administrative machinery is in working order there will be no necessity to retain in the island so large a force as at present. He estimates that the gar- rison can be reduced to thirteen companies, and an even greater reduction could be made should it be deemed advisable, though he himself thinks it would not be wise to limit the garrison to a force just suf- ficient to take care of the guns at San Juan. He points out that Porto Rico, in the future as in the past, will have a considerable military importance. It was three times attacked by the British and once taken by them. The strategic value of the island which led to those attacks has not been diminisheq, and the place should be at all times carefully guarded. Of the ability of the natives to form an effective force for the protection of the island, it is said the ex- periment of utilizing the natives as soldiers has proved a marked success, judging from the appearance of the organization as it was seen on parade, review, and in camp. While there has been no test of the nerve and courage of the natives in battle, yet General Davis expressed a belief that they would prove satisfactory. Other statements in the report are to the effect that during the year over 30,000,000 pounds of relief supplies have been distributed by the quartermaster’s department. It has been found impracticable to use the native cattle for subsistence, and the refrigerated beef from this country has been generally acceptable. The cost of the relief supplies in aid of the hurricane sufferers was $824,828. 1In the local elections General | Davis says there was never present at or near a voting place an armed soldier, and “the bayonet was conspicuous by its absence.” That report from the highest official source ought to put an end to most of the lurid stories told by the | Bryanites of the effect of American “imperialism” upon the people. It has been stated that we have made enemies where we should have made friends, that the Porto Ricans are growing mé;e and mors hostile to the flag and the military goVvernment, that we shall have to maintain indefinitely “in the island an army large enough to hold a sullen and antago- | nistic people in submission. Such stories are clearly campaign ammunition for party use and will die out | when Bryanism dies next November, but just the same it is gratifying to have them refuted at once. ' Porto Rico is all right. AN AFRICAN GAME PRESERVE. NE of the most striking illustrations of the ex- O tent to which civilized man has undertaken a supervision of the entire globe is to be found in a recent conference in London held for the purpose of devising an international agreement for the pro- tection of the big game of Central Africa. The white race, while seemingly indifferent about the preserva- tion of the weaker tribes of human beings, and indeed not unwilling to enter upon the task of thinning out even so big a tribe as the Chinese, has developed a keen sense of the desirability of conserving big game, and the free shooting of elephants, hippopotam} anqg rhinoceroses in African jungles is to be stopped. It appears from all reports that it is high time for joint action on the subject. A single English sports- | man, F. C. Selous, is reported to have killed within a comparatively few years 111 elephants, and along with them an uncounted number of other animals. In fact, the slaughter has been carried forward so rap- idly that a grave danger exists of a complete exter- mination of some of the most valuable beasts of the country. Central Africa has been so thoroughly associated in the popular mind with ideas of unexplored wil- dernesses it will be hard for many to understand | there is any real need of establishing an international game law over it. Most people have thought of the region as one of well nigh inexhaustible stores of game of all kinds and so impenetrable that hunters could hardly do more than follow a few paths through its amplitude of jungles. It will be remembered, how- ever, that much the same idea was entertained fifty years ago of the buffaio of the American plains. The facilities which civilization have placed at the dis- posal of hunters are such as to enable them to sweep away the elephants, giraffes and other big beasts of Africa almost as quickly as the buffalo from this continent. was swept In the course of the international conference on the subject the fact was brought out that a good many wealthy sportsmen in Europe have undertaken to add big game from Africa and Asia to their preserves. In some cases these men have become more interested in propagating the animals than in killing them, and these parks therefore are likely to become the means of preserving several kinds of animals that might be otherwise exterminated. A report upon that phase of the subject says: “The prospect is now opened up of an indefinite increase and thorough acclimatiza- tion of many breeds that were at first thought to be incapable of survival in a more rigorous climate. Ga- zelles, antelopes, kangaroos, bisons and zebras, wild sheep, besides different varieties of foreign birds, are now living in England and France in a wild and nat- ural state. Some of these species have developed to a surprising extent the capacity to modify their for- mer habits and functions to suit the climate, and, gen- erally speaking, the experiments have thoroughly proved the practicability of transferring to Europe and perpetuating there many varieties of life supposed to be peculiar to Asia and Africa.” e — Henry C. Dibble ought to be an authority on the market price of votes in the Assembly, but it does seem that $100 is rather small even for Dibbley - | | | | | | | | pace FORMER DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN % WITHDRAWS FROM HIS PARTY AIRTIE G R S | Hon. Owen Scott of Illinois Turns Against the ’_; Aggregation Now racy’s ; Wearing Democ- Label. @ ettt et oo D | ONSIDERABLE surprise has been occasioned in Illinois by the an- nouncement by the Hon. Owen Scott, a lifelong Democrat and former member of Congress, of his withdrawal from that party and his de- termination to support the party of sound money and good government. Mr. Scott gives his reasons for deserting the Dem- ocracy in the following statement: Editor San Francisco Call: The Bryan men are a party of negation. They have but one positive opinion. They were forced by their leader to declare for 18 to 1. And yet on this they discounted their standing by resolving that another is the paramount issue. On all other pub- lic questions they are simply “agin the Government.” They stand around and wait to see which stde the Republicans take, and then take the other. They snarl and find fault. They do not start out with an affirmative policy, but undertake to pull down those who go ahead to_do something. The aggregation now wear- ing the Democratic label is a make-up of every ism and faction which for twen- ty-seven years has had a grievance. Such a motley combination is not Democratic. No one can exactly tell what it is. Stev- enson came as near guessing it when he called them “Bryan men’ as any one did. The Republicans are aggressive and pro- gressive, and the party is a world party. The Kansas City platform is the Chi- cago platform with emphasis and varia- tions. Free silver, hostility to the courts, the denfal of the right of the President of the United States to enforce Federal laws without consulting Governor Altgeld are some of the glittering jewels of wis- dom that are put forth as the fafth of Democracy. It is not strange that men who were reared as Democrats and learned their patriotism from the great Democrats of the past cannot be de- livered to the Democratic-Populistic-Sil- ver Republican party. There is an effort to shift the issues. The silver question and the Chicago plat- form are to be obscured by declaring that some convenient stalking horse is the paramount Issue. The scarecrow of imperialism has been set up to ob- scure the real and fundamental doc- trines of Bryanism. The gold standard is the world standard. The insane policy of coining fifty cents’ worth of silver bul- lion from the silver-mine owner and giv- ing him a coin stamped $1 and a legal tender for that sum is advocated as the future policy of Bryan as President. There is but one issue, paramount or otherwise, in this campaign. That is the maintenance of a sound monetary system. On this the Republican party is all right d the silvercrat party, or “Bryan men"” e all wrong. As to the personality of the candidates it may be said that they are all honorable men. Bryan is consclentious + | | | s ILLINOIS DEMOCRAT WHO DECLARES FOR PARTY OF | | GOOD GOVERNMENT. 1 | | and determined to do the right as he sees | it. A resolute man with a rugged con-| science and a false foundation is the most dangerous. These who know Bryan per- | sonally as I do respect his purity of pri- vate character, but fear his unbending determination to carry his purpose into | execution. If elected he would have free | silver, if by moving heaven and earth he | could secure it. He would carry out every plank in the Chicago platform if he | had the power. He would organize a | Cabinet which would construe the laws according to his notions. Altgeld as Sec- retary of the Treasury, Tillman as At- torney General, Jones as Secretary of State, George Fred Willlams as Secre- tary of the Interior, Jerry Simpson as Secretary of Agriculture, with others of | like views, would make sad havoc of the | affairs of the country for four years. Bryan's sincerity is blameless, but dan gerous on his platform. Stevenson is a courteous gentleman of the old Kentucky school. He is honorable and pure in his | motives, but would be, as any Vice Pres- ident must be, a mere presiding officer of | the Senate, with less power in his whv:ole‘L body than the Speaker of the House of | Representatives has in his little finger. | Considering the great questions at is- sue I can see only one duty, and that is to support those pledged to sound money, good government and human progress. OWEN SCOTT. | 10, 1900. Decatur, Iil, Oct. THAT APPELLATE COURT AMENDMENT. , Editor of The Call: In your paper of | Sunday, October 14, 1900, you published an | editorial entitled “The Appellate Court! Scheme,” in which you oppose the ?dnp<| tion of the proposed amendment No. 22| to the constitution of this State creating | “District Courts of Appeal.” ! 1 do not agree with the sentiments of | that editorfal; on the other hand, I think the amendment should be carried. Since the present constitution was adopted in 1879 the population of Califor- | nia has nearly doubled. In 1879 it had about $00,000 people; now it probably has between 1,500,000 and 1,600,000 Its business and litigation have also greatly increased | in volume. Since 1879 many counties have been di- vided and the number of Superior Judges has been greatly increased. Yet we have | the same number of Supreme Court Jus- | tices that we had in 1879. The Supreme Court is so far behind in | its work that it takes from two to three vears to get a case determined after it is | appealed. Tkis condition of affairs is nelther just ner profitable. Our constitution guaran- Zees to all persons charged with erime the Tight to a speedy trial, vet our jalls are fuil of men waiting for the Supreme Court to reach their cases. These men are compelled to wait a long time for whxgt the constitution says they shall have speedily. They contract disease and their | Keeping is an expense to the counties. | Civil matters are in a still worse condi- | tion, because the courts give precedence | minal matters. | O ertution. ls an.instrument of oy | ernment. Like other laws it shouid be amended when necessary to keep | with the advancement of the/ State. No _one would contend that a private business requiring sixteen clerks should run with eight, and the peo- | ple will not try to handie the litigation of 1,600,000 persons with courts provided ‘"ri 800,000, | Thomas Jefferson once said: “Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious | reverence and deem them like the ark of the covenant—too sacred to be touched. They ascribe to the men of the preceding age a wisdom more than human, and sup- pose what they did to be beyond amend ment, * * * But I know afso that law: and institutions must go hand In hand | with the progress of the human mind. | ‘We might as well reguire a man to wear | =till the coat which fitted him when a boy | as civilized soclety to remain ever under | the regimen- of their ancestors.” | It is proposed by the amendment to the constitution to increase the courts by abolishing two of the seven Justices of the Supreme Court, thus leaving five on the Supreme bench, and establishing three district courts ' of appeal—one at San Franeisco, comprising the counties near San Francisco Bay; one at Sacramento, comprising counties adjacent to Sacra- mento and north; and one at Los Angeles, g)mprlslng the southern counties of the tate. In each of these District Courts of Ap- peal there will be three Justices. As soon as this constitutional amendment s car- ried and the courts established it is pro- vided in the amendment that the present Supreme Court shall iransfer to the Dis- trict Courts of Appeal all cases in their respective districts now waiting to be heard and thus the pressure will be tmme- diately removed and the Iudlclu machin- ery of the great State of California wiil move in concert with her commercial and business interests. It is false economy to get along with- out sufficient courts. Any department of ublic or private business must have suf- Rclenrt‘ torc: to perform the work of that department. You say in your editowal: “Each of the Appellate Courts is lo consist of three Judges, making nine in all; each will have the officers usual to such tribunals; each will have its array of clerks, stenogra- phers and other employes of the kind, and all of these will have to be provided with salarfes at the expense of the taxpayers. Why should that additional b imposed upon the ple? What public pur, S0 bene- cost of se will the new courts serve ficlal as to compensate for the their maintenance? Why should we in- crease taxes merely to pay for something we_do not need?"” Now, as a matter of fact, the Appellate Court of this State is the least expensive tribunal in the State when you consider the ability of the men emplaed and the LN i f the Su 7 T 3 nses of the executive and leg- to the ex {iat the ndditional expanse would ot cx. t not ex- hat lfe of keeping mnln:lx: ceed the expenses in jail waiting for their cases to be heard, as is done now, and the saving ta commercial interests by being able o get prompt d jons. > Your chief objection seems {)he‘ Ju . or the appoint Tha ernor Gage would let the corrupt powers in the State name the Judges. It is suffi- | cient to say that “‘corrupt powers” do not rule the people of California, their Go erfior or any other devartment of their | State government. Such an intimation is too absurd to be used to defeat @ good | amendment to the constitution. { The. appointees are only to serve until the next. elegtion. The constitution has always provided that the executive should fiil vacancies in the Supreme and Superior | Judgships. Whenever (ne Legislature has a created a new Superior judgeship it always provided that a Judge should appointed by the Governor to serve till the next election. Would The Call have the State put to the expense of a new election ovep the entire State to choose these Judges? Governors in the past have appointed many Judges to fill vacancies and no complaint has ever been made at the se- lections. The President of the United States appoints all the United States Judges and they hold for life and the United States Judiciary stands fully as high as that of the States, which is elec ive. Respecttully, | . W. MIDDLECOFF. | Stockton, Oct. 15, 1900. has be | PERSONAL MENTION. | i Walter F. Parker, a Los Angeles poli- | tleian, is at the Grand. | L. E. Dean, a Bakersfield ofl man and attorney, is at the Grand. | Dr. F. M. Parker, wife and daughter of | Los Angeles are at the Grand. | R. 1 Bentley of Sacramento, a largs | fruit packer, is registered at the Lick. Samuel G. Wilder of the Wilder Steam- ship Company, Honolulu, is at the Occi- | dental. | Amos Burr, passenger agent of the New | York Central at Los Angeles, is spending | a few days in town. Dr. A. E. Browne and family of this | city, who are at Rocklin, expect to remain there until next summer. Colonel J. B. Wheeler of New York, who | has mining interests In Nevada County, | s stopping at the Occidental. | Thomas R. Lucas, one of the oldest resi- | dents of Honolulu, and an extensive lum- | berman, is registered at the Occidental. | James McCudden, a prominent Vallejo naval contractor, and his daughter are stopping at the Grand for a few days. Dr. Bradley D. Plymire, wife and infant =on, who have been touring through the northern part of the State, returned to the city yvesterday. Mrs. H. O. F. Heistand of Washington, wife of Colonel Heistand, military aid to President McKinley, arrived in the city yesterday from Manila. She is staying at | the California. She will return East m- | mediately. Captain Frank Harding is registered at | the California. Captain Harding has beenl‘ detached from the hospital ship Reliet and is on his way to Washington in an- | swer to a summons from the Navy De- | partment. | Major C. W. Mercer and wife are at the | Palace. The major is commander in chief | of the commissary department at Manila, Paymaster Wilkins is also here, and it js | sald both officers come to get their dis- charge owing to physical disability. D S B CALIFORN IAJII_I! NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Oct. 19.—From San Fran- cisco—B. A. Howard is at the Grand: T, M. Kellogg is at the Park Avenue; H. ], McPherson and wife are at the Arling- ton; O. N. Owens is at the Glisey; L. Pra. not is at the St. Denis; J. Zanson and Mrs. K. 8. Vosburg are at nue; J.-Gottlleb and J. J. Gottliel the Gerald; I. A. Ackerman is ubu::‘ Sa. voy; Miss H. T. Bacon Is at the Murray Hill; A. Hennigch is at the Savoy; J. Maplé is at the Ho s H, s 200 ffman; H. Payot 1s at From Los Angeles—Miss E. Fischer anq the Navarre; W, E. F. Treadwell are at E.Wolhnnhnhumw ‘of Peterboro is Square; W. B, Banford at the Westminster. CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.—Mr. and Fred B. Halght of San Franciseo are the Shoreham, | country | for the Bryanites to talk about im | and disgust | Portuguese and negroes. the Park Ave- I UP-TO-DATE EDITORIAL UTTERANCE Views of the Press on Topics of the Times. r——— CHICAGO JOURNAL-Mr. H;\rr": n has set forth plainl. lian McKinley wi for trust him. They P | his associates. NEW YORK POST-It is of littl ism being the paramount issue their actions push the fi to the front whenever th between them. ATLANTA CONSTITUTIO ty-five years, with every & Government_interest and d land has endeavored to build up ton flelds, with the result that more demand than ever to-day for can cotton. MILWAUKEE WISCONSIN—The peo- ple of Wisconsin have reasom to fee proud of the ship which bears the nam- of their great commonwealth; but the will patriotically stand ready fo pass t broom over to the next battleship wh Uncle Sam builds. CHICAGO CHRONICLE—A political leader is likely to serve his own best by conserving his energy and fining it to a certain moderate numb. deliberate and carefully cons speeches delivered at the great center population and communication, and devoted mainly to some one subject some special phase of the issues invol in the contest. NEW YORK COMMERCIAL ADVER- re Amer’ TISER—Why is it that the teachings the anti-im s have fa » Inf? | ence even r own_ former Simply because they have the bounds of reason the Pre: t They h: n ed a McKinley who does not exist, and ain to make the peopie they have tried in v al McKinley. take him for the r INDIANAPOLIS NEWS—General Har- rison stands for tne goid standard national honor and credit, business secv ity, an upright and independent judiciar a Government strong enough to mainta order and orce the law—and sa. course, he is against Bryan. His a will have large influence with the peo of Indiana, for they have the reatest the ex-President and the ut sincerity. WISCONSIN—The inereased their range period, but have heid all strip of the Pacific ertion by the forester of t Agriculture will ir crease the reverence of tourists general for the gigantic trees which are amorg the attractions of California; and it ought to prompt the State to throw every T ble safeguard around the grand relics of the pre-glacial period. MAIL AND EXPRESS-If v additlonal res ngs Bryan sh defeated they are se closing weeks of the Bryan himself. For while net indorsing ve regarded him must be shocked the coarse demagogy of his recent public utterances, DALLAS NEV country which the price-malke other land which really ments and ad a people self When world a £ J reason to doubt that it will bec of the most prosperous portions earth's surface. BANGOR NEWS—Our high school seminary graduates know all about history of Greece and Rome, but . the acquaintance with the United Stat: MILWAUKE! trees” have not since the glacial their own on a tl overwheimir ing suppiied in campaign by those citizens who his financial vag as hon very 1pon ¢4 very limited.” They can handl mials and auadraiics as easily can a football, while not one In x ie able to ascertain the number of cords in a pi'e of wood. Our studies are ton ; information that Is of little e ‘“‘metries’ “alogies™ sound first rate, though the utility is in many cases very doubtf: It is about time to come down to studics that s hold human interest. Let us pa more ention to the three R's—Reading, *Riting Rithmetic. John L. Sullivan will have something to say about the future of prise fighting in the Sunday Call of October 21. His remarks are straightfor- ward and to the point. Very interesting in view of recent events in the fistic world. e e R S ) ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. MODERN WOODMEN—H. S.. City. The Modern Woodmen of the World have no headquarters in San Francisco. + B S i R R A TOAST-Subscriber, City. You can obtain_the words of the toast to woman in a “Suit of Sable” by procuring a copm of the play. BRYAN IN SAN FRANCISCO-Willlam J. Bryan did not speak In Metro- politan Temple in San Francisco, prior to his nomination for the Presidency in 1896, ST. KITTS—Theo., City. tion of the Bri West Indles, is The popula- sh Island of St. Kitts, composed of English, It numbers 30, FREE DELIVERY-J., Modesto, Cal The following is the mode of procedurs to secure free postal delivery: “Applica- tion for the establishment of the carrier system must he made to the Postm: General, through tne First Assistant Post- master General, Free Delivery and must state the name of the pe , the population of the city, village or bor- ough, according to the last general cen- sus, taken by authority of the State or United States iaw; the gross revenue of the postoffice for the preceding fiseal year, the condition of the sidewalk: whether the names of the streets ax ndmbers are posted up and the city prop- erly lighted.” The application may be made by the postmaster, by petition of citizens or by the municipal authorities. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS-F. W. N., City. In the charter of the eity and county of San Francisco page 51 and fol- lowing, to be seen at the Free Public Li- brary, you will find defined the powers and duties of the Board of Public Works. The board does not control Golden Ga:s Park. “All the wharves, water front and harbor of San Francisco, which now be- long or may hercafter belong to the city and county, or over which it may at any time lawfully exercise jurisdiction and control, shall be under the management and control of the Board of Supervisors. All said wharves shall be built and re- paired by the Board of Public Works. " This does not apply to the wharves under control of the State Board of Harbor Commissioners. —_—— Peanut crisps. Townsend's. Splendid Cal. glace cherries. Tow —_——— nd’'s.* Ex. strong hoarhound candy. Townsend's.® —_———— Icecream chocolates, Boston mints, cuma. Townsend's, 829 Market street. * —_—— ‘Townsend's California glace fruits, 0c a pound. 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