The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 27, 1900, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1900. Che -Sulse Call. OCTOBER 27, 1000 SATURDAY.. JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Mddress All Communication MANAGER'S OFFIC SUBLICATION OFFICE EDITORTAL ROOMS. Telephone Press 202. Delivered by Carriers, 15 Cents Per Week. Single Coples, 5 Cents. Terms by Mail, Inclading Postage: ILY CALL (including Sunday), one year... CALL (neluding Sunday), § months.. CALL (ncluding Sundey), 3 months.. By Single Month fa3s ep 28 « amthorized to receive criptions. Sample coples will be forw vhen requested. Mafl subscribers in ordering change of address should be particular to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order to insure a prompt and correct compliance with thelr request. OAKLAND OFFICE... . ves..1118 Broadway C. GEORGE KROGNESS, Manager Foreign Advertising, Marquette Building, Chicago. (Long Distance Telephone “‘Central 32615.”) NEW YORK ORRESPONDENT: C. €. CARLTON. ... ...Herald Square NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: STEPHEN B. SMITH. 30 Tribune Building NEW YORK NEWS STANDS: Waldort-Astoria Hotel; A. Brentano, "3l Union Square; Murray Hill Hotel WS STANDS: Great Northern Hot: CHICAGO B B L0 T . Fremont House; Auditorum Hotel WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE. ...1408 G St., N, W. MORTON E. CRANE, Correspondent. H OFFICES—27 M 27 Mo . corner of Clay, open o'clock. 300 Hayes, n until 9:30 o'clock. 633 unt!l :3) o'clock. €15 Larkin, open until . open until 10 o'clock. 2261 Market, 1 ® o'clock. 109 Valencia, open h, open until % o'clock. NW. cor- tucky, open until § o'clock Columbi Alhambra— “Brown's in Town.” California—West's Minstrels. Orpheum-— Vaudeville Grand Opera-house—*QMadame Sans Gene. Grand Opera-house—Maurice Grau Opers Company, Mon- AN ISSUE OF THE STATE. the years of Presidential most exclusively to is- By a considerable matter of comparatively little re should be a tendency ts naturally distract at- contes great here is al- Political bosses but nevertk i m it absorption of the people in na- schemes for obtaining control of ts. Not infrequently they place upon nen who have not a particle an of patriotism, but who and the corrupt corpora- case every effort to bring the minds g e issues is commend- ortant public service. Citiz ts the apprc s a step of that kind, and osses and the purification by the election of honest men. ican Con- oval of the whole ns’ Repu tion of that convention will f each and every man whom means that the convention nding public that an intelli- exercised at the polls and that the tools of the bosses simply labeled with the names of the t ter belongs ndidate who should be rejected even ty is very well known. When, for ex- boasts of having expended $1800 in fcr the Assembly the public can e is not in politics for patriotic When a man is reputed throughout y to be a “crooked politician” the voter certain he is a good man to vote against. 1 should be defeated. The welfare of the pendent upon the honesty of pub- shonest legislators can do much to ople of the full benefits they would ve from their industry and thrift. are made by the bosses for their pets. ith no little cunning and some- y. In the present campaign, ses and the managers of the are urging Republican certain disreputable men on the ion of those men will be neces- e the Republican party to apportion the 1 and legislative districts of the Stats That plea, though so persis- In the State < have fifteen of the hold-over fair assurance of electing four- Senators to be chosen this year. ger of Democratic control. Why, v inteligent man deem it necessary for to cast his vote for a boodler in politics simply because the bosses have succeeded, by the aid of the De push, in getting control of the Republi- y and nominating him on the Republican o v readily ur purposes onls the commur Company , is with any valid force. 2epubli d have he twent an prima ticket? % - Questions of that kind should be maturely consid- ered by every voter. California has great interests at aign, and the most important s that of providing an honest government. blican party has nominated so many * ~nest men it is not necessary for any Republican to v. ¢ for a creature of the bosses. Men who spend $1800 for 2 seat in the Assembly zre not worthy of the support of loyal Republicans, nor is any other crooked politi- Let all such candidates be defeated. cian. London police authorities believe that the time is ripe for a revival of the whipping-post. This is one belief that some of our own municipal peace guardians might accept without discussion. San Francisco is the scene of another marvel. One patrons, is distressed. THE YOUNG MAN IN FOLITICS. NE of the most striking exhibitions ever made in American pelitics of that quality commonly called gall was the statement of Boss Croker of New York that young men should vote for Bryan because the success of the Republican party would mean the control of all lines of industry by trusts, so that the young man weuld have no opportunity to rise in life and not even a chance to make a living unless he became subservient to the trusts. The assertion was not only false in itself, but its falseness was made the more glaring by the fact that it was uttered by Croker, the boss of Tammany Hall a political trust that has dominated New York City so completely that no young Democrat can rise there { without being a servant of that trust. Doubtless it was by contemplation of the powers of his own po- litical machine that Croker was led to utter his warn- ling. He knows he controls all the offices in that great city, that he can keep an aspiring young Democrat from receiving even .so much as a hearing, should he choose to do so, and he has fallen into the belief that | there are other trusts equally potent elsewhere and in | other fields. | It is not likely that any young man of intelligence has given.much if any heed to Croker's words. A | yoting man who has sense enough to justify him in ex- | pecting to rise in life has sense enough to know that | a party which keeps the mills working, the farms pros- | perous, and provides profits, work and wages for all | classes of people is the party whose legislation opens the largest number of the broadest avenues for the ad- | vancement of young men. What does Bryanism offer to any ardent, patriotic | and aspiring young American? From first to last it is a clamor against wealth, a cry to arouse class preju- dices, and an effort to break up the very foundations of business and prosperity. What can young men expect from an overthrow of the protective tariff and the gold standard? What from a subversion of the Supreme Ceurt? What from a government of the United States administered as Tammany administers that of New York? It is to be borne in mind, moreover, that the young man in politics has other questions than those of his personal fortune to consider. He has to think of his | country and his fellow citizens. He has to give con- | sideration to the traditions of the past, the duties of the present and the destiny of the future. | In contrast to Croker’s plea to a young man con- | sider this declaration of Secretary Long concerning what issues the new voter has to face: “He must decide whether, being now on a tidal wave of pros- perity brought about as the result of Republican prin- ciples, he is justified in promoting the supremacy of | Democratic principles which were responsible for the “ on which characterize the re- cent administrations of the Democratic party. He must decide whether he favors honest and stable money, which the Republican party insured by its en- actment of the gold standard, or debased money, the | sure consequence of the free silver heresy which the Democratic party specifically advocates. He must de- cide whether he shall support the administration which carried the nation through a successful war and added to its jurisdiction new possessions which his | country’s intelligence and humanity will develop to the enjoyment of stable institutions and local seli- government, or shall repudiate the victories he and his brothers-in-arms won at Santiago and Manila and abandon to anarchy, or to the sway of foreign Govern- | ments, the islands which are a sacred trust on the American people.” These in brief are the more important issues which | the young voter has to face. As for his personal for- | tunes, they will be safe in the hands of the party that | rrovides prosperity. The young man has no interests | opposed to the general w of the community. When prosperity abounds he will be prosperous, and | if calamity come he will suffer with the rest. T ee———c Those who have a thought of voting for Henry C. | Dibble should be willing to accept the criticism that their business interests make it advisable for them to have 2 member of the third house intrenched among men who still have political morality. THE RISING OF THE PEOPLE. years of national depress OR a long period after the opening of the cam- [:paign there was in all parts of the country some- thing like a spirit of complete apathy among the people. Republicans were so sure of victory they thought it hardly necessary to make a strenuous fight, and the Bryanites were so indifferent they could | scarcely rally vigor enough to hold ratification meet- ings. A striking change has come over the masses of the people now. There is no longer any sign of apathy on the Republican side, and the very energy with which they are prosecuting the campaign has forced the Bryanites to display a good deal of activ- ity themselves. One of the significant features of the contest is that the scene of the greatest Democratic activity this year has been in New York. Four years ago Bryan de- nounced New York as the “enemy’s country” and hardly had any support there at all. This year he has ! found there his warmest welcome. His reception was a striking demonstration of what Tammany’ can do ‘in the way of bringing out a tumultuous crowd when it exerts all its energies. At the banquet given to Bryan in that city there was not a statesman of na- tional reputation present, not a single Democrat emi- rent in any line of business or profession; it was a strictly Tammany feast, and the demonstrations at the speeches and receptions that followed were strictly "Tammany affairs, but none the less all reports declare them to have been among the greatest political mani- festations ever witnessed in that city. Bryan himself appears to have been carried away by them. He stuck clcse to the anti-imperial text and had not one word to sz2y about silver. He made four speeches and, judged by the standards of stump ora- tory, was successful. The big crowds cheered and applauded him until his heart was ready to burst with pride. In his good-night speech he said: “You have given me reason to cry, ‘Great is Tammany Hall, and Croker is its prophet.”” In the meantime the Republican campaign has been increasing in vigor not only in the North but in the " border States of the South. The popular demonstra- tions in its favor have been particularly notable at all meetings where Roosevelt or Senator Hanna was the principal speaker. These two men have been a host in themselves. Roosevelt has been able to rouse not only the entbusiasm of Republicans but the an- | tagonism of the Bryanites. There has been no lack of excitement and ardor where he has spoken. In fact, he has proven himself a better campaigner than Bryan and has more strongly moved the 'minds of all who have heard him. As for Senator Hanna, the | warmth of the recepticn he has had from the people { what the Bryanites assert. He has shown himself able to meet and refute the pleas of even such accomplished masters of oratory as Schurz and Cockran. From this time on the contest will increase in vigor. The one hope of the Bryanites is in Croker. Tam- many has put forth its full energy and will do the best for its candidate that it can. Croker has boasted he can roll up a majority of more than 115,000 in the city, and with that expects to overcome the Repub- lican majorities in the State. Had the old feeling of overconfidence prevailed among Republicans he might have done so, but now even such a vote as that in the city will probably be more than offset by the tremendous vote that will be given in the State for McKinley and prosperity. There is no longer any apathy. The people are in line for victory. The public has neglected to accept a privilege for which opportunity, long delayed, has offered the promise of realization. Employes of the telephone monopoly have done what the public wanted to do— gone on strike. WHAT THE PRICES SHOW. HILE Bryan and the men who follow his lead W are busy in the campaign denouncing trusts and declaring that those combinations of capital are raising prices to the consumer while depressing the price of the raw material produced by the farmer and the miner they will not have time to give any study to the facts, but when the campaign is over any sincere man who may have been deluded into Bryan- ism will do well to review the controversy now going on and see how far from truth the Bryan assertions are. The facts are not difficult to obtain. The prices of leading articles of manufacture and of farm produce are regularly gathered by the Bureau of Statistics for publication in the monthly summary of Commerce and Finance. The showing made in the publication for this month will astonish men who believe that trusts are able to fix prices at extortionate rates anl defy competition. Instead of manufactured goods going up in price while farm products are going down, the reverse is the case. While all of the figures re- lating to manufactured articles show a reduction on October 1 this year, as compared with January 1, nearly all the figures on the prices of farm products show an advance. s The statements for manufactured goods run thus: Comparing prices at the beginning of the present month with those at the beginning of the present year a fall of from 10 to 40 per cent is shown. Tin- plate shows a reduction of 24 per cent on October 1, | 1000, as compared with January 1, 1900; refined petro- leum, 21 per cent; common window glass, 12 per cent; wire nails, 30 per cent; barbed wire, 26 per cent; Bessemer pigiron, 46 per cent; steel rails, 26 per cent; yellow pine lumber, 14 per cent; sisal rope, 38 per cent; manila rope, 32 per cent; leather, 10 per cent; shoes of various grades, from 7 per cent to 10 per cent; woolen dress goods of various grades, from 35 per cent to 12 per cent. Note the contrast to those figures shown by the re- ports of prices of farm products. They run thus: Corn shows an advance from 39% cents per bushel on January I to 48} cents on October 1; wheat, from 73.8 cents per bushel on January 1 to 79.7 cents on October 1; barley, from 45 cents per bushel on Janu- ary I to 50 cents on October 1; hogs, from $4 50 per 100 pounds on January 1 to $5 30 on October 1; cot- ton, from 7 11-16 cents per pound on January I to 10.8 cents on October 1; cottonseed, from $12 per ton on January 1 to $17 35 per ton on October 1. These figures show that while there is here and there an attempt to get rid of competition and to re- strain legitimate trade, the effect of combinations of capital taken as a whole has been far different from With manufactured ar- ticles falling in price and farm products rising, the people have no reason to be discontented with ths tendencies of the time, e RESPONSIBILITY FOR BAD ROADS. T the Good Roads Convention at Los Angeles /E\ the other day cne of the speakers called atten- tion to the fact that the last Congress appro- priated $25,200,000 for the rivers and harbors of the nation and only $14,000 for the improvement of its roadways. He added that the roadways thus ignored measured 3,500,000 lineal miles and that mote than 9o per cent of the products of the soil and mines of the country are moved over them before reaching railway stations or the wharves of the national waterways. These are interesting figures, but they are not ex- actly applicable to the situation upon which this speaker commented. Congress has no jurisdiction over the roadways of the country except those which are located entirely within territory for which it is authorized by the constitution to pass laws. In every organized State of the Union the roadways be- long to the commonwealth, and in most of the States power to manage and improve them has been con- ferred by the State governments upon the various county and city organizations. While, technically, the streets of San Francisco belong to the State of Cali- fornia, they are, as a matter of fact, entirely under the control of the local authorities. Whatever neglect they suffer, therefore, cannot be laid at the door of Con- gress, nor even at the door of the State Legislature. They are a charge upon the taxpayers of the city, and it is their business to see that they are kept in repair. Unless a different system is introduced it will be idle tc petition Congress for the improvement of the road- ways of the country. In fact, we doubt whether any- thing short of a constitutional amendment could in- vest the national legislature with power to improve any roads ottside of the territory over which it exer- cises direct control. Under our system the English .common law doc- trine that the highways of the nation belong to the king has been merged into the theory that the States are the kings. As this theory has been worked out on this side of the water, there are in the United States as many kings as there are admitted States. These kings in convention bave delegated certain of their powers to another king called the National Govern- ment. The latter monarch possesses no power for which express authority cannot be found in his char- ter or constitution, and so, after all, nothing can be | dene nationally with the roadways of the nation with- out violating our theory of State sovereignty. ‘What should be done by Good Roads conventions | everywhere is to adopt measures which will quicken the consciences of local taxpayers and locat Super- visors and Councilmen. They are the parties who are responsible for bad streets and roads. Emperor William of Germany, it is announced, is mortally in fear of his grandmother, Queen Victoria. - There is some consolation to know that the fiery mon- arch is afraid of something—even memories of the ' shows that the cartooning, lampooning and carica- | turing of the Bryan jcurnals have not in any way af- | fected the. public .mind. He has been evvrym | greeted with the highest enthusiasm and listened to nursery. - The international squabbles in China have taught at least one lesson to the nations; the language of of our ceoking schools, and not its scholars nor its | with close attention. Moreover, he has proven him- | diplomacy is delightfully meaningless until seli- ! gelf to be a public speaker of a high order of merit. . HOW THE KAISER KEEPS IN TOUCH WITH THE TIMES “Literary Bureau” Selects Newspaper Clippings for the German Ruler. How does William IT of Germany keep himself abreast of the times? As a gen- eral rule he has not time to read news- papers and reviews, and yet many people who have met him and conversed with him on very varied subjects agree in ex- tolling his wide knowledge of topics of the hour. A Berlin correspondent for- wards an answer to the guestion to the London Daily Mail as follows: “There is in Berlin a so-called ‘literary office,’ attached to the Prussian Ministry for the Interior, which for the last two years has been under the management of Herr Dr. von Falck, a Russian, or rather a Baltic German, from the Russian pro- vince of Kurland. Dr. Falck’'s chief oc- cupation is to read the newspapers and make from them extracts and cuttings, which are pasted in a book, the more im- portant or interesting articles being un- derlined with red or blue pencil. This book is placed on the BEmperor's desk. The cuttings contaln articles or extracts from articles taken from the whole of the home and forelgn press. The Emperor watches the forelgn press in Paris, London and New York more closely than he does the German press. Every one acquainted with the German court bears witness that he has a perfect knowledge of the standing and general at- titude of foreign newspapers, particularly of those countries that interest him spe- cally for political or other reasons. They are certainly more familiar to him than are the great majority of the German pa- pers. In this, as ih many other respects, William II resembles Frederick the Great, who thoroughly mastered the interna- tional literature of his time to the neglect. of Prussian publications. Among the French papers he gives the preference to the Figaro, and sometimes slances at extracts from the Journal des Debats and the Temps. In some of the royal castles you find a number of Ger- man papers, but as the selection of these papers depends on the notions of the mar- shal, or even ihe administrators, no con- clusfons can be drawn from an enumera- tion of them. The organs of the Tories, the Kreuz Zeitung and Reichsbote, may always be seen there, and the Cologne Gazette generaily finds an entrance, but the best managed German paper, lk}r Frankfort Gazette, Is fowhere, evidently owing to its democratic programme. The weekly sporting papers have made their appearance in the castles within the last two years. All thede papers the Emperor has no time tc read, but there is one thing for which he always finds time and never neglects. He reads the English illustrated weeklies regularly, rarely missing the op- portunity. It must not be forgotten that he spent much of his youth in England. He reminded an Englishman once of the days when he used to play as a boy in the dockysrd at Portsmouth. With the exception of these English weeklies he is content to read Dr. von Falck's cuttings. These it is which give him his knowledge of everything im- portant that 1s said about him in the for- elgn press, be it pleasant or unpleasant, polite or cynical. The caricatures pub- lished n London and Paris, the articles written about him and his policy—he sees and reads, at any rate the essence of them. The criticisms his spegches en- counter, the praises bestowed upon them— he knows them all. In this respect he is something like his grandfather, William I, who made a careful collection of the most ridiculous caricatures of himself printed in France from 1868 onward. PERSONAL MENTION. F. B. Miller and wife of Stockton are at the Lick. Dr. A. B. Caronado of Guatemala is the Occidental. Will A. Harris and wife of Los Angeles are at the Palace. E. H. Cox, a Madera banker, is regis- tered at the Palace. Dr. R. W. Kent and wife of Carters are stopping at the Lick. L. F. Hatfleld, a Sacramento lawyer, is registered at the Lick. F. A. Bush of the Albuquerque Journal- Democrat is at the Grand. J. E. Terry, the well-known Sacramento lumber man, is at the Palace. J. D. Ludwig, a Redding mining super- intendent, s reglstered at the Grand. Professor W. H. Hudson of Stanford Untversity is registered at the California. C. K. Sanborn, owner of the big Hay- denville brass manufactory at Northamp- ton, Mass., is at the Palace. W. J. McGee, who has mining Interests in this State, is back from Paris, and is registered at the Occldental. George T. Mills of Carson City, chair- man of the Republican Sfate Committee, is registered at the Occidental. A. M. Bergevin of Chicago, wholesaler of California wines, arrived at the Palace last evening. He is here partly on busi- ness and partly on pleasure. State Superintendent of Schools Thomas J. Kirk was-at the Lick yesterday, stop- Ping here on his way to Sacramento from Hoilister, where he attended a teachers’ institute. Rev. James Outram of England is at the Occidental for a few days. Mr. Out- ram is making a pleasure tour of the country. He expects to go from here to the Orient. H. J. McDonald of Dawson, who made a fortune in the Alaskan gold fields, 18 stopping at the Russ for a few days. George Harman Is also at the Russ, hav- ing just returned from the gold fields, where he worked out a good claim at An- vil Creek. He will return to his home in Napa in a few days. — CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Oct. 26.—From San Fran- clsco—Mrs. Clarke is at the Gilsey; Mrs. J. Clarke and Miss G. M. Church are at the Manhattan; C. Meese Is at the Hol- land; W. Russell is at the Astor; R. J. Chapman is at the Manhattan; Colonel Arnold Pollak is at the Imperial. Los Angeles—R. B. Boyd is at the Park enue. AEakltmd—w. L. Hackett is at the Grand Union. Palo Alto—C. P. Jenkins is at the Astor. —_—————————— TOM REED AND THE DEMOCRAT. The greatest master of the intellectual gymnastics of the stump now living in America, or perhaps in any land, is one Who is not seen this year on any political platform. One anecdote will {llustrate Mr. Reed's supreme powers in this direc- tion: At one of his meetings in Maine a boorish Democrat on a front seat contin- vally interrupted him. Every question that was asked was courteously answered, Finally this Democrat irritated and said, “Oh, go to h—!" T. Reedhwllho\.lt a moment’s pause, remarked in his char- acteristic style that he had traveled through many parts of the country, and had always been most courteously re- ceived everywhere, but that this was the first time he had “‘even been nvited to the Democratic headquarters.”—Springfield Republican. —_————————— ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. TO BOLINAS BAY—O. W., City. The way by land from Sausalito to Bolinas Bay is by rail to Ross Valley station and from there by stage or other vehicle or horse over the Bollinas Ridge. THE OHIO SOCIETY—J. B. G, City. For information about the Ohlo Society rnia address a communication to g o eCiarihy, secretary, Hed Men's building, Post street. SEATING CAPACITY—J. E., City. The seating capacity of San Francisco thea- ters was published in this department on the 5th of October, under the head of “Theaters.” PAPERHANGERS' PASTE—B., City. The paste that is used by paperbangers is made of wheat or rye flour beaten in cold water to perfect smoothness and the whole just brought to a boil, while being constantly stirred to prevent burning. little w‘oflc acld is added to e it keep better. IN THE ARMY—P. P., Bullion, Cariboo, B. C. A man who enlists in the army of the United States, whether of foreign birth or native born es an oath to support the constitution of the United States, and as a soldier he has to obey orders. He would not be excused from service because the United States was at war with a forelgn country of which he was a native. EIGHT-HOUR LAW—G. J., Emplre City, Or. Eight hoyrs constitute a day's work for all laborers, workmen and me- chanfes who may be employed by or on behalf of the United States. A contractor or a sub-contractor who does work for he United States has been held to be do- ing work for or on behalf of the Govern- ment, and he cannot compel laborers, | workmen and . cs to work more | than eight hours a day. If he requires men to work ove e men have a claim against him for such overtime. ——— s For a Cold in the Head. Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets. L3 L4 FASHION HINT FROM PARIS. | + * i | i 5‘, kS = MAUVE CASHMERE DRESS. This dress is of Parma violet cashmere. The corsage Is trimmed with very fine stitched pleats on each sice down the point, which iIs of yellow guipure inser- tion. The buttons are of cut crystals and the skirt is ornamented with vertical rows of guipure insertion, with indentations at the bottom. —_———— A LONDON FIREBOAT. The most recent wonder in London is the new fireboat which is stationed at the Junction of the Embankment and Black- friars bridge, says a London newspaper. It is a singular looking craft, designed to lift 1350 gallons of water to a height of 350 feet per minute, to propel itself back- ward, forward or sideways by the strength of its own water jet and to sink ships on fire and then pump them out and raise them again. s remarkable con- trivance since it has been moored under the Embankment has attracted large crowds, who gaze at it by the hour or race along the riverside whenever it is :'lsken for an experimental trip up the ver, UP-TO-DATE EDITORIAL UTTERANCE Views of the Press on Topics of the Times. — CLEVELAND LEADER—The United States Government is really a eorpora- tion in which all the voters are stock- holders, and th for the interests. INDIANAPOLIS _JOURNAL — Besides the thousands of Indiana farmers who have paild off mortgages during the last two years other thousands have renewed them at a lower rate of interest. Thus MecKinley prosperity helps all along the iine. INQUIRER—Given should all work together promotion of their mutual PHILADELPHIA years of constant improvement and in- creased knowledge of aerial navigation. and the Zeppelin airship may yet prove to be the forgrunner of as great a fleet of airships as those which now navigate the waters of the earth. BALTIMORE AMERICAN—In giving an sccount of the young man who dis- appeared with several thousand dollars belonging to the bank wherein he was employed, the newspapers make the usual unnecessary statement that he was a per- son of exemplary habits and very taking ways. ATLANTA CONSTITUTION—Whenever great principles are to be proclaimed or great reforms undertaken the voice of the orator will continue to be heard with commanding _power in_public assemblies and the spell of the afvine gift of elo- quence will continue to enthrall the mul- titudes. NEW YORK POST—Now the pall seems to be lifting. The Stock Exchange. which is the first to feel the oncoming of a change, whether good or bad, gives signs of racoveryM and there is no doubt that one of the causes of the upward move- ment is the general belief that Mr. Bryan {5 ‘acteated candidate. ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS—As to the Republican party, its sincerity fs proved by its acts. It stands by what the Republican administration Congress have done and are doin, ‘The country has nothing but words the Demo- crat arty to indieate its purpose, and T Pha? change with every locality and every class addressed. CHICAGO CHRONICLE—For eity streets the long skirt is an amazing sisn of stupidity on the part of the wearer. The hour may arrive when ordinance will forbid crossing-sweeping by textures cer- tain to transport danger from ordure and sputa into public halls, churches and schools to the peril of humanity. O INTER OCEAN—Peking has e A ined and the Chinese Govern- ment has been driven from Its capital. The imperial army has been _defeated. The Forbidden City has been formally oe- cupled by the allied troops. It remains now for the United States Govermment to insist that the punishment for the real offenders shall be adequate to their crimes. PHILADELPHIA LEDGER—The pres- ent generation of the state through its Legislature is establishing forest reserves. Individuals are planting trees or start- ing woodland bits for future profit. Om the school children of to-day will fall the task, a few years hence, of maintaining | the reserves, of caring for the trees plant- ed and of extending the work for a gen~ eration yet to come. NEW YORK TIMES Bryan costs the people of the United States vastly more than their “standing army.” His two candidacies have cost us more than the whole expense of the Spanish war, in- cluding the Incidental outlay for “‘im- perialism.” Bryan blocks the way, the much-traveled way, of the country’s busi- ness. What a blessed deliverance it will be when we are finally rid of him! NEW YORK SU t seems that Bry- anite bluffs of carrying New York are causing some anxiety among supporgers of sound moneg‘a( the West. Let them dismiss all such misgivings. New York will go for McKinley, and there will not be a State in the Union which will give a greater majority for him. No inte! gent and discerning politiclan here, ublican or Democrat, has any doubt of cKinley’s carrying the State. —_—ee——————— Peanut crisps. Townsend’s. . Splendid Cal. glace cherries. Townsend’s.® —————— Ex. strong hoarhound candy. Townsend's. —_—————————— Tcecream chocolates, Boston mints, ala- cuma. Townsend's, Market street. * —_— e Townsend's California glace fruits, 50c a pound, in fire-etched boxXes or Jap. bas- kets. 639 Market, Palace Hotel building. * Best eyeglasses and specs 20 to 40¢. Look out §1 Fourth, front barber and grocery. * —_— —e———— Special Information suppiied daily to business houses and public men the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's). 510 Mont- gomery st. Telephone Mgin 1042. B e ————————— The Bachelor—Single blessedness is a good thing. The Benedict—Well, isn’t double blessed- ness twice as gaod?>—Yonkers Statesman. People who take DR. SIEGERT'S Angostura Bitters In the fall save money on doctors’ bilie during the winter. The great South Americall tonie. A SAN FRANCISCO GIRL VISITS COUNTESS WALDERSEE. THE MINISTER Vs. THE ACTOR. By GRACE FERN. HOW TO CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN THE HOW TO TRAIN A FOOTBALL TEAM. By AL LEAN, SUNDAY THE EVOLUTION OF THE CALL. oW TO PREPARE DAINTY OCTOBER 28, 1900. AMERICAN NAVY.. Why San Francisco Wi Try the Potato Patch Plan. SIDE DISHES. Cousin of Mark Hanna Faces Death on the Desert.