The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 19, 1902, Page 6

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S we are soon to be called upon to elect a A new Legislature, it is to be hoped that care v o'clo pledge all candidates for that office to give due con- sideration to the importance of taking some step toward devising a scientific.and comprehensive sys- | tem of conserving our waters and forests. The issue becomes more pressing every year that the waste goes on, and unless some attention be speedily given to it the loss to the State will be enormous, and will | affect a future as well as the present generation. Before the election takes place we shall have had in the annual reoccurrence of forest fires during the dry season ample evidence of the need of better pro- | tective legislation. It is a safe prediction that al- most every county will suffer heavy losses in forests and its fields by these fires; that the amount of direct damage will be large, while the indirect dam- | age will be incalculable. What the State loses by such fires every dry season amounts to far more than would be the cost of protection, and in the interest of present economy, therefore, as.well as in that of the future welfare of the commonwealth, it is ad- visable that the coming Legislature make at least a beginning toward the adoption of a State system of protecting the forests and the fields. Closely connected with the preservation of forests is the maintenance of an adequate water supply for the needs of agriculture. When the forests are de- stroyed the soil no longer holds the moisture needed to sustain perennial springs. it falls, the mountain streams become torrential in the rai cease to be sources of supply on which the farmer and the grazier can depend, and if the destruction of the woods along the hillsides and the mountains be carried too far the entire region around them is rendered uninhabitable. Ample illustrations of that truth exist d World. All over Asia Minor and in many parts of Northern Africa and Southern the ( Europe are to be found desert districts which in an- } cient times were among the richest on the globe and supported large populations in 2 high state not only of comfort but of comparative luxury. The Call has recently directed attention to the change which has come over Egypt and over much of the surrounding deserts as-a result of the construc- tion of a system of irrigation which permits the culti- vation of crops zll the year round. In that land there are no forests to speak of, but the extensive cultiva- tion of grasses and various kinds of plants has had much the same effect upon the surface soil, convert- ing it into a huge sponge for the absorption and re- tention “of water. The result has been a notable change in the climatic conditions of the whole region, and whereas in times past a slight rain once in two or three years was noted as a thing to be remembe-ed and talked about, there are now frequent showers. So great, in fact, has been the change that it is having its effect upon the grarite monuments of the country, and the mighty sphinx that for ages has stood un- changed in ‘the desert is now showing signs of disin- tegration in the moist atmosphere that is bringing grass and verdure over the barren sands. By conserving the water supply and extending irri- gation, the British rulers of Egypt are bringing that land back to a condition of more than its primitive fertility; but in Califorria, with the richest land under the sun in our hands, we are sitting idly by while fires and waste bring ruin nearer and nearer to the mountains and the valleys alike. The forests of Cal- ifornia are vast, and it will take years to destroy them utterly, but unless 2 check be applied the destruction will surely be accomplished. Already the damage of the annual fires is enough to constitute a serious de- duction from the inccme of industry, and it is cer- tainly high time to begin to deal with it in a compre- hensive way. We cannot expect to perfect a system at once, and therefore the sooner we begin the better. The coming Legislature ought to start the work, and it is to be hoped that candidates of both parties will be pledged to that end ————— Once more Richard Croker sends word over the sea that he is done with politics forever, and Bryan continues to repeat that he is no longer a candidate for the Presidency, and still Democracy is not happy. Mr. Carnegie has begun distributing libraries over Ireland, bis latest gift being $40,000 to Derry. When he finishes with that island he may turn his attention to Asia and proceed to Carnegize Chin» 11 be taken by the leaders of both parties to | its | The rain runs off as | season and-dry up in the summer. They ! THE SAN FRANCISCU CALL, TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1902. ! WHAT IT MEANS. without his use of patronage or the machine. in defeat? in November? HE struggle in the Republican party. to rid itself of the ‘Gage-railroad machine must not be considered as the ordinary, useful and proper deliberative competi- tion for the selection of & candidate from among a number of equally worthy i and honorable aspirants. It is’a protest against the repetition of events which, if repeated, will surely wound the party and seriously jeopardize its future. A nice sense of propriety has heretofore characterized men who have held the office of Governor. They have not attempted by the use of patronage, the machine and the bosses to control the action of the party and secure a renomination.” When a man has been Governor for four years; if his merits have been so great as to deserve renomina- tion, the party is not found to be divided in opinion. If a Governor’s administration have been so above reproach as to warrant duplicating the honor, the party attends to that, The Republican party of Califgrnia is not insensible to merit nor ungrateful for good service, and if Governor Gage had the ane and had rendered the other, he would not find himself beaten in his own precinct, and with a bare majority in his own county, and in a minority in the delegations elected to the State convention, and with no hope of re= nomination, except by trading, intrigue and indirection. His methods in seeking renom- ination are an insult to the party, which knows whether it wants him any more or not, and should have been left free to say so. He began his administration by trying to force upon his party a Senatorial selection unfit to be made, and he is closihg it with an attempt to force upon it a defense of his glaring misuse of his own office. It is said in some quarters ‘that, in his second term, if he can get it, he will cut loose from the gangs and the bosses and the railroad, and reform the abuses he has fas- tened upon the State. To this it may well be answered that the Republican party is not a reform school itself, for the repair of ragged reputations, nor does it consider the office of Governor as a reformatory institution, in which a bad incumbent is to be kept until he concludes to be good. The woman who marries a bad man to reform him usually makes a mistake. A party that renominates a bad man to make him good always makes a mis- take.. We are persuaded that'the Republican party of California will not make this mis- take. Tt has many men in its ranks for whom it will not haveito apologize and who need no defense. Then why should it begin with apology and defense a campaign that will end | . It may be set down as a certainty that no man can be re-elected Governor whose | party is divided on the question of his renomination. The nafu_re of such an issue is widely different from that presented in a contest, between gentlemen for an original nom- ination. Those who oppose Governor Gage do so because they consider that he has been tried and is unfit for Governor. They do not believe in yellow dog years, and cherish, above all personal ambitions the good name and fame of their party. If they refuse to nominate the San Quentin and Glen Ellen scandals is it likely that they will elect them LAW AND THE LYNCHERS. ] | NE of the most gratifying features of South- ! Oem progress is the increasing manifestation | of an intention on the part of the better class of Southern men to put an end to the practice of lynch law. Evidences of that intention have been fre- quent of late, and are to be found in every Southern | State. They vary from the formal act of the Alabama | convention putting into the State constitution a | clause requiring officers of the law to protect prisoners in their charge from mobs upon a penalty of forfeit- ure of office down to utterances of prominent men denouncing the barbarism of the practice; and, taken altogether, they may be regarded as demonstrating a resolution on the part of the law-abiding people of | the South to redeem their communities-from the evil. | One of the latest expressions upon the point comes ! from Virginia, where Judge Tebbs of Loudon County | charged a Grand Jury to investigate the recent lynch- ing of a negro, referring to the act as “a reproach to our people and a foul blot on the hitherto un- stained escutcheon of Loudon.” He went on to say: | “Without reason or excuse, merely to glut their mad | passion for lawless and useless vengeance, in deflance | of the laws of God and man; in open daylight, with | a reckless disregard for the rights, nay, the very lives} | of others; with the declared purpose, if necessary to the | accomplishment of their fell design, to take the lives | of our best citizens; careless of the honor and fair name of this, their native, land, this lawless mob over- powered the officers of justice, broke into and injured our jail, imbrued their hands in human blood and brought down shame and disgrace upon us.” The Judge did not ignore the fact that he was deal- ing with something more than a mere ganig of | rowdies.« He expressly told the jury that he had been informed that the lynching party was not com- posed wholly of base and degraded men, but that it consisted “largely of men from whom we had the right to expect better things—men whom we should expect to find upholding and maintaining, ready to fight and die for the laws.” The very fact, he said, | that such men had joined with the mob constituted | the more reason why a resolute effort should be made to suppress the practice, and he therefore urged the jury to do all in its power to bring the guilty parties | to justice so as to vindicate the law. ’ Another illustration of the changed condition of Southern sentiment on the subject of enforcing the law impartially is reported from the recent negro congress at Atlanta. One of the speakers declared that in Mis- sissippi a white man is never punished for the com- mission of any kind of wrong against a negro; and thereupon a delegate to the congress from that State cited several cases of white men being sentenced to death for killing negroes, and one case of a negro being acquitted of a charge of killing a white man. | He added: “I wanf—:d to say these things in defense, | of my native State. I will add just this, that Governor Longino, our present Governor, is an honest and just man, and is perfectly fair in his dealings with ib]acks as well as whites.” It may be a long time yet before lynch law is | finally abated in the South, for, as ‘wé all kiiow, it has not yet been completely ended in the North. iStill, the growth of Southern sentiment against it | promises to put an end to its worst evils and to lead eventually to its suppression altogether. . ) | [ | An Eastern expert in pointing out the impossibility of obtaining correct ideas of the comparative wealth of cities by the returns of Assessors says that in Bos- ton real estate is assessed at what is wirtually its sell- ing value; among the different boroughs in New York the assessments vary from 60 to 8 per cent of the actual value, while in Chicago they are but one- fifth the real value. It will be seen, then, that the best way to form an idea of the relative rank of our cities with respect to wealth is to guess at it. An Eastern authority has been 4rying to cheer up the people of that section by telling them “‘every medical man knows r.owadays that sunstroke is due to a specific microbal infection,” and that, conse- quently, they have no reason to complain of the heat. Doubtless the news will help them to keep cool during the dog days. Mining experts estimate that within the next twenty-five years there will be obtained from the Transvaal reefs gold to the value of $3,000,000,000, so it would seem that China might go on a gold basis befpre long without straining the market. New York has begun to use automobiles as ash carts, and now the smart set will have to get a new Atov if they do not wish to be mistaken for scavengers. PATES DE FOIE GRAS. - OME time ago The Call in reviewing the work S done by the chemists who are now engaged in making investigations of foodstuffs for the pur- pose of furnishing 4 basis for the enactment of pure food legislation stated that they had among other things reported: “It is something of a surprise to find that even in such a high-priced article as pates de foie gras, the traditional diseased goose livers have been replaced by beef and pork.” Since we thus assisted in giving publicity to the statement it is but right to note that in the current number of Consular Reports, Mr. Albion W. Tourgee, our Consul at Bordeaux, says the report does an injustice to the trade, and that the presence of beef and pork in ‘he packages of the pates does not imply fraud upon the consumer. In explaining the manufacture of pates de foie gras, or of purees de foie gras, Consul Tourgee says in the first place it is not correct to refer to them as “dis- gascd livers.” A fatted goose liver is no more dis- eased than the'fat of an overfed hog or a stall-fed ox. The goese is tied up to prevent it from taking exercise and is then fed upon corn meal until it be- comes abnormally fat and the liver enlarges. That is all there is to that part of the subject and foie gras stands on a level with fat pork so far as disease is concerned. As to the practice of packing the livers with pork or beef the Consul says: “The pates de foie gras of commerce consist of the cooked liver packed in tin boxes of a standard size, which the liver is roughly cut to fit. The space not occupied by the liver is filled in with the trimmings of the liver or with pork finely hashed and pressed in. Over this is poured the melted fat sometimes of the liver, and sometimes beef suet.. * * * The suet and the somewhaui firmer meat packed about the liver prevent the latter from .being broken up by sliding about in the box, as it is likely t6 do on'long journeys when only the thin oil of the liver is used. * * * It is also claimed that the strong greenish fat of the goose is repulsive to persons of weakstomach and to Amer- icans who are opposed to what they term messy dishes. The modifications are prepared simply to reconcile the perverted American taste to the foreign dainty.” Thus we learn that while there is both pork and beef in the package of the pates they are placed there with no intention to deceive or to defraud. Such packing is not to.be classed as an adulteration nor as a sophistication. It is designed partly for the pur- pose of preserving the appearance of the pates and partly for the education of the American palate. What more could we ask? Rear Admiral Melville is disgusted with amateur explorations inssearch of the north pole. Commenting upon the a.ctio‘ns of men who raise money from the public for polar voyages and then return without hav- ing done anything, he says: “To those who hold before them the standards and keep alive the tradi- tions of heroic endeavor in the Arctic, there cannot be summoned reason or right for the existence of the dilettante explorer who plays around the edge of the ice floes and at the first rebuff beats a hasty retreat, leaving tons of food behind him.” Dl . A large number of sharks have been noted along the Atlantic coast this summer and the fishermen have a theory that they were frightened out of the West Indian waters by the Pelee disturbance and have moved north for safety. However, they escaped from volcanoes only to fall into the nets of the fish- ers, and if they do not soon return south none of them will be left alive. Lord Beresford talks so much that it is almost impossible for him to avoid talking sense sometimes, and he has just done so by telling his countrymen they w;guld be foolish to undertake to beat Morgan’s ship cambine by starting a British combination, for, said he, “where we can put up thousands they can put up millions and we would be bound to lose in the long run.” A correspondent of the New York Mail and Ex- press, writing from Cuba, says whether the American people favor annexation or not, the Cubans are op- posed to it. They wish for nothing except free trade. It will be noted that in that respect they are a good deal like the British, the Germans and the rest of the world. ) . J sulting with Traffic Director J. C. Stubbs. SOCIALISTS OBJECT TO PURCHASE OF THE ROOSEVELT PORTRAITS 3 President Loubet to present them to ® PERSONAL MENTION. Judge T. B. Bond of Lakeport is at the Grand. John D. Works, a prominent resident of Los Angeles, is at the Palace. Gratz K. Brown, an attorney of Stock- ton, is a guest at the California. Senator T. H. Selvage of Eureka is among the arrivals at the Grand. C. C. Brachin, a mining man of Roose- velt, Idaho, is registered at the Grand. Dr. W. T. McManus, the medical di- rector of the Knights of Columbus, is at the Palace. E. J. de Sabla, a director of the North Shore Road, is at the Palace, accompa- nied by his family. Passenger Mariager J. J. Byrne of the Santa Fe, with headquarters at Los An- | geles, is at the Palace. | R. H. Ingram, division superintendent of | the Tucson division of the Southern Pa- cific, is at the Palace. Dr. Thrasher has returned to the city after a two weeks' vacation in the coun- try fishing and hunting. E. O. McCormick, general passenger traffic manager of the Southern Pacifie, sent word to this city yesterday that he would leave for San Francisco nmext Sat- urday. He is at present in Chicago con- Rev. Thomas Chalmers Easton, D. D., and daughter, Miss D. H. Easton, arrived in the city vesterday. Dr. Easton is pas- tor of the Eastern Presbyterian Church of ‘Washington, D. C. He is visiting his two sons, D E. F. Easton, M. D.; and Thomas Chalmers Easton Jr., who areresidents of this city. & & Californians in New York. NEW YORK, Adg. 18.—The | Californians are in New York: From San Francisco—E. H. Getz and wife, H. | G. Green and wife and 1. L. Marks and wife, at the Herald Square; R. B. Hine and Mrs. J. Meyer, at the Manhattan; Mrs. A. A. Louderback, at the Murray Hill; Miss Baxter, at the Navarre; J. H. Deutsch and H. A. Yuzuk, at the Marl- | borough; H. G. W. Dinkelspiel, at the Savoy; R. W. Eberle, at the Westminster; Miss Keeney, at the Netherlands; G. Martin and wife, at the Astor; Mrs. W. Q. McCarthy, at the Earlington; K. 8. ! Robbins, at the Ashland; Mrs. A. M. | Sealy, at the Cosmopolitan; J. G. Stmon- ton, at the Grand Union, and D. Tremont, at the Park Avenue. From Los Angeles—R. W. Bowen and N. T. Bennett, at the Imperial; A. S. Halsted and wife, at the St. Denis; F. C. Newton, at the Delavan, and C. A. Tracy at the Albert. . ———— Californians in Washington. WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 18.—The following Californians registered at the hotels to-day: At the Raleigh—R. B. Hines of San Francisco. At the National —R. O. Lincoln of San Francisco and A. F. Borden of Los Angeles. e The Programme Blocked. At the present time this familiar pro- gramme is seen to have been blocked. In common parlance it is knocked into a “cocked hat.” The great county of Los Angeles, with its ninety-one delegates in the Republican State Convention, is prac- tically divided against itself, therefore apy candidate hailing from there finds his strength nullified by his own home delegation. In San Francisco there is also a divided delegation which dashcs Mr. Gage’s hopes of an effeetive com- bination there. From the counties of the State at large the reports coming in in- dicate that there will be other reductions: in the votes that the machine men had hoped to control. From Butte, Napa, Santa Barbara, Fresno, Humboldt, Ne- vada, San Joaquin, San Bernardino, So- noma and counties having lesser dejega- ticns come the same kind of reports, all tending to show that the fight for the gubernatorial nomination is yet an open one. In past campaigns candidates from the southern. part of California have gone | into State conventions with practically unanimous support from the counties south of Tchachapi. It was an easy mat- ter under such circumstances to form a combination with the delegations !roml San Francisco, Sacramento and other cities controlled more or less by political organizers and thus secure nominations. —Oakland Enquirer. ——————— F Not One in Santa Barbara. It is Interesting to note that Santa Bar- bara’s one credited Gage delegate has proven to be an anti, .The Gage people claimed and were allowed one of the del- egates from Santa Maria, and now this delegate, Mr. Easton, comes out with the declaration that he is not for Gage, and will vote as the majority of the Repub- licans from his part of the county desire, and that is against the incumbent. This gives the ten votes of Santa Barbara Coung' to the anti column.--San Bernar- dino Free Press. ——— Evidence Is Sufficient. The San Francisco Call promised to print the evidence in the Gage libel case and commenced the publication Wednes- day. The evidence so far shown is enough }3 defeat even a good man.—Fullerton ews # k: OCIALISTIC opposition in France has prevented the con- summation of the plan for the country to purchase the Chartran portraits of Mrs. and Miss Roosevelt, to enable ily as a token of his personal esteem. When the portraits were painted by Chartran it was said that after being .exhib- ited at the Paris Salon they would be bid in by President 2 e S ] ) following | the Roosevelt fam- ANSWERS TO QUERIES. TWIN PEAKS—A. S. City. The height of Twin Peaks in San Francisco is %7 feet. HARRY MAYNARD—R. B., Linden, Cal. Harry Maynard, the ex-pugllist, is still living. FREE LIBRARY—F. L. City. The em- ployes of the Free Public Library in San Francisco are appointed by the trustees. “THE ONLY WAY”"—C., City. The character of Mimi in “The Only Way” does not appear in the “Tale of Two Cities.” RABBIT DRIVE—A. H. C. Philadel- phia, Pa. As high as 40,000 rabbits have been killed in a rabbit drive in the County of Fresno, Cal. PROBLEMS AND FIGURES—G. F. T., City; 8. L., City. This department does not answer questions in arithmetic nor solve problems. GOLD—A. H. C., Philadelphia, Pa. The product of gold in the United States in 1901 was 3,487,210 ounces. California’s pro- portion was valued at $15,850,000. REFORM SCHOOLS—Subscriber, City. The State reform schools of California are the State Industrial School at Whit- tier, Los Angeles County, and the Reform School at Ione, Amador County. PROOF READING—J. T. T., Oakland, Cal. There is not a great demand for proof readers in San Francisco, as good readers who have positions in newspapers or in job offices do not resign, -consequent- 1y the positions are always filled. VALUE OF COINS—Several Corre- spondents: Correspondents desiring to know the value of coins or if there is a premium on such should accompany let- ter of inquiry with a self-addressed and stamped envelope for reply by mail. STAMP EXHIBITION—J. V., Grizzly Flats, Cal. There will be a general com- petitive exhibition of stamps in San Fran- cisco under the auspices of the Pacific Philatelic Society in Mechanics’ Institute Hall on the 26th and 27th of September, 1902. BUILDING IN CASINO—H. G. R., City. A player in casino cannot build from the table. If A plays an ace on a three and builds it four, B cannot play an ace on that build and then take a five from the table and make it ten. The player can, however, increase the build of his oppo- nent by adding to it from his own hand. LAWN TENNIS—K. R. G., Honcut, Cal. Any first class book seller can furnish you a book of instruction on playing lawn tennis. In forming a tennis club the only officers required are a president, secre- tary and treasurer. If a club of that character desires a club badge, it can adopt such by a vote of the members. PENAL OFFENSE—E. F. M., Court- land, Cal. In the State of California an individual convicted of crime may be sent to a State prison for a less period than one year as a punishment therefor. For the crime of assault with a deadly weap- on, the person on conviction may be im- prisoned in a State prison for any term not to exceed two years. A HORSE HAIR-J. H. M. Mission, Cal. You may place a horse hair in water for an indefinite period and it will not “turn into a worm capable of movement at will” If a horse hair is deposited in water and allowed to remain undisturbed for a time animalcule will cling to it and the movements of such will give the horse hair a lifelike movement. CALIFORNIA'S PRODUCT—A. H. C., Philadelphia, Pa. The California output of wheat in 1901 was 17,500,000 centals; bar- ley, 2,503,000 centals; oats, 750,000 centals; potatoes, 1,800,000 centals; hops, 9,120,000 pounds; fresh fruit 125,000,000 pounds; prunes 100,000,000 pounds; raisins, 72,000,000; dried fruit other than prunes, $4,000,000 pounds. In fruit California excels In or::nge!, grapes, plums, peaches and apri- cots. FLAG ON SHIP—S,, City. A merchant vessel carrying the malls flys at the fore the flag of the counfry for which bound. A merchant vessel not carrying the mails when visiting a forelgn port does not fly the flag of that country. It fiys only the flag of the country under which it sails. Men of war visiting a foreign port hoist at the fore the ensign of the country to which the port belongs, but only during the firing of the salute to the foreign na- tion. Such salute is fired lmmndhtefin on arrival in the foreign port e forelgn flag is hauled down as soon as the last gun of the salute has been fired. —_—— First Requisite for Success. Most candidates for a State nomina; think the first requisite for success hm united and enthusiastic success of their home county, Governor Henry T. Gage, if he remains a candidate, will have to get along without that favor. In fact, from appearances about the strongest opposi- ton to him will be From M pmoPBom 50 per cent trom 30 to - o sofe L fo—. 5 d 5 PORTRAITS OF MRS. ROOSEVELT AND DAUGHTER PAINTED BY CHARTRAN AND EXHIBITED AT PARIS SALON. PRESIDENT LOUBET WISHED TO PURCHASE THEM AND PRESENT THEM TO PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. BUT SOCIALISTIC OPPOSITION PREVENTED EXECUTION OF HIS PLAN. e > Roosevelt and his close friend, Senator Lodge. Then came the French plan, which has been balked by the Socialists, who pe- titioned President Loubet not to permit the pertraits to be bought with State funds. nounced the portraits excellent. “has rendered well the features, of the two women.” The Paris art world has pro- “The artist,” says Le Temps, sober elegance and charm A CHANCE TO SMILE. Advocate Printer—What’s the matter now? Ditto Editor—Why, in my story I de- scribed the heroine as an ‘artful miss,’ and the typesetter set it up ‘awful mess.’ "—Harvard Lampoon. The scholarly looking man with the big eyeglasses had been invited to address the Sunday school, and was making a few remarks concerning the lesson. “I see the word ‘line’ oceurs here,” he said. “Will some one give me a defini~ tion of ‘line’?” Nobody answered. “It is very easy,” he proceeded, encour~ agingly, “though you may find it a little -« perplexing to convey the idea in simple terms. Try again. . . . Well, the or- dinary signification of the word is longi- tudinal extension, but here it denotes a predetermined boundary. I am sure, my young friends, you can remember that.”— Chicago Tribune. “I see by the paper,” said the groecer, “that the Congressmen has passed a res- olution that no more liquor can be sold in the Capitol building.” s “I reckon,” said Mr. Meddergrass, ab- sently reaching into the box of ginger- snaps, “that this here Phillypeen investi- gation has led them to try that there wa- ter. cure on themselves."—Baltimore American. Close Quarters—At the time, now some years ago, when subscriptions were being solicited for the erection of a statue in New York City to President Washington, a gentleman called to secure a contribu- tion from an old resident, who, although wealthy, was a little “near.” On learning the object of the wisit, the rich man exclaimed: ‘“Washington! ‘Washington! Washington does not need a statue. keep him enshrined in my heart!" In vain were the visitor's solicitations; and he was naturally indignant at the parsimony of the millionaire. “Well, Mr. R.,” he remarked quietly, as he rose to leave, “all I can say is that if the Father of His Country is in the po- sition in which you describe him, he is in a tight place!"—Short Stories. ‘Why, I “The papers say the estate of the late Amos J. Cummings amounts to but $1500.”" “Evidently the fact that he was a Con- gressman couldn’t draw him away from the born instincts of a newspaper man.” | —Cleveland Plain Dealer. ————— Nominee Will Not Be Gage. The nominee of the Republican State Convention at Sacramento August 25 wiil not be Henry T. Gage. The Republicans of California have settled that. They have pronounced their will in no uncer- tain terms, and the delegates representing them will heed their voice. Gage will not be renominated because the people have repudiated him, will have no more of him and demand that he be sent tJ" the rear— and because he will not have votes enough in the convention. Coneceding the claims of his lieutenants, he has not suf- ficlent strength to win. Dispassionately surveying the situation, the disinterested observer sees that he is beaten. A count of delegates made by the anti- Gage forces last evening and given to the press places the Gage strength in the con- vention at 312 votes and the anti-Gage strength at 517 votes. The number neces- sary to nominate is 415. Walter F. X. Parker, the Gage spokesman, estimates Gage's strength at 385 vQtes, and claims that he will have 411 on the first ballot. Making the invariable discount for parti- san exuberance and the slipping of an oe- casional cog, It is evident that Gage iy far from the mark according to his owa reckoning. He cannot get 415 votes. & Lavle The fact that the yeomanry of Gage's own county arrayed themselves almost solidly against' him, and his waning strength here came largely from unscrup- < vious Democrats—this is a thing of trc- mendous significance and foree. This breaks Gage's back.—Los Angeles Times. —_—— Prurnes stuffed with apricots. Townsend's." —_—— Reduced- -Best- reading glasses & spectacles, 10c to 40c. 81 4th st., front barber & groceny.* —_—— Townsend's California Glace fruit and candies, S0c a pound, in Boxes. A nice present for oy 9 Market st., Palace Hotel bullding. i chabes v s ks whmmucn supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 230 Cali- fornia street. T-hnhm._gi’# 4 ——— Fountain P 3 Let us fi:u yug hand to a Waterman Ideal Fountain Pen. 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