The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 18, 1902, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1902. REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL NOMINEES COMMENCE THE CAMPAIGN WITH ENTHUSIASTIC MEETINGS IN FIRST VOTERS OF TRUCKEE WELCOME GILLETTE Humboldt Statesman Delivers Speech That Wins Frie Special Dispatch to The Call. RUCKEE, Sept. 17.—Hon. J. Gillette, Republican nominee for‘ Congress in the First District, | opened his campaign here to- ht with a splendid speech to | astic audience. Bonfires illum- | the streets and a band escorted stinguished speaker to the hall. The | =5 ing was presided over by Hon. F. M. who delivered a short ad- ress introducing the nominee. Mr. Gil- | tte’s manner and speech won for him | v friends and votes. He spoke as! lows: | n and Fellow Citizens: It 1s a | to open my campaign for Con- | While 1 am_ many miles 1 I know I am among | erests 1 hope advance. We ar smmencing @ Kreal campaign and the between the two chief political artics of the nation to determine which shall ontrol the policies of our beloved State and | er iis aflairs. At the commencement [ c political campaign the questions first | uggested are: ~“What are the issue: For principies we fighting? What ends 40 we desire to attain? What policies of ernment shall be pursued?’ and these gues- e usually answered by the platforms ted by each party in convention, and hey are doing, or have done in the past there seems to be but one issue, and Shall we preserve and perpetuate the ¥ we are now enjoying? Shal nue along the safe lines we have been g since 1897, when the Republican ame into power under the leadership of beloved President, William McKinley, or | we depart therefrom and be led astray | aths we know not of and iry new results of w may prove voter in California, con- | interests only, would un- By all means preserve the we are enjoying; do leave well enough alone.” al iseue, and the con- ct ‘to strive for. Pprosperity of our 1t with the Republican ne author of it, and as this nation are under its | ist and prosperous times | tarifl_law this na- great prosperity ment that the Dingley bill : ed. Confidence was I became active, labor milis that had been idle were scenes of life and activity, rises grew up on every side. Clevela administration s of Republican ce w > the pr ely indebted for £ all its blessings. this, our friends Yet, not- the Demo- v held , adopted the follow- to wit: t unjust protective ople by the Republi a tariff for revenue DEMOCBACY WILL NOT LEARN. | in o Democratic party be- | eves is opposed to protec- riff legislation in our | 2 one hundred years, with | experfence, hard times | , bas not been sufficient | the fallacy and dangers rty or class of men | iff laws as unjust, | n our people? | ovide the nation with a | | | pa arry on its affairs and er of & billion of debts cre- administration? ave the effect of putting m our land that had been | & employment to thousands | r bread? ] s create a demand for la- not these laws b supports his fam- | ft o few earnings to be de- banks? laws bring to the farmer a wool, cattle and other pro- laws largely responsible for people are now enjoying 2nd breadth of this great they be denounced as un- unholy? Let us see. We the detalis of the present tar- n as the Dingley bill, but we will results and make proper compar- Wilson-Gorham bill passed dur- Clevel s administration. The son k one for revenue only. Our n t was rot an unjust bill, neither | bill, because it was a was the result of | cost our country one-haif r this bill the average amounted to $162,000,000, while ley bill the average re b year 5 the expe incurred by the Cleve- During the time the | s in force, from 1803 to 1897, president of the American bor, estimated that fully | were out of employment, while ed be idle who desires to la- ade period under the Wil- | me thick and fast. and the | bilities _exceeded $1,000,000,000, ears under the Dingley e immense Increase in concerns and capital | nt of liabilities has been than one-half of that sum. | INCREASE IN BUSINESS. | One or the surest guides of the volume of business transacted is furnished by the returns of the clearing houses. During the low tariff years of Cleveland's ad- 2re returns showed only about an , 000,000,000, but®they rapidly in- nGer the Dingley law and in the year cached the great sum of over $114,000,- 900, v emp mining industries, like all other lines ess. show & great increase under a pro- riff. During the yrar 1596, that be- ast year of Cleveland’s administration, output of the country amounted to &nd in 1901 to $83,000,000. In 1898 000,000 tons of iron ore were produced, 1901 the demand had grown so great- the amount was increased to 75,000,000 In 1896 only 196,000,000 tons of coal while in 1901 325,000,000 tons were d all this immense excess of pro- ans a great benefit to the miner | our mines, e of the Dingley bill all lines increased, interest is less, ful, prices better, and the rgely in our favor. t prosperity was not confined alone list, manufacturer and farmer, but and common laborer enjoyed his goid the mechan share of it. He has had steady employment at | good wages. He has not only been enabled 10 | live, but to save. | Our savings banks are full of his earnings. In fact, all lines of business have greatly increased since the passage of the | Dingley biil Manufacturers, farmers, me- n laborers, merchants and all have besn aght up by this great wave of prosperity now eweeping through our land; money s plentiful, all labor is employed, homes are being built mortgages are being paid, great improvements are under progress, in fact, the nation is grow- ing rich and we are a billion dollar people. We contend that protection is largely respon- sible for these happy conditions; we maintain that our tariff laws are essential to our pros- perity. and we defy our friends to point to a single instance, since the passage of the Ding- ley bill, where an injustice has been done or a wrong committed. It has not decreased wages, because wages are bigher; it has not thrown men out of employment, because all are employed; it has mot injured the farmer, beczuse he receives a good price for what he raises and has paid off millions In mortgages. It has not affected the mining interests, be- couse that industry has increased nearly 100 per cent over what it formerly was. It has not bankrupted the merchant, because he is carrying larger stocks, making greater sales and recelving cash for his goods. It has not injured the mechanic, because &ll over this broad land, from morning to night, is heard the ringing of his hammer. LET WELL ENOUGH ALONE. In view of all these facts, why should our tariff laws be denounced and declared to be | their benefit and their weifare his best thoughts | brave, | the alien contract bill was passed, as was also | against both bills being Democratic. | i | on the morning of ing to vote a Republican ticket. | represent them ail, and not to stop there, but | policies, ‘as Mr. Ford will be doing. Him Many nds. unjust by any party or people? Why ehould they be repealed? W1 v should the country go back to free trade? Why should we again live under the Wilson bill? “Why should we listen to the Democratic tariff tinker with his solder- ing iron and hot-air furnace? Why not leave well enough alone? Why not permit this pros- perity to continue? Why not support it with your votes Why not . out the policies of Willlam Mc ey as Presid.nt Roosevelt solemnly p ‘Why not | is responsible for all this re now enjoying, and is pledged If there is any reason for not pport a party that s we it? nue doing 0 1 would be glad to hear it Azain: Our Demceratic {riends, as they vs done in the past, are claiming is ‘the enemy 4 of capital, of and that the is’ the friend of labor and r of hope. A parly to be' a great be both the friend of labor iend of capital. - No people can hope to elevate labor and crush cap- ital, ~or oppres: labor d _elevate capital, and be great nation. To the lavorer ev advantage should be given and d offered, znd to capital should be chsafed the protection of just laws. Naught but harmony should exist between labor and capital, because in both rest the prosperity and greatness of a on. The rty has always been the friend and its leaders and those who inies ard mark its course have 'ways championed its cause. From the time hen the immortal Lincoln struck the shackles from the weary limbs of over 20,000 slaves and declared them to be free 1, down to the present moment, the Repub- lican party has been the friend of the poor d the champion of honest toil. Willlam Me- Kinley, one of our greatest Presidents, whose memory is loved and revered by all, was the friend of labor. His great heart was in sym- pathy with them. He understood them be- causc he sprang from their ranks, and for were given, and to-day our President, the warm-hearted, fearless Roosevelt, is battling for the rights of labor and of the peo- ple by advocating the enactment of such laws properly regulate trusts, while Senators Quay and Platt, Jeaders in our party, 1g their great influence in the present strike in the coal fields of Pennsylvania on be- half of labor. Where is the prominent that is doing as much? The Republican party friend of labor, and all upon our statute bo tection wa and In I Democrat to-day He cannot be found. has always been the | the legislation now | s for its benefit and pro- placed there by Republican votes Republican measure: | coolie trade was prohibite in 1885 the bill prohibiting the contract system of the labor of United States convicts, all votes In 1888 a Department of Labor was established; the ting boards of arbitration was passed in 1886, while the laws for the better protec- tion of seamen are the result of Republican legislation. Under the Republican rule wages have always been higher and employment more plentiful. ~ Thousands of tadorers that from 1890 to 1897 went to the souphouses with their empty pails, now leave home in the morn- € with full dinner pail to their day’s work. here is plenty in the land; there is péace in the land; there is prosperity in the land: and ovember 4 when the work- ingmen of this State go forth to their daily | toil, in one hand they will carry a full dinner pall and in the other a ballot to.protect it. The laboring men of this State are intelligent, thinking men, men who are alive to the lssues of the day, men who read and understand, men who Will remember the reasons that actuated them to support McKinley at-the last election, and having won that battle and en- joyed the fruits of it in the way of steadler employment and higher wages, will not be so unheedful of their interests as to listen to highly colored promises, that are only to be broken, and vote for a party that never did give them anything but an idle day and a long- PLEDGE TO TEE VOTERS. Now, fellow citizens, I desire to say some- thing concerning my own candidacy. I have been nominated on the Republican ticket for Congress in this district. I hope and expect to be elected, and if 1 am I shall give my best service 10 my people. This district is a very large one and contains many and diversified in- terests. 1 cannot, with my limited time, go into all the counties, which I very much re- gret, because 1 would like to meet and get ac- quainted with you all, but I will do the best I can. This district is largely a mining district, though the lumbering interests are great and are growing. It has also large farming and horticultural interests which need _protection. All these interests 1 hope to carefully guard | and promote whenever occasion arises. My op- ponent, Mr. Ford, and a very excellent gentle- man I understand him to be, is asking for th votes of this district on the gronud that this is a mining district, that he is a mine owner and | & mining lawyer. and that I come from Hum- boldt County, which is a lumbering county. It | i3 true that I hail from that county; it is true | that the chief interest of that county Is lum- | bering, though it has some mining. I, too, own | irterests in two placer mines, and have owned | them longer than Mr. Ford has owned his. I 100, am a lawyer and am retained as the attor- ney for several mining companies; but 1 don't advance any of these facts as reasons why 1 should be elected over Mr. Ford. A man elect- ed to the Congress of the United States should be big enough and loyal enough, not only to represent one interest of his district, but to to have at heart the entire welfare of his State and of the nation. If elected to Congress I =hall not be unmindful of all our interests. We | are citizefls of a great State; we need proper | legislation, public improvements and all that. We have a steadily growing and Increasing commerce to protect, which some day may make California the center of trade and wealth; we have guestions of irrigation to set- tle; we bave harbors and navigable rivers to improve and we have great mining interests to promote. Of tge mining interests of this State I shall ever be watchrul, and hope to act in harmony with our miners for thelr bemefit. When a member of the Senate of this State, I took an interest in mining legislation. In 1897 a bill was pending to appropriate $250,000 with which to construct dams to impound debris. I worked for the passage of this bill, requested my friends to support it and spoke in favor of it, not because I represented you in the Sen- ate, but because I thought it wise, just and ex- pedient to give all arsistance possible to put | our great placer mines in a position where they ‘could once more turn forth their golden stream to enhance the wealth and prosperity of | our State. I believed then it was right. I be- lieve g0 now, and if elected to Congress I ghall work- in unison with the miners of this State and of this county to accomplish this end. And right here let me say that I also believe that a Republican who is with the administration and supperting it can better accomplish this result than a Democrat who is opposed to the admin- istration, voting against it and obstructing its STRONG STATE TICKET. This campaign the Republican party pre- sents to the voters of this State an excep- tionally strong ticket. Our leader, Dr. Par- dee, is a native son, educated at our State university. He is well equipped to discharge the duties of the office of Governor. He will take a pride in advancing the interests of our State and will have the confidence and respect | of all, The Republican party comes before the peo- | ple this fall stronger than ever. It has re. | deemed all its pledges and can with priae! point to the important legislation passed by it within the last six years. Peace has been restored in the Philippines and our flag waves | there an honest one. Two years Ago our poliey | in those islands was denounced. We ' were | charged as imperialists, who, if not checked, | Would rush this mation Into hopeless smih | We were charged with destroying liberty and freedom and even now are forced to listen to some of the same talk. But peace has been restored, Congress has passed a civil govern- ment act which protects the inhabitants of those islands in their property and lives as they were never protected before. Free schools are. being established and instead of the flercs soldier with his sword beating the peopla inte submission we find them bending in obedience before the primer and rules of our gentler sex. Barracks have been turned into school houses, humanity has displaced the horrors of war, and American laws and customs have formed a lodgment in the Orient. For all this the Republican party takes full credit and has again proven the Democratic party a false prophet, The canal bill has—been passed and the construction of the canal assured. The Re. publican party pledged Itself to pass this bill and it has done so. The construction of this canal will be of Incalculable advantage to the Pacific Coast. It will be bullt and con. trolled by the United States and under the protection of the flag. It will bring com. — — ERCED, Sept. 17.—Congressman Needham opened his campaign in Merced County this evening, at the historic town of Snelling, the original county seat A large number of citizens gath- ered to listen to his able discussion of the political issues of the day, notwithstand- ing that many of the residents of that re- gion had come to the city of Merced to attend Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. The address of the present and prospect- ive Congressman was well received, elicit- ing great enthusiasm. Mr. Needham's other appointments in this county are as follows: Merced, Oc- tober 7; Dos Palos, October 20; Los Ba- nos, October 2i. He will be constantly engaged in speaking until election day, closing his campaign in his home town of Modesto. The Congressman’s devotion to the in- terests ‘of his constituents and his intelli- gent advocacy of measures of special in- terest to the people of his district have made him very popular, and even in the is official acts, e partisans of of dissatisfaction with even on the-part of inte the opposition: Seek to Purchase a Railroad. MARSHFIELD, Ore., Sept. 17.—W. 8. Chandler, manager for the J. D. Spreck- als & Bros.’ Company interests in this including the Coos Bay, Rosebur; ern Railroad and the Beaver Hill nd Eas accompanied by the compauy’s attorney, J. S. Coke. The supposition Is that they have gone to the head office to confer with the Spreckels Interests in regard to ney, who is at the head of the Central Railroad projected between Salt Lake and Coos Bay. MORRISON FOR CONGRESSMAN Harmonious Convention of the Ari- zona Republicans. PHOENIX, Ariz., Sept. 17.—Arizona Re- publicans in Territorial convention to-day nominated for Delegate to Congress Rob- ert E. Morrison of Prescott, formerly United States District Attorney. The only other name presented was that of W. F. Nichols of Wilcox, Territorial Au- ditor. warm but friendly support, neither can- didate being personally vigorous in seek- | ing the nomination. But one ballot was taken, the vote being 8 to 76 The platform indorses the National Re- publican platform, callg attention to the unparalleled success of Republican poli- i Jimes NEEDHAN —~—— TWO REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES WHO HAVE OPENED THE CAMPAIGN IN THEIR RE- SPECTIVE DISTRICTS, THE ONE AT TRUCKEE AND THE OTHER IN MERCED COUNTY, AND HAVE BEEN WELCOMED BY ENTHUSIASTIC CROWDS OF MEN WHO WIELD THE BALLOT. < Ll cles and the triumphs of war and diplo- macy; speaks in glowing terms of the ad- ministrations of McKinley and Roosevelt and the Territorial administrations under them and maintains that the political complexion of the Territory should have | nothing to do with the question of state- i | I 3 BITTER WORDS AND A TUMULT BY DEMOCRATS George Fred Williams Meets Defeat in Boston Con- vention. e BOSTON, Sept. 17.—Acrimony was not wanting for a time in the Democratic State convention in Tremont Temple tc- day, but in the end harmony was restor- ed and the State ticket was enthusiastic- ally greeted. The ticket follows: Governor, Willlam A. Gaston of Bos- ton; Lieutenant Governor, John C. Cros- by, Pittsfield; Secretary of State, Will- more B, Stone, Springfield; Treasurer, Thomas C. Thatcher, Yarmouth; Auditor, J. L. Chalifoux, Lowell; Attorney Gen- eral, John J. Flaherty, Gloucester. It might be #aid that in naming Colonel Gaston to head the ticket precedent was attered, inasmuch as he was nominat- ed and then given a platform of his own dictation. Not unlike the famous conven- tions of 189 and 1900, the fight was over the national jssues in the piatform. The test of strength was between Col- onel Gaston, on the one hand, and George Fred Williams, once the stalwart leader of the Silver Democrats, on the other. In this battle Willlams was ut- terly routed, with the predicted result that he is shorn of all power ot leader- ship. The platform adopted is a repudi- ation of the Kansas City platform, for Gaston refused to be the nominee if in any way the declaration of principles could be construed to indorse those things most prominently advocated by the party ir_the last two campaigns. : ‘Williams was chairman of the commit- tee on resolutions, and proposed the in- dorsement of the Kansas City platform. In deference to the protests of Josiah Quincy, a member of the committes, speaking for Colonel Gaston, he consent- ed to waive the indorsement, and propos- ed planks in which the national questions of trusts, monopolies and corporations were dealt with in strong language. Quincy wrote a platform which was ac- ceptabic to Gaston, whose _convention strength was estimated, rightfully as it proved, at four to one over Charles S. Hamlin, the other candidate for the nom- ination. In committee last' night Quincy’s draft was accepted by a’ majority vote of 14 to 7, which was repeated before the convention opened. Willlams prepared a minority report. . > The convention opened with trouble brewing. It came soon after Gaston’s nomination, when the matter of platform was brought up. The battle from the floor was one of bitter words, during which the delegutes objecting to Willlams' sarcastic zeferences to certain planks in the plat- form, which he sald were placed theré at Gaston’s solicitation, hissed and cried him down. Throughout the tumult the speaker ex- ultantly surveyed the throng, and when order was restored concluded his speech, to_be hissed agaln as he sat down. The minority report was utterly defeated, and the majority report, presenting the plat- form sent out in these dispatches last | xight, was adopted by an overwhelming vote. The ticket as glven above was then completed. Immediately thereafter Ham- lin, taking the platform, asked that Gas- ton’s nomination be made unanimous, which was done amid cheers, and the con- vention adjourned. e e i a2 2 ) merce to our shores and help to bulld up. our State. It will give to California a prominence and position in the commercial world that it never enjoyed before. Let us prepare to meet it. Let us guard against doing anything to injure the good times in store for us. Let us make no political mistakes. Let us watch with jealous eve the prosperity that now fs ours, unless we lose it; and my fellow citizens, this can best be done by remaining true to the party that has given us the best times during the last six vears that our country ever enjoyed, the grand old Republican party, Mr. Gillette will leave to-morrow morn- ing for Susanville, where he will speak in the evening. —_— ‘WASHINGTON, Sept. 17.—The Comptroller of the Currency has issued a call for the con- dition of national banks at the close of busi- Tess Monday, September 15, CONNECTICUT'’S. REPUBLICANS NAME LEADERS Abram Chimberlain Chosen for Governorship at Hartford. HARTFORD, Conn., Sept. 17.—Abram Chamberlain of Meriden, the present State Comptroller, was to-day nominated by the Connecticut Republican convention as a candidate for Governor, to succeed count of {ll health, has declined to be a candidate for another term. Chamberlain was opposed for the nomi- nation by, Livingston W. New Haven, who, however, was defeated on the first ballot, receiving only 185 votes, while Chamberiain had 313. Resolutions indorsing the administration of Pre Roosevelt and favoring his nomination for the Presidency in 1904 were adopted. Other nominations were as follows: Lieutenant Governor--Henry Hartford. Secret of State—Charles G. Vinal, Middletown. Treasurer—Henry H. Gallup, Norwich. Comptroller—W. 'T. Seeley, Bridgeport. Attorney General—W. A. King, Windham. The ticket was com- pleted by the selection of George L. Lil- ley of Waterbury for Congressman-at- Large. The platform adopted sa b “We heartily approve and applaud President Roosevelt's vigilant care of the country’s interests, domestic and foreign. We share his pride in the magnificent work of the American soldier and sailor and the American administration in the country’s new dependencies and his senti- ment against their unpatriotic traducers, and we favor his nomination for the Pres- idency by the National Republican Con- vention of 1904. “We believe with Blaine, McKinley and protective tariff that American _industries American waggs. We oppose a general revision of the tariff at this time, as both inopportune and unnecessary. -If in any schedule . import duties are found . that have been notoriously perverted from their true purpose to the inordinate en- richment of corporations, monopolistic 1a Lincoln, Garfield, wisely, fosters and safeguards lican Congress to apply‘in its wisdom the needed corrective without depriving the people cf the protection. “We belleve with William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt in the policy of trade reciprocity as the natural supplement of tarfff protection and the key with which to unlock the.. world’s markets for the surplus products of American fields and American mills. Bspecially we commend the President's cfforts to perform a plain duty and obtain for this country a lucra- tive, commerce by arranging a judicious reciprocity treaty with Cuba.” Centinuing, the platform says: *“We be- lieve.that_great aggregations of capital, commonly’ called trusts, while necessary for the economic conduct of large busi- be subject to such revision, State or na- tional, as_ will' safeguard public and pri- vaté interests.” An October Eastern Trip. Just the time for a trip—neither heat waves nor biizzards. Call at Southern Pacific Company tickat office, 613 Market street, for details about the one-way rates for the round t:ip, Oc- tober 7 and 8. Tickets good for — sixty days, with stop-over privileges. - ——————— Pummels Objectionable Visitor. SAN JOSE, Sept. 17.—Because he was too attentive to the wife of a friend, Fred Button received a thorough beating to- night and was later turned over to the police, who locked him up. Charles Cook, a laborer, who resides on River street, has frequently taken Button to his home as a friend. Of late, while he was away at_work, he declares, Button has been calling at his home and forcing his at- tentions upon Mrs. Cook. When Cook came home from work to-night he found Button_there and proceeded to pummel him. Button looked as though he had been struck by a cyclone. Cook then brought his man to the city jail. He will charge him with disturbing the peace. Governor George P. McLean, who, on ac- | Cleveland of | dent | Robertson, | Roosévelt in a | fact or-in tendency, we look to a Repub- | ness and commercial enterprises, should. hood; holds that trusts are not due to lthe tariff, but to loose corporation laws; congratulates Arizona on the beneficial irrigation laws of the Republican Con- gress; recognizes labor’s right to organize; favors Chinese exclusion and suggests a modification of the laws relative to the taxation of mines. Both the temporary and permament officers of the organization were - Job _of Prescott, chairman, and Ralph W. Sturgess, secretary. Nichols, the defeated candidate, was made chairman of the Tegritorial Central INDORSEMENT COMES AFTER WARM DEBATE Alatama Republicans Have S Committee, thus emphasizing the perfect me WOl’dS AbOUt harmony of the convention. The only contest was relative to the control of the Roosevelt. organization, which was fairly divided. it e~y Chairman Murphy Optimistic. SAN DIEGO, Sept. 17.—Bernard D. Murphy, chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee, is in the city on a business trip, carrying out his duty as a member of the State Bank Commis- sion, of which he is the chairman. He says that this year, from his point of BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Sept. 17.—When the Republican State convention assem- | bled to-day it was evident that there | would be a fight on the plank of the | platform indorsing President Rooseveit | for renomination. This opposition is be- | lieved to have had its origin in the re- cent action of the President in removing | Wiiliam' Vaughan, retiring Republican | State chairman, from the office of Dis- | trict Attorney for Northern Alabama, for | alleged neglect of duty. There was also a feeling of opposition to the clause in the platform condemning child labor in | | cotton milis. ly fine position and in a fair way to carry the State. He says that all the old war horses cf Democracy who fled the par- ty of Brvanism (one of whom was him- self) have returned to the fold and are working for Lane. He declared that he is not doing politics on this trip, and it would seem so from the fact that he de- As soon as Chairman Davidson called | Wod SO0 B8 SO0 P00 B 5 onks. and the convention to order the platform and | 1226¢ [0€ FRONE M Mina Jocal central | resolutions as reportcd by the commit- | ‘c‘&mmiueo of the party or to any one tee were read and when that p'c}:;[ ofthn'g | else. He is “mmp“mpd" by Se%'stary 5y s d the two will go to Ocean- nomination in 1004 was reached, there | Hunsmuir an . | O O e s e side and Escondido to-morrow. The platform, as reported, reaffirms thc Philadelphia_ platform, favors ‘“the or- ganization of Iabor for its legitimate pro- i tection,” and the enactment of laws for | the peaceful and fair settlement by arbi- | tration of differences between organized | eapital and labor; favors child law legi: { lation relating to work cotton miil condemns ‘the spirit hich seeks to | arouse prejudice of the people against the railroads,” and advocates the ‘‘enact- ment of laws so regulating the railroads to adequately protect the intercsts of Stanford Club Reorganized. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Sept. 17.— About fifty of the voters of the univer: sity held a rally this afternoon and re- | organized the Stanford Republican Club. New officers were elected as follows: Members of. the executive committee, A. M. Free, E. W. Rice, and Thomas Gray vice-presidents, F. W. Doane and E. A Jenes. | | ‘lnflnrslnn President Roosevelt | | | The club will hold a number of rallies in this county. | th le, but I 't drasti I o il Cole for Congressman. The platform then. indorses the wisdom | TACOMA, Sept. 17.—The Democratic | of the Dingley tariff law and urges a con- | State Central Committee has named | tinuance of that policy. Republican leg- | islation to build an interoceanic canal | is approved. The “bravery and heroism | of our soldiers and sailors in the Philip- | pines” are praised and the attacks of the Democratic party on them are con- demned. A high tribute is paid to the late President McKinley. The platform expresses confidence in the administra- | tion of President Roosevelt and says: ““We express our faith in his thoroughly American and patriotic ideas and we be- lieve that his leadership established con- | fidence_both in the success of the Re- | publican principles and the continued | prosperity and progress of the country, and we therefore favor his renomination | to the great office he fills with patriotism | | and ability.” | | __After the reading of the platform J. A. W. Smith of Birmingham offered a sub- | stitute, the same as the original plat- | form, except that it omitted reference to | Frank B. Cole of Tacoma as candidate for Congress, vice Stephen B. Barron, withdrawn. —— Los Angeles Ratification. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 17.—The proposed ratification of the Republican State and county ticket will occur on the evening of September 2, having been postponed because of the serious iliness of United States Senator Thomas R. Bard. Nominations Made in Kansas. TOPEKA, Sept. 17.—Nearly all the nom- inations on the Allied People’s party ticket, made by the initiative and refer- endum, are now in, but not all those chosen have signified their willingness to serve if elected. Following are the nom- inations: Governor, J. H. Lathrop; Con- gressman at large, the Rev. C. M. Shel- an indorsement of President Roosevelt | ET€S: for a renomination. The substitute was | 900} Sup]r;rlnal?ntlcn‘t fignfi;pufi;’w}:u“r vigorously .debated and the convention | tion. E. E. Rice of i e was ‘thrown into turmoil. Some of the | S! > % speakers upheld the subsiitute, declaring | &"’,;.“M;‘g;:d;“ St Bopara X ‘,gg,‘)‘e!;;sgg,\j it was too early to speak on’ the cam. | of Topeka J. ¥. ROUIIS, of 00 paign_of 1904, while others charged that | an eifort was being made to knife a HOPE TO BE COUNTED. Porto Rico Federals Will Endeavor to Republican President. Finally the _ rolt was called and the substitute was de feated, 158 to 146. The platform as orig- ‘| Inally reported was finally adopted, in-| cluding the indorsement of 'President | Prevent Fraud. Roosevelt for the nomination in 1904.| gAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Sept. 17.—On The majority for adoption was large. The following ticket was nominated Governor, J. A. W. Smith, Birmingham Lieutenant Governor, James P. Lane, Huntsville; Attorney General, W. H. Fimbrecht, Mobile; Secretary of State, H. J. Carter, Cullman; Auditor, T. B. McNair, Marshall County; Treasurer, H. Lee Brown, Conecuh County; Superinten~ dent of Education, J. C. Coaville, Cren- shaw County; Commissioner of Agricul- ture, T. E. Morton, Fayette. , November 4 will be held an election cov- ering the entire island, at which time a resident commissioner of the United States, five delegates from each legisla- tive district, a Mayor for each municipal district, one municipal Judge, three School Trustees and members of the Council will be chosen. In San Juan two municipal Judges and two substitutes will be_voted for. While the campaign has not fully opened, to-day in Porto Rico there are, strictly speaking, two parties—the Repub- lican party, now in power, and the Amer- jcan Federation. Another sprung up in the last few weeks which styles itself the Unionist party. Its plat- form is utopian to such an extent that it is not being considered seriously by the other two parties. Two years ago the Federals cast mno vote at all, claiming it would be useless to go to the polls, as the Republicans ‘would count them out. The Federals are going to the polls this year and will en- Awards to Butter-Makers, SACRAMENTO, Sept. 17.—The State Fair awards to butter-makers were made to-day. There were fifty-one competitors. The following were the highest five: Dan- ish Creamery, Eric Larsen, Fresno, 99 1-16; ‘Woodland Creamery, Warren Meyers, ‘Woodland, 987-16; Mailliard’s Creamery, Wallace Stevenson, San Geronimo, §7%. Isleton Creamery, S. N. Nash, Isleton, 9711-16, and Cold Brook Creamery, P. ‘Wortman, Loleta, 97%. l Democratic counties he no doubt will re- | ceive a majority. There is no _expression | coal mine, left to-night for San Francisco, | the sale of their property to L. D. Kin- | Partisans of both men gave them | view, the Democrats are in a particular- | Supreme Court—H. H. Shinn of Ottawa, | party has | AND SIXTH DISTRICTS NEEDHAM ADDRESSES MERCED COUNTY MEN Large Gathering Welcomes Him in the Historic Town of Snelling. to The Call i Special Dispatch deavor to see that their votes are counted as cast. In this determination they have the indorsement of the Governor, who has declared that a fair election must be | held whatever the result. Most of the trouble occurs in interior | towns, where the people have little else to do except to dabble in politics. The re- | cent disturbance at Humacao, Cayey and | Gunacos were only the result of an ab- normalally developed feeling of ance. It is difficult to forecast the result at this time, as nominations have not even been made, but that the Federals will | carry a number of districts and make a very good showing in the House of Dele- gates is conceded. ALLEGED WIRE-TAPPER CAUGHT BY DETECTIVES Telegrapher Accused of Defrauding | a Los Angeles Poolroom Re- | =3 sists Arrest. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 17.—Charles L. Mattfeldt was arrested to-day at Long | Beach by Detectives Auble and Hawiey | after a desperate struggle on a charge of being the operator who was Interested with a gang of conspirators in the tap- | ping of the poolroom wires of Black & | Co. last Saturday, by which the gang swindled the poolroom out of about $2800. Since the discovery of the wire tapping | conspiracy the Western Union has had | city and private detectives at work on the case and it was known on Monday that Mattfeldt had been in the room im which the wire was tapped. He is an | old operator and an expert and never be~ | fore has he been suspected of wrong. A watch was placed upon his house and on Tuesday night he was chased two blocks by the detectives and eluded them. To-day the officers learned where he was through overhearing a telephone message and went to Long Beach to Iqok for him. | They found him and at their request ac- companied him to a park. There he put up a fight and had to be roughly handied, but handcuffs were put upon his wrists nd he was brought to this city. The officers assert that they have pos- itive evidence of Mattfeldt's guilt. intoler- | Catches a Bicycle Thief. SAN JOSE, Sept. 17.—The first bicycle thief to be ght in the act of stealing a wheel in this city was arrested early this morning. He is a young fellow giv- | ing the name of Frank Gaither, and i(‘lulms the State of Washington as his | home. Rocky Santori, the owner of the bicycle, had left it at the corner of Mar- | ket and Santa Clara streets at | o'clock and gome a short distance away | to speak to a friend. Shortly afterward | Gaither came along and took his wheel. | Santori saw the theft, and, getting an- other bicycle, gave chase, overtaking the | man at the corner of River street. He | held Gaither until the police arrived. To-day Santorl swore to a warrant charging Gaither with grand larceny. The prisoner claims to be but 16 years of age. Stanford Juniors Elect Officers. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Sept. 17.— The class of 1904 met in the University | chapel this afternoon to nominate officers | for the ensuing semester. Not more than | one candidate was placed in nomination for any office, so the nomination was | changed to an election. The following were the juniors to receive honors: Pres- ident, O. C. Spencer; vice-president, O. H. Ritter; secretary, Miss Pearl Bart- lett; treasurer, W. D. Patterson; athletio manager, F. S. Holman. The most im- portant function of the junior class dur- ing this semester is the installation of the junior “plug,” as the symbel of juniordom. This is done at the orgle commonly known as the Plug Ugly. et co vk Pastor’s Sojourn Cut Short. SAN JOSE, Sept. 17.—Rev. E. B. Ran- dle, who came to this city a few months | ago to take the pulpit of the First Meth- | odist Church, has been transferred to Muncie, Indiana. This announcement from the conference at Pacific Grove came as a surprise to the congregation. | But a sh time ago Mr. Randle changed | pulpits with Dr. Kummer, who went to | Danville, Ill, and the church supposed | Dr. Randie would remain_here another | | year at least. Rev. W. C. Evans, now of | Stockton, is coming to the First Church. Young Horse Thieves Caught. SAN BERNARDINO, Sept. 17.—Two young boys, wanted in Pasadena for the alleged theft of a horse and surrey from J. 8. Cox of that city, were arrested here | to-day. The lads, who are 10 and 11 years old respectively, were arrested on a de- scription sent out by Chief of Police Freeman of Pasadena. DR. PIERCE’S REMEDIES. WORN T0 A SHADOW. When there is a falling off in flesh in woman or man there is “something wrong.” And that something wron%: generally a loss of nutrition due to di: ease of the stomach and the other organs of . digestion and nutrition. Some- times this loss of | flesh is accom- | panied by variable appetite, but in many cases the ap- petite does not fail and there may be a constant desire to eat. L-.ng\.wxj, nervousness, 1irri- tability, sleepless- } ness, are symptoms often associated with this loss of nutrition and fal- lin%ofi in flesh. octor Pierce’s Golden Medical | Discovery cures disease of the stom- ach and other or- gans of digestion and nutrition. It enables > 3 the perfect digestion and assimilation foocfxs:: thatgl?a flesh - is ined and the physical health re-established. 1 had suffered from indigestion and those who have suffered from it know what iesee St., S ' N. ¥, I hac atiacks of headache ‘and dizziness, with cold hands and feet ; everything I ate distressed me, bowels were constipated and / was growing very Ihim and neyvous. . T cannot half cxpress the bedl feelings I had when I commenced taking Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. I took nine bottles of the ‘Discovery’ and have taken several bottles of Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, I commenced feeling better with the first bottle. and kept on improvisg. Now I am so improved in health my friends often speak of | T most heartily- recommend these medicines to | all suffering as I was.” | The People’s Common Sense Medical !Adviset.inpnpercams.ils:ntf’flfl | receipt of 21 one-cent stamps for | of mailing only. Address Dr. R. Vo | Pierce, Buffalo, N. ¥,