The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 5, 1902, Page 31

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1902. STANDARD BEARER OF REPUBLICAN PARTY BEGINS 'HIS TOUR OF THE NORTHERN COUNTIES TO-MORROW GREAT CROWD AT WIGWAM HEARS REPUBLICAN COUNTY NOrINEES First Rally of Campaign in Alameda Draws Big Assemblage That Listens to Instructive Speeches, Joseph R. Knowland, Candi- REPUBLIGANG ARE CONFIDENT Citizens of Marysville to Greet Nominee Monday. Chairman Cutter’s Estimate of the Total Vote of OCalifornia. George C. Pardee, the Republican ipee for Governor, and D. E. McKin- one of California’s most persuasive nd logical speakers, returned yesterday ¢m & campaign tour of the south. A ndidate for office is not the best judge f his own strength, as much ailowance t be made for demonstrations of per- nal friendship. A speaker accompany- € the nominee has better Opportunity r sounding public sentiment than is pre- sented to the candidate. an McKinlay, at the State Central ee headquarters yesterday, re- that the Republican meetings in uth and the ovations to Dr. Pardee e record breakers. The halls were not ge enough to hold the throngs of peo- assembled and thousands of who were eager to hear the stand- earer of the Republican party were ed away. The popular enthusiasm the ticket was unprecedented. Mr. McKinlay predicts a tremendous vote in the rural districts for Pardee and the en- e Republican ticket. He asserts that the fermers, fruit growers and working- men are still true to the cause of protec- tion farm products. his first tour of Northern California to-morrow. It will be interesting to note if demonstrations of popular regard equal to these manifested in the south will be &ccorded to Dr. Pardee by the men and women of the northern counties. The standard-bearer of the party will speak at Marysville to-morrow evening. On Tues- day next he will visit Oroville and on the evening of that day speak to the people of Chico. DEMOCRATS ARE BOASTING. There is 2 deal of boasting in the Dem- camp that Lane will carry San isco by &n immense majority, but icans who are familiar with the ion in the interior assert that Par- Jjority in the country will be ough to overcome a Republican 000 votes in San Francisco. Fair icians predict that neither nor Lane will get more than 2500 rity in San Francisco. It is esti- ed that the city will poll 61,000 votes. ator Cutter, chairman of the Republi- State Committee, is of the opinion that the vote of the State, San Francisco d, will approximate 310,000. In 1898 total vote of the State was 287,055. In a Presidential year, the vote was There has been a large increase slation since 1900.. The increase in ) has been very large. The chalr- n’s estimate may be larger than the tion warrants, but there is no ot that the aggregate vote of the State approximate 300,000. Candidate Lane’s departure from the tin ored method of political cam- g caused considerable comment in n circles and more than a little consternation in the Democratic camp. He is now engaged in purely on of votes. He throws aside the tic platform and ignores his as- es on the Democratic State ticket. President Roosevelt, but does waste his time in praising the Dem- r nees for Congress. ADOPT BUDD'S TACTICS. ere are hints that Lane is adopting adopted by ex-Governor t the Democratic State ommends his course. There o to the effect that he is from the “cabinet” and himself regardless of danger of "‘swap- iddle of the stream’ ndidate Lane. convention of the So- deplores the announcement e party would nal nominees, upon citizens to sup- Congressional nominees at the Clerks Support Loud. g of Branch No. 8, , cor- fon streets, lagt/Fri- following resoliitions ial condition of post- ut the United States bas n the last three years appropriations for such increased appro- abled the department to put an eight-hour erage of sals- postotfices Ly : and to fake pro greater certa be it Branch No. 8 Association of Post- ¥ Geep ubligations to the t their welfar postoffice clerks 1 se: hat for thus StVINg to increase the comfort and happiness of & great body of formerly over- worked and underpaid men. we hope for his | turn to Congress, and believe it is for the best interests of our city and State that he ehould again repfesent them. The postoffice c ve been greatly aided by Mr. Loud's his just treatment Of them leads us to belleve th s abilities and energies have been used t only increase the efficiency of the serv- ice. but elevate the standard of employes in ours @s well as other branches of the depart- Resolutions were also adopted extend- ing sympathies to the striking coal min- of Pennsylvania and West Virginia and $100 was voted from the funds of the sociation for their immediate relief and open subscription will be started to en- | postoffice clerks to contribute to Same cause. Union Labor Ratification. meeting to ratify the Union Labor candidates was held last night at eadquarters of the Thixty-fifth As- District, 2455 Mission street. The meeting was presided over by James de ca, president of the district club. A 1 invitation was sent out to all the es, State and municipal,” to be present, including Livernash and Wynn, ndidates for Congress. Mayor Schmitz also invited. ort addresses were made by Chair- 1 de Succa, R. D. Cameron, W. Mul- renin, D, T. Powers, nominee for the Assembly, J. J. Guilfoyle, A. B. Lawson, nominees for Justices of the Peace, L. L. B! and others. ch speaker received a hearty round plause from the enthusiastic -aud- e g rate, which hed been was due to the large of bills discounted by the Bank of and to the rise of the Bank to American labor and Am:rlcan‘ The popular nominee for Governor be- | personal | of their claims before Congress, and | A5k FOR WAIT OF MANDAMUS Democrats Want Secre- tary of State to Con- sider Wishes. Demand That He Place Name of Livernash Twice on Ticket. Proceedings have been instituted in the Supreme Court to test the constitution- ality of the ballot law in regard to plac- ing the name of a nominee under two party designations on the ballot. On be- half of the Democratic State Central Com- mittee & writ of mandate has been ap- plied for t6 compel the Secretary of State to certify to the Registrar of Voters that the name of E. J. Livernash shall be placed on the ballot as the Democratic nominee for Congress from the Fourth District. The plaintiffs in the case are Bernard D. Murphy, chairman, and Alex- ander McCabe, secretary, of the Demo- cratic State Central Committee. The de- fendant is Charles F. Curry, Secretary of Btate. The attorneys are Frank H. Gould, William H. Bosely and Jonn J. Barrett. The application sets forth in detail the time and places of holding the conventions that nominated Livernash and also sets forth that Livernash did not signify to the Registrar of Voters which party des- ignation he desired, as he had been nom- inated by the Union Labor and the Dem- ocratic party. It is further stated that the Registrar placed him under the desig- nation of Union Labor nominee and filled the blank in the Democratic column with the words “No nomination.” Following are excerpts from the com- plaint, which will be filed In the Supreme Court to-morrow: RIGHTS ARE THREATENED. Unless the defendant shall comply with the demand of the plaintiffs the official ballots to be used at the next ensuing general election in sald Congressional district will be printed in such & way as to deceive the voters entitled to vote thereat, and will contamn a declaration that the Democratic party has made no nomi- nation for member of the Housé of Repre- sentatives for said Fourth Congressional Dis- trict, which is contrary to the fact. If the said Livernash should now withdraw-or resign as nominee of said Democratic party for said of- fice it would be impossible for said Democratic party to fill the vacancy in its ticket which vould thus be created, because there are now ess than forty days before the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1902. If the said Democratic party shall poll at the next general election less than 3 per cent of the Votes cast in the entire State, and if the name of said Livernash shall not be printed under the Democratic party designation on the offi- cial ballot to be used at said election in said Congressional district said Democratic party, through no fault on its part, but solely by rea- son of the threatened arbitrary action of the defendant pursuant to section 1197 of the Po- litical Code, will be deprived of its rights two years hence to have a designation and. place upon the official ballot to be used at the State and district primary elections in said Congres- slonal district unless by virtue of a petition as provided in section 1361 of the Political Code, even though, as your petitioners aver, more than 3 per cent of the entire vote which will be polled at the next general election in sald Congressional district for member of the House of Representatives will be cast by the members of the said Democratic pafty for its nominee. PROVISIONS OF CODE. The provisions of section 97 of the Political Code which require a persofi who has been-nom- inated by two or mofe political parties to elect under which party designation his name shall be printed upon the official ballot, and in de- fault of such election requires that such per- son’s name shall be printed under the designa- tion of the party named in the certificate of his nomination which is first filled, and re- Quires that in place of his name the words *No Nomination” shall be printed under the desig- nation pf any other party which nominates him as separable from all other provisions of the statutes relating to elections in said State; and as the plaintifis herein are advised and believe are void for repugnancy to sections 11 and 21 of article 1, sections'1l and 5 of article 2 and subdivision 11 of secticn 25 of article 4 of the constitution of this State. Plaintiffs herein have no plain, speedy and adeguate remedy in the ordinary course of law. The circumstances which, in the poinion of the plaintiffs render it proper that the writ of mandate sought by them should issue origin- ally from this court and not from one of the Superior Courts is as follows (1) The only question involved in this pro- ceeding is the -constitutionality of a statute relating to elections—a question which this court must ultimately decide. (2) The defendant is one of the highest ex- ecutive officers of this State, (3) The remedy sought to be herein effective must be granted speedily. (4) The validity of the statute whose con- stitutionality is here drawn in question is a matter vitally affecting the exercise of the elective franchise by the voters of this State, CONFUSION WILL RESULT. (5) In the numerous instances the same pe #on has been nominated by two or more polit! cal parties or organizations for public office to be voted for at the next ensuing election, and unless the legal question presented by this complaint shall be determined by this court in this or some similar procesding very speed- ily, much confusion will result among county clerks and registrars of voters in making up the officlal ballots to be used #h the next e suing election, and many suits will be insti- tuted to prevent a partial disfranchisement of voters in said State and to test the constitu- tionality of the law, whose validity is here drawn in question. Wherefore, plaintiffs pray that an alternative writ of mandate do issue out of this court df rected to and commanding the defendant to certify to the Registrar of Voters of the city and county of San Francisco the name of Ed- ward J, Livernash as nominee of the sald Democratic party for member of the House of | Representatives to be voted for at the general election to be held on_the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1002, in the Fourth Congressional District of the State of California under and pursuant to the provisions of scction 1193 of the Political Code of this State; or to show cause to this court, at a time and place to be specified fn such writ why he has not done £0, and that after the return ot such alternative writ and & hearing thereon, unless the defendant shall return that he has complied therewith, a remptory writ of man- date do issue out of this court commanding the defendant to certify the nomination of said Edward J. Livernash as aforesald, and for their costs of court and such other and further reliet s may be proper in the premises, Democrats Invade Randsburg. RANDSBURG, Cal., Oct. 4—The Dem- ocrats held a big mass meeting here to- night at which ex-Congressman Geary and W. E. Smythe, candidate for Con- gress in the Eighth District, were the principal speakers. A/ special train brought 150 from Bakersfield, among them being all the county candldates. Platz, nominee for the Assembly, Emmons for the State Senate and Danlels, president of the Machinists’ Unidn at Kern City, also addressed the meeting. o Rodgers Goes to an Asylum. SANTA CRUZ, Oct. 4—Rev. James L. Rodgers was to-day committed to Ag- news Asylum. Rodgers has been in jail for several months on a charge or arson. He is 2 man of fine education and held pastorates 4n the Baptist church in Fjor- ida and Cuba. Before coming here he was pastor of the Baptist church in Gonzales, Monterey County, but owing to his ec- centricities was forced to resign. Kanouse Addresses Voters GRASS VALLEY, Oct. 4—The first gun of the campaign was fired here last night, when Theodore D. Kanouse, Prohibition- ist candidate for Governor, addressed a Zair-sized meeting in the Auditorium. To assist in en the people Kanouse brought with him Mr. Simmons, eingers of Rive date for State Senator, Delivering the Principal Address .x_ JC.BaTes, JR TABER PHOYTO. .. \ \ i . W/ e | |\y1‘|‘]|7fi\\\\ | 3 & AN Josern ; R Krowwiang % o = 8 CHAIRMAN OF THE BIG REPUBLICAN RALLY WHICH|WAS HELD IN ALAMEDA LAST NIGHT, AND TWO CANDIDATES FOR THE STATE LEGISLATURE, WHO WERE AMONG THE PRINCIPAL SPEAKERS OF THE EVENING. > LAMEDA, Oct. 4.—Alameda Republicans turned out in great numbers at the West End to- night and gave the county can- didates and other nominees a rousing receotion. It was the opening rally of the Repuklican campaign in Alameda. Bonfires blazed. bombs burst and a brass band poured out music, The crowd filled the big Neptune Garden wigwam, where the meeting was held. Philip Kiernan, one of Alameda’s vet- eran Republicans, was called upon by Joseph B. Lanktree to preside as chair- man. He accepted with thanks and made each candidate known to the assemblage in happy phrases. Judge W. E. Greene, candidate for re- election to the Superior bench, was the first speaker. He refuted the statement, which he said an opponent on the Union Labor ticket had made, to the effect that Judge Greene was the political boss of Alameda County, and that he and John P. Cook dominated the Republican County Convention. A “No man on earth can come forward and truthfully say that I had anything to do with or bossed the Republican County Convention,” asserted Judge Greene. Joseph R. Knowland, candidate for State Senator, was received with great applause. After speaking for the State, Congressional and County nominees, Mr. Knowland sald: We meet to-night in a portior of our city where reside a number of representatives of the Unlon Labor party, and it is therefore fitting that upon this occasion a nominee for legislative honors should define his stand’ upon the labor question. My position is rather a reculiar one. The Union Labor party has Inade no nominatlon for ‘State Senator in this dlstrict, and it would, indeed, be unnatural if I falled to experience gratification at the thought that cerhaps my past record upon this question ia ratisfactory to organized labor. During my two terms in the iower house of the State Legislature I have never refused any request, within the bounds of rea- gon, emanating from organized labor, and it has made no request that I considered unrea- scnable. I can see no ~ause for a future change of policy. In this connection I recall, with no little satistaction, tha: the Republican party, which rarty has controlled legislation during the two gessions that 1 have served as your representa- tive, has not been unmindful of the interests cf the workingman. A Republican Legislature and a Republican Governor have placed upon this commonwealth's statute books during the tessions of 1809 and 1901 numerous laws fa- vorable to labor, and of thene I will mention but a few. One {s an act limiting to eight hours the work of laborers and mechanics em- pleved upon . pubiic works. Fearing that per- haps this act might be daclared unconstitu- tioral by the courts, this rame Republican legiclature votad favorably upon a constitu- al amendment to give constitutional wanc- 11on to this law. This amendment the, people will vdte upon at the November election, and it is hored vote for its adoption. —— At the last sesslon an act was passed se- curing to native born and naturalized citizens the exclusive right to be employed in public departments of the State, of the counties, cities and towns—an act certainly not inimical to labor. Still another act regulates the em- ployment and hours of child labor, prohibiting the employing of children under twelve years of age. The health of the workingman and workingwoman was also a subject of legisla- tion, for an act of 1901, amendatory to & pre- vious act, provides for the sanitary ventilation of workshops in order to prevent dust, fila- ments and injurious gases from affecting those employed. Another excellent act was passed with the object in view of protecting the lives of a_ certain class of laborers by empowering the Labor Commissiorer of the State to con- demn and cause to be replaced unsafe scaf- folding, ropes, etc., which unscrupulous em- ployers, for the sake of economy, might per- sist in using. Mr. Kelly, now the Republican candidate for Supervisor from this district, introduced a bill in 1899 which became a law, authorlzing boards or commissioners having the management and control of paid fire de- partments, to grant the members thereof years, ly vacations—a law certainly favoring a large class of employes, the firemen, whose labors never end. These few examples among many offer in- disputable proof of the fact that any reaso able demand which organized labor may make to a Reoublican Legislature will receive the favorable consideration which such demands certainly merit. The Republican party of the nation and of the State has been the con- sistent friend of the tolling masses, and tI great army of workingmen will keep this in mind on November 4. J. Clem Bates, candidate for the As- sembly, made a rousing speech. All the other candidates for county offices de-~) livered brief addresses. OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST §Changes Made in the Postal Service and More New Pensions Granted. WASHINGTON, Oct. 4—The Postoffice Department to-day announced: Postoffice discontinued: Washington—Tesla, Chelan County, mail to Chiwaukum. Postmasters commissioned: California—Lois L. Hun- saker, Woodville. Washington—George A. Long, Sara. Fourth-class Postmasters appointed: California—Willlam W. Ad- ams, Sunnyside, San Diego County, vice BStephen W. Morgan, resigned. Station No. 52 of San Francisco will be estab- lished October 15, at the corner of Bay and Franklin streets. These pensions were granted: nia—Orignal—Joseph Humphreys, = Oak- land, $8; Brastus F. Henderson, Chico, $10; Martin G. Lyons, San Jose, $24 (war with Spain). Increase (reissue, etc.)—Ste- phen F. Harrls, Paskenta, $8; James Mec- Donald, 8an Francisco, $8; Edwin Baxter, Los Angeles, $12; John Rose, San Diego, $8; James R. Pogue, Burbank, $8; Simon Nixon, Los Angeles, $10; Charles Dough- erty, Soldiers’ Home, Los Angeles, $10; James W. Taggart, Smith River, $I2 (Mexican War). Widows, minors and de- Califor- pendent relatives—Mary A. Bilderback, Chico, $12. Oregon: Increase, reissue, etc.—Oliver C. Rinker, Milton, $10; Willlam ©. Pugh, Sandy, $8; Moses C. Thompson, Payne, 10. { 2 sWu'hlngton: Increase, reissue, etc.— Charles H. Shaw, Seattle, $10; David. R. | Parker, Woodland, $12. Widows, minors and dependent relatives—Viola Tremain, Spokane, $8; Minnie Struckmeler, Stella, $8. Navy orders announce that Passed As- sistant Surgeon C. P. Bagg will go to the naval hospital, Mare Island. Assistant Surgeon E. M. Brown is detached from the naval hospital at Mare Island to the naval museum of hygiene and the medi- cal Bchool, Washington, D. C. Army orders announce that First Lieu- tenant Wilfred -Turnbull, assistant sur- orders. Robert L. Brown, quartermaster, now in San Francisco, is assigned to the trans- port Sherman, relleving Captain Thomas . Lamoreux, who will proceed to this city and thence to,Burlington, Vt. WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 3.—The Postoffice Department to-day announced: Postoffices discontinued October 15: Cali- fornia—Artesia, Los Angeles County, mail to Norwalk. Washington—Staley, Whit- man Connty, mail to Pullman. Postmast- er commissioned: - Washington—Howard J. Fender, Prescott. Fourth-class post- master appointed: Washington—Alexan- der C. Robe, Granite Falls, Snohomish County, vice P. A. Ellis, resigned. These pensions were granted to-day: California—Original—Edward Earl, Stock- ton, $10; Philip Maloney, Soldiers’ Home, Los Angeles, $3. Increase, reissue, etc.— Michael Sexton, Placerville, $12; Willlam Rinebarger, Penrose, $12; Thomas Folks, Soldiers’ Home, Los Angeles, $12. Widows, minors and dependent relatives—Minerva M. Sawyer, Berkeley, $12. ‘Washington: Original—Michael McDon- ough, South Seattle, $6. Increase, reis- sue, etc.—Joseph L. Brown, Republic, $8. Army orders announce that Major Thomas C. Goodman, paymaster, is re- lieved from duty in San Francisco, and will proceed to Chattanooga, Tenn. Major Elijah W. Halford, paymaster, upon be- ing relleved in Manila, will proceed to San Francisco for orders. Edward Connelly. SUISUN, Oct. 4—The death of Edward Connelly, one of the pioneer residents of Solano County, occurred at his home in Suisun Valley at 6 o'clock last evening. He was about 77 years of age, and came to California in 1850. He resided here forty-fcur years. He leaves a wife and cight grown children, among the latter being W. B. Connelly, a prominent busi- ness man of Suisun, and Thomas B. Con- nelly, prominént in business ' circles of Stockton. —_——————— BOY BURGLARS ARRESTED. — Mark Housten and Edgar Sonny, two l4-year-old boys, were arrested yesterday afternoon and locked up in the Seventeenth-street Station. The boys were caught in into a dairy at Twenty-first and Folsom streets, They will be sent to & public insti- tution. TRAVELS IN A COFFIN FROM FAR AWAY NORWAY Unique Device for the Transportation of an Aged Invalid ‘Woman. TACOMA, Oct. 4—From the interfor of Norway in a coffin-shaped box was the trip completed to-day by Mrs. E. Lind, aged 80 years and paralyzed. A Norwe- glan coffin was improvised and padded in order that Mrs. Lind might travel comfortably. She stood the trip well. Edward Lind, her stn, accompanied her across the ocean and two continents. Lind ‘left Ballard nearly two months ago to visit his birthplace, He decided while there to bring his mother back with him, and did so. She will spend the remainder of her life at his' home. Throughout the journey Mrs. Lind’s cof- fin-like couch attracted much attention. They rested several days in London, where physicians became interested in this novel method of transporting an old lady 7000 miles. On shipboard and on trains Lind's devotion to his mother was the subject of much comment. He took her meals to her and remained at her side night and day. Sheldon Declines Nomination. TOPEKA, Kans, Oct. 4—The Rev. Charles M. Sheldon to-day filed with the Secretary of State a formal declination ot the nomination for Congress at large on the Allled Populist ticket. Sheldon had previously refused the nomination, but in some way his name had been filed with the remainder of the ticket, making his latest actlon mecessary. Most of the nominees of the Allied Populists declined the appointments, and it is probable that another convention will be held. —_————— St. Francis of Assisi Feast. The feast of St. Francis of Assisi, which occurred yesterday, will be solemnly cel- ebrated to-day in St. Francis Church, Vallejo street. The pastor, Rev. T. Car- nm-‘ ;fl{hfluher the tpm;yflc of the Saint e evening at vespers. his travels abroad Father Clnh'rmmv};- ited many, of the scenes connected with the life and death of the Saint of Assisl, CROCKETT HEARS |ASSERTS NEVADA FRANKLIN K. LANE Democratic Nominee Ad- dresses Open-Air Meeting. Delegations From Surround- ing Towns Add to the Assemblage. Special Dispatch to The Call. ! CROCKETT, Oct. 4—An enthusiastic open-air meeting was addressed this even- ing by Franklin K. Lane, Democratic nominee for Governor. The sweet strains of the Crockett band, the loud barking of the Crockett giant, the glare of a huge bonfire and the bursting of rockets wel- comed Lane on his arrival from Mar- tinez. He was met at the station and es- corted to the Hotel Crockett by the fol- lowing committee: D. Demsey, P. Lucy, W. H. McDonald, A. A. Paul, A. Bean and D. Scannell. A temporary stand had been erected on Maln street and the thoroughfare was spanned by an electric arch which, with its variegated lights and adornment of bunting, gave a fine effect to the night scene. J. Klienhaus atter{ded to the bon- fire and the Crockett giant, and he was much in evidence throughout the even- ing. Delegations came from Martinez, Port Costa and Selby and when the speaking began a great throng had as- sembled. William A. Gett, candidate for Attorney General, and Alexander Rosborough, can- didate for Secretary of State, together with the Democratic candidates for coun- ty offices, occupied’ the stand with the nominee for Governor. John Riley was chairman, and after a hopeful allusion to the State ticket, in- troduced J. H. Marble of the San Fran- cisco Typographical Union. Marble said he was a good friend of Lane, because they were members of the same union. Many years ago Lane had helped to found one of the first unions in Tacoma.' Lane, he said, had materially assisted in legal- izing the union label and was always a friend of the workingman, in good times and bad times. Alexander Rosborough said he had been in the south with Lane and found a split Republican party and a united Democracy and there was no question about a Demo- cratie victory. The only question was as to the size of the majority. Lane was cheered when he arose to speak. He said, that four years ago he was unknown in politics in California. Then he became a candidate for the of- fice of City and County Attorney in San Francisco and was three times elected, and the Union Labor party did him the honor to leave the office blank on its ticket that he might have Its support. During his term of office he started the new charter of San Francisco on its way. In his campaigns he had stood on the castings of the iron works and spoke to the workingmen at noon time and when elected he went around and thanked them and they told him he had kept every pledge he made. Lane sald he wanted to be Governor of all the people, not of any one class, and if elected he would try to do something to make all the people glad. COOMBS AT ARBUCKLE. Congressman Says Roosevelt will Solve Trust Problem. ARBUCKLE, Oct. 3. — Congressman Frank L. Coombs addressed al arge audi- ence here last night. Coombs dwelt upon the necessity of preserving the American markets to the American producer. He showed that during the Cleveland admin- istration three million wage-earners were out of employment. This meant the loss to labor of nearly two billion dollars an- nually. It meant the taking of this sum from the purchasing power of tHe peo- ple, and, as we \consumed 90 per cent of our own products, it ruined the Ameri- can market -for the -American farmer, Coombs referred to the trusts, and de- clared that we should not strike at American prosperity to strike at the trusts. Rather build up individual and community prosperity and give the power to the people to resist the power of the trusts until some law could be passed to regulate them. President Roosevelt, he said, would propose legislation to solve this question. ————— Protest Against Extortion Schemes. NEVADA, Oct. 4 — The Republican County Central Committee at a meeting held for the purpose of mapping out the county campaign last night passed a res- olution that will go far toward abolish- ing the present pernicious custom of or- ganizing campaign clubs for the purpose of extorting money and other consider- ations from candidates. The resolution was unanimously carried and is as fol- lows: | “Resolved, That this committee con- demns in the strongest terms any person or persons who may act individually or ‘| as clubs or organized bodies in any man- ner to extrort money or other considera- tions from Republican, Democratic or in- dependent candidates during this cam- paign.” Ashe Talks of Irrigation. LEMOORE, Oct. 4—Gaston M. Ashe, Democratic nominee for Congress in the Sixth District, spoke last night to one of the largest audiences that has ever fllled Bank Hall. He dwelt upon the irrigation problem, saying that its only solution lay in the tonstruction of great storage reservoirs by the Government. He charged Congressman Needham with a lack of Interest in the wants of the dis- {flct and with failure to fulfill his prom- ses to the peopls -l 4 ) Lodi Welcomes Needham. LODI, Oct. 4—Congressman J. C. Need- ham was given a rousing reception this evening, speaking to the largest number of people that ever attended a political meeting in this town. Alexander Brown, candidate for member of the State Board of Equalization, and Orrin 8. Hen- derson, candidate for Raflroad Commis- sioner, also spoke. A LY < Lane Club in Sacramento. SACRAMENTO, Oct. -4—A Franklin K. Lane Club was organized to-night with Archibald Yell as president and D. ‘W. Carmichael secretary. Forty signed the roll. Another meeting will be held te-morrow, at which the State organizer will address the Democrats of Sacra- mento County. R Sacramento’s Registration. | SACRAMENTO, Oct. 4—The Great Reg- ister of Sacramento County contains 12,452 gain of 451 in two years. 5 BEPUBLIAN Judge Thomas P. Hawley ‘Tells of Conditions in State. Says Silver Is Dead Issue ana People Favor Sound Money. [ Thomas P. Hawley, Judge of the United States District Court of Nevada, and who is a candidate for the United States Sen- ate from the Sagebrush State against Francls G. Newlands, is stopping for a few days in this city. The Judge heads the Republican ticket and feels confl- dent that the prestige of his party will be revived at the coming election in Nevada and that the State’s political com- plexion, so far as national represemta- tion is concerned, wiil be that of his own. For the last twelv¥e years the Silver party has carried every election In the State. Senators Stewart and Jones re- nounced old party afiliations when the clamor for the recoinage of silver at a fixed ratio with gold was heard at every hand, and were sent to the Senate by the Silver party. Francis G. Newilands, one of the influential men of the State, was elected to Congress and since has won plaudits as a member of the lower House. Men of both political faiths were swept into the ranks of the new party organized for the sole purpose of making the- question of the free and unlimited coinage of silver the leading issue of their campaigns, The hope that silver would once more be coined at a fixed ration with gold seemed the only salva- tion for the little State whose popula- tion was rapidly slipping away, and the voters went into the battle gravely de- termined. CONDITIONS HAVE CHANGED. According to Judge Hawley, conditions have changed within the last two or three years. Gold has been discovered In many sections and the State has never enjoyed such an era of prosperity since the palmy days of the Comstock. The silver issue is forgotten, to tby extent that the people realize that t.e battle against gold in the manmer they have conducted it for the last decade, can only come to naught and that they have other things to care for. The State is naturally a Republican State and the Re- publican voters who deserted their party in the interest of sflver are rapidly re- turning to the fold that the State’s rep- resentatives in both Houses may once more be identified with the prevailing party and not sailing on a phantom ship. Regarding conditions iIn Nevada, Judge Hawley said: “We are confildent of success. Those Republicans who have been afiliated with the Silver party for a number of years are coming back to our ranks and we are sure of seeing Nevada once mors Republican. Silver is no longer a living issue and even the Democrats have con- ceded that they can no longer sustain it. The best people of the State—those identified with business and mining in- terests—are coming back to the party they deserted when there seemed to be some hope for silver, and we expect to poll the largest vote we have ever reg- istered in the State. “We have evidence of what I assert. One-third of the delegates to the Repub- lican State Convention held in Reno were men who for the last few years and ever since the silver question agitated the péo- ple of the State, were members of the Silver party. The same conditions exist in the eastern countles, particularly in Eureka and Lander. Those who were stanch adherents of the silver party have come back to the Republican fold and will fight tooth and nail Tor the entire ticket In November. “In several counties the Silver party and the Democratic party fhave failed to fuse, and we expect a larges majority out of those places. This is true in Esmer- alda, Nye and Humboldt counties. The newly discovered Tonopah is in Nye County, but just how the miners of the settlement are going to vote cannot be ascertained by either side. Most of the men are gold-hunters from other States, and their political complexion is un- known. It is probable, however, that they will vote according to their previous party affiliation, the camp being a gold one and the silver question being of no vital importance to them. We believe they are men who go on,the proposition that the national currency is settled on a sound basis, which they do not wish to see disturbed. CREDIT McKINLEY’S POLICY. ‘“We believe that the people of Nevada recognize that the prosperity they have enjoyed for the last several years ecan only be attributed to the Republican party. They give credit to the pollcy pursued by McKinley and now advocated by Roosevelt. The conditions, especially in Nevada, were never so flattering as they are at the present time, and we do not think that any one wishes for a change. With the exception of one or two counties in Western Nevada there were never better times in the State. “’All these things combined have tended to encourage the Republican party and to make it earnest and active. We real- 1ze that the people know that the election of Silver party men to Congress has never accomplished any good in the cause of silver, and that affiliation with the reigning power is the only chance of gaining their ends. The thriving times and the little desire to alter present bright conditions will tend to roll the State back into the Républican line, as it was for years before the siiver tion excited the voters.” Judge Hawley came here to sit in the United States Circuit Court of Appeals next Monday. After the session he will return to Nevada to look after his inter- ests in his campaign for the United States Senatorship. United States Attorney Marshall B. ‘Woodworth pald the following tribute to Judge Hawley yesterday: “I have known and admired Judge Hawley for very many years for his purity and determina- tlon of character. He is loved and re- spected by all who know him, and those who know him best in the State of Ne- vada, both as a Judge and as a man, will help him without regard to polities to achleve the object of his ambition. He has been twenty years on the bench, and during that entire period he has prederved the judicial ermine unsullied even from thing that he has. He is the idol of the people of Nevada, and T have heard it good authority 1hat many of his Democratic friends will \ote and work to make the Législature Republican so