New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-19
POLITICS IN CALIFORNIA.
A FORGED LETTER FIGURES IN THE CAM
PAIGN-BEET SUGAR AND THE
nOrINTf NATURAL GAS
rnY TELEGRAPH TO THE Tribunal


rnY TELEGRAPH TO THE Tribunal
San Francisco. Oct ls.-The political campaign
has become very warm The week was made
noteworthy by the complete collapse OF the local
DEMOCRACY. who could not get an audience Mt
tb.I, ratification meeting, and by the issue Of an
Imitation Of the Morey letter, intended to damage
Colonel Markham, the Republican candidate for
Govsrnor This letter accused Markham Of con-
oratnlatinr his party in the California Mine over
the d,sohorre of Irish labofers and the hiring OF
Chinese The nth is taken out OF II, however.
hv swo,n statements of miners who worked for
Markham at the time, and who testify that he
mover cmploycd coolies Against this charge the
Republicans have positive evidence that Pond, the
Democratic candidate is o heavy stakeholder in
three Alaska canneries, which employ several num-
dred Chinese The attempt ON either side to gal
vanize the old auti-Chinese issue into life Is q
failure. Californians cannot be moved by it any
more. and the quicker politicians accept this fact
the better. The most significant feature Of the
campairn thus far is the fact that " Blind Boss
Buckley seems to be losing his grip on his party.
Several men whom he nominated have wlthdrawn
from the ticket and there Is general expression
Of disgust among decent Democrats over the
wrctched creatures whom he has put up Tor the
Legislature and many local offices Inc prcdic-
ton is made by good judges that the Republicans
will sweep the State The only weak point on
their ticket is in Congressman, put they are sure
TO ret three out Of six, and possibly four
Several large capitalists are waiting to learn
the verdict at the polls on the new tarH De1or
establishing bcet-sugar factories IN California IL
the Republican policy be upheld and there is as
surance of Congress carrying out the provisions
of the Sugar Bounty act. several factories will
be started at once. Experiments made by Ciahs
Spreckels show that the sugar beet IN nearly all
parts of the State develops more sugar than III
Germany; while his own factory at Wafsonville
has returned fine interest on the investment.
Farmers who have grown bccts for Sprcckes's
factory have averaged from S75 to 300 an acre
profit The Mckinley bill has ended the importation
of Tahiti oranges as the industry could not stand
tax Of IS cents per thousand, with no allowance
for decayed fruit The result will I've to help
California and to add to the already
rapidly increasing acreage Of citrus fruits. John
H. Hale, Special Census Agent, is here gathering
data lie will make the first accurate estimate
ever taken Of semi-tropical fruits. The result
will show better than any boom articles the
enormous growth of this industry in Southern
California and the great advance it has caused
in the value of land.
uONcTUOT NdttTIudu Juop QUINN IN"
bonanza in the Blue Hill Mine, the banner
district Of San Diego County. lie declares that
it is good for several millions His famous Stone
wall mine has paid him 81 900 a day for more
than three years Yet Waterman would willingly
have given big slice of this mine for another
term as Governor. What CALLED him was that
his candidacy was not even considered by poll
ticians, who regard him rs the weakest Governor
California has had in many years
American capital will build brewery here
which will surpass any similar, establishment
in the country The capital of the company is
81, 900, 900, and among the directors are Alpheus
Busch, Of st. Louis James Shean, Herman
Liebcs, and John 4. Hopes. of San Francisco.
Charles Howard Shinn. author of Mining
Camps" and for many years Editor of The Over.
land Monthly" has been appointed director Of
experimental AGRICULTURAL ami horticultural STU
lions in California. lie Is on expert in hOrti-
culture and in this Office he can do much TO
aid farmers and fruit-growers.
DR.. f. Cole, pioneer dentist and one Of the
week at his home in Oakland lie was prom
nent Republican, but several times declined office.
The fourth flow of natural gas in a few months
was struck this week at Stockton. Crude pc
troleum noticed in the water from the well:
The city OF Stockton will soon be lighted and
heated by gas.
The first entire train of Lima beans ever shipped
Fast started this week. They were grown in
Ventura County and tllci ten cars.
The Cedros Island mines. on the coast of Lower
California, have beer bought by Philadelphia
syndicate, which will erect a twenty mill i'll
San Diego to treat the ores
Portland, Ore. is now building an eight-story
structure for the use VI newspaper. Under
Harvey Scott The Oregonion has become the
greatest journalistic power in the Pacific North
west and 10 its influence is largely due the
growth of RcpublIcanism in Oregon and Wash
ingtyn.