The morning call., 1891-11-10
The Farmers Bribed to Defeat
FaSSett.
Large Sums Of Money Used In the New
York Election.
FaVorlng San Francisco for the Conventions.
Report on the Diseases Of Plants and
YlneS-Brazilian Steamship Subsidy.
Epeeial TO THE MORNING CALI

ul&tes to show that the Democrats carried
New York by the corrupt use of money.
MI. Platt and General Hustled both declare
that the Democrats had large corruption
fund, which they used ON bucolic voters.
"a dollar in the country" said Hustled.
will 60 great deal farther than in the
city, and $40 bill to many country men
looks rs large as the side Of a barn. Here
is theway that Mr.. Flowers friends, so l
ana informed, got in their work in the coun-
try during the recent campaigning: An
agent driving across the country. ostensibly
for his health or selling soap, meets
farmer. How are you, brother so and SOP
he asks, and after discussing the crops he
meatlons politics. 4 suppose you are going
to Yote this year?' he adds. Yes, / sup
pose so,' replies tine farmer. 'How%
Well. l am a Republican, You have
great deal to do locking after your large
crops this year. II you should find it incon-
yenlent to leave your work and 90 TO town
to vote on election day | will make it an OBJ
1eet to YOU In short. he winds up by fatty
offering him SO, or possibly more. to stay
hOme on election day. Human nature is
weak, and very many could not withstand
the temptation" Hustled says that the
Democrats put $4,000 in each of the 12s
Assembly districts, aggregating S1,2So,000
In addition to many large special contribu-
tons. He and Mr.. Platt both declare that
they have proof that the Democrats used an
enormous corruption fund in the interest of
Mr.. Flower.
FAVORABLE To THE CONVENTIONS.
may be said that San Francisco stands
a tn fhnn ~ hAr nf
the national political conventions. The
talk in Washington is not nearly so un-
favorable as 1t was before the information
was teiegraphed that San Francisco would
pay the expenses of the delegates. MI. Nc
kenna, the only California Representative
now here, is of course. heartily in favor of
San Francisco making big effort to cap
ture the convention. He is hopeful, but
says that the principal objection urged
against San Francisco is the time that
would be consumed going to and returning
from that city. Mr.. Quay of Pennsylvania,
member of the Republican National Com
miuee, thinks that California is too far off,
while at the same time he believes that
California would entertain the delegates in
prlncely style. Mr.. Quay also admits that
national convention held at San Francisco
would be free from outside influences. and
he calls this a big advantage. Mr.. McKenna
feels that Quay viii not offer any serious
opposition to San francisco. While Mr..
QuHg 10 Uuly IL VI the ttjtP,
having been superseded as Chairman, he
undoubtedly wields considerable influence.
: 81 sat many of the Washington eorre-
spondents are favorable to and will work
for San Francisco.
BUREAU OF AMERICAN REPUBLICS.
The Bureau of American Republics is in
formed from official sources that there is
now in operation in the Republic of Mexico
10,i 1873 EilometerS of railway, which is equal
TO 6325 miles. The bureau has received no.
tice that the Congress Of the State of Nueva
Leon. Mexico, for the purpose of encourag-
ing the cultivation of fiber plants, has ex-
empted from taxation for period OF twenty
years, all lands devoted to that purpose.
The bureau has also been informed that the
Legislature of the State of Espirito Santo,
of $4,000 year for the establishment of
direct steam communication with the
United States.
PURCHASE OF SILVER.
To-day $4,000 ounces of silver were pur-
chased by the Treasury Department, the
prices ranging from .95 TO .9525.
DISEASES OF PLANTS AND VINES.
Concerning vegetable pathology Secre-
tary RuSk annual report says: In the treat
ment of grape diseases several new lines of
work have been undertaken. The principal
one was an attempt to cheaper the treat
ments without affecting their efficacy. 1t
was shown, among other things, that the
duced 80 per cent without apparently af-
fectng It's efficacy as preventive of black
rot and mlldew Of grapes. III the results of
this experiment are substantlated by Others
made on large scale and under varied con.
ditions of climate, the cost of treating
grapes for mildew and rot can be reduced
from Sl4 to little over 50 an acre. 1t is
gratifying to announce that the efforts of
the department TO introduce cheaper ma
chinery Tor the treatment of plant diseases
nnAn t.Flfh In
tionS have been made whereby suitable
spraying machines have been manufactured
IN this country at a far less COST than here
t0fore at home or abroad.
THE INVESTIGATION MADE.
The laboratory work during the year has
been pushed forward with vigor. The in
vestlgationS of this nature are always pre-
lminary to practical work In the field. For
the most part the work in the past year has
been coutined to the further study of grape
diseases. pear blight peach yellows, Cali
lornia vine disease, rot of sweet potato and
bacterial disease of oats. The new ;lines
taken up. ana which as yet have not yielded
sufficient results to warrant an attempt at
practical experiments in the field, are the
investigations bearing on blight, foot rot,
scab and other diseases of the orange rust
OF cereals, diseases of violets, carnations
and other greenhouse plants anj several
bacterial aud fungus diseases of Injurious
insects.
CALIFoRNIA VINE DISEASES.
Since my last report work on the Califor-
MIA vine disease has been continued From
the 1st of November, 1890, TO the early part
OF May, 1891, the special agent In charge of
tins work was engaged in the preparation
OF report on the subject. Since the COM
pletion of this report the agent has been en-
gagged in laboratory and field investigations
In various parts of California. The hope is
strong that the virulence Of the disease is
abating, and the outlook in Southern Cali
fornla is much more encouraging than ut
any time since tho dread malady appeared.