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PEOPLE AND LEGISLATURES.

IL is not surprising that the use Legs-
latures have made Of the power to make
and unmake laws, which the constitution
gives them, should provoke inquiry as 10
the ACCESSIBILITY of taking that power from
them. The Peoples party is now moving
in that direction. They propose an amend
ment to the State constitution which shall
restore to the people the power to enact or
abrogate laws by direct vote when the peo-
pie demand by petition that such shall
be done. The necessity for some such
measure is more apparent than the process
by which the result desired shall be OBJ
tanned. There will OF necessity be a dis
tinction between the powers lodged in the
Legislature and the powers reserved for di-
rect action by the people. There is a class
of subjects upon which legislation is desirs-
bic that have little interest for the people.
A good deal OF what may be- termed routine
legislation occupies the attention of the
Legislature each year. OF course it would
be hardly practicable to take from the
Legislature the power of final action in
such cases, subject TO the constitutional In
depreciation Of courts. and at the same time
there is a deal of hard sense In depriving
the Legislature of the power to pass impOr-
tant laws that no action on the part of the
people has demanded. The recent decision
of the United States Supreme Court de-
claring that the State may possess interests
which the Legislature cannot sign away is
the judicial process to reach the same end.
The decision OF the court, however, can
only be made to protect a small portion of
the ground the proposed amendment re-
serves for direct action by the people.
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Grafton OF a proposition to remouetize silver
on the American ratio? Would not all other
propositions to promote the use of silver
have been prejudiced by an adverse vote on
the American plan? The American dele
gates went TO the conference with definite
plan in their minds. That plan was TO in
duce the conference to agree to a ratio upon
which gold and silver might be coined and
given equal properties as money. Such was
their plan. But they knew that the con-
ference was not prepared to go TO the full
extent of the American plan and conse-
queDtly held themselves in position to in
dorse any reasonable plan looking to the
increase in the use of silver. The
attitude of England during the conference
and the comments of English newspapers
have prepared the American delegates TO
deal with the silver question without much
consideration of Eng ish interests. IL the
American Government should depart from
the policy ii has recently pursued and be-
come a seller intead of buyer OF silver the
British Interests that may suffer thereby
will have only their own Government to
blame. If Government surrenders itself
completely to the Uoneyed class-the class
whose condition is improved by the cheap
eniag OF everything but money-the people
must take the consequences. The confer
ence has only established the fact that the
United States must choose between carry
ing the white metal on its own shoulders
and letting it drop without regard to the toes
that IL may drop upon.
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NoN-PARrsANsHIP IN OAKLAND.

Just now an attempt is made by the dis
satisfied waEd workers TO depreeate the
work which the Non-P artisans have taken
in hand in Oakland. The first effort made
by the latter was to drive the poolrooms
that had been shipped across the bay out
Of Oakland. Il took about eighteen months
TO accomplish 1t in the face of majority Of
che of the most venal councils ever known
in that city. There was not a political boss
IN that city who did not either openly or
tacitly consent to the existence of that
scandal. The pooirooms had secured ex-
emption from disturbance. There was
never a doubt that the very men who had
the power 10 close up this notorious
gambling establishment profited in some
ways by its existence. Something like a
quarter of million dollars was scooped in
before the p0oEgambieTs were forced to
move on.
The very men most conspicuous in depre-
eating N0n-Partisan sweep in that city
were those who could see no harm in toler-
ating publicly one of the worst forms of
gambling ever devised. The municipal ad-
ministration had gone from bad to worse.
Citizens came together to consult as to
what was to be done. The first business
was to create and give expression to a new
public opinion. 1t found expression in the
bond election held a few months ago. 1t
has been growing stronger ever since.
The Oakland Non-Partisans have now
decided to name mu EiciDal ticket wholly
Independent of political parties. At this
iGncture the political soothsayers are active.
Things are not going to their mind. The
source Of municipal corruption has been the
turning OF patronage to political account
hot IL In,
tinct. The Non-Partisans are now ap-
preached by soothsayers with modifying
words NOW just listen to u.s." they saw
We represent the dominant political party
In this city. We admit that reforms are
needed and that affairs are in very bad
way; but all that is needful is for you Nom
Pariisans to secretly name a ticket, hand it
over TO US and we will elect it,
La short, If the on-Partsans will now
consent to become a catspaw to pull the
chestnuts out of the FIRE for the bosses. all
viii be serene. The very proposition Is a
confession that that public opinion that has
brought this independent movement into
existence is the controlling influence. The
political parties opposed will fight for the
snoils But they Will make this concession.
They viii be forced TO nominate the best
men they can find VINO have not gone over
to the Non-Partisans. That Is one of the
gains which the Non-Partisans have in
sight, for they have the power to do better.
and elect their own ticket. A public opin-
ion has already been created which will
tolerate no municipal candidate not pledged
to reform. and the voters are already so
emancipated from ring domination that the
vast majority will be pretty sure to vote for
the best men, but it follows by sequence
that the best men will not permit themselves
to accept nominations from bosses The
Non-Partisans of Oakland have an easy
victory in sight if they improve their oppor-
tunifv
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THE WORD "BRiBE."

While the world is ringing with these
scandalous exposures of bribery ia connec-
ton with the Panama canal, and the
directors of the company have now to face
prosecution for wrongdoing before a public
tribunal, an odd point is raised by George
Augustus Sala that he is quite ignorant of
any term in French which is equivalent to
cur word 'brbe." 1t is quite clear that
the French understand practically what
bride is. In pushing the Panama canal
project the promoters scattered showers of
bribes around among legislators and news
paper editors and proprietors. The public
confidence in the project was won by fraud
ana misrepresentation, assisted by the great
lame De Lesseps had made by the success
OF the SueZ canal. But the French dicton-
aries only express by periphrasis not much
better than slang what we unequvoeally
term bride. At present the French
papers are making use of the phrase,
pots de vin." but Mr.. Sala thinks it weak
and inaccurate, as 1t only applies to a
premium, gratuity. douceur or tip. But
there Is another phrase empioyed-"mor-
ceau de pain," literally, "bit of bread"
which does not carry definition much
further than the other expression. The
verb to bride has adequate Representatives
such as corrompre, suborner and gaguer.
but the noun is not yet in existence except
by inference. Can il be that the French are
too polite to use direct word for ''bripe"
or bribery" aud round off the harshpess by
adopting string of words such as 81 r.
crime de Sc laisser corrompre par presense"
Our word doodle" might solve a portion of
tie problem which the French have before
them in simplifying their dictionary.
Doodle. however. means more than bribery.
1t applies to downright stealing while In Of
fee, as well as TO corruption and maIfeasance
OF many kinds. 1t is not sonorous word
that Roman would have coined, bur it has
vlgor and is understood by everybody. A
man who is called boodler may not be
offend ed, but if called thief he would be.
The French would doubtless improve upon
the photography and the pronunciation.
They would expand the word into "bou-
dleur." At this moment they have a good
opportunity to distinguish the Panama d.
rectors 10y bringing the word into crcua-
ton. 1t so happens, however that our
own word bride is derived from the French
"bribe, which means bunch of bread.
scraps, or the leavngs of meals. such as
would be given 10 beggar. The French
again comes from the low Latin, and the
meaning is practically the same. But VINO
Invented the word "boodle?" Ii has no
paternity in the dictionary.
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PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

Laboucllere does not think that tine Queen
will ever again open Parliament in person.
Ellen Terry was only 10 years old when
she first appeared on the stage. That was
- years ago.
tine Noon Rest" daily resort for work
ing girls in Boston, was projected by Ed
ward Everett Hale.
Senator Proctor OF Vermont does not like
to have his new marble house at Washing
ton described as palace.
Oakley RIinelander OF New York is cred
lied with owning the finest collection of an
tiQue armor in his country
John Russell Young and John b.
Kitchener are rival candidates for the pres.
ldency of the Union League Club In Phila-
delphia.
Charles y. Sheppard of Symmetrical. s.
y, enjoys the distinction of growing tho
first really marketable tea ever produced in
America.
Oscar Wilde told some one the other Law
that Joaquin Miller was the greatest pott
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Italy. Austria, Japan, China and Chile. as
we'll ms for the English Government. and
they will supply guns to any power. Some
of the vessels in our own navy are prac-
ticaliy from Armstrong; designs. and tbs
actual draughtsman is no other than w. III.
White, the present chief constructor of the
English navy. An absurd report is in cir
culation that Germany fears her warlike
secrets have been revealed to France. Per-
haps they have, but chiefly through the
means France itself takes 10 ascertain what
IS going on in other countries Similarly
Germany exeIts itself TO ascertain all about
French secrets. There is hardly a secret
worth knowing that does not leak out
through some channel. All that is neces-
sary Is to employ wofkmen or agents who
keep their eyes open and wait their oupor-
tunity. This stealthy searching out cannot
be called moral. but there is good deal of
underhand Government work which cannot
be apologiZed for on righteous grounds.
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America had vet Produced. he quoted the
first line Of walker in Nicaragua" which
begins walker is a BRICK" and declared
that it was peculiarly full of fire aud force.
Monsignor Galimberti, Papal Nuncio at
Vienna. who has Just been made a Car
dinal. has long been regarded as represent
ing Leo's policy of Cancellation toward the
Quirinal.
Mrs. j. ID. Rockefeller. wife OF the oil
magnate, has brought up her daughters
very sensibly. They teach in mission sun
ay-scho0ls. and one, when a student at
Nassar. used her pocket money to detray
the expenses of poor girl at the same col
lege.
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FACTS WORTH KNOWING.

THE CALL has had San Francisco care
fully eanvassed in order to learn what city
morning newspapers were taken by the
people. The result is that THE CALL cir
cu!ates fully one-fOurth more copies than
any other paper. THE CALL circulation
leads by fully one-quarter. The Chronicle
Genes next after The CALL and leads the
Examiner. The above facts show why The
CAL is so strong in San Francisco
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IENdLIsH CRITICISM,

English journals criticize the position of
the American delegates to the monetary
conference OF the ground that they did not
come with a definite plan. Let us suppose
now that the American delegates had APP
peared with cut and dried plan, which
they desired the delegates to vote upon.
Would not such position have reduced the
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NATIONAL SECRETS.

Surely an unnecessary ferment is being
made out of the discovery that Laewe q
Co.. r IL manufacturers In Germany. offered
to supply The French with Weapons. A
manufacturing firm is not apt to coniiue its
cferaiions TO any country. Armstrong ~
Co. at Eiswick have built ships OF war for
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sUNDAY........ ...DECEMBERI is. 1ss2
SiXtOGl-PagG Edition.
NOTICEI

Asy Of our patrons lgho fail TO find THE
MORNING CALL for sale bu traiR-boys
"ihooVer fdror By notifying This Office OF
AJGct. naming the date and train.
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s2s Montgomery street. near Clay, open until IL
O'Clock ?. n. BRANCH OFFICES: 719 Market
street, near kearny, open until IL O'Clock midnight:
S39 Hayes street, open until . 50 O'Clock. COS
Larkir street omen until 80 O'Clock: 25lS Eisson
street. open until O'Clock ?. NJ; and lie Ninth
street, open until $3.50 r..
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WEATHER PREDICTIONS.

DErARTMFNT OF AGRICULTURE }
WEATHER BUREAU.
San FRANCISCO, December II. 1882
Official Forecast for Twenty-four Hours
Ending Midnight Sunday.
Northern California - Fair weather; warmer;
north to east winds
Southern Cai1foruia-Fair weather.; stationary
temperature: north TO east winds
San Francisco and vicinity-Far weather; slight
~ warmer: north to east winds.
p. T. JENKINS. Local Forecast Official
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rur rAsrrRN orFICE on THr GAIL.

fl,tof California papers. Visitors welcome. Ad-
,aukI1 Ialts and sample copies furnished
+ X MISCH, Manager.
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rpr DAILY MORNING CALL

FOR SALE
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CLtcAro ..,.........New News Stand Palmer House
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SUNDAY MEETINGS.


81 Profess Jr Fred Bel Spea ker Of the
S~S Humanitarian SpiritualisIs, will conduct
three meetings at Metropolitan Temple This murn-
Ing. IL o'cioes. subject: Ibid solomon SPEAK the
truth when he said. Vanity of vanities; all Is
vaniiy ?'" Afternoon at 2:l5 a grand reunion Of
mediums and iaspirstioaal speakers. Among them
the following Will take part: Mrs Sarah Parker OF
Dublin, Mrs. j. j. Whitney Mrs. Shriner. Mrs.
Ladd- Ftnniean. Mrs. L. Nj. SIoper. Professor Bell
aud others Evening, O'Clock. subject: 'Can tho
Fallen Women OF cur Large Cities lie Reclaimed pr
Mr.. Bell VIII deal with this subject from the
respOndence that has recently appeared in the Ex-
aminer. showing that Chief Crowley and many
clergymen deplorably ignorant to the
mel hoes OF rescuing fallen sisters. Sir. Bell has
experience, not theory. He will also sing appro-
pr ate solos Everybody interested in this great
problem invited. Admission free
- Liberals AMI FIR ethinkers-Dr. j.
Is~D L. YORK, the Liberal orator, speaks at Irving
Hall this evening at 80 sharp Life. Love and
Marriage" Young people especially Invited Ad-
The Liberal Union meets at 9 p. ~ sharp: sub
1ect for discussion. "Spiritualism." All invited.
Seats free.
At the close OF Dr. York's lecture the union W I'll
hold socai and dance beginning promptly at $50
O'Clock Come early. Ladies free.
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ONLY soc for three POUNDS of famous brob en-
candy In extra large Japansse lunch basket
fownsend's, 627 Market street.
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THE MORNING CALL
PtJRF,rCsT:Oy orFTcF

Has 8 larger circulation than any other
newspaper published in San Francisco
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No Christmas aud New Years table should be
without a bottle OF Angostura Bitters the world
renowned appetizer Of exquisite flavor Beware OF
counterfeitS
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GOLD manlel-mrFors, parlor tables, eases
ana nlusic-s ands. Everybody welcome. San.
born. Eail q Co.
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J.FCUTTER'sOLD BoURBoN.-This celebrated
whisky Is for sale by all first class druggists and
gToeers. IrSdemaTk-star within a shield.
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ABSENT friends would enjoy California Glaze
Fruits for Xmas. only Doc pound In Japanese
baskets, express rats reduced. Order early.
Townsend's, 627 Market street, Palace Hotel .
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CHEAP GRoCERIEs.-ft will pay you to get your
groceries at the old reliable house OF sbaTbOro &
Co., 53l Washington sc. Choicest goods at lowest
prices. Satisfaction guaranteed. The cheapest
place In the city. Send tor our monthly catalogue
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GENERAL NOBLE, Secretary of the Interior.
said OF Port Angeles, when visiting there OH.
cialiy three months ago. that IL Is the buesi town.
size In America. Full information OF the CaTnail-
Hopkins Co.. ga Market street.
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Two pounds cream mixed candy in Japanese
baskets for 30 els. Towns nd's. Palace HOTEL
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and grayness Of the hair appear. do not neglect
them. but apply proper remedy and tonic like
alls Hair Renewer.
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GREAT sale finest eye-glass specs 15c up. 65
Fourth ST., Sunday 72S Market. Noe numbers.
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JANuARY STYLES BGtterick's patterns Gaia
logues mailed free II. A. Deming. "a Post ST. s. +
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KS The Society OF Progressive Spiritual
G~O lists holds Two services to-day at Scottish
Hall. les LarKin ST. at 2 r. NJ. the conferences will
be opened by DIR. N. r. Ravlin. the celebrated
speaker. who has Just returned from the East to
resume his ILLUSTRATIONS for the society. Other
speakers Will follow. Tests by DIR. Schlesinger to
skeptfcs. AT . u. Dr. bavlil will deliver an ad-
dress. The friends of this gifted teacher and
grand old msn" invited to turn out ia num-
bers TO give him joyous welcome home spec tal
musical service. Admission free.
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EXTRA Mi1co PIES swAISs- q7S surter str,

II afflicted with sore eyes DR.. Isaac Tholap
son + BY Water. Druggists sell 1t at IS cents.
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MISUNDERSTANDING

During the holiday season as an extra Christ
mas 10 their patrons the Great American I'm.
porting Tea Company's Stores Will present their
customers with extra premiums over ana above
their usual presents. Their teas, coife aud
spices are superior In quality, i.urity and che D.
II So Their china and eroekery department ~
repleie win new goods OF new designs. ITices
one-hau old-time rates. Special Christmas bar
gains 10 diuner, tea and toilet SETS
RHEUMATIsM racks the system like n thumb-
screw. But 1t retreats before the power of Hoods
Sarsaparila. which eliminates all poison from the
blood. Did you ever try is
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~ Annual Meeting-The re ular An
Es~S nual meeting Of the Stockholders OF the Ken
tuck Consolidated Mining Company will be held at
The ofhce OF the company. No $40 PfLe St, rooms
10 and II. San Francisco. California. MEDNES-
DAY. the 2lst day OF December 1892. at the hour
OF i O'Clock y. NJ, for the purpose OF electiny
Board OF Directors 70 serve for the ensuing year
and The transaction OF such other business as NAV
come be ore the meeting. Transfer.houk will
close on saturday. December II, 1892 at ~
O'Clock VI. j. w PEW Secret,ry
once-No. $40 Pine ST., rooms 10 and ~, San
Francisco, California. de6 ri
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The CALL CAL NDAR.
DECEMBER. 1892.
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sUeARED popcorn, 1oc quart. Towusend's.
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PLAIN popcorn, Sc quart. TOwnsend's. .
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Very Close to the Ideal.

y.
Recently the San Francisco CALL has
been interviewing newspaper men as to the
Ideal newspaper" subject ever of inter-
est to newspaper men. OF course there can
be DO ideal newspaper. Each man has his
own ideal, and il varies from all others.
An ideal newspaper may exist In multi
tudes; the ideal ne wspaper will never exist.
The CALL itself. since the present managers
took charge OF it, is about as close an ap-
proach to the ideal newspa er as we are
likely TO see. IL struggles after legitimate
news; insists upon adherence TO facts !:
avoids sensation; rejects the prurient, and
consuts the general good as ifs editors see il.
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PorcoRN in balls, SOC Dozen. Townsenas. I.
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S5y. DIR. G III. Rin-es Spiritual VI Get ing, st
30 GEORGES Hail. 909Is Market st.. Sunday
and p. NJ. Circle and platform tests by Mrs
C. j. Meyer, Mrs. Durham ana Mrs. Huessmann.
To Theosuphical &C ety-Free Public
b-S lectures every Sunday, 7:45 NJ, at $40 Post
ST: Tonight Or J. A Anderson will speak upon
"AnnIe Besant"
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- Annual Meetiug-The ReguI An
e~S nusl meeting of the stockholders of the Ar
genta Mining Company will De held at the ONCE OF
the company. room 20. 3Si Pine ST., San Francisco
Cal, on MONDAY, tae 9th day of January, 1893. at
the hour OF O'CLOCK p. NJ, fer the pur-
pose of ei~ctiBg board Of directors 10 serve for
the ensu year. and the transaction OF such other
business as may come before the meeting.
TTabsfer-bOoxs will c.oSe on Saturday. Jaunary
z. at IL o'clock N. X. K. GRAYSON Secretary
ofice-Room 20. 33l Pine ST.. san Francisco
Cal deI4 td
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PRoF. Low, danclpg teacher, coz sulter.
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PorcoRN strings. yards long. Townsena,s. .
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= MEN, EXPERIENCED IN MAKING WREATHS
ana stevenson.
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u ANTED = 10 WIDE AWARE MEN WHO
" want to be somebody to take acres each OF
beautiful fruit land in of the richest sections
or the State; VIII let you have for SIS and
only pay 81 cash and 81 week after this; don't
miss IL and you Will soon have home of your own;
otherwise tue poorhouse awaits for you in your
old age come soon. w WESTERN LAND COMPANY
$40 Market st. del4 81