The San Francisco call., 1895-12-15
National Republican Leaders Dis
cussed Plans for the Con.
vention.
DICK CROKER AND TAMMANY.
Mission of the "Plain Citizens Who
Propose to Provide Work for
the Unemployed.

NEW YORK, N. Y, Dec. 14.-Joseph
H. Manley of Maine, the chairman of the
Republican National Executive Commit
tee, arrived in this city last evening. He
was accompanied by Congressman Bou-
telle of the same State. Their mission is
to push the candidacy of Speaker Reed
for the Presidency. Neither Manley nor
Boutelle would talk about Reeds pros
poets.
Henry l.. Swords, sergeant-at-arms of
the Republican National Committee
started for St. Louis yesterday. Before he
went he said that he was going to engage
headquarters for the National Committee ;
also to secure accom- modations for the
friends of Senator Allison OF Iowa and
apartments for Alllson's headquarters as a
candidate, as well as rooms for Senator
Quay and the Pennsylvania delegation and
for the delegations of New Jersey and Con-
necticut during the convention.
Many prominent National Republican
Leaguers were in conference in the Fifth
avenue Hotel last night. They talked over
plans for the coming convention OF the
league in Milwaukee. Originally it was
intended to call it for some time in Aug
ust, but since st. Louis and June 16 were
selected as the place and date for the Pres
idential convention a strong sentiment
has been developed for fixing the date Of
the league convention just before or just
after that to be held at st. Louis. This
would obviate the necessity for delegates
from the far East and West making two
trips.
Richard Croker will not return to Eng
land until the spring, in time for the spring
races and the social season in London,
which follows Lent. He has opened his
house in this city and is busying himself
with the work of reorganizing Tammany
Hall. From these facts it is taken for
granted that he has not yet given up poll
tics.
Among politicians the general belief is
that Croker has hopes yet that William G.
Whitney will be the Democratic candidate
for the Presidency, and if he is Mr.. Croker
will retain control of Tammany and do
what he can to help secure his nomination
and election.
Croker has added to his racing stable a
string OF thorougnbreds. for which he paid
$4,000.
Central Hotel number OF persons calling
themselves "Plain Citizens" They are
advocates of sixteenth amendment to the
constitution OF the United States. This
provides for the creation of a National de-
partment ''to procure reasonably remun-
erative employment for every American
citizen who may apply to the department
for work, and also to adopt such measures
throughout the land that shall give to
every child born in the United States a
fair opportunity of obtaining sufficient
food, clothing, shelter, education and en-
ioyment."
The purposes of the "Plain Citizens"
were explained by DR.. Stephen III. En-
mems of Amador City, Cal. DR.. Emmens
is the inventor of high explosive known
as Emmensite, which he claims the United
States Government has adopted and is
using in its coast defenses. He also
claims to be an editor of the London
(Eng.) Standard, and to have published
several books. DR.. Emmens said that the
project was not utopian, as had been de-
clared by President Roosevelt of the Po-
lice Board. He asserted that in an inter
view Roosevelt had said that "Men have
no right to employment"
DR.. Emmens declared that the United
States is losing $3,O0O,000,0O0 a year
through its idle people. He says that
counting $4 as the profit of working
mans day and $1,000 year as the profit of
his year, and admitting that 100000 per-
sons-the number according to the census
are out of work, there is, therefore,
$2 4OO, 900 900 lost in that way.
1t costs the United States $500 600, 900
each year to support these idle men. He
claims that the adoption of the sixteenth
amendment will save this money for the
United States and provide employment for
the idle people.
DIR. Emmens also claims that the "Pain
Citizens" are not theorists. but have a
practical plan. He claims that they are
ready to put forth the plan of the lines on
which the proposed National department
would be drawn, by which 10000 families
in the slums of New York City alone could
be made "happy. self-supporting people,"
The bill last night at the Metropolitan
was one of the most interesting and varied
of the season. IL offered that exquisite
trif1e by Gounod, philemon ct Baucis. -
Ambrose Thomas greatest achievement.
the mad scene in Hamlet" and Mas
cagni's masterpiece, "Cavalleria Rusti-
cana"
Here were three triumphs of modern
composition interpreted in the best method
OF modern art. Nine. Engle and M. Plan
con sang in the first work, Calve repeated
her marvellous achievement in the second,
and the third was interpreted by Calve,
Mantelli, Ancona and Cremonin.
This seems to be good chance to speak
good word in favor of Nine. Engle.t The
pretty prima donna from London has had
little opportunity to declare her quality to
our audiences. Her voice is not of great
power, but it possesses delightful melody
and technique, and ber acting in the Bizet
and Gounod roles has shown fine artistic
instinct. We have never had a better
Baucls than this lady was last night.
After the pastoral beauty of "Philemon
ct Baucis" here comes Mile. Calve in the
mad ecstasy of Ophelia. Ophelia is the
latest but not least famous role that the
merry French woman has added to her
repertoire. She electrified the audience by
her initial American performance of the
character last week, and last night CaIvs