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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-10
UP-TO-DATE JOKES.
The cowbells tinkled drowsilv.

In the shadow of the shelving shore, with
the waves breaking at their feet, they fingered.
"Would you. marry for money!" she de-
manded.
He started and turned pale.
''This is so sudden" he faltered.
To make bad matter worse he subsequently
asked her how much she was offering.-Detroit
Tribune.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-10

Even the Moon Hid Her Face.-First Girl-A
dark cloud lust then covered the moon-by
that time my heart was in my throat.
second Girl-Graciousl how he must have
squeezed you!-Boston Budget.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-10

This IS the law of the case. Is the
Solid Eight of the Board Of Supervisors
guilty or not guilty of a misdemeanor and
of malfeasance in Office for their acts in re-
lation to this franchise? They are guilty
of two distinct violations of the letter and
spirit Of the statute of 1893. In the first
place, they are guilty OF malfeasance in
office for their neglect and refusal to ad-
vertise the franchise for sale upon the ap-
plication of Behrend Joost. They have
neither the right nor the discretion under
the law to discriminate between applicants
or to refuse to advertise a franchise for
sale when once an application has been
filed. That is the first offense of the
Solid Eight, but it is by no means
their most serious one. Their greater
crime consists in the manner in
which they propose to evade and nullify
the statute of 1893 in the grant Of this fran
chise to the Market-street Railway Com
pany. By cunningly worded resolution
the Solid Eight conspirators propose to
offer for sale this franchise in such man
ner that in the very nature of things there
can be but one bidder, and that one the
Market-street Railway Company. The
franchise they have resolved" to sell is
franchise to operate street railroads upon
and over the streets indicated "as extern
sions of and adiuncts to and in connection
with the line of railway of the Market
street Railway Company" Who could
use such franchise but the corporation
whose already laid lines the new road must
be connected with and be extension and
adjunct of? What thinly veneered eva
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August Banner was sent to prison at Ionia
Mich, two years ago for whipping a man who
refused to pay him his wages. He finished his
term last week. AS he walked out of prison he
was informed that he had inherited 1925 DOC
by the death OF an uncle, who was rich '49er
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EDITORIAL ROOMS:
517 Clay Street.
'elephOue. Malu-loG4
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The price of iron is said to be the "barome-
ter of trade" of the world. Iron is steadily ad-
at the present time.-Pendleton East
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Montana has stopped ganbling-that is, ha'
made it illegal-and now there is only one
State in the Union which legalizes 1t. In thi'
State the Call is making war on the lotteries
and has to great extent stopped the sale O.
tickets.-Lake County Bee.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-10

Selling silver polish to support herself and
father, Miss Foote, daughter of C. B. Boote
president of the late failed Commercial Bank
of Cincinnati, goes from house to house daily
The young woman is well educated, but could
find nothing TO do She manufactures and
sells the polish, and what she makes supports
herself and father, and is their only income.
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THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL

wEDNEsDAY..................... July 10. 1895
The Portland daily press., 1895-06-28
GOLD AND SILVER MONEY.

"The bimetallists,'' says Mr.. Talbot,
"maintain that the circumstance that
gives value to coins is that an imme-
mortal custom, now embodied in positive
law, regards them as the symbols and
representatives of universal value, and
SO make them exchangeable among all
civilized peoples in certain definite guam
titles, for any purchaseable thing, and as
a legal and complete satisfaction of any
obligation or debt. This is one of those
general phrases that sound well, but
which, when they come to be critically
examined, leave very much to be desired
"Immemorial CUSTOM gives representa-
tive value to coins. That in a sense is true.
But what did the immemorial custom
spring from2 Did lot of people in an
early period Of the world s existence get
together and decree that piece of gold or
silver should be token that the holder
had parted with some necessary of life, of
which he had an overabundance, and
was entitled on it's presentation to some
other person to some necessary of which
he had short supply and of which the
other person had an over-supply, and
was it, in this way, by pure agreement,
transferred to each Subsequent generation
and ratified by it, that these coins became
mediums of exchange? Or did the use.of
gold and silver for money grow out of
the fact that these metals were SO gener-
ally desired for their own sake at a very
early period of the worlds history that
everybody was willing to part with such
articles as he possessed in superfuity to
get them2 We hold that it was the gen
eral desire to get these metals that
brought about their use as money,
coupled with the facts that they contained
large value in small compass and were
capable of divisions into small fractions
At first exchange for them was barter
Subsequently when society was more
civilized and more complex and the need
of some general medium of exchange was
felt those metals were selected because
there was general desire for them
Everybody would take them, because
everybody desired them. Their value
was conferred by the general desire. If
their use as money had been the result of
an arbitrary agreement without reference
TO the desire to possess them for their
The Portland daily press., 1895-06-28

own sake and that agreement had ssgrown
until custom, we should find the agree
ment holding good in all its particulars.
If bits of gold and silver of certain size
and weight were originally agreed upon
as tokens of a certain fixed representa-
tive value there would have been every
reason to transmit the agreement intact
from generation to generation But we
know as matter of fact that from time to
time different quantities of gold and sill
yer have been put into coins used for
money. If these coins had been mere
tokens, and the value of the material of
which they were composed of no account,
why should they have not been continued
from decade to decade and from genera
tion to generation of the same weight and
size? Every new coinage has been attended
with large expense, which could just as
well have been avoided if the coins were
mere tokens. Why all this discussion of
the ratio between the two metals, why
the phenomenon of coins of the cheaper
metal pushing out those of the dearer
one, why this claim today that the debtor
has been cheated by the appreciation of
the gold dollar if simmemorial custom
embodied in positive law had been
effective to compel people to accept gold
and silver in certain definite quantities
for any purchaseable thing. The fact is
that the amount of gold and silver which
people will accept for any purchaseable
thing is not definite or certain. 1t has
been constantly changing in accordance
with the law of supply and demand. No
government decree or government stamp
has been able to maintain the purchasing
power of the gold or silver dollar at a
certain and definite figure, and
governments have from time to
time recognized the fact by
changing the quantity of gold or silver
in the dollar. The chief argument for
the remonetization of silver today is that
it is needed to diminish the demand for
gold and SO reduce it's exchange value.
This is confession that demand and
supply affect the value of money just as
they do everything else, and is in direct
contradiction of the idea that immemo-
rial custom even when reinforced by posi-
tive law has been able to make people ac-
cept certain and definite quantities of
gold and silver in exchange for commodi-
ties. Law has been able to compel men to
receive certain amount of gold and sill
ver and certain number of pieces of paper
in satisfaction of debt, but law has never
been able to compel man to give more
wheat or corn or any other thing for a
certain weight of gold or silver than he
was willing to; though it has frequently
attempted so to do. Law has been i'm
potent ito fix the exchange value of the
metals.
The Portland daily press., 1895-06-28

The decision of Judge Brown of the
United States Court of New York in the
case of the Indictment of Mr.. Charles A.
Dana of the New York Sun for libelling
Mr.. F. W. Noyes, does not touch the
question that has beenohiefy raised about
the matter in the newspapers, namely,
whether the offence was committed in
New York or in Washington. Mr.. Dana
was indicted in a court in the District of
Columbia, on the ground that as the Sun
circulated tlfge the offence was com
mitted there. The defendant contended,
however, that the offence, if offence there
was, was committed in New York where
the publication Office of the Sun was, and
that the Washington courts had no juris-
diction. This precise question was not
determined, but the application for re-
moval of the defendant was denied first
on the ground that the Indictment on
account of ambiguity and lack of definite
ness was insufficient to base removal pro-
ceedings upon; and secondly that as in a
case like this there could be no removal
between the States there could only be a
removal to the District of Columbia on
the assumption that congress intended to
give to the district special privileges
which the court did not think was the
caSza
The Portland daily press., 1895-06-28
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NOTICE.

PORTLAND, June 21. 1895.
7 HAVE this day given my son. Harold M
Dimock. his time and / shall claim none Of
ms earnings nor pay any bills OF his contract
hlg after this date. ALFRED A. DIMOCK.
ie22d1w*
The Portland daily press., 1895-06-28
THE PRESS.
FRIDAY, JUNE %.

The victory of the opponents of free
silver coinage in the Kentucky Democrat
ic convention is a very notable one. Ken
tucky is one of the States which was sup
posed to be thoroughly saturated with free
silver sentiment and Senator Blackburn,
who led the silver forces, expected an easy
victory. Indeed two months ago there is
no doubt he would have won one. But
the thorough discussion of the question
changed the views of good many whilom
champions of the white metal, and when
the convention day came the opponents
of free coinage were in the majority.
II discussion will do this in Kentucky
even the Illinois Democrats may not be
beyond saving grace.
The Portland daily press., 1895-06-28
The Merit System in the District of Colum-
bia.

Dld.
1t is not generally known that several
months ago the idea of adopting the merit
system in the District of Columbia was
put to practical test A small position
was vacant The Commissioners were
anxious to fill it with man thoroughly
reliable and competent Four Senators
and two Representatives made applica-
tion for the place, and presented their
constituents, all of whom they recon-
mended in the highest terms as being
fully qualified. Here was predicament
for the triumvirate
The Senators were all representative
men, and had proven their friendship for
the District in Congress. If one was
recognized, and his man appointed, it
would stir up bad feelings among t
others. Then it was that a proposition
was made that solved the entire question.
A competitive examination would be
held under the auspices of the ECivil-Ser-
vice Commission. and the man recon-
nlended as having passed ..the best exami-
nation would get the position. No one
could object to this. Itwas fair and just
So the examination was ordered and the
applicants notified. About half of them
responded The examination was taken
and the papers later forwarded to the
Commissioners. Just one of the numner
passed, and his rating was not high.
Several of the others made dismal fail
ures. The appointment was accordingly
made, the man receiving the highest
mark getting the place. Here, indeed,
was striking example of the necessity
of civil service reform for the District
government No better evidence was
needed, and here it was that the egg of
the merit system, which has Matched into
full-grown and vigorous youngster, was
laid. And now before clerk receives an
appointment in the District service he
must prove by competitive examination
that he is qualified. Washington Star.
The Portland daily press., 1895-06-28
ACUTIo N SALES
VALUABLE FARM, FARMING TOOLS,
UTENSILS and LIVE STOCK
At -Auction.

The Homestead Farm of the late Byron g
Coburn, situated in Gorham, on the old
road from Saccarappa to u orham Village.
will be sold at Public Auction. OH the
premises, FRIDAY, JUNE 2Sth, 1895, begin
ming at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon.
L his farm contains about sixty acres of
land conveniently divided into pasture,
moving and tillage. There is very large
and thrifty Orchard on the premises, capa-
ble OF yielding, in good year, from 500 to
i200 bushels of apples, besides considera-
bic quantity of small fruits.
The House is a story and one-half man :
sard-roof, nearly new and well finished !;
and the Barn and out-buildings are in good
repair and conveniently arranged.
The farm was left we'll equipped by the
late owner, and after the sale of the farm
the Auction will be continued by the sa le
OF the follcWing, chattels, viz:
Farming Tools. consisting in part of
Flows, Harrows, Chains, Carts and Wheels
Moving Machine. Ensilage-cutter, Hay
racks. Sleds, Forks, Rakes, Carpenters
Tools. Shoyels, Hoes, &C., DC.
-Four Horses, being span of work horses,
brood mare called Minnie X, and thor
oughbred { olt. One Cow, flock of Light
Brabma Hens.
Household Furniture, cider Barrels, a
small combination Cider Press, and other
articles which are 100 many to enumeIate.
Eor particulars inquire of
F. M. RAY, Administrator.
so Exchange St.. Portland, Me.
f. 0. BAILEY SEQ, Auctioneers.
june l9td
The Portland daily press., 1895-06-28

"She would know they were hard and be
| sorry,
| If she had to do them herself"
And the teacher at home in the gloam-
| ing,
| Sighed gently, "I wish that they knew,
The dear little children, how easy
'Tis just to have lessons to do p
New York: Haprer & Brothers; Port
land: Loring, Short & Harmon. Price
$1.25.)
Gray Roses. By Henry Harland is a
volume of short stories of a pronounced
type, the gayest and prettiest of which is
the final number Castles Near Spain.
Here the dialogue is remarkably clear-cut
and full of verbal beguilements-an ar
fists work, in short. Its predecessors are
shadowed by grave or even morbid rehec-
tions. They bear in upon you a sense of
the irretrievable, the hopeless, the things
that might have been happy save for
perversion or q paralysis of the will
"The Bohemian Girl' is most improbable
in its mixture of mamma who will be
called 'mademoiselle'' yet who wishes to
bring her daughter up among the pro-
prieties An odd little story of child's
pets, a family of white mice, follows
"Bibi Ragout'' is a pathetic study.
"Flowers O. the Ounce breathes heart
ache; so, too, does ga Responsibility.
(Boston: Roberts Brothers; London:
John Lane, Vigo ST; Portland :! Loring,
Short & Harmon Price 81. 00.)
A Market for an Impulse By William
Whittemore Tufts The hero of this story
attempts to steer along straight line for
the good of his friends and the communi-
ty, regardless of so-called "policy" or the
doctrine of expediency. He does indeed
prove the truth of the statement that sit
is never even expedient to do wrong
thing" but it is by the way of misunder-
standing, and apparent disaster together
with much genuine sorrow. A very &c
centric will is the motif of the story The
way in which the ideas of GA Market for
an Impluse'' are illustrated are altogether
unique, sometimes bordering on the
fanatic But it may be said that the
story is readable and has sound matter to
commend it, though, as we said, oddly
enough worked out in the showing up of
salient points. The final end is a happy
one Boston, Arena Library Series
Weekly, or per annum. Paper, price so
CTS
The Portland daily press., 1895-06-28
F. 0. BAILEY & CO., Auctioneers.
Household Furniture
AT AUCTION.

SATURDAY, June goth, at 10 a. M, we shall
y sell in upper rent, No. Il Cushman street
General Household Furniture, Parlor Furni.
Sets, Stoves. Hall Stand Crockery and Glass
Ware, and other articles too numerous to men
ton. ie97d3t
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ENDORSES
THE TICKET.
CONTINUED from page u

who had used the most underhanded
means to defeat him after promising
to remain strictly neutral. The first
thing the new chairman did was to
snub him and those that had been his
friends. He and his friends were never
invited to have any part in the cleo
ton. In fact they were given to I'M
derstand that their help was not need
ed. Now Crane is waiting, as are
sApa-tenths of the Republican politi-
clans in this city, to see what the party
IS going to do.
After its endorsement of George M.
Cannon's conduct of the campaign it
will be absolutely impossible TO put
in a. campaign committee that knows
something about politics without go
ing Woefully back on that declaration
Of confidence, and of course such ac-
ton would be the poorest that could
be adopted. George NJ. is a fixture.
They Are Feeling Blue.
at means defeat for us" said a
prominent Republican politician yes
terday. why. any Of us fellows who
go up to the state committee room get
the marble heart. We >e given to
understand that our advice is not need
ed in the conduct of the campaign. Not
one Of the standbys who have been
seasoned by a dozen campaigns is re-
ceived even with courtesy in the head
quarters. Not one is invited into con-
situations with the chairman and the
executive committee. They are out in
the cold. They see things going six
ways for Sunday and can do nothing.
I tell you we are in baX fix"
Another prominent Republican poll
tician was standing on a street cor
ner yesterday and a friend asked him
what he thought of the manner in
which the Republican campaign was
being run.
Being rum" he exclaimed. 81 don't
see any signs Of its being run. To the
besr Of my knowledge it's running it
self"
Truly this is a Democratic year.
Reception TO Democratic Women.
The Democratic ladies will own the
headquarters from until this after
noon. Between those two hours the
ladies' committee Of 100 will receive
all Democratic ladies from this city
and the territory at large. and will
give them an example of the manner
in which the Democratic campaign is
being conducted. All Democratic la
dies are invited to be present. The
following progra NINE has been pre-
pared for the amusement of the Visi-
tors:
Selection, Ladies Mandolin and Gui-
tar club; recitation, Miss Maud May
Babeock; solo, Master Charlie Pike;
selection, Ladies Mandolin and Guitar
club; recitation. Miss Reasoner; piano
solo, Miss Kate Romney; solo, Sun
set Miss Birdie Dwyer; recital ton. DR..
Matte Hughes Cannon; solo, Miss Mar
Ion Tit; selection, Ladies' Mandolin
and Guitar club
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of sending Mr.. Whitaker to the legis-
lature. He said that when capital
makes combinations it is called fnan-
ceering; but when the laboring men
make combinations they are accused
Of treason and conspiracy. He empha-
sized the Importance of electing Mr..
Whitaker.
Short speeches were made by stephen
Tyne, Will Parry, Fred Kistler and q.
c. Davis.
The Jefferson drum corps, under the
leadership of Major Dave Levy, gave
the club a serenade.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-04

Come one, come all. We conference
folks, and see our big display of can
dies and price goods by the score. We
make them every day. The largest
factory in the west. We employ our
help at home We do not have to
send away to Berlin or to Rome but
come and see us while you're here,
and see who makes the stuff. and ever
after think of me, the man that does
not bluff. NJ. Kopp. manufacturer of
fine candies, III So. w. Temple st.