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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-13

Attorney who will not do his duty and
that gambler like Nose Gunst was ap-
pointed are all tracea ble TO the same
cause. The citizens must go to the root of
the evil, and destroy it thoroughly. The
people have the power. They must come
together, bury all differences. aud stand on
a common platform. Then can they exter-
inmate the Southern Pacific octopus root
and branch. and redeem California and
make her once more prosperous.
The next speaker was Henry E. High
ton, "the grand old warhorse." as the
chairman put it.
Highton always commences his speeches
in calm manner, as if he had nothing
much to say. But he warns to his work
in great shape before he finishes. This
time ne commenced with fervid eulogium
upon Mayor Sulro, and congratulated the
people on his election.
"Tbe grip OF the railroad will be re-
laxed." said Mr.. Highion. Yesl Yesi
and loud cheering.] IF we don't take
care the State itself will be swept into
the sea-" Then the speaker told OF pub
lie meeting held at Platt's Hall where one
citizen present on the platform saved San
Francisco million and half dollars in
one night. This is what is required TO be
done now.
"If American citizens are to experience
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cold shiysrs and paralvzing fear whenever
the name of railroad magnate is uttered,
If oily hypocrites with nutstretched hands
before them are to take reform into the
malodorous camp of rapacity. then we
shall never see the end of the thing. But
this need not bs so. In New York and
Chicago results have been achieved, and
the wave can be stayed. In our midst we
have seen local and State bosses swept
from their pedestals. and with our local
political clubs we are iaboring with the
abstract and concrete problems of the
day.
"OnIy few days ago In the Federal capt.
tai that great American woman, Kate Field,
poured her feelings into the hearts of the
people, and said: son of man, stand
upon thy feet.
Mr.. Highton spoke Of the policies of
corporations and OF corrupt politicians.
He spoke of illusions to sand lots and
such like. Men whose backbones were
like indarubber we're cowed by such
bluffs. But men VINO will gee that the
laws are Justly and impartially admins.
tered were the only protectors that the
American people needed.
1.-The denunciation Of corrupt Judge is
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-13

not anarchy" said the speaker.
"The<arrest of ballot-hox suffers is not
anarchy.
''The refusal to admit that Mr.. Hunting
ton owns the State, and that the railroad
is the supreme power. is not anarchy.
"The refusal of the people to admit
political debauchers as its masters is not
anarchy. There is some time when we
feel that our bodies and our souls are our
own"
1t is almost impossible to describe the
scene of excitement as Mr.. Highton thur
dered out these words. The people roared
themselves hoarse, and it was some
moments before Highton could proceed.
The speaker said he had lived in the
State twenty-five years anu for him there
was no other home. He had seen bossis sm
and its followers, but the people had sur
vived and would live longer than either.
The people, the climate, the country, the
enterprises would not shrink into nothing
ness. They must in time expand until
America took her stand in the nations of
the world. and California. not the least of
the States, In the union.
"Toadyism. corruption and subserviency
have reached their climax" Loud cheersl
A signal from the chair at this point was
received by the speaker, and he apologized
for talking so much. But the audience
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-13
INDIGNANT CITIZENS in LOUD PROTEST.

when these people shall be swept off the
earth. Loud cheering.l Look at Nineveh,
Babylon and ali these cities of old. Look
how they fell. Shall we not be as our
predecessors we're? Let us put end to
all this corruption"
here the chairman introduced the first
speaker of the meeting, George W. Mon
teith.
Mr.. Montleth, when introduced. stated
that although suffering from a cold
he could not refrain from having his say
at such meeting and on such an occasion.
The meeting was not gathered for a
Fourth of July celebration. nor was IL for
the purpose of expressing feelings of ex-
uItation, but the gathering was for the
purpose of asserting rights that have been
denied to the common citizens of the
republic in the past few weeks.
Eight or ten days ago, lie said, II had
the honor to 90 TO the United States build
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-13
L4uxuriant Hair

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and supplies the roots with energy
and nourishment. For the pre-
vention of facial blenisheS, for
giving brilliancy and freshness to
the complexion, as well as for
cleansing the scalp and invigorating
the hair, it is without peer.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-13

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hands and shapeless nails, dry, thin, and falling
hair, and simple baby blemishes it is wonderful.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-13

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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-19
EVIL COMES WITH GOOD.

The bicycle is responsible for the raising
OF certain ethical questions which will
require new adjudications. We can over
look the fact that it has developed as an
efficient agent in the progress of the train
robbing industry, for that is practical
rather than an ethical consideration; and
now that the doctors have declared judi
clous exercise On the machine to be whole
some, the only matters with which we
nave to deal are those which concern the
bearing OF the pastime on moral questions.
1t was announced recently that an East
ern church decided that wheeling" on
sunday was unbecoming in the members
OF the congregation, and that riding to
church on bicycle was not to he tolerated.
More recently has come the assertion that
teachers OF certain school secured per-
mission to dismiss their classes by reason
OF the great heat, and that on the same day
and In the same heat they were detected in
the act of enjoying the day on their
bicycles.
However lightly some persons may be
inclined to regard these evidences of the
demoralizing effect of bicycling, it is the
part OF wisdom to accept them as the
heralds OF more general and far-reaching
disturbances. The time was in this coun-
try when the fiddle was regarded as Satans
special implement of soul-destruction, and
even the railroad and the telegraph were
thought to fly in the face of Providence.
1t is only very recently that the Chinese in
California became convinced that q pho
tographer did not capture their souls with
his camera, and the outgrowth of their
information is number Of photograph
galleries conducted by Chinese themselves.
Such is the experience of all radical
| innovations; and the world never grows so
old in wisdom but that the nations thereof
look for evil rather than benefit in i'm
provements which are new and startling.
In some parts of Spain and India vaccin-
ators and sanitary officers are still greeted
with stones. The bicycle is undergoing
this test, and it must combat that instinct
which leans toward conservatism. 1t is
not necessary to inquire if there is some
thing OF the divine in this almost fierce
natural opposition to innovation, for if we
did so the whole question Of evolution
would be raised. 1t is more pleasant to
watch the course of the bicycle as it tools
gieefuily forward, receiving more bruises
than 1t gives, and presenting front more
cheerfully audaeious than that which any
other great innovation has cared to wear.
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DON'T BE A DUpE.

If, as District Attorney Barnes says, it
should not be necessary to change the
laws in order to get reputable newspapers
to cease the publication of lottery notices,
so also it should not be necessary to ares
every ticket-seller in the City in order to
stop the dealing in tickets. The trade is
SO nefarious and the buying of tickets is
such wanton waste of money that no
legal penalties should be required to in
duce all people who have even a fair de-
gree of intelligence to quit playing the
role of dupes.
The CALL has published evidence show
ing that most of the lotteries operating in
this City are unmitigated swindles. OF the
lotteries making pretense to the honesty
of gamblers who pay their bets, one half
the tickets are rank counterfeits. Of the
tickets that are genuine, not one in thou
sand draws a prize. Over 100000 tickets
have been confiscated by the police in this
City during the last few years, and not one
OF them drew a premium. On this show
ing what chance can any intelligent man
see for his money in the game? There
ought to be a limit to the credulity, even
OF the most innocent and the most san
guine. To persist in spending money for
the purchase of tickets which may be for
geries, may be fakes, and which have but
an infnitesimal chance of winning under
the best circumstances, is to afford another
evidence of the truth of the saying, "a fool
and his money are soon parted"
These facts are so well established and SO
we'll undgrs TODD that if new falsehoods and
receptions to delude the public were not
put forth every month, the common sense
of the people would be sufficient to prevent
any widespread injury from the selling of
tickets. Unfortunately, however, such de-
ceptions are easily put forth by the publica-
ton of alleged prize drawings, and we re-
greet that some of the best journals in the
City are not above making these publica-
tons for hire. Persuaded by these much
advertised notices that certain ticket-hold-
ers have drawn prizes, many otherwise
intelligent people are led to indulge the
hope that they may draw prizes next time.
By this means the lottery fourishes, the
swindlers have their profits and the people
lose their money.
We are confident our contemporaries
would cease the publication of these de-
ceptive notices if the consequences of their
acts were impressed upon them by the
Civic Federation and other organizations
made up of men of weight and influence.
Failing this, we must appeal to the people
to cease to be the dupes of swindlers. A
single dollar is worth more than thousand
tickets of the best lottery that ever existed
in this country, and more than ten thou
sand of such tickets as are peddled about
our streets. To buy tickets is not only I'M
lawful, but silly. The law has made the
lottery crime, and the lottery has made
itself fraud.
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Personal.

DR.. 0. L. Barton of Rockland is guest ct the
Grand.
Or. s. s. Charles of suisun is staying at the
Grand.
Senator Thomas Flint OF San Juan is a guest
at the Grand.
R. NJ Green, a mining man of Oroville, is a
guest at the Grand.
w. Z. Griffin, mining man of Reno is STOP
ping at the Palace.
Thomas Derby, a merchant OF New Almaden,
is guest at the Palace.
Harvey Lindley, an attorney of Los Angeles,
is guest at the Palace.
Archibald Young, en- attorney of Hanfcrd, is
registered at the Grand.
G. W. Woodwork, q banker OF Stsnfcrth. VT
is guest at the California.
W. II. Ciary, merchant and mining man OF
Sheep Ranch, is at the Lick House.
DR.. J. w. Wood, U. s. N. stationed at Mare
Island, is stopping at the California.
Judge j. c. Daily of Ventura arrived last
night and is staying at the California.
w. A Rogers, an Amalie mining man, came
down yesterday and put up at the Lick.
Charles Kerr, a stock dealer and raiser of
Bakersfield, is staying at the Russ House.
H. A. Unrah, Baldwin's agent at Los Angeles,
arrived last night and is staying at the Bald.
win.
P. McCrea, a well-known bridge and railroad
contractor of Hanford, is registered at the Lick
House.
Captain William Banning, owner of Santa
Catalina Island, registered at the Palace yes
terday.
J. T. Dubois, wife and son, arrived from
Washington, d. c., yesterday and are staying
at the Lick.
c. O.. Johnson, railroad man of San Luis
Obispo, was one of yesterdays arrivals at the
Occidental.
Wallace T. Taylor, superintendent of the
Kern County Land Company, registered at the
Russ House last night.
L. P. Sage, proprietor of Congress Springs
Hotel, Santa Clara County, was one of yester-
days arrivals at the Lick.
W. N. Hilgarten, a capitalist of London, Eng,
is stopping at the California. Mr.. Hilgarten is
making tour of America.
James T. McDougal, a merchant of London,
Eng, is guest at the Occidental Mr.. Nc
Dougal is making tour of the world.
A. ]. Muir, division superintendent of the
Southern Pacific Company of Los Angeles, is in
town with his family. He was given yacn.
ton of thirty days, which he intends to spend
in the East with his wife and children.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-19
THE FERRY FOUNDATIONS.

The report of Professors Frank Soule
and Charles d. Marx, VINO were appointed
by the Board of Harbor Commissioners to
investigate the ferry foundations, gives to
the controversy of the subject close that
will afford no little satisfaction to the
public. 1t puts an end to the fears that
the foundations were being badly con-
structed, that the material used was unfit,
and that when completed they would
afford but an insecure base for the struc-
ture to be placed upon them.
The professors find that the piling is
substantial, the cement excellent, the sand
satisfactory, the stone Of good quality and
the work OF construction efficient in every
respect. Assuming that twenty net tons
is about the load pile should sustain, it
was found by actual experiment that
load of forty-five tons per pile for twenty
four hours did not move the pile and that
a group of four piles sustained twenty tons
per pile for four days without any signs of
settling.
The conclusions OF the experts were that
the foundations are sufficient in strength
and probable durability to sustain the
weight OF the superstructure which it is
proposed to rest upon them and that the
tower designed in the plans adopted by the
Commissioners will not be a cause of undue
strain upon the substructure. These con-
illusions, based upon the thorough tests
made, and coming from men of such au-
thority i'll such matters as Professors Souie
and Marx, will satisfy all intelligent men
of impartial minds as to the adequacy Of
the structure and the quality of the ma
terial used. We may consider, therefore,
that the controversy on the subject is
ended and the people will have no other
desire now than to see the work pushed to
a speedy completion.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-19
AN EASY JUSTICE.

The dismissal of the charge of assault to
murder in the case of ]. K. Emmett Jr.
seems illustrative of the peculiar light in
which justice is regarded by some of the
magistrates of this City. We respectfully
suggest that the following colloquy, re-
ported in yesterdays CALL, furnishes an
exceptional inspiration to some author of
comic opera. 1t should be first explained
that on the night of June 8, according to a
prevalent account, Emmett shot at his wife,
but that her arm, acting under an instinC-
tive ascending impulse, struck the pistol
upward, and that when she found herself
in the Receiving Hospital she was pleased
to learn that the mark on her temple, sup
posed at first TO have been made by bull
let, was caused only by blow from the
butt end of the weapon. Now comes the
pretty colloquy in the Police Court:
when the case was called husband and
wife were present. Judge Campbell asked
If the complaining witness was present and
Mrs. Emmett stood up. The Judge re-
marked that no complaint has been sworn
to.
emo said Mrs. Emmett, 4 will not
swear to complaint against my husband.
g yes, sir
your
No. sir. He has always been a good
husband to me and he has promised to be
good in the future
As there is no complaint, said the
Judge, I will have to dismiss the case
and husband and wife walked out of the
courtroom together"
II this performance was meant to be seri-
GUS instead of an amusing comedy it seems
to mean that according to this particular
committing magistrates idea of Justice
Mr.. Emmet's offense was against his wife
and not against ''the peace and dignity of
the people of California" and that if Mrs.
Emmett condones, the people would be rude
to interfere.
1t is a wise custom, sanctioned by usage
and public sentiment, that accords to
judges and magistrates wide latitude in
the exercise of personal judicial discre-
ton. This is fortified in cases of the EN-
met kind by a prevailing sentiment that
any sort of interference with family jars
bears a character bordering on the sacri-
legious. The judge or magistrate who at
tempts to steer wisely between his duty to
the law and his exercise of personal dis
cretion must be either weak if he is over
rigid or great If he is overlenient. To what
extent this particular magistrate feels it
proper to rely on reputation for sagacity
that would enable him to exercise discre-
ton which makes the law secondary to
wise public policy it is not necessary for US
to discuss. But all of us retain the privi-
lege of believing that the magistrate who
has taken the course that has been fol-
lowed in this case must be so powerful in
private worth and official prestige that his
overshadowing personality is more benefi-
cent than the law.
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AT KEEL.

Over the great banquets which will cele-
brate the opening of the Baltic and North
Sea canal, as hung over the feast of
Damocles, hangs sword suspended
by a single thread. The flag of
France will be CALAMITY displayed
with those of other nations in the grand
naval parade, but the world will not miss
the significance of the order of the munich
pal authorities of Toulon that in their city
the tricolor shall hang at half-mast. The
Russian flag will float also in the process
sion but it will be so allied with that of
France as to be affected somewhat by the
Toulon incident, and will rather threaten
than promise aught to the Kaiser. Thus,
however rich and sumptuous the banquet
may be, the presence of the menacing
sword will be everywhere visible.
The presence of this menace, however,
will not mar the general gayety of the fes-
tivities. In fact, the threat of war in
Europe, like the cry of ''wolf" in the old
fable, has been so often repeated that the
world has ceased to be alarmed by it,
Even the ostentatious display at Kiel of
the French and Russian alliance will not
cause any serious disturbance among the
nations. The stock exchanges will not be
affected by it. Even the men who are the
most certain the war must come sooner or
later are comfortable at present in the be-
lief it will not break out this year. The
sword above the feast is, indeed, visible,
but all are assured the thread will withhold
it from falling.
In this condition of present peace, con-
fronted by the imminent possibility of war,
the diplomatists of the nations will vie
with one another in giving assurances of
peace, and every effort will be made to
show honor to each. 1t is almost certain
therefore that the banquets and other fes-
tivities of the occasion will be the most
lavish, splendid and brilliant exchange of
international courtesies the world has ever
seen. The naval pageant will, of course,
far exceed anything of the kind ever before
attempted, and this will be a stimulus
toward making the fetes on land equally
impressive, beautiful and splendid. Taken
altogether the spectators will probably be
treated to the most superb display of power,
magnifcence and glory the world has seen.
and yet over it all falls the shadow of that
heavy unsheathed sword.
1t will not be for nothing that as the
superb array of battle-ships move together
along the new canal the flag of France will
hang at half-mast in Toulon. There is in
these great vessels, with their steel armor
and their mighty guns, vaticination of
days of mourning when other flags, as we'll
as that of France, will droop from the staff.
No man can foresee when those days will
come. There may be many years for mer-
chant vessels to pass undisturbed to and
fro along the canal in peaceful commerce
before its waters are fretted by the passage
of fleet going forth to war, and it is in
that hope the people of Germany and of
Europe generally will rejoice during the
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the United States uses both metals in this

the United States uses both metals in this
way, 1t already enjoys therefore blmetaI-
lie system of currency.
The objection to the definition given by
the Press is that if the use of silver as well
as gold in our coinage gives us bimetallism,
the use of nickel gives US trimetallism,
the use of copper gives us quadro-metal-
lism, and, inferentially, as the United
States not only uses all these metals for
money, but also makes use in addition of a
considerable quantity of paper money, it
might be said that our currency is based
on quadro-metallo-pap system.
Papers and politicians who undertake to
instruct the people on the monetary issue
might as well understand now as later,
that in the coming campaign the people
are not going to be influenced by the de-
ceptive use of technical terms. Free
traders might as well attempt to carry this
country again with their old cry of tariff
REFORM as for the gold standard men to
try for victory with the cry of bimetallism.
We do not mean to imply that the gold
standard may not win, for it is too early to
prophesy about 1896. We do say, however,
that if it wins it will win on its merits, and
there will be no honor in the victory for
any one who tries to deceive the people
into the belief that this country at the
present time has bimetallic system of
MONEY!