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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-27
HOWARD FOR PRESIDENT
An Interesting Petition Sent Out
by Friends of the Chris.
tan Soldier.
Grand Army Men Asked to Assist in
the Movement to Boom the
General.

w ASHlNOION, u. u, Dec. Z6.-A Pc
tition of some interest has been sent to
the Grand Army officials of the district in
favor of General o. o. Howard for Presi-
dent. His name was suggested by Rev. A.
B. Deming of Oakland CAL, in a recent
sermon, and petitions have been sent out
to clergymen and Grand Army men for
their signatures and pledges of support at
the polls if General Howard should be
nominated.
The heading of the petitions exhorts the
enrolment and organization OF all the
friends of General Howard into legions in
every ward, election and school district OF
every State Immediately. California le-
gions are requested to send their lists of
officers to Mr.. Deming, and to procure
from him campaign documents. When
the petitions are filed a request is made
that they be sent to General Howard at
Burlington, Vt. General Howard is char
acterized in the preamble as one of the Ma
tons competent, loyal and worthy citi-
zens. He is further denominated in the
preamble as the first choice of Gods peo-
pie for the Presidency of the United States
in 1896.
1uS bIduu AIuly pOStS Va lEc DiSlIlCt
are not allowed by their bylaws to indorse
any candidate or office-holder, and no &C
ton was taken concerning the petition.
1t may, however, be circulated among the
veterans for their signatures and also
among the churches, especially the Con-
gregational, as General Howard is of that
faith and is particularly popular with Con-
gregational people.
Some argument has been made by per-
sons, not politicians, that General Howard
might be a dark horse and would have a
fighting chance if Mr.. Reed could not
secure the nomination, in the fact that he
is himself Maine man and had COM
manded Maine regiment at the battle OF
Bull RIM.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-27
ENGLISH POINT OF VIEW.
The Prospect of Increased Tariffs
Not Pleasing.

LONDON, ENG, Dec. 26.-The Standard,
commenting on the new American tariff
bill, will tomorrow say that it can only
offer the British industries affected by the
prospect of heightened tariff the consola-
ton that it cannot hold sway in the
United States very long unless the con-
ditons of trade improve very much.
The Union, it adds, will simply be hur-
ried toward economic destruction by the
effort to draw more money from the peo
pie and to narrow down its foreign trade
through an excessive tariff. The fight be-
tween progress and reactionism is sharper
now than ever, and raised tariff will
soon show the people that bad as their
circumstances were under reduced tariff,
they are easily capable of being worse.
There is no need for the British to re-
gard the revival of McKinleyism as the
death knell of their industries, but it is le
gitimate to tell the American people that
they cannot have more British money SO
long as their trade is conducted on lines
calculated to destroy the productiveness
of all capital or while it is impossible to
know whether their debts will finally be
paid in gold or in paper worth 20 to %
cents on the gold dollar.
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the air. Why, we know and every body
knows, that a general Republican tariff
law,cannot be enacted by this Congress.
We do not know that the President would
not sign the present bill. Does my FRIEND
speak by some commission when he says
that the administration declines this re.
lief? We have the best reason for know
ing that this law will please the present
chief magistrate. We had letter from
the President in the last session OF Con
gress which contains evidence that he will
sign this law restoring reas enable reve
nue. duty upon wool.
with all his eloquence and all his
ability the gentleman from Georgia
cannot explain how this fifth agri
cultural interest of this country was
put on the free list, while 60 per cent
OF the Mckinley law was retained upon
iron ore. There is one thing that we
all ought to be agreed upon whatever else
we are divided about, and that is that the
treasury of the United States should nc
longer be left at the mercy of the organ.
lied avarice of the world, without money
to pay or power to borrow. or means foI
increasing the public revenues, and so, Mr..
Speaker, closing this debate, / appeal to
the patriotic sentiment that may still be
supposed to reside in the Democratic
breast to come to the level to which the
Republican party has come in offering
upon revenue principles measure to re-
lieve the embarrassment and distress OF
the treasury of the United States" APP
plause.l
The bill was read third time, and n
the question of its passage the ayes and
noes were called, resulting: Ayes 205,
noes 81.
Populists voting with the Democrats
against the bill. Newlands (silver) Of Ne
vada voted aye.
Cannon Or. } of Utah offered joint res
olutlcn, which was passed, calling upon
the Governor and Secretary of the Terri
tory of Utah to turn over to the Governor
and Secretary OF the State of Utah, upon
the issuance of the executive proclamation
announcing its admission to the Union,
all the public property in their possession,
including that of the Utah Commission.
Under cover of debating the resolution
Bailey Cd of Texas had read what he
described as substitute for the bill to be
presented reported by the Committee on
Ways and Means. 1t directed the Secre-
tary of the Treasury to coin all the silver
bullion now in the treasury purchased I'M
der the Sherman act of 1890 into standard
dollars and with them to redeem the notes
issued under tina law.
At $40 o'clock the House, on motion
by Dingley (R.) of Maine, adjourned.
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press the necessity of taking, in accordance
with the recommendations contained IN the
recent message OF President Cleveland, such
immediate action at this time as will meet the
exigencies Of the case and restore public conn.
dence in the financial ability and INTEGRITY OF
our Government, and we appeal to the patri-
otism of our representatives. 10 see thae sne
action taken is free from political bias or party
prejudice, which might endanger its success.
And the president of the Exchange is directed
to transmit copy of these resolutions to the
President of the United States Senate and to
the Speaker of the House and to each member
of the New York delegation in Congress-
J. Pierpont Morgan, who has returned
from Washington, was at his office this
morning. Mr.. Morgan when seen stated
that he had no statement to make about
bond issue or any other matter pertaining
to his visit to Washington.
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port of the Secretary OF the Treasury as
relates to the maintenance of the redemp-
ton fund and the condition of the Treas
ury, report that the Secretary of the Treas
ury now has the authority under the
resumption act of 1875 to issue and sell
ten-year per cent bonds and thirty-year
per cent bonds to maintain the fund for
the redemption of United States notes,
and that he has sold 100000, 900 of the for
mer description and about $62 ,0OO, 900 OF
the latter description of bonds in the past
two years. AS the redemption fund has
declined to almost $50, 100000. the Secre-
tary requests authority to issue lower
rate and shorter time bonds In lieu of the
higher rate and longer time bonds, In ex-
pectation that at an early date he will be
required to sell additional bonds to pro-
cure coin for this end.
1.-The question involved is not whether
or not the bonds shall be sold for this pur-
pose. The Secretary announces his inten-
ton to avail himself of the authority given
by the resumption act and sell the high
rate and long term bonds, and the only
question is whether it is not clearly for the
public interest that he should have author
bond.
"Your committee thinks it is clearly in
the public interest that he should have
this authority. In granting this author
ity, however, we have included in the bill
provision that the proceeds of bonds sold
under the act of 1875 and under the bill
which is proposed shall be used exclu-
sively for redemption purposes, our object
being to secure such separation OF the re-
demption fund from the ordinary cash In
the treasury as will maintain and protect
the reserve. We also provide that such
bonds shall be offered for sale in such man.
ner as to invite investment among the
masses of the people.
1.-THE section of the act reported author
ICES the Issue of certificates of indebJ-
able in three years and bearing per cent
interest, not to exceed $50, 900 in the
aggregate, to meet temporary deficiencies
in the Treasury, and to be used for other
purposes. In our Judgment the Secretary
of the Treasury should always have such
authority as this to meet temporary de-
ticiencies that are liable to arise. Unless
this authority is given the Secretary will in
directly use the proceeds of bonds sold un-
der the resumption act for redemption pur
poses to meet the deficiency of the rev.
enue, as he has been doing the past two
years and half.
"Your committee, therefore, recon-
mends the passage of the accompanying
bill to maintain and protect the coin re-
demption fund and to authorize the issue
of certificates of indebtedness to meet
the Temporary deficiency of reYenue.O
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-27
OPPOSE THE BOND BILL.
An Interesting Conference of Repub-
Iican Representatives.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 26.-The
conference of Republican representatives
who disapprove of the bond bill prepared
by the Ways and Means Committee, was
well attended tonight notwithstanding
the drenching showers which fell previous
to the hour of meeting, and which doubt
less accounted for the bsence of a score of
other members who had signed the call.
The forty Republicans present repre-
scented twenty-five States. They elected
Broderick of Kansas chairman and Coison
of Kentucky secretary. The purpose Of
the conference was to determine plan of
action with regard to the rule which will
be reported from the Committee on Rules
tomorrow fixing the time and manner in
which the bond bill shall pass the House.
1t has been announced by the Commit
tee on Ways and Means that this measure
would be passed tomorrow before the
hour of adjournment, presumably with no
longer debate than was given to the tariff
bill to-day.
This hasty action was manifestly unpop-
ular at the conference. The speeches made
by the members showed a unanimous sem
timent in opposition to the retirement of
the greenbacks. They indicated be-
lief that the bill in question permits
this, and that the amendment which Hop
kins of Illinois will try to secure in the
Ways and Means Committee tomorrow
before the House will not successfully pre-
vent it. The speeches further showed that
it was not advisable for the United States
to issue bonds in time of peace and that
under no circumstances should the green
backs be retired, at least in the manner
proposed.
After long debate it was decided that
the Committee on Rules should be re-
quested to bring in resolution providing
a reasonable time for the discussion of the
bond bill and for the offering of amend
ments.
The committee which was appointed to
confer with the Committee on Rules con-
sisted of seven mem bers, of whom Brod-
erick of Kansas is chairman. His asso-
ciates are Baker of New Hampshire,
Bowers of California, Picker of South Da-
kota. Mines of Michigan, Burton of Mis-
souri, and Cannon of Utah.
No resolutions of any character were
adopted by the conference which had been
called simply 10 secure an expression of
views concerning the bond bill and whose
action, it was felt, ought not to be bind ing
on any of its members.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-27
BOTH MEASURES LIKED.
Opinion of Business Men on Tariff
and Financial Bills.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Dec. 26.-The following
expressions of opinion by leading bankers
and manufacturers on the new tariff and
finance bills were made to-day.
J. G. Richardson, Chemical National
Bank: 'I like both measures. The leak
will be plugged and prosperity renewed"
L. C. Nelson, of the st. Louis National
Bank: Nothing better could be done
under the circumstances, though [ regard
the measures as only temporary"
T. E. Yeatman of the La Clede Bank:
1.-THE local effect will be good. II will
favor better trade conditions.
f. w. Brown, president of the Brownell
Car Company: "The effect. think, will
be to restore confidence and help business
generally. hardly believe that there will
be marked rise in prices here. have
confidence enough in it to believe it is
good BILL"
President Prince of the Cotton Elk
change: 81 am opposed to any increase
on wool. To my mind the proposed
changes are not at all wise, and don't
believe the bill will pass. What they
ought to do is to raise the duties on sugar.
beer, whisky and tobacco, and not on
wool and lumber. There is no necessity
to raise the duties, so l regard it as an eG.
IRENE measure. believe it will iniure 50.
Louis trade. If Congress would pass an
act to sell bonds at low rate of interest
and retire greenbacks to stop this drain of
gold from the country, believe the present
tariff would furnish US all the revenue we
need
Mr. Rumsey of the L. NJ. Rumsey Manu-
featuring Company: II am always op-
posed to increasing the duties on raw
materials -
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-27
The Kentucky Senatorshtp.

FRANKFORT, KY, Dec. 26.-The sew
eral candidates for Senator on both the
Democratic and Republican tickets are ex-
pected here tomorrow. All the candi-
dates have selected their headquarters and
will have lieutenants at the various hotels
and clearinghouse where the members
expect to stop. 1t is believed the Republic
can nomination Is about an equal chance
between Hunter. Holt and Wilson and is
by no means settled.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-27
An IMMENSE CAVE.
1t Promises to Surpass All Others g.
Kentucky.

1t Promises to Surpass All Others Il.
Kentucky.
BOWLING GREEN, KY, Dec. 26.-The
section of country lying north of this
place, famous for its immense caverns,
has yielded another cave which promises
to far surpass any that has previously
been discovered, the Mammoth cave not
excepted. The entrance to the newly dis
covered cavern is in Edmonson County,
and only two miles from the Mammoth.
1t is called Colossal Cave"
Nothing of the interior of this cave was
known until recently, and it has as yet
been only partially explored. Exploring
parties have entered it for upward of
twelve miles without finding the end, ana
they met with new and varied attractions
at every step. One of the most curious
formations is in the shape of gigantic
piano in Floral Hall. 1t is perfect in form
ana emits musical sound. The walls of
many of the chambers ami avenues are as
smooth as a slate, and gorgeously and
beautifully colored in many hues.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-27
MINORITY ASSIGNMENTS.
Call of a Caucus of Democratic Members
of the Senate.

WASHINGTON, D. c.. Dec. Ex-senator
German has issued call for caucus of
the Democratic members of the Senate to
be held tomorrow morning at IL o'clock
for the purpose of acting upon the report
of the committee charged with the duty of
filling the vacancies on the committees
and making the minority assignments.
All the assignments to the important COM
mittees have been given in previous United
Press dispatches.
understanding that reorganization shall
not be operative until January /, inasmuch
as all employed have been paid for the
present month and endless confusion
would result from an immediate transfer.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-27
MORRILL, FOR TEMPERANCE.
Kansas Governor Farors State Control
of Saloons.

Kansas Governor Farors State Control
of Saloons.
TOPEKA, KAN, Dec. 26.-While Gov
ernor Morrill, is very much of Republican
in most everything he is quite Populist
when it comes to the solution of the
temperance ques ton. He favors State
control of the liquor traffic.
In an interview to-day the Governor
declared that he was an enemy of the open
saloon and did not want to be understood
as opposing the work of the temperance
society. He simply believed that State
control of the liquor traffic would bring
better results for the temperance cause
than prohibition. eff have occasion to
make another temperance Speech" the
troll"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-27

If you read the "Call " carefully you'll
not be behind the times "-on the ques-
ton of dress.
For you'll see our ads.
They're little, but loud-full of "meat,"
rather than big and full of hollow noises.
This week:
Some 81 Kilt Suits at 81 IS.
First-class Refer Suits at 50 so.
Boys Cape Overcoats, So 50-good ones.
Mems Chinchilla Overcats, S.; Mems
very long, extra big-collared listers, So
worth $12.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-27
VIEWED WITH CONCERN.
New YOrk's Produce e Exchange Urges
Prompt Action.

NEW YORK, N. Y, Dec. 26.-The
membe of the New York Produce Ex-
change at a meeting at noon to-day unani.
mously passed the following resolution:
WHEREAS, The members of the New York
Produce Exchange view with concern the de.
pletion of the gold reserve of the United States
Treasury in distrust of the Governments
ability and determination to meet its obliga-
lions, tending to gravely injure all business
interests and disastrously affect values, there
fore
RESOLVED, That we strongly urge upon Con-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-27
INDICTMENTs DISMISSED.
Some of the NeU York Police ESCAPE
Prosecution.

PrOsecstti0n.
NEW YORK, n. Y, Dec. 26-In the
Court of Oyer and Terminer this morning
indictments against a num- Der of members
of the police department which were found
as a result of disclosures before the Lexow
Committee were dismissed. The men
against whom indictments were found and
which were dismissed to-day were: For
mer Captain Michael J. Murphy, dead !;
Sergeants George G. Liebers, Hugh Clark,
Charles A. Patterson and James w. Jor-
dan: Wardmen John hoch, Bernard Nee
han. Jeremiah S. Levy and George Smith,
and Roundsmen Michael A. Bows and
John Kenny and A. S. Larkin. The others,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-27
Will Only Surrender Upon His O,en
Terms.

Terms.
PERRY, o. T., Dec. 26.-Bill Doolln,
the only remaining member of the old
Dalton gang. was in Perry last night, so
men who know him say, and his object in
coming here was, it is said, to surrender to
Deputy Marshal Steve Burke. The plan
fell through, however, and ne rode out of
town. A large force of marshals is here
to-day, and unless Doolin can get terms to
suit him no arrest will be made. Doolin
was accompanied by three comrades, one
of whom is said TO have been Bill Carr,
who is wanted at Oklahoma City for the
murder of Chief of Police Jones and who
recently skipped his bond.
There is large reward out for Carr, and
there is said to be reward of $4,000 for the
arrest of Bill Doolin. Deputy Sheriff
Burke says Doolin will be under arrest
soon.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-27
To Purchase Granite ouarrie,

NEW YORK, N. Y, Dec 26-Arrange-
ments are being made to form big stock
company for the purchase of all the lead
ing granite quarries of Vermont. At pres
ent the plan of consolidation includes only
the Vermont quarries, but, if successful, it
may be expected to extend to the quarries
III Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine
and New Hampshire.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-27
Renten Hith q Czuh.

JALAPA, MEX, Dec. 26.-A. II. Woods,
superintendent of the Mexican Inter
oceanic Railway, was attacked by a dis
charged station agent last night near Paler
and probably fatally injured. He was
beaten with a club and would have been
killed outright but for the interference of
the police officers.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-27
CHEESEMAN'S Specific Mixture

With this remedy persons can cure themselves
without the least exposure, change Of diet, or
change in application to business. The medicine
contains nothing that is of the least injury to the
constitution. Ask your druggist for it. Price 81
bottle,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-27
ELL DooL1N rs BOLD.

Colonel Fellows said, would be brought to
tlial speedily.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-27


the President, with the annexation at the
beginning of it that the date of it is
August 81, 1894. [Applause.] If that is
not the true date of the act OF 1894, it only
indicates that the State Department is
mixed up with the general incompetency
that has marked the present administra-
tion."
Turner-It only shows that my friend
did not thoroughly investigate the subject
for himself.
Dolliver-I understand that if we cannot
rely upon the statute at large, printed by
a Democratic Secretary of State, where on
Gods footstool ought we to GO for informa-
ton unless to the Secretary of the Treas
ury? [Laughter.l
'Now, the gentleman says" continued
Deliver, that notwithstanding all we
have seen, and know, we are in the midst
of general revival of prosperity, that
wages have increased in all parts of the
country and that all these blessings we
owe to the tariff law of 1894. don't propose
to enter into controversy on the subject
OF protection. Every body must Judge that
for himself; but [ do say that my Demo-
cratic friend from Georgia (Turner) ought
10 be very careful about attributing any
great amount of American prosperity TO
the operation of the law of 1894 If the
American people can be persuaded of that
1T Will do more to popularize 'perfidy and
dishonor than anything that has ever
happened in this world. [Laughter.]
my friend asks the Republican majority
why we do not bring in general tariff law
land he refers to the leadership of this
House as wanting in courage) but the
leadership of this House can always be re-
lied on not to fight as one that beateth
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1895-09-11
4 CONFIDENTIAL CONFEDERATE.

One of the most devoted a!berents the
Southern cause ever had was Colonel
Nj. When my surrender to Gen
eral Grant WAS inevitable, "a young otfi-
Ger ~delicately limited to the Colonel that
perhaps his confidence in the ultimate
success OF our arms, which was still
as boastful IS ever, was perhaps
a tribe overweening. The Coonl-
Ell looked ut him for u moment With
an expression in which contempt, anger,
horror and AM sement struggled for the
mastery. Then with HANDS upIiited,
hair standing on end and eyes flashing
fire, he roared out ct the discounted
Lieutenant in the voice OF a stentor +:
Dam up Niaga Fails with tissue paper,
bottle up the Atlantic Ocean in a whisky
flask, paste TO Let on the sun and
moon, catch a flash of lighting between
your thumb and finger, build a worm
fence around a Winter supply OF Sum
mer weather, harness a thunderbolt to a
sulky, wait all the clouds out OF the sky
with a lady's fan, saddle and ride a hur-
%ricane, fasten Il dish clout to the tail OF
a comet, pack up all the stars in "a beer
key, knock a tornado out of time with
your fist, put the sky in your pocket,
unbuckie the belly band of eternity, but
never again allow yourself to fancy for a
moment that the poor little North can
ever whip the great Southern Confeder-
acyv'-From a Letter of General Bob
ert Il. Lee.
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