davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-19

any sort of platform that may be adopted.
lLaughter.l
The truth is the party which would stand up
under the odium of human slavery opposed
to the war for the preservation of the Union,
to emancip alton, to enfranchisement, to re-
construction and to specie resumption is at
last to be overmatched and undone by itself.
1t is writhing in the throes and sgonies of
final dissolution. No human agency can pre-
vent its absolute overthrow at the next cleo
tion except this convention. If we make no
mistake here the Democratic party will go out
of power on the fourth day OF March, 1897,
[applause] to remain out of power until God
in his infinite wisdom and mercy and good
ness shall see fit once more to chastise his
people. loud laughter and applause.1
So far we have not made any mistake. We
have adopted platform which, notwithstand-
ing the scenes witnessed in this hall this
morning, meets the demands and expectations
of the American people. 1t remains for us, as
the last crownirg act of our work, to meet
again that same expectation in the nomina-
ton OF our candidates.
What is that expectation7 What is it that
the people want7 They want as their candi-
date something more than good business
man [alluding to Mr.. Depew's Characterization
of Governor Mortonl. They want something
more than a good Republican. They want
want something more than wise political
statesman. They want man who embodies
in himself not only these essential qualifca-
tions, but those in addition which in the high
est possible degree typify, in name, IN charac-
ter in re cord, in ambition, in purpose, the ex-
act opposite of all that is signified and repre-
sented by that free-trade, deficitmaking, bond
issuing, MISUNDERSTANDING Democratic ad-
ministration. ICheers.l
I oVrd haro n n N voT fnn
such man. His name is William Mckinley.
At this point pandemonium was let
loose and the convention gave up to unre-
strained yelling, cheering, hornblowing,
whistling, catcalling and all the other
devices common to such occasions. A
number of red, white and blue plumes
which, carefully wrapped up, had been
brought into the convention earlier in the
proceedings, were uncovered and waved,
while almost every delegate seemed to be
wildly gesticulating with either fan or a
flag in the air. The band tried in vain to
compete with the ear-splitting clamor, but
at last the strains of Marching Through
Georgia caught the ears of the crowd and
it Joined in the chorus and gradually
quieted down.
Then portrait of Nc cKinley was hoisted
on a line with the United States flag on
the gallery facing the platform and the
cheering began over again, to which the
band responded by playing Rally Round
the Flag the convention joining in the
chorus.
After at least twelve minutes of this
kind of proceeding The chair began to rap
for restoration of order. but without
avail. Governor Foraker stood through
all this wild scene smiling his approval.
Mr.. Hepburn Of Iowa had in the mean
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-19

cial conditions are largely due to the fact that
while we have a President and Cabinet of
acknowledged ability, none of them have had
business training or experience. They are per-
suasive reasoners upon industrial questions,
but have never practically solved industrial
problems. They are the book farmers who
raise wheat at the cost OF orchids and sell it at
the price of wheat. With Levi P. Morton there
would be no deficiency to be met by the issue
of bonds, there would be no blight on our
credit which would call for the services of g
syndicate, there would be no tri1ing with the
delicate intricacies of finance and commerce
which would paralyze the operations of trade
and manufacture.
Whoever may be nominated by this eonven-
ton will receive the cordial support, the en-
thusiastic advocacy Of the Republicans OF New
York, but in the shifting conditions of our
more than the party strength, and without
question in the coming canvass, no matter
what issues may arise between now and No
vember, place the Empire State solidly in the
Republican column.
Mr.. Depew's speech repeatedly elected
bursts of laughter and applause, particu-
larly one humorous interpolated passage in
which he said:
sI wonder what our erring, boiling
brothers will say when they arrive at the
celestial city, which is governed by re-
publican principles, and are met there by
st. Peter with golden key
As he sat down he was loudly cheered.
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-19

time been called to the chair by Senator
Thurston, but just when he had nearly re-
stored order Mrs. II. W. r. Strong of Cal
ifornia, who had presented the plumes in
honor of Ohio's choice, made her appear
ance on the floor waving one of them and
another uncontrollable burst of temporary
insanity occurred.
During the interval of confusion three
quarter face, lie-size sculptured bust of
Mckinley was presented to Foraker by
the Republican Club OF the University of
Chicago. The portrait was in mahogany
frame decorated with red, white and blue
ribbons. 1t was accepted by Governor
Foraker in dumb show.
After twenty-five minutes of incessant
turmoil and interruption Mr. Foraker was
allowed to resume his speech. He said
that from what had occurred, it was evil
dent that the convention had heard of the
candidate before. His words. however,
seemed to have lost much of their fire and
fervor, because they came in such close
contact and contrast with the unbounded
exuberance of the convention. For some
time he could not secure a hearing. He
spoke OF the great champions of Repub-
licanism in the past eulogizing Mr. Blaine
particularly, and continued.
But, greatest of all measured by present re-
quirements), the leader of the House OF Rep
resentatives is the author of the Mckinley
bill which gave to labor its richest rewards
No other name completely meets the require
ments of the occasion, and no other name so
absolutely commands all hearts All the
shafts of envy and malice and sIander and libel
and detraction that have been aimed at him lie
broken and harmless at his feet. The culver
is empty and he is untouched. That is be-
cause the people know him, trust him. believe
in him, love him and will not permit any hu-
man power to disparage him unjustly in their
estimation.
They know he is an American of Americans.
They know he is just and able and brave; and
they will elect him for President OF the United
States. lApplausel They have already shown
this-not in this or that State. nor IN this or
that section, but in all the States and in all the
sections from ocean to ocean and from the gull
to the lakes They expect of you to give them
chance to vote for him. 1t is our duty to do
it. If we discharge that duty we will give ioy
to their hearts, enthusiasm to their souls and
triumphant victory to our cause. Applause 1
And he, in turn, will give us an administra-
ton under which the country will enter on a
new eraof prosperity at home and of glory
and honor abroad.
By all these tokens of the present, and all
these promises of the future, in the name of
the forty-six delegates of Ohio, submit his
claim for your consideration. tGreat Applause.l
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-19


dOn Convention their claims
the Republican and
fdeny address themselves awakened intelligence conscience
For
calamitou Govern
~ na oeen arecod OF dsnon0r ana disaster a
uhlesy indispensable entaed
pa over the pawned American credit
Republican
hed industry and
prolonged depression factories
and individual interest
demands shall the hands those who have
shown incapable without home and dhonor
thirty administered with
unequaled and
A PR0THCr1vH TARIFF.
and emphasize the policy protection the bulwat
American development
prosperity. policy
foreign goods secures the Am
market for the American producers phO the American standard OF wages
for the American factory the side OF the farm and makes
and price; dHu general
thrift and Ounds the strength all on the strength each In app
control dmesuc
monopoly, sectional discrimination and individual favOrism
Democratic tariff sectional injurious the public
credit and destructive business enterprise We demand such equitable tariff on
teo labor @ to the wage eve Of other lands We are not
of is practical question: to
of productions the ruling and
development of American labor and indus
try The demands settlement and then wants rest
FeECIPROCITY WITH OTHER NATIONS
of reciprocity
calumty demand their renewal
equaze trade with other nations the
products in the
enlarged markets for the products OF FARMS forests and
factoi
Protection and reciprocity twin Republican policy and go hand
both
produce reciprocal
Protection builds
builds foreign trade finds outlet for surplus
PROTECTION SUGAR PRODUCERS.
auce Of o inns country Inc 9 hepaah nc IN parry % % t p M % S
they pay
WOOL vOOLEHTS.
of the
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-19

comply
ons believe that the Government the
ENLARGEMENT NAVY.
The and security Republic
influence the nations the earth demand with
ntof
navy and a complete system of habo and sacoast denses
IA1A6IoRATION LAWS
thoroughly and
entrance United States those neither
CIVIL SERVICE
The Civil Service law placed the statute book by the Republican
which sustained repeated declarations shall
thoroughly and honestly enforced and extended wherever practicable
every
~ LxNczz1Na CONDEMNED.
proclaim uncvizd
practices well known nchng killing
with crime, without oaw
NATIONAL ARBITRATION.
~ FREE EzOAdEsrEADs.
the satisfactory
House and pending the
ADMISSION rERRITORIHS
date having due regard the interests the people of the Territories and of the
bona fde residents thereof and the right sfvnment shall accorded
practicable
ALASKA REPRESENTATION
nelhgently
SUA6PTJAFsY LEGISLATION
Legitimate efforts
onemperance promote morality
RIGHTS WOMEN.
Republican mindful of the rights and interests of Protection
includes
p and mi,e snb are the nrnie, and noc Of the
put cnsderate judgment
the Republican and prosperity the people of the United
States
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-19
.ARATION OF PRINCIPLES OF II

shop hemp-o
D MERCHANT MARINE
policy
and the protection shipping the foreign
hipshs product American labor employed
sailing under the stars and Stripes manned oed and
the carrying of
rEIE FINANCIAL ISSUE.
The Republican party money
dollar liar has been aiaI as good ID as gold
We are unalDy opposed
therefore, coinage
with the leading commercial nations OF the
promote and until such be OBJ
with gold and all designed main
nvoab obligations the United states and all our money whether
standard of the enlightened nations the
'af'n PENSIONS VETERANS
fair and
the matter employment and
ulhlment of the pledges made them in the dark
[ M from the rolls as deserving the evare,t of the
" pp FOREIGN RELATIONS.
Our foreign policy
by
proper rand the West
ARMENIAN A6AsSAORES
The acres sympathy Just indignation
of the people,
Turkey
American
absolute protected
11OHFOB DoCrRINE
the o.
effect responding
this hemisphere any pete1
Englshspeakng
1NDEPHsrSDHr7cH OF CUBA.
achieving independence
States regarded sympathy struggles peoples
domination We
battle the Cuban cruelty and
QUITO determined
The Spn having lost control OF Cuba and unable
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-19
FORAKER NAMES MCKINLEY.

When the State of Ohio was called Jo-
seph B. Foraker of that State, ex-Gover-
nor anu Senator-elect, came to the plat
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-19

of the
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-19

tSkstched for "1he Call" by j. Kahle..l
The morning times., 1896-01-26

happy influence through the body polite.
II the day should come when they must be
welded one into another there will be no
dearth of life at one point and congestion
at another.
Those who grieve about the decadence
of country life and the growth of cities
are wondering what we shall do if our
cities keep on growing; where our grain
will grow when we have no farms; where
We shall raise our chickens. They forget
that we will have less need or hens when our
chemist makes an egg which will almost
hatch. Why raise pigs to he insulted by
German inspection laws, or grain TO store
in warehouses. when the nutritive elements
that days supply of food may be carried
in pill box. We shall not need wide streets;
fresh air will circulate from above TO our
roof gardens, and the aerial nautiluses
will bear US from point 10 point. The sky
willalwayS oeabove usand the groundbelow.
1t is as impossible 10 shnt GOD out from one
place as another, from city as from country,
for when we can no longer study Him in
natures uncultiyated gardens, we can still
look into the souls of human kind and find
His image there. If every foot of ground
on this vast earth should one day he covered
with human habitations we shall not be
driven into the sea; we shall probably be
able to exerciseour activity in smalIerspace,
or perhaps some Atlantis will rise from
the waters, or a constellation of stars be-
come accessible to our civilization.
SUE FITE RAMSEY.
The morning times., 1896-01-26
How to Find Gus Leaks.

Having satisfied yourself by the sense of
smell that leakage does exist, see that all
the gas jets in the house are turned off,
and then turn the gas off at the meter for
few hours, says a writer in the Brooklyn
Eagle" Turn on again at the meter and
light the jets. The leakage will be found
close to any that burn with a blue flame.
Its exact position may be determined with
the help of a match or taper. As gas al
ways ascends, the window should alwa Us be
thrown open at the top when 1T is ap-
parent that there is an escape, in order
that any gas which has accumulated may
be allowed to pass into the open air. Gas
by itself is not explosive, but becomes 50
when it is mixed with air in the proportion
of one part to fifteen. The escape of gas
is disagreeably perceptible by the smell
when it is present in the atmosphere in the
proportion of one part TO 5000. When an
escape is first noticed the windows should
be thrown open at once and the greatest care
should be exercised that no light is taken
near the spot until 1t is certain that any con-
siderable accumulation Of gas has been
dissipated.
The morning times., 1896-01-26
CITIES GOOD TO LIVE N
Concentration Of Population Not
a Bad Sign.
WASHINGTON'S HIGH RANK
A Birdseye View of the Social Sta.
tistics of Our Cities as Pictured In
the Latest Census Monograph. Now
Ready for DistributiOn-Many Im-
provements In Municipal Life.

| 1t was once the boast OF Americans that
| their greatest men and women spent theil
childhood far from the distractions of COS
nature, thus developing serene soul and
| perfect health by exercise in open fields and
inhalng from pure atmosphere the very
breath of heaven.
We reyel in the recollection OF Lincoln In
| his lone hut; Garfield on the farm; Lucy
Stone trudging miles to school over rough
country roads; "Old Hickory growing up
beside Tennessee pine-knots. A hundred
iIlustrious names from North and South
spring readily to our lips in support Of the
theory that In rural'places alone greatness
receives its first impulse.
Pessimists are beginning to wonder where
We shall get material for our genius when
our great cities shall have absorbed all the
country, and become a few vast common
wealths. Their gloomy eyes turn toward
the East, where the cities are being brought
closer and closer in contact with one another.
A journey from Washington to New York
will not disclose a miie of territory void of
houses and cultivation, while embryo towns
spring up at rapid intervals. to say nothing
OF q number OF cities, which greatly Increase
the welding process.
Brooklyn and Jersey City are but SUBJ
urbs of New York. who has stretched cut
her tentacles. like the octopus, to all that
comes within her reach. bat, unlike. the
octopus, her tenta cles never cease growing,
and she is enabled to seize more and more.
Chicago and Philadelphia are pursuing the
same course. while Washington and Balti-
more seem to be tumbling Into each Others
arms.
Yet we have no cause to view these
facts with alarm. The wuuld-be Bouapartes
and washingtoDs OF the future may safely
consent To be born in the city and need have
10 fear that their development will be
stunted.. The conservation OF nervous
energy and health preservation are-the-
sciences of the hour, aud enable one 10 live
according to nature, or, rather, TO sur
mount her. in a smaller space than formerly.
As this was the chief advantage Of country
over city. we shall soon be able to eliminate
it as a factor in the problem.
Another advantage claimed for the coun-
try was that the obstacles 10 be overcome
there in making ones way in the world
had n tendency To strengthen character.
The boy who chopped down forest during
ihc day and studied the calculus ct night
by the light of taliow candle was thought
10 be ascending the rounds OF fame's ladder
In &. geome,rical ratio. But today city
life, In its press of competition and the
struggle against the barriers of SUBSISTENCE
offers greater obstacles to those. heroic
souls who are spelling for fight with tie
drag gons disputlng their right OF way.
The time is coming when city life viii
offer the best opportunities for develop
ment. The contemplation OF nature is grand 1
and ennoblng, but in these later days, to
keep up with the procession, we must begin
The morning times., 1896-01-26

plete form. They prove that all the ele-
ments which combiue 10 make nations
greatness are struggling for expression in
our cities, and are making homes of them,
not merely places to "haug up in" Educa-
tion, mental and physical, are rising to a
higher plane. Institutions of learning,
lecture halls, etc, are increasing relatively
to poorhuuscs and jails. Police aud fire
departments are becoming more perfect,
and the vast amounts paid out for street
cleaning show that the health of the people
is well protected. 290 OF our largest cities,
with population OF 1i,3S5,4S1, have
paid S207 ,1S7, ,344 for the construction
of public buildings. OF this amount the
North Atlantic division paid most, S24,-
I19,OS6; the South Central, least, $685.
333; the Western paid the largest per
capita, SS.15; South Central. the small
est, S1.S4.
Philadelphia's cost was see SAG, 37S;
New York, not given; Washington, S3,-
SI3, roo; San Francisco, $1l ,1S5, 500; Chit
cago, $7,352,44 exclusive OF hospitals
and houses of correction; Boston, 81 12,621,- =
900; Atlanta, 100000; Denver, 81 $685.
44s: Memphis, $726,925. The greatest
cost per capita for any city was S51.1O, in
LAFAYETTE, Ind. Theaters in the 345 cities
(having 1O, 900 or more inhabitants each)
numbered GOT. The seating capacity or
Washington's theaters was put at 400;
New York, 62, AT; San Francisco, $4,000;
Philadelphia, SO, 1876; Denver, iO,sO0; Chi
cago, $4,000. New York had the greatest
number OF theaters-37.
Chicago had the greatestnumber OF public
halis-25O, with seating capacity OF
5000; Boston and New York, no data;
Washington, g, with seating capacity Of
2,25O, but that was before our great Con-
vention Hall was built.
The statistics relating to public build
ings are SO voluminous that 1t would be
folly to attempt even brief outline. Only
few of the most salient features are point
ed out; the remainder will be left for those
who care 10 delve further into the subject
when the monograph is distributed to the
public, as it will be some time this winter.
All researches can but bring to light facts
corroborative OF the thought that in our
great cities the heart OF civilization is nour-
ished by the richest blood, James Bryce, In
his American Commonwealth. deplores the
fact that we haveno such capital-no center
OF activity as London or Paris, but all our
cities are capitals in certain sense. Each
has its quota Of good things, and radiates .
The morning times., 1896-01-26

-. fie puts q sfiek against sae rim and
N pirutz are fIunE aside.
" hat did yea 40 taat for7-' ask the mill
owner. eusninr ep.
'.on. srst stuck it under like that, ''
answers the drawing rustic. and he puts
his finger out TO show how. He has the
stump OF his index to remind him OF his
stupidity.
Two mcn are looking ut a pistol and
one attempts TO show the other how 1t
works. A bullet through the hand ID
the result. The bit OF steel looks SO
harmless and is SO dangerous.
Nowhere are such mishaps more common
than in chemical laboratories. little
misinformaion or moments thought
lessness brings great explosion OF bum
inS acids. The expcrimcnter is lucky to
get Off with hand scnrrcd for life. In
these days OF girl students ii may he a
very pretty hand whose marripg means q
great loss.
Ia university observatory q young pro-
lessor and lady student are taking OBJ
serva,ions OF the sun. The lady is bright
and pretty, and the work goes briskly and
smoothly. Again and again the focusing
OF the suns rays by the lenses burns a
hole in the young woman's dress or cuts
In two, as with knife, n cord that comes
IN its path with the turning OF the instru-
ment. The effect of the intense rays is
perfectly well known. The mechanism of
the Instrument protects the Observers eye
by heavy piece OF dark glass.
SAVED JUST IN TIME.
But IN an idle moment the student pro-
poses aimlessly to take look at the sun
direct. She removes the darkcned slide
and is in the act OF applying her eyes to the
Instrument.
my Godl What are you doing?" ex-
claims the teacher, seizing her by the
shoulders and pushing her away from the
glass.
Don't you know that would burn your
eyes out in single glance?''
And she sits down. bew ildered, stupefied,
almost faiuting. She was unfit for any
more study that day. The story ought to
end with a wedding, but it is truth and it
didn't. The professor is now an honored
member of the Lick Observatory staff.
a similar accident deprive1 a student OF
his eyes for several years after the last
transit of Venus. He made so many
observations, and so intense was his in
terest. that the imagc OF the phenomena be-
came fixed upon an over-senstiye retina. and
for three years he could see scarcely any
thing bit the transit of Venus.
A smell OF gls the other day at Baltimore
drove an audience wild with terror by a
foolish or niscreant cry of fire. They
trampled each other down in a frantic rush
for the door and twenty-three lay dead and
dying while scores Were carried away with
ugly and more or less dangerous wounds.
different sort of scare two years and a
half ago plunged the United States into
financial disaster. There was no change
in material resources. no elimination in
the amount of money even. Every man
was as rich as he had been 4 month before,
but a stupid fancy seized upon some, Others
trsxhs In ff 4
were forced though sane enough themselves,
To protect their Interests against the foolish
panic of business associates. The country
has not yet recovered from the folly. and
even the next Issue of hundred millions OF
bonds may not wholly cure 1t.
The morning times., 1896-01-26

ankle, and apt to get ratified in the face Of
little danger, because it requires nerve AMI
muscle to manage bob sled in style and
safety, but the new athletic woman knows
what she's about.
The bicycle has put sinew into her neither
limbs, which she clothes in full wooden
bloomers, and from the knees down she
dresses herself in the heaviest golf stock
ings and dongola laced boots.
In the captains seat she sits with the
big steering bar between her knees, braces
her feet between the drag brake, and
then somebody gives her lift over the
hills crest. In her opinion, plotting an
eight-foOt sled on tbree-guarter of
mile run must be as eXhilarating as stand
ing at the throttle of an express train,
and the first woman who tried it this win
ter at Tuxedo has already noble army
of imitators of her own sex.
A number of women own club sleds,
big $14 fellows, and to relieve the rather
severe effect OF the bloomers, wear hand
some Canadian blanket coats, reaching
half way to the knees and caught n at
the waist by broad sashes of blue or scarlet.
The morning times., 1896-01-26

81 o be the
q The growth of my business makes it
g imperative that should increase my pres
g ent facilities, and by remodeng my store
gain much-needed space.
M M 1t is not possible to commence the
M work of alteration with my present large
stock.
Z have decided, therefore, to hold a
3 sale commencing February first in order
Z to reduce stock as far as possible
: This sale will be arranged on the
I plan of my great Anniversary Sale last
Z year.
3 c. H. DAWSON. 1lo5 Street N. w.