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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-26
AN EXTRA SESSION.

1t is reported from Washington that if
Congress adJourns without passing a reve-
nue. bill or bill authorizing the issue of
low interest-bearing certificates to meet
the deficiency in the National income,
President Cleveland will call an extra ses-
sion to meet some time in July. While no
authority Is given for the accuracy of the
report it deserves some credit, since in a de.
bate in the Senate last week Senator Sher-
man very pointedly intimated that some
such course might be taken by Cleveland
under the conditions stated.
AS it seems certain that no revenue bill
can be agreed upon by the Senators at this
session, and as the vote last week on Cor
mans motion for an issue of treasury GER
tiicates shows that plan to be utterly out
of the question, the people may as well
begin to consider an extra session as one
of the possibilities of politics. There can
be no doubt that it would be unpopular,
and there can be as little that every effort
would be made by the administration and
by Democratic organs to throw the re-
sponsibility of it upon the Republican
leaders of the House and Senate.
Under these circumstances it is worth
repeating what is known to every man
who has followed the proceedings of this
Congress that the failure to enact a reve-
nue. bill has been due to the Democrats
themselves. The Republicans of the
House passed early in the session tariff
bill designed TO meet the needs of the
treasury under existing conditions. 1t
was in no sense partisan bill. 1t was of
Tered as compromise TO Democrats in
order TO help out Democratic admins.
tration and provide the Nation with a rev.
enue sufficient fer the time until the re.
turn OF the Republican party to power.
The bill offered in this spirit of party fair
ness and genuine patriotism was rejected
by the Democrats. Had half a dozen
Democratic Senators voted for it it could
have been enac ted, ample revenues would
have been pro vided and there would now
be no need OF an extra session.
The position of the Democrats in Con.
gress on this issue is so bad that if Cleve-
land cared anything for them we would
be sure he would never think OF calling an
extra session. 1t seems evident, however.
that Cleveland now cares very little for his
party since his rule has been repudiated
by SO many of its leaders and State con-
ventions. The call for an extra session
would enable him to make s'grand-stand
play" to the delight of the gold standard
forces of the East, and, therefore, there
are serious reasons for believing that he
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-26
LEGITIMATE JOURNALISM.
New York Newspaper Maker,


The Newspaper Maker is in entire &C
cord with the San Francisco CALLS view
tnat newspaper should sell news aud not
DOCKS, bicycles or baby-carriages. 1t
should aim to give its readers the value OF
their money in fullness Of its reports of
trade, politics, society and all the abound
ing activities of life. If it cannot give
news enough to justify the charge it makes
1t should cease to call itself newspaper
and solicit subscriptions only for its cou-
pons and their chances.
The subject, however, has another aspect
That is too often overlooked. The press
stands IN almost confidential relation to
business. The newspaper and the mer-
chant are allies. They are OF mutual
heip1ulness when each is conducted In
legitimate channels. When the news
paper, however, combines its press with a
Junkshop and proceeds to issue coupons
oy which people can get q cheap sort OF
DOCKS bicycles or baby carriages at prices
far below what good articles can be sold
for ey men who have reputation as hon.
est merchants to maintain, then the press,
instead OF being the ally, becomes the foe
of the merchant.
Instead OF building UP trade it tends to de-
moralize II. and not infrequently seriously
Injuries business by introducing into a
community an overstock of cheap articles
OF one kind or another that prevents the
sales OF the merchant.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-26

the School OF Design, for which special apart
ments were fitted up by Mr.. Searles. In this is
given instruction in drawing, painting, mod
cling and so forth. The terms OF the affilia-
ton provide that 1.-The students OF said school,
upon the recommendation of the faculty
thereof, may receive such degree or certificate
of proficiency from the university as the Re-
gents of the university may deem appropriate
to the course of study pursued" Each year
the School of Design awards the Avery gold
medal for excellence and progress; the W. E.
Brown gold medal for study from life, and the
AS an art institute it ranks high. The studies
embrace the antique, nude model. draped
model, portrait, painting still life and por-
usually taught in institutions of this charac-
ter. The tuition fees range from SIS to So per
month. There is reduction of % per cent to
those who work in two classes.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-26
STALE AND THRBADBARE.

To maintain parity" between gold and
silver has become stale, threadbare and
improbable bit of political lying where
with to feed the credulous. How can
the parity of the metals be maintained
so long as the Government requires moth
ing to be payable to it in gold and will
pay nothing to its creditors but gold? The
people are tired of these misleading efforts
to hold out gold as the Nations money of
redemption. The fact is, by the ruling of
the Treasury Department it has no way to
get gold except by buying it with bonds.
What matters it how high taxes and reve-
nue. duties are if the Government will not
pay its debts with the silver and paper
money 1t thus receives? And what does
it profit the people 10 have their Govern
ment borrow gold to pay it back with in
terest added?
To be sure, if a creditor prefers silver or
paper money, the Treasury will give him
the kind he asks for, but it must then
rush off and buy gold to redeem the silver
or paper be took, for Secretary Carlisle
says it is not money in itself-merely
promises to pay money, which is made of
gold, and gold only. Hence he must be
prepared to redeem it when presented,
which necessitates the purchase of the re-
quired amount of gold. That is Secretary
Carlisle's way of maintaining parity" be-
tween gold and silver. What a humbug
of a financier the Cleveland administra-
ton is, anyway.
Now, the people, densely ignorant as
they are, according to Cleveland's esti-
mate of them, have an idea that the parity
of the metals can be maintained only by
making them interchangeable by the Gov
eminent reserving the right to make its
obligations payable in either gold or silver,
at its own option. The Treasury reports
that it has nearly $500, 900 on hand,
but itself discredits the standing of every
dollar of it, except little over 500 0O0, 900
in gold which it bought with bonds to
give the silver and paper 1t holds
parity" What a pity it is that CIeve-
land and company have none of the peo-
pies kind of Ignorance.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-26
ALREADY PROVIDED FOR.

On June a convention of commercial
manufacturing, labor and agricultural
organizations will be held in Detroit,
Mich, to consider how best the tariff
question can be relieved of the handicap
of partisan politics and made a matter of
public concern independent of political
parties-in other words, to Americanize it
as purely business proposition. The call
for convention assumes as a fact that
every business interest of this country
needs protective legislation in some meas
ure, but to arrive at true basis the ques-
tion will have to be freed from party
politics and treated as an economic
problem.
Enough is known of what is expected to
be accomplished to warrant the belief that
the convention will hold that protection
is essential to the United States, and that
free trade on the one hand, and laws
that prohibit foreign competition in any.
event on the other, are not only
Numerically opposed to the funda
mental principles of the Government,
but that the one is as hurtful to
the country as the other. and therefore
both should be battled against as enemies
of the public good. Thus it will be seen
that 1t is the purpose to have the conven-
ton composed of conservative and expe-
rienced merchants, manufacturers, agri-
cuIturlsts and wage-earners, who care
more for the material growth of the coun-
try than for the supremacy of any one of
the political parties.
1t has already been intimated that the
convention will lay down the principle that
there should be tariff high enough to
equaliZe the difference in cost of produc-
ton in this and in foreign countries, first
Tor the purpose OF protecting our industrial
class against the lower wage schedules of
other countries, and second for the pu1-
pose OF giving our manufacturers no op-
portunity to exact extortionate prices
from our people for their goods and wares.
But what is the use of holding such a
convention? The basic principles of the
Republican party stand for exactly the
kind of protection this convention pro-
poses to demand. The very first economic
legislation in the direction of law for the
encouragement and protection of American
industries was enacted by Republican
Congress more than a century ago, and
the Nation never departed from the doc
trine OF adequate protection to our in
dustrlal plants and to secure our wage
earners against the pauper-labor of Eu-
rope until a Democratic administration
came into power in 1893. The nomi-
nee of the st. Louis convention
will reiterate the party's determination to
protect our industries and our people
against foreign invasion, and the next adj
mlnistration will put in effect the declara-
ton of the party. Let the Detroit conven-
ton resolve to stand by the Republican
party and it will get all that it is seeking.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-26
A LIBERAL LECTURE:
DIR, York Speaks EIoquently of the Free
thought Association

DIR. York Speaks Eioquently of the Free
thought Association
DIR. York addressed large audience sun
day night at Scottish Hall on "Wasted
Power in the Science of Life; or How
to Be Happy" He said:
"The object of our association-the Free
thought Liberal Union-is to promote in
tellectuaI and moral self-culture and the
complete separation of church and state.
We do not expect every one to accept all
that we utter; we wish others to have the
same liberty to reject as we have to utter
it. We are not trying to suit every body;
we are simply trying to tell the truth as
We omprehend it, and what is truth to US
may not seem to be truth to another.
"1n the nature of things it is not posi-
Bile for all to reach the same conclusions
from what is seen and heard; our hair is
not the same color. our eyes and noses are
not alike and as we differ in our physi-
ologlcal and chronological likeness, so do
we differ in our beliefs.
"Of course we will not all agree as to what
is true or what is false, and the only COM
mon ground for US as liberals is love OF
truth and mental freedom, and we ask OF
you only what we concede to you, the
right to receive or reject and kindly
liberation for differences of belief"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-26
A GOOD SOLUTION.

The ordinance passed to print by the
Supervisors dealing with the transfer
check system of the Market-street Rail-
way Company offers a satisfactory settle
ment of a controversy which for already
too long time has disturbed the commu-
nifty and led occasionally to serious diff
culties between passengers and officials OF
the road.
The ordinance provides for the esta blish-
ment of a transfer system that will give to
the people those facilities of streetcar
travel which are essential to public conve-
nience. 1t does away with that highly
Objectionable check system which has
been such nuisance for weeks past.
This is nothing more than what the
people have right to expect of the COM
pany and what the Supervisors should in
justice ordain. At the same time the ordi-
nance provides means by which the H.
terests of the company are protected from
the acts of thoughtless or dishonest people
who may have used transfers not for their
convenience in streetcar travel but to de-
prive the company of portion of its
rightful revenues.
The ordinance is so fair in its terms that
it was unanimously supported by the Su-
pervisors and ought to be reg arded with
equal favor by both the public and the
railway company. The controversy has
been most irritating one on both sides,
and it is certainly for the general good that
1t should be ended as speedily as possible.
The better class of people in San Fran
cisco have never had any desire to cinch
the company or to deal unjustly with it.
The proposed ordinance comes as a good
solution for the whole problem involved
in this conflict, and if it is accepted in the
right spirit by the public and the COM
pany the controversy viii be satisfactorily
settled and the incident closed,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-26
A CANDIDATES EXPERIENCE.

Jim Jones he was candidate for otice-so he
was;
he'd been workin' 'long from daylight in the Dem
ocratic cause;
He'd heard about the salary an officeholder draws,
SO he wen; out for office in the mornin'i
He brushed up his old black beaver and polished
up his boots;
He got him twenty packages OF Georgia made che
r0ots
An they missed him from the village and political
disputes,
For he went in for office in the mornin',
But the office was a-coming, an they told him
for to wait;
The road was kinder crooked when he thought It
kinder STRAIGHT:
But Jones = he kept a-swinging On the Demo
cratic gate.
For" said he. an catch the office in the morn
imp
soon the candidates had smoked up all Of Jones'
fine cheroots-
An the mud had worn the polish from his brogans
and his boots:
An he lost his reputation in political disputes,
An he never got the Office in the mornin'.
FRANK L. STANTON in Atlanta Constitution.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-26
CURRENT HUMOR.

MISS oldmayde tproudly)-Mr. Walker pro-
posed TO me last night, and-I refused him!
MISS Dalsy-But you promised to be grand
mother 10 him, didn't you, dear?-Someryille
Journal.
heeu-You can make all the fun of young
Legante Tor his egotism you want to- but tell
you he has powerful brain.
Wrght-By links, he must have to stand all
the thinking he does about himself.-Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
Nurse-Now, then, Master Georgia, you must
come out and have your face washed. Your
grandfather's coming to tea.
ueorge-fes; but 'spose he don't come, what
then?-London Punch.
The Inquisitive One-Did you study -FOUR art
here or abroadP
The Poster Designer--Artg wouldn't dare
lis Journal.
Have you written your graduation essay?"
asked Maud
Yes" replied Mamie.
wv asn't ii lot of work?''
just dreadful. First had 70 hunt up words
.has were big enough, and then had to keep
looking IN the dictionary TO see what they
mean ana, honestly, I began TO think never
"ouio get 1t Observation-Disclosures Star.
AS tempt the beams of harbor light
a mariner, worn by the batting sea,
To seek repose from a wicked night.
Inc glow OF her smile entices me.
But pilot versed in the chart am l.
know I'm far from harbors porch
ana the lights that dance in my lady's eve
Are the ruthless sparks OF a wrecker's torch.
Truth.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-26
SIGNS OF THE TIMES.
Rev. Hermann Warszawiak Speaks o
the Salvation OF the IsraeIite.

hev. Hermann Warszawiak Speaks on
the Salvation OF the IsraeIite.
Sunday afternoon. at Scottish Hall,
Rev. Hermann Warszawiak spoke on ''The
Signs OF the Times in Connection with the
Restoration Of Israel" He said: "There
is marvellous movement all over the
world among the Israelitss-a movement
toward Christianity.
For 1900 years the churches have liter
ally closed their doors to the Israelite.
Now 1t is different. Thousands of He
orews to-day are asking, Have we not
rejected the true Messiah, the father sent
to us? Is not Christ indeed the Messiah? p
II come to encourage the missionary
spirit in the Christian, that he may open
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-26
" THE OVERLAND LIMITED
Via Union Pacific.

oN1v 914 DAYS TO CHICAGo-9h
412 DAYS TO NEW YORK-41S
Pullman double drawing-room sleepers and din
ingcars, San Francisco to Chicago, daily without
change Composite buffet smoking and library
cars between Salt Lake City, Ogden and Chicago.
Upholstered Pullman tourist sleepers. San Fran
cisco to Chicago, daily without change, and per
sonalIy conducted tourist excursions to st. Paul
and Chicago every Friday
For tickets and sleeplngcer reservations apply to
general Office, Montgomery street. Steamship
tickets on sale TO and from all parts Of Europe
D. w. HITCHCOCK, General Agent.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-26
CALIFORNIANS SAIL FOR EUROPE.

NEW YORK, N. Y, May 25.-sailed by the
steamer Campania for Liverpool - Mrs.
Mary A. Bundill, E. ]. Cursor, James
MONT, Miss Edith Wolfskin, Mrs. H
u. Wiltshire. Sailed per steamer Traye
ior Bremen via Southampton: Mrs. Auguste
belman' Mrs Grifiths aud child, Mrs. Anua
uoethen, Mrs. DR.. NJ. A. Nagel, children and
maid, Peter Schlegel
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-26

The coronation ceremonies at Moscow
have enabled the Gar to make wonder.
full display of the various races OF men
under the sway of his widely extended en-
pire, but when the Prince of Wales comes
to the throne he can beat it.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-26
A Model Kindergarten.

An entertainment will be given by the Boys
Club tonight at the corner OF Oak Grove
avenue and Bryant street for the benefit Of the
First congregational kindergarten, of which
Miss Lila L. Fales is instructor. The entertain
ment VIII be called "a Model Kindergarten
and the parts will be taken by adults and and
young people of musical and Evolutionary
ability
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-26

the door of salvation to his brother, the
you will be successful, my friends, You
cannot help being victorious, because
YOU have the right on your side. You
have now such grand chance' q cnsnce
that YOU never had before, to help your
brother and prepare him for the second
coming of the Lord"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-26

The announcement that the House
Committee on Banking and Currency has
adjourned to December seems to fore
shadow an early closing of this session of
Congress. There is, of course, much to
do, but with Cleveland in the White
House nothing good can be done, and the
statesmen might as well Quit and let the
country give its undivided attention to
Presidential politics.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-26
CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, N. Y, May 25.-At the West
minister-Miss Waterhouse; Astor-F Abra-
ham, A. A. Thraser; St. Denis-R. Alexander,
Mrs j. Alexander, Miss r. Alexander; Grand
Union-H. Jacobsen; Hoffman-T. z. Blakelan,
Mrs. n. Lee, w. Ralston.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-26

In Acknowledgment Smith has
shot man. Sam paid quarter he owed him,
and the fellow bit it to see If it was genuine.
Sam got mad and pulled on him.
EDITORIAL right. Fix it up and head it:
"He bit the Observation-Disclosures Record.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-26
Captain Robinson Recovering.

Captain Robinson of the City Prison made
his first appearance there yesterday since he
had an operation performed to get rid of a
carbuncle on his neck. He is still very weak
He received q dispatch yesterday that his
who had charge of the Emergency Hospital of
the Worlds Fair, died on Sunday in his thir-
tieth year.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-26

1t seems fairly certain we can have the
National convention of the Christian En-
deavor societies held in this city in 1897 if
we raise fund OF s25, 600 to guarantee the
expenses, and in comparison with the
benefits to be derived the amount is SO
small there should be little difficulty in
raising it in short time.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-26
A LADY'S SHIRT WAIST.

A shirt waist much liked is made with turn
over cuffs and collars and rather full sleeves
Any of the washable fabrics may be en-
ployed: Cambria, cheviot, percale and linen,
and few of the heavier fabrics are used. The
newest idea is shirt waist of sheer goods:
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-26

The display of imperial power at Mos
cow is said TO have inspired the Russians
with the belief that they can whip all
Western Europe without the aid of allies,
and perhaps they may be tempted some
day to try it,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-26

Minister Deuby figures up a chance for
pretty good trade with China, but we
would cut poor figure if we sacrificed our
home trade to get it. The development of
our commerce is desirable, but not when
it is to be carried on at the expense of our
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-26
Stanford Excursion.

Join our Stanford Excursion, which leaves San
Francisco at p. NJ. Thursday, the 18th inst, via
Northern Pacific Railroad. Special cars stopping
at the Yellowstone Park. L. &. Stateler. General
Agent, $50 Market street. san Francisco.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-26

LIQUOR CoNsUMED-J. NJ, Alameda, Cal The
amount of spirits, malt liquor and wines in the
United States during 1894 was in the aggre-
gate las, 153, 500 gallons. There were co.
Ions of malt liquor aud 81, 293 124 gallons of
wine.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-26

THE BEEcHER TRIAL-A. S., City. The trial
of Henry Ward Beecher commenced on the tn
OF January, 1873, and the jurors were not dis
charged until the 112th day of the trial.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-26

The goldbugs of the East are violating
all the conventions of politics in trying to
control all of them.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-26

The gold Democrats of Chicago who are
talking OF regenerating their party are
not to be blamed for thinking it needs the
gold cure.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-26

1t seems impossible to raise the wind in
Kansas without raising the devil with 1t.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-26

There seems to be something OF fatal
ity in every kind of fad. A young man
has Just been murdered because he had
$4,000 worth of rare stamps.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-26

Now that Alaska has had convention
riot we may expect her to be putting in
claim for statehood on the plea that she
is ripe for it.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-26

A few months ago Cleveland hoped a
nomination for another term, but he
would be well satisfied now if he we're sure
of getting his party to indorse the present
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-26

SPECIAL information daily to manufactures,
business houses and public men by the Press
Clipping Bureau tAllen'sl, $40 Montgomery.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-26

Cleveland would hardly call back Con-
gress that has a bond-deal investigating
committee ready for action.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-26

The third term no longer confronts us
either as a condition or a theory.