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The San Francisco call., 1896-07-06

elected Councilman where Republicans were
SO thick that three of them contested for
Mayor"
And as they sat down to one OF the small
tables in the court and gave their orders an
old gentleman in clerical garb looked up dis
approvingly from the open pages OF black
book with gilt edges.
"Well, Cooper, how is my old friend La Vies,
the Joaquin Miller of Santa BarbaraF'
'The WHAT" said Cooper. "I never heard
him called that"
"Oh, you know they say the poet of the
sierras hasn't cut his hair since he took a
bath, and La Vies must have been letting his
hair grow ever since DR.. c. c. O'Donnell first
beg an running for Mayor of San Francisco. l
remember when La Vies was Postmaster dur
ing Cleveland's first term, and all the Re-
publicans used to worry the lie out OF him
kicking if the mail arrived late When a train
would be behind time they would stand out
side the partition and talk loud and keep un-
locking their boxes and saying, st wouldn't
be this way with Republican Postmaster
"But 1 heard good one the other day,
Cooper. was coming up on the train from
Los Angeles and two girls were sitting in the
car. One says, What do you do when you get
to Santa Barbara, isn't it awfully dull?' No,
indeed says the other. You go seabathing,
horseback riding; you visit the old Mission
and FL Monteeito and you are proposed to by
some young fellow who lives in FL Montecito,
descendant OF an old South Carolina family,
brother to a judge ir San Francisco. and all
that Anyway that's what all the girls say
that have been there"
"I know a better one than that" said
Cooper, as he launched into story that
caused the clerical-looking old gentleman to
glance about cautiously and then edge his
chair up little nearer behind a friendly
pillar where none of the spicy yarn might be
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ALTGELD VS.. TAMMANY.

The most complex problem that is con-
fronting Whitney, Hill and the other auto
cratic and aristocratic goldbug Tammany
Democrats is how they may escape from
the party's old ship without drowning.
AItgeld has been keeping them dancing
ION the burning deck' for some days and
they want to get away The shore Is not
far off, but how to reach it is the question.
Still, they should not forget that when
they were in command the Altgelds,
Blands, Tillmans and Haymarket rioters
made good enough crew. In fact, they
made exactly the kind of crew that was
wanted.
The fact of the matter is. Altgeld has in
troduced Tammany methods to Western
Democracy and in many ways he has
added improvements which make his
machine grind finer than the New York
Sachems are used to, and he has also
managed to get q good many of Tam
many's braves into the hopper of his mill.
There may be only just retribution in all
this, and no doubt there is, for Tammany
has turned out more finished political
bosses than any other institution of the
kind on earth.
from its birth, which was in the year
1889, it has been turning such men as
Tweed into the highways of politics, and
If the Democracy of Illinois combined to
raise up man who should out-Tammany
Tammany Sachems Whitney and Hill
should not complain too much, seeing
that their own close corporation has been
encouraging the employment of Altgeld's
kind of convention methods for more than
100 years. But Tammany never calls
anarchists patriots" and Altgeld does,
which makes a difference that is alto
gether in favor of Tammany.
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PERSONAL.

Judge J. R. Webb of Fresno is at the Lick.
Rev. Samuel Hirst of Vallejo is among the
Grand's guests.
D. P. Pierce, mining man OF Butte County,
is at the Grand.
A. G. Smith of Deadwood, S. D., is registered
at the Occidental.
]. F. Rink, Woodland merchant. has q
room at the Grand.
Lieutenant w. II. Anderdice, o. 8. N, is g
guest at the Palace
81. H. Pitcher, a banker of Livermore, is reg
istered at the Palace.
J. Stone, fruit-raiser of Napa, is a guest at
the Cosmopolitan Hotel
RE Hyde, a banker of visalis, is making a
short visit at the Palace.
Rev. A. Bayley and wife of Hsywsrds are
registered at the California.
C.M. Weber of the Weber estate is at the
Grand registered from stockton.
James E. Flood, q business man of Stockton.
is registered at the Cosmopolitan Hotel.
C. Steenbergh, who is at the head of the agri-
cultural colony at Brentwood, is at the Lick.
A. NJ Lumley, the newspaper proprietor and
orchardist, of Porterville. is guest at the
Grand.
J. B. Peakes, proprietor Of the Yosemite
House at Stockton, is among the guests at the
Palace.
Colonel A. B. Hotchkiss, attorney for the
Southern Pacific at Fresno, is at the Lick with
his wife.
william N. Hollister. wholesale butcher
and rancher of Santa Barbara, has O room at
the Russ.
w Ewald, E. Gres and W. v. Tucky of Singa-
pore arrived on the City of Peking yesterday
and went to the Occidental.
Ex-Judge z. B. Hail. an aged capitalist and
long resident of Santa Barbara, arrived at the
Palace yesterday with Mrs. Hall.
Among the latest arrivals at the Cosmopoli-
tan are ]. Brown and ]. McMahon, prominent
real estate owners of Santa Cruz.
Isaac Copeland, superintendent of mine at
Downieville, is at the Lick on his way to his
home in valleeoto, Calayeras County.
James H. Perkins of East Saginaw, Mich,
and C. A. watrous of Bay City, Mich, are
among the recent arrivals at the Lick.
&c. Earle and R. 81. Earle OF Liverpool,
England, were passengers on the Colon from
Central America. They are at the Palace.
Montague Kirkwood, a barrister of Toxic,
Japan, arrived at the Occidental yesterday.
He was passenger on the City of Peking from
the Orient.
Frederic Hurdy Bslfour of Florence, Italy,
arrived from the Orient yesterday, stopped for
a short time at the Palace, and started East on
an afternoon train.
J. G. Woodwork of Portland, Or. is at the
California. He is assistant receiver and gem
eral manager of the Oregon Railroad and
Navigation Company.
w. NJ. Breckenridge of Tucson, Ariz., for.
merly detective for the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company and still in its employ. is
late arrival at the Grand.
George H. Warfeld, cashier OF the bank at
Heaidsburg, returned to the California last
night with his bride after spending the honey.
moon in Southern California.
w. w. Dimond. son of the late General Di-
mond OF this City, arrived yesterday at the
Occidental from Honolulu, where he has large
hardware and crockery business.
Rev. DR.. s. G. Mcfarland, g resident of Ban
kok, Siam, for thirty-six years, arrived at the
Occidental yesterday with his wife and Dr..
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for US to make, but which we consume.
The Republican party proposes to make
importers of merchandise contribute
most literally at the Custom-house for the
privilege of doing business in our markets.
But although not enough revenue could
be derived from that source to supply the
demands of the Nations expense account,
it would come so near doing it that rea-
sonable income upon beer and intoxicants
would not only be ample for the current
expense and internal improvement ac-
counts, but there would be balance
every year to be applied to the liquidation
OF the Nations bonds. This is the Re-
publican party's policy and plan for the
administration of the affairs of the
country. 1t is upon the same business
principle that good business men manage
their own enterprises.
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NOT RIGHT, BUT WRONG.

Had Alexander Pope been as much of g
prophet as he was poet. and had allowed
his prophetic eye to take a look at the
United States as they turned out to be
after Grover Cleveland and a Democratic
Congress were put in charge of the Gov
eminent, he never would have remarked
that whatever is is right" Nothing has
been right since Benjamin Harrison moved
out of the White House and Cleveland
moved in. Even the weather has been
wrong great deal of the time.
Tens of thousands of good and
true working people have been in
enforced idleness, and the question of
getting enough to eat has been serious
one with many of them. Industrial, COM
mercial and mercantile enterprises have
been wrecked in every community, and
banking institutions all over the country
have been forced to close their doors.
Farmers have not received enough for
their produce to pay the cost of raising 1t,
while more railways have been placed IN
the hands of receivers than in any like
period in the history of rail transpor-
tatlon. More river steamboats, have been
lashed to wharves and dismantled than
in any other three years since the steam
boat was invented. In short, nothing has
been right in any field of occupation ex-
cept the one in which Government bond
syndicates sow and reap.
The only thing that is that may be con-
sidered right is the determination of the
people to get rid of Democratic free trade,
bond syndicates and hard times. What
ever of public character Cleveland has
done the people know is wrong and no
good whatever has come OF it. His tariff
for revenue only" has impoverished our
industries ana left a deficit OF nearly
S140, 100000 for the people to make good.
Not only so, but he has obligated the peo-
pie to pay over $500, ,OOO, 900 in principal and
interest. This additional indebtedness is
in the shape of bonds which he signed
in the name of the people. And still more,
he sold S62, 600, 600 of bonds at $l04 when
the market price for that kind of Govern
ment securities was $119. The treasury gold
reserve is again close to the danger point,
and another block of the peoples obliga-
tions will have to be marketed TO pre-
vent the treasury from putting up the
sign, "No Funds" No, Mr.. Pope was
greatly mistaken. Whatever is Just at
this time in the affairs of the Government
and all lines of business is not only not
right but radically wrong
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THE REPUBLICAN PARTY's PLAN,

The annual expenditures of the Govern
ment, however economical the admins
tration in charge may be, are considerably
| over $500, ,OO0,00 and instead of growing
less they are likely TO grow larger from
year to year. For some years to come there
will have to be larger expenditures upon
our rivers and harbors and coast defenses
In the matter of protection against attacks
by foreign warships it may be said that the
country has none. The United States
would have very large mileage of sea-
coast to defend in case of war, and the
that direction.
The pension claims are necessarily and
properly very large. There will need be
large sums of money expended al.
| nually to put our waterways in con-
dition to give commerce wider oppor-
tunity to accumulate and distribute
the produce of the country. The de-
mand for American merchant ships is
SO imperative that by common consent
the Government must provide the neces-
sary financial encouragement. These are
by no means all the avenues of expendi-
ture. They are only the more important
ones.
The question is then, How shall the
Government provide for these public ex-
penses? 1t may be done by issuing bonds
from time to time, but the interest thereon
would increase the annual expense ac-
count, to say nothing of sinking fund to
provide for the redemption of the bonds
at their maturity. A general income tax
which would require every citizen to hand
over to the Government a certain per cent
of his earnings could be made to provide
enough, but neither one of these PROPOSE
tions would meet with the public's in
dorsement, especially an inco me tax, for
sucn tax is the father of the meanest of
economic iniquities. The policy of the
Democratic party as represented by
the present administration appears TO
be to pile up deficit after deficit
and trust to luck, so to speak,
for something to turn up and pro-
vide for their payment, and meanwhile
to issue bonds to keep the treasury sup
piled with gold for the money spectators
of Wall street and London to draw upon.
1t will be observed that the Cleveland
plan OF tinanciering does not provide a
sure and certain income for expenditures
upon internal improvements nor for SUBJ
stantial aid to a merchant marine of our
own.
Now, the plan of the Republican party
20 provide. and provide amply. for present
and prospective public expenditures is to
derive it, or great deal of it, at the
several custom houses from such foreign
made goods and wares as are not profitable
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SUCCESS AND FAILURE IN LIFE.
New York sun

New York Sun.
In q speech which Lord Kelvin, better
known in this country as Sir William Thorn
son, recently made in reply to the congratula-
tions offered him at the jubilee of his first ap-
pointment as professor of natural philosophy
in Glasgow University, we tind this striking
passage:
One word characterizes the most strenuous OF
the efforts for the advancement of science that /
have made perseveringly through hfty-ive years;
that word is failure; 1 know no more of electric
and magnetic force, or of the relations between
ether, electricity and ponderable matter. or OF
chemical affinity than knew and tried to teach
my students OF natural philosophy fifty years ago
In my first session as professor
Commenting on these words the London
Times the next day summed up Lord Kelvin's
achievements thus:
He has given us the theory OF the speed of elec-
trio signaling through submarine cables, and has
rendered the most effective assistance TO the
ishment of electric telegraphs to the most distant
parts OF our planet. he has investigated all the
causes OF the disturbance of the mariners COM
pass and shown how TO allow for them. He has
enected the most signal improvements in the art
dict the rise and fall the tile In any given place
he has altogether revolutioniZed the instruments
for electrical measurements. and made the mod
he has discovered balances for weighing electric
currents and for measuring electric power and en-
of electricity And he directed his great colleague
the late Professor Clerk Maxwell. the right
method OF pursuing his own electrical studies.
Lord Kelvin is not the first greet man to
whom his own work, highly as it was es-
teemed by others, has been insufficient to con-
tent himself His self-depreciation recalls the
weH-known saying of Sir Isaac Newton: ''I do
not know what may appear TO the world, but
70 myself seem 10 have been only boy play
ing on the seashore and diverting myself in
nndlng now and then q smoother pebble or a
prettier shell than ordinary, while the great
ocean OF truth lay all undiscovered before me- I"
Indeed, no man with lofty ideals ever attains
them to his own satisfaction, and it may COM
fort less eminent laborers in the field of hu-
man effort who are respondent at their appar-
ent want OF success, to reflect that the greatest
OF their tellow-laborers have been oppressed
by the same sense OF failure.
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gres.Ive euohro clubs have shut down.''-chi-

gressive euchre clubs have shut down."-Chi'
cago Record.
Briggs-I believe Brown is insane
DiggsEWhy?
Biggs-He has brought suit against the
New York Central Railroad for killing his
mother-in-law.-H Life
Mr.. Ferry-rm afraid Bobby isn't a very earn
est student these warm days.
Mrs. Ferry-How can you say soE he puts
in eig hit or ten hours every day studying ne"
tricks on his wheel.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Tyre-Did you hear how shabby NeWcoasler
treated his family physician?
Biker-No; what did he do?
Tyre-Postponed paying the doctors bill 30
that he could buy wheel and become vigor-
ous.-PhiIadelphia North American.
Jinks-My wife holds an indignation meet
ing and adopts resolutions whenever I'm out
late.
Fiikins-well, that helps to pass away her
time.
Gnks-Yes; but hang it! she insists on
reading the minutes after my arrival-NeW
York World.
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SUPERIORITY.

The little birds that gayly hit
In swelt'rin days o. June,
Don't fan 'emselves, 'cept prapS Win WlneA
Don't whistle out o. tune.
They amt a-swiggin' soda down,
OR rlemonade-with stick
An never say: "Ef this holds on
Well all be dead or sick"
An see 'en on a winters day
Fly round in slosh an sleet
Without no sweaters" round thare throats,
No arctics on thare feet
Ef you an so keerless were
We'd half the time be I'll,
A takin' lie, soakin' feet,
An gulpin' liver pill.
Them little things amt got much brains
To reason or TO plan,
Yit thay hev got tn bulge on me-
Yis, sir; ''godlike man"
Boston Transcript.
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George Mcfarland, physician in charge OF the
hospital at Bankok. The old gentleman Will
make California his future home.
DIR. 81 NJ. Smith of the United States Fish Com
mission, with headquarters in Washington,
left the Grand yesterday for Eureka, near
which port he will make investigations.
Gabriel NJ. BUREAUS of Guatemala, a cousin
of ex-President Barilas, arrived at the Occi-
dental yesterday with his wife and Justo
Gavarrete. They were passengers on the
Colon.
W. S. Wood, popular young journalist OF
Vancouver, B. c., and his bride are at the
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-06
AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

n. A. Covarrubias, the United States Marshal
ot Los Angeles, was sitting in the Palace the
other day, engrossed in a newspaper account
of Democratic prospects, when A. S. Cooper,
ex-County Survey or of Santa Barbara, came up
and interrupted him with, "Hello, Nick, wnat
are you looking so d. sour about? Let's go
have something"
The Marshal folded THE CALL up carefully,
tucked il away in an inside pocket and. with
deliberate, exact enunciation, replied: "Well,
Cooper, the old party isn't all like you, to be
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-06

FOLDING BALLoT-W. R., Philo, Cal. The
law OF this state does not require that ballot
onered by an elector to an officer of election
shall be folded in any particular manner, fur
ther than that it shall be so folded that onlv
the number on the outside shall appear with
out displaying the marks On the face No mi.
torm1ty in the ballot-foIdIng is REQUIRED. If
the voter presents his ballot in such a manner
tnAt the lace OF 1t cannot be seen and that the
number on the outside is visible. il hecomeS
the duty OF the officer receiving IT, after he has
torn Off the number, to fold it again and again
II II necessary IN I'll small enough to pass through
the hole in the ballot-box.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-06
COAST EXCHANGES.

The Sacramento Bee has entered upon its
eightieth volume, and commenced the latter
half OF its thirty-ni tn year of existence. The
Bee very modestly calls attention to this fact,
and very truthfully remarks that its name
"has become household word in Northern
California, and its excellent record in the past
should be q sufficient guarantee Of fits course
in the future"
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Arc You Goinr East2

The Atlantic and Pacific Rairoad-santa Fe
route-is the coolest and most comfortable snn,-
mer line, owing TO its elevation and absence OF
aikali dust Particularly adapted ;or the trans
portation of families because of its palace draw
nE-room and modern upholstered tourist sleeping
cars which run daily through from Oakland to
Chicago, leaving at seasonabIe hour and in
charge OF attentive conductors and porters Tick
ct Office 644 Market street, Chronicle building
Telephone, Main 1881
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'sMrs. Winslow,s soothinn


Has been used over so years by millions Of no.,o.
ior 'hslI cnnoren while Teething with perfect suc-
cess II soothes the child softens the rpn,, 49,,
Pain, cures Wind Collie. regulates the Bowels a.
isthe best remedy for Diarrhoeas whether aris,n.
from teething or other causes. For sale by Drr1'
gis's IN every part OF the world. Be sure and ase
ior aFs. Winslow's soothing syrup 25o a bottla
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Northern Paciic Railroad.

Parties attending the Democratic N.ttora, -
yentioD at Chicago, the Christian Endeavorars :.
Washington and National Educational Associo- -
tion at Buffalo should go return via the MOTH.
ern Pacific Railroad. For particulars lnonira os
1. Il stateler, Gen. Agt., 6sS Market ST., S. F.
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PoPULATIoN-A. s., City. According to the
census of 1880 the population of California
was 1,2Os, $50, Oregon 313.767, Washington
349,390, Idaho s4,3s5, Nevada 45,761, Ari-
zona 1920, New Mexico 153, ,593, Utah 2O7..
9O5 and Montana 1872, 159 The estimates of
the Governors of the different States and Ter
ritories OF population on the 1st of last Janu-
ery was: California 100000, Oregon 400
600, Washington AIS, 900, Idaho 13O, 600 Ne
ysdA &c, 600, Arizona n 600, New Mexico 1885,
OOO, Utah 254,743 and Montana ls5. 900.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-06
FOR THE LITTLE TOTS.

dainty little gown for infants is shown
here. The waist is cut with g round yoke
which Is OF tucked nainsook with insertions of
Valenciennes lace. The epaulette rufies of en-
broidery are on the edges of this yoke. The
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-06

CoRoSADo.-Atmosphere is perfectly drv .os.
and mid, being entirely free from the r,s,. 80
mon turther north Round-srip tickets; by steana.
snip, including fifteen days board at tha Hora Ia
coronado $50; longer stay 81 so per day, Apply
= ANe" Monigomery ST.. sanFra7clsco
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-06

Some of the Democrats who are now
seeking Presidential nomination will be
glad OF chance to run for poundmaster
in the next campaign.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-06

Russell and Pattison may have thrown
their booms away. but Grover has packed
his in careful preservation for 1900.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-06

We do not need more money 80 much
as more circulation OF the money we have.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-06

Don't forget that this is to be a cam
paign for home industry and that the well
fare of every home is concerned in it.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-06

Mckinley never speaks without using
the word prosperity" 1t is the object of
his thoughts and his policies and his cleo
tion will mean it.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-06

1t is wise in the Democratic leaders to
get out of the way of protection sentiment.
1t is case where they must either dodge
or be crushed.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-06

What a surprise party this convention
must be TO Tammany Hall.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-06

The California Fruit Grotrer, which is doing
valuable service in its study and discussion OF
the problems involved in the great and grow
ing fruit industry of this State, has begun its
nineteenth volume.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-06

Boardman-Don't you think Footlight is q
clever actor?
Hashley-Clever? WE'LL should say sol
he hasn paid the landlady any money for six
weeksl-Yonkers Statesman.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-06

Every Republican club includes good
many converts to the protective system,
and the cam paign has hardly begun vet.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-06

Practically speaking the country is about
as much concerned in the wrangle at Chi
cago as it is in a Corbett and Fitzsimmons
iawing match.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-06

The repeal OF the protective tariff pre-
cipitated the industrial depression, and
the re-establishment of protection will
cause an industrial revival
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-06

The chief objection to Silver Dick Bland
is that he is a chrome.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-06

Monterey promises US something more
than frolic. There Will be patriotism as
well as beauty in her festival.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-06

So far as California is.concerned, pro-
lection is not only the main issue but the
only issue.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-06

The Mckinley button fits every Ameri,
can coat as if it were made for it.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-06

GREENBAcKs-J. NJ, Diamond, CAL None oi
the greenbaeks issued during the War of the
Rebellion maintained their parity with gold
during the continuance of the war.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-06

After the Chicago convention we shall
have to look to st. Louis again. The
Populists will have to pop before all the
fat will be in the fire.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-06

The NeiUsboys' Calamity HowIer, newspaper
published weekly in Portland, Or, in the in
terests of the Populist party, has enlarged and
raised its subscription price. 1t announces
that 1t is in state OF progression, and feels
assured "that daily output is in store" for
the paper.