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The San Francisco call., 1896-06-19

Irentember, SIR, once ,Oas told that the old
Republican ship wds gone; but when I
steddjed myself on the shores bounding the
political ocean Of strife and commotlon I
looked afar of, and there could see UesseS
bounding the boisterous bilious, acith schite
sails unftrled, marked on her sides,
"Fretqhted NTH tho hopes Of mankind, "
while the great mariner above as her helms
man steered her, ndvigated her TO a haven Of
rest, of peace and of safety. You haze bat TO
look again upon that broad ocean of politi-
cal eonsmotiop to-day and The time soiH soon
come aOI.es. the same old craft, With the same
old cargo, WiU be seen flying the same flag,
passing through those tempestuous i0aVes,
onchori,sg herself at the shores Of honesty and
justice, and there she ViH lie ~sdisturbed By
strife and tunpst, again IN peace and sGfety.-
JOHN A. LOGAN.
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-19
Out of Twenty-Seven Elec-
tons Only a Few Were
Forecast.
Washington the Only President
Who Received a Unani-
nous Election.
Many Exciting Campaigns-Not Since
1880 Has the Same Party Won in
Two Successive Battles.

The number of Presidential canvasses in
which the result could be foretold from
the beginning are surprisingly few. Out
of the twenty-seven elections on which the
choice of President depended not more
than half dozen we're so one-slded that
the outcome could have been foreseen
from the beginning. 1t will be necessary,
of course, to leave the two elections of
Washington out of the list.
The only man who could be considered
at all as a possible rival was Benjamin
Franklin, and he was 83 years of age at
Washington's first election and died be-
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-19

am not before you 10 garner the scars and
disjoiated coitnpss of free government The
Republic that has been reared By, a century of
patriotic labor and sacrifice more than covers
its mounds NTH the noblest achievements ever
recorded IN mans struggle for the rights of
man II IS not perfect 6aa ITS administration,
nor IN the exercise of IT'S east and responsible
potoers. But ,ohen toas 1t sos When shat IL
be soa No human work is perfect.
The trained lightning flashes the lessons Of
our civiliSation to the home of the pyramids,
and the god of day sets-qiot upon the bound
less triumphs of our Government of the
people.-A. K. MCCLURE.
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-19

The Republicans Of the United States do
naand a man aOho knoa0s that prosperity and
resumption, when they come, must come
together; that svhen they come they DiU come
hand in hand through the golden harvest
fields; hand IN hand by the whirling spindles
and the turning aoheels; hand IN hand past
the open .furnaee-doors; hand tn hand by the
chimneys filed NTH larger fres-greeted and
grdsped by the countless sons of toit.-Robert
G. IngersoH nominating james G. Blaine at
Cincinnati.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-25
BRYAN AND THE SILVER MAR
KET.

When Bryan was nominated by the
Chicago convention silver was quoted at
SO cents. That was more than two months
ago. Since his nomination Mr.. Bryan has
been making from two to four speeches a
day and has visited dozen States. He
has talked of nothing but free silver coin
age at 16 to independent OF other nations,
and he how claims his election by the
largest majority that was ever given a
Presidential candidate, and yet there has
been steady depreciation in the market
value of silver, it having fallen from SO
cents an ounce when he was nominated to
6511 cents, which was Yesterdays quota
ton. These are facts of market history.
Now, either dealers in bar silver do not
believe Mr.. Bryan's election at all pos
sible, or they do not believe him when he
says he will use the power and influence
OF the Office of President to open the minis
TO silver if elected. The latter, however,
hey have no reason to doubt, for there
can be no question about his purpose con-
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-25
GETTING DESPERATE.

Mr.. Bryan's attempt to justify the
attacks upon the Supreme Court by quot
ing garbled extracts from the Republican
platform of 1860 only shows what base
means he would employ to accomplish
his ends. The declaration of the Republi-
can party to which Mr.. Bryan refers was
in the nature of a protest against "the
dogma that the constitution of its own
force carries slavery into all the Terri
tories" The Supreme Court was not de-
nounced, nor we're there threats made that
if the Republican party elected its candi-
date the court would be reconstructed so
thnt decisions might be had with referen ce
TO what the party leaders wanted Instead
of in conformity to the spirit and letter of
the constitution as the Chicago platform
declares the Democratic party will do. A
man who would resort 10 such gross and
inexcusabe distortion of facts to deceive
the people for his own profit is hardly
worthy of being the successor of Washing
ton, Jefferson and Lincoln as chief magis-
trate of the Nation.
The protest of the Republican party was
directed against o ''new dogma" which
practically made the constitution TO say
that slavery was a National institution,
and that while State had the right to
prohibit slavery within its own borders, a
Territory could not do so because its af-
fairs were administered by National au-
thority. The Republican party held that
slavery could not and did not exist any,
where under the constitution except in
States whose government provided for it.
There was not so MUCK as an intimation
by the convention of 1860 that the court
would be so constituted that a decision an
nulling 1.-The dogma" might be had, and
Mr. Bryan proves his unworthiness of the
confidence of the people when ne tries to
make the declaration of that convention
appear otherwise.
Mr.. Bryan grows desperate as his eco
nomic falIacies are exposed. He insults
the intelligence OF the people every day,
but he should have enough sense left to
know that he can never reach the White
House over road that is paved with per-
tidy. deceit and subterfuge. Even in his
desperation he should not fail to remem-
Der 1t is the sober second thought of the
people that settles political issues on cleo
ton day, and although his defeat is al
ready determined in the minds of the
people, there is no reason why he should
not retain their respect when he retires to
private life. but if he would have them
hold him in high esteem he will have to
hold him self within the bounds of honesty
of acts and purpose.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-25
OTTO ISENBERG, the Hawaiian
Sugar : Grower, Who Is Back
From Europe.
[Sketched from life by "CdH" orttst.l

Il is also quieter in New York and Chicago
than it is in San Francisco. This City, he says,
looks quite lively TO him.
al never saw so many idle men," he said, "as
at Chicago, during the brief time 1 was there.
They swarmed around the station when the
train came in.
"There must have been 200 or more of them,
and most of them were young and strong. 1t
seems 10 me good many of them could have
got work if they wanted it. They seemed
perfectly easy"
Mr.. IsenbergWs looking very well, after his
trip abroad. ISe will be in San Francisco a
week. He is one of the largest importers in
Hawaii, as we'll as a sugar-grower.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-25

"T'he natural hatred Of the poor again 81
the richi'' "The danger Of moneyed dris
tocracy" "a poper as great and dangero,t.
as that resisted by the revoiutionr' IA call tc
ne'O Declaration of Independence" Sir,
GdmOnish the people against the object of out
cries like these. admonish every i9,dustri-
Gus tdbOrer IN the country to be on his guard
against such detusions. I tell him the at.
tempt IS to play off has passions against his
interests, and to prevail or ham, IN the name
Of liberty, to destroy all the fruits of liberty;
IN the name of patriotism TO injure and a.f
fict his country, and an tie name of his Oicn
Independence to destroy that very iy1depeld-
ence and make him 6eggar and slave
Daniel Webster.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-25

corning the opening of the mints. He is
thoroughly convinced that the silver of
the world should have free and unre-
str1cted entrance TO American mints, and.
moreover, he is in favor of increasing the
mum ber of our mints to meet the demand
Tor coinage, which would require about
tlve times as many as are now in opera
ton.
II must be, then, that owners OF silver
mines and dealers in silver bullion have
no expectation that Mr.. Bryan will be
elected, for if they believed he had the
ghost OF chance they would not sell their
holdings at 65% cents an ounce, and on
declining market at that, when by holding
they could get 129 cents an ounce. Silver
mine owners and spectators in silver bull
lion are not so stupid as to sell their metal
at one half of the price Bryan says they
are absolutely sure of getting if he is
elected, if they believed there was any
prospect whatever of his winning.
The bullion silver market is pretty
good political barometer just now, and the
movement of prices makes an interesting
study, because silver values pretty fairly
indicate the faith that dealers in the
white metal have in Bryan's kind
of bimetallism. If, then, silver specu-
lators and producers, who are more
interested in Bryan's election than any
other class of people, have so little
faith in his winning that they are willing
to part with their holdings on declining
market, it Ger tainIy should satisfy others
that the mans election is not to be con-
sidered as possible outcome of the No
vember vote. To be sure, great crowds
gather to see the young man and
to hear him speak, but crowds will
gather for any purpose; besides, Bryan's
youth and reckless use of language, to-
gether with the natural curiosity of hu-
manity, are quite enough to insure large
crowds of sightseers. Watch the silver
bullion market, and until you see the
price of the metal begin to climb upward
with firm and confident step do not
make any wagers that Bryan will be
elected.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-25
THAT DEADLY PARELLEL.
STOCKTON Independent.

The "deadly parallel" has been INDUCED in
by the Examiner to show that several promi-
nent Republican speakers and newspapers
have changed their views on the silver ques-
tion within year or two. This was done In
apparent forgetfulness that he same weapon
could be used against itself. THE CALL, how
ever, was not so forgetful. and in yesterdays
issue reproduces from the Examiner of June
II, 1895, an article of some length, in which
it took substantially the same ground as the
National Republican platform adopted one
year later, which it now condemns. 1t goes
even farther and points out the evils that
would follow from the United States returning
to free coinage of silver, just as the Republi-
cans are doing now. To show that this article
was not matter of inadvertence THE CALL
quotes from five other articles of different
dates, all TO the same tenor and effect so far as
free coinage is concerned.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-25

sight. It is a queer situation, and it is a
pity some one on the inside cannot be in
duced to explain it.
Senator White, when you were candi-
date for the Senate you had the support of
many able and influential Democrats.
Why is it you are not now supporting one
of them2 Why are you apparently more
eager to have Populist than Demo-
cratic colleague? Is there no one within
the ranks of your party whom you would
like to see honored as you have been
honored? Is there nothing in Democratic
principles that would lead you to support
Democrat rather than PopulistP
William D. English. you should be in
terested in this matter. You have fought
Democratic battles and shared Democratic
defeats many year. Why does it turn
from you now to man who stands for no
Democratic principle, aud who seeks for
Democratic success only that he may get
Democratic votes to advance his PopuIist
mbition?
w. W. Foote, you have long been a
sterling Democrat. You know what
Democratic principles are and wherein
they differ from Populism. Do you know
why your party should support Mr.. Gator
for the Senate2 Is he TO be sent there to
support the principles OF Jefferson and
JacksonG Is ne to represent Democracy
In the Senate or does Democracy propose
to abdicate and allow Populism to have all
the spoils it can gather2
James Y. Coleman, it is not long since
you were hailed as rising lead er of young
Democracy. Why have you taken a back
seat newP Why are you not fighting to
win the high honor of the senatorship for
some Democrat who will illustrate the De-
mocracy of California?
Bernard D. Murphy. you have for
many years been an honored leader
of the conservative wing of your
party, and in the days when you
were honored Gator was laughed at.
Do you know why this change has come
about? Does it suit yopr ideas of politics
to have the Democratic votes in the next
Legislature turned over to a man who
| hasn't been Democrat since he came
! West?
Gentlemen all: What are you to Gator
or Gator to you that you should weep for
him, as surely you will weep if he is
elected? Why have yoa been catered to
in this cold way in your own party? Is
all this sacrifice OF party principle, pride
and prestige made for the sake of Bryan 2
Is he worth that much? Must he look to
the windy Gator for vindicator while
| you are as silent as clans?
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-25
NEWSPAPER PLEASANTRY.

"I wonder why they ever hung that pic
ture"
"Probably because they couldn't catch the
artist. "-Fliegende Blatter.
Friendleigh-How are you, old man hear
you are writing for the papers. Do you ge'
many checks ?
Litterleigh-ChecksI call them throw.
downs.-Baltimore News.
"Before give my consent to my daughters
marriage to you, young man, want to know
what your prospects are.'
lam trying to settle that question now, sir.
Philadelphia North American.
az say, do you think that Virgins is a man
to be trusted?"
"Trusted? Yes; rather. Why, I'd trust him
with my lifep'
eyes; but with anything of value, I meanP'-
Boston Globe
"a Russian army officer claims to have dis
covered that powerful explosive can be made
out of eggs.'
'Why, there are plenty of American actors
who have found that out long ago."-Hsrlem
Life.
"I trust you may let my poem see the light p
wrote the lady in the note which accompanied
her verses to the paper.
~ won't let them see anything else," said
the weary scribe, as he put the tender lines in
the fire.-Yonkers Statesman.
Stranger-Why did they lynch that man? Did
he steal horse or commit murder?
Native-Worse than any of them things,
pardner. He was ketched scatterin' tacks along
the bicycle path.-Cleveland Leader.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-25
THE NoN-PARTIsAN BLUNDBR

The Non Partisan convention has al
ready shown itself incompetent to deal
with the political situation in a way to
benefit the people. The undue haste dis
played in hurrying through an indorse-
ment of the nominee of the Rainey Demo
Gratis for Mayor disclosed anything rather
than a careful regard for the selection
OF the best candidate for the most i'm
portant Office in the municipality, and the
mistake thus made will not be overlooked
by those to whom the Non-Partisans must
turn TO find votes on election day.
1t is maxim of common prudence to
intrust complex and difficult duties only
to those who have been tried and proven
them selves worthy of such trust. No one
questions Mr.. PheIan's excellence and
merit as private citizen, but he has had
no official experience, and if elected would
enter upon the Office of Mayor a wholly
untried ana unframed official. Had there
been no worthy competitor to Mr.. Phelan
before the Non-Partisans his selection
would have been readily understood.
There was. however, before them a candi-
date who is fully the equal of Mr.. Phelan
as private citizen, has had a longer and
fuller experience in the conduct of busi-
ness, and, moreover, has been tried in
official life and proven himself to be a
most faithful, efficient and sagacious man.
ager of public affairs. That man is the
nominee of the Republican party, Charles
L. Taylor.
The Endorsement of men who claim to be
Indifferent to party and devoted to the gen.
erai welfare was. of right due to Mr.. Tay-
lor. When an official serves the people
we'll he is entitled to some recognition OF
his services. He that has been faithful in
little things should be given charge of
greater things Merit should have its re-
ward. How can men of character be en-
couraged TO undertake the task of munich
pal work if they are to receive neither
THANKS, approval nor Endorsement from
the better citizens of the community?
1t Is not likely that the intelligent and
Independent vote of The City will follow
the Non-Partisans in this choice. Inde-
pendent voters are reading people, and
they know what Supervisor Taylor has
done for the City and the public welfare.
They know he can be trusted. They know
he has by his past service deserved the
support of all good citizens and the honor
of an election TO a higher office than that
which he now holes. He is, in fact, at this
juncture, the logical candidate of all who
desire to have better City government
In losing the opportunity 10 give him an
Endorsement the Nom -Partisans have COM
mitted a political blunder which will
weaken their whole campaign, for there is
no excuse whatever to be given for the
folly and haste which led them to turn to
an untried man instead of uniting to elect
Mr.. Taylor.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-25
THE PLAIN FACTS.

We published yesterday the opinions of
a number of the ablest lawyers in the City
on the claim of the Auditorium conven-
tion to be the true representative of the
Republican party of San Francisco. All
with one accord agreed that the claim is
beyond dispute by any fair-minded man.
Any opposing claim is either an absurdity
or an impudence. The law and the facts
are too pain to be contradicted or
eyaded. Whoever would support the or
ganized Republicans of San Francisco
must support the platform and the nom-
inees of the Auditorium convention.
The authority of such men as Judges
Thomas D. Riordan, J. Alva Watt and
John M. Chretien will have weight with
every man who is willing to accept the
judgment of those most familiar with the
laws and customs OF party organizations in
this City. To those, however, who are
capable of studying facts for themselves
and drawing right conclusions from them,
no authority is needed to make clear SC
plain case as this. The facts are simple.
The Auditorium convention was called
by the Republican County Committee
the delegates were elected in accordance
with that call and the convent ton was or.
ganized under its authority. The present
County Committee is the only rightful
successor of the preceding County Com
mittee, which called into existence the
convention of 1894. That committee, as
Mr.. Watt clearly pointed out, twas the
successor of its predecessors called into
existence and organized in the same man
ner during many years."
The line of succession from one Coun ty
Committee to another in due form of that
custom which has constituted the law oil
political practice in this State has never
been broken. Nor was the right of the
County Committee to call the convention
ever disputed until this year, when GER
tain men, for their own purposes, sought
to divide the party to ruin it if they could
not rule it.
That earnest and loyal Republicans who
understand the serious issues dependent
on the municipal campaign are exasper-
ated by this division in the party ranks is
natural. The Republican party in this
City is not strong enough to waste any oi
its strength in divisions and wranglings
For the party to be divided on election
day may mean defeat, notwlth standing
there will be two Democratic candidate.
in the field, and that defeat may
involve a continuance of the bad
government under which we have
suffered too long already. 1t is to these
earnest and intelligent Republicans the
regular convention of the party appeals
Every effort has been made by the leaders
OF the party to reconcile the boilers and
restore the unity of the organization.
If division is insisted upon by those who
are careless of Republican success it will
not be the fault of those who stand for the
party organization.
Loyal Republicans can take but one
course at this juncture. If they would
preserve their party they must stand by
the legal and rightfuI convention.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-25

ing looks so bad as a bedraggled white gar
ment and few fabrics, excepting the washable
ones, can go through many launderings and
cleansing is rather expensive For early au
tumn white piquet is very dainty and can ne
recommended. White China silk made with q
manner llhlng is very pretty ana may be laun-
dered number of times with success AL
batross will be found better than Cashmere for
laundering.
Dark blue IS much liked with TRIMMINGS of
white lace at the throat, which may be re-
moved for cleansing.
Brown may also be made dainty with trim
mings of white. A brown camel,s hair OF Of
soft weave had the cape piped with white. At
the neck was worn square of fine null edged
with Valenciennes lace; this was about TWEEN
back, serving as bib and trimming.
A neat finish on coats of wooden fahrics ~ q >
are made unlined is binding OF narrow rib
bon to match.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-25
BAD FOR BOTH.

A pickerel stopped in a shady nook
a Popust pike was he;
And there he lay in the purling brook
Meath the shade of an old birch tree.
And he watched the stream with hungry eye,
And gave a wicked grin
As he thought, ''If that Democrat perch goes by
IN up and gobble him in"
The Democrat perch came slowly down.
He was looKing after fun,
And he saw the pickerers "silver'' scales
A-giistening in the sun.
So bright they flashed they struck him blind.
He nearer and nearer drew,
And the Populist pike just swallowed him down
As he had planned to do.
Then he wiggled his tail in fiendish glee,
AS he lay there in the brook,
And thought. 't here is plenty Of fun for me-
So won't bite Growers hook"
But, alas. for him the perch's fin
Cut up his whole inside.
That night his silver scales dropped OF
And the following day he died.
-watervilIe Mall
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-25

What the idle sVorkingn,an wants Is job.
That means money to him. The mints, il
they sOere thro,0n Vide open to the coinage Of
euery character of metal, and were multiplied
a hundred fold IN capacity, ,0ottld neither
furnish the s0orkingman JOB, restore his er-
hausted savings nor give him credit. Moth
ting, my feELotO-citizens, tOiH accomplish that
but work, tcork al fair lUdges, and that sOitl
only come through confidence restored by a
'Oise financial and industrial policy.-Mc-
Ki7lleu
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-25

There IS no man Of skill aOho has made this
subject Of study, either in America or IN
Europe, 0ho is a binsetaHist, who believes that
this proceeding of the United States Is any
thing but the height of folly from bimetaI-
lists point of vielC, tohich means that these
gentlemen tUho have talked of 6imetatlism are
endeaUorimg to foist upon you something en-
tireLy different. They are undertaking to get
yo'lr votes on false pretenses. Tom Reed.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-25
Arc You Go1nr EnaLq

The Atlantic and Pacific Railroad-santa q.
route-is the coolest and most comfortable sum
mer line, owing to its elevation and absence from
alkali dust Particularly adapted for the trans
portation OF families because OF its palace draw
ing-roOm and modern upholstered tourist sleeping
cars, which run daily through from Oakland TO
Chicago. leaving at a seasonable hour and ia
charge of attentive conductors ana porters San
Francisco Ticket office. 644 Market street, Chron-
icle building. Tel ephone, Main 153l Oakland
1llS Broadway.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-25
INFANTS SHORT COAT.

This charming little garment is very com
Portable shape, having full sleeves, which
saves much labor and tribulation of spirit
when the time for putting it on arrives. 1t is
also easily made.
Many fabrics are suitable, being selected ac-
cording to the service expected. White is a
favorite color, but should be avoided unless
little use is expected of the garment, for moth