The San Francisco call., 1896-06-11

publishes her portrait to-day under the
erer than This Woman"
Mrs. Foltz sees no reason why there
should not spring from the ranks OF
women lawyers a Webster, Lincoln or
Choate. The Chronicle says:
Mrs. Foltz is a political enthusiast. She
is rabid free silverite and strong anti
McKinleyite. She favors General Ben
jamin F. Tracey for President. Though q
Republican, she favors the Mills tariff to
McKinley's. and stumped the State of
California last cam paign in its advocacy.
Her brother, Samuel NJ. Shortridge, she
predicts, will be the next United States
Senator from California and her friend
Colonel Trumbo the next United States
Senator from Utah. Mrs. Foltz is dean
for life of the Portia Law Club of San
Francisco.
Judge Thomas D. Riordan of San Fran
cisco, alternate and successor to w. w.
Montague. is here with Colonel Samuel NJ.
Shortridge, and is much interested in the
meeting of the National Committee, which
began at noon to-day. After the disposi-
tion of the cases from Alabama and
Arkansas the hearing of the contests in
the cases of the regularly elected and in
dorsed delegates from the Third and
Fourth Congressional districts was set for
tomorrow morning at 10 clock.
In dealing with Alabama and Arkansas
the committee has shown disposition to
extend TO the State conventions the cour-
tesy of recognizing as delegates to the Ma
hn I'D
by the State conventions as the regular
delegates. In the case of California this
rule will work well for the friends of Mr.
Mckinley, for the regular delegates are
pledged to vote for Mckinley as long as
there is any reasonable prospect of his
nomination.
Everything is Mckinley on the first
ballot, hence the politicians and the dele
gates will have little to talk of except the
ce-Presidency, which seems to be oscil-
lating between Reed and Hobart. In case
a nomination is had on one ballot-and it
looks that way now-the convention will
be able to complete its work in two days.
The silver men are hot tonight and are
determined to make a vigorous fight on
the floor of the convention for an out-and-
out expression on the money issue. They
want it straight silver or straight gold, and
threaten to bolt if it is gold.
st. Louis is enteprising and is making
money out of her recent misfortune.
Hundr eds of wrecked buildings have been
photographed and from these photographs
souvenir books of half-tone engravings
have been made and are being offered for
sale. The tornado was impartially kind
to the cable and the electric railway sys-
TENS here. 1t traversed the route taken
by both systems, and now the cars display
cards reading as follows: "Direct to the
cyclone district" The cars are crowded
with sightseers, who go out on the cable
cars and come back by the electricians.
The route is lined with roo1ess dwellings.
the departing roof taking with it, in al
most every instance, half or the whole of
the top story. Many brick buildings in
the choicest residence part of the city
were destroyed outright, while two of the
prettiest of the city parks are in ruins.
Among the visitors to the ruins to-day
were Eli Denison of Alameda, Joseph
Speer and c. J. StilwelI of San Francisco.
Late tonight voice louder than all the
rest was raised in the lobby. 1t was that
of Sconchin Maloney of San Francisco,
whom kind fate sent to Guatemala, but