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The San Francisco call., 1896-04-18
FROM THE PEOPLE.
GoLDBuG ADMISSIONS.

FIGURES WHICH SHOW THAT THE PoPULIsTs ARE
DANGEROUS.
10 the Editor Of the San Francisco Cdil-SIR:
Aside from the proposed joint nomination by
the Populists and silverites of the same candi-
dates on separate but not antagonistic plat
forms at the National conventions which are
to meet in ST. Louis, July %, as independent
conventions, it is admitted by so conservative
gold-standard journal as the Boston Globe
that the Populists alone constitute aformid-
able force which will have to be encountered
in the approaching Presidential campaign.
After Careful review of the several Presiden-
tial campaigns since 1872, and reaching the
conclusion that in no one of them the race for
the White House was won IN walkover, each
one having peen real contest, theIGlobe pro-
ceeds to say:
I'll the Democrats should persist in their
sulking and scuffiing and sacrifice every
northern State in the election of next Novem-
per our Republican friends still would have
the Popullsts to reckon with-the much de-
r1ded but undismayed Populists.
, LOOK at the voting records If you imagine
tnat the Populists are not proftiDg by this
state OF things. In spite of the tidal waves of
hepuolicanism they have been gaining almost
everywhere in the South and West. In Arkan-
So sas o their vote jumped from 11,O00 in 1892 to
Z4,o0o In 1884, in California it rose from
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-18
SENATOR PERKINS VIEW.
Oakland Tribune.


Senator Perkins occupies good position to
survey the political horizon. He does not
think that any candidate for Vice-President
will be selected west of the Rocky Mountains
by the st. Louis convention But he thinks
the California Republicans should conserve all
their influence by sending an unpledged dele
CATION to the convention. That delegation
will know great deal more about the politi-
cal situation when it gets to st. Louis than it
can possibly know before that time. There are
five or six Republican candidates who are pos
sibilities. Even General Harrison is q posi-
bility; for it is known that he can have the
backing of his own State if he wants it,
The California delegation should be free to
act as it shall seem bes when it arrives on the
ground. 1t does not even need be pledged to
protection. There is not a sound Republican
in the State who is not heartily committed to
that policy. Every man who has been named
as possible Republican candidate for Presi-
Dental nomination stands squarely on the
doctrine of protection. OF course de legates
will have their preferences as to candidates,
but they should be free to adapt their action
to circumstances that cannot be clearly fore
seen in advance of the convention.
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of the first, second, third or fourth class.
Then he was elected Justice of the Peace and
served one term, afterward forming a new
partnership in the law, which he has practiced
steadily since. 1t was in June that he was ap-
pointed Court Commissioner. Judge Prince
says Fresno County will be very active this
summer as it now appears, though it is little
dry down there and the recent frost may have
hurt the grapes little.
81 took a drive yesterday for fifteen miles
east of Fresno" said he, "and from the Boston
vineyard, three miles from town, to Clovis, the
vineyards seemed to be injured to some extent.
This was true of both the wine and raisin
grapes.
''If we get more rains the grain crop may do
well; otherwise it will be at disadvantage.
hear the grain crop in Tulare is in need of
more rain. As it is it is tending to lightness.
however, there are number of things
der way in that part of California that promise
to more than straighten everything out. The
new electric power from Pollasky, thirty miles
from Fresno, is one of the big things. It will
light the city, and make Fresno the best-lighted
place on the coast. 1t is expected that there
will be power enough also to run all the mills
there, and others that may be started, and thus
Fresno is expected to go ahead rapidly as
manufacturing city.
"One of the big fruit canneries of San Fran
there too, in order to be right where the fruit
is grown. This will help the city considerably
The future of Fresno seems to me to be very
good, indeed"
The Judge will probably be here for two or
three days.
"Oh, yes; there are other interior cities IN
California, but" Editor Robertson's pause
was accompanied by a facial expression which
said more emphatical1y than so many words,
'there's none of them in it with Placeryille."
Now, Placerville is the home of the Placer
vile Nugget and Rob v. Robertson is the edi-
tor and half owner OF that bright little after
noon paper Mr.. Robertson came down with
the Editorial Association as far as Sacramento
and then made flying trip to this City on
business. He is full of Placerville, of Placer
viles climate, of Placerville's fruit, her mines,
her people, her natural advantages, her poten-
tial and substantial wealth and the "wonder.
full thrift and enterprise of her citizens'
"The frost never touched our fruit" he said
yesterday at the Lick House. "We're too high
for that. We send out the first and the finest
cherries OF the season. There's lot of capital
going into the mines up there now. So far as
Ell Dorado County is concerned, we are work
ing the mines in the ground just at present,
instead of in the Offices in San Francisco. It's
that way good deal all along the foothills,
too; but there's no county seat in the State
ahead OF Placerville in good many things.
We're putting IN a new fre-alarm system We
expect to get cannery located there before
long, and we're going to sprinkle ten miles of
a good country road between Placerville and
Coloma. Oh, yes; Placerville is the coming
city. There's no boom on, but things are
brisk, trade is good and the people are wide
awake"
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A STRONG MAN DIES.

California has suffered a loss in the
death of Dennis Spencer. Those who
were acquainted with bis commanding
presence, his bluff geniality and the rug
ged directness of his manner did not have
to be informed that by sheer force OF
character, intellect and physical vigor he
had raised himself from the ranks of the
common people to a conspicuous position
among world-builders. 1t is pleasing to
reflect that there was nothing Fictitious in
his emlnence. Had he been possessed of
the smoother graces which heredity or
fortunate circumstance of rearing can i'm
part the honorable political aspirations
which he cherished and which are so be-
coming in worthy man might have been
easily attained. Unhappily, it is not
given to the world at large to understand
the better things of life. In whatever
position the Democrats of California might
have placed this man he would have been
an honor to his party and a bulwark of
popular rights.
While contemplation of his approx
mate failure to receive the political dis
tinction warranted by his worth is not
encouraging to other men of his type, this
being due in measure to some errors OF
political judgment which time made clear
to his calmer understanding, his life as a
private citizen was particularly whole
some ana exemplary. He dug his liberal
education out of unestablished byways,
being nothing of schoolman and yet a
scholar. Reared in poverty, and bearing
in youth the burden of physical labor, he
retained to the end that sympathy for the
poor which is so essential to breadth OF
character. That he did not employ his
splendid abilities for the amassing of a
fortune was due as much to his generosity
as TO his contempt for power which leans
on wealth alone.
His brllliancy as lawyer was of hardly
less value than the honesty and pains
taking thoroughness of his work. To be
known as an incorruptible man must have
been pleasing to one who held personal
integrity in SO high esteem. His aim
seemed to be to command his own respect
above that of the world. Only chosen
few have ever understood the man as he
really was-a gentleman by instinct and a
man of principle.
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A PRESSING NEED.

San Francisco is by reason of her geo.
graphical location and natural and ac-
quired transportation facilities the legiti-
mate center for not only the accumulation
and distribution of the merchantable com.
modities of the Pacific Coast country. but
is the natural gateway for the passage of
the trade movements between the Orient
and the Occident Nevertheless. nowhere
the full measure of the requirements of
commerce will be reached until the Gen.
eraI Government promotes a system of
ocean craft to sail from and return to San
Francisco. The territory that is naturally
tributary to the commercial and money
center reaches beyond the coast country
to all the shores of the Pacific, but it can
not be possessed by means other than by
vessels that are enabled to enter into COM
petition with foreign carriers and disrribu-
tors of commerce by such subsidies as oc.
casion demands.
Not only were the projectors of the
Canadian Pacific Railway given princely
aid in their enterprise, but the British
Government by liberal bounties enables
the maintenance of a line of steamships
between the eastern terminus of the road
and the countries of Europe, and another
line between the western terminal and the
countries of Asia. The United States in
the meantime has done nothing to direct
this immense volume of trade and traffic
to our own coasts. The people of San
Francisco and of the Pacific Coast country
are obliged to forego the benefits that
would otherwise accrue to them simply
because they are not sustained by the Gen.
eral Government in their struggle against
Canadian rivals for commercial suprem-
acy. It is not good business sense to per-
NIT this state of things to exist.
California, as we'll as every other Pacific
Coast State, is deeply interested in the
purpose of San Francisco to have a mer-
chant marine service that shall be strong
enough to maintain itself against any and
all com petitors, but no system of ocean
transportation could compete unaided with
the subsidized carriers of England, and
hence the absolute necessity of substantial
recognition of that fact by our Govern
ment.
Now, San Francisco possesses every re.
quired advantage and facility for the ini-
tial ard objective points for any mum Der
of ocean merchandise carriers except one
thing, and since that one thing must come
from the General Government why not
move upon Washington with such argu-
ment and influence as will secure the sail
ing to and from the metropolis of the Pa
citic Coast of feet of merchantmen that
shall fetch beyond peradventure that
which belongs here by every unwritten
law of trade, interchange and merchan-
disc distribution? A more extensive mer-
chant marine is San Francisco's pressing
need.
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1.-THE SUNDAY CALL"

The desire to make the Sunday issue of
9HE CALL more generous exponent OF the
ideas which it fosters has compelled q
large addition to its ordinary mum Der OF
pages. Hence THE SUNDAY CALL will pre-
sent itself tomorrow in formida BILE bulk.
This might be cause for regret if the sole
idea in its compilation had been to make
a showing on the score of size. 1t is not
difficult to make big newspaper out of
syndicate" matter bought blindly by the
yard for a song. To produce distinctlvely
California paper, carefully prepared by
able home writer's and garnered by expert
enced editors, and issued largely with
view to encourage outside interest in the
infnity of charms possessed by the State,
is quite another matter and the special
function of THE SUNDAY CALL.
All the more intelligent readers will be
delighted to find in to-morrow's issue
paper by Frances Fuller Victor. entitled
Light on our Early Literature" 1t con-
tains hitherto unpublished matter refer
ring to numerous writers of eminence.
"a Death Valley Elcpement" is dra-
matte love tale with the most uncanny of
settings, the terrible desert of Southern
California.
description of the great Fresno wine
cask, double the size of the more famous
tun of Heidelberg, will prove instructive
to those who do not realize the magnitude
of the wine-making industry in Cali
fornia.
In a sketch entitled "Brocky Browns
Boy" Tom Gregory relates the adventures
which befell man-of-war's man and his
Simian pet.
An eminent San Franciscan will pre-
sent pleasing comparative analysis of the
styles of Webster and Clay.
In Ancient Olympia Seen by Modern
Eyes" lovers of classical and modern
sport will find something of special in
terest.
taking the Fence" will be contribu-
ton bearing intimately upon the struggle
between the bicycle and the horse and
showing some things that are likely to be
overlooked in the prevalent rage for the
wheel"
story rather strong for weak nerves
will be given by w. G. Morrow under the
title of IAN Unexpected Interference" as
1t concerns a tragic struggle between a
burglar and an orang-outang.
From all the great centers of the world
will come exhaustive kilograms and letters
explaining important matters and hap
penings. The regular Sunday departments
devoted to the children, The drama, books,
fashions, society, science, art and all the
rest will be crowded with timely and
meaty things.
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NEW TO-DAY.
REAL ESTATE
FOR SALE BY
Tl0s. MagGG & Sons,
REAL ESTATE AGENTS
And Publishers "Real Estate Circular"
+ Montgomery Street,
UNION TRUST BUILDING, CORKER MARKET.
NEW TO-DAY.
INVESTMENTS.

Rents s974 5O-Fine corner; Ellis and Hollis
| sts.: 9Ox125; covered with s dwellings and 8
wanted it is an estate and must soon sell.
$30,0OO-Rents $195; Polk ST., mr.. California; 6Ox
80; fine 9-story building; stores below and room
iDg-house above.
steuart-st. corner: 451O front; rents under
lease $142 80; 2-story frame building; 500 600.
Golden Gate ave. and Franklin ST. S5xl2O to
rear street; 3story good dwellings on the avenue:
building on rear street; small corner vacant rents
Within $50 feet of Market St; downtown, i, 2ex
DO and frame building; only $32 900; fine in
vestment $4,000 on it and can remain at 61A
per cent.
Third St, nr; Mission; brick building; leased al
Near East and Market sts.; 75x119:6 IS: fronts |:
rent $225; fine investment; only $4,000.
Geary-st business corner; frontages; rents
$l42 so; near Taylor; S25, ,000
NV corner California St., beyond Laguna; 53xS0
and 2-story and planked basement houses; in
fine order; $500 Just spent ON them; rents Si2o;
price $4,000; always rented.
III SEES AND LOT S-REDUCED
PRICES.
Cheap: reduced to $625O; California st. north
side, near Webster: fine 2-story and lot 25x137 "a.
California-st. residence, west of Laguna; Loo
27:6xl37:6 and fine residence: nearly $4,000
lately 2. spent on it; fine view from rear windows;
Stevenson ST.; rents $50; three 2story and base
ment houses and lot 50x70; only $4,000.
Grove ST., n. side, bet. Franklin and Cough: 27:6
x6S;9, and 2-story in two tenements; $4,000.
Clay St., bet: Scott and Devisadero; fats. well
oai5 and cost $4,000; rents $67 so; lot 25x125;
Pacific ave-, near Octavia; fine residence; Is
rooms and modern; frst-class order; fine view;
Sl1 500.
octavia and Hickory ave- corner and 2-story
basement house in good order; bet Oak and Fell:
$5125.
Ashbury ST., near Waller, in the best block; fine
new flats, which cost $4,000, and lot 27;4x106:
street in order: s6SO0; $500 cash, balance az
Gig per cent
$7OOO-3 left; new houses, just finished; rooms
and all modern conveniences: fine view of bay:
only $500 cash and terms as rent If desired; Bu-
chanan ST., near Green: 8 short blocks from Pa
rfA md n
blocks from new line on Fillmore st.
CHEAP LOTS-S9OO AND UPWARD.
NE cor. Clay ST. and LIST ave-; 27x125; only
$1,000.
NE. cor. Webster and Hermann sts. 81 :6xS7 "a.
$500; easy terms
Sc. cor. Waller and De Long sts.: 30xlOO; bet.
Masonic and Ashbury; $3075.
Reduced to $500; very cheap Geary-st lota
, west of Central ave.. 26xl00; cable-cars pass
Reduced 10 S4100: Grove and Lyon sts Garner,
81 :6x100; for business or residence.
Very cheap; lot 81 :6x96:3 on Laguna ct mr.
Waller, one block from Market St ; only S375O
$4,000: very cheap: ID St., facing the park cor
35th ave.; 12Ox45O. making Is lots.
NE cor, 18th and Flint SITS, just above Castro.
50x59:6, 5000, or corner, 5S:6x9O, or 55;6xI65:
fine view.
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AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

Court Commissioner D. R. Prince of Fresno,
l&mlnarly known as Judge Prince, is at the
1rana Hotel. The Judge is up in connection
with the bonding of large number of mining
properties in which he is interested near
Coulterville.
ne Is native of Angels, finished the course
at santa Clara College, where he afterward
taught two years, and then launched into law.
IN august, 1887, he went to Fresno with the
iate pavld d. Terry and entered into law prac-
nce. NOW ne is chairman of the Democratic
County Committee OF Fresno and by appoint
ment OF Judge Erskine NJ. Ross is Circuit
court commissioner for the southern district
OF oahfornla. 1t was Judge Prince who built
up 1he Pollce Court at Fresno. He was first
elected City Recorder, which in cities of the
hfth class corresponds to Police Judge in cities
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$4,000 to 81 900, in Colorado from $4,000 to
$4,000, in Georgia from Dc, 900 to sc, ,OOO in
~ Illinois from $4,000 to $4,000, in Indiana from
22OO0 to $4,000, in Iowa from 10000 to
~, 600, in Michigan from 19, 900 to $4,000, in
Minnesota from $4,000 to $1,000, in Missouri
from Il 900 to $4,000, in Montana from 1000
to $1,000, in Ohio from 14.000 to $4,000, in
from 1900 to 81, 900, in Washington from
$4,000 to "a, 900 and in Wisconsin from 5000
to 10000. while they have held their own
Oregon.
.Now let US look at some other figures. The
winning candidate for President will need
"a votes in the next electoral college. If the
Democrats should not carry single Northern
State the Republicans would go to the Missis-
ssippi River and face the Populists of the great
West with only 207 votes, or seventeen less
than the requisite NUMBER
Quite natu, 1ly this showing of Populist
strength leads the consideration of what is
likely to take place "if the choice of q Pres-
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has just deserted the German Government, is
described as "a little knock-kneed man with q
gold pincenez and lisp. He halls from a vii
lage on the lower E1be, where his father was q
country pastor"
Tue. fourth woman to obtain the doctors
degree at the University of Goettingen is Miss
Alice Luce, a graduate of Wellesley. She has
been made doctor of philosophy, cum mults
laude, by Goettingen. She had spent two years
In pathological studies at Leipsic, and has been
at Goettingen through one semester.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-18
LOVES CRIME.

Love played with matches in her eyes,
dangerous game, with none to hinder;
AS to the pole the needle flies,
So in my breast a spark found tinder;
sought to check the lambent raid
But soon in ashes spread the pyre-
1t is crime for any maid
To set a young mans heart afire.
Straightway sought the Sheriff grim
warrant for the culprit, Daphne.
poured my sorrow out to him,
He only laughed and tried to chaff me;
=" 0ung man." quoth he, 81 think you're right,
Inc maiden should be charged with arson
NO Judge or jury can requite-
YOU'D better call upon the person."
JOHN NORTHERN HILLIARD
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A PRETTY SKIRT.

The skirt shown here is especially liked for
very thin materials, for wash goods or light
weight silks 1t also develops well in the
lightweight crepons and may be made with
out the box-pleat in front.
A charming evening dress of pink taffetas
with a black stripe was trimmed with black
satin ribbons run through q creamy lattice
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-18
CURRENT HUMoR.

He was Claude,
She was Maude-
They married, but soon separated.
She was Maude,
He was Clawed-
A climax all anticipated
Detroit Free Press
Timmins-I fear that viii never succeed an
literary man after all.
Simmons-You don't mean it?
Timmins-But do. I had myself Carefully
examined by most eminent brain specialist.
and he says there is nothing the matter with
me.-Indianapolis Qnd.) Journal
Old Gentleman-It is folly to talk marriage
for years yet. My daughter is a mere child,
She knows nothing about human nature and
could not begin to manage servants.
Mr. Slimpurse-Oh, that needn't matter. We
won't have apy.-Spare Moments.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-18
PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE

Mary Anderson Navarro has left En.,
protracted tour of the Continent. Her haai,r ,oi
Is broken and she goes to Southern Fnrana ",
with the hope of improvement. Huiope
ING 100. OF oulda is perfect Summer ana
we winssf anAs II Is incased in open, buckled
snoes, winch prevent it from becomins oor
torted by unnatural pressure nm III h con
Her hand, too, is faultless in shape and nro.
portions. anu pro-
Dr' Cari Peters, the African explorer who
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-18
A Leader in Thought TO-DAY,

Among the subjects treated editorially In
this weeks San Francisco News Letter the fol.
lowing are of especial interest: "Uncle Adolph
Sutro, the Assyrian"; "Railroad Debts and
Their Payment; 1.-THE Mckinley Shout" !;
'The Wilmerding School," and ''How to Main
Wand appears a clever criticism of ''Beau
Brummell," besides much other matter. The
unpre JUDGED critique of the paintings at the
art exhibit will interest all readers. Two
handsome pictures on plate paper go with
this NUMBER and are very desirable features in
themselves.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-18

work of batiste, as shown in the illustration.
The waist had black chiffon bodice, with
short, puffed sleeves of the silk. Three stripes
of the batiste, with black satin ribbon run
through them, formed bretelle trimming on
both back and front of the waist.
A blue dotted null dress had q rufle of
narrow Valenciennes lace on the edges of the
double box-pleat The waist was made with a
blouse front, which was also made with a
double box-pleat edged with lace. The short
puffed sleeves had four rows of lace from
shoulder to the elbow.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-18
CALIFoRNIANS In NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, N. Y, April Ito sail on the
steamship Saale for Bremen and Southampton:
Mrs. Il. B. Burrell. Dietrich Rogge. At the
Morton, w. H. Ellis; Hoffman, E. Kennedy:
Imperial, II. E. Hall; Murray Hill, F. L. King:
Holland, Mr.. and Mrs. II. Meyer: Sturtevant
W. M. Randel; Hotel Albert, H. Dlnergy.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-18

In addition to all the other factors and
factions in politics this year Kansas claims
to have political organization known as
the Mystic Brotherhood that expects to cut
wide swath among the candidates.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-18
BARRY'S STAR

Roasts rogues to-day to a crisp. Among other
things it deals with Almshouse Brutalities and
Crimes; Sane Lunatics; Rev. Colburn's Gus.
picious Silence; Mcdonald and the Other Bank
Thieves; Chinese Female Slavery; etc. 3
cents at all neWsdealers.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-18

What the Democrats want for a Presi-
Dental candidate is one of those ali-round
men who can get around every issue in
sight without touching any Of them.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-18

Various recent rumors would seem to indi
cate that President Cleveland wrote lette,
declining the nomination, and then lost il. :
New York Press.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-18

Although the campaign is at hand, no
Republican should put on his war paint
until after the st. Louis convention.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-18

SPECIAL information daily to manufacturers,
business houses and public men by the Press
Clipping Bureau (Allen's), $40 Montgomery.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-18

Delegates who have to be pledged are as
8 rule hardly worth pledging.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-18

The poetry of spring has been realized
at Santa Barbara to make a Californi.
holiday.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-18

II we understand the Ohio folks Mr.. Reed
may De Vlce-President or practice law in New
York, just as he likes.-Detroft Tribune
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-18

California cannot afford to sit down until
she is assured OF seat in the Cabinet.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-18

About the worst bust of humanity posi-
bic to conceive is that of a disgruntled
ward boss trying to pose as a martyr.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-18

There are plenty of queens of beauty in
the State, but they are not common.