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The San Francisco call., 1896-08-30
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
DEMOCRACY AND MONEY.

GOLD DEMocRAT SHOWS THAT JEFFERSON
FAVORED THE GOLD STANDARD.
Editor Gail: The essence of true Democracy
has ever been sound money for the protection
OF the poor, ignorant and helpless By sound
money the Democracy has ever meant money
which was as nearly as possible on par with
tnat OF the nations with which our prin cipal
trade was conducted and money OF universal
value. and such as would maintain itself as
merchandise at the general level of the world.
These are the old, standard and approved tests
OF money for the Democracy. Therefore has
paper money ever been rejected by the De-
mocracy-in the sense of Government paper;
because the paper value is not mercantile and
cannot maintain itself at the general level of
the worlds commerce. If the paper be too
ABUNDANT 1T cannot go out as an article OF
merchandise to country where 1t is scarce,
put must remain in the country where 1t is
issued, to choke the channels of circulation,
drive out all specia and contirlue to depreciate
itself.
Silver no longer fills the conditions of good
Democratic money. 1t is nc longer the money
OF the countries with which our great trade
Is conducted If declared OF value equal to
gold, at valuation of sixteen parts OF silver
to one part of gold, when the valuation OF the
worlds commerce declares 16 to to be false
ana the true valuation to be 81 TO /, silver
will no longer maintain itself at the general
level of the world, and will be mere local
United States money and nearly as dangerous
dS paper. NO conservative DdldHceu udn call
assert with firm belief that all the silver in
the world will obey the alehennistic command
of our lawyer congress and rise, presto, to 16
to /. Therefore, 16 to / silver is undemo-
cratic ana violates all the teachings and tra-
ditions OF the party. So assert the principles
OF Jackson and Jefferson. III the letter to John
w. Eppes, November g, 1913, found In volume
vi of Jefefson's works, at page 231, Jefferson
writes: ''To trade on equal terms the common
measure Of value should be, as nearly as pos
slbie, on par with that of its corresponding
nations whose medium is in d sound state
that is, not i'll accidental state Of excess of de-
fciency.'
Now one of the advantages of specie is that
being of universal value (Which gold alone
would be at Is to y it will keep itself at the
general level, flowing out from where it is too
high into parts where it is lower; whereas, if
the medium be of local value only, as paper
money (and 16 to 1 silver if too slight indeed,
gold and silver s(now gold oniy) will flow in to
supply the, deficiency, and if too much, 1t
(paper and 16 to 1 silver accumulates,
banishes gold and silver (under 10 to BAN
ishes the gold) locked up in vaults and hoards,
and depreciates itself, i. e. its proportion to
the annual produce of industry being raised,
more OF it is required to represent any partieu-
lar article of prod uce than in the other coun-
tries. IL may be seen, therefore, that Jefferson,
if alive, would stand for world money only,
to wit, the single gold standard Very faith
fully, JOHN HEENAN.
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but it is true, nevertheless, and every
body should be thankful that it is so.
Men who were pronounced Bryanites
week ago are repudiating him; not because
they have changed their views on the sil-
yer question, but his incendiary speeches
the past few days have convinced them
that he is revolutionist, and not we'll
balanced one at that. The people, not
even Mr.. Bryan's friends. are prepared to
adopt his brother-against-br and war
and-blood policy. Having SO overreached
the mark, together with the candid but
severe analysis OF the man. failacies by
Mckinley, Reed, Harrison, Sherman and
other men in whom the country has con-
fidence, the public is beginning to appre-
ciate what the election OF such man
would mean, and the turning away from
him is more pronounced than the turning
to him was when he was nominated.
The speeches OF the gentlemen referred
to have been circulated far and wide, and
they inaugurated campaign OF education
that Is being felt in all the avenues OF
trade and traffic. There never was such a
focking to the standard bearer of party
as there has been to Major Mckinley dur
ing the last week or ten days, and the so-
called sound money Democrats are draw.
ing from Bryan every day. Even the
Populists are ''working" Bryan's party in
many States, all of which gives the people
courage to go ahead and resume business
at the old stand. Nothing could be surer
than Major MeKinley's election, for 1t Is
evident that every man in the country
who wants none of Bryan's blood, war and
sce.ionalism in the administration of the
affairs of the Government is either
openly for Mckinley or is combining for
Bryan's defeat, which means indirect sup
port of the man who stands for prosperity,
peace and the good of all the people.
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The people spoke at st. Louis and they said
t,Uo things especiauy-Jfrst, ''We aoiI have an
income equat to the expenditure of this, the
most progressive nation on the globe; Sec
ondly, our financial honor shall be as unques-
tiondbte as our love of freedom and as our
trust in heaUers." And, TO make 1t all sure,
that contention simply registered the toiU of
the mine and the tOork-be'lch, the manufdc-
tory and the counti7sg-ro the farm and the
vilLoge, the patriotism and hope of the repub-
hc, and nominated William Mckinley for
President. At that hour he sUaS elected chief
magistrate Of the United States.-Rev. f. W.
G1tnsu1CL2LS
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THE ZANZIBAR INCIDENT.

The bomba I'd ment of Zanzibar by the
British and the reported attitude OF the
Salisbury Ministry toward the island are
matters of something more than passing
1ntsrest TO the American people, and par
ticuarly to those of California. The bonn
bardment was done in the interests OF
British trade, and those interests would
be much advanced by the annexation OF
the island to the empire. However, IL IS
not likely the annexation will be made, as
it is said Lord Salisbury is not certain
that France and Germany would readily
consent to abandon their rights ana con-
sular jurisdiction.
We have in the incident, therefore, two
facts of note. One is the promptness with
which British trade is backed up by the
British navy in weak countries ana the
other the evidence that the extent OF the
backing stops short of the annexation OF
the weak, power only when some strong
nation stands in the way to object. With
the affairs of Zanzibar we have no partlc-
ular concern, but with the spirit dis
played by the British Government IN deal
ing with it we have some concern, for that
same spirit may yet be shown by the
British in their dealings with the Islands
of the Pacific Ocean or the weaker nations
along the Pacific Coast.
The United States has become a great
manufacturing nation and will soon be
great exporter of manufactured goods. 1t
needs only that our Government shall do
as much for our merchant marine as Great
Britain does for hers to expand and ex-
tend that commerce into every sea and to
every land that borders on the sea. This
of necessity will bring us face to face with
the British as competitors for the COM
merce of the world, and that competition
will be keenest on the Pacific Ocean, for it
is on that ocean that the trade of the
future will find its largest and most profit
able development.
The islands of the Pacific are already
recognized as important to the world OF
trade and commerce. Their strategic
value is known to the naval commanders
of all nations aqd to diplomatists as we'll.
No well-informed man in these days
speaks lightly of Hawaii, Samoa, New
Guinea or of the lesser groups of islands
in that wide sea. They will offer strong
points of vantage in the coming CONNER
cial struggle to the power that owns them,
and it is the duty of American statesmen
to gee to it that Great Britain does not
play in the Pacific Ocean the high. handed
game she has just played very nearly to
q finish at Zanzibar.
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WHAT A GREAT MAN SAID.

The Bryanites are ransacking the
speeches of the great men of the country
to prove that free silver coinage inde-
pendent of other countries was Endorsed
by them. Naturally they select the
speeches of those who are not among the
living. They do not want any one to
push them to the wall for garbling. Mr..
Bryan does not hesitate to claim that all
dead statesmen would be advocating his
fallacies if they were alive, but the follow
ing from speech of Daniel Webster shows
that if he were taking part in this cam
paign Major Mckinley would have very
strong supporter in the Massachusetts,
commoner. Mr.. Webster says:
''Sir, the very man of all others who has
the deepest interest in a sound currency,
who suffers most by mischievous Iegisla-
tion in money matters, is the man who
earns his daily bread by his daily toll. A
deprecated currency, sudden changes OF
prices, paper money falling between morn
ing and noon, and falling still lower be-
tween noon and night-these things con-
stitute the very harvest time of specu-
lators, and of the whole race of those who
are at once idle and crafty, and of that
other race, too, the Catalines of all times,
marked so as to be known forever, by one
stroke of the historians pen, those greedy
of other mems property and prodigal OF
their own.'
Capitalists, too may outlive such times;
they may either prey on the earnings of
labor by their cent per cent, or they may
hoard. But the laboring man, what can
he hoard? Preying on nobody. he be-
comes the prey OF all. His property is IN
his hands. His reliance, his fund. his
productive freehold, his all, is his labor.
Whether he works on his own small capi-
tai or another's, his living is still earned
by his industry; and when the money OF
the country becomes deprecated and de-
based, whether it be adulterated coin or
paper without credit, that industry is
obbed of its reward. He then Iabors for
a country whose laws cheat him out of
his bread"
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PERSONAL.

e. o. Miller OF Visalia is on a visit here.
E. Ireland, a business man of Winters, is In
town.
L. w. Robbins merchant OF Stockton, is at
the Ramona.
J. Jerome Smith, the extensive landowner of
Stockton, is a t the Lick.
Mrs. w. J. Lowrie and son of Honolulu have
taken rooms at the Ramona
l. Nieto. representing the cordial firm of
Charles Joaquin & Gle, is in town.
6. A. Wiley, manager of George w. McNear's
large warehouse at Port Costa, is at the Grand.
Superior Judge E. D. Spencer OF susanville,
Lassen County, is among the arrivals at the
Russ.
c. r. Guhther and s. q. Pe1l of New York
were among the arrivals on the Rio de Janeiro
yesterday.
T.. Welden, the Boniface of the Palace
Hotel In UKiah is gladdening the hearts of his
friends at the Ramona.
Mrs. T. G. Thrum and family, who have been
at the Ramona for two months, will leave for
home on tho Australia.
Lieutenant Hough of the United States ship
Yorktown arrived here from the orient yes
terday on the Rio and is at the Palace.
Ex-Superior Judge D. P. Hatch, formerly of
Santa Barbara, now of Los Angeles, who &C
quilted A. P. More some years since for kill
ing Chinaman, is at the Grand.
Colonel Watzosky of the Russian military
service is at the Occidental on his way to
Mexico and Cuba He will remain some
months, finally returning by way of New
Orleans His sister is accompanying him.
]. Tarn McGrew, who left here three months
ago to visit his parents in Honolulu before
going for year to Korea, is expected to re-
turn to this City shortly, as he has given up
the Korea trip and decided to take some addi-
tional courses at Stanford University, where he
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Tburzi, the notorious Sicilian bandit, en-
joyed the distinction of having been sentenced
to death twenty-seven times.
The Commandant Regnier. the distin-
guished French soldier and explorer of the
Venezuelan Guyana, will leave Caracas shortly
for his native land.
Davidson, the English sculptor, has bowed
to the wishes of the Inverness Town Council
and consented to provide his statue of Flora
Macdonald with pair of shoes and stockings,
and, no doubt, garters.
Ex-Queen Isabella OF Spain has followed up
the reconciliation which took place some years
ago between herself and her husband, Don
Francis d'Assise, by travelling with him for the
first time since the separation.
Miss Willard's recent letters are dated at
Little Hampton, Eng, where she is resting Tor
short time at the Beach Hotel after her
arduous labors in connection with the recent
annual meeting. She will sail for America on
October 8.
Mrs. Anson Phelps Stokes, who founded the
italian Free Reading-room and Library in
Mulberry street. New York City, has largely
increased its facilities, and placed an ice-water r
fountain at its door for the use OF passers by.
The library now contains 5000 volumes, most
OF them given by the founder,
Menelek, the Emperor OF Ethiopia and Negus
OF Abyssinia, has promulgated several sump-
tuary laws. Among them is one forbidding
any woman to wear jewels OF gold. This privi-
lege is reserved exclusively to Empress Taitu.
Another law prohibits stobacco-smoking. This
Is explained by the fact that Menelk enoticed
one day that a tobacco plant had grown over
the grave OF one of his ancestors.
Belgium papers say that NJ. A. de Gerlache,
the Belgium explorer, will be ready to start on
his voyage to the Antarctic regions by the
middle of September. The sum OF money al
ready collected by private subscription, and
including the $4,000 voted by the Chamber of
Deputies, amounts 10 f9200, and although at
trst 10000 was estimated as the amount me-
cessary, this estimate has been extended to
E12,000..
james Douglas Reid, United States Consul at
Dunfermline, Scotland, will be present at the
National Convention of the Telegraph Asso-
citation In Pittsburg on September 8. Mr.. Reid,
VINO is affeetionately known as the "Grand Old
Man OF Telegraphy,'' is a Scotchman by birth,
and was assistant to Henry o. Reilly, who
built the first telegraph line under contract
with the Morse patents between Lancaster and
Harrisburg, Pa.
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MY LADY'S CHOICE.
She icds queen Of the hour
And she reiGned alone
In q tedfy 6o,1er,
With q heart Of stone.


With q heart Qf stone
ed where she swung in a ham mock COOL
Through the drowsy hours of summers day,
And marveled much at her courly rule
Ana pitied the knights who owned her sway.
A college youth was the first to sue,
With manner cold, till bis boyish face
Flushed red Al glimpse of her dainty shoe
That peeped, as she swung, from her flute ring
lace.
He served for while, but she wearied fast;
When he talked OF sports and his college crew
She yawned in his face, till he went at last,
With a sadder heart than the lady knew.
tenor, who came with an angels voire,
Sang song of love and had well-nlgh won:
Sh gave him her hand and her eyes were moist;
But his lips were mute when the song WAS done.
So idly she swung till the sounds of night
Had luled her 20 sleep and shadow crept
Up the gravel walk, through the failing light,
To the ham mmock's side where my lady slept.
She woke at q breath from his bending form,
His eyes looked In hers as he held her fast;
Then, as darkness fell like gathering storm,
L knew that her lover had come &C last.
WALDRoN w. AND ERsoN In N. Z. Truth.
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''Ta1k may be cheap,p says the Manayunk
philosopher, "but the man who retains a law
yer knows differently Philadelphia Record.
Teacher-Now, what happened when Lots
wife looked behind her?
Small Boy-They prob'ly yelled Rubber
neck r-Detroit Tribune.
He-Its reported around that we are en-
gagged.
She-Well, you know it's a mistake.
He-Yes; 1 called to see If couldn't rectify
it.-Puck.
Lord Fitznoodle-Would I marry? Prithee,
yes, could find my exact opposite.
Lady Betty-That canst not be difficult, my
lord. There must e'en be some sensible danes
in thy neighborhood.- Judy.
"Did you hear about the funny thing that
happened up at Dumley's house?'' asked Wig.
wag
s'No; what was it?"
"Dumley added two wings to the old build.
ing, and O. chimney yflue."-Philadelphia Rec.
ord.
"What have you named your boy?"
"William-just plain William. NY wife
wanted to name him after that lovely Mr.
Bryan and wanted to name him after Me-
Kinley, SO we compromised OF plain vii.
liam, after both of them. ."-Indianapolis
Journal.
Johnnie-Tommy Jones don't know how to
swim, because his mother don't want him to
GO near the water.
Mamma-Well, Tommy is good boy
Johnnie-Yes, he'll go to heaven the first
time he falls MISUNDERSTANDING Life.
"And you never inquired what your fance
does for iv1ng?"
"No, have felt no interest 1t is enough to
know that he is ready to die for me-"
Clearly the matter of living was not the i'm
portant thing at that stage OF the game what
ever it might chance to be subsequently.-De.
troit Tribune.
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LApY,s YOKE WITH EPAULETTES.

Here is shown a perfectly plain waist, which
is made TO appear very elaborate and dressy
by simple accessory. A yoke like this can
be worn with any waist, and is great help
when ones wardrobe is limited.
The pattern is cut with the straps in one
piece with the yoke. The epaulettes are sewed
on at the shoulder.
waist of plain cloth may be made very
stylish with trimming of the new cashmere
velveteen cut after this mo1el The edges
may be turned in or simply bound with rib
bon.
Another charming way to remodel plain
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Can any american citizen, TO whons has
country is first IN ,Udr and first an peace, and
who fully understands this question in all its
consequences, hare the heart to throD our
country into this seethiag and heartsess uortez
of sitver speculatios-this ntdeistrom OF the
siluer Mammonf-Seaator Nelson of Mime
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Are You Gong East?

The Atlantic and Pacific Railroad-Santa Fe
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 seasonable hour and In
charge of attentive conductors anh porers' Ticket
Office. 644 Market street, Chronicle building Tel
Mai
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EVASION OR. CowARDIcE ?
New york Mail and Express.

INV 19APIco5s
Two years ago William J. Bryan canvassed
the State of Nebraska in search of United
States senatorship. His labor resulted in a
Republican victory. At that time he was an
out-and-out free-trader and he is the same to-
day, although he seems to have so far lost the
courage of his convictions that he dared not
make even casual reference to the tariff issue
in his Madison-square Garden speech. Some
eowardice. But as all evasion is cowardice
the designation means little, the fact much.
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political complexion of the State Of Califor M MIA
In mi PRESIDENTIAL years has been: 1852, Demo
crat: 1856. Democrat; 1860, ,Repaoliieea1n9' Cad
1864 Republican; 1868; Repu bliessn; lesn 1as doaa,
Repubiican; 1875, Republican; 1850, Demo-
crat; 1884, Republican, 1888 Republican,
and 1892 split, Republican /, Democrats D.
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CALIFoRNIANS In NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, N. Y, Aug. 29.-At the Plaza,
g. F. Sutton; Union Square, ]. S. Angus; Hoff-
man, r. E.. Brown, W. Louisson; Astor, L. B.
Jacobs, L. F. Cockroft; Albert, r. Talmie. Mrs.
Buffers aud Mr.. and Mrs. H. A; Buffers and
meid left the Plaza to sail for Liverpool on the
Cunarder Laconia
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crisis. 1t may be said all those whom We
recognize as statesmen and wise leaders
believe this is a time when the patriotism
of the people should assert itself ina wav
that shall be warning to all who would
assail the integrity and the honor of the
common wealth.
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That some may be rich shoacs that Others
may become rich, and hence IS just encour-
agement to industry and enterprise. Let not
him pho Is homeless pull dow't the house Of
another, but let him labor diligently aid
build one for himself; thus, By example, as
surfing that has oUn shall be safe from no
lence when buit-Abraham Lincoln.
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aid of commerce, manufacture and mechani-
cal arts. All are essential to the healthy grown
and highest advance of the others; the
progress of one insures the prosperity OF
another. There are no conflicts, there should
be no antagonisms. They are indispensable
to each other. Whatever enfeebles one is sure
to cripple the rest.
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When Women War, Men Surrender.
Tulare Register,

When women go into the ranks as soldiers
and fight side by side with their husbaDds and
brothers, as they are now fighting in Cuba,
there can be no doubling the determination
of the insurgents or the futility of the Spanish
revolutionists will enable Spain to govern Cuba
again. 1t is high time for mediation, peaceful
or otherwise.
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ode to the Dollar.
Ukiah Herald.

UKIdH
How dear to our hearts is the old silver dol
lar as some kind subscriber presents to our
view-the liberty head without necktie or col
lar and all the strange things that seem to us
new-the wide-spreading eagle, the arrows
below it, the stars and the words and the
strange things they tell, The coin OF our
fatnersl we're glad that we know 1t, for some
time or other twill come in right well-the
spreadeagle dollar, the star-spangled dollar,
the old silver dollar we love so well.
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We haze great country and we must Keep
It great. In a0ages and industries and IN the
integrity of its finances and currency the
United States must be at the head of the aa-
tsons of the arth.-McKinley.
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Men who have studied the situation in
the Southern States declare Mckinley will
certainly carry Missouri, Kentucky, Ten
nessee, West Virginia. and probably Vir-
ginia and North Carolina.
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Bryan wanted to debate with Mckinley,
and now Tillman has challenged Harrison
to a discussion. The youthful prodigies
are getting sassy.
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We have reached the turn of the tide,
and from this time on the cause of protec-
ton and genuine bimetallism will rise
steadily in all parts otthe country.
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Lord Chief Justice Russell and other
eminent leaders of British thought make
eloquent pleas for international arbitra-
ton with the United States, but none of
them made any offer of that kind to Zan-
zibar
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Old Chang has reached this country just
In time to get on record as campaign LII.
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Men are judged by their works, not by
their words, and what deed OF Bryan's
contains any promise of good for the
American people2
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Republican leaders are doing everything
in their power to establish harmony, and
before long the rank and file will take
things i'll their own hands and drum the
kickers out of the party.
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McKinley's letter of acceptance, taken
in connection with the great speeches of
Reed, Harrison, Sherman and Thurston,
raises the campaign of education to higher
education at the start.
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A Less on From History.
CaIaveras Prospect.

One of the great lessons of history, as ex-
pressed by Hon. william Mckinley, is that ag-
riculture cannot rise to its highest perfection
and reach its fullest development without the
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The interests of the East and of the
West, of the rich and of the poor are
equally bound up in the cause of sound
money.
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California will not vote down the SUBJ
stance of her gold mines for the Demo
cratic shadow of free silver.