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The herald., 1896-07-23

pliiars. All the Republican portraits
had. however, been removed. Only the
bust of General Grant remained, Just
perore the convention was called to
order portraits Of Abraham Lincoln and
Peter Cooper were hung out over the
platform gallery.
The day session, which lasted about
an hour and half. developed nothing.
except, possibly, that the noisy middle
of the road" contingent was afraid to
be put to the touch on it's claims.
Last night, after Senator Butler had
been chosen for temporary chairman
py the national committee, and they had
ascertained that he favored Bryan's
nomination, they at once decided to de-
pose him. as Senator Hill was deposed
by the Chicago convention. At the con-
clusion of an enthusiastic meeting they
determined to put forward as their can
didate o. D. Jones of Missouri, an old
Greenbacker, who has written several
works on finance. After a nights med
itation, however, their leaders decided
1t would be the part of wisdom not to
make the fight against Butler, and their
refusal to submit to a test of strength
was hailed by the Bryan men as con-
elusive evidence that they realized thew
were in the minority. But they were
somewhat compensated for the loss of
the temporary craftsmanship in the
speech of Ignatius Donnelly, who re-
Piled to Governor Stones address of
welcome. He made a middle of the
road" speech that stirred the radicals
to their depths He appealed to them
to stand firm, SO that all the dynamite
in Gods laboratory could not tear the
party asunder and predicted that if the
Peoples party failed, the cause of hu-
manity would go down with it. The
speech of the dark browed Senator But
Ter OF North Carolina was listened to
with eager interest.
Senator Butler hopes to be the pivot
on which the convention will turn He
believes eventually all the factions can
be harmonized on his plan to adopt a
Populist platform and nominate upon il
Bryan with southern Populist for vice.
president. His speech strongly upheld
the demand for the perpetuation of the
Populist organization, which he de-
scribed as having driven the Republicans
to gold and the Democrats to silver. To
be swallowed by the Democrats, he said.
was danger only equaled by the danger
of being made the indirect allies of the
Republicans in the present campaign.
He gave both factions a chance to rend
the air with their shouts, but when in
conclusion he suggested a middle course
the purport of which all understood both
sides were unresponsive. The Bryan
men on the whole. however, considered
that the victory, SO far as there was one.
lay with them.
There was no demonstration at the day
session. The delegates, save those from
Texas, were unusually quiet, although
after they had been once aroused by the
display of Lincoln's picture, they APP
plauded with enthusiasm everything
which suited their fancies.l
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bled. The odds seem to be in favor of
Bryan.
EDWARD T, HTTTCHJSON
The herald., 1896-07-23
THE DAYS DOiNGS
Considerable Oratory but Nothing Of noment
Accomplished

Considerable Oratory but Nothing Of noment
Accomplished
Associated Press Special Wire.
ST. LOUIS, July 22.-The Populist and
Silver conventions were launched to-
day, but neither made much headway.
The program of the Silver convention
was all arranged in advance. 1t includ-
ed simply the adoption of 16 to plat
form and the nomination of Bryan and
Sewall, but those in charge of it deemed
it good policy to go slowly, in the btEef
that they might. by remaining in session
be able to exercise an influence in shap-
ing things in the Populist convention.
To this end they appointed committee
of seven, headed by Judge Scott of Cal
ifornia to meet a similar committee of
the Populists for the purpose of reach
ing a common plan of action. 1t is
doubtful whether their course will be
fruitful of results. The anti-Bryan Pop
ulists affected to believe that all the out
side influences which are being brought to
bear upon them to induce them to adopt
the nominees of the Democratic conven-
ton are part of the same plot to drive
their party into the Democratic trap"
SiiN NNoeloy eiIu us lQenClIy.
They are deaf to suggestions, appeals
and warnings. Keep in the middle of
the road is their reply to every argu-
ment. They have decided that if they
ego marching on, in four years more the
old parties will be shattered, disrupted
and discredted, and they will come in
to their own.
The first session of the Populst con-
vention today was disappointment to
those who anticipated relentless, bitter
war from the drop of the gavel and it
was disappointment to those who i'm
agined that the galleries would swarm
with people drawn thither either by
curiosity or sympathy with the deliber-
ations of the convention. There was no
wild cat fighting, and the galleries which
hold $4,000 people We're practically an
empty waste. Not over 600 spectators,
at liberal estimate, were in the bal
comics.
The floor where the delegates were
gathered was crowded with as UNIQUE
an assemblage as was ever under one
roof. A single glance showed that they
represented the common people-a term
in which they glory-that they were
from the farm, the mine, the workshop
and the factory. They discarded con-
ventionali2es. Fully half of them sat
in their shirt sleeves, with their coats
slung on the backs Of their chairs.
Among them were many pictures of
personalities-men who have been
known as agitators and reformers for
years We're there, but there were also
many whose ability and force of char
acter have given them rank in high sta
tions. AS body they were men Of strong
and earnest convictions. Governor Lie
yelling, Senator PETER and Jerry Simp-
son of Kansas; Governor Holcomb of
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complished more in four years than the
old parties. Do your duty now. You
will very soon be party of the major
ity."
Butler closed amid tremendous ap-
plause.
The roll of states was called for men,
bers of the committee on credentials.
After the call the convention at 2:1O
took a recess until o'clock tonight.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-07
TAXPAYERS AND TAXsHIRKERs.

While the revelations made concerning
the tax returns of Judge Wallace are the
most conspicuous and in some respects
the most important features of the cases
now in process of trial against Assessor
Siebe. the people should not overlook the
fact that the disclosures made show a de-
gree of unfairness and falseness IN the
manner of assessing property for taxation
in this City which is serious injury to
honest taxpayers.
There is a certain amount of money
needed every year by the municipal gov
eminent to pay current expenses and to
carry out necessary Improvements. If the
wealth of the City is fairly assessed this
sum can be raised at comparatively low
rate of taxation. If, however, the prop
erty of wealthy corporations and wealthy
citizens is undervalued by the Assessor
the rate of taxation must be raised and
the burden unduly increased upon the
citizen of ordinary means.
The trial of the two cases against Siebe
has brought to light the facts that the
Market-street Railway system is assessed
for but $4,000 900, while it is bonded for
$17,000,000, and the personal property of
Judge Wallace is assessed for but $500,
while it is insured for $4,000. 1t is an easy
inference from these facts that the prop
erty of other powerful corporations and of
other rich men is also assessed far below
the value that it has on the market. How
far this system of false assessments has
been carried is not known, but enough is
known to show that the average property
owner is being heavily taxed in order that
the rich taxshirker may escape.
The fact that the suit against Siebe for
making oath to false assessment on the
Market-street Railroad has been brought
before a Democratic Judge by Demo
cratic demagogue on the eve of an election
for what seems the very evident object
of making capital for partisan purposes
ought not to prejudice the public mind
against the element of truth that is
brought to the surface during the turmoil.
1t is, of course, right enough to condemn
suits of this kind, and THE CALL has been
prompt to do it. Nevertheless, we must
not close our eyes to the revelations that
nave been made. Nor must we forget that
when the rich have been allowed to escape
taxation the poor have been deliberately
robbed.
The only profit that can probably be
drawn from the suits is a determination
on the part of the people to devise and
put into force a remedy tor the evils they
have disclosed. That remedy cannot be
found in the sham lawsuits of a dema-
gogue, nor in denouncing past offenses.
1t can be wisely sought only in some
plan for preventing similar evils in the
future. A taxpayers league should be
organized to watch the coming assess
ment. If it is unfairly made protest
should be laid before the Supervisors.
Tue way is open to take care of the future,
but we can do nothing as regards the past.
Let US, therefore, look to the future and
see that justice is done.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-07
THE DANCE AND OUR DUTY.

The time for the regular quadrennial
dance of the National Democratic party is
drawing near, and those who prefer the
razor are hunting grindstones, and those
who prefer the hip-pocket gun are in
search of ammunition stores, politically
speaking, of course The leaders appear
to have given up all hope of preventing
a row, and it is not expected that much
effort will be made to persuade the COM
batants to shake hands over the spot
where the bloody chasm is to be dug.
The leaders as we'll as the rank and file
seem to have lost sight of the mission
of the party on the earth, which hitherto
has been to secure to the party oppor-
tunity to "serve the people, A burning
desire to dance the dance of death seems
to have seized upon the several factions.
ANY Kind of flag is red flag to bulls
already frothing with rage, and 1T looks
now as if there would be red flags waving
all over Chicago.
But while there may be pleasure in see
ing the Democratic bulls going down be-
fore toreador of hatred, the Republican
party must not conclude that it will have
a quiet and easy walkover. OF course the
Ot' LOUIS AoHAAoe VIII NC eleCISo ny OH
overwhelming majority, but the victory
should be so complete and far-reaching in
effect that the country will not be both
cred with Democracy for decade or more.
The only danger to the Republican party
lies in the streak of human nature which
prompts a man to feel that he is not
needed that there will be enough without
him. There never was more need of
thorough organization, for the National
fight is not the only one the party has on
its hands. If there is lack of organization
for the Presidential contest there will also
be lack of organization for local work. Do
not let the dance of the Democrats make
US forget that we have work to do.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-07
IT MEANS MUCH.

The opening of the San Joaquin Val
ley Railroad between Stockton and Mer-
ced last Thursday was an event full of
meaning to the commercial interests of
the San Joaquin Valley and to the whole
of California as well. The additional
transportation facilities which this road
will give To the country tributary to it
were needed for the competition they af-
ford with Huntington's railway octopus.
The people OF the valley have suffered
greatly in the past at the arbitrary and
grabbing hands of the Southern Pacific,
and it is a good deal to them to have
new outlet in the hands of men who will
deal with them on live and let live prin-
ciples.
The corporation owning the Valley road
will extend the road southwark and give
still other communities facilities to reach
the metropolis at lair and reasonable
rates. But what is better still is that the
company is almost sure to reach out In
other directions and eventually relieve
the rural districts, more especially, OF the
oppressive traffic tariffs which the Hunt
ington system has imposed upon them
for so long. 1t took nerve and money to
build a railway to compete with the
Southern Pacific, but the owners of the
San Joaquin Valley Railroad have plenty
IF both
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-07
NAVAL ENGINEERS.

Until recently, comparatively speaking,
there was no occasion for considering the
engineer on board warship of great con-
sequence. OF course he was supposed to
be a skilled mechanic, and capable of max
ing any ordinary repairs, but to raise him
to the dignity of ''officer of the staff corps
of the navy" was not thought of by him
self or any one else. In these days OF all
machinery and no sails, however, the
engineer is one of the leading factors in
ships crew. He is no longer mere ma
chinist who has served his apprenticeship,
but he is by education, practical expe-
rience and observation as thorough in the
science of mechanics as the Naval Acad-
envy graduate is in navigation. Indeed,
the Naval Academy. makes no distinction
between the cadet who is fitting himself
for the bridge and the cadet who is fitting
himself for the engine room.
We may say, further, that in the near
future an officer will not be considered
fully capable to command on deck if he
cannot command with understanding in
the machinery department. THE CALL is
pleased to see that Congress, by the advice
of the Navy Department, is favorably con-
sidering a bill which shall give to the
engineer the rank and position in the
service to which he is entitled. The bill
provides that the rank of the engineer
corps shall be captain, commander, lieu
tenant, junior lieutenant, ensign and
cade t. The engineer who is assigned
to be the chief of the bureau of en-
cheering shall lie known as director
general, with the rank of rear-admiral.
He will have under him two inspector
generals with the rank of commodore,
and the authority of the bureau will be
extended greatly while ships are under
construction.
The purpose of the proposed legislation
is of course 10 increase the efficiency of the
navy, but the Naval Committee of Con-
gress is perfectly aware that the modern
warship is dependent upon the skill,
bravery and discipline of the machinery
department to ''get thar quick and get
away quick as certain general used to
say. But to accomplish that and do
justice TO one of the most important de-
partments of the navy the purpose is to
raise the standard of qualification to a
parity in every respect with every other
class of officers. In other words it will be
as honorable TO wear the epaulets of
naval engineer as the epaulets of any other
kind of naval officer with equal rank.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-07
PERSONAL.

L. L. Macarthur of Portlandis in town.
H. de Contella OF Los Angeles is at the Bald
win.
H.J. Krabbe of Fort Madison, Iowa, is in the
City.
M Ward, q mining man of Grub .Gulch, is
at the Lick
W. F. Boyd, a merchant of Seattle, is among
the arrivals here.
DR.. Guy L. Edin OF the United States army is
at the Occidental
John +. Coe, wealthy business man of Phil
adelphia, is in the City.
DR.. E. b. Robinson and wife of Sacramento
ares uests of the Ramona.
P. B. Goss, pay clerk of the United States
ship Thetis, is in the City.
Thomas Fox, the newly appointed Postmas-
ter ct Portland, is in the City.
H. A. McCraney, editor of the Sacramento
County Ledger, is at the Grand.
A NJ. Leuers. of Washington, D. c.. arrived
here yesterday and is at the Grand.
Z. B. Willis, managing editor of the Sscra-
mento Record Union, is in the City.
B. NJ Goldwater, a leading mining man and
politician OF Arizona, is at the Palace.
u. Chisholm, who has large mining aad
other Interests at Tucson, is al the Grand.
Professor r. F. Pennell, superintendent of
the State Normal School at Chico, is in the
City.
R. C. Stephens OF Seattle, general Western
passenger agent of the Great Northern Rail-
road, is at the Occidental.
William Israel and wife of New York are
guest of the Ramona Mr.. Israel is here with
view of making investments.
C. G.. Kitchener, who has had charge of the
recent successful summer school for college
men at CaZadero, is in town.
Among the arrivals here yesterday was At
torney Samuel Jackson of Fresno, who came
up to attend the big midsummer jinks at the
Press Club.
William H. Mead, member of the Portland
City Council and general passenger agent of
the Rock Island road in the Oregon metropo-
lis, is in town.
Mrs. G. w. Wilson, Mrs. DR.. Carpenter, Mr.
and Mrs. CasserIy, Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Halliday
and Miss Ferries, prominent society people of
Vallejo, are at the Ramona. They come as a
theater party.
Justice S. J. Field of the United States Su-
preme Court is expected to arrive here from
Washington, D. c., next week and spend his
vacation here. His family will be. with him.
TIh has engaged rooms ar fhe Palace
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-07
TO I" START A PANIC"

If it is true that there is a Wall-street
scheme to ''start a panic to Influence
the st. Louis and Chicago nominations"
the parties to the conspiracy should be ap-
pretended and tried. for treason. Blind
partisanship and sectional hatred, the
harvest of seed sowu by ambitious men,
caused Fort Sumter to be fired upon, and
it is charitable to say that the dreadful
consequences which followed the act were
not foreseen by many of those who par
ticipated in it. but it is very different with
this Wall-street scheme. Here is de-
liberate plan of rich and powerful men to
accomplish tendish purpose. 1t is to
create money stringeney and thereby
clog the wheels of the Nations commerce
to coerce the people into subsection to
money-lending and bond-speculating
syndicates.
Such scheme is the outcome of a de-
liberately laid plan to place neyer-ending
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-07
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THE STUDY OF CITIZENSHIP.

Setting aside the question of the en-
REIMBURSEMENT of woman, the study of the
philosophy of citizenship and the science
of government is incumbent upon men
and women alike. 1t is not all of citizen
ship to participate in political campaigns
and vote on election days, nor is it all OF
citizenship to be ready to take up arms in
defense of the country. These are duties,
however, that devolve upon every citizen
who has the right of suffrage, as occasion
requires, but the performance of them,
except in connection with all other duties
of citizenship, weakens rather than
strengthens the superstructure of the
government. The foundation is, of course,
the eternal law of right, liberty and JUS
tice, but the foundation is to build upon.
The character, beauty and stability of the
edifice necessarily reflects the strength of
character, moral beauty and stability of
purpose of those who build, improve and
maintain it.
In the building up OF a political govern
ment every socisl ethical and commercial
interest is involved and if one is weak
ened by neglect or other cause there is
weakness everywhere, for ''eyery bridge is
as strong as its weakest point" Every
citizen is some part of the bridge over
which his fellow-countrymen must pass
from to-day to tomorrow. The study of
citizenship-to know what good citizen
ship means and what it requires-is task
that is put upon every one without refer
ence to sex or social position. Certainly
the foundation of good citizenship is first
morality, and second good will toward
ones neighbor, but unless the principles
of morality be deep-rooted there is always
danger that the weak spots in the bridge
may become weaker. Superficial and
tinsel-decked patriotism is Numerically
opposed to and at war with true citizen
ship.
But to whom does the Nation look to
teach the principles of true citizenship and
explain the meaning of true patriotism to
those who shall assume the responsibility
of carrying forward the great work for hui
mainly which this Government has under
taken when their services are demanded2
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-07
A LUMINOUS STAR.

The Star of yesterday shed a luminous
ray upon the attitude of Judge Wallace in
relation to his duties as taxpayer and as
an administrator of the law. The disclos-
ures of the Star streng then the position
taken by THE CALL in this controversy, and
we are the more pleased since the Star is
not Republican journal and cannot be
charged with having a political bias
against either the Democratic Judge
whose character is at stake or the Demo
cratic demagogue who first raised the issue
by bringing sham suit against S1ebe.
1t not infrequently happens that we are
called upon to commend the course of the
Star, and we do so with pleasure, for in our
policy of speaking for all it is ever pleas
ing to give credit to journal that main
tains the right against corruption and
Wrongdoing.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-07

More than four-fifths of the teachers in
the public schools of the United States are
women, and it is upon them that the duty
rests to prepare the youth of to-day to adj
minister the public affairs of the people
Tomorrow. Do these women teachers
know what the elements of true citizen
ship are? The evidence that they do is in
their retention by common consent, and
not only SO, but by grad ually supplanting
men teachers. which they are doing by
common consent. Indeed it would seem
that parents would rather their children
should be taught the principles of patriot
ism. of citizenship and of ethics by women
than by men. 1t is not true, at all events
not OF all, that the glory of woman is in
her hair
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-07
LAUREATE OF THE DERBY.

Come, Alfred Austin, tune your harp
Twang out-bestir yourself;
The Derby's won at Epson Downs
By royal Albert Guelph.
The Queen, the Kaiser and the Gear
Have telegraphed their praise!
Why, here's a theme that knocks the spots
On all your Jameson lays
Let Watson rage at Turkish crime;
The Russ let Swinburne scorch:
Let bards like these direct the age
With Wisdom's flaming torch.
But thine are castles from the crown.
And plaudits from the thronel
Let mocking. vulgar crowds "go hang"
And critics blasts sbe blown!"
Then, Alfred, here's your theme "to hand"
Q, let thy harp twang loud!
Persimmon's plucked the poles, and done
The crown Of England proud.
And brand new title hath the Prince
"The sporting crack-a- jackp'
o, baccarats fiimsy trick
Beside the Derby track.
Then, Alfred, twang your harp sing loud
Persimmon's winning plunge,
And Britons Derby-laureate be
TIL Time throws up the sponge.
CHARLES D. SOUTH
San Francisco, June 6. 1895.