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The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07
EIGHTY THOUSAND FRIENDS.
That Is the Number Gained by The
Call" on Woman Suffrage.

To the Editor Of the San Francisco Cdlt-SIR:
In saying that THE CALL has gained eighty
Thousand friends among the Populists of Cali
tornia by openly and earnestly declaring for
woman suffrage am certain it is q conservative
statement, and shall refer to the Populist
votes polled next November, every one of
which will be for the proposed amendment to
grant the elective franchise tn woman, as proof
that my statements conservative. Populists
themselves believe that their whole conten-
hon as a party is based on simple justice, and
no argument is needed TO convince them that
justice demands the right of the elective fran
chise for women as well as men and on exactly
the same terms. There is no other party, there
has never been another party, that has at once
accepted woman suffrage as matter of course,
ana the explanation is found in the fact al
ready lntimated that the whole plea, p-drpose
and spirit OF the Peoples party find expression
In Lne demand for social justice.
The bitter experience of the Peoples party
In Colorado on the suffrage question was
naturally good deal taken to heart by Popu-
nsts all over the country. 1t is assumed that
the readers of THE CALL and especially Miss
Anthony, Miss Shaw, Mrs. Sarah b. Cooper,
Miss Severance and other noble women who
are especially enlisted in the advocacy of this
plain measure of justice, are familiar with the
fact that the Populists of Colorado gave women
the right to vote and that noble old Roman,
Governor Waite, affirmed the action of the
Legislature with his official signature. 1t is
equally certain that it could be demonstrated,
II InlS were tne place Tor IL, tnaC the women
thus senfranchised "turned down" the Populists
at the next succeeding election and returned
the party to power which for thirty years have
refused the ballot to women. While this is a
bitter experience and is somewhat exasperat-
ing, think am safe in saying that it has not
changed single Populisl vote in opposition
man at the ballot-box. If this should seem
incredible to some readers, they may find &
basis for credulity in the intense feeling
ever present in the heart of true Populist
that there is no hope for the future of the Re-
public except in a return to the rule and
actual practice of social justice by the Govern
ment of this country.
JOSEPH AsBURY JOHNSON.
IL Essex street, San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07
A GREAT VICTORY.

The Republican party of California IN
convention assembled at Sacramento did
mighty work for itself when it wheeled
upon Martin Kelly and the would-be
bosses of the party and routed them
horse, foot and dragons. Those men
travelled to Sacramento for the one pur-
pose of carrying away the district ma
chinery of the party in their pockets. but
they did not carry it away. In fact, they
were not permitted TO touch it. And the
squelching of them was undertaken with
so much determination and the work was
so thoroughly done that the party may be
assured that no little or big rings will at
tempt to put on the robe of dictator for
awhile. 1t was a great victory for the
party over an element that has no loftier
purpose than what "boss" and "the spoils
of Office stand for.
Although this good work was accom-
plished by the splendid generalship of
John D. Spreckels, it must not be forgot
ten that he was seconded and Loyalty sus-
tanned by men as determined as himself
to save the party from the ward boss and
the for-revenue-only politician.
The professionals were sanguine OF vic
tory an hour before they were vanquished.
Their plans had been carefully and adroitly
laid and they already had begun to strut
about and with coudescension permit sug-
gestions to be made to them. But their
self-sufficiency so blinded them that they
did not see the host of Indignant and deter
mined Republicans moving down upon
them to smite them hip and thigh, and
when they were struck they fell like autumn
leaves all withered 1t was great victory
for Republicanism in California, and it is
the kind of publication that will make the
party healthier and stronger every way.
Besides, the fact has been emphasized that
| there is no room anywhere in the Republic
can party of this State for dictator" I"
'.boss" or Office broker.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07
THE PLATFORM.

The Sacramento platform vindicates the
claim of the Republican party to be not
only the party of the people, but the
party of liberal ideas, OF progress and of
reform. 1t does not content itself with re-
affirming the principles of the past, but it
goes forward to new things. 1t asserts
with an undiminished fidelity its devotion
to the policy of protection and bimetallism
and then proceeds to carry the cause of
American advancement further yet by
declaring for woman's suffrage and the
direct assistance by the Government of the
great interests of shipping, mining, dairy
ing and farming.
The strong declarations in favor of pro-
lection to all forms of American industry
were of course expected. This will consti-
tute the chief issue of the campaign, ana
the attitude of the Republican party
toward it is too well known for any great
interest to be felt in the renewal of its
declarations of loyalty to the principles OF
complete protection. The salient features
of the Sacramento platform therefore
will be found in the planks supporting
woman's suffrage, the free and unlimited
coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to l, the
restriction OF pauper, criminal and con-
tract immigration, Government aid for the
transportation of agricultural products
the encouragement of hydrau ulic mining
where it can be carried on without njury
to other interests, ard the commendation
given to the efforts made by our delegation
in Congress to defeat the funding schemes
of the Pacific companies.
1t is not to be expected that the Ma
tional Convention will adopt or accept all
of these California ideas. Nevertheless
| their presentation at St. Louis will have q
marked influence upon the platform to be
adopted there.
1t is the progressive and courageous
States that in the end rule the coun-
| try. 1t is because there were such things
as New England ideas and Southern ideas
that those two sections for so long a time
| divided with one another the control oi
the Government. 1t is time now for West
ern ideas to be put forward and California
is charged with the duty of asserting them
Our State platform, therefore, is none toe
radical. 1t is suited to the time and the
! problems of the time and should be sup
| ported with vim and vigor.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07
PERSONAL.

J. NJ. Brawley of Fresno is in the City.
A. K. Smith of Juneau, Alaska, is at the Russ
L. E. Mosher OF Los Angeles is at the Palace.
Hakra Isono OF Japan was among yesterdays
arrivals.
Thomss R. Minturn of Minturn is at the
Occidental.
L. E. Hunt. a business man of FL Paso, is on
a visit here.
George V. studd of Macon, Georgia, is at the
ACosmopolitan.
H. L. Pickett mining man OF Silver City,
n. Mex, is in town.
E. F. Hill, a Bodie mine-owner, Is registered
at the Cosmopolitan.
George D. Mclean, the mining man, of Or ass
Valley, is at the Lick.
Rear-Admiral L. A. Beardslee of the United
States navy is in town.
Philip L. Abbott of Cambridge, Mass, is a re-
cent arrival at the Palace.
NJ. NJ. Griggs, wealthy cattle man of Mon
terey, reached here yesterday.
Tom f. Lane of Angels, superintendent OF
the Utica gold mine, is in the City.
E. T. Albert, trainmaster of Prescott, Ari-
zona is staying at the Cosmopolitan.
T. G. Shaughnessy and GO. Macdonald, rail-
road men of Toronto, are at the Palace.
Louis Dean, wealthy cattle-owner of Reno,
New, is among recent arrivals at the Russ.
w. W. Irish, business man of Fresno, is at
the Russ. He is accompanied by Mrs. Irish.
Eugene de Gabla Jr.. the mining man, of
Nevada City, has arrived here for a short stay
George L. Arnold of Los Angeles, member of
the State Board of Equalization, is in the City
Count A. NJ. Merkhoff of Aus tria is here on a
tour of the interesting places on the Pacific
Coast.
Mayor W. H. Carlson of San Diego was
among Yesterdays arrivals mere. He is at the
Grand.
George T. Rives, mining man of Inyo
County, is at the Grand, having arrived yes
terday.
A. C. Buell., the contractor, of Eureka, who
built the jetty at the mouth of the harbor, is
at the Lick.
Matthew Gage, an orange-grower of River
side and widely known capitalist, is at the
Occidental.
Alexander Ballantyne, a wealthy resident of
Lead City, South Dakota, is among the arrivals
at the Russ.
Judge Belcher is yet confined to his home by
Illness. He is said to be threatened with an
attack of the grip.
w E. Rogers OF Amalie, and who is exten-
sively engaged in mining there, is among the
arrivals at the Lick.
Fl. NJ. Larue of Sacramento, State Railway
Commissioner, is among those who are regis
tered at the Occidental.
w. II. Avery, ticket agent of the Pacific
Coast Steamship Company, is i'll with pneu-
monia and is confined to one of the hospitals
Ex-Governor John H. Kinkead of Nevada
IS IN the City. Mr.. Kinkead was Governor of
Alaska after serving his term as Governor of
Nevada.
Ellwood Cooper, the olive-grower of ELL
wood, Santa Barbara County, long one ofbthe
leading officers OF the State Horticultural So
ciety, is among recent arrivals here.
J. NJ Baltimore, wellknown newspaper
man, formerly city editor of the Portland Ore
gonian, is in the City. Mr.. Baltimore has been
making an extended tour through some of the
most important cities of California
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07
USE HOME MATERIAL.

In holding up the hands of the Harbor
Commissioners in their purpose to use
Colusa stone for the new ferry depot, the
Manufacturers Association indorse the
sentiment of the people of California gener-
ally. 1t is freely admitted on all sides
that Colusa rock is as well adapted for that
use as any foreign stone; besides, the ferry
depot is State work, and certainly ma
terial that is the product of California
should be used when it is as good as the
best that could be obtained elsewhere.
There is another aspect of the question
OF where the stone shall be procured that
is to be considered. If Colusa stone is
used the money paid for it will immedi-
ately enter our own channels of trade and
be carried to home dealers in merchandise.
provisions and other articles of commerce.
while on the other hand if the money is
paid to an outside stone company it will
be carried beyond our own trade circles.
and California would then be partv to
building up foreign quarries and mer-
chants st the expense of her own peorle.
1t is not the business of commonwealth
to do anything of the kind with money il
expends on public improvements for which
the people are taxed.
On general principles. therefore, home
stone quarries, home merchants and home
wage-earners should have all the benefit
possible from the construction of thi:
public work. In fact, it would be reHec.
ton upon our business sense and capacity
to do business to go away from home fol
material that is no better, at least, thar
we have at our door. Besides, the ferry
depot is an enterprise of the State and a.
the expense of the State, and in all reason
the people of the State ought to have the
benefits accruing from this expenditure ol
their own money.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07
THE NAPA VINEYARDS.

Every grape-grower in the State is deeply
interested in the new vine disease that has
appeared among the vineyards of Napa
Valley. Intelligent growers who have in
spected the affected vines are of the opin-
ion that the trouble arose from the fact
that the Riparia, native vine immune
from phylloxera, has habit of keeping
its roots near the surface, and that the
long hot spell of last summer in the Napa
Valley, combined with the porosity of the
loamy soil, caused the heat to njure the
roots. This seems to be a rational con-
clusion, as the Lenoir. another resistant
stock. sends its roots deeper and escaped
injury. This is true also with non-resist-
ant vines which are perfectly healthy.
The assumption is strengthened by the
fact that in those parts of the State where
the climatic and soil conditions were un-
like those at Napa, the Riparia was unin-
iured.
The value of these considerations is ap-
parent when it is reflected that they point
away from any assumption that the
Riparia has developed specific disease.
II 1T has done SO the situation might be
regarded as serious. It is difficult to
imagine how such could be the case, as
the vine is growing in its native habitat,
and the rule in the domestication of wild
plants is that care and cultivation i'm
prove their quality and strengthen their
vigor. 1t cannot be expected, however,
that wild plant will thrive if the condi.
tions which heredity have fixed upon i,
are severely strained. A plant accus-
toned in wild state to moist soil will
have difficulty in growing in dry situa-
ton.
Ii the theory advanced to explain the
damage at Napa is correct the simple rem
edy is surface irrigation in the case OF
vineyards already grated to Riparia stock
when long, hot stretch of weather oc-
ours, or, in the case of new paintings, the
use of vines which send their roots deeper.
AS the Riparia is an excellent stock, it may
be expected to thrive in soils and climates
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07
THE K RAY.

If you can penetrate purse
And "take" the coins within IL resting;
If you can photograph ones bones
Inside the flesh that's them investing;
Forebodings must perforce ARISE,
Lest as your wondrous skill advances,
You may be able to expose
Views OF our inmost thoughts and fanciesi
'Tis bad when rude ''snap-shottists" take
Our features, all complaints deriding;
Twill be much worse when they can ''snap"
The motive which our breast is hiding;
And when some new Development
For, doubtless, you in time will score it
VIII make our heart as visible
AS though upon our sleeve we wore 1t.
should politicians then display
For cryptic speeches any leaning,
A Roentgen negative or two
would soon elucidate their meaning.
Vain would their special pleadiDgs be.
Which candor rules so oft transgresses,
Unless twas found their words agreed
With '.photos" of their minds recesses.
London Truth.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

thinks is the best and longest on the Pacific
Coast. 1t reaches from Portland proper, over
the Willamette River and through what used
to be East Portland, to Oregon City, and it
also has line to Mount Tabor, the entire
length being twenty-five miles. Said Mr..
Steele:
az think it is the finest electric road on the
Pacific Coast, and we take a good deal of
pride in it. 1t is very solidly built, and alto
gether it is splendid electric system.
''In regard TO business in Oregon it is fair
1t is picking up little. 1t can't be any worse
than it was for time, and think now that it
will gradually improve till we get back Oh the
good basis we were few years ago. 1t has
been q delightful winter there, except in
April, when it got quite unpleasant.
"In Oregon we are for what is called sound
money. We are not for free silver coinage, or
approaching it, as the Republicans are here.
Only the Populists are for that there. We
want protection there more than anything
else, and unless the country gets it, in my
judgment, we are going to see very hard
times. With it we will gradually come out OF
our financial difficulties.
az only came down for a brief stay. 1 must
get back soon to fix up the road between Ore
gon City aud Gladstone, the latter being q
mile and half from Oregon City. There
is magnificent grove OF fir and other
trees there capable of accommodating &c, 600
people. It is there that the Chautauqua Asso-
citation meets. An egg-shaped auditorium has
been built there which holds 5000 people
alone, and besides this there is an enormous
platform capable of accommodating large
numbers"
Mr. Steele was Postmaster of Portland for
nine years andseryed in the State Senate four
years. He is one of the solid representative
men OF Oregon, and is known to almost every
one in the three or four Northwestern States.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07
WORK WE'LL DONE.

The Sacramento convention has done
its work we'll. While the action taken
may not as whole be in accord with the
wishes of any particular individual, it will
be in the highest degree satisfactory to the
party generally. The platform is strong,
ringing declaration of principles, dealing
courageously with every issue before the
people. The delegation to st. Louis is
made up OF able, earnest and loyal men,
and while We believe they could accom-
plish more effective work he'd they been
left unpledged, yet they are men of such
eminent ability and influence that even
with the restrictions upon them there is
no doubt they will be able to do much to
advance the interests of California and
maintain the great cause of bimetallism.
The marked characteristic of the con-
vention was the earnestness with which
the members engaged in the work before
it and the orderly manner in which all
was accomplished. Differences of opinion
existed among the delegates on many SUBJ
iects, and there were many contests for
seats to be decided. These, under man
agement of less skillful leaders and organ
iZers, or left to the arbitration of men less
devoted to the great principles or less
loyal to the welfare of the party, might
easily have occasioned excitements that
would have resulted in antagonlsms and
bitterness. They were, however. dealt
with in the right spirit and settled with a
true political wisdom. Every step taken
tended to the establishment of a satisfac-
tory basis of agreement. and the result is
a harmony in which the whole party is
united.
The instructions given will place the
California delegation among the support
ers of Mckinley as long as there
is chance for his nomination. In
taking this action the convention un-
doubtedly intended to voice the gen.
eral sentiment of the Republicans of
the State, and none can question its right
and its ability to declare what that senti-
ment is. To the expression thus made all
California Republicans should give will
ing approval. There must be harmony and
unity of action in this as in all things else.
The highest authority of the party in the
State has spoken, and while there is pros
pect of his nomination at the National
Convention California will cast her vote
for Mckinley.
Out of the proceedings of the conven-
| ton, as out of every other political event
in these times, auguries can be drawn
bright with promise that the Republican
party will achieve in the coming campaign
the greatest political victory of this gen.
! Grafton. There is harmony in the party
everywhere. There is energy, enthusiasm
and unity in the rank and file. The cry of
patriotism, protection and prosperity
thrills every heart, and it is with ardor the
grand old party waits the day when it
shall overwhelm It's foes at the ballot box.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07
AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

George A. Steele of Portland, who for years
mas occupied a high place in the politics and
hnances of Oregon, is at the Grand.
he is one OF the alternates to the Repub-
llean National Convention at ST. Louis, has
been Treasurer of Multnomah County, Post
master at Portland, Deputy Collector of the
Port, member of the State Senate, and was
chairman OF the Republican State Central
committee which went out of office at the
time of the State Convention just held. He
mad been Chairman of the Republican State
Central Committee before.
Mr.. Steele has lived in Oregon thirty-three
years. He went there by way of San Francisco,
from Ohio, when but 10 years old. Since then
he has acquired large property.
he Is president and superintendent OF the
East Side Electric Railway, road which he
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

twenty-five inches at the widest part. 1t is q
delightfully."- graceful skirt. and looks equally
well in any fabric, and never gets out of shape,
as the cores are cut with a straight edge to
meet bias one at all the seams, excepting in
the back, where the cores are straight through
the center, with stay at each seam.
A skirt OF Dresden silk in reseda green with
bright coiored flowers and leaves in shadowy
outlines, and narrow stripes of black satin at
intervals OF two inches, was worn with black
satin coat OF the Louis XVI style. This had a
vest OF chiffon which harmonized with the
skirt, having the same design of roses and
leaves woven in. A bright green satin stock
with four larger loops at the back finished the
neck, with belt of the same at the full vest
front
A skirt of white taffetas with narrow black
stripes had two-inch bands of black satin ribbon
down each seam. This was overlaid with a
heavy white band of lace not quite so wide.
The effect was chic in the extreme, this being
worn with waist to match.
A skirt of black grenadine lined with tender
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

The Detroit Tribune in defending the
funding bill and Huntington's reputation
for honesty says: 1.-THE courts in Califor-
MIA are open for business every day in the
year. They stand ready at all times to
try criminals of all sorts who come within
their Jurisdiction. Exactly so, but the
Tribune forgets that Huntington has been
wary enough to get Kentucky franchise
and escape California's jurisdiction.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07
CALIFoRNIANS IN NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, N. Y, May 6.-Sailed per steam.
snip New York for Southampton: Joseph Bee.
Mrs. Bee, Mrs. Florence Cayeu. Miss sibv,
Cavell, George A. Pope, Mrs. Pope, Mrs. Caro-.
line Taylor, f. r. Webster. At the Hoffman.
). 7. Cladius, ]. Trounson; Imperial, A. A.
Grant, l. s. Aubry; Ashland, Mr.. and Mrs. F. e.
haverne; Belvedere, a. Neschraity: ST. Cloud,
W. W. d. Crauss: Metropole, ]. Hodges; Astor, c.
Shaw, G. Williams.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

which approximate those to which it is
accustomed infts native state.
OF course the vineyards of Napa repre-
sent but very small proportion of the
area in the State devoted to vines, and
hence the damage to the State is too small
for consideration. At the same time the
condition of affairs there demands the
most careful study. No threat to any OF
the vineyard and orchard interests of Cali
fornia has ever arisen but that means were
promptly found to avert it. This will be
the case with the Napa vineyards.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07
leaf green silk, had piping of the silk at each

IeuI green SIX, had piping OF the SIX at each
seam.
A black satin skirt had h andsome applique
design in jet and green spangles, which
crossed the foot of the front breadth, and
reached to the waist in graceful tapering
design over the seams of the front breadth.
Some of the new skirts are trimmed with
narrow braid at the foot, set in straight
rows. or forming small design at each seam.
Four of the eleven cores in this skirt are
gathered at the back, or may be laid in box