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lions from our national chairman to
tell you what to do in regard to elect
ors. When the electoral college meets
there will be 100 populists present, and
they will say, we will have the vice
president, or you will not elect Mr..
Bryan. | want to say right here that
there is no agreement between the pop
ulists and democrats, but in this state
we will have a proper proportion of the
electoral college. and if Mr.. Bryan is
the neX president, Mr.. Watson will
preside over the senate and have a
voice in the government
After the appointment of committees
the convention adjourned until .
o'clock.
The democratic and republican state
legislative committees are in the city,
awaiting developments.
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silver dollar. Assurance from empires
and scientists in finance that remon-
citation of the former dollar will at
once and permanently advance its
value TO par with gold must go for
what they are wor,h, in the face of op-
posing and controlling facts.
1T is for us to bring the continent Of
Europe back to the full recognition Of
the value of the metal as a medium of
exchange. The question of beginning
the coinage of silver dollars has arous-
ed much discussion as to its effect on
the public credit. My own view on this
question car be stated very briefly. |
believe the public creditor a afford
to be paid in any silver dollar that the
United States cali afford to coin and
circulate. We have $40. 600. 00O. 900 of
property in this country, and a wise
self interest will not permit us to over
turn its relations by seeking for an in
ferior dollar whorowith to settle the
dues and demands Of any creditor. The
question might be different from a NOR
ally selfish standpoint if, on paying the
dollar to the public creditor, it would
disappear, after performing that funC-
ton. But the trouble is that the infer
for dollar you pay the Elblic creditor
in circulation, to the exclusion
Of the better dollar. That which you
pay at home will stay there; thar which
you send abroad will come back. The
of the public creditor is indis-
solubly bound up with the interest of
the whole people. Whatever affects
him affects us all: and the evil that
we might inflict on him by paying an
inferior dollar would recoil upon us
with a vengeance as manifold as the
wealth of the republic tran
scends the comparatively small limits
of our bonded debt"
Many a days work is lost by sick
headache, caused by Indigestion and
stomach troubles. DeWitt's Little Ear
ly Risers are the most effectual pill for
overcoming such difficulties. Chas. n.
Water-right blanks at this office.
, 1896-07-29
TENNESSEE %POPULISTS.

Nashville, Tenn, July 2S.-The popu.
list state gubernatorial convention met
in the hall Of the house of representa-
tives this afternoon, and Hon. ]. H. Nc
Dowell waa elected temporary chair
man. Mr.. Mcdowell, upon taking the
chair. spoke Of the recent national con-
vention Of the party and said:
We have nominated the great Tom
Wateen Of Georgia, and now under
stand. 10 are not going to draw him on
under any circumstances.
r stand hsre inkrNoted by Senator
Butler - tell you this I have instruc-
, 1896-07-29
RAILROAD MANAGER SHOT.

Orlando, Fla, July 26.-At $50
o'clock tonight Capt. w. B. Tucker,
general manager of the Tavares, At
lantic and Gulf railroad and local man
ager of the Florida Central and Pen
insular railroad, was shot while sitting
in a bed room of his residence by AL
fred St. Clair Abrams, prosecuting at
torney of Lake county. Abrams used
a do~ubleIbarrel shotgun loaded with
,buckshot. He discharged only n bar
rel and only one bullet took effect. but
1t struck Tucker in the head and in
hicted, it is feared, a fatal wound. The
tragedy was caused by political trou-
0les and by Abrams belief hat his
young wife, with whom he had had
trouble, had been induced to leave him
by Tucker. and return to her parents
in Ohio. Abrams was lately the anti
railroad candidate for the legislature
in Lake county. He vas defeated, and
he charged that Tucker accomplished
it by the use of railroad money. Alb
rams wife was summering here, and
when he returned from Lake county
last night he found that she had gone
to her home in Ohio. Some one told
Abrams that his wife had sought Tuck
er's advice, and that the latter had ad-
vised her to leave her husband. This.
coupled with the Tucker political work
against him, enraged Abrams, and he
swore Vengeance. Tonight he procured
a shotgun and, going to fuckers resi-
dence, shot the latter as he was sitting
at a window. Abrams is under arrest.
He is the only son of Major Alex. St.
Clair Abrams, who has led the anti
railroad fight in Florida.
, 1896-07-29
GIANT POWDER EXPLODED.
Wrecking a Number of Buildings, But
No Lives Were Lost.

Victor, Colo, July 2S.-About 10
o'clock this morning an explosion of
giant powder laid on the sidewalk in
front of the Victor Hardware COM
pany's store caused great damage to all
property situated on the corner of Vic
tor avenue and Third street.
The Bank of Victor, adjoining the
hardawre store, suffered heavy dam
age. All the glass in the buildings adj
joining the Victor Hardware COM
pany's property were demolished and
the fronts of several buildings COM
pletely blown out and the buildings
wrecked.
The Combination saloon and billiard
parlors the Monarch club and the Green
Light saloon also suffered. The post
office block also was seriously dam
aged, all the windows being blown
out.
How the powder ignited is a mystery
as there were no fires or combustible
matter near it. All the occupants Of the
buildings are more or less injured. but
not, however. fatally.
The rooms over the Victor Hardware
company were occupied by mining
brokers, doctors and real estate dealers,
whose effects were also badly damaged.
Fortunately the offices were empty
about the time of the explosion or ia
t~alities would have been numerous.
The damage has been estimated at So
900.
, 1896-07-29
PITTSBURG FLOOD.

Pittsburg, Pa, July 2s.-Eight per-
sons were drowned in the flood last
night. Seven of these met death at Ce-
Gil, tn mining and oil hamlet Of WASH
ington county. The eighth victim going
down at Carnegie.
, 1896-07-29
OH YES

We keep Parks Cough syrup and we
tell everyone it is the best cough cure
sell. Everybody likes it and we sell
1t on a guarantee. Try if for your cold.
Sold by Egglcston and Desmond.
, 1896-07-29
BoiIS

1t is often difficult 10 convince peo-
pie their blood is impure, until dread
ful ]carbunclcs. assesses, boils. scrof-
ala or salt rhcum, are painful proof of
the fact. 1t is wisdom now. or when
evcr there is any indication of
, 1896-07-29
m pure

blood. to take Hoods Sarsaparilla. and
prevent such eruptions and suffering.
81 had a dreadful carbuE Gle abscess,
red, fiery, fierce and sore. The doctor at
tended me over seven weeks. When the
abscess broke, the pains were terrible, and
1 thought l should not live through it. ]
heard and read SO much about Hood's
5arsaparilla, that I decided to take it, and
my husband, who was suffering with
boils, took it also. 1t soon purified our
, 1896-07-29
Gladness Comes

\hIitn n better understanding of the
w transient mature of iiic many IhyS-
zeal ills, which vanish before proper Of
~forts-gcntlc INSTRUMENTATION
rightly di- cctcd. There is comfort in
the knowledge, that so IGany forms of
sickness are not due to any actual dis
ease, but simply 70 a constipated condi-
bon of the system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrupo Of Figs. prompt
ly removes. THAT is why it is the only
remedy with miiiionsof families, andis
everywhere esteemed so highly by all
who value good health. Its beneficial
effects are due to the fact, that It the
onc remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness without facilitating the
organs On which it acts. 1t is therefore
all important, IN order to get its bcnc-
fetal effects, to note when you pur-
chase. that You have the genuine arti-
Gle. which is manufactured by tie Cali
forniu Fig Syrup Co only and sold by
all rcputlblc druggists.
If in the enjoyment of good health,
and the system is REGULAR, laXaIivcs or
other remedies arc then 10 needed. If
afflicted Y Ii any actual disease, one
may be commended to the most silillful
physicians, hut if in need of Il laxative,
one shodld have 'hc best, and with the
Wcll-informcd very where, Syrup OF
Figs stands highest and Is most largely
rsedandg gives most general satisfaction
, 1896-07-29
DIR. GUILTY.

London. July 2S.-Before Lord Chief
Justice Baron Of Killowen, Baron Pol
lock and Justice Hawkins in the
queens bench division Of the high
court OF Justice today, in the trial Of DR..
Jameson. Major J.. W~iloughby, Col. R.
Grey. Col. H. F. White, Major R. White
and Capt. Henry F. Coventry, charged
with the violation of the nutrality laws
in in vading the territory Of South
African republic, the jury returned a
verdict that all defendants were guilty.
DR.. Jameson was sentenced to Is
months imprisonment without labor.
Major Wiloughby, 10 months; Major
White, seven months; Capt. Coventry,
Col. Grey and Col. White. five months.
, 1896-07-29
HANNA IN NEW YORK.

New York. July 23.-Mark A. Hanna.
chairman of the republican national
committee, arrived from Chicago to-
day. He said he could not give any
outline at present as to his movements
while here. He did not know whether
any of the members of the national
committee had reached the city, nor
exactly when the first meeting If the
committee would be held. He suggest
ed possibly tomorrow. He expressed
his willingness to talk to the reporters
after luncheon. but added. 81 don't
know how much | shall have to tell
you
Mr.. Hanna was asked if he had come
east to consult with the advisory
committee. There is no advisory COM
mittee." replied Mr.. Hanna. Il am go
ing to advise with every man who
knows more than | do. and there are
probably a good many of them. ! ex-
pect Mr.. Quay here tonight and Mr.. Ho-
bart will be owe tomorrow. In the aft
ernoon tomorrow we have a meeting
of the eastern members of the commit
tee, and we hope soon to have things
moving. i cannot now be further in
t~erviewed."
Mr.. Hanna then entered a cab for a
tour of inspection of quarters eligible
for the uses OF the national committee
in the eastern campaign work.
, 1896-07-29

The annual convention Of fire chief
engineers will he held In Salt Lake
August 10 to IA, and the Union Pacific
win make a rate Of one fare for the
round trip for the occasion. Selling
dates August 8 and 9. good for continu-
u passage, with a final limit OF 20
days from the date Of sale.
, 1896-07-29

Bobby-"There was a new boy in
school today" Bingo-"In your class?"
Bobby-"I guess not! l licked him
with one hand.'-Puck.
, 1896-07-29
SALT LAKE TRIBUNE.
Reduced to $500 per Year After June |,
1896.

On June list the Salt Lake Tribune
will reduce the price of the semi-week-
ly to $500 per year. The present high
standard will be maintained, and every
effort will be made to keep the semi
weekly in the front rank.
Whisper it to your n%eighbOrs that the
Republican is the best paper in the
state, and that it can be had for so
cents per month.
Daily Republican SOC per month.
, 1896-07-29
TALKED OF THE WEATHER.

New York. July 2S.-The democratic
state committee met at the Hoffman
house today, and at a session lasting
only is minutes decided to call the con-
vention for the nomination OF state
officers to'meet at Buffalo on Septem-
Der 16. No other business was consid-
cred at the meeting.
Prior to the meeting several of the
leaders among the committeeman were
questioned as to the probable action OF
the state convention in regard to the
candidate and platform of the national
| convention. recently held at Chicago.
The general sentiments were that the
candidates will be endorsed. but on the
subject of platform there was far less
unanimity.
Chairman Hinckley. when asked for
a statement as to the probable treat
ment Of the silver question at Buffalo
responded with an elaborate opinion
on the subject OF the weather.
, 1896-07-29

Water-right blanks at this office.
, 1896-07-29

Daily Republican soc per month.
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-28

ertv-holders that some kind of a
remedy should be applied. But the rich
corporations are not the only ones that
are favored. There are very many pri-
vate individuals who appear to know how
to have their property greatly under
valued. There is no doubt at all that
were all property assessed in ratio to its
selling value taxes could be reduced enor-
mously, and that is exactly what should
be done.
Some people do not seem to realize that
1T is Just as much of crime to rob the
community as an organized government
as it is to rob citizen by lying him out of
his money, but there is no difference, ex-
cept that in lying the community out of
its Just dues the perjurer robs the poor.
The position of some of our property
bolders and the corporations generally is
that the original cost should be the basis
of appraisement, but it is not at all ten
able. The earning power and oppor-
tunity of property represent its true
value. The land upon which very large
percentage of American towns and cities
stand was sold originally for 81 %
per acre, and it would be just as much
sense to appraise its value on that basis as
it would be to appraise the Market-street
Railways property at the first cost of con-
structlon. If there is one feature of our
system of government that needs to be re-
adjusted more than another it is the
method of appraisement of property
valune
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-28
FALSE PROPERTY APPRA1sEMENT

It is a matter of very little consequence
whether the appraisement of property is
the full or the one-tenth of its value. 1t
Is uniformity of appralsement that is
wanted, and that is what are called small
taxpayers should demand and keep on de-
manding until such system of assessing
values is established as would be equita-
BILE. The spirit of California's revenue
laws intends that there shall be perfect
equality and fair appraisement, but cor
porations are permitted to undervalue
their property, while the private citizen,
unless he have pull is compelled to
submit to an appraisement which not only
provides for his own taxes, but adds
enough to cover his proportion of the sum
necessary to make good the loss occasioned
by the undervaluation given to corpora
tlons and others having influence with the
powers that be.
differentiation of property is not made
through Ignorance. 1t is deliberate pur-
pose to disregard the law and cover up the
act with thick layer of perjury. The
ratio of difference that is made between
the value of private and corporate prop
erty in San Francisco has become SO
glaringly unjust and so unfriendlv
to the middle and lower class OF prop
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-28
THE WAY OF AN ENGLISH JUDGE.

The difference between the methods OF
English and American courts when deal
ing with criminals is very marked. Annie
Dyer, the "baby-farmer" and child-mur-
derer, whose awful crimes shocked the
civilized world month ago, was convicted
after trial lasting only two days, and two
weeks later she was hanged. An Ameri-
can lawyer was present during the trial
and he came away thoroughly convinced
that the criminal court methods of Eng
land are very far superior to ours. He
was surprised to see a jury impaneled,
sworn and in the iury-box in less than
twenty minutes. Upon inquiry he found
that the court would not allow such ques-
ton to be propounded as our courts per-
nit. The Judge simply wanted to know
that man was of sound mind and good
habits. As to what his private opinion
might be or how much he might have
read about the case the court cared
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-28
THE VOICE OF BUSINESS MEN.

The position of THE CALL. that because
of the wreck and ruin which the operation
of the Wilson-Gorman tariff has inflicted
upon the country the question of re-
storing the Mckinley schedule is naturally
and necessarily the paramount issue, is
indorsed by manufacturers, fruit and to-
bscco growers and business men of all
lines of trade. On another page will be
found interviews with many of the most
substantial manufacturers OF and dealers
in special and general lines of CONNER
cial commodities, and if any one has a
doubt as to these representative men
of California's industrial and commercial
interests feel, let him read the opinions of
these gentlemen. But whether the reader
believes or does not believe that protection
should be made the paramount issue, let
him read these interviews for the informa-
ton they furnish will be found an in
structive recital of facts.
1t has been clear to the minds of the
business men of California for nearly three
years that schedule of import taxes as high
if not higher than was provided for in what
is known as the Mckinley act of 1890 is
needed to give proper encouragement to
State. The material, the energy and the
capital are now and have been waiting
for assurances that they can rely upon
the needed protection from business
wrecking competition of other countries.
Scarcely manufacturer or exporter, so
far as THE CALL has been able 10 ascer-
tain, thinks it would be wise to divert
public attention from the tariff question
by giving undue prominence to other is
sues. Not that the money question, a
manly foreign policy and reciprocal trade
relations with other countries are not mat
ters of great concern, but let us first look
to the foundation of the editice and
strengthen it in all its parts. Nc
thinking man would say that the
country could be put upon sound
business footing while such law as the
present tariff act was operative. for both
experience and observation say 1t could
not. If the tariff question transcends all
others in Importance it is because Of the
demand of the trade and industries of the
country that it be given preference. 1t is
the cry for help from struggling mills,
factories and wage-earners that makes
protection the central thought.
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-28
LIVING LANDMARK OF SAN
FRANCISCO.

The gradual but sure obliterstion and ex-
tinction OF the landmarks of San Francisco
impresses the pioneer with feeling of sad
ness that none but pioneer can realize. AS
he witnesses the destruction or demolition OF
some me-honored structure, upon which his
mind throngs with memories of the past, to
make room for some modern edifice, he is re-
minded of the fact that he himself constitutes
one of the few human landmarks that are
rapidly passing and disappearing to make
place for newer if not a better generation,
and as his gaze roams about him, scarcely able
to recognize feature of nature or of human
ity, q feeling of isolation, almost of desols-
ton. oppresses him.
These reflections were evoked while the
writer, himself a pioneer, was visiting an aged
invalid a short time since, and prompts this
sketch OF the career OF man who can justly
claim to be one OF the pioneer founders of san
Francisco.
AS rule the lives of the early corners to
California are more replete with romantic and
dramatic incident than the lives of those
passed in the older-settled communities for a
like number of years. The life and career of
the subject of this sketch cannot fail to prove
interesting to the general reader, but espe-
cially to those conversapt with the political
history of the State from its origin, both as to
men and measures.
Ezekiel Wilson was born in Warner, n. H.,
October z, 1916. He is of honorable Scotch
and Irish descent. He arrived in California
in February, 1850. He mined at Murphys
Camp, in Calaveras County, for short time,
but finding the life of miner uncongenial,
he removed to San Francisco, and shortly after
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-28
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
poPuLrsr vANrAeE-GRouND.

UNITED, AGGRESSIVE, TERRIBLY IN EARNEST
PoPULIsTs WIN THEIR WAY.
To the Editor of the San Francisco CaH-SIR:
Superficial observers have ludicrously in
adequate conception of the supreme vantage
ground held by the Populists in the present
campaign, failing, as they do to note and con-
slider the radical change in the political condi-
tions which give unique character to the
great contest now at hand. Such observers
will smile derisively over the claim that Popu-
lists will win their way in the struggle now
fairly begun. Perhaps it would be unkind to
destroy their illusions This letter, however,
is written for men who look beneath the sur
face and are not won or led by exploding pow
der, brass bands and lurid lights. 1t is written
with the full knowledge that there are such
men in large numbers at this time.
Such men are beginning to become impressed
with the surprising growth OF the Peoples
party and the notable victories II has won
under such inauspicious conditions, finding
these results thus achieved full OF significance
as compared with the present situation.
Adullamites they might well be called four
short years ago; unorganized, almost total
strangers to each other, lamentabfg deficient
in leadership, not free from lurking distrust
where clear confidence is essential, they never
theless went to battle against two great
National parties, well organized, thoroughly
disciplined, full of confidence, bound by party
fealty, inspired and commanded by great
leaders, supplied with ample campaign funds,
the united hosts eager for victory, and 1t is
little wonder that the poyerty-stricken Popu-
lists were despised ana ridiculed till their
votes were reluctantly counted.
1t need not be written down here that all
this is now changed. United, aggressive, ter
ribly in earnest, with trusted leaders and con-
fidence in each other, aroused by impending
danger and growing poorer and more depend
ent by harder times and constantly augment
ing burdens and hardships, their rights more
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-28

nothing. The Judge assumed as matter
of course that an Englishman would be
true to his oath-that is, to divest his
mind of all prejudice and try the case on
its merits. That certainly was high
compliment to the loyalty of Englishmen
to the written law of the land. 1t made
no difference to the court whether juror
was or was not opposed to capital punish
ment. There was the law and that was
enough. The jury was not impaneled TO
moralize, but to vindicate the law of the
land.
The question of the sex of the prisoner
did not enter into the proceeding before the
court. The Judge wanted and would allow
nothing but clear, cold, hard facts to be
presented. He would allow no spread
eagle appeals to the sentimental side OF
the jurors. He not only gave the prisoner
every possible opportunity to prove her in
nocence, but questioned the witnesses him
self to see if something in her favor could
not be revealed. The Judge sat there ap
parently Indifferent to Great Britain, the
public or the prisoner. He represented
the law and was there to administer it. 1t
mattered not to him whether the prisoner
was man or a woman, of noble or hum BILE
birth. 1t was charged that the law had
been grossly violated. Naturally he did
not believe it had been when the trial
opened. He could not, in his officia, capa-
city, any more understand how citizen of
England could violate a law of England
than a juror could fail to observe his oath to
try the case according to the law. But when
the evidence was all in, the case summed
up by the attorneys and the most had
been made of all extenuating circum-
stances, the jury said the prisoner was
guilty, the Judge believed so, too. The
guilty one must be punished in the same
degree that she violated the law, and the
Judge, seeing nothing but an insulted and
outraged law, sent the prisoner away to
be hanged in fortnight. How very much
there is need of such Judge and jury in
San Francisco.