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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-04
ATTITUDE OF LIBERALS.
DR.. J. L. York Advises All Populists
to Vote the Republican Ticket.

DR.. ]. L. York, the noted liberal orator,
addressed a large and enthusiastic audi
ence at Scottish Hall Sunday evening,
upon liberalism and Politics" DR.. York
has been Appointment advocate of Popu-
list principles for number Of years, but
nrior to the adoption of those views he
was staunch Republican and was sent
TO the Legislature by that party. Speak
ing of the present political situation the
doctor said:
"Populism is nearly dead. The Demo-
crafts have swallowed it. There is but one
course for honest liberals and middle-ot-
the-road Populists. They must either not
vote at all or cast their ballots FOR the
party whose patriotism and statesman
Shin have saved the country In the past,
and carried II safely through the perllS
neace / do not believe in boosting into
bower the Democrats of, this country. II
will take a long time to make a Staunch
old Republican fuse with a Democrat L
hone the old flag will wave right on over
aUerv foot of acquired Spanish soil. No
man should be elected Mayor of this city,
with the appointing power the new char
ter confers upon that office, who Will
should be elected Governor of this State
who will draw every Democratic vote.
The spirit of Republicanism is not dead,
and / have faith that 1t Will save our
country in the future as 1t has in the
mast, with bullets in time of war, and
ballots in time of peace.
DIR. York will continue these meetings
every Sunday evening during the month
under the auspices OF The sunday Pat
noIitical issues will be freely discussed.
The cheers and applause which greeted
the speaker spoke sentiments of the lib
eral element OF this city, whose votes
will be cast for Republican candidates in
NOvArnher
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be the next Mayor. / will say, however,
that II 1t lies in my power and In the
power of my friends, will take my place
In that office on the first day OF next jan
uary. I am no millionaire, but come De
fore you as a man of the people and ask
for your votes. AT the last convention
insisted that the Republican party should
s,1pport the new charter adopted by this
city. Nobody dare say we cannot nave II,
and every Senator and Assemblyman must
favor it, / viii do all in my power TO
have 1t adopted.
az believe in the dollar limit and II the
Republican Board of Supervisors Is
elected you will not have to pay more.
The platform stands for public ownership
of utilities I pay 81 80 a month here for
water that would cost but SO year In
Philadelphia We pay interest to Spring
Valley on stock and land it does not use
I will pledge myself to endeavor TO stop
Il I come before you having made no
pledge to man or corporation, except 10
the people of this city. If l have any
patronage to dispense you need only
come to me and not go to any political
boss. When the Legislature of this great
State approves the new charter Of this
CITY. see to 1t that Henry t. Gage signs
the BILL Mr.. Gage spoke briefly saying;
Ladies and gentlemen: At this late
hour and after all the Republican sentl-
ments you have heard, l feel sure that
Won do not expect to hear me speak upon
the issues of the campaign. feel deeply
the kind reception you have accorded me
and cannot refrain from thanking you for
the demonstration. I feel, however, that
# is not personal to me, but that 1t Is
given solely for the party which L repre-
sent and for its principles. l feel at this
moment somewhat as q countryWoman or
mine did one time. She had engaged IN
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PROVING HIS CASE.

'I never have been able to get 1t
through my head she said as the lights
in beginning a letter-'dear' or my dear
OF course mean preceding name.
ut depends upon circumstances to a
large extent" he replied.
But dear is unquestionably term Of
endearment,' she protested.
And yet he asserted, ITS absence
may make an endearing phraseM,da love :!
II fail to see how she returned, blush
ing prettily, merely because of the course
the conversation was taking. Il should
say rather that it became the more Sig
nifcant as one approached the superla-
I'm a measure. it depends" he admit
ted; "but much depends upon the circum-
stances and the persons involved. If an
old gentleman writing to you addresses
you as Dear Miss Brown that is dis
tinctly formal, while if he says My Dear
Miss Brown It seems a trifie patronizing
and fatherly, and to that extent is more
friendly. But If a young man uses Dear
and Ny Dear the conditions seem to be
II don't see how"
Then let me Illustrate he said. Sup
pose I should address you as My Dear
Girl That would seem rather patroniz-
ing would it not, as If were about to
point out some little error or bit of fool,
fshness? But if I should say Dear Girl,
how about that? Does II not mean more
than the other in my case?'
"While you are about it, she suggest
ed, again DIuSnlnSs why AAlSHI SOA AOI
say Dearest Girl? ="
1.-THE superlatives are used so much by
some Americans" he said, that they
lose much of their force and often do not
seem to to have the strength found In
lesser degrees. AS love terms Dear
Heart and Sweet Heart have stood the
test of years, and any attempt to put
them in the superlative, as Dearest
Heart and Sweetest Heart instead OF
being more effective would be simply
farcical and would detract from, rather
than add to- their significance.
but how about withdrawing the word
dear entirely?" she asked, for being q
woman it was only natural that she
should wish to make study of all the
intricacies of these terms You spoke
of that, you know"
Certainly" he answered: land can
prove the truth of what 1 said. Again
| let me illustrate with you. 1 say to you,
| NV Dear Mamie It may mean much,
| IT may mean little. 1t depends upon cir
| cumstances. 1t may seem patronizing, or
| it may not That also depends upon cir
| cumstances, and not the tone. But we
| take away the word dear, and then
say to you My Mamie What do you
say to that?'
| fiWhy, II guess I am. she replied
| blushing a deeper red than before, 'but
YOU might have found out whether l was
or. not without adopting such round
| about method"
Nevertheless, having proved his case
| and accomplished his purpose, he proceed
| ed to take Observation-Disclosures Evening
] Post.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-04

Greasy baths may be made perfectly
clean by lightly securing with a wet fan
mel dipped In common salt.
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PETITIONS BY
THE DOZENS ARE
BEING PEDDLED
Independents Will Be
Very Numerous.
C0R0NER'S FEES AN ISSUE
REPORTS SHOW THE OFFICE TO
BE VERY DESIRABLE
J. ]. Tobin Declines to Run for
State Senator on the Ticket
Put Up by the
Fusionists.
REPORTS SHOW THE OFFICE TO
BE VERY DESIRABLE.
Oakland office San Francisco Call,

COS Broadway. Oct 8.
Petitions of Independent candidates, are
now the order of the day and no one can
pass along Broadway without beng I'M
portuned to give an aspiring pohtlclan an
opportunity to get on the ticket. Last
FRIDAYS convention brought at least
twenty Independent candidates into the
field, all of whom had to procure the nee
essary three per cent of signatures TO en-
able them to get on the ballot. Each hour
party lines are getting wider apart anu
the campaign is now free-for-all
Already dissatisfaction among the iu-
sionists is being manifested. ]. J. Tobln
of Alameda who was nominated for State
Senator from the Twenty-eighth Distrlct'
has sent in his resignation to the county
committee, for business reasons nho-
ing it impossible to make the campaign.
Other designations are expected.
Much interest has been shown in the
statement of James Taylor, an tndepend--
ent candidate for Coroner, that he Will
give all the fees Of the office to the Asso-
ciated Charities, should he be elected:
While it is not altogether clear how
this understanding" may conflict with
the purity of election law, there is much
speculation as to just waat ra Mp az the
Coroner for the past year shows that the
fees for inquestss which it is presumed
Mr.. Taylor intends, If elected, to give to
SIPS snS ASS0'i@'s0 a'''''S'
Other items connected with the Coro-
ners office show that apart from the fees
there is a very large amount paid that Of
fetal for the business accompanying the
work of the Office. These fees for the last
year are:
Mileage, 1914 Is; removal of bodies.
s5S7 90; directing funerals, $942; inspecting
bodies, $3.50; burial Of indigents, $507; total
$3.50 65.
There are yet other items connected
with the Coroner's office which must be
considered. Under the heading of burial
Of indigents.' other than the S5o7. SlsSS
has been spent during the year. and In
another department of the annual report
$3.50 is shown TO have been spent for the
burial of Union soldiers. All this bust
ness would naturally go to the under
taker who might be Coroner Conse-
quently, Mr.. Taylor is probably right ii
stating that the business of the office IL
worth more than the fees.
Tomorrow evening the Republican ALI
ance will give a house-warmtng at Its
new quarters IN Elite Hail.
A Mcguire club will be organized in the
Fourth Ward tomorrow evening and or
the same night the Second Ward Re
publican Club will meet at Milton Hall
and the Fourth Ward Republican Clut
In PeOple's Hall.
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political office In this city as County
Clerk. He referred to his past record in
putting 1000 men to work, and IN other
ways assisting the laboring classes. Ihen'
turning his attention to the Candidates
for Congress in the district, ne salo;
I'VE have in the present contest man
named Kahn as our candidate. DO you
think that any railroad interest would
want Kahn? Hardly. AS for his oppo-
nent, all that can be said Of him is that
he is a human centiped with one thou
sand legs and a sting In the end OF each
leg. You never know where to look Tor
him.
Before I close 1 wish to make few
remarks about Mayor Phelan. He spent
the best part of four years trying TO
prove that 1 was unfaithful IN the ONCE
of County Clerk. 1t might be noticed
that his efforts came to grief. Possibly
some one would be interested in knowing
how this same Mayor, this apostle OF re-
form, happened to go into the County
Clerks office and declare that his father
estate was worth a certain figure ana
then straightway go to the Assessor
Office and swear that 1t was only worth
one-third Of that sum. The worst Re-
publican on the ticket nominated is bet
ter than the best Democrat ever put up
for office, and I confidently believe that
the people will 80 decide in November"
William Deane, candidate for County
Clerk, followed In a brief address stating
that he was confident of support south
of Market street inaSmuch as this por-
ton of the city had been his residence for
years, and he was we'll acquainted with
all of the people.
Julius Kahn, candidate for Congress,
paid glowing tribute to President Nc
Kinley, and said that the proper policy
for the people of San Francisco to follow
was to elect Republican Congressman so
that the administration could be success
fully approached and favors secured for
the Pacific Slope. If work on the new
Postoffice building could be commenced
through the active efforts of Republican
Congressman the sum of $4,000, 900 would
be paid out by the Government in San
Francisco, greatly to the benefit OF the
laboring classes. Many idle men would
be given employment and the whole COM
munity therefore, benefited.
Short speeches followed by George Cald-
well, Thomas E. Brophy, candidate for
Assemblyman; Thomas f. Graham. can
didate for Police Judge; Supervisor-to-be
Collins and Tax Collector-to-be Sheehan.
The candidate for Mayor on the Repub-
lican ticket, Charles L. Patton, was also
a speaker. Among other things, he said:
This city can be run on 81 tax levy,
if its affairs are conducted on business
like basis, and I pledge myself to have
it done, in case 1 am elected Mayor, If
any effort of mine can be sufficient. The
water works and the gas works should
be owned by the city, and I shall favor
the acquisition of plants. There is no
boss and no corporation that has any
string on me, and l shall be free from
all entanglements.
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GAGE AND PATTON ADDRESS MANY VOTERS

DELL Samuel Hartman, o. B. Tourteliot, J.
@. Tyrrell. Claus Tiedemann, Thomas MIL
lard Frank Elliott, W. H. Donovan, A.
sicheei. T. W. Brennan. s; l. Jacobs. Jacobs:
Fleming, Gus Mingst, L. c. LouderbacK'
Charles Jost, William r. Jost, j. Shaen,
]. H. Speck. H. Y. P. Deming, Dorsen
Nicholas. Charles Heinecke, August Stoltz,
J. B. Solomon, T. b Upton, A. r van
Duser, A. A. Watson, J. c. B.: Hebbard, j.
A. Hosmer, h H. Hart. /. w. Hell
man, P. Hammond, Ed l. Head
Judge J. Hunt. Charles P: LIE Breton.
Oscar Lewis. George B: Morse, Harry
Falk, H. ]. higgins. D. Rosenthal, > M
Rosenthal William D. Keystone, W; y.
johnson, A Davidson, 2. Muller. WlihaIh
E. Letson, r. L. Hasseltine, Ed HoiIano,
John Lackmann, Howard Black DAVIS
Louderback, James M. Trout, A B. Treao-
WELL Charles A. Low. J. z. Barry, =: y
Groezinger, Sig. NJ Bettman, Leon Den
merry. J. c. Boobar, W: H. RicE E n
c. Dibble, William Cuff A. D. Cutler, J.
Levi. NJ. R. Dundast A. W Starbird'
Samuel Foster. e. ]. Cote, n. l.. Ticnnor'
Thomas H Browne, Simon Neuman, w. 7.
Galloway, ]. H. Gilmore, c. L. p. Marva1s'
a. U. Dodge, P. D. Code. William wallace
Mark Lane B. N. Rowley. s. NJ. Smith, h.
g. Prince. J. F. Pinkham, M. f. Taylor'
Thomas Letson.
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apt to look upon the campaign for Gov
ernor as an off year in politics. This is
not q correct view to take. There are
national issues of great moment to be
considered. The election of a Repubh-
can Congressman is one OF them. The
country would not have been in debt
when President Mckinley assumed office
had Cleveland not been aided by a Dem
ocratic House. The Democratic party is
a party of isms When you want history
go to the Republican party; when you
want objections go to the Democrats.
1.-THE war has made American people
one people. The men who crossed to Cuba
and fought desperately at Ell Caney and
Santiago knew no North, no South. They
were Americans under the American flag.
Tonight the world knows it is best to
be aware of America when she is aroused.
81 thought Mr.. Bryan's free silver party
was deeply buried, but Mcguire digs it up
by indorsing the platform of the free sill
yer Republicans. Mcguire poses as the
only anti-monopolist the coast. l
thought many Republicans voted against
the funding bill. The solution of the rail-
road question is not to be brought about
by speeches. I thought the great anti
monopolists were the men who spent
their money on rails and cars, to build a
competing railroad down through the San
Joaquin Valley. These men are with Gage
to the finish They are behind him because
they know he is honest, and there are no
strings on him and no promises to keep
to the railroad people. 1t was my privilege
to urge before the convention in Sacra-
mento his claims as an honest, fearless
Californian man. The American people
want fair play and a fair field. and that is
all we ask for Mr.. Gage"
Chairman Worth in introducing Charles
L. Patton remarked that some time since
the Democrats were saying the Repub-
licans had no man who could run against
their representative. Now they say the
Democrats have put up a man who will
be hard to beat. He then presented Mr..
Patton as the next Mayor. The latter
said:
Ladies and gentlemen, will not go SO
far as the chairman and say that I will
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-04
ROLLING OUT THE GUNPowDER.

At a recent fire in Boston, which filled
the neighboring building, gun store,
with smoke and threatened its destruc-
ton, man quietly sat upon the powder
chest near the dor until it was removed
to a safe place in an adjacent block. The
cool deed recalls an aneedote told In "A
God Child of Washington, about hre
in New York, in 1888, while the. British
were getting ready to evacuate the city.
Colonel Morgan Lewis had returned to
his house in the city, and with him. as
guests. were Mr.. and Mrs Alexander
Hamilton Fire broke out In the arsenal.
and ali classes We're frightened. Those
Americans who had returned to their
homes feared that the arsenal had been
SET on fire by the British. The British
soldiers kept aloof, lest they should be
suspected and become the object Of popu-
lar violence. The flames continued I'M
Colonel Lewis and Mr.. Hamilton were
forming the citizens in line to pass
leather buckets from hand to hand, when
a soldier announced that all was lost, as
the arsenal contained several barrels of
gunpowder, oich the fire had just
reached.
said Colonel Lewis to the British soldiers
ssYes. sir, willingly" they replied.
Hamilton and Lewis led the way into
the burning arsenal and the soldiers fol-
lowed. They. rolled out through the, fire
the barrels of gunpowder, calling them
city-Youth's Companion.
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SPEAKERS AT LAST NIGHTS
REPUBLICAN RALLY.

numerous contests with her worst half,
meeting with varying success, sometimes
being the victor and sometimes the loser.
On the occasion which | have in mind
she was particularly anxious to prove sue
cessful as many neighbors were witnesses
Of the conflict. So she prayed: %! Lord,
you know 1 am not one of those always
dinging at you for favors; If you come
to my assistance this time I'll never pray
to you for favor again
This Is the position in which I appear
before you as candidate. I have never
received salary in all my life from an
elective office. I hope to soon through
your assistance. If do will achieve the
sole ambition of my life, that of being
Governor of this glorious State of Cali
fornia. have often in the years that have
passed expressed the sentiment that /
would rather be the Governor of this
State than President of the United States.
If elected / promise that / will SO dis
charge the duties of my office that you
will feel 1 have never been dominated by
any man or any corporation. 1 will adj
minister the office honestly, bravely,
economically and in a businesslike man
! ner. 1 will always strive to serve my
fellow-beings on lines Of equal rights and
| justice to ALL
acted as vice-presidents of the evening:
Asa r. Wells 1. J. Truman, William
Conkin, T. H. Mccarthy, William Nc
! Kenzie William T. Kibbler. D. L. Reyn-
olds, Dawson Mayer. A. A. Louderback,
W. II. Powers. A NJ. Cox, George F. Rob-
erts, John E. Quinn. Frank Hanlon, j. p.
Frenna, A. Simon. ]. Afeld. NJ. H. Shop
ard, L. e. Price, John D.. siebe, N. Blbo,
NJ h Smith, Charles $. Laumeister. Will
liam Fitzgerald, Lowell Howe. Thomas F.
Niece, Hugh Fraser, William j: Herrin.
| Amos Currer, Charles s. Tilton, Henry p.
Sonntag. julius Morris Charles F. Breden-
stein, James r. Martin, Sanford Plummer.
Jacobs. George w. Lewis. Oliver Olsen. w.
W. Alien, H. S. Milzner, II. H. Adams.
| Barnet, Henry s. Martin, A. p. Bergerot,
E Cohrn, d. ]. Murphy, Judge Carroll
Cook, II. G. w. Dinkelspiel, John T. Dare,
E. l. Sheehan, George W. Dixon, f. Dan
| Berthier, .. NJ. Burns. b. p. Flint, H. c.
| Firebaugh, J. A. Drinkhouse. H. N. Gray
| S. j. Hendy, w ]. Hawkins r. F. Gray
| L. L. Dobbs, Edward Holland, L. L. Dorr
| G. f. Schwartz, NJ. b. Woodwork, II. B.
Gray, H w. Mathews, G. ]. Wilder G.. J.
Strong e NJ. Ayers. George s Graham.
Proctor K. Bowernaan. M Boehm. ' Phiin
Hessler, G. S. Patton, ID. M. Skilien, Gus
| Hartman, Judge George II. Bahrs, j. G.
Campbell George a. Stone. John C. Lynch,
| William Gilchrist Thomas H Burns, John
| Charles w. Conlisk, Louis Plank, ]. w.
Perry, Daniel A. Ryan, e. B. Cutler.
Charles II. Hubs, Julius Caimann, d. G. B.
Mccarthy, Max Newberry, William Cald-
Fred Fry, John ]. Sullivan. Oscar Tolle.
| A Walrath M. A. Dorm, A L. Hart, ]. c.
Daily, P. L. Archibald, F. F. Weed, D. w.
West; T. B. c9ekrill, George Bushnell. J.
gen, H. L. Curtis A. L. Stone. D. English,
J. w. Bepchley, Louis Levin, Harvey Bur-
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snelline Still in the Fight.

The hearing of the mandamus proceed
ings begun in the Supreme Court by T.
Carl Spelling to compel Secretary of State
Brown to place his name on the State
ticket as the regular Democratic NOM
inee for Congress in the Fourth District
was postponed yesterday, owing to the
fact that Spelling had not been served
with a copy of the answer. The answer
was served on Spelling, later in the day
the hearing either to-day or Wednesday.
Spelling claims that he has the Demo
cratic nomination and that he is entitled
to the place on the ticket instead of James
II. Barry, the Populist-Democratic NOM
inee
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Laguna Club Meeting.

The Laguna Democratic Club held a
well attended meeting at Schmidt's Hall,
corner of Fell and Franklin streets, last
evening The speakers of the evening
were John P. Dunn. William Craig, WIZ
liam Hinton, William F. White, Frank
Murasky Charles Holcomb and Robert
L. Mann. The officers of the club are:
John Hayes, president George Botcher,
vice president; Timothy Riordan, secre-
tary; Stephen Clark, sergeant at arms.
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WHAT AMBER CONTAINS.

More than 200 kinds of extinct life. in
Guiding insects, reptiles, plants shell,
fruit, etc, have been found in amber. In
an English collection, which is valued at
900, Is perfect lizard, eight inches
long.