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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-08

that it was within his personal knowl-
edge that members of the committee
who received nominations at the hands
of the State Convention had appointed
delegates to that convention who
they knew were favorable to their can
didacy.
This assertion caused another howl to
be raised and 1t was not until Chair
man Dunn, who, by the way, was him
self within the sweeping limits Of the
accusation, poured oil on the troubled
fight was averted.
The first business of Importance that
came before the meeting were the
designations of William Craig, candi-
date for Congress from the Fifth Dis
trict and James N. Block They were
M. Hinton, candidate for Railroad
Commissioner, then handed in his
resignation. This brought DR.. Beverly
Cole to his feet. He declared he was
surprised that at the twelfth hour Mr..
Hinton and the other gentlemen had
discovered the improperly of being
members of the Committee of One
Hundred. Is it possible" he said,
that these gentlemen have just dis
covered that they occupy a delicate
position before the public? Is it posi-
BILE that when they were naming dele
gates to the State convention they did
not know that they were to be candi-
dates before that convention? If 1 al
lowed myself to be influenced by nv
ideas of proprfety would say that nv
friend Mr.. Hinton ought to be ashamed
of himself"
Chairman Dunn apologiZed for Mr..
Hinton and himself by saying that
neither had desired to serve as mem
bers of the committee and that their
1. III. L.,
When peace had been restored the
magazine was again fired by a motion
offered by Joseph N. Nougues, provid-
ing that all members intending to be-
come candidates for municipal Offices
should hand in their designations at the
next meeting of the committee. Francis
J. Heney offered as an amendment that
on and after September Is no member
of the committee would be eligible to
a nomination at the hands of the
municipal convention. In speaking to
the motion Mr.. Heney said that it was
improper that candidate for nomina-
ton should have voice in the selec-
ton Of the delegates whom he wished
to act on his candidacy.
Franklin K. Lane resented the con-
illusions Of Mr.. Heney purely in the in
tereStS of the horde of WOuld-be cam
didates, of which he is one He de-
clared that he was of the opinion that
no member of the committee would take
such an unfair advantage We are
among gentlemen and men of honor"
he said, land do not believe that thew
would do anything that was not gem
tlemanly and honorable"
Heney-I personally know Of mem
bers Of this committee who appointed
delegates to the State convention who
would vote for them as candidates be-
fore that convention.
Chairman Dunn-It would be gentle
manly Of you to give names.
Heney-I refer to a candidate for
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convention with solid delegation from
the First Ward, and that he had no fear
of the result.
Il shall certainly have a place on the
Republican ticket said the Assessor this
from my ward, and l have no doubt re-
garding my support from the other
wards. l cannot say now what other can
First. 1 understand that Robert Graham
is candidate for Auditor and DR.. Blood
for, Coroner, but as yet we have had no
understanding with one another
from the railroad. That is but natural
l will admit have done nothing for them
pect them to do anything for me except
probably try to throw me down. I have
so much confidence in my own standing
before this county that l venture to say
that no Republican ticket will be made
up without my name being upon it, l am
nov, seeing how many of my friends are
wards, and / am gratified at the h pros
pect."
This statement of Mr. Dalton ends
much uncertainty, 1t means that there
SCISSOR Dalton from the extreme west of
town and Bob" Leckie from the east
end. should Mr.. Leckie succeed in getting
the delegation from the Seventh. This
possibility is of course. denied by Frank
Jordans supporters. One of the. most
walkover in the Seventh Ward for any
body. The contest between Frank Jordan
and the dissatisfied Hilborn men is being
famed by interested parties, and the pri-
maries may produce a surprise either
way.
There has been much talk about some
of the San Francisco Republican leaders
taking hand in Alameda politics. This
statement is generally regarded as alb
surd. Although it is possible in view of
facts that can be guessed at by every
intelligent politician, that much interest
may be felt in the county legislative
ticket, it is ridiculous to assume or to pre-
sumo that politicians outside of Alameda
are interested in her Recorder or her
Township Constables.
In the Third Ward Committeeman ]. I.
Palmer is evidently trying to please ali
the candidates, and the task as shown
by his many communications to the coun-
ty committee is not an easy one. Some
days since Mr.. Palmer wrote that he
would arrange to have the entire Third
Ward blanketed. and named the polling
places. few hours later he sent an
other letter to the secretary stating that
after elaboration he had concluded to
change his first plan and substituting an
other. Still later he has sent third
plan to the secretary to be Incorporated
in the call, in which he says that latter
mature delberation'' he has decided that
his first nlan is the best
Committeeman Riley Is thinking that Ii
each of the thirteen committeeman de-
liberates and maturely celebrates and
then changes his mind after all in re-
gard to his district, the call will be ready
for publication about Christmas, instead
of Saturday next as ordered by the coun-
ty committee.
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Mcguire Democrats.

The Thirty-sixth District Mcguire Dem
ocratic Club effected permanent organiza-
ton last night at Duveneck's Hall by the
dent. S. j. Crowley; vice-president, ]. H.
Still; recording secretary, J. H. McClos-
key; corresponding secretary, B. ]. Duffy
treasurer, S. w. Still; sergeant-at-arms
George Koch. James Hunt, w. ]. Coffin;
executive commIttee-M. j. Vaughn, Au-
gustus A. Lille, P. Casserly, William Nc
Casserly, William McGoldrick, W. H.
Springer, j. P. Tanning and L. Doffe.
Speeches were delivered by e. I. Coffey,
Joseph McCioskey and A. S. Lille
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the charge made by our enemies that
Henry I. Gage, our standard bearer, is
controlled by any corporation. The best
answer to their calumny is that he is
loved and respected by all who know him.
The grand demonstration given him on
ample proof of what his neighbors think
of him. Henry T. Gage never earned a
ten-cent piece In his life from any cor
State know that it is to their best inter-
ests to elect him Governor at the coming
election"
The committee then adjourned, subject
TO the call of the chair.
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mated from the proceedings all sus-
picion Of programme.
In this connection 1t may be interest
ing to Judge Mcguire to know that The
Call named the ticket of the committee
days and even weeks ago.
The officers of the new committee
are:
CHAIRMAN.
Seth Mann of Oakland.
VICE CHAIRMEN.
Raleigh Barcar of Vacaville.
J. II. Seawell of Ukiah.
c. c.. Wright of Los Angeles.
SECRETARY.
Ben Maddox of Visalia.
ASSISTANT SECRETARIES.
John Markley of Sacramento.
AL McCabe of MERGED.
Leo Park Of san Francisco.
George Morris of Marysville.
TREASURER.
Bart Burke of San Francisco.
PURITY COMMITTEE.
c. c. Wright, Joseph Leggett. John
A. Hicks, Max Magnus, w. c. Graves
and 3. V. Sargent.
DR.. Magnus is the man who Is so
obnoxious to the German Democrats Of
the city.
After the committee had been called
to order by ". II. Afford, the retiring
chairman, r. NJ. Fitzgerald of Oakland,
addressed the chair for the purpose of
nominating Seth Mann for chairman.
He said:
I'VE are confronted with situation
that requires us to put all of our energy
into the work that is before us, for OPP
posed to us are the corporations and
the aggregated wealth of the COM
munity. 1t therefore behooves us to
select such men for our leaders as have
our confidence and upon whom we can
rely. The situation interests us more
than at any time in the past and each
OF US must lend our assistance to the
effort that is to be made by the party.
1t is with this object in view that I
now desire to nominate for chairman of
this committee Seth Mann of Oak
land"
Dockweiler of Los Angeles moved
that nominations be declared closed and
Mr. Mann was elected by reclamation.
Upon taking the chair Mr. Mann said
II thank you most heartily and sin
cerely for the great honor that you
have conferred upon me. l have not
had experience in such a place before,
but / have always been active in the
campaign work of the party. What 1
lack in experience / hope to make I'D
in zeal and l promise you that / will
do all that / can and that l have a
very high conception of the duties that
have been imposed on me.
"Our duties are chiefly executive and
1t is our desire that we open the cam
paign at once and get down to bust
ness. A Democratic administration of
the gubernatorial office is now about to
be closed and every Democrat can feel
q just pride in the work that has been
accomplished by Governor Budd. We
have nominated ticket and 1t is a
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Thew Want a Primary.

The Olympia Republican Club, at a
meeting held last night, decided to re-
quest the Republican County Committee
to hold primary for the election of del
egates to the municipal, legislative and
lutions were adopted indorsing the can
didacy of Julius Kahn for Member of
Congress from the Fourth District.
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Will Scan the Political Field.

Edward l.. Hutchinson, the Ponulist-Sil-
yer Republican nominee for Lieutenant
Governor, arrived here last evening from
his home in Los Angeles. He intends re-
manning for a week or ten days to study
the local political situation. 1t Is not
improbable that during his stay he will
the ill-advisedness of sighting the Ger
man-American Democrats of the city.
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Endorsed for State Senator.

The Dewey Republican Club of the
Forty-second and Forty-third Assembly
Districts met last night and adopted reso-
lutions indorsing the State ticket nomi-
mated at Sacramento. The club Endorsed
Lorenzo A Henry for the nomination for
State Senator from the Twenty-fourth
Senatorial District.
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A Gage and Neff Club.

Republicans of the Thirty-sixth Assem-
bly, District met at Roandos Hall Tues
day night and organized a Gage and Nefr
Republican club by electing the following
officers: Chairman, Frank French; vice
chairmen, c. II. Engelke, P. H. Jensen,
G. Ross Sr. and E. Cushing; secretary
C. Palmer; assistant secretary, Otto
Fauss; treasurer, E. J. Walsh. The club
Endorsed the State ticket, and will hold
weekly meetings during the campaign.
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Twenty eighth District, Lawrence
Hoey; Thirty-first, Charles ]. Gal
lagher; Thirtieth, John Heney; Thirty
fourth, John A. Helms; Thirty-seventh,
w. P. Sullivan; Forty-hrst, w. B. San
born; Forty-fourth, H. L. Ray.
The committee adjourned to meet
next Tuesday evening.
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The Continental League.

The Continental League met at Sara
toga Hall last night and listened to adj
dresses by c. w. Kyle, w. J. Herrin,
Leon Jones, T. H. Mccarthy and F. C.
Firebaugh. A resolution indorsing the
Republican State nominees and pledging
them the support of the league in the
present campaign was adopted.
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A Uniformed Republican Club.

Over forty of the younger members Of
the Republican party pet at the Union
League Club last night and organized a
uniform Republican club. S. K. Thorn
ton was elected temporary chairman and
Morgan Backus temporary secretary. At
ter appointing the usual committees an
permanent organization an adjournment
was taken until next Monday night
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Barry to speak-Then Refreshments.

The Democratic Central Club met last
night at Pythian Castle to make arrange
ments for a high jinks" to be held next
Wednesday, night.
James n. Barry, Populist-Democratic
nominee for Congress in the Fourth Lon
gressional District, will speak, after
which refreshments will be served to the
club members and their friends.
The club has issued an invitation to all
local Democratic clubs to elect three
delegates to a convention to be held for
the purpose of forming a Mcguire League
of clubs
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Scandinavian Republican Club.

The Scandinavian Republican Club held
a meeting in Cambrian Hall. last night
and thirty-five new members signed the
roll. Brief addresses were delivered by
c. H. Petersen, +. Clausen and II.
Brandt.
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Patriotic Home HELPERS.

The Patriotic Home Helpers, through
their executive board, have issued a let
ter thanking their supporters and releas-
ing them from additional contributions
They ask for the privilege of calling upon
them again If the necessity arises.
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Laumeister for Railroad Commits
SiOner

The Gage-Neff Republican Club Of the
Twenty ninth Assembly District met on
Tuesday evening and Endorsed ex-Sherif
Laumeister for nomination for member
of the Board of State Railroad Commits
SionerS.
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Umatilla Republican Club Ratifica-
ton

The Umatilla Republican Club will hold
a ratification meeting Saturday evening.
September II. at Temple Hall. III Turk
street. Addresses will be delivered by
Colonel T. V. Eddy, Julius Kahn, Daniel
Crayon and A. B. Treadwell.
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illegally Registered.

The register of voters in San Francisco
will be purged Of nearly sixty names, as
a result of an investigation made last
evening by Registrar Biggy.
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H. c: Griffith, the president of the club,
was in the chair and he and A. Branch,
Judge Allen and Louis Brown made short
addresses.
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Advances made on furniture and pianos with
or without removal. J. Noonan 1017-1023 Mission
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DALTON HAS
CONFIDENCE
Will Not Be Omitted
From the Ticket.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
90S Broadway, Sept. 7.

SOo broadway, sept. z.
There is no longer any doubt as to the
method in which Assessor Dalton will
seek a nomination to succeed himself. He
stated to-day that he would go into the
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Ocean View Republicans.
The Regular Republican Club of Ocean
View, at meeting last night, indorsed
by resolution the Republican State ticket.
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HE WAS MISTAKEN.
SIan With the Cantankerous Wife
Learned There We're Others.

Two men were walking along C
street at a quiet time of the day, and
. man was walking only short dis
tanee in front of them. Presently, in
line with their talk. one of the men re-
marked:
Well she is oae of the cantankerous-
est females l ever knew"
The man in front whirled around
suddenly.
What Go you mean by talking about
my wife, sir?" he exclaimed excitedly
What the deuce do you mean by
startled man IN The rear, going back on
his pastern joints.
Il merely said that a lady Of my
acquaintance was the most cantanker-
Gus female ever met"
'Well. sir, what DO you mean by say.
ing tiat?"
Il Cont know that it is any of your
business. / don't know you. and l
fail to see what You have got to dc
with What ] say"
But you were speaking of my Wife,"
Il was doing nothing OF the kind.
don't know your wife, any more than
| know you
The man seemed to have been struck
by a ray of revelation He stopped,
stepped back, rubbed his head, bowed,
and smiled a wan smile.
Il beg your pardon" he said. with
a sweet, submissive gentleness. Il
thought there was only one like her
in all the world. You have my SYM
pathy. Good morning" And with
never a word as to who he was or
whence he came he hurried away and
was lost among the passers on the
reets.-Washington Star.
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THE NOTE OF THANKS.
A Word With Girls About the Art
Of Writing II.

Just word, girls. about the gentle
art of writing a graceful note of
thanks, Don't be chary of such notes:
does somebody send you a pretty gift,
it goes without saying that you write
q CORDIAL note of appreciation, but il
some act of courtesy is done or some
little favor rendered the written word
of thanks is too otter neglected.
Its an art. this art of writing a
brief word of thanks, but it is one
which every gentlewoman should cul-
tivate. and it will in the long run be
or far more service to her than even
the mysteries of china painting or man
dolin Ilaying
You go out of town, perhaps. and
stay over night with a friend, and if
you wish as pleasant memory of your
visit to linger with your hostess as
with yourself, you should write line
repeating to her your spoken thanks.
oh, that's a board and lodging letter, f"
you say; very true, but it's always
appreciated by the woman whose hos
pitality you have accepted. and. pre-
sumably, enjoyed. Then again. if a
man sends you book or a clipping
from a newspaper, or a card for club
reception on ladies day, write that
The record-union., 1898-01-24

Lay an ordinary tin funnel upon a
board with the broad end pointing to
the north and the small end toward
the south; pound it fiat, and you Will
then have the general outline of the
river and its drainage. knights Land
ing and Wheatland will be respectively
at the northwestern and northeastern
edges of the funnel, and Courtland at
the southern and smaller end, and be-
low this are the fortified islands and
Rio Vista and Benicia.
The sediment, which fills the river
and makes SO much trouble, is deposited
mainly in this funnel; it constitutes the
problem of the day for our people. The
Federal and State Governments are pre-
pairing to spend half a million dollars
in deepening the channels of navigation
and drainage.
In every canal the engineers plan
to turn in more water than can be
carried, and also to provide overflows,
or weirs, SO that the excess can be
removed at a certain high water mark.
The walls of the canal are then care
fully and surely held by making them
wide and a little higher than that mark.
Dame Nature sends too much water
in the banks which preserve the rest
of the levee from destruction. These
openings are usually into the lake, or
BASIN of Yolo County.
1t is now proposed to close these
breaks with low and substantial bar
riers of stone and wood. over which
the excess floods of spring shall pour,
but only when the 24-foot mark at Sac
ramento City has been touched by the
rising waters. Thus the bulk of the
torrent will be held between the levees,
and these shall stand Gf broad enough),
while the Yolo Basin will receive less
water than ever before.
1t is an interesting trip to visit these
lowlands in the autumn. The road is
on top of broad, high levees; the fields
are most fertile and green all the year.
Each section is a fort by Itself, and
contains a huge dredger engaged either
in widening the levees or IN digging
drains to lead the surface and sipage
water down to a great steam pump
which stands ready 10 bail out more
than can come.
In the early spring, when the foods
are highest and the steamboat rides on
a level near the levee- top then the
The record-union., 1898-01-24

| On Monday evening he tackeo Up
I the notices, along the read and at the
| Postoffice; and early Saturday evening
| he saddled his horse and rode up %
the little schoolhouse, where ii suns
Itself IN the hill to this day. with 4
! big roE of manuscript in his pocket t
and bigger role of faith and hope il,
his heart. His mother was III and
cOuid rot come, but she had helped
him clean his best suit of clothes with
benzine and had heard him read his
lecture, and she was sure ne would
| make a success.
| During the week mcst of the people
in the valley had seen the notices, or
had heard of the lecture Old Issh,
the old German who had the biggest
ranch and the most progeny OF any
man in the valley, had the notice read
to him at the PostofIice where he went
to get his weekly mail. He listened to
it with unqualified amazement
| 'Wot in tu2der does dot feiler know
about farrnil' I'd like to know? Wean-
in pigs amt it? Who ever heard
o. weanin pigs Dot feiler is Won tam
| fool" and Mr.. 1ssh stumped home
Mr.. Williams. Cornishman. who was
the next biggest rancher in the valley,
was quite as outsp0ken.
"Adyisin' farners--hey? Damne. If
ed piow up they field an work 'arder
nabbe ed know somethn' about farm
in"
And 50 it went. Some read the notices
and made sarcastic comments; some
read them in silence with open mouth.
Meanwhile Saturday night drew near,
and Mr.. Anthony Hobbs busted himself
nlenoriZing his lecture and cleaning
his clothes with benzine and thinking
Of what he should 90 with the door
rscsip1s.
II was 7:3o, and no one had come but
the lecturer. He had built fire in the
Big box stove, fer the evening was
chilly; had set out the teachers desk
and gotten pitcher of water. and now
he was all ready FOR his audience. He
wondered If the little schoolhouse would
hold them all. Eight O'Clock, and no
one showed up. Mir. Hobbs punched
up the fire, rearranged his manuscript
and waited. SD, and no one yet. $50
came, and with it-Ah. here they We're.
Mr.. Hobbs brushed down his coat and
hastened to the door. for he had heard
voices. Then he stepped back, disap-
pointed. 1t was only two of his
friends-Buck Wilson and Tod Cooney-
who lived some three miles down in the
woods
Did you see anybody coming?" Mr..
Hobbs asked anxiously.
mo. Some fellers down there said
they was comm but We amt seen
nothin' of EN-"
Charley Issh is cut there on the
fence said Tod.
Mr. Hobbs went to the door again.
..Oh, Charley" he called.
Vas" came from somewhere in the
dark.
Why don't you come in? We've
got good fire in here
"Ch. I'd ruther set out here fer
awhile" said the hidden voice.
He's afraid he'll have to pay two
bits" said Tod.
Mr. Hobbs opened the door again.
Come on in, Charley; you won't have
to pay anything" But there was no
answer Mr. Hobbs shut the door. and
went back to the fire. Nine O'Clock
came. and no more audience. Tod pro-
posed a stag-dance. and went out to try
to get Charley Issh to join in with
them.
"Oh, Charleyi" he yelled .Oh, Char
leyi" But there was no answer. Char
ley had gone home! SO they punched
up the fire, told yarns and sang songs
for another hour Then Tod fished
up an old haTmonica from the depths
The record-union., 1898-01-24
ing person

He was first sent to yukon in 1887
as Government Surveyor to locate the
Hist meridian and thus define the
boundary between Cenada and Alaska.
He went through the Chilcoot Pass.
made a micrometer survey at Pyramid
Island and carried it through to the
Hist meridian by September. During
the winter a number of lunar culmina-
tons were taken and the exact bouE-
dairy determined. Through Mr. Ogilvie
has come all the official information we
have of the Yukon country. He is an
official whose word is respected in that
country and to him is said TO be due the
excellent order that has prevailed in
the mining camps