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The San Francisco call., 1898-11-14
DEMOCRATIC FUTILITY.

IMPORTS from Washington to the effect A/ that while some of the Democratic leaders now in that city are hopeful that Republican control of the House will enable the Democrats and their allies in that body to get along through the coming Congress without wranglng and increasing the fac tional divisions of the party, others are by no means so sanguine.
 There are evidences that attempt will be made to get rid of the leadership of Bailey of Texas and tc substitute in his place, if not stanch gold Demo crat at least one who will be willing to subordinate the silver question and seek for other issues which to make the campaign of Iooo
 The situation reveals in a striking manner the utter futility of the Democratic party under its pres ent leadership It has clearly guide to follow and no principles by which its action Is to be determined The men who propose to save their party from the folly of the Bryan movement have wisdom greater than that of the folly which they reject Ac- cording to reports that to us they propose to wait until the administration has acted and then oppose it in everything, in the hope that will at some time commit blunders which can be turned to the advantage of the opposition
 Without principles there be integrity of life for parties any more than for individuals, and without integrity there be force sufficient to accomplish any useful work in the world. Even opposition party Democracy will be futile and effect less so long as has definite policy support and  TO tactics of opposition other than those of ndis- crimnate faut-fnding with everything that is done
 Whether Bailey be reelected to the leadership of the minority of the House be matter of but little importance to the country at large He did rot show any distinguished statesmanship or even any parliamentary force during the last session of Con- gress He Is as good any that his party has in the House. but better than some others. Therefore, whether he be voted up voted down +1,a Of worry
 It is matter of concern, however that one of the great parties of the country should have degenerated hopelessy into faction of discontent without any well defined policies principles Two years from now we shall have to confront this mass of con- fused factions in another political contest Then again there will be from its orators and organs a thousand promises of reform and thousand as- saults upon the administration It will be we'll there ore that public attention should be directed stead asty the action of its Representatives in Congress in order that the utity and ineicency of the party and of its allies may be fully understood.
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CONSULTING THE ORACLES.

N the confusion of its thoughts and feelings, and l suffering from the stress of conflicting emotions sureine around dazed brain, the Examiner mas been consulting many oracles to find an explanation of the defeat of its fused factions on election day. These oracles 1t has diligently sought out in widely separated quarters but yet 1t has found no comfort Wherefore out of pity for its state and Tn the hope of putting an end to its howls, we offer suggestion
 The Examiner can find in the New York Journal of November a review of the political situation, which if not wise any rate suited to its under standing and therefore more useful it than wiser statement would be- The Journal of that date, in a screaming editorial headed "The Lines of Cleavage, declared the masses of the people to be divided on the same lines throughout the Union, and it prophe sled sweeping victory for fusion everywhere.
 'The tide of revolt against Repubicanism that is sweeping Van Wyck toward Albany" said the Jour na ''is not local phenomenon. It is national movement. It is felt from the Atlantic to the Pa cifc" Further on it declared: 'The lines of cleav- age are the same in New York in California, and the same in each State in the whole Union.
 Alter asserting that the Republican party is always and everywhere the party "of corruption and of gov ernmenta1 medding with individual liberty and of overgrown bosssm' it went to say: The people are learning at last what the Republicanism means With the glittering historical associations it has fraudulently isused stripped off, they see 1t as it is-an abhorrent creation of organized greed, and they are resolved to have no more of ii"
 Here is an explanation ready made in yellow slop- shop and so suited the Examiner is strange has not been adopted by that organ and reprinted as its own The prophecy of Van Wycks victory and the announcement that he was then being swept to AL bany by a tidal wave were false, but not more false than the rest and do not detract from the merit ot the whole
 hOrId hrac he fri tO York ally and maintain that the election of Gage in California and Roosevelt in New York the re- suit of line of cleavage running throughout the Union-a line which puts the great majority of the American people on the side of corruption, of gov ernmental meddling with individual liberty, of over grown bossism, and makes them members of "an abhorrent creation of organized greed"
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IMMIGRATION STATISTICS.

H ESPITE the improved condition of industry | in the country and the superior attractveness A to foreign labor, 1t appears from the report of grants who entered the United States during the last fiscal year less by I563 persons than in the pre- vous year. The decrease is not great but consider ing the general expectation that immigration would increase with the revival of prosperity, so small dirninuton that is pleasing evidence that the former rush of the unemployed from Europe to this country has been to considerable extent checked.
 None the less, the immigration of the year was sufficient to constitute good-szed city if all had settled in locality The total amounted to I35- 7s5 males and o3,534 females, 22o,28o in all Of this number 3o3o were debarred from admission for various causes. The report of the Commissioner shows further that 43,o57 could neither read nor write and that o6,2o3 had less than $3o each
 Of the whole number of arrivals 58,6I3 came from Italy, 27221 from Russia proper, 25,Ia8 from Ire land, I7,III from Germany, 1665o from Hungary, Hungary, I2,3o8 from Sweden and oo87 from Eng land.
 The laws regulating the admission and naturaliza- ton of immigrants appear from the statements of the Commissioner to be in much need of further amend ment. He recommends that immigrants who are excluded because afflicted with oathsome or a dangerous contagious disease should be summarily the head tax should be increased to $2 so as to vide revenue large enough to defray the cost of extending the operations of the bureau; that
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carried per 1000 tons displacement. and in the Russian navy 50 per cent more are carried than in British war vessels Frequently two men have to sleep in one hammock in some of the foreign nayies. and in the Russian ships part of the crew sleep on deck.
 The French turret-ship lena was launched at Brest September 1, her keel having been laid last January. This would appear to be pretty quick work on ship of 12,052 tons, but the launch of a vessel is not always an indication of her completeness and it may be a mere shell when placed in the water. The lena. Is an improved Charlemagne and is 400 feet g inches in length. 69 feet 9 inches breadth and A feet inches draught aft. She will be fitted with three engines of 15 500 horsepower collectively to drive her at a speed Of IS knots. The normal coal SUD- ply is S20 tons, with bunker capacity of llOO tons, giving a calculated radius of ac- ton at 10 knots of 5200 and 1000 knots re- spectively. There Is no wood whatever used in the construction of the hull and principal fittings. The armor belt Is IA inches, tapering to inches at the ends, and the armor above protecting the minor guns Is from inches to 3 inches. The lena carries a multitude of guns, namely
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AROUND THE
 CORRIDORS.

c. H. Schively, a banker of Oroville, Is at the Baldwin.
 P. A. Buell., lumber merchant of Stock ton, is at the Grand.
 Captain G. S. Hinsdale of Santa Bar bara is at the Lick.
 D. H. Jackson, mining man of Placer vile, Is at the Grand.
 w. B. Tillotson, a mining man of Red ding, is at the, Grand.
 Dr. H. T. McNaught and A. T. Johnstone of Toronto are at the Grand.
 A. W. Simpson, a lumber merchant ot Stockton, Is at the Occidental.
 G. B. Moore, J. s. Moore and George Arscott of Juneau are at the Russ.
 B. T. Spencer and N. J. Aldrich, mer- chants of Chicago, are at the Palace.
 Charles Maze, an attorney of Modesto accompanied by his wife, Is a guest at the Lick.
 E. B. Latham of the United States Coast Geodetic Survey is a guest at the California
 G. A. McElfresh, who has large interests in oil wells in the southern part of the State, is a guest at the Grand.
 C. w Hall, lumber merchant of Flu reka, and Humboldt Gates, a mining man of the same town, are at the Russ.
 James M. Wilson, the superintendent of the Yukon district for the Alaska Com mercial Company, left last night for Bel fast, Ireland, to meet his wife and daugh- ter He will return in the spring, accom- panied by his family, who will reside here when Mr. Wilson goes to the north.
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stringent watch be kept upon immigration from Can ada, and that every immigrant be provided with certificate containing the date of his arrival which he shall be obliged to show when he applies for natural ization papers.
 It is gratifying to note that out of the large num- Der of immigrants who arrived at our ports during the year found that only seventy were as- sisted immigrants and only 4I7 were contract la borers. Those, of course, turned back That the number of this class of applicants for admission to the country was so small is an evidence that the laws prohibiting that kind of immigration have had good effect In times past such immigrants were numbered by the tflousands It is also to be noted that among the arrivals only convicts were de- tected Europe, it seems, has been forced to quit using this country a dumping ground for her criminals
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NEWS OF FOREIGN NAMES

The Edgar first class cruiser of 1850 tons, has just had a refit at an expense of S50.O00. She had been In continuous commission since 1893, and her recent per- formance at the commission trial resulted in S996 horsepower and 18S knots, which was considered highly satisfactory by the British naval authorities.
 The experiments with oil as substi- ute for coal are not proving very satis- factory in the British navy. The tor pedo-boat destroyer Surely has been fitted with oil feeders to the boilers and the latest trial with oil firing under two boilers gave only 300 horsepower, against 2OOO horsepower where coal was used.
 The Pactolus, third class cruiser of 2135 tons. burrt at Elswick for the British navy. has developed greater horsepower and speed than any of this class of light vessels just completed. The contract stipulated TOGO horsepower and 20 knots under full power, but at her trial in the channel the engines developed 72Ol horse power and gave a speed of 20.5 knots, notwithstanding the ship was running in the teeth of a rough sea. The ship was, however, not down to her normal draught within sixteen inches, and was drawing only 15 feet 8 inches aft, against 1T feet when ready for sea.
 Since 1864, when the Rolf krake coast defense ship was built in England for the Danish navy, Denmark has built its own war vessels, except some torpedo-boats. It was the first in leading the way in the evolution of new type of armor-clad, as exemplified in the Tordenskjold, turret- ship of 240O tons, in which the guns were heavily protected and the hull had no side armor, the protection of the interior of the ship below water being effected by a heavy protective deck. The Italians fol- lowed up this system in the Lepanto and Italia and the plan has many able ad- vocates in the several navies, who be- lieve the gun protection to be of para mount importance.
 It is common complaint among officers in the British navy that as the ships in- crease in. size the quarters of officers be- come more contracted. The additional space is utilized in giving more room to the crews and making the facilities of communication between the decks more easy, while ventilators, coaling chutes. etc, also demand more room in the latest ships than formerly. There Is less diffi- culty in berthing crews on British ships than in any other of the European navies, l owing to the fact that the ships of Great Britain carry relatively less men. In the l French navy 25 per cent more men are
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THE LORD GODS GOLD.

ouoth the Maker of All as He fashioned the world
 Now where shall I hide my gold From the fingers and eyes of that creature, Man.
 Who, alas. be overbold And likely to search for the glittering stuff Of which he will never he--- half enough? Then He pondered the matter for many day By which He might circunvent the schemes Then He ordered His glorious angels forth And went West while others went North. And the last took the gold from vaults of the L
 And they hid it meath river and hill; Then they planted the land with the henlock and spru Had covered the whole with mantle of ice Before they were gathered in Paradise And the nights had heightened to hideous night place asS fe the Iord Pa s my
 And it shall not be ope'd again; .s,.na Shall carry his life in his puny hand" But His love had gone out to the newborn West, If the gold be found have treasured there But the gold in the North is the Lord Gods gold Which shall seek but the overbold.' And for ages the seals lay undisturbed
 On the treasure in North and West: For would speak of the land And no one knew s1' that the gold of the Lord In the Western treasure house was stored And men were glad in the early days And many have lived the hour
 When in mans breast sown, Through dreams, thirst for the golden ore And hope for peace he would know no more. For it Iured them forth from the fruitful fields
 And they wandered everywhere They found the gold that stored in the West
 But there wasn't enough gold there To suit their needs, and undismayed, On the Lord Gods gold they made a raid For rumors had come from the white-robed North
 And travelled from land to and That gold hid meath the moss-veiled ice
 To satisfy each demand And hardly village but sent its To follow the gold drunk caravan. They fought their way OCT the snow and the ice.
 Over mountains and terrible streams; And many lay down to die
 Still far from the of his dreams. ''One man in ten," the Lord had said, Shall forfeit be-" And the trail grew red For the Lord wroth that His plaything Man. Nor the mountains frowns. the horrible gloom
 Nor the silence hung around Like deadenng shroud could keep him out Of the land he had dreamed such dreams about. Nor hardships, starvation, toll, nor death
 Nor the fang of a biting cold Could keep him back from the sought-for land
 Or lessen his thirst for gold And each man said as he Ia he'd at the sky, My fate is to live, though others 6ie. And thus 1t is and will be
 That nine will pay the toll If but rifle the treasure house
 Of the Lord God the Pole. For the lust for gold is thing that grows And man is the Lord God knows awson, l898. HOWARD V. SUTH
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Artists, Materials.

Panels, studies, opal ware for decorat- ing, paints brushes, canvas, tracing cloth, drawing papers and blue prints. Also gold paint, liquid glue, house paints floor paints wood stains in small cans for fam fly use cheap at Sanborn & VaiPs. Al Market street.
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.Mrs. winslow,s Soothing syrupn

Has been used over fifty years by millions of mothers for their children while Teething with perfect success. It soothes the child softens the gums, allays Pain, cures Wind Colic. reg ulates the Bowels and Is the best remedy for Diarrhoeas. whether arising from teething or other causes For sale by Druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Wnslow's Soothing Syrup. 25c bottle.
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AUSTRALIAN BALLoT-J. B. K, City. The Australian ballot or a modification
 thereof is in use in all the States of the Union except the following: Georgia. Louisiana North Carolina, South Caro- lima. It Is not in use in Arizona and New
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ADJUSTMENTS

California-'Northern Lights Columba-Kellar. the Magician. Baldwin-"AIstakes Will Happen Alcazar-"A Fool of Fortune" Morosco's-"A Midnight Trusts Orpheum - Vaudeville Tivoli-''Suzette' Comedy-''Under the Dome.' Olympia-Corner Mason and Eddy streets speciaues' The Chutes-Llian F. Smith. Vaudeville and the Aoo' Sutro's Baths-Swmmng. Ingeside Track-Races To-day. Orpheum-Concert Thursday November He Rosenthal-Coming in December.
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PEOPLES BANK-E. B. G. N. City. The amount that has been paid to depos- itors in the Peoples Home Savings Bank, in dividends since the collapse, Is H per cent The last dividend of per cent was paid in this city at the office of the re- ceiVer July 28, 1898.
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Hindu young men are turning to Japan for instructions in science. Babu Rama Kanta Raj of Sylhet, who wants to be a mining engineer, has led the way.
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Cal. glace fruit 5oc per ID at Townsend's'

Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 610 Mont gomery street. Telephone Main 1042
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THE OAKLAND EXPOSITION.

\ YITH the present display the Oakland exposi- \Nf ton, which in times past has been confined to TX the industries of Alameda County, becomes a State exposition and includes as far as possible hibts of all the industries of California At every stage of its the enterprise has merited public patronage and support, but that it has grown to be something than local affair, its claims are more forceful and more far-reachng than ever.
 At this particular period of our development we can never do too much for home industries. We can never display them too oten nor too often impress upon the people the importance of making Cafor- na home market for home products. There a time when produced few manufactured goods and were compelled to purchase them from abroad, and there may time when our n1anufactories will be strong they will need the support of local patriotism The first of those times however, has passed away, and the other has not yet arrived We have the home factories, but the home market is not responsive to them. Therefore at this time every display of California goods that impresses the minds of her people is public benefit
 Competent experts estimate that upward of $Iooooo a day is sent out of California to purchase manu- factured articles of kind that are produced of an equally good if not better quality at cheaper price home. We have larger manufacturing industry than our people aware of but it is yet far short of what it should be. To support what we have and to promote further development of the industry by consuming home goods rather than those of foreign make is matter which appeals, Bacon said "to both the bosoms and the business of men, It affects at their patriotism and their financial interests.
 The Oakland exposition, even if regarded merely entertainment will well repay those who attend it. Anything like comprehensive display of the products of California could not be otherwise to in- telligent men and women. If there were no other issue involved than that of amusement therefore the exposition should be well patronized The instruc- tive features of the display however, must not be overlooked by any one. We have State richer in resources and natural gifts than any other in the Union, and it will be our fault if we do not make it also richer in all the atainments of art and industry
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 Reports that Blanco is leave Cuba, and that the Spanish Government is about to send money there to pay the soldiers, to conflict. Perhaps, however Blanco will await the money and leave in company with it.
 The Oakland Exposition, which has now grown to be exhibit for all California proof of what be done for the State by persistent energy. When home people resolve on home market they will have it
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PEANUTSJ. c. M., Tecumsehe Kans. Peanuts can be planted in any soil that can be put in friable condition and kept in that state. The best soil, however. is Flowing begins in March or April, and planting about the middle of May.
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HOTEL DEL CORONADO-Take advantage of the round-trip tickets. Now only seO by steamship, including fifteen days board at hotel; longer stay s2 50 per day. Apply at New Montgomery street, San Francisco
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ACTION FOR Subscriber, City, An individual who has good grounds for bringing an action against railroad company or common carrier for damages for negligence resulting in death may name any amount in the action. The jury may award anv amount, but the court reserves the right to say if the amount awarded is excessive or not.
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IN HER OWN RIGHT-A B. C.. City. Tn every State in the Union a wife Is al- lowed to have money in her own right. In some of the States, however. the husband holds the same in trust for the exclusive usn of the wife
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

JUDGE JOACHIMSEN = Subscriber, City. Judge H. L. Joachimsen has been Police Judge of San Francisco since 1890
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A MoRTGAGOR'S TENANCY-M. H., City. The law has been laid down in the case of Whitney vs. Allen, in the 21st California reports, and 1t has never been reversed, that 'after a decree of fore closure of mortgage, the mortgagor in possession Is not, until sale is made, under the decree, accountable for rents or for use or occupancy and is subject to no liability, except that he may. be re- strained for the cause of waste"
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The hanging of thirteen West Africans for the nur- der of missionaries calls to mind and strengthens be- lief in chestnutty old theory.
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It Is pleasing to learn that Victoria is fond of American girls, but far important to know that we like them, too
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The Oakland Exposition which has grown to be an exhibit for all California proof of what be done for the State by persistent energy. When home people resolve on home market they will hays,it
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Reports that Blanco is to leave Cuba and that the Spanish Government is about to send money there to pay the soldiers seem to conflict Perhaps, however, Banco will await the money and leave in company with if.