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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-18
GEORGE REED
WILL PROBABLY
Be CHAIRMAN
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
COS Broadway, Sept. II.

George w, Reed one of the best-known
Republicans in Alameda County, will in
all probability preside over the county
convention at San Leandro next Monday.
The result of the primaries has not
tended in any way to make clearer the
formation of the county ticket. outside
of q few men the same condition prevails
as before the primaries were held One
faction, which claims Senator Earl for it's
leader. is anxious to place on the ticket
Tom Robinson, P. M Fisher, Cal Ewing,
James Clarke and w. S. Harlow.
The other faction, which might be
termed the Old Guard desires to place for
these same positions James Barber. II. w.
Lynch, Kinds or Graham, Clearance Crow
ell and Oscar Rogers. The latter argues
that it would be bad politics to nominate
Henry Dalton and also his chief deputy
Tom Robinson, and that it would be no
better to nominate Frank Jordan and
also his chief deputy, Cal Ewing. Also
an objection is made that if Harlow and
Robinson be nominated, this will leave
Alameda out entirely and will renew an
been buried at Sacramento.
John r. Glascock, the Democratic ex-
Congressman, will probably be nominated
for Supervisor from the Third District.
This rumor has brought forth circular,
scattered broadcast and which says: IAN
attempt is being made to nominate on
your Democratic) ticket Mr.. John r.
Glascock for Supervisor in the Third Dis
trict. VIII Democrats, Populists or Silver
Republicans support man who openly
knitted William j. Bryan for the Presi-
dency only two years ago? Mr.. Glascock
is a goldbug and should be in the Re-
publican party" The circular is signed
by "Slver Republicans"
The Republicans of Haywards have or
ganized campaign club with DR.. A. j.
Powell chairman and Harry Drummer sec
rotary. The club started off with eighty
five members and President Powell has
appointed the following committees: On
organization-G. S. Langan, G.. B. Har-
mon, Dr. H. Powell, DR.. g. E. Reynolds,
P. Wilbert: on enrolment Charles
Prowse, E. K. Strobridge. John J. Rose,
John J. Haines, John j. Comes
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North End Republicans

The North End Republican Club Of
North Beach held very important meet
Ing last Friday night at Washington
square Hall. President Joseph = T's1sn
called the meeting to order. Twenty I'VE
bers nv iiieAi
The club will give high links on son,a
near future date. The HEADQUARTERS of
the club are at present at 513 Montgomerv
avenue. The officers of the club are:
president. Joseph p. LAWN; vice-presi
dent, James Hearty: recording secretary
George Burdet; financial secretary. John
Qufrk; treasurer, John O'Conneil: SER
geant-at-arms, John Campbell
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Non-Partisan convention, wrote to me
asking me to call on him in reference to
the party pledge, and after reading re-
fused to sign 1t, on account of It's Sc
verify Mr.. Perkins wrote. to me sec
ond time When called he said to me
that Frank J. Sullivan, also member
of the convention, insisted on my sigma
ture to the pledge. I again refused, say
ing that 1 would much rather nave my
name taken from the ticket. Why 1T was
not done ! do not know. Most respect
fully yours THOMAS r. CAREW.
Vice President Board of Education.
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Made Their Selections.

The Central Republican Club of the
Thirty-seventh Assembly District met
last night and nominated the following
as delegates to the legislative convention:
E. w. Tucker, !. p. Kincaid, o. C. Pratt,
T. w. Nowlin, Mark Lane, A. Christian
sen and j. 8. w. Saunders. For the NUM-
cipal convention F. o. Allen G. O. Stew
art, John H: Hegler, r. 8. Pressle, G.
D. Clark, ]. H. Efinger and Edwin Mob
rig were placed in nomination
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Santa Cruz Republican Ticket

SANTA CRUZ, Sept. 1.-THE Republic
lowing ticket to-day: G. G. RadcIiff. AS
semblyman; H. II. Miller, County Clerk;
H. G. Cooper, Recorder T. ]. Lowrey,
Auditor; Milton Besse, Sheriff; b K
scott, Superintendent of Schools; w. II.
Bias, County Treasurer; DR.. F. z. Nor
gan. Coroner; f. Mattison, Assessor; J.
F. Helms, Tax Collector
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Not a Pledee-preakar

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 17.-Editor of
Call-Dear Sir: Noticing my name classed
as a pledge breaker by j. S. Webster
a member of the Non-Partisan conyen,
ton, / desire to publicly deny that / ever
took the pledge from the last Non-Parti-
san or any other convention. The facts
are as follows
G. B. Perkins, a members of the last
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q, death blow to the entire opposition to
the republicans. The Democrats have
absolutely nc, hone of winning anvthine
and the Populists are so cut up with two
warning factions in the party that their
CHANCES went glimmering when thew re-
Democrats. WIN
1t is noteworthy fact that many of the
young men or the county have Joined the
ranks Of the Republicans INC
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The Hilderbrand Family Objects.

rumor was current yesterday that an
entertainment would be given shortly by
the members of the Tennessee Regiment
Ior the benefit of the family of young
Hllderbrand who was fatally shot on
tuesday by Private Walter Rosser The
FAMILY is anxious to discourage any such
plan and desires it to be clearly under
stood that such step would be obiec-
tionable to them.
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Santa Cruz Boiling Populists

SANTA CRUZ, Sept. 1.-THE middle
of-the-road Populists opposed to fusion
will hold county convention here on
October /. At the Democratic Pop,,list
convention at jacksonville eighteen Popu-
lists walked out, refusing to have further
deliberations, and will take part in the
convention of October l.
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sonoma's Good Roads League Meets.

SANTA ROSA, Sept 17.-This after
noon at an important meeting of the So
noma County Good Roads League held
in this city resolution was adopted urg-
ing the payment of $500 yearly as the
salary or Supervisors, they being re-
CURED to devote all their time to county
work Matters regarding changes in the
road law were discussed
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Willing to
Serve
the State.
3 uUNUUUUo

er l get it or not. / am willing to do this
State service If the State thinks 1 can do
best interests Of the State, and from nv
long acquaintance with it and my knowi-
edge of it's wants I believe l can fairly
derstood: / have not a dollar for the the
financial irrigation of one Single dry spot
in the Legislature. | have no bureau of
out putting up single lob for mo agent age
shall solicit no individual man for his
vote. You will all say, then, that l will
be bel beaten sba1 We'll WEI, perhaps l shall and yet
times, and once in a great while a man
gets an office without debasing himself.
without putting himself body and soul
Using every place that can be given away
or controlled by him during his incum-
bency in office, Once in while, even be-
before the millennium comes, that thing
may happen. and when it happens 1 shall
be Senator and not before.
Now, ladies and gentlemen. a word, for
| am admonished that have been talk
ing to you nearly two hours. (Cries of
go on.,) oh, yes, it is very easy to say.
There never has been a time in our
lives when we had such occasion for the
inspiration of love of country that we
have have to-da fy T. The life Of this nation has
through the war of the revolution for our
independence. We fought through the
war Of 1872 for the defense of our mari
with Mexico to protect the people of
Texas. We fought through the war of
the rebellion, brother against brother.
and friend against friend for the preser.
walton of the Union; all the while glory
ing in victory. but all the while regret
ting that our arms were not turned
against some other than a member of ON
own family and our own race. This time
we have triumphed over the most vicious
tyranny the world has ever seen. This
time we have taught, as we have ALWAYS
taught. the nations of the world that
the American soldier and the American
sailor, the American armies and the
American ships, as they were in the revo-
luton, In the war of 1872, in the war with
Mexico, and in the war Of the rebellion.
are invincible and unconquera ble
No man can look at the flag of his corn-
try, to-day without seeing in it new light
and a new beauty, new hopes and new
promises of mankind: and it spans the
coming ages of the future as the rain
bow spans the retreating storm as the
sun is setting with bow of bright and
beautiful promise. But, unlike the rain
bow that shall cease to shine when the
drought ceases, the rainbow of the Amer
lean people shall stand eternal fixed in
heaven until this heaven shall be rolled
away as a scroll, and the elements at
last shall melt in fervent heat
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
SakeS
Alive!

= "Here is the very place to buy I
= your clothes. Well 90 no further (
r we can do no better!" 1
Thus spoke a delighted !
! woman out hunting with her 1
: husband for clothing bargains. !
, What she found was one of
; my specially offered $3.50 :
+ suits. She was so well /
: pleased that she persuaded 4
: her husband to buy an over !
: coat, too. Another phenome- :
nally good purchase for $3.50. :
, These two special offers, with 4
something great in Mems trousers :
: tor 81, are a trinity of rare bar !
gains will offer for the next 4
seven days.
; Mems In Worsteds and chev- !
; Sit lots-blues, blacks and 4
: ousIo' mixtures = single and 4
+ double breasted, we'll made, guar 4
: anteed to fit and worth $40 any :
: day. This week spe- Dr. pn
: ciaIly offered at E.OV J
Mems Fancy covert !
) n.oaoo,+o cloth and blue, !
UvefCOdtS. b ack and 4
: brown kersey oyercoats. My new !.
stock = this weeks &z rn
: special offering for Oz .OU !
Mems Trousers, 500 : .
Fancy striped worsted trousers \
the celebrated "Ox-Breeches." The 4
regular $175 trousers. csnn
: This week Sa.UU =
j. j. Gildea, {.
THE NEW CLOTHIER,
Market st. and Grant Ave. 4
Old Examiner Office.
+ + 4 = = 4 + 4 4 4 y \ I
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POLITICAL PIRATES EXPOSED

. L ULI WAL 1NHlLC LAT UCLU :
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!: Democrats Be Accorded Their Rights. :
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the subject or the
United S t a t e s
Senatorship. One
of them takes
the ground that
If Mr.. de Young
is a candidate
for the United
S t a I e s Senate
that that ought
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me and / thought
perhaps l wasn't
as bad a man as
l thought / was.
And so / have
stayed in that
fight upon this
principle. l don't
care the snap Of
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is no more to be compared as an anti
railroad fighter than the glorious sun at
midday is to be compared with its re-
Election in the mud puddle-who fought
the railroad proposition all the time most
bftterly-1 heard him say here-and he
said it openly-that that was a wise and
Just disposition of that question. and he
was glad 1t was disposed of, because 1t
would enable the Government-and that
was all they were looking att that was
all Congress was looking at: they were
not legislating for California; they were
seeing what they could do to get the Gov
ernment's money back.
See what they said-the Republican
convention that was controlled by the
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railroad. Mr.. Ma
guire had the
temerity to say
here the other
night that Mr..
Huntington had
declared that it
don't make any
difference, a year
was. a good deal
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ably. shall never be disturbed by leg,s-
latfve action until a second referendum
shall determine that it shall be modi-
on the face of this earth an avalanche
of human stupidity 1t is contained in
those two words initiative and referen-
dunn.
Now suppose that every time we have
a TWO wears, election there Is q n initiatiY
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-18

tfIO INNttI ~ - "
in this city, who
met upon the
then unimproved
land in the neigh
borhood of the
City Hall, from
which they took
their title = the
Sandlotters - and
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These two special offers, with
something great in Mems trousers
tor 81, are trinity of rare bar
gains will offer for the next
seven days.
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and q referen-
dunn for a dozen,
twenty. thirty,
forty different is
sues that are to
be passed upon
by the Legisla-
ture, who is go
ing to under
S tan d them?
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certify about 1t,
because he has
been t a | Xxi n &
about II for a
good many years.
He says it is not
an issue. / say IL
is an issue, be-
cause Mr.. Ma
y11ir-a ic Tia nnnr
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-31
THE SNOW SHOVEL AT SEA.
A Familiar 1mpleusnt or land Uso That 10
Found on the water NJ Well.

A Familiar Implement or Land Use That 10
Found on the water NJ Well.
The common idea OF q snow shovel Is that 1T
used to clear the sidewalk and that sort OF
thing, but the snow falls on the sea as well as
on tho land, and II there is q ship In the way Of
the storm the snow. Of course, falls on Its docks
Just rs It would fall on anything lahore. 1t may
be that tho snow that falls on the ship will be
washed of by the sea. or 1t may be necessary to
clean It Of, 90 as to give q better and securer
foothold on the decks and to facilitate the work
ing or the ship. This is often done with snow
shovels, which are carried by probably nine out
of ten of the deep-water ships, from one to
three each. according to the size OF the vessel
The snow shovels used aboard ship are made
especially for that tn use saos In &c m ase o n9t tb ,eO snow Sy
shoyels used ashore nowadays are, and what
over metal 10 used in their construction Is SO
placed that 1t cannot come In contact Wild the
deck. No iron shovel Is ever used on Q snips
As a matter of fact the snow shovel is used on
shipboard mostly when the ship 10 In port, where
she may remain for q period OF weeks. discharg-
snow shovels are slowed away, in tho lazaretto,
aft, or under the forecastle deck. forward: Ona
ship bound for San Francisco the snow shovels
may DO needed when she fs rounding Cape Horn.
that falls upon the deck in the waist Of
the ship IL likely to be washed away
by the water she takes aboard; the decks
more likely to need shovelling are those higher
quarter deck. In q time of snow squalls tho
Captain would perhaps keep q man standing
ready with o shovel to shovel of the snow after
s syeEy sS%slil cod T hss s %iEst DO Sb si%e th se cspt she
would have ashes strown upon them to give Q
securer foothold.
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NEW PROHIBITION CAMPAIGN.
An Editor Camping On the Trail or the Wine'
BIbber At Aiumni Dinners.

An Editor Camping On the Trail or the Wine
Bibber At Aiumni Dinners.
The extent to which advocates of prohibition
are worked up over the practice of wine drink
ing at college alumni dinners is shown occa-
sionally in strange ways. At O recent dinner
there was considerable discussion on this sub.
ject. On tho day following. n telephone mes
sage camo to one of tho newspaper offices.
asking the reporter who had written the account
OF the dinner to call up q certain number. This
the reporter did, and got into conversation with
q man who said that ho was the editor of the
Whoop. naming q total abstinence weekly of
some prominence.
"Will you write an account Of the Nassau
dinner for the Whoop y asked tho man.
Certainly" said the reporterj "how much do
you want. and whose speeches = -
editor. What we want 10 q stirring article
about the drunkenness at the dinner"
There was none, 30 far as 1 saw" replied
"Of course. there was; plenty of it. Did the
President drink winef How many glasses did
he drinkf You ought to be able to make a
guess at It. And IL DIR. So-and.So drank wine
wen take 500 words on that alone. Pitch it
You've, come to the wrong shop" said the
papers whether the gentlemen you named
drank wine or net. and wouldn't tell you. III
Not satisfied with this rebuff the enterprising
editor called up Q reporter on ahother paper
asked him the same questions about that affair,
with the same, result. He has been at this now
for a week. and to ono Of the newspaper mon
with whom he tried unsuccessfully 10 make q
a asfi; nc s %i1e .SHa beeSSs Pf II hs had sS H to 20 Sst TO S0 the
banQuets himself.
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COAL IN NORTH DAKOTA.
LIEnit0 Beds discovered That Will Save th
State 1000. 900 . Year.

LlEnit0 Beds Discovered That Will Save the
State 81. 900 . Year.
BISMARCK. N. D.. Jan. 30.-The question of
fuel In the great ~treeless prairies Of this cold
State. whore the mercury often falls to 40 be-
low zero and the wind blows . hurricane, has
been the most serious one the immigrant has
boon called on to face. Freight on Pennsylvania
and Ohio coal 10 % to e5 q ton from Duluth. and
coal often costs $40 to s12 q ton In the farmers
cellar. There 10 no wood to burn.
This winter the problem has been solved, and
by the efforts OF the engineers of the State In.
sane Hospital at jamestown. By experiments
In the furnaces there methods Of burning the
native Ignite coal have been 30 perfected that
instead Of evaporating one pound of water with
four pounds of fuel, but two pounds are re-
uired. Over 1000 tons Of Ignite have been
burned at the asylum this winter. and at Q saw
ing of about %, 900 As contrasted with the hard
coal prices, Lignite exists. in tnexheustiblo
quantity along the Missouri. north from Bis
who mine Il sell 1t At go cents Q ton. and It 10 now
delivered in any corner Of the State at about 80.
Generally speaking, two tons OF Ignite will do
the work Of ono ton of Eastern coal.
In the last two weeks some or the largest de-
posits in the State have been uncovered near
toppline over Of o barn ON o side hill, which slid
and revealed the coal vein. II is timeted that
millions Of acres Of Ignite lands lie along the
Missouri and Mouse rivers. The exclusive use
OF Ignite coal in North Dakota, and that is now
Confidently expected: win ssyo the State
IN labor payments heretofore made to the East
ern miners.
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VOTES AND REPRESENTATIVE.

Distribution OF the 1--WE AmonE the Cities and
the Country Districts or the state.
There are forty-one Incorporated oities in New
York State-or at least there were forty-one be-
fore tho consolidation Of Brooklyn and Long
Island City with New York. There arc 700
towns and villages, and q majority Of the voters
in the State are to be found in the latter. Not
withstanding this fact and the efforts of the
Constitutional Convention to preserve the
smaller towns from having their interests neg
lected through the consideration of the affairs
of the largo cities, tho latter preponderate in
respect to representation In the Legislature.
Albany, for instance. has three Of the four
representatives of Albany county in the Legis-
lature, though Albany casts 1000 votes and
the remainder OF Albany county casts $4,000.
There are eight Assembly districts in Erie
county; Buffalo casts more than half the votes
and has sig representatives There are thirty,
Troy. ana three from Rochester. though Troy
. sna fSsah,y sna ea sss 81 so.d IS o 1ssDi e. sa.So6,
ls.s MSH1Hs o sSsRidis' OF Te tie Flour hss S Gtty. 09 5sn nsS:
GloVersViils, kinssioS. Mount vernon. 1mstsr.
members. Long Island City one. New York
Ithaca one. Lockport one, Olean one. and
Buffalo two, q total of thirty-one in q Senate of
fifty. leaving only nineteen of the Senators for
the towns or villages.
case or the methods Of representation estab-
lished by tho Constitutional Convention, It
might appear that there was some injustice in
this. but the fact 10 that q majority Of the up
State legislators are either lawyers or farmers,
and are therefore. established in the largest
towns or cities. and Q preference 10 usually given
TO city men in the choice of legislators whore
other things are equal. This apparent prefer
the Albany Legislature but TO Congress- as well.
Apart from the two Senators, New York has
residente of New York and five of Brooklyn. two
Of Buffalo. one OF Syracuse: one Of ROCHESTER.
vile. one Of Utica. and one q Auburn, When to
Of the oldest IL not one Of the ~ltveliest towns in
the State lit was incorporated as a city in 178ol.
It will be seen that Of the thirty.four Repre-
sentatiyes from Now York in Washington.
twenty hail from cities and fourteen only from
country districts, though in the election for
Congressman at which these REPRESENTATIVES
were chosen q majority OF the vote was cast in
the country districts.