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The record-union., 1898-08-26
PEACE COMMISSIONERS.
The American Members Met Yes
terday at Washiugtou.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.-The first
meeting of a majority of the American
Peace Commissioners took place to-day
at the State Department, where at z
O'Clock Secretary Day was Joined by
Senators Davis and Frye. Prior to this
the Senatorial members of the COM
mission had a conference of two hours
with the President. Secretary Day was
not present at the White House meet
ing. The Senators remained closted
with Secretary Day for an hour and a
quarter.
Assistant Secretary Moore, who is
likely to accompany the commission
to Paris in an advisory capacity, was
present part of the time. Mr.. MacAr-
thur, First Secretary of the American
Legation at Madrid under. General
Woodford, was also called in.
AS a result of the meeting it can be
stated with positiveness that Messrs.
Day, Davis and Frye are members of
the Peace Commission. It is under
stood that the remaining two members
have been selected, and will be an
nounced by Saturday.
At the meeting to-day the general
plans of the proceedings in Paris were
talked over, and the understanding was
reached that start will be made be-
tween September 10Th and 20th. No
definite arrangements have been made
thus far as to securing quarters IN
Paris, but this will be left to Embas-
sador Porter. The sessions will be
held in the Salon des Embassadores,
through the courtesy of the French
Government.
ACi6 fr-0yr =
Commissioners went into some Of the
more serious questions of policy which
will come before them. Much of the
preliminary work has been done by
the State Department officials, such as
the collection of the documents, treat
les, books and maps, which will be
used by the Commissioners abroad.
The Commissioners expect to be oc-
cupied for several days in a discussion
Of more important matters to come be-
fore the tribunal and in the prepara-
ton of the American side Of the case.
The question whether the negotiations
with the Spanish Commissioners would
be in the English or French language
will not be determined prior to the
arrival of the Commissioners in Paris.
It is a matter that must be settled by
all the COlulIllSSlOISIS, dIIO WIN AfOS Nc
determined arbitrarily by the Ameri-
can Commissioners in advance Of the
meeting.
Owing to reports current to-day that
only three American Commissioners
would be appointed, it was stated au-
thoritatively this afternoon that the
commission would consist of five mem
bers, and that one of the commission
would be a. Democrat.
At the close of office hours to-day
Secretary Day went from the State
Department to the White House, where
he held an extended talk with the
President, presumably upon the final
makeup of the commission. The meet
ing Of the three Commissioners Will be
the only one Of concerted character
until September 10Th, when the five
Commissioners will come to Washing
ton for final conference before sailing
for Paris.
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MR. MAGUIRE REPLIES.

Mr.. Mcguire rushes into print at
once to assan the Republican plat
form. This is most unusual not to
say extraordinary-bu then, Mr.. Ma
guire is an unusual and in some re-
spects an extraordinary man
His chief complaint is that the plat
form repeats a story concerning his
alleged expression that the early sciz-
ures by our navy in the late war were
acts Of piracy. This he denies, and he
is entitled to have the denial made as
public as the charge. But unhappily
for Mr.. Mcguire, If his language waz
not correctly reported, or IL he was
misunderstood, his course in Congress-
his expressions in that assembly. justi-
~ the belief that he entertained the
views charged against him regarding
those captures. But this cuts no spe-
cial figure, if any at all, in the ques-
ton whether it will be wise to place
him at the head of affairs in Cali
fornia.
Next he complains that IL the Re-
publican platform the word last" In
stead of present" Congress- is used
But that makes no material difference,
since the only question is, whether or
not Mr.. Mcguire consented in any Con-
gress-as he did-to the settlement of
the railroad question. AS to the charge
that he is single-tax advocate, and
would deny man title to the soil IN
which repose the ashes Of his dead. he
Is careful not to deny that he holds
to that doctrine, and that his intel
lectuality and the best energies Of his
life are devoted to the PRONUNCIATION
of and hoped for triumph Of that ism.
He simply pleads the baby act, and
whining cries, how can my beliefs as
to that thing affect my acts as Gov
ernor? What figure do my beliefs as
to what Is the best social state cut in
this campaign? A great deal, Mr.. Ma
guire. Approval Of YOU by the people
as Governor would carry joy into the
heart and camp Of every apostle of
the doctrine. 1t would give aid and
encouragement to a theory which the
people are neither ready to accept nor
consider.
Moreover, Mr.. Mcguire, as you have
declared that the old political parties
are dead and gone. or at best are
simply dragging themselves about as
corrupting corpses, and that new and
freedom giving party has been born.
to which you have pledged the best
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SKATERS ARMY.
The Last Of Troops Expected to
Sail From Santiago To-Day.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25-The last
Of Skaters army will sail from Cuba
tomorrow. The following dispatch
was received at the War Department
late this afternoon:
Santiago, via Hayti, Aug. 10Th.
"Adjutant General, u. S. A., Wash
ington: Command all embarked this
afternoon, except Twentyfourth In
fantry, detachment of recruits for First
Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and a part
of the Ninth Massachusetts Volunteer
Infantry, all Of which embark to-mor-
row morning on transports now here.
General Butt is with First Illinois on
the Berlin and Berkshire with $50
convalescents; leave this morning for
Montauk Point. I leave with head
quarters and one company of First IN
fantry on Mexico by noon to-day. In
structions about Oriziba proceeding to
Montauk Point just received Alle-
gheny left yesterday with Ninth Mas
sachusetts on board. Unionist, having
on board one company of First Illinois
and private horses, leaves to-day; Sar-
atoga, with Lieutenant Colonel Free
man and $50 Of the Fifth Infantry, ar
rived this morning; 300 more expected
on the Knickerbocker in two or three
hours SKATER, Major General"
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vOICE-.oF The PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
- EXPRESSION.
State and Coast Opinions on Sub
jects Of Living News
Interest.

Alameda Encinal: Can anybody who
is disposed to pick flaws in our con-
duct Of this war point out an instance
IN the history of military operations
where forces of troops have been trans
ported in numbers SO large in SO short
period of time, to distances so great
with losses so few, and victorious re-
suits so uniform as has been the case
in this war?
WHAT THEN DOES 1T MEAN?
Stockton Record: If the Endorsement
| of Mcguire by the Democracy does not
imply Endorsement of single tax, what
does it imply? Can it be that it i'm
plies the absence of Gubernatorial tim
Der in the ranks of the Democracy? No,
| not that. The Endorsement of Mcguire
| means either that the Democracy ap-
prove of single tax or is after the flesh
| pots, and it will be odd if opinion does
not preponderate in favor of the last
| proposition. Now, which horn of the
dilemma will the Democracy take? The
| first, of course, speciously declaring
| that single tax is but an incident in Mr..
| Maguires politics.
| A POPOCRATIC NOMINEE.
Napa Register: If straight-out Re-
| publican papers do their duty in the
campaign just opening, they will work
most zealously for the election of their
| candidate for Clerk of the Supreme
| Court and the unhorsing the Popo-
1 cratic nominee, H. A. McCraney.
| Mac" has always had an eye to the
main chance. He was a red-hot Re-
publican SO long as there were favors
| in sight; got office on the recommended
| ton Of Republican editors, and con-
/ tinued to hold it after he had de-
serted the standard that brought him
prosperity. He supported Bryan while
he (McCraney) was being supported by
| a Republican Administration. He has
no valid claim upon any party, and
when the votes are counted next fall
| it will probably be found that he has
no title to any Office
LUDICROUS.
| Los Angeles Times: The Democratic
platform adopted is a study. First and
foremost it contains a ludicrous para
graph reaffirming adherence to "the
time-honored principles Of Democracy
enunciated by Thomas Jefferson and
grandly upheld and enforced by his
Democratic successors in the Presiden-
tial Office The next paragraph up
sets its immediate predecessor by re-
affirming allegiance to 'the national
platform of the Democratic party
adopted at Chicago in 1885," and spe-
officially declaring for free and unlim-
| tied coinage of both gold and silver as
money at the ratio of 16 to l. without
waiting for the consent of any other
nation - Between the principle here
enunciated and the principles upheld
by Thomas Jefferson there is an ire
concilable difference, which the voters
of California are intelligent enough to
perceive, if the delegates to the Demo-
cratic-Populist Convention are not
A STRADDLE.
! San Diego Union: The Democratic
| platform that went through with a
whoop at Sacramento yesterday was a
The record-union., 1898-08-26

TELEPHONE CALLS: SUNSET ss7,
Capital 744 The Sanitary Liquor Store,
3p1 K. makes a speciality of supplying
ia miles with choice wines and liquors at
wholesale prices. 1t fills promptly tele-
phone orders and delivers free OF charge
frry our four-year-old port and sherry at
81: five-year-olds straight Kentucky whis-
ky, So; fine claret, soc per gallon, and o.
p S. whisky, best in the market, 81 per
bottle SUM WE
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To the new party Isingle Taxi, founded
upon these principles, which / conceive to
be the very soul and essence of true Democ-
racy, all of the time which can hence
forth give to the political services of my
country viii be devoted. shall, there
fore, In the next political campaign, do all
In my power to secure the election of
Henry George, or some other land reform
er. to the Presidency of the United States,
unless the Democratic party shall, in the
meantime, become democratic by adopt
ing the principles which we have espoused.
james G. Mcguire.
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THE TICKET.

Concerning the head of the Republi-
can ticket, Henry T. Gage, the Rec
ord Union has already outlined his
life and the claims made for him as a
man Of intellectual force, high char
acter and fine legal attainments. The
second name on the ticket is that Of
J. H. Neff, who is well known to the
people.
The candidates for the Associate JUS
tices are T. B. Mcfarland and W. C.
Van Fleet, incumbents, who have been
tried in high station and are thus ap-
proved. For Secretary of State, Charles
f. Curry, ex-County Clerk of San Fran
cisco, is named; E. P. Colgan for Con-
troller. M. j. Wright for Surveyor GEN
eral, and A. ]. Johnston for Superin-
tendent of State Printing, are renoni-
mated, thus testifying to the party ap-
probation Of their past service and
their fitness for retention.
Truman Reeves for State Treasurer
is new name in party preference. He
is a veteran soldier and has held i'm
portant trusts in San Bernardino. For
Attorney General, Tirey L. Ford is
nominated. He is a we'll known legis-
lator, lawyer in San Francisco, and
widely known in the mining sections.
Thomas ]. Kirk of Fresno is named for
superintendent of Public instruction.
He has good record as an educator.
George w. Root of San Mateo was
nominated for Clerk of the Supreme
Court without opposition in the con-
vention
The nominees for Congress, SO far as
the list is completed, are: First Dis
trict, John A. Barham, incumbent; Sec
ond District, Frank D. Ryan, a native
son or sacramento, who has served the
county in the Legislature and in the
Office of District Attorney in an able
manner, enjoys the respect and
confidence of the entire community.
and will prove strong candidate;
Third District, Victor Metcalf; Sixth
District, r. ]. Waters; Seventh Dis
trict, J. c. Needham.
For Railroad Commissioners the con.
vention has named E. B. Edison in the
First District, and N Blackstock in the
Third District, the Second District nomi-
nation remaining TO be made For the
State Board of Equalization the nomi-
nees are Alexander Brown in the Sec
ond District, II. o. Purington in the
Third and George L. Arnold, incun-
bent, in the Fourth, the First remain
ing to be filed
The platform of the party was out
lined very fully in these columns yes
terday morning. 1t remains to be added
that except as to the difference of ex-
preston concerning the retention Of the
Philippines, the declarations of both
platforms now before the people of Cal
ifornia, when the minor and local mat
ters are eliminated from consideration
those things which indicate pruden-
tial motives and strong desire to de-
serve well Of voters-the old issues re-
main, upon the lines Of which the
greater parties have so long divided.
The historical parties are the progress
sive Republican and the obstructive
Democratic. The great material issues
which determine their alignment re-
main, and over them the battles Of ball
lots will be continued.
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gem in its way Not a plank that the
most arrant demagogue could desire
was omitted. The portion of the plat
form, however, that displays the great
est ingenuity Is the utterance on the
subject of expansion. A more remark
able attempt to ''straddle'' was prob
ably never inserted in a conventions
resolutions. We do not favor an ag-
gressive policy of territorial expansion"
sounds conservative enough, and was
doubtless intended to capture the very
large wing of the Democracy that is
opposed to expansion. The sop having
been thrown to this element, the reso-
luton then says: I'VE are opposed to
the surrender to Spain Of any of the
territory that has been acquired by
American valor,' etc. There is only
one meaning to be given to this. It
will be taken by the Democratic advo-
cate Of expansion to imply that the
United States shall hold on to every
foot of ground that has been captured.
This being the idea, why not say so
openly?
HE BYRANIZED.
Alameda Argus: The candidate on
the fuse ticket for Secretary of State
is II. A McCraney. He was a Re-
publican four years ago. and for three
and one-half years was a deputy un-
der the present Clerk. He was as
| sisted to that position by the League
of Republican Newspapers, being the
only man that this organization ever
made special effort to get in Official
place. In the campaign two years ago
he Byranized, doing what he could to
defeat the Republican nominee. He
is now on the Democratic ticket
through the fusion arrangement, being
denoted as Silver Republican" We
trust the Republican papers through
out the State will bear these facts in
nina The editor of this paper, as the
President of the Republican Newspa-
per League at'the time it secured Nc
Craney's appointment, feels it his duty
to thus publicly set forth the situation
that all whose confidence was so gross
ly betrayed may act accordingly. The
prestige of the organization has been
injured, and it is due that it be set
right before the people
FEDERAL REVENUE.
Oakland Tribune: 1t should scarcely
be necessary for the Treasury Depart
ment to make the announcement that
there will be no occasion to call for an
other bond issue in order to keep the
country in funds. Even if the war
had been continued, it was anticipated
that the special revenue tax would be
able to cope with the demands, so most
assuredly, now that it Is closed, there
is no occasion to have to figure on an
other direct appeal for money. 1t is
very evident, though by the stand the
treasury officials have taken, that it is
not the intention to ease off the war
revenues in any way for long time
at least, and it may as well be ac-
cepted as an established fact that the
tax will remain as it is for a year
anyhow, and probably two years.
The record-union., 1898-08-26

work of your life to your latest hour
it is just a bit cheeky to ask those
who have faith in the old partiesg and
none whatever in the new and the
oretical one, to hoist you into their
chariots for what YOU contend can be
but a short ride
The record-union., 1898-08-26
Munyon S Headache and Indigestion Cure

is the only remedy on the market that
will cure every form of Headache in 8 to
10 minutes, correct Indigestion, stimu-
late the nerves and build up the system.
1t should be in every home and every
travellers gripsack. AT all Druggists. 25
cures 25c
The record-union., 1898-08-26
Condition Of the Treasury.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 25.-To-day's
statement Of the condition Of the treas
ury shows: Available cash balance,
1854, 23O, ,S96; gold reserve, $20S. .006, ,063.
The record-union., 1898-08-26

gentleman
while
visiting evening family game had for
cracking jokes
and light talk He called out enphatcay at last Come
answered What
Rpns Tabue take and you can laugh too She there
Tabues which
he swallowed sort of for his petuan few weeks after
meeting
asked after the usual greeting How about the Rans " His answer
joke perhaps but Rpans Tabqes and have become friends per
They have garnshed from to bottom guess don't talk
all the time"
hs & n single T taon Ga s CHEMICAL
The record-union., 1898-08-26
Weather Forecast.

Northern California-Fair, except partly
cloudy along the coast Friday morning;
cooler in the upper Sacramento Valley
brisk west wind
The record-union., 1898-08-26
Poisoned Ice Cream.

MIDDLETON IN. Y.), Aug. 25.-Ice
cream prepared from lemon extract,
purchased from a travelling salesman
a few days ago, has caused the death
Of three persons and a score of others
are sick and more fatalities are ex-
pected. The ice cream was eaten at
Sundays dinner at Arthur Jones' cot
tages at Greenfield, a summer resort, and
about 8 o'clock that night several Of
the guests were attacked with nausea.
DR.. J. F. Curlette of Mountaindale was
summoned and he diagnosed the cases
at .ptomaine poisoning. DR.. Curlette
believes six deaths will occur.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-10-22
Feeding the Fire.

r+e most powerful engine must stop II
A.. sras are not fed Man is the most Won
darf1l piece of machinery in the world, yet
~ matter how strong and well-r1ade his
bod;Iy frame may be, if the fire of life
within him is not constantly fed his limbs
ord muscles become powerless and useless.
THE reason men become helpless and
diseased is because the food they eat,
which is the fuel of life, is not properly
digested and appropriated by the stomach
and nutritive organs. 1t is not completely
transformed into the strength and working
mower which is to man what steam is to
the engine.
That wonderful power making Golden
Medical Discovery" invented by DR.. R. V.
Pierce, chief consulting physician of the
Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, of
Buffalo, N. Y, imbues the human dlges-
tive juices and blood-making glands with
capacity to extract abundant nourishment
from the food. 1t builds up organic tissue,
nerve fiber, hard muscular flesh and work
ing force. 1t gives a man steam
What it did for Mr.. F s. Hughes, of Junction,
Hunterdon Co., N. J., is given III his own words
He writes: ~ received your kind letter, and
in reply would say that mine was bad case OF
kidney and liver trouble, and that six bottles of
bottles of little Pellets effected complete cure
IT is we'll known that almost every engineer IS
troubled more or less with kidney trouble, esPeci
alv on our fast express trains. run one NUN
bred and forty-four miles on these trains every
day in the week, and have had return of the
trouble since taking the remedies, neatiy saSes
years ago."
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-10-22

Spain, loans of money. Returning to
America he continued to second the
efforts of Washington until the taking of
Yorktown and the end of the war Tor in
6euendence.
For many years he was involved in the
troubles of his own country. In war and
in peace, in his own land, and in prison
in Austria, he had much to suffer.
He came back to this country in 1924,
and for year he was the honored guest
of our grateful and happy nation. He
have heard old men tell of the circum
stances of his visit.
He returned to France and lived until
1884.
1t is now proposed to erect a monument
over his grave in the little cemetery of
Picpus in Paris School children and
students all over the country are invited
to contribute toward it
knowing we'll the difficulties and burd-
ems of your parents, our fellow citizens
will not expect that we, who pay our
part for the support of the pub ic schools.
besides building and supporting our
schools where a religious education is
given, can equal the contributions OF those
whose education is p i'd for by the state.
On Wednesday, October 10, let every
school celebrate his memory by appropri
ate exercises and let every child i'll the
Catholic schools honor the French noble
man and Catholic friend of Washington
and of our country.
James Aug. Healy,
According to the request in the Bishops
letter, Wednesday of this week was ap
propriately observed in the parochial
schools of this city.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-10-22
PHILADELPHIA's JUBILEE.

Philadelphia, October 2l.-General
Miles today notified the peace jubilee
committee that he had made the appoint
1uents on his staff for the military parade
of next Thursday to the command of
which, he has been ASST 9ned:
General Miles and staff are expected
early in the week. The two headquarters
flags that were in Porto Rico will be
brought along and will be in the process
sion.
Word was received today from Score.
tary Long that he would be present and
take part in the review of the fleet of war
ships, which is set for Tuesday The
cruiser New Orleans which arrived yes
tsrdav, was joined today by the rattle.
ship Texas, which is to be the flagship of
the feet.
The cruiser Topeka is looked for to-
morrow AMI the remaining ships will fol-
low in rapid succession.
AS soon as all have reported, Comm
dore Philip will assign each to its posi-
ton in the line The jubilee committee
today obtained the promise of two addi.
tionel vessels which played an important
part in the war. the revenue cutter Hud-
Son and the transport Olivette. There
will be over 90, 600 men in line