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The San Francisco call., 1898-10-09

in the trenches because the bill proposed to raise the money from the people on the country's bonds and he thought we were pirates anyway. They voted bonds at 5 and per cent before, but 1t was against their principles to vote them at to feed a lot of soldiers"
 With Mcguire and his "common people" and the wrong the revenue tax has worked upon them, MT. Loud dealt at length. Said he: You'd think that these poor people had nothing else to do than send telegrams and packages by Wells Fargo, or fix their names to checks. The tax is one upon the rich who have to and can afford to use those things"
 With an eloquent exposition of the par tvs platform and a plea for solid vote and one that will hold up the hands of President Mckinley In these troublous times, the speaker gave way to Judge R. E. Carpenter.
 With his usual combination of depth and wit Judge Carpenter added to the calling down of the Peoples own" with the knowledge that he had gained of his subject in years of active politics. He closed with eulogy of Congressman Loud that was approved by every one of his hearers by three lusty cheers and a tiger.
 Before the applause had subsided w. H. Barnes grand scribe of the Odd Eel lows, was introduced by Irving M. Scott. It was MT. Barnes maiden effort at polit- ical speech-making, but his splendid tes- timonial to Congressman Loud was but the stronger for that He spoke from the Knowledge that twenty years of fra ternaI association with the man that he was seconding had given him, and in closing he said: If for twenty years a man has been true to his fraternal vows and has never faltered in giving his time, his heart and his money to the needs of the widows and the orphans of his brothers and to his brothers them selves; if he is a man that can be trusted in these things, then l have no fear In trusting him in Congress. Such a man Eugene r. Loud has been aroo~r VI = we vote for his kind irrespective of party
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puny skeleton of truth that survived the operation.
 With Maguire's Congressional record many well-informed speakers have al ready dealt, but not until Loud, who has been associated with him through all his Washington career. took the rostruGn last evening was the story clearly and con nectedly told So little remains of the blacksmith's badly memorized story that the remains cannot be identified.
 The speaker of the evening was intro duced by Irving M. Scott in one of that gentleman's characteristic speeches. Ali ter summing up the public life of MT Loud and paying him many pretty com pliments he referred to him as a man who. he was sure, had no relatives in either Delaware or Jersey and had never been known to advocate tax theory of any description"
 Three hearty cheers greeted MT. Loud when he threw aside his coat and bowed himself pleasantly into the good graces of the people to whom he was to speak. "I am gratified" he said, "at this welcome, not alone because it pIeases me person ally, but it is an echo of the goodwill that Is being shouted in and about every Re publican gathering in the State tonight.
 When MT. Mcguire returned to Cali fornia from Washington he at once began to abuse my colleague, MT. Barham. He alleged that he had been recreant to his trust in not voting for what MT. Mcguire was pleased to call a funding bill, and charged him with about everything else that sounded well to Mcguire through the newspapers. He also charged me with the same crimes In the political category and, until to-day, I have attempted no explanation.
 He said that some day might explain l shall, and l shall find no need for sac rifcing truth even to the ends of politics. (Applhuse)
 If Mcguire had told the whole truth and he knew he did not-he would nave told you that in Congress we have. for the betterment of our work, a system known there as pairing. That is, we find some other man of our politics and belief and
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to numerous other bills which he men, tons to illustrate his services in Con- gross.
 That postoffice appropriation was made four years before either of us went to Congress, and as you well know, the 're-examination' of the postoff1ce site re- suited In nothing but more delay.
 "In the first session of the Fifty-third Congress Mir. 4.4aguire introduced a bill to provide revenue cutter for San Fran cisco harbor. The bill was favorably re- ported by MT. Mallory, and on October g, 1893, MT. Mallory called up a Dill in the House to provide revenue cutters for Ine great lakes, and I offered a substitute for this bill providing for a revenue cutter for San Francisco harbor. making an ap- propriatlon of $50,JvO, and III practically the same language as in the Mcguire bill. After some debate, during which much opposition was shown on the part of the men having the great lakes bill, in charge to the adoption of the substitute, l announced that the bill which had off, fered as substitute had been introduced by MT. Mcguire, and that MT. Mcguire had requested that it be withdrawn, which was therefore done. Nothing more was done with the measure during that session of Congress. On July 26, 1894, dur ing the second session of the Fifty-third Congress, MT. Wise, chairman of the
  Commerce, called up the bill, and with out any debate 1t was passed. It went to the Senate, was referred to the commit tee, and on July 30 reported to the Senate by Senator White without amendment. On August s, 1894. it was called up by Senator Perkins and passed by the Senate without debate. It was signed by Presi- dent Cleveland on August 15, 1894. Bills providing for a revenue cutter service at San Francisco were also introduced In the first session of the F'ifty-third Con- gress by Senator White (S. 9OD and by MT Hilborn (H. R, 27D.
 "In Washington all that MT. Mcguire has credit for is drawing his pay and jogging round the country preaching sin gle tax-and for the passage of the Dun don bill.
 This leader of the Democratic party also claims that the Republicans claim the late war as their own. We do not. It was a war that confronted every party and every man of this country. It was every mans war until 1t was declared. Then you could see where the line was drawn. Why! Mcguire and his ilk would not vote the money to pay our soldiers and sailors or to feed them as they lay
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come over and fix 1t up with the rest of the committee. I told Mcguire and he went, and all that was necessary to de- featit then was an objection from him.
 ''Why didn't he make 1t? don't know, unless he saw himself slipping from the hobby horse on which he had ridden into six years of prominence
 When that bill came on the floor Sen ator White, who is head and shoulders above every other California Democrat In Washington, voted for 1t, as did every one of the eighty-nine Senators with him
 Must we assume that all of the vested virtue and brains in Congress are pos sessed by Mcguire?
 Mcguire has had the credit out here in California of having defeated every funding bill that has come up since 1892 In Congress each Representative is al- lowed to speak for just five minutes on measures under consideration. and 1t Is the custom for each side to select the man who can most clearly and concisely and without bias present the case.
 When the so called Reilly refunding bill came up in 1892 they thought so much of Meguire that he spoke for just five min utes. And, gentlemen, In that five min utes MT. Mcguire defeated the funding bill.
 'In 1894 the Powers funding measure came up. and upon its first consideration Mcguire was offered another i've minutes He reserved it for the debate, when he had five minutes more. And, gentlemen, in those ten minutes MT. Mcguire defeat ed the Powers bill.
 ''This last bill he could have defeated at the start, but in committee there are no newspaper men, so he waited till he had the floor. Then, by his vote, he alleged possession of more brains than Steve White and almost all the rest of Califo<nia's representation.
 '.In 9 recent issue of the Examiner Ma guire refers to the revenue cutter now lying in San Francisco Bay built by vir- tue of an act promulgated by him which has since become world famous; also to the 'postoffice appropriation and bill for re-examination of the postofice site.' and
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The UnfatteriDS Washington Record Of the Pinto Nominee for Governor
 Laid Bare
4 Great COnCOUTSe of Voters Assembled at Odd Fellows Hall Last Evening to Listen to the Ora- tOriCaI Efforts of Republican
 Statesmen

strike up partnership with him. If l should leave my pair represents me on the floor and my interests do not suffer. When the funding bill. so called, came up nv pair Congressman Richardson of Tennessee. had been called home by the serious sickness of a relative, and stood in his place upon the floor of the House, and for him I was obliged to vote, and not for myself. I think that disposes of that proposition.
 MT. Mcguire Is pleased to call this amendment to deficiency bill funding bill It was draughted to suit the times bv the biggest and brainiest men of Con- gress. and had he wanted to Mcguire could have killed 1t in its conception by a simple objection and in this way: When the bill was being prepared Senator White asked me one morning to tell Mcguire to
The San Francisco call., 1898-10-09
Henry I. Gage Fittingly Closes a Week Marked by a Succession Of Grand
 OYatiOnS.
The Standard Bearer, Hon. Charles Patton, the Next Mayor and Other Republican Nominees Address Two Gatherings of Enthusiastic
 Citizens.

Thompson, A. J. Mitchell, NJ. (. Allen Cal Ewing, c. B. Kitch, C. U. Robinson, E. F. Deger, F. Ii. Herrick, ". Hauser, pr. l.. Turpin. W J. Burt, v. P. Northrup. J W. King, P. Broderick, c. Q. Dean, W. P. Crouch, c. A. Loring, L. P. Bolanderr F. H. Stafford, w. H. Childers, H. s. Bunker, ". A. George. Henry George, John D; Daly. Arthur Nagle, 4. J. Mitchell Dr. McLaugh- Dowd, F. G. Sanborn, T. c. Maher. c. ". Taber, J. Rutherford, Charles Downs; C. A. Fred ColIey. John H. Dawson, James de succa. E. A schumacher. T. I, Newkirk, George W. Schell, Martin Fragley, A. Murphy, Charles Healey, J. L. Trior Hugh Foofe Charles Misher. N. Parrish. Fred Morgan, J. A Shipston. George schussler, Dr. w B. Coffey, James Conogue; James Love. George Greene, James Dunbar, D. ]. Murphy, F. J. Cummings. Walt Tease T. J. Hodgden, l.. Greene.
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Fifteen hundred people listened last night with an attention that was taken only by round upon round of applause as each telling point was developed to the undoing of James Gallaghe Mcguire by Congressman Eugene F. Loud who has, since the FIfty-second Session. so ably represented the Fifth District and the State in Congress.
 With the skill of a surgeon the speaker cut away the beauty skin of the three pronged fusionist's record and laid it Quivering and unlovely In the sight of his hearers; with all the force of hard Anglo-SaXon he stripped the facts of Ma guire's Congressional career of the floss of fine Yerbiage and uncorroborated state ment that the peoples nominee" and his adherents have woven round them, and gave to the laughter of his audience the
The San Francisco call., 1898-10-09
STANDING IF
 OLD PARTIES
 IN ALAMEDA Populists Are Being Extin guished. ONLY A HUNDRED LEFT REPUBLICANS ARE ALL IN LINE ON STATE ISSUES. Regulars and Independents Vie in Showing Loyalty to Gage and
 Nef-Bishop a Cam fs
 didate.
ONLY A HUNDRED LEFT
REPUBLICANS ARE ALL IN LINE
 ON STATE ISSUES.
Oakland Office San Francisco Cah.

SO8 Broadway, Oct. 8.
 A search of the political record of the past four years shows that the Populist and Democratic parties are fast dfsap- bearing in this county. In 1894 Budd re- ceived 67S6 votes, M. M. Estee $50 and J. V. Webster Pop.) 4531. This shows a to- tai of 11,317 fusion votes against Estee's S150
 In 1896, when there was fusion, the Peo- ple's party boiled 192 votes for its Presi- dential Electors, the Democrats S202, while Mckinley was gwen 13, ,429 votes, or ma- jority of 5035. These figures show that in the two years prior to 1896 the anti-Re- publican vote uecreased 5000, while the Republican vote increased over 5000. Since that time there has been in this county a further split in the ranks, and although the total vote may not be so large as in Presidential year 1t is expected that Cages majority over Mcguire will be at least double that of Estee over Budd. This would give Gage majority of about
 The vote of the Socialist Labor party is being watched with considerable inter est, as much work has been done by local organizers since 1S96 which was the first ticket. The Presidential Electors of the Socialistic Labor men received 1O1 votes in Alameda County, anq this year the At the meeting a month ago at the Taber- nacle there were present about 1500 peo- ple,. who listened to Job Hartman. the
 
 from the amount. of support claimed for him as a result of that demonstration the figures mentioned have been arrived at
 The Independent Republicans are very anxious that they should not be accred- ited with lack of enthusiasm for the State Republican ticket They have opened their headquarters in the same building as the regular County Republican Com mittee, and each is vieing. with the other in decorating the approaches to their re- spective headquarters with pictures of Gage and Neff. After entering the build ing it is a matter of guesswork which the headquarters is that of the SimA pure Republican party, although a. glaFe at their respective county tickets does tt leave any doubt on that score.
 A. W. Bishop, for a long time secrery of the Republican County Central 6n- mittee. has filed his petldon to go othfe ballot as a candidate for the office oiLty Justice Mir. Bishop is one of the otiine Republicans, and it was generalgu6pe 6e the nominations of his party at I ae. andro, but as he saw that othersE Soe ahead of him he did not go be; S5ne convention and is now making -4'ue pendent campaign.
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James c. Mcguire Club.

At a meeting of the Twenty eighth As- sembly District James G. Mcguire Club, held at 138 Second street last evening, the following officers were elected: James Buchanan, president; George Bridgwood, first vice president; Emile Schuck, second vice president: John E. Gleeson, secre- tary; Timothy Ryan, sergeant at arms. The club was addressed the following candidates: Judge Mogan. John A. Brown and John P. Dunn. The following committee was appointed on entertain ment: Timothy Ryan, Thomas Conlan and John Deasy. Two hundred and fifty members signed the roll
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A nugget of gold weighing fnd1 and valued at S32, 800 has beef1 se Kanowna in West Australia,
The age-herald., 1898-01-08
The Great English Strike.
or Taylor

All efforts to settle the dispute be- tween the British striking machinists and their employers seems to have been futile and this exceedingly stubborn strike is carried into the new year. It is not so much a contest over wages; it is a contest that relates to the con- trol of mills, and the difference is al- most ineeoncilaible. The engineers, or maehjnists as they are called in this country say that nsdther machines nor men that increase the output shall be put in factory without their consent. If new and superior American ma chine, with skillful American artisan to operate it, IS set at work, it would throw some of their number out of em- ployment. This, they say, shall not be done. The employers, on the other hand, say they can no longer meet Ger man and American competition unless they are free to utilize the most eco nomioal methods-the latest iabor-saV- ing devices. An agreement over such an issue is certainly difficult, involving as it does the basic principle of British trade unions, and involving, too, the life of the British factories. The em- ployer says he must have the latest and best machines, and that they must be run to their full capacity, the opera tives to receive their present pay. The men really say that one of the present machines run by the weakest man shall be the standard of output Plainly, one side or the ether must yield. Neither proposes to yield an inch.
 Tn the meanwhile German and Amer tcan factories are filling the orders for armcr plates, heavy forgengs, machin- cry boilers and like articles. and the Germans at least hope to retain the trade they are winning during the strike. And the direct money losses from the strike are enormous. The department of labor places the loss to the trade unions indirectly affected at f750,000. The loss tn wages and trade union funds is said to reach f3,50000O. When to this are added the loss on in vested capital, the loss of profit, the loss of present trade, and the loss of carrying, the figures are swelled by competent conservative authorities to f12,0Oo,Oo or about $60,OOO,0OO
The age-herald., 1898-01-08
OUR SOUTHERN TRADE.

From the Chicago News.
 For the first time in the history of our commerce there is a strong and almost uni versal desire with the South American states to cultivate closer trade relations with the United States.
 MT. Loomis, the American minister to Venezuela, is now in Washington for the purpose of acquiring reciprocal trade condi- tions between the two countries. The busi- ness of Venezuela has for many years been very largely with European nations, and it has been exceedingly profitable to them. Venezuela has bought of England alone more than four times the amount she has purchased from this country, and, as the balance has to be settled in gold, the trade has been as disadvantageous to Venezuela as it has been remunerative to the British merchant. For many years Brazil has been the main source of the coffee supply of the United States, even although the quality of the berry was not nearly so good as that grown in Venezuela. The coffee area of Venezuela embraces about 100000 acres and the quantity of product exported aggre gates about 50 900 tons annually. The high est priced coffee sold in the United States is said to be of Venezuelan growth, al- though not bearing the name of that coun- try.
 Our southern neighbor is especially anx- ious to increase her trade with the United States, from the fact that such an increase would mean larger area of territory to be placed under cultivation. The lands of that country are owned by the state, and the president has the power of making grants for agricultural mining purposes in the proportion of two and one-half acres to each member of the family of the grantee. Increased exports of agricultural products mean large gains for the state and it's people.
 The chief exports of Venezuela are cof- fee, hides sugar and cocoa, while her pur- chases are machinery, cottons, agricul- tural and mining implements, and other ar ticles of American manufacture This country ranks second in the trade of Ven ezuela Great Britain leading and Germany and France following us very closely. As we are likely to suffer some loss in our foreign trade with European countries, 1t is wise to cultivate that of nations at our own doors.
The age-herald., 1898-01-08

From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
 There is this difference between the move ments of European forces in Africa ana lh Asia: The African movements nave TOT their main object the acquisition or terri- tory; the Chinese movements are TOT .he acquisition of trade. Germany, frahce anu l England want African territory, the nortn- western or so-called gold coast excepteoi as spheres of colonial action. Ine com- merce of Africa has to be made py Whte settlers, excepting the palm oil ana goia dust of the northwest, and the gold ana diamond mines of the country are to pe exploited by the whites. Russia mas maIi- fested no interest in African aHairs' sl,e has. and for centuries will have, ample room and verge enough" for the extension of agricultural andn mining industries In the vast spaces of her compact empire.
 But China has a trade ready to hand, and yet capable of immense extenslon.. Wnat Europe coyets is unfettered trade with 40o,- 100000 of Chinese men and women. Large as that trade now is, it will be doubled trebed, possibly increased ten-fold when the modern arts of Europe are introduced to Cathay. Russia may be impelled by the traditions of territorial extension to acquire control of Corea and to hold in fee one or more ice-free ports, but even Russia 1s swayed largely by commercial sentiment Germany, France and England have no rational cause of action other. than that or dcQulSlI1On or pOICt5 that ilitiS OpCh tAooS' But here the cause of the United States presents itself. The ports of our Pacific coast ought to be thronged by vessels trad ing with China. It is not to be expected that this country will remain quiet if the Chinese coast is to be parceled out among European powers each with it's hinteriand, and behind it's hinterland its "sphere of influence" from which the United States trade may be excluded or to which it may be admitted upon such terms as the reg nant European influence may impose. Ger many and England, and in less degree, France are our commercial rivals. We cannot afford to give them control of the ports and harbors of a profitable continent.
 The policy of Great Britain, as indicated in late dispatches, is far more equitable toward China than toward Africa. Lord Salisbury is reported as ready to take de- cisive action against any movement that may give to any European power ownership of Chinese commercial port. The opening of Chinese ports to western trade will be a blessing to China and to the world, pro- vided that they are made free ports But 1t is not to be imagined that Germany and France are to be permitted to monopolize the sea-going trade of the greatest country of Asia.
The age-herald., 1898-01-08
STORYETTES.

Two sons of Erin sharing the same bed, as well as the same bottle of whisky, Pat waited till he found Mike slept, when he quietly arose and emptied the bottle Soon after, Mike, waking, stole out of bed and groping about in the dark, was asked by his companions:
 "Phwat are yez lookin' fer, Mike?"
 "Oh nothin'!" says Mike
 "Well, Mike" says Pat, yell foind It over there in the corner in the bottle."
 A pious old lady of Marblehead had husband who was a seaman.
 He was about to start on protracted voyage, and as his wife was anxious as to her husbands welfare she sent the follow ing notice to the village preacher: MT. Blank, who is going to sea, his wife desires the prayers of the congregation"
 As the old lady was quite flliterate, the minister read the following to the congre- gation from the slip handed him:
 INT. Blank, who is going to see his wife, desires the prayers of the congregation"
 In various parts of the country they have a way of telling distances by right smart piece," "gunshot off, "day's journey" and the like; but down in southwest Florida they do it differently. A party of amateur pedestrians were doing the state, and, as often happens with such travellers, had lost their way. It was near night and they