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The San Francisco call., 1898-08-24
REPUBLICAN
 PATRIOTISM
They Cheered and HOnOred the Flag That Demo-
 crats Had Ignored.

tees was in his pocket. It was not true. He proposed to take ample time to con- sider the names referred to him. The mo- opposition.
 The election of MT. Neff to the tempo rary enairmanship was readily accepted Delegates who had some doubts earlier in the day admitted after the display of and Brown were practically out of the race.
 The delegates were slow in getting to- gether at the Agricultural Pavilion for the evening session. When the hour of o'clock arrived--the expiration of the recess-very few places on the floor were
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ization and order of business. E. F. Preston of San Mateo moved that the committee be composed of twenty-one. MT. Johnson accepted the amendment. T. c. Hooking of Stanislaus moved the appointment of a committee of twenty-one on credentials. Carried.
 Reuben Ii. Lloyd of San Francisco nov ed the appointment of a committee of twenty-one. on platform and the motion was carried.
 A motion was made by MT. Paterson to take @ recess until o'clock
 Ex-Senator William Johnson of Sacra- mento suggested that time should be given to the chairman fin which to select the committees. Chairman Neff replied that the motion to take recess had in view the purpose of giving the chair am- pie time to select the committees. The statement had been made, observed the chair, that the prepared list of commit
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CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Aug. 23.-The day for the as- sembling of the convention was auspicous. The day was warm and 1t might be in ferred that Major Mclaughlin was as warm as the day as he stepped on the platform dressed in his summer suit. The delegates assembled in the convention hall saluted the major and paid their compliments to Secretaries Ms R. Hig- gins and Jacob Steppacher as they pre- pared to open the session.
 The first music of the band cheered the delegates at 1:15 D. m. At that time nearly all the delegates were in the places assigned to them. The little flags waved. One thousand American flags had been distributed, one to each dele gate, according to directions of Paris Kil- burn.
 At 1:45 Major Mclaughlin announced: 'fThe convention will please come to order. It will be opened by singing of the quar- tet'
 The quartet of ladies, with accompani- ment, sang America the delegates ris- ing in compliment to the hymn and the ladies
 Mayor Land of Sacramento was intro- duced to the convention by the major and welcomed the delegates to the Capitol
 The Star Spangled Banner was then sung, by. the quartet the audience rising impressive and the music inspiring. The song was followed by cheers for the flag, for Admiral Dewey, and cheers for the ladies of Sacramento.
 ''The convention will come to order" commanded the chairman. Desk officers were named Major Mclaughlin an nOunced that the selection of a temporary chairman was in order. Frank Powers of temporary chairman Jacob H. Neff of Placer. Judge Van R. Paterson of San Francisco named as candidate for tenn porary presiding officer the Prince of Parliamentarians," Joseph c. Campbell of San Francisco
 The Alameda delegation and quite a fornia cheered the Campbell candidacy. For two hours before the convention as- sembled the, supporters of Brown and Pardee had boasted that they would elect Campbell chairman. Prior to the selec- tion of Campbell as their candidate they had withdrawn A. L. Levinsky of San toned and at one time slated as their choice. Pardee's adherents and Browns in the day. They entertained the hope that Campbell would derive considerable support, from the San Francisco delega- ton and that Santa Clara and San Diego delegates would rally to his standard. This delusion was dispelled when San Diego cast a solid vote for Jacob Neff Francisco Assembly District delegation.
 The Brown and Pardee adherents cheer ed when Alameda, Del Norte, Humboldt and other counties cast their strength for Campbell, but the demonstrations of joy were not prolonged or vociferous A. l.. Levinsky of San Joaquin seconded the nomination of J. c. Campbell Frank North of Alameda also seconded the nom ination of MT. Campbell. J. s. Mcbride of Nevada seconded the nomination of Jacob Neff. The roll vas called by counties and Assembly districts. When the roll call had been proceeded with as far down the district as Santa Clara County the vote stood 1s2 for Camobell and 468 for Neff.
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JUST GOT READY
 TO DO BUSINESS
DETAILS OF THE WORK OF THE
 FIRST DAY.
Committees Appointed in the Evening Session and an Adjournment
 Taken Until Morning,

The convention was called to order by Major Frank Mclaughlin, chairman of the Republican State Central Committee. at 1:40 o'clock D. m.
 After a song by the quartet, Mayor
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then moved that the nomination of MT. Neff be made unani- nous. The motion prevailed. MT. Neff was escorted to the chair and made a brief speech, thank ing the convention for the honor con- ferred upon him. The convention gave the chairman a cor dial reception.
 Grove l.. Johnson of Sacramento moved the appointment of a committee of fifteen on narna nenf orRau-
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Carey, George T. King; pages. Albert Busk- hardt, Carl Shank. R. Koch, James Ak tay, Master Bowman. Emile Shwetzer, Frank Bromer.
 The chair-Gentlemen, nominations for
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tclAlPOl dk OI4dlA A14cSAk are now In order.
 Frank Powers of San Francisco - MT. Chairman and gentle men of the conven- ton: On behalf of the younger men of the Republican party, who have learned their Republican prin- ciples from the old hero I am going to nominate, I name for the chairmanship of this convention the old miner whose name is his nominating speech, Jacob H. N / |
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nsky of San Joaquin seconded the ination of J. c. Campbell. Frank h of Alameda also seconded the nom
 on of MT. Campbell. J. s. Mcbride of ada seconded the nomination of Jacob The roll was called by counties and embly districts. When the roll call
 been proceeded with as far down the jet as Santa Clara County the vote d 1s2 for camobell and 46S for Neff.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-23
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'wel Smiley kep' the beast lattice box and he sometimes and lay TOT pe' day feler-a he was-come acroS nm h
 "'What might 1t be that you've got in box?
 And Smiley says indifferent like It might be parrot or 1t might be canary maybe put u "H N
 looked at it careful and tqTnsd a It r,ntn round, d. this this, way s and that and says Il
 well Smiley says easy and careless good enough for thing should judge-he ouurp any iros III county
 The feller and took another long par ticuar Smiley and says very deber ate We'll he don't pins about that frog that's
 Maybe you don't Smiley says Maybe understand experience and maybe you amt only an aature Anyways I've opinion and I'll res forty dollars that
 And the feer minute then kinder sad like like Well I'm only stranger here and aint got no ir0s'
 And Smiley says right-thats all right the feler took the box and his forty dollars along with smileys and set down to wait.
 So he there good while thinking thinking to his- self and then he the frog and pzed his mouth open pretty his chin-and Smiley he time and finally he etched frog, and fetched him in and give him to. this feller, and says:
 Now. if you're ready him with his forepaws just even with Dan1s and I'll word Then he says and him and the feIer touched up the frogs from behind and the frog hoped off lively but Danl give heave and hysted his shoulders Fenchman but 1t Warnt no use-he couldn't budge; he was if he was ancborad ont sTnie % % m d d, o more d @ @ nan he was dsgused oo but he didn't have idea what the
 money started away and when he going the door, he jerked shoulderso Dan very deliberate Well, he don't pints frog any other
 Smiley he stood scratching his head looking Dan long me and at last he says do wonder what in the frog some thing the with hTn-he mighty baggy And he keched Danl by the the and Why, blame if he don't turned him he belched full of shot And then he how and he mad des manhe that frog down that er but he keched him. And
 Here Simon Wheeler heard his yard, got up wanted turning to away, you easy-I ain't going to be a second"
 did think continuation of history enterprising Smiley likely information concerning "Leonidas w" Smiley, and I started away.
 the sociable Wheeler returning, m recommended:
 well thish-yer Smiley yaIler one-eyed that tail, only jest stump bannanner and"
 lacking both time and inclination. did wait o'hear about the afflicted but took leave.
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byMark Twain

that for slow and always had the of that kind They three hundred yards start and then her under but always at Tag eo or the race shed get excited and desperate , , anu s , vortg and sraddng and scattering her legs around nm racket with her cour5g and sDeezing and blowing and always fetch the just about neck ahead as could cipher 1t
 And he had little small bull pup that to LOOK a. nm nm you'd think he but to set around and look or ana & y TOT "a chance to se4 s;ren dog his under as money was up on him he was ms tawd begin stick fOcase of steamboat and his teeth would uncover and shine like the ho dog might tackle him bulyrag him. and bite him. and throw him his shoulder three times ana Andrew Jackson-which the of the pupAhorew JacAson would let but what he satisfied and hadn't ex pected nothing being doubled and doubled on time till all up; and then all of sudden he would grab that other dog Jest y % o his hind leg and freeze to not chaw you @ out only just and hang throwed up the sponge if niI he harnesSed dog once that ddnt nave W % b ' t % cause they'd been sawed off in circular saw ana when the ute how he'd been mpos non and how the had him in the door and he peared surprised and then he looked sorter discouraged like and didn't try no more to win the fight so he got shucked out bad He smiley fault for putting dog that didn't have no hind legs for and then he mped off and laid down and died It was had qan,T know baces ba hadn't no opportunities to and it don't that dog could make such fight he could under them circumstances 1T he hadn't no talent It always makes me feel sorry when t or that
 Well thishyer Smiley raerriers and chicken cocks and tomcats and all them kind of things till you rest couldn't fetch nothing for him to bet on but he'd
 
 callated O him; and so he nothing for three months but his back yard and learn frog jump And bet he did learn him. too He'd him little punch behind and the minute you'd turning the air like doughnut-see him turn couple good start. and down hatooted and all right like cat He got him up so in of ketchng flies kept him in practice so that he'd nail fly time fur as he could see him. Smiley a frog education. anythng-and believe him. Why, I've him Dan Webster down this foor-anl Webster was the of the frogand sing out Flies Dan fesP and could spring snake the floor agin solid gob mud, fall scratching side of his with his hind indifferent if he hadn't idea he'd been doing frog might do You
 for all he when jumping a level could ground stradde animal of his breed you Jumping dead his suit when 1t Smiley would money 8 he had a red well he might felers everywheres h laid any frog they
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With the growth experience dealing with quartz veins the reputation of the lode and richness became worldwide, and the mother lode of Cali fornia stands as the finest example of the great gold deposits of the world Here have been developed the systematic methods of underground exploitation, the precise and economical treatment of owgrade that California leads world with skilled mining engineers
 The continuous and prominent Assure system is of the striking of lode. in Caaveras and Tuoumne counties the ground wall in mine reaches forty feet being filled with powders of the partially broken quartz.
 The characteristic quartz of the mother has a wellmarked banded structure. and is that which the miner most likes The bodies of the larger mines which have found profitable have generally possessed this character.
 Different views have been advanced to account for the formation of these of quartz. One is that they deposited in open cavities which formed thousands of feet below the surface during the tuberances of the walls brought opposite each other The second view that the great of quartz of the mother lode could have been formed in this manner but rather by gradual replace from the percoating solutions. this theory can account for the finely banded structure of the the alternating layers Of quartz and chorite formed during the successive opening and tightening of the
 For many years from the commencement of quartz mining along the lode the the veins bodies not understood. This resulted lack of when the body found pinch. they all do times in the most permanent mines. Many a mine in this region which is to-day proving bonanza for its owners mas been abandoned more periods In all this and created such belief in the of the veins that undertakings of magnitude carried cut in faith that what been found to be true in many cases will be found in all the larger important deposits.
 When 1t Is realized that thousand feet of the sur1ace nave been erooed in past geological ages, anc
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that of the mines of Amador County down without any apparent weakening of the veins, it must be appreciated what enormous scale these gold deposits were formed
 The system veins constituting the mother lode formed subsequent to the folding and upheva of the subsequent the intrusion the tive they have been little disturbed and faulted and easily followed.
 The of the veins constituting the mother lode is generally quite simple. Those in which copper silver and gold mixed and which difficult tO work and generally associated together, especially in the granite regions of the Sate not found in regions the oXdized down to the level but in marked distinction the veins in the granite they still carry below the line of oxidation large of free When combined the gold is almost tracted with comparative ease.
 Much has been said about the wall rocks of the mother lode and it's richness ascrbed their peculiar character careful study of the lode has convinced It does reasonable that the gold should have been derived from the walls for the mines equally rich whether in slate the contact of slate with greensboro. Good mines well be found under of these conditions. It reasonable to believe that the deposition of the metallic particles dependent chemical reactions of certain kind Of veins lying side by side in the mine be barren and the other constitute the rock The rock forming the walls the surface at any depth which be reached indication of the nature of the deepseed rocks from which the numerous dikes of diabase greensboro istic of the mother lode given formation of extensive wel-defned believe has been the chief part played by them.
 equalled in the world. While the open gradually penetrating deeper into the earth dininuton of their output. and hidden bodies will continue be found product gold increased for years The permanency of the
 lode and the ability to work its lowgrade have been fully vindicated.
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worlds Jumping place." the most cheerless and unsuitable spot that woman could select for even tenn porary abiding place.
 But Alaska is not irrecla1maple, though its climate may be, and the time may come, and that soon, when capital and civilization will have made 1t a habitable land for women: would have the way paved for them. It does not seem to me either saIe or wise for women to emigrate beyond the ordinary comforts of life. When the capitalists have made improvements there; when the civil engineers have brought their skill to bear upon the rugged and dangerous surface of that far-on country; when physicians are at hand in case of illness, and houses are built that are suitable for women to live in: when there is nothing left to contend with but the climate-and that will always be quite enough-then Alaska will be a reasonably habitable place for women.
 For the women who have the cour- age requisite to take such chances as now present themselves in Alaska, have much respect. Fortitude and bravery are always admirable. But one may be pardoned for questioning the Judgment of even the brave. Min ing is an alluring industry, but l have a theory that for every dollar taken out Of the earth some one haQ to put one hundred cents in.
 Women pioneers should bear in mind that vastly different conditions prevail between the gold fever of '49 and this of '98 Women were not only in better physical condition than now, owing to the greater simplicity of their lives, but in coming to California they en- tered what was veritable paradise. They could live in a cloth tent nine months of the and af the door could be grown almost anything they desired to plant, be it tree, flower or vegetable. California's welcome to woman was a smiling and propitious one. Alaska's is, to say the least, de- cidedly repelling.
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N . large percentage of the peo-
 pie bound for Alaska are of the
 gentler and physically weaker \ sex that the question naturally
 arises in the mind of one deeply
 interested in womans welfare, ''Is Alaska a desirable country for women?"
 Having been asked for my opinion on this subject, which is one that grows in importance as the number of women pioneers to that inhospitable country increases, l am constrained to give a conservative reply. From all that have been able to learn of existing con- ditions in the far north, am led to the conclusion that Alaska at the present time is an excellent country for women ito stay away from.
 Not alone do women in that region have to encounter physical hardships of almost every description in their eager rush to keep pace with men in search of gold, and endure the rigors of a climate that tests the endurance of the hardest man; unless accompanied by husbands to protect them, they are compelled to sacrifice much of the dig ufty and reserve that are woman's S natural birthright, and certainly her chief charm. The method of travel over land is now such that women should think very seriously before undertak- ing it. In every way 1t is extremely trying upon the physique of men. What must it be for women? The mere matter of moneyed gain should not, it sems to me,sso enthuse them as to make them lose sight of grayer things at stake.
 I would not be understood as taking a gloomy view of the Alaska question. It is undoubtedly a most wonderful country so far as it's mineral riches are concerned, but there are few women who can encounter the privations and primitive conditions there without seri- ously impairing their, health. Even those who go as companions to their husbands and in their watchful care run a great physical risk. And yet I am one who holds to the good, old fashioned belief that a woman should, If need be, follow her husband to the suttermost ends of the earth. To me AAlaska certainly is typical of the
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HOW TO OUTFIT FOR ALASKA.
BY A MINER WHO HAS BEEN THERE.

r MADE a prospecting trip through \ Alaska last year and had the usual K rough experiences of Q prospector in s the far north. All you people who < are figuring on going there this year
 have had all sorts of advice thrust
 upon you by all sorts of people, chiefly by those who have gained all their information from books and papers.
 I am going to tell you what a years rough experience taught me were the absolute necessaries there, the cheapest cost and how best to prepare for the trip. It's a hard trip at the best, and you will find that practical advice will be of inestimable service to you.
 The usual estimates are made upon the basis of the expenditure of sums of money ranging from $500 to 5000. These of course are all very well for those who have the money to lay out in such a man ner. But the greater share of the men who will set out for Alaska this spring will doubtless be of limited means, who are compelled to make every dollar go as far as possible.
 The first and most requisite is, of course, food. For a years supply the fol- lowing will fill the bill. It should be stated that the prices and goods are the actual ones charged and supplied by a downtown retail store and can be dupli- cated at any time:
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THE MOTHER LODE OF CALlFORNA-By HAROLD w FAIRBANKS

D E MING first brought California into prominence IA H the El Dorado of the West. The foundations EIE of the State laid with the beginning of the V E golden flood which poured from almost every l | canyon through the length and breadth of the
 mighty Sierra Nevadas.
 Of necessity the days of the rich surface pacers brief Men at first lacking in experience but little by little the most profitable bars worked they began for the original of the gold quartz adhering, and the attention consequently directed the veins which thcky ntersected try. While these veins found to contain gold great the Sierra Nevada foothills, recognized that there remarkable mineral stretching from Mariposa County northward.
 For hundred miles the prospector traced this remarkable lode, sometimes able walk it's crop pings for miles stretch For long distances the Assure occupied by the most important vein had the here and there characterized certain by 'blowouts'' of quartz, affecting the raphy the The body of quartz posed above ground is found the Mariposa in
 thickness the base of 20 feet. It is the May Rock and presents most striking appearance. Carson Hill, Quartz Mountain and other eminences the aggregation Of quartz veins The lode does always great vein, through much of length it consists of veins scattered in belt of black slate through which dkes of that while the slope mneralized geological structure is it has favored development of Assures subsequent quartz veins along comparatively line
 Much has been said about the depth to which the California The question arises in every camp, Do the veins go down? What reason have to doubt that they go down? The veins cer- tanly 20 down. if rich the surface experience many years has shown that they likely to grow poorer in depth
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MILLIONS FOR MERCHANTS
THE KL0NDIKE RUSH.
By Louis Sloss.

s the season advances, the in- terest in Alaska becomes al- most daily more intensified. l apprehend a tremendous in- crease of trade throughout this