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The Florence tribune., 1898-11-05

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The Florence tribune., 1898-11-05
Delinquent Notice.

First publication Oct. IS, 1898.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-03
SANDBAGGING THE SENATE.
NUMBER TWELVE.

Dear Sir Plain that the proof OF the pud
right inspect his
G f what sSs does n P Ps soo o reasons that
ente him reelection You and have considered the first OF these rea
merely anything nothing Plain
Phean bases his
THE PASSING OF THE CHARTER
Is of the benefits for which said that Mr. Phan responsible
cld was foremost the work Of the new charter and @d
o. the great itself FIVE failures mad been scored pee
The remembers one enGi
neered by Mr. Phelan You and reeoI that the election Of 1890
Mayor Phe in the beginning appeared as an ardent upporter
Of our times would be ocbd 3 b the new charter were
adopted In fact he candidate and attracted from
enatve the ideas charter that the faction of the Dem
Mr. Phelan politician that charter
not d popular Many voters who attracted to him personally were re-
na he sacrificed the the charter AT his political meet
OF the charter committee With and
charter were two very different things He explained that we could vote
against the charter and yet vote for him. He urged his hearers to this
and with such that who supported him did not
support the charter
James Phen the case is obvious But good god
feed good 6 government 5.e his .z zeal 4 0F himself
R a b dea W with th ah now before the people Mas
Phe got the hr ds late and did mot remain @ one %n the
ne dog ne new e d not make the Mayor as nh OF az auto
the whole cold campaign favor OF the when
Plain p like and 9 do unjust We DO
other through whose efforts the real work accomplished
in
Plug Hat reminded another
Pheans Il Sir Oracle
In the campaign Mayer Phelan is touching the charter
ne sIs Ss s3si Ky
Ss854s
The plain condemn ambition Ambition is
and the
Senate a 3 honorable n s no s United lite
of
Phean
for
o false of
butt
plain
adept hypocrtica pleas A PLAIN CITIZEN.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-03
IS HE FIT FOR CONGRESS ?

have referred to Barrys Endorsement OF
VI Spanish Minister de Lome's insult to President
mckinney, but that was not the only instance
IN which Barry has shown his venom toward
everything that stands for national pride and public
order When the anarchists murdered Canovas, the
Spanish Prime Minister and President Mckinley for
warded to the Queen Regent of Spain the usual for
NAL expression that between all nations under
such circumstances, Barry denounced the Presi-
dent for it and declared that he would better have
sympathzed with the devil for having to receive the
murdered Minister in hell
Barry approved the murder of Canovas 'The
Firebrand, an anarchist paper in Portland, Or
which constantly denounced all government and all
authority, was Jubilant the assassination, and
when 1t became obscene suppressed by the legal
authorities Barry in his Star approved the course OF
The Firebrand," and said that if all the people in
this country who approved the murder of Canovas
were jailed, there would not be half enough Jail room
on the planet to hold them
Barrys idea for the correction of evils is to do it by
violence and murder He has time and again advo-
Gated this in his paper and has not scrupled to recon-
mend physical violence to Judges as means of con-
trolling the judgments OF the bench. He has stood
always against law and public order A narrow and
ignorant man, incapable of logical reasoning he sub
sttues his passion and prejudice for reason and runs
to sympathy with violence Because Canovas turned
the rough hand of Spanish law upon the anarchists
who, IN attempting to assassnate the Project OF Bar
celona, murdered innocent people, Barry believed it
to be right to murder Canovas
Because the militia of Pennsylvania had to obey
orders and turn out under arms to guard property
during strike riot Barry denounced the citizen sol
diers and said that one had the right to kill them
on sight, and that it was no more crime to do so
than to kill rattlesnakes
Every man must finally go to public judgment,
when candidate, upon what he has uttered as ex-
pressions of his opinions.
We have quoted but a small part of what this man
has said against government, against law in opposi-
ton to good order and plain patriotism. The utter
ances are his From the fullness of the heart the
mouth speaketh, and if Barry is be judged by what
he has said he is at heart anarchist and favors
cod-blooded murder the best means for advancing
any cause to which he happens to be attached
His nomination for Congress was a serious mistake
among the many blunders made by the fusion poll |
tcians, and his election would put San Francisco in
the worst possible light before the world
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-03
PHELAh AND THE WoRKINoMEN.

i THE dernagogic methods of Mayor Phelan are
i apty illustrated by letter published in his even
T. ing organ, in which he seeks to make it appear
not only that the charter fixes the minimum rate
OF wages to be paid laboring employed on public
work in this city at 81 per day, but that he mainly
instrumental in securing the insertion of the provision
the instrument In the letter referred the Mayor
says: THE charter fixes the standard OF wages
on all public work at minimum OF 81 per day, for
eight hours work, and, as you doubt aware,
was strong advocate OF that provision"
This is what Father Yorke would call a fragrant
case OF political mendacity Phelan knows that the
provisions of subdivision "a OF chapter p article H.
OF the charter are fraud and sham. He knows
this because during the charter discussion last spring
the subject was prominently mentioned and engaged
his particular attention
1t is true that the new charter fixes the hours of
labor for men employed by the city at eight per day.
and the of wages not less than ST. but it also
provides that all public OF every kind, character
and nature whatsoever shall be let by contract
which completely nuihes the section. Section "a OF
chapter j. article VI, declares that all public work
authorized by the Supervisors to be done under the
supervision of the Board of Public Works shall I'M
less otherwise determined by the Board of Public
Works, be done under written contract, except in
case OF urgent necessity, hereinafter provided and
hereinafter provided found in section 80 of chap
Ter OF the same article Inat sectlon limits the
power of the Board of Public Works to order urgent
necessity work by days labor, to expenditures of less
than $780,
Thus it is seen that the s. and eight hours day
provisions of the charter fraud. They put
in to catch the thoughtess laborng vote, and since
practically all work must be let out by contract they
designed to obtain that vote by false pretenses
Mayor Phelan ought to be proud of this exploit He
should call public attention to it frequently. AS
friend of the laboring he is certainly champion
He has offered to them not granite loaf, but loaf
Containing cobble
p: As specimen of demagogy the operation however,
can scarcely be called clever. If the worngmen Of
this city do not on Tuesday next resent the fraud
Phelan has practced upon them in this connection
they will be sngularly blind and meek.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-03
VICTOR H. METCALF.

q MONG the men who are to infuse fresh blood
\ into the California delegation in Congress is
Victor H. Metcalf, the Republican nominee
in the Third District His election may be taken as
virtually assured for the district IS strongly Republ-
can, and Mr. Metcalfs personal popularity is ca1cu-
lated to increase the normal strength OF the party
vote
While he is a new aspirant for Congressional
honors, Mr. Metcalf is not unknown in the field of
politics to the voters OF his district Born in
Utica, N. Y, and graduating from the law department
OF Yale in 1876, he came to California to make his
home in 1880, and attained emnence at the bar
and leadership among the lawyers OF the State. Pos
sessing in high degree the faculty OF making and re-
tanning friendships, Mr. Metcalf enjoys a deserved
popularity for his social qualities as we'll as esteem
for his ability lawyer and his sterling integrity of
character
A demonstration Of the strength OF his personal
following shown in the contest for the Congress
sional nomination. Mr. Metcalf carried the primaries
by large majority all competitors, thus show
ing that he the first choice of the Republican
rank and file their leader in the contest and as their
representative in Congress
Nothing but feeling of confidence on the
part OF Republican voters can lead to Mr.. Metcalfs
defeat and that feeling dangerous at this
juncture. The people OF the Third District are well
that the supreme issue of the Congressional
campaign is that OF supporting the administration.
They know how much of national welfare depends
upon the maintenance of the Republican majority in
the House of Representatives. Therefore however
confident each may be OF Mr.. Metcalfs election he
will go to the polls matter of pride and patriotic
duty to swell the California vote for the administra-
ton party
At the present time there is one question stuff
GENTLY dominant in national politics exclude others
from public attention. The maintenance of the
tariff the settlement of the currency the upbuding
of the American merchant marine the construction of
the Nicaragua canal and the solution of the MANY
problems arising out of the with SPAIN are all
to engage the attention of the coming Congress
All summed up in the comprehensive issue
of supporting the administration A vote for Re-
publican Congressman is vote of confidence in
Mckinley, while vote for Democrat would be a
vote Of dstrust division and confusion.
These considerations will not be overlooked BY the
voters of the Third District Neither will they over
look the advantage TO themselves of having in Con
gress a strong, brainy representative in harmony
with the administration. Local interests and national
patriotism in this contest and therefore an
overwhelming majority may be counted for Victor
H. Metcaf.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-03
THE HOUSE OF. LORDS.

The House of Lords cannot now profess
TO make the laws of the nation. but IL
can, and does, prevent vast changes he.
ing made In the constitution by a snan
vote or scratch majority. It does for
the British constitution what a written
document, unalterable except under cer-
tain special conditions, does for other
forms or government. But for it the
whole OF our laws and liberties womb lie
at the mercy of any man who could oaf
control or the House of Commons FIR
twenty-four hours. 1t Considers all Iaoiss
, lat. ana though IN practice it seldom
ventures TO make changes. ii is afIe TO
insist on reference to the country If
IL holds that great and far-rea ching
revolution is being made without the cleo.
, rorS peing really aware of what is hap
penlng- In fact, it views the laws sent
up TO IT In the light of this question.
ought this law, If not amended TO he
rejected until it has been referred to the
ure that this bill shall become law?'
me House of Lords is, in a word. an
old servant who has passed out of active
employment, but still holds one very i'm
The master has said to him in effect:
fou are past very active work, and I do
not expect you to take any great share
IN the regular routine of lawmaking That
must. as a rule, be left. like all the ac-
counts, to my younger servants I
should like you. however, to keep an eve
upon them, and If you notice something
being done which appears to YOU QUITE
contrary to my wishes and TO SOUND
management, / want you to step it until
| have been asked whether 1 really want
II carried out. OF course you must not
always be worrying me with such uues-
lions, nor do I want you to refer things
back to me merely because YOU do NOT
ike them yourself. / only want to be ap-
pealed TO when you feel reasonably sure
that | shall object to what is proposed -
Spectator.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-03

IN: Sunday morning the Examiner, in state OF
l J jubilation so exutant that it fairly chortled
- with gee, exclaimed with all the vigor OF cir
Gus poster type: One of the cheering features
OF the present campaign is that the people realize
what is at stake. Minor differences are forgotten,
and devotion to principle is bringing every advocate
of good government into line.
In explanation of this ELUSIVE delight the yellow
journal announced that the Harvey branch of the
Democracy had resolved to call meeting to CON
slider the proprety of giving united support the
tire Democratic ticket-State and local. 1t added
Major Harvey himself advocated such a course, and
there is no question that it will be followed"
Then the chortle proceeded: The action of these
Democrats. is both patriotic and consistent x
These men have always fought under the banner OF
Democracy they are devoted to those undying prn-
cipes that the Democratic party represents and en-
forces"
The meeting thus announced with such a hula
baloo of JOY was held Tuesday evening 1t
suited in demonstration that the Examiner right
in saying "the people realize what is stake :"
Nevertheless, it surprise party and confusion
to the yellow organ. The Consistent Democrats
the stawarts who are devoted the undying prin-
ciples" of Democracy refused to be party to the
trade with the Phelanites. They would not surrender
even for one-third OF the municipal patronage.
Hence yesterday morning the Examiner changed
placed by an outburst OF biingsgate. The consist
ent' Democrats were denounced rats of cviliza-
ton that inhabit the of politics. thugs
and prowlers from the Barbary Coast, dope hends
and maquereaux from the most dsreputabe sections
of the tenderloin district, who spend more time
in than out of jail pickpockets and Migrants, sand
baggers and prizeghters keepers OF low grog shops
City Hall hangers-on and Police Court shysters."
From this contrast between the language of sweet
ness and light Sunday and the hell howl on
Wednesday, it is clear the Examiner has learned by
long practice to express the extremes of the "whoop
her up at night and the difference in the morning"
1t has been there, this Examiner, and the
vivid references to rats from the sewers has all the
merit of realism. 1t has done justice to its
feelings and Phelan no doubt read the wild TRADE
with sense of qualification that his sentiments had
been so perfectly expressed.
Far be it from to take part in this Democratic
fight We have no side or part in the issue The
Democrats who both patriotic and consistent
on Sunday and turned out to be thugs fends and
maqueraux on Tuesday, may have actually made that
lightning change, or il may have been the Examiner
that changed. All that We know for is, the
incident has given one touch of humor to the
and in that we are the public will be
we'll pleased and enjoy the situation.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-03
BROKER AND CHAFING DISH.

No, haven't been sick" said one of
the younger Cotton Exchange men, in re-
spouse to the query of a group of friends.
nave been engaged in a set-to with a
chatting dish, and am yearning to inter
view the miscreant who invented the
his, gore. What was the trouble? Oh.
nothing muen. heard 1t was fashionable
to be .chatingdish expert, and bought
one on the solemn assurance of the clerk
that the thing, was as easy as lying. Now,
| never found any special difficulty in
but VET Let that pass. What | tried first was
make Welsh rabbits, so I concluded 1t
must be simple. | got directions from a
few friends to watch me and get envious.
Well. I couldn't remember exactly
whether you put in the eggs first or the
them the switched Somehow l Anvw nave got
rabbit looked exactly like mustard plas-
ter-after using. My friends told me they
strain point for courtesy's sake. out
that they had families TO provide Tor, and
would have 10 draw the line on rabbits.
I threw the cursed thing out of the win
DIV and nearly Drained niger. The next
dish attempted was a Josephine omelet.
Ever hear OF Josephine omelet? Be
been the cause of Napoleon getting that
divorce from his first wife. A young lady
up on st. Charles avenue gave me the
since what the mischief I ever did to Of
fend her. ! asked an old and very dear
chum OF mine to come up and help me
work was particular to follow directions
to a gnat's heel. The omelet resembIed
chunk of beeswax, and after eating a
and said he had just remembered an i'm
portant engagement. l had sampled a
section myself, so made no reply. I just
bowed him out and put IN the balance of
omelet out of my teeth. Yesterday I
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-03
AS no" A YELLOW ISLANDER.

:
Y the Examiner was displeased to
s. obsefVe-:the wing OF the; Democratic party
= - Phean had tried to KICK out; and later
tried 10 Woo with bGbes, resent the insult, It was
disturbed to learn that the mastery Of its pet Mayor
was acknoWled ged, and that:nobody~was crnging
to his HoDor:=..* :. - -. III.
It's description OF. The occasion, at which he was
given.te his: oyerttres reiectedi his promises
scof4ed Gould fisrdyhave been expected to beadat
teFiilg. the flannerofthe Examiner 1t was GER
tainto perverted, Unjust, andto the extent
that any one: would believe the sheet, misleading
Howe4:er the Examiner: went too: far. II there
were those present not up TO the lofty standard OF
nofals::set ard 50: beautifully followed by it; there
was mo excuse for portraying the assenblage as
collection of: thieves. and. jailbirds: OF
course the purity Of a Phelan Committee OF One
HqRdfed =can1lot be expected everywhere. The fire.
nen:of the city WHO participated in bouncing the
Mayor. in netting and letting him. fall with
thud have been classed as part OF a collection OF
bofsterou$ roWdes among whom policeman would
not safe This is neither just nor polite 1t is
simply al ffeshtouch Of the raying lunacy which has
characterized the Mayor campaign for the conduct
ing of which talent has. been Imported at great ex
pe1ise. Even the: minority AMONG the Harvey men
have been iilstllted: -
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-03
COERCION Of: <EMPLoYES.

X: IIEN.the Examiner: charges that employees Of
E thee*TaiN:ay have been ordered to vote for a
particular set OF candidates, We give it credit
for s1ficeflt ifirelgeneeto know that it is lying. At
this point intelligence is: at end; it does not
knowsthat tits: lying stupidity.
>In:the first place there way which the rail
road & company or any other corporation could
force its eniployest yote contrary to the wishes of
the. employees, No matter how man: tolls for his
living, the polls he is his own master, and can
snap his fingers at any Instructions.
Again it is plain that an American ctzen would
take suc:ordeTs as an insult and justly so take them
II told TO vote one: way, natural spirit of resent
fnent would inpel him toyote the other He might
even cast aside hisown desires and vote contrary to
a Discrimination already FORMED rather than appar
entity submit to "a dctation which would be both i'm
pertinent and criminal Any corporation having GER
tain dsi view could NOT do more to thwart their
acconlp than command IFS employees to sus-
tain them American citizens are not OF the class to
be driven They know their rights as: well as the dig
nifty labor SO doesthe employing corporation. To
say that 1t would attempt arbitrarily to control them
is only aroundabout way Of calling it an Incorporated
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-03
!. PROTEST aGAInsT ABUSES.


HE Colorado boys now in the Philippines did
:: | gallant service when there was need. They
- charged upon the.enemy with the same courage
which: Won admiration for the Cafornans. They
bore aPIaininglythe hardships. Of campaign
on:a foreign shore against an enemy whose strength
was. unklovr and whose. superiority. position was
APPARENT Now these boys want to come home, and
nobody can blaine them. ..-..
Complaints made they are given as ration
bacon in which: worms wrigge unappetizngly, rice
equally alive, and naturally they object There can be
excuse now for putting such food before our SOL
ders. Any contractor who would deliberately fur
nsh it ought be- shot as: traitor. He is worse
than a: man who posons WELL; Tor a misdirected
sense of patriotism might induce this villainy But
rotten meat is doled out, not BY an enemy but by
plain unmitigated, avarcious scoundrel.
In the beginning Ola war: there MAY be circum-
stances which make. temporarily necessary the is
suing of rations both insufficient and unwholesome,
but no plea such this be made now that peace
has practically been declared The Government has
plenty of money to provide for its men amply and
decenty There officers whose duty it is to attend
to supplies and to pass upon the quality Somebody
has been derelict and deserves. punishment. Dis
missa1 from the service would be mild The country
freely contributed of its to fight or to die but
the people who sent their loved ones forth with bless
ings and cheers did anticipate that the efforts Of
the patriotic youth were to be rewarded by diet OF
worms
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-03
a SILLY ROORBACK.

~ NE Of the sliest roorbacks started by the
| Phelanites and Magureites in their despera-
- ton is the charge that the Republican candi-
dates for the mayoray and the Board of Supervisors
are hostile to the charter and that the Legislative
candidates of the party will vote against it in the
Legislature This statement is plain lie without any
frills either to ornament it or to hide it.
The very first plank in the Republican county plat
form Immediately following the preamble declares:
1--WE pledge the legislative nominees of this conven-
ton to for the ratification of the charter by
the Legislature" The final plank which sums up the
whole, declares: No person shall become the can
didate of this convention unless he shall wholly and
without reservation indorse the principles of the
platform"
BY pledging the legislative nominees to for the
ratification of the charter by the Legislature the
support Of that instrument is made of the prn-
cipes of the platform, and by requiring every nomi
nee to indorse the platform a whole and without
reservation all the candidates OF the party are bound
by express promise to join in that support
The attitude OF the Republican convention and its
candidates toward the charter having been thus
clearly and strongly defined by the PLATFORM the sub
ject is about which intelligent man can be in
doubt That the organs and speakers OF the fused
factions should attempt to nsreprcsent plain fact