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in order. In conclusion the report reads:
 The foregoing Is a partial report, and we ask for further time to com plete the purposes for which we were appointed"
 The middle of f-the-road men say they will not consent to any such pro- gramme.
 The convention will be forced to make nominations at once," remarked one of them this morning, "and on the fusionists' refusal to do so, there are others who have a deen interest in the success of the party who will see that a straight ticket is nominated before they leave Sacramento"
 John w. Mitchell of Los Angeles has been turned down by the Populists- turned down so hard that he does not yet realize where he is at" Mitchell came up tonight as one of the Demo- cratic conference committee intending to take part in the proceedings.
 When 1t was ascertained that Nit chell was here, Earl Rogers, who has had his hammer out for Mitchell ever since he was upset by the latter six months ago in Los Angeles on a posi- ton promised him, called several of the fusion Populists together. including E. M. Wardell, and reminded them of an incident during the recent conference of Populists, Democrats and silver Re publicans in San Francisco. when Nit chell refused to recognize Wardell when he attempted to address the con- ference.
 Wardell and the others remembered, and then and there declared they would have nothing to do with Mitchell. They sent word to Afford, Maddox and the rest of the Democrats that they would be happy to meet them, but that Mitchell must be left behind. The Democrats stormed and fumed. but to no avail. The Populists were obdurate, and eventually the Democrats sur rendered as gracefully as they could. When the conference was held Mitchell was left out, and he will remain out tomorrow and hereafter when Demo- crats and Populists meet.
 This is the second railway attorney to fall to-day. George W. Baker be- came disgusted at the attempt to bring about fusion and sent in his resigna- tion as chairman of the Silver Republi- can committee. Tonight he packed his grip and stole quietly down to the depot, boarding the first train for San Francisco
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VACANCIES ON
 THE TICKET.
1t Is Planned to Let the Dem ocrdts Fill in the
 Names.
. 6 6 ocoo 6 6 . 6 . . Q s 9 c

SACRAMENTO, July 12-To the Editor of The Call-Sir: There is every indication that there will be an at tempt made to leave vacancies on the ticket to be filled later by the Demo- cratic convention. This programme will probably be agreed upon after con- ference with the Democratic committee unless it should be thought best to set up a ticket of dummies, to be knocked down afterward by some committee appointed with plenary powers
 In that event there are several who will allow themselves to be used as wooden manikins in Maguire's interest The movement to nominate Mcguire openly in the convention has practi-
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rnittee on platform and resolutions met tonight, Chairman Milton Carlson pre- siding. The following committees were then appointed:
 Direct Legislation - Majors, Ditmar. Carlson.
 Finance-Cornell, Mouser, Sprague.
 Railroads and Nicaragua Canal-Kinne, Davis, McKune
 War-Mason, Cleveland, Cummings
 Taxation and Labor-Barkee, Griswold, Warboy.
 Courts and Injunction-Griswold.
 The reports of the subcommittee were then received and the following was submitted for the approval of the general committed:
 The Peoples party of the State of Cal
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ence lasting over an hour, during which
 time the best bait to be used for cap turing the Populists was discussed. the political warriors walked to the State House to meet the conspirators who are seeking to wreck the Populist party. A conference Is now being held, and 1t is probable but little honest work will be done when the convention meets this morning in the assembly chamber of the State Capitol. The plan of the Dem
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fornia. realizing the urgent necessity of reform in the State and nation, reaffirm our convictions in the principles enun- ciated in our national platform at St. Louis. We declare Government by rep resentation a failure unless the people retain the right to veto bad legislation and to initiate and vote upon proposed laws directly; and we therefore demand an amendment to the constitution pro- viding:
 ed by any legislative body of this State when demanded by proper authenticat- ed petition signed by reasonable per cent of the electors of the State, city or municipality, and if such vote show
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3 banner to the breeze. He became ? in 1891 a Deputy District Attorney ( 2 under w. D. Tupper, and his prin-
 2 cipal not desiring a reelection, he
 2 was chosen as the Democratic
 2 nominee for the place at the con- . vention in 1892 MT. Van Meter
 ? evidently had his head enlarged by 2 this honor, for not being satisfied
 ? to attend to his own race for the
 T position he took upon himself the
 ? organization of the County Com D mittee of the Democratic party ? and succeeded in defeating the . Hon. John McMullin, president of ? the Fresno National Bank, for
 . chairman of that committee and 2 electing one Collyer, who was a , deputy in a county officials office.
 , This was done before the Republi-
 ? can convention met.
 D MT. Van Meter was duly praised } for defeating the boss programme. } The Republican convention refused 2 to nominate a candidate for Dis
 2 trict Attorney. Judge Stanton
 2 Carter, to whom the nomination ? was offered, refusing absolutely to 2 accept it. Later the Republican S County Committee indorsed Fir
 2 man Church, the People's nominee,
 ? and Mir Van Meter who took upon 2 himself the naming of the principal
 S officer of the County Committee,
 2 was disgracefully defeated. ? But this did not satisfy his greed 2 for office. The Legislature of 1893 ? created the county of Madeira, and
 2 in May, 1893, MT. Van Meter ( ? promptly announced his candidacy
 2 in that county for Superior Judge. 2 He was most ingloriously defeated (
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tee will recommend that the temporary officers of the convention be made the permanent officers, that committee ol trict, be appointed for the purpose of comforting with other political reform forces with a view of forming a union to promote Populist principles,
 Here is where the joker will come .,Il and show Democratic strategy The committee will recommend that there be no other business until the confer enCe committee reports. After IL re norts nominations for Governor will be
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by the Hon. William Conley, and { although he got the derisive name { of being a candidate for Circuit { Judge he was not cured of his lust { of office, and in 1894 secured the ( Populist nomination for Judge of the Superior Court of Fresno County. He was badly beaten. al- though one Populist nominee, Judge Risley, was elected.
 MT. Van Meter is the only man now recalled who ran twice in the same year for different offices and was beaten for both. except J. M. Cavis, who was nominated for Lieutenant-Governo on the same ticket with Phelps in 1875. and de- feated at the election which took
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of "cold feet" and withdraw from the ticket.
 That the Democrats are playing a deep game Is best understood by the report from the committee on perma- nent organization and order of busl- ness that will be presented this morn ing. The members of the committee were pledged to secrecy, but where more than one knows a secret, it no longer remains a secret. The commit
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cally been abandoned, as hopeless of success.
 CARLETON H. JOHNSON, Secretary Populist County Committee of San Francisco.
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ocrats Is to prevent any nominations being made at this time If it is found that the middle of the road men are strong enough to block the game some one will be named for Governor who will at the proper time get an attack
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c place in September. He also ran c 0 for County Judge of San Joaquin c
 0 County in October, 1875, and was c 6 likewise defeated. C c MT. Van Meter may have some C c solace in the dim distance. He was C c Deputy District Attorney of Fresno c e County under a Democrat, MT. C
 c Tupper, and it is possible that he c e hopes to enjoy the same emolu- c c ments from the now Democratic C e nominee should he be elected. c c . a C H H e @ Q e e H e . . @ . c c z
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vestry window, her feet dangling half q
yard from the ground. Her hair was COW
cred with snow and a big black hat with
many plumes, lay on the ground below
her.
"Why-whati Ursual Miss Meigsr' ex-
claimed the young man hurrying toward
her.
MY ulster was caught by the sash, as
I was jumping out of the vestry window
said Ursula. blushing violently, but try
ing to speak indifferently. and as If this
was the most natural mode of egress from
the church.
Jumping out of the"
'Vestry room window" with impatient
emphasis. How else should l get out,
when there was no other way?'
Without attempting to solve the ques-
ton, Vane asked gravely, but with the
ghost of a smile. whether Ursula would
not like to be helped down.
Not If you find me so very amusing"
replied the girl with what would have
been naughty toss Of the head had she
been standing on her feet, but which, in
her present position, resolved itself into
a queer little bob. You'd better leave
me to hang here till some one else comes.
or tn I d-de of c-cold: but at least go
ana let p-poor old Betty o-out," she con-
cmded tragically.
Betty, tool the plot thlckens," vane
was Juggling mpotent!y at the imprisoned
ulster
yves; let her o-out. and leave me to"
And, without further warning, Ursula
burst into tears. ut wasNso dreadful In
the church." she sobbed. And I've been
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keep them warm. And so it came about
that many of the members of st. Luke's
pronounced her headstrong and highty.
But In spite of all this the pastor of St.
Luke's continued to fall deeper and deeper
in love with this most unsuitable per-
SON."
And that chit OF girl of 49," said Miss
Flint, lis playing with him. I'm sure,
Just as he were an ordinary man instead
or n Clergyman; though, TO be sure, ne
hasn't all the ways of a minister of the
gospel. or he wouldn't have knocked down
Tom Bailey when he tried to steal his
watch on the Flats, in direct opposition
TO scriptural teaching"
Now Ursula may have been coquetng
with the minister, after the manner OF
her kind but deep in her heart was grow
ing regard for him. against which she
struggled manfully-or maidenfuly-iest
IL should one day lead her, against what
she considered her better judgment, into
the thrall of those societies for which she
cherished so profound an objection.
November was unusaly cold and raw
that year, and St. Luke's Church, owing
TO defective flue, which batiled the skin
of the village tinsmith to repair, was so
damp and chilly that many of the con
gregation attributed their rheumatism for
years after to those November Sunday
mornings In church. On the Sunday before
Thanksgiving 1t was colder than ever, and
the young clergyman's teeth chartered Al
he announced that owing to an unfortu-
nate delay In repairing the defective flue,
Il had been decided to hold the Thanks
giving service at the little Old chapel In
the village, where the congregation of st.
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THE RESCUE OF URSULA ME1Gs.
Ard How n Church window Helped
on Love Affair.
BY Frances A. Schneider.

Copyrighted by the s. s. Mcclure Co., 1893
Miss Flint, who had made and marred
more matches than any one in the village,
was quite right when she remarked on the
very first Sunday he preached in Allyn
ton that Rev. William Vane took an I'M
usual interest in Ursula Meigs, land mark
my words" this astute person concluded
oracularly, che means matrimony"
Ursula's father. Mr.. Sam Meigs, owned
the high stock farm just outside Of Allyn
ton. He was silent. kindly man, who
interested himself exclusively In his
daughter and his farm and let the affairs
of the village severely alone. AS for the
church, he seldom troubled It, though he
desired his daughter to go. because her
dead mother had wished it.
From the first he took a kindly interest
in the young clergyman, who was a man
after his own heart, he said, and knew a
well-bred horse or a good COW when he
saw either; "or pretty girl when he gees
her" supplemented Miss Flint with a
knowing sniff, when this comment on the
new clergymans astuteness was repeat
ed to her.
And Ursula was a pretty girl; no one
could gainsay that Perhaps it was her
two years training a Miss Smiths fash
ionable boarding school at Boynton that
had given her the air Of ease and good
breeding that would have made her at
tractive anywhere, but were particularly
noticeable as forming strong contrast
TO her surroundings and contemporaries in
Alynton. Miss Smith would have said
so, doubtless. She was an independent self
reliant young creature, this Ursula, and
-. n on
solutely refusing to belong to any Of the
church societies In which st. Luke's
abounded She preferred to perform her
little charities alone and unalded by the
Useful Gifts for Worthy Ones Society, and
as for the sewing circle, she had With
drawn from 1t when she found It's members
intent upon red flannel shirts for Indian
babies, when the Hodge children In the
hollow did not have enough clothing to
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aisle and out of the church, shutting the
door behind him and making a great rat
Ting with the Jock as he went. After this
there was a long space of absolute quiet.
How strange that nobody came! Ur-
sula looked At her watch, Ii was II
O'Clock. and service usually began at 10.
She sat quiet for a few minutes longer. ana
then looked uneasily at the old woman
in the free seats. She was very still.
and her blurred, patient eyes stared fix
edly before her. Presently Ursula rose
with a little shiver and went down the
aisle.
Betty" she said. what do you think
the people?"
Il couldn't say miss. les time they
was here, amt it?"
Yes. Perhaps It was decided not to
have service to-day on account of the
cold-or-perhaps-
Il didn't hear nothink about it; warn't
here a-Sunday. 1 was that bad with rheu-
MATES; but 1 come to-day. thinkln Ia
like to give thanks for me blessings"
The girl looked down at the wizened,
feeble old woman with a wistful pity in
her bright eyes. "Your blessings. Betty?"
she repeated, and laid a soft gloved hand
upon the withered bare one,
Il think" said Ursula, after a long
silence, that they must be having SER
vice in the Sunday school room; perhaps
they thought it was too cold here. Sup
pose we walk down and try to get there
in time for some of II"
She walked down to the door and tried
to open it. 1t was locked on the outside
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Luke's had been wont to meet in years
gone by, and which was now used as a
Sunday school room. He hoped all would
be present and involuntarly-as he had
done a dozen times that morning-glanced
down at the Meigs' pew. 1t was empty.
If any one had asked Ursula why she
stayed at home from church that morn
ing, she would doubtless have replied
that 1t was on account of the cold; and
because she thought her father needed
her company. But in reality, her de-
lection from duty was caused by a fool
ish speech of Miss F'lint's, who had asked
when she might expect an invitation
and whether the parsonage was to be
newly papered and furnished" illusions,
which to an impartial observer would have
sounded harmless and impersonal enough,
but which aroused in Ursula indignation
and contempt; so much SO, that she vowed
secretly that there should be no more Idle
gossip" about herself and Mr.. Vane, and
that she would take the first steps to-
ward this end by remaining at home from
church. With this momentous resolution
still quite fresh in her mind, II Is no
wonder that Ursula felt misgivings as TO
the proprlety of attending Thanksgiving
service. especially as Mr. Meigs had cor
daily invited the young clergyman to din
ner on that day, and she would be obliged
to walk home with him. What a noun
tain the gossps would make out Of this
poor little mole hill! On the other hand,
Il seemed very wicked indeed to let
mere personal feeling stand in the way
of religious duty"
Finally she decided that 1t was nobody's
business, and that IL would be good OPP
portunity to show the minister and every
body else that she was perfectly indiffer-
ent to him.
Inconsistent little Ursula! And yet
those far oder and more experienced have
sometimes been actuated by the same feel
ings that prompted her when she donned
her long cloth ulster, PINNED her big
black hat on her bright hair and sailed
forth to church that wintry Thanksgiving
morning.
November roses bloonaed in her cheeks
as she walked into the churchyard from
the quiet road which she had traversed
from the farm. She was quite early, but
old Betty White was there before her,
seated in one Of the tree seats near the
door While Ursula knelt in her own pew
the half-blind old sexton. Ezra Cobb,
came out OF the vegtry room carrying
some thing in his hand; he passed down the
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is so tast rooted that it will take an ex-
Piosioh OF dynamite to uproot it.
women are no more pigs than men when
luey meet In crowds. To learn that il is
only necessary to take two or three trims
on the surface cars across the bridge al
the crowded hours. When woman finally
gets INTO car she is very liable to find
long rows of men sitting and a mass of
women standing in the center. The men,
py reason of their superior physical force
ana ability, made their way in first, took
the seats and kept them. Women quite
as often as men give their seats to other
women.
Ihere was a case In point yesterday in
one OF the cars going up Fulton street,
Brooklyn, a little before O'Clock. The
car had not been full at the bridge. but 1t
gradually took on great unwieldly crowd
Oh shoppers. One of the women who was
stahdlng was young, a plump, healthy,
cultivated looking woman, though by no
means young girl. One seat near her
was vacated, and she Immediately made
way for mddle-aged working woman
whose work-hardened hands showed that
she was no stranger to the washtub. A
little later she was able to take a seat her
self, put gave it up again to a woman
hardly if any older than herself, because
she was laden with bundles.
NOW, my dear" said a charming ED
erly woman who was sitting TO younger
woman who was standing upon another
occasion, put the bundle of papers you
are carrying just back of me on the seat,
and you will be much more comforta-
ble.' Instances of this kind might be null
tiplied, and it is a common occurrence for
women to give their seats to older women
and women with children.
Sport is made of the expressions of
mutual affection and good feeling-esprit
de corps-among the women in clubs, and
much attention is given to occasional lit
tie disagreements among the members. 1t
is true perhaps that there is an exaggerat-
ed expression of this feeling, but it is also
true that there is genuine feeling behind
It, and it may be, as clubwomen claim
that they are doing much to generate this
good comradeship among women. If they
do nothing else that is worth while. There
is something good and true and beautiful
at the root of all this banding together
of women, and 1t should be received with
respect and not ridicule. 1t is no credit
to women to dsparage their own SEX
and it shows extremely bad taste. How
ever, I'm not denyin the women are fool
lsh; God Almighty made 'em so to match
the men,"
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| hanging here, calling for h-help. o. svsn
so longv
And all the time Vane tugged at the
ulster, and made mental comments which
had better not be repeated as suggesting
themselves &c a minister about the obsti-
macy Of the CLOTH or the window, or
whatever it was that prevented him from
releasing Ursula.
III you'll give me a lift" said Ursula
at last blushing deeply, II could unfasten
the ulster and slip my arms out of the
sleeves"
"Of course! Why didn't think of that?"
Vane put his arms about her and lifted her
so as to relieve the strain upon the ulster
buttons. Then 1t was all easy enough
and Ursula crept from the garment as a
butterfly creeps out of It's crysalis and lefs
Il hanging from the window.
THANK YOU" she sad, plaintlvely.
what would have become Of me If you
hadn't GOMEZ
1t may have been merely extreme grati-
tude that made her blush, and glanca
away shyly as she spoke, but her look
must have suggested something more to
Vane, for he caught her hand and asked
eagerly.
And what is to become of me. now 4
am here?'
IL don't know" with a shy little
iduBuS ~ cOuiu zen you DSiteF, peF~
haps, If / had my ulster"
Ursula well have it out now, ulster
or no ulster. l can't wait. / love you,
dear. WIN you marry me?'
Ursula gasped. 20, but-but the sewing
circle and the Society for the Promotion
of Piety Among Children-and-all the
othersi How could l ever join them? And
how could you marry any one who didn't?
And every one says I'd make you a MOST
unsuitable
The minister laughed. And l think he
must quickly have solved these vexed
problems 10 Ursula's and his own sat-
isfacton-for, after liberatlng old Betty
from the church the two walked away to-
gether arm In arm, and half an hour after,
in the farmhouse parlor MIR. Meigs was
saying:
BLESS you my dear, dear, children.
This is one Of the happiest Thanksgiving
days of my life"
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I with lttle disconnected laugh she turn

With little disconnected laugh she turn
ed to the old woman.
eve are locked in! What shall we dor"
"Beedn l can't say, Miss. Wen have
to wait til somebody comes" replied Bet
ty rather stolldly.
But who is to comet Ezra IS not likely
TO be back; and we might call and knock
on the door till doomsday and no one could
hear US" Nevertheless, with an anxious
face, she turned again to the big door and
began to pound upon Il with might and
main; and when her hands we're tired
and sore, she turned her back and kicked
il with her heels"
Presently, she observed that the watery
sunlight that had shone through the
church windows, had faded quite away,
and that the wind had risen and was
bowling dismally outside 1t was while
noting these distressing circumstances
that a sudden thought struck her and
she left off pounding on the door and went
into the vestry room. Dragging a bench
to the one large window, she got upon It
clambered up on TO the wide sill and with
difficulty raised the heavy SASH made
doubly unmanageable, because Of a broken
window cord. Betty" she called to the
old woman, wait here, and don't be
afraid, I'm going TO Jump out and go after
the key Of the church."
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The Thanksgiving service was over in
the little meeting house and Rev Mr.
Vane walked up the road toward the
Melgs farm. II was showing fast, but he
had forgotten to open his umbrella or but
ton his overcoat and trudged on with his
brows knit in deep thought.
1T shall be settled to-day" he said half
aloud and shifting the ground hard with
the end Of his umbrella, "one way or the
other 1t shall be settled. What can have
kept her away to-day? She told me once
she could never remember missing
Thanksgiving service. Ursula-Ursula.-I
never liked the name till / met her and
now" He had got to the top of the hill,
and 10 his left, ST. Luke's Church rose
in the midst Of its big church yard. He
half paused and looked affectionately at
1t. Suddenly a shrill cry Of "TIelpl
help" made him stop outright and listen:
again il was repeated. "Comlngr' he re-
sponded and dashed through the church
yard gate As he turned the corner of the
church, strange sight met his eyes.
bare-beaded girl. suspended by the
skirt OF her long ULSTER hung from the