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multiplied his millions within three
years as the net results of his trust
| schemes.
Still, speaking for a powerful demo-
cratic element in New Yorl--to whose
campaign fund Mr. Flower, for in
stance, would be a liberal contributor
Judge Van Wyck proposes to fight it
out next year along the antitrust line
He takes this issue, together with The
tariff, and he says: There are other
| questions. but il there be not in these
grounds enough for a successful appeal
to an enlightened people, political eX-
perience in the United States is much
at fault"
1t depends upon whose experience
Judge Van Wyck has in view when he
makes this pronouncement. His per-
sonal experience is that, under favor
ing conditions, he ran for the office of
governor of New York, last autumn,
as the candidate of the democratic
party but as the exponent of a plat
form which ignored the democratic ma
tonal platform of 1896, He was pretty
badly defeated. In the light of this
fact, Judge Van Wycks opinion as to
faulty political experience is of value
only wherein ii concerns his own fault.
He was the victim of a political blum
der last year; his idea is that, in eX-
tending his vision from the state to the
national arena, the right policy is to
repeat that blunder. Judge Van Wyck's
programme does not call for serious
discussion, for the reason that, indis-
putably, the democratic party in the
United States won't have it his way.
AS the Standard remarked yesterday
morning, next year, undoubtedly, the
democratic national convention will
adopt an antitrust platform and, I'M
doubtedly, the republican national con-
vention will adopt the like of it.
But there are two things that may
surely be predicted respecting next
years platforms; the republicans will
unquestionably adopt a gold-standard
platform plank, and the democrats will,
with equal certainty, adopt a silver
plank. That will present a square is
sue. And the fact that men oppose
democracy's cardinal issue and then sit
down at a dinner served in Jeffersons
name. gives to these gentlemen no right
or title known in the political code to
tell the democrats of the nation what
their issues shall be. Of course, this
is a matter that will be settled within
the national convention itself. The his
tory is that, overwhelmingly, the ma
tional convention of the democrats de-
creed the silver issue in 1896. The men
who sulked or proved disloyal then are
not the men who are commissioned to
write democratic platforms now. They
may bring the test Of strength in the
national convention, if they appear
there as regularly-accredited delegates
The Standards prophecy is that they
will be voted down next year, as they
We're voted down in 1896.
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The Other Dinner.

~ RYAN was the principal speaker
TX at the other noteworthy Jeffer-
son banquet given Thursday
night He spoke in Milwaukee. Con-
fessedly one feels oneself more in the
democratic atmosphere in the reading
of what Bryan said than in the news
paper summary of the Van Wyck ora
tory. Bryan's words deal directly
with the issues democrats have been
fighting for. Remember, Bryan, at this
hour. is the recognized leader in a cru
SADIE which rallied to his banner 6,502, 1926
voting citizens in the campaign of 1896.
At the New York banquet there was
display of swans and alabaster vases
and ferns and ribbons of cardinal silk,
but silver was not on exhibition there.
At Milwaukee, free coinage was the
central factor in all that was said and
done; naturally the reader Of the story
Of the two spreads finds that there was
a more homelike feeling for the ave-
rage democrat in the Milwaukee affair.
AS has been already mentioned, Judge
Van Wyck meekly remarked that if the
tariff and the trusts are not good
enough issues with which to go before
the American people in presidential
year, then there must be something out
of order with American political expert
enCe. At Milwaukee Mr.. Bryan met
that declaration and answered it, as
concisely as if he had known in ad-
! 10 Ind
posing to say. Said Mr.. Bryan: I'VE
/ are now near enough to the next cam
/ paign to be able to form some idea of
/ the lines along which the contest will
| be fought, and l am taking no risk
| when ] say that those who in 1896 gave
their allegiance to the Chicago plat
| form are united to-day in the determ-
nation that no step taken in 1896 shall
be retraced. The test ought to
be not whether the issue has been pre-
scented before, but whether the position
taken is right. The democratic party is
| prepared to face the future and meet
new issues without abandoning the
! old"
Again, Mr.. Bryan meets and answers
| the tariff section of the Van Wyck
| speech as cleverly as if he had been
| furnished with advance sheets of the
| New Workers. talk. The effort of the
| ten-dOllar element is to make it appear
| that silver has been once passed upon
as a national test question and that this
| test must answer for good and all Yet
| Judge Van Wyck would make the tar
III prime issue, and he is met thus by
Bryan: In 1883 Mr.. Cleveland was de-
! teatod ON the tariff issue, and yet the
tariff was made the main issue in 1892.
and Mr.. Cleveland was elected In 1892
| Mr.. Harrison was defeated largely on
! account of the Mckinley bill and four
! years later the author of the bill was
/ nominated on platform reaffirming
the belief III protection, and he was sue
cessfu!. Thus it is seen that in two
instances recently a losing issue in one
| campaign became a winning issue in
the campaign following"
Then, too, Bryan dealt with the trusts
in a brief summary which is much more
| terse and graphic and impressive than
Judge Van Wyck's paragraphs, and
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Postoffce on Wheels.

Aspecial correspondence to the Brook
lyn Eagle from Washington says: The
latest improvement adopted by the
postotfice department for the benefit of
its patrons is postoffice on wheels. An
experimental trip is now being made
through one of the Maryland counties
by this new wagon, and If it proves a
success, and of this there seems to be
little doubt, its use will be gradually
extended throughout the country
The postoftice on wheels is quite
pretentious affair and in view of the
limited space fer the accommodation of
the usual postOffice equipment, it is
wonderfully complete. The wagon is
eight feet long. painted blue, with black
trimmings. The running gear Is yellow
with red stripes. On the doors on each
side and on the back are the words, in
white letters, u. S. Mail Postal Office
Wagon" The inside is fitted up with
counter, drawers and letter boxes of
different sizes. In the back are is boxes,
mostly large, and in front are AZ boxes,
all zinc lined. The initial trip of this
unique conveyance was begun on Mon
day of this week, when it covered a
route of about 50 long miles in West
minister county, Maryland. The start
was made at Il. m. and was concluded
at in the evening of the same day.
The department hopes to have this
wagon service supplant the present star
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OUT OF TUNE AND HARSH.


ness.
From the Chicago Chronicle
The girl had a new piano. She was a
musical girl and it was as nice piano as
could be found. When she had it prop
erly set up and ready for use there was
probably not happier girl. But as she
sat down to play a look of discomfort and
wonder spread over her face. 1t was
strange, but this new piano was certainly
out of tune; certain notes sounded like
the hammerng of a piece of iron. That
would never do; she couldn't play on a
piano like that; she couldn't understand
it, either, for certainly that piano had a
very sweet tone in the shop. So the piano
man was sent for in great haste, and
came to see what the trouble was. very
much astonished himself. He ran his fin
gers over the piano and then, turning,
gazen curiously around the room.
That is a most curious and imperti-
nent man." thought the girl, as she
watched him, his fingers moving over the
keys, but his eyes wandering searchingly
from one piece of furniture to another.
Finally he left the piano, went to a stove
in the room, tucked a piece of paper I'M
dor one leg, and went back to the piano.
when, strange to say, every note was as
sweet and clear and full as could have
been desired ana there was not a suspi-
Cion of discord. During the cold weather
a stove had been placed in the room. and,
not standing evenly, with certain vtbra-
tons of the piano it was made to move
| and there followed a little Gathering of
iron, which, coming simultaneously with
| the striking of the keys on the piano,
| sounded as if that instrument had pro-
duc"d the disagreeable sound.
THAT is all right now said the man
as ne left the piano, ''only it was a stove
| man YOU needed instead Of the piano
man"
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After Dinner.

x Q far from taking a position one
~ way or the other on the silver
~ question, the principal speakers
at Thursday nights ten-dollar banquet
DIN New York did what they could to put
the free-coinage question out of view
1t is true that one of the speakers put
in an eloquent word for silver; Robert
Il. Roosevelt said: we may look for
ward to the glorious day when silver
will be worth its reyered ratio of SIN
teen to one of gold, or may even sur
pass it" The press dispatch sent out
in report of the banquet does not SAY
whether this "long-haired lunatic's"
remark was received with cheers or
with signs of disapproval-it is all the
silver there was in the banquet, so far
as yesterday mornings press report
covered the Oratory of the occasion.
Mr.. Van Wyck was determined that.
al any rate, there should be no silver
in his" He discussed the trusts. He
denounced them. and what he said was
so true that his words will not prob
ably find critics among the politicians
or in the partisan press. The audience
Judge Van Wyck addressed included a
generous number of New Workers who
are prime-mOVers in trust operations;
the anti-silver democracy of New York
had one of its conspicuous leaders, for
1886, in Roswell P. Flower who, essen
italy, is the father of the modern trust
arrangement and who, with the mem
bers of his stock-eXchonge coterie, has
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@ANsAs can be relied upon to be
n unique; the oldest things NOR
Y tails can do are sure to find prac-
teal illustration in the conduct of the
Kansans. And the very oldest thing of
all is that any community in Kansas
should be so absent-minded about polit-
ical affairs as to neglect the prelm-
naries for local election; that is what
has just happened in Bronson, Kan
sas town. Recently natural gas and
zinc were discovered in Bronson, and
instantly the place assumed all the
symptoms of a typical, old fashioned
Kansas toWnstte boom. Everybody in
Bronson or near there prepared to get
rich out of the rise in real estate. So
absorbed they were in the new pursuit
that they even forgot to look after
spring politics; the Bronsonites sudden
ly discovered that they had no candi-
dates for mayor, corporation counsel
and the like, and that the time for the
legal nomination of candidates had
passed. Whether there is money in the
zinc and the natural gas, is still a mat
ter of speculation, but it is stern re-
ality, unless the attorney general of
Kansas can find a way out of the
scrape, that Bronson will be without a
local administration for year or two
to come. The neglect in the case of
Walkerville. in Silver Bow county, was
sufficiently remarkable, but Bronson
o0as Walkeryi11e one better
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* ONE of the religious people of
~ California are rejoicing over
~ what they believe was a direct
"ansWer to prayer" At the election
in Pomona last Monday there was a
district issue of saloon or no sa-
loon" For. five weeks the all-absorb-
ing question had been whether to Ii
cense saloons each at $1,000 year or
Danish them from the city Monday
there We're all-day prayer meetings and
HASTINGS at the churches in supplica-
ton to God to direct the voters to vote
for the prohibition of the liquor traf-
fic in Pomona. Men and women joined
in song and prayer and never desisted
until the polls closed. The high Ii
ccnse party was confident of success.
Many had not the least idea the sa-
loon issue could be defeated but the
count of the ballots shows that the
prohibitionists won by more than 100
majority 1t may safely be presumed,
however, that the prayers of the breth-
rem and sisters We're supplemented with
plenty of good hard work at the polls
Doubtless a number of the good Pomo-
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mana man, of course, whose posi-
ton was considered doubtful. Faith
and works make strong team.
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x Q far from taking a position one
~ way or the other on the silver
~ question, the principal speakers
The record-union., 1899-01-17
Weather Reports.

The Weather Bureau report shows
the highest and lowest temperatures
yesterday to have been 81 and 30 DE-
grees, with gentle southerly winds and
drizzling weather prevailing.
The barometrieal readings at ) a. m.
and , p. m. yesterday were 5000 and
80 20 inches, respectively.
The highest and lowest temperatures
one year ago yesterday were Al and
% degrees, with no rain, and one year
ago to-day AS and 80 degrees, with
CO of an inch of rain
The average temperature was "a, and
the normal 40, showing yesterday to
have been degrees warmer than usual
for the 18th day of January.
The rainfall for the "a hours ending
at . p. m. yesterday was .OS of an
incn, making 3.94 inches for this
month, and 7.S5 inches for the season,
as against 5,22 inches to an equal date
last year
Up to the close of December, 1898,
there were 3.91 inches of rain meas
ured. while during the first sixteen
days of this month there has been
more rain fallen than for the season
from September to the 31st of Decem-
ber, 1898 This month is now ahead of
the normal precipitation for January,
which is 3.S3 inches, against 3.94 inches
this month.
River at 4 D. m, 10 feet.
The record-union., 1899-01-17
MIR. BRUNER RETORTS.
Says the Committee Has Been
Viciously Maligned.

Eds. Record Union": The Republ-
can County Central Committee having
been viciously maligned by the Rev.
A. B. Banks in a sermon preached to
his congregation on Sunday, l believe
that it is due to myself and the other
members of the committee that the
public be given the facts.
| had not intended to call the COM
mittee together for the purpose of in
tor, but it was represented to me that
Mr.. Knights would like to have our
committee express a preference.
thereupon called the committee to-
gether. Eleven members were person.
ally present, three by proxy; fourteen
in all The matter was freely con-
vassed by the committee as to indorse-
ment of some one for United States
Senator and it was unanimously re-
solved to favor the Hon. D. NJ Burns
for that position.
Immediately upon passing the resolu-
tion l called up Mr.. knights by tele-
phone. He at once asked me if resolu-
tions had been passed by the commit
tee. and 7 replied yes and that sub
committee would wait upon him at his
residence and deliver them to him.
Mr.. Knights replied that this was not
necessary. as he would meet our COM
mittee in the lobby of the Golden Eagle
Hotel
This was done and Mr. knights went
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for pitted. 1@1hc for unpitted; Apples: ~
G711c for evaporated and 4641ac for sun sun
dried: Pears. 6Q7c for quarters ana t~S'
for halves; Nectarines. 6Q7c. .
RA1S1NS-New crop, t. Q. D. rreSno
Boxes, 20 10 net, 6-crown Imperial Gus
ters, 81. so per box; 5-crown Dehesa S1uS - 70
ters, ST.; 4-crown Fancy Clusters, SiSo'
S-crown London Layers, H.3O; 2-croWn ~
$1.10; 4-crown Loose Muscatels, SOLD o9a'
SIC per 10; 3-crown do, 4Ac; 2-crown 40.
3Zc; Seedless Muscatels. 5-fb boxes. "a; "a;
Ungraded loose Muscatels, 31zc; Sui-
tanas. unbleached, 41ac.
BUTTER-Creamery- Z5uI - IHocC(iR"a II
10; special brands, higher; seconds, ZS9z3c, EaF
Dairy-Fancy, 22d23c; other grades, ls4zic a..i'
per rb. Packed-California Creamery, tu1; a6
&c; Eastern do, 21G221sc; Picked, l04
CHEEsE9New, i11s@12c; old, %:
California Cream Cheddar. n@12c; Young
America, 1111@13c; Eastern. 121zQl31ac;
EGGS-Ranch, S3dssc per dozen; Store,
30@ 5212c; Eastern, @ for cold storage,
and -@-c for fresh.
POULTRY--Live Turkeys. 13@l4c per 10
do, 15d16c per 10; Roosters, $3.50 for Or oid 10
and s5.5O@6.50 for young; Broilers. $4q4 30
for small and s5M5.5O for large; Fryers,
5.500r6; Hens, s4.50G5; Ducks. $5@5, 90;
Geese, E.I5@2 per pair; Pigeons, Slqlzo
per dozen for old, $1.50@2 for young:
GAME-Ducks-Canva 500 per
dozen; Mallard. $3@4; Sprig; s2a2.50;
Teal. $1.5od1.75 Widgeon: 81 5o@1 %; Small
Ducks; s1;25; Quail, sl,25@l.75 per dozen: q n
Gray Geese. s250a3; White do, $1@1 %;
Brant, S125@1.75; Honkers, $3.50Q4.5O:
Hare, 50c@$1; Rabbits, $1Q1.50 Doves, 50
Q60c.
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FoREsTERs OF AMERICA.
Court Capitals Installation an,
Banquet Last Night.

Court Capitol, No. 6, Foresters of
America, held it's installat tion of officers
last night, and delightfully."- social
time was had. The installing officer
was District Deputy Grand Chief RAN
ger C. A. Root, who was assisted by
j. w, Cronc, acting as Marshal. The
following officers were installed:
J. P. c. r., ]. Alexander; C. r., H. c..
Jennings; S. C. r., w. w. Mott, Sr.;
Treasurer, o. N. Cronkite; Financial
Secretary, w. H. Collins; Recording
Secretary, Phil. Hirsch; S. W., Joseph
Sousa; ]. w. S., S. C. Lowcaster; S. B.,
George Yuhre; ]. B., A. Herbert; Trus-
tee James O'Brien.
After the installation there were mu-
steal and other exercises, and superb
banquet concluded the evenings festiv-
tiles.
The record-union., 1899-01-17
Residences of Legislators.

On Sunday list was published of
the local residences of members of the
Legislature, for the session. There were
Few omissions, which are herewith
supplied:
Assemblyman W. S. Robinson of Ne
vada County is domiciled at the State
House. He hopes to he Joined in a
week or two by his mother and his
sister, Miss Robinson.
Assemblyman A. H. Merrill and wife
of San Francisco, with their daughter,
are at 1915 l. street
Assemblyman William Mcdonald of
Alameda has his home for the session
at the Western Hotel.
The Berkshire is the residence of As
semblyman A. NJ. Mcdonald of Tuol-
umne.
Assemblyman H. w. Miller and Mrs.
Miller of San Francisco are at the State
House Hotel.
The record-union., 1899-01-17
SACRAMENTO MARKET.
The Week Opens With Trade Quiet
in Produce Circles.
Sacramento, Jan

Sacramento, Jan. 18th.
The week opened quietly in local pro-
duce circles. Prices remained as previ-
ously quoted.
Following are the retail prices for the
various articles mentioned:
FLOUR-Family Extras. $40 per 100
lbs; $1.05 for so lbs.
FRUIT-Oranges, Seedlings. 20c. 30c and
Lemons, 2o040c; Cocoanuts, 10c EACH; Ba-
nanas, 25c dozen; Grapes, 395c per 10;
Apples. $1,25 per box; dates, 1oc per fb...
Celery, SC per head; Caulifower, 1Oc per
head; Carrots, Lettuce. Radishes, Leek
Green Onions, Oyster Plant, 121kc per
dozen punches; Onions, &c per 10; Roman,
mer n1r Squash, se 2,sc per Is: q Green m Peppers
&C per 10; Artichokes. 81 per dozen.
15c; Loin Steak 11SSMQlSc; 1Sa Rqmp I'm s Steak X
Sc: Chuck Steak, 10c. veal-Lofn and Rib
Chops, 15c; Roast Veal, 12c Mutton-Leg
l1G121lc; Loin and Rib Chops, 121zc; Nut
SM12c per 10: Corned Beef. S@121zc; Sau-
sage, 121kc; Vienna Sausage, 15c; Bacon
9G131ac; Ham. 12d13Ac.
POULTRY-Hens; eOc each; Spring SOC
$3.50 each; Tame Ducks, 50Q65c each; ITur-
keys, tic for live and Zoe for dressed per
i EGGS California. 4oc per dozen; East
erD barry Try PRoDUcE-Butter-Pickle, soc
per 10; Mountain, zoe; Valley Roll. 2Oc:
Petaluma. Soc per roll; Creamery, 60c per
America. tic; Eastern Creamery, 15020c;
Genuine Swiss. 40c: American Swiss, 20c:
Neufthatel, 10c.
Almonds. 15S2oc; New Brazils. rss . .2,tc; m Pc.
cans. 16c;- Filberts, 15c; Chestnuts, 15c per
ib; Pine Nuts, 25c.