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The San Francisco call., 1899-01-03
A SINGULAR DISPARITY,

CCORDING to morning newspaper lobby
n ist having in hand at the last session OF the
= Legislature the famous Assembly Bill 273-a
measure which it was charged proposed to interfere
with the Hale & Norcross suit then pending in Judge
Hebbards department OF the Superior Court-paid
$500 apiece for votes in the Senate and $3.50 apiece
for votes in the Assembly. According to the same
authority these amounts sufced pass the bill; that
is, sufficient number OF votes we're purchased in
each house at the figures named to send it to the
Governor
We do not refer to this matter for the purpose OF
disputing the statement OF contemporary On the
contrary, we free to say that think iii all prob
ability its assertions are founded upon fact AS
recall the history Of Assembly Bill 273 it possessed
all the earmarks OF a fraud 1t backed by lobby
and its enactment was desired by millionaire seek
ing to escape his Just liabilities in one OF the courts
It is not without the range of probability to conceive
that in his frantic efforts to get his case out OF Heb
bard's hands-who had decided against hin=the lat
attUrIry fvvo
well for lobbys fees.
But the point which has struck lis as singular is
this: Why should Senators get $500 for their votes
and Assemblymen only $3.50? Is it because there are
twice as many Senators as Assembly1nen? Is it be-
it costs to get to the Senate than to get
to the Assembly? Are Senators better takers clev-
erer manipuators deeper thinkers, better financefs
or more skilliu in the art of selling their votes? On
what ground is the tariff referred to based? The cost
OF Senatorial votes is apparently double that OF As
sembly votes. There must be some explanation OF
the disparity.
Every intelligent person knows that none of the
questions we have propounded can be answered in
the affirmative. The tariff for Senatorial support is
not fixed by the size ofsthe House, nor by the cost
OF election nor because Senators are smarter than
Assembymen nor because they are greater adopts in
getting fair price for their votes. We do not know
why votes in the upper house should cost double as
much as in the lower but we are morally certain that
the fact IS not due to any of these causes. How,
then, IS the disparity to be accounted for?
That it ought to be accounted for is undeniable As
things are going all the booders are making for the
Senate and in the course Of time there will in conse-
quence be none in the Assembly This will be in the
nature OF calamity Without booders in the Assem-
bly, there will be nothing for the corporation lobbyists
to do, and they will naturally turn to burglary pick
ing pockets, footpadding and the other unlawful oc-
chpatons for which their peculiar talents fit them In
the meantime our contemporary should ascertain why
votes in the Senate bring $500 and in the Assembly
only $3.50. Can it be possible that these figures rep
resent the old principle of all the traffic will bear? II
so, the fact should be established.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-03
Mr., HERRIN'S MAN BURNS.

attacking" him. This is really quite
amusing. Dan Burns in the role Of an
injured innocent is something for gods
and men to smile at. However it may
be with the gods, men throughout Cali
fornia will smile broadly, not to say
audibly.
But Dan Burns, in point of fact, is
attacked, not by the newspapers. but
by his record! The newspapers, in
showing up his unsavory record. are
simply telling the plain truth about
him as it is their duty to do. If the
plain truth hurts Mr.. Burns, that fact
is Mr.. Burns misfortune. He has no
right to blame the newspapers for it.
He should, rather, blame himself for so
conducting his affairs as to. gain a rep
utation which is an offense in the nos
trils of decency.
If Mr.. Burns were an honest man-if
his record were free from stain-he
would have nothing to fear from the
newspapers. His record, if it were cred
liable to him, rather than otherwise.
would not suffer from publicity. 1t
would rather benefit him to have the
facts made known. The newspapers
can neither defeat nor injure an honest
man, whose record, public and. private.
is all right Such a man can defy all
adverse influences. But Dan Burns is
not such a man.
Dan Burns rests under conviction for
a serious crime committed in the repub-
lie of Mexico, for which he was once
imprisoned, and for which he would
again be imprisoned if ne dared to set
foot on Mexican soil
There is shortage of some $4,000 in
Burns accounts as County Clerk of
Yolo County, California. which is still
unaccounted for.
! There is a shortage of some 100000 in
/ Burns accounts as Secretary of State.
which has never as yet been made good.
Burns is known throughout the State
as a notorious gambler. patron of horse
races. and aIl-around sport.
Burns is involved in the voting ma
chine scandal, by which an attempt was
! to have been made to foist upon the
State a voting machine which has no
existence in point of fact, no such ma
chine having ever been built.
For man with such a record to COM
plain that he has been "attacked' by
the press is simply laughable. His COM
plant is about as reasonable as that Of
Theodore Durrant, who felt greatly ag-
grieved because the newspapers pub
lished in detail the evidence which con-
victed him of murder.-Los Angeles
| Times.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-03

they just jammed us into it. When we
got to the City nall and got the black
off our faces the police recognized us and
let us CO..
Here Mr.. Tomwaddy spoke up. Yes,
that is how it occurred. and you can bet
that l have done with New Year celebra-
ton. That George Washington uniform
cost me $40 and 1 wouldn't have sprained
this arm of mine for a hundred" Both
members were fined and suspended from
the club for a week.
DR.. A. F. Parlow, a well known physi-
clan of Boston, arrived at the Palace yes
terday.
A. P. Parker and wife, who are mission
aries returned from China, are at the Oc-
cidental.
John Poole, a well-known and wealthy
shipbuilder of Seattle, arrived at the Russ
yesterday.
J. B. Peakes, proprietor Of the Sea
Beach Hotel at Santa Cruz, is a guest at
the Palace.
w. S. Berdan Jr., a well-known insur-
ance man from Portland, is registered at
the Occidental.
NJ. P. O'Connor of San Jose and w. ].
OConnor of Jackson, Tenn, are regis
tered at the Palace.
Converse ]. Smith of Concord, n. H, a
special agent Of the United States Treas
ury Department, is at the Palace.
]. c. Epperly, a merchant of Portland
is at the Occidental. He is accompanied
by his wife and is on his way to China.
n. J. Noldstad is at the Occidental. He
is in the city on his wedding tour. He is
prominent citizen of Mt. Vernon, Wash.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Guggenheimer of Den
yer are among the guests at the Palace.
Mr.. Guggenheimer is a prominent capital
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-03
NOT CITY EDITOR WARREN.

N MAKING an expose of the methods of betray-
ing trust practiced by the telephone. company
there was occasion to allude to the city editor of
the Examiner as party to the fraud In Justice to
Mr. Warren the present city editor OF that paper The
Call desires to state that reference was had to him
lhls the gentleman himself understands and so do
all the newspaper men of the State but the truth
might not be clear to the general public In view
OF possible confusion, this explanation being simple
matter Of Justice is gladly made
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-03
BURNS AND BRIBERY.

The bribery methods being used at
Sacramento by the Burns gang to Sc
cure the Senatorial votes are so open
and shameless that it may be said to be
a certainty that if legislator votes
for Burns or his. substitute that legis-
lator has been paid for his trouble. The
people of California do not want man
Of the Burns stripe to represent the
State in the national Senate, neither do
they care for men who are open to pur-
chase in the State observation-disclosures
side Weekly Blade.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-03
AROUND THE
CORRIDORS

G. NJ. Book. u. S. N, is at the occi-
dental.
NJ. L. Wright of Tulare is staying at the
Grand.
c. E. Bragg of Portland is at the occi-
dental.
WE. Miller Jr of Santa Cruz is a guest
at the Grand.
Attorney A. L. Levinskey of Stockton IS
at the Palace.
Attorney Paul C. Mort of Stockton is
at the Grand.
c. NJ. Sain of Lovelock, Ohio, arrived at
the Palace yesterday.
H. B. Clark of San Diego is among the
guests at the California
R. NJ. Pogson, manager Of the TETON
ranches, is at the Palace.
w. H. Nichols, rancher Of Courtland
is staying at the Grand.
Attorney Charles L. Smith Of Sacra-
mento Is a guest at the Lick.
Albert Bettins; manager Of the Byron
Hot Springs, is at the Palace.
]. L. Hess, a well-known commercial
man from New York, is at the Lick.
F. A. Him, a prominent merchant of
Santa Cruz, is a guest at the Occidental.
Willie Collier, better known as 1.-The
Man From Mexico" is staying at the
Grand.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-03

1t is with profound regret and sorrow
we record in this report the death of
one of the members of this board. James
/. Stanton. who died in his home in San
Francisco on December 2S, 1887.
The exalted character and distin-
guished services of the deceased appro-
Priately demand the highest recognition.
No member who has served the State and
who has contributed to the efficiency OF
this commission has left a deeper impress
or larger place in the hearts of the peo-
to strive to emulate the performance Of
noble deeds for the benefit of mankind
In all positions. official or otherwise
he was ever helpful to the needy and un-
fortunate. His place will be hard to fill
AS member of this board he was
above reproach, his every act being char
acterized by ability and high minded zeal
for that which is right His aim was al
ways to allay, so far possible differ
ences between complainants and the rail-
roads without litigation. Every one with
tender-hearted man, and it was frequent
ly said of him that he did MT have an
enemy, He was a man of strong convic-
tions. his ways were the ways Of friend
ship and his words were words of kind
ness
DR.. James I. Stanton was born in the
city OF San Francisco on the 20th day of
May 1860. where his boyhood days were
passed. until his entrance to ST. Ignatius
College, where the foundation of his early
education was laid. He then entered Santa
Clara College and. after the usual course
of studies, graduated with high honors in
1879
Young Mr.. Stanton selected the medical
profession as his future vocation, and
pursued a course of studies in the medical
department of the University of Califor-
MIA, whence he graduated and received his
diploma in the year 1882.
Dr. Stanton's first public office was that
of physician to the San Francisco Fire
Department, where, in the display of con-
scientious attention to his duties he en-
deared himself to all.
He was elected Coroner of San Fran
cisco in 1886. After fulfilling the duties of
this office for the term for which he was
chosen he retired to private life. from
which he was again called to public life
by Mayor L. r. Ellert, who honored him
by comforting the appointment of Super
visor of the Third Ward of San Fran
cisco upon him. During his incumbenoy
OF the office of Supervisor, DIR. Stanton
was again honored by his fellow citizens
by being elected to the position of Rail-
road Commissioner of the Second District
of this State, which office he was filling at
the time of his decease.
His generous genial, cheerful, loving
nature endeared him to all. Socially and
as friend of the people in all walks of
life, with almost paternal kindness. he
won the hearts of his acQuaintances and
associates. His loss to the State is ir-
reparable and is keenly felt by his asso-
ciates on the board.
He rests from his labors and his works
do follow him.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-03
DANIEL MAzUMA BURNS.

1t would seem as though the particu-
lar pattern choice Of the San Francisco
Examiner for United States Senator is
Colonel Daniel Mazuma Burns of Mex
ico.-Sa acramento Bee.
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Mogan Holds the Fort.

Thomas F. Graham will take his seat
this morning in one Of the courtrooms
as Police Judge. In anticipation of
flank movement on Graham's part Judge
Mogan was on guard yesterday afternoon
at his courtroom, but no movement was
made by the enemy. There may be
trouble this morning
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-03
Struck His Promised Wife.

Tom Milton, a well-known sporting
man, engaged in a dispute with woman
companion on Market street yesterday
afternoon, and becoming exasperated at
some remark passed by her he struck her
in the face with his clinched fist. Sew
eral citizens who witnessed the brutal act
summoned Policeman Murphy who
placed Milton under arrest. At the City
Prison he was charged with battery and
drunkenness. The woman refused to give
her name, but declared that she was the
promised wife of the prisoner.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-03

Young Man CARRYING late at church So
ciaD-How do you do, Mrs. Upjohn?
Where are all the fellows?
Hostess-In the library, getting the
news of some disgraceful prize-fight by
telephone. Corbett was having rather the
best of it, think, when they heard last
Chicago Tribune
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-03
Stricken With Anonlexv.

Fred Burress, ship liner. fell dead yes
terday afternoon at the corner of Broad
way and Davis streets, presumably from
apoplexy. He was native of Kansas.
about 90 years old, and was the father-in-
law of Patrick Stevens, driver of the Cal
.ifornfa-street station patrol wagon.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-03
CAL1FoRNIANs IN NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, Jan. 2-Henry Harrison
Scott, Blanche Bates, San Francisco,
Gerard; D. McLees, San Francisco, Nor
mandie; John Hemphill, San Francisco,
Giisey; Louis Glass, San Francisco, Hol-
land; Henry Grass, Los Angeles, Hoffman.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-03

The Examiner is as quiet as mouse
when Burns and Gunst are mentioned
what difference inside of four years
in the principles of the Monarch.-Pub-
lie Opinion
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-03
NEVER FIGHT IN THE OPEN.

If anybody thinks the people of Cali
fornia want Dan Burns TO mlsrepresent
them In the Senate at Washington, will
he please rise up and give the reason
therefor? Excuse us-the Burns gang
never do things openly.-Berkeley
World Herald.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-03

Among the matters left for the new
board to complete Is the investigation of
the affairs of the Pullman Car Company,
with a view to reducing it's charges for
seepers in this State.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-03
SAZARAC CLUB
SUSPENDS
TWO ME MBERS.

%-1-@-.-@-H-H- members of this
organization were guilty Of un-
seemly conduct on Saturday night"
Mr.. Thaddeus Tomwaddy, the politician.
and Mr. Clear Havana, the cigar manu-
facturer both prominent members of the
club, looked sheepishly at each other as
President Highballs made his startling
announcement. Mr.. Tomwaddy's right
arm reposed in a sling, while the left op-
tic of Mr.. Clear Havana was as black as
the shine on his patent feathers and
tightly closed.
'T am reliably informed by Sergeant
Michael Joseph Conboy," continued the
President, that Messrs. Tomwaddy and
Clear Havana enjoyed a ride to the City
Hall at l o'clock on Sunday morning as
result of little joke that they carried
too far. The sergeant says that at the
time the identity of the two gentlemen
was unknown to him. He further stated
that they both showed a decided disin-
clination to enjoy ride at the city's ex-
pense, and that the little argument that
he had with the gentlemen while assist
ing them into the patrol wagon resulted
in some little damage to their persons"
Here the president paused and looked at
the two members in question.
'fWell," said Mr.. Clear Havana, "I sup
pose it is of no use trying to get out Of it.
and If it is any pleasure to the club I
will relate how it happened. On Saturday
afternoon that confounded old pirate
Tomwaddy, came to me and proposed
that we should join the crowd on Market
street that night. did not want to go,
but he insisted. He said that we were
getting old, that we were too much alb
sorbed in business affairs, and that the
little outing would do us good He pro-
posed that in order not to be recognized
we should hire two disguises and black
our faces. After much persuasion I con-
sented. Tomwaddy there he rigged himself
up as George Washington, while I was
supposed to be the Apostle Paul. We
started out about II o'clock Of course
we attracted considerable attention, but
we did not mind that, and all might have
gone well If Tomwaddy hadn't insisted
on buying a horn and blowing it in other
peoples ears. About midnight we struck
a water front gang and all of them were
sailing along on full tide When they
passed us that old pirate blew his horn
in the ear of one Of the gang. The fellow
turned around and invited Tomwaddy to
go where he has a good chance of going
anyway.
"One word led to another, and the first
thing L knew one of the gang knocked off
Tomwaddy's cooked hat, then another
jerked off the beard I had rented and
caned me an old stiff I went at him,
and in the shuttle lost my robe and san
dals. Tomwaddy tried to get out of his
generals uniform, but somebody jerked
the tails of the coat over his head, tear
ing off his wig and splitting the coat up
the back. Just then along came the SER
geant and arrested US. Tomwaddy was as
mad as a wet hen.
"Do you know who am? he roared
at Conboy.
Cert; you and that guy pard of yours
are two of the toughest coons in the city,
and 1 have been looking for a chance to
nab you I told him our names, and
Conboy said we couldn't give him no such
con as that. Then the patrol came and
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-03

''Do you think that the people on earth
remember US still, George?" asked T. JEFF
ferson of G. Washington. as the two
Remember us, sir!'' replied G. Wash
ington. why, sir. am credibly informed
by q recent arrival from Western Penn
named after us both. ."@Pittsburg Chron-
icle Telegraph.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-03

Senator Hanna need feel no alarm at the threat of
death conveyed in an anonymous letter The writer
OF such mssive is before all else coward
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-03

OF course, owing to the absence of Mr. Hearst the
evacuation ceremony at Havana was little slow. but
under the circumstances it went off as we'll as could
have been expected.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-03
ANU SEMENTS

Columbia-"The Man From. Mexico
California Minstrel Jubilee.
Alcazar-"A Midnight Bell"
Tivoli-"The Yellow Dwarf"
Moroscos-H Hi Henry Minstrels.
Orpheum-V Vaudeville.
Comedy-'Au Aboard.
The Chutes- Gorilla Man, Vaudeville and the Zoo
Olympia Corner Mason and Eddy streets Specialties
Metropolitan Temple Rosenthal Piano Recital.
Central Park-The Steeplechase.
Oakland ,rrack-Races
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-03

While to permit .Widber to make farewell tour
OF the tendcrloin and indulge in. final spree may
have been kind, it was plan not to be regarded as
a precedent A prisoner must ordinarily submit to
the hardship Of sobrety and perhaps il IS better thus
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-03

If you don't eat or sleep well, have head
aches and dizzy spells, try the genuine i'm
ported DR.. Siegert's Angostura Bitters.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-03

BY the way how did it happen. that the President
Sent congratulations to the peace commission and
never word to the yellow journals who had SO
firmly and yet so modesty conducted the war to a
successful end?
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-03

The gentleman selected by Judge Treadwe to act
as bail of his court has had the misfortune to blast
his chances OF an official career 1t is to be hoped the
Judge may find another as good or even better than
an eX-convict OF homicidal tendencies
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-03

One discouraging circumstanc- the chaplains of
both houses must face is that of their auditors
are beyond praying for.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-03

Special information supplied daily to
business houses and public men by the
Press Clipping Bureau (Allens) $40 Mont
gomery street. Telephone Main 1912.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-03

A message OF coincidence fitting either way be
tween Burns and Quay would be timely
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-03

II a woman really cannot keep secret she wi
naturally feel sympathy for the telephone company.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-03

Yesterday was holiday at Sacramento, too, bu
the people up there seemed mostly to forget it
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-03

CAL glace fruit 5oo per Ib at Townsends.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-03
DISHONEST AND DIsGRAcEFUL.

The present Senatorial situation in
California is one that will cause an in
creased desire for the election Of United
States Senators by direct vote of the
people. The State is now threatened
with the election of Dan Burns to the
honorable office of Senator. Mr.. Burns
career as a public man has been such
a dishonest and disgraceful one that he
would never dare to ask for an office
which is filled by direct vote; but owing
to the present indirect method of cleo
ton for Senator we are in danger of
having our State represented in the
highest lawmaking body of the land by
a man in whom we have no confidence
and who is regarded as unfit for posi-
ton of trust.-FallbrooK Observer.
BURNS AND THE NEWSPAPERS.
Dan Burns, in conversation with a
representative of the Times at San
Francisco on Friday, declared. among
other things, that the newspapers were
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-03
AUCTION SALES.

BY sullivan & Doye-1vednesday 827 Sixth st.
/ II a. Horses. Buggies, etc.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-03

ct un d g T.
S t a n d - said
President High
balls as he call
ed the Sazarac
Lying Club to or
der, that two
Sierra County advocate., 1899-01-06
LAKE VALLEY NEWS

IS, hool opened Monday with quito a
large attendance and Miss jesse Is, ais as
teacher.
County Commissioner T. 4. Icc
vert 10 ,Iillshoio Monra,, 10 attend the
first M elip Of the new Board
Mrs FIdieott is having her dining
ro' m ,eied with matched lumber, which
is qu tc an improvement.
Nh Keith returned from E Paso
= iurday. lie says tmall-pox is thick
thcr-H cases in pest house and 200
eases acr' 81 river.
A serious accident happened in + II.
Jobaon's store, Tuesduy, A stranger
making eome purchases left A Win
chester on the connter londed and At full
cock. Jim Phillips, Il y, ara ol nitemt-
ed to upcocL the gun, len he banner
tlippeii ard the gun went oil the charge
through IN oval face show Gu 20
a Il out through n window among the
childr playing Ia the school pionni.
Fortunately none OF b ON were hur'.
T. II .lotsun was over to Fort Cum.
m iuge "a butiuets thir week, and says
w II Jones lns just G, mpleicd dam
I at, when iull, will hold 80 acios oi
wat +. NEn
Sierra County advocate., 1899-01-06

much about practical miuing as
veil, sa, the ordinary mininp ex
pert. However, the mines ARE l.ft
in good order, with a well timbered
shaft and drift extending to
within 900 feet of the known or.
body, which crop- ut tn su,fac,
aud on which the shaft wonld have
been sunk IL lhn amateur c,,mya, Y
had been well advised Further
mp the gulcb the Flying Dutchman.
under the msnag.n" u IT Martin
Conaboy, hns nude good p'4spt's>
during ,hea yenr .nd bas reached
point f development where II
begins to pay.
The Milwaukee d. HiIlsboro Co.
have done httlo during the year,
and still neglect their valuable
Copper King property which The
ADVOCATE long since informed
them was their best claim aud a
money maker if they would 60 at
it right. With copper at re. per
pound. the Copper KING has mil
lions in it. The Good Hope Bon
ANA Co. aleo continues to disap-
point us and will neither work nor
lease their mines.
In the lime contact mines some
progress has been made and ship
mrnts Of high grade lead ore bsve
been sent from the Rex, Smuggler
and Percha claims Rich gold and
lead ore has been found in the Iron
Blossom and genuine sand carbon
strs rs per cent. lead have recently
been found in that mine.
Having reviewed the operations
and progress OF the past year, The
ADV, CATE IN its next issue will
present the probabilities for 1899,
and indicate the lines on winch our
efforts may be most prohtnbly