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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-15


responsible the insecurity of subsistence
and the poverty misery and degradation of the ever
growing majority of people, and that the liberty and
happiness every and child conditioned
upon equal political economic rights possible of at
tanment through the establishment of the coopera-
commonwealth
While it is not possible any municipality to guaran-
to it's all their economic rights believe that
much can be accomplished this direction and that
municipality possesses should be placed at the
the people in the interest of civilization and
mankind may progress to grander and nober life
With the development of machinery there follows the
labor and the concentration of capital
working those of the middle class
economically unable compete with the gigantic COM
of capital that the features of Americas
industrial life.
From these there has class previously
socetythe unemployed, whose existence
whose rights human beings require
immediate plan for their relief
national and even international one,
little relief least be afforded by any city
government.
can by city, which can also furnish the
unemployed with seed and permit them work
on fuel yard may be provided Employment
ttion with the regular city but special works
of park systems and construction of
The system of contracting the lowest bidder for
Low bids cheap work. Cheap work cheap
wages, and low wages lower the standard of
own material giving employment its citizens.
In progressive thinker of the nine
teenth I believe that municipality should own
operate public utilities such street railroads
electric light plants. Public ownership of
public utilities longer experiment. 1t has been
successfully practced this and other countries and
the results have been the minimizing OF corruption and
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-15

proceed to demand the most fantastic
favors.
There is the man who buttonholes
you in the theater, or uSurpS your ears
during the concert.
There is the friend who rings you
doorb9l at midnight to wheedle your<
vote in his favor on a selfish measure. !
There is the fawning, handwriting i,
individual who hints mySteriously ofF
what he is going to do for you. After az
week fof this pose he mounts a still !
higherapedestal and asks you Ito put 4
certain thing through" in a grandilo- '
quent manner that puts you In the lightly
of beneficiary while he assumes the<
role of benefactor.
Worst of all there are people who ,
have been lifelong friends who request
favors. 1t is often necessary to refuse*
these, and it is impossible to make them%
understand your real position. 1
The most repugnant thing that falls 1
to the honest Supervisors lot is the
blarney that is showered on one for*
political reasons They wine you and%
dine you, but you reap an aftermath Of !
requests to cast an aye or no for \
measure which concerns the host. =
Political winning and dining breeds
indigestion. The hot bird and cold bot-<
tie are not palatable when you know
the host has other fish to fry. 4
One gets so nauseated with this of !,
fensive work that at last he mistrusts@
even his own friends. While the host<
serves his dessert you are wondering%
whether his. mouth waters for plum 4
from the political pie.
To be a Supervisor is to slowly szzle%
on the gridiron. The seeds of distrust<
that it plants promise nothing but !
crop of discomfort. 4
My position toward my fellow men, '
bers on the board was not always en-
viable. I belonged neither to the league<
majority nor the league minority. Il
voted according to my own convictions. 4
There We're times when have scored
the entire board on the course it was<
pursuing My views l know were SUPP
ported by members who sat next to me- 4
They personally were in the same mind !
with myself Yet when it came to !,
vote, although they took my point of
view, they voted contrary to their opin-
ions Policy or politics tempted them$
to do this. Possibly it was because+
they feared the enmity or a clash with
some business or social power If they .
proved that they had the courage of
their convictions.
On one such occasion l remembers
that in a burst of anger I turned onA
them and in language more fercible =,
than elegant said: = - why don't
you vote as your conscience dictates?"<
Much friction is the result of such%
heated arguments. Strained relations \
existed among fellow meml ers of the
board. Though we elbowed during they
meetings, outside the chambers we<
turned cold shoulder on each other. 4
Obviously our weekly meetings under 4
such conditions were not pleasant. ,
Last winter, owing to yellow Journal
ism, resolution was introduced intof
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-15

" HREE or four gaunt, dinghy
dressed Cinnamon were gazing
intently into little showcase al
fixed to the wall at corner OF
- Dupont street. In any other
part of the town the case would
have been too commonplace to attract
the slightest attention, but here, In the
busiest and foulest center Of China
town. 1t seemed strangely out of place.
The exhibit consisted of nothing more
than a few sets of cheap false teeth,
the kind that have rubber instead OF
gold plates to them. What could Mon
golians want with false teeth? AS far
as I know such things were entirely
unheard of in the f1owery land, and
could not see what Cinnamon would
need them for in this country.
It did not occur to me at tirst that
the display was for the benefit of Eu-
ropeans, rather than Cinnamon. But
the sign beneath the case was conclu-
siye. There, in the plainest Enghsn
lettering, was James B. Landon, Den
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-15
AM politically dead.

AM politically dead.
Friends, enemies and politicians
alike are jubilant over my political
demise.
My friends see in the death of
the politician the resurrection of the
man.
My. enemies chuckle. because as man
I am powerless, as politician 1 had some
power.
The politicians-weil, they always
speed the parting and welcome the
coming office-holder.
But let me say to them all that I am
a political suicide. If there is a political
Coroner who records such things let
him put me on the list. And, like the
other suicides, I want to leave little
tired of-life" farewell note.
l want to warn others from seeking
to be member of the Board of Super
visors.
l say no decent man should go there.
Why, if Moses or any ideal lawmaker
were to sit in their midst he wouldn't
escape calumny.
1t is not question whether 1 could
re-enter the political arena if 1 would
would not if I could. Wild beasts are
preferable to the harpies that hover
over the Supervisors with wide
stretched mouths. waitin- for pickings
fat or lean.
Even during the election for the office
the candidate realizes that the thin
sugar coating around any political pill
cannot disguise the bitter dose. And a
man enters the office with a bad taste
in his mouth.
For the handshaking and hail-fellow-
well-met, smooth-tOngued cordiality
which a candidate must besplash
over every man he meets becomes dis
tasteful Individuals one would other
wise never notice must be treated as
brothers.
Then there is the baby kissing act"
accomplishments and arts in which he
must become past grand master in or
der to win office.
went my own way and followed my
own peculiar course while | was run
ming for office. l left undone many
things which, according to politicians
of all decades, have ever been consid-
cred absolutely necessary to win sue
cess
But the repugnant dose forced on you
during the campaign is nectar COM
pared to what you are obliged to swal-
low once you are in office. You are
bound to incur enmity. All sorts of
people, with all sorts of favors to ask,
dog your shrinking footsteps and make
your daily life a nightmare. Some of
these people, bent on heating their pri-
vate irons in the political fire. you
have never even seen before. But they
tell you that they have voted for you,
and upon that dubious ground they
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the stage, insured the man behind her
Oh an uncomfortable nap. Now 1 hap
pened to be that man. And l had pro-
posed that ordinance for my own benz
MT as Wen as that of suffering human
1ty- 80 ! had the usher read her the
part of the programme dealing with
high-hat Instructions.
III ever meet DR. Rottanzi," snap
PED the lady removing her hat, I'll
give him piece of my mind that he
won't forget in a hurry"
She certainly looked as If she meant
what she said and since discretion is
the better part of Valorg I hastily
changed my seat to anotherlpart of the
house.
am going to try and forget the two
years | have spent on the Board of Su-
pervisors. My disgust is so great that
to-day l would not advise a decent man
to become Supervisor. He may retire
from the office untarnished, but the or
deal is too hard.
How little 1 cared for the office after
1 learned its shady surroundings is
shown by my joining the army. elect
ed rather to serve the Government than
the municipality. And again, no mat
ter how I have been scored by politi-
clans and papers. have never resorted
to money to defend my position on GER
tain measures.
Everybody knew that my vote was
the result of my convictions Mayor
Phelan paid me the highest compliment
when in order to have just measure
passed, he delayed the announcement
of a vote until I could be summoned
from the Clerks office. The vote stood
to 4 and had he not believed that I
would vote in favor and thereby pass
the measure, he would not have had me
summoned.
OF course this experience In politics
that I have had is invaluable to me-
My knowledge of men and their meth
DDS has been marvelously increased.
1t has taught me to turn my back on
official life. If you would learn ways
that are dark and mysterious" you
needn't study the heather Chinee Just
pick out a politician.
But don't learn the lesson by becom-
ing a Supervisor. The experience isn't
worth it. I am probably the most dis
gusted ex-Supervisor in the land.
Of course, if I specified why this is
so, I'd be called up before the next
Grand Jury and then there would be
war. indeed.
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MEXICAN municipalities have long been the
despair of good citizens believe that Socialism
holds the key to American municipal problems
1 make the assertion that private ownership
of the means of production, distribution and COM
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-20

NEW YORK. Aug. ls-The stock market was
strong and active today. altar hr< period of heal
taton and reacted after the publication a the hank
abatement, buying orders of conspicuous stocks
bringing them to the top level q the dAy. There
some getting under undar this bidding d
prices and few weak spots made the market rather
Irregular at the close Yesterdays vigorous upward
ing orders TO the commission houses and the tone
q the market thus strong from the opening.
The weekly reports Of the varioss trade and COM
uaeciAl agencies and the increased earnings Il prac
tcafly all the railroads reporting helped the up
ward movement The Organised buying in Louisville
and Tennessee Coal coutinued IN evidence and Cen
trail Pacific bid up southern Pscifc. in spite q
shows only . moderate net gain in the day Louis
vile rose extreme y and Tennessee Coal shoxz
. net gain Of 81 Takings Of 81 PAID were On .
very large scae and were accompanied by rumoFs Of
an tnteh.ion 10 declare an extra dividend on the
stock.
Other stocks notably strong were Norfolk 4 West
common and preferred. the common gaining II
Pacific Coast common and sscond pfsfer~d. Ameri.
Cotton OIL. Natipual ossel peegened. Steel and
Wire preferred. and fsw oehH stocAs show gains
Of point oscf. On the Other hand 60eA8 BROOK
I'm Transit, tobacco seocn and eome q he steel
and iroo stocks vpce under Arm DeunsstoA Lcsses
were shown here ana thew h u Snllyqod HI d
stocks which were only KATY DIN =.
The bank statement VA rather pushing n that
the deposit liabilities were nne increased By much
- the cash and lcan increase. But tie smalIness
: ncnentAry heaikatssn tfsdess deeidsd 70 taks an
optimistic view d the statement. Southern Pacific
collateral e. when fsgocd. were taken In large
amounts. gain a ] per cent Speculative senti-
snens has been IN good deal of . hurry -hurly all
ths weck. An Inspection Of the pfics list dbcioses
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CHICAGO MARKETS.


CHICAGO. Avg. A-wheat opened struae Of A
Improvement d c over yesterdays latest prices The
advance had substantial hacking. Foreixn mashets
showed sharp advances. Liverpool bein9 up hA0d
and Inndou 4@d Advices IA regard to the Russian
and Rosmanian crops wcro aionmy and probably
had considerable TO do with the advances e Lver.
pod and InOdoa- Domestic news vas even muss
and continued rains wesv reported AL cver The
Northwest wheat districts md many complaints q
damage On that scnre were received.
The strength shown By corn was also noe e.ourA
to ahect shorts In wheat During the nrst hour n
the shcgt sesatou's trading the market was quite
artive- September opened at s11afzora ard even at
that price their was not much wheat offered shcrts
prize rot 70 s1Szic befors realxins was sufficient
TO satisfy the demand A short reaction 10 Tile
followed. but the narket quickly recovered and Ia
the space a the next half hour touched 10. Tia
market then quieted down somewhat
There WA . CORD deal q selling against weekly
calls during the latter part cf the session. and ono
two slight reactions resulted therefrum hut the
II material decline, and shortly before the eloee
re vas again touched. A dccreAs~ ~ ahc~t
million bushels in the visible supply looked FOE
Monday. september reacted To nc and closed Arm
~ that price
Tfudins IN corn vas marked by great activity ana
strength IN september Continued small receipts and
heavy shipments and decreasing stccks alarmed the
faree abort interest IN September and resulted in
Ynsh for cover which advanced that opfion lie ON
patAy.
Oats wse am With corn. septsnbsr closed s1ss
hiRh<r
Provisions were steady. but very dun At the
cl0ne September pork unclaimed, lard 20 hlghue
and ribs . shade higher.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-20

$500 vszy v5ao nsVsDen0 q yrtoo IN contrary
InSst1iaa sss<aB = > rls sn lewss. ths sss.pr
Nm hs1ag - fseaccc ncckA snae vssy stsining
sains sko~n IN isdivsdasi saiIruad stocks. but
suspriEsneiy snail nnfdl today. considering tn
sivify q O. aasAst and ~ furssm specnistiss
- uA,sh = -. x.s.a iss. Tine y s;ns g
= considered tie beam hare Suffered total sous
and hass sko~n symrGnns cf exhaustion and . d.
positsoa - shoss csntncta. - the ve<k ssun-
marked srnsimental egecs vas psoduced safiy
n ~ vssk b. pebaishsd ann1nnresnenf nom .
stnck operator nceed for his hodness md suc-
ensa dat ~ psruisted IN h1 bsaid tAAa prices
wess too hisA and certain TO 90 cWes. THIS sn-
noanesment indsred eonsids.ahs foilo.ins amcns
ueatef part Il To market for soUe ttee past and
he hasyeaey q lsv stncn "a Monday foliestnx
swaksa any general demand fu securities
There was : vafrAful anticipation ef bear raid
which came Tussd.y with Aerre onsiAneht apcn
BruCAayu 3raaait and American Steel and WHR
On wednesday the battle WAS ecutinned and shifted
- eueas Tsanssse Coal and tohscro stecks. when
s r.z s.,.s s ne n i,s ss san s u ~. :s
prnucpd On tbs standard TaiiruAd stneka ard indi-
s5duai stocks in that department continued 70 shnw
striking gains Quits number Of obscure stoc %
were brought forward and the price up raridly
On special favorable eeGdisiens q the property.
Pool operations also came into s.idenes Inc g,
CANNED buyine Il Southern and Central Paeifc and
As there ars heavy holdings II these properties IN
, sns e. sa ,.s sss s thu. s nee sss from
bear enursxs was LARGELY removed - the week pro
esessed IAte IN the week the market broas3snsd
but veyy materially and began 10 show Sims OF m
outside interest being attracted BY the leadership
orraf.ixed pools which had ahoHt bulinx stocks.
Cali money hss eased IN additional fraction IA
New York under continued offerings fron outsids
domestic censes Increased confidence In the nsoney
outlook has hem the pgine incentive in the advance
In stocks Bonds have been less active relatively
than stocks and price movements hare been irrex
uiAr. The speculative issues generally are higher
United States rev - coupon have Advanced ] and
cid q and Is per cent In the bid price.
Money and Exchange.
Money on call easier aaat per cent: last loans,
a per cent prime mercantile paper. sa5 per cent :
sterling exchange, steady. with actual business IN
bankefs' bills at as6tG4 So fog demand and At
q 0as.0i Tor sixty DAYS: pcsted rates. - ssAtstA
and "a N@A "a; Commercial bills. 81 slfd4s SD; sil-
yer certificates ensdEHc: bar silver, 6ie: Mexican
dollars sec government bonds, strong: state bonds.
inacfiYe: raroad bonds, strong.
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Hadyau cures rheumatism by csuntersctinr snd
sxIsliins from the syiem those acids that give rsse
20 this tfocble II the iivsr and Kidneys become
tnactavs. then disease resuita- Hsdyan stimulates
these organs. strengthens them al well and cures ali
dAsesses Il the kidneys and liver
Hndgan will forfifs yea against disease, for IL
wa stimulate to proper activity all those organs
whose perfect action IL necessary to health.
Husiyan has established firm hold upou the
rnoadenre o. the Public that cannot be shaAsn be-
cause u y mesitorioas article Hudyan viii cure
ana afentisaes where other remedies fail
uadsan rsssessss those wonderfui curative powers
that are Peculiar 10 itself and make Il the most
valuable ssrnedy known for all stomach liver Md
ney, usssons and bleed dissssrx II Hudyan did not
POSSESS genuine merit It's poaulari,y would not b
lasting For many years people frcan all parts os
the United states have been .rai-ins Haayan. for
u II remedy that always cures
All Wholesale druggiats keep Hud-
yan, therefore all retail drugxists
can Get Hudyam. Or 81 will he cent
direct upon receipt OF price-5oc .
package or stx packages for 41.SO.
Cell On or write the Badyan RENE
cdy Co.. cos. Stockton. ElIsa and Mar
ket sts.. san Francsaco, Cal.
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BRIGHT'S DISEASE.
Often the Result Of Exposure
or Oyerwork.
Comfort Ia the know1ed0e That Q
permaneut Care Has
Bees F0and.

Kidney diseases have been on THE Increase IN tn
past hail ssnsafy. An5 many fatalities kass bsm
d5r~ety due to bseastnx do~u u tsssss mas4 No.
sssrtxns nstana Perhaps nc discsss - more decepr
tive than disease n thu ktdnsys syynpsons pssssnt
that snslrtiy sesanss frnm Tire seat u tfwltAe.
srd ezssnsHes chs patient does ent suspect ksdnsy
dtsss4e ~ ali 1h~ majority u psspss imAsfns shs1
ktinsy tssrase csEnz exist uishesa tAia In To
haef Fer ths h~Deaf n ssfft pefsors. bee -
say that pain Ia the baek aceu5 esiy in shout one.
half tbs eAs~s.
HsmYs1naa II hidnss aEsofdsr sss sediment 10
1.tn< Aea6aeh< sasssxA. sseiis1g Il feet. p16isAss
unsdrx sgss, saeksa eyess irritation n Liaddeg.
ersaessssan xailew casap4sxioa asrsgssena. sxesss
Ise sAisss. ~sskenas hearts xsfsen.
HIufAN 10 destinsd 70 ssssmx tie fxsAItsies frou
kAney disease. fer Il Ix tfa ksst remedy "a essfh
fss sssrA dsAsrde.s HrDYAN has alfeo6y ssseA
sk< lives ~ Hundreds II msn snd woeeen ~ tAets
cwn admission. L<tfsx> cens nth svesy msd ted
Ing a ths sonAssfai sfsess q HEDfAN.
th< HAae5s d. Ees perform their Fruy@y wnsk.
tksz fAe hs<d hesczeas aHDssesxted With ths p6ie-
skax nx4pi ssi&xzx~ u - tha pa<k II tho rid
r~ys 70 fisxv fran tbs kscaA tks sasss masssx a
the systrm. HHDyAs WI axsu4fkea Tia ks4ansys:
u VII Asnussts tbssa q thsJ sfe ssuGxish
HUDYAN b fw sAse ~ 1susgsxfs - peennoA
ax pA<kAxu fx = e.
II svR drsssisx dos eok te~p HUDYAx. ssaA
dsses 10 sAe HEptAN REMEDY CO. cnxs19
ataen1os. ELLA md AAxss& sesstxs. oaa xsaaaso1I
Cal -
rss may esnssls the nHDrAN No..
tors abest ysss ssss tres - sAaswA
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1oDDING QUOTATIONS.
g. osalstions yesterday were ~ Soiloup:
nnnR, FlouR and Coffee.

oaalstto1s yesterday were ~ soilouS:
nnR, FlooR ana COGee.
G1,An &, II bhss. AsOc; sxtsa G. In bkis.
161nsd, Atse: dry sraunisted. kaec; cube.
er6 prices
L T.. "a -Pstspt Excellent. sse: Novelty A.
~, taken', tzse: California brands. NE:
- - Via. sI0 psr 10 In. IN iSib SACKS:
t Nfsn, ptffe, a. So per % lbs. In Glib SACKS:
NAeat. 11B psF 10 In. In i0lb SACKS:
~ p9 100 lbs. In lD-lb saeks; farina. -
-. n 9ih sacks; steel cut oatmeal a 50
r. -. IN itib SACKS: graham hour. SITS Per
~ i 1ih ssrts: whole wheat -four, ti-8 Per
- Il Nib saclH: re meal. - 10 per 100 3bH.
~ 21u: re four. 3z1 PER lD ibs. In le-lh
1E ~ Pea.. looib sacAs. =: split peas. $50
fk - sarba; shsat Aakes, 7sib boxes. tlB:
~ ~, $40 per cass Il - alb pkgs; fancy
EuM. Nh per tale. in s1o sArks: corn meal
- N pr Dbl In 5o-Ib sacks: corn meal.
No pr bbl, IN s1ib sacks: cracked wheat.
II /, n 0lb sAaks. steel cut oatmeal, 81 50
= - lib sacks graham Hour. " % per bill.
{ ~ oc1n; Whole Wheat nosu. $ per Dbl. in
- y pr hhl: fancy rolled oats. isa-ih net
I'D; hncy relied oats. sclb Jacks. NN; fancy
@A pr case. 31G,
0pssn-- Mocha per II. rasic; Java. per
Costa kiea. choice. per ID, lsdlsr.
- p~ cwt. sis1, Slb cases. per rwt.
IA alb tins. per ID, 65r. sacks. sc; Adea
N,es CAraccla. Nc; 0natsmAiA, Tie: gruaad
-; Lion. icos. eizS: -. si2B: -.
ltfs. Cheese. ES9s and Poultry.
- nssch. i2isalic. fancy dairy. In .quases,
sAinston eseameFiea. lib and Glib prtnts.
Native Washington. Iaaisc: Eastern. la
&lD4 California cheese. iec
ehssiy fre.h ranch. zc
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Where
They BELONG.
|lldS Of Praise Com
From All Parts
Il the Country.
Vat THE EMINENT MR..
MASON SAYS.
: lsserestisg Story That May BE
~ Value TO Others.
: lslerestiug Story That May BE
~ vaiue 20 Others.

erod Of tho value az Hadyan for the
r.. NJ msucie ailments h tha evsdsncs AZ people
p sstd II and who have been cured BY IL.
nosn NJ. H. n Mason. Of Delhi. n, r..
80 70 my condition II sises me great
Nsts that ! am iscideiiy better In
Vat ! am cured, but ~ have a few
Ns1uas ieft. siil take that yoa viii rs-
kNs ! tod you was suffering froa .
40 Dawn ~ my nervous ssstsrn saa
-. s.skss Your Ha4ssa has remosed every
p 0a DOW "a, what PLEASE ami sleep
|r-xass~ ~ nesvoss like Was. and hare gained
- = weight and strength Hare no nsase
|Sf3 fseA ! % not sitter from headaches
|Kk~ Ac an 50 slzd that sosa ynar
~ ssss already Recommended IL sa many
II. & MASON.