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The San Francisco call., 1901-11-02

ticed q few nights ago at q Democratic
rally in Metropolitan Hall appeared at
last nights rally and attempted TO dis
turb the speakers. They were ignored
however, by the speakers and the big
crowd.
1t was the final rally Of the Democratic
campaign, and there was so much genuine
enthusiasm for the Democratic candidate
for Mayor that the hoodlums finally sub
sided and listened intently to the address
Of Dir. Tobin, who was frequently ap-
plauded throughout his address.
A portrait Of Mr.. Tobin bearing the in
scription "Of the people and for the peo-
pie" was hanging over the stage. Frank
H. Gould was addressing the audience
when Mr.. Tobin entered the hall. With a
great wave of enthusiasm the greater
part Of the crowd rose to their feet,
waved their hats and handkerchiefs and
cheered Justify.
Wien Afr Gould had concluded his ar
rsig1lment Of the Republican party, and
not only explained how the ticket nomi-
mated by it is dominated by corporate in
huence, but answered the statements
made on the rostrum a few nights ago by
S. IL Shortridge, Mr.. Tobin was intro
duced
Several rowdies cheered for Schmitz
but MT. Tobin was perfectly at ease and
stood upon. the platform smiling upon his
friends until absolute quiet reigned.
His speech was in the nature Of a dig
nifieo statement Of the main issues Of the
camrsign- He explained to his hearers
in his concise and logical way his ideas
Of government and won great applause
throughout, especially when he stated
that If elected Mayor he would see that
the eight-hour law would be enforced in
every department Of the city government,
the Police Department as well as all
others Of the municipality. His speech
throughout was an earnest appeal for
voters TO be thoughtful and vote for the
reelection Of those men who have proved
themselves to be true to the interests Of
the city.
There was no self about Mr.. Tobin's ad-
dress. 1t was simply a sober and manly
appeal to the people to vote for good gov
ernment.
T c. Van Ness, who was introduced as
chairman Of the mass meeting. delivered
a mastery address on the issues that are
now confronting the people. So did w
J. MCGEE, while Frank H. Gould not only
held his audiences attention with a
scathing arraignment Of the methods Of
Republican bosses, but threw it into a fit
Of laughter by the picture he drew Of
Samuel M. Shortridge the principal orator
In the Republican campaign. The picture
he drew Of Shortridge was more interest
ing than that from any cartoonists pen.
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-02

| You can make no mistake in regard
to the candidacy of the men who are
upon the Union Labor ticket. Their can
| didacy, good or bad, frought with good
or evil to this community, is before you;
from rostrum and in the press, and what
they are. and what they mean to be, and
what they mean to do they frankly and
openly state, and you can't be misled or
deceived.
$50 that if you cast your vote for the
one or for the other you are doing 1t in
telligently, and If you do that which is
to the injury of San Francisco to-day you
do it with your eyes open, and you can't
pretend afterward that you have been
humbugged or fooled with the molasses
that is cast in front of voters eyes by
! the political manipulators. (Applause.)
There is no manipulation this time;, there
is absolutely no manipulation that you do
not know.
Nov, gentlemen, in this coming cleo
tion what do you need in the form of
government? What is good government? :?
A good city government is one which will
reduce taxes, which will give us good
parks and streets, which will honestly ad-
minister the affairs Of the city and county
of San Francisco and which will make it
safe for every man, woman and child who
lives under the protection of that govern
ment to live within the law and, living
within the law, to be absolutely as free
to go and come and do within the law as
he pleases, as If there were no govern
ment means, and any government that
gives man less than that Is no govern
ment at all.
Republicans Not Free Ticket.
LET us turn now to our Republican
friends, because we are to show you to-
night if we can why they ought not to
be voted for. What is there in the Re-
publican ticket-what is there in the can
didacy of the gentlemen who are upon
that ticket to induce any intelligent
thinking man in this city and county to
cast his vote on Tuesday next for the
nominees who head that organization?
did that ticket come out of conven-
ton of American citizens? Is there a
candidate upon that ticket who, prior to
the time that his name was sent to the
convention by the men who arranged it,
had ever heard of a majority of
them or that had the slightest idea who
the nominees were to be? Is that ticket
the result of free, open American con-
vention such as we ought to have?
"You know it is not. You know that a
half dozen gentlemen, banded together for
selfish purposes to promote selfish inter
ests, have fathered and mothered the can
didates, and from such fathers and moth
ers what can you expect but what you
have got? (Applause.)
LET us turn to the head of the ticket.
For Mr.. Wells personally have a high
respect. 1 believe that Mr.. Wells is in
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-02
CRAVE DANGER
CONF FRONTS THE
MUNICIPALITY

D%HERE is danger of
Schmitz's election to
a the Office of Mayor.
Unless Republicans
put aside party inclinations
and give their support to Jo-
seph S. Tobin the calamity of
Schmitz's election cannot be
averted. Republican mer-
chants and business men
should no longer hesitate in
the face of the common peril.
The boss talk that Schmitz is
deriving his main support
from the political party to
which Tobin belongs is uttered
to cloud the judgment of the
conservative citizen and Gre
ate the belief that there is a.
chance of Wells success. The
Call invites special attention
to the significant facts that
Schmitz is Republican, that
he is a director of the Repub-
lican Primary League and that
his confidential managers and
his most effective workers are
Republicans. Tobin's ener-
getic canvass has brought
back to the party which nomi-
mated him for Mayor MANY
Democratic workingmen. but
Wells has made but feeble eff
fort to win Republicans awav
from Schmitz.
Ordinary political issues cut
no figure in this local contest.
hence Republicans are freely
justified in putting aside par
tisan feeling to save San Fran
cisco. It is common knowledge
that Democratic citizens have
risen above party to save the
country. Cannot Republicans
give an example of civic pa
triotism to save the cityp
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-02

Continued on Page Two
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-02

- HE life is ebbing out of the little
boomlet that the Republican
bosses created for Asa r. Wells.
H Some money was thrown out to
IA wager that Wells would get more
votes than Tobin, but the hand
lers of the coin were carefully charged
not to bet that Wells would be elected
Mayor. Instructions were given to cry
aloud in public places that there was
plenty of Wells money at the Union
League Club and Palace Hotel. The OBJ
ject Of the demonstration was to check
the tide of desertion from Wells to Tobin
and make it appear to conservative citi-
zens that the former was the stronger of
the two. Perhaps a few voters were de-
ceived by the ruse, but the deception was
quickly removed when the money offered
was readily taken by the Tobin men.
In the parlance of the push ''WeIls is
dead one" His boom has vanished. The
Republican managers have not yet con-
ceded the election of Tobin, but they have
acknowledged the defeat of Wells by de-
clining to bet one dollar on the election
of their candidate.
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-02
DEMOCRATS HOLD FINAL RALLY
AT METROPOLITAN TEMPLE AND
GREAT ENTHUSIASM Is DISPLAYED
Joseph S. Tobin Receives Grand Reception From
Big Crowd Which He Addresses---T. C. Van
Ness, W. J. McGee and F. H. Gould Also Speak

!: :: :: : : :: :: :: :: =: 6:
last night, q band played '"See,
audience cheered wildly as Jo-
seph S. Tobin stepped upon the
stage
A number OF hoodlums who were no
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-02
WELLS BOOMLET GOES UP IN AIR
AND CONSERVATIVE VOTE SHOWS
DISPOSITION TO UNITE ON T0BlN
Republican Bosses Send Out Reports to Give
Impression That Their Candidate Leads, but
Polls Show Democratic Nominee Is Favorite

Exchange vote stood: Tobin SO. Wells 20.
Schmitz 35.
If W. F. Herrin, who is managing
Wells campaign, doubts the accuracy OF
the foregoing polls and wishes verihcatIon
let him appoint representative to go
over the same field with representative
appointed by The Call. Any one he may
appoint. other than Crothers Of the Bull
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-02

this meeting tonight is called as the final
rally upon the Democratic side Of the
house. This is the last opportunity we are
to have to express in good old Democratic
fashion the reasons for the faith that is
in US; the reasons why the Democratic
party is entitled to the suffrages of the
people Of this city; the reason why the
vote of every thinking man. be he Re
publican, Democrat or laboring man,
should be cast for the nominees Of the
party that we are here tonight to speak
for. (Applause.) 1t is proper that those
reasons should be given, and given pub
licly, fearlessly and in the open.
''San Francisco to-day faces great
opportunity, and upon the result of this
election depends and will depend to some
considerable extent the question as to
whether that opportunity is to be taken
advantage of, or whether, through sloth-
fulness or lack Of attention to public af-
fairs, il is to be thrown to one side. You
know, as I know, that the coming into
the Union of the Hawaiian Islands, the
taking under the American flag Of the
philippines, the developments that are
taking place to-day in the Orient, are at
tracing to the city of San Francisco the
eyes of the civilized world. Great steam
ship companies are beginning to estab-
lish themselves here, transcontinental
railroads are looking for routes through
the mountains to find their way into the
city by the Golden Gate; capital is think
ing whether this is a place to invest: the
skill, the intelligence of able enterprising
a. II ,1I
ern civilization are looking to-day to San
Francisco as the central point from which
for the next ten years the great opera
tions of this world are to take place.
(Applause)
Shall We Remain Vi1lagep
"Shall we build or shall we tear down?
Shall we advertise to the world that we
are community that understand our
selves and are in the forefront of the
march or shall we remain village simply
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-02
7. c. VAN NESS SCORES WELLS.
Thinking Men Cannot Vote for Re
publican Ticket.

7. {. Van Ness. who was introduced as
chairman Of the meeting, spoke in part as
follows: 1T is my understanding that
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-02
Shall We Remain a villagep

"Shall we build or shall we tear down?
Shall we advertise to the world that we
are community that understand our
selves and are in the forefront of the
march or shall we remain village simply
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-02
False Reports Spread.

Claquers were sent out from boss head
quarters day before yesterday to circulate
the report that ex-Mayor E. B. Pond,
leading business man and prominent
Democrat. was giving support to Wells.
Mr.. Pond was seen in his office on Cali
fornia street yesterday and this interview
took place:
.HThey say at Republican headquarters,
Mr.. Pond, that you are going to vote for
Wells and advise your friends to vote for
him.
Mr.. Pond replied: "I am not going to
vote for Wells and am not advising my
friends to vote for him. He is too big
load for me to carry. am going to vote
for Tobin Yes, you can publish it.
False stories to the effect that other
leading men of the conservative class in
tended to support Wells were freely circu-
lated under instruction of the bosses. but
names were not given. The effort to pre-
vent an alliance of business men and
property owners in support of Tobin is
falling. Indications are that a union of
conservative elements in favor of Tobin
will be formed to-day.
Polls Show Tobin the Favorite.
The Mills building offices were polled
yesterday with the following result: To-
bin 4s, Wells 80. Schmitz SS.
In the Crocker building the poll gives
this complexion: Tobin 29, Wells %, Schmitz
Z. In the Parrott building the vote stood:
Tobin &C. Wells 80, Schmitz g. A poll was
taken in the Western Meat Mar
ket, the American box factory and the
Southern Pacific freight sheds with this
outcome: Tobin SO, Wells II, Schmitz 1O1.
Front and Battery streets from Market
to Washington were polled and the vote
stood: Tobin 144, Wells 129. Schmitz 81.
Last Tuesday the Federal Grand Jury
was polled and the return was: Tobin 16,
Wells none, Schmitz none. The Builders
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-04-19

An exchange tells the story Of farm.
er who md been in the habit OF grow
ing potatoes each year and usually
raised nifty to sixty bushels per acre.
Last year he gave the Use OF an acre
OF ground io his l2-year-od son, 10 see
what he could do with in The boy
read up little on the potato crop.
honght peod seed and gave the field
good care, and harvested 225 bushels to
the acre. or about four times AS much
~ the fathers usual crop. The story
II good enough TO be true. even if It Ii
not. but as name and location Is not
given. X may be little doubtful. Yet
We think boy OF man following this
plan could get better crops than come
from the too often careless method Of
taking anything for seed. and then neg.
lecting the proper cultivation. Ex-
change
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-04-19
NEWS ITEMS.

The New York Evening Post says:
The summary of the United States treas
ury's report shows that the government
aggregate gold holdings for the first time
III history have passed the half billion
dollar mark. The actual total was $500.
21s.5OG of which 1882 07ss59 was held
against certificates in the hands of the
outside public and $3.50, OOO,OOO as IA re-
serve against outstanding United States
notes, the balance being free assets.
An attempt of three conviets at the
penitentMry at Santa Fe, n NJ, to effect
their escape resulted in the killing
of Convict George Stephenson, the morta
wounding of Convict Simmons. the serious
wounding of Convict jose Monica Sena
Captain OF the Guard Felipe Armijo and
Guard Pedro S,ndoval. George Stephen
son, convicted of murder, had in some
manner armed himself with revolver
William Simmons, sentenced for cattle
stealing, and Frank Carper, sentenced for
cattle theft, were in the conspiracy to
break Jail.
by the explosion of the boiler on the river
steamer homona recently four persons were
Killed outright and six others seriously in
Jured. The dead include two women, who
were passengers on the steamer, and two
deck hands. OF the injured the purser and
the mate will probably die.
The dead-Mrs. II. Morrison of Fort
Langley, y. G.; Mrs. Baillie of Mount
Lehman. b. c.; John Mack, deckhand.
Henry Phipps, deckhand.
Tho injured Richard Powers. purser
probably burned fatally; James Maynard.
mate, probably burned fatally: George
knowell. fireman. badly burned; three
Indians, seriously burned.
The boiler explosion occurred mid.
stream. while the steamer was en- route
from New Westminster to Fort langley
'he latter being farming settlement
about % miles from Vancouver, b. {.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-04-19
Goat. WITH sheen.

In Mexico they keep sheep In iocks
Of about 1000. and they keep about n
dozen old billy goats with each lock as
leaders aud for protection. The gouts
fear nothing and are ready to fight dog
coyote. or anything else. And the sheep
do not seem 30 be ut all scared as long
as the goat Is between them and tho
enemy. The gents are also more net.
I've or restless than the sheep. thus they
lead them over more ground and the
sheep are better fed without grazing
the field 40 closely. Perhaps goat
leader IL what liz needed In some places
where farmers say they cannot keep
sheep because OF the depredations Of
the dogs.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-04-19

Every year after harvest comes the
time Ut trouble with insects In stored
grain. Concerning these pests, which
work In the grain Din and often do
great damage before they are discover
ID. Rural New Yorker advises thus.
All grain bins should Of course be thor
oughly cleaned before the new grain Ii
put Ia. II the weevils appear. there
are two ways Of killing them. Raising
the temperature To lao degrees will Do
stroy them. but that Ii hardly prac.
ticable In most xrnnaries. The most
effective remedy II found In blsulphlde
Of carbon. This In u powerful poison,
II In quite innammable aud must not
b. used near an open tirc When put
1t thc top Ut the bin II solatillxes. aud
the gas. being heavier than mir. sinks
through the whole mass OF grain with.
out inJurinx Il. The usual application
n about = pound and q half Of blsul.
phidc to = ton OF grain In \ tight hin.
Nor~ ahould he used when the bins are
ep~n The bisulphidc may be put In
shallow pans Or cancers. aud thus
scattered over the surface of the bin.
Then close the top and throw 4 blan-
bet over TO exclude the air. leaving II
alone for twenty four hours
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-04-19
iseardless Harley.


harley II often said to be much
better grain than oats for feeding
hogs. sheep or poultry. as II fattens
better. nearly equal to corn. but max.
Ing more growth or lean meat The
best Canadian aud English bacon Is
made largely upon barley or barley
meal, yet many Will not grow II be-
cause the boards are poisonous, or very
Irritating to sotne people, aud even TO
animals when the straw In used as bed.
ding. Hut Western farmers are now
Sastng much III praise OF heardlcss
barley IL grows we'll on good soil.
standing about four feet high. and
producing thirty 10 forty bushels OF
grain u tie acre. American Cultiva.
lar
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-04-19

Ths Uses of the Weeder

Some one has said that the weeder
9as M excellent tool to use when there
were no weeds 10 TIN. II ~. II IL just
what every farmer needs. There Ii no
time whcn the crop in 80 much h-ii--
nted by \ stirring Of the soil AZ when
there are no weeds III the iss:a. and no
time when many weeds can bc kill
cd with NO little labor Ms when the
weeds are scarcely visible 10 the eye.
and II they will go over fifteen ia TWEEN
~ acres In u day. one can afford TO use
u several times, instrad Of going once
when there were ~ nnny w~r,is that
an acre would require days work 10
destroy The weeds An old farmer used
to say that field which was so wecdy
81 to very much need hoeing WAS not
worth hociaS. HIT destroying wes-t!a IL
not the whole work of the weeder. To
break up and puiserize the crust after
rain that II may he more absorbent
0f the dews and rainfall. aud the nitro,
gen that In In the atmosphere: To make
m earth mulch which will absorb the
heat Of the sun and attract moisture
from below. are AZ important M TO de-
stroy weeds and weed seeds that are
ready To geftnihatr. aud oh large farms
this implement Will save many hard
days work with horse, hoe and hand,
hoe. Massachusetts Ploughman.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-04-19
SAYS BOER WILL CONTINUE
HAVE PLENTY OF FIGHT LEFT
Beers Are Only Waiting for Winter
10 be Over, Says Captain Won
LOsberK, am Invalid Captain Of
ARTILLERY.

New York, April l9.-Captain Otto Won
Losberg, captain OF the Second battery
Transyaal state artillery, who left the
Boer army in January, being incapacitated
with wounds, arrived from Europe with
Montague White. He will start for New
Orleans, his old home, Immediately. In III
interview, Captain Won l-osberg said:
Il talked with General Louis Botha be
fore coming away. You may 60 he told
me. You have fought well. give you
your discharge. When you come back we
shall be free or fighting. | shall fill pa
triot's grave. Go, my boy. God be kind
to you
That is the kind Of men who fight fol
the Boer cause. The English have VIC
lated every law OF civilized warfare. They
have AIMED 5000 kaflirs, who are in Stein
achers horse, which is the scum of South
Africa. They fight like the Hessians fought
you-for hire. They get II shilings u
day. They plumber and pllage everybody
young and old alike. When | was wound
ed | was put in Red Cross ambulance
and started for Lourenzo Marques. We
we're held up by 80 kafirs, who wore
nothing but breechclouts and carried Brit
i,h rifles. They took everything we had
and turned me back to Pretoria. com.
planned of the violation of the Red Cross
flag and robbery to the British officers
They investigated and admitted that had
been shamefully treated. They promised
restitution after the war
| you Americans have little conception
Of the resources Of the Beers. General
Delarey alone has 100000 rounds of am.
munition. We have 20 guns and Lon.
Tom. The latter is hidden for future need
We need nothing but ambulances and sup
plies. Our Holland societies sent us three
ambulances and horses several months ago
via Lourenzo Marques The British there
had them held up and they are they yet
while our men are dying for the need Of
them. Our forces are distributed like this /:
Delarey has 5000 men, Botha 1900, Dewet
5000, and the rest are in flying corps. They
constantly harass the British. Most Of our
men are fighting south of Pretoria. The
Americans with our army, and particularly
the Irish Americlns, are doing magnificent
fighting. One Of the latter was sergeant
major in the Sixth Massachusetts reyi-
ment. The Irish Americans prevented che
capture of our Long Tom by their bravery
at Leydenburg. They fought like fiends.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-04-19
Esan E.r Feed.

European dairy men buy large guam
titles OF American feeding stuffs Ex-
periments are now being made In COM
pressing bran Into bricks for more con-
yrnIcns expectation. While the sue
cess q! this ina az work nigh, lead 10
4 stlll greater expectation o! American
raw farm products. the failure OF the
experiment would be Americas gain
Kran II one OF the most valuable feeds
for the dairy. II In recommended by
many feeders as especially useful for
feeding In conjunction with cornmeal.
which is concentrated and tends to
pack" In the stomach bran Is cool-
Ing aud can be used In almost any rea-
sonabie quantity. 1t Is a food rich In
protein and contains large amount Of
the heterogeneous element OF fertility In
soils. Wheat II known to be extremely
hard on soil. and ,hc chemist has found
that most Of the soil strength goes into
the bran broadly speaking, therefore
the extreme folly can .,e seea Of export
Ing bran and letting that much fertility
go out OF the country to enrich foreign
lands. necessltaiing the purchase. In
iiru thereof. Of artificial fertilizers Of
al! kinds 10 keep up our own fertility
OF soil
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-04-19

Butter makers kick on farm. s~para.
tori. says the Northwest Farmer, Some
II the butter make are making n live
u Kick against the introduction Of the
farm separator. They might a. well
kick against . stone wall. for Kicking
will not stop ita coming. Therv Ii only
one thing that will check It's rapid In.
PRODUCTION. aud that IL better skilamlik
from the creamery. Farmers mr.. get
ting more and more determined TO
fais~ good calves. aud they propose TO
do this with separator sklmmlik. in
the butter makers don't clean M their
pumps. pipes and tanka aud give the
skimmilk = thorough pasteuristnx. the
farmer 10 certain To lend an attentive
ear 10 the farm separator agent. a sep.
arAtof win BE- Installed ON trial. and
you can coun, on Its staying II viii
then be too late to protest. for after a
farmer pays eioo for separator he IL
quits apt 10 and = factory that win
take his cream. Dalrymen OF expert.
ence have found that the best Of calves
can b. raised on good separator milk.
and every intelligent butter. maker
knows bow 10 return Il In good caudI.
ton