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The San Francisco call., 1904-10-10
TO CORRECT INEQUALITIES
IN OAKLAND ASSESSMENT
Real Estate Dealers Association Ap-
points Committee to Investigate
Work of County Assessor

OAKLAND, Oct. 9.-The Oakland
Real Estate Dealers Association at
its monthly meeting yesterday ap-
pointed a committee of three mem
bers to investigate the assessment of
this city in order to determine whether
there is any inequality in the assess
ing of property. The members be-
lieve that some property is. appraised
at full value. while other holdings are
assessed for only part Of their worth.
The committee has been instructed
to investigate as thoroughly as pos
sible the assessments of all classes of
property and to report any cases of
inequality. The individual members
of the association have been asked 10
assist the committee in its work by
reporting any cases of unequal assess
ment that come to their notice when
buying or selling property.
The investigation will continue until
March, when the next assessment will
be levied, and all cases of unequal
assessment discovered will be brought
to the attention of Assessor Dalton
with a request for correction. The
members of the association believe
that they will be able TO obtain a
much more equitable assessment OF
Oakland real estate.
The members of the committee are
William P. Todd. H. B. Belden and
Henry Holcomb.
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Brave enough and intelligent enough to un-
derstand and denounce the odious law, he was
what his heart and conscience told him was
right.
To this pass has party tyranny brought
statesmen who groan under the yoke yet dare
not refuse their yokes
Nobody will question the statement that by
laI the greater part of the wealth OF this
country is now owned and controlled by cor
poratons. Nor will any doubt that they
intend 10 maintain the present legislation
which Is 30 favorable to them
Grant these premises and then go a step
further; nothing VIII better TO keep them
aoNantage than the control of both the great
political parties" As long as the corporations
own but one of these great parties their sys
tenn Is IN danger, for the reason that elections
are uncertain-at leas- the returns are. Even
the astutfst experts in finance may be lack
ing in the instinct of popular movements"
one who Is always closeted in luxurious quar-
ters, to which only the elect admitted.
may come 10 take his political knowledge from
the newspapers solely and may thus find him.
self dealing with an imaginary situation be-
fore he knows it.
To rely upon one Of 1.-THE two great political
parties means possible defeat and disaster.
by obtaining control of both the element OF
risk is eliminated. This is so obviously true
that l only state it a basis for further
comment In controlling only one of the two
great Political PARTIES the corporations might
be willing to let the fact be more or less
known. Mark Hama. for instance, did not
seem TO care. nor did Quay. Both of these
Republican managers took a business-like view
QI TIE QUESTION ana compelled the benenciarleS
OF class legislation to put up the campaign fund
necessary TO perpetuate the system. They
knew what they wanted. were willing to pay
for II, did pay fo- It and got it, Really no
secret was made OF the way in which II was
done. The corporations were plainly. bluntly
told that IL they wanted to keep things just
as they were they must pay the price, and
they paid II.
But when it becomes the better policy to Sc
cure control of both the two great political
parties so that the corporations will not be
hurt in any event, secrecy is necessary.
There must always be an ostensible party for
the people, party pretending 10 be demo-
cratic in principle. If the corporations were
seen 10 be In open undisputed control of both
the two great political parties" there would
be an immediate revolt Of the Democratic
masses An open control of both the two old
parties would defeat its own purpose. To make
the scheme success secrecy and denial
absolutely necessary. Positive direct evidence,
therefore, could hardly ever be had. But II
such deal has been made, and both the old
parties are in control Of the corporations there
ought 10 be circumstantial evidence which
would carry conviction TO any sensible mind.
Suppose that the corporations had deter
mined to control both the old parties, and
were in fact controlling them. what would be
the evidence of It?
u) That some Of the corporations and trusts
1eined the Republicans and others the Demo
Gratis
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-10
ACTS LIKE A MADMAN
WHILE IN PRISON sCELL
Paolo Angelo, Awaiting Trial on
Charge of Horse Stealing, Shows
Signs of Violent Insanity.

OAKLAND, Oct. 9.-With his
clothing torn to shreds, stark naked
and moaning like an animal in pain,
Paolo Angelo, awaiting trial on a
charge of horse stealing, was found
in his cell at the County Jail this
morning evidently insane. Jailers
Harry Clark and Percy White watched
Angelo closely, but after hours of vigil
saw no signs of recovery, except in
termittent spells of quiet, when the
prisoner would listen to the pleas of
the jailers to settle down.
Angelo was arrested and taken to
the County Jail August 2S from Liver
more. He appeared to be rational
until a few days ago, when his con-
versation became erratic. 1t was at
8 o'clock this morning that the pris-
oner broke out in his wildness.
Through the night he climbed up and
down the grated doors with the agility
OF a monkey. Angelo is 3S years old.
Jailer Clark said the man had been
thrice an inmate of State hospitals.
He will be given into the care of the
Lunacy Commissioners.
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the people then our statutes should make
the betrayal Of public trust punishable with
the heaviest penalties We shoot the private
soldier who deserts TO the enemy. The ex-
treHe penalty is supposed 20 be necessary
10 deter others from deserting. But when a
Senator or Representative Governor or
Judge sells his vote or his decision TO the enc
mics OF the people in violation OF solemn
pledges made 10 the people who elected him. is
his crime less grave than that OF the de-
serter who Is shot?
II Cleveland had been impeached for that
mysterious bond deal and Shiras disrobed for
his hop on the income tax, rascality in high
places might have slackened its gait and
mended its wsys.
The Peoples party favors the election OF
all officers by the people. For one thing
this would bring the Federal Judges 20 their
senses and take out Of their inflated souls
the idea that they are earthly editions OF
Jehovah. The ilife term in office is so IN
democratic and : inherently vicious that il
is q matter OF establishment that fore
fathers established il. II is safe 10 say that
they failed TO realize their peril. Jefferson
alone saw the deadly danger which lurked in
this autocratic body OF men and warned the
people Of the inevitable consequences. But
even he could not have foreSeen the extrava-
CANT usurpations which have become the every
day occurrence with us-the dragnet iniunc-
ton the Imprisonment without trial OF jury.
the practical abrogation Of habeas corpus A
corporation which does not a Federal
Judge or two is as much behind the times
as IL would be il il did not own lawers,
lobbyists. newspapers. politicians and profess
xional witnesses.
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POPUL1ST LEADER WATSON ISSUES PROPAGANDA

Having learned what true democracy was
from stephens and from the writings OF JEFF
fsrson, am not willing to change the creed
at the dictation OF Belmont Pat McCarren
and Arthur German
Measured by the old standards Of Jefferson,
Jackson. Benton and Stephens the party which
calls itself democratic has no right to do So.
II contains no demoeratic PRINCIPLES It does
II has no harmony of creed, unity OF action,
no common legislative object One and all.
they would like 10 capture the offices; beyond
that. they DO not agree upon any earthly sub
ject-
In effect. the Democratic party of to-day
mas no mission except to keep the people di-
vided Ia order that the corporations may have
no substantial opposition. The Republican
party IL one good horse; the Democratic party
Is. another: sometimes the corporations ride
the ore. sometimes the other. In either event,
they keep IN the saddle.
Senator John T. Morgan OF Alabama is the
Nestor OF the South in the United States
Senate; and II anybody is competent to tell
what modern Republicans and Democrats are
II is this veteran who has served his State so
long IN the upper house of Congress- In
December last, Senator Morgan declared pub
Ecly, through the newspapers that there was
practical difference between the two old
parties; that each one of them rallied against
the trusts during a campaisn, and each be-
came servants OF the trusts after the election.
for blsckness.
Yet Senator Morgan has to submit to the
humiliation of being carried along-obedient
helpless. filed with impotent rage-by a lot OF
corporation agents who have captured the
4tcAltEfdNC party ana nave pFoStltuted IL to
tho service OF the trusts
Consider the of General Joseph
Wheeler, also. This grizzled soldier was a
member OF Congress when the infamous Cor
man tariff act came back TO the House TO be
voted Its sell-out to the trusts was so
palpable, it's slavish submission to corporation
greed was so brszenly apparent. that General
Wheeler made an elaborate speech against the
bill. He showed how the entire south had
been Disseminated against by an increase of
taxes upon those articles which she bought
while at tie same time those products which
she sold were put upon the free list where they
had 10 meet the competition OF the world
He also showed how the very tools with which
the laboring man had TO toll for his daily
bread were subjected to a higher tax than
had been put upon them by the Mckinley bill
He also showed how the trusts had been ia
vored, how money would be taken from one
class 70 swell the fortunes of a more favored
class. He showed how the farmer would have
to pay more under the Democratic tariff than
had been expected under the Republican tariff
on various articles. which may be reasonably
called necessaries.
General Wheelers speech WAS terrible ar
raignment OF Germans bill But as he was
about &C take his seat this question was asked
by Mr. Hopkins: II take ii from the sentle-
mans remarks that he Will vote against the
bill. The reply of General Wheeler was
prompt mo. sir; l will vote for IT. and the
Erizzled warrior sat down amid laughter.
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-10
UNIVERSITY EVENTS

BERKELEY, Oct. "a meeting will be
called next week by those interested in the
local work OF the Y. II. c. a. to consider
the transfer OF the settlement work from the
settlement association to the hands OF the
Y. NJ c. A.
Coach Morrow OF the University OF Cali
fCrria football team declares all rumors OF
a disagreement in the ranks are false. The
utmost harmony. he says. prevails.
The contract for floors and roofing for
the Hearst Memorial Hall has been awarded
By Mrs. Phoebe A. Hearst 70 the Western
Expanded Metal Company and 70 MaIoney
Brothers. The value Of the contract amounts
to 500 600
The reception given by the women OF the
freshman class TO their brothers the 'Os men
last night, was the signal for the opening
or the social season. over 3T5 We're presenf
The committees in charge OF the successfsI
AFFAIR were:
Arrangements-Margare Neiu chairman
Carrie Parsons DOrOthea Van Orden Margaret
Daniels and Lucy Burgess.
Finance-Myrtle Amick (chairman). Daisy
Hill Grace Thomas Eva Smith. Grace Brans-
ford and Katherine Douglas.
Decorations F'rederica Judy (chairmanl
Ecith Ostrander. Juanita David. Katie Healey.
Emily Ambrose, Elsie Cole. Irene Gaines and
Ethel Stur=es
Reception-Alice Voice (chairman) Daisy
Hill. Ethel Sturgess, Roberta Boyd. Kathryn
Burns Ida Crowley Grace Bradshaw. Mildred
Jones, Alma KOepke Ernestine M0Iler. Fran
garet Crum. Elsie Cole, Myrtle Amick. Leon
Lane and Ethel Enyeart
The DatrOnesses were: Mrs. BENJAMIN Ide
Wheeler, Mrs. Frank Soule. Mrs George @.
Edwards Mrs Walter Magee Mrs. W Scott
Thomas. Mrs George Noyes and Mrs. Clifton
Price.
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-10
FLAMES LEAVE
But ONE RIFLE
Headquarters of Company G,
Fifth Regiment, n. G. c.,
Quilted by COnflagratiOn
FIRE DAMAGES ARMORY
At Great Risk GuardSmen
Brayely Carry Out Large
Quantity of Ammunition

ALAMEDA, Oct. Sire broke out
at IL o'clock tonight in Armory Hall.
the headquarters of Company G., Fifth
Regiment, N. G. c., destroying several
thousand dollars worth of military
equipment and badly damaging the
building. OF the company's arms only
one Krag-Jorgensen rifle was saved.
A large quantity of regimental sup
plies, including blankets, tents and
clothing in custody of the quartermas-
ter was burned or ruined by water
Members of the company, at consider
able risk, carried four thousand rounds
of ammunition out of the burning arm
ory. There were explosions of car
tridges at intervals as the fire ad-
vanced, showing that the men did not
save all of the shells. Some shelter
tents and blankets were rescued. About
fifty rifles were burned, as were all of
the fittings of the company's rooms,
including furniture, piano, carpets, bill
lard tables and the like.
The fire was first seen on the roof at
the front of the hall, which is on Park
street and Buena Vista avenue. BY the
time the firemen were at work the
flames were under good headway. The
building is large frame structure, old
and inflammable. The rains helped to
check the spread of the fire 1t Is sup
posed a defective fiue caused the fire
There was a large auditorium in the
main building and the rooms adjacent
were occupied by Company G. The
companys loss approxImateS $2500,
with $500 insurance
The regimental loss cannot yet be
estimated. The building was damaged
to the extent of $4,000 TO $4,000. 1t is
owned by the DR.. ]. c. Tucker estate.
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it will be found nourishing like a banyan
grove after thousand years.
Plunged into poverty when a lad I have
r from the seamy side: 1 know what the life
the streets looking for work and finding none
Is an experience never 10 be forgotten and
pressed costs me no eTort: 70 do otherwise
woula cost me my self respect. As far as
ehange our laws as to make il easier for
etner Door boys 70 do what I found il so dif-
aeequate pay and reach a competence before
ios oss5 s5engSa S Is 50 spent in the effort that en-
Every speech Of my life every nae =, -
DOORS, SVery vote in the Georgia Leeislature
ana IN CONGRESS is in perfect harmony with tbs
broadly Democratic faith which fnds ra-.iI rs
expression in this letter I hone tbsrs IA Ia
been growth, development. expansion: i know
tEere has been no contradiction or anosea S~
Whenever by voice or vote or a. APGostsey;
pc OF service TO those who were TorrirS -ta "a
the cause OF humanity / havs ~ stls Sins IN
respond The eight-hour law passad iS,ieS S q 20
sress nad my hearty support The ofhctaI -.
ORC VIII prove that led the fight for ths
poraticn lobby, led by Colonel StabIreaS SoI
ths LoulsVliie and Nashville Railroad -
of 4,dta Ne ne Tesistanee of Judge Hoffman
yl InulaIs MI Loud Of California and ofhe~-
Passed through the House the frst annro
pIlAtoh which this Government ever maSa
icr tne Iree delivery OF mail 70 the recr1s
who live outside cities towns ana y,iI.oss g.osss
mat resolution. which was defeated o. 49,
. sise so'S. put which carried through on the
OF the present rural free delivery Svsts,,
i when gave employment to forty thousand rnen
ana which carries civilization to the reTnot.st
neck OF the woods" The farmers Of Ame-
lca nave seldom asked for ANYTHING in ~
way OF favors from the Government. rno-s
sSIaom nave they got anything even vvha1
they asked The rural free delivery do.-
more TOT the farmer than any law on the sts,
ute book OF this republic. and before an tba
ITlHers decide 10 vote against me 7 tr1,st
that they will consider what I ala Tor 49,,
Regardless. however. OF how manv -,.,
VIII vote because Of the laws referred 10
take some pleasure in alluding to then, g.
ire reason that they proved that the serti
ments animating this letter are tboss ,rbter
have controlled my life. I regret +hae -.
opportunities for doing work OF thai ti.s
nave been so few Republicans ana Dsr,,
Gratis united their votes 10 prevent me Sr.o
serving more than one term in Congress- .,-.
when the plairsst evidence was presentss -
the frauds which deprived me OF the cSs,,o,
commission. Ni"ciai
Since then have had no Opportunity .,
DO more than to advocate with the ~ -
principles 10 which devoted To ae-.s
this nomination and expound these urirci-Ise
this becomes question OF serving fbs -,
cause And no matter what the rssulrs sM--u M
BE- shall hnd satisfaction In feeling that
have done right "at
birmingham. Ala, October s 1904.
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APPEAL TO THE VOTER.
Candidate Refers to His Record in
Public Service

I accent the nomination rendered me and
endorse the platform upon which it is made.
tured both the old parties, it seemed an abso-
Lutte necessity that some one should erect the
standard OF Jefersonian Democracy Had no
one made the effort TO infuse the spirit Of
resistance into the people four more years Of
apathy and discomfort might have rendered
would seek TO rekindle the hopes OF the masses.
might have been met with the cry, Too
To the courage and the intelligence Of the
voter l appeal. II you think 1 am right vote
that way or you are moral coward. Do not
fear that your vote be thrown away" Your
vote is never thrown away until IL ceases 20
be the reDresentive of your honest convictions.
To the extent that the opponents Of Republi-
of those will be strengthened who shall make
war upon the Republicans In 1905. The pres
possible one. They will be driven from II be-
yond all doubt. -Four years from now the
Beimonts. Gormons and Hills should be put
The real Democrats will return TO their
Omaha and Chicago platform In some hon
with Us; the cause demands IL: duty requires
it; patriotism exacts 1t; TO the success of true
an organization Of resistance to the pluto
cracy, 70 show them that they cannot play
their selfish game quite easily as they had
imagined, to make them feel that there Is
around which the betrayed people could raIIv
make this struggle
II has already grown into larger proportions
than / could have foreseen. II promises 10
bring forth good fruit without heart sickening
delays. The effects CT the attacks which We
making u9on this unholy desertion Of the
Democratic masses by the Democratic hose
are even now apparent and reessuring But
even had not this been true / should still
have taken the same course upon the high
ground of duty.
The great Scotchman. Thomas Carlyle said
Cast forth thy act. thy word into the
ever living, ever-working universe. n is fbs
seed grain that can not die: unnoticed to-day
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-10
WATER COMPANY
OFFERS TO SELL
Guarantees City of Oakland
1t Can Supply Twenty
Million Gallons Daily
AMENDS ITS OLD PLANS
ACQUIRES New Watersheds
and Prepares to Meet
Objections of Last Year
Oakland ONCE San Francisco Call.


1915 Broadway, Oct 3.
The Bay Cities Water Company has
renewed its offer TO sell municlpal
water supply to Oakland for -$S,'oo'oOo-
Its idea is to increase its tender OF
guaranteed delivery OF l2,OOV'VOV gal
Ions of water daily to 20,OO0,OOO. Ihls
is said TO be made possible by the ac-
uuiaftion of a large watershed aIonS
the Arroyo Vale in Alameda county
to be connected with the santa clara
watersheds already acquired Dy means means
of tunnels. The company lnd1cateS
that ii has met with objection urged
to it's scheme by Desmond Fitzgerald.
who made a report on the tender tnat
was presented to the city last year.
Fitzgerald outlined the tunneling idea
which the company has probably
adopted. This second scheme is based
upon the same cost as the first one
On the city's part will lay the con-
struction of receiving and impounding
reservoirs and the construction OF the
necessary service distributing pipe
lines throughout the city. The COM
pany requires that the proper legis-
lation shall be enacted by which the
scheme shall be submitted to a board
of hydraulic and civil engineers. This
board shall make thorough investiga-
ton of the plan and shall say whether
the company is capable of fulfilling its
guarantee to deliver 100000 900 gallons
a day. If the experts report shall be
favorable, the company asks the City
Council to pledge itself to submit the
project to the people at a bond cleo
ton. In case the engineers report
shall be adverse the Bay Cities Water
Company agrees to pay the cost Of the
investigation. No suggestion is made
as to how the board of engineers shall
be appointed.
The amended tender comes on the
eve of a special meeting Of the City
Council. which was called for to-mOr-
row night to consider the question Of a
municipal water supply.
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-10
Switching Hands Find the
SenSeleSS Form of an In
iured Traveller on Track
FALLS FROM A TRAIN
d. L. Miller, Seventy-TwO
Years Old, Exposed for
Hours With a Broken Leg
Oakland Office San Francisco Call.
1Ol6 Broadway. Oct. 3.

AOAO 4DAOcdN ONA- -
After a night of wretched exposure
from the storm, lying between the
Southern Pacific Company's tracks near
Sixteenth-street station, with his right
leg badly fractured, d. l.. Miller, p
years old, of Santa Margarita, was
found at 6 o'clock this morning by a
railroad switching crew. He had fallen
from an overland train last night. I'm
conscious and helpless from hts severe
injuries and the shock, the aged man
was taken to the Receiving Hospital.
DR.. r. 7. Stratton. the chief surgeon,
found the patient in a critical condition.
Amputation of the injured member will
probably be necessary, as circulation
had ceased in the extremity.
Miller had lain exposed to the drench-
ing rain for at least eight hours. 1t
is supposed that he fell from an in
bound overland, as his papers showed
that he had been in Chicago on visit
and was returning home. Near him
was lunch basket The theory is that
he had prepared TO leave the train and
had stepped out on a platform TO make
ready 10 alight, mistaking Sixteenth
street station for the Oakland pier. The
swing Of the car at curve caused
him TO lose balance and pitch off the
platform, unseen by any of the train
crew.
The old mans most serious external
injury was the fracture of the leg.
coupled with mass of cuts and bruises
about the head, face and hands. In
fact he was almost unrecognizable. On
top of this was the severe shock
followed by the exposure TO the
storm of the night. Miller was ly-
ing between the railroad tracks. his
body clear of passing trains. The
switching crew that found him. took
him on a car 10 the foot of Peralta
street and thence he was removed by
the police TO the hospital.
Dr. J. ]. Meigs, the Southern Pacific
Company's surgeon. censured the crew
for not sending word to the company s
doctors. He said Miller would have
been sent Immediately to the Southern
Pacific hospital in San Francisco If
the medical department had been in
formed.
Harry BOrchert. steward at the Re
ceiving Hospital. found among Miller S
effects slip of paper upon which was
written: IF anything should happen.
telegraph to Mrs. T. NJ. Lilly. OXnard.
Ventura County" Miller regained con-
sciousness enough TO say Mrs Lilly
was his sister. Another address was
that of Mrs. Sarah Benson. 259 East
1 Sixty-second street, Chicago. She is
supposed to be another sister of Miller
with whom he had been visiting.