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MR. ALFORD HEARS
STARTLING ECHOES
"Where, oh Where Are
the Old Democratic
Leaders ?"
Lots of Them Have Gone Into
the Honest-Money
Army.
LED BY PATRIOTIC REASONS
A Deep Lesson Is to Be Learned From
the Present Political
Situation.
"Where, oh where are the old-time lead
ers of ihe Democratic party?"
If the Hon. William H. Alford. chair
man of the Democratic State Compaign
After Winding the Democratic Battle-Horn, Young Mr. Alford Waits for the Return of the Absent,
but Instead He Hears Some Unpleasant Echoes.
[This picture is from a photograph by Marceau.]
Committee, should speak bis mind in can
did mood such would be his agonized
exclamation.
One can readily imagine Mr. Alford,
aroused from his recent trance, catching
up the Democratic battle trumpet and
Bounding "the assembly," hoping thus to
recail to his support the many stalwart
Democrats who have left his organization ;
but alas! he finds tbat he is not like
KodericK Dhu, for one blast upon his
bugle horn is not worth a thousand men.
The real leaders of the Democratic party
of California have been driven from the
ranks, their pictures turned to the wall,
: and to brine them back will require a
k c <ange of platform on the part of those
who are at present controlling the destiny
of ihat once illustrious organization.
As has been remarked, if Mr. Alford
could be heard to express bis inmost ques
tionings be would doubtless be putting
conundrums for his own solution, and in
many cases the response would be sorrow
laden. Suppose he should cast his eyes
in the direction of Alameda County and
cry out in the agony of his spirit:
"Where, oh t where is that good old
Democratic warhorse, Bill English?"
Echo, masquerading in the form of Ru
mor, might reply: "Bill's at home saw
ing wood and saying nothing. He's wait
in c for a Democratic year."
"Where is that veteran Democratic Nes
tor and able financier, E. B. Pond?"
"Oh, he's gone into the camp of the
sound-money Democrats and is helping to
flood the State with literature favoring
the election of Palmer and Buckner."
"Where is Peter Etchebarne, formerly
of San Jose, now a resident of Oakland,
who for so many years was an enthusi
astic worker in the Democratic legions?"
"He i as declared against Mr. Bryan
and his Populistic platform. He wants a
sound financial system for the upbuilding
and preservation of the Nation."
"Where is William A. Bowden? Where
is Dr. Robert Caldwell?"
"They agree with Mr. Etchebarne and
refuse to train under the Bryan banner."
"How about old Bob Syers, and Senator
W. A. Whitehursf, and Paul Masson, the
?reat wine-grower, and William B. Ran
kin. the successful vineyardist?"
"You'll find them in the ranks of the
Bound-money army, advocating an honest
fiscal system, that will make Uncle Sam's
dollar worth a dollar anywhere on the
lace of the earth."
I "When did I last hear of Governor Jim
Jfrudd and Billy Foote, and what were they
ioing?"
"The Governor was presiding at a meet-
Ing called by the Silver party campaign
committee, and Mr. Foote was speaking
It Metropolitan Hall, pretending to scold
iU old friend, The Call, because he baa
been smoked out of his political tent."
"Any news from Hon. E. S. Liopett, the
old man eloquent of Petalunia, who has
been a Democrat since the flood? 1 '
"Yes; he is stumping the State straijrht
out for McKinley and sound money.
Evidently he believes with Charles A.
Dana of the New York Sun, who, when
asked for his opinion of the Palmer and
Buckner nominations at Indianapolis, re
plied with enthusiasm: 'A fine ticket.
Don't vote for it. Vote for McKinley.' "
"Do you know anything of Editor J. F.
Thompson of Eureka?"
"He's a McKinley man now. Driven
from the Democratic party by Bryan and
free silver."
"What doea Clay "W. Taylor of Redding
Bay?"
"His magnificent voice, backed by his
resourceful brain, has been raised against
Brynnxsm."
"What has become of J. K. O'Brien of
Marysvhie, who was a delegate to the
State Convention?"
"Distributing sound money tracts by
the thousands among his friends and
neighbois, advocating the election of
Palmer and Buckner and asking people
not to vote for Bryan under any circum
stances."
"Can you tell me anything about what
that doughty Democratic leader. Bernard
D. Murphy, of San Jose, is doing in this
campaign?"
"There is no misunderstanding his posi
tion in the fight. He is uncompromis
ingly against Bryan and a debased cur
rency. He stands for the money of the
constitution and the maintenance of
Natioual honor at home and abroad."
"Is General Will S. Green, editor of the
Colusa Sun, whose wise counsel has for a
quarter of a century assisted in guiding
tne Democratic ship, is he doing anything
good for Bryan?"
"Not much."
"Have you tidings from Wesley Mock
of Santa Ro;a?"
"He is for sound money — first, last and
all the time."
"What's the latest message from Charles
Anderson of Santa Barbara?"
"Bryanism doesn't suit him worth a
cent. He will do his best to keep the boy
orator out of the White House."
"Are you acquainted with the position
of tnose brainy young Democrats -Robert
Y. Hayne, Warren Olney, Curtis Hillyer
and Elliott McAllister?"
"That's an easy question. They have
put themselves squarely on the rec
ord as against the insidious evils
of Bryanism. They are with Dr. Ed
ward R. Taylor, T. C. Van Ness,
John P. Irish, E. B. Pond, Jeremiah
Lynch, R. M. Tobin, Hugh Tevis, Samuel
Sachs, Dr. Lnke Robinson, Peter F.
Dunne, T. B. Bishop, John GarDer, Clay
W. Taylor, A. A. Watkins, John Ro«»en
feld, E. 8. Heller ana other men of like
character."
"Any other news?"
"Yes, lots of it Dr. J. 8. West of Co
lusa is out for sound money and National
honor. Richard Bayne, the gifted lawyer,
lias renounced Bryan and all his works."
Joseph Allen of Tula re writes in favor
of Palmer and Buckner because he says
that they will draw more votes from
Bryan than from McKinley.
John Roth of Woodville.Tulare County,
is against Bryan.
Charles P. Summer"? of Yolo has turned
out a hard worker in the same direction.
J. C. Lusk of Chico opposes Bryan with
all bis might.
Charles Forman, the prominent Los
Angeles citizen who is so largely in
terested in the street railways of Los An
eeles, and who has been a Democrat of
Democrats ever since he can remember,
feels that it would mean ruin to the coun
try to have the silver monomaniacs in
power.
B. Marks, formerly of Santa Rosa, and
E. R. Lilienthal. the liquor merchant,
take no stock in Bryan.
Evan J. Coieman, president of the Pa
cific Transfer Company, has been looking
over the situation, and has come to the
conclusion that every patriot should strive
to defeat Brvan.
Thomas Kirkpatrick of Moore, Hunt &
Co. has a similar opinion.
Marcus Koshland and Thomas Denni-
Kan, wool merchants, are in the field
against Bryanism in all its ugly forms.
In fact, all the intelligent wool-dealers of
the West who have read Bryan's attack
on the wool industry are going to help to
defeat him. They believe they can bury
him and his pernicious fallacies so deep
that neither ne nor they will ever again
be heard of in American politics.
THE SAN FKANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1896.
FOR FRUIT OR
QUICKSILVER?
Future Use of a Valuable
Tract of Santa Clara
Land.
The Old Guadalupe Mining Claim
Before the Land Office
Again.
A STRUGGLE FOR A PATENT.
Efforts of the Homesteaders to Show
That Their Farms Are Not
Cinnabar Ledges.
The old Guadalupe land interest, involv
ing the ownership of about 900 acres of
valuable soil in Santa Clara County, was
this week transferred to the United States
Land Office here, where the claims are
now bsing heard before Receiver Hackett
and Register Dunn as a special commis
sion under orders from the United States
Commissioner of Lands.
The property in question is located in
the heart of Santa Clara Valley, about
four miles from Los Gatos, adjoining the
Guadalupe mine, and is claimed under
the homestead act by J. D. Mackensie,
Charles Cole, V. A. Scheller, Mat E. Arne
rich, Paul Arnerich, O. Dunker, C. P.
Owen, J. Callunden and J. Doyle. They
base their claim upon the fact that in the
early part of 1880, when the lands in that
vicinity were thrown open for settlement,
the mining company did not file its appli
cation for a mineral patent upon the tract
now in dispute, although under a decision
of the United States Treasurer it could
have done so. The mine people hold that
they were never officially notified from
Washington that the tract was declared
to be mineral land.
In the meantime the Land Office per
mitted the agricultural claimants to make
homestead h'lines, which they did thereon
August 14, 1894, and immediately took
possession. They improved the lands, es
tablishing homes and planting orchards
and vineyards, the territory being within
the rich fruit belt of Santa Clara Valley.
This is the time for t:>e final proving up
of their homestead entries, and the
Guadaiupe Quicksilver Mining Company
now coi. tests the issue of the patents.
They are represented by H. B. Thayer,
agent for the company, and Attorneys M.
D. Hyde and W. P. Veuve. The attorneys
of the agricultural claimants are William
A. Stuart of this City and ex-District At
torney V. A. Scheller of San Jose. One of
these claimants, Mat E. Arnerich, is a Re
publican candidate for the Assembly;
another, Game Warden J. D. Mackensie of
Santa Clara County, and a third, Detective
J. Cullenden of this City.
Both sides have provided numerous
witnesses as experts upon the mineral
and agricultural merits of the case, the
farmers laboring to prove tbat grains and
vines and trees are the only natural prod
ucts of that soil, and the miners that the
lands are filled with ledges of cinnabar
and will produce nothing but the
sprightly quicksilver. Some of the wit
nesses testified that 1600 sacks of wheat
have been raised from seventy acres on
certain portions of the tract and that on
the 900 acres of land there ara at present
thousands of trees and vines two years
old. Yesterday Witness Ryan for the
mining company and a former employe
at the Guadalupe mine gave his testimony
as an agricultural expert that 1500 sacks
of grain from seventy acres was no yield
at all.
Mat Arnerich stated in an interview that
the land in question is worth $100 an acre.
"Some portion of the tract is rocky,"
said he, "but there are no quicksilver
ledges on it. Moreover, our lands are not
in the Guadalupe grant, but totally out
side of the limits, and the mining com
pany only bases its claim upon a decision
of the department, and if it had any rights
under that decision they were invalidated
when the company neglected to file it.s
application. If the United States Land
Office recognized that the company bad
any claim we would not have been per
mitted to tile and prove up on the land.
The fact is, so long as the Guadalupe
Quicksilver Mining Company had plenty
of ore on its grant it neyer cared about
extending its boundaries until it wanted
more rock.
"Woen the Treasury Department de
cided years ago that this was mineral
laud the company could have tiled its ap
plication for a patent, and its excuse of
not receiving official notification of the
decision is not a valid one. When we
made our filings it was Government land
on which there was no recorded claim,
and our little home.", with their fields,
vines and fruit trees, are our own just as
soon as we receive our patents, which will
be in a few das's."
C. P. Owen, who is the Recorder of
Santa Clara, and who is one of the agri
cultural claimants, spoke in the same vein.
He held that should the question be de
cided against them it would be another
case where settlers who had acted in good
faith had been deprived of their homes.
The case will go on next Monday morn
ing at 10 o'clock.
ACCUSED OF ARSON.
David Weil Charged With Having Fired
Ilia Store to Get the Insurance.
David Weil was yesterday accused of
firing his Shasta County store for the pur
pose of collecting indemnity, by the com
panies with whom he was insured.
Answers were filed yesterday to the
suits of Thomas E. Ryan against various
fire insurance companies for indemnity
for loss by conflagration of the store and
stock of Baer, Weil & Co. of Redding,
Shasta County, Cal.
It is alleged in the answers, all of which
are similar, that David Weil set fire to the
store building and that in consequence the
insurance companies are not liable for
damages. _____ _________^
INSURANCE RATES GO UP,
Casualty and Liability Com
panies Form a Powerful
Compact.
Liability and Guarantee Risks Will
Cost the Insured Dearly After
the 15th Inst.
A compact has been formed by the
casualty and liability insurance com
panies engaged in business in San Fran
cisco, and when it goes into effect on the
15th inst. the combine will have covered
all parts of the United States. The Pacific
Coast field is the last to come into the
compact, the delay in uniting having been
caused by the obstinate attitude of one
company, the Frankfort of Germany,
which insisted on cutting rates.
The corporations which have combined
are the United States Casualty, the Em
ployers' Liability, the Union Casualty, the
Standard, the Fidelity and Casualty and
the London Guarantee. Their business on
tne Pacific Coast in premiums last year
amounted to about $250,000. Only one
company, the Frankfort, remains out.
This, it is held, means that a tight in all
lines of liability insurance may be ex
pected.
Rates will be raised by the combine on
October 15. and as the orders from the
respective head offices are very strict and
explicit any infringement of the com
pact's rules may result in a change of gen
eral managers for the Pacific Coast. An
agent of one of the compact concerns
stated yesterday that the change prac
tically made one big company or the six
corporations, as their scheuule rates can
not be altered and there cannot be real
competition for business. As an illustra
tion of the effect of this compact he said
that an elevator insurance will cost $35 a
year in any of the compact corporations.
The rate now is usually $25 in the face of
open competition, but it is believed that
the obdurate company will grow rich on
tne change, since it can raise its rate to
$30 and still be $5 lower than its competi
tors.
The reason given for the combine is
that all the companies found they lost
money last year in writing business, and
that all companies which went into com
petion at reduced rates failed! The old
line concerns had to report a reduction in
their surplus last year. So a compact ex
tending as far West as Utah was organized,
and now it is reaching out over the re
mainder of the territory.
Agents of the American companies com
plain bitterly against the insurance Jaws
of California, or rather tne want of insur
ance laws, which makes it possible fora
foreign company to come into the State
and do business without being required to
put up a deposit, as in other States of the
Union. In New York, for instance, the
foreign companies have each a deposit of
$200,000, under control of the Insurance
Commissioner, and also about $400,000 in
vested in American securities as an asset.
American companies cannot do business
without a capital stock invested at home.
The FranKfort has $100,000 on deposit in
Oregon, as that State demands a deposit.
HORSES A T BURLINGAME
A Show of Fine Steeds at the
San Mateo Suburb This
Month.
It Will Bs a Novelty, as It Will Be
the Only One of Its Kind
Presented Here.
An open-air horse show will be held at
Burlingame on October 17 under the
auspioes of the Burlingame Club. This is
the first venture of the kind, and it will be
a novelty in its way, as there will be no
admission nor entrance fees charged, and
entries are open to ail.
Trains will leave Third and Townsend
street station, San Francisco, at 8:15 A. m.,
10:40 A. M. and 11:30 A. m. Returning,
trains leave Burlingame at 2:34 p. m., 4:04
p. m. and 6:16 P. K.
A table d'hote luncheon will be served
at the clubhouse. Any exhibitor not a
member of the club will receive a badge
giving him the privileges of the club for
the time being. Horses from Oakland and
San Rafael will be shipped to and from
the grounds free of charge, and no charges
will be made for stabling. The rules of the
Horse Show Association of the Pacific
Coast will govern. Entry blanks can be
had from the secretary of the club at bur
lingame, or at the Horse Show Asso
ciation, 30 Mills building. The entries
will close October 15.
The following classes and hours for
judging the horses have been arranged:
Class I— Thoroughbred stallions, 1:45 p. v.
Class 2— Stanford-bred trotting stallions, 10
A. m. Class 3— Hackney stallions, 11 a., m.
These classes to be shown in hand.
Horses in harness: Class 4— Mare or geld
ing, 14 hands 2 inches and under, 10:20 a. m.
Class 5— Pair of mares or geldings, 14 hands 2
inches and under, 11 :45 A. M. Class 6— Mare
or geldin? over 14 hands '2 inches and under
15 hands 3 inches, 2P. m. Class 7— Pair mares
or geldings over 14 hands 2 incnes and under
15 hands 3 inches, 10:40 a. m. Class B— Mara
or gelding over 15 hands 3 inches, 3 :45 p. m.
Class 9— Pair msres or geldings, 15 hands 3
inches or over, 2 :30 p. M.
The above classes to be shown to appropriate
Vehicles.
Tandems: Cloae 10 — Pony tandem, 14 hands
2 Inches and under, 11 :15 A. M. Class 11—
Horses over 14 hands 2 inches, 3P. m. Class
12— For best performance driving a tandem
through obstacles. 3:15 p. M.
Unicorn : Class 13—5 P. M.
Four-in-hands: Class 14— Four-in-hands 14
hands 2 inches and under, 12 M. Class 15—
Four-in-hands over 14 hands 2 inches, 4:15 P.
M. Class 16— Besi performance driviug a four
in-hand through obstacles, 4:30 p. M.
Roadsters: Class 17— This class is limited to
horses owned by residents of San Mateo
County, to be shown to a roßd rig, - 2:45 p. m.
Saddle horses: Class 19— Mare or gelding 14
hands 2 inches and under, 2:15 p. m. Class
19— Mare or gelding over 14 hands 2 Inches,
11:30 a. h. Class 20— Polo pony, mare or geld
ing 14 hands 2 inches or under', 4:45 p. m.
Manners and handiness to be especially con
sidered. Owners or amateurs to ride.
Jumping classes: Class 21— Open to all, 3:30
P. M. Class 22— Jumping class for ponies 14
hands 2 inches and under, performance over
fences only to count, 4p. m. Class 23— Lasso
throwing, 5:15 p. m.
ELECTION OFFICERS.
Appointments of Republicans and
Democrats Blade by the Election
Commissioners Yesterday.
The Election Commissioners took up the
matter of appointing election officers yester
day, and chose a full list of ■ Democrats and
Republicans for the Thirty-first Assembly Dis
trict as follows: ;
Democrats: Precinct I— E. H. Williams,
James J. Ward, C. C. Hencke.
Precinct 2— Matthew Heyfron, E. J. Preston,
William Craig.
Precinct 3— William McCarthy, Thomas Man?
ning, S. A. Terry.
Precinct 4— James Glnty, A. J. Ford, Thomas
Anglin. .
Precinct s— Edward J. Kelly, Frank Noble,
Joseph Rankln.
Precinct 6— Charles Miller, P. W. Ehrhardt,
James W. Connell. ;
Precinct 7 — Thomas Dolan, John J. Joell,
James L. Sweeney. -. '
Precinct B— F. J. Harrington, George F. Poul
son, Philip A. Knack. ■ -. ...■■■■■■
Precinct 9— James T. Kelly, J. J. Murphy, Ed
Murray. •
Precinct 10— George W. Woodward, C. M.
Tiedeman.
Precinct William C. O'Connor, R. Mor
ley, T. Tyndall. ... -r ■".''.--.:-
Precinct John McEleaney, J. J. Hulbert,
William J. McLaughlin.
Precinct 13— Marks Bloom, William Murphy,
D. T. Brosman. . . *.
Precinct 14— H. McKenna, H. Michaels, Matt
KUlain. . \ ;':. '
Precinct 15— James T. Magowan, H. J. Henck
en, John Grace. . ,
Precinct 10— John B. Kearney, H. J. Jack
son, Ed J. Dunning. . -
Precinct 17— J. Riley, Joseph W. Maher
Jr., Ed J. Maher. -,-■'
Republicans: Precinct 1 — Henry Macsor
ley, George P. Ryerson, Samuel H. Vance,
Charlie McGaughan. '• * -
Precinct 2— Otto Lemcke. Charles 8. Stout,
Harry Stanley, Robert S. Falcon.
Precinct 3— Charles R. Smadefce, Thaddeus
P. Goodnier. George L. Simpson.
Precinct 4— William Sullivan, Thomas O.
Brien, William H. Campbell, Isaac Wollard.
Precinct s— Joseph Kelly, James Skiff, Alfred
Witt, James Lee. .
Precinct 6— Alfred O. Clark, T. Cornelius,
Albert Worth, John H. Liskiu.
Precinct 7 — C. Herrschaft, Joseph P. Ken
nedy, Lawrence T. Ryan, Louis Kuttner.
Precinct B— James J. Miley, Frank H. Do
herty, Louis Klee, Grant G. Cole. ;
Precinct Samuel ; Newmann, Hugh Judge,
William J. Miskell; James Giilice. ■
Precinct Thomas F. Kelleher, J. T. Kelly,
Frank O'Brien. .
Precinct 11— E. Crowley, Jeremiah Shee
han, John J. Abel, Henry A. Borrman.
Precinct 12— Thomas H. Brady, S. McKeon,
William A. Kellon, Frank Guenther.
Precinct 13— William J. ; Pierney, Thomas
Degnan, Emile G. Hirsinger, Edward Ward.
Precinct, 14— John Duffy, Henry McKenna.
William A. Curren, Louis Schneider. : ..
Precinct 15 — Frederick J. Saunders, Andrew
J. Meaner, John J. Buick. -■- --
Precinct 16 — Alma Jespersor, Ed Dunning,
Henry A. Plttnz, Thomas Graham. •
Precinct 17— Christopher A. Shea,' Timothy
Blanchneld.__
UTLEY ADVOCATES SILVER
He Calls the Money Kings me
White Metal's Only Real
Enemies.
Figures, Comparisons and Statistics
Ga ore Invoked in Favor of
Free Coinage
The Hon. A. J. Utley of Los Angeles spoke at
last night's meeting of the Thirty-first Assem
bly District Bryan Free Silver Club on the sil
ver question. In spite of the piercingly cold
weather the Populist tent on Market street
was fairly well filled. In the course of his re
marks Mr. Utley said:
"I do not claim for my party all the honesty
and patriotism in the country. I believe we
all desire the Nation's greatest good. The only
trouble is that people are misled, and hence
vote against the best measures. To-night I
intend to speak on the money question, which
is really the principal issue of the campaign.
"This war against silver can easily be traced
to its source. It was set on foot by the money
kings, who were actuated by a desire for a
limited money supply, which they might cor
ner and manipulate at will tor their own ends
and purposes. It is evident that the larger
the volume of coinage the greater the money
value of all commodities will be.
"Gold-standard people tell us tbat if the
coinage of silver in this country were free and
unlimited, our Nation would become the
dumping-ground for tue world's cheap silver.
The truth is if silver were freely coined it
would resume its former monetary value, and
there would be no 'cheap silver.'
"The only question beiore us is whether the
people of the United States can make use of all
tne silver possible to be coined. If we had
every ounce of silver coin on earth among us
herein the United States it would be equiva
lent to fifty-eight silver dollars to each inhabi
tant. France has about that proportion and
is, notwithstanding, the most prosperous
country on earth. In the years between 1850
and 1870 Bilver was freely coined in this
country, yet those years were the most pros
perous in American history.
•'ln Europe there is about f1,400,000,000
worth oi silver, coined at a ratio of 15}£ to 1.
Asia has millions upon millions, but neither
continent has any silver to spare, and hence
we have no reason to fear a silver deluge from
the Old World. We are warned against an in
vasion of Mexican silver. Well, Mexico has
$55,000,000 worth of coined silver. Suppose
we took it all, not leaving the Mexicans even a
10-cent piece. This wholesale gobbling up of
Mexican silver would give each one of us just
about 70 cents."
Missionary Kxteu.«ion School.
The fall term of the Missionary Extension
School lor City, Home and Foreign missions
will open on Tuesday, October 20, at 1812 Van
Ness avenue. The committee has been spe
cially fortunate in securing Professor J. H.
Goodeil of the Pacific Theological Seminary
to lead the class in ihe study of the interna
tional Sunday-school lessons. The class for
the Sunday-scnool lessons will meet on Satur
days at 3:30 p. M., beginning October 24.
On Tuesday evenings a class in personal work
will be conducted, to which, all young people
are specially invited. All who desire to at
tend the ''ay classes are requested to seed
word to Miss M. L. Berry, 1812 Van Mess
avenue.
"Mr. 600" Disowned.
Superintendent Johuson Reynolds of the
Sutter-street Railway Company declares that
the name of Carl Henderson has not appeared
on the employes' list of the company in the
past ten years, and that no one ever offered to
pay him $600 for having cut a cross cable.
Further than that, no gripman was ever dis
charged for that offense and permitted to work
again, even at the rate of $2 10 per day.
This declaration comes in answer to a pub
llshe-1 account of how a gripman by the name
of Henderson accidentally cut a cross cable
and paid $600 to the company for so doing,
whereupon he was retained in the service, and
earned the sobriquet of "Mr. 600."
Approve the Charter.
A "charter mass-meeting" of German-Amer
icans was held at Verein Eintracht Hall, 237
Twelfth street. F. W. Dohrmann uresided.
The speakers were: H. N. Clement, on the
consolidation act: Dr. G. Gubseh, on civil
service; M. Greenblatt, on municipal affairs;
Charles Bundschu, on the merits of the char
ter over the present City government Strong
resolutions favoring the charter were adopted.
CATOR'S RECORD
BEING SEARCHED
Honest Populists Propose
to Repudiate His
Methods.
Said to Have Been a Democrat,
a Republican and Pro
hibitionist
CLAIMS TO HAVE REFORMED.
His People Distrust His Sincerity
and Do Not Think He Ought to
Represent Them.
Populist disaffection is on the increase
over the methods of Cator, Wardali,
Maguire, Lawlor and the rest of the fusion
jobbers, and the Honest masses are wait
ing only for a few leaders to arise in their
independence and smite the jobbers hip
and thigh.
Cator's New Jersey record is being ex
amined, as also his California record by
members of his party who distrust the
sincerity of this ex-Democrat, ex-Repub
lican, ex- Anti-Monopolist and ex-Prohibi
tionist, aud who are suspecting him of be
ing a People's party man for office and
revenue only. When those investigations
shall have been completed the result will
be given to the public by honest and fear
less Populists, who will advise that the
fusion candidates be pledged to vote
against Cator and for some member of the
party who enjoys the confidence of the
masses and wuo has never been accused of
betraying his constituents.
George W. Monteith, middle-of-the
road and an ti- railroad People's party can
didate for Congress from "the First Dis
trict, is making a gallant tight against the
boy orator of Humboldt County and is
making the fusionists and political job
bers very weary. He proposes to denounce
Cator from the stump and to show the
true inwardness of the conspiracy entered
into by Cator witn the leaders oi the De
mocracy.
Mr. Monteith is achieving quite a repu
tation as a polite letter-writer. In reply
to a letter recently sent him by Chairman
Wardali, Mr. Monteith saye:
No, Mr. Wardali, I have no private interest
to subserve. If you can show me how the bat
tle against the railroad monopoly can be pro
moted by my retirement, your suggestion will
be adopted. But when I leave this fight,
whether aow or when the votes are counted,
it will be without any material gain to myself
—yes, poorer than I entered it. You can lead
me with a string of reason, but you cannot
drive me with a ciub of coercion. Defeat with
honor I do not fear— victory with, dishonor i
shall never achieve.
When this matter is brought home to those
of us who became Populists from principle
it is indeed a sad awakening. That the canker
worms of political pelf and bossism should
thus early attack the stout young tree of Popu
lism may well be viewed by all sincere parti
sans with alarm. There is no time to hesitate,
no time to wait. We must strike at the root of
this evil; we must purge our party oi these
evil ways; we must drive from our midst the
men who would use our power to encompass
their personal aims.
The People's party was not born to go down
into the cesspools and sewers of political
iniquity-to achieve success; it comes to con
quer and not to cower, and whatever may be
the result of the present anxious and distress
ing situation the heavy hand of the pecple
will yet be laid upon those unworthy servants
who have sown tue noxious seed of doubt, dis
sensiou and disaster in the fertile soil of Popu
lism.
Whatever may be the result of this work
upon your shoulders must rest the onus of
whatever disaster may result. You have
shaken the house of Populism to its very
foundation, but you have not and you shall npt
destroy it. In a sense lam perhaps helpless to
undo tne mischief you have done. Were 1 but
able to lay all these facts of this cowardly con
spiracy before all the voters of my district I
would have no fear whatever of results. They
would turn upon those who have dealt this
blow and with that grand weapon of the free
man, the iree ballot, do justice when justice
ought to be done. Whether they will, within
the shorte time that will elapse, be able to
learn all tne facts and fully know the situation
in time to act at the coming election I know
not, but I do know that whether nowor later
that keener sense of justice that lives in every
honest heart will yet assert itself in a manner
so certain as to leave no further doubt in the
minds of yourself and those with you that for
every wrong-doer there is a day of reckoning
and a day of judgment. Yours, etc,
George W. Montmth.
The Divorce Court.
Judge Hebbard yesterday granted a divorce
to J. A. Poulin from Elsie Poulin, on statutory
grounds.
Mrs. M. A. Sittenfeld was freed from the ne
cessity of supporting Max Sittenfeld. She
complained that although her husband is an
educated man, ne has never contributed to
her support and never purchased her an article
of clothing since their marriage. In fact, sho
alleged that fahe was obliged to support and
clothe her spouse, whom she characterized as
idle and profligate. The parties were married
in San Rafael two years ago. Judge Hebbard
made the decree.
Eva Heff ron secured a divorce from T. Hefi
ron on the ground of desertioa. Judge San
derson granted it.
Dropped Dead in Church.
William Martin, for a number of years past
sexton of St. Paul's Church, corner of Gough
and Eddy streets, was found dead in the
church study yesterday morning. Mr.' Mar
tin was 69 years old and for some months has
been in bad health. He left home yesterday
morning saying that he was feeling much bet
ter. That was the last seen of him until his
body was found at 10:40 a. m. Death was
caused by heart disease.
FELL FROM A HORSE.
STATE'S ATTORNEY SWITZER
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One of Illinois' Most Prominent and
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