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THURSDAY. JUNE 18, ISO 6
The shadow of McKinley just looms,
and that of Morton is not far behind.
What an alliterative ticket it will be—
McKinley, Morton and money.
Messrs. Miller nnd Piatt of New York
seem to be telling some startling truths
about each other, and the people of the
Empire state will know hereafter whom
not to trust. Two greater shams prob
ably never posed in American politics.
More progress in murdering Is made
In the United States by far than in Mex
ico. In the latter last year less than
5,000 murders were committed, or one to
every 2-!.000 of the population. In the
United States there were in the same
time 10,500 murders, or one to every 7,000
of the population. This is a great coun
try, indeed.
The cold, cruel police commission
has adopted a rule prohibiting police
men soliciting promotion or requesting
the assistance of friends in the securing
of the coveted advancement. This is a
rule that will cause some mighty lusty
underground swearing. How in the
name of all that is practical in politics,
Is a fellow going to climb up on the
"force" unless he uses the "pull."
The suggestion or" Chief Glass that the
city council authorize the employment
of ten extra patrolmen during the ab
sence on their annual vacation of the
same number of regulars, is a good one
for the council to adopt. The police
force is now too small to answer the re
quirements of this growing city, and the
subtraction of half a score of men from
the number would certainly prove em
barrassing to the department.
The physical discomfort being en
dured by the men who attend conven
tions In this sunshiny month of June is
enough to precipitate a movement in
favor of a change of season for conven
tion meetings. It really seems idiotic
to keep right on holding such gatherings
under such uncomfortable conditions.
The work of a great political convention
is so intimately related to Ihe country's
welfare that it should be done only un
der conditions conducive to calmness
and coolness in the participants. Men
irritated or enervated by sweltering heat
are not usually in the frame of mind
calculated to produce the best thought.
Conventions should meet either in the
spring or fall, even if. to avoid cam
paigns that are too long or too short, It
is necessary to change the dales ot elec
tions.
CAMPBELL'S ASATiiEMA
Stranger things have happened than
that the Chicago convention should turn
to Ohio for its presidential candidate
and nominate ex-Governor James E.
Campbell. Mr. Campbell has ardent ad
mirers ail over the country, and has
powerful backers both in New York and
Chicago. He will have a united and
earnest delegation of Huckeyes pressing
his claims, and is a stout partisan, pre
pared to stand with both feet upon the
platform framed by his party at Chi
cago, as a soldier obeys the commands
of his superior officer.
In a recent interview he is accredited
with the following anathema against
bolters:
It is not for me," replied Governor
Campbell, "to dictate platforms to the
Democratic party or program its work
for the next convention, or point the im
perative way. Still less am I inclined
to do co when, as I have already told
you, that whatever it declares for, that
will 1 indorse; whomever it names on Its
ticket, him Will I uphold wfth my whole
heart. 1 give myself utterly and in ad
vance to the support of the ticket and
the platform of the Chicago convention
and I do so because I feel that a party
split at this time means party destruc
tion. I am not willing to see a gran 1
party give up its life by suicide; a self
destruction brought about, too, by a
question .which is rather one of region
and geography than of politics, and
which will settle Itself and drift from
politics ln the next handful of years. At
all hazards and at all costs, I would
avoid a split at Chicago. And should one
occur, whether it be the gold men who
bolt or the silver men who bolt, I trust
and hope the bolters may never ln their
lives witness the success of the prin
ciple they strive for. May disappoint
ment and defeat feed on them and their
political efforts to the last day of their
lives. They will have destroyed the De
mocracy, and the youngest child now
alive will never see a Democratic ticket
in the field again. The party, should a
bolt befall at Chicago, will die, and it will
never have a resurrection."
Follow the flag.
KILL OFF THE YELLOW DOG
This is a presidential year and conse
quently in local politics throughout the
country it is a "yellow dog" year in one
or the other of the great political par
ties. Wherever a national ticket seems
to be strong, men with little character
and no more fitness for the positions they
seek, will endeavor to foist themselves
on the local ticket of the same complex
ion trusting in the partisan spirit arous
ed by the discussion of national con
ditions and policies, to carry them safe
ly through the coveted Jobs.
It is about time the American people
eliminated the "yellow dog" opportun
ity; time they realized the important
truth that presidential and congression
al candidacies have nothing in common
with local candidacies, that the partisan
alignments which are caused by differ
ences of opinion regarding principles
and policies of national application
ought not to be carried into the field of
local politics. The Republican and Dem
ocratic parties stand as the exponents
of views regarding matters that are to
be debated and determined ln the field
of federal and not local action, and it is
absolute absurdity to base support of a
candidate for local office on tbe parti
sanship tliat is evidenced by the opin
ions he entertains of the tariff, finance,
and the foreign policy of the United
States. Local governments deal with
a different class of questions from those
which are in the province of the federal
power, and the attempt to make men
who believe alike on the one harmonize
regarding the other is as nonsensical as
would be a scheme to obtain an Identity
of political feeling in a strictly religious
organization. The opinions a man holds
regarding methods of federal taxation,
the monetary standard or the Monroe
doctrine cannot in the slightest degree
determine his fitness as a county, or for
that matter, even as a state officer.
' The Herald hopes that in the coming
elections for officials for this city and
county the voters will divorce county
and municipal affairs from na
tional affairs, and that they will
not vote for men because the latter are
Republicans or Democrats, but only be
cause they are qualified to fill the offices
for which they are candidates. This Is
The Herald's position, and it is one ln
harmony with the progressive thought
of the day.
THE WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE
AMEiNDMENT
What is known as the woman's suf
frage amendment to the state constitu
tion is, in view of the activity of the
woman suffragists at present, a sub
ject of considerable interest, with h
doubtless is the cause of many requests
made of The Herald for its publication.
The amendment is designated officially
as Assembly Constitutional Amendment
No. 11. and is to section 1 of article 2 of
the California constitution. It reads as
follows:
• SetHon 1. Every native citizen of
the United Stales, every person who
shall have acquired the rights of citi
zenship under or by virtue of the treaty
of Qui retaro, and every naturalized cit
izen thereof, who shall have become
such ninety days prior to any election,
of the age of 21 years,"who shall have
been a resident of the state one year
next preceding the election, and of the
county of which lie or she claims to
vote ninety days, and in the election
precinct tliirty days, shall be entitled
to vote at all elections which are now
or may hereafter be authorized by
law; provided, no native of China, no
idiot, insane person, or person convict
ed of any infamous crime, and no per
son hereafter convicted of the embes
slement or misappropriation of public
money, ami no person who shall not be
able to read the constitution in the
English language, and write his or her
own name, .shall ever exercise tiie priv
ilege of an elector in this state; pro
vided that the provisions uf this
amendment relative to an educational
qualification shall not apply to any
person prevented by a physical disa
bility from complying with its requisi
tions, nor to any person who now has
the right to vote, nor to any person
who shall be fin years of age and upward
at the time this amendment shall take
effect."
This amendment will be voted on at
the general election occurring in Novem
ber next. If it receives a majority of
the votes cast at that time it will be
come a part of the constitution without
further proceedings. It reads the same
as article 2, section 1. of the amended
constitution of California except that
the word "person" is substituted for
"male." the words "he or she" for "he"
and the words "his or her" for "his." It
is printed in the statutes of California
for the year 1595, page 45".
The information now drifts out that
"In tho inner circle it has been no secret
from the beginning that both Major
McKinley and Mr. Hanna were person
ally favorable to a declaration for the
maintenance of the gold standard, so
long as the present financial condition
of the leading commercial nations was
to continue. There were complications
existing, however, which forbade Mr.
Hanna giving his views of the money
question or from throwing his lnftuenc;
into the anti-convention campaign in
the direction of his personal prefer
ences." The "complications" so delicate
ly referred to were to be found in ceir
tain western states needed to make up
the McKinley strength in the conven
tion. Until the delegations from these
states were secured, trapped with a
bait consisting of MeKinley's record In
favor of legislation for silver, his tongue
refused to articulate and his hand de
clined to write about the financial is
sue. Now that these needed delega
tions from the West are landed, tied
hand and foot with positive instructions,
in the convention, his managers are
ready to impart to the world that they
are not and have not been for anything
other than a gold standard and against
the free coinage of silver. This is not
honest politics, but it is characteristic
of McKinley and Hanna politics.
AT THE THEATERS
LOS ANGELES THEATER.—The sale
of seats opens today for the comic op
era The Pirates of Penzance, which will
be rendered on Friday and Saturday
evenings, with a Saturday matinee at
LOS ANGELES HEBALD: THTJRSDAY MOK_«7T_*_. JTJN_. 18, 1898.
the Los Angeles theater. Prof. Louis
F. Gottschalk. the late director of the
Trip to Chinatown company, one of
Hoyt's chief attractions, is the musical
director, and under bis efficient direc
tion the chorus and principals are ln
perfect condition. Great attention is
being given to the detail work aud a
splendid performance will be the result.
Miss Holmes Is at her best and Miss
Burdette. the soprano, is a pleasant sur
prise. Air. Huntley has never sung bet
ter and will act also as stage manager.
Engagements have already been made
for a summer season, and the company
will appear at Santa Barbara next week.
The professionals who appear ln the
ca-st have had several years' experience
with the best opera companies that have
appeared in I.os Angeles, nnd will cer
tainly meet the full expectation of their
audiences. Call early and secure seats.
Popular prices will prevail.
• • •
ORPHEUM.—Every night this week
the Orpheum has accommodated large
audiences, who have come to enjoy a
rest in the cool auditorium and witness
an excellent vaudeville entertainment.
The show that Is on this week Is one of
the best of the season. To see the world
renowned lofty wire performer, Senorita
Arragon, is alone worth the price of ad
mission. There nre besides her, how
ever, a strong aggregation of stars. In
cluding Le Clair and Leslie, the Inimita
ble burlesque artists: Mile. Carrie, the
charming little bell-ringer; a merry duo
of sor.g and dance artists, Collins and
Collins: Moris, Chevrlel, the clever trick
violinist: Fields and Lewis, who have
a whole store of lively parodies and
Jokes, and the merriest of all merry
Fatherlanders. Watson and Dupre.
LAST DRINK OP A GIANT
It Was Only ■ Barrel ol Ale but It Killed
Him
The largest and smallest skeletons
of humans over preserved are kept In the
museum of the Royal College of Surgeons
In Lincoln's Inn Fields, London. One
Is eight feet four inches in height The
other Is less than two feet. Charles
Byrne, the famous Irish giant, who was
more generally known as O'Brien, died
ln 1753, when he was 22 yeara old. His
capacity for liquor was in keeping with
his huge physical proportions. So keen
was his anguish over losing all his pro
perty, to-wit: a _noo note, that he drank
a cask of ale in one day. The day fol
lowing he was dead. Byrne had a great
dread of becoming a dissecting room
subject. He made a bargain with a
fisherman before he died to take his body
Into the channel and throw it overboard.
Hunter, the English surgeon, learned
of this arrangement, and by paying the
fishermen $.">OO he prevailed upon them
to carry out their bargain to the letter,
but to attach a rope to the body and
drag it up again after it had been im
mersed. The fishermen served two mas
ters and Hunter got the body.
The tiny skeleton is that of Caroline
Craehami, the Sicilian dwarf, who was
exhibited ln Europe in the early part of
the century. The child did not grow af
ter birth, and before she reached her
teens she died. Her body, it is said, was
sold to a British surgeon by her parents.
Beside the giant's frame stands one of
the boots he wore when lie died. Th»
skeleton of the dwarf can be slipped into
it as easily as a pipe stem.
fIARY fIAQDALEN
There was Pharasee, Saddueee, rabble,
There was Roman. Assyrian. Greek;
For the Master taught in the etemple.
And they crowded to hear him Bp£ak;
But lie taught on. unconscious ot numbers;
All the same whether many or few
Came to gather the pearls that he scattered
As free as the glittering dew.
And the seed fell not all by the wayside,
But some in the richest of soil—
A hundred to one for iis increase,
A hundred to one for His toil.
Thank God for the spirit within us
That responds to the voice from without:
For the springs of our primitive manhood
That yield not to mortality's drought:
That oiir nature still renders its homage
To the wise and t If loving and good.
And that Jesus, though scorned by the
ruler.
Held the hearts of the plain multitude.
Our wisdom so oft is the shamble
In which we are hrld to the had.
That the man that know— only his duty
May well rejoice and be glad,
Though the world be left out of his knowl
edge.
And his vision he only a span.
Vet tie man who knows only ills Master
Is the wisest and happiest man.
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Some seed fell ln stonier places,
Where the riches and cares of the earth
Choked the kernel, yet ln lis germing,
Thai it yielded no se< ond birth.
And some, with self-righteous • ndeavor.
Sought to lure him into a snare.
And he stooped and wrote Willi his finger
All seemingly unaware.
They brought him a shame-sfrlcken maiden
Deeply c lad in ihe crimson of sin—
Tht story of passion without her.
The glory of conflict within:
For the glow of her Innocent childhood
Was not entirely dead—
She was one of alas! 100 many
Who-i- heart was too swift for her head.
Bui the "leaders of blind in their blind
ness"
Gath. t round the despised Xa/arene.
And remind of Moses' . ommandnvnt—
"And what dost ihou say?" O. tht scene
As tin* Master rose to confront tin m!
What a majesty clothed in ihi» form—
The kindling wrath of ihe Godhead —
The clouds of tiie gathering storm,
"He that Is without sin among you
Let him first cast a stone:"
There was hardly an interval Instant
Before her accusers had down.
There was that in his every feature
That was lined far out of the clod;
His eye was the flash of the lightning—
llis voice was the voice of a God.
11,- had sounded the depths of each nature,
He had fathomed each ulcerous heart:
He had pierced through their gossamer net-
VI nrk
And torn Ihe weak fabric apart.
For a moment they saw as he saw them,
With nil of their evils made known.
At the bar of their conscience He tried
them
And not one of them dared cast a stone.
Then as gently a = if n r,t a ripple
Had troubled the Infinite deep:
As bright as the sunshine In winter,
As calm as an infant at sleep,
Tie stooped atrain to his writing—
Ah! the world never knew what he wrotel
Not a print remains of the fingers,
Xot an echo is left of the note.
It Is well, mit too oft in life's battle
Tiie bravest are past without thought.
And we lose in the glare and the rattle
The boldest and noblest thai fought;
And we lend our lungs to t he i rumpet
Thnt elves to another the name.
And what has been stolen from heroes
Is the thing that I* often called fam-.
E\en so our best thoughts are unwritten,
Or nt farthest but written on sand.
And the elements wash out the letters
Anrl have not a Iraee of the hand.
Pott tiie little our Savior ha 1 written
It Is well that world net er saw —
All' too many fire perfertt on parchment!
Too few gives their lives lo the law!
Then hp rose and bent nn the maiden
That eye so melting and mil !.
Thai it whirled lir-r lui.-k tn life's threshold
And she was again a child,
And he asked for her ranting accusers—-
Ah! he knew very well where they were.
Fiiit in break through the silence of guilt
and tears
Would be a ere at mercy to
"Hath no man condemned thee?'* She
answered him "None."
'"Neither iln I condemn thee, go. and sin
no more" —
His voice seemed to her like a voire from
the throne,
Anrl she f< 11 a new life as she passed from
the door.
And Jesus kept breaking the bread ot His
word. i
Till he cried, "It is flushed!" nnd died:
And aa jewel preserved from the fire and
the sword,
As gold In the furnace i e tried,
80 the Magdalen was in the hours tbat
passed
Keeping - lose in the track where He lead«
At the cross when He died she was one of
the last—
She came first when He rose from the
dead.
Thus a heart may he melted by klndn-ess
Thai Ii nigh unto death In Its sin l *:
And where human restrictions f ill useless
There the law of the Master begins.
All In vain are our bolts and our dungeons,
All in vain are the scourge and the rod,
If we hide from the souls nf His ehihlren
The heart of the great. lovinrOnd.
—Hiram Hoyt Richmond, in Record-Union,
THE POLITE
WORLD
The Daughters of the American Revo
lution were the guests of Mrs. T. E. Gib
bon yesterday afternoon at her home on
West Beacon street, and were delight
fully entertained with a guessing game,
the answers being pertinent to some
thing or some one connected with the
revolution. The artistic rooms were em
bellished with pink sweet peas, and the
hostess wore a very dainty gown In har
mony with the flowers. A refreshing
punch bowl stood in the hall and during
the afternoon other delicacies were
served. The afternoon was delightfully
informal and thoroughly enjoyed. The
guest most fortunate in the guessing
game was presented with an illuminated
card with award of merit across the
face and held by gold stick pins. The
guests were Mmes. J. H. F. Peck. W. B.
Hopkins, Bradtield. Abbot Kinney, J. R.
Col bum, Peck, Clifford Flemming; the
-Misses Houghton. Bloomtleld, McCotV
nelt, Patton, Russell, Thorpe, Pinney.
Zingari Club
• The first social meeting of the Zingari
club was held last night in the parlors
of the Hollenbeck hotel. The attend
ance was unusually large, and the com
bination of an interesting musical and
literary program in conjunction with
social converse made the evening one of
greatest pleasure. Prof. Willhartlz hid
the identity of each member by trans
lating their names into Hungarian, by
Which they will be known in the club.
Theo. Van Dyke followed with a short
paper entitled, My Experience as a Poet.
One of the features of the evening was
the Armor song from Robin Hood, sung
by Mr. Edson, who for some time stud
ied under the same Instructor with
Cowles of the Bostonians. Mrs. Alice
Rollins Crane gave some thrilling ex
periences of her life with the Apache
Indians. She was the ffrst white woman
who ever penetrated the Apache coun
try, and it was by the greatest strategy
that she escaped being harmed, often
assuming insanity as a safeguard, it
being a superstition of the Indians to
leave unmolested all so afflicted. Mr.
Chapin spoke briefly on Bohemian club
life of Eastern cities, the great lack of
it here and the necessity of the elements
in Los Angeles. Mr. Burbank confined
his remarks to the Zingari club.
At the conclusion of the program the
guests were refreshed with punch. Mr.
Bartlett and Mr. Chapin making two
generous and gracious dispensers of the
beverage. Among the guests were: Mr.
and Mrs. Bartlett, Mr. and Mrs. Chapin,
Mrs. E. A. Yore, Mr. and Mrs. Macleod,
Mr. Burbank. Mr. Garver Curran, Mrs.
Hart. Mrs. Newton. Miss LenoraKing,
Mr. King, Mr. and Mrs. True, Mrs
Kraus, Mrs. and Miss Bowman, Mrs. and
Miss Chevalller, Mrs. and Miss Whelplv,
Mr. and Mrs. Edson, Mr. and Mrs. Gould,
Mr. and Mrs. Yore. Mr. and Mrs. Fay,
Miss Josephine Williams, Mrs. Fergu
son, Mrs. Knight, Misses Knight, Miss
Lopez. Mrs. Emma Habercorn. Mr. Sea-
Ver, Col. and Mrs. Crane. Mrs. Scott-
Mr. Austin. Mr. and Mrs. Torrey. Mrs.
Oerhardy. Mr. and Mrs. Connor, MIS"
Wise, Judge and Mrs. McComas. Miss
Alice McComas, Mr. Scott. Mrs. Morri
son. Mrs. Duke, Miss Duke, Judge and
Mrs. Dillard.
Proijresslve Eucher Party
On Tuesday evening the Misses Dry
den gave a progressive euchre party at
their home on Jefferson street.
After a series of closely contested
games, refreshments were served and
music and dancing were enjoyed until
a late hour.
Miss Alice King sang Keepsakes in a
pleasing voice and reminiscent mood,
and Mr. R. Llewellyn sang Rocked in the
Cradle of the Deep.
In the card contest the ladies' firs'
priz". a Japanese pin tray, was secured
by Miss Gertrude Cook, while the gen
tlemen's first prize, a Japanese pen tray,
was won by Mr. E. L. Hutchison, and
the consolation prizes, bisque figures,
were awarded to Mrs. J. Bloeseer and
Mr. R. Llewellyn.
Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. F.
Townsend, Mr. and Mrs. J. Bloeser, Mr
and Mrs. E. Hoffman. Mr. and Mrs. C.
Batcheller, Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Butter
worth. Mr. and Mrs. C. Nance. Mr. and
Mrs. George Dryden, Mr. and Mrs. Will
iam Dryden, Misses Cook, King, Hoff
man, Elliott, McClure, Davis, Griffin,
Dryden. Messrs. Elliott. Webster, Ste
vens. W. Batcheller, Whitehead. Perry,
Mann, Llewellyn, Gress, McClure,
Thatcher. Hutchison, Dr. L. E. Ford,
and Charles Dryden.
Church Social
Unity church was the scene of a pleas
ant social last evening, given as a sort
of farewell to the pastor, the Rev. J.
S. Thomson, who will leave shortly on
his summer vacation. The church was
beautifully decorated for the occasion.
The evening's entertainment began with
a vocal solo by Miss Gertrude Keller,
which was charmingly rendered. A so
prano solo by Miss lone Parsons was
well received. The next number was a
reading by .Miss Maud Muller Newell,
who emtertalned tie- large audience in
a most pleasing manner and was several
times recalled for encores. One ot the
most enjoyable features of the evening
was a Bai ied solo by Mrs. Orr Haralson.
Mrs. J. G. Scarborough also contributed
a solo of the same character which was
much appreciated by all. Then followed
a lively old-time dialogue by the follow-'
Ing young ladies: Misses Jessie Blake.
Gertrude Kellar, Lucy Robinson and
Louise Ehrmann. The piece was bright
and was given with charming vlVSVff.ty
and action. A soprano solo hy Miss Ma
bel KratZ received a round of applause.
The program was concluded with a well
ex'culed whistling solo by Miss Hazel
Bryson. Afterwards refreshments were
served in the Sunday school room and
a general good time enjoyed by all.
Kistlrr Chambers Wedding
A very pretty wedding occurred last
night at 8:30 oclock when the daugther
of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Chambers was
married at their home, 1103 West Thirty
third street, to William A. Klstler. Rev.
A. B. Morrison of tho Pico Heights M.
B. church officiated. Miss Mellie Klst
ler rendered the wedding march. The
bride wore a becoming gown of white
silk trimmed in chiffon and satin rib
bons. In her hand she carried a cluster
of white carnations and ferns tied with
White ribbon. The rooms were elabo
rately decorated, each in a different
scheme of color. The front parlor was in
white and green, the ceremony being
performed under a large floral bell that
swung in the doorway. After the ser
vices a wedding supner was served, to
which only Intimate friends and rela
tives were present. Mr. and Mrs. Klst
ler will leave today for a visit to Cata
lina, and on their return will be at home
lo their friends after July Ist at their
residence, corner of Fremont and First
street— . ..l*_i_imu__l
A Delightful Dinner
Miss Carrie Waddilove was the
charming dispenser of a pretty dinner
given last night at her home In the Bak
er block. Covers were laid for ten and
a profusion of sweet peas formed the
table decorations. The same flowers
were used to effect on the buffet. Very
appropriate and acceptable favors In the
form of embroidered white silk Japanese
fans, bearing the guest's name ln one
corner were found at each place. At
the conclusion of the tempting menu the
guests repaired to the drawing room
where cards were enjoyed. Those pres
ent were Mr. and Mrs. John E. Plater.
Dr. and Mrs. McGowan, Mr. and Mrs.
W. E. Dunn, Dr. Bryant and Louis Vet
ter.
Duplicate Whtit
Mrs. Henry Hall entertained very de
lightfully last night at her home on An
geleno Heights with duplicate whist.
The evening proved a very pleasant one
and was enjoyed by the following
guests: Mr. and Mrs. William Bots
ford. Mr. and Mrs. Locke, Mr. and Mrs.
D. Innes, Major and Mrs. Russell, Mr.
and Mrs. Daniel Collins. Mr. and Mrs.
Haskins, Mr. and Mrs. Pinney. Mr. and
Mrs. Brand, Judge and Mrs. Bartholo
mew, Mr. and Mrs. Luckenbach, Mr. and
Mrs. Snyder, Mr. and Mrs. Grldley, Mrs.
Pease, Mrs. Spencer Millard, Miss In
nes, Messrs. Everett Hall, J. Millard,
Walter Innes and Ernest Locke.
flra. Neal's Reception
Cards are out for a social gathering
at the residence of Mrs. Juana A. Neal,
old Longstreet place, for this evening.
In the Interest of the proposed Adams
street tourist hotel. Music, dancing and
discussion will be the features of the
program. Several addresses will be de
livered by prominent citizens. Follow
ing is the reception committee: Mmes.
John F.Francis. John Wolfsklll. C.E. El
lis, H. W. Hellman, C. Modlnt Wood,
R, H. Howell, T. E. Gibbon, Jefferson
chandler, J. S. Slauson, I. N. Van Nuys,
J. E. Plater, S. B. Lewis, H. Jevne, E. T.
Stlmsoti, H. H. Kerckhoff, Miss Alden.
Mr*. Blinn Entertalna
Mrs. L. W. Blinn gave a delightful
luncheon yesterday to a number of her
friends at her home on South Grand
avenue. The table was reddolent and
very effective In arrangements of pink
sweet peas. They occupied the center
of the table and were scattered over the
cloth mingling with pink ribbons that
ran across the table ending In large bows
at the corners. The hospitalities of the
afternoon were enjoyed by the following
ladies: Mmes. Merrill. Everson, Good
hue. Blinn, Smith, Betts, Bourke, Berry,
Hamilton, Mason.
Here and There
Nat Wllshlre left Monday for a short
business trip to Covington, Ky.
Harry Blxby, w ho has been attending
the New York Medical school, is at
home again.
Mr. and Mrs. Z. T. George of Santa
Clara are in the city and are keeping
house at 1452 Union avenue.
The Kindergarten club will hold a re
ception Saturday afternoon from 2 to
5 at the p'rlday Morning club rooms.
Miss Bertha Both and Mr. Eugene
Both will leave Saturday for Santa
Cruz Islands to be gone about two weeks.
Mrs. George A. Caswell has issued in
vitations for an at home Wednesday
evening, June 24th, at the Marlborough
school.
Mrs. C. M. Severance entertained a
few friends very delightfully yesterday
at luncheon at her home on West Ad
ams street.
Mrs. Arthur Barron is expected in the
city Saturday and will visit her mother,
Mrs. J. M. Stewart, on West Thirtieth
street, for the summer.
The friends of Arthur Schumacher will
be interested in knowing that he has
accepted a position with the New York
Central railroad in New York city.
Mr. Walter Innes, after an absence of
five years, returned home yesterday and
is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Daniel Innes on Angeleno Heights.
At I.une Bfach
The autograph social given by the
Ladles' Social circle of the M. E. church,
at the Tabernacle Tuesday evening was
a well-attended and delightfully jolly
affair. The decorations were something
unusually attractive, the platform be
ing adorned and looking very lovely In
the arrangement of rare plants and
flowers. After the program a general
exchange of courtesier ensued, the
blank cards which were furnished serv
ing as a means of Introduction. Ice
cream and cake served by handsome
young ladies at a nominal charge was
a combination the guests found impos
sible to resist. The following program
was admirably rendered, each of the
performers being generously applauded:
Invocation, Rev. A. Inwood; piano solo,
op. 40, No. G, Miss Townsend; vocal solo,
Miss Hcaley; recitation, Rev. Mr. In
wood; vocal solo. Miss MaeSchilllng:
piano solo. Miss Eva Williams; vocal
solo, Teach Me Mary How to Woo Thee,
Mr. Robert A. Douglas; instrumental
duet, Dr. A. T. Covert and Bert Lillard.
(Jold nininir In Ecuador
The Pall Mall Gazette (London) says: "In
reports as to the position of the Playa de
Oro Mining company, it is contended that
among the gold-producing countries of the
world Ecuador promises in the near future
to take up a standing in the lirst rank.
Tiie placer gold fields, situated In the prov
ince of Esmeraldas, in the northeastern
part of Ecuador, cover an area of 200
square miles or thereabouts, and consist of
huge hanks of gold-beat ing gravel. This
vast track of auriferous country, it Is said,
is held in fee simple hy tour companies,
prominent among which is the Playa de
Oro Mining company, which has already
expended over 1600,000 on Its plant, which is
being rapidly pushed on to completion, and
already shipments of gold have been made
by tie? company of over 1150 ounces from
Uie washing done during the progress of
development operations. The three other
companies working in the district aro also
engaged in active development, and the
necessary machinery for the treatment of
the gravel is being erected. The deposits,
are situated at the tool of the Andes, and
from their location can lie worked econom
ically, the water power for hydraulic min
ing being supplied by tiie Santlango river
and oilier large streams in the neighbor
hood of the properties, while the lands are
well timbered. Another favorable point is
the climate, Which boasts of little, varia
tion during the year, and Is very suitable to
Europeans, Under the amended Ecuador*
lan mining laws, mining property, mining
machinery, and the out pot of t he mines en
joy Immunity from any description of tax
ation for a period of twenty-live years
frem the date of the new law three or four
years act). Labor can be obtained both
plentifully and cheaply, and cable com
munication is being established by the
Ecuadorian government, while negoiia
tlons tire in hand with the Pacific Steam
ship company for the establishment of a
service."
Justice in the Transvaal
It is hardly possible for people In Eng
land to realize the sense of uncertainty and
Insecurity which the policy of the finer
government towards ihe courts of justice
lias engendered. 11 is not live moot hs since
the celebrated "April" case. In which the
chief justice lined an official named Prins
loo for grossly maltreating*a native named
April, and the president, addressing a pub
lic meeting .stand openly ami deliberately
that he considered the decision of the court
it wrong one. and the government had
therefore decided to pay Prlnsloo'S fine.
The Infamous Rachman case is also
fresh in the memory of all. An educated
British Indian named Rachman was seized
while following his strayed horse and
charged by one .lan Meyer With tresspass,
and sentenced by Meyer's brother George,
a tield cornet, or rural justice of the peace,
to he flogged. Rachman offered money and
his horse as security to he allowed to ap
peal to the courts, but lh!s was refused,
and he was most brutally flogged. In an
action In the circuit court. Rachman ob
tained judgment, but tho government paid
nil the expenses and lines, and allowed
Meyer to go scot free. This Jan Meyer is
the member of/the volksraad who got up
and presented trie petition of the burghers
protesting aglnst granting bail to tho re
form prisoners.—London Times.
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net in Line car lv ° f pineapples eV er se en m this
VJivs, in auiiiw uui ij market at half price.
For Today Only, Price 5 cents per Ib
Remember SpecM Sale No. 8, on Sardines, runs balance of this week.
Westminster Creanery Butter, 45c roll.
216 and 218 South Spring
CLEWS' WEEKLY LETTER
NEW "SORK, June 13,1896.
The chief event if the past week on
the stock exchange was a general break
in prices on Thuriday. Ostensibly it
was due to the circuation of a Washing
ton rumor that the president would send
a message to congreis relating to Cuban
affairs calculated to disturb confidence.
Owing to the prevailng uncertainty as
to what attitude the party conventions
may assume towards silver, this report
easily had its effect, though It was soon
discovered to have n« foundation; and
consequently the market has since re
covered nearly the whole decline.
At the same time, thnre Is no disguis
ing the fact that, in eery department
of finance, business is held in the sever
est restraint until daylttbt breaks oh
the great pending dangei connected wltn
the seeming possibilities of silver be
coming tiie basis of our currency system. I
The bank and financiers generally think
it soon enough to take decisive measures
for their protection when the chances of
escaping that peril have become hope
less. Fully conscious ', of< the extreme
sensitiveness of the situa lon, they are
careful to avoid precautions of a kind
that might create alarm or cripple busi
ness; but they are avoidinj new under
takings and steadily Uniting credits .
where the borrowers are net of unques- j
tionable standing, ln brief while they
are carefully refraining fron action pro
vocative of distrust, they ac carefully
pursuing the course that vould place
them In the safest positior for with
standing the threatened darger should
it be realized. It is this precautionary
contraction of operations whlth explains
the current decrease in the clearing
house exchanges of 15 per cert, as com
pared with a year ago, and of 17 per cent
as compared with the same elite of ISIIJ,
the latest previous normal yea - . Whilst
this policy of forbearance is dcing much
to save distrust from running Into much
more serious forms, yet it is Inposßible
to say what conditions of demoraliza
tion might ensue If it should beiome im
possible to any longer hope fur an es
cape from the dangers connected with
free coinage or from any approach to it.
The country owes much to this disten
tion from the policy of Indiscriminate
self-protection at whatever rsk to
others.
It Is no exaggeration to say that the
financial interests are now stakin; eve
rything upon the chances of one >f tiie
party conventions declaring squanly in
favor of the gold standard. Shouldthat
hope be disappointed, there can b? no
second opinion as to what would bt tho
immediate consequences. At once the
lloodgates of distrust would be thriwn
open and the worst consequences that
have been feared would bo upon us.
There would be no postponing the ver
dict or the effects until after the elec
tions. The people would quickly learn
the meaning of free silver in
the light of widespread bank
ruptcy and of commercial aid
financial depression far surpassing
our recent experiences; and when th?
November voting came, the platformi
of the conventions would be tramplec
under foot by an Indignant people in
such ways as they found most expedi
tious. The political leaders who are
showing so much anxiety to escape the
ire of a horde of misled fanatics might
do well to consider how they would es
cape that far worse wrath to come
which would smite them when their
pusillanimous conciliation had worked
out its effect in public ruin.
Never in the history of the country
have our national party conventions
gathered under graver auspices. The
chief questions to be determined are, —
What shall be the fate of the now de
ranged and imperiled business Inter
ests of the nation?
What shall be our future financial
status among the nations?
Shall we rank among the states who
maintain their credit intact by adhe
sion to a stable monetary standard?
Or shall we deliberately abandon that
status to rank among the feeble coun
tries who cannot maintain it and there
fore are graded lowest In international
credit?
Are we, deliberately and from no com
pulsion of misfortune, to commit a bold
act of wholesale confiscation, by making
thousands of millions of outstanding
debts payable at half their face value?
Ahe we to tarnish our honor among
the nations by making some fifteen nun-
I dred millions of obligations held abroad
payable at fifty cents on the dollar?
Are we to boldly declare ourselves be
fore the contemporaneous world, are we
Ito write ourselves In history as a na
tion of unqualified defaulters?
Are we, with open eyes, to precipitate
upon ourselves one ot the worst forma
of panic from which we have ever suf
fered?
Are we to consummate the present uni
versal depression by the curse of a per
petually oscillating standard of values,
depriving commerce of its stability and
driving foreign customers from our mar-
I kefs?
Are we to embarrass ourselves with
I obstacles to commerce from which It
may take a generation to emancipate
ourselves?
These are question which the conclu
sions of the impending conventions
must go far towards solving. It Is not
I surprising that such a prospect holds
| men of business, and men of property,
I and families with investments, in intol
; erable suspense. The men who show
j such a keen professional zest in the cx
i oltement of the preparations for these
I gatherings little understand what the
! people feel to be at stake in the game
they are playing. The situation brings
over honorable minds a deep sense of
I national humiliation that our elective
I institutions should be thus prostituted
to purposes so fundamentally dishonor
able and so destructive in their ten
dency. .
And yet these serious possibilities ad
j mlt of much hope. Surely we have not.
I as a people, sunk so low in morals and
intelligence that we may not safely hes
itate to credit the possibility that such
legislation as the sllverltes propose could
ever be enacted. Our national self-re
spect incapacitates us for yet conceding
such a possibility; nnd while we use
every means for combating these wide
spread errors, yet we have sufficient
self-appreciation to withhold assent to
the proposition that a majority of the
American people are fools.
in spite of the alarm that has been
created by tho recent spread of the sil
ver fanaticism, there is apparently sat"
Isfactory evidence that while one of tho
conventions is. likely to be captured by
the sllverltes, the other, with a good
popular majority behind it. may be reck
oned as safe for the gold standard,
it is this hope which is now preventing
tho complete overthrow of public confi
dence. Jf the seemingly Impossible
should happen and the Republican plat
form should prove to be unsound on the
money question, the effects will not tar
ry; and the politicians will learn instan
ter from acts end conditions, what the
people think of the silver policy. If, how
ever—as ir, now confidently expected—
the St. Louis convention should afford
satisfactory assurances on the money
question, nothing can pr< "out a broad
and Immediate recovery of confidence
and a revival of business at large may
be looked for. Tho moral of n general
revival of business following the defeat
of silver would have nn Important In
fluence upon the elections, as It would
unmistakably show the sentiment of
the business community on that Issue.
The election of a Republican president
and house npnn a square gold plntform
would make legislation secure for four
years to come against further nggres
slons from silver. With that period for
remedial action, there should be no
difficulty in putting a final quietus upon
this heresy. Four years more time, in
tho hands of those who may be trusted
against any form of unsound money,
would also have a very direct effect upon
the misgivings now directed against our
investments by foreign capital. On the
vhole, therefore, we may venture to
lope for large mitigations of the pre
vailing pessimistic tonei of business as
tje result of the action at St. Louis next
w?ek. HENRY CLEWS.
Firm In One Conviction
As between the declaration on the
part of McKinley that he didn't meet the
cmiisaries of the A. P. A. nnd the claim
on the part of the A. I. A. that he f ]|fl,
the mbllc will Incline to the belief that
the Ohio candidate is still doubt ful as to
silver and remains firm In tho con
viction that a cheap coat makes a cheap
mam-Kansas City Star.
Will Not Bolster Up McKinley
Tom need Is not to be fooled by the lie-
Klnley (rowd. He tella them emphatically
that they are wasting their time when they
undertake to coax him into bolstering tin
McKinle,', arid his Intentions are still to
let the KcKlnley crowd realize their mis
take In he November election.—Kansas
City Tim<3.
Li Hung Chang took with him a letter
of credit for expenses Incurred at the
czar s coronation amounting to $400,000.