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8 PURITY IN POLITICS. Words of Timely Advice From the Pulpit, PROMOTERS OF DIVES DENOUNCED. Duties of Voters Discussed by the Ministers. PROTECT CUR WHO ASD CDILDBES. The Battle for Boss Rale Taken Up by the Clergy of San Francisco.

There have been many appeals to good citizenship and public duly and many stern arraignment! of Kelly and Crimmins on party and non-partisan platforms during the last few weeks, but the high note was touched last night by the Rev. W. W. Case, pastor of the Howard-street M. E.

Church, in a discourse addressed to a crowded congregation. The preacher took his text from Deuteronomy. "And the Lord shall make thee the bead and not the tall; and thou shall be above only, and thou not be beneath," etc "I think," iaid Dr. Case, plunging at once Into his subject, "that this text was written for just this time. I think good people have been the tall long enough.

"They have allowed somebody else to be the head had no business to be at the head of the government of this or any other el it. "This Is a warm time in San Francisco, and I think it is going to be pretty hot. There is an uprising among the people. There is a movement which is widespread and deep. "It Is a movement toward the redemption of this city its of bossism and corruption a curse which has cursed it through ail its history to a greater 01 less extent, but probably never to a worse-extent than at this time.

problem of self-government Is on trlel in America. The history of republics is not assuring or encouraging. rernment of the people is not always in the people, and when it ceases to be it becomes tyranny, corruption and fraud. "The great trouble with our country is that the ballot in many places is not free or tbe voter Independent. Votes are according to the dictation of leaders and who lead their tribesmen just as cattle nre driven to slaughter.

"Tr.is Mate bases its life on freedom of speech, of the press of the ballot, aud on the independence of the ballot. "We work toward ideals, bat we cannot reach them. We cannot hope for protection, but we must take the best we can with the material with which we have to work. "In this city every one knows that human life is cheap. A very low price is set on it.

Even with those who have the government of the city in their hand 9it is nothing to debauch a pure and innocent girl cf 13; nothing to crush or slay ber. "What have we to do with the protection of children and girls in this city? They are coming here in hundreds. Many of them are brought h- re by procuresses, (an we trust cur judiciary? Men and brethren. we have to to tbe polls en Tuesday and deposit the ballot which is to protect childhood and girlhood in San Francisco." Despite tbe sacred character of the build- Ing there was applause at this remark. "Virtue is cheap In San Francisco as the party lash We are not here tonight to say to any Republican, 'You must abaudon your or to ask a Democrat or People's party or Prohibitionist to abandon bis party.

But we are here to say that this government shall not be drawn on purely party lines, but that it shall be a overnment of the people, by the people, and not a government that emanates from a eaDg a block or two away from this place in saloon. "Tie party Ido not call these socalled leaders in any way exponents of a party. Buckley was co more the exponent of the principles of Thomas Jefferson than Is a fiend of hell. So with the bosses who affect to control the Republican party in this city. For you and me to He down and do what they tell us is a despicable outrage and a born shame.

We propose to arise and assert our rights and see that the city Is goven ed according to its best interests. "We must do our duty at the polls. We must no longer bear strangers speak of its government as a disgrace and have felloweitizens from the counties eLide us for tbe rottenness of San "There is nothing so great as an independent but some of the papers of this city are so entirely under the party lash tbtt it is enough to make the reader blush and tie visitor ashamed. "Look at the context in this twenty-eighth chapter of Deuteronomy. Does It not fit this city perfectly "A gentleman from Fresno was lately telling me of the need of a vigilance committee in tbat city, and be thought we wanted one in San Francisco.

"The Non-Partisan movement is a vigilance committee. It is a movement to overthrow the bosses who are seeking to monopolize the offices for tbeir own emolument. "Look at the new City HalL For twentyfive years it has been a rat hole Into which eit zens have ihrowD their money, and the bosses of both parties are striving their utmost now to keep the holes open. "Under the parly lash and In the party lines these want us to keep their creatures in office. But there is a sound in the air, and the remedy for this troubled of tilings is to be found at the polls.

"On Tuesday we are eolng to say that Kelly and Crimmins shall not control this that honest and responsible men shall -control our treasury. "We don't propose to destroy the Republican party or the Democratic party or any other party. They are not in it this time in San Francisco. Could you vote for any man that is under the direction of such a crowd as Is assembled at 16 Third street? I could no more easily do so than I could steal or commit a fraud. I should I eel myself bereft of manhood if I voted for such a gang as they propose to entrust with tbe government of this city.

Would you rather entrust your child's education to a "1 believe every man In my hearing tonight is going to teach these people a lesion to encourage the worthy and to rebuke the nd at the pol1 on Tue MUNICIPAL REFORM. Dr. Blrafa Burning Appeal to 111. Conrregatlon. At the Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church, Hayes and Buchanan streets Dr Hirst SP last night on "Municipal form.

Tbe attention the doctor received was most flattering. It seemed as if his cougrpgatlon was bound by his eloquence. In spite of the sacred environment they weie unable to conceal their Indorsement of the vigorous nnd able arraignment of the machine-parties and qucntly Inkc into loud applause. Those wL6 could hardly go that far shouted amen with an enthusiasm that answered the purpose quite as well. The doctor selected for Ins text Matthew Xttdil: "Can he net discern the signs of the The speaker wasted no time, but got at once into the subject.

He said: "If our grand old Bible teaches anytbinc it is in life, purity in politics, purity everywhere. This is why we are bound to support the Non-Partisan ticket. "The Xon-Tartisan movement is an uprising of our best citizenship against vice and debauchery in our municipal affairs. What the is there to save the young manhood, and womanhood of San Fiancisco from the evils of a debased polity? "An illustration. If you please.

Thirty thousand men, the flower of the Austrian cavalry, were in review before the Emperor and Km press. "As the magnificently appointed troop swept by the royal carriage the beauty of their ppinas and lbs excellence of their diilliugiV.led even the children with astonishment aud admiration. A little child, neglected for the moment by its mother, ran out from the crowded thoroughfare straight in front of a company of hussars. "No one could reach it in time, and the multitude thrilled in horror of an impending disaster. Just at the moment when the hoofs 'the cavalrymen's horses seemed certain to dash its young life out a hussar bent forward, seized the child and raised it in safety to his saddle bow.

"The danger was safely- averted, and when a moment later the Em or transferred the jeweled cross of honor from bis own breast to that of the young cavalryman, the tears of the Empress mingled with those of the mother in admiration and gratitude. thundered the divine, "the cohorts of corruption are ravaging San Bight in their debauching track lies our fnir municipality. What is there to save her from impending ruin and continued dissraoe if not our young champion Klleit and his Non-Partisan associates!" The congregation broke In upon the sermon with enthusiastic applause. "Do you mean that?" asked tie preacher. "Yes," cried a number of voices, and the applause was louder than ever.

"We seem," resumed the doctor, "to have substituted politicians for statesmen. The absorbing question now is, have the politicians come to stay? Let mo give you a few Incidentals of boss rule: "A prostitution of public office to private use. "A combination to defraud the community of her moneys and privileges. "Plans to bribe our Legislatures, juries and court; and utilize the distribution of patronage to further personal ends. "The clinching of corporation? upon us.

"Now what are wo to do? Ido not arraign persons so much as policies. I think ytf have suffered from un apathy of our citizens. Now, thank God, tney are waking up. The popular politician Is a ward bummer. To accomplish his ends lie manipulates sluggers and thugs and outcasts.

lie consummates his schemes in the back rooms of his saloons. Such is your political machine! "What a ray Is What a vile cheapen of our ballot, that men have died to make a possibility. "Does it mean nothing to you when such men lay 'the courts and Legislature belong to Listen to their battle cry of 'Free "Hear them demand 'the Bible shall go down. The saloon shall flourish, houses of prostitution will abound unlicensed and unheeded? "Shall I draw you a picture? It will be a torchlight procession. There are flaunting transparencies, illuminated banners, bells, tumult.

At the bead are Kelly and Crimmins and their bet. They are plotting and you iiiay be sure. They are hiding under their cloaks a sharp two-edged "They are todrive it into EllerUhe honest, honorable of our best citizenship. Why To place iv the proudest like within the gift of our commonwealth, a man whose hands are crini'ou with the bloid crime. Shame on the manhood cf ban Franclsc "Is this to continue, niy brothers? Are our teachers to wade through Cith and almost debauchery to a position in our pubhe schools.

"This question you must settle on Tuesday." GOOD MEN IN I'IBLIC LIFE. Rev. Dr. E. It.

Idlle'g Sormon at tbe Ontra! Melhodlat Church. Rev. Dr. E. R.

Di lie, pastor of Central Methodist Episcopal Church, preached to a large eongroaation last evening, taking for his theme "The Need of Good Men in Public Life." He said that every man was liable to be called to serve the people. Voting was not ft private, but a public act. A man's vote aid be the incarnation of his convictions and the good citzen was bound to consult the Interests of others as weil as his own. The great question. Dr.

Dille remarked, was not for whom shall we vote, bat bow shall we vote. All pubiif duties were Christian The will of Gcd wa9 the only guide of moral obligation. It was Chi Ist who taught us to carry religion into polities, ba first taught tbe great principle that all men were lice and equal. The failure cf one man to vote bbed other men of their ritht to good eovernment. If bad men obtained power the votes alone were responsible.

The right to did not cairy with it the right not to vote. A man oticlit not to be nfroM to vote his own convictions. The Independent te is not thrown away, it was a freeman's protest. It was the harbinger of a new era. All great reforms necessarily began with minorities.

Dr. Dille said he believed tha days of party rule were about ended. The masses of men were becoming too intelligent to be herded or corraled by bosses. If good men would only stand together they could smash all the machines. wax glad some Christian men were running for oflice.

Every voter should take an electrical search-light with him to the polls on Tuesday and throw it upon every gambler, libertine, atheist and ex-convict and elect them to stay at borne for the glory of God. Reference was wade to George Washington, John Stuart Will, Edmund Burke, Macaulay, Charles Suniner, Abraham Lincoln ana U. S. Grant as the examples of the election of good men to public office. The Senate of the United States was hiding a plutocracy of railroad and oil magnates.

It had greatly changed in character from what it was in the early days of the republic The last session of the Legislature of California had closed in a vile debauch. To-day men were running for the Legislature who were dive-keepers, pugs and other despicable characters. What the State needed to-day was a race of public men. who, like Lincoln and urant, believed in the right and dared to do right though the heaven fell. The people of San Francisco were on the eve of the great battle of the ballots.

God and eatan were about to fight a duel at the polls. The duty of good men was plain. They should Join hands with the Lord. The paramount duty of all who have the welfare of the city at heart was to vote to rid the city of its infamous dens of vice the and save the 1500 girls engaged in them and the thousands of young men who were tempted to their ruin by their existence. AGAINST THE DIVES.

Rev. T. H. Woodward Points Oat the Duty of the Hoar, "The Dives" formed the subject of Rev. T.

H. Woodward's discourse In the "First Methodist Episcopal Church, Powell street, last night He selected his text from Acts xvii: 16: "Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to Idolatry." After a few preliminary remarks be said, "The government of our city has fallen into the hands of evil men, of bosses, who have entire control of all the departments, buy and sell offi es, getting what they want, while we have to take what they cliO'isa to give us. "What a city San Francisco is! Here we THE MORNING CALL, SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, IvSO2-TWENTY PAGES. have the palaces of the rich and the vile dens, the dives, almost side by side. We have men of the highest culture and men who ensnare and lure the unsuspicious into these vile places, And these vile places This ought not to be.

"I pray the Lord that every man will see to It aud cast his voto for the elimination of these vile spots from our fair city. We must do something to rid the city of them, or they will eat upon us and crush the moral life out of us. "Some people take objection to politics In the pulpit. If politics are merely political and not moral, then the pulpit should keep silent; bat immediately ti.ey become moral then the pulpit must speak out. The dive is a moral question and a political question as well; therefore, all good men find pood women should take a hand in it.

We must speak Mit as to what Is for the best interests of good government. "Generally there are four stages In a public the theme, secondly moral suasion, thirdly political agitation, fourthly legislative action. With the autiaive movement the moral suasion stage began In May last, there having been a sentiment before then of evil influence. Alter that came the rolltlcal agitation and on Tuesday you will be called upon to vote for the suppression of the dives. "The ballet is a sacred and if a man ever prays be should pray when he folds up his ballot.

It is the duty cf every man to vote for the very best men. We can pray that our politics be pure, and stay at home; we can pray that the best men be put in office, and stay at home; but that is not tight. We must come forward and stand up fur righteousness we must vote for the men who will clean out the dives as far as they possibly can, and 1 pray that at the comlnc election these men will be successful." iv OF ink. HO UK- Her. Mr.

Smith Telia Ilia Congregation What to Do. Rev. J. C. Smith, pastor of Trinity Presbyterian Church, at Twenty-third and Capp streets, addressed a congregation of 400 people- last evening.

The subject of his discourse was "The Duty of the Hour," and was a lecture on the duties devolving upon citizens of this community at the municipal election which takes placo tomorrow. said it was a very or Christian, indeed, who could not on Tuesday lay aside his Kej his Democracy or his Prohlbiti Sttfaun and vote fur the men, regardless of publics, for the various municipal offices. "We are a vaet and progresMve pc he fairt, "and It shonld be the desire of eveiy law-abiding and decent citizen to vole for men and measures that are upright. "The gocd citizens are in the niajurity, and if they are true to theuiselvee.thelr country and their God, ban Franci-co can be rescued from bossism, and unscrupulous and dishonest men will be defeated at the pclis. "We must on Tuesday take a positive stand on Issues that are eating the vitals of our community.

There is no middle ground. On one side ts arrayed tbe dishonest politician the saloon element, thoroughly or ati'7fd and ready for batl'e. On the ether is the decent portion of the commonwealth. "liy united action we can win. Stand shoulder to shoulder, vole for clean politics and your and a new era vi prosperity will dawn upon San Francisco.

"Of the UO.OOO voters in this city how many have asked themselves what would be for the best interest of the city? San Francisco is now and has been for years past boss-ridden, and the bosses aie not men noted for their education, their Intellicence or their morality. "What we must do, and the pulpit can greatly assist, is to educate our people up to that point where they will refine to countenance the methods of saloon A ci urcu member's vote counts as much on election day as does at of a barkeeper. Relizion should always be for the best interest of the community. "Morality has much to do with the prosperity a community. San Francisco ins the reputation in the East of being a modern Sodom.

Hundreds of famll'es have located in Southern California on account of the superior morals of the people who reside in tbat. section of the State. Pasadena, Riverside, Los Angeles and San are cities whose churches and educational institutions outnumber the saloons and to this fact, more than any other, are their booms in real estate attributable." The speaker referred to The Call and Bulletin as being "two decent papers in San Francisco," and said they were doing Rood work for the community. "What we want in our municipal matters," he said, "is a fearless non-partisan press, that is not afraid to criticize and (peak the truth at all "OUR SHAMELESS RULERS." Dive Supporters Excoriated by A. 15.

Stewart. Not since, the campaign lias has the firm of Kelly, Crimmins and De Young met with such a flagellation as was administered to that corrupt and demoralized trio by Rev. A. B. Stewart, before a crowded congregation in the Second Presbyterian Church last evening.

Taking bis text from Ilosea "Tier rulers with shame do love. Give ye." The eloquent speaker said: "The word In a Scriptural sense, means a shield for the protection of the people, but the corrupt rulers of Israel instead of being a shield for the people had become rulers of evil. They had come to love 'give They loved shame, and they bartered their own honor and the people's interest for gold. So heinous had their offenses become that God through the mouths of his prophets in thunder tones denounced them lor their wickedness. "In our own San Francisco we have living types of the wicked of Israel, who say to the people 'give us who say to the citizens 'give us who say to tlio parents 'give us jour Fons and who say to our manhood 'give us moral who soy to our womanhood us your who say to the church 'keep ho say to God 'keep from our Such are the men who ure now seeking the suffrages of the respectable people of San Francisco.

"It is pitiable spectacle when twelve citizens can be found who would sign a petition in favor of reopening the infamous Cremorne. And think of Supervisors granting a license to such a concern I It is not necessary to visit that place to know what is going on in it. We know it is open, and we also know who are responsible for that. "As Christians you must cast your ballots against the party who is responsible for such en eye sore. "Government is only secure when It stands for truth and morality and when it is based en principles that are right." In conclusion.

Dr. Stewart said: "If you do your duty on Tuesday you will have rulers that you as honorable citizens can rejoice in; rulers who will make laws that will be for the benefit of the people and to the interests of honor and virtue." FOB CLEAN POLITICS. lift. M. IV.

FarU Warm Voters Against Rev. M. W. Faris delivered a sermon last night at the Franklin-street Presbyterian Church in which he pointed out the duty of Christians at the coming election. "The first political trickster," laid Dr.

FariF, "was Absalom." Then be followed briefly the history of that ancient conspirator throughout bis political career, ending in his death. Then he said: "1 can tell you, my friends, what is the principle you should follow in milking out your tickets at the polls next Tuesday. That principle is to avoid giving your votes to tricksters. 1 care not whether Baa be a candidate for town constable or United States Senator, if they have resorted to any kind of trickery to gain the offices do not vote for them." Then the preacher went on to deplore the strong position held by the liquor traffic in and urged all Christians to use their votes to defeat any class of men known to be allied or to have sympathy with that traffic. The services were concluded with a prayer asking the intervention of God at the ballot-boxes on Tuesday to prevent fraud and trickery.

IN FAVOK OF NON-PARTISANSHIP. T. C. Makes an Blnqaent Appeal at Calvary Church, "On the Eve of Battle: Words for the Hour," was the subject chosen by Rev. T.

0. Easlon, D.D., for his discourse last night at Calvary Presbyterian Church. The speaker in opening said that there were moral conflicts thatdecido a city's destination. In the warfare waged against evil it becomes every citizen who has proper pride in the growth, the welfare and happiness of the city to range himself Id determined opposition to its A city's safeguard is practical righteousness. What was wanted to make a pure government was a virtuous citizenship, which would vote for the truest and Highest interests of the country instead of Toting for self and for the iriuuiKb of auy corrupt political party.

ignorance and Iniquity, he continued, would destroy any republic. Purer citizenship is the abiding want In all the jtreat cities. All niumciual corruption, boodlelsm and malfeasance in tflice, that brlug the blush to the cheek of. every true lover ol his country, are the risible eruption of a terrible moral disease In the hearts if the people. The citizens of San Francisco are on the eve of a great battle, when they will rebuke or sanction some of the gigantic evils that threaten not only prosperity ami perpetuity of free institutions, but even America's existence as a nation.

In the first place, it was a war against illiteracy. The coming war was, in the second place, a light against immorality, but the great question befor this city is: Shall the judiciary be elevated to dignity and independence by a Non-Partisan election, or shall some Insignificant puppet insist upon a partisan dictator who shall frame the laws "Smash the machine," he urged, "and rid the. city of its corrupt agencies. Make it aa impossibility that any saloon-keeper can trade in so many votes lor so much gold. "The Democratic and Republican parties are parties no longer, but machines, worked by unscrupulous bosses.

"Surely, then, when a large, representation of men from both parties unite In Partisanship to nominate good men to oiiicn they aliould'not ouly be fully supported, but thanked for inaugurating such a movement, particularly when they have pledged themselves to nsk no office or favor of any of their if elected. "This has the true ring of reform, and if carried out this city will have a cleaner administration in municipal affairs." PRINCIPLES, NOT PA KIT. The Relation! of the Government to the "Vote for men who represent principles rather than those who are the puppets of a party," said Rev. John A. Emery In his sermon In St.

Paul's Church yesterday morning. The tubject of the discourse was entitled "The Relations of the Government to the Governed." took for text St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans "Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers, For there is no power but of God; the powers that be are ordained of "lie first impression," he said, "to be derived from the rending of thi3 passage that the Aposile distinctly preaches two both of which are now discarded, the doctrine of divine right and of passive resistance." The speaker gave a brief but lucid explanation of the theory of government from the ages to tho present day. "The more carefully," he continued, "wo study the history of the past, of the different uation'' that have existed, the more probable it seems that the problem of government might be solved by a nation whose education was general, ar.d the principles of original government so thoroughly understood that each citizen should have not ouly an interest and a power in tho government, but a deep consciousness that ha is a phi it, that he hay a responsible duty to perform to it, and that its real object is the elevation and betterment of the people. Within the next forty-eight hours we (ball be called to exercise the highest and most sacred right of the that or the franchise.

I do not believe it the duty of the clergy to pi each politics. 1 think the clergy commit an error of judgment every time they do; but! do believe it is the duty of the clergyman, ns an embassador of our Lord Jesus Christ, to teach principle. "Let each man recognize the responsibility that rests upou him. the duty to comprehend fully great Issues that effect the welfare of our people directly; let him put away from his mind all prejudice, all party spirit, and with a clear idea ol the he would gladly see introduced among us vote fcr those men who are clean in 'heir home lives and in their business fur the men who represent a principle rather than those who are the puppets of a party." THE DIVE IN IOLITICS. KtTi Thomas Fiibxu Non- I'artUaaa.

At the Bush-street Methodist Episcopal Church yesterday morning the Rev. Thomas Pllbea delivered a sermon on "Tha Dive in He chose for his text Matthew xxii "Render unto CMn the tilings that are and unto God tho things that are God's." He said: "If ever a minister of or if ever the church of God was called upon to take an active part in a political campaign, such a time is the present. "Acalnst the baneful influences of those hell-breathing tho dives Against rottenness In and the corruption rule, against almost everything that threatens the peace and prosperity and happiness of our city our best citizens are revolting. Should the clcrpy stand aloof In such a crisis they would be derelict in the discharge of their duty and unfaithful to their high mission. "I have no apology to offer for using mv pulpit to-day in a semi-political cause.

1 know it to be my duty. From tho days when San Francisco boasted of its morality In both ethics and politics we have come to a time when the saloon and the dive have forsaken the retired hiding-holes of their infamy and Haunt their iniquity In the light of iv. Our manhood and womanhood, our boys and girls, are Insulted and imperiled through these vice-parading agents. "1 remember in boyhood to have marveled nt a sign hence one of our factories. A tin figure of a necro was soen day by day turning at a mill and grinding.

I used to think lie was running tlie macninery within, but I found out later that the machinery ran him. So with our political machines. They have outcrowu the parties. Instead of their being run by the party the party is run by them. Is it not high time we revolted Is it not the day of action? "This Is a righteous cause.

The best element of our people and the best interest? of our city demand its success. Woe to the men bo oppose it Woe to the agencies thatoperate against this just cause. 1 always have been a partisan and I always expect to be. But on this i6suo party to down. We are all Non- Partisans.

"God help us to do our duty and act now for our honor and cur homes!" TDK CHRISTIAN AND BOSSES. M. J. I'latnty tinai the Duty. Professor Stott of Indiana lectured last evening at the First Christian Church-on trials of Jesus.

Before the lecturer ascended the rostrum Rev. M. J. Ferguson, the pastor of the church, stud: "No Christian belongs to any political party so much that it can use him for its own purposes regardless of the moral Issues involved. If ho imagines that he does belong to any political party in that way and to that extent he does not understand the duties and obligations of Christianity.

"It Is the duty of the Christian to disregard all party influences and demands; to disregard personal friendships and all other considerations that would have him assist in maintaining a corrupt government or in retaining in public places and power corrupt men. "No Christian owes allegiance to any bosses. For my part I should feel myself very derelict as a Christian If 1 should consent to aid an Infamous curterie of corrupt booses to fasten their evil system upon the city. 1 feel that it is my duty an a Christian, and every Christian should feel that it is his duty to vote for a clean city government at the election on next Tuesday." Stamp Out the Bosses. BICYCLE ROAD RACES.

TB ot Won by Walter Foster. There were two exciting bicycle road races on the San Leandro triangle yesterday. The first and most Important was the Bay City Wheelmen's twenty-five mile contest, postponed from the previous Sunday. The attendance of spectators was large, and Included delegations from all the clubs around the bay as well as from San Jo and Stockton. There were thirteen entries and the pace was hot from start to finish.

Walter Foster llO 0 1011 maD got first dace, E. E. Stoddard being a close second, Charles Melrose third and W. Toepke fourth. All these gentlemen beat the previous coast record, the winner's lime being 21 minutes and 10 seconds, lhere were several falls and collisions, but no accident so serious as to dampen the ardor of the riders The second race was over' a ten-mile course between members of the Pacific Road Clud.

Captain Hancock made a gallant i le Ddls credlted with the best tim" 33:06 but he was too heavily handicapped to win. The first man in being JI Ebbenritter, whose time was 010 BeC aDd allard Mis. Rule, an enthusiastic cyclii: of this city, distinguished herself by inakini a century last Friday. Accompanied bj husband she. rode to San Jose and back, starting from the Park cyclery at 6 a and, after a three hours' rest in the Garden City, reaching home at 10 p.

Uftl The roads ure now In excellent condition and the ttade winds having ceased to blow Stamp Out the Bosses. Duty of First mark Mayoi's number, then mark 153 J-tnes W. Burllujt Sine, denon raie Hut a man can ba anil elected by IU people not machine wide THEIR LAST GUN FIRED. A Sound Will Re-Echo on Election Day. HOT SHOT FOR BOODLERS.

Grand Final Bttiflcation and Indorsement of lh2 by the Anti- Cive League. The grandest meeting of the campaign under the auspices of the As-8' ciation and Defense League took place at Odd Fellows' Hall yesterday afternoon. Every seat was taken, the galleries were thronged, the sides of the lower flooi tilled with eager listeners and the back part of the hall packed with enthusiastic supporters of the Nou-Partisan ticket. The statement that there was any defection in ranks of the anti-dive 6iipporter3 was proved a malicious falsehood in a most positive way. With a solid front tuey came out for the Non-Partisans.

There were thousands in tiie hall, representing that moral iuliuence which makes the home and the fireside good and virtuous, and every one of tIK-m was warm and enthusiastic for the Non-Partisans. No ticket in the history of San Francisco ever received a more enthusiastic ratification th.tn did the Nou-Partisaus' at this meeting. It was a grnnd demonstration of the moral element of the city in favor of clean government. Many of the great leading ministers of the city were there, and came out In thunder tones for American manhood and the dethronement of the bosses. "Clean out the political sums and let honest men in fiu'e" was the cry.

And the ureat audience of men and women re-echoed tho sentiment with an outburst of applause that contiumd from the beginning to she close of this ren.aikaM* meeting, which showed that the people had uple put down corruption. Trie stage whs as crowded with ministers and representative ciUens as the floor of the hall. those on the platform wore Michael Flood, Key. Hirst, Case, Mackenzle, Dille aud Filben. Taicott, C.

O. Burton, Charles A9hton. EL H. Scott, I) Brace, J. K.

C. li. Perkii.s, Joseph Moscron. I. L.

Case, W. n. Barnes H. P. Flint, J.

iiiggins. H. T. 11. Callett, EL L.

Gear, G. Oatruan, S. Leavitt. K. V.

Watt and Martin. Chairman Michael Flood opeued the meet- Ing with a little alieg' ry, the point of which no one missel. He said: "You have all read the story of the Grecian philanthropist about the monkey using his cat's paw to draw his chestnuts out of the fire. Speaking of monkeys suggests an of which I will speak During the the chief organ of the boodiers and the chief orcan-grmder of the so-called Republican party hns bet-n trying to use us to act the part of the moukev in drawing its chestnuts cut of the tire. But the game is too plain, and we will net be made catspaws." sentiment rnnght the audience and they cheered loudly.

"The chief subject for our consideration i 9 a subject botli delicate and beautiful," continued Mr. Flood. "This subject is the and cl.it-tiy the ladies who have been our auxiliaries at the commencement of our movement the dives. They were with us at fir but lam sorry to are not now. The aux-linry branch of ladies, or at least a few of and they were only twei.ty altogether, have been captured by the boodlers' organ.

They have issued a manifesto with which they wish to connect us. "When Women's Auxlllnry Branch was organ'zed by a few ladles of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, we cheerfully received them as our aids. Uut we learned ladies considered that they were tiie Citizens' League aud that we men were the auxiliaries. They discovered tint we men did not know how to work tl.e political part of our The result was that they sent in a formal resignation withdrawing altogether. I have their resignation now, sigued by the president, Gray, and the secretary, withdrawing from us and say inc that tiie only aid they could give us was their prayers.

"After this I waa surprised to hear that they stili cltiiui to be a part of the Citizens' League notwithstanding their withdrawal ttiree mouths ago. It is like the child, who, after having its hair cut off, wanted It (tack on again. "Now these ladies have a perfect right as Amer.can citizens to 6ay what they please. But 1 insist they have no rieht to speak or protest in cm nan.c. AM we have to say en behalf of the Anti-dive Associutiou and Citizens' Defense League is that we are not respoLsible for what they say, and their manifesto is nothing more than idle paper drawn up by a few misled The speaker continued, saying that the chirf object of attack was the gintiemun who hai been placed in nomination for Mayor, It.

The mention of Ellert's name was greeted with cheers which lasted five minutes. Mr. Flot.d reviewed the career of Mr. as Supervisor, and he would make the city a good, honest and falihful Mayor. Key.

Dr. W. W. Case, pastor of the Central Church, was Introduced, and gave a rousing Non-Partisan sicecb in which he severely scored the Chronicle and its fiction factory for the malicious falsifications daily ground out at Market and Kenrny streets. It was the first time Dr.

Case has appeared on the platform of the Citizens' Defense League, aud he said he only did so In order to snow that he wrs for the Non-Partisans in order to correct the statements which had misrepresented him in the Chronicle. "1 have been all my life a Republican," said Dr. Case, "but to-day 1 stand before you as a Non-Partisan. I make no apology to man or woman for the position I take in the. fear of God.

I stand on the Non- Partisan platform, getting the best men we can on that platform and doing the best we can with the men we set. "We have more to hope for from the Non- Partisans than from any other party. I hope that none of these side issues will come In. It is not a prohibition issue, nor a hiKh or a low license issue. The issue Shall the dives gc? Shall the dives go to the dive's hell? And secondly, shall the bosses go with the dives? And in the third place, Shall corrupton po with thrm both? "These are the irsues ami these only." Dr.

Case then referred to the Chronicle: "It has been stated in a morning paper because 1 have, uot spoken out like other miimters on this platform that I had pronounced myself against the Non-I'artisan ticket. I claim the right in the latter hall of the nineteenth century, (iod-fearing, to speak for myself. That statement rnent.oned is a malicious falsehood. "This statement appeared in a paper that ha? been coming into my house for five years. voice: "Put it "No, 1 will keep it in my house to make soap, there is so much lie In It" This witticism set the audience wild, the cheeriug, laughing and clapping lasting for about ten minutes, showing bow the truth goes home.

"Our first Idea," continued Dr. Case, "is to Eft rid of the dives, m.d we. have the pledges of our candidates. That alone Is issue enough for one campaign. There is more in this than in all the party politics of twenty years.

It means purity; itmeana reform. It means that we are lor God, our homes and our native land." Mrs. M. E. Halpiuner followed with a witty original song on the Supervisors and the dives to the tune of "Bob UpSerenely." The audience applauded both the sweetness of the singer's voice and the merit of her composition.

Key. Dr. Hirst succeeded with an earnest and eloquent appeal to his hearers on behalf of the Non-Partisans. The speaker said: "The fundamental basic principle of Nan-Partisan light Is the moral force behind it. 1 mean that it is not It is not the desire that one party shall displace another.

There is else behind. Th 3 depp current Is the moral force that must nin in ti.i? great battie After the speaker had scored the boodlerS of Third street and showed that the Non- Partisan candidates were the only ones who were nnboagbt and the only ones who had pledged tlieruselves to reform, Dr. Hirst concluded by saying it was the duty of every honest Christian to vote for the ticket which represented decency and honesty. The next speaker was that veteran orator, W. H.

Barnes, He said that prohibition and total abstinence had nothing to do with the. issue. The only question was the dives. He thought that the party of reform should win and there were 50,000 others who thought the same. With God and the right on the Non-Partisan side it was bound to win.

Rev. Dr. Dille spoke a few words on tho sul-ject of "The Dives," and said, a Republican, he would not belong to a party which used a burglar's jimmy to pry open the city's treasury. Fie thought the only hope of the city lay in the party. "On election day," he said, "we will bury the bosses and divekeepers and all their cliane deep that Gabriel's trumpet will not reai them.

We will bury them face downward, so that if they attempt to dig out they will only dig themselves down the deeper." T. 13. Flint, candidate for Supervisor, and H. D. Talcrti, candidate for Police Judge on the Non-Partisan ticket, delivered strong addresses to the meeting, after which it adjourned with three routing cheers for the Non-Partisan ticket.

"We adjourn till next Tuesday at tlie polls," said Chairman Flood, and the audience dispersed. Stamp Out the Bosses. DIED FROM THE POISON. Was John Askton Drugged and Robbed? Lirzle Valentine, a Pitiable Morphine Wreck, Held on Suspicion of. Having Committed the Double Crime.

John Ashton, the proprietor of a sailor boaid'ng-house who was poisoned in such a mysterious manner last Thursday night, died in the Keceiving Hospital at 4:15 o'clock yesterday morning. His remains were removed to the Morgue, where an autopsy showed that morphine poisoning was the cause of death. Ashton was a handsome English sailor and about o5 years old. Tiring of life on the bounding billows and a diet of hard tack and salt junk, he left bis ship at this port two yenrs nco and married the widow of "Shanghai" Brown. With her be conducted the boarding-bouse 81G Front street, near Yaliejo.

Last Thursday he put two crews aboard English 6hius and is supposed to have received several hundred dollars from the captains. after returning Ashton started out with John Langford, a brother of the police sergeant. The men drank considerable liquor and during the evening they fell in with Lizzie Valentine, a woman wrecked by the use of morphine and imprisonment in Sm Queutin for larceny. Ashton was sufficiently hilarious to imagine that the faded female was a beauty. He left Langford and accompanied the woman to her room in the i'ortland lodging-house on Kearny street.

Two hours later Lizzie ran screaming into the street and informed a policeman that Ashton was sick. In an unconscious condition Ashton was removed to the hospital. It was not until Friday nicht that Ashton recovered his senses long enough to make a brief statement. lie said that when he entered the woman's room he had £171 in his pockets, although he possessed only Si 70 when searched at the hospital. He remembered drinking a class of beer which thp woman went out of the room to get or prepare.

This much he sail with great difficulty. Then he sank comatose state and remained in that condition until death. Officer Couboy. who arrested Lizzie valentine soon after Ashton was sent to the hospital, has been working en the theory that the woman administered the drug for the purpose of robbery. That she took the money bpi ears certain, but it Is a peculiar circumstance that no trace of it can be discovered.

For two days Lizzie has lain on a cot In the City Prison Hospital in a hysterical condition. She was in such a state of frenzy yesterday that the prison attendants feared to Inform her of Asnton's death. When questioned about the poisoning of Ashton i he wept, wrung her hands, tore her hair and for morphiue. "When Ashton came to my room," she said, after being quieted somewhat, "he brought a bottle of whisky, which we drank. At last I felt that I needed some morphine, tut there was only enough for one 'shot' in the bottle that stood on the table.

As 1 knew 1 would need more In the morning 1 went out to get some of the stuff. 1 was gone nearly half an hour before I returned with the morphine. Upon entering the room I found Ashton in a stupor and thought that bo had taken tho morphine I left in the bottle. If I had poisoned him do you think I would have called in the police? No, never. I didn't take any ol his money and had no intention of robbing him.

It It hadn't been for John Lattgford I would never have met him. Oh, lor God's cake give me some morphine!" and the woman went into another paroxysm of weeping aud despair. She is about 40 years old and looks at least ten years older. She has been married several times and says that her present husband is a pantryman on one of the Sacramento River steamers. As tt is the belief of the police that the woman not leave Ash ton to buy morphine, but to conceal money she bad stolen, she will probably be charged with murder or rubbeiy.

An inquest on Ahhton's will be he'd to-day. Stamp Out the Bosses ALL THREE WOUNDED. ICrsult of a General Koto In Low Saloon. Daniel Howard of 532 Fourth street, Charles of 512 Pacific street and C. Christiausen of 1017 Alabama street are lying at the Receiving Hospital in a critical condition from wounds received in a cutting affray that they indulged in at the Mermaid saloon, at 518 Pacific street, early on Sunday morning.

Howard is the pianoplayer at the saloon and was furnishing harmony for the inebriated inmates when Christiansen and tome friends entered the place. A dispute ensued and Howard was being badly used up, when his friends intetfered, and the fight became general. Knives were drawn and freely used with terrible effect on the participants in the row. The fracis attracted the attention of. Special Officer Sullivan at.d Policemen Murry nnd Divan, who quelled the disturbance.

The participants were taken to the Receiving Hospital in a buggy which Christiansen had left standing outside. Dr. Simpson found (hat the men were literaliy cut to pieces during the tight. Each was suffering fiom a number of cuts, and Christiansen was so weak from loss of blood that the physicians consider his case critical. Late last night J.

Classen, agent for the Yolo Mills, who lives at 1017 Alabama street, and who was Christiansen's employer reuorted to the police that hU horse and cart hud been stolen. Clasien MBpti yed Christiansen to deliver goods aud collect accounts. He claims that he discovered a number of serious errors in his collections, and when Christiansen heard of the discovery he disappeared a few days ago. In order to effect his escape he broke Into hU employer's barn and stole a valuable horse and cart, which were recovered by the police after the cutting. lv all probability Christiansen will have an additional charge of burglary to answer fcr.

Stamp Out the Bosses. A llurderoui II Alexander McDonnell of 27 Alabama street went honm early on Sunday morning under influence of liquor, ills wife tried to put him comfortably In bed, but lie objected, and commenced to make things lively for her. He smashed a water-pitcher over her head, inflicting a sevee scalp wound and injuring the skull. Her arm was also badly cur, and her condition is considered serious. Officers Burke and Paul Smith arrested McDonnell, who was booked at the nth-street station 0:1 a charge of assault with murderous intent.

ALL BUT FIVE PERISHED. Loss of the Whaling Bark Helen Mar. TWENTY-EIGHT LIVES LOST. She Was Crushed in the Ice a Short Distance From Hrxrola Tha Buivivors' Story. The steam whaler Belugn, Captain Sherman, arrived in port yesterday afternoon, with two members of the crew of the whaling bark Helen Mar, which was crushed in the ice on October 6 last, in Ih titude 71 deg.

30 mm. north and longitude 189 30 uiin. west. AH but five of the crew were lost, including Captain Thaxter. Trie story of the wreck is a terrible narrative of Arctic suffering for the survivors, and the worst casualty that has happened to the fleet this season.

men were saved from the wreck, but only two of them came down on the Beluga, the otlier three remained on the whaler Orca, which rescued them from the ice fields. The story told by the two and as Mate Cook of the Beluga heard it, Is about as follows: The Helen Mar had five whales on the tne morning of the 6th of October, and that day got two more. The head of ouo was on deck, and late in the afternoon the crew was hoisting on the other, when the crash came. It seems the vessel was In clear water all day, but had driftel toward the iee-fi-lds without those on bonrd noticing it, as thty were busy at work. In some unexolaiiiablo manner she drifted stern first between two strips which closed up and crushed the vessel almost instantly.

There was no time to lower a boat before the vessel sunk and all but five went down with her. Fifth Mats Ward, Boatswain Anton The nhaler Urlen Mar. Paujollno, Cook Acey Kershaw, a Japanese named Katsma and another named Neison, jumped for the mainmast, which Ml over sideways on thn Ice and broke off. They saw Captain Thaxter and one or two other officers struggling In the water, but were unable to help them, aDd in a few moments they sank from view. The men were on the ice for forty-eight hours without food until they were picked up by the whaler Oroa, the lookout of which saw their signal, which whs waved about on a slick.

The whaler Jessie Freeman passed a short distance Irom the men butdid not see them, and they were left to their fate. When picked up the men were in a frightful condition. The mate suffered the most, as he had fallen into the water several His lower limbs were frozen to his waist and were black a3 coal. The opinion of Mate Cook was that the man could live but a short time and very likely is dead now. The cook, Acey Ke'rshaw, who arrived on the Beluga, had two toes frozen, and they will have to be amputated.

lie said he would go to his relatives and stay until he recovered. The Orca, with two other men on board, left trie Arctic about the same time as the Beluga, and should be here at any time. The other survivor was taken on board the Reindeer. The Helen Mar sailed from here December 24. 1891, in command of Captain E.

O. Thaxter, and hud a crew of thirty-five men. Following are the names of officers and seamen who were lost: E. O. THAXTER.

captain. W. E. HANDY, first mate. JOHN OHARD.

sceond mate. JOAQUIN MINER, third mate. RICn.AUD L. ELLIS, fourth mate. ANTON SEE IS.

LOUIS ANTON. FRANK BIRCH, boatswain. WILLIS BRAY, steward. C. COOK, carpenter.

W. A. ELLISON, sailmaker. WALTER E. MITCHELL, THOMAS GORDON.

M. GORDON. CHARLES PETROSER, WILLIAM CAMERON, OSCAR KEFF, JOHN ABBOTT, WILLIAM GARDENER. ROBERT PETERSON, ANDREW WILSON, GEORGE FATHER, FRANK DOHSON, THOMAS MULLARS, JOE MIR AN DE, BEN rENORBS, FRANK NAYNER, A. MARTINEZ, seamen.

Captain Thaxter was married Just before he sailed on this voyage. His wife accompanied Mm as far as Oonalaska, and then returned to Oakland to await his return. She lias been expecting him for several days, and the news of his death has about prostrated her. The Helen Mar was built at New Bedford, in 1555. She was of 308 tons' burden, and has done fishing in all the whaling-grounds of the world.

Thirteen years ago the Helen Mar saved the crew of the whaler Mercury In almost exactly the same spot she met her own fate. Both vessels were Icebound In latitude 71 deg. 10 rain, north and 172 dee. west when the ice began to break, and the Mercury was crushed and sank. The crew were taken care of by the Helen Mar, which had a narrow escape from destruction herself.

When the Ice began to break the captain put on all sail and crushed through the Ice until a place of safety was reached. That was on October 24, 1879, and the Helen Mar met a similar but much more disastrous fate in the same spot on 1892, very nearly thirteen years later. The two wrecks are very likely near together on the bottom of tie Arctic. This was the same year the Jeannette was lost in the Arctic The Beluga had a very prosperous havinsr got sixteen whales and had no accident of any kind. Sim made the run from Fox Island to San Francisco in sixteen She reports that Chief Officer William Robinson of the brig F.

A. Barstow and John Uallazhor, boat.header of steamer Thrasher, both died in the Arctic. The following is the catch of the whaling season up to October 17.1892: Barker 8 Alice KnowlesG, Hicks 5. Belvedere 4, Earstow 5, Reindeer 5. Sea Ranger 4, Narwhal 8, Sea Breeze Wanderer 4, Percy Edward 1, Bonanza 3.

La Nlnfa 1. California 454, Mermaid 3, Bounding Billow 9, Grampus 4. Hunter James Allen 2. Wlnthrop 1 Orca 14, Thrasher 16, Newport 3, Bolina 8, J. H.

Freeman 4. Four whalers arrived In port yesterday but three arrived late at night and brought no report or news from the Arctic. They are the Mary 11. Thomas. Captain Robinson, thirty days fiom Okhotsk Sen; Andrew Hicks, Captain Donaldson, twenty-two days from Fox Island; Charles W.

Morgan Okhn'Ll Se tWealy Bix Ail the whalers are now out of the Arctic except those that will winter there, so very tills week 6 srealer uumber will be home Two hunters reported to the life-saving station, near the Cliff Bouse vesterd-iv afternoon that a bark was short distance from Point Pedro. She was sn to be well on the beach, but In no Immediate tinnier of going to pieces Nearly all the tugs in the harhor went to her were not expected back befoie this morning. The bark reported on the beach at Point Pedro is the bark Althusa, from Newcastle for ban Francisco. She did not get ou the rocks but was in shore when pulled off by the fug Active, which brought her in early this morning. PURE HEALTHFUL REFRESHING AGREEABLE Apollinaris "THE QUEEN OF TABLE WATERS." best of all I consider Apollinaris." GEO.

W. CHILDS. PHILA. PUBLIC LEDGER, MISCELLANEOUS. HE WILL DO HIS DUTY.

Candidate McDada Telia What He Will If Elected. To the Editor of The Morning Sub: It is not a difficult thine for me to tell what I will ao if elected Sheriff of San Fran- cisco, nor should it be for any one who comes before the people and asks for their suffrages untrammeled by party ties or private promises. If I am honored by being elected I ice that one of my first considerations will be the all-important matter of the sacred- ness of juries. That justice may be done I will give my personal attention to all cases of importance. Juries shall be protected from any and all influences calculated to affect their judgment or In any way favor interested parties on either side, and the abuse so often observed in some places which makes a Deputy Sheriff the medium between interested persons and not over- conscientious Juries will be specially guarded against.

I will give my earnest attention to the matter of property rights. Matters in pro- ceedings in insolvency and attachments will be jealously guarded by me, and all prop- erty will be held exclusively for the benefit of creditors, the utmost vigilance being ex- ercised to prevent property being removed after being placed in my care. I will see to it that the greatest secrecy prevails In the serving of attachments, to the end that the fact of their existence shall not reach the ears of interested parties In advance. The oft-recurring practice of money being withdrawn from banks be- fore the process of the courts can be con- summated will thus be avoided. If elected I will gee to it that the con- tracts for provisions for the County Jail are faithfully carried our, and that those unfor- tunate enough to be incarcerated there shall receive not only the proper quantity but also the proper quality of food and other necessaries.

In order that those ends may be attained deputies must be appointed who will be re- sponsible to me alone, and only those men will be appointed by me who, in my humble judgment, possess the necessary qualifica- tions of honesty and thorough capability. They will be appointed by me in trie same way aa men ot business choose employes in whom tliey have to intrust their confidence us well as their interests. 1 am un trammeled by pledges or promises to individuals or parties, nor have I made any agreement of any character with any persons that will permit them to name or select a single deputy to serve under me. 1 will be perfectly free to select only such persons us I feel will perform their duties satisfactorily to the public, In order that i will be in a position to relieve them should cause arise for mv doing 30. In conclusion, I will say that.

If elected, it will be my honest endeavor to conduct the affairs of the office honestly and effi- ciently throughout in order that the ex- penditure may be reduced to the minimum, necessary for the proper and efficient trans- action of the important business connected with it. j. j. MoDade, AN ABLE OFFICIAL. One Who the Requirements of Ilia Office.

The present campaign is not as lively as some have -en in the past, and the misfor- tune which the nation ba3 suffered in the death of the "first lady in the land" will certainly not tend io enliven the last days of the political struggle, particularly In the city of San Francisco. But, although the battle for political preferment has been a rather quiet one, it has nevertheless been characterized by an earnestness of purpose which has clearly majority of the citizens are determined to elect men to office who are the best fittod to fulfill the requirements of the position to which they aspire. For this reason Charles S. Tilton probably occupies the happiest place among the numerous candidates whose names have been presented by the various parties for the suffrage of the people. He was nomi- nated for the position of City and County Surveyor, and that he is eminently qualified to properly fulfill the very arduous require- ments is readily and even cheerfully ad- mitted upon all sides; yes, even by Mr.

Tilton's political enemies. In fact, Mr. up Tilton has no other enemies but In political If opponents can be so termed, for he has never Injured a fellow-being, but on the contrary has at all times and under all cir- cumstances striven to the best of his ability to aid those around him and make every- body happy. His brains and bis energies as well as his purse, have ever been at the command of the needy and the deserving, and so unostentatious has his charitable work been that many who have been ma- terially benefited by his generosity have never guessed to whom they have been In- debted for the happiness conferred upon them. In this eood work Mr.

Tilton has been ably and cheerfully assisted by his charm- Ing and wife, whose kindly ways and many accomplishments have en- deared her to all with whom she has come In contact. Mrs. Tilton's maiden name was Miss ChloeF. Andrews, and she was born In Providence. R.

1., being a descendentof the justly celebrated Roger Williams. She proved an able helpmate to her worthy husband, who attributes much of bis suc- cess and all his present happiness to her unselfish and tireless efforts to aid him on the journey of life. Mr. Tilton's skill a civil engineer is universally acknowledged, and he has been eugaged In the most important surveying work which has been accomplished In this city during the past twenty-eight years. His ability has been practically recognized upon two different occasions by the tax- payers of this city, when they elected him to the office of City and Count? Surveyor, which he holds nt present.

lie has always given entire satisfaction In his work and therefore has the good-will of the taxpayers. He Is not a politician in any sense of the word and there are no po- litical berths in nis office, as all the em- ployes must be skilled engineers. The Weekly Call The Largest, Cheapest HOST VALUABLE FAMILY WEEKtt IX mum mm IS each SOMBEiI eqsitileit MOLDV.ES OF 111 PACES EiCl ONLY $1 A YEAR, POSTPAID Send for Samples to I r. CALL 5U jtfill.