September 23, 1898 (4 pages)

am me Bh eTerecs 2. aU WM ~~ Rh loi © be oc mtb ogesre tezR OSS i oo ty ’ request that a proportionate share thereof be REPUBLICAN ) PLATFORM! secon etme prt The Republican party of California,” in State convention assembled at Sacramento, this 23d day of August, 1898, as expressive of its views upon the politr cal questions of the day, and as a platform upon which all the candid t'es of . the Republican party in California. shall stand, does hereby. resol ve: First—That we reaffirm our belief in and a4herence to the statement of ‘the principies of the Republican party as sadopted at the National Convention held in St*Louis, 1s. Time has tested the strength and proved the truth of the doctrines therein enunciated, while the country at large has, under the infiuence of their en forcement, grown in riches and happiness. In behalf of ourselves and of the Republican party of this State we thank those. brave @ailors and soldiers of the great Army and Navy of the Republic that have achieved such brilliant victories while marching behind the Star Spangied Banner, and who have m de the ‘American flag respected and honored in every quarter of the’ w rid’) We congratulate the Nation upon the fact that it has produced uch leaders upon the ocean as Dewey, Sampson, Schiey and Hobson, and upon the land as Miles, Shafter, Wheeler and Lawton, who have writ ten their names upon the scroll of the history of the world as leaders excelled by none and equaled by few since'the beginning of time. , Wepledge our Senators and Representatives “Gn Congress and our candidates and our party to work and vote tosecure the building of an adequate navy, as recommended. by the pres eut Republican Secretary of the Navy, and to constructed on the Pacific. The wisdom of thé people's choice in 1896 has been more and more apparent as time pro gresses. The patriotic devotion to his country which called our candidate in that c mpaign tv the ranks of its solders in the hour of rebellion has chara terized his every act since his imauguration as President He has remem, bered the c.aims of his friends and his party, but never at the expense of the Nation. He has protected the credit and maintained the honor of the United States. His firmncas prevented the mistake of rec gnizing Cuban belligerency and the plunging of the country imto war until prepared, while his untiring activity since the war was declared has made possible the glorious successes we have achieved on land and sea. He has proved himself equal ve p:oved that the : ; ho American makes the first cit zen in peace and for’ Goveruor of ‘this State, at. the . commencement of the late war, that the aa prizes of war, by the gallant sailors of our ao Spanish veasels was uo better y. ‘ We rejoice in the deeds of these sailors and i of exalted by the spectacie of the flag of the Union borne in triumph around the habitable g'obe by the Army and Navy of the United States. The victories won by our sailors and soldiers at Manila and Santiago, and the consequent acquisition of new territory, _uave increased , imposed new and great duties upon us. To properly care for what we have con ,uered, to adequately protect Americans engaged in travel or busigess abroad, to appropriateiy guard our national honorand make our flag the safeguard of at who sek the shelter of its folds, demand of us @ navy large enoszsh to compel foreign nations, whether savage or civilized, to revugnize the claim of American citizenship wherever made, as entitled the claimant to safety and prote-. tion for his property, his business and his. person. . We congratulate the people of the United States upon the fact that the broad American policy of our President, William McKinley, has ' dissipated all sectional issues. His p -iicy both as to the leaders and the rank and file and in’ all matters pertaining to the late war has been of the broadeat and most p .triotic character, * so that side by side for a o.»mmon flag and a / commen cause have marched and fought the ' 80. of our dep.rted hero and patriot, U. 8. ! Grant, Fitzhugh Lee, Shafter and Joe Wheeler. . : : and the boys wo wore the blue aud the boys, departmebte ad wining power to the detriment who wore the g ay. Ail under the old flag and . for patciatic love. of country. so that to-day we are in truth and in fact, in peace and in war, oné united people. We affirm our belief in the financial plink of the Republican national p:atform of 14.6 ag being a sound aid correct exposition of the Republican party upon the finances of the country. We commend the efforts of the national administration to secure an international monetary agreement, and urg: that the attempt be renewed whenever an oppurtunity to do shall be presented. We call attention to the fact that since the return of the Republican party to power the balance of trade h is changed'f.om more than four hunired millions against thé United States to about eight hundred and eighty millions in our favor, and all of this is due a wise and conservative financial sep, Std and adiered to by the R publican and President. We commend President McKinley for his refusal to consider any proposition looking to the assumption of the Spanish-Cuban d -bt. Whereas the United States, in the pursuit of its purpose of freeing the people of Cuba from Spanish misrule, has taken possessivn of that feland an. also of Porto Rico and other West India islands and of the Philippines, the Re publican party of California is in hea:ty sympathy with the declared policy of the Pr. si dent to accord to the people of Luba an oppor tunity to form a stable goveryment, thus the promise made to the world. The national welfa:e demands the retention of the island of Porto Rico and the other West Indian islands cOming under our control, and of the Philipines, in order to permit t © expan-. sien of American trade and ia case of the latter to safeguard th: commerce already sccured in the Orient. In the event of the’ retontion of this foreign territory it should bethe policy of the United States to extend to it the benefit of free commercial intercourse wiih all sections of the. Anierican Union, aid to that end the provision of the Constitution requ:riag “that all duties, imposte and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States” should be rigidly enforced. / We pledge the nominees of the Repu’ li an party in the various ul districts in the State to use their ut.nost efforts, if elected, to secure the speedy extension of the revenue system of the United States to the islands of Porto Ricoand the Phil.fpines, that all ef our country may enjoy the benefits of trad imtercourse with our new acquisitions on th<« game terms that now prevail throughout th entire Union. : 4 All legislative candidates of the Repu! yy are hereby pledged to choose a Unitec Senator, who, indealing with the ques ‘2 thom of the retention of the Philippines anc Porte Rico, will devote his energies to retain ing in its integrity the protective policy of th: United States. We rejoice in the acquisition of Hawaii and country of every fot of soil that has been con quered by the victorious hosts of our grea Republic. . Wecondemn the action of the Democrati: Senator of this State and» the Dem eratic nominees for Governor, then in Congres wholly failing to represen’ ef the peaple of this State in that re . Stats, . other contract labor found interests. i The necessities of war and the demands of peace a‘ike call upon the American people to unite.the Atlantic’ to the Pacific ty the constru ticn of a canal across the Isthmus of Nicaragua. It should be immediately com: menaced and vig rously prosecuted, so that in the near future the commerce of: the world may seek the Pacific Slope and the Atlanti: coast through a canal constructe and maintoined by the United States, with the American Spreading ts protecting fo ds over ita entire length. We our every exertion to secure this re .ult, and hope the Pacific Coastbuilt war, ship, the 1 that made so gallazit a sail around (ape Horn. may be the first to bring the good news through this great artery of trade. The last Congres having unanimously passed a law providing for the co lection of the iftebtPacific railroads to the Goyernment, the Re publication pa ty favors the enforcement, thereof, aud unless s ch law and all the provisi.ns thereof be promptly accepted and complied with py such specified railrosd companies, that law be strictly enfor ed and the lien on said roads and proper ics-. e foreclosed, and said roads and mo. tgaged property be sold ac ording to law, and that all tunds that now or hereafter are realized from either or both of the said Pacific rai roads or from . the coll. ction of their debt to the Government, whether voluntarily or by foreclosure, be appied to the construction of the Nicaragua canal. We pledge our candidates f r Railroad Commissions to reduce wherever practicable and needed the rates of freights and fares now charged by the transportation companies of the State, having in so doing a just the wa esof their employes andthe rights of the people. ; \ The Republican party commends the appropriation for and congratulates the people on the projected improvement of San Pedro harbor.” It c mmends its representatives who have aided in accomplishing the work already done, and pledges them to ‘the fullest. support of: ll measures designed to improve our rivers and harbirs. . ; Now as ever, the Republican party is the champion of the wageearner of the Nation. Sinee its organiz-tion it has ever been active ‘to benefithis condition and promote his welfare. Tt has, by. ite tariff legislation, furni:hed -him remunerative employment, and by its homestead laws given him free homes, It now deelares th t the m-n must be protected as well as the product of labor. Wherefore, wei demand that the tion laws be 30! amended as to absolute’y prohibit the filling of the marts of labor in America with 1 borers frum fo e gn lands. Wedema d the enactment of such legisla tion regarding Hawai, Porto Rico and. such other territory as may be acquired by the United. St.tes as will prtoect American work. men against contract Chinese; Japanese and 3 therein, and will p event any furthe~ influx or extension thereof. We also demand that Congress pass an ex ‘luson act prohibting further J panese and co. lie immigratio , and that such exclusion at shall prohibit bot: the Japanese and Chinese now lo ated in the Hawaiian islands from en tering the United States. Economy in the e:penditares of the revenue of the individual or the State is a’ s lutely{ ume when the demand for lumber abroad necessary to the huppines: of the man and the security of the community. The Republican party now, as ever, believes in a rigid economy in ali departments of the Government, city, county and State. We pledge all our candidates to an economical administration of public affairs. to the end that taxation may be reduced to the smallest rate commensui ate with the needs of the ;-ublic welfare. We oppose the doctrine of the single tax, of whi h the D mocratic rominee for Governor is th apo tle, as bein: socialistic and anarchist c, and the p actica! workings of which will be to release stocks, bonds, corporations and usurp ers from taxation and place all the burdens on the farmers and the owners of hom We approve of the war revenue recently passed by Congress as being in the line with the above sentiments, as it compels the luxuries and the corporations and aggregated wealth of the Nation to pay a greater, yet not improper, of California at their present rn oe BaTxate on. continne the printing of scho-1 books by the entitled to the fostering care of both our State and National governments, and we congratuAbert inka een ae cameo standard, if possible, into the hand of soars cha tn CODNGnIaA. tree 1 aeak, Gearteoeleh The mining industry, as it does late the miners of California that lezislation inaugurated by a Republican Governor and . legislation in 3 shall have been accomplished. : We favor the creation of a national executive department of mines and mining, with a secretary at its head who shall be a member of the Presid nt’s Cabinet. and we hereby pledge our Congre sional nominees to the use of all honorBe sure you get the Jordan “ the best possible on earth and consequently the most expensive to buy. For sale by leading dealers every where. D enerFiELD ay J: @ euctano.a = : RCN 7 Positively AAAI” Cutlery. ab’e means in their power for the creation of such a department. ‘We look forward with pardonable pride to ’ The mineral lands of California should be preserved for occupation and development by the miner, and we pledge our nominees for Cong: ea; to labor for such national legislation as will fully occomplish this. The navigable water of California, forming, as they do. an effective me ns of regulating the rates of transportation throaghont a large portion of our State, are entitled to proper improvement and protection, and, in this connec: tion we denounce the action of the p esent Democrati Governor in preventing the dredging and other contemplated improvement of our navigable rivers after an a = been made therefor bya ale can LegisThe present year has demonstrated again the "nec ssity for a complete system of irrigati n which shall enable the land-owner to use, in dry and rainless summers, the water that is sq pl n iful in the winters, and, by its means, secure faithful crops from what is ow worse than waisted si. ‘lhe redemption of the many million acres of the present arid laids of America is a task that should the attention of the authorities, both State and Federal, for its success will add promptly and immeasuably to our taxable wealth and population. The conserving of the flood waters of winter will require the investment of many millions of dollars, which, if invested by private capital, would subject the settler and land-owner to imposition and extortion. We, therefore, pledge cur representatives in Congress to the policy of theglocation construction of a system of storage reservoirs by the general government. : The interests of the farmer, mner and lumberman are involved in the preservation our representatives to the enactme.t and energetic enforcement of such laws as will pro tect and preserve our forests as one of our greatest natu al resources. The tree isthe mother of the fountain, and the widespread destruction of our forests by fire threat. ns to diminish the supply of water for mining and irrigation, and to entirely destroy the lumber industry of the State ata . promises great prosperity to that trede. Tbe Republican party of California is pledged to su: h legislation as will thoroughly protect the dairy interests and the public form imposibose tether enc products. and the om the party will carefully and thoroughly enforce this pl PRG The necessities of the people and the require ments of trade alike demand good roads in every part of the Stath. We favor the passage of such la’ will, through a proper and judicious system, secure to California the highways and roads needed for the pleasure and busi: of the unity. graded and maintained in su h a »anner as to be in good order at all seagons of the year and ready at all times for the traveler, trade or < arrier. The adulteration of food is a crime against the present and future welfare.of the whole people. It has no excuse for its commission, and its perpetrators should be punished and share of the taxation made necessar: by the war than any revenue measure heret f rej adopted. Jts provisions for the issuance of bonds wisely extended the payment of thee .penses of the war to include the generation who will receive grea er benefit fr:.m its results . than the present, while it enables the people of America to show their patriotic faith m the country by purchasing the amount of bonds requi ed, a st iking contrast in financial and statesman ike po icy to the selling of bonds to a greedy eyndets ty the last Democratic national Administration. This is a law-abiding country and we are a law-abiding people. Unde our system of government there is no.danger of a y one of its of the others or the injury of the Nati n. The voters have always a remedy for the ills that they think afflict them by a change of officials in the manner provided by the organic law of ‘the land. We deprecate the attempt b~ the Democratic-Popu istic-fusion party of California to stir up hatred of the judiciary and contemp of law as calculated, if not designed, to aap the foundations of our Republic and bring anarchy upon our country. Those who abuse the laws and the judges there f are : sually those who need the-restraint and have felt the deserved punish nent of the law. There is‘no document so wicked as th t which seeks tc override the courte because of fa:.cied errors, ‘and no man so criminal ashe who .euun-iates such a doctrine. In_our country the law mast ‘ever be a ruler, or h and a archy and their attendant horrors wi.l destroy the om monwealth. We appeal to all goo cit zen and to all true Americans to rebuke this unholy assault pon the courts, that have ever been in America the bulwark of the people and the shield of the innocent. The veterans of the army and Navy of the United Sates deserve and should receive fair treatment and ge erou; reco nition Whenever practicabl they should be given prefer. ence in the matter of employment and appointive offices, and they are entit ed to th, enact ment of such laws as are be t calculate! t secure to them the fulfillaient of the pledge made to them in the dark days of the cvuntry’ Furthermore, we ask our State leg slators te work to the end that the act of the Legislature approved March 31, 18¥1 relative to the em ployment of Union vete-ans, may be made more effective and binding upoa the various St.te aod county officia!s. The University of Cal fornia has in the past been the recipeut of the care of the Repu!.licai party, under whose liber 1 su po t it has . -eer enabled to reach its present high standard We-pledge ourselve. to conti ue that suppor and make the University.worthy -in-évery-re st of the most enthusiastic hopes of th people. It fitly crowns the educational systen of our State. ‘ The common schools have ever been jealousl, guarded and gene ously supported by the Re publican party. The ppblicajion of schoo. books by the < tate reduces the expensé of furnishi.g them to the minimum c st of manu facturé, thus saving large sums to parents and proving a valuable aid in the general diffusion of knowledge, while it increases the attend ance in the schoola. We condemn the effare of the present Governor to destruy the ability of the State to . produce books as certain to California into the hands of an Kastern school book monopoly, whose exaction wil. more oppressive » of. our ee egg for the past six years. e the action of present Gov ernor in vetoing the pao vo for the sup g = g te id Btate school book alee system schools themselves. sg fe as same in the Legislature. the practice forever prevented We demand the vigorous enforcement of the laws already passed against the infamous traffic, and the passage and strong enforcement of su.-h other measures as a‘ e needed to give the officials full power to eradicate this blot upon civilization and properly punish those engaged in this nefarious business. We believe that a judicious appropriation should be made and ma‘ntained whereby the State and district fairs shali be p-operly aided, and thus awaken a new interest in agricultural, horticultural and stock-breeding pursuits. The Republican party has ever been the fearless champion of the down-trodden and oppressed, and has always stood sponsor for the maintenance of fair w ges under just conditions: theref re we place our party, our candidates and ourselves unreservedly on re-ord as favoring legislation beneficial to the industrial classes of this State, and we fayor end recom. . mend the use of the Allied Trades printing la’ el on all printing. as a guarantee that such work was executed by competent craftsmen under fair conditions. . The free labor and the indu tries of California are constantly snffering from the evils of eonvict labor, and large quantities of goods, the product of prison labor in other States are being imported and sold in California. This unjust and most vicious competition can only be met’by judicious legislation on the part of our State and National represenctives. The Republican party of the State of California, in State Convention assembled, hereby decla es itself unalterably opposed to convict labor being brought into competition with free labor. and hereby pledges itself in support of avy measure designed to protect and foster free labor ani the industries of our State against the evil effects of convict labor. And we are in favor of the passage such laws as will cause such convicts to be employed upon the public highways of this State, the eby withdrawing them from competition with free labor in all branches of industries. We favor the passage of a law by the Congress of the Unite! States confining the sale of goods, wares and merchandise manufactured by convict labor to the state or territory in which they are produced. Where municipal charters have been adopted by the vo es of the citizens of municipalitiss under constitutional provision we request our Legislature candidates to vote to approve the The purity of the elections is the salvation of the country. All parties willingly submit to an eléction fairly conducted and in ‘which the ballots have been honestly counted: no othor election should be tolerated or ermitted. The foundation of a’l selections is the primary of's party. Such primaries should be . as honestly conducted as general election<, No partisan is bound ty the decision of a dishonest primary. Wé therefore declare ourselves unreservedly in favor of a law regulating the primary elections of all political parties, to the end that he -ame protection that was extended by the Australian system to general ele:-tions be now extended to primary elections We omar i indorse the work of the State League of Republican Clubs, and recognize great importance of club organization, a The apportionment of the interest arising from the irreducible scliool fund has been made by the Oregon State Board of School Land Commie-. sioners. It amounts to $156,903.60,and is distributed among 130,753 children of school age, or $1.29 per capita. ’ Travelers on the Mojave desert report that a noticeable feature of that region this year is the disappearance of the snakes, horn toads and tizards, that are usually to be seen by the hundreds. No explanation of such @ Sean * California State Fair Our Prices Are Fully as Low as Anybody’s. See our work and get our figures They will satisfy you. BROWN & CALKINS, Commercial street NEVADA CITY, CAL. September 5th Don’t Stay at Home the Whole Year ! 7 > . . . he ROV HIS OPPORTUNITY to enlargey our ideas, and investigate t and ne ements and progress wherein you will surely find something of world of im p profit to yourself and vocation. work-shop a great object lesson, that the take advantage of progression. ; WE DESIRE TO STIMULATEa healthy rivalry and beget a friendly petition that will redound to the benefit and State. é TO THIS END WE INVITEexhibits li ia’s capabilities. j . art {LEMS OF AMUSEMENT, we provide an unexcelled RACING PROGRAMME. GRAND MUSICAL CONCERTS and lar for the entertainment of visitors. Edwin F. Smith, Secretary. When Y ou Buy Job PrintingYou naturally want to get t in determining the merit of only the best of these. But STYLES CHANGE IN PRINTING Fashion in the Art Preservative. judges admit the work we are now THE AIM OF THE STATE FAIR MANAGEMENT is to make the products of the farm, gardén, orchard, vineyard, dairy, FREE TRANSPORTATION FOR EXHIBITS, and_ liberal excursion rates i by the Southern Pacifi x REMEMBER THE DATES and arrange your business so as to spend a few days with us. ¢ Company on all their lines. The ,aality of Pxp2r, fyp2 aad [nk all cut a2 igure they may be, still the Printing may prove inferior if proper regard is not paid to the Composition and the Presswork. We claim to excel in these respects also. The same as in clothing, and the TanscrtPT keeps up with the decrees of Dame We have the newest and most eomniere, dob cial election, and if a majority of such qualPrinting plant in the county, and we have the best of workmen. ro 17th, 1898. breeding pens, stable, and the pioneer as. well as the beginner may com and advancement of the community of every kind and character that will other light attractions that are popu A. B. SPRECKELS, President. LU i of California,i the fourth day of January, 4. Petal, to. thirds of all the members elected to each of the bees houses = said Legislature i favor thereof, pr e omer ard amendrients to the Constitu ; Jali i to » State of California an amendment pene eighteen of article eleven of the any manner or for any purpose exceediny is any year the income and revenue provi two-thirds of the qualified electors thereof, l water works, whenever two-thirds of the . T, TO, July 30th, 1898. ~ Legislature of the State ee eas rae ite thirty-second session EXECUTIVE DEPARTM SACRAMEN posed the followion of the State of California, to-wit: AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE. Being Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 41.) A resolution to propose to the people of for it for such year, without the assent of ing at an election to be held for that purbastcrgy Sued uniess before, or at the time of ineurri such indebtedness, primo shall be made for the collection of an annual tax sufficient to pay the iuterest on such indebtadness as it falls due, also provision to constitute a sinking fund for the payinent of the principal thereof on or before maturity, which shall not exceed forty years from the time of contracting the same; proor sewers in said City and County are hereby excepted from the provisions of this section ; and in determining any claim permitted to be paid by this section, no statute of limitations shall apply in any Manner; and provided further, that the City of Vallejo, In Solano county, may pay its existing indebtedness incurred in the construction of its electors thereof yoting at an election held . for that purpose. shall so decide. Any indebtedn¢ss or liability incurred contrary to this provision. with the exeeption hereinbefore recited, shall. be void. AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO. (Being Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 10.) A resolution proposing to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Constitution of the State, by adding a new section, to be known and designated as section seven and one-half, article eleven thereof, providing for the framing by the inhabitants of counties, of local couuty government acts for their own government. The said proposed new section to read as follows: : Section 734. The inhabitants of any county may frame a county government act for their own government, relating to the matter. hereinafter specified, and cousistent he best for your money. the production. We use no matter how. superior Competent’ turning out to be the best. Job Printers, T UAL apparatus is dependent. 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We guarantee our WHITEWASHING, — ‘HOUSE CLEANING, Etc., Etc., Etc. E. COLEMAN . ls prepared to do everything and anything ‘in the jobbing line. * Carpets cleaned and laid. House eleaning a specialty. Gardens and Yards attended to, Give me a trial and satisfaction will be guaranteed. Please leave orders at W. J. JOHNSTON'S Grocery Store. DRESSES AND _ UNDERWEAR ADE TO ORDER AND A GOODguarauteed. Material and styles to suit the purchaser. All garments carefully and substantially made. Prices the Very Lowest. . —— Commercial St., one door below Wolf's groall _—— cery store, Nevada City, * \ \ ii 4 t tor ney , and Counselor ¢ at Law. oe JOHN CALOWELL, ie Dr. N. E. Chapman, “Attorney at Law, _. Nevada A y Office, Dr. C. Ww. Chapman, Transcript Block, Oommercial Street Established in 1853 by ; 3 . mc No. BS: le CITY’ CAL. Otice at residence, Secramento wt Newed . Voice ny ph eto ye qa gold tot Gold and Silver Bars. ‘Aelde Up Staire City, Cal. « pitt $100 Reward. The Nevada County Electric Power Company offers the above reward for information that will lead to the arrest and conviction of any and all parties found tampering or interfering in any form,shape or manner with the Company’s poles or wires in either of the towns or across country. WARNING—From now cn there wil) be a strong current on our wires, and parties meddling with them do so al their own risk. E. J. pe Santa, Jr, Manager. Nevada County, Electric Power Company. \iaws of this State, by causing a beard of with, and subject to, the Constitution and fifteen freeholders, who have ‘been, for at jeastfive-years, qualitied electors of -such county, at any general or special election, whose duty it shall be within vinety days after such e ection, to prepare and propose a county government act for such county, which shall be signed in duplicate by the members of such board, or a majority of the . and returned, one copy thereof to body of such county, and the other copy to be sent to the Recorder of D s of the county. Such proposed county government act shall then be published in two papers of general circulation in such county, or if there be not two such papers, then in one only, for at least twenty days, and within not less than thirty days after such publication it shall be submitted to the qualitied electors of snch county, ata general or spevitied electors voting thereon shall ratify the same, it shall thereafter be submitted to the Legislature for its rejection,or_ approval, as a whole, without power “of alteration or amendment, nnd if approved by a majority of the members elected to each house, it shall be the county government act of such county, and*shall in >uech case become the organic law thereof and. supersede any existing county government act,and all amendments thereof, and all special laws inconsistent with such county government act. . Acopy of such county government act, certified by the President 6f*th®* Biard of Supervisors or other legis ative body of such county, aud authenticated by the seai of such county government act to the electors, and its ratification by them, shall be made in duplicate aud deposited, one in the office of the Secretary of State,.the other, after being recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds in the county, among the archives of the county. Ail courts shall take judicial notice thereof. The county government act so ratified may be amended, at intervals of not tess than two years by proposals therefor, submitted by the legislative authority of tha county, to the qualified electers thereof, at a general or spe ‘ial election held at least forty days after tne publication of such proposals for twenty days in a newspaper of general cireulation in such county, and ratitied by at least three-fifths of the qualified electors yoting thereon, and approved by the Legislature as herein provided for the approval of the county government act. In submitting any such county government act any alternative article or proposition may be presented for the ¢hoice of the voters, and may be voted on separately without prejudice, to others. It shall be competent in all county government acts framed under the authority given by this section to provide for the manner in which, the times at which, the terms for which the several townships and county officers other than Judges of the Superior Court, shall be’ elect or appointed ; for their compensation ; for the numberof such officers, for the consolidation or segregation of offices, for the number of deputies that each officer shall hayé, and for the compensation payabletoeaeh of such deputies, for the manner in which, thetimes at which, and the terms’ for which the members of all boards of election shall be elected or appointed, and for the constitution, regulation,compensation and government of such boards, and of their clerks and _ attaches ; also, to prescribe the manner and method by which all eleetions by the people shall be conduct; and may in addition determine the tests and conditions upon which electors, political parties and organizations may participate in any primary election. Whenever any county has in the manner and method herein poin ed out, adopted any county government act, and the same shail have been approved by the Legistature as aforesaid, the directions of sections four atid five of this arti-le providing for the uniformity of a system of county governments throughout the State, and likewise providing for the election and appointment of officers, and the reguiation of their compensation, shall not apply. Said county government act shall. as. toany of the matters hereinaboye provided for and declared by such law or amendment enacted by the Legislaa. ea by equcens Eres ubmitted. the electors and ra é hereinabove set forth. ean, senor AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE. (Being Senate Const Ware Amendment No, A_resolution proposing to the peop! State of California an cmesinat or cee Constitution of the State, by adding a new section, to be known and designat as seetion five and one-half, article six, thereby roviding for the organization of a court to known as the Court of Claims, The said proposed new section to read as follows : _Sectjon5! + The Court of Claims shall consist of any Judges of the Superior Court. who may be requested by the Governor to hold court at the regular terms thereof. The Court of Claims shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine all claims of every kind and character against the State, under such laws as may be passed by the se one its Jndaznent thereon shall »e final. ne terms of the C " : eed te held me fonewras et a n the City of Los Angel the second Monday of es Cainer aes ~ In the City and County of San Franciseo, New Fruit and Vegetable Store. _ YEE LEE & CO. AVE o a first-class Store adjoini H the bridge on MAIN STREGT woes aE be kept at all times the very’best of Fruits. Peis snag ies, Chickens, ete. A sigars and Tobacco. is delivered pis of charge and the _/de Ms WALKING, Attorney : at : Law, W Seceieers OR COUETs LB rte tee bl ee a gg one ing on thé second Monday in July. In the City of Sacramento, com he second Monday of November gg year. The Judges holding such term of shall receive no extra—compensation . , but shall receive their sevens petra to be paid out of the general fund of the: State asury. The Legislature shall enact pete ha pyenod rt orgnaiee such court, to procedure out the provisious of ihn pian = AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR, (Being Assembly Constitution gag onal Amendment A resolution to propose t the State of California an Bete Loar ag Constitution of the State, amending article pies. ad eating 5 hew section the S : as sect _ ‘ senting te consolidated ae vernments. i posed tion be read as follows: bg ™ Beat -ae Seetion 5's; e provisions and five of this article hall eon weet Seok any legislation pursuant thereto, apany consolidated city and county and oneated city and county vernment, now exi which stall have PROCLAMATION. . scesaetstiareeaey STATE OF CALIFORNIA, (Being Assembly Constitutional Amendm the State of Ca section fi the Constitution of the. by which it it is bs to tions to read as follows: ~ be elected at the same time a1 the same manner as the. Gov: term of offic * the same, me but shall only haye a casting yote therethe Governor, or his re death, inability to disehar ed, resign, neapa’ s forming the duties of his office, mr med oe from the State, the president pro tem; of the Senate shall act as Governor until eaney in the o' , j atthe next general election when such disabilit, shall cease. above named, Governor nor the P; tt the Senate shall succeed to . the Board of Supervisors or other legislative . county government act, uot be subject to any . * _ AMENDMENT NUMBER FIVE, A resolution to propose lifornia’ fteen and si Section Is. A Lieut. B = e and hie q He shall be and his ns shall of the See. n, Section I6. In case of the i rge the powers: ; dutics of his office, resignation, or Sonstitnti in relation to.revenue and : » re or. taxation, by whieh it ls 7 to amend pe epee gy an poten» -du i tie sai on to read’as follows: ms L upon o ion No ‘county, city, town, townpeta pe retire ay hon of ar © a, OF unship, board of education, or school district Siadkonsete Gaternas —. the Shak! ineur any indebtedness or liability in die. or become ineapable of vaof the islature shall be chosen, or until of the Liew es r in the ms eo n phoma of a vac: office of Governor a a reasons and natihier the Lieutenant duties of Governor, then ‘powers: and % % duties of such office shall d the ri -yer, that the City and County of ) ec iseries at anytime pay the unpaid . same a oe sainell the of claims with interest thereon for materia s ion sha at such general elecfurnished to and-work donee a i be ° : ; i the forty-third ar ortysie foumrek Sear yonee, out of the income and AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX, revenne“of any succee ing year or years; . (Being Assembly Constituti ; as provided, that any and all claims for makae 8) ional. Amendm ing, repairing, altering or for any work 5 ane done upon or for any material furnished for A resolution to prowess 40 aa aa a any street, lane, alley, court, place or sidethe State of Caltenincan Pomc. esd of walk, or for the construction of any sewer . L section six article nine of the . tution . of the State of California, relating to grammar schools by. which it is to amend said section to read as follows: . Section6. The publie sehool system shall include primary snd grammar. schools, and such high sehools, evening se , normal schools, amd technical schools pete: 8 established by the Legislature or mu district anthority, but the entire revenue derived from the State school fund and theState school tax shall be applied exclusively to the support of primary and ge schools. Grammar peer a shall include schools organized in a school district, or union of sehool districts, having more than one thousand inhabitants, in whieh a course of study shall be taught which will e pupils to enter the agrieultural, mining or scientific department of the University of California. AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN. (Being Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 34.) A-resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment. to section two of article four of the Constitution, in relation to sessions of the Legislature, by which it is proposed to amend said section to read as follows: Section 2. The sessions of the Legislature, shall commence at twelve o’clock meridian on the first Monday after the first day of January next st ding the eleetion of its nem bers -and-shall-be.biennial onless t Legislature by proclamation. The Legislature shall then remain in session for twentyfive days, after which it must adjourn to some date not less than thirty nor more than sixty days from the time of adjournment. Ifthe two houses fail to agree upon a time at which tliey will resume their session, the Governor shall, by Lys ance ey fix a date for such reconvening, which shal be within the limits above preseribed. Upon reassembling, the Legislature shall complete its session. No pay shall be allowed to members for a longer period um seventyfive days, and no bill shall be introduced in either house except at the first twenty-five days of thy session, without the consent of three-fourths of the members thereof. NOW, THEREFORE, Pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution, nd an act of the Legislature of the State of California, entitled, ‘An act to provide for the submission of pro amendments to the Constitution of the State of California, to the qualified electors for their approval,” approved March 7, A.D, 1883, the above-described pro: amendments hereby published a adyertised to be voted upon, by ballot, by the qualified electors of the State. at the electi to be held throughout this State on’ TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, A. D., 1898, =The said proposed amendments are to be separately voted upon in manner and form asfollows: _ ) Each ballot used at such election must contain written or printed thereon the following words, whereupon the yoter may express his choice as provided by law: Amendment Number One, being Senate Constitutional Amendment No, 41 (exempting certain claims inst the City and County of San Franeis o, and the existing indebtedness of the City of Vallejo for the construction of its water works from the provisions of the Constitution requiring such claims to be paid from the ines and rev of the year in which they were incurred), i .For the Amendment ? . Amendment Number Two, being Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 10 (providing for framing local county government acts by inhabitants of counties for thelr government), For the Amendment ? Amendment Sumber Three, being Senate Constitutional Amendment No, 44 (providing for the creation of a Court of Claims to determine barn pod pe grind the State, pe to consist o are: Superior Judges designated by the Governor to serve without extra compensation), For the Amendment? : ‘ Amendment Number Four, being Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 37. [exempting consolidated eities and counties, organized or to be organized, or holding a’ charter under the Constitulion, from certain legislation in relation te counties mendment ? 4 Na No No No _For the Amendment Number Five, bein sembly Constitutional y toons Ran No, 36 [relating to office of Governor, providing for succession thereto in certain eases and remo’ disability/ of Lieutenant Governor rom. holding other office during term]. Amendment? Yes No For Amendment Number Six, bei sembly Constitutional Amei No. 88 [relati Grammar Recon on — _Forthe Amendment? Amendment Assembly Asment Number Seven, bein Constitutional Sinead ment No. 24 [providing for adjournment of Legislature for not less . ——— than thirty nor more than sixty days du’ing each session. For the Amendment ? Witness my hand and the Great Seal of the State of California, th first above written. periere & hoccpecriam Mite ae — Governor. mace ‘Secretary of State. C. H. HARRISON, DEALER IN All Kinds of Cigars and Tobacco The Finest 5-Cent Cigar in Town. C. H. HARRISON, BROAD STREET. Cie. Rosenberg Bros Empire Stable, Rroad Street, omg taonal, Bxehange Hotel JANES HENSESSY, + — Prop’r. The Empi ‘y Stable has the largest Tos of HORSES, CARRIAGES AND “BUGGIES __To be found in this part of the State, TnOS. Ss. FORD, — . Attorney and Counselor at Law, Governor shall in the interim convene the 38TH YE ania See ee PELE RA Se BROWN & CAL all tobe the bes is highly recomr cal. use. 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am me Bh eTerecs 2. aU WM ~~ Rh loi © be oc mtb ogesre tezR OSS i oo ty ’ request that a proportionate share thereof be REPUBLICAN ) PLATFORM! secon etme prt The Republican party of California,” in State convention assembled at Sacramento, this 23d day of August, 1898, as expressive of its views upon the politr cal questions of the day, and as a platform upon which all the candid t'es of . the Republican party in California. shall stand, does hereby. resol ve: First—That we reaffirm our belief in and a4herence to the statement of ‘the principies of the Republican party as sadopted at the National Convention held in St*Louis, 1s. Time has tested the strength and proved the truth of the doctrines therein enunciated, while the country at large has, under the infiuence of their en forcement, grown in riches and happiness. In behalf of ourselves and of the Republican party of this State we thank those. brave @ailors and soldiers of the great Army and Navy of the Republic that have achieved such brilliant victories while marching behind the Star Spangied Banner, and who have m de the ‘American flag respected and honored in every quarter of the’ w rid’) We congratulate the Nation upon the fact that it has produced uch leaders upon the ocean as Dewey, Sampson, Schiey and Hobson, and upon the land as Miles, Shafter, Wheeler and Lawton, who have writ ten their names upon the scroll of the history of the world as leaders excelled by none and equaled by few since'the beginning of time. , Wepledge our Senators and Representatives “Gn Congress and our candidates and our party to work and vote tosecure the building of an adequate navy, as recommended. by the pres eut Republican Secretary of the Navy, and to constructed on the Pacific. The wisdom of thé people's choice in 1896 has been more and more apparent as time pro gresses. The patriotic devotion to his country which called our candidate in that c mpaign tv the ranks of its solders in the hour of rebellion has chara terized his every act since his imauguration as President He has remem, bered the c.aims of his friends and his party, but never at the expense of the Nation. He has protected the credit and maintained the honor of the United States. His firmncas prevented the mistake of rec gnizing Cuban belligerency and the plunging of the country imto war until prepared, while his untiring activity since the war was declared has made possible the glorious successes we have achieved on land and sea. He has proved himself equal ve p:oved that the : ; ho American makes the first cit zen in peace and for’ Goveruor of ‘this State, at. the . commencement of the late war, that the aa prizes of war, by the gallant sailors of our ao Spanish veasels was uo better y. ‘ We rejoice in the deeds of these sailors and i of exalted by the spectacie of the flag of the Union borne in triumph around the habitable g'obe by the Army and Navy of the United States. The victories won by our sailors and soldiers at Manila and Santiago, and the consequent acquisition of new territory, _uave increased , imposed new and great duties upon us. To properly care for what we have con ,uered, to adequately protect Americans engaged in travel or busigess abroad, to appropriateiy guard our national honorand make our flag the safeguard of at who sek the shelter of its folds, demand of us @ navy large enoszsh to compel foreign nations, whether savage or civilized, to revugnize the claim of American citizenship wherever made, as entitled the claimant to safety and prote-. tion for his property, his business and his. person. . We congratulate the people of the United States upon the fact that the broad American policy of our President, William McKinley, has ' dissipated all sectional issues. His p -iicy both as to the leaders and the rank and file and in’ all matters pertaining to the late war has been of the broadeat and most p .triotic character, * so that side by side for a o.»mmon flag and a / commen cause have marched and fought the ' 80. of our dep.rted hero and patriot, U. 8. ! Grant, Fitzhugh Lee, Shafter and Joe Wheeler. . : : and the boys wo wore the blue aud the boys, departmebte ad wining power to the detriment who wore the g ay. Ail under the old flag and . for patciatic love. of country. so that to-day we are in truth and in fact, in peace and in war, oné united people. We affirm our belief in the financial plink of the Republican national p:atform of 14.6 ag being a sound aid correct exposition of the Republican party upon the finances of the country. We commend the efforts of the national administration to secure an international monetary agreement, and urg: that the attempt be renewed whenever an oppurtunity to do shall be presented. We call attention to the fact that since the return of the Republican party to power the balance of trade h is changed'f.om more than four hunired millions against thé United States to about eight hundred and eighty millions in our favor, and all of this is due a wise and conservative financial sep, Std and adiered to by the R publican and President. We commend President McKinley for his refusal to consider any proposition looking to the assumption of the Spanish-Cuban d -bt. Whereas the United States, in the pursuit of its purpose of freeing the people of Cuba from Spanish misrule, has taken possessivn of that feland an. also of Porto Rico and other West India islands and of the Philippines, the Re publican party of California is in hea:ty sympathy with the declared policy of the Pr. si dent to accord to the people of Luba an oppor tunity to form a stable goveryment, thus the promise made to the world. The national welfa:e demands the retention of the island of Porto Rico and the other West Indian islands cOming under our control, and of the Philipines, in order to permit t © expan-. sien of American trade and ia case of the latter to safeguard th: commerce already sccured in the Orient. In the event of the’ retontion of this foreign territory it should bethe policy of the United States to extend to it the benefit of free commercial intercourse wiih all sections of the. Anierican Union, aid to that end the provision of the Constitution requ:riag “that all duties, imposte and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States” should be rigidly enforced. / We pledge the nominees of the Repu’ li an party in the various ul districts in the State to use their ut.nost efforts, if elected, to secure the speedy extension of the revenue system of the United States to the islands of Porto Ricoand the Phil.fpines, that all ef our country may enjoy the benefits of trad imtercourse with our new acquisitions on th<« game terms that now prevail throughout th entire Union. : 4 All legislative candidates of the Repu! yy are hereby pledged to choose a Unitec Senator, who, indealing with the ques ‘2 thom of the retention of the Philippines anc Porte Rico, will devote his energies to retain ing in its integrity the protective policy of th: United States. We rejoice in the acquisition of Hawaii and country of every fot of soil that has been con quered by the victorious hosts of our grea Republic. . Wecondemn the action of the Democrati: Senator of this State and» the Dem eratic nominees for Governor, then in Congres wholly failing to represen’ ef the peaple of this State in that re . Stats, . other contract labor found interests. i The necessities of war and the demands of peace a‘ike call upon the American people to unite.the Atlantic’ to the Pacific ty the constru ticn of a canal across the Isthmus of Nicaragua. It should be immediately com: menaced and vig rously prosecuted, so that in the near future the commerce of: the world may seek the Pacific Slope and the Atlanti: coast through a canal constructe and maintoined by the United States, with the American Spreading ts protecting fo ds over ita entire length. We our every exertion to secure this re .ult, and hope the Pacific Coastbuilt war, ship, the 1 that made so gallazit a sail around (ape Horn. may be the first to bring the good news through this great artery of trade. The last Congres having unanimously passed a law providing for the co lection of the iftebtPacific railroads to the Goyernment, the Re publication pa ty favors the enforcement, thereof, aud unless s ch law and all the provisi.ns thereof be promptly accepted and complied with py such specified railrosd companies, that law be strictly enfor ed and the lien on said roads and proper ics-. e foreclosed, and said roads and mo. tgaged property be sold ac ording to law, and that all tunds that now or hereafter are realized from either or both of the said Pacific rai roads or from . the coll. ction of their debt to the Government, whether voluntarily or by foreclosure, be appied to the construction of the Nicaragua canal. We pledge our candidates f r Railroad Commissions to reduce wherever practicable and needed the rates of freights and fares now charged by the transportation companies of the State, having in so doing a just the wa esof their employes andthe rights of the people. ; \ The Republican party commends the appropriation for and congratulates the people on the projected improvement of San Pedro harbor.” It c mmends its representatives who have aided in accomplishing the work already done, and pledges them to ‘the fullest. support of: ll measures designed to improve our rivers and harbirs. . ; Now as ever, the Republican party is the champion of the wageearner of the Nation. Sinee its organiz-tion it has ever been active ‘to benefithis condition and promote his welfare. Tt has, by. ite tariff legislation, furni:hed -him remunerative employment, and by its homestead laws given him free homes, It now deelares th t the m-n must be protected as well as the product of labor. Wherefore, wei demand that the tion laws be 30! amended as to absolute’y prohibit the filling of the marts of labor in America with 1 borers frum fo e gn lands. Wedema d the enactment of such legisla tion regarding Hawai, Porto Rico and. such other territory as may be acquired by the United. St.tes as will prtoect American work. men against contract Chinese; Japanese and 3 therein, and will p event any furthe~ influx or extension thereof. We also demand that Congress pass an ex ‘luson act prohibting further J panese and co. lie immigratio , and that such exclusion at shall prohibit bot: the Japanese and Chinese now lo ated in the Hawaiian islands from en tering the United States. Economy in the e:penditares of the revenue of the individual or the State is a’ s lutely{ ume when the demand for lumber abroad necessary to the huppines: of the man and the security of the community. The Republican party now, as ever, believes in a rigid economy in ali departments of the Government, city, county and State. We pledge all our candidates to an economical administration of public affairs. to the end that taxation may be reduced to the smallest rate commensui ate with the needs of the ;-ublic welfare. We oppose the doctrine of the single tax, of whi h the D mocratic rominee for Governor is th apo tle, as bein: socialistic and anarchist c, and the p actica! workings of which will be to release stocks, bonds, corporations and usurp ers from taxation and place all the burdens on the farmers and the owners of hom We approve of the war revenue recently passed by Congress as being in the line with the above sentiments, as it compels the luxuries and the corporations and aggregated wealth of the Nation to pay a greater, yet not improper, of California at their present rn oe BaTxate on. continne the printing of scho-1 books by the entitled to the fostering care of both our State and National governments, and we congratuAbert inka een ae cameo standard, if possible, into the hand of soars cha tn CODNGnIaA. tree 1 aeak, Gearteoeleh The mining industry, as it does late the miners of California that lezislation inaugurated by a Republican Governor and . legislation in 3 shall have been accomplished. : We favor the creation of a national executive department of mines and mining, with a secretary at its head who shall be a member of the Presid nt’s Cabinet. and we hereby pledge our Congre sional nominees to the use of all honorBe sure you get the Jordan “ the best possible on earth and consequently the most expensive to buy. For sale by leading dealers every where. D enerFiELD ay J: @ euctano.a = : RCN 7 Positively AAAI” Cutlery. ab’e means in their power for the creation of such a department. ‘We look forward with pardonable pride to ’ The mineral lands of California should be preserved for occupation and development by the miner, and we pledge our nominees for Cong: ea; to labor for such national legislation as will fully occomplish this. The navigable water of California, forming, as they do. an effective me ns of regulating the rates of transportation throaghont a large portion of our State, are entitled to proper improvement and protection, and, in this connec: tion we denounce the action of the p esent Democrati Governor in preventing the dredging and other contemplated improvement of our navigable rivers after an a = been made therefor bya ale can LegisThe present year has demonstrated again the "nec ssity for a complete system of irrigati n which shall enable the land-owner to use, in dry and rainless summers, the water that is sq pl n iful in the winters, and, by its means, secure faithful crops from what is ow worse than waisted si. ‘lhe redemption of the many million acres of the present arid laids of America is a task that should the attention of the authorities, both State and Federal, for its success will add promptly and immeasuably to our taxable wealth and population. The conserving of the flood waters of winter will require the investment of many millions of dollars, which, if invested by private capital, would subject the settler and land-owner to imposition and extortion. We, therefore, pledge cur representatives in Congress to the policy of theglocation construction of a system of storage reservoirs by the general government. : The interests of the farmer, mner and lumberman are involved in the preservation our representatives to the enactme.t and energetic enforcement of such laws as will pro tect and preserve our forests as one of our greatest natu al resources. The tree isthe mother of the fountain, and the widespread destruction of our forests by fire threat. ns to diminish the supply of water for mining and irrigation, and to entirely destroy the lumber industry of the State ata . promises great prosperity to that trede. Tbe Republican party of California is pledged to su: h legislation as will thoroughly protect the dairy interests and the public form imposibose tether enc products. and the om the party will carefully and thoroughly enforce this pl PRG The necessities of the people and the require ments of trade alike demand good roads in every part of the Stath. We favor the passage of such la’ will, through a proper and judicious system, secure to California the highways and roads needed for the pleasure and busi: of the unity. graded and maintained in su h a »anner as to be in good order at all seagons of the year and ready at all times for the traveler, trade or < arrier. The adulteration of food is a crime against the present and future welfare.of the whole people. It has no excuse for its commission, and its perpetrators should be punished and share of the taxation made necessar: by the war than any revenue measure heret f rej adopted. Jts provisions for the issuance of bonds wisely extended the payment of thee .penses of the war to include the generation who will receive grea er benefit fr:.m its results . than the present, while it enables the people of America to show their patriotic faith m the country by purchasing the amount of bonds requi ed, a st iking contrast in financial and statesman ike po icy to the selling of bonds to a greedy eyndets ty the last Democratic national Administration. This is a law-abiding country and we are a law-abiding people. Unde our system of government there is no.danger of a y one of its of the others or the injury of the Nati n. The voters have always a remedy for the ills that they think afflict them by a change of officials in the manner provided by the organic law of ‘the land. We deprecate the attempt b~ the Democratic-Popu istic-fusion party of California to stir up hatred of the judiciary and contemp of law as calculated, if not designed, to aap the foundations of our Republic and bring anarchy upon our country. Those who abuse the laws and the judges there f are : sually those who need the-restraint and have felt the deserved punish nent of the law. There is‘no document so wicked as th t which seeks tc override the courte because of fa:.cied errors, ‘and no man so criminal ashe who .euun-iates such a doctrine. In_our country the law mast ‘ever be a ruler, or h and a archy and their attendant horrors wi.l destroy the om monwealth. We appeal to all goo cit zen and to all true Americans to rebuke this unholy assault pon the courts, that have ever been in America the bulwark of the people and the shield of the innocent. The veterans of the army and Navy of the United Sates deserve and should receive fair treatment and ge erou; reco nition Whenever practicabl they should be given prefer. ence in the matter of employment and appointive offices, and they are entit ed to th, enact ment of such laws as are be t calculate! t secure to them the fulfillaient of the pledge made to them in the dark days of the cvuntry’ Furthermore, we ask our State leg slators te work to the end that the act of the Legislature approved March 31, 18¥1 relative to the em ployment of Union vete-ans, may be made more effective and binding upoa the various St.te aod county officia!s. The University of Cal fornia has in the past been the recipeut of the care of the Repu!.licai party, under whose liber 1 su po t it has . -eer enabled to reach its present high standard We-pledge ourselve. to conti ue that suppor and make the University.worthy -in-évery-re st of the most enthusiastic hopes of th people. It fitly crowns the educational systen of our State. ‘ The common schools have ever been jealousl, guarded and gene ously supported by the Re publican party. The ppblicajion of schoo. books by the < tate reduces the expensé of furnishi.g them to the minimum c st of manu facturé, thus saving large sums to parents and proving a valuable aid in the general diffusion of knowledge, while it increases the attend ance in the schoola. We condemn the effare of the present Governor to destruy the ability of the State to . produce books as certain to California into the hands of an Kastern school book monopoly, whose exaction wil. more oppressive » of. our ee egg for the past six years. e the action of present Gov ernor in vetoing the pao vo for the sup g = g te id Btate school book alee system schools themselves. sg fe as same in the Legislature. the practice forever prevented We demand the vigorous enforcement of the laws already passed against the infamous traffic, and the passage and strong enforcement of su.-h other measures as a‘ e needed to give the officials full power to eradicate this blot upon civilization and properly punish those engaged in this nefarious business. We believe that a judicious appropriation should be made and ma‘ntained whereby the State and district fairs shali be p-operly aided, and thus awaken a new interest in agricultural, horticultural and stock-breeding pursuits. The Republican party has ever been the fearless champion of the down-trodden and oppressed, and has always stood sponsor for the maintenance of fair w ges under just conditions: theref re we place our party, our candidates and ourselves unreservedly on re-ord as favoring legislation beneficial to the industrial classes of this State, and we fayor end recom. . mend the use of the Allied Trades printing la’ el on all printing. as a guarantee that such work was executed by competent craftsmen under fair conditions. . The free labor and the indu tries of California are constantly snffering from the evils of eonvict labor, and large quantities of goods, the product of prison labor in other States are being imported and sold in California. This unjust and most vicious competition can only be met’by judicious legislation on the part of our State and National represenctives. The Republican party of the State of California, in State Convention assembled, hereby decla es itself unalterably opposed to convict labor being brought into competition with free labor. and hereby pledges itself in support of avy measure designed to protect and foster free labor ani the industries of our State against the evil effects of convict labor. And we are in favor of the passage such laws as will cause such convicts to be employed upon the public highways of this State, the eby withdrawing them from competition with free labor in all branches of industries. We favor the passage of a law by the Congress of the Unite! States confining the sale of goods, wares and merchandise manufactured by convict labor to the state or territory in which they are produced. Where municipal charters have been adopted by the vo es of the citizens of municipalitiss under constitutional provision we request our Legislature candidates to vote to approve the The purity of the elections is the salvation of the country. All parties willingly submit to an eléction fairly conducted and in ‘which the ballots have been honestly counted: no othor election should be tolerated or ermitted. The foundation of a’l selections is the primary of's party. Such primaries should be . as honestly conducted as general election<, No partisan is bound ty the decision of a dishonest primary. Wé therefore declare ourselves unreservedly in favor of a law regulating the primary elections of all political parties, to the end that he -ame protection that was extended by the Australian system to general ele:-tions be now extended to primary elections We omar i indorse the work of the State League of Republican Clubs, and recognize great importance of club organization, a The apportionment of the interest arising from the irreducible scliool fund has been made by the Oregon State Board of School Land Commie-. sioners. It amounts to $156,903.60,and is distributed among 130,753 children of school age, or $1.29 per capita. ’ Travelers on the Mojave desert report that a noticeable feature of that region this year is the disappearance of the snakes, horn toads and tizards, that are usually to be seen by the hundreds. No explanation of such @ Sean * California State Fair Our Prices Are Fully as Low as Anybody’s. See our work and get our figures They will satisfy you. BROWN & CALKINS, Commercial street NEVADA CITY, CAL. September 5th Don’t Stay at Home the Whole Year ! 7 > . . . he ROV HIS OPPORTUNITY to enlargey our ideas, and investigate t and ne ements and progress wherein you will surely find something of world of im p profit to yourself and vocation. work-shop a great object lesson, that the take advantage of progression. ; WE DESIRE TO STIMULATEa healthy rivalry and beget a friendly petition that will redound to the benefit and State. é TO THIS END WE INVITEexhibits li ia’s capabilities. j . art {LEMS OF AMUSEMENT, we provide an unexcelled RACING PROGRAMME. GRAND MUSICAL CONCERTS and lar for the entertainment of visitors. Edwin F. Smith, Secretary. When Y ou Buy Job PrintingYou naturally want to get t in determining the merit of only the best of these. But STYLES CHANGE IN PRINTING Fashion in the Art Preservative. judges admit the work we are now THE AIM OF THE STATE FAIR MANAGEMENT is to make the products of the farm, gardén, orchard, vineyard, dairy, FREE TRANSPORTATION FOR EXHIBITS, and_ liberal excursion rates i by the Southern Pacifi x REMEMBER THE DATES and arrange your business so as to spend a few days with us. ¢ Company on all their lines. The ,aality of Pxp2r, fyp2 aad [nk all cut a2 igure they may be, still the Printing may prove inferior if

proper regard is not paid to the Composition and the Presswork. We claim to excel in these respects also. The same as in clothing, and the TanscrtPT keeps up with the decrees of Dame We have the newest and most eomniere, dob cial election, and if a majority of such qualPrinting plant in the county, and we have the best of workmen. ro 17th, 1898. breeding pens, stable, and the pioneer as. well as the beginner may com and advancement of the community of every kind and character that will other light attractions that are popu A. B. SPRECKELS, President. LU i of California,i the fourth day of January, 4. Petal, to. thirds of all the members elected to each of the bees houses = said Legislature i favor thereof, pr e omer ard amendrients to the Constitu ; Jali i to » State of California an amendment pene eighteen of article eleven of the any manner or for any purpose exceediny is any year the income and revenue provi two-thirds of the qualified electors thereof, l water works, whenever two-thirds of the . T, TO, July 30th, 1898. ~ Legislature of the State ee eas rae ite thirty-second session EXECUTIVE DEPARTM SACRAMEN posed the followion of the State of California, to-wit: AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE. Being Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 41.) A resolution to propose to the people of for it for such year, without the assent of ing at an election to be held for that purbastcrgy Sued uniess before, or at the time of ineurri such indebtedness, primo shall be made for the collection of an annual tax sufficient to pay the iuterest on such indebtadness as it falls due, also provision to constitute a sinking fund for the payinent of the principal thereof on or before maturity, which shall not exceed forty years from the time of contracting the same; proor sewers in said City and County are hereby excepted from the provisions of this section ; and in determining any claim permitted to be paid by this section, no statute of limitations shall apply in any Manner; and provided further, that the City of Vallejo, In Solano county, may pay its existing indebtedness incurred in the construction of its electors thereof yoting at an election held . for that purpose. shall so decide. Any indebtedn¢ss or liability incurred contrary to this provision. with the exeeption hereinbefore recited, shall. be void. AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO. (Being Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 10.) A resolution proposing to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Constitution of the State, by adding a new section, to be known and designated as section seven and one-half, article eleven thereof, providing for the framing by the inhabitants of counties, of local couuty government acts for their own government. The said proposed new section to read as follows: : Section 734. The inhabitants of any county may frame a county government act for their own government, relating to the matter. hereinafter specified, and cousistent he best for your money. the production. We use no matter how. superior Competent’ turning out to be the best. Job Printers, T UAL apparatus is dependent. The cent. are troubled with PROST cay to cure the complaint without an operatio use of six ag a RS Sey Send for Ciseulars and Testimo: For sale in Nevada City MANHOOD RESTORED BY This Vegetable Vitalizer Cures All Nervousness or Diseases of Generative Organs ——SUCH AS—— PAINS IN THE BACK, SLEEPLESSNESS H pach TIRED FEELING, DEBILITY, PIMPLES, MINAL WEAKNESS, _ IMPOTENCY, SE 3 : DESPONDENCY AND CONSTIPATION CURES WHERE EVERYTHING ELSE FAILS. he Doctor has discovered the active principle on whie’ the vitality of the SE’: reaso ‘ed b sicians and medicines is beeause over 90 WY SOE ee Oe Ot TTS Yor ehich CUPIDINE Is the only Kuown remA written guarantee to refund the money nials Address all mail orders to DAVOL MEDICINE if a permanent cure is noteffe ~ by the P. 0. i * 276, S nu Franciseo, Cal by Sek ERMA & CO. THE WHITE SEWING MACHINE. . ro Vv Legg & Shaw Co. SOLE AGENTS, ForNevada County work, All kinds of Machines repaired by a competent adjuster. We guarantee our WHITEWASHING, — ‘HOUSE CLEANING, Etc., Etc., Etc. E. COLEMAN . ls prepared to do everything and anything ‘in the jobbing line. * Carpets cleaned and laid. House eleaning a specialty. Gardens and Yards attended to, Give me a trial and satisfaction will be guaranteed. Please leave orders at W. J. JOHNSTON'S Grocery Store. DRESSES AND _ UNDERWEAR ADE TO ORDER AND A GOODguarauteed. Material and styles to suit the purchaser. All garments carefully and substantially made. Prices the Very Lowest. . —— Commercial St., one door below Wolf's groall _—— cery store, Nevada City, * \ \ ii 4 t tor ney , and Counselor ¢ at Law. oe JOHN CALOWELL, ie Dr. N. E. Chapman, “Attorney at Law, _. Nevada A y Office, Dr. C. Ww. Chapman, Transcript Block, Oommercial Street Established in 1853 by ; 3 . mc No. BS: le CITY’ CAL. Otice at residence, Secramento wt Newed . Voice ny ph eto ye qa gold tot Gold and Silver Bars. ‘Aelde Up Staire City, Cal. « pitt $100 Reward. The Nevada County Electric Power Company offers the above reward for information that will lead to the arrest and conviction of any and all parties found tampering or interfering in any form,shape or manner with the Company’s poles or wires in either of the towns or across country. WARNING—From now cn there wil) be a strong current on our wires, and parties meddling with them do so al their own risk. E. J. pe Santa, Jr, Manager. Nevada County, Electric Power Company. \iaws of this State, by causing a beard of with, and subject to, the Constitution and fifteen freeholders, who have ‘been, for at jeastfive-years, qualitied electors of -such county, at any general or special election, whose duty it shall be within vinety days after such e ection, to prepare and propose a county government act for such county, which shall be signed in duplicate by the members of such board, or a majority of the . and returned, one copy thereof to body of such county, and the other copy to be sent to the Recorder of D s of the county. Such proposed county government act shall then be published in two papers of general circulation in such county, or if there be not two such papers, then in one only, for at least twenty days, and within not less than thirty days after such publication it shall be submitted to the qualitied electors of snch county, ata general or spevitied electors voting thereon shall ratify the same, it shall thereafter be submitted to the Legislature for its rejection,or_ approval, as a whole, without power “of alteration or amendment, nnd if approved by a majority of the members elected to each house, it shall be the county government act of such county, and*shall in >uech case become the organic law thereof and. supersede any existing county government act,and all amendments thereof, and all special laws inconsistent with such county government act. . Acopy of such county government act, certified by the President 6f*th®* Biard of Supervisors or other legis ative body of such county, aud authenticated by the seai of such county government act to the electors, and its ratification by them, shall be made in duplicate aud deposited, one in the office of the Secretary of State,.the other, after being recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds in the county, among the archives of the county. Ail courts shall take judicial notice thereof. The county government act so ratified may be amended, at intervals of not tess than two years by proposals therefor, submitted by the legislative authority of tha county, to the qualified electers thereof, at a general or spe ‘ial election held at least forty days after tne publication of such proposals for twenty days in a newspaper of general cireulation in such county, and ratitied by at least three-fifths of the qualified electors yoting thereon, and approved by the Legislature as herein provided for the approval of the county government act. In submitting any such county government act any alternative article or proposition may be presented for the ¢hoice of the voters, and may be voted on separately without prejudice, to others. It shall be competent in all county government acts framed under the authority given by this section to provide for the manner in which, the times at which, the terms for which the several townships and county officers other than Judges of the Superior Court, shall be’ elect or appointed ; for their compensation ; for the numberof such officers, for the consolidation or segregation of offices, for the number of deputies that each officer shall hayé, and for the compensation payabletoeaeh of such deputies, for the manner in which, thetimes at which, and the terms’ for which the members of all boards of election shall be elected or appointed, and for the constitution, regulation,compensation and government of such boards, and of their clerks and _ attaches ; also, to prescribe the manner and method by which all eleetions by the people shall be conduct; and may in addition determine the tests and conditions upon which electors, political parties and organizations may participate in any primary election. Whenever any county has in the manner and method herein poin ed out, adopted any county government act, and the same shail have been approved by the Legistature as aforesaid, the directions of sections four atid five of this arti-le providing for the uniformity of a system of county governments throughout the State, and likewise providing for the election and appointment of officers, and the reguiation of their compensation, shall not apply. Said county government act shall. as. toany of the matters hereinaboye provided for and declared by such law or amendment enacted by the Legislaa. ea by equcens Eres ubmitted. the electors and ra é hereinabove set forth. ean, senor AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE. (Being Senate Const Ware Amendment No, A_resolution proposing to the peop! State of California an cmesinat or cee Constitution of the State, by adding a new section, to be known and designat as seetion five and one-half, article six, thereby roviding for the organization of a court to known as the Court of Claims, The said proposed new section to read as follows : _Sectjon5! + The Court of Claims shall consist of any Judges of the Superior Court. who may be requested by the Governor to hold court at the regular terms thereof. The Court of Claims shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine all claims of every kind and character against the State, under such laws as may be passed by the se one its Jndaznent thereon shall »e final. ne terms of the C " : eed te held me fonewras et a n the City of Los Angel the second Monday of es Cainer aes ~ In the City and County of San Franciseo, New Fruit and Vegetable Store. _ YEE LEE & CO. AVE o a first-class Store adjoini H the bridge on MAIN STREGT woes aE be kept at all times the very’best of Fruits. Peis snag ies, Chickens, ete. A sigars and Tobacco. is delivered pis of charge and the _/de Ms WALKING, Attorney : at : Law, W Seceieers OR COUETs LB rte tee bl ee a gg one ing on thé second Monday in July. In the City of Sacramento, com he second Monday of November gg year. The Judges holding such term of shall receive no extra—compensation . , but shall receive their sevens petra to be paid out of the general fund of the: State asury. The Legislature shall enact pete ha pyenod rt orgnaiee such court, to procedure out the provisious of ihn pian = AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR, (Being Assembly Constitution gag onal Amendment A resolution to propose t the State of California an Bete Loar ag Constitution of the State, amending article pies. ad eating 5 hew section the S : as sect _ ‘ senting te consolidated ae vernments. i posed tion be read as follows: bg ™ Beat -ae Seetion 5's; e provisions and five of this article hall eon weet Seok any legislation pursuant thereto, apany consolidated city and county and oneated city and county vernment, now exi which stall have PROCLAMATION. . scesaetstiareeaey STATE OF CALIFORNIA, (Being Assembly Constitutional Amendm the State of Ca section fi the Constitution of the. by which it it is bs to tions to read as follows: ~ be elected at the same time a1 the same manner as the. Gov: term of offic * the same, me but shall only haye a casting yote therethe Governor, or his re death, inability to disehar ed, resign, neapa’ s forming the duties of his office, mr med oe from the State, the president pro tem; of the Senate shall act as Governor until eaney in the o' , j atthe next general election when such disabilit, shall cease. above named, Governor nor the P; tt the Senate shall succeed to . the Board of Supervisors or other legislative . county government act, uot be subject to any . * _ AMENDMENT NUMBER FIVE, A resolution to propose lifornia’ fteen and si Section Is. A Lieut. B = e and hie q He shall be and his ns shall of the See. n, Section I6. In case of the i rge the powers: ; dutics of his office, resignation, or Sonstitnti in relation to.revenue and : » re or. taxation, by whieh it ls 7 to amend pe epee gy an poten» -du i tie sai on to read’as follows: ms L upon o ion No ‘county, city, town, townpeta pe retire ay hon of ar © a, OF unship, board of education, or school district Siadkonsete Gaternas —. the Shak! ineur any indebtedness or liability in die. or become ineapable of vaof the islature shall be chosen, or until of the Liew es r in the ms eo n phoma of a vac: office of Governor a a reasons and natihier the Lieutenant duties of Governor, then ‘powers: and % % duties of such office shall d the ri -yer, that the City and County of ) ec iseries at anytime pay the unpaid . same a oe sainell the of claims with interest thereon for materia s ion sha at such general elecfurnished to and-work donee a i be ° : ; i the forty-third ar ortysie foumrek Sear yonee, out of the income and AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX, revenne“of any succee ing year or years; . (Being Assembly Constituti ; as provided, that any and all claims for makae 8) ional. Amendm ing, repairing, altering or for any work 5 ane done upon or for any material furnished for A resolution to prowess 40 aa aa a any street, lane, alley, court, place or sidethe State of Caltenincan Pomc. esd of walk, or for the construction of any sewer . L section six article nine of the . tution . of the State of California, relating to grammar schools by. which it is to amend said section to read as follows: . Section6. The publie sehool system shall include primary snd grammar. schools, and such high sehools, evening se , normal schools, amd technical schools pete: 8 established by the Legislature or mu district anthority, but the entire revenue derived from the State school fund and theState school tax shall be applied exclusively to the support of primary and ge schools. Grammar peer a shall include schools organized in a school district, or union of sehool districts, having more than one thousand inhabitants, in whieh a course of study shall be taught which will e pupils to enter the agrieultural, mining or scientific department of the University of California. AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN. (Being Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 34.) A-resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment. to section two of article four of the Constitution, in relation to sessions of the Legislature, by which it is proposed to amend said section to read as follows: Section 2. The sessions of the Legislature, shall commence at twelve o’clock meridian on the first Monday after the first day of January next st ding the eleetion of its nem bers -and-shall-be.biennial onless t Legislature by proclamation. The Legislature shall then remain in session for twentyfive days, after which it must adjourn to some date not less than thirty nor more than sixty days from the time of adjournment. Ifthe two houses fail to agree upon a time at which tliey will resume their session, the Governor shall, by Lys ance ey fix a date for such reconvening, which shal be within the limits above preseribed. Upon reassembling, the Legislature shall complete its session. No pay shall be allowed to members for a longer period um seventyfive days, and no bill shall be introduced in either house except at the first twenty-five days of thy session, without the consent of three-fourths of the members thereof. NOW, THEREFORE, Pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution, nd an act of the Legislature of the State of California, entitled, ‘An act to provide for the submission of pro amendments to the Constitution of the State of California, to the qualified electors for their approval,” approved March 7, A.D, 1883, the above-described pro: amendments hereby published a adyertised to be voted upon, by ballot, by the qualified electors of the State. at the electi to be held throughout this State on’ TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, A. D., 1898, =The said proposed amendments are to be separately voted upon in manner and form asfollows: _ ) Each ballot used at such election must contain written or printed thereon the following words, whereupon the yoter may express his choice as provided by law: Amendment Number One, being Senate Constitutional Amendment No, 41 (exempting certain claims inst the City and County of San Franeis o, and the existing indebtedness of the City of Vallejo for the construction of its water works from the provisions of the Constitution requiring such claims to be paid from the ines and rev of the year in which they were incurred), i .For the Amendment ? . Amendment Number Two, being Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 10 (providing for framing local county government acts by inhabitants of counties for thelr government), For the Amendment ? Amendment Sumber Three, being Senate Constitutional Amendment No, 44 (providing for the creation of a Court of Claims to determine barn pod pe grind the State, pe to consist o are: Superior Judges designated by the Governor to serve without extra compensation), For the Amendment? : ‘ Amendment Number Four, being Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 37. [exempting consolidated eities and counties, organized or to be organized, or holding a’ charter under the Constitulion, from certain legislation in relation te counties mendment ? 4 Na No No No _For the Amendment Number Five, bein sembly Constitutional y toons Ran No, 36 [relating to office of Governor, providing for succession thereto in certain eases and remo’ disability/ of Lieutenant Governor rom. holding other office during term]. Amendment? Yes No For Amendment Number Six, bei sembly Constitutional Amei No. 88 [relati Grammar Recon on — _Forthe Amendment? Amendment Assembly Asment Number Seven, bein Constitutional Sinead ment No. 24 [providing for adjournment of Legislature for not less . ——— than thirty nor more than sixty days du’ing each session. For the Amendment ? Witness my hand and the Great Seal of the State of California, th first above written. periere & hoccpecriam Mite ae — Governor. mace ‘Secretary of State. C. H. HARRISON, DEALER IN All Kinds of Cigars and Tobacco The Finest 5-Cent Cigar in Town. C. H. HARRISON, BROAD STREET. Cie. Rosenberg Bros Empire Stable, Rroad Street, omg taonal, Bxehange Hotel JANES HENSESSY, + — Prop’r. The Empi ‘y Stable has the largest Tos of HORSES, CARRIAGES AND “BUGGIES __To be found in this part of the State, TnOS. Ss. FORD, — . Attorney and Counselor at Law, Governor shall in the interim convene the 38TH YE ania See ee PELE RA Se BROWN & CAL all tobe the bes is highly recomr cal. use. Mh Sold by th in quanti CALL FOR he All Orders Grass Val bEEELE Until: fart ‘ make re City and Gr hours: Leaving N ‘and 7:30 p. 0 Leaving G ‘3:45 and 7:30 Passenger town withe orders at th : ¢ Sole Age Ei h is th wee a Also 00 8 ‘Choice Ma nal Pad ton ly 4 Bass oe’ ( here, Part orders. NEW Choice f Wedding The B These “THE All the f MAITLA Choice: Stea Remem The' ty of t