Show GENERAL NEWS by W V Tl rih t th may it as believed writes a francisco correspondent eliat the new constitution will have a large majority in the state of san francisco and eliat ita opponents must poll a myo rity of from to in the city to beat it in the state benco the heat and thickest tumult of the fight is hero in town alie tines has an editorial on what it calls the california experiment peri ment it says As this inspru ment w a new experiment inthe science of popular government alio result of alie election will be regarded lively interest should it become tho fundamental law of the state the working of alie new constitution ution will attract the study of all men alio have paid alio least attention to bubli affairs for this is a constitution in which it has been attempted to accomplish many of alie aims of those agitators whom for alie want of a better title we are accustomed to call communists alie advocate of tho new constitution besides alie Kei irney crew have been men who like ex senator cole dave terry and volney E howard have long since been laid upon and who think eliat in alie I new deal they might find new political opportunities A minority of tho newspaper sin the atole without re gard to politics aro opposed to alio new constitution they and the speakers on that side have conducted their with zeal and ability concludes the adoption of such a scheme of fundamental law would bo most calamitous to lie material prosperity of california while it ha been under discussion it species of panic lias prevailed throughout the state institutions for savings leavo warned customers of impending disaster and alie productive enterprises are p ira lyzen for a time it is limped and believed th n distio experiment in statecraft will bo defeated by the good bense of the people the isau alie herald this morning rejoices that alie supreme court affirms the constitutionality of alie thurman railroad act its only surprise being the dissenting opinion of field and others it is asserted in the dissenting opinion that the act is in violation of a contract it i no contract and v n simple measure of equity for tho of alie government as the principal creditor of the roads alie says alio and northwest are imbibing very decided symptoms at the colossal railroad lail road understood now to bo in progress to control alie trade and commerce of the whole continent between alio atlantic and pacific r HOSTON slay tho journal prints an interesting letter from fairbanks a well known missionary to india regarding the exportation of american grain there the famine creating such want that he thinks shippers would profit by tho investment ival adough alone CHICAGO stay athe inter mansfield asked secretary sharman about tho story of his becoming a candidate lor governor of ohio sherman said there is no truth whatever in it I want to correct wrong impressions eliat have gone abroad and which have ben the work of democrats and sc national newspapers alio idea of my accepting alio candidacy for governor of ohio is absurd if the state needed me it would be different but are plenty of good men in the republican party in ohio and I leave no doubt one of them will bo elected governor I have no aspirations in that direction mv duty to president the fact eliat resumption is only about tarco months old and that refunding certificates attention till august first cheso and many other considerations show me that my place in where I am he ho had no disiro to talk of candidates for the presidency in 1880 saying I hoar a gibat deal about candidates but have nothing to fay on alio subject public opinion will eliat question in due time I dont propose in any way to bother myself about it correspondent what do you think of the grant movement die secretary tho revolutionary action of alie democrats lias undoubtedly directed attention to general grant if wo have got to fight our battles over wo could do so willi no better head outlook mr atkins chairman of tho corn matteo on appropriations today to day so cured a leave of a pair for two weeks which looks M if no appropriation bills were to bo disposed of during that time and that alio session is to bo extended congressman james of new york one of the and bot men in the lias been stricken with paralysis paral and ia unable to bo around ilia mental faculties aro retained al itis lower limbs and one side are helpless umber buck will tto may JW wah republicans who have talked with tho lent say today to day that lie will undoubtedly veto tho ino asuro adopted by the home today conversation him to be in entire accord with alio cans in bogli branches of congress the confidently predict the eventual of their wishes regarding tho appropriation ailts lilts tile SAN may to mor row being the election on tho question of adoption of the new constitution alio stock exchanges banks and public ollices will bo closed and business generally the campaign has awn conducted with digior on both kiden and in no oiw election has so great ind uni pral interest been exhibited crowded public has been held every night for weeks throughout tho state and an unprecedented amount of argument haa been acl throughout tho city during all bourg of the day and night knots of bleu anro gathered the invariable topic of conversation being the new constitution speaking in ft general way the clashes airo tho nd option of tho both parties IQ alc tlc jay the tto ii likely to be un visually heavy the registration in alie city exceeds forty seven including a challenge list of over three thousand and it Is believed that upwards of forty votes will bo polled the registration list has been rigidly ed and every precaution taken to prevent fraudulent voting ample preparation lias also been made to secure good order gray CHICAGO may gray who at tempted to shoot rotor bootle plead ed guilty this morning of assault with intent to kill and was remand ed for sentence the question of his sanity will be considered and bow hi wont NEW may aa washington special affirms positively eliat the president will sign the bill to prevent military interference with elections and it was the knowledge that lie WM favorable to it that led a portion of massachusetts members in caucus last night to sustain the bill the president is anxious to bring the present agitation in congress to a stop as soon aa possible iron and PiTTs nuRO april aa general convention of american iron and steel manufacturers and iron ore producers met aliis morning in the rooms of the western iron and nail association the purpose ot the convention is to consider the present condition of iron and steel industries wants and alie dangers which threaten bliem several papers were read discussing the iron interest and the question of a protective tariff alio chairman J D Morr iII in a speech denounced the action of vanderbilt in purchasing a largo quantity of steel rails in england as part of a scheme to break down protection in this county and declared that Vander bilts chum that tho rails of english manufacture arc superior is false and slanderous |