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4 THE HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY PUBLISHERS OF I.OS ANGELES HERALD DAILY, SUNDAY AND WEEKLY. JOHN BRADBURY President JOHN V. HUMPHREYS Vice-President WM. LACY Secretary JOHN T. GAFFEY Managing Editor DOUGLAS WHITE. Business Manager » . A. STEVENS City Editor OFFICE: HERALD BUILDING, £23 AND i:« 5 WEST SECOND STREET. TELEPHONE 150. MRMBKK ASSOCIATED PRBSS. Full Lsasko Wiiik Sekvick. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. BY CARRIER: Per Week 9 20 Per Mouth 80 BY MAIL (Including postage); Daily Hersld. one vesr 8 00 Daily Herald, six months 4 i!o Daily Herald, three months 2 25 Daily Herald, one month HO Weekly Herald, one ye.r 1 00 Weekly Herald, six months 1 00 Weekly Herald, three months R 0 Illustrated Heruld, per copy 20 Entered at the I'ostotßce ai Los Angeles as /eeond-eIsPR msiter. ANNOUNCEMENTS. The papers of all dcilnquont maP subscriber to the Dally Herald will be promptly dlsron inned hereafter. No papers wll be sent to subscribers by mall unless the tamo have been paid for In advance. J. P. Fisher, newspaper advertising agent, 21 Merchants Exchange, Son Francisco, is sn authorised agon- This paper lt kept on lilo lv h's oflicc. Bole Eastern Advertising Agent, S. r. Falmer, Eh nelsudcr Building, New York. The Herald is sold at the Occidental Hotel rews smnd. San Francisco, lor .*>c a copy. No coutrlbuttons returned. MONDAY. DKCKMBKK IT, 1804. Any person who cannot bug The Herald at newsstands in the city or initisuburbt or oti rail road train*, or at anyplace where a Los Angeles paper should l>e sold, will oblige us by reporting the fact to the Her ald'otfice, Los Angeles, THE SUGAR COMBINE. John De Witt Warner has issued, un der directiou of the tariff reform com mittee of the Reform club of New York, a history of the sugar distribution com bine which will refresh the memories of newspaper readers and commercial men concerning the inception and operation of one of the gigantic monopolies of modern times. Mr. Warner recites that on January 23, 1804, the house of representatives decided to refuse all protection to the sugar trust —leaving it without either favor or obstruction of law to earn its own living. On February Ist, the tariff bill, with this and other amendments, was to be reported back to the house for final action. On January 30th there began a sprinkle, which by the next day had grown into a shower, and on February Ist bad become a deluge of telegrams from all parts of the country, urging congressmen to kill the amendment by which the BUgar trust was denied cub sidy. The telegrams, which had been heretofore arriving largely at the residences and hotels of members, now came showering about the floor until the matter became one of amusing com ment —some favored members having a perfect sheaf of the yellow favors; and the curious interest with which at first members bad compared similar sugges tions from widely differing quarters of the country having turned into a simple nod and "I have got another;" which was heard on every side, as the pages continued to deliver the messages. These were busy days, and telegrams on a variety of subjects were not so rare as to be curiosities; but the most easy go ing member was roused by the extent to which the whole country seemed sud denly clamoring for higher priced eugar, and, as it developed that these message? came almost exclusively from wholesale grocers, somewhat of curious interest was aroused. Older members, however, timply ■ miled and shook their heads as they recalled similar, though not so extreme, I experiences when the McKinley bill was pending, and except that in that ease the southwest seemed to be most stirred, while on this latter occasion Illinois seemed the Btoriu center, they remarked nothing noteworthy, except that the sugar combine seemed to be working better than ever. The interest which then, and since, has been Bhown in the distribution cam bino by which an overwhelming maior ity of the grocers of the United States are acting as Bpecial agents of the trust, under special written contract, upon an agreement for definite commissions, and the importance of the subject, involv ing, as the one item of sugar dees, prob ably about one-third of the total gro ceries trade of the United Stateß, has seemed to justify what by some may be regarded us an expose, but what to others will be merely a common-place summary of faots. They have been long knowu, to any ono who cared to in quire, aa constituting a system so flag rant as long eince to have been pilloried and crushed, except for the all-pervad* ing influence of the sugar trust, and ex tent to which the moral seueo of the American people has been deadened by he deadly ineßs of horrors that protec tion has served up. In the autumn of 1887, a reorganisa tion was commenced of the whole busi ness of sugar refining and sugar distri bution for the United States. For several years the conservative business methods of former times had been de moralized by the extent to which cheap ening transportation end the utilization of enormouß capitals bad turned what had Leen simple individual rivalry be tween conservative men, willing to do a safe business upon a small capital, into » viable "Battle of the Giants," the \ '■•ding wb.oleia.le grocer* end refiners, each ol whom, both against hii rivala in hie own business, and in combination with them against tboae in tbe other, aimed to extend hia field of operation! and proft. Each, in hia way, wai striv ing to ontdo othera in cheaply serving tbe pnblio and compelling others to do so. The margin of expense and profit, both in the refining and in the distribu tion of sngar, waa leas thsn ever before or since, the difference between the cost at which tbs refiner purchased his cen trifugals, raw sngars, and the price at which the retail dealer ratal ved from tbe jobber his standard rafined granulated being frequently not more than three fourths of a cent per pound. From euch conditions has grown the combine, by which, aa direct employees of tbe trust in the majority of cases, tbe wholesale grocers of the United States — that trade upon which more than upon any other our people are depend* ent for their food supply—have com bined with tbe augar trust to oontrol tbe most important item of their sup ply, to limit production, raise prices, double, treble and Quadruple profits, and boycott and drive from tbs business any dealer who darea attempt to aerve the public more cheaply. At tbia date, in spite of the extraordinary cheapen ing of transport during the laat few yeara, snd tbe great cheapening in the cost of raw eugara, which would make tbe old margin an exorbitant one now, the difference, eaat of the Rocky mountains, between the price paid by the refiner for 06 deg., centrif ugals aud that paid by the retailer to the jobbor for standard granulated is 1 3 8c per pound, in addition to freights and charges, and a much higher figure weatward to the Pacific coast; while this margin ia no longer otfaet, aa at tbe earlier period was frequently tbe caee, by epeciai discounts offered by compet ing jobbera—tbe larger profit now being ac rigidly, as invariably and as success fully exacted as the similar profit at ths earlier date was frequently rsduced. Leaving these last oat of the question, however, as the result of excessive riv* alrv, the net gain through the combine in tbo extent to which its normal pro tits have been increased ia equivalent to at least 7-10 of a cent, making, upon the present basis of consumption, at least $17,500,000, in addition to what in tiioee former years was a norma! busi ness profit, and what today with the narrowing margins of all business, would be a most liberal margin. Oi this, somewhat less than one-third is extra bonus received hr the grocers as the result of the combine, and the re mainder is the "lion's share" exac ted jby the trust us its prerogative—this in addition to the greatly iocr6aseil pro fits, which by its en'.arpriee in other di rections and cheapened processes it would be in any case able to realiza from the old margin. And once for all, it ia noted here, in answer to those who figure out the low per cent margin upon which the sugar business is done, that this trade is con ducted in such a systematic way aud so largely aa a "cash" business, that 110 daye would be an extraordinary length of time to estimate as the average period during which the funds involved in any one transaction are held idle, while the discounts for cash aud for large orders, not noted above but universally allowed jobbers, are aueh as, if they choose to do a short-credit business with the retailer, amply to pay average expenses and insure against average losses as well as reimburse current interest. To charge against sugar sales any considerable proportion of general expenses is unfair, for the reason that such general expenses are incurred on behalf of matters other than augar, and that under the "equity plan" now so generally in vogue, the most of the gen eral expense which might otherwise have been taken iuto account, is done away with, and with a comparatively small storehouse, a clerk and a book keeper, a large wholesale business in sugar can be done. The bulk of general expenses is directly or indirectly necessitated by attempts to realize large margins on the other goode, to which they should be charged. The plea, therefore, now so frequently the arrangement with the trust insured the grocers only 4 or 5 per cent net profit on sugars (which is not far from correct if those trade and cash discounts are omitted from the calcula tion) ie really equal to an au mission of net profits of from 40 to 60 per cent per annum on the capital used in handling them. The eugar distribution combine has just passeil successfully a most trying crisis. The trust naturally took advant age of the fbw months before the Wilson bill went into effect co to rush importa tion and refining as to accumulate great stocks of refined sugar, to market which it offered every inducement to the whole sale grocers. The result was that dur ing September and October the sugar market was so glutted that there ensued throughout the trade an eagerness to sell which, for the time being, broke all combinations and forced refined sugars to a lower price in comparison with raws than before of late years. But by shut ting down the refinerieß until after elec tion, the trust at once posed as a martyr and "corrected" the market, and now, with diminisbedstocks and rising prices, is again in command of the situation. With the Spreckels in oontrol of Ha waii, and the Uavemoyera extending their plantations in Cuba, the trust dic tates to every branch of sugar produc tion and distribution in the United States, taking under its wing every one concerned—except those who consume sugar. From its office, at 117 Wall street, cable messages fly daily to its agents in Cuba, fixing the price of raw sugars there; to San Francisco announc ing "Cuban parity," at which arriving Hawaiian sugars are to be valued; to Louisiana, telling her planters what—in view of Cuban and Hawaiian prices—the trust condescends to offer for American eugar; and to its representatives all over, the world giving the limit—baeed on Cuban parity—at which they oan pick ( p Austrian, Javan, Philippine, Braa^ L6ft ANGELES HERALD: MONDAY MORNING DECEMBER 17. 1894. : ian and other sugars, when these ara I temporarily depressed in prioe. In an adpining room tb* quotations at or above which tbe subservient dealers throughout tbe country are permitted to ssll sugars, are daily settled, and through the four great sugar brokers who stand nearest the throne, these are paesed to tb* 40 othera who await tbe sugar trust's nod at New York, and telegraphed to the waiting hundreds in tbe other cities of tbe land. These in turn ao promptly notify tbeir patrona, tbe tbouaanda of wholesale grocers of tbe country, tbat before their doore are opened all danger of any pur chaear getting his augar below truat pricea is over for the day. By discount from his bill, or periodical remittance, as the case may bs, eaoh faithful whole saler is promptly and liberally paid for bis loyalty; and whenever, in tlie crisis of legislation he hears the bugle call of the trust, be instantly steps into line, ready to bombard his congreaeman with telegrams or fight bim with ballots at abort range until tbe angar trust cause is triumphant. Not merely thia, but ail along our bor ders he keepa tireleaa vigil leat foreign sugars enter. For he conenra in Mr. liavemeyer's forcible statement to the aenate committee, tbat "Every pound of foreign sugar consumed iv this coun try is at ths expenae of the American Sugar Refining company," aud stands ready to protect against any such dis aater his guide, philosopher and friend. Such is the grandest trade organiza tion tbe world baa ever seen. The sugar truat dictates the tribute that ahall be rendered it by the Ameri can people. Tbe wholesale grocers are rewarded by whatever ot largees the truat thinks neceaaary to insure their loyalty. THE FUTURE OF WOOL. There Is a discussion among the wool men of New York regarding which city is likely, in the future, to be the great wool market of the world. Baston is now the largest market, aud Fhiladel phia next, with New York city a good ttird. Boston became the createst market because it is nearest to the largest number of wool manufactories. There are 43 202 looms in mills in Massachusetts, Rhode Island. Connecti cut, New Hampshire and Maine, the largest number being in Massachusetts, 27,273. There are iv Pennsylvania 25, -341, New York 5.041, aud New Jersey 3.303. In all these states there are, therefore, 77,847 looms out of a total in the United Stales of 80,482. It is cvi- I dent why "Huston and Philadelphia have become the gre.it wool markets. But New York men Bee no reason why that city should not eventually become the one center of tnis business, as it is of so many others. The New York Tribune has made a meet exhaustive investigation of the euDjeot from a New York point of view, and finds that the first argument ad vanced by the local wool men is that the manufacturers have to come to New York to dispose of the products ol their mills, that city being the great market for woolens. When they tire in New York for that purpose, there is no reason why, if facilities were effj red them, thty should not purcuase ttieir supplies of raw materials. It ie claimed that, if there should be larger importations of wool under the existing law, naturally, the greater part of the increased trade would come to the chief eeeport of the eouutry. Steps are being taken to look after the increased business if it gravitates to New York, and even to force it gentiy in that direction. But the dealers in wool say that this ia a period of transition. They are very careful about expressing opinions. Tiieir calculations in the past have been upset. It was expected that the increased busi ness which would result from the re moval of the duty would iorce the prices of wool np. The business depression and overproduction prevented. Frices have fallen instead of going higher. And, strangely enough, the prices of fine wools, of which manufacturers are using more proportionately than of car pet wools, have declined more sharply than the prices of carpet wools. There is no explanation given for this anomaly. Overproduction has lowered the price of fine wools, bat the stoppage of carpet manufacture has not proportionally lowered the price Of coarse wools. It is the curious fact of this period ot transi tion. The opinion was quite generally ex pressed by the wool men that the pro duction of wool in this country would decrease, the quality improve and the price advance with the markets of the world. Because it is expected that there will be a reaction from this ex treme period of depression before long, brought about chiefly by the forced cur tailment ol the world's supply. Eastern newspapers are already pre dicting evil results to California by the raising of passenger rates to the Pacific coast. The Chicago Tribune estimates that there has been a larger winter tourist business to southern and Cali fornia points thus far this season than for some years. The prospects for the rest of the winter season are exceedingly flattering, provided the railroads do not "kill the goose which lays the golden egg" by putting in effect the advance to California points recently agreed to. If the rate is put up to $110 for the round trip it is safe to predict at least one-half of the business which would have gone to Southern California points this winter will seek Florida and other southern resorts. It costs less than one-fourth of the money to go from Chi cago to Florida that it does to go to the Pacific coaat, and the difference from New York and other eastern points is still greater. Bather than pay the ad- vauce of $10 winter tourists in large numbers will prefer to go to southern resorts,to which the fare is comparatively cheap. Paeseuger officials of many of the transcontinental and southern roads have been interviewed as regards the winter tourist business Ibis season, and all of tbem apeak ? of the busineaa done thus far and tbe prospect for the next few months. They base tbeir calculationa, bowaver, upon the continuance of the $100 round trip to California, while it ia now certain tho rate will be advanced by January lat next to $110. Tni kk is some diaaatiafaction in the community in relation to tbe manner in which the authorities are dealing witti the Roacoe train robbers. One of them haa been permitted to make a confea sion, presumably for the purpose of hang ing his accomplice, who ia regarded aa the more guilty of tbe two. It ia not considered good policy to bargain thua with criminals of tbia olasa, and it is re garded as an evidence of weakness in the proaeoution to operate in tbat man ner. It seems to bs an acknowledgment that tbe evidence against the man who wae induced to confess waa not sufficient in tbe first inatance, and it implies a doubt of conviction in the second case. If, altar all tbeir cunning and finesse, tbe prosecuting o'Jßcers fail to hang the man they are after, police methods of this Bort will tall into diarepute, which would be very unfortnnate—for tbe po lice. It is cbeerfnl reading for Los An geles—the bank olearinga for the week ending December 14th. It is encour aging to find the local clearances aggre gating $1,283,894 and to figure by com parison, that thia is an increa3e over tbe correßponding week of laat year of 23.3 per cent. It is encouraging from a aelfieh point of view to find in this re port that Tacotna's increaee was only 10 per cent; Seattle's, .6 per cent; Portland's, 10 3 per cent, and S.\n Fran- Cisco's 8 0 per cent decrease. Sdo k.tee's clearances amounted to $213,310, but no comparison is given, Bfidenool of substantial prosperity accumulate in Los Angeles constantly—bank clear ances are only an, indication. The Road Will Be Built. [Prom Aithur McIC wen's Letter.) Rescue will come through comp>tiiiou, nnd rescue is uot far off now. Our merchant-4, our people, habituate . to the robbery, the Bpy iufr, the bjllyliiK, toe punishments of tne monopoly, have nr>t lef: wit hi a them the courage to rise and strike the blow for their own freedom, but t-vcu thcTr fflj association win ne brave enough to follow aud tight with an invading dellvcier. A railroad irllJ be built through tiio San Joaquin va'.ley, and built suou. In the nature uf things th.it riCA field cannot much lon jar be left solely to Hunting ton. Our uias er is not so tetiible to others as he ii to us. Men ol Urge Capital in the cast know that he has drifted into dangerous linau (ia'waters aud that his wr.cii is at hand. Wi:hiii a year I look to see railroad bui djrs, backed by eastern money, attacking lianttttg tou'n mounnoiy at more ih:tu one point. And the Southern Pacltia hAI no llgnt iv i*. B'itro bssdemonstieted that, so did Davie before auiro, witti one tittle tub uf a bay steamer. Thy Imposing Houih-.-rn FadOO Can be humbltd as ehsiiy ah htlie Japan walked through colo • sal Chins. When thtsu easLrru niej 00010, as come they must, ihty ttill ii-tve larger mind* and longer sight than thu Traill i association, wii.ch on y of m iking Ule a*n Joa<i nu trim ary U>San FraOCUo U J hey wili have rbe kind oi br.-iius to under.i a.id thai tlie prosper* ity of other coast c v s nod d etn men mi to this, an*d t-> pio noto the goo i i»f toe metecp ins bystimuiatioig indnttrj auti incretslog joju* ititiou throughout th** slopd Ihey wid not b) of the c .liber to assnme an a se f-evi lent pro position lost can Efrvrttolseo'i inU'ratts wi.l b* protected by keel lug L 94 AngClel o it of the biiu JoaqntUiavotoini a scnttaetn oiertsvatj con* noetic , dtsodminstUM agatnat the luterioi 1 by compaltinj the pnrtba«ec to follow hither i oods that paM iiis door and rorolng him to p«y svav treignt on laeai baOfe again* Tney will les no wiidom in roaintalniug the deciee against Nevada.- dftfalOpmenL iv short, they will not bi dominated by the djuio ». vi the protection. st. who cannot bOlieTj him self to be jrosperoua unless hln neighbor*, who should be purchasers from htm, an; In penury. These eas!em railroad build rs wiil not come to this he d of cut-;:p*ise as philan thropists, but to mike money, an 1 hiving the sense to cone they will h*ve the wit to under stand what t in small m«n who direct the fcouthem Pacifl i hava never nndsrjtood, that to despo 1 a community of thi last selssble dollar is not good busluess policy for railroads. Between a r illruad ie<ttimately managed aud the Southern Pacitic tht.ro is the same d;lic - ence eZlstl between a merchant and a pirate* In San Francisco there Is ample money await ing investment in rail.oad projects WhOtt tuc cess snail have the assurance of outside capital behind them Let one such project be laid be fore the public here and th i men of the Traffic pssociation—who now button their own pocket* against their owu Bclieme, and make faint hearted appeals to Others to do what they dare not venture upon themselves-would come to tho front with their check- books eagerly. The blacks of the south made brave lighters when white men led them. Thtr. I. N»i Hay.nAri H.r*. [From the Fresno Expositor.] Los Augeies and Sin Dietjo arc crazy for slate division and s'.lil they have to come to l)akeritie:d to buy alfalU hay. Btitralcaml GanJlro, Hero of rFnpkn, Sir Edwin Arnold has translated for tLie Lon don Daily Telegraph an extract from a letter written to him by an officer in Marshal Yama gata's (Jorean army, sayi-iif, "I send you the in closed true account of the death of Shirakaml tienjiro. a young soldier, who was the flrat man killed at the battle of Soug*H wan." Sbirakaml Genjiro, Bugler in the line! You shall let our Westerns know Why the kiku* shine; Why the oun-flag gleaming Bright from field to field Driven the dragon screaming, Makes the pig-tails yield. Shlrakami Genjiro (Okayama man) Left his ripening rice, to go Fighting for Japan; -* Musket on his shouldor, Bugle en his breast. Unto each beholder Line man, like the rest. • He blew the charge so loud It blared aero-s the plain; It rattled large and pruud, From mountain unto main; He bevy bo c.ear and fcoft The plg-taiis made to fly Before the suu-fl,an.y, borne aloft, Could reach their enemy. And, while he blew, the boy's blood Fell, tearlet, drop bydiop, The bugle'B mouth—and his—imbrued, Nor from the wound would rtap The trickling, trick.in?! Stoutly He sounded Susunie, The call that btdl all soldiers Close in tho deadly fray. The tune of that brave clamor The Boug-Hwau wall was won; The tierce charge sped, the foenian h\d, The day's (teat wo k stood done. But wcon they turned, vJetoiiou-*, There on th ) crimson giouuti, Clasping h s bug.*-, g oriou-, Young tierjirj was found. •The chrysanthemum tloweis, cmbkms of Japan. The Hl<uo-marn, a red su:i on a white ;u> .ud, is the standard of Japan, and the drag- < on, on v yellow fcrjuuu, ofj-V'au. THE LAST DITCH. Mt Cifti-tltnt'on I*-.■<■ I m I #>n •« Cimti'it 1m [rVm the Sea >i v ■■ is o Examiner.] Win, tbecoutnit thrown into tuo eginteture all fO<tiuf tumo'N have gone the rounds r*. irtrdiug toe p - of the spjaker of tue kuciii i: v mi., the probability '.hat Mr. Budd could i o sept out 01 office by failure lo declare the renit- Job v Lynch of Hau Bernardino is slated for M'vaat-r. Mr, Lynch knows a political thing or two, and is cla*aid as an ex,e lent and palus takmg i r.'i-rinine-, It ia supposed that he cm Id be relied upon 10 htdp Mr. Est** out ia any wdy in his power. But the Democrat* in. sin*, timt if ho refused to "open and puhdsh tit* rut urns" he f ou'.d b« mar.dainusea quickly enough. They insist that under tha cm.slUu tton tbe I ate ho hai no power to "dtdaie tho rcsn.t." In this the political coie conllte;s Witb the constitution. However, tho principal Matter yo§terday wm to get the returns ia. Eight years ago when it came time to seat Washington Bertlvtt an iov ernor H waa found tha' the returns of Ben ito county had not been forwarded to the speaker of tho house. By this slip the late Sen* ator Vrooman succeeded in keeping Governor Bartlett out of his seat ior several darn. At that time Vrooman's brother-Ill'law, W. H. Jordan, was speaker and did whatever tbe senator wanted htm to ao. Bo there is no telling what complication*. Speaker Lynch might have worked up if the registrar had not forwarded San Francisco's returns. That bridge being pa sod, howevar, attention is again Chiefly directed to the provisions of the law regarding a legislative c intent. Tho ma terial auctions of the coie read as follows: Kec MOi Political Code—Such elector may within twenty daysafierine declaration of the result of the elfccilou, deliver to the presiding officer or ouch housA of the legislature a verified BpMlflOatioa of the grounds of contest Section 1806, Political Code—The returns of election foi g iveruor and lieuionaut-goveruor must,during the :i st week of the eaaslon. be op-n :d. canvassed, aid tho result declared by tne tpeuker *>f t-no u-.seinoiy in tbe preseuce of both icw-,'-. Section 200, Politic** Cole—Aa aoon a* the presiding oill.-em have received the specifica tions they must inuke out a notice m writing d.reeled to the person whose election is con tested and deliver the same to the sergeant at urniM, who i*.!ut>i *«-rye •ttOA notice at once on the person therein nainvd. Section 292, Pol ticai 0 de— Each house must at once choose seven members of its own body iv tbe following lhauuer; 1. The nanus of the members, except the speak*r of assembly, written on similar i a per tickets, must be placed in a box. 2 The secretary of tbe senate, in the presence oi tho senate, uudthe clerk of 11 ■«»***«.■ hi b j, iti the pre&cucc of the » onse, must draw Irom their respective boxes the namet> of seven mem b*rn of each. Section -i»l. Political Code—The members selected constitute a committee to try Mich Contested election, aud for mat purpose mu-i ho d their meetings public y at tho Beat of gov ernment, at saon tine and p ace as they may designate, and may adjo >ru from 4«y to day or to a day certain until such trial U determined. Th y hfiv ) power to send for person 4 aud pa per* and to take aU n iceeaary meani to proem c testimony, extending like privileges to each party to the contest They must reuort their judgment til ihe premises to both houses of tlie legislature, which report must bo entered upon tne j mrua's. s ion 205, Political Code—The jndsmeul of the committee thm reported is linal and con clusive, F.om section It will b> seen that the com ii cannot be Inaugurated until Mr. Bndd has b'on declared elect'd and ci yen his POJHO Liiii ] within 'JO liny- after Uml I.mc. 'lhit dispose* of iho notion tli Ui i overuor Marsh-tni chii be kep; in oftoo whil-s a recount ii going 00. Possess-.on being nine pi in sof the law, Mr. Budd will ha in a fairly good position to fight any Attempt to oust i<im. nut with a:l these povisions of tho polilica' cod} the law] era on both sides have come ttPOQ a Kt.ction of the constitution tint is g.vui*; the Republicans pain in proportion hs It gives tin Democrat! Jjy. This 11 a- etien 4 of articles v of the coumuu ion, nnd it say*- : Tup returns «f every election for povcrnoi slm ibe yea ed up a:id truusiallt*d to me sea*. Of vovernir.ent, directed to the speaker of the a*semolv, who shall, during tin- t';r-.t wei-k o' the >*n on, o;>"ii ail I pub Uu ih> in in the prvs' eilctj of both hontOfl f,: !;: " >! luro > '■ person bavins tue bighoet liuutler of vo c* shad b - governor. Under ibis the L> mocratic inwye r* dec ■re that the conflict ng lection of the p'd.iciii cod-- whiih sivs the speaker slia 1 open aud canvass the returns and declare the result. ;s contiued by the cous.ituLou to opining aud nub toning the reinjur* A* the conttitotlon Is tin* higher authority, the Lb niocaia will t land 1 a', on this contention* Then, UM. there i« that declaration of the constitution tint the porann bavin* the li'ithtsi number of Voi*e DOdet the Ntumi opened and pub isbt-il by ;ho Rpeakes ' shall be governor*'* Ho n*' of tbe lawyer Insist that this ittnti off any conies, under the c - * te. Some of the Rj pnbito*ii lawyer* aiv ther* in noming in thii point Otluri ar • v-jry dubio a about it. ;»ir. K.-: t r ii i. eft a'i this to the " awy ors ana the n > riv " and thes** Inwyjr* a d some of th p»rty, i poinding Mr. Bum-, who is toiue ot it, witi oonie to a ueci<!ou today. A Bait road by I'rr xy. [F:om the Napa Daily Journal.j Tho mule traiu bjtweeu Stockton auil Fresno, put in operation by a Han Francisco merchant, is making it** regular trips, and the great daUtei of Pan Francisco are chuckling over the prospect that it Will bring the Southern Pacific company to term*, ilea iwhiin the-* caJi upon the people of the southern counties to lub snrib to build a competing radroad to San Francisco. Toe business men of San Franeinco list-n and wait for some one else to build the nt'd, 20 tote Each. SALAD DISH DBJORATED AND GOLD-LISKD Great AMERICAN IMPORTING TEA Co SS, } LOS ANGELES. ( CH " N A WARE AT VASES I DINNER SETS WINNING < ORNAMENTS I TFA SET** JMUCES ( OROCKERY V GL A.S=>i=iWARE A Merry Xmas to All! FREE 1 Cream Chocolate. GLIDER & DOW'S Adams St Tract 300 50-FOOT LOTS No nrjud. Graded, street. Cerricnt walk and curbs. Building restrictions. 17-4 lots sold since June th c first. Only is minutes'ride. (DORA (PQAA <P if AA i a CfIAA Tatee Central avenue cars at Free carriage from our office. )fIOU, $OUU, ipUU 10 JOIIU m " 3 J .^P"" : itrect3 t0 GRIDER & DOW, 109 South Broadway. Telephone 1299. ! «£■ S3 HS iPfc S3 5^!;3 A T 1 F ra S*> na a m v ■?» /tv r* -Sk HI IS AX AUCTION J .i j — —- 1 — : s ' m The entire beautiful collection of @ S WORKS OF AR! AHD BRIC-A-BRAC S 4 AT CANINI'S ■ 1| WORLD'S FAIKAKTSTOREI £ 324 Soutli iSpririfr st. i H BEIN ii TKE FINEST AET IXHIBITfI FROM THE WOULD.) FAIR {|j AND MIDWINTER FAIR, SUCH AS t , . !■ Hand-modeled Terra Cotta Sketches, from Naples. Q I Artistic Furniture and Wood Carvings, from Venice. ■» ■3B Marble Statuary from Florence. 'V ga, Bohemian Art Glassware, Ko man Silk Blankets, ..and many other rare and valuable articles suitable for ■ •CHRISTMAS PRESENTS| • Sale absolute mid unreserve!, as we have orders from the 2* consignors lo close out the exhibits entirely, and our store ißm gfj must be vacated on December - J6th. g| J 2 Sale Begins Tuesday, December 18™ ! ® At 2 o'clock p. in. and continue* at 2 p in. ami 7,:3U p.m. H ki'S] each day until the whole c, dlecti in has bei-n sold. «a £ TKOS. B. CLARK, Auctioneer. | □ga N. H.—We will continue, dutlnjc. thin aale, to rime oat at I'rivato Sale Only our m*. (231 tine stock of Ar.iitin Jewelry at very low ant mill furthnr reduced prions. Hand- • cnesed Solid Silver Italian Souvenir spoon*, regular price $J, thin .f I ..o Cur.oiu mm Australian it tone Hcarfpln?, fu»m $ t to on-prlco Mill weat ,>■> cjuta. Atta: BtxS gg| of Hobo, in olegaut cm-Rlam bottles, worth $1, 101 -5 ceute a bottle, Uauini'a World's Fair Art Store, 5i24< South Spring street. jglg ISIS i SMARM! Not a Dollar Need Be Pail Ua For fsv£ 49j&T 0m Treatment of Rupture Until ML |?5 Cure Is Effcted. \* j£&msi f DR. C. EDGAR SMITH & CO. *| SPE CIA LISTS jflfc^fip PodtWely cv c lv from HO to 00 day» all k'.ndi ol , (mßwß[ RUPTURE V'l^^ VaR:COC«LK, HYDROCELE, P11,K3 AND FIS9URE, FIBTUI.A, ULCERATIONS, ©to. etc, without tiio uea of knife, arawiax blood or detention from business. ALL DISEASES OF WOMEN SKILLFULLY TREATED CONSULTATION AND EXAMINATION FREE. Can refer lntertit&d partioi to promlnaat Lee Aniccln cltliene who hire been tretteil bjr them. Care miarnnteed. OMi S. MAIN BT.. OOR. BEVENTri. LOB ANGIU.EB. CAL, THE PUENTE OIL CO PRODUCERS OF 1 I Geßer o| flc^f in, ' SS AM) DJCALBBB IN fj I? I IP hi UIIUI/1J BIKER BLOCK. Tel. 196. PETROLEUM Wells at hut* CsL This Company is prepared to sell anl dsliver crude petroleum ia large of small quantities either iv tank cars oa lin; of railroad* in Las Angelas or out side, or by tauic wagoa or drums t>any part of city. We furnish crude petro euut to Cable R'y to., aj&ctrlc R'y Co., Temple-st R'y Co. andpther larg^eomT§*aie3. Burns, FOR MAN Bruises, MUSTANG LINIMENT Rheumatism, AND BEAST. Stiffjoints. t • rv 1 HAS WITHOUT DOUBT THE All£W \i\t\l V APfl LfIRGEST BTOCK 0F BOOKS Holidays at Jones', 226 W. First st B|RL n H ot.t. Mill T. (1(1 THE BOOKSELLER, 117 S, Spring" St., BELOW NADEAO HOTEL. BARGAINS Books, Books, Bibles, Albums, Games, Novelties, Calendars, Booklets, LEATHER GOODS. READY FOR THE HOLIDAYS ALEXANDRE WEILITR ACT inAA^ T BKaT INsTALLMKN'T PLAN Lt)TJ Now for salts la L'.'S Angeiui SIS—CASH AND MONTHLY—§IO NO INTEREST. NO INTEREST. Lots from $225 to $950. Cement Bldewnlks. Oity Walor. Electric Cam. Good Streets II yon went a good residence lot in tin CENTRAL AVENUE uiaTitior, Get Bap and price li«t at our olllno, 415 North Main St. HICHAM) ALTsWHtJL, Sole Agent. 11-tt cod ;im PARISIAN MILLINERY. MISS IC. c. COLLINS invitci the ladies to examine hur now »< ad ei*ir*T't >in« of .mil linery good*, just ren ived from New Vor--. Imjioitetl Ha k «a 1 BtUtlaUl (Utd t"»> »W*e«l Miirt finest general millinery ever ayed in tt<e el >. Prices :>.:■■> ,1 . sad tatluini lion goftntnittidt 01) s IJroadw »y. Y.M<\_A. Bnlld'g.