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SPANISH CABINET TROUBLE During the last tew days It has seem ed certain that there would be a change of ministers by the Spanish government, that Senor Sagasta, a Liberal, would supersede Canovas, Conservative, as prime minister, but later dispatches in dicate that Canovas will retain his place, and that there will be no change in the personnel of the ministry, nor in regard to Cuban policy. It appears that the queen regent decided against making a change after consulting Senor Sagasta and General Martinez Campos. Embar rassment to Spanish finances by the wars in Cuba and the Philippine islands, to gether with the atrocious proceedings of Captain-General Weyler, brought about a controversy in the cortes ot a char acter so pointed as to weaken the gov ernment In its efforts to suppress the re bellions in the two lnsiular dependencies. It will be remem'bered 1 that about two years ago General Martinez Campos was relieved of his command in Cuba, and it was said at his own request. Senor Canovas did not question the ability of Campos, but he wanted a commandant who would be more severe than Cam pos was willing to be, and: therefore he readily complied with the batter's wish to be relieved, and appointed Butcher Weyler to succeed him. The Spanish government has not been in the habit of resorting to pacific and humane meas ures in dealing with rebellious subjects'; on the contrary, its policy has been to Indulge in the extreme brutalities of war. The atrocities of Weyler in- Cuba have aroused the wrath not only of the people of this country, but of those throughout the civilized world, and they have even shocked the more humane ele ment of the people of Spain, and the wiser ones there probably see that Wey ler's me thod's are calculated to render in effectual the efforts for Cuban subjuga tion. It has been hinted that the Spanish government was contemplating a change of policy, which provided for granting to Cuba autonomy, and it has also been thrown out that our government is ne gotiating to bring about that result. The retention of Canovas* in power as pre mier, and Weyler in the governorship of Cuba seem to negative the idea of aband onment of relentless and barbarous war, and a resort to measures of pacification. It is evident that the Cubans will accept nothing siiort of absolute Independence, and' that public sentiment in this coun try will not be placated except by con ferring upon the Cubans complete lib erty, which is their natural and inalien able right. The barbarities of Weyler and his troops have greatly Intensified American feeling and the cessation cf such methods would modify but would not remove the sympathy of our people for the Cuban patriots. Spain will never consent to grant au tonomy to an extent that will deprive her of the power to tax Cuba to supply the needs of her profligate and 1 corrupt government. To tax her dependencies for that purpose is her only object In possessing them. None of her depend encies has ever flourished for that reason, and none has ever achieved pro gressive civilization under her in spiration. Her finances have ever been decrepit and deranged, even when she drew most heavily from her possessions, and to deprive her of. those revenue re sources would involve her in immediate and Inextricable bankruptcy. It is to be hoped that, should the Span ish government pretend to favor a more liberal and humane policy towards Cuba, it will not take from our government what little stamina It has, and lead the United States to take such action as will perpetuate Spanish power and oppres sion In that rich island. Not only is the cause of liberty at stake, but large com mercial interests are involved. If par mltted to hold 1 on to Cuba the Spanish government will not carry out any promises It may make. It Is not the habit of Spain to keep faith with her de pendencies, and In the future, as in the past, Its necessities will lead to oppres sive taxation, and the repression of in dustrial andcommerclal enterprise. The Interests of liberty, humanity and of the world's commerce demand! that Cuba shall be released from the clutch of Spain, and this country should exert it self to effect that consummation. BUT THESE IS COMPROMISE Under the headline, "There Is No Compromise," the esteemed Times yes terday -gave the public an editorial ar ticle on the harbor question. There Is only one point to which we can fairly take exception in our contemporary's position. The headline is faulty—most faulty. There Is compromise, and has been compromise all along. We quote: As the Times has said on several occasions, this li no longer a simple fight between two harbor sites. It Is a question of principle. Involving the very integrity of the form of govern ment under which we live. It Involves the question as to whether the law defying president of an arrogant and unscrupulous corporation shall be per mitted to over-ride the will of the peo- ple, as expressed through congress. We say that any man who Is willing to rest satisfied under such a condi tion of affairs is as great a danger to the community as a weak link In an anchor chain Is to the safety of a ship. Better, as we have previously said—a thousand times better—that the loca tion of a deep water harbor on the coast of Los Angeles county should be indefinitely postponed, rather than that we should be forced to submit to so outrageous an Insult as that which would be put upon us If Huntington's will should finally prevail over that of the people. But here is where the compromise comes In. If the question involves "the form of government under which we live" It is of the greatest Importance and calls for the most vigorous action on the part of every patriotic citizen to save the republic from its impending fate The offense is the gravest that can be imagined. It Is flat treason. Where such an offense exists there the great ax of punishment should fall, no matter whose neck is in the way. There must be no paltering at such a time. To hes itate Is to endanger the republic. The compromise is in trying to shift the blame of this treasonable act from the shoulders of the man who is responsi ble and to let it rest upon the shoulder.? of one of his servants. General Alger is a man of the president's own making. His removal is in the hands of the president. If the secretary of war has committed an act of dishonor which threatens the very existence of this gov ernment —if he is guilty of an act of treason —why temporize? Why compro mise? Why not demand the removal of a traitor from the cabinet? Will the Times formally demand the removal of Mr. Alger, and if this just demand is not complied with, will It cease compro mising and call for the Impeachment of the president? Until this is done there Is compro mise. EGOS AND SUGAR It If currently reported that California sends $3,000,000 out of the state annually In exchange for eggs. This state an nually uses about $600,000,000 worth of 9ugar and manufactures about one-half enough for home consumption. What is the matter with the hens of this state that there should be such a deficiency in the egg crop? Or rather, what is the matter with our people that the chicken Industry Is not brought up to a point where the egg crop will supply home consumption? California is one of the best poultry states in the Union. The severe winters of the east ern states make this buslneesmuch more difficult there than it is here, and yet the people living In that country, laboring under these unfavorable conditions, are producing the eggs for the people living here under more favorable condi tions. A gentleman residing south of Los Angeles reports himself as the owner of twenty acres of good valley land. A flowing artesian well furnishes the water for this tract, which Is covered with alfalfa. From this? field of alfalfa he cut 6 several crops of hay each year. He also keeps on that twenty-acre tract about 2000 chickens. They are kept in flocks of about fifty, with a coop for each flock. These fowls, with plenty of green feed, and an abundant water supply, art easily kept healthy, and as a result the farmer gets a good supply of eggs daily, and these he is enabled to sell readily at top prices because the purchaser knows they are always fresh and good. He also raises large flocks of chickens every year, and from the sale of chickens and eggs he gets an income of about $2000 a year, to say nothing of hi© crops of hay. Southern California this reason re ceived about $3,000,000 for its orange crop, and the state of California sent this same sum back east again for eggs. Next season the orange crop, it is esti mated, will bring $6,000,000 to this state. The state will send that money back east again for eggs and sugar. Fortu nately the orange crop gives the state the money with which to buy its eggs and sugar. Instead of trying to extend our orange plantations why should not our people turn their attention partially to eggs? People can go into the egg business when they cannot go into the orange business tor lack of capital and for lack of proper soil, climate and other necessary con ditions. Again the egg business has many advantages over the orange in dustry. Sometimes an orange crop Is injured by an unusual cold wave; the egg crop is never injured that way. Sometimes the orange crop overstocks the market; California will never pro duce too many eggs. Orange growers are compelled to ask congress for a tariff LOS ANGELES HERALDt TUESDAY MOKTONG, JW*4l j|» protection; the chicken business needs no such protection. All ranchers and trait grower* In Cal ifornia can keep chickens enough to supply the family table and sell a large surplus to the cities and town* for the use of people who cannot keep fowls just ae> the farmers in the eastern states do. The surplus egg crop in the east ern states comes from small flocks of chickens and not from chicken ranches where the business is conducted on a largescale. The chicken business should be popularised In California as it is in ' the east. California people should be ' able to get enough California eggs for home consumption. There is no sense In paying $200 freight on a carload of oranges and then paying $200 freight on a return carload of eggs. It Is more essential to produce articles which we now Import form the east than it Is to produce articles that we must export. The one saves freight, the other maker the payment of freight a necessity. This rule of course only applies to products which we can profitably pro duce. The eugar question is solving Itself. Large capital Is necessary In that busi ness. In the very near future California will produce all the sugar the people of the state require for home consumption, and very soon thereafter It will be an important factor in supplying eastern markets. So that the gold which now goes to Europe will soon come to Cali fornia. When the people of California quit sending money east for eggs and sugar the business interests of the state will be on a much more solid foundation than they are today, and there will be less complaint of hard times. DELINQUENT TAXES The city council yesterday took the preliminary steps for testing the con stitutionality of the law providing for the collection of taxes, and the sale of the property of delinquents. Under the law of 1892, all property sold for delin quent taxes must be bid in by the city and held for five years before the title passes to the city, the owners being al lowed to redeem the same under the pre - scribed penalties'. A number of attorneys, as well as large property owners believe that the law is unconstitutional, and some of them have simply quit paying taxes, in tending to take advantage of the full five year time limit, and then go into the courts and make a contest. This would be per fectly safe, for even if they were de feated the legislature would probably pass an enabling act, allowing them to settle by paying the amount of the taxes without the penalties. While the law was undoubtedly passed for the protec tion of the property owner, like other good laws it has been abused, and in consequence there has been a constant and steady increase in the amount of delinquent taxes ever since the law went into effect. At the last session of the legislature an amendment offered by Senator Bulla was adopted, providing that in cases where the taxes on a piece of property amounted to $300 or more, without penalties, the property may bs withheld from sale and the necessary proceedings taken for the collection of the taxes by the sale of the property without waiting for five years. Under this amendment, Councilman Toll yesterday introduced a resolution instructing the city tax collector to fur nish the council with a list of such de linquents. This was done, and the prop erty formally withheld from sale and the city attorney instructed to take such other legal steps as may be neces sary under the law to test the constitu tionality of the act. By this means the matter will be settled much sooner than would have been possible under previ ous circumstances. The necessity of this legislation will be apparent to the most obtuse understanding when It is stated that the amount of delinquent taxes has Increased from $8000 three years ago to $20,000 In 1897. THE FOURTH The council yesterday appropriated $1000 as the city's contribution for ths celebration of the Fourth of July. The committee asked for $2500, which re quest was urged by Councilman Hutch ison, but on the report of the finance committee that, in view of the condition of the treasury, they could not consist ently recommend a larger amount than $1000, that sum was agreed upon. Under ail the circumstances, the con tribution is a very liberal one, and is really all that was expected. Members of the committee appeared before thi council and pledged themselves that the celebration should be thoroughly patri otic and strictly non-partisan, and they should exert themselves to the utmost to make their pledges good. The business men and citizens gener ally have been so heavily taxed during the past few months for the Fiesta and for the unemployed, in both of which cases they contributed very liberally, that they cannot in common reason and Justice be expected to respond to the same extent as they would do under dif ferent circumstances, though they may be relied upon to do so to the utmost of their ability. This being the case, the committee must make up its mind to ses that every dollar is well expended, ana that the very best results must be had for the least possible outlay. If this spirit prevails, with the co-operation of the public, a creditable celebration can be had at a very moderate outlay. The Galveston News says that the crop product of Texas this year will give each inhabitant of the state "one bale of cotton, six bushels of wheat, forty bushels of corn, one fat hog, two bushels of peaches, twenty bushels of oats, on? --quarter of beef, thirty dozen eggs, ten chickens, one turkey, two pounds of honey, ten pounds of wool, half a mut ton, half a bushel of Irish potatoes, two bushels of sweet potatoes, twenty wa termelone and many other things un necessary to mention." That Is all Terr nice, but who will see that each person gets the proper dividend? Tbe problem of the times Is not one of production, but of distribution. It Is reported that Schlatter "the heal er" Is dead, and that he starved to death in one of his regular fasts. If the report Is true, a brief but very remarkable ca reer is ended. Schlatter himself un doubtedly believed that he was a second Christ, and he perpetrated no intention al fraud. He was a monomaniac. That 200,000 people should have applied to him for treatment during his few months' stay at Denver is a singular Illustration of the survival of superstition and be lief in the supernatural among the hu man products of the latest nineteenth century civilisation. The Democrats are In favor of a tariff for revenue only, and the Republicans are in favor ot a tariff for protection if possible. Yet the Dlngley bill calls for an annual levy of over $31,000,000 as the aggregate of the proposed tax on tea and Internal revenue taxes on beer and the various forms of tobacco. Consist ency and the Republicans are strangers. The fighting fever is extending to the legislators of the several European gov ernments. The face-slapping episode at Madrid is now followed by a furious up roar in the French chamber of deputies. Several "French duels" will probably result Such things are contagious an 1 it may be well to watch Jerry Simpson and Tom Reed very closely. After fire destroyed the Pennsylvania capital building the state legislature was quartered in a church. Over $60,000 was spent in fitting up tbe house of God and so extortionate were the bills pre sented that an investigation is called for. The Pennsylvania legislators do not seem to have been properly influ enced by their surroundings. The Argonaut tells a story of a Turk at a French banquet who when the toothpick tray was passed said: "No, thank you. I have already eaten two of the accursed things and I want no more." The concert of Europe is a toothpick diet that affects the Turkish stomach very unfavorably. This is McKinley week at the Nash ville exposition. That a southern city Of comparatively small size could make a success of a national exposition in times like these is highly creditable to Nash ville, the state of Tennessee and the south generally. The fact that no fish stories have been sent out from Buzzard bay this summer tends toward the conclusion that Henry Watterson's third term suspicions were premature, and that Mr. Cleveland has accepted the to him uncongenial role of a presidential has-been. The new American torpedo boat Por ter moves so fast through the water that the friction washes the paint off her hull. The Porter should hitch its tow line to the tariff bill. Senator Pettigrew has decided to offer an anti-trust amendment to the tariff bill, and the Republican majority won't do a thing to it. If the sugar schedule of the senate tariff bill could be skipped, how happy the Republicans would be. Paying the Party's Debts The Dingley bill proposed to Increase the revenue In precisely the way in which the McKinley law had proposed to reduce it, and as the McKinley'plan really did reduce it, there was every rea son to assume that Mr Dingley was thinking of something else when he un dertook to secure an Increase by the same methods. What he was thinking of, of course is no mystery. There was a large and formidable stack of cam paign debts that had to be paid and the creditors were on the spot demanding instant settlement.—New York Journal. He Yelled in His Grave "Prof." Ferris, a hypnotist at Ham ilton, Ont., last Tuesday night put Fred Smith "under control," placed him in a coffin and buried him. in a vacant lot with a ventilating shaft leading into the coffin. Ferris promised that his "subject" would remain under ground for three days. At noon the next day persons at the grave heard Smith crying, "For God's sake, let me out of here!" He was dug up. The professor com plained that Smith had not been suffi ciently hypnotized—New York World. Local Interests and the Tariff There has never been a revision of the tariff in which local interests have not played a prominent part. That influ ence is at work now as potentially as at any time in the past. It makes free trad ers work and vote for protection to the interests of their constituents, and It induces the New England Republicans to insist on free trade in various com modities needed by the manufacturers of that section.—Washington Post. They Want Their Pay The brewers are beginning to make the congressmen understand that they were pretty large contributors to the Republican campaign fund and that they expect to get the worth of their money, which would certainly not be th.: case if they were compelled to pay an additional tax on beer.—Peoria Herald. JENEFUL AND TUNEFUL The wind is crisply blowing Along the purple brine; The bathing suit la glowing Upon the sagging line. The wistful wasp Is wlstlng Along the garden path; The snowy rose is twisting Serenely up the lath. The butterfly Is playing Within the daisied dell; The fiend his ice is weighing Not wisely, but too well The lilies gayly ripple On nature'a sunny lap; The tap is on the tipple, The tipple's on the tap. A nickel-plated presage Is richly soaking me; It is a golden message That savors of the sea. And in my office limbo An acrobat In drab; Upon the wave akimbo See the soldier crab. The pleasures of vacation Now till me to the brim ■With Al Jubilation, And o'er the wave I skim; I look upon the land which Each summer knows my tent, And munch the five-cent sandwich Within my office pent. —R. K. Mupkittrick in New Tork Jour i nal. THE PUBLIC PULSE (The HeraM under this heading prints communications, bat does net assume re sponsibility for the sentiments expressed. Correspondents are requested to eultlvat* brevity as far aa to consistent with the proper expression ef their views.) A REVOLUTION OF HUSBANDS Been Harried a Htonth TO the Editor of the Los Angeles Herald: I read a horrid article In your paper thia morning, and It made me so mad I got right down to answer it; ro be sure to put this on the first page right where everybody can see It. "A revolu tion of husbands," Indeed! I've been married Just a month today, and I'm sure my husband would not say he Is henpecked. If he did I'd never speak to him again, so there! ETTA. P. S.—l think "Henpecked" ought to be in better business, don't you? For the Henpecked To the Editor of the Los Angeles Herald: Your correspondent, "Hen pecked," should have graduated in South Africa, where the savage tribes have a peculiar ceremony which they put the matrimonial candidate through previous to his entering the holy state. His hands are tied up for two hours In a bag containing Are ants. If he bears unmoved the tortures of their stings he Is considered qualified to cope with th? nagging and dally Jar and fret of mar ried life. Such a man would make an admirable husband. He would not be upset by the thoughts of a spring bon net or grow Irritable every time the steak was overdone. PRISCILLA. June 7. , As to Ohio Politics To the Editor of the Los Angeles Herald': I read in this morning's Herald your editorial on politics in Ohio. Allow me to say that Mark Harm.i has never been considered a political pioneer in that state. I have lived all my life in Cleveland, and can truth fully state that M. A. Hanna has never even controlled county politics. He has been sent several times to national con ventions, and that Is all the honor Mark Hanna has had from the people of Ohio. George B. Cox of Cincinnati haa con trolled politics in the Republican party there for years, and even the "Fiery" Foraker, "the knight of the unshsken hand" has had to bow to his will. Today McKinley has less influence in Ohio than before, and Bushnell less than McKinley. McKlnley has always stood in Ohio as the man of destiny, the "stuffed prophet," as It were. I believe him to be honest without ex ception, but not a man with the brains of Foraker or the shrewdness of Cox of Cincinnati. Mark Hanna is simply "not in it" at all politically, but he knows brains when he sees them, took hold of McKlnley and will win out. The Cleveland Leader forced the appointment of Hanna as United States senator, and 120 Repub lican daily papers of Ohio, following the Leader, demanded his appointment. Foraker agreed after certain conces sions. Today, should the people of the state of Ohio have to decide, Foraker would take preference over McKinley. The president has gone lame on the appointment of Alger of Michigan, but I believe that Alger of Michigan will be kindly asked to step down and out be fore the year Is past. And allow me to risk the statement that of all men in the party the word of J. B. Foraker goes farthest. Respect fully, C. B. COX. I Los Angeles, June 2. Economic Rent MRS. D. E. STEELE of Compton de clares that for several days she has been admiring the Van Dyke picture of Eco nomic Rent In a recent issue of The Herald. Our correspondent, however, opines "that Its beauty is due to its harmony with an imaginary founda tion." According to the state comp troller of New York, out of 107 estates taken at random 99.23 per cent of their value escaped taxation and that in nine towns of the county of Westchester less than 2 per cent of the taxable property on the assessor's rolls was personalty. A professor of economics has recently expressed as a first cause of our dis content the "absence of free land." In our own state the purchaser of a Aye or ten-acre lot must pay the speculator's price. The system plies the results of the worker Into the coffers of the non worker. Mrs. Steele thinks there Is no danger of the Van Dyke fear that the farmers may all turn office seekers. The farmer is by nature and grace pre eminently unfitted for the political Held under the present system, although "we have men Ailing important and re sponsible public positions whom I would not trust with the care of my poultry yard." Mr. Bryan's Book "SUBSCRIBER" suggests that Mr. Bryan should bring at least 3500 copies of "The First Battle" to Southern Cali fornia with him for the members of the Silver Republican club. Mr. Bryan's book can be procured through the ordi nary channels, and Mr. Bryan is not in the book peddling business. A Deserving Charity L. G. A., a warm friend of the Free Kindergarten association, contributes an eloquent dissertation on charity In general and on the excellence of the good work mentioned in particular. L. G. A. bespeaks a warm recognition of the con cert which is to be given In aid of the association this week. It May Be a Walk-Over The San Francisco Post says: "Bry an can never get the Democratic nom ination for president again, because he is not a Democrat." The Post Is bright in many things, but Is very much off In Its political prognostications. As things now appear nothing short of a miracle can prevent Bryan from getting tbe Democratic- nomination in WOO by acclamation—in fact, we do not believe anyone else will be mentioned. And furthermore, unless the Republicans make better headway in restoring the prosperity which they promised' the country, Mr. Bryan will have an easy walk-over to the White House that same year. Mark our prediction.—Escondldo Times. And Watched the Flayers Trainer —Where did you, pick up that new collection of swings, jabs and upper cuts?" Pugilist—l went to a piano recital the other night.—New York Evening Jour nal. Useful Housewife—Are you any earthly good at all? Tramp—Sure. 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