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MONDAY. FEBRUARY 21. 1898.
PLATFORM
Tho Ilerald believes that the city ol
XjOS Angeles should own nnd control a
complete system of waterworks.
The Herald believes that the city
should acquire such n system at the
earliest date possible and on tho most
advantageous terms possible, consistent
with contract obligations and fair deal
ing.
Tho Her»ild believes that the con
tract with the Los Angeles City Water
company should be enforced to the let
ter, and that, at the conclusion of the
pending lease, the plant a houl d be taken
over in accordance with the provisions
of that coutract.
RECEPTION TO MR. TOWNE
Friends of The Herald and of the cause
of bimetallism who may not have had
the pleasure of meeting Hon. Char lei A.
Towne. will have an opportunity to do no
next Tuesday evening. Aii informal re
ception 1" he tendered him in the ed
itorial rooms of this paper from 8 to 10
p. in. Tuesday, February iind. liy this
means we shall speed the parting guest
and wish him success in his tout* of the
const. >io special Invitations will hi* is
sued, hut all M-iends of the cause thai
Mr. Towne so ably represents are Invited
to attend.
CALIFORNIA'S INTEREST IN
ALASKA
California has evertbing to gain and
very little tn lose ley the prospective
invasion en masse of the Alaskan ter
ritory. It does not follow that all, or
nearly all. who go there the coming sea
son will remain. Indeed, it is likely that
a considerable proportion of the pilgrims
will return, after spending the money
they take with them and demonstrating
their Inability to adapt themselves to
the existing conditions, liut on their
way back to civilisation in its more
agreeable forms they will meet with
and pass other armies of ardent spir
its, equally inspired by hope, undaunted
by the failures of the many, and deter
mined to see lor themselves what the
country offers in the way of reward for
pluck, energy and perseverance. And
thus for seasons to come we shall, in all
probability, witness a restless movement
to and from the great northwest penin
sula, the preponderance in numbers con
stantly shifting from one element to the
other, as reports of discoveries inspire
the newcomers to press on, or the knowl
edge of failures and disappointments and
losses speed the footsteps of the home
ward-bound.
Estimates as to the number who Will
go in the coming Beaton range between
one unci Aye hundred thousand, but wt
are Inclined to think the maximum num
ber of pilgrims has not yet been ven
tured by the more optimistic. Assuming
that it ban. however, and that half a
million people are preparing to go In
during the next six months, how little
of an impetus would be required to
double the number? Full and authentic
confirmation i f th" strikes already re
ported, coupli d with half a dosen addi
tional discoveries in the Held known to
be mineralized or in virgin territory
contiguous, would be sufficient to "set
the country un fire" and to fix a resolve
in the minds, of a million other men
to try their fortunes In the new land
of promise.
Industrial conditions all over tho
United States are such as to give en
couragement lo innumerable hosts of
toilers to venture Into Alaska, out of
sheer desperation with th. ir present lot
and unpromising prospects. Indeed, the
number to go would be limited only by
the means ut hand fy.r tli • ■•x|.-n>-. s of
the long journey, and not a few humble
homesteads would be pledged to the
money loaner In that behalf.
Whether in the precious metal re
sources of Alaska there is justification
for any such stampede Is matter be
longing wholly to the <)• bl of conji eture.
Only time will demonstrate the extent
and value of the deposits. If the aurifer
ous wealth of the country is confined
to placers, its exhaustion will be only
a question of a few years at best, albi 11
tho richest claims may b< worked out
in a single season with modern appli
ances. But mining authorities, the
learned as well as tlie unlettered in the
science of geology, are strong in the con
viction that the source of the gulch gold
will be uncovered in the higher eleva
tions, a theory that will take a long
time to demonstrate. The search for It
will begin in earnest only when all of
the mineralized sections along the
streams have been taken up and the
prospectors are foi.ced Into the surround
ing hills.
For a long tilne the consumers will
greatly outnumber the producers ln
Alaska. But it should not be forgotten
that the real miners—the men who g-o
underground with pick and shovel and
drill in search of the precious metals—
constitute a very small proportion of
the population of a mining camp, even
of the healthiest variety, ami in Alaska,
especially, will there be work for thou
sands of men outside of the mines.
Railroads are to be built, telegraph lines
to be constructed, cities to be created,
food and other supplies to be handled,
and governments to be created and con-
ducted. Artisans of every kind will be
in demand and wages will be high. For
ests will be leveled, stone quarries will
be opened, lime kilns started, brick
'manufactories established, water sup-
Piles secured and a hundred other public
utilities provided, calling for the Invest
ment of money and the employment of
brain and muscle. And in the prosecu
tion of all these essential industries It
will be more than remarkable—it will
be little less than phenomenal—if im
portant discoveries of other useful met
als not classed us "precious." of valu
able by-products, of useful sands and
clays, are not made, while the develop
ment of Alaska's other known re
sources will doubtless keep pace
with the progress of the mining
and smelting industries of the
country and be stimulated by thai
rapid accession of enterprising and rest
less people from all over the world.
Not more than 20 percent of the pop
ulation of any large mining camp with
which we are familiar is composed of
miners. The SO per cent cater to tho
wants of the other fraction. Even a
larger percentage will find plenty to do
in Alaska, owing to the Isolation of the
country and] the absence within its bor
ders of the conditions ready-made for
a comfortable civilization.
At all events a large number of peo
ple are going in, many to remain and to
be reinforced by others. All -will have to
be fed and clothed, and the food and the
t lothlng will in large part have to lie
imported from the states. California's
tields and orchards and mills and facto
ries will be largely drawn upon to sup
ply the needs of the new communities.
They are equal to any probable requisi
tions of the near future.
Aiaska promises to be more profitable
to California than the acquisition of half
a dozen south-sea settlements like Ha
waii, with their naked civilizations.
Miners want the best, and are ever will
ing to pay for it. The new mining com
munities will become permanent tribute
payers to California. The country is an
empire ln extent, full of virgin resources.
it Is as large as all that part of the
United States lying east of the Missis
sippi river, excluding the gulf states,
and laws as immutable as that of gravi
tation will empty its wealth into out
lap.
MONEY PLANKS
The Democratic state convention of
California in IS9G adopted the following
money plank:
The Democratic party of the state of
California tl unalterably in favor of the
free and unlimited coinage of both gold
and silver at the ratio of JG to 1, with
out walling for or depending on the
action of any other naUon; and it de
mands the use of silver as weli-as gold
BJ a full legal tender in payment of all
debts, both public and private.
On the same subject the People's party
of the state adopted the following: plank:
Third—We renew and emphasize our
demand for free and unlimited coinage
ot silver as well as gold at the rat*j of
16 to 1. as a full legal tender and with
out reference to any other nation.
In the same year in state convention
the Republicans declared as follows:
We favor the free and unlimited coin
age of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1, and
the making of silver as well as gold a
legal tender in payment of all debts,
both public ar.d private.
In all the conventions the silver plank
was adopted, not only without dissent
but with enthusiasm. Assuming that the
delegates to the several conventions
fairly represented the views of their con
stituencies, the conclusion is irresistible
that the people of California were uni
versally in favor of that kind of bimet
allism which means the use of both met
als as the constitution provides, and
upon the ratio of coinage long recog
nized in our laws, and In making the two
classes of coins full legal tender.
There was no public dissent from these
views until Wall street forced upon the
St. Louis Republican convention the
gold plank and whistled silver coinage
down the wind. The national conven
tions of the Democratic and People's
parties reaffirmed the doctrine declared
In the California state platforms, and to
their credit be it said thut fifteen of the
California delegates tn the Republican
national convention voted against gold
ism, and to stand by the sentiment de
clared by their state convention. The
facts herein stated will be useful In re
freshing the memory of our people who
have become wayward on the silver
question. It is incumbent on them to
explain how so radical a change has
come over the "spirit of their dreams."
Has the change been brought about
through the Influence of new light, or is
it a result of a susceptibility to keep up
with party mutations?
ANOTHER KNOCK AT OUR DOOR
Southern California has acquired a
reputation most enviable, a fame that
i xtends to the farthermost corners of
the earth.
Southern California ll generally onn-
Bldered as comprising the seven counties
of Los Angeles, Kiverside, San Diego,
San Bernardino, orange, Ventura und
Santa Barbara. Now comes the San
I.tils Obispo Reasoner and wants to
know what is the reason San Luis
Obispo county is not included as part
of Southern California. It concedes that
the county "has never really belonged
to Southern California," hut that it has
been "presumed" that such is the case.
One reason for the lack of close and
binding connection, it says, has been
that there has never been railroad com
munication with the southern part of
the state, nor, directly, with the east.
Out the Iteasoner, while it is obviously
hurt at the apparent snub, is shedding
no tears. It says:
We milk our cows and sell our butter
to our nervous neighbors of the or
LOS ANGELES HERALD: MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 2f, 1898
ange groves, and enjoy our dolce far
nlente. We ship our wheat and then
go to the beach fishing. We are happy,
so what is the use to get up steam
and fret and lizzie? We can grow or
anges when we get ready—enough to
supply Southern California. .Wo can
grow bananas, guavas anil toquats If
we like, and wo shall do so when the
necessity arises. Just now our Hoi
steins and Jerseys and Propo wheat
are all that we need to bother with.'
These are brave words Indeed, and
the Rcasoner no doubt means what it
says. Nevertheless, tin re is plainly to
be seen in its Utterances a strong feel
ing of regret that San Luis Obispo ll
not a part of paradise. The R asonet
would not only like to play In our back
yard, but it would just dote on becom
ing a part proprietor of it, besides con
tributing to the front law n as well. Tin
appeal Is not one that may be COldl}
ignored, or even regarded with Indlffi r
ence. Shall not San Luis Obispo becom
one of US?
WHAT JOHN SHERMANSAID
John Sherman is not In the senatt
now, and he is probably glad he was not
there when tlie Teller resolution, which
was the Matthews resolution <>r
came before that body. With his present
views upon the currency question, hi
would doubtless have hail seme disagree
able explanations to make.
in ists Mr. Sherman, writing to a cor
respondent upon the subject of the Mat
thews resolution, said:
Dear Sir: 1 was pleased to receive
your letter. My personal Interests are
the same as yours, but. like you.'.! do
not intend to be Influenced by them. -My
construction of the law Is the result
of careful examination, and I feel quite
sure an impartial court would confirm
it. if tho case could be tried before a
court. I send you my views as fully
stated In v speech. Your idea Is,that
we propose to repudiate or violate a
promise when we offer to redeem the
"principal" in legal tenders.
I think the bondholder violator his
promise when he refuses to take the
same kind of money he paid for the
bond. If the case is to be tested by the
law 1 am right; if it is to be tested by
Jay Cooke's advertisements. I am
wrong. I hate repudiation or anything
like it. but we oucht not to be deterred
from doing wha: is right by fear of
Undeserved epithets. If, under the law
ns it stands, the holders of the live
twenties can only be paid in gold, then
we are repudlators if we propose to
pay Otherwise If the bondhol '.er can
legally demand only the kind of money
he paid, then he is a repudiator and
extortionist to demand money more
valuable than he gave. Yours truly,
JOHN' SHERMAN.
There are no gold government bonds
outstanding, therefore, the bondholders
who demand through their representa
tives in congress, that the government
pay these obligations in gold are, ac
cording to the John Sherman of twenty
years ago, "repudiate is and extortion
ists."
Some Republican who does not want
the greenbacks retired ought to reintro
duce the Teller resolution with "green
backs" substituted for "silver dollars,"
and back it up with John Sherman's let
ter.
RECIPROCAL NONSENSE
In the reichstag the either day Count
yon Kanitz declared it was not contra
dicted that there is not the slightest
chance for Germany's agreeing to a
treaty with the United States em the
basis of the Dingley tariff and the ridic
ulous reciprocity clauses of it. Free
trade in spots is not what Germany or
any other country desires, nor is It like
ly the administration expects or wishes
for a more favorable reception of the
doctrine than has been accorded to it in
the empire. Certain it is that the meas
ure has failed thus far to make a mar
ket for a single bushel of wheat or bar
rel of pork or package of fruit that did
not before exist, whereas all attempts to
secure reciprocal agreements with other
countries, notably with those of South
America, have resulted in the enactment
of still more restrictive regulations, by
way of retaliation.
"Reciprocity" is a pretty catchword
with which to allure the unthinking and
gain vote 3, but It has already been
shown to he, in the hands of the present
insincere administration, little more
than a stuffed club, ami to the pro
ducers of this country, seeking new out
lets for their surplus, a blankety-biank
barren ideal.
Men have bled and died for their
country during all the ages of time
and they have sometimes suffered things
infinitely worse than death. Dreyfus is
native land, imprisoned upon a desert
Island, weighed down with the Ignominy
of having betrayed his c ountry and sold
Its secrets to a possible enemy, sepa
rated from his family and friends,
and the best years of his life
passing forever away —surely this
Is worse than any possible death,
Remove the element of doubt as
lo his innocence anil concede what
Is believed to be the case, that he is a
vicarious sacrifice, suffering Indescrib
able misery that his country may be
saved from serious, if not disastrous,
complications, and his name becomes
destinqd to canonisation in every part
of the universe where such sacrifices
can he understood and appreciated,
who knows how many human lives may
be saved by the one he Is making? Hut,
on the other hand. If such resorts are
justified, who in France will be safe?
A very timely nnd Interesting pam
phlet is "American Beet Bugar," by Wil
liam 11. Holabird of Los Angeles. It
contains instructions for field work from
seed to harvest, anil full illustrations
of a model le et sugar factory, with , x
planatory notes. While tbe beet sugar
industry is a large and growing one in
Southern California, comparatively few
people have a proper conception of It
from start to finish. This pamphlet will
tell them all about it. •
The very general understanding that
a life insurance company cannot avoid
payment of a policy on the ground of
suicide will have to be corrected, the su
preme court, through Judge Harlan,
having just rendered a decision to the
contrary. It holds that whose the a3- 1
sured takes his life while mentally un
balanced, the company is liable: but
where, as in the case before the court,
it was shown that the deceased bought a
arge amount of Insurance, with the de
liberate purpose e;f taking his own life
and thus leaving the money to creditors
*vhose claims he could not otherwise
liquidate, payment of the policies cannot
be enforced. The distinction Will be
recognized as based upon grounds of
justice and common sense.
An Oakland paper thinks that, Inas
much as what is known as the Crawford
,i!an of voting Is In vogue In several
tountles of the state, the new primary
aw should not be made compulsory in
such sections. It occurs to us that a
ItatUte so flexible as to make Its avoid
ince easy, through the medium of the
'raw-ford plan or any other subterfuge,
would fall far short of accomplishing
the objects so much desired, the safe
guarding of the primary as regular elec
tions are safeguarded, with suitable
penalties for violation, Vive voce vot
ng is indeed democratic, but it is prac
ticable only in small communities In the
one instance and subject to grots abuses
in the other, hence not t: panacea tor tbe
vils Complained of. A primary law, the
adoption of which is optional with local
party managers, would be wholly abor
tive, and result in endless confusion.
Tho law as It Ftands is worthy a fall
test. Its shortcomings can be cured by
additional 'legislation.
Young Letter is being roundly bela
bored by the press for his recent act in
cornering so much of the visible con
tract wheat of the country as to enable
him. prospectively at least, nr.tl as the
margin narrows to absolutely control
the price\ as if that were a crime. Why.
as such it bears no comparison with the
Gage plan of cornering the gold sup
ply and controlling the currency of the
country. It Is Indeed scarcely more than
an Innocent diversion In comparison.
Where Sleep the Guards
The csar has gnt l'ort Arthur,
The kaiser holds Koo-Ching.
The French have gobbled up Hal-Nan.
The queen holds Ting-a-l.ing.
The Cossack's on the Yangtse,
The Teuton's at Wing-Hi,
The Gaul's eloped with I'ttli-Sing,
The Briton holds Ohoo-Fli.
Wllhelm becomes King Bill-Hoc.
The queen's the Empress Yum.
The czar's the Chung of Dit-To;
But what do we become?
Where is great Wllhelm Chandler?
And where Is Morgan true?
Where sleeps our gallant Cabot Lodge.
A.nd all his lighting crew?
Why arc they not at Teeville?
Why not nt Hlnkl-i'auk?
Why storm they not the heights of ring
On Wun-I.ung's flower d bunk?
—J. K. Bangs In Harper's Weekly.
NEWSFAPERDOM
Owing to illness. Mr. R. H. Hewitt ha"
found it necessary to withdraw from the
editorship of the Pomona Saturday Bea
con. He has been succeeded by L. V. Red
path, who will conduct the Beacon as a
Democratic paper. Mr. Hewitt was very
successful during the short time he occu
pied the editorial chair.
A London? England, editor has been fined
1100 for offering $1000 for a correct estimate
of ;be number of births and deaths In
London each week. The editor was get
ting rich fast, as the chance of making a
correct guess is less than one in a million.
The law decided the scheme was a ques
tion of chance, and therefore a lottery, and
so gathered him In.
"This." said the Kansas editor, looking
over the top of his spectacles, "is the most
inviting manuscript I have received for a
long time."
"What is it?" asked the foreman.
"A poem, beginning. 'Come, drink with
me.' " —Chicago News.
The Azusa Pomo-Tropie has a new
dress, has been enlarged and proposes to
pay especial attention to horticultural
matters. Tlie Pomo-T-op;c is one of the
ablest papers In Southern California and
its improvement means a great deal.
The Maine Press association has passed
a resolution opposing the Loud bill.
Th" Indiana Republican Editorial asso
ciation favors the Loud bill.
Her Borrowed Plumage
A Byrai use woman was in Boston some
time ago, and she had occasion to get a
check cashed, being without ready money.
She had no friend who was easily availa
ble, but Bhe went to a bank and presented
her eh ick. of course, she was told that
sho must be identified. The cashier of the
bank suggest'd that she might have one
of her cards. She took out her card case,
but the card sho produced proved to be
that of ono of her friends. This caused her
a good di al of confusion, but the aocommo
dattng cashier suggested that she might
prove her identity by the Initials on her
card case. But those, alas, proved to lie
thos,. of her mother. Her confusion oon
tinued to Increase, until she thought Of the
initials on her handkerchief. The marked
article was produced to be put ln evidence,
but when it was examined It was found
to bear the Initials of another friend. She
was thwarted ln every direction, but the
casl ler was "easy." Boston cashiers are
apparently not as strict as tbosra in this
part of the country, [''or thin particular
one s ibl he "guessed" It wus till right,
an,l he cashed the check. Conductors of
flimflam and three-card monte games arc
directed to Boston for a good Held of op
eration.—Syracuse Post.
"Overcoat King" Caught
Hern I ..ii Andrews of 153 West Twenty
fifth street, who is known about the Ten
derloin as Mary Smith, on account of his
bleached hair and effeminate appearance,
was a prisoner in the Jefferson Market
court yesterday on ihe charge of having
stolen a number of pieces of wearing ap
parel from bouses on the west side of the
town, lb- came from Chicago recently,
wle re he was called the "Overcoat King."
out . f compliment to his dexterity in steal
ing overcoats from public or private build
ings.
The prisoner confessed that he had
stolen no tower than 100 overcoats in tlie
last nine weeks, and that bis thefts mostly
were from boarding houses, which he en
tered on tin- pretext of hiring a room.—
New York Times.
By Way of Comparison
When you ask an editor to suppress an
; item of news because it does not suit you,
■ then go and ask your grocer to exclude
I pickles from his store because you can't
oat them, or your butcher to ejuil keeping
I Eologna because It got s against your stom
i ;h. There Is just t»s muoh fairness in one
as in tbe Other, News is the editor's stock
in trade. So are pickles to a grocer and
bologna to a butcher.—Lisbon, N. D., Free
j Press.
Gage a Thing of Beauty
Secretary Gage is about ns picturesque
in his position as a collection of drift
deposited in the willows by a stream at
Hood tide. —Cedar Rapids Gazette,
No Longer a Joking Matter
Last year there were 290 duels in Italy
and one man was killed. It musti be get
ting to be a serious matter to fight a duel
lv that country.—Philadelphia Inquirer. |
Lights and Shades
Willingness to marry a wronged woman
promised to open the prison door, but there
was another and ap-
Happy Though *™$»^J**
Married he didn't have the
price—and the dis
penser of licenses was obdurate. At this
critical juncture another female appeared
on the scene, clalin'ng to be engaged to the
prisoner, but willing to give him up and
even lo furnish Ihe $2 ami remain as v
witness to the nuptials. Prison officials
marveled at this phenomenal exhibition of
self-abnegation, but went on with tire
preparations far the ceremony, doing all
In their power to remove the incongruous
elements of ihe environment nnd to render
the function as an fait as was possible.
The groom k.ssed bis bride with well
feigned ardor, and then, offering his arm tc
the Witness who had financed the nffair,
coolly waltzed out of the Jail with her,
leaving the wife to explain his eccentrici
ties to the prison officials.
Of the two hundred passengers on board,
forty were killed and all of the rest were
more or less Injured.
Bread Upon T h "," glB * a ,''
f w " had passed safe*
the Waters ly over, but tbe pas
senger ours were de
railed and plied In confusion upon the
bank* of Blackshear creek, down In the
plney woods of Georgia. Among the pal*
sengers were a very rich man ami hie
wife, who. ulthough not seriously Injured,
were glad to accept the invitation of a
farmer to spend the night in his house,
where (heir wants were catered to to with
the primitive utilities at hand by a modest,
thoughtful girl, tbe daughter of tbe host.
A relief train took the rich man and his
lady away to the city the next day, ami ln
time the episode remained only as umem
ory such ns a rustic maiden might treasure
of a bri-. f contact with affluence, She re
numbered her pretty face, her silk-lined
gowns and her diamonds, nnd felt that
ihe was singularly fortunate In being al
lowed the privilege of waiting upon such
ti tine lady. Obligation of gratitude was
iii on her side, and she never so much
dreamed of ever again seeing or hearing
rrom her. But In time a messenger came
lown Into the pine woods iTem Ihe north
from the chance acquaintance of a night,
hearing greetings to the farmer nnd his
hlld, and an offer to take the latter into
her beautiful home, to provide Tor all her
wants nnd help her to an education. Thc
messenger brought a wardrobe, and the
modest little daughter of the pine woods,
metamorphosed Into a young lady of the
period, was soon on her way to New York,
o meet her grateful patroness—Mrs.
George Oould.
lii the QrandArmy section of a graveyard
In an interior town of Kansas the body of
a distinguished union
Chin err soldier lias long re
of Base man with a glorious
record in the Held,
bavins risen from the ranks to the com
mand of a brigade, each promotion earned
by gallantry in action. His dying wish was
:.i be buried amidst the comrades who had
preceded him tn the bivouac on the oth< r
side, and there he had rested for years.with
scarce anything to distinguish his grave
from that of the common soldiers round
about. A few weeks ago It was discovered
that the grave next adjoining contained
the remains of a colored veteran of the re
bellion. He also had a held record, but ll
was only a record of bravery and self
sacrifice, unrewarded with title or In
crease of pay. He had faithfully followed
the flag, respected his service oath, and re
mained steadfast to the cause, and was
mustered out as he had been mustereel in.
a private soldier. Out of respect for his
modesty and humility, and as a further
recognition of his color, he was permitted
to sleep on in peace. But the remains of
the dead general were taken up and re
moved to another portion of the ceme
tery. He couldn't help it. Dead men tell
no tales ar.d make no protests.
CALIFORNIA OPINION
A Good Idea
The Los Angeles Herald wants a city
and county government for that city, leav
ing the balance of the county to shift for
itself in forming new counties. Worse
tilings might happen to us. One county
would be formed with Pomona as the
county seat, extending from the San Ber
nardino line to the San Oabrle! river, and
another west of the river, with Monrovia
as the county seat.—Monrovia Messenger.
A Tribute to Towne
Among the champions who have been
raised up to bear the standard of truth and
right In the great battle for national ex
istence none are more worthy than Charb s
A. Towne. He hasNiot only sacrificed par
ty to principle, but thrown Into the scale
of justice one of the brightest political
futures a young and ambitious man could
covet, against the burdens of the masses.™
Riverside Enterprise.
A Brave Los Angeles Boy-
He was a brave little 10-year-old Los An
geles lad who, when run away with by the
horse he was driving, only thought bow
best to save his little sister, and did save
her from serious injury at the cost of a
desperate fall tei himself. It is to be hoped
the reports that he is not hopelessly hurt
are true, for the world wants boys like
Harry Jaeger to grow up to he men. It
needs them.—San Francisco Bulentin.
The Confession Business
A Los Angeles murderer has "confessed"
that the crime for which he was arrested
was committt-d by his wife. Probably the
confession was wrung from him by those
Justly celebrated Call and Examiner re
porters, each of whom got confessions
from Clark and Bclew before the other.—
San Jose Mercury.
Sacramento's Turn
First, Los Angeles, with her school board
scandal; then San Francisco, with her
school directors selling positions; now
comes San Jose, with her eouneilmen ped
dling out places on the police force for
spot cash and likewise on the installment
plan. Next!— Sacramento Record-Union.
A Joint Partisan Effort.
There should be a joint partisan effort
to pull the .state political conventions I.os
Angelesward.- Monrovia Messenger.
THE REAL EXPLANATION
Why the Due D'Aumale Never Became
Great in France
A writer on French politics in the London
Truth tells a significant anecdote of the
Due d'Aumale, who dUd a few weeks ago.
The duke wae a prince of the house of
Orleans, enormously wealthy, and so pop
ular lv his yruilli that It was thought that
he could easily play the role of Louis ,\a
poleon, and secure his own election as
president ur stadtholder of France. But
he died in tip' position to which he was
born.
The English writer who tells the story
was standing near the floor at a state ball
when the duke entered.
"Announce nie." he said to the servant,
"as General ie Due d'Aumale."
Tbe man stepped forward, but the duke
stopped him. "No, as le Due d'Aumale,
Simply," be corrected.
Before the servant could open his mouth
the duke Interrupted him again, anxiously.
"Announce me as his royal highness, the
Due d'Aumale."
But again he stopped him. "I will not be
announced at all," and passed Into the
room in silence.
"Then," said the writer, "I understood
why he never had been king or stadt
holder of France."
A medical Journal advocates the use of
hot sandbags instead of hot water bags in
the sick room. As considerable Invalid
ism is caused by the use of cold sandbags,
there is an element of poetic justice In the
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THE PUBLIC PULSE
(The Herald under this heading prints
communications, but does not assume re
sponsibility for the sentiments expressed.
Correspondents are recpiested to cultivate
brevity as far as is consistent with the
proper expression of their views.)
Who Own the Wealth?
To the Kditor of the I.os Angeles Herald:
Mr Charles P.. Spahr. an associate editor
of tbe Outlook, has carefully estimated the
wealth of tbe people of the United States.
This estimate wns published In Ihe Out
lock of February 10. 1K94, and is as follows:
Families. Wealth owned.
Per Fer
Number. Cent. Aggregate. Cent.
Rich .... 225.000 1.0 $32,550.000.000 64.8
Middle. I,Btt,BM 10.!> 18,«0,000,000
Poor 4,7«2,.V)0 35.1 7.800.000.000 13.0
Very poor . .6.250.000 50.0
From the above table we see that 1 per
cent of the families owns 54.S per cent of
the wealth; 11.9 per cent of the families own
S7 per cent of the wealth; 50 per cent of the
families own 100 per cent of the wealth,
leaving one-half of the people of the United
States without anything.
Mr. Spahr comments as follows:
Whatever error there Is In this tabic
Is demonstrably on tbe side of under
stating tbe present concentration of
wealth, for. In the returns made to the
surrogate, the debts are not yet de
ducted from the value of the estates.and
if is the small house owners and shop
keepers and farmers whose debts cover
the most considerable portion of their
holdings. We must recognize, therefore,
that the nation's vast wealth does not
bring comfort ami Independence to the
rank and tile of the people. If the na
tion's wealth Is to mean the nation's
well-being, the rank ami file of the peo
ple must reverse the policies which the
rich and the tools of the rich have
thrust upon them.
One-half of the families of these Brand
I'nlted States are classed as very poor—so
poor. In fact, that they have no wealth.
Twelve per cent of the people own S7 per
cent of the wealth and can do with it as
they please. Vnder our system of taxa
tion they pay no more taxes than the poor,
for we tax people on what they eat, wear
and drink. We do not. like England, tax a
man because he is able to pay anil tax bis
luxuries, but we tax a man's necessities.
We have a sort of low down, thieving in
come tax for the poor and the rich are
exempt. We take a part of every wnrk-
Ingman's daily wage through our system
of taxation that Is called indirect, but
which should be called robbery, because
It takes from him who can least afford It.
The rich are getting richer and the poor
are glad they are alive. The church likes
to tell us "the poor ye have always with
you," forgetting that Christ said It was
as easy for a camel to go through the eye
of a needle as for a rich man to enter the
kingdom of heaven. The constitution of
the United States provides two ways of
raising revenues—direct ami Indirect tax
ation. The supreme court, by a wonderful
reversal of Itself, declared direct taxation
unconstitutional, and the supreme court
must be revered, as it is of divine origin.
If Mr. Spahr's statements are true 60 per
cent of the people of tbe United States
would pay all the taxes If they were levied
justly. As It Is they pay almost nothing.
If direct taxation Is unconstitutional, then
we must take It out of the constitution. If
It Is not, we must maintain the Income tax
and do as honest old Abe did—enlarge the
supreme count so that the income tax will
be unconstitutional. Let justice be done
though the supremo court fall. 11.
WANT AN ACCOUNTING
The Webber Heirs in Mrdne Wish to
Trace Their Contributions
The Webber heirs all over the country
have, at various times, been Importune:
to contribute funds by the society in Now
York to prosecute what lias been repre
sented to be their just claims to valuable
land In the city or New York. Including
the very site on which Trinity church has
for years stood. The agents of this soci
ety have been very suocesaful, and sev
eral thousand dollars have bun collected
at various times, not a little of which has
coma from tbe heirs in this state, and even
in the vicinity of this very city.
There are said to be four or live hundred
in our own midst who have lent a willing
ear to the siory of tin society's agents
and have put enough faith ln thiir repre
sentations to materially augment the so
ciety's treasury.
The latter part of last year an effort
whs ma-l" to get some response from this
sorlety touching the work that had been
done and a sort of statement showing lis
financial condition. It was hoped that by-
January Ist som" showing would he sent
them.
Failing to secure any satisfactory an
swers from the officers of the society,
it Is reported that many of the Webber
heirs in Maine have banded together and
collected a good sum of money, and more
lo come If necessary, for the purpose of de
fraying ihe expenses of proper legal talent
to investigate the conduct and proceedings
of this society from Inception up to the
present time. Thoy even go so far as lo
assert lhat If a satisfactory 'financial state
ment Is not made by the authorized agents
ihev will stop et no steps short Ot putting
the'society Into Insolvency. If such belts
deserts.—Portland Press.
The Society "Cake Walls'
On. bring yoh gold-trimmed razzer 'long-.
Wo wants no common steel,
An' wir a gilt planner put
T>e rag time In yoh heel.
Item people ln Chicago-town
Wit envy gwinter wilt
When dey hyahs ot de cake-walk dat was
led
By Bruhthuh Vanduhbilt.
Yoh leaves yoh tas'e fob 'possum home.
Dcv gives yer terry-oln.
Do drinks, dey fizzes like dey put
A Sldlltz powder tn.
Dem razzers Is on'y ies' foh show,
Dah won't be no one kilt. ,
Da's a mighty our'u" rv>ke-walk led
By Bruthuh Vanduhbilt.
—Washington Evening Star.
As far as calculations dee'de. the
temperature of comets Is believed to be
2000 time* fiercer than that of red-hot Iron. .
A NARROW SHAVE
Elephant Hunting in East Equatorial
Africa
I stood to face the elephant and throw
up my rifle to tire at her head as she came
on at a quick run, without raising her
trunk or uttering a sound, realizing In a
moment that this was the only thing to
do, so short was the- distance separating
us. The click of tbe striker was the only
result of pulling the trigger. No cartridge
had entered tho barrel on my working tbe
holt after the last shot, though the empty
case hael tlown out. In this dt-sperale
situation I saw at once that my case was
well nigh hopeless. The c-nraged elephant
was by this time within a few strides of
me; tbe narrow path was walled In on each
side with thick scrub. To turn and run
down the path in an Instinctive effort to
escape was all I could do. the elephant
overhauling me at every step. As 1 ran
those few yards I made one spasmodic at
tempt to work the mechanism of the
treacherous magazine, and pointing the
muzzle behind me, without looking round,
tried It again, but it was no go.
Dropping tlie gun, 1 sprang out of the
path to the right and threw myself down
among some brushwood. Itut she was too
close, and, turning with me, like a terrier
after a rabbit, she was on the top of me
as soon a-s I was down. . . Kneel
ing over me. but fortunately not touching
me with her legs, which must, I suppose,
have been on each side of mine, she made
three distinct lunges at me, sending bet
left tusk through the biceps of my right
arm and stabbing me between the rlt>ht
ribs, at the same time pounding my chest
with her head, or rather, I suppose tlie
thick part of her trunk btween the tusks,
and crushing In my ribs on the same side.
At the first butt some part of her head
came in contact with my face, barking my
nose, and tak|pg patches of skin off other
spots, and I thought my head would bo
crushed, but it slipped back and was not
touched again. I was wondering at the
time how she would kill me; for. of course.
I never thought anything but that the
end of my bunting was come at last. What
hurt me was the grinding my chest un
derwent. Whether she supposed she bad
killed me. or whether it was that she dis
liked the smell of my blood, or bethought
her of her calf, I cannot tell; but she then
left me and went her way.—Arthur H.
Newman.
IN THE PUBLIC EYE
Mrs. James Wtight, who died In Brook
lyn last week, was tbe last full blooded
member of the tribe of Montawk Indians.
With her death the tribe became extinct.
John Damm, a West Virginian, was mar
ried at a distance from home and received
this telegram from the oirl folks: "Accept
congratulations from the whole Damm
family."
This was the laconic salutatory written
by Sherman M. Smith, the new proprietor
of the Cbilllcothe, Mo., Constitution:
"Hereafter I will attend to tbe editorial
work myself."
William Bonny, who is now a pauper in
the St. George's workhouse in London, and
slowly dying of consumption, is said to
have been the hero of the Kinlr, Pasha re
lief expedition.
Prince Ferdinand De Croy. private cham
berlain to tlie pope, will soon be made a
cardinal at tbe request of the king of Bel
gians, according to the Independence
Beige. The prince is CO years of age.
Prince Alfred Impey of Africa, v grand
son of King Kama, who entered Shaw uni
versity (colored)' in Raleigh, N. C, last
fall, has been taken to a sanitarium. He
is said to be hopelessly 111 with tubercu
losis.
Congressman James H, Lewis of Wash
ington state Is a native of Virginia and a
graduate of the state university. While a
student Ihere he became involved in an
"affair of honor" nnd bears as a memento
of it a wound on his band.
Relnhold lb gas, the well known German
sculptor, has been adjudged the winner in
the competition Initiated by tlie govern
ment for a monument to Bismarck, to bo
erected In Berlin. His wus the only really
practicable design submitted.
Frederick Crownlnshield, the artist In
an address at the New York Reform club
reeently-the theme of the evening being
-.Municipal Arf-aftcr speaking of the
ugliness of the modern city as compared
With the beauty of the ancient, said: Ihe
great trouble Is that New Yorkers tlon t
love their olty, and if they don t make her
a little more beautiful soon they can never
love her."
There Is a great deal of regret among the
members of the diplomatic corps and in
Washington society generally over the an
nouncement that Hon Domingo Oana, tbe
minster of Chile to the United States, lias
been transferred to London by his gov
ernment, and wlil leave Washington In tho
spring. Mr. liana Is one of the ablest as
well BS the mosl popular ot the foreign
ministers In Washington and his wife and
daughter are counted among the most
beautiful and attractive women.
Origin of Calling Cards
A French journal says that visiting cards
are not a recent invention, nor oven of
European origin. They existed in China
twelve centuries ago. but their use did not
spread to France until the- last century.
The Chinese cards, however, hnd little re
semblance to those ln use In Europe to
day. Thi y contained often wonderful de
slgns expressing nil sorts of good wishes
fer those for whom they were intended.
The size of the card indicated the respect
the owner bad for Its recipient. In the
seventeenth century the English ambas
sador at Hekin received from tbe Chinese
government n card eighteen feet long,
which was carried by six men. Cards
were Illustrated with designs, tho work
frequently or artists of reputation, when
llrst introduced ln I-'rance. Mythological
subjects were most in vogue. These were
ln fashion until the first empire, and it was
not until IRIS. when the use of cards be
came universal, that the name on them was
engraved in the simple form of today.—The
Parisian.
An arrangement io raise and lower car
windows without trouble has been patent
ed for the benefit of long-suffering
traveler.;. Compressed air from the en
gine or elsewhere does most of the work.
Ail the passenger has io do is to turn a