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A SPECIAL NEWS SERVICE
The Herald has a special and exclusive
telegraph service that is unequalcd by
any paper west of Chicago witli the
•ingle exception of the San Francisco
Examiner.
Not only Is to be found In these pages
the full report of the Associated Press,
the greatest newsgatherlng agency In
the world, but an exclusive service from
special correspondents at San Francisco,
Chicago, New York, and Washington,
who havo exceptional advantages by
their rounectlon with the greatest news
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ONCE SPAIN'S FRIEND
It is perhaps not generally known
that the United States once, and for a
long time championed the rights of
Spain over its insular colonies of Cuba
and Porto Rico, against the aggressive
ness of both England and France. As
far back as 1825 Mr. Clay, as secretary
of state, had occasion to remind France
that "we could not consent to the occu
pation of those Islands by any other
European power than Spain, under any
contingency whatever."
Again, during the administration of
President Tyler, Daniel Webster, then
secretary of state, declared that, in the
event of an attempt upon the part of
any European power to wrest Cuba
from her, Spain) might "securely rely
upon the whole naval and military re
sources of the United States to aid her
in preserving or recovering it."
The reason for the attitude which the
United States maintained toward 'Cuba,
up to a comparatively recent period, is
obvious. Under the Monroe doctrine, we-
had to accept the situation as tt existed
at the time of its promulgation, and it
became necessary to maintain the status
quo, taking ground against any further
efforts to establish monarchical govern
ment on the western hemisphere, while
studiously standing aloof from alliances
with European powers. We had every
thing to lose and nothing to gain, as It
was then viewed, by exchanging Spanish
for French or English domination of
alien soil at our doors. The protectorate
of Spanish sovereignty over Cuba,
which the United States then assumed,
was therefore quite natural .
The reasons for withdrawing it are
quite as logical and reasonable. The
change was not made until the conditions
took on an entirely different form—
until the condition of the Cubans began
to parallel the position occupied by the
American colonists at the time they be
gan their own struggle for independence.
Spanish oppression on the island began
to be felt by the native s much as Eng
lish oppression had effected us, and their
long struggle for the liberty we had
achieved by open revolt had Just begun.
Our sympathy very naturally went out
to the Cuban patriots, and has remained
With them ever since.
The barbarous methods adopted by the
mother country, in the ten years' war,
only served to strengthen our friendship
for a people whose cause was as just
before heaven as had been our own,
while the brutal execution of thirty-six
sailors of the American ship Virginius
by the Spaniards, an incident of that
war, embittered our people against a
power that had ceased to recognize the
rules governing civilized nations in the
conduct of wars, and had become a na
tion of outlaws.
The moderation of the American people-
In their treatment of the Cuban question
since that time, and the complacent at
titude of our government while scenes
of unparalleled cruelty and barbarity
were being witnessed just off our shores
►-resulting in the almost complete anni
hilation of the Cuban population—are
likely to greatly puzzle- the future his
torian when he comes to search for
reason, excuse or pretext.
Notwithstanding the copious extracts
which President McKinley chose to
make, in his annual message to con
gress, from the state papers of President
Grant, touching the Cuban war for in
dependence that covered the entire
period of his incumbency of the office,
he was careful not to tjuote the instruc
tions given to our minister to Spain—the
politic and diplomatic Cushing— who had
nuceeeded General Sickles, forced to re-
Wgn by the failure or refusal of the
state department to sustain him. These
instructions contained this declaration:
The president cannot but regard in
dependence and emancipation, of
course, as the only certain, and even
the necessary, solution of the ques
tion of Cuba. And, in his mind, all
incidental questions are quite subor
dinate to those, the larger objects of
the United States ln this respect.
The terms of pacification, satisfactory
to the Insurgents and acceptable to the
United States, because they provlaed
for the gradual emancipation of the
slaves and a broad measure of autonomy
for the island, were agreed to in 1878,
and bad they been carried out in good
faith by Spain, there would today be
no Cuban question to goad us on to the
brink of war.
THE BOARD SHOULD ACT
A few months ago it was heralded
with great rejoicing that a large sum of
money was available to construct new
buildings for the State Reform school at
Whittier. That the need of the improve
ments was urgent was freely admitted.
Elaborate plans were drawn up and
submitted to the board of trustees, who
agreed upon what should be done, and
submitted their conclusions to the state
auditing board, composed of the gov
ernor, secretary of state and treasurer,
as required by law. The plans were sent
to the capital over a month ago, but
even their receipt has not been acknowl
edged.
There should be no further delay In
this important matter. The principal
cause of the difficulties that have been
encountered in the administration of the
Whittier Reform school has been a lack
of proper facilities. The accommoda-
tions are inadequate and antiquated. It
is impossible to conduct the school ac
cording to approved modern methods.
There ls one great administration build
ing so constructed and arranged that it
is a hindrance rather than a help to
good government ln the institution. The
plans submitted by the board of trus
tees are drawn on the "segregate" idea,
so called, which has been approved by
all the leading penal reform authorities.
It is absolutely necessary that they shall
be carried out if the welfare of the in
mates of the school is to be properly
looked after.
As before stated, the money necessary
to carry out the improvements is ready
and waiting. The fund now amounts to
$90,000, and in the course of a year or so
it will reach a total of $125,000. Of the
amount now available, Los Angeles
county, in which the school ls located,
provided $32,000, and the people of the
county have the right to demand that
the money shall at once be devoted to its
intended, legitimate purpose, and to no
other.
So long as the fund is not devoted to
its legitimate purpose there will exist the
constant temptation to fritter it away
in needless expenditures. It is due the
boys who are sent to the school to be
reformed and taught useful occupations,
and to the several counties whose tax
payers have provided the money, that
the plans of the trustees be carried out.
The Herald hopes that the state audit
ing board, of which Governor Budd Is
the head, will pass upon the matter
without further delay.
NOT IN THE GANG INTEREST
The participation In the primaries of
the party by more than fifty per cent of
the Democratic voters of Chicago, on
Wednesday, confirms the conviction that
the people generally take a deep interest
In public affairs and in good govern
ment, and that they will cease to ignore
primary elections when they are safe
guarded, as they always should be, by
wise provisions to prevent them from
being manipulated by designing men,
with penalties for violations sufficiently
heavy to secure their enforcement. In
other words, the better element will
come to respect the primary system, and
to patronize it, just so soon as they are
assured that their will is to be honestly
recorded. This being a certainty, we
shall have, In time, almost universal
participation in the primary elections, a
more sincere and cordial acceptance of
the results, a greater degree of reliance
upon the loyalty of the masses in sup
port of the regular nominees, and the
consolation in defeat that it was en
countered in a good cause, for it will
never do to admit that the majority of
the voters of any party will deliberately
nominate unworthy men for responsible
positions in the public service.
The result in Chicago ls in the highest
sense encouraging. If the principle of
safeguarding primary elections can suc
ceed in that cesspool of political cor
ruption, it will surely be acceptable to
this deodorous community, where the
Kang element succeeds only when un
opposed.
FORAKER'S COWARDICE
People who talk loudest about the
"national honor" ignore the fact that the
most confidential friend of the chief ex
ecutive occupies a scat in the highest
legislative body in the world by no other
right than that of purchase, and that
his colleague, fully aware of the methods
employed to secure it, declines to aid in
purging that body, although the bribe
giver has be-en his traditional enemy.
The refusal of Mr. Foraker to repre
sent the protest that has gone up from
the honest people of his own state, and
which is confined to no party or class,
cannot but be regarded as a base and
cowardly betrayal of a trust and an
abandonment of the friends who made
the fight against Hanna and his pow
erful influences, if it does not really
make him an accessory after the fact.
Foraker's excuse is that, however con
vincing tho proof that money was spent
In the- senatorial election, there is lack
ing positive evidence that It was Han
na's money, or that Hanna expended it
or approved of Its expenditure In behalf
jof his own candidacy.
A more puerile plea was never before
advanced. The case against the Ohio
boss is as fully and convincingly sus
LOS ANGELES HERALD, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 18, MPS
talned by the evidence as any case of
conspiracy ever was in a court of Justice.
Every circumstance points to his guilt,
and we will venture to say there ls not
an honest man in the country who fol
lowed the testimony developed by the
legislative investigation that has a lin
gering doubt of Hanna's personal par
ticipation in the bribery of members to
vote for him who'otherwise would have
voted for his opponent.
Against the employment of such meth
ods Mr. Foraker has been the strongest
Protestant, but it seems that, even as he
lacked courage to openly antagonize the
Ohio boss when his fate hung ln the bal
ance, and when a word from him would
have saved the state and the nation from
the disgrace, so he now elects to sit with
his tattoed colleague to the close of his
own term without protest or rebuke, and
to affiliate with him in caucus and com
mittee, thus tacitly Indorsing the dis
reputable methods which he has so often
and so eloquently denounced, to the end
that he may escape the censure of pro
fessional politicians for attempting to
disrupt the rotten party to which he
still adheres at whatever sacrifice.
But It should not be assumed that the
fight upon Hanna and his usurpation of
a seat he possesses not a single qualifi
cation to fill will be abandoned because
of Foraker's cowardly desertion. Mr.
McKisson will file his contest, the testi
mony will be exploited by the committee
on elections, and every senator will be
compelled to go on record upon the vital
question, painfully personal to every one
of them.
BRAZEN HYPOCRISY
The assurance of the yellowest news
paper in San Francisco is not to be
measured; it cannot be compassed by
the human mind. It is one of the things
infinite.
The latest scandalous sensation in
San Francisco is a story to the effect
that the attorneys for Hoff, the alleged
murderer of Mrs. Clute, have attempted
to sell a confession of the crime to the
local papers for $2000. Concerning this
report the Call says:
Aside from any question as to whether
Hoff has actually confessed, or whether
Mcintosh was authorized to sell his
confession, or whether Haymond, who
offered the document for sale, was act
ing for Mcintosh, the glaring fact re
mains conspicuous that these men have
been trafficking in the life of a human
being. In so doing Mcintosh especially
has been guilty of an unpardonable
offense, for which he should be dis
barred and prosecuted.
A few days ago a newspaper reporter
in San Francisco, depressed by his trou
bles, and maddened by drink, resolved to
commit suicide. He wrote an account of
his troubles and of his determination to
take his own life, bringing the story up to
the time of committing the deed. Then
he took the manuscript to the newspaper
offices, sealed, and tried to sell it for $100.
One newspaper, seeing that the man was
not in his normal condition refused the
offer, but the next paper accepted it. The
sum of $100 was to be paid for It, if it
proved to be the "exclusive" that its
author claimed for it.
The name of the paper that accepted
the story was the Call. It is fair to
say that there is no evidence to show that
the managing editor of the Call knew
just what he was buying, and his dis
claimer ls put forth In support of the
statement; nevertheless the attitude and
course of the paper In the matter were
strongly condemned by all decent people.
The reporter went forth and com
mitted suicide. The next morning the
Call printed the story under sensational
headlines, not forgetting to call atten
tion to its "enterprise" in securing an
exclusive account, written by the dead
man. It was deemed that the story was
worth the $100, and the money was sent
to the wife and sister, who indignantly
refused to accept what they called the
"blood-money" of their husband and
brother.
And now the Call virtuously demands
the punishment of the men who are
charged with trying to sell a murderer's
confession. Out upon such vile hypoc
risy!
It seems that a large portion of the pur
chase money of the Pacific roads is still
ir. the hands of the banks that financed
the; sales, the treasury having notified
them that the funds are not needed.
We presume it will make little difference
to the) people whether their money is
in the vaults at Washington or in those
at New York, but the circumstance is
suggestive of the disposition of the ad
ministration authorities to favor the
money interest in every possible way,
and even in unlooked for ways. If the
governmenf were indebted to the banks,
and the banks were in the condition of
the federal treasury, who is there that
will for a moment suppose the funds
would not bo promptly withdrawn?
Enthusiastic Buckeyes are going to re
produce the McKinley homestead on tho
grounds of the Omaha exposition, and
fill it with souvenirs of the last cam
paign. This is a capital id»a. It will
be worth a journey across the continent
to once more see those lurid yellow-red
posters, embellished with pictorial repre
sentations of mills and factories in full
operation, dense volumes of smok"
issuing from the chimneys and all the
operatives looking fat and sleek In their
store clothes. But if the managers of the
exposition desire to produce a genuine
novelty, they will set up a real factory
in the grounds, and put it in operation.
| It is highly improbable that General
j Weyler wrote a letter to a Havana
! journalist, suggesting the destruction of
any American battleship that might be
' sent to that port, as chronicled in our
dispatches this morning. The epistle
is characteristic enough—we are only
skeptical as to his foolhardiness in com
mitting it to the mails. We believe him
quite equal to the conception of such
a plot, however, and brave enough to—
I consign its execution to somebody else.
Theoretically the people of Los Ange
les can have any kind of weather they
Bsc tit Ul ask fur. Yesterday the San
Francisco weather bureau offlolal pre
dicted for Los Angeles. "Generally clear
tonight and Friday; frost where clear
tonight." The Los Angeles official as
sured us of "Partly cloudy and unsettled
weather tonight and Friday; froat where
clear tonight." If you can think of any
kind of weather that you don't want Just
ask for it.
Sidney Lowe, one of England's most
distinguished editors, this morning tells
the world, through the medium of the
Associated Press, what his country
would do, or rather what it long ago
would have done, had a Cuba been within
ninety miles of the British shore line.
His strong utterances, touching the
duty of the United States, are com
mended to the few In our midst who are
disposed to accept peace at any price.
The Austrian minister at Washington
appears to be cultivating a passport.
At all events his impertinent sugges
tion to Assistant Secretary Day, that
Spain's responsibility for the Maine dis
aster be submitted to a European board
of arbitration, has been fittingly re
buked. We still look to the continent
for suggestions regarding our financial
policy, but In other matters Uncle Sam
is characteristically self-reliant.
The council has passed an ordinance
of intention to hold an election to choose
freeholders to whom the very' Important
work of framing a new charter shall be
entrusted. The first official step has
been taken in the matter, and the citi
zens should take a lively interest in it
from now on. The way to a new charter
is long and hard and weary, but If a good
instrument is secured it will be worth
all it costs.
The committee of thirty has wisely de
cided to eliminate "All-Fools' Night"
from the Fiesta program this year.
This feature Inspired the greater part
of the opposition to holding the festival
this year, and its abandonment will leave
the celebration without an objectionable
feature.
"Too late for peace under Spanish
rule" is the epitome of the conclusions
reached by Senator Proctor, after his
visit to Cuba, and embraced in his
guarded remarks in the senate yesterday.
He freely declared that neither Span
iards nor Cubans want autonomy.
We scarcely needed the assurance, con
tained in a Madrid dispatch this morn
ing, that Spain will not accept the find
ings of the American naval board. But
what If that report should wholly elim
inate Spanish responsibility for the loss
of the Maine?
The conviction that war is not likely
to be averted appears to be infectious.
In our news columns this morning Sen
ator Burrows Is made to say that. If
the report of the naval board meets pop
ular expectation, a collision Is inevitable.
The yellow newspapers, by publishing
black lies that are not worth the white
paper they are printed on, make their
contemporaries turn green with envy
and feel blue because they are read.
This is wrong, but it is right.
As to the long-looked-for report of the
naval board, manana. At least that is
the assurance conveyed by our dis
patches this morning. And after the
report—what?
The San Pedro American Is laying up
trouble on earth for itself. It will pre
sent a gold watch to "the most popular
lady ln San Pedro."
MARCH
Out of the cavern of Time I spring,
On the dancing feet of the wind;
Wildly, oh! wildly my way I wing,
While the gray clouds hurry behind,
Trailing a mantle far over the sky,
And the maniac winds go bellowing by.
» ;
The scudding grasses all shivering fly,
And the plants crouch down to the earth;
The old oaks groan and the poplars sigh,
But I laugh with a frenzied mirth,
And call on the tempest to mock their cries
With thunderous tongues and flaming eyes.
Not a trembling tree but lifts Its arms
With a vain appeal to the skies.
Oh! I love their terrors and wild alarms,
And the merciless, mad replies
From the foam-flecked mouths of the
chafing hounds
That I hold In leash ln my hunting grounds.
—Bernard Malcolm Bamsey ln the March
Pall Mall Magazine.
Not Just as He Thought
"Well, I've got to sqnare myself; the
other two sides have done so," said the
litigant.
"You want to get even.heh?" asked the
other.
"Yes."
"You must think you're a regular hypo
tenuse."
Somehow It didn't seem clear, and he
hasn't recovered yet.—Buffalo Enquirer.
Felicity
Mrs. Crlmsonbeak—l read ln the paper,
the other day, that during the first day of
her married lilfe a Korean bride must not
speak, not even to her husband. It ls con
sidered a very reprehensible breach of et
iquette.
Mr. Crlmsonbeak—Now, that's some
thing like a honeymoon.—Yonkers States
man.
As They All Do
"I wish you please, Suh," said an old
darky, "write me a letter ter de man whut
'lists de sojers en ax him ter gimme a
place in de army."
"All right. Any particular place?"
"No, Suh, 'cep dat I wants ter be a
colonel—dcs lak de res' er dem!"—Atlanta
Constitution.
Easily Ascertained
He—Do you know when you get a bad
coin?
I She—Why, certainly, I do.
How do you know?
Why, the man I offer it to refuses to
take it.—Yonkers Statesman.
Perhaps She Was Farsighted
The Sioux City girl who married another
man, thinking him her lover, breaks all
records for nearsightedness.—St. Paul
Globe.
A Lobster
It ls generally agreed that the oyster is
a fish; but what of Paty dv Clam?— Phil
adelphia Record, v
ON THE STREET
Fred Blanchard's new home of music
and art, to be erected by Mr. Newmark
opposite the city
Several Loner. haU ' P l-01 - 0 -"* to sup-
Several Um t ply several long-felt
Felt Wants wants. A suitable
hall for the giving
of chamber concerts, piano pupils' recitals
and art exhibitions will be a great addi
tion to the equipment of the Athens of
America. But the most grateful and com
forting promise of the proposed building
Is the Idea of devoting several stories to
music and art studios. Now the artist ls.
as a rule, an Inoffensive Individual who,
beyond the smell of paints and "turps,"
furnishes no annoyance to his neighbors,
unless. Indeed, he Insists on importuning;
them to pass Judgment on his unfinished
canvases. But the professor of the cor
net and the Instructor of vocallsm are not
exactly appreciated by the other tenants
in a business block. The other day a
young friend of mine was suddenly moved
with a burning inspiration to write some
verses for The Herald on the Maine dis
aster. The adjoining offices are inhabited
by a teacher of singing. My friend's muse
was for two hours violently disturbed and
finally routed by three aspiring tenors, who
In turn ruined "Ah Che La Morte" for the
financial edification of the professor. This
Instance, however, may not be entirely
apropos, because my young friend's verses
might have caused even more anguish
than the vocailstic vagaries. But, seri
ously, the migration of music teachers to
Mr. Blanchard's new building will be a
distinct benefit to the general community
of business men and a great economy in
temper and bad language.
000
Whose business is it to remove obstruc
tions from the street! My friend, John
Drain, the superln-
A Problem of " ndent of ,- eels |; st
rides up and down
Obstruction Ninth street two or
three times a day.
Is it possible that he has not noticed an
unsightly wreck that was once a Chinese
vegetable vendor's wagon, which lies
against the sidewalk opopslte Georgia
street. By a collision with an electric
car this poor Mongolian came to
most destructive grief at this spot.
How with such a vehicle he. had
so long continued to pursue the
uneven tenor of his way Is puzzling, but
when the break came hardly a single part
of the wagon remained intact. Three of
the four wheels went entirely to pieces and
the remnants of the wagon present as de
moralizing a spectacle as can he Imagined.
Yet the debris has remained there for
over a week. The Chinaman has evidently
abandoned It, unless he has been dulling
his grief with opium ever since, and has
forgotten its location. But If It ls not the
street superintendent's duty to remove It,
is there anything to prevent the neighbors
from chopping it up for firewood? I par
ticularly want to know, as I live nearby
and am short on kindling.
o o o
Capt. H. Z. Osborne, who by reason of his
experience and aspirations ls one of the
best posted men on
Political politics In this neck
of the woods, ls at
Sweepstakes present In San Fran
cisco. It Is believed
ln Republican circles that Capt. Osborne
has now a lead pipe cinch on the United
States marshalship. Johnny Cline, who by
reason of his intimacy with Hanna, was
considered a formidable competitor, has
scratched for this race, and has entered
for higher stakes, the shrievalty handi
cap, ln which event, however, he has a
much bigger field to run against.
000
The proposed woman's college of Pasa
dena is out with a prodigious prospectus.
The "commltteo of
"Tti» Pw«r«e" twenty - five" ex
lhe Princess p]alnß , hat |( ,„ Qot
in Pasadena ,0 be a "female sem
inary" or "anyone's
college," but a college, which ls "to be for
women what Harvard Is for men." The
committee' 9 aim seems to be to realize
Tennyson's "Princess" ln Pasadena. But
this educational Utopia is still somewhat
ln nublbus, because the committee proceeds
to state:
It is not to be started until a gift or
gifts aggregating $400,000 be made.
Smaller gifts are acceptable, but will
not be solicited and will not be valid
until the larger foundation sum Is se
cured, assuring at once its vigorous
life and perpetuity.
The committee of twenty-five ls certainly
ambitious, and If only Its discretion proves
equal to Its valor, Its "vigorous life and
perpetuity" will be realized.
000
A rumor reaches me that the editorial
force of the Evening Express holds Itself
responsible for the
Ct ',t_ welcome downpour
St. Patrick and of raln wWch y » lud
Jupiter PIuVIUS and refreshed the
earth last night as
soon as the evening papers were sold out.
It ls a popular superstition, almost
amounting to a religious dogma, that you
have only to arm yourself with an um
brella or predict a rainfall to make the
clouds dry up. Acting on this theory, with
a sneaking hope that the ruse might prove
successful, Mr. Willard last night pub
lished the following paragraph:
The superstition that rain always
falls on St. Patrick's day does not apply
to Southern California.
This was too much for both St. Patrick
and our old friend. Jupiter P., for hardly
was the Ink on the Express' last edition
dry when the downpour commenced, and
once more we had a forcible illustration of
the value of "Today's News Today."
000
Who is it dares say that the people of
Los Angeles are not musical? If any such
base calumniator
Musical JffSJS T ln ?J le
the death. Let him
Allurements be beaten with fiddle
sticks, garroted with
guitar strings and drowned in the big
trombone. Aside from the patronage
extended to opera, big and little, comic
and otherwise, symphony concerts and
chamber muslcales, all of which cost
money to listen tp, the dear public inclines
above all to the musical entertainment
that ls, like the delightful climate, free
to all. Why Is It that department stores,
and shoe stores especially run to music?
Sometimes as I saunter along Spring
street 1 am reminded of the great Chicago
fair side shows; the strains of a Strauss
waltz come Invitingly forth from an open
doorway, and I am tempted to turn ln,
but, alas, there is no coochle-coochee there,
but only some self-satisfied young store
clerk, who will bo ready to persuade me,
if I will let him, that a number seven shoe
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nine foot. Then, again, why Is it that the
restaurants where music by the band Is
furnished ad libitum, do such enormous
business. To my mind, the notes of a cor
net and the pounding of a piano are dis
turbers of conversation. Give me the soft
strains of the lute, the guitar and the vio
lin, mixed ln with the dulcet notes of the
Aeolian lyre, even If disturbed by the
rough notes of the Los Angeles lyre in the
shape of a real estate man. No music should
be made unwelcome, and this it becomes If
It ls sufficiently loud to disturb the con
versation of the spoony couples, the bus
iness trios or the average assortments of
unmated and mismated, who crowd the
festive dining halls where music reigns
supreme.
BYSTANDER.
Royalties Who Sing
Few outside ot the Intimate court circle
at Berlin are aware that the kalßer has
a very fine barytone voice, and that he Is
exceedingly fond of singing German and
English ballads, which he does with a
good deal of expression and feeling.
It ls King Oscar, however, who possesses
the finest barytone voice in Europe, and
experts have declared that had he been
forced to sing Instead of to reign for a
living he would have surpassed every pro
fessional barytone now on the stage.
Our queen's third daughter, the Princess
Christian of Schleswlg-Holstein, belongs
to choral societies ln London and Windsor
which give public concerts. In theße the
princess takes an active part. Nothing ls
more inspiring than to hear the Prince of
Wales singing on Sunday at church, at the
top of his voice, his favorite hymn, "On
ward, Christian Soldier," the rolling "r's"
giving it something essentially militant
and military.—Rival.
The Colonel's Opinion
"War," said the old colonel, as he stirred
his toddy, "Is too terrible to contemplate.
It shouid not be lightly spoken of, sir; It Is
a serious, sad affair. I have two graves
ln Virginia, one in Tennessee and three in
Kentucky, and but for war the men who
fill them would be living yet."
"Your sons, colonel?" asked the listener
in an awed voice.
Tho colonel tossed off his toddy neat, and
stroking his gray beard said:
"No, sir—my substitutes; the brave men
who fought, bled and died for me!"
Then the listener coughed and observed
that whisky was not as good now as it was
before the war.—Atlanta Constitution.
McKinley May Be Too Cool
What did President McKinley mean
when he said: "You may rest assured
there wilt not be war with my consent, ex
cept for a cause which will satisfy good
men here, the nations of Europe and Al
mighty God?" If he meant that he would
oppose war unless forced to it by the lash
ing anger of all the outside world, he
spoke like a craven.—St. Louis Republic.
This Legislature Named Hanna
Whispers which may develop into open
charges of corruption and bribery are now
heard in It ls Intimated that
the legislation of the house ls controlled
by certain members who are willing to
pass of defeat pending bills for a consid
eration.—Cleveland Leader.
One of the Forgotten Planks
Just as an evidence of good faith,
wouldn't It be well for congress to read
that little section in the last Republican
platform about Cuba before announcing
that everything that stands ln the way
of adjournment has been attended to?—
Louisville Times.
Sage Advice
One of the best ways in the world to be
sure of putting up a good fight ls to keep
perfectly cool until the time comes to
light.-St. Louis Republic.
Next!
Fame ls fleeting. Yesterday it was the
author of "Quo Vadls." Today It ls the
gifted composer of "The Wabash."—Buffa
lo Express.
Bees in His Bonnet
Senator Mnson appears to be mistaking
bellicosity for brains.—Terre Haute Ex
press,
THE PUBLIC PULSE
(The Herald under this heading print*
communications, but does not assume re
sponsibility tor the sentiments expressed.
Correspondents are requested to cultivate
brevity as far as Is consistent with the
proper expression of their views.)
Pensions i
To the Editor of the Los Angeles Her
ald—Among how many ex-soldlers ls the
$142,000,000 distributed? And what Ib the
largest and smallest amount paid to an
Individual? And what proportion of the
men were native born?. Also, 19 there not
a moral question worth considering ln ths
fact that so many of these disabled men,
unlit to provide for a family, marry and
have large families? ROSE DARTLE.
Monrovia, March 10.
The whole number of pensioners on the
rolls on June 30, 1897, was 976,014, a gain of
6336 over the previous year.
The Herald does not know the proportion
of native born pensioners, and that really
seems to be Immaterial. Triey were all
American citizens fighting for the Ameri
can flag.
The smallest pension paid ls $8, and the
largest $416.66 a month. The average an
nual value of each pension Is now $133.17.
Because a man Is a veteran, disabled and
a pensioner Is no reason, under the law,
why he should not marry. Nevertheless
there has been considerable complaint
that many veterans have married young
women, with the Idea of perpetuating their
pensions indefinitely but no steps have as
yet been taken ln the matter. Our cor
respondent also seems to question the pro
priety of pensioning the veterans at all.
A grateful nation is proud and happy to
have the privilege and the ability to pen
sion the widows and orphans of those who
gave up their lives for its preservation,
und to make some recompense to those of
its defenders who survived and yet who
suffered. It Is only against the abuse of
the pension system that complaint ls made,
and none are more anxious fb have these
abuses remedied than the real veterans
themselves.
A Tribute to the Departed
To the Editor of the Los Angeles Heralds
With a martial spirit stirring the pulses ol
our American manhood, It seems unfitting
lndee'd we should have to lay to rest one
of our leading military men.
However, General William S. Rosecrans
sleeps well, cradled ln the affections of the
American people, and though his sword
may never more be unsheathed In defense
of his country, a generous public has re
viewed with unstinted praise his military
and private life, with the latter In Its civic
and domestic aspects garlanding grace
fully the battle-scarred hero. And it ls
In the light of his beautiful and tender
love of family that we get the pathos and
sweet significance of the Incident, relatlvo
to his last illness, referred to In Saturday's
Herald—the sudden and wholly unexpect
ed death which touched him so deeply, be
ing none other than his grandson and
namesake, Bosecrans Toole, son of his de
voted daughter, Mrs. Joseph K. Toole, wife
of Montana's first governor, and who, with
this grief fresh upon her heart, came south,
attended by her honored husband, to stand
anew beneath the shadow of the dark
winged angel at the bedside of General
Rosecrans, never to be recognized, neveS
to hear again his fatherly blessing.
I repeat, this last chieftain of our civil
war sleeps well, and while it may be "Dust
to dust and ashes to ashes" at tho cathe
dral today, a united country presses for
ward to do him homage, and California
would feel honored to have him rest alway;
amid her bloom and grandeur.
MRS. L. M. L.
Los Angeles, March 15, 1898.
Bright Bits of Philosophy
Facing tomorrow's trials ls turning your
back on today's duties.
Discouraging a good man ls the devil's
way of spiking his best gun.
Whatever comes from the heart has si
voice that speaks to the heart.
Some men make their intentions of be
ing better an excuse for not being so.
Every good law ls a public confession
that society is not as good as it should be.
What a difference there ls between what
we are and what we want others to be.—
Ham's Horn.
Ready for a Fray Nevertheless
Secretary Long does not believe there Is
going to be a fight, but all the same he Is
soaking snowballs and putting them .out
over night to freeze.—Boston Olobe.
Fine Recruits
"Are you Interested In this 'don't worry"
movement?"
"Yes; I wish I could get all my creditors
into it."—Chicago Record,