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SATURDAY. AllilST 11, Xft»B.
Two years ago, when the Democrat
ic congressional convention was hold
ing its sessions in this city and was
"all tangled up" in the Patton-Rose
contest, the railroad push went regu
larly at each adjournmentto the head
quarters of the Republican boss, Her
vey Llndley, at the Westminster hotel,
to receive their instructions. That
aame Push—the very nfen who then
kotowed to Boss Lindley—are behind
the call issued by L. Herzog. They
succeeded in knocking the party out of
a representative in congress then; they
are trying to disrupt the party now.
TRYING TO SPLIT THE PARTY
A small and discredited faction of the
Democracy, which is most accurately
designated as "the railroad push," is en
gaged in a scheme to disrupt the Demo
cratic party of Los Angeles county. The
plot was developed yesterday, when cer
tain postal cards came into evidence,
with the following notice:
LOS ANGELES, Cal.. Aug. 4, IS9S.
Whereas, Mere than twenty-five mem
bers of the Democratic county central
committee have requested a call for a
meeting of the county central com
mlttfce. for the purpose of carrying out
the directions of the state central com
mittee relative to the determination of
the manner in which the delegates to
the state convention shall be selected,
and. whereas, the chairnu n of the coun
ty central committee refuses to call said
committee together.
Now, therefore, a meeting of the Dem
ocratic county central committee Is
hereby called to meet at New Turn
verein hall. Los Angeles, on Saturday.
August 6, ISJtS, at 2 oclo-.k p. m.. for
the purpose of determining the manner
of selecting delegates to th-» state con
vention, and to call a county conven
tion, and for the transaction of such
further business as may come before the
committee. 1.. HERZOG,
Secretary Democratic County Central
Committee.
It is well known that the men behind
li. Herzog, who are Instigating this act
ion, are Tom McCafTery, train dispatcher
of the Southern Pacific; H. Patton, po
litical manipulator for profit; M. W.
Conkling. and two or three others of the
railroad company's political handy men
in this section. They are working ln the
interest of the Southern Pacilic politi
cal bureau, and probably under instruc
tions Issued direct from San Francisco.
There is no grievance that these men
are seeking to adjust; there Is no party
Integrity or point of principle that they
are seeking to vindicate. They are sim
ply undertaking a desperate game to
bring dissension Into the ranks of a
hitherto united Democracy, defeat fu
sion and prevent the nomination of Ma
guire for governor. No honest purpose
is back of this call, for any reasonable
man would know the utter folly of try
ing to bring together on one day's notice
a fair representation of the Democratic
county central committee —a body com
posed of about 170 members, scattered
all over this county of magnificent di
mensions. The object is, rather, to as
semble a few committeemen primed for
the affair, to call another Democratic
convention ur.d send a contesting dele
gation to the state convention. It is a
shrewd and shameless attempt to dis
rupt the party by a gang of marplots
who are thoroughly discredited and who
are taking this last desperate chance to
destroy what they cannot control.
Were it possible to secure a full and
representative meeting of the county
central committee, we would have no
fears of the result; but the men who
have issued this irregular call have
taken care that such an attendance shall
be out of the question. We can only
hope that enough members who are ln
favor of holding the Democratic party
together. will attend the meeting at 2
oclock this afternoon and defeat the
scheme of the wreckers. This can best
be done by adopting a resolution con
firming the action of the executive com
mittee in calling the primaries for the
Sth and the convention for the 10th Inst.
The would-be disorganizes will no!
doubt go before the meeting today with
the most plausible sort of a claim for
fair play nnd the profour.dest air of In
jured innocence. They will assert the
tacreiness of Democratic precedent
ar.d denounce the executive committee
foT usurping undue authority and at
tempting to boss the party. Let no
loyal member of the committee be de
ceived by this Pharisaical pretense; it
simply cloaks a deep-laid scheme to
work mischief. The executive commit
tee has done no more than Its plain
duty; it has called primaries in an open
and fair manner, and has taken steps
to secure an honest and full expression
from the members of the party In this
county. There has been no effort to ger
rymander precincts or fill the election
booths with men of any particular fac
tion. There is no Just or adequate rea
son why the election should not pro
ceed as already arranged.
Every Democrat knows that the state
committee, on the 30th of July, called
the Democratic state convention for the
16th of August. This call was not pro
mulgated until the 31st of July, and the
chairman of the county central commit
tee was not officially notified until the
Ist of August. Under this call the cre
dentials of state delegates must be cer
tified to the secretary of the state com
mittee at hast five days prior to the
day of holding the state convention.
The very latest day, therefore, upon
which the county convention could be
held was the 10th of August. The ex
ecutive committee, therefore, found it
self confronted with a serious difficulty.
It had only nine days ln which to call
primaries and hold the county conven
tion. The executive committee, under
these circumstances, deemed it inadvis
able to cull the central committee to
gether, and they were led to this conclu
sion by the fact that the Gth of August
would be the very earliest day upon which
such meeting could be held, if propet
notice should be given to the coun
try committeemen, and by the furthei
tact that to call them together upon tht
Bth and again upon the 10th would work
a double hardship upon them, In loss of
time and expenditure of money, and also
that' it would be doubtful if many of
the central committeemen living at a
listance would respond to the notice
at all.
With no other purpose in view than
that of subserving the best interests ol
the party, the executive committee ex
ercised a right which had been exercised
by former committees, and called thi
primaries and the convention. The at
tention of central committeemen is
invited to that call (which is published
in other columns of this issue), and they
are asked to point out anything therein
which Is not in accordance with Democ
racy, good politics and fair play.
That this call is not acceptable t<
ballot-box stutters, repeaters, wirepull
ers and ward bosses, we have no hesi
tation in admitting. No serious com
plaint about it has thus far been mad?
by respectable Democrats, and if any
complaint has been made, it has lone
■ ince been withdrawn. All the objec
tions come from those individuals wh<
have been instrumental in calling tht
meeting of today, and who have taken
especial care to notify all of their kind,
and have trusted that the one-day
mailed notices to the other members of
the central committee throughout the
county may not be largely effective.
The duty of ail honorable Democrats
is plain. The executive committee Is
made up of the very best men in the
party, and Dr. Hill, chairman of that
committee, as well as his co-workers in
the crusade against this disreputable
element, should receive the solid sup
port, as they merit the esteem, of every
loyal and right-thinking Democrat ln
the county.
There is hardly a doubt that Uncle
Collis's political managers have cap
tured the machinery of the Republi
can party in this state and will dictate
its nominations this yer.r. Are we
going to let them divide and destroy
the Democratic party, so that they can
"make assurance doubly sureP"
ONWARD TO—WHAT?
The imperialists may have to content
themselves for a few months with the
acquisition of Hawaii. A little later
their accelerated appetites will be tem
porarily appeased with the formal ces
sion of Porto Rico and a few smaller
islands in the Caribbean sea. Within
a year their propaganda will have made
it perfectly apparent that Cuba must
be annexed—pacification of the island.
according to the original purpose, will
be along these lines. They have already
discovered, in the insurgent army, "a
surprising sentiment in favor of union."
and among its officers has been disclosed
"a remarkable shift of feeling." They
already assert that Garcia, the uncom
promising foe of annexation, has, within
a night, completely revised his opinions,
and now believes that "the welfare of
Cuba depends upon her joining the sis
terhood of states." Two senators from
the eastern state of Cuba are necessary
to offset the influence of two senators
from the western state of Hawaii. And
if statehood is accorded to Cuba, why
not also to Porto Rico, whose people are
rallying around the Hag and singing
Yankee Doodle?
Impatient indeed must be the impe
rialist who isn't satisfied with the cur
rent of events —with the drift of senti
ment in favor of territorial acquisition,
colonization and commercial expansion.
An adaptable president will no doubt
i take warning, and in future messages
i refrain from jocular references to the
. dangers surrounding a war of conquest.
, The Morgans and Hoars of the senate
LOS ANGELES HERALD: SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 6, 1898
will recognize their error ln assuming
that the country can safely step outside
its traditional policy and take In Ha
waii without going further, and the
Tellers will explain that when they in
sisted upon the insertion In the war res
olutions of a disclaimer of earth hunger,
they only broached in Jest,
i The flood is moving grandly on, wash
i ing away the now decomposed banks of
' tradition, loosening the sturdy oaks and
I the tall sycamores and sweeping them
Into the mad current. No power can
check it, no influence divert its course.
Labeled "manifest destiny," it will con
tinue to move majestically onward to
w-hat?
Unless all signs fail in this dry
year, the marplots who are trying to
split the Democratic party wide open
and defeat fusion will get a terrific set
back at the meeting of the county cen
tral committee today.
WE ARE THE PEOPLE
Pago Pago Is again in evidence. It is
said to he the only harbor of any value
In the Samoan group. The title to It has
been vested in the United States for a
quarter of a century, only we have never
before appreciated its strategic value
and commercial Importance, for the rea
son that, since its cession, we have flat
tered ourselves that a protective tariff
would preserve us our own home mar
ket, and that was all we have coveted.
Now it is different. We want the earth,
and along with It a few coaling station!
out in the deep, a few naval stations
for our battleships, a few mid-ocean
acres fnr the politico-commercial colo
nies of the future.
Pago Pago is 4016 miles from Pan Fran
cisco. 4012 miles from Yokohama, 2261
from Honolulu, 3000 from Guam, and
4000 from Manila. Of what significant',
is distance in world commerce?
A long time ago congress appropriated
a quarter of a million dollars for the
improvement "f Pearl harbor, anothei
valuable possession ln the Hawaiian
group. Hut it was never used. It ther
seemed as if its employment for that
purpose would be tantamount to throw
ing the money Into the sea. It is still
available, but it has been discovered
that it can lie used for the improve
ment of any little old harbor anywhere.
And so it is going to be used in forti
,'ying Pago Pago, and an expert en
mincer is to be speedily dispatched t»
the land of hurricanes, to make the pre
iiminary arrangements for its disburse
m mt. Pearl harbor is now in theTJnltec"
States, and has become a direct claim
ant for position, top of column, in tht
annual river and harbor bill, along with
Galveston. Milwaukee and San Pedro.
The scheme is flawless, and will not
be criticised. We must have more earth,
nnd more naval stations to protect it.
We must shnot mir surplus products int.
new countries, for our own refuses longer
to absorb them. We have plenty of mills,
but they are not just at this moment
mitting columns of black smoke from
their chimneys, as we once saw them
doing In the illuminated posters issued
by the Hanna campaign committee.
Americans are a great people. And
"we are the people."
The best way to checkmate the ef
fort of the disgruntled railroad push to
divide the party is for the members of
the Democratic county central com
tnittee to turn out in force nt today's
meeting and ratify the action of the
executive committee.
JOINED TO HER IDOLS
The queen regent Is represented as de
sirous of uniting all parties, "save the
Carlists and the Republicans," upon the
terms of the treaty agreed upon, and to
that end has summoned the leaders of
all the other political divisions to a con
ference.
It is not strange that she should re
gard the pacification of the Carlists as
a hopeless undertaking, since their most
cherished hopes are based upon popular
dissatisfaction and the chaos that it
may resolve itself into. But it is not
a hopeful sign that she spurr.s the ap
proval of the most liberal and enlight
ened element of the population of the
kingdom, whose composite thought and
aspirations are represented by Castelar.
She cannot be Influenced by fear of an
other revolt from that element, for its
great leader—the first president of the
first Spanish republic—has publicly de
clared, since the war began, that the
country Is more monarchical In its tend
encies than ever. He even went so far
as to declare that, under the constitu
tion, Spaniards enjoy about all of the
liberty they are entitled to or are capa
ble of appreciating. His loyalty to the
throne, in its deepest distress and great
est weakness, has been distinctively
heroic. The man, and what his name
stands for, would seem to deserve more
consideration, at this hour, than the
queen is disposed to yield.
Can any good come out of Madrid?
Members of the county central
committee: Stand by the party.
Stand by the action of the executive
committee. It provides for a full and
fair vote of the party at the primaries,
and no fair Democrat need be afraid of
that.
It is In the direct interest of the people
to circumvent the Southern Pacific rail
way In Its political designs, whether its
hand is shown in the manipulation of
the machinery of the one party or the
other. It Is altogether safe to assume
J that what it is after is something it
i should not have, and something which
lit knows cannot be secured through
| legitimate means. Voters and taxpay
ers of all parties should come to recog
nize the company's strikers in commit
ters and conventions, and view with the
- greatest suspicion every movement they
| make. They represent not the people.
but are the puppets of a merciless cor
poration ln disguise.
A week ago yesterday reliable inform
ation was received from Santiago as to
the condition of the army, the reports of
that day, not materially differing from
those of this morning. A colonel of In
fantry then gave it as bis opinion that
not twenty per cent of the army "could
- now pick up their kit, accouterments,
a day's rations and a blanket and march
three miles." Nothing was to be gained
by keeping such an army In Cuba. Peace
prospects and common humanity de
manded Its return. But the secretary
' of war yielded only when an entire army
i corps practically rose up ln revolt.
There Is no complaint as to the places
for holding the Democratic primaries,
or as to the personnel of the election
officers. The grievance of the push Is
that they were not afforded an oppor
tunity to manipulate the call ln a par
tial way and for faction ends. Out with
these Irreconcilable!! Their plea is not
for fair play, but for plunder. They
are not influential, but—a child can
wreck a train. Their aim is to distract
and divide, and prevent the nomination
and election of a governor Inimical to
Southern Pacific Interests.
Last night's report from Santiago
shows 3354 cases of sickness in Shafter's
army, of which 254S are from fever.
There were 502 new cases of fever Thurs
day. One day's death roll—Thursday's
—accounted fnr fifteen of our gallant
soldiers. Fever Is working far worse
havoc among our troops than did Span
ish bullets. Who is responsible for hav
ing kept the conquerors of Santiago
there, despke protests and the fact that
there was nothing for them to do?
It was quite unnecessary, upon thi
part of an esteemed Republican contem
porary, to explain that Mr. Gage is not
directly responsible for the graceless
act of the central committee in disfran
chising half the voters in the county,
oy calling the primaries to meet in tht
tree tops and on the rugged mountain
summits. The supreme test of Mr. Gage's
honesty will be applied later. We shall
see with what grace he accepts the frultt
of such brazen jobbery.
Aguinaldo seems to have some positive
'onvletlons as to what should be done
with the Philippines. And to that ex
tent he has the advantage nf a great
many people In the I'nited States. That
he should want to know where he is at.
since Old Glory has been unfurled or.
the islands, is not strange. He naturally
ibjects to being classed as both fool and
knave. He talks very rationally in our
news columns this morning.
The Illinois Manufacturers' associa
tion has appealed to the president to ln
•lude In the peace settlement a condi
tion that "the ports of all Spanish terri
tory In the Pacific ocean be opened up
on the most liberal terms to all products
of American Industry." This Idea of fix
ing the tariff policy for a conquered
■ciuntry in perpetuity, and by force of
arms, will strike the average reader as
novel, at all events.
All the humor current is not confined
to the humorous column. It is some
times found concealed beneath .'he most
■olemn phrasings of the telegraphic
news. Thus: "Rohledo was closeted
vith Sagasta for two hours. He said
•o him there must be war, war, war. He
afterwards talked freely with the re
porters."
Some American prospectors slipped
n'ress the narrow channel of Bering
--traits, the other day, and entered upon
a more or less systematic exploration
■f the Siberian wilds. But they were
apprehended by a body of Cossacks and
turned back. It was feared their pur
pose was to annex Russia!
The insurgent leader Aguinaldo begins
to realize that he may have some un
til.islnd business on his hands after
peace is declared. He claims to have as
much right to drive Spain from the east
ern hemisphere as we have to drive her
from the western hemisphere. It is well
to have an understanding.
The finesse of Sagasta is shown in his
scheme of committing to the terms of
peace offered the leaders of all of the
dynastic parties, in advance of his final
answer. He thus minimizes the censure
of his administration. But it takes time
to do so neat a Job.
An Intimation has been given out'that
the American peace commissioners will
be ex-President Harrison, Senator Cush
man K. Davis and ex-Secretary of State
Richard Olncy. With such a commis
sion the country will be content.
Our school boys, much Interested In
naval lore, have been erroneously taught
that a captain is bigger than a commo
dore. When the kids grow up and get
into politics they will know more about
naval affairs.
The consensus of opinion Is that Hooley
paid too much for the lordly influence
he bought. In these days of falling
prices, too, "Introductions" should be
counted ln shillings and pence, and not
in pounds.
"Alger's course is condemned on every
hand," say the dispatches from the front.
It may Borne time dawn upon the presi
dent that he is carrying a pretty heavy
load In the person of his war secretary
Merrltt's flrst epistle to the Philippinos
has not yet materialized. We fear he
hesitates. He ought to know what hap
pens to those who make that mistake.
The Seventh California has at last been
officially designated to sail with the next
expedition to Manila. This order is be
lieved to have no string tied to lt.
Aguinaldo is rapidly becoming pacified
again. Our people evidently saw blm
last.
The United States can afford to wait.
It holds the fort.
»»e
Garcia appears to be getting on to our
curves.
The European concert sings sweet and
low.
Dooley in Doubt
About the Philippines
"I know what I'd do IT I was Mack." said
Mr. Hennessy. "I'd hist a flag over th'
Ph'llppeens an' I'd take in th' whole lot
Iv thlm."
"An' yet," said Mr. Dooley, " 'tis not
more thin two months since ye lamed
whether they were Islands or canned goods.
Veer back yard Is so small that ye'er cow
can't turn r-round without buttln' th' wood
shed off th' premises, an' ye wudden't go
out to th' stock yards without takin' out
a policy on ye'er life. Suppose ye was
stundln' at th' corner lv State sthreet an'
Archey r-road, wud ye know what car to
take to get to th' Ph'llppeens? If ye'er son
Packy was to ask ye where th' Ph'llppeens
is cud ye give him army good idea whether
they was in Rooshla or Jus' wist iv th'
thracks?"
"Mehbe. I cudden't," said Mr. Hennessy,
haughtily; "but I'm f'r takin' thlm ln any
how."
"So might I be," said Mr. Dooley, "If I
cud on'y get me mind on It. Wan iv th'
worst things about this here war is th'
way It's makln' puzzles f'r our poor, tired
heads. Whin I wlnt Into It I thought all
I'd have to do was to set up here behind
th' bar with a good tln-elnt see-gar In me
teeth an' toss dlnnymlte bombs into th'
hated city iv Havana. But look at me
now. Th' war Is still goln' on an' lvery
night whin I'm countln' up th' cash I'm
asking mesllf will I annex Cubla or lave
It to th' Cubtans? Will I take Porter Rlek\
or put it by? An' what shud I do with th'
Ph'llppeens? Oh, what shud I do wld thim:
1 can't annex thlm because I don't know
where they ar-re. I can't let go lv thim
because some wan else'll take thlm If I do.
They are eight thousan' lv thlm Islands
with a popylatlon lv wan hundhrcd mill
yon nuked savages, an' me bedroom's
crowded now with me an' th' bed. How
can I take thim in an' how on earth am 1
goin' to cover the nakedness iv thlm sav
ages with me wan shoot lv clothes? An'
yit, 'twould break me heart to think i\
givin' people I nlver see or heerd tell h
back to other people I don't know. An' i.
I don't take thlm Sohwarlzmeisler, dowt
ih' sthreet, that has half me thrade al
ready, will grab thlm sure.
"It ain't that I'm afraid iv not doln' th
r-rig-ht thing in th' end, Hinnlssy. Some
mornln' I'll wakf up an' know jus' what t.i
do, an' that I'll do. Hut 'tis th' annoyanci
lv th' tnanetime. I've been re-r&udin' about
th' counthry. 'Tie over beyant ye'er left
shoulder whin ye'er faein' east. Jus' throw
ye'er thumb back an' ye have It ac-rate as
tnny man in town. 'Tls farther thin Boohl
garya an' not as far as Pdewehoochoo. It's
near Chlny an' it's not so near, an' if a man
was to bore a well through fr'm Goshen,
[ndianny, he might sthrike it, an' thin
again he might not. It's a poverty
ithrlcken ccUnthry, full lv gould an'
precious stones, where th' people can pick
dinner off th' threes an' ar-re starvin' be
cause they have no'step-ladders. Th' In
habitants is mostly nnggurs an' Chinny
men, peaceful, Industhrus an' law-nbidln'.
but savage an' bloodthirsty In their meth
ods. They wear no clothes except what
they have on, an' each woman has five
husbands an' each man has five wives.
Th' r-rest goes into th' discard, th' sam<
is here. Th' islands has been owned be
.Spain since befure th' fire, an' she's threat
id thim so well they're now up in ar-rms
again her except a majority iv thlm which
is thruly loyal. Th' natives seldom fight,
but whin they get mad at wan another
they r-run a-muck. Whin a man r-runs
a-muck sometimes they hang him an'
sometimes they discharge him an' hire a
new motorman. Th' women ar-re beauti
ful' with languishln' black eyes, an' they
smoke see-gars, but ar-re hurried an' In
complete In their dhress. I see a pitcher
iv wan th' other day with nnwthln' on her
but a basket iv cocoanuts an' a hoop-skirt.
They're no prudes. We import Juke, hemp,
cigar wrappers, sugar nn' fairy tales fr'm
th' Ph'llppeens, an' export six-inch shells
an' th' like. Iv late th' Ph'llppeens has
awaked to th' fact that they're behind th'
limes, an' has received much American
am-mlnltlon in their midst. They say th'
Spanyards Is all tore up about It.
"1 l'arned all this fr'm th' pa-pers, an' 1
know 'tis sthralght. An' yet. Hlnissy. I
dlnnow what to do. about th' Ph'llppeens.
An' I'm all alone in th' wurruld. Iv'rybod;.
else has ma-dc tip his mind. Ye ask army
con-ducthor on Ar-rchy r-road, an' he'll
tell ye. Ye can And out fr'm th' pa-pers,
an' if ye really want to know, all ye have
to do Is to ask a prom'nent citizen who can
mew all th' lawn he owns with a safety
razor. But I don't know."
"Hang on to thlm."said Mr. Hennessy.
stoutly. '"What we've got we must hold."
"Well." said Mr. Dooley, "If 1 was Mack
I'd lave it to George. I'd say: 'George,'
I'd say, 'If ye'er f'r hangin' on. hang on
it is. If ye say lave go, I dhrop.thim.'
'Twas George won thim with th' shells, an
th' question's 'up to him."—Chicago Jour
nal.
No Bullet to Kill Him
W. Z. Lamed received another letter
Ihls week from his son. William A. Lamed,
the famous tennis player, who is a member
of the troop of Rough Riders. In the course
of his letter Lamed says: "We crossed a
small river any way we could, and deployed
into a field and charged a hill held by the
Spanish. A good many were killed, among
them our captain (Buckey O'Neill), whom
I heard say just before he was shot: 'There
is no bullet made that can kill me.' It was
about five minutes after that he was shot
ln the mouth and killed."—Summit (N. J.t
Record.
THE BAN ON PROFANITY
If New York enforces that law assess
ing a penalty for swearing It Willi soon be
the richest municipality in the world.—Chi
cago News.
As Mr. Guggenhetmer l« responsible for
New York's new antl-profanlty ordinance,
a favorite remark ln Gotham just at pres
ent is, "I don't give a Guggenhelmer!"—
Boston Globe.
The World advises Reformer Guggen
heimer, of the New York municipal assem
bly, to aim his new ordinance at the fellows
who use disgusting language ln public
places and to let the plain, ordinary swear
ers alone.—Hartford Courant.
Even men wno now and tnen use stron*
language themselves will approve the or
dinance recently enacted by the New York
city council for tha punishment of profane
swearers who open the flood-gates of their
wrath in the streets and other public places.
Some men swear as a means of "letting off
steam," but there is no excuse for the op
eration when It Is conducted coram pub
lico—in street cars, In elevators and in
places where It is sure to offend other peo
ple, and especially women. As for" the
blackguardism which delights In Indecent
language. It Is without excuse at any time
or in any company. It Is aB true now as it
was 200 years ago that-
Immodest words admit of no defense,
For want of decency Is want of sense.
—Chicago Chronicle.
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men's $12 Summer Suits at $10.00 •*
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Robbing Peter to Pay Paul
A firm of attorneys claim to have dis
covered a means by which they can bleed
the state for the benefit of the various
counties and themselves. They claim cer
tain moneys heretofore paid into the state
treasury can he recovered and that they
will do so If given 50 per cent of what they
may induce the state board of examiners
to allow. It strikes us that this a good
thing for the supervisors to let alone. It
will not prove a good Investment. If the
matter applied to this county alone, like
the back dues on orphans, lt would be
different, but when it operates equally on
all the counties nothing will be gained by
it. The Interests of the county and the
state are so closely Interwoven that for all
the counties to make a grab at the state
treasury Is like a man taking money out
of one pocket and placing it in another.—
Fresno Expositor.
So Disinterested
It is wonderful, indeed, what an Interest
the Republican ringsters have taken In the
Democratic party all of a sudden. They
urge that the Democratic end of the fuslon
lsts hold a delegate convention, when as a
matter of fact their only reason for so
doing is that they are aware that a ticket
nominated In a mass convention would
wipe hide and hair off the Republican
ticket at the fall election. These ringsters
are crazy on the subject of a delegate con
vention —they believe that because a few of
the Republicans have been misdoing the
affairs of the Republican party so long in
a. delegate convention that that is the
proper way to accomplish the work.—
Riverside Enterprise.
Blind Republicanism
Our old-time political associates have
followed blindly a name without Repub
lican principles; followed a party that has
abandoned the principles they believed In
during the dark days of the republic, for
which they fought and have permitted
themselves to be dragged into the com
panionship of plutocracy and the ene
mies of the industrial classes and the re
public for which Abraham Lincoln sac
rificed his life.—San Diego Vidette.
Too Thin
What a pleasure it is giving the Repub
lican papers to encourage the Cator-mid
dle-of-the-road Populists to encourage
•that auxiliary to their party in the en
deavor to disrupt the forces of reform. Its
no use, Republican brethren. Every intelli
gent voter can see through the scheme.
When Republicans pat a man like Ca;or
on the back, honest people have good rea
son to be suspicious.—San Bernardino Free
Press.
Be Wise in Time
The middle-of-the-road Populists will
some day begin to realise that their path
way unavoidably leads to a capacious hole.
-Otay Times.
Thinly Clad
The Randsburg Miner says it is so hot
out that way that the people wear nothing
but a gee string and a smile.—
Devious Definitions
Junction—A place where two roads sep
arate.
Conceit—Often the true term for exagger
ated humility.
Expert—A man who doesn't get confused
when cross-examined.
Villagers—People who wear abbreviated
clothing In comic operas.
Miserly—People who don't spend their
money as we think they should.
Nervous—The sensitive state of some peo
ple induced by the nerve of others.
Love—The thing that makes a girl think
as much of a man as she does 1 of herself.
Repartee—The bright things we always
think of after the occasion forsayinig them
Is past.—Chicago News.
To Be Taken After Shaking
An "Item" ln the cargo of the relief ship
Resolute was 750,000 thre. -grain quinine
pills for the army at Santiago. They will
be distributed without the familiar injunc
tion to shake well before taking.—New York
Press.
A Porcelain House
Japan Is to send to\he Paris exposition a
huge house, hexagonal in shape, and com
posed entirely of porcelain. It measures sev
eral yards ln circumference, and its weight
will not be less than seventy tons.—Buffalo
News.
SIDEWALK TALKS
"Tes, I have been out ln the mountains
once already and hope to get off on another
trip ln a short tlme.
1. O. Cooper lt lg not qulte ukt , the
» rs » n Oabrlell tr , pg of oIJ dl4JrSi
ten or twelve years ago, but there Is no
end to the charm the mountains possess,
and the more you visit thorn the more this
grows on you. Haven't changed muchT
No, I guess I have not; I may look a little
older than I did fifteen years ago, but I
do not feel a day's difference."
o o o
"This Is called my vacation, but it's a
horse on me. 1 found something was ths
matter with this eye
Deputy Sheriff 0 ( m ine last week,
M minium, with a an( j w ent to the doc
patch over one eye! tor He told me I
could not go to San Francisco or Santa
Barbara, w here I intended to spend my
vacation, but must stay right here and see
him every day. 1 could not postpone my
lay-off. for the other boys at the jail had
arranged their dates. So, here I am, tak
ing my pleasure time ln walking the streets
anil making a dally call on my doctor. And.
then I llnd there is danger of my losing tho
eye altogether. Oh, 1 tell you I have a
lovely time of lt. But there, run along now,
or I will unfold a lot of hard luck stories
that will make yo» feel bad for a week."
o o o
"It's hard for me to tell whethen I will
go Into the wholesale business again. You
see there Is no place
B. E. OrandaUl *" ""' country whera
merchants are so
taxed directly and Indirectly aB they are
in this city. There are the city and county
taxes ln the flrst place, and they are high
enough; then If there Is to be a Fiesta tha
merchants have to raise the money for It;
if there is to lie a display at the Omaha ex
position, the merchants have to provide tho
funds for the expenses; if there Is to b«
a new church built, the merchants are the
first ones to whom the subscription list is
presented; If there Is anything to be dono
wihlch takes money, the merchants ara
the first called upon to subscribe, and they
have to respond. 1 am not talking In a
complaining Bpirit, for many of the efforts
made by the aid of the merchants have
done much for the town, and If It had not
been for the money they have given away
for different things this ottywouli not
begin to lie whut It is
Is overdone. It has become suoMßsburden
that, as I say, I hesitate entering business
again largely on that account. On the other
hand, what the merchant does for the city
the city does In turn for him, only he
should he let alone for a little. Let me tell
you in addition to these things, we havo
now double the freight rates we used to
pay and no Increase ln the price of gooSs;
and then the banks have arranged things
so thnt every draft or check to or from a
country merchant has to be paid for In
exchange, and this forms another and new
tax on a merchants' capital. Still, it's a
good place for business, and I suppose It
woidd be hard to find a town that Is ln a
better business condition than this.
THE RECEIVER.
Wheeler a Stalwart Wheel Horse
"Gen. Joe Wheeler will get the biggest
vote this year, when the people of his dls
trict elect a congressman, that he ever re
ceived," said E. M. Filmore of Alabama al
the Riggs.
"I live in his county, and I have heard
dozens of lite-long Republicans say that
th. y mean lo vote for him. Many Populists
talk the same way. and, of course, the Dem
ocrats are a unit for the little general, t
think his nomination will be by acclama
tion. He was always pretty strong wlttj
the voters, but since his course in our
trouble with the dons he has doubly
strengthened his hold on the esteem of his
constituents."—Washington Post.
A New Arabian Nights
That terrible Spanish privateer on the
northwest coast of the Pacific has melted
Into thin air. When the war is over somet
industrious person will be able to make a
highly Interesting collection of fairy tales
to which the struggle has given birth.—
Boston Herald.
All Have Stingers
Admiral Cervera will be pleased to have)
the Wasp and the Hornet sent, to Spain
with Watson's fleet. They will serve to
show to his people what a swarm of bees ha
got Into at Santiago.—St. Louis Globe
Democrat.