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FAVORITISM AT WASHINGTON
We find a frank and significant state
ment in an exclusive dispatch to The
Times. It relates to the mustering out
of superfluous regiments. When the
Times correspondent asked General Cor
bln about the date of disbandment the
answer was, "I doubt If it is known what
regiments will be mustered out first
before week after next." The phrase
ology was probably that of the inter-
Viewer, and not of the adjutant general;
at least we hope so. But here is the
gist of the matter, straight from the
correspondent's quill:
The reason for the delay is politics.
Every senator and congressman wants
to say something about how the list
is to to be made up. Senator Foraker,
for instance, called af the White House
today to ask that the Tenth Ohio be
kept in service. He succeeded. Con
gressman Hull was there to keep a
certain lowa regiment in, and he suc
ceeded. A delegation from Illinois
called to keep an Illinois regiment in
service, and so It goes.
Are we thus to understand that the
business of the war department ls con
ducted with primary reference to politi
cal favorites? And is the Inference de
duclble that other departments are, and
have been, amenable to like influences?
If Senator Foraker and Congressman
Hull were sufficiently Influential to make
their wishes potent as indicated, it is
reasonable to Infer that they, and of
course other favorites, had the power to
influence contracts for army and navy
supplies. Starting with that assumption
we enter a wide field of possibilities for
corruption in expenditures pertaining
to the war.
The civil war gave the country a
legacy of so-called "shoddy aristoc
racy," a fungus of Republican million
aires who grew" up in the dark days
when the United States treasury was
largely at the mercy of unprincipled
politicians and rascally contractors.
There are signs of a similar outgrowth
now. An honest investigation would
probably lead to some intensely Inter
esting disclosures, but for that we shall
probably have to wait until the incoming
of the Fifty-sixth congress.
OUR MANIFEST DESTINY
In gome aspects the career of the
United States has been more remarkable
than that of any other nation which has
ever existed. We have gone forward and
extended our domain almost without
premeditation. New territories have
come to us as a result of circumstances
which we had little or no agency in cre
ating.
The treaty by which the Independence
of the colonies was recognized also con
veyed to them an Imperial domain, one
which was abundantly satisfactory, and
the people had no thought of extend
ing Its terminus. They supposed their
possessions were sufficiently ample to
accommodate many generations ln their
settlement and development. They be
lieved that, for centuries, there would
be no need for more room. Their ex
periences tended to make them warlike,
yet they did not contemplate conquest of
the vast and Inviting country lying on
the opposite side of the Mississippi river,
a region chiefly occupied by nomadic
tribes of aborigines.
The early teachings were adverse to
expansion, and aspirations were con
fined to colonizing and developing what
the country already possessed. Yet
within fourteen years after the govern
ment was organized under the constitu
tion there was an acquisition which
doubled the domain of the nation. The
acquisition of the Louisiana territory
was without very much premeditation.
It come as a result of conditions which
•rata created on the other aide of tha At
lantlc. Napoleon conveyed It to this
country for a small consideration be
cause he feared he could not prevent Its
falling into the hands of Great Britain,
with which country he was at war. There
were doubts about the constitutional
power to acquire this territory by pur
chase, but the importance of it was un
derstood, though its value as then con
ceived was incomparable to what has
since been demonstrated. It was terri
tory contiguous from the Mexican gulf
to the Lake of the Woods —a distance
of 2500 miles. It gave us possession of
both banks of the Mississippi from
source to mouth, and extended our do
main to the Pacific ocean. Fifteen great
states have already been created out of
It, and there ls room for two more,
and they are states far greater ln
area than those lying within the orig
inal domain. This was not only a de
parture from what seemed to have been
the fixed policy of the government, but
it was the first act in the drama of ter
ritorial aggrandizement, which in sixty
four years quadrupled the nation's ter
ritorial area.
Florida, possessed by Spain, shut us out
from the gulf east of the Mississippi,
and left us but a narrow frontage on
the west side. Its acquisition was also
desirable to give good form and shapeli
ness to our domain. While it was im
portant to us, it was of little value to
Spain. By its acquisition our sea front
age became continuous from the Sabine
to the St. Croix, a distance of 2500 miles.
It was not unnatural that these ac
cessions should have engendered an
ambition for further expansion, as there
was a vast field which invited it. Texas
was a tempting object. It adjoined on
the southwest, was dominated by a
kindred population, and was under a
free and independent government. It
came to us by mutual consent, and its
annexation added more than 600 miles to
our sea frontage, and removed a Jog
in the boundary of the Louisiana ter
ritory. It also gave shapeliness to our
domain and added an area nearly equal
to that of continental France. The
American sentiment at this time was
expressed in the couplet.
"No pent-up Utlca contracts our powers,
The boundless continent is ours."
These three acquisitions were without
war, but California and New Mexico
were ceded as a war indemnity. By
what was acquired under the treaty of
Guadalupe Hidalgo and the Gadsden
purchase, a thousand miles was added
to our frontage on the Pacific, our south
ern boundary was made straight from
El Paso to the sea, and our territory be
came compact and shapely from ocean
to ocean.
All the territories thus far acquired
were not only on the continent, but were
contiguous to what the country al
ready possessed. They were rich in
natural resources and opened fruitful
fields for adventure and enterprise.
They were but sparsely inhabited, and
except Indians, the people were suscep
tible of being speedily Americanized
and governed without; strain of consti
tutional principles. The ambition for
territorial aggrandizement was satiated
and disappeared. It was supposed we
possessed all we should need for an In
definite period.
But destiny threw Into our hands
another region, large In extent, though
on the continent it is not contiguous,
and was not deemed of any considerable
value. Russia, like Napoleon, felt that
she could not hold Alaska against
Great Britain, with which country she
was liable at any moment to be at war.
The czar had stood by the government
In the civil war and had prevented Na
poleon 111. from recognizing the in
dependence of the confederacy. Our
government felt grateful for his friendly
action and accepted his proffer to sell
Alaska for $7,200,000. It was not ac
quired so much on account of its value
as to oblige Russia.
After this the country seemed to set
its face against further territorial ac
quisitions, and especially those beyond
the continent. Congress rejected Presi
dent Grant's scheme to annex Santo
Domingo, and it did not listen compla
cently to President Harrison's propo
sition to annex Hawaii. There never
were more persistent efforts than were
put forth to acquire Hawaii, and yet
th/e measure could hardly be said to
have been approved by the majority of
the American people.
The war with Spain was an event
which has ushered in a new era. Dewey's
victory at Manila changed the current
of American thought in a day; the am
bition for territorial aggrandizement
was suddenly revived. The war at
least hastened the annexation of Ha
waii; it has already given us Porto
Rico and some small adjacent islands,
and a status in the oriental seas. The
people apparently have become terri
torial extremists regardless of conti
nental or hemispheric limits. That the
situation ls grave all will agree. We
have already gone far enough to see
that severe tests are to be presented to
the country. What shall be done with
Cuba and the Philippines ls a question
to be settled in a fiew months, and
when they are disposed of the question
will be, What next?
A PRACTICAL REFORM
Economy has never been a distin
guishing characteristic of government
In California. Conventions have often
resolved ln favor of retrenchment in
general terms, but few specific measures
ln the line of economy have been car
ried Into execution. Legislatures have
come and gone and all alike have been
indifferent to the popular demand for
reduction of public expenditures and
consequently of taxation.
Five or six months ago we called at
tention to and commended the program
promulgated by the executive committee
of the Democratic party of Los Angeles
county to inaugurate measures of re
trenchment and reform.
As it Is time for the people to begin
casting about for proper men to repre
sent them in the legislature, we deem it
opportune to rater to the subject again.
LOS ANGELES HERALD, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 2i, 1898
Two features of the program are especi
ally important and practical, and they
are that cities shall be required to accept
county assessments as a basis for levy
ing municipal taxes, and the abolition
of city and county tax collectors.
In many states all taxes, state, county
and municipal, are collected by county
treasurers, and the sums due to the state,
city, township or school district are paid
to their respective treasurers, and the
county funds are disbursed from the
county treasurer's office. Real estate is
assessed every three years, and personal
property annually. The assessors of the
latter also assess Improvements to re
alty, such as new buildings and the In
crease in value is added to the last as
sessment.
There ls great convenience In this sys
tem. The property owner is bothered but
once by an assessor, and has to go to
but one place to get a clean receipt for all
his taxes. It Is no more trouble to the
treasurer to collect all the taxes than a
part of them, and hence It would require
no more deputies than are now employed
by the county tax collector. The auditor's
books and the receipts Issued would
show the sum belonging to each fund,
and the gross amount to be paid by
each person. No more work would be
Imposed on the office of the county as
sessor. There is every reason why this
system should be adopted ln California.
The economy of this plan Is illustrated
by the statement of a few facts. The cost
of assessing the property and collecting
and disbursing the taxes ln Los An
geles county in 1897 was $68,080, distrib
uted as follows: To the assessor's office,
$34,430; to the tax collector's office. $27,
--520; and to the treasurer's office, $6,130.
Turning the collection over to the county
treasurer would be no more expensive
than the collection by the tax collector.
The present expenses of the treasurer's
office would be saved.
The great saving would be In the cities.
Last year it cost the city of Los Angeles
to assess the taxable property and to
collect and disburse the taxes the sum
of $26,254, divided as follows: To the
assessor's office, $11,957; to the collector's
office, $10,107, which Includes the collec
tion of licenses, and to the treasurer's
office $4,260. As the treasurer could col
lect the licenses with a single additional
deputy, to adopt the plan proposed
would save this city annually $20,000 at
least. There would be no inconsiderable
saving to Pasadena, Pomona, Santa
Monica and the several other cities of the
county.
These measures of reform were sug
gested and urged eight years ago. and
five years ago the legislature passed an
act authorizing cities to adopt the
county assessments, but the law not
being mandatory but few cities ln the
state, if any, have availed themselves
of the option. The reasons for failing
to do so have been two. The first ls
that it has been discovered that gen
ally, If the county valuations are
accepted, there would not be funds suffi
clent to meet the requirements of the
governments, as the rate of taxation
ls limited by charter, and hence city as
sessments are usually higher than those
of the county. The second, and perhaps
not the least potential, is that the reform
would reduce the number of officers
and consequently the means for compen
sating political workers out of the
public funds. This objection to the abo
lition of the city assessor and tax col
lector will be the most difficult to over
come.
The other and first named objection
can be removed through the practice
of greater economy by city governments,
and the second should disappear in pres
ence of the principle that the public
interests are paramount, and that cre
ation of offices for party or personal
henchmen ls a fruitful source of de
moralization and corruption, and a
crime against the public.
There is no reason for supposing that
county assessors will not be as capable
and honest as those of a city. They
ought to be more trustworthy, for they
are less subjected to local influences.
Though political parties have speci
fied rates of taxation In their platforms,
which shall not be transcended, legis
latures have appropriated in disregard
of them, and charter limitations have
not restricted municipal expenditures:
because, when the pinch has come,
state boards of equalization and city as
sessors have been relied on to tlx valu
ations so that there may be apparent re
spect for platform tax rates and charter
limitations. Fair valuations and reason
able rates can only be assured by sim
plification of systems, and the practice
of the most rigid economy.
TALKS WITH DELEGATES
In another place The Herald this
morning prints Interviews with three of
the delegates just returned from the
Democratic convention at Sacramento.
Delegate James gives a comprehensive
summary of the purposes and achieve
ments of the convention, telling how the
anti-monopoly fight was made and won,
and giving an unqualified indorsement
of the ticket. The light which he sheds
on the San Francisco contest and what
was back of it is timely and valuable.
Delegate Hill gives us pointers on the
fight that was made against George
Patton In the Los Angeles delegation,
and tells why the push representatives
made it, and what was accomplished
thereby. The net result was not simply
the defeat of Patton, but it deprived
Los Angeles county of convention hon
ors which had been conceded, and It
probably prevented the nomination of
a worthy Democrat for congressman in
this district. Singularly enough, one
of the main objects of the push was to
secure the endorsement of Barlow. We
wonder why!
Delegate L B. Dockweiler gives a
somewhat extended explanation of his
candidacy for temporary chairman of
the convention, and recounts circum
stances to prove that The Herald cor
respondent was ln error on two or three
pointa: First, that hs (Dockweiler)
gave his ready consent to withdraw
j from the controversy as soon as re
quested to do so by Judge Maguire; sec
ond, that Gavin McNab did not oppose
his (Dockweller's) candidacy and, third.
that Dockweiler voluntarily proposed to
Governor Budd to withdraw in favor of
the latter. These are none of them very
weighty matters, and Delegate Dock
weiler might as well have spared himself
such a lengthy explanation that falls
short of explaining. The simple facts
of the matter are that Mr. Dockweiler
allowed himself to be used by the push
crowd to further their scheme of dis
traction and demoralization. Although
they had no reason to count him as one
of their number, and probably did not
expect partisan rulings from him in their
favor in the event of his election, still
he was a good enough Dockweiler for
them if they could only use him to dis
comfit the reform end of the delegation.
They did use him and they did accom
plish their purpose. If Mr. Dockweiler
is too obtuse or too innocent to see this,
then he is Incapable of telling a hawk
from a hernshaw ln politics.
THE SEVENTH TO GO
Special advices to The Herald this
morning are to the effect that General
Merriam received from Washington yes
terday orders to dispatch the Seventh
California regiment to Honolulu by the
next outgoing transport. The boys will
sail this week unless present arrange
ments fall. This will be hailed as good
news by the men who have been wait
ing in camp the past three months and
who want to go somewhere and do
something before they return home.
At the meeting of the Republican
county central committee at San Ber
nardino resolutions were passed relative
to the long detention of the Seventh
regiment at San Francisco. In a "where
as" It Is said the regiment is "practically
acclimated to tropical heat." Is this an
allusion to the particular kind of a time
the regiment has had as the guest of
Secretary Alger?
A Republican contemporary says
"the Dlngley law is producing sixty
million dollars a year more than the
Wilson law did." And what an amazing
result we should get if congress would
double the Dlngley tariff! The conse
quent doubling of the cost of all commo
dities would of course be a highly ap- j
predated joke.
There is no donbt now that we shall
soon hear from Manila directly by tele
graph. A dispatch from Hongkong
says "Admiral Dewey picked up the
severed end of the cable Friday, but the
line is not yet in working order." The
instrument will soon click if Dewey's
hand is at the farther end.
The fitness of a blunder was shown
ln the San Diego correspondence of a
contemporary last Friday. Relative to
the action of the Newport convention we
find this: "When It was reported that
a resolution endorsing grant was killed,"
etc. How the Initial letter ln a mighty
name has shrunken.
Redlands figures that it has shipped
the equivalent of one orange for every
inhabitant in the United States. The
total output of Southern California
would give ten oranges to every Ameri
can. But ten oranges a year. There are
mouths watering for ten times that pal
try supply.
The Spaniards are opposed to Senator
Davis for a peace commissioner "owing
to his strong and openly-expressed anti-
Spanish sentimentß," says a Madrid dis
patch. Well, suppose we submit for ap
proval a list of avowed pro-Spanish
names for the position. Anything to
oblige.
That Idea of an electric police wagon
presents good features. The vehicle
has "rubber tires, a small searchlight
and two side lights." This looks like
an effective equipment for an automatic
detective service. It might be well to
give It a trial on a clew or two.
Those so-called immune colored sol
diers at Santiago who have been carry
ing things with a high hand, should be
fitted to a word that is not so far-reach
ing. They seem to have the impression
that they are immune from punishment
for any kind of deviltry.
The new policy of imperialism is ac
companied by v great deal of talk about
the necessity of securing new foreign
markets for our products and manufac
tures. We shall never obtain those mar
kets by throwing our goods over a Ding
ley tariff wall.
The Paris Solell kindly says that "in
the coming breaking-up of the Chinese
empire the United States will not be con-
tent with the worst features for their
heritage." Thanks. But no broken
China for Uncle Sam's cupboard.
Now It Is reported that Surgeon Gen
eral Sternberg has asked the secretary
of war for a court of Inquiry. It sfoks
as if there might be quite a brisk demand
for inquiries when the side lights are
turned on.
Relative to clean sidewalks we have
the Information, born of much travel, no
doubt, that In continental cities gentle
men never expectorate on sidewalks."
Well, In what city do they?
The Los Angeles county exhibit at the
Omaha exposition Is a splendid success.
An example has been set for all Cali
fornia with regard to the Paris exposi
tion of 1900.
Those alleged claims of the county
against the state look like an old-fash
ioned prize package—lf you see what you
want you don't get it.
Alger continues to refer his burdens
to Providence, but Providence* has ap
parently little use for Alger.
Liliuokalanl is home again, but the
Kanakas wore mourning at her welcome.
Alger is disbanding the army, but who
will disband Alger?
And all those Southern Pacific free
passes wastsdl
THE HERALD'S MUSE
At Half Fast March
At half-past March ln the frozen land
where the nights consume the days,
Old Measley Blil held a winning hand that
he thought could stand a raise;
Already the pot was brimming o'er with
the garnered wealth of all;
Each gambler had bet his choicest store,
and none of them cared to call.
With watering mouth Old Measley Bill be
held the tempting pile.
"I'll win." thought he. "and eat my fill."
and he smole a solemn smile.
"There must be a full pound of dog, and
most a quart of lard;
A slice or two of rancid hog; the boys are
betting hard;
And them there candle-ends there means a
satlsfyen' lunch;
Them bacon rinds'll flavor the beans, and
that lemon skin the punch
That the alcohol in the a Slayer's lamp'll
furnish the body to;
I'll be the richest man in camp when this
here game Is through."
The rest of the boys had a solemn look and
a solemn look had he,
As he opened up his purse and took out a
pinch of Oolong tea.
I'll raise you that," he proudly said, and
his liiie were firmly set;
"I'd like to come in." said Walleyed Ned,
"but I've nuthen' left to bet.
I'll think't you are awful kind if you won't
persoome I'm bold,
An'll let me in, fer to ease my mind, fer a
ton 'r two uv gold."
A sudden thrill passed through the crowd
as Walleyed Ned said this.
Aghast sat Walleyed Ned, and cowed, as he
heard a mighty hiss!
Then, trembling, spilt his head to say,
"Won't you fergive me, Bill?"
Said Bill, "The boys can Judge the play;
ef they agree, 1 will."
Ned glanced around the crowded room,
each face was stern and pale.
"I see," he said, with sullen gloom, "I've
got to hit the trail;
I'm the derndest fool 'at ever growed, when
It comes to maken bets;
Well. I'm ready, an' want to hit the road
'fore the borer alice sets,
An' ef to you its all the same, I only want
to mention
That 'fore you finish up the gamej I'd like
your kind attention." •
"We'll grant you that," said Skinny Jim;
"that's nuthen out o' reason;
Come, boys: let's go attend to him; the
weather's good fer freezen."
So out they skurrid in a trice, with many
shake and shiver,
And hung him from a cake of ice that Jut
ted from the river.
"Now, gentlemen," said Windy Pete, "let's
go and hey a show down;
We've done our dooty calm and sweet by
one who wuz too low down.
We hain't done him a bit uv harm, but
good, fer I'm expecten'
Thet if the weather don't turn warm, he'll
keep fer resurrecten'."
Back to the Poodle Pup they sped with
greatest satisfaction,
The pot up on the table spread was such
a strong attraction.
But ah! the leaders paused and gazed.about
with consternation!
A cyclone surely must have raised to spread
such desolation!
There stood the table, but so bare you
never would have known It;
111 breathed a fervent line of prayer, though
now he will not own it:
The room was full of air as hot almost as
was their ire,
For the barkeep's kid had swiped the pot
and thrown it in the Are!
ALFRED I. TOWNSEND.
Los Angeles, March 10, 189 S.
The Blending of the Colors
One sad, one long-remembered day
The brave old blue-coat, dear old gray
Were kissed thro' tears and laid away '
With tears, and prayers and lavender
And lavender, sweet lavender.
Affection's emblem, lavender.
Lo, thro' the years another day
When li lng hands lift lids away
From sacred chest of blue or gray,
To find there naught but lavender!
But lavender, sweet lavender.
The fragrance of sweet lavender.
o o o
As hills the dying sun hath kissed,
Where rose-lights fade o'er blue-gray mist,
All blending Into lavender,
So fades for aye the feud away—
So softly endeth hate's fierce day—
Lo! Love's rose-light blends blue and gray
To tender tones of lavender!
Of lavender, sweet lavender.
Affection's emblem, lavender.
SADIE BOWMAN METCALFE.
Disenchantment
She burst upon me at midnight.
With her glorious beauty rare,
The envying sunbeams nestling
In her radiant Titian hair,
And. her eyes, twin opals, glowing
With a dreamy, mystical light
'Neath a brow of classic beauty—
So she shone at the ball that night.
I felt so entranced by the graces
Of this ravishing maid, by her air
So cool, so refined and so cultured,
So dainty, and yet debonair.
That when I contrived to meet her
It came like a blow when she said:
"I've got myself het up In dancing
And took a bad cold ln the head."
W. M. P.
Los Angeles, August 18.
Lincoln on Capital and Labor
(From President Abraham Lincoln's mes
sage to the second session of the Thirty
seventh congress, to be found in the ap
pendix to the Congressional Globe of the
Thirty-seventh congress, second section,
page 4.)
Monarchy itself is sometimes hinted at
as a possible refuge from the power of the
people. In my present position I could
scarcely be justified were I to omit raising
a warning voice against this approach of
returning despotism. It ls not no-,ded nor
fitting here that a general argumer. t should
be made in favor of popular institutions,
but there Is one point with Its connections
not so hackneyed as most others, to which
I ask a brief attention. It Is the effort to
place capital on an equal footing with, if
not above, labor In the structure of gov
ernment. It is assumed thai laboris avail
able only ln connection with capital, that
nobody labors unless somebody else own
ing capital somehow by the use of it In
duces him to labor. • • • Labor Is prior
to and Independent of capital. Capital ls
only the fruit of labor and could never
have existed if labor had not first existed.
Labor is the superior of capital and de
serves much the higher consideration.
• •a No men living are more worthy to
be trusted than those who toll up from
poverty; none less Inclined to take or touch
aught which they have not honestly
earned. Let them beware of surrendering
a political power which they already pos
sess and which. If surrendered, will surely
be used to close the doors of advancement
against such as they, and to fix new disa
bilities and burdens upon them till all of
liberty shall be lost.
The Nomination of Maguire
The nomination of James O. Maguire for
governor of California is In Itself a plat
form. His record and his life make up a
declaration of policy more eloquent than
words, as action Is bettor and finer than
words. The nomination of Mr. Maguire
means first of all that the declaration of
the national Democratic platform or 1896
on the subject of monopolies and trust* ls
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California. The platform adopted yester
day reiterates and emphasizes that dec
laration, but the nomination of Maguire
is the action that followed at once on the
heels of speech to emphasize and drive It
home.
The meaning of Mr. Magulre's nomina
tion ls that the state Democracy has set Its
hand to the work of driving the Southern
Pacific company out of politics ln Califor
nia. Mr. Magpire is the vital impersona
tion of that proposition and his election
will be the most telling testimony that can
be given by the people of California ln the
way of definition of their position on the
latest refunding bill slipped through Con
gress In a careless hour by Mr. Hunting
ton's untiring and sleepless manipulators.
On that issue and the others cognate to It
Mr. Maguire goes to the people with the
further pledge that so far as his adminis
tration of the great powers of the governor
of California may be concerned, the South
ern Pacific company must keep its- hands
off, getting fair treatment, but no favor.
It Is a trumpet call to honest and good
citizens to strike a blow for liberty and
redeem a great commonwealth from Its
servile condition.—San Francisco Exam
iner.
A Literary Street
Several Maine towns are well known as
literary centers; but perhaps none Is more
interesting to strangers than Brunswick,
on whose main street may be seen the
homesteads where Longfellow wrote
"Outre Mer," his first novel; Mrs. Stowe
wrote "I'ncle Tom's Cabin;" J. S. C. Ab
bott composed his "Life of Napoleon;"
Professor Cleveland his "Mineralogy," and
Professor Upham his "Moral and MentaT
Philosophy," with several other popular
works.—Lewiston Journal.
Why She Went
"Has your wife gone away for ncr
health?"
"No; she's gone away for my credit. We
both fully understand- that she'd be more
comfortable right here at home, but If she
didn't go somewhere for a while my cred
itors would get scared and come down on
me with a rush. I tell you. a fellow's got
to be a diplomat all the time to keep afloat
nowadays."—Chicago News.
Uncle Sam's Excursions
Uncle Sam has ventured into the excur
sion business <on a lairge iscale. Sending
home about 23.000 Spaniards was not enough
to satisfy him, so he has arranged far sev
eral excursions to Porto Rico for the ben
efit of his own troops and Incidentally to
bolster up the present administration: There
is such a thing as overdoing it.—Kajnsas
City Times.
In Self-Defense
Mrs. Newlywed—Bridget, what did you
do with that brandy I sent down for the.
sauce?
Bridget—Well, ter tell yez th' troot. mum,
ye young housekeepers give me suclTa pain
I had f tek It mesjlf!—Puck.
Cheapest Way
Hereafter when Spain wishes to engage In
a war with the United States she will prob
ably, before beginning aotlve operations,
ask what the terms of peace will be, then
reconsider her determination to begin.—
Kansas City Times.
Hobson's Chance
Edna—What do you think of that girl at
Long Beach kissing Hobson?
Dolly—l am thinking what a pity it is that
he doesn't make a tour of the watering
places.—North American.
Honor and Appetite Saved
Along with their honor, ithe Spaniards
captured by the American army appear to
have saved their appetites.—Pittsburg
Times.
WHY, OH, WHY?
Why Isn't a star a sort of sky-light?
Why should a wheel-wright ever get left?
Why Isn't one head better than two—ln a
Why isn't a wedding in a drawing room
a parlor match?
Why Is it necessary to buy coal for a self
feeding stove?
Why does the average son think he knows
more than his father?
Why doesn't the woman who wears a
calico dress appear ln print?
Why Isn't your portrait in a country news
paper the unklndest cut of all?
Why Is It that a weak woman poaseses
abnormal strength when it comes to get
ting the best of a man?— Chicago News.
Sidewalk Talks
"So Pasadena has brought out a candt*
date tor congress at last, has It? Jlmmio
McLachlan's wlth-
F. Q. Story: drawal was not
enough for them.
Pasadena always had a habit of having
a candidate for every office that there was
going. No, I am not in politics at all. so
my opinion is unofficial and impersonal."
o o o
"I am satisfied by the news I received!
this morning from San Francisco that
Henry Gage will get
Frank Flint: the Republican nom
ination on the first
ballot. The exploitation of that old scan
dal for which there was no foundation has
done him good, as, coming when it did, he
has had full chance to explain and show
that It was absolutely baseless."
*o o o
"Yes, my occupation ls goneiln a meas
ure. I cannot make a congressman this
time, but I am going
Johnny Wray: 1,0 Sacramento, not
as a participant, but
merely as an onlooker. I propose to de
vote myself to political writing herenfter,
and I think I can gain some knowledge at
the convention that will be instructive
in such work."
o o o
"We are making good progress on the
work of repaying Spring street and expect
to have It done to
John A. Fairchlirt: Temple block ln
about forty days. It
will be a good job, I think the best ever
performed in the city and will not have
to be done over again in a little time.
From Temple block we shall relay the
track from that point to Macy street."
© o ©
"Just back from San Francisco. Hot
time up there as well as down here. What
did I do? Well, I
Harry W.vatt: closed with the
Frawleys, for one
thing, and made some other deals which
will appear later."
o o o
"I am much unnerved about the un
consecutlve manner In which the free
holders are doing
Ei-Msyor Hasan 1 ! their work. Thera
is a want of system
that promises to get us into a mess. I
shall make a decided protest unless there la
a reformation soon, for the result will bo
a charter that we will all be ashamed of.
I hope that the matter will be rectified, aa
It easily can be. for without a proper sys*
tern we will get into a hopeless tangle."
THE RECEIVER.
As It Is in Porto Rico
This ls what happens in Porto Rico every
manning: "I am not feeling very well this
morning, general," says General Miles to
General Garretson. "I think I'll take some
thing." "Take something with me," says
General Garretson to General Miles. "Guess
I will," responds General Miles. "I'll just
go out and take a town."—St. Louie Chron
icle.
Poetical Revenge
First poet—l am going to have my raja
venge upon the editor.
Second Poet—How?
First poet (In a hoarse whisper)—l've
sent him a poem, amd I've poisoned the
gum on the return envelope.—Answers.
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