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Los Angeles herald., 1892-06-08

IT rs common occurrence for the
courts, by their peculiar decisions, to
produce the feeling that the law is a
mockery, to marked degree. The case
of murderer Baxter is in point. Here
is a man who with full premeditation
shoots and kills former partner named
Ramsey. He has no defense to make
and pleads guilty to the charge OF MUIR
der. Judge Smith thereupon sentences
him to fifteen years. imprisonment,
which, ii he behaves himself ss a con-
vict, by the system of merit marks under
the Goodwin law, can be reduced to
about eight years actual confinement.
The sentence was an absurdity. Either
Baxter was guilty of murder or was in
nocent. In the one case be should have
been hung. in the other discharged. He
said he was guilty, every one knew he
was guilty, yet he is given sentence
which would not be thought severe for
burglar or embezzler. 1t is to such
occurrences that real cases of contempt
OF court are to be traced.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-06-08
STILL A HIDDEN SECRET,
lcontinued from First Psse.l

not. The former expect fairly liberal
treatment of the silver question, from
the fact two Of the foremost advocates
OF free silver in the senate are on the
committee. Senator Teller IL not par
ticularly we'll pleased with the selection
OF three anti-silver members.
The silver plank is generally regarded
with more interest than any other of
the resolutions. The subcommittee as
q whole is the best known a. to men,
bership, and perhaps the strongest Of
any OF the sub committees of the resolu-
tions committee.
The minority OF the subcommittee
understand that free coinage cannot be
obtained as declaration OF principles,
and the composition of the committee
seems to make it unlikely that any anti
free coinage men would consent to any
thing which would not win their assent.
Cannon is probably the most liberal OF
the minority of the committee in his
silver views. but probably he will be un-
willing to give consent to any advance
in the present law.
The coinage of eilver instead of it's
storage, is one point which the free
coinage men earnestly desire, as they
fear the piling up of bullion will not
tend to make the people regard silver as
money.
The silver men are prepared to fight
the report of the majority of the sub
committee, and when the general COM
mittee gets to work on the plat
form, it is likely the greatest ef-
forts OF the silver men will be
made. They have held number Of
conferences for the purpose Of consider
ing free coinage plank for submission
to the committee.
The plank proposes to declare that the
Republican party favors bimetallism on
the present ratio. or such other ratios as
may be agreed upon; and then. coupled
with a clause, carefully drawn. but
amounting to the statement that the
determination of the extent to which
the United States will 60 in silver coin.
age is question which should be left to
legislative determination.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-06-08

committee on credentials ;the last named
having Jurisdiction over the numerous
contests, is of an importance which can
hardly be overestimated.
As both committees have adjourned
till tomorrow, it is likely that the pro.
ceedings Of the convention tomorrow
will be perfunctory. Indeed, an adjourn
ment will be taken until the report Of
the committee on credentials is received.
It appears to be the we'll demonstrated
policy Of the Blaine managers to wait
on, and 40 long as they are in q position
to control the essential work Of the con-
ventjon, 1t will not be proceeded with
until 1t is ascertained what the actual
position Of the delegates is. Many to-
night fear the sessions Of the convention
will be prolonged until Friday or Satur-
day before ballots win be taken on the
presidency.
The committee on rules adopted the
rules of the house Of the ffty-frst con-
gress.
A motion to allow Utah four delegates,
admitting both delegations from that
territory, wos defeated.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-06-08
THK NONGOLIAN MAFIA.

The battle which ragged in the streets
OF Sacramento the other day between
the highbinders of two rival Chinese
companies, gave to visiting easterners
a striking illustration of the great ad-
vantage we enjoy here in the Mongolian
presence. 1t is true that the people on
the Atlantic slope complain that many
of the European foreigners in their cities
are turbulent and law-breaking; but
we have never heard that they have
planned military campaigns and fought
actual battles in the streets of those
cities. Here they do that with impu-
nifty. We are apt to have startling
sensation out of this last battle. 1t
seems that the officers have seized upon
the secret papers and archives Of one of
the highbinder companies, and that
their translation shows that its members
were bound together by fearful oaths
and penalties to murder any one desig-
mated by the society, and that its by
laws provided for robbing and black
mailing, and especially for levying trib-
ute upon Chinese games and brothels.
These seized documents will come be-
fore the courts, and it they prove to be
what they have been reported, we shall
be confronted with authentic evidence
of a state of facts OF which we have
always been morally certain, namely,
that many of the Chinese companies are
merely organized associations OF Mon
golian Malta. With these documents
in hand, every one OF the one hundred
and nineteen members of the Sscra-
mento association ought to be convicted
of the murder of the two persons killed
in the late street battle. No one has
ever doubted that the frequent murders
committed by highbinders in the Chinese
quarters of our cities were really the
carrying out of death sentences pro-
nounced by an illegal and murderous or
ganization. Now that we have the doc
umentary proof of the objects for which
these associations are organized. we
ought to be able to do something effec.
tive towards breaking them up.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-06-08
BLAINE,s SCARLET LETTER.

The admirers of Mr.. Blaine are al
ready splitting hairs over the exact con-
struction to be placed upon his letter to
Clarkson last February. We have
already said that this letter will rise up
IL Judgment against the man from
Maine if he should get the nomination.
When he wrote it the whole country
accepted it for what it really meant,
that he would not be candidate for the
presidency, and that his name would
not be before the convention. 1t be.
comes necessary now to resort to kind
OF distortion of language which imposes
upon nobody in order to acquit Mr..
Blaine OF double-dealing.
These people do not see that by put.
ting forced construction on this letter
at the present time, in order to save the
writer from the consequences of saying
one thing and meaning another. they
place him in worse position than if they
should take the bull by the horns and
boldly excuse his flop by saying that
existing circumstances have caused him
to retract his letter renouncing the can
didacy.
When they try, however, to show that
the language may be interpreted to
mean that Mr.. Blaine did not pledge
himself not to be candidate, they as
sumo that their friend carefully worded
the letter go that it could be construed
to mean quite the reverse Of what every.
body took it to mean when he gave it
to the public. This places Blaine in the
position of playing game of deception.
It takes away from him all claim
to honest dealing, and stamps him
as a man who is willing to juggle with
truth in order to score an advantage.
The man who deliberately makes astate-
ment 60 ingeniously worded that he may
afterwards 60 back upon his apparent
promise is o low down, criminal trick
ster. Such man 10 not to be trusted
in any position, much less in the high
Office Of president of the United States.
Much az we disesteem' Mr.. Blains's
moral makeup and deplore tho obtuse-
ness of his moral sensibility, We would
hesitate to charge him with having
written his Clarkson letter with the
premeditated intention Of deceiving the
American people. Even Blaine has not
yet, in our opinion, reached that high
eminence Of moral perversity.
The fact is, the plumed knightthought
when he wrote the letter that he would
not be in condition to stand the canvass
for the presidency, and he took himself
publicly out of the field simply because
he could not then see that he was max
ing a sacrifice in doing 30. Now that
his health has improved and he sees
the glittering prize within his
reach. he grasps for it without the
slightest compunction of conscience on
the score of having pledged himself to
keep out OF the contest. 1t costs no
quaIm to Blaine to do such thing.
There is, however, much higher stand.
ard of honesty controlling the American
people than we should expect to find In
the author of the Mulligan letters.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-06-08

jewels, unclesned human hair, currants.
dates, hat material of straw and other
vegetable fber, india rubber scraps,
hand sewing and darning needles. forged
shotgun barrels, straw mating. mt oil,
olive oil for mechanical purposes, nickel
ore, sulphur ore, bulbs and bulbous
roots not edible, orchids, Lily OF the
Valley and other hothouse plants, raw
sugar, molasses, coal and wood tar, jute.
jute butts, manila, eisal grass, eunn and
other grasses, tinsel wire, tobacco stems,
spirits of turpentine. briar wood and
briar wood cut into blocks. All We
have to do to escape taxation is to live
on sugar, currants, dates and crude
opium, ride on wild animals. conine
our reading to foreign languages. build
our houses Of blue clay and make our
clothes of uncleaned human hair.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-06-08

A DISPATCH purporting to come from
the supreme grand master of the Orange
men in the United States to the grand
master Of the same order in Minneapolis,
authorizes the latter to say to the Re
publican convention that there are
1.250, 900 votes for Palmer or any other
man but Blaine. Presumably the
Orange lodges can influence that numbe,
of votes against Blaine, which nobody
believes. The reasons given by this
rabid antagonisto of Blaine are mis- partial
ity to Catholics in making appoint
ments, and because he attended the
Catholic services on the occasion of SEN
ator Barbour's funeral. We cannot
believe that this dispatch is genuine.
If it is, it is the most fragrant display OF
intolerance witnessed in American poll.
tics since Know-Nothipg times.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-06-08
ADJUSTMENTS.

Mr.. Kohler succumbed to fate and
abandoned his proposed weeks engage.
ment of Louis XI, at the Los Angeles
theater last evening.
#*x
Tonight will end the Carroll johnson
engagement at the opera house.
Blue Jeans, which will be seen at the
Grand operahouse on Thursday evening,
June 9th, is full of that element of suc-
cess which appeals go strongly to the
heart-stage realism; not that the story
itself is weak. 1t is a cleverlv con-
structed drama, with lots of brisk dia-
logue and bright lines in it, which tell
of young man who was lured by the
pretty face of a wicked woman into &C.
cretly marrying her. When his passion
cooled he found that she had husband
already, living. Later on he falls in love
with an honest-hearted and quick-witted
waif, and very foolishly does not tell her
of his former eecapade. Then the trouble
begins. The wicked woman has lured
another lover into her tolls and the scene
in the steam mill ensues. The action of
the play is supposed to take place on
the banks OF the Ohio and gives oppor-
tunity for some charming scenery.
Comedy runs all through it, and it is
laughable comedy, too. Everything is
real; real smoke ont of the chimney,
real doves on the barn roof, real paint,
real cows, and real country band. The
singing Of male quartette and the
dancing always command applause.
There is very ludicrous dining-room
scene. in which the boor initiates every
act of the polished metropolitan, Perry
Bascom, with most comical accuracy +;
and, greatest of all, there is the thrilling
sawmill scene. When this was pro-
duced in New York, women in the seats
in front turned their heads and covered
their faces with their hands in order to
hide what really might have turned out
to be sight of bloody death. It is az
intense piece of realism as has ever
been produced upon stage.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-06-08

A RECENT decision OF the supreme
court denies the right of supervisors to
appoint deputies for county officers. and
makes these officers responsible for the
salaries of the assistants who have been
employed by them. We are told that
in come counties this has worked an
almost cessation of business, somewhat
after the fashion that prevailed before
this decision was rendered, when there
were go many deputies in some of the
Offices that they were in each others
way. The idea has been suggested that
an extra session of the legislature be
called to overcome the effects of this
decision. The proposition is absurd.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-06-08

DELEaArH SPENCE brought Mike De
Young up with round turn when he
ofticiously presumed to speak for the
standing of tho California delegation on
the presidential issue. De Young 10 Z
Blaine boomer, and gave the crowd to
understand at way stations that the
delegation was for Blaine. Brother
Spence, in his quiet but meaning way,
told Mr.. De Young to speak for himself,
that there were men in the delegation
who did not require him to speak for
them on that or any other subject. We
can imagine how the ebullient Mike
dropped his feathers under the irate eye
OF the Los Angeles financier.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-06-08
PERSONAL.

A. G. Andrews Of Alameda is at the
Hollenbeck.
CA. Carpenter, manager OF the Chino
ranch. is at the Hollenbeck.
r. w. Cook, a prominent business
man Of Omaha, is staying at the Hollen-
beck.
WI. Walshe Of the Hotel Redondo
was in the city yesterday on business
trip.
John L. Marks, OF the firm of Toplitz
& Co. of San Francisco, is registered at
the Hollenbeck.
Charles E. Anderson, controller OF the
Texas land Office, at Austin, is at the
Hollenbeck.
w. P. Alden. OF the United States
pension burean, Washington, d. O., is a
guest at the Hollenbeck.
]. Wise, the "little giant" representa-
tive Of E. Martin & Co., the big San
Francisco liquor house, was seen on the
streets yesterday.
Mr.. j. P. Jones, well-known dry
goods salesman, returned to San Fran
cisco yesterday morning, after stay in
Los Angeles of several months.
Charles E. La Wall, the rotund repre-
sentative of D'Ancona & Co. of the
windy city, is in Los Angeles, and ia
making his headquarters with bis friend,
Prof. Walter E. Gould, in the Albemarle.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. W. Robinson and
daughter. of Rochester, N. Y, are at the
Hollenbeck. Mr.. Robinson is one of
the largest shse manufacturers in the
United States.
Mr.. and Mrs. George W. King and
daughter, well-known residents Of Los
Angeles, sailed from New York last
week, on the La Champagne, for Havre.
They expect to return to Los Angeles
late in the fall.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-06-08
THE or oRnEK HoRaoR.

Many Victims OF Flood and Fire slscp
In Unknown Graves.
OIL Cry, Pa, June 7.-The Philadel-
phia committee which arrived here to-
day sent telegram to Mayor Stewart,
chairman of the committee at Philadel-
phia, saying: "Forty-three bodies have
been recovered, and . low estimate OF
the losses is 81 ,O0O, 600. Seven hundred
people were burned. out. The state Of
affairs at Titusville is the worst In years !:
eiyty-six bodies have been recovered !; .
low estimate of the loss 10 $1,6Q0, 600.
About 76O people are homeless. Imme-
diate help is 80 badly needed that We
authorize both towns to draw for 5000
EACH"
TfTusv1LLE, June There are uncon-
frmed rumors to the effect that fourteen
bodies have been found below here.
There is no. question that q large num-
Der foated down the river and lodged
somewhere in the timber which is jpiled
high along the banks. Sf
1t is now believed the loss will mot
exceed half million dollars, and that
nearly all is covered BY insurance. The
relief committee 60 far has received
about 1880 f.,ls.S
Los Angeles herald., 1892-06-08
oAL1FoRNIA sENrIMENr.

Ninsty-fivc Per Cent OF tho Republicans
for Blaine.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 7.-At meeting
OF the executive committee OF the Re-
publican state central committee to-
night resolutions were adopted unani-
mously expressing the opinion that o5
per cent of the Republicans Of California
are for Blaine, and endorsing him for
the presidential nomination. The reso-
lutions aleo urge the California delegs-
ton at Minneapolis to cast solid vote
for him and to use all honorable means
to endeavor to secure his nomination.
A copy of the resolutions has been for
warded to the California delegation by
telegraph by Hon. w. F. Fitzgerald,
chairman of the state executive COM
mittee.
EUREKA, CAL, June Twenty promi-
nent Republicans signed telegram to
Senator FELTON, this afternoon assuring
him that the Humboldt Republicans
generally were demanding the renomi-
nation of Harrison.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-06-08


WHENEVER McKinleyite is cornered
by free trader" about his party ex-
tending the tariff to everything in sight.
he may triumphantly point to Mr.. s. E.
Moffet's list of articles in the Examiner
that have been placed by the Mckinley
bill on the free list. The necessaries OF
life thus made cheaply accessible to
every American are: Unground acorns,
wild animals for exhibition, art educa-
tional stops, beeswax, books and pamph-
let's in foreign languages, books and
music for the blind, alizarine, crude
opium, sour orange juice, several salts
of potash, dandelion root, chlorate 0!
soda, unground chicory root, common
blue clay, eDgravers' diamonds, watch
Los Angeles herald., 1892-06-08
NORTHEASTERN IOWA D0UGD,
Destructive Cloudbursts in the
Hawkeye State.
Farms and Villages Flooded by the
Sudden Downpour.
a Recspitulation Of the Destruction
wrought by Flood and Fire 1t
Titusvillc and OIL
City, Pa.
By the Associated pre,s.

By the Associated Prers.
DUBUQUE, Ia, June IA cloudburst
at Lawingie, last night, swept away
nearly the entire village. The inhabit-
ants had narrow escape. but hundreds
OF cattle were drowned. All the dwell
ings IN the hamlet, but one, were swept
away.
WAucoMA, Ia., June For three
hours. throughout nearly every town in
Northeastern Iowa. rain fell thie afta.-
noon. In Colmar, McCregor, West
Union, Waucoma and Waukon, the
streets were converted into srivere, and
at McGreRor, cellars of residences and
business houses are full of water. There
is heavy washout in the railroad be-
tween Colmar and Fort Atkinson.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-06-08
INSTRUCTED DELEGATEs.
Harrison Managers Working Hard
M Keep Them In Line.

Harrison Managers working Hard to
Keep Them In Line.
MINNEAPoLIs, June THE efforts OF
the Harrison men are being devoted to
holding the southern vote in line and
keeping them true to their assurances,
as well as the delegates from Missouri,
Iowa, Illinois and other states where
Blaine sentiment has been heretofore
rampant. They express undimin-
ished confidence in the renomina-
tion of Harrison, and cay Blaine's
followers are beginning to realize that
it is impossible to beat Harrison with
Blaine alone, and are trying to bring
out Cullom to divide the Illinsie
strength; Rusk to undermine the presi-
dent in Wisconsin; Alger to capture Re-
publican votes in Michigan, and Nc
Kinley to swing Ohio votes into line.
They claim that the opposition 10 work
ing to capture the colored vote, urging
them to support the third party.
It has been discovered that some OF
the delegates instructed for Harrison
feel at liberty and will vote for Blaine
men on side issues, such as the selection
of chairman, the organization OF COM
mittees and other preliminaries. The
Blaine people are trying to carry them
further, saying The circumstances are 30
changed a. to absolve them from their
instructions. Some are inclined to
80 act, but the fear of the consequences oi
violating the instructions, with the
chance of getting on the wrong side, is
too great. Some Harrison men would
like to make it warm for Chairman
Clarkeon for his part in beating them
on the temporary chairmanehip and
contested delegations, but the cooler
heads consider it impolitic, az it would
be certain to be unsuccessful.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-06-08

NEWSPAPER cartoons are not often
striking, and az rule they are scnssless
in design and villainous in execution.
The Examiner has, however, gratifyingly
varied the rule in one instance by pub
fishing cartoon that means something.
1t is figure Of Blaine disguised in the
habiliments Of monk, mailing his
resignation on the door of the capitol,
az Martin Luther nailed his theses upon
the door Of the cathedral at Augsburg.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-06-08
possess.

A POINTER to those looking for a good
business opportunity is the fact that the
creamery at Westminster turns out 250
pounds Of butter day for the Los An
geles market, which is but a drop in the
bucket az compared with what is con-
sumed here, and would be purchased of
home producers if the opportunity was
given. There should be business
enough to support dozen more such
institutions.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-06-08

The governor says he will abide by
the opinion OF Attorney General Hart
declaring the law, limiting the number
of notaries public the executive can ap-
point In cities, unconstitutional. The
attorney-general says that the governor
is authorized to appoint as many nota-
ries as the business of each community
requires. So we may look for consid-
erable accession of notaries in Los An
geles before many days have passed.
The executive Office never is short Of
applications.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-06-08
OREGON ELECTIONg.

All the Republican Candidates Elected
Except for rAttorney-General.
PORTLAND, Ore, June 7.-Nearly COM
plete returns from twenty-one out OF
thirty-one counties in the state give
Moore (Rep.) for sapreme judge 1898
plurality; Chamberlain (D.), attorney.
general, 1886; Hermann (R.), congress-,
first district, 2669; Ellis (Rep.), second
district, 1899. The plurality on con-
gressmen and supreme Judge will be
largely increased. The legislature will
stand: Senate-Republicana, l8; Dem-
Gratis, IL. neutrality-suspicious., So;
Democrats, "a. Counting in this city
will not be finished before noon tomef-
row. fr
Los Angeles herald., 1892-06-08

The Democratic majority in the house
have done wise thing in passing the
anti-options bill. The grain gamblers
have played with the crops to the in
jury Of all legitimate business, and have
kept the farmer from getting the high
est prices for his wheat by their gamb-
ling methods. The short sellers have
fought hard against this bill, but they
have not been able to convince the far
mer-legislators that it is to their inter
est to have their crops juggled with in
stock boards.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-06-08
blaine Goes to Bar Harbor

WAsHINaroN, June 7.-Blaine and
family left this afternoon for Boston.
Tomorrow evening they will proceed to
Bar Harbor.
NEW York, June 7.--Blaine reached
the city about 8 o'clock tonight. He
was met by party of newspaper men.
He received the reporters pleasantly,
but when asked: "Have you heard that
Fassett was unanimously elected tenn
porary chairman of the national conven-
tion?" he raised his hands deprecating-
ly and replied, with mock severity of
face: Gentlemen, won't be inter-
viewed"
Los Angeles herald., 1892-06-08

keeps up the wages of the American Ia
borer. The tariff on eteel is fixed 20
high that not pound Of 1t can come In
competition with American nsnuiac-
turers, who pocket the immense profits
thus secured to them by tariff legisla-
tion that was ostensibly intended to
keep up American wages. The farce
imposes on nobody now.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-06-08

GENERAL MANAGER K. H. WADE OF
the Southern California railroad, and
some of the officials of that company,
yesterday made trip Of inspection over
the new line to Santa Monica. which
will be open for traffic on the 18th in
stant. The construction of this branch
is the latest evidence Of the sagacity and
ability OF Mr.. Wade, for there is no
donbt but that it will add largely to the
receipts of the company.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-06-08

THE Carnegie Steel company has de-
clared for q reduction Of the wages OF
their employees, and the workmen affect
ed, over 1000, say they will not stand it,
so poor Carnegie and his protected ssso-
ciates are preparing against a strike.
This il the way that the Mckinley tariff