Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-01
LETTER BAG.
An Appeal for Father MacDonne1l's Re-
tention in Los Angeles.

EDITORS HERALD: The many friends
of the Rev. Father A. Mcdonnell will
be grieved to learn that he is about to
leave US unless our good bishop will
make use OF the authority he possesses
and insists upon him remaining here, in
the interest Of God, and the good of the
people.
As in the days of the Apostles, when
Peter and John were made the recipi-
ents of special favors, so now in these
days, Christ still selects Peter or
John from the ranks of good and holy
men and endows them with some special
gift or favor.
Father mcdonnell possesses in a
more than ordinary degree the power,
God given, of drawing hearts and souls
into the fold of Christ. Like John, he
has preached the gospel of love, the
love of Jesus, and like Peter, he has
opened Heaven to many an erring soul.
All his time was given to serving
others; He will be missed by all, the
rich, the poor, and especially by those
strong and earnest heart, loving words
and ever ready healp to guide them and
give them strength and courage.
He helped them to live in the gr ace
of God, and in their last moments he
taught them how to die in the firm
belief of Gods mercy. Like Gold
smiths Village Preacher:
Beside the bed, where parting life was laid,
And sorrow, guilt and pain by time dis
mayed,
The reverened champion stood.
AT his control despair and anguish fed the
struggling soul;
Comfort came down, the trembling wretch to
And his last faltering accents whispered
praise.
Los Angeles is not the largest city in
the world, but it needs Father MacDon-
nell, and many like him. There is not
too great a number working for God,
and working with like success.
We earnestly hope that he will re-
main and fight the good fights on the
same "old camp ground" where he
pitched his tent two years ago, with the
cross for his banner, and the love and
good will of his bishop and brother
priests to encourage him to do Gods
work. But, whittier he 60 or stay, he
will ever have our love and prayers.
May the blessing of God be ever with
him. May the light of Gods smile
brighten his pathway through life, and
be to him crown of glory when he
lays down the cross. ID.
The Single Standard Put to a Test.
EDITORS HERALD: The United States
has about 5000, ,O0O, 900 in gold, which is
the only standard of value, all other
money being redeemable in gold. The
Vanderbilts are said to own 81 500, 900, 600
in railroad stock. Suppose the govern
meat buys the Vanderbilt railroads and
agrees to pay in gold, one-ffth cash, the
balance in four annual installments, it
would take one. half of the gold to make
the first payment. Suppose the Wander
bilts conclude that they have money
enough to last them as they live, build a
big stone house and store away their
money. The second payment would
exhaust the gold supply of the country.
When the third payment is due Uncle
Sam says to Messrs. Vanderbilt: "You
have all the gold of my nation; I have
no more to pay you; but I want to be
honest; my people are rich in products; /;
they have $71 900, 900, 900 worth of prop
erty; will pay you the balance in sil-
yer and paper money" But the Messrs.
Vanderbilt say: "Your paper and sill
yer are not worth anything; you prom
Use to redeem it in gold, and have no
gold to redeem it with; we will not take
it at any price. What are you going
to do about it?' "Well," Uncle
Sam says, 81 see you have
made corner on me; give me back my
gold and will let you have your rail-
roads back" But the Vanderbilts say:
"Why, Uncle Sam, 1 am surprised at
you to make such an offer. Don't you
intend to be honest with us and pay us
what you agreed to? Besides this,
your railroads have deprecated in
value. They are not worth 10 cents on
the dollar of what they were two years
ago. Besides this, the property of your
subjects has DEPRECATED also; there is
no value to it; no one can sell. There
is nothing worth more than it will bring
in gold, and you cannot get any gold for
anything" This is striking illustra-
tion of what might and could occur un-
der the single gold standard. But l
hear thousands say the above is not a
supposable case; but it is possible
case, and if not carried out by our men
it is practically carried out by few
Wall street bankers, to whom our con-
gress applies for information whenever
there is an attempt to increase the
money aunnlY. ]. w. PORTS.