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The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-03
ANARCHISM.

Man ia restless being; activity and
agitation are part of his nature. He
does not like restraint, and government
has never sat easily upon his shoulders.
Some form or feature of govern ment
is always Objectionable Ito a greater or
less percentage OF the people. There
were more rsbsllions or seditions in
ancient than in modern times, but
there has bsen quite as much dissstis-
faction with institutions in modern and
civilized days as ia earlier periods.
Agitation for change, aud it is always
called reform, may be said to bs per-
petual, but excessive agitation seems to
be periodical. People secure change
and then, to an extent, relapse into q
more quiet state. and for time endure
q sort OF monotony until resroused by
having discovered that there is yet
something wrong. and then resolve that
it must be righted. Undoubtedly there
is always something, which is the work
Of man, that can be improved upon.
aud there are always those who would
make radical and sweeping improve
ment. and will not be Satisfied without
it. They cannot wait the slow progress
OF gradual Advancement.
We are in the midst OF a period
OF excessive agitation not only in this
country but throughout the civilized
world. Hardly ever before were there
such general discomfort, and such
movement in the intellectual world in
the direction OF changing or overturning
government and social institutions and
such times are always fruitful in sug-
gestions of change. and innovations for
the bettermens of human conditions.
The present ia no exception TO the rule.
1t ia not our purpose to assert or deny
that changes are not necessary, nor to
discuss the measures proposed by the
various organizations which have been
formed and are in existence 20 bring
about improvement, reform, or innova.
ton in matters of governm ent aud social
Institutions. except the one that has
taken to itself the name Anarchist.
Few words in the English language
have more fearful Specification to the
general mind than anarchy tits regarded
az the extreme opposite Of, and worse
than despotism. In all despotisms
there is g degree of certainty and safety,
but in anarchy none. When tho earth
quake frightens, people do not know
which way to run, snd go it ia in the
midst of anarchy.
There are two classes OF anarchists,
the philosophical or theoretical /; and the
practical, or those who would overturn
by violence, and have no way open for
reconstruction.
It ia the action OF the latter which has
given to the word anarchy fearful
meaning. The philosophical anarchist
affects to believe in peace and non
resistance. ant that it is best for the
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Despite the popular NANTES tation of oppo-
sition to outside interference with the affairs
OF San Francisco the over-earnest reformers at
Sacramento seem determined to force some
kind of legislative investigation. The move
ment now in the ascendency is to provide
committee of three authorized to carry on
amnations in any part of the state clothed
with extraordinary powers and given lease
OF life continuing until six days after the
meeting OF the next legislature, two years
from now.
There is nothing in the situation either of
the city or of the stale to Justify such COM
mission. The bill concentrates the power of
all the grand juries of the state into the hands
OF three men and endows them with the powers
OF medieval inquisition SO far as to inquiring
into public or private business is concerned,
but leaves them powerless TO provide even the
semblance of a remedy for any evil that may
be discovered.
The people of San Francisco desire the ex-
posture OF frauds and corruptions wherever
they exist but they desire the exposure to be
made by the ordinary authorities of our land.
Why do we maintain mayor, a board of
pervisors, a district attorney, a sheriff and
grand jury if we must rely on outsiders to seek
out our criminals for us? Why should the
state be put to an extra and heavy expense,
and members of the legislature be taken away
from their legislative duties to perform work
that ought to be performed by local authori-
ties? Why should an investigation be made
by a commission, which has other power
than that OF investigation. instead of the reg
ular law authorities, who have power not only
to investigate, but to prosecute and to punish?
There is not the slightest need of the pro-
posed committee further than its services may
possibly be required to inquire into the man
agement of state institutions and the conduct
OF state business. So far as local affairs are
concerned, now is the time TO give the grand
jury system trial. Let us see what it can do.
The men who compose the present jury are
representative of the better element OF the city.
No one has yet impeached either the purpose
of the grand jury the character of its mem
bers. 1t is conceded that they propose to act
vigorously for the punishment of crime, and
they ought to have a fair field in doing So
We have confidence in the grand jury
system but we hold it as a firm conviction that
every organized community should have in
itself the power to deal with its local problems
of whatever kind. We cannot be running to
the state every year for investigating commit
tees. We cannot be always relying on extraor-
binary commissions with traordinary pow
ers. We must have complete local self-govern-
ment and this is the best possible time to
begin. The mayor the board of supervisors,
the district attorney and the members of the
grand jury have the confidence of the people
them. The legislature should reject any bill
nom fit San Francisc can take care of herself.
Cannot Oakland, Los Angeles Stockton, sacra-
mento, Fresno, San Jose and San Diego do like
Wis.,
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A DEATH BLOW.

Coincident with the reiterated an
nouncement that G. P. Huntington has
''got religion" comes the glad tidngs
that the Reilly funding bill has been
recommitted to the limbo OF the COM
mittee from which it emanated. The
idols are broken in the temple OF Baal,
and the Internal gods have deserted the
cause they erstwhile labored to make
invinc ible.
The result OF the vote on Boatner'e
resolution has every appearance of an
awakening. tits certainly tremendous
surprise to the people OF California.
Even the ardent advocates of national
ownership - the extreme enthusiasts
who demanded that the mortgage on
the Central Pacific railroad should be
Immediately foreclosed, never dreamed
that the majority in the house against
the Infamous Reilly measure was so
overwhel ming rs is indicated by the
vote on Boatner's motion.
II is body blow for Huntington, and
his idea that the. millennium is due in
1897 will probably be confirmed beyond
the strength Of Holy Writ, as be 10 now
interpreting the writs of inspiration.
For the people OF California the vote
is benediction. 1t is the first CLEAN of
glorious dawn. 1t presages the down.
fall of a tyranny that we have been
struggling against for 10. there many
years. 1t is promise of prosperity I'M
der new and better conditions. The
shackles are falling from the limbs of q
people who have been long enslsved to
an oppressor who not only compel led
them to bow down and hate him-en-
during "sll the traffic might bsar"- but
who corrupted their legislatures and de-
bauched their ballot.
1t may be too soon to shout "Vic-
tory !" but we must be pardonsd for this
incipient exultstion, considering the
fact that We have so long fashioned our
bricks without straw, cringing beneath
the morciloss lash of the E syptian.
Loa Angeles may also rejoice on h or
own account, The defeat OF the Reilly
bill in tho house shows the power OF
public sentiment on that section OF the
peoples representatives, giving fair
promise that this same continent. as
forcibly expressed, may effect the samo
purpose in the s5nats, where the San
Pedro harbor matter lies dormant in
committee. IL was the Examiner patti
ton, expressing, as it did, the unani-
nous opinion OF the people Of Califor-
mia. that made more emphatic the
arguments and protests OF our repre-
sen tatives. In the same mann,R will
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The HERALD's petition compel the sen.
ate to hear the arguments and protests
OF Senator White, Senator Perkins and
other friends of Southern California on
the San Pedro proposition. II 10 O
frivolous and absurd idea that
petitions are without effect when
properly presented on behalf OF O
just cause. And only those who desire
that the cause shsll not succeed resort
to such idiotic assertions in the en-
deavor to belittle the efforts OF those
who are honestly endsavoring on behalf
of the common veal.
The Reilly funding bill is as good a. a
dead letter, and the San Pedro hsrbor
bill is not hopeless. even at this session
of congress. Lat the good work 60 on F.;
sign the petition and GET your neighbor
to sign it. There is yet time to compel
an explanation and reparation for this
long delay, and the last hours OF this
senate may be frsught with an assur-
ance that shall give Southern California
the basis Of unexampled prosperity.
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The Morning Advertiser OF New York puts
forth cry which finds an echo in many a
sympathetic breast 1t is as follows
What has become of Nordhoff? Mr.. Cleve-
land might commission him to go to Honolulu
to soothe the fretted brow of Queen Liluoka-
lani. Her eX-majesty Will remain long in the
mountains where the whangdoodle mourneth
before she will be entirely able, unaided and
alone, to knit up the raveled sleeve of care.
Her sorcerers, it is understood, h ave struck for
back pay and returned to town.
What has become of Nordhoff ? sure enough
He went and wrote up affairs in Hawaii to suit
the New York Herald. He had his instruc-
tons before sailing from San Francisco He
knew in advance just what he was going to
say, and could he have had some one familiar
with the scenery in Honolulu to post him, he
could have written his letters just as well from
Telegraph Hill as from one OF the Coral isl
ands. That feat accomplished he next in the
interest OF some paper which is controlled by
the bankers of New York, wrote down the sill
yer question and wrote up the lovelines, of the
gold standard and he knew no more OF what
he was saying than the parrot does who prays
or swears, according to whether he was in
structed Ly clergyman's daughter or
drunken sailor.
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DEDICATED TO JAMES G CLARK.
There are many that MARBLE sounds,
There are many that measure times;
There are many that sell us words,
And myraid talk in rhymes.
But the few have listened, the few have heard
The song of the worlds release.
And the few that wait in the narrow pass
Look up to the Hills OF Peace.
Sing on, sing ever, prophet-bardi
Sing low when the heart is sad;
But Lift thy face to the skies and sing
Whenever the soul is glad.
We rejoice in the presents joy
When its merriest bells have rung,
But we treasure the prophets tones
And the songs that the seer hath sung.
We're an hungered still, as in days of old,
And weary as night draws near;
We would hear the evening songs again
And hope for the mornings cheer.
Sing on, sing ever, o prophet hards
Sing low when the heart is sad
But lift thy face to the skies and sing
Whenever the soul is glad.
ISABEL DARLING.
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ton can be made. There 10
psrvading feeling that We are confront
ed by condition that is not likely to
be removed by any existing party; that
Wall street is in the saddle of each of
the old parties, and cAnnos be unseatsd.
One or the other OF the old parties may
taks-such advanced grounds as to salts
fly the country. In the meantime poll
ticisns will be at work stating osndi-
dates
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-03
MR.. KENYON'S RES0L UTTON.

The resolution in favor OF the deep.
sea hsrbor at San Pedro, introduced by
Mr.. Kenyon OF Long Beach in the assem-.
bly,, has been referred to the com mittee
on federal relations; and il 10 evident
from the dilatory manner in which it
has been treated that the hand OF the
Southern Pacific 10 at work to prevent
its passage.
Los Angeles county has an unusually
ptrong legislative delegation at Sscra.
nento this year; 1t has three senators
and six assem- bly, men. tits not a wooden
delegation, but is composed OF men OF
more than average intelligence. All OF
the Representatives from this county are
we'll aware of the fact that sill the poll
ticsl parties that held conventions
In Los Angeles county last year
declared in favor of San Pedro,
and they are we'll aware OF the
true meaning of the opposition of the
Southern Pacific railroad to the passage
Of Mr.. Kenyon's resolution.
II Mr.. Kenyon's resolution fails to
pass, 1t will be because the representa-
tives from this county have not done
their duty. as their united support of
the measure can unquestionably secure
Ito passage. Even Mr.. Weyee Of Santa
.Honios, cannot well afford to oppose a
measure to NJ ich he WAS pledged by the
convention which nominated him.
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If NOTHING else was accomplished,
tina. Valley Railroad organization in
this city was the cause pr San Francisco
merchants getting q move on. 1t ia to
be hoped work on the line will be pushed
as rapidly az the money has been sub.
scribed, for the southern terminus Of
the line will be Los ADgelss.
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JOHN M. CARREER's name will 60 down
In history as the one of the few Ameri-
cans who refused fat Office under the
government. Positions with the pats
ronags and perks" attached to the
ofice OF supervising architect are not
hanging on every persimmon tree.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-03

REPRESENTATIVE BRECKENRIDGE called
Representative Heard names. Repre-
sentative Heard said Breckenridge was
another. Then the great North Ameri-
can statesmen finished tho gallery play
by shaking hands and making it all up.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-03

HUNTINGTON will find doomsday closer
at hand than the millennium, If the
action of congress on the funding bill
and public sentiment in the bar Dor mat
ter are criterions.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-03

POMONA doesn't talk much, but her
citizens have sent in good sized chez
for the Nebraska sufferers. Now let US
hear from Pasadena. Riverside. San
Bernardino, RedlandR and other outly-
ing towne.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-03

Now THAT the Reilly funding bill
has been disposed Of, perhaps Attorney
General Olney may find it convenient to
press thoae cults against the "private
fortunes" OF the people who wrecked
the Central Pacific railroad.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-03

THE fact that the war vessels Alert
and Ranger have been sent to Guats-
mala looks az if there might be some
thing in that alleged tripartits agree.
ment to divide Salvador.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-03

IT'S ALL right to paint the nurse who
was burned to death at the bedside OF q
patient. a heroine. but wssn't the
woman's bravery somewhat foolish?
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-03

AS WAS expected, opposition to nom
partisan investigation into official cor
fuptness in San Francisco has come to
the surface.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-03

On TO Pskin is the Japanese slogan
now that the famous Chinese stronghold,
Wei. Hal Wei, has fallen. But what is
that peace council for?
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-03

WHAT sermon could be preached and
what q moral drawn from the short and
speedy career OF Howell Osborn.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-03

Our Jim told the Minnesota legisla-
ture that prize fighting is not brutal.
How about the fellew that gets licked
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-03

TIE insurance men have formed an.
other combine. Now watch the rates
climb.
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ial, but get in with the majority on the
harbor question.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-03

announced. When will the obituary o
the laat be written?
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-03

Now sHELvE that funding bill and
hustle for the big canal.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-03

PRosPEcTs for war in Mexico are be-
coming very bright.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-03

FROM the throne to the prison il but
step in Hawaii.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-03

IT WAS not Mr.. Reilly who keeps the
hotel but Huntington's Reilly thst got
left.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-03

CAN'T that Arizona train robbery be
laid to the Apache?
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-03

FoR the whole state and Southern
California. THE HERALD.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1895-05-18

but the men who have hocked to the
silver standard / do not think did it on
account of convictions, but through the
idea of gaining political chances. One
month ago had an election taken place
with silver ticket in the field, I believe
it would have swept the country. To-
day the silyerites have only scant fol-
lowing. Suppose a man had been
elected on silver ticket, he would hate
himself all through his term of Office, for
he would know very well that he could
mot deliver the goods Prosperityis re-
turning, and with it a better understand
ing of the financial question of the day.
1 say confidently that Wisconsin is se-
curely within the ranks for sound cur
rency, and nothing can shake her alle-
glance"
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1895-05-18
How Natives Are Taught
Respect for England.
nURpER OF BRIroNs AVENGED
Natives of the soloraon Group Of 1sl-
ands Driven to the Interior
and Many Kined.

SAN FRANc1sco, May 17.-John Car
ter, an tx seaman OF H. M. S. Royalist,
arrived here on the Australian from
Honolulu. Carter came to Hawai-, from
Sydney, where the Royalist is now sta
toned.
England, according to the seaman, ,
took very drastic measures in the pun
ishment of the natives of the solomon
group of islands. and the villages at the
mouth of the river Soy were cannon
AIDED. A landing party started out for
Verne. an adjacent town. and the saw:
ages were driven miles into the interior.
A number were slaughtered. For fopr
hours Soy was under fire. Fhe trouble
and the subsequent bombardment were
brought about by the murder of Donald
Guy last April and>the later murder of
eight inebriated English tars who went
ashore at the island Malayta to enjoy q
good time.
The month after Guy was murdered
the boats crew of the brig Para was
also fred upon by the natives. Two
men were wounded. The Royalist pro-
ceeded to New Georgia and there learned
that Guy had been surprised by natives
and shot down. The sloop proceeded
up the Soy river, and there found the
passage blocked, The natives had taken
to the bushes. The Royalist cleared for
action, and in ten minutes. literally
blew the village of Soy off the earth.
The land forces pursued the natives into
the interior for several miles, but could
not force them into open battle.
The Royalist then steamed to Malayta
island and anchored off The town of
Altai. The ships guns were turned on
the village and quick fire opened.
Two cutters armed with 7-pound rapid
IRE guns steamed close to the beach and
poured shot into a little bunch of natives
that were defending the chiefs palace.
A number were killed and wounded.
One after another three villages were to-
tally destroyed, the natives driven to
the bush and the residence OF one of the
principal chiefs of the Solomon group
blown to pieces with six-inch shells.
The Royalist then steamed around
the leland looking for fresh villages to
try its gun crews proficiency upon. and
finally steamed to Wanawana. Elabo-
rate preparslions were made for sea
and land attack, the natives having as,
sembled in great numbers. a steam
launch armed with a Gatling gun and
two cutters with 7-pound rapid-6rinq
rifles were detailed to land detachment
OF marines and sailors. Suddenly the
Royalist received orders through 8
British steamer captain to cease opera
tions and return to New Zealand. The
slaughter of the defenseless was thus
averted.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1895-05-18
Peck Says Wisconsin, Is Not = snvel
state.

New YoRK, May 17.-George F.. Peck,
the recent democratic governor of Wis
consin, is at the Holland house. Speak
ing of the condition of his state, he said:
s'You see good deal printed in the
papers in the East about Wisconsin be-
sing torn wide open on the silver ques-
tion. Those reports were perhaps true
about month ago, but conditions are
very different today. The bubble has
burst and the farmers and merchants are
thinking for themselves, and this
thought has not done much for silver.
When the craze first started I saw lot
of men who expected to make political
capital out of the movement. Now
political ambition is all right, perhaps,
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1895-05-18

.is the result of bet made by the amia-
bile young millionaire with some of his
friends that he and his wife and sisters
can make the trip via Suez canal in the
time mentioned. The reasons for the
90-dav trip are said to be two; one that
as executor of the Bradbury estate, one
of the richest in the West. Colonel Brad
bary cannot he out of the state over 80
days without forfeiting his position, and
the second is that he has made bets
amounting to upwards of $15, 900 with
members of the California Club in Los
Angeles that he will succeed.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1895-05-18
A Trip Around the World to Be Cor
.pleted in Ninety Days.

Z SAN Francisco, May 17,-Colonel and
Mrs. John Bradbury, OF Los Angeles,
will leave on Saturday for Honolulu.
This will be his FIRST stopPing- place on
their trip around the world, which must
be made in 80 davs-ten more than
Phineas Fogg, Jules verne's hero, had
at his disposal. It is said that the trip
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1895-05-18

WAsH1NeroN, May 1.-THE text of
Chili's currency conversion bill, as
passed by both houses of congress, has
been received here. 1t provides for
specie payments from June [, 1896. As
both metals are to be utilized, the change
promises to have an i'm portant effect
upon the worlds eupplyo of metals. The
president of Chill is empowered for three
years to coin $40, ,OO0. 900 in silver. All
proceeds from the sales from nitrate beds
shall be devoted exclusively to the pur-
chaseo eilver. Three gold coins, 500,
$40 and So, are also provided for. The
silver dollar is to weigh 20 grammes and
be $780, 1000 fine. Silver is not legal
tender above $50, except to the govern
ment, where it is received as gold. The
government mint is also directed to ex-
change gold for silver dollars presented
to it with that object. The act also pro-
uides a system of bank currency guar
anteed by the government and redeema-
bic by the government if the bank fails.