The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-03-05
THE METROPOLITAN EDITORS

| policy in regard to the Nicaragua canal
when he says it must be operated on in
ternational lines. Probably Mr.. Roseberry,
| has not measured the full proportions or
the United States of America. = San
Francisco News Letter.
There were two notable features of the
news of the past week that should be
studied in connection with one another.
One of these was the space given to COM
ments on the death of Frederick Douglass;
the other was the space given to the
marriage of Miss Anna Gould to the
Count de Castellane.
The San Jose Mercury is of the solemn
conviction that the baffied monopolst
who, in his chagrin, murdered the actress,
Madge Yorke, might justly be compelled
sympathizing with him. Yes, neighbor,
but would that not be too severe pun
ishment for the women? If he should
come back from the grave they would
all be widows Ambrose Bierce.
1t is understood that President Dole OF
the Hawaiian republic will exercise his
prcrogative and commute the sentence OF
Wilcox and others from the death penalty
to long term of:imprisonment. young
republic does not need baptism of blood,
especially the blood of its own citi-
zens. Hawaii will stand much better in
the eyes of the world if she exercises
prudent clemency than if she insists upon
avowed traitors. The Chronicle.
There is scarcely any necessary, con-
venience or comfort of life which the
people of California could not produce, if
given the opportunity. With the land
lord extinct through the single tax, and the
manufacturers could defy the competition
of the world. With our exceptional nat
ural advantages, nothing but the special
privileges granted by law to landlords and
corporations could prevent the employ
lnent of twenty times our present working
population. Pasadena Star.
Judged by the tone of the articles on
Frederick Douglass, we are the most
democratic of people. the truest lovers of
sterling manhood, and the least regardful
OF any aristocratic pretensions, whether
founded on long descent or the power of
gold. Judging on the other hand by the
tenor of the elaborate descriptions of the
Goulds and the Casetllanes, we are snob-
bsh to the verge Of vulgarity, and have
no other thought than that of learning all
we can about the fripperies and fopperies
OF aristocratic life and are subservient
equally to the glamour of old heraldry
and the ostentatious display of golden
gorgeousness.-The Call.
The decision that confirms for the
moment the title OF M. A. Gunst to a seat
on the Police Commission is to be regret
ted. AS matter of cold law there was
enough ground for a decision either way,
and we are sorry that Judge Sanderson
did not follow his natural instincts as
citizen by deciding with the people in
stead of with ''de push" The Supreme
Courts Interpretation or rather amend
ment-of the law and the constitution in
the Hinton Hammond decision of ten
years ago has not cast so much credit on
the California bench that its scope should
be widened where it can be avoided.-The
Examiner
Ii this country cannot be kept upon a
gold basis except at the price which the
Cleveland administration is paying for
1t, the sooner we come to a silver basis
the better. The payment of bonus of
81, to a syndicate for floating So, in bonds
has exasperated the nation, and Justly. 1t
isa hold up" of the Government which all
the explanations OF the rejoicing bankers
cannot conceal from the people of COM
mon sense. The bonds were sold to the
syndicate at 104, and offers for them have
reached as high as 120. There was no
have sold its own bonds ana saved the
wasted millions to the public. Every dol
lar of the $40, 00o, 900 presented to the
spectators represented earnings of
labor.-Arthur McEwen's Letter.
It is competition from Los Angeles
Portland and Tacoma that has crippled
our trade. Freight rates to these COMPETE
tors from the Atlantic seaboard are as
low as those prevailing from East to San
Francisco. II San Francisco were given
rate from the Atlantic materially lower
than what Los Angeles, Portland or Ia
coma could obtain, we might hope to
again become the commercial distrib-
uting point in the territories now served
by these cities. But at what cost? The
absolute ruin of every manufacturing in
dustry about the Bay of San Francisco
and the consequent enforced idleness of
thousands of men. The overland lines
running into those cities would be strip.
process, condition they would not per-
NIT to continue for long, and they
would, as they have done in the past, cut
their rates to San Francisco tariff, place
their own Western terminals upon the
same footing as our city, and we would
be no better off than before. Wave.
The Southern Pacific Railroad Company
is again trying to loot the Federal treas
ury, and, as usual, the Senate favors the
job. There are honorable exceptions
among the Senators. and one OF these, Mr..
Pettigrew, is splendidly conspicuous. In
opposing Buffers amendment to pay the
Soutern Pacific 81, 800, SOB for transporta-
ton, Mr.. Pettigrew said that the Central
Pacific and the Southern Pacific were one
and the same road. The officers of the
former had stolen and wrecked the prop
erty, and then these scoundrels" had or
ganized the Southern Pacific. The obliga-
tons of the Central Pacific to the Govern
ment would become due, and then there
would be an opportunity to recover from
these 'swindlers' of the Southern Pacific.
The people of this state, irrespective of
politics. tender their sincere thanks to the
Senator from South Dakota. May he live
long and prosper. May he live to see the
differences between the Government and
the Pacific railroads honestly adjusted
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