The herald., 1896-04-19
Some Interrogation Points


| ington. late lobbyist for himself al
| Washington. DC, should be accidentally
| drowned in some harbor. or un over and
| killed by one of his freight trains, or II
! some disease should deprive the world
more especially the United States, more
especially still the state of California
of this noted parsonage. would the peo-
pie anywhere mourn his death as ca
lamity, national or state?
If the good that men do lives after
them" what good Except to himself
and few associates) would the news
papers, who wear his collar and dance
when he pulls the string, chronicle in
his favor? IS
Would these teachers of disjointed
thinking" prate of his great, charitable
heart, of his erring only on the side of
mercy, of his ever ready ear to listen to
the pleas of his employees for an in
crease of wages with an increase of
work? ae
Would they say he had been public
benefactor. public philanthropist, lib
eral to fault, with the millions of dol
lars he iilched from the people? ~
Would a monument, purchased by
popular" subscription, be erected to
his memory? fa, +,
Would our loss of him be his gain or
ours? Will his nature change when he
gets below? Will his subsidized press
freeze to him there?
Would our legislature be asked to
make his birthday holiday?
Would the thousands of overworkcd
and underpaid people, who toll for
him, feel that they had lost dear friend,
and would they mourn through love for
the lost but not forgotten one?"
Would the angels in the realms above
receive his pure white soul'' with
Iaeans of joy, OF would the other angel,
a former castaway, grumblingly make
room for him?
Which undiscovered country" would
be the most pleased to receive his re-
funded spirit as a permanent ''promi-
nent citizen?"
Will he be blessed with the same poor
memory in the great hereafter that he
was while living here, when cross eX-
amined as to his fitness for living in the
eternal mansion?
Would you be surprised, reader, if you
should hear that when he was compelled
to pay the debt of nature that he kick
ed and asked that it be refunded on fifty
years time at. per cent?
Will he insist on being buried in the
7.c00.0 900 acres OF government land grant
ed to his railroad, and will he also insist
that the whole of It be. his private bury
ine ground rUrever!
Would the mere mention Of his name
In public assemblies be greeted with
shouts of applause?
If he had his choice Of taking his mill
lions or his memory with him to the
other world which would be leave be-
hind?
If in his future travels he should meet
Justice, would he offer bribe p 5sy.ss !,
II, while flying about in thssfsafnis
aboye. he should happen to think of Cal
ifornia. would he be p,aIectly happy?
Or. if while warming himself below,
could his suffering be appeased even for
one moment by the thought Of any good
deed done while in the flesh, if his poor
memory would allow?
Will he make a will devising to the
people that which he took from them
without giving value received in return?
If Freedom or Justice "shrieks" when
he is gone, what would they ''shriek?"
If. while wandering around below he
should chance to meet with some high
way robber who had wrecked a train on
his road. would he greet him in hearty
manner, talk "shop" and about old
times in California?
Will Ananias and Collis P. meet? VIII
they form a partnership there? Build a
harbor in Birthstone lake and charge
"all the traffic will bear?
Get cinch on all below with an enor-
nous loan thrown in? When. asked to
pay the honest debt reply with DEVILS
grin? II. o. c.