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The herald., 1896-11-06
BRYAN'S DEFEAT
Fright forever on the scaffold,


Wrong forever on the throne.
But the scaffold sways the Future.
And behind the dark unknown
Standeth God within the shadow
Keeping watch above His own
No great political question is ever set
tied until it is settled right.
The humanitarian conception of Will
liam Jennings Bryan and his followers
that the rehabilitation of silver, as CO.
equal redemption money with gold. is
necessary to ameliorate the distressed
condition of the masses all over the
world, may or may not be correct. but
certain it ist hat the great heart of the
unbought and unselfish American people
has throbbed in sympathy with the
brave. brainy and gentle man from Ne
braska, while it is equally certain that
the really potential forces that have
carried the election, and won tempor
ary victory, were marshaled and in
spired by dangerous money manipula-
tors in the interest Of organized greed.
L
honest, patriotic votes cast for William
Mckinley. The cry of sound money"
and "anti-repudiation" were catch
phrases we'll calculated to induce un-
questioning partisans to fall into the
lock-step of organization quite satisfied
that the national honor would be sullied
if the United States should decline to
meet it's coin obligations In gold alone.
There were those, too, who were caught
by the clap-trap of protectionism.
fetch worshiped by large numbers
of good people who are so stupid they
cannot see that the system involves a
governmental favoritism which has
brought about the great disparity of
pecuniary conditions in this country
that is now menace to republican in
stitutions. If equal rights for all and
special privileges for none" is to be ac-
cepted as true maxim for the guidance
of a free people no place can be found
for the protection system in this repub-
lie. That system has given us the great
money power in this country which has
compassed the defeat of the idol of the
plain people, William j. Bryan.
That the peace-loving and patriotic
millions who have followed Mr.. Bryan
to undeserved defeat will abide without
violence the arbitrament of the ballot
on last Tuesday is, of course, assured;
but the cause of free silver is not "lost
cause" Its advocates will continue to
disseminate their propaganda by carry
ing their crusade into the benighted
regions of the east, so that four years
hence Mr.. Bryan will not only sweep the
south and west but also New England
and the middle states.
The herald., 1896-11-06
GOOD ROADS IN ILLINOIS.

Monmouth township, Ills, enjoys the
enviable distinction of being the first
In the United States to put down hard
country road, and it is an honor Of the
highest order. Three thousand feet of
brick pavement laid at an expense av-
eraging $4,000 a mile in substantial and
enduring form is an evidence Of pro-
gress that will attract universal public
attention and interest In this enter
prise the people of that part of Illinois
have set an example worthy of general
emulation. 1t may seem an expensive
roadway but as matter of fact it is
more likely to prove profitable invest
ment and an economic expedient. That
piece of road will cost nothing for re-
pairs for years to come. and in bad
weather or good it will afford comfort
able wheeling for the farmers along the
line who have produce to market, and
farmers who have enterprise enough to
build that kind Of roads are certain to
have plenty Of produce to sell.-Kansas
City Star.
The herald., 1896-11-06
SEES ONLY IN THE DARK.

II know a boy who has peculiar de-
feet in his eyesight," said A. c. Law
renee of Rappahannock county, Va.
His name is Eddie Howe. and the story
can be substantiated by almost any cit
izen of my county. From birth the boy
was supposed to be practically blind.
and he was or years old before the
discovery was made that. while he could
not see in daylight everything being
blurred. and his eyes unable to bear the
glare, he could see we'll at night When
the boy was or years old. his father
bought pair Of red-top boots for him,
and took them into his sons room in the
dark. expecting to leave them and have
the boy surprised when he felt them,
but Eddie said: oh, father. what pretty
boots, and copper toes, too AS the
father could not see the boots, 1t was so
dark, he began to investigate and found
that the boy could see. The next morn
ing the lad was blind again. and since
then a great many oculists have been
consulted. None of them has been able
to cure the defect or even determine
what caused the peculiar condition.
Washington Star
The herald., 1896-11-06
TO BECOME A JEwEss TO MARRY
Gen. Belknap's Daughters Engage
ment Full Of Troubles.

The sensation of the week in this city
was the report of the coming marriage
Of Miss Alice Belknap to Mr.. Paul May
of the Belgian legation. Miss Belknap
is the charming and popular daughter
of the late Gen. w. w. Belknap. who was
secretary of war during the administra-
ton of President Grant. Mr.. Paul May
is one of the handsomest and best
known young men in diplomatic circles.
The uneven course of their Wooing mas
had it's full share of public attention for
months past. The news that the differ
ences Of opinion of everybody concerned
have been satisfactorily settled Will
come pleasantly to the ears of their
friends.
The principal opposition to the match,
it is understood, came from the family
of the young man. The Mays. who orig
inally spelled their name with an "e,"
are a power in Hebrew circles in Belgi-
um. Their social position is very high
and they have great wealth. The head
of the family. who was a banker and ex-
consul general at San Francisco, died
ten years ago Paul. the younger son,
who is gifted In many ways, was brill
liantly educated at Oxford. He chose
diplomatic career in preference to busi-
ness, and has been successful. He, of
course. clings to the faith and traditions
of his fathers, although his friends are
to be found almost wholly in the ranks
of the Christians. and he himself is said
to be the only young man of his race in
diplomatic circles. This difference of
religion was the first obstacle to the
marriage. The most serious opposition
came from the Mays, who fatty refused
to sanction the young mans choice of
wife. He went abroad last June to ar
que the question with them, but re-
turned to this country unsuccessful.
Matters were in this condition until very
recently. when, report says. Miss Bel
knap suddenly made a decision which
surprised society. She decided to adopt
the faith of the man Of her choice. 1t is
said that she will shortly make an avow-
al of belief in the Jewish tenets and go
through all the ceremonies which her
change of faith demands. Then the we'd
ding bells will be in order.
Miss Belknap is several years the
Junior of her future lord and master.
She belongs to the younger set of girls,
known as the Daisy Chain set. owing to
their interest in fashionable charities.
She was educated at the Convent of the
Visitation in this city, and is thorough
ly accomplished as we'll as very popular
socially. She is a superb horsewoman
and familiar figure on Washington's
avenues. She has spent several summers
at Bar HarboT, where she has added to
her social triumphs. Unfortunately the
Belknaps have very little money, and
this is said to be another source of dis
content to the wealthy and ambitious
May family.
1t should be added here that Mrs. Bel
knap. the mother of the young lady,
publicly denies that an engagement ex-
lists between her daughter and Mr.. May.
She adds. however. that If the young
couple are still in love at the end of six
months, she will give her consent to
their marriage. She is very fond of Mr..
May. and admits that she could ask for
no better match for her daughter-New
York World.
The herald., 1896-11-06
CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND.
MENTS

There are two methods by which
the people of a state can and do change
their state laws. One method, and that
most frequently used, is in the enact
ment of new laws or the amendment of
old ones by the legislature. 1t is a no.
torious fact that in every state the stat
utes are burdened more or less with en-
actments either unjust or ridiculously
absurd, or both. In either case they are
so difficult of enforcement as to be al.
most or quite dead letter laws" The
tendency of the age is strongly toward
too much legislation. There is scarcely
a legislative body that could not best
serve the people by spending most of its
official time in repeating, pruning and
simplifying a large percentage of the
laws now existing. At the same time
the law makers, whether members of a
state legislature, county board or a
city council, should strive to disabuse
their minds of the erroneous idea that
the more laws and ordinances they
grind out the better they will serve their
constituents and the more fame they can
win as local statesmen.
Another obstacle in the way of secur-
ing such laws and only such as are wise
and just is the loose-jointed manner in
which many of them are framed. Ow-
ing to defective wording many a good
law is set aside by the courts. This is not
strange, when the small intellectual cali
ber and limited education of the average
legislator is considered.
In view of'these facts it is always best
when practicable for the people of a
CT 70 I'm, hli 1ox 1ot,
adoption of constitutional amendments.
Each state constitution itself provides
for that. The people of California have
just voted on six different amendments
to the organic law. Two years hence one
or more amendments will doubtless
come before the voters for adoption or
rejection
The incoming legislature will be urged
to submit at least one amendment that
is of vital Importance to the people of
this commonwealth. Our lawmakers a.
Sacramento are sure to be importuned
to give the people an opportunity to
make a radical change in our superla-
lively inconsistent and oppressive tax
laws. The existing system of raising
public revenues is SO palpably out Of
harmony with justice and sound sense
that it cannot retain the approval Of
any honest voter with brains enough
to keep him outside of an asylum for the
feeble minded.
Fully twelve thousand voters in the
state have already signed petitions for
such an amendment, and many thous-
ands more will do SO before the new
legislature opens business "at the old
stand" Those petitions, backed by the
personal appeals of many able, earnest
tax reformers, will be sufficient, it is ex-
pected, to secure the adoption of a Joint
resolution submitting the desired
amendment. Such demand is so reas-
enable that it would seem as if no men,
ber of the legislature would oppose it
unless he had reckleSsly determined to
commit political suicide.
What the people of California need
is an educational campaign on the great
question of fiscal reform. With such an
amendment as is proposed there will
be opportunity for studying and dis.
The herald., 1896-11-06
G375 A LINE.

James Smith. one of the authors of the
celebrated Rejected Addresses, was bet
ter paid for trifiing exertion of his
versatile muse than any poet since
the world began. One day he met the
late Mr.. Strachan, the kings printer. at
a dinner party, and found him suffering
from gout and old age, though his in
tellectual faculties remained unimpair-
ed. The next morning he transmitted
to him the following jeu d'esprit:
Your lower limbs seemed far from stout.
When last l saw you walk:
The cause / presently found out,
When you began 10 talk.
The power that props the bodys length
In due proportion spread,
In you mounts upward and the strength
All settles in the head.
This compliment proved so highly
acceptable to the old gentleman that he
made an immediate codicil to his will,
by which he bequeathed to the writer
the sum of three thousand pounds, be-
ing at the rate of three hundred and sew
enty-five pounds sterling for each line.
-Pearson's Weekly.
The herald., 1896-11-06
WIVES FOR WESTERN MINERS.

The new mining camps on Trail and
Boundary creeks in British Columbia
are soon to receive delegation bf young
women from Canada. and each one will,
it is expected, become married woman
almost as soon as she becomes a resi-
dent of the camp. The miners have be-
gun cleaning up around their cabins, and
one or two of the men have even gone
so far as to send to this city for white
shirts.
During the last two years the camps
have grown at a remarkable rate, and
row the number of men greatly ex-
ceeds the number of women. The min
ers are nearly all big, handsome fellows,
making good money, and they long for
all the comforts of home" The wo-
men already on the ground are about
in the proportion of one to ten, and the
husband Of each is the envy of all the
unmarried men.
The herald., 1896-11-06
COULDN'T BE BLUFFED.
She Got SIS for the Accident to Her
Old Man.

Olu N1dIls
I was at the railroad offices to see the
manager, and while I waited for him a
little, old women in poke bonnet and
a homespun dress and carrying long
used umbrella in her hand came up
stairs and, after looking around, she
came Up to me and said:
"Waftin' to see the boss, reckon?
Yes"
"So'm I. Ever met him befo'?"
Never"
"Wall, I hev. He's a buffer. He'll
jest try to out-holler yo'. If he can't
do that he'll sulk like q mewl. II yo'
don't seem to kear fur that, then he'll
order yo' out. Then's the time yo' want
to draw back yo'r umbreller, like this,
and pint 1t at him, like this, and let
him see he's got to cum down or you'll
make hole right threw him. Bin run
over by the railroad?"
Had dogs or cattle run over?"
wall, keep an eye on him in thar,
and don't take no bluff"
Half an hour later I met her down
stairs. She had several greenbacks in
her hand, and she seemed to be in a
pleasant frame of mind.
did you succeed?" Queried.
"Yo' jest shout that I did!" she re-
piled. shaking the money at me. II
went in thar and crooked my finger at
him and sez:
Cum down. Yo're ole railroad has
smashed him all to squash and has to
pay fer it!''
How much?' sez he.
""Twenty dollars sell
Make 1t fifteen, or I punch!'
"'Wall, say fifteen"
And so you had hog run over and
got SIS for it?" asked.
"Hawg! Hawg! Who said hawg?'
She demanded. mo, sab! The railroad
ran over my ole man and scattered him
along for seven miles, and 1 believe If
had stuck out fur $16 I'd hev got it
plump down in my hand!"-New York
World.
The herald., 1896-11-06
COIN HOME TO MARY.

Birds seem singin' all the way
Coin home to Mary; u
Roses on a winters day,
Coin home to Mary.
/ can he.r my heart keep time
With the bells that sweetly chime;
Happiest man that lives when I'm
Coin home to Mary.
Far away her smile see,
Coin home to Mary.
How it lights the way for me,
Coin home to Mary.
There in groves where nests the dove,
In a cot with blooms above,
Still she lights the lamp o. love-
Coin home TO Mary.
Down the walk come patterin' feet
Coin home to Mary.
Children'S S arms and kisses sweet,
Coin home to Mary.
Rob comes climbin' to my knee,
Katie wants kiss from me;
Loves me all the world" says she.
Home with love an Mary.
Shine the lights forevermore,
Coin home to Mary.
Love still leads me 10 the door,
Coin home to Mary.
Fer her sake my toll is sweet,
For her sake my heartll beat,
TIL it's dust beneath her feet
Coin home to Mary.
Frank L. Stanton.
The herald., 1896-11-06

paper, which was so pronounced in its
anti-slavery views that he was COM
PEELED to leave Virginia, going to Mis-
souri,, and taking his pulpit decidedly
into politics during the troublous times
of the Missouri compromise discussion.
Again he left, by request, and went over
land to Sonora. where he has resided
ever since. Now, at the age of 80 years,
he attends all conferences of the Meth
odist church. looking hale and hearty,
and feeling, as he says, like a boy He
knows almost all of the Indians left in
Southern California personally, and is
almost worshiped by them" m."-Washing-
ton Star
The herald., 1896-11-06

Mrs. Phoebe Hearst's magnificent do
nation to the University of California
should be appreciated by every citizen
OF the state. In all. the donations of
Mrs. Hearst and other persons amount
to $40O0,0OO, which will be paid up as
soon as the state is prepared to make
proper use of it. Five hundred thousand
dollars must first be spent in buildings,
towards which Mrs. Hearst has already
sent $4,000 to be used in securing plans.
which architects of all countries will
be invited to submit
The herald., 1896-11-06
HANNA'S BROAD GRIN.

Should Major Mckinley be elected
fancy the smile that will illume the
gentle and refined countenance of Mr..
Mark Hanna and the I-told-you-so tone
in which he will observe to the states
men around him: "WhO says it hurts
a man in politics If he jumps on labor
with both feet between campaigns?'-
New York Journal.
The herald., 1896-11-06
A GERMAN JOHN STETsON.

The Germans now have an odd char
acter, says the Detroit Free Press, GER
tain baron, who is made responsible for
many absurd and ludicrous things.
Whenever anything particularly stu
pid or whimsical happens 1t is straight
way attributed to the baron. Conse-
quently many amusing stories are re-
lated Of the baron, Just as in this coun-
try all kinds Of mistakes have been
The herald., 1896-11-06

thousands of miles and delivering
many hundreds of speeches to audiences
of unprecedented numbers. 1t was a
task that no man of less physical
strength, of less enthusiasm and mental
pluck could have attempted without
breaking down. In all, since his nomina-
ton up to the time of the election, Mr..
Bryan spoke in twenty-nine states. de-
livered over 500 speeches in about 42O
cities and towns, and travelled nearly
e, 900 miles.
The herald., 1896-11-06

Cotton exports for October still show
the almost unprecedented gains which
were characteristic of September. From
September 1st to October 26th, this year
the exports were 1,264.00O bales, against
only $4,000 bales last year. During the
same period there was gain in receipts
OF over 100000 bales for 1896 as compared
with 1895.
The herald., 1896-11-06

From present indications woman suf-
frage in California has received a tenn
porary setback, but both Los Angeles
and San Diego counties did their share
for woman's emancipation"
Johann Most and his anarchistic fol-
lowing doubtless contributed to swell
New York's majority for Mckinley. He
should be recognized with a cabinet ap-
pointment.
The herald., 1896-11-06

cussing the subject in all its phases
for nearly two years, and during
period when there will be no presidential
campaign or other fierce partisan con-
tentions to divert public thought from an
issue vastly more important than the
question of who shall fill the offices. The
elimination of such a campaign ought
to be the adoption of a fiscal policy that
will remove all barriers now in the way
of California's advance to the goal of
real and permanent prosperity.
The herald., 1896-11-06

The baneful influence of the Hoodoo
Is again apparent in the returns from
both city and county. Influence is per-
haps too good word to apply to the eff
feet that the espousal of cause by the
Times brings about. The Republicans
In both city and county have lost thous-
ands of votes in the election just over.
The revolving campaign of abuse, vim
dictiveness and Justification in which the
Times delighted to indulge. was directly
responsible for winning many voters for
Bryan and free silver.
The herald., 1896-11-06
A NoNOGENARIAN PREACHER.

Probably the oldest living preacher
who is still actively engaged in the min
istry is Father Waugh of my town." said
r. p. Cannon of Sonora, Cal. HE is so
years Of age, and has been in the min
istry for seventy years. He was raised
in Virginia. and sixty years ago preached
in Washington. He edited . religious
The herald., 1896-11-06

An Armenian massacre has the effect
of rousing the British public, not to ac-
ton, but to sufficient indignation for
them to appreciate one of Mr.. Glad
stones philippics.
The herald., 1896-11-06
Arosi alasi for tho davs rone nv

Alas! alas! for the days gone by
Of the flaming cheek and flashing eye;
OF the tihlid touch of the finger tips
OF the petals blown from the poppy lips!
When days were dreams, and nights were
long
And life flowed on like a rivers song,
Under a June days golden sky
Alas! alas. for the Gays gone by.
Alas. alas! for the days gone by.
And, alas, that our youth should ever die!
Good fortune may come and evil may go,
But nothing can WOO back youth We
know.
Youth. with it's fragrance, charm and
flush.
Goes. like the lyric of last years thrush.
Aias alas! for the days gone by.
John Ernest McCAnA.
The herald., 1896-11-06

Julian Hawthorne's description of
Bryan as "a man of iron nerve and un-
conquerable dignity" is borne out by the
manner in which he has accepted de-
feat. Who Is there among his opponents
who does not recognize in him splendid
figure, man of men?
The herald., 1896-11-06

Mr. Bryan has fought good fight
and has been beaten, fate that has be-
fallen many q just cause before. His
campaign will be always conspicuous in
history because of the extraordinary
.e1sergy and earnestness that character
1eed It, For three months the Demo-
6fatic candidate devoted every moment
~ his time 70 the propagation of the
iGo4DA - tree silver. travelling many
The herald., 1896-11-06

Great Britain is apparently prepared
to keep watehful eye over us next
summer. Two fleets, forming together
by far the most powerful force ever
sent across the Atlantic, will be respec-
lively stationed on Canada's Atlantic
coast and at Bermuda.
The herald., 1896-11-06

Four days before the election Julian
Hawthorne thus wrote in reflection up-
on the contrast between the two presi-
Dental candidates:
On the one hand I saw the little
giided, pinchbeck major. peekirg and
piping his complacent platitudes in his
Canton cottage, appearing on his little
porch and retiring from it like the pith
dgure in a weather box.
On the other side l behed Bryan,
standing like an oak. strong. fresh,
sincere. beneficent. telling truth and do
ing good to friend and foe alike. and
actually fighting half this nation, and
successfully, too, with nothing to help
him but. the honesty and wisdom of his
cause. 1t. Is not Bryan, but the Ameri-
can people, thatfs really on trial in this
campaign, and the Sd of November will
determine whether there is more man
hood and independence in this country
than there is cowardice and folly.
The herald., 1896-11-06

The net earnings of 1873 railroads up
to the 1st Of September show gain of
two and half millions over the net
earnings for the first eight months of
1885, These figures do not include the
heavy cotton movement. but they indi-
cate that there is business ahead, now
that we are over the quadrennial CAM
paIgn fever and dullness.
The herald., 1896-11-06
FUN IN PROSPECT.

The Chicago footpads crack jokes as
they rob their victims. If the crooks in
that town continue to progress they will
be soon throwing in vaudeville per-
formance with each hold d-up.-Washing-
ton Post,
The herald., 1896-11-06

kind, and the consequece is that she is
able to make her weakness her strength,
and to give the expression of her anti
pathies the fullest and most unbridled
license
The herald., 1896-11-06
THE SILENCE OF LIFE.

Oh, inexpressibla as sweet
Love takes my voice away;
/ cannot tell thee, when we meet,
What most J. long to say.
But hadst thou hearing in thy heart
To know what beats in mine,
Then shouidst thou walk, whereer thou
art.
In melodies divine. sA'
So warbling birds life higher notes,
Than to our ears belong:
The music fills their throbbing throats,
But silence steals the song.
George L. WOodberry.
The herald., 1896-11-06

The doubling Thomases of the Ex-
press and the Times, not to mention the
Hon. Will A. Harris, will doubtless not
bother now to inspect the member
ship roll of that splendid organizati ton
known as the Free Silver Republican
club Of Los Angeles. They have probably
realized from the city and county re-
turns how very true and substantial
that membership of 5000 was 1t was
very crude attempt to make political
capital by casting discredit upon the
omcers of the club, who were perfectly
justified in protecting their members
from interference and intimidation.
The herald., 1896-11-06
THE HERALD
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in Southern California
FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 6, 1906

Mr. Cleveland is after all something
Of q humorist He reserved the public
alton of his Thanksgiving proclamation
for q post election document.