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The herald., 1896-05-13

1t is apparent that Senator Vest knows
as little about Huntington and Hunting
tonsm in California a he does about the
right side of the financial question. Mis-
souri, should pull him off and put him
away on the shelf of retirement along
with other useless antiquities.
The herald., 1896-05-13

The regular meeting of the Los An
geles w. c. T. U. will be held today at
2:30 p. m. in the First Baptist church,
corner of Sixth street and Broadway.
Interesting reports of the state w. c.
T. u. convention, recently held in Po-
mona, will be given by the delegates,
followed by discussion. All are cor
daily invited.
The herald., 1896-05-13

City subscribers to The Herald will con-
fer a favor by reporting to the business
office late delivery or any other negligence
on the part of carriers. During the week
all papers should reach subscribers not
later than o'clock, and on Sundays by 8
o'clock,
The herald., 1896-05-13

The Workman franchise for street
railway TO connect a goodly portion of
Boyle Heights with the main part of the
city has a last been ordered advertised.
The people of Boyle Heights are to be
felicitated on the prospect of acquiring
additional railway facilities. Theirs is
naturally one of the most charming parts
of the municipality and it has Jagged in
the procession of progress Los Angeles
has enjoyed the last decade solely be-
cause of the inadequate means of reach
In
The herald., 1896-05-13

This is the way the San Jose Herald
sizes up the Huntington harbor scheme:
Although it has been conclusively
shown that the people of Southern Cali
fornia desire the improvement of San
PEDRO harbor, and that the improvement
of Santa Monica harbor would be simply
for the benefit of Mr.. Huntington,a siren
uous effort is being made by the monop-
oly's retaners in congress to push
through the Santa Monica job. 1t is a
bold attempt to secure a public appro-
priation for private enterprise.
The herald., 1896-05-13
Wanted-Some sort of a legislative

Wanted-Some sort of a legislative
enactment making it a misdemeanor
for any person. not even excepting re-
porters and editors, to refer in speech or
writing to East Los Angeles Park as
"Eastlake" Park. Neither the style, the
pedigree nor the traditions of the East
Side breathing place afford room for such
an appellation
The herald., 1896-05-13

The Pomona Beacon hits the bulls eye
of truth right in the most middle part
when it says:
John G. Carlisle Of Kentucky would
make a strong run for president on a
sound money platform. If the Republi
cans put a free silver plank in their
st. Louis platform Carlisle can beat any
man they may put up.
The herald., 1896-05-13

The publishers have arranged to have
The Herald on sale at all news stands and
on all railroad trains in Southern Califor-
MIA. If the paper cannot be secured at any
Of the above places the publishers will
deem 1t a special favor If patrons should
report same to the business office.
The herald., 1896-05-13

The record of McKinley's utterances
on the money question is suggestive of
the modern department store-it has
something to suit wellnigh every politi-
cal customer.
The herald., 1896-05-13

The Herald Publishing company hereby
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The herald., 1896-05-13

the charge Of Beatty q Atwater the
guests took their departure. leaving
with the host sincere concentrations
and best wishes for many happy returns
of the day. The guests were: Mr.. and
Mrs. 8. r. Hunt, Mrs. Hancock, DR.. and
Mrs. r. w. Morris. Misses Bertha and
Ruth Morris. Mr.. and Mrs. Ed MCGEE,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Messerly. DIR. and
Mrs. j. b. owens. Mr.. and Mrs Howry,
Mrs. A. M. Cridland, Mr.. Ed Cridland
Mrs. E. L. Clegg, Mr.. Grimm, Miss Lola
Clegg. Mr.. and Mrs. George Wyman,
Mr.. Fred Clegs. Master Lawrence Kei-
fer
The herald., 1896-05-13
Recognized Worth

The Los Angeles Herald is one Of the
best and most progressive dailies in the
state.-San Francisco Star.
The herald., 1896-05-13
WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1896

Governor Mckinley will not desert
Canton" says an evening contemporary.
No. indeed, he won't. He will have no
occasion to, not even after March 4th
next
The herald., 1896-05-13
A Delightful Reception

The ladies of the decorating commit
tee of Emmanuel church are to be con-
graduated upon the beautiful reception
given last night at the home of Mr. Full
wood on South Flower street. The pro-
ceeds were for the floral committee OF
the church. The affair of last night
was the most successful of any that has
preceded 1t. and that is saying much,
as the ladies of Emmanuel church are
especially fortunate in their choice of
entertainments. The decorations were
very elaborate and effective. Mustard
and palms occupied the hall, midway in
air was a hammock laden with the
pretty yellow blossoms and ferns, the
effect was most unique. In the drawing
room was a wealth of pink roses and
ferns that were charmingly arranged
on the mantel and concealed the chan
delier in feathery mass. Miss Hart
we'll presided in the dining room and
was assisted by the Misses Stockton,
Katherine Kemper, Clark and Kelly
The room was redolent with sweet
peas, clusters We're over the walls in me-
dalton effects and were strewn on the
table. The cosiest of all the rooms was
where delicious hot tanales were found
The decorations We're of pink peoples.
with clusters Of wheat and long stalks
Of cane stood against the wall, the COM
hination was striking and very pleas
ing Misses Edith Heron, Aline StaUb.
Grace Merriam and May Mathuss made
four charming little flower girls who
carried baskets filled with blossoms
that We're presented to each guest. The
decorating committee, assisted by
Messrs Chichester S. S. Salisbury,
Hitchcock, Flint and Patterson extended
to each and all very cordial welcome,
An additional pleasure to the evening
was the fascinating music discoursed
by the ladies' Venetian orchestra.
The herald., 1896-05-13

Mrs. ]. II. <iefer entertained num-
Der of friends very charmingly last
night in honor of her husbands birth
day at their handsome home, on West
Twenty seventh street. Music and
games We're enjoyed, but the affair was
especially conspicuous for the beautiful
flowers that were used in the decora-
tions. Pink and delicate yellow carna-
tons predominated. In the drawing
room and hall the fragrant blossoms
We're held in baskets and stood about
in large vases and bowls. The fretwork
of the arches and doorways were inter-
woven with asparagus ferns and smilax,
and the same combination was used in
concealing the mantels and stairway
The dining room was entirely in yellow.
marguerites and carnations forming the
symposium of color. Misses Mamie and
Bertha Mesesrly and Mr.. Everett Mes
serly contributed to the evenings pleas
ure with musical selections, and after
enjoying very delicious supper under
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THE WEEKLY HERALD.
Twelve pages. one year. .slW
Address THE HERALD, Los Angeles Cal
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-10-27
SOUND MONEY RAILROAD MEN
Employees of Cleveland, Akron and Co
1umbus Company.

The employees of the Cleveland, Akron
and Columbus Railway company and
sound money clubs of Akron, o., were
introduced by Mr.. Sampson, and were
addressed by the Republican nominee as
follows:
81 am glad 10 have the assurance
through your spokesman that you be-
lieve that the triumph of the principles
for which the Republican party now
stands will be best for you. and so be-
lieving that you intend to vote the Re-
publican ticket. | think you all for this
greeting. / feel that you are not strang-
lines for more than twenty years, and
know many of your employers; and / do
not know of any business in the country
where its employees can so definitely
know the condition of the business of the
country as the men who are employed
by the railroads. You know it in the
shop. you know it in the ticket office, YOU
know it travelling on the trains; every
switchman, every brakeman, every con-
ductor. and every engineer knows the
condition of the business of the country
and Of the railroad by the amount Of
business that railroad does. He knows
il Is in state of depression, and he does
not have to wait for the report of the di.
rectors of the railroad to know whether
there havo been any dividends declared
or not. He Knows it from the amount
of work and the amount of wages he
receives.
"Now, my fellow citizens, you are
prosperous when the country is prosper
Gus, and the country is prosperous when
it takes care of its own people, its own
manufacturers, its own mines, and prod
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-10-27
ForyDelegatioE with Forty Special TrainsMeetat
- the Home Of Major Mckinley.
PRONOUNCED 1.-THE GREATEST EVENT NpOLTCAL HISTORY
Eleven States and Three National Organizations Send
Greetings to the Republican Candidate.
Countless Thousands Thons the Streets Of Canton and Listen
to His Words of Patriotism.

Canton, o.. Oct. 10-"The greatest
political demonstration ever known" was
The verdict of the veteran observers OF
the events which occurred here today.
sOr weeks there has not been day,
except the Sabbath, in which Maj. Nc
Einlcy has not been greeted by numer-
Gus delegations. but today was the great
est of them all.
Before daylight the special trains bear
ing delegations of voters from both the
old political parties began rolling into
the depot, and as early as 3 O'Clock
the impatient visitors began forming in
line TO march to the modest home which
is now the Mecca for citizens of all
states and sections, and for men of all
past party affiliations. All day long
delegations of cheering, shouting men
from all the walks of Acknowledgment
merchants, ministers, workers in iron
and clay and brass and steel, CONNER
Cial statesmen, miners, farmers, planters,
railroad men and grain Dealers
marched TO Maj. McKinley's home, and
with huZzas, speechmaking and hand
shak king testified their regard for him.
and the fealty of their states and sections
TO the cause which he represents.
Forty special trains were required to
bring the forty separate organizations
from twelve different states who sought
in this single day to do honor to the
candidate of the Republican party, the
representative Of sound money, sound
financial principles and sound govern
ment.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-10-27
No Need TOR Mckinley ITO Suv4g Roma the CUcle'
The Circle SN1vzgs A1oAnd TO Him.


The best thing l can wish for each
and everyone of you is return to the
splendid prosperity of four years ago.
The money Of the country, happily, is all
right; the Republican party made it all
right, and Grover Cleveland's administra-
ton has kept it good. We propose TO
continue that good, sound. unquestioned,
undepreciating money with which TO. do
the business of this great country. Great
cheering.)
"A Glance Into History.
What u natidp we are. Why, in
1860, when Abraham Lincoln of blessed
memory, the immqrtal hero of emancipa-
ton and the war; when he took control
of this government our entire wealth was
SIG, ZOO, 100000. When Benjamin Harri-
son went out it was $63, 900 900, 600, and
more than two-thirGs of the great war
debt had been wiped out. Since that time
we have been doing little else but make
debts for the government and debts for
the people. j am greatly honored by this
call Too many delegations are visiting
me today TO permit my longer OBTAINING
you. / appreciate this visit. 1t is inspir-
ing to the cause which represent, and
will encourage the Republican spirit ey-
erywhere. i know the value of the
commercial traveller. When he is against
you, look out" Great laughter and APP
plause)
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-10-27
ONE DAY AT CANTON.

association to Mai. Mckinley, who ad-
dressed his callers briefly, saying:
at gives me extreme pleasure to meet
the representatives of the board of mis-.
sions and of publication of the Evangeli.
cal Association of the United States. 1t
is indeed to me very high compliment
to have body like yours turn aside from
its business sessions that call it together
to make visit to my home to give me
assurances of your support and of the
devotion which you have for the prin-
ciples for which I stand. appreciate
this call. l would expect from a body of
religious men that they would stand by
public honor and public honesty as your
bishop has described. / would expect
from you that you would stand by public
law, public tranquility and public secur-
ity, and the honor of the country to
which you belong. 1t is the proud boast
of our American institutions that every
citizen Beneath our flag can worship God
according to the dictates of his own con-
science in every corner of this great
country, and l am always glad to meet
a body of men who have dedicated their
Lives to the improvement and betterment
of humanity, for as you better its condi-
ton you elevate citizenship, and when
you elevate citizenship you have exalted
country. thank you for this call and
bid You all good afternoon" Great ap-
plause.)
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-10-27
MAINE HEARD FROM,
Congressman BouteIIe Speaks for the
State Of Blaine and Reed.

Congressman BoutelIe Speaks for the
State Of Blaine and Reed.
One of the distinguished visitors of the
day was Congressman Bontelle Of Maine.
who was introduced to one of the visit
ing delegations by Mr.. Mckinley, with
such happy words that he could not es-
cape participating In the speech-making
alone perform. AT the close Of one of
the addresses Mr.. Mckinley, turning to
Mr.. Boutelle. who stood near him, said:
I'VE have present with us Gen. Bo,l-
telle of Maine, and while the delegation
is marching up the hill (another delega.
ton was then approaching) ! am sure
you will be glad to hear voice from
the state of Blaine that has just given
us nearly 10000 majority" applause
and cheers.)
Mr.. Bouteile said:
''The governor has taken q slight adj
vantage over me in bringing me before
you, but desire to say to you that there
is no Republican in the state of Maine
who would not deem il an honor and n
privilege to stand here, at the residence
of William Mckinley of Ohio and thank
you for the splendid manifestations of
loyalty which you have exhibited here
We have got through with our little
piece of work in Maine; we have set the
mark, $4,000 high, for the other states
of the American Union to go by. We
want TO see Ohio more than double ii.
We want to see Indiana come up with
60,O0O and we are going to see, my
friends, on the Sd day of November de-
feat of free trade, free silver, and repu
diation more disastrous than has ever
before overtaken demagogism in this
country, and now, gentlemen, / propose
three hearty cheers for the next Presi-
dent of the United States" (They were
given with VIM
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-10-27
POTTERY AND IRON WORKERS.
They Greet the Champion of Protection
to American Industry.

They Greet the Champion of Protection
to American Industry.
The next visitors were from West Vir.
ginia and included pottery workers, iron
workers and club known as the Tariff
Champions of Wheeling. TO these con-
solidated delegations Maj. Mckinley
said:
"Gentlemen: Republicans seem to be
on all sides this year. Great laughter
and applause; /, voice: "And Demo
Gratis" And many Democrats are with
U.S., tApplause) l am honored by this
call of this large assemblage from the
meet the 6-footers. Cheering from the
Six-FooteHs' Protective and Sound
Money club of Wheeling) They ought
to be, and l am sure will be, giants in
this contest for national honor. ] am
glad TO meet the potters of West Vir-
ginia. am glad to meet. the iron and
steel workers of the Riverside mills. /
that the mission you are here upon is to
make Republican principles triumphant
on the Sd day of November.
There is Unborn in every human breast
sentiment that moves him to strive to
better his condition. The humblest,
those born with least fortune, those with
most unfavorable surroundings, all of
them aspire to better things and all have
right so to aspire. The genius of our
most MEN want to lift themselves up, to
elevate and improve the condition of
their families. The thought in every
mans mind here today is: How can I
better my condition? How can improve
the condition of my familyY The an
swer comes almost with one voice: The
way to do it is to protect American In
mendous cheering.) Let us do our own
manufacturing here in the United States.
Let US make our own iron and steel, our
own pottery, our own glass--and when
we do that, then we will employ every
idle man in the United States and bring
hope and happiness to every American
home. i believe in that policy of pro-
lection to home industries and to the en-
efgies of American people. j do not
believe anything is cheap to the Amer
lean people that imposes idleness upon
single American citizen. What you
want is work and wages. Do you believe
free trade will aid you? Do you believe
protective tariffs will do it? eyes, yes,
every, time."l Then vote that way.
cloud yells and cries of "Yon bet we
will.")
Protection never closed an American
factory; protection never shut an Amer
lean mine; protection never put Amer
lean labor out on the streets. l wish l
could say as much for partial free trade,
such as we have experienced in the last
three and half years.
''More than that, my fellow citizens,
we not only want an opportunity to
work, but when we get that opportunity
we want to be paid In honest dollars
worth 100 cents each. Continuous cheer
ing) We believe neither in free trade
nor in free silver. The one debases the
labor, and the other the currency of the
country, and more than that, you gentle
men, I know, are In favor of the main.
tenance of law and order. Now, thank
you for this call and / trust that the
little Mountain state will In 1896 repeat
lican party q grand and glorious tri-
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-10-27
1000 COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS.
Three Great States Send Their Travelling
Statesmen.

Sa1eSmen.
The second body of visitors was made
up of commercial travellers from New
York, Ohio and Indiana, and TO their
tumuituous greeting Maj. Mckinley re-
sponded by saying:
Nobody knows sooner than the COM
mercial traveller whether times are good
or bad. No class of men so registers the
waves of business as the men who stand
before me here today. You are interest
ed in your occupations and in having
prosperity extend from one end of the
country TO the other. You are interested
III having all of our workshops running;
all our mines in operation, and all our
workingmen constantly and profitably
employed. You are, therefore, this year
possibly more than ever before interested
in the triumph of the political principles
which envelop the well-being and high
est prosperity of the American people
You know better than anybody else
that you cannot sell your goods to your
customers unless your customers can sell
goods TO the people. You know that the
people cannot buy unless they have some.
thing TO do at which they can earn mon
ey. that they may buy them. That's
what is the matter with the country to-
day. That's the diagnosis of our condi-
ton at this hour. Business has been
stopped; the wheels Of industry are not
running: idle men are on the streets.
Many of the manufacturing esta blish-
ments are closed and you are not doing
as well as you were in 1892.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-10-27

affirm that the experience of mankind
has shown that by reason of their natur.
al qualities gold is the necessary money
OF the large affairs of commerce and bust
ness, while silver is conveniently adapt
ed to minor transactions; and the most
beneficial use of both can be insured only
by the adoption of the former as the
standard OF monetary measure and The
maintenance of silver at parity 18th
gold by its limited coinage under suitable
safeguards Of law. Thus the largest pos
slble employment of both metals is
gained with value universally accepted
throughout the world, which constitutes
the only practical bimetallic currency,
assuring the most stable standard end
especially the best and safest money for
all who earn their livelihood by labor or
the produce of husbandry. They cannot
suffer when paid in the best money
known to man, but are the peculiar and
most defenseless victims of debased
and fluctuating currency, which offers
continual profits to the money changer
at their cost.
What l have read, my fellow citizens.
is not the statement of the Republican
convention, but of Democratic con
vention, the most representative which
probably ever assembled in the country.
Senators and representatives. in public
life today, leaders of the Democratic
party in their respective states, thus de-
nounce the Democratic convention held
in the city of Chicago. They speak
words of truth and soberness. You can
not debase the currency of the United
States without degrading the public hon
or They speak the voice of patriotism.
They repudiate their own party conyen-
ton and characterize its resolutions as
unsound, injudicious, unpatriotic. and
revolutionary. They are to be com
mended by every lover of his country
everywhere for their courageous stand
and for their bold denunciation of doc
trines which, although adopted by con-
vention representing a large body of
Democrats, are menace to the peace
and tranquility, the credit and the cur
rency of the country.
The Crisis is BraveIy Met.
ut falls TO the Republican marty this
year, as in many other years of the past,
to carry the standard Of national honor.
and it shall never be lowered in it's
hands. 1t meets the crisis with the old.
time courage, and if it is given power
the whole world will know that 1t will
never permit the currency of the country
to be debased or its financial honor
stained. Our adyersaries talk fluently
about the money of the fathers" I
want to say for the fathers that their
money was always good and honest
They insist that gold and silver alike
constitute the money of the constitution
and the currency established by the early