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The San Francisco call., 1896-04-24
SANTA CRUZ VENETIAN
WATER CARNIVAL

is announced for June II to 20, in.
elusive. Mere mention brings vivid
recollections of last seasons brilliant
event, to be completely eclipsed this
year, it is said. Thousands will won-
der how.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-24
will swell the great tide OF merry.
making to sweep over the State this
season.
SANTA ROSA CARNIVAL
Is Programmed for
April 80, MAY I and 2.

The charming City of Roses is verv
much at home with this favored
flower, and her pride in its exhibi-
tion is surpassed only by her
amazing wealth of roses.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-24
SAN MATEO cOUNTYS
POSE CARNIVAL

is to be held at Redwood City on the
DATES NAMED ABOVE, and il Will
be abundantly proven that San Mateo
knows all about roses.
The herald., 1896-12-17
A POPULAR INVESTIGATION

Although Senator Chandler of New
Hampshire is a Republican and lingo,
he is likely to be the means of making
life very much burden to Hanna and
Mckinley. His hatred of the president
elect is boundless, for no reason, how
ever, other than that the Ohio man beat
Reed out of the nomination. Awhile ago
Senator Chandler said that "the circum-
stances leading up to the ST. Louis con-
! vention We're honeycombed with fraud. !"
Upon this and similar statements of the
senat tor concerning the frauds perpe-
trated by Hanna and Mckinley, the
Democratic and Populist senators are
demanding a thorough investigation of
the methods employed and the money
spent by Hanna's campaign committee.
Chandler will not retract word or
qualify a charge that he has made. He
knows that in any event Mckinley will
be inaugurated, but he is perfectly will
ing that the Canton man go into office
under cloud, and he knows, too, that
Senators Vest and Allen are the kind Of
men to push such an investigation. No
doubt Chandler is having the moral sup
port of large number of Republican
senators. for not one of them is taking
kindly to Hannas bossy ways
1t would be a popular move to trace the
SIG, 900 that it cost to elect Mckinley
from the donors of it down through the
several channels OF disbursement. The
people have stood amazed ever since it
became known that Hanna collected
such campaign fund. They know that
no such sum of money could be raised
wholly on love of party, nor could it be
disbursed for legitimate campaign pur-
poses. and hence honest men of all par
ties sincerely wish that Vest, Allen and
Chandler may succeed in unearthing the
inwardness oG y all.
The herald., 1896-12-17
A SUGAR BOUNTY TRICK

Two years ago the Republicans
of Nebraska had a majority of more
than two-thirds of the legislature, and
they enacted law over the governors
veto to pay bounty of l cent pound
on beet sugar The money to pay the
bounty was to be raised by increasing
the tax levy of the whole state. This
year the legislature is Democratic Pop
ulist by a good working majority, and
it is announced the sugar bounty law
will be repealed the moment the legis-
will make interesting reading. for a
principle of government is involved in
the question which is new to most states.
The acreage devoted to sugar beets in
Nebraska is very small as compared to
that employed in grain raising. The su-
gar lands, as they are called, are quite
as we'll adapted to cereals as the land
that is not suited to beet culture, but
when planted in beets, with l cent
pound bonus, the per acre profit is very
satisfying. The principle involved, then,
is, shall growers of cereals be taxed
to afford extraordinary profits to grow
ers of beets? The grain farmers deny
the right of the state to tax them to
build up class of farmers who happen
to own land adapted to beet raising, and
they demand that either the bounty on
sugar be repealed or they be. paid a
bounty on the cereals produced by their
soil.
There are enough friends of the sugar
bounty steal in the legislature to make
a stubborn fight, and as the Oxnards are
behind them, there will be plenty of
money for convincing" purposes. If the
repeal of the bounty law can be pre-
vented this winter, the matter could not
be taken up again until 1899, and right
there is where the joker lies. 1t is very
certain that the extra session of con-
gress will reinstate the cents pound
sugar bounty to be paid by the govern
ment, and as the l cent now being paid
to the Nebraska beet growers is wholly
state affair, the national bounty would
make their total bounty cents a pound
until 1899 anyway and longer if they can
control the next legislature. 1t is a
dastardly scheme, but it is almost GER
tain of defeat.
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to keep his memory green in the hearts
Of the people, but because such an ex-
ness of the peoples comfort is due him.
The people of this day and generation
will have many added pleasures because
dale, now their own, but as the years
come and go, artificial attractions will
give new splendor to what nature has
centuries hence will enjoy in complete
ness the advantages which Colonel Grif-
fifth yesterday made possble-made sure
and certain.
The herald., 1896-12-17
THINK ABOUT IT

To the Editor of the Los Angeles Her.
aid: Now that we have Mr.. Snyder
as mayor, and a council made up of
good men and true" hope for the sake
of Los Angeles that the debasing spec
tacle of a chain gang working on her
streets will soon be wiped out
/ despise lazy vaga bond as much as
any one, but L have been solicited by
men on your streets for the price OF
a NEAL for the doing of which. had
had them arrested and put with that
gang / should feel that l had committed
Il henous sin. How can we conscien-
tiously ask the Giver of All Good for
daily gifts when we at the prayer of a
fellow-creature for bread give him moi
stone. but ball ard chain?
If you had a box of fruits sent to you,
and on opening it you discovered that
some of them We're gone bad, others
slightly touched. and others, by separat-
ing them at once with little care, would
be all right, what would you do with the
fruit? Dump it out altogether? No
The box would be consigned to some 10 =.
cality where its pernicious influence
would not affect health The thrifty
housewife would know what to do with
the balance. But humanity, afflicted
with that paralyzing disease that Rob-
ert Burns calls 'poortith cauld," are
treated by the police authorities of Los
Angeles. because some are quite gone,
as if they We're all alike, and dumped on
the chain-gang. Many times in the old
country have I heard people say, We'll,
poverty is no crime" 1 have not heard
any one say it in Los Angeles
A SANDERSON.
December a. 1895
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| stated that ARRANGEMENTS were being
! made Tor splendid flower fete on the
| 1st of January and that they desired TO
| invite the citizens of Los Angeles to
| participate with decorated carriages and
| other vehicles and that the members of
| the chamber of commerce especially
| should be invited to attend and take
part in the parade. In the discussion
| that followed Director Francis called at
| tention to the enthusiastic service that
| the Pasadena people had rendered at the
last Fiesta and the important part they
played in the Floral day parade. and he
| suggested that the directors so in a body
| In taliyho which it would give him
| pleasure to provide. This plan was i'm
| mediately adopted, and the directors Of
| the chamber will attend in decorated
| coach. The following resolution was
| adopted:
| Whereas, The people of Pasadena are
planning floral parade to take place on
January 1st. to be known as the Tourna-
ment of Roses, and.
Whereas. The city of Pasadena has al
ways co-operated with the city of Los
Angeles in the Fiesta and other enter
prises in which the chamber of commerce
has been interested; therefore be 1t
Resolved, By the directors of the
chamber that they call upon the men,
bers of this organization to interest
themselves in the proposed tournament
able to do so to participate in the parade.
Director Croft, chairman of the COM
mittee on law and legislature, reported in
favor of the bill now H)ending in the sem
ate creating a new department of the
cabinet to be known as the department
Of commerce and manufactures. The di-
rector stated that his own personal ex-
perience in Washington in the land office
had shown him that many of the de-
partments are overburdened with bu-
reaus that could be wisely transferred
to such department. whereby the work
itself would be more efficiently performed
and the labors of the other secretaries
be proportionately relieved. The follow
ing resolution. which he proposed, was
adopted:
Resolved That the Los Angeles cham
Der OF commerce recommends the pas
sage by congress of "a bill to establish
the department of commerce and manu-
factures." being senate bill 2447, and re-
spectfully requests that the senators and
representatives of the state of Califor-
mia give said bill their earnest and hearty
support.
1t was moved and carried that the pres
ident appoint a nominating committee
of five to suggest names of officers and
directors for the chamber for the en-
suing year. The president announced
that he would submit the names of the
committee later.
The board then adjourned.
The herald., 1896-12-17
GRIFFITH PARK

A free and unqualified gift of 5000 acres
of rich, picturesque and altogether de-
sirable land TO city for public park
purpose marks an historical event in
municipal life which will be conspicu-
Gus in all time as a monument TO the
great heart that prompted it. The cities
of. the world have parks and gardens
for the peoples health and happiness
but it was left for Los Angeles to re-
ceive AS gift from one of her citizens.
Colonel G. j. Griffith, a. tract of land
for public park and garden uses that in
dimension is not equaled by any COM
mercial center in America or beyond
the seas.
OF course it will be called Griffith
Park" Not that Colonel Griffith needs
to have his name identified with the gift
The herald., 1896-12-17
FOR CUBA LIBRE
The Mass Meeting at Music Halt To.
morrow Night
A Long and Influential List Of Citizens
Interested - Those Who
Will Speak.

The following ladies and gentlemen
have signified their acceptance Of the
several positions assigned them for the
mass meeting of Cuban sympathizers
at Music hall next Friday evening. A
careful reading of the list will show that
every shade of religious belief and polit-
ical preference has been represented.
thus making the meeting entirely non
partisan and non-sectarian.
The meeting will be called to order by
Mayor Frank RAIDER. Capt. F. ]. Cres-
sey will be chairman Of the evening.
Messrs Chas. w. Flemming. F. B. Col
yer. c. D. Willard and S. A. w. Carver
will act as secretaries. Rev. A. B.
Smither will officiate as chaplain. Vice
presidents: Hon. Frank RAIDER, M. P.
Snyder, Nathan Cole, jr. Judge B. N
Smith, Arthur w. Kinney. Chas. H.
Hance, Hon. Rob't Bulla, Capt. George
w. Ayiesworth, Capt. C. E. Thorn. Hon
T. f. Rowan, Chas. E. Day, D. F. Dom
egan. T. w. Brotherton, r. M. Widney,
Jno. F. Francis, S. 3. Lewis. VIII E
Harris. Wesley Clark, A. Jacoby. d. W.
Field. Prof. j. A. Foshay. Hon. Zach
Montgomery, H. Jevne, Gen. E. P. John
son, S. w. Luitweiler. w. H. Perry, r. F.
del Valle, Max Meyberg, Major Ben C.
Truman, j. $. SlauSon, Bishop George
Montgomery, Mrs. Elmira T. Stephens
.. T. Johnson, Rev. w. ]. Chichester.
d. D., Mrs. Lucy S. Blanchard ]. r. To-
herman, Mrs. Abbie f. Johnston, Rabbi
A. W. Edetman, J. r. Newberry, Mrs.
Alice Moore McComas, John w. Mitch
ell, Col Walter S. Moore, w. T. Will
Jams, Prof. Melville Dozier, Chief J. NJ
Glass, DIR. ]. w. Trueworthy, Gen. c. F.
A. Last. James w. Long, Major NJ. T.
Owens, H. w. Frank, Warren Gillellan,
Major Geo. H. Bonebrake, Fred Eaton.
Committee on resolutions-Col. r. B.
Treat Hon. Henry T. Hazard, Hon. w.
c. Patterson. julius H. Martin, w. r.
Bacon, Col. ]. Marion Brooks, Geo. A.
Hough.
Speakers-Gen. Johnston Jones Frank
E. Dominguez, Col 1. e. Messmore, Mrs.
Kate Tupper Galpin. L. c. Young, Hon.
j. r. Rush. Speakers are limited to
twelve minutes.
Mrs. Modini- Wood will sing The Star
Spangled Banner. c. S. Cornell will sing
The Sword of Bunker Hill.
All the above-named persons, with
their escorts and ladies, will take seats
on the platform before 1880 o'clock.
Exercises will begin at 1880 sharp.
Col. Henry Glaze and comrades of the
G. A. r. will act as ushers. The Seventh
Regiment band will furnish music for
the occasion
The herald., 1896-12-17

harm comes to the community than If
saloons were allowed. But, anyway.
the problem is likely to be legislative
feature in many Of the states this Win
ter.
A plan has been suggested for cities
which is endorsed by a good many pro-
hibitionists as well as by law makers.
1t is that saloons shall be confined to the
business portion of the town. which
would mean that fully four-fifths of the
territory covered by the city would have
no saloons at all. 1t is said that several
states will enact laws permitting cities
to license saloons within a given dis
trict, but Withholding the right to grant
saloon privileges in the residence por-
ton, even if the people themselves IA
vored them. Minneapolis confines the
saloons to a given territory in the heart
of the business portion of the city, and it
is said the plan is giving good satisfac
The herald., 1896-12-17
A CORRECTION

To the Editor of the Los Angeles Her
aid: 1t has recently been published in
the Santa Monica and in the Los Angeles
papers that ''At present IL requires
thirty-fve minutes to cover the first
five miles out of Los Angeles" by the
Santa Monica electric road. Now, this
is untrue I reside at Colegrove, more
than five miles out on that road, and
make the trip in and cut OF the city by
that line almost daily. / have frequently
observed the time consul med in the trip
and it never requires thirty~five min
utes, nor even thirty minutes. The run
fron. Cotegrove to the city limits, in
cluding stops. is made in six or seven
minutes. and from the limits to the
Plaza, also including stops for passen-
gers, in from sixteen to eighteen min
utes. The whole run from Colegrove to
the Plaza, or center of the city, a dis
tance of nearly six miles. is generally
accomplished in less than twenty five
minutes, and very rarely consumes a
minute more than twenty-five.
C.COLE.
Colegrove. December Is.
The herald., 1896-12-17
GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Chief of Police Glass has received a
Louisville, KY, paper of date December
10th, describing the golden wedding an
niversary of Mr.. and Mrs. Waller Merri-
wether of Jeffersonville, Ind, which city
was his former home. Mrs. Glass was
a Miss Merriwether, and the wedding
anniversary was that of her parents.
The old couple We're united on De-
cember TO- 1S46, in the same house which
they occupy today, No. 105 West Market
street, Jeffersonvile. A double cere-
mony was performed, two sisters, Re-
becca and Eliza Keigwin being Joined
in wedlock to Waller Merriwether and
Judge John F. Read. The latter was
the only living parsonage who was pres
ent at both ceremonies, save the bride
and groom. Mr.. and Mrs. Merriwether
have two children, Henry Merriwether
Of Olney, ILL.,, and Mrs. John M. Glass
of this city.
The herald., 1896-12-17
THE SALOON QUESTION

The Importance of minimizing by
legislative enactments the evils Of the
LIQUOR traffic is taking pretty serious
hold upon people everywhere, and the
indications are that not few state
legislatures will undertake the solution
of the problem this winter. 1t is pretty
generally agreed that prohibition out
and out by the state is neither possible
nor desirable Liquor, wine and beer
are considered as legitimate trade and
traffic commodities as any other articles
of commerce: but, on the other hand, no
one questions the right of the state to
exercise it's police power over the chan
nels of business and set the bounds and
define the privileges of every kind of
goods and wares in the public market
Both the religious and the secular senti-
ment of all communities is free to admit
that large per cent of the inmates of
our penal institutions owe their down.
fall. in some degree at least, to saloon
influences.
But how to regulate the sale of intoX
icants and yet not deprive the individ-
uai of his right to determine what and
how much he shall drink is the question,
and it is a question that is not so easily
answered. 1t is public question, how
ever and must be dealt with by public
authority upon conservative lines. The
national government recognizes the
right of the individual to manufacture
and sell liquors and wine and beer. 1t
does more. 1t encourages their manu-
facture that it may derive revenue from
the traffic; but at the same time it Is.
not the province of the government to
oblige communities to permit the manu-
facture and sale of intoXicants without
restraint or regulation. The liquor
traffic is the one line of merchandise
manufacture and distribution which
presents a moral aspect. On the whole
the liquor traffic is destructive and de-
moralizing, and the mischief it does is
more or less a burden upon taxpayers,
since it is the taxpayers who have to
maintain institutions and courts to pun
ish crimes that are the direct or indirect
fruit of the traffic
Several of the states have laws gov
erning the traffic, but for the most part
no very satisfying results are obtained.
The closest students of the problem are
inclined to settle upon local option as
giving the most satisfying solution of
the problem, but they II agree that that
ZOO, has many Objectionable features
Local option means prohibition or the
sale of liquors, as the community may
decide. The whole question is left to
the majority of the people in bounded
territory to decide, which would be fair
enough if there were an impossible gulf
between communities, but where one
locality enforces prohibition and the ad-
Joining one permits the traffic, no sub
stantial good results to the community
In which it is prohibited is secured.
Those who want liquor are obliged to nut
themselves to some trouble to get it, and
as that usually results in what is called
The "dask" trade, probably more real
The herald., 1896-12-17
THE PEOPLE WILL NOT STAND IT

If the financial policy of the new ad-
ministration is to be policy of let alone
policy of maintaining our wretched
patchwork as it Is, a policy of hoping
that another crisis will not come for four
years. d policy of delay and cowardice
then we can say to Mr.. Mckinley and
to Mr. Hanna as the asitated man in
the congregation said to the revivalist
who pictured the torments of the lake of
fire and birthstone. that the American
peopic will not stand it."-St. Paul
Globe
The herald., 1896-12-17
MARK HANNA AND THE TRUSTS

1t Is objected that Mr.. Hanna repre-
sents trusts and plutocracy. What of
it? That did not prevent him from be-
ing McKinley's bosom friend, from help
ing to pay Mckinleys debts, from col
lecting the Mckinley delegates and from
managing the Mckinley and sound
money presidential campaign, with the
cordial support and approval of the en-
tire Republican and gold Democratic
coalition. If Hanna was good enough
for such work he is good enough for Nc
Kinley's cabinet.-Springfield (Mass.
Republican.
The herald., 1896-12-17
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Directors Decide to Attend Tournament
of Roses-A Minister of Commerce

The board of directors of The chamber
of commerce met yesterday afternoon at
5:15. The following were present: Di-
rectors Davisson, Duque, Forman, Blu
EFT, Francis, Croft. johnson ,Klokke,
Newberry, Patterson, Slauson, Vetter.
President Patterson occupied the chair.
The following were elected to member
ship: S. B. Hynes. general manager of
Los Angeles Terminal railway; ]. H. An
derson, orange grower.
A committee representing the Pasade-
ma Tournament of Roses, consisting of
M. H. Weight and w. H. Hill, were given
audience by the board. The committee
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and certain

President Cleveland is so welded to
civil service that since his Inauguration
in March, 1898. he has added about 45.O 600
to the classified list. There are now
$4,000 people holding government office
who cannot be removed except for cause.
We are building up quite an office-hold-
ing aristocracy
The herald., 1896-12-17

Now that President Cleveland has
hurt the feelings of the sultan of Turkey
it is possible that he may join Weyler and
give the United States a sound thrash
iOc
The herald., 1896-12-17

Five thousand people turned out in a
Kentucky town the other day to see the
sheriff hang man, all of which speaks
anything but well for that part of Ken
tucky
The herald., 1896-12-17
THE PUBLIC PULSE

(The. Herald under this heading prints
communications, but does not assume re-
sponsibility for the sentiments expressed
Correspondents are requested to cultivate
breNity as far as is consistent with the
proper expression of their views.)
The herald., 1896-12-17
MY GUIDE CELESTIAL.

Ever a spirit sweet is by my side;
Ever spirit sweet, to soothe and guide.
Whether this spirit passed from earth;
Whether it be Il heavenly birth.
l cannot know; but as go.
Ever this spirit sweet is by my side:
Ever this spirit sweet to soothe and guide
st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The herald., 1896-12-17

The feeling against Spain is growing
more intense every hour in this country
Weyler made the mistake of his life
when he caused Maceo to be murdered.
The herald., 1896-12-17

The stores are full of holiday goods
and prices are marked down. Never
theless there should be volunteer fund
to look after gifts for poor children.
The herald., 1896-12-17

A park containing 5000 acres of hill and
valley is great thing for a city, and Los
Angeles Is the happy owner of just such
thing.
The herald., 1896-12-17

The navy department pronounces the
battleship Texas all right. There ap-
pears to have been a conspiracy to preju-
dice the public against the craft.
The herald., 1896-12-17

The irrigation congress now in session
at Phoenix, Ariz., will do the country far
more good than the political congress
now in session at Washington.
The herald., 1896-12-17
THE RESULT IS DECLARED
Official Canvas Of the Returns of the
City Election
The Final Figures Show but Few
Changes From Those Heretofore
Published-Summary.

The city council yesterday morning
canvassed the vote cast at the recent
city election and declared the result.
In the absence of President Teed, Coun-
Gilman Stockwell occupied the chair as
president pro tenn. There were but few
changes in the figures from the first
published, and Immediately after the
Griffith park episode. the result was
read by the clerk as follows:
The herald., 1896-12-17

| Mayor-elect Snyder made a beautiful
| speech yesterday when returning thanks
| for the gift of the new park.
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over $4,000 immigrants landed at our
ports during the past year over IA years
Of age who could neither read nor write.
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Chairman Stockwell then read the
names and officially announced that
leach and all having received a plu
rality of all the votes cast for their re-
spective oN>es respectively, are here
by declared duly elected, and the city
clerk is hereby instructed to issue to
each and all of them a certificate of
election to the respective offices named,
as provided by law"
The council then adjourned to Monday
The herald., 1896-12-17

If you are going to boil
your tea, one tea is about
as good as another.
If you will follow direc-
tions, try ScA122sMgs Best
Your grocer returns your
money in full if you don't
like it.
A Schilling & Company
San francisco - q
The herald., 1896-12-17

The Parkhurst committee continue to
fail to produce evidence sufficient to
convict
The herald., 1896-12-17
FRESNO CITRUS FAIR.

j. A. Filcher, president Of the state
board of trade, yesterday telegraphed
the chamber of commerce that the citrus
fair at Fresno is an immense success.