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The herald., 1896-10-31
NO SCRAMBLE FOR OFFICE AMONG
WOMEN

If any man in this city or county
thinks that the adoption of the woman's.
suffrage amendment would be followed
by the development of a lot of women
politicians and office seekers" even the
most earnest and hopeful of the suf-
fragists themselves would not blame
that man for wanting to vote against
that amendment.
TO run for office would be the last
thing that most women could be in
duced to do. In states where women
have school suffrage and are eligible to
hold any office from that of state su
perintendent of public instruction to a
place on the school committee very few
women have been found willing to run
as candidates for Office They are al
ways "in honor preferring one another"
or some excellent man. Z
In Wyoming. where women have been
electors for over quarter of century
and men have honored them as such,
and have been glad to have their votes
and perfectly willing to vote for them. if
they would be voted for, they have not
been Office seekers at all.
Their only wish has been to see to 1t
that only the best men should be chosen
for making, Interpreting and executing
the laws, and when a thoroughly good
and capable man has been nominated by
any party they have by their votes help
ed that man to be elected. Having ac-
ColHpilSileu IHlS HluCn LOT Ine DuDllC
good, they have thought their whole
duty done. The women of Colorado
also have full suffrage, but we do not
hear or read of them as seeking or ac-
cepting office to any extent. The women
of Kansas have municipal suffrage, but
they are not contending for the honors
of mayor or members of the city coun-
Gil, but they help to create better city
government, and could help more in
that line If they had full suffrage
Can there be any reason why the wo-
men of this state would want office any
more than the women Of other states? !?
We think not. but believe that the wo-
manhood of California will have a much
more exalted opinion of mans fitness
to make laws for women after he has
shown his wisdom and love of Justice
by securing the adoption of that suf-
frage amendment so hoped for and
quietly prayed for by tens of thousands
of the women of the state, as we'll as
patiently worked for by many thous-
ands. A few stirring words from you.
brothers. during these last days of the
campaign in favor of lifting your
mothers. sisters and wives out of the DO
sition of idiots, lunatics and felons, and
making them your helpers at the bal
lot box would make that amendment
carry, In this city and county at least,
by "a handsome majority SB s.
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MRS. BRISTOL.

Mrs. s. A. Bristol, Cheyenne, Wyo.-
I was here when the equal suffrage bill
passed our first territorial legislature
in 1870. My brother, the first secretary
of the territory, drew up the bill, and it
passed both houses unanimously. No
fault has ever been found with the sys-
tenn though the next legislature repeal
ed 1t, because they feared it's power.
Governor Campbell, the first governor
Of the territory. vetoed the repeal.
The convention called in 1890 from the
best men Of the territory to formulate
our state constitution, endorsed the wo-
man suffrage cause with great enthu-
siasm, and much speech making, COM
plimenting the women upon the manner
in which they had discharged their duty
as citizens. Several Of our ablest states-
men went to Washington and made va
liant defense of the suffrage cause be-
fore both branches of congress when
our constitution was being acted upon.
When the motion to admit Wyoming
as a state was before congress- a tele-
gram was sent to Wyoming saying that
it's admission was imperiled by the wo-
man suffrage clause in the constitution,
The legislature Of Wyoming responded:
We will remain territory a hundred
years. rather than go in without woman
suffrage" Now we thank God 1t can
never be repealed. It Is impossible for
us to decide whether any Of our great
improvements and reforms have been
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brought about by the woman's ballot
when we have the Australian system of

brought about by the woman's ballot
when we have the Australian system OF
voting.
We have the smallest percentage of
illiteracy of any state in the union. Our
schools are of the best. Women do not
seek office, and hold almost none, ex-
cept county and state superintendents
of public instruction. One of the three
presidential electors on the Republican
ticket this year Is woman, also one of
the three Prohibition electors.
Women are treated with the greatest
respect and consideration, especially
before election. Our age of consent law
is fixed at eighteen, the highest in the
union, except Kansas, where the women
although having only partial suffrage
through the power given them by the
ballot, succeeded after a great and
long continued struggle in raising it from
ten to eighteen.
The following table shows the status
of this question in the various states.
Wherever women have been granted
suffrage they have Influenced the leg
islators to raiae the age of consent At
the first session of the legislature of
Colorado, after the adoption of full suf-
frage, three women legislators, backed
up by powerful constituency of women
voters, caused the age of consent to be
raised from ten to sixteen.
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THE EFFECT OF COMPETITION
A Cut 10 the Passenger Rate to San
Francisco
By Riding Over the San JOAQUIN Valley
Roard $3.50 Can Be Saved.
Personal Mention.

The ticket brokers in this city have
just completed arrangements with the
officials of the San Joaquin valley road
by which they are now enabled to make
through first class rate to San Fran
cisco at s13.20 which is a saving of 81. so
in the SIS rate in effect over the South
ern Pacific. The passenger will also be
granted stop-over privilege at Stock
ton, a concession which cannot now be
obtained from the Southern Pacific.
The present reduction will result from
the $3.50 rate recently made by the San
Joaquin valley road between Fresno
and San Francisco. The present rate
from this city to Fresno over the South
ern Pacific is 500. Add to this the
$3.50 from there to San Francisco over
the valley road and a $500 rate results
The ticket brokers have made ar
rangements with the valley road offic-
ials to draw on them for tickets from
Fresno to San Francisco which will en-
able them to sell through tickets from
this city.
What action the Southern Pacific will
take in the matter is not yet known, but
it looks as if something would have to
be done to meet this cut.
A. B. Hynes, general manager of the
Terminal road has left for Chicago and
will be absent about two weeks. On his
return Mr.. Hynes will bring his family
to Los Angeles with him.
Peter Mccarthy and r. c. Stevens left
this morning for short business trip to
San Francisco.
During the past two weeks the ship
ments of dried fruits east over the
Southern Pacific have amou1ted to over
800, 900 pounds. The walnut shipments
have been something over 1,50O, 900
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NOTED WOMEN ;
LADY HENRY SOMERSET.
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Full, or parliamentary suffrage, has
not yet been extended to women in any
part of the United Kingdom, with the
exception of the small islands OF Jer-
6ey and Man, where those who possess
certain qualifications are entitled 70
vote at elections for the local legisla-
lures.
The Australian colonies of New Zea-
land and South Australia, the former in
1893 and the latter in 1894, have, howev-
er, granted the suffrage to women on
the same terms as to men: that Is to say,
to every duly registered adult.
The enfranchisement of women has
been in operation for too brief period
to enable an estimate to be formed or
its results, but it is understood that in
New Zealand it has greatly strengthen
ed the movement in favor Of equal
wages for equal work, whether perform
ed by men or women.
The prospects Of the suffrage cause
in the United Kingdom are hopeful, ana
It has been ascertained that there are in
the present house of commons some 34O
known suffragists, as against only lzO
known opponents.
A bill introduced by a private member
would lit Is believed, have been read a
second time on May goth, had not the
sitting been appropriated for govern
ment business. This was great disap-
pointment, but it was considerably nit
igated by the action of influential
friends of the movement, who succeeded
in obtaining the use of Westminster
hall for the display of a suffrage appea!
signed by some $4,000 women of all
classes, which attracted great attention
both in parliament and in the press.
Outside of the United Kingdom, a
measure for extending the suffrage to
women has quite recently passed the
house of representatives in the colony
of Victoria, although subsequently re-
jected by the legislative council, while
in New South Wales an abstract reso-
luton in favor of enfranchisement has
been adopted by a large majority.
Our supporters are to be found in
about equal proportions in both the
great parties, but whilst Lord Salisbury
and Mr. Balfour are friendly, the liberal
leaders are mostly hostile, and even Mr..
John Morley the disciple of John Stew
art Mill, and who has written in favor Of
woman suffrage, has Of late years gone
back on the question.
The labor and socialistic leaders are,
generally speaking. advocates of equal
suffrage without distinction Of sex.
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THE ELEVENTH AMENDMENT

The legislature Of California at its
last session passed by a ma
jority Of more than two-thirds
of all the members elected to
each house of that body, a resolution
proposing to the electors of the state a
constitutional amendment giving to wo-
men the elective franchise. 1t was des-
ignated Assembly constitutional
amendment No. H." and all references
to 1t in documents sent out from the
headquarters of the woman suffrage
campaign committee of Los Angeles
county, in all it's correspondence on the
subject and in all discussions of the
measure by speakers and the press it
was so called. After it was by such
means made very generally known as
the eleventh amendment" Gov. Budd
issued a proclamation declaring that the
one relating to woman suffrage would be
designated on the ballots as amend
ment No. g." The committee Immediate
~ sent out notices to precinct commit
tees Throughout the county that the
amendment should always be referred to
by that description, and ever since the
people have been taught that it is
amendment No. 6 A few days ago the
ballots for this county were prepared
py the county clerk, were printed, and
upon examination 1t was discovered that
the suffrage amendment was desig-
mated as Assembly constitutional
aHeHument NO. IL, the title by which
1t was known before the governors proc
lamation was published.
Much alarm was occasioned by the
seeming error, and an investigation was
made in the matter without delay. Able
judges and lawyers were interviewed
careful. examination of the law relating
to the subject was made by them, and
they all declared that the ballots were
IN accordance with all the legal require
ments. and therefore valid. The, blunder
was made by the governor. and not hv
our county officers, and it was fortunate
that the description used by him was
not adopted by those who prepared the
ballots, as it might have been fatal to
our cause to follow the governors in
structions
The correct designation of the amend
ment Is as it appears on the ballot
Assembly constitutional amendment,
No. H. LULU PILE ,J,C,rT n
corresponding secretary woman suf-
frage committee.
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Try our port and sherry wines at rs
cents per gallon. T. Vache & Co., Com
mercial and Alameda streets. Tele-
phone 800.
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do not plead for the opportunity of serv-
Ing the less fortunate by this most ef-
fective weapon, as well as for all other
good causes.
l do not doubt that the historian of
coming centuries, drawing the line
across the past which will divide the
barbaric from the civilized epochs, will
include within the former the nineteenth
century, which still disfranchised it's
women-the noblest Of any era-the
mothers of it's citizens!
1t must be that our California
brothers will now help to redeem our
state and nation from such odium and
wrong, will yield gracefully and heartily
the boon which they defend so stoutly
for themselves, and thus prove them
selves worthy of the mothers who bore
them, of the state which was founded
by it's women's courage and patience,
no less than by that of her brave men.
And which now again, as daily expert
ences testify, needs for it's salvation
the sturdy moral force Of all it's better
citizens.
We will not, we cannot doubt the ac-
tion of our patriotic California voters
when gut to the test on the fateful Tues
day which holds in its grasp such mo-
mentuous, such sacred issues!
CAROLINE SEYMOUR SEVERANCE.
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All prices of wallpaper greatly reduced.
A. A. Eckstrom. a2l South Spring street
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To Cure q Cold In Ono Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money If it
fails to cure. 25c.
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All prices OF wallpaper greatly reduced.
A. A. Eckstrom. a24 South Spring street.
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Years
Yearsi
MARY A. LIVERMORE.

The last state has law on seductl0n
fixing the age at Is years.
The herald., 1896-07-28
TACTICAL MISTAKES

With fatuous pertinacity provoca-
tive of the exclamation Whom the gods
would destroy they first make mad"
the Republican journals, with one ac-
cord, indulge in diatribes upon Grover
Cleveland and his administration. They
"a not appear TO realize that, in pursuing
with fouts and fagelations president
who failed of endorsement at the hands
Of his party in national council, they are
adopting course not calculated TO win
political allies from the ranks of the dis
affected Democrats who were sore hurt
at the rebuke or desertion of their idol
lied leader.
But, in addition to going after" Mr.
Cleveland with small personalities, the
Mckinley organs venture upon the
graver practical mistake Of crit.cislng
the executive for the issuance and sale
of United States bonds to keep intact the
famous gold reserve. These gentlemen
well know that IN case Major Mckinley
is elected, and is faithful to his party
platform, he will construe it as his i'm
perative duty to pursue precisely the
path that Cleveland has trod, In accord
ance with policy declared necessary
The herald., 1896-07-28

II you are an elector of Los Angeles
county do not wait until next November
to express your choice for president and
vice-president of the United States, but
cut out the ballot you will find elsewhere
i'll The Her * fill in the blank spaces
and return according to the accompany
ing directions. In taking the poll it is
the desire of The Herald to make. ap
proyimately, a test of the sentiment of
the voters of Los Angeles county as to
the presidential and presidential
candidates, and only the ballots cast by
actual electors will be counted Safe
guards against repeating and fictitious
voters WI be adopted. Neither the bal
lots nor the names Of voters will be pub
lshad; so that no publicity attends the
voting, and the preferences of voters, as
for as the public is concerned, will be as
secret as though expressed according to
the requirements of the state election
laws. The result viii be announced as
soon after August as may be practical
BILE.
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WHAT CALIFORNIA WANTS

OF course Chicago knows exactly what
California wants. In a semi-official an
nouncement of the plan of Republican
campaign, the Chicago Times-Herald
declares that california wants tariff
talk" and proceeds to say: california
does not want any education on the
money question. President Mckinney
Of the State Republican league out there
says the gold plank in the st. Louis
platform acted as wet blanket What
his fellow citizens want is some cam
paignng on the tariff issue. They will
get it," Hanna intends to send to the
coast his "silVer-tongued orators and
skillful logiclans to stir the pulse and
agitate the minds of the people" A
welcome, of course, awaits them, and it
is to be hoped that they viii enjoy them
selves, but the education will be mainly
theirs, and they win return home with
the experience that the Intelligence of
the ordinary Californian is superior to
that of the ordinary Chicagoan, and that
the coastcan supply its own share Of both
silver-tongued orators and skillful logi-
clans Furthermore. they will become
convinced, before their tour is many days
old, that California does not want tariff
talk 1t has the sense to recognize
that the financial question is the issue
Of the campaign of '96.
Hanna's apostles VIII not be able to
confound the issue in California. and
such an attempt 10 draw wool over the
eyes of voters viii only prove abortive.
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by Charles Foster and accepted and car
iieti out by Secretary Carlisle. Surely
the Republican press cannot suppose
that the people of this country forget or
ignore the fact that when Charles Fos-
ter turned over the treasury to Secre-
tary Carlisle the condition of the ma
tonal exchequer was such as necesi-
tated the issuance of bonds. The very
plates for printing those bonds were
prepared and their issuance had been
contemplated for months. Mr.. Harri-
sons secretary of the treasury left the
national strong box depleted for his sue
cessor to replenish, and went back TO
Ohio to experience personal bankruptcy.
To obviate the continued issuance of
bonds the organs promise, if they get
a chance, the enactment of Mckinley
tariff constructor on such wonderful
lines that it will at once prohibit i'm
ports and be a great revenue producer
And by some hocus-pocus this is to OBJ
viate the necessity for the issuance of
bonds to replenish the gold reserve But
inasmuch as the one has no legitimate
connection with the other. too severe
draft is made upon the credence of the
people The last year of the operation
of the Mckinley law showed deficit
of nearly seventy millions, or nearly
three times the deficit exhibited this
year under the Wilson law. The McKin-
ley law in four years changed surplus
of s105, 600 900 into a deficit of $1,000 000
The Wilson law In two years reduced
the deficit from $4,000, 900 to S26, 900.
That tells the story.
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Here and There

The Lutheran sewing circle of the
First English Lutheran church gave n
very successful and pleasant ice cream
festival last night at THE church. The
grounds were illuminated with Japan
ese lanterns, and the interior of the
pretty little edifice was bright with
flowers. Refreshments were served al
fresco and very enjoyable musical pro-
gram, interspersed with recitations, was
given.
Mr.. Isaacs has returned from a two
weeks visit to Catalina.
Mrs. Ingham had a very pleasant sur
prise party given her at her home on
Commercial street Sunday evening by a
number of her friends.
Mrs. Gum of Kansas City Is the guest
of Mrs. C. b. Whitehead at her home,
419 East Twentieth street.
The management of the Abbotsford
Inn has issued invitations for a dance
to be given Friday evening at the hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otheman Stevens, Misses
Jarvis, Messrs. Knorr and Cook formed
a pleasant party that went to Santa
Monica Sunday on their wheels and en-
loved lunch at Bob Eckert'S.
Mrs. Vignes of East Los Angeles was
made happy last Friday evening by an
UNEXPECTED call from her brother Oscar
Lecrocq, who has just returned from
South America after an absence of
thirty-One wears.
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No wonder the doughty old colonel,
whose roost is beneath that of his own
dear eagle, is making life a burden for
everybody around that scrap counter.
According to his own sworn statement.
the Times lost no subscribers between
Saturday and Sunday of last week. But
that is nothing. Just wait till he quits
printing sample copies.
Things are moving as they should.
The circulation of the Times is rapidly
decreasing. while the circulation of The
Herald is rapidly increasing. See sworn
statement in this issue.
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Artists Entertainment

The members of the Los Angeles Ar
chtectural Sketch club entertained their
friends very delightfully."- Saturday even
ing al their studio on the fifth floor of the
Byrne building. with progressive hearts.
The subdued tints of the walls made
most harmonious contrast to the effect
i've decorations of green, the beauty of
the whole being accentuated by orange
shaded lights. The committee in charge,
Messrs. Knighton, Glover, Kratezer and
Williams, were much gratified by the ap-
probation shown by their guests.
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IN THE POLITE WORLD

Mrs. f. ]. Hazel made a charming
hostess yesterday afternoon at her home
on Vermont avenue, for a number of lit
tie people of Miss Kinney's kindergar-
ten class, the occasion of the happy
event was to celebrate the fifth birthday
of Master Harold Hazel The children
were amused in the afternoon, when 4
dainty repast was served on small tables
on the front lawn Mrs. Hazel was as
sisted by Mines. Kursey and Travers, the
Misses Powell, Meyson and Kinney. The
children carried away with them pretty
and appropriate souvenirs of the delight
full affair. The little guests were: Ken
meth Brown, Carroll and Ellen Wood,
Ray Huffner, Christine and Hugo Ham
ilton, Alice Ackerman, Delmar McClen-
ther, Oracle Allen, Oracle Moore and LIE
Baron Hazel
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to say that he believed that Wallace was
l, LIN, Oh

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on cross examination witness said he
did not remember that he had said that
Wallace had struck Dibble when they
clinched. He said Wallace was man
of strong passions, with a peculiarly
firm mouth and very powerful. He was
more likely TO take offense than any man
working in the store.
The cross examination was entirely
directed to bringing out every little de-
tail that may help to establish the the
ory of self-defense. ?
At the afternoon session John Maui
vein, the porter. and Alfred Pierson, the
shipping clerk of the firm, testified, as
did also Police officer Robbins. who
made the arrest of Dibble. BY stipula-
tion, the testimony of George H. Dolson
and DIR. Bryant, taken at the coroner's
inquest was read which concluded the
case for the people, after which the hear
ing was continued to August 11th, at
which time the defense will put in its
testimony, if it is decided to offer any at
that tine.
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Net balance ..........S ca. l46 "A
TO LEARN TO TYPE.


Director Simonton moved that the
supply committee be instructed to invite
bids for furnishing sixteen or more type
writers. and it was - ordered. The sup
ply committee will be in session on Mon
day. August 10th, to open bids and dis
pose of this and kindred matters.
The matter of the new Macy street
school fiasco doomed up above the hori-
zon of the debate but fizzled out before
anything definite had been arrived at.
The building is likely to be in litigation,
and this is in no way due to the board of
education. 1t was urged that the pub
lie be informed as to where the blame
should be placed and that the blunder
whether of malice or ignorance be
credited to the proper parties. 1t was
suggested that the council be requested
to straighten the matter out before the
board of education accepts the build
ing The suggestion was not acted upon
and the matter was allowed to drop.
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ling, Messrs Wallace and Barry all
contributing in a most pleasing manner
with vocal solos. The evening was con-
cluded with the serving Of dainty vi
ands. The guests departed ia a late
hour. leaving with the host congratu-
lations and best wishes for many hap
py returns of the day. Those present
were: Mr.. and Mrs. Schumacher, Mr..
and Mrs Worth. Mr.. and Mrs. Brown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fruhling, Misses Slhu-
macher. L. Thompson. S. Thompson,
Bandholdt. Horgan, Miller. Messrs Bar
ry. Bandholdt, Stutsman, Ballard, Wal
lace, Thompson, Sharpley..