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The herald., 1896-11-21
HUMOR OF THE HOUR

In Greeley's time the Tribune thun-
dered; now it "Twinkles. Truth.
"There's too blamed much wealth in
the country" explained the Populist.
That's what beat us, 'gosh!'-Chicago
Record.
Madge-"How proud Name is since
she ordered her bicycle" Tom-"Well.
you know pride goes before fall
Yonkers Statesman.
Mamma-"Wheres papa?" Flora
He's down stairs" Mamma-"What's
he doing?" His bicycle is out Of breaff
and he's giving it some more."-London
Figaro.
Police magistrate-Its a long time
since I saw You here last. You have evil
IDENTIFY tried to be good" Burglar-"Oh
Mr.. Judge, I have been very ll."-Flie-
gende Blatter.
"If you had half the nerve this tooth
has," said the dentist to the quivering
wretch in the chair, you could have
this all over in about five seconds.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
Hungry Higgins?" said the landlady.
"Of course that is not your real name"
Nome" answered Mr.. Higgins. ITS
wot might be called a empty title.
dianapolis Journal.
Ethel-"So she is really engaged to
love, do you think?" Penelope-Decided-
ly! His first figures were 100000, and he
dropped to 50."-Puck.
Briggs-"I have climbed all these
stairs. sir to ask you one question"
Weather bureau man-"Well, what is
it?" Briggs-"Is Henry George running
this prediction shop?"-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
MY dear Mrs. L., you have introduced
m h1Ir nf
let us stop and look at the horses" Mrs.
L. (horrified)-"Hush dear! you must
not let any of our friends hear you say
ing that!"-Harper's Bazaar.
Mr. B. Reeder-"I'm told you would
like to purchase stylish riding horse,
Miss Standish. Now, I have green
hunter I'd like to show you" Miss Stand
ish--"Oh, that would be lovely! He'd
go so well with my new billiard cloth
habit "-Harper's Bazar.
Literary aspirant-"It must be fine to
be an editor and have an opportunity to
print all that you want to say" Expe-
rienced newspaper man-"LOrd bless
the first three weeks. Ever since then
I've been filling space "-Somerville
Journal.
Ikey Rosenbaum-" In der pright leg
sigon ouf youth there's no such wort
as vail'-vot does dot mean, Vader?"
Sol Rosenbaum-"Dot means, mein
sohn, dot you must be batent undt Wait
until you've got years ouf discretion,
undt den you gan aggomblish sEne-
dings. Puck.
A teacher was taking class in the
infant Sunday school room and was
making her scholars finish each sentence
to show that they understood her. 1.-The
idol had eyes," the teacher said," "but
it couldn't" See" cried the child
rem. 1T had ears but it couldn't"
Hear" was the answer. ut had lips"
she said, but it couldn't" Speak"
once more replied the children. 1T had
nose, but it couldn't wipe it,"
shouted the children. And the lesson had
to stop moment.-Tid-B Bits.
The herald., 1896-11-21
AMERICAN JINGOISM.

We do not come out of this controver-
sy with honors to be Dragged of. But if
our barren honors shall serve as a warn
ing to us to be careful how we involve
ourselves in foreign disputes hereafter
the incident will not be without profit
to us. We never had any business med
ding in this matter. 1t was an utter per-
version of Mr.. Monroe's healthy and no
BILE doctrine to hold that it required or
authorized us to interfere in this dispute
between Great Britain and Venezuela,
and it is to be most earnestly hoped that
the principle will never again be in
voked as authority for our playing guar
Clan to any of the disorderly societies to
the south of us. Mr.. Monroe never had
any such idea in his mind when he said
this country would never tolerate a
combination of European powers seek
ing to overthrow republican institutions
in any part of either of the Americas
Richmond Times.
One risks little in saying that the war
scare started last December, with the
paralyzation of business which it oc-
casioned-an industrial condition which
chiefly gave rise to the perils of the re-
cent election, for If business had been
thriving and prosperous the silver agi-
tation wiuld have amounted to very lit
tle--has cost the American people two
or three times over the capitalized value
of the entire republic of Venezuela. The
whole area in dispute would not, prob
ably, bring as much money, II put up
at free auction, as is represented by the
loss of one days work by a shutting
down of the mills at Fall River. We
have. 1t is true. escaped war, whicn
would have vastly intensified our losses,
but it is to be hoped that when we again
indulge in a vigorous foreign policy the
possible cost of the enterprise may be
counted in advance.-Boston Herald.
The herald., 1896-11-21
THE MUNICIPALITY

The importance of having the munich
pal government in strong, capable and
honest hands cannot be over-estimated.
The city, every city, is the center of the
highest and the lowest civilization, and
those who administer the laws should
be men of sterling personal worth and
positive character. In the city is to be
found every phase of human life, and
clear and discriminating judgment is
needed to harmonize all interests upon
the basis of order and peace. The quail
tiles requisite for the chief executive of
a municipality are not possessed by
every man, hence the ambition of man
to rule over the people should be meas
ured and weighed by a standard of fit
ness which is placed at the highest.
To the city one must go for dense ig-
norance and scholarly attainment; for
the highest virtue and the lowest vice;
for church and saloon; for schools of
art, science and music and the re-
sorts of filth, iniquity and moral degra-
dation; for homes of comfort and joy
and dens of squalor and misery; of
piety and wickedness; of happiness and
heart-ache; of great wealth and ex-
treme poverty; of honest men and great
rogues; of innocent children and Grim
inal youth; of the very best of that
which is good and the very worst of that
which is evil-of sunshine and shadow
The administration of the state and
the nation may be loose and hesitating
and no great harm come of it, but unless
the government of the city is exacting-
unless it obliges the strict observance
of law from everyone-the evil infu-
ences are sure to grow in strength and
push virtue and honesty into the gut
ter. There always is room for evil in
the city. 1t is natural that there should
be a continual struggle on the part of
evil for the ascendency, but unless the
machinery of the law is in weak hands,
order and decency will always be able
to hold the vicious within the bounds of
healthy control. The Herald believes
it voices the sentiments of very large
majority of the people of Los Angeles
when it says M. p. Snyder possesses in
an eminent degree every requisite quail
ification to administer the affairs of this
municipality.
The herald., 1896-11-21

! to twist these facts into a showing ia
vorable to the robber tariff law of 1890
| AS The Herald stated few days ago,
only four tin plate factories were estab-
| lished before the Mckinley act was re-
| pealed, and they turned out very little
| plate. But since the passage of the
Wilson tariff act the output has grown
| from almost nothing to an annual pro-
| duct of considerably over 300, ,0000 900
pounds, with enough new factories in
| process of erection to swell it to 5S5,--
| 900, 900, which is several million pounds
more than the entire home consump-
| ton demand.
The industry was relieved of all the re-
| tarding influences of the Mckinley act
| in the autumn of 1884, but the report
| for the fiscal year ended June 80, 1895,
| covered about four months of the oper-
alton of the 1890 law, so that the only
statement including all the months of
| year under the Democratic tariff is
| the one ended June 80, 1896. This state
ment, which is now given to the pub
lie, shows that the increase was over
5s per cent, as compared with the pre-
ceding year. Not only so, but practi-
cally all the black plates--plates that
are made to be tinned-were American
manufacture. Prior to the Wilson act
nearly all black plates were imported
from England.
The Wilson act has, therefore, not only
established the tin plate industry. but
started the manufacture of black plates
which are now made in sufficient guam
titles to supply the tin factories. Some
may wonder how such results could fol-
low the reduction of customs duties from
1-10 to 1-5 cents pound. but there
will be no surprise when it is under
TODD that the Mckinley act levied a tax
of cents a pound on imported tin ore
so as to enable a syndicate of specu-
lators to unload blocks of American tin
plate market could stand no such a
burden. The Wilson bull repealed the ore
tax and reduced the duty to 1-5 cents
a pound, which capitalists thought am
pie protection, and 100000 imme-
diately sought employment in that in
dustry. The tin industry of the United
States owes it's existence and prosper
ity to the Democratic party.
The herald., 1896-11-21

emy they had been hghting. 1t was
more than a surrender 1t was turning
their guns upon their friends. and when
the smoke of the final struggle cleared
away 1t was seen that victory had been
won by capital-that labor was a pris-
oner. The methods employed by the
aggregations Of capital were not per-
suasive but coercive, and naturally so
too, for Hanna himself now admits that
UP to the time the capital combinations
came to his assistance, the majority of
the voters of the country had made up
their minds that the gold standard was
not desirable basis for a financial sys-
tenn, and that they should vote for Mr.
Bryan because his election would cause
unlimited coinage of silver dollars. This
was fortnight before the election day
The conclusion is, therefore, that had
all voters been free to vote as their hon.
est convictions and better judgment
suggested, Mr. Bryan would have had a
million more votes than were counted
for him, and Major Mckinley a million
less. 1t follows then, according to Mr..
Hanna's admission, that unless million
voters honestly and conscienciously
changed their opinion in the fortnight
preceding the election and voted for Mr..
Mckinley on principle, they were CO.
creed to do so. and that Mr.. McKinley's
economic theories do not in any sense
reflect the will or wish of the people. In
other words. Major Mckinley is not NOR
ally entitled to the majority vote of the
electoral college. That is to say, the
majority of the people are to be ruled by
a minority--a minority whose theories
of government are diametrically op-
posed to what the majority conceive 20
be for their best business and social good,
which means at its last analysis that
the United States are not a nation in
which the majority rules.
In view of Mr. Hanna's admission it
would seem that campaign of educa-
ton upon lines of the money question is
not needed to insure the election of free
silver coinage president in 19O0 for the
majority of the people are already con-
vinced that silver should be remonet-
ized, and that they would so vote if left
to exercise their constitutional right. If
a campaign of education on the money
line is not required, the question is what
should be the central thought to which
the people should give attention in the
coming four years. 1t is very clear that
their right to vote in accordance with
their will and best judgment having
been denied them at the last election, the
thing for them to do is to combine to re-
establish their constitutional rights,
one of which is the right to vote for such
men and measures as shall most appeal
to their sense of right. justice and truth,
without being threatened or otherwise
coerced into perjuring their souls to keep
bread in the house. A campaign to
strengthen the backbone of the people
so that they will assert and maintain
their sovereign rights as citizens and in
dependence as freemen is what is most
needed.
The herald., 1896-11-21
THE WILSON TARIFF ACT

The Times tries very hard to distort
the facts concerning the tin and terne
plate industry, as outlined in The Her
aid few days ago, to prove that the
due to the Mckinley act, but it makes
a ridiculous failure. The official state
ment of the treasury department shows
that the tin plate industry made no ad-
vance of consequence until after the ex-
piration Of the schedule of customs du-
ties imposed by the Mckinley act. 1t
is foolish for even the uniformly unre.
liable and widely visionary Times to try
The herald., 1896-11-21
THE NEXT CAMPAIGN

The advocates of the single gold
standard are urging bimetallsts to con-
slider the verdict of the people in the
presidential contest as final-as mean
ing that a large majority of the people
do not believe it would be wise to rein
state silver as redemption money. 1t it
were true that the election of Major Nc
Kinley could be construed to mean that.
no doubt furthe. agitation of the ques-
tion of the reconciliation of silver
would be unwise, If not decidedly hurt
full, but the circumstances under which
Mr.. Bryan was rejected, and Major Nc
Kinley chosen, were forced and unnatu-
raj, and hence the vote as cast did not
reflect the real sentiments of the people.
The claim therefore, that in electing the
Republican candidate the people decid
ed to make the gold standard the basis
of the country's monetary system has
no foundation in fact
Mr.. Hanna himself admits that up to
election public sentiment was with the
bimetallsts. The campaign of educa-
tion. as it was called. had been pushed
vigorously up to that time by both sides,
and, according to Mr.. Hanna. who was
in a position to know, had the vote been
taken then large majority of the peo-
v11a ,ivo finy,
of Mr.. Bryan That is to say a good ma
jority of the people were in favor of
opening the mints to the free and un-
limited coinage of silver up to two weeks
before the election. but that subse-
quently, that is, within two weeks, more
than million men were converted to an
not for years they had ~abhorred. No
great revelations were made in those
two weeks to show that the theory of BIZ
metallism was wrong; no new light was
thrown upon the money question; no one
came from the grave. nor from out of the
depths Of wisdom to demonstrate the
Gates of silver money. All that could be
said for and against the adoption of the
gold standard had been said and the peo-
pie, Mr.. Hanna says, were decidedly op-
posed to It; and yet in two short weeks,
without convincing argument, without
the slightest lessening of the demand for
larger volume of metallic money than
gold alone could supply, more than a
million men abandoned principles that
had been dear to them for months and
perhaps for years. and espoused the
cause of a financial system that contra
dicted the truth of every sentiment and
belief they had ever uttered! 1t is pre-
posterous. If it were true, no better evil
dence could be adduced to prove the in
capacity of the people for self-govern-
ment. ts i"t
During those two short weeks all the
power and influence of aggregated cap
ital was -br6ught to bear upon these
million of more of men, not to educate
4hem on lines Of political economy or
systems sefs smoney standards, but to
drive thsf6 from the position they had
taken as friends and advocates of free
diver eeinage into the ranks Of the en-
The herald., 1896-11-21
AMERICAS EXPORT TRADE

When the Republicans come to carry
out their tariff program there is one i'm
portant fact that has never before been
considered in tariff revisions, and that
is the promising condition of our export
trade in manufactures. Heretofore we
have had to consider only the need of
securing the manufacturer in the pos
session of home markets, not of helping
him to hold his own in the foreign mar
ket Now it is different. For one rea
son and another our manufacturers
have of late enormously increased their
exports and have footing abroad which
must not be mperiled.-Providenc
JOl1rna1
The herald., 1896-11-21
SATURDAY, AND NO SCHOOL

Where are the old boys gone to?
The dear old boys / met
In the old time days in the briar field,
Where the grass with dew was wet.
Bound for a sweet old frolic-
Saturday, and no school;
Fishing for chubs and punkin seeds
Down in the old mill-pool.
Where is the old crowd gone to-?
A band of comrades gay;
Some are alive and some are dead
But they all have passed away.
Where are the old boys gone to?
Boys of the dear old times.
Boys of the days that have passed and gone,
Friends of my fancy's rhymes.
All. how I'd love to meet them,
Greet them and troop away
Through the dew-wet grass of the briar
field
At the ope' of a summers day.
Bound for a sweet old frolic-
Saturday. and no school,
Fishing for chubs and punkin' seeds
Down in the old mil-pool.
H. S. Keller in Chicago Times-Herald.
The herald., 1896-11-21

The danger of overhead wires was
brought very prominently and painfully
before the public by Wednesday nights
accident. Underground wires do not,
however, provide a satisfactory solution
of the problem. In some cities where the
latter have been extensively tried they
have proved even more fraught with
dangerous accident than those over
head. In London, Eng, there have been
numerous explosions owing to under
ground electric wires coming into con-
tact with gas.The only way to avoid such
terrible calamity as occurred Wednes-
day is the most careful and constant in
spection Of the wires.
The herald., 1896-11-21
CORINNES CONTEMPLATED BE.
QUEST.

Corinne, who has danced and sung in
all our theaters, announces that when
she dies-may the day be long deferred!
she will leave her fortune of three
quarters Of million dollars for the es-
tablishment of Home for Aged and
Unemployed Actresses. Philanthropy
is praiseworthy, of course. but patriot
ism is better, and there is hope that Co
rinne may be made to see that what she
ehnuid do With her fortune II to wtIi II
The herald., 1896-11-21
EXPORTS STEADILY INCREASING

While our imports of manufactured
goods are decreasing we have imported
up to date this year an additional TO-
100000 pounds of metallic tin and over
100000 pouds of hides more than for
the same period last year-both. it will
be remembered, unburdened with tariff
taxes. The general increase in raw ma
terial imports is a. convincing answer to
those who say that our manufactures
are retrograding.-New York World.
The herald., 1896-11-21

Southern California farmers are re-
turning thanks for the recent rain, but
if it is claimed as the natural conse-
quence of McKinley's election there will
be some grumbling, for there are few
partisans who would prefer drouth to
being under obligations to Hanna's man
for anything.
The herald., 1896-11-21
WORKS BOTH WAYS.

"Yoh KANT set down no fixed rule O.
conduct in disher life," said Uncle Eben.
Samson got inter trouble case he done
got his h'ah cut, an Absalom got inter
trouble case he didn'." '."-Washington
Star
The herald., 1896-11-21

Sioux City, Iowa, is having an inter-
esting season of bank and mercantile
failures. 1t is Republican town, but
Hanna's advance agent Of prosperity
seems to have passed it by on the other
side.
The herald., 1896-11-21

The Prussian diet is now making life
altogether delightful for the emperor
The fact is, German free thought and
Independent spirit are not conducive to
the growth of royalty.
The herald., 1896-11-21

Do not forget that municipal owner
ship of the water supply system is of the
highest Importance to all the people.
The herald., 1896-11-21

Mark Hanna declares that he has
had "all the glory he wants out of this
campaign" Mark is looking for some
thing little more substantial now.
The herald., 1896-11-21

The general assembly of the knights
of Labor has declared for free silver.
Labor knows what it wants and how to
pet II
The herald., 1896-11-21

10 Mr. Mark Hanna for the prosecution
of the campaign of education in behalf
Of sound money.-New York Journal.
The herald., 1896-11-21

Before changing the name of Adams
avenue, Brooklyn, to Mckinley avenue
it might be we'll to wait and see where
Mckinley avenue will lead to.-New
York World.
The herald., 1896-11-21

If wheat goes up to dollar before
Christmas it will be one case where
early rising may positively benefit the
farmer.-Philadelph Times.
The herald., 1896-11-21

description of the crusade which certain
good Gotham ladies have instituted on
low necked gowns, and the second deal
ing with the subject of disposing of old
clos. describing an interesting and
somewhat obscure traffic.
The grand fete which the Duke and
Duchess of Marlborough are preparing
for the entertainment of royalty at
Blenheim, to be paid for by the Wander
bilt millions, Is another article of in
terest
The proper way to carve the Thanks
giving turkey is another discourse which
will. no doubt, attract the attention of
masters Of households, while valuable
hints as to the cooking and dressing of
the bird are also given.
The Idols of Odd Races is the title of
an article that describes some very Curl
Gus religious beliefs and practices.
Full of brave adventure is the story
of The Life Saving Service, with thrill
ing anecdotes of wreck and disaster
along the Atlantic and on the lakes.
The interesting series of articles on
philosophical and psychological subjects
will be continued by dissertation on
The Universally of Being.
The regular Sunday features, The
Drama of the Day, the Musical Column
and A Literary Review by Judge Enoch
Knight will complete an entirely inter-
esting and attractive paper.
The herald., 1896-11-21
CURRENT COMMENT.

The stock of prominent trusts has
risen rapidly since the election and a
New York paper says the rise is inter-
preted to mean that these monopolies
are in no danger from the law which
makes their existence criminal and their
operations penitentiary offense. Mr..
Mckinley is asked what he thinks about
it. He will answer when he appoints
his attorney general.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
A decision by Judge Foster of the
United States court against the whole
sale liquor dealers in Kansas City, who
send whisky to Kansas in jugs, will in
terfere with the present method of evad-
ing the prohibitory law, but it will not
destroy the traffic. Even the courts
cannot nullify the great law Of supply
and demand.-Kansas City Times.
The Venezuelan commission is high
ly pleased at the prospect of not hav-
ing to find boundary. The president
and congress gave them large job and
the prospect was that they would never
find one at ALL Under the circumstances
the members of the commission will be
dismissed with thanks.-Springfield Re
publican.
An Indian conductor employed on n
bIIuBtpOTL lTOlly Car uT0W DOWln
knife on some young rowdies the other
night. The next thing we know the
Broadway cable authorities will be hir-
ing Indians to make the passengers
step up to the front of the car. New
York Journal.
AS we are now rid of our ENHANCEMENT
in Venezuela. we ought to devote our
increased leisure to freeing ourselves
from our disgraceful and expensive joint
protectorate over the unfortunate Sa-
means whom we are helping to oppress
and plunder.-New York World.
Before changing the name of Adams
avenue, Brooklyn, to Mckinley avenue
it might be well to wait and see where
| Mckinley avenue will lead to.-New
York World
| If wheat goes up to a dollar before
Christmas it will be one case where
| early rising may positively benefit the
The herald., 1896-11-21
Edwin A. Meserve, attorney-at-law,

LIUW III "A. MeS6TVe, dllUTNey Id W
was the subject of adverse comment In
the local columns of yesterdays Herald
because of his legal connection with the
Workman mandate proceedings. In the
face of Mr.. Workman's published de-
clination to stand for the mayoralty, Mr..
Meserve's persistence seemed to us just
ly censurable, but he has to his credit the
enmity of the Los Angeles Times, which
affords prima facie, if not conclusive,
evidence that he should be exculpated
from the charge of subserviency to the
water company and it's ally, the South
ern Pacific. If Mr.. Meserve was simply
intent on earning his retainer" The
Herald can testify to his activity in sup
port of a hopeless case.
The herald., 1896-11-21
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