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The herald., 1896-10-17
A "WATER" AGENT

The Times says: "The Herald need
not give itself any anxiety in regard to
the attitude of the Times on the munich
present doing it's best to insure the sue
cess of the national (Republican)
party"
What the Times means is that it will
give the municipal water question a
rest while it helps to secure the success
of the water" in the capitalization of
the industrial, railway and other mo-
nopolies of the country. The railways of
the United States represent about $12,-
900, 100000 of stock and bonds, and it is
estimated that all of $4,000 900, 900 of it
stands for water" which is another
name for thieving trick to make the
public pay dividends and interest on fic-
titious capital.
All of this fictitious capital Is for Nc
Kinley. and 1.-The Times is at present
doing it's best to help this water" get
a fresh and stronger hold upon the pock-
etbooks of the people. The Times is to
be commended for it's frankness, but
why should it want to be doing its
pie? Is it doing it for fun? Hardly.
But why, we ask again, should the
Times want to do it's best to oblige the
people to pay interest on s4,000o0,0O0 of
purely imaginary railway capital and
probably as much more on industrial
"water?" The people would like to
know why 1.-The Times is doing its best"
to further strengthen the hands of this
monstrous conspiracy. True, it says its
purpose is to help establish sound money
and maintain the nations honor, but
that is not a good cover to the ultimate
purpose. There is no unsound money in
this country, and no one has any thought
of the governments issuing unsound
money Does the Times know what it
is talking about when it speaks of
Sound and "unsound" money? Two
to one that it does not
But the Times has already admitted,
by inference at least, that it is "at pres
ent doing it's best to insure the success"
of McKinleyism directly, and interest on
several billion dollars of water stock
and bonds indirectly. OF course it is
purely a work of love on the part of the
Times, or is it standing in with the
monopolies because of it's contempt for
the masses-for the common people? In
terest on billions of capital that has no
existence at all is Wall street method,
but why should the Times want to help
Wall street rob the people-the people of
Southern California? There is deep
mystery here and the people would like
to have it explained.
The herald., 1896-10-17
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OUR HARBOR

From the moment the "Hoodoo' talked
about harbor for Los Angeles expert
enced citizens expressed alarm about
the result. The trouble with the ''Hoo-
doc" is not in it's mechanical or bookA
keeping departments: these are we'll
conducted The trouble with the Hoo
doo," and the reason why it is so dan
gerous to the person or the>cause it adj
vocates is that it is not devoted to truth
and entirely lacks heart and humanity
When the news conflicts with interests
or intense prejudices of the editor it is
colored or suppressed. The readers of
the Times are constantly tricked A
few words here. sentence added there,
or a sentence dropped somewhere else.
change in he,Times the real facts. The
EDITORS personal prejudices and unrea-
soning hatreds make the Times un-
trustworthy as a newspaper. Every
thing that appears in the Times must
appear as the narrow prejudices and
personal quarrels of it's editor pleases
If the facts conflict, so much the worse
for the facts. The falling off in the ad-
vertising, and still greater falling off
in the circulation of the Times is doubt
less due to the growing tendency it
shows of changing the news to suit it.
of misrepresenting men and suppress
ing facts. If its readers really knew the
extent and audacity of these betrayals
of trust, the Times would not retain a
corporals guard Of subscribers. The
Times is hard up for money and now for
reasons satisfactory to it's editor, sup
nd xxbict a faW
weeks ago it denounced. The prominent
man it has just supported for mayor Of
Los Angeles was Mr.. Slauson. who was
and is rustling and energetic fighter
for the Southern Pacific railroad COM
pany in the harbor fight between that
company and the people. The Times had
not then been seen and so damaged the
peoples cause by advocating it. The
Times excuses this flop to Uncle Coils
on the ground that the harbor question
is dead. Well. it does seem dead. but
it is not dead in the sense that the Times
conveys that information. Nothing is
said about the harbor No commission
ers appear, these are not even appointed.
The Southern Pacific railroad people
wink. Some of the railroads political
agents say that no commissioners will
be appointed. Why not? Because of
that secret and persistent pull this great,
heartless and immoral corporation has
always had behind the scenes with
every administration since it was crea-
ted? The harbor of Los Angeles is not
a dead question. Huntington has hung
1t up in his Washington closet until he
can change the clothes and run 1t be-
tween the lines when the attention of the
people is on something else. Instead of
its being a propitious moment to trust
the peoples betrayers. it is the moment
of all others when none but capable and
reliable men should be put on guard at
every one of the peoples posts. The
harbor Of Los Angeles instead Of being
a question settled as the "Hoodoo" mis-
represents for its own ends. Is in . most
The herald., 1896-10-17
M'KINLEY'S MISSTATEMENTS

Major Mckinley delivered himself of
a clean-cut protection speech before Il
delegation of wnrkinGmen from the
Dunkirk locomotive works last Thurs
day. but it differed from previous talks
on that subject only in that he indulged
in grosser and ,lore glaring misstate-
ments than on former occasions He
said if the protection tariff system Were
restored we should have unrivaled
home markets for agriculture and un-
equaied wages for labor, but he knew
he was stufiing his hearers with state
ments that We're lot true in any sense
The United States never had Ncn in
ley's kind of protection except during
the years in which "the Mckinley tar
if act was in operation and the pay
roll of nearly every industry will show
that wages averaged lower during it's
operation than before or since. 1t was
during the operation of McKinley's kind
of a customs tariff that the Carnegie
and other industrial corporations under
took to scale down the wages of their
employees, and which resulted in the
Homestead. Pittsburg and coal mine
riots. In short. there were more labor
strikes and a more general reduction of
Industrial wages while the Mckinley
act was in force than in any other like
period in the history of the country.
Moreover it was not until that act be-
came operative that a systematic at
tack upon organized labor was inau-
gurated. Upon the Wilson, German act
becoming operative industrial wages
were. for the most part, placed upon
the wage schedule of 1890 which was an
advance as compared with the scale dur
ing the life of the Mckinley act. These
are facts of history.
Now as to 'unrivaled home markets
for agriculture" during the operation OF
the Mckinley act, Major Mckinley
kn0Vs, if he knows anything al all. that
prices of wheat and other breadstuffs
were very much higher under President
Buchanan's Democratic administration
than they were at any time during the
operation of his tariff act. He knows,
too If he knows anything at all about it,
that it was crop failure in Europe and a
consequent Increased demand for Amer
ican farm products that sent prices up
during the latter part Of Harris6n's ad-
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ministration, and that the protective
tariff had no more to do with giving
farmers higher prices for their cereals
than it had to do with causing short
crops in the old country. Moreover,
every school boy knows, if Major Nc
Knley does not that American farmers
have never enjoyed boom prices for
their products except when short crops
or war in Europe created an extra de-
mand, and that there never has been
nor could there ever come a time when
this country would be able to consume
all the products of our farms. Just now
California is shipping wheat to India,
which operates to advance prices very
materially, but the wayfaring man,
though he be a fool would hardly con-
meet Indias need of American bread
stuffs with the tariff question.
In the same speech to the Dunl1irk
delegation Major Mckinley tried to
show how the success of the Democratic
party in November and the consequent
reconciliation of silver would reduce
the value Of wages, savings and prop
erty holdings by one-half, but the pub
lie should not take too seriously what he
says OH tHe HlOHey QueStlOH Like tIe
converts who have just received light"
Major Mckinley is in a state of ex-
treme ecstacy. From. about the year
1877 down to little while before the
meeting of the st. Louis convention
Major Mckinley was an ardent silver
ite He talked for silver on the hustings
and voted for silver in congress, but he
is now convert to goldbugism. and
naturally he would have all the enthu-
siasm of one who has "just come into
the light" The opinion of the boy who
has just put on his first pair of red-top
boots concerning boots and shoes in
general would not be considered infalli
able by dealer in that line of goods,
and the same holds good with Major
Mckin1ey's glittering rhetorical rub
bish on the money question; besides,
his conversion to goldbugism was too
sudden and the presidential bee is buz-
zing too vociferously to give value to
his monetary theories.
The herald., 1896-10-17

dangerous plight. Due diligence and
respect of the peoples act of congress
would have had those commissioners it
provided for here long ago. Those COM
missioners would have been here and
the question would have been decided
and the work commenced The fact that
the act Of congress is nullified, the fact
that there is no commission and that
this great work has not been commenced
should arouse the people of this city and
county to action. Our public men must
be true to the peoples cause. 1t is no
time to put traitors on guard. No sleep
ers must be put in public places for the
railroad to run over. Take the Repub-
lican machine candidate for mayor. Mr..
Martin. He has never been associated
with public questions before the people
of Los Angeles. He was as much a sur
prise in the political field as RAIDER was
before him. One thing we do hear about
Martin. He has been for years an en-
ploye of the Southern Pacific Railroad
company. That is enough. The people
can not trust the water question in har
Dor or in household. to the agents and
hirelings of their depressing monopolies.
The people of Los Angeles never would
have even thought of Martin for mayor
or for any other office. We say that the
people did not think of this candidate
and do not want him. Somebody thought
of him. Slauson was used to kick up the
dust to- let Martin in. Who did think of
Martin? Was it the Southern Pacific
and the City Water company, or did he
just float in? What with pipe lines and
harbor, there is plenty of water to float
pretty nearly any kind of a political craft
to place where our interests will be be-
trayed and lost, so the peoples defenders
fire no shot at it.
The herald., 1896-10-17
Business is at a standstill her

90" Business is at standstill here.
Everything is election. Never in my
life have I noticed the lines so closely
drawn between capital and labor. Ev-
cry man and every corporation who
represents capital is for Mckinley, and
the masses, the laborer and the farmer
are for Bryan. 1 came here gold man,
but now l think that every honest man
should vote for Bryan. 1t looks as if
there would be landslide for Bryan,
notwithstanding the press is solid for
Mckinley. The above has a
peculiar interest at this time, when the
whole country is looking to Illinois to
determine the election.
The herald., 1896-10-17

The pachydermatous Hoodoo winces
under The Herald's goad in it's flank
and promises to take some attitude
touching the city water companys de-
sire to control the council and mayor
atty, after the presidential election. In
the interim it will carefully abstain
from any animadversions calculated
to Illustrate the designs Of the astute
gentlemen who are now Setting up''
things. The people are not to be fooled
with the chaff that the Hoodoo will. by
any chance, ever be on their side.
The herald., 1896-10-17

With the completion of the trans-Si-
berian railway, which was at first re-
garded as visionary and impractical
Die scheme, an enormous development
OF Russia's vast Asiatic territory must
be looked for, which will surely open up
new avenues of commerce for our own
Pacific states. The second visit to
this country of Prince Hilkoff, Russia's S
minister of ways of communication,
must be of great interest to all who
study the worlds development of COM
merce.
The herald., 1896-10-17

The latest feature Of the Republican
campaign is the employment of the Isl
lent campaigner." Such a man is not a
platform orator. He is a button-hole
"argufier" who is ostensibly profoundly
interested in protection for California
products, of which he pretends to be
personal producer. These men are
camped at hotels over the country-all
bills paid-to impose upon the gullible.
Silver men should watch out for these
imposters and spot them as Hanna's
emissaries.
The herald., 1896-10-17
THE FAMILY FLAG

There hangs on Van Houten street, in
Patterson. N. j., a flag that has done
duty many times. 1t Is the property or
waste. He has displayed in front of his
office to show his Republicanism, and
beneath it are pictures Of Mckinley and
Hobart. Every stripe Of the flag has a
patch on it, the, blue has been patched
and the stars are rather crowded. 1t
has an appearance of old age.
Mr.. Mccullough when asked it's his
tory, said he first hoisted it June II,
1855, in honor Of the first Atlantic cables
The herald., 1896-10-17
WHO SUPPORT THEM?

If Mr.. Bryan is elected next month II
will be against the opposition Of:
Every great trust in the United
States.
Every bondholder.
Every railroad wrecker.
Every national bank.
Every railroad corporation
Every skin-game stock broker.
Every toady preacher.
Every rent gatherer.
Every government contractor.
Every purchasable newspaper.
Every American agent Of foreign loan
syndicates.
Every bunco stock waterer.
Every manufacturer or coal or iron
miner who ever imported foreign paul
per laborers.
Every vote seller or purchaser
The list might be extended. but the
above will suffice. If Mr.. Bryan is elec-
ted, 1t will have to be against the COM
bined efforts of all of the above classes
Salt Lake Tribune.
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being completed. Every national holi-
day or great event since he has hoisred
the old flag. 1t floated in honor of vic
tories during the war, it was at half
mast for Lincoln, Garfield, Grant,
1t has been displayed for state and city
occasions, and now does duty as a cam
paign banner. When purchased It had
but thirty-six stars, but as state after
state has Joined the union its owner
has added stars until the blue field is
crowded, but the owner saws there IN
room for few more.-New York Times.
The herald., 1896-10-17
GOOD SERVICE.

The mammoth Sunday number of the
Los Angeles Herald, 10000 copies or
which were distributed broadcast in this
county, was one of the very best free
silver campaign papers yet issued. The
Herald is doing good service for the
cause of the plain people and deserves
the gratifying recognition which 1t Is
receiving at the hands of the reading
public.-Downey Champion.
The herald., 1896-10-17
TEN TO ONE.

A news butcher who runs between Los
Angeles and this city says he sells ten
silver papers on the trains to one otner'
He says at Los Angeles Bryan CLUB
was organized five weeks ago and has
increased in membership from 70 to 2396.
Every member is a Republican, Demo-
Gratis being excluded. - Albuquerque
Democrat
The herald., 1896-10-17

Congressman Boutelle will do the Nc
Kinley act at Hazards pavilion tonight.
No doubt, he will give his audience a
satisfying entertainment, but the bur-
den of his talk will be to show that this
country needs more protection to the in
dustries. and not more money. But
Mr.. Boutelle to the contrary notwith-
standing, the people of Southern Cali
fornia are still firm in the belief that
there will be no substantial prosperity
until silver is remonetized.
The herald., 1896-10-17

We call attention to an interesting ar
ticle on electricity in agriculture in an
other column. 1t will be noted that none
of the interesting experiments were
made in far away Berkeley. The agri-
cultural college at that distant point alb
serbs our taxes and dissipates them IN
political lobbies and in hiring putt writ
ers to praise work never dopa.
The herald., 1896-10-17

lyman has been Internationally re-
leased by the French authorities. This
is not necessarily a victory for the
cause of Irish nationality, but it shows
that the nations are growing less dis
posed to deal arbitrarily with mere sus-
poets. which is itself a long stride in the
direction of the recognition of individ-
ual rights by governments hitherto hos
tile to that idea.
The herald., 1896-10-17

Wheat prices are booming and Cali
fornia farmers have reason to feel hap
py. And the Wilson German tariff act
is still law, and Democratic presi-
dent still rules the roost at Washington!
Funny. isn't it, that wheat should ad-
vance in price under such circum-
stances? But, of course, it is all be-
cause McKinley's election is assured!
What fools some mortals be!
The herald., 1896-10-17

For sensational, ignorant backwoods
orator, Bryan draws well. In fact, he
talks to ten people to McKinley's one.
Queer, is it not, that people will per-
sist in passing by on the other side of
Mckinley to hear Bryan talk?
The herald., 1896-10-17

Why are McKinley's managers pre-
pairing to put 5000 speakers in the field
during the last ten days of the campaign,
II Bryan is already "a worse defeated
man than Greeley or Scott was" The
fact Is, the people are for Bryan, and the
McKinleyftes realize that their only hope
lies in buying their way through to vic
tory. Hence 1t is that they are CENTER
ing their efforts in the cities.
The herald., 1896-10-17
For City Justices.
G. o. MORGAN.
G. S. BARTHOLOMEW.

If the railways centering at Canton
get as much as half-rates from the dele
cations that are being sent to call upon
Mckinley, they should be able to declare
q handsome dividend
The herald., 1896-10-17

A man by the name of Samuel NJ.
Shortridge was in these parts awhile
ago trying to start a senatorial boom
for himself. Does anybody know if he
Is still on earth? THE people of Califor-
mia love my brother Samuel. He is
so much as Henry Clay was, don't you
Ipouy pr
The herald., 1896-10-17

Presumirg that Californians do not
know how to vote, New England has
sent Boutelle out here to enlighten the
people. 1t is just possible that he will
run against sharp snag before he quits
the state.
The herald., 1896-10-17

1t is claimed that new evidence has
been discovered which will prove beyond
the shadow of a doubt that Jay Gould
did actually marry Sarah Ann Angel
in 1853 and that he lived openly with her
for more than year. when he abandoned
The herald., 1896-10-17
CONGRE SSIONAI
COUNTY

COUNTY
For Senator, Thirty-seventh District,
TOMBSTONE JONES.
For Assemblyman, Seventieth District,
A. r; SPRAGUE.
For Assemblyman,Se Seventy first District
F. A. CATTERN.
For Assemblyman, Seventy-second
District.
w. r. STEELE.
For Assemblyman, Seventy-third
District
WIN. MEAD.
For Assemblyman, Seventy-fourth
District,
w. L. PRICE.
For Assemblyman, Seventy-fifth
District,
s. .WALDRON.
For Superior Court Judges.
HENRY T. HAZARD,
NJ. E. c. MUNDAY,
GEORGE Fl. SMITH,
A. j. UTLEY.
For Supervisors.
GEORGE D. PESSELI., Second District
w. A, MORGAN. Fourth District.
JAMES HANLEY, Fifth District.
The herald., 1896-10-17

Charles Lantz. the lawyer. has in his
possession a letter from a prominent
inan and close observer. now in Chicago,
- under date Of octebsS 7th writes:
The herald., 1896-10-17

The publishers have arranged to have
The Herald on sale at all news stands and
on all railroad trains in Southern Gaii1or.
mia II the paper cannot be secured at any
OF the above places the publishers viii!
deem 1t a special favor If patrons should
report the same to the business ONCE.
The herald., 1896-10-17

National Democratic Ticket
For President
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
OF Nebraska.
For Vice-President.
ARTHUR SEWALL
OF Maine.
CONGRESSIONAL
Tor Member of Congress. Sixth District,
C. A BARLOW.
The herald., 1896-10-17

Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait Is st the
Nadeau.
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The Herald Publishing company hereby
offers a reward of ten ($10) dollars tor the
arrest and conviction of anyone found
stealing a copy or copies of THE HERALD
from wherever the same may have peeii
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city subscribers to The Herald will con-
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ONCE late delivery or any other negligenc,e
on the part of carriers. During the week
Iii nspers should reach subscribers not
LATER than o'clock. and on Sundays by 8
O'clock
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THE HERALD
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in Southern California
SATURDAY. OCTOBER y. 1906.

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nation for our ores and IS placing ttsel
ia a position TO pursue such 8 course
The Trail smslter. which is nearer 20
the camp and IN somewhat better posi-
ton 10 control the situation. seems TO De
determined 10 keep pace with the sifua-
ton. Its new furnace viii give II q Ca
paeify OF over $50 tons. and IL must be re-
membere<i this smelter treats Tran creek
ores exclusively. while the Nelson s-nelter
handles the ore from The Silver King mine
and has so far employed Trail creek ores
as a fiux. II Is apparent that the smelter
people expect very large increase IN the
ore tonnage OF the Trail creek camp. but
the Indications now are that they VIII
have 10 make still greater engagements
and that other smelter plants viii be
needed. II Mr.. Corbin takes up the bond
on the War Eagle group he VIII build a
sr1eiter somewhere on his line of railroad
probably a. Nerthport. 10 which place
he could draw ores from the ColviI,e res
eryation mines as well as from points
reached by the Nelson & Fort Sheppard
railroad. but IL he does not take UP the
bond and build such a smeiter. then Brit
ish Columbia smeiters VIII make a strong
pun TO capture all the ore OF the Trail
creek camp.
In the meantime the Crown Point has
contracted with the Trail smelter for the
treatment Of its entire output, which viii
average az least carload a day from
now on. The War Eagle Company has
also entered into a contract conditional
on the bond on the property not being
taken UP by .. c. Corbin. by which the
Heinzs smelter is assured OF the entire
output or both the War Eagle and Iron
Mask mines. The ore from these two
mines Will furnish Mr.. Heinze with what
he had needed from the first, namely. an
ore carrying good percentage in copper.