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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-10
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The herald., 1896-12-10
DOWN IN CUBA

If we throw away rs per cent of tha
less enough will be left to prove pretty
conclusively that Weyler has been out
generated, his flank turned, and himself
left to hunt for an enemy in the noun
tains who is having things his own way
in the rear of the great generals army.
When Weyler emerges from the hill
country to find himself cut off from
Havana, his CASTLE blue blood is likely
to run cold. The idea of being outwitted
by negro is good deal for the captain
general to bear up under.
There appears to be some foundation
for the report that Maceo is dead, but
if it be altogether true. his death will
not retard the onward march of the
Cubans to ultimate victory. No one man
is necessary to any enterprise, be it
great or small. If the cause of the
Cubans is righteous one, and it un
doubtedly is, man will appear upon the
scene to take up the work where Maceo
left off, and carry it forward quite as
successfully as he would have.
But il Maceo is really dead, his fol-
lowers will find much to console them
in the pronounced action of the United
States senate in receiving a resolution
looking to the immediate recognition of
the independence of the Cuban repub-
lie. There is no doubt at all that in
the very near future the American con-
gress will take hand in the struggle
in a very positive way, though probably
not to the extent of taking possession
of the island with armed men. to pro-
tect and aid the Cubans in the work of
organizing their government, as urged
nv Senator Miller
The herald., 1896-12-10

tion was decided in the case Of the for
feited Oregon Railroad grant and in the
case of the forfeited grant to the Sioux
City and st. Paul railroad. and in the
case Of the forfeited grant which had
been made to the Atlantic and Pacific
railroad.
Nothing remains for congress to do to
fully protect the public interests but to
declare that the grants made to the
Union Pacific and Central Pacific rail-
roads are forfeited and resumed by the
United States. This will forfeit the grant
of lands and the railroad, and after that
Is done congress can make provision for
the railroads to be operated by another
corporation.
These railroad companies knew, and so
did the whole public know. that the au-
thority to issue bonds was upon these
express conditions, and if these condi-
tions are broken and violated the bond
holders cannot say that they did not
know what the authority of the company
was to issue bonds.
1t is the merest sham and pretense for
the Southern Pacific Railroad company
ana for the congressman in its employ
to pretend to the public that there is
open to the government only two alter
natives, one to pay the enormous So
called first mortgage on the railroads
and foreclose the second mortgage and
operate the railroad as a government
road, or, as another alternative, that the
whole of these enormously valuable
companies by means of a funding bill'
or some other form of bill. The members
of congress having charge of these bills
cannot by their assumed superiority or
intelligence deceive the public regarding
their rights in the premises. They can
not by falsely holding out these two al
ernatives-neither one of which the
country desires to adopt-deceive the
people as to the real rights of the United
States in the premises.
The people of the United States will
discern through all the smoke generated
from congressional discussions regard
ing the funding bill that underlying the
entire proposition is the original author
ity and power of congress to forfeit these
grants which have been grossly abused
for thirty years and used as a means
to monopolize the commerce of con-
tinent and oppress the people.
The herald., 1896-12-10

dieu, how complete the momentary IL
lusion. Can you believe me, madame,
these familiar greetings expressed be-
tween you and my daughter have pro-
duced an inexpressibie sensation of
warmth and home-like feeling in ME
which find difficult to explain" In look
ing over the large audience assembled
at the "Sala Garibaldi' in this city on
the evening of Dec. 9Th, wondered how
many at the sound of the Dolce lingud
di Dante" were moved by the same expe-
rience of that lady and in thought were
carried to the "Classica terra Italiana.
The Italian dramatic society of this city
will undoubtedly fill keenly felt want.
Italy possesses a wealth of dramatic
productions of a high order. The Unborn
perception and love for the beautiful i'll
this land of art. with which her child
.'cn are endowed to large degree
will enable them to faithfully interpret
and portray the spirit and thoughts of
her authors. 1t will prove a source of
pleasure and culture to the Italian col
ony. especially for the young. who will
enjoy the opportunity of becoming ac-
quainted with many ideal conceptions
in Italian literature. 1t was surprise
to many. who. for the first time. wit
messed how much dramatic talent is to
be found among the Italians of this city
1t is worthy and deserving under
taking. The society is young but al
ready are its merits of marked char
acter. The realistic manner in Nhich
the ruling passions of the head of the
family in the play were portrayed. the
desolation and despair and the subse-
quent redemption from thraldom, elicit
ed weli-deserved applause from the au-
dience. That the society may live long
and prosper is. no doubt, the sincere
desire OF every friend of the colony.
MATHLDE j. BERRA.
Los Angeles. Dec 9th.
The herald., 1896-12-10
THE HAWAIIAN SWINDLE

Immediately after the election of Mr..
Mckinley. Dole and company of Ha-
waiian fame began to organize lobby
to influence the new administration to
annex their islands to the United States.
So long as a Democrat welded the veto
power Of the government these adven-
turers knew it would be a waste Of time
to try to work such a scheme, but they
will find no difficulty in perslradfng Mr..
Mckinley that the proper thing to do
is to extend the jurisdiction of Uncle
Sam over their speculative enterprise.
1t is just possible, however, that con-
gress will refuse to acquiesce and it is
sincerely to be hoped that it may.
That professional diplomat, ex-Sec-
retary of State Foster has recently re-
turned from Hawaii. where he was sent.
no doubt. to "see and report" the situa-
ton as the first step in the direction
of annexation. but his argument for an
nexation ought to be considered by our
government sufficient reason why we
should keep nandS OH. lie reports that
the islands were "never in more pros
porous condition" If they are doing so
we'll under Doles kind of government
and their future is so bright, there is no
occasion for this government to inter-
fere. 1t would be too bad if the United
States were to step in and spoil the max
ing of a great and glorious republic OF a
country chiefly noted, until recent years.
as the champion missionary eating
land in the world.
But it is not the desire of Dole to have
MI Fosters report so Interpreted He
wants the prosperous condition" of the
islands to be considered as evidence that
his republic is something worth hating,
and that there is bargain in it which
the United States cannot afford to miss.
The fact is, the whole thing is a swindle.
When Dole and the United States min
lister overthrew the legally constituted
authorities on the islands and set up an
The herald., 1896-12-10
CURRENT COMMENT.

A Canadian has just been fined so for
swearing on Sunday. A Canadian should
be allowed to swear any day in the week
says the Chicago Chronicle. No one has
more cause for profanity.
A cablegram from Constantinople an
nounces that "the sultan is now busily
executing reforms in Armenia" Per-
haps he has run out of raw material and
there is nothing else left there for him
to execute.-Chicago Times Herald.
Why isn't Richard Parks Bland good
man for the caucus nomination of the
Democrats for speaker of the Fifty fifth
congress? It's an empty honor but it's
a great one all the same. and no Demo-
crat more deserves it than Mr.. Bland
Kansas City Times.
Poisoned by ham sandwiches: forty
persons made i'll at fashionable we'd
ding anniversary" is the heading over
Pennsylvania dispatch in local news
paper. Ham sandwiches at fashion
able function. What is the east COM
ing to?-Chicago Chronicle.
When the audience alta seance in Bos-
ton one Sunday night saw the medium
begin proceedings by drinking seven
glasses of water they suspected some
thing was wrong. And they We're right
The spirits turned out to be altogether
too much diluted.-N. Y. Journal
Don't expect prosperity to come back
with jump says Maj. McKinley's per-
sonal organ over in Chicago. We won't.
If she enters with glide, or a '3 o'clock
in the morning stagger:" if she moseys
in on one leg; nay, if she even sashays
forward on her surcingle. or waltZes
gently forward on her ear, We'll well
come her and brush the dust off the best
seat in the house for her to sit on-Kan-
sas City Times.
A sensible theatrical firm in New York
city, owning many travelling attractions,
| has determined to confine its advertis-
| ing hereafter to the columns of newspa-
pers, says the Chicago Chronicle. 1t is
safe to predict that it will not lose dol
lar by abandoning the billboards. The
latter form of advertising is most eX-
pensive and has proved anything but
effective. The rivalry in business has
led many managers to indulge in litho-
graphs costing fortune to print and
paste Some of these are beautiful from
an art standpoint, but they do not draw
Besides the enormous cost of lithOgraph-
ing and printing there il the expressage.
the handling by local bill posters and the
| seats given in exchange for window
privileges. There is no doubt that much
of the money thus spent is practically
thrown away or that the plain display
adj in the daily press is better than the
most beautiful picture ever drawn.
The herald., 1896-12-10
THE SURPLUS SILVER

To the Editor of the Los Angeles
Herald In discussing the tariff
IN his late message Mr.. Cleveland uses
the following words:
TO meet any such deficit we have in
the treasury, in addition to a gold re-
serve of SlO0000,O00, a surplus of more
than Sl2S,90U.o GOO applicable to the pay
ment OF the expenses of the government
and which must, unless expended for
that purpose. remain a useless hoard.
The payment, therefore, of any def
cheney in the revenue from this fund is
nothing more than its proper and legit-
innate use.
The application of an accumulated
fund by the government to the payment
OF its running expenses is a duty
These wise words from Mr. Cleveland
show conversion of both head and heart
to the theory advanced and ably main
tained by the silver party in the recent
campaign that every surplus silver dol
lar in the treasury should be used to
pay the running expenses of the govern
ment. For contendng that the silver
surplus should be used to pay all obliga-
tions not specifically payable in gold
coin we were denounced by the Repub-
licans and gold Democrats as repudia-
tors and anarchists. Now Mr.. Cleveland
says to congress that there are $128,-
100000 applicable to the payment of the
expenses of the government and which
must. unless expended for that purpose,
remain a useless hoard. The payment
therefore of any deficiency in the reve-
nue. from this fund is nothing more than
it's proper and legitimate USE" If it
was Reputation" to use silver during
the campaign to pay government ex-
penses, by what kind of necromancy or
craftsmanship has it become sound
money" since the election? Mr. Cleve-
land does not in so many words say
this SIPS, 100000 is silver, but as he says
ii is in excess of the 100000 900 gold re-
serve, it must be silver or paper money
When Mr.. Cleveland issued his st $780,
100000 in bonds he predicated their is
sue on the necessity of keeping up the
gold reserve. AS at that time there
was a surplus in the treasury of $172,-
100000. why did he not know then that
the use of this surplus was nothing
more than its proper and legitimate
use?'
AS pensions, officers salaries, army
supplies. government contracts and leg
islative expenses are a part of the ex-
penses of government it will be grim
joke to pay these claims in silver when
they were told during the campaign
that if Bryan. should be elected silver
dollars would only be worth so cents
each. Congress will not be in hurry
to lay additional burdens on our imports
while we have a large surplus in the
treasury applicable to the payment of
government expenses.
JOHN SHIRLEY WARD.
The herald., 1896-12-10
THE HOODOO'S INFLUENCE

To the Editor of the Los An
geles Herald: Keep the ball rolling.
Your correspondent in today's issue
says "he is a Democrat. knows the may
or. does not like him. but did vote for
him, mainly because of the abuse and
unfair treatment given him by the
Times"
The present writer does not know Mr..
Snyder, has never of his knowledge seen
him, is comparative stranger in. the
city. but owing to the indecent, ill-bred
abuse heaped on Mr. Snyder by the
Times decided that he was the right man
to vote for, and accordingly did vote
for him. 1t would be interesting to
know how many persons were similarly
influenced; doubtless hundreds, whose
sense of right was grossly outraged by
the foul exploits of the Times.
Is the Times man SO Immaculate as to
become sole judge of manners, educa-
tion and morals in this community?
IN UMBRA.
To the Editor Of The Herald: The
Times of December Sth, in announcing
the election of Mr.. M. p. Snyder by
majority of 1880, gives the Parkhurst
league the credit of Mr.. Snyder's cleo
ton. The Times is too modest by half.
Why not acknowledge that The Times
elected Mr.. Snyder.
Mr. Snyder has been successful busi
ness man in Los Angeles for a number Of
y
nearest neighbors and friends do not
know it.
He uses better grammer and makes
better appearance in society than the
| average business man in Los Angeles,
where the average is high. If there was
any doubt of Mr. Snyders election. it
was dissipated when the Times turned
i the Walls of ity wrath and disgusting
abuse upon him. 1t simply nauseatel
| self-respecting citizens.
| There is one thing the Times should
| learn, and that is to acknowledge de-
| feat gracefully. In this same issue, il
| suggests that the new mayor be sent 10
| night school. Mr.. Snyder's majority,
! the best vindication a man can hava,
| should silence this contemplate abuse.
! The time will come when Los Angeles
| will support clean Republican paper
and then where will be the boasted cir
culaton of the Times People will not
| from choice pay for a paper that is filed
| with the vindictive abuse of a man wh }
makes capital of his personal enmities.
| MILTON SMITH.
The herald., 1896-12-10

The duke of Hamiitons family maui
soleum cost upward of $3.50, 900 to con-
struct
The German emperor is fond of light
and bright colors, and has particular
dislike osee the empress in black.
A prominent Republican once said
that Harrison could make a. man feel
meaner in giving him what he asked
for than Arthur could do in turning him
down.
English peeresses and their daughters
have formed a committee to canvass
the peers and protest against the pass
age by parliament OF the deceased wife's
sisters bill that comes up annually.
Miss Ethel Nordhoff, daughter of
Charles NOrdhoff, the well known jour-
nalist has chosen bookbinding as pro-
fession, and has fitted herself for the
business at the Doom bindery. near Lon
don, Eng.
A contributor to an English magazine
The herald., 1896-12-10

says: Even Mr.. Gladstone, that great
est of all sticklers for official reticence,
held that cabinet minister might i'm
part secrets to his wife and his private
secretary"
Although Du Maurier was the richest
of Punch's celebrated artists, one of his
predecessors, Charles Keene, left for
tune of $f75,O00. The greatest of all. John
Leech, bequeathed but little property to
his family.
Queen Victoria is drawing up the pro-
gram for the fetes in celebration of the
siSsieth anniversary of her accession to
the throre. Rents in London are said
to have risen in anticipation of the rush
sure to come to the city.
The moral about ill-gotten goods not
prospering does not seem to apply to
the case of the conscience-stricken thief
in oregon. who on his death bed handed
over to Louis Davenport 1900. which
represented the accumulations of $4,000
worth of gold dust stolen from Daven-
port thirty years ago.
Captain Slocum, who left Boston in his
thirty-foot boat Spray has been report
ed from Sydney, N. :. w. He is on his
way around the world, and has made
many narrow esapes. He was nearly
taken by pirates off the coast of -apan,
and he has sent word home that canni-
balls have tried to get him several times.
Pulius M. Price, the well known trav
cling special artist Of the London Illus
trated News. was with the Bechuana-
land expedition in South Africa. He
went on voyage to the Arctic coast of
Siberia. and he journeyed up the River
Yenisei. traversing Mongolia and the
Cobb desert to Pekin. More recently he
went to Coolgardie.
The following invitation was received
recently by friends of the contracting
parties: 'Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Conrad
StellinS invite you to be present at the
marriage of their mother, Mrs. Caroline
Strickland. to Walter Cameron. on
Thursday evening. Nov. 26. 1896. at $50
o'clock. at their residence, IA Liberty
street, Augusta. Ga"
The herald., 1896-12-10
THE PACIFIC RAIL WAYS

The Republican side of the United
day to outline a program for the winter
session. Among other things, the re-
funding bill of the Pacific railway COM
panies was taken up and by common
consent it was given into the hands OF
the steering committee which means
that so far as the senate is concerned
every device known to parliamentary
law and lobby tactics are to be employed
to cause the bill to become law. OF
course everybody understands that the
ultimate purpose of the railways and
their law-naking friends is to be re-
Iieved from paying the debt, which now
amounts to considera bly, over 500. 900. 900
and not only so. but to quiet the title in
themselves to millions of acres Of valua-
Bile land which they are now holding by
no right other than the right of forcible
possession.
The Importance of this issue between
all the people of the United States and
these powerful congress -corrupting cor
porations justites the following state
ment of facts in the premises: The acts.
of congress of 1862 and 1854 made to the
Union Pacific railroad and Central Pa
cific railroad a grant of right of way,
grant of public lands forty miles in
width. grant of franchises to operate
the railroads, with a telegraph line, a
grant of bonds of the United States from
sixteen to forty eight thousand per mile
for each mile of railroad, and a grant of
power and authority to issue its own
bonds to an equal amount, which bonds
should constitute a first mortgage upon
the railroad, and the government bonds
a second mortgage.
All of these grants of franchise and
property were made upon two express
conditions, declared in section of the
act of July 1864, one being that those
railroad companies should at all times
operate the railroad and telegraph for
the use of the government and the pub
lic and the other condition being that
those railroad companies should pay at
maturity the bonds of the United States
issued to aid in the construction of the
roads, By those acts of congress there
was also reserved the power and author
ity to alter. amend or repeal the acts.
All of these conditions, upon which those
grants were made, have been violated
4 by the companies. Both companies have
refused to pay the government bonds as
they have matured
Both companies have turned over to
the Western Union Telegraph company
the telegraph lines, so that no telegraph
lines have been maintained or operated
BY either company since the railroads
We're constructed. and the Central Pa
citic Railroad company has turned over
and transferred it's entire railroad to the
Southern Pacific company of Kentucky.
Il 1t has been decided by the supreme
i court of the United States in half doz-
en- cases within the last three years
& that where grants are made by congress
upon I condition and such condition is
( Stolated. that congress has authority to
! roSnp,e- the entire grant. This PROPOSE
The herald., 1896-12-10

In appointing Dr. Mclean a deputy
sheriff without authority to make ar
rests, serve official paper and perform
the other duties of a deputy sheriff but
merely to give him an offers right to
carry arms for his own personal pro-
lection. Sheriff Burr becomes law unto
himself. 1t is the business of a deputy
sheriff to protect the persons and the
property of the community, and he may
employ force or shoot when resisted in
the performance of his public duties. or
in defense of his own life if attacked in
the discharge of his official duties, but
such commission as Sheriff Burr gave
DR.. Mclean is without warrant of law.
and therefore is no commission at all.
The herald., 1896-12-10

Dr. Mclean wants to be a special po-
lice officer so that he can lawfully carry
a gun and make arrests. A gun would
be of no use to him unless he would use
it to kill fellow being should occasion
present itself. He does not want pay for
his services. No, he just wants to be
authorized to kill some one. He does
not want nor does he need the salary of
an officer. but he does want an officers
authority excuse. rather to shoot
some one for whose salvation Christ
died. He does not wish TO abandon the
ministry, but he does wish to have the
legal right. which in his case would be
an excuse. to go where moral filth, crime
and vice most abound between sermons.
The good doctor has queer tastes. That
he is qualifying himself for the associ-
alton of those whom he will consort with
when he is decked with a star there is
no doubt. Already he can roll slang
words fronn his tongue almost equal to
the down below of society" Slang
phrases like dead cinch. cribs" ""gone
back on US. and the like. the reverend
gentleman has fully mastered, whichl
shows that he is an apt scholar. but out
of respect for the Christian religion it
is to be hoped he will not forget and
weave them into his Sabbath rhetorical
efforts.
The herald., 1896-12-10

The election is over, but the sting of
defeat appears to be still smarting some
of the Martinites, but they will find no
balm in abusing silver Republicans
However. they have no occasion for Sit
ting up nights to sing praises of and to
them. for, as a matter of fact, the silver
Republicans were one of Mr.. Snyder's
towers of strength. and right nobly did
they hold up their end of the contest
They did not make much noise during the
campaign. but they knew all the time
exactly what they were doing, as Mr.
Snyders rousing majority shows. and
Mr. Snyder will show his appreciation
of their support of him by giving them
that recognition in the distribution of
the offices which their splendid and
faithful service so justly entitle them