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The herald., 1896-09-13
AN APOLOGY

The Herald on January 81, %, "a and
% of this year. and on several later dates
published articles relative to the wrongs
which had been inflicted upon an old In
dian named Rojerio Rocha and his as
sociates. who at one .me lived upon the
San Fernando ranch and claimed an in
terest in lands and water within the
boundaries Of the San Fernando grant !;
such articles, while having no inspira-
tion of malice. contained some reflec-
tions upon the integrity and profession
al conduct Of Frank D.. Lewis, United
States special attorney, for the Mission
Indians, which reflection Mr.. Lewis
promptly resented by bringing an action
against The Herald for libel.
After q full and thorough investiga-
ton of the facts of the case and of the
records touching the matter, The Herald
has become convinced that it did Mr..
Lewis a great injustice and takes this
method of repairing the injury as far as
it lies in it's power.
The court records show that the eject
ment suit referred to in our article pub
lished January 21st, was finally decided
and disposed of in the superior court
several years prior to Mr.. Lewis ap-
pointment to the position he now holds
and several years prior to his coming tc
California.
III the subsequent dealings between
The herald., 1896-09-13
BRYAN ON LAW AND ORDER

The most notable publicatio of the
past week was the formal reply Of Mr..
Bryan to the letter of the committee ap-
pointed to notify him of his nomina ton
by the Chicago convention. of which
committee our distinguished townsman,
Senator stephen M. White. was chair
man. The committees letter was pre-
serted to NJ. Bryan at the great meet
ing at Madison Square garden on the
- ultino, since which date his time has
been completely occupied by most phe-
nomenal series of public addresses. AL
though the letter of acceptance has
thus been delayed it none the less re-
ceives universal notice and deserves IA
vorable comment. 1t is a calm, clearly
stated exposition of the Chicago plat
form and the Democratic principles os
which It is the latest declaration. 1t is
logical and forcible, and will tend to
raise him still more highly in the esti-
nation Of the reading public.
The Herald must confess to an ex-
treme sensitiveness to the charges of
anarchy" and Revolutionary tend
cncies," so freely made against the
Democratic party by its enemies in this
campaign. Sturdy in it's advocacy of
equal and exact justice to all. and rep
resenting a community as iaw-abiding
as any in the country, it has resented
the baseless assertions that lawlessness
and disorders had any connection with
a revival of the faith Of the fathers. 1t
is with peculiar satisfaction, therefore,
that we invite our readers to another
perusal Of such portions Of Mr.. Bryan's
letter as the following: mo citizen fails
to recognize at all times and under all
circumstances the absolute necessity
for the prompt and vigorous enforce
ment of law and the preservation of the
ence to law. government is impossible"
These utterances do not sound much
like the mouthings of an anarchist or
promoter of social disorder. Nor is
there sentence in the entire letter upon
which to hinge an accusation of the
writer's desire to bring about social
upheaval. The whole document is fit
ting sequel to Mr.. Bryan's speech Of ac-
ceptance, which restored confidence to
such a marked degree and practically
put an end to the distrust-engendering
rawlings Of gold-bug organs and orators.
The herald., 1896-09-13
OUR NATIONAL DEBT
Harder to Pay In Produces Now Than In
1867
BY JOHN SHIRLEY WARD

Our debt in 1867 of $2,67S, 1885, ,1o3 could
have been paid with 17,S54,174 bales IF
cotton at the then ruling price of 80
have paid on this debt 81, 1865, 1888, los, re-
ducing it to $S12 1877, 1898, and it will now
take 22,005, 720 bales at the price of 1891,
say cents per pound, to pay it, or, in
other words, after paying nearly 2,000,
GOO, 900 on our debt, it will take 4,151, ,546
bales more to pay the debt now than it
would have done in 1866 This sam.
debt Of $2,67s, 1926, ,103 in 1867 could have
been paid with 2.O76,06 4,770 bushels Of
wheat at the ruling price Of wheat at
that time, say $1.29 per bushel, and now
that more than two-thirds of the whole
debt, or 1855, 1888, ,105, has been paid, 1t
still requires 1,212, LAG, 200 bushels at the
prices Of 1894 to wipe out this balance OF
debt.
Every sensible man knows that the
soil and shop alone produce wealth. The
merchant and banker only speculate on
wealth already created by the hard
hand of labor. No criticism Is intended
Oh the honest banker or merchant, but
they never produced dollar Of the
wealth Of the country.
Is there not something wrong with our
finances II, after thirty years, having re-
duced our debt to one-third of it's sum
in 1867, that 1t will now take more than
1000 900 more bales of cotton to pay that
one third than 1t would have taken to
have paid the whole amount in 1867?
The thermometer has never more SEN
sitively responded to heat or cold than
have cotton and wheat adapted their
prices to the rise or fall of silver bullion.
The herald., 1896-09-13
NON.PARTISAN JUDGES

It Is very important that the judiciary
Judge in his official acts should be be-
yond doubt free from partisan control.
This has not been the case in Los An
geles. All of our six judges are Republi-
cans. One consequence of this has been
the impossibility of obtaining a strict
enforcement of frequent and thorough
examinations of the public business by
the peoples examining committee called
the grand jury. The law plainly pro-
vides for two grand juries every year.
When it is known that the public affairs
Of no municipality or public body out
side of Los Angeles have ever been ex-
amined at all, 1t is plain that tne laws
provisions in this should be followed.
Under a partisan judicial regime this
law is ignored. The last grand jury was
called nearly two years after compar-
atively strong one that shook up the ma
chine, exposed defalcation of thousands,
instituted accounts and inventories in
the county road business, enforced book
keeping on the superintendent Of streets,
broke up the disgraceful city school
ring and did much good. Yet at the
very time big embezzlement was un-
der way and only discovered by the
next grand jury in the county clerk S
office. Had the law been followed and
another grand jury called within the
year instead of nearly two yAlrs later
the county would have saved thousands
of this peoples money that was stolen.
There has been no recent grand jury
that has not saved several times its own
cost in stopping the stealing of public
money. Besides these direct benefits
frequent examination and proper checks
that q grand jury provides prevents
much waste and much stealing. the
judges, we understand, claim that the
grand jury law giving this county two
of these bodies every year is not man
datory," that it is directory" Being
directory" 1t appears that the pro-
vision for two grand juries in each yeal
practically means nothing at all. II
party exigency should require we might
have grand jury only once in ter
years, or. for that matter, not at all.
We believe that it will prove. to the
best interests Of this county to follow
the law as laymen see it, and to have
two grand juries every year. One o.
these might. devote itself to the county
and outlying public business. and the
other to the city of Los Angeles. Fol
this Interpretation and enforcement O.
the law Democratic judges as well a!
Republican judges are necessary. The
Herald faxors a nom partisan judiciary
The herald., 1896-09-13

Mr.. Lewis and these Indians we find
that the Indian interests have been pro-
tected by declaration of trust given
by Mr.. Lewis to the Indian, Rojerio. and
that there has been nothing whatever
in the transactions to warrant the i'm
plication that Mr. Lewis has ever been
guilty Of any breach of the fiduciary
relations. or Of the professional duty due
from an attorney to the weakest or most
ignorant of clients. The facts of the
case as diciosed by recent examination.
we are pleased to say, show Mr.. Lewis to
be entirely blameless in the matters
charged to him and that any and all i'm
putations cast upon him were unjusti-
fable and we regret their publication.
The herald., 1896-09-13

The Times, September IL, 1896
The Omaha World Herald on Novem-
ber Is, 1892, and which at that time, we
believe. was under the editorial control
of Mr.. Bryan, Democratic-Pb Pbpulist
candidate for the presidency, published
under the heading. "A Great Deficien-
cy," the following editorial:
Gan article rejecting upon the pen
sion system in this country
If. after reading these words, printed
in the Omaha World Herald, there is
one veteran who will cast his vote for
Mr.. Bryan, then of such an one let It be
said, AS BRYAN SAID: He Is one
who never earned his pension by any
act of patriotism or heroic service"
The herald., 1896-09-13

Jortty of the workingmen of this city are
possessed Of a higher degree of intelli-
sence than tEoss OF the Fittsburg re-
sions and In the Pennsylvania coal
country where the Republican iron and
coal bacons have imported from Europe
thousands of contract laborers collected
from the wocet classes. Here In Los An
geles organized labor includes many o.
our best citizens and they are nearly all
native born.
The herald., 1896-09-13

$lo5 to $1.95. The protection enjoyed
py this product under the Mckinley law
was actually $2o.16 per ton; the lowest
protection under the present tariff 10
$6.72 per ton and the highest s6o.4S per
ton' according to value. There doesn't
seem to be any free trade in this partic-
ular Infant industry" yet the "baby"
Is clamorins about its exposure. In the
window glass line, the present tariff
covering" is ample. Under the tariff
or 1861 the duty was 80 per cent; under
that of 1884, framed by Republican
commission, 1t was 12o per cent; the Nc
kinley bill imposed duty of 1872 per
cent and the Wilson bill 1o1 per cent
AS matter Of fact duty of 10 per cent
would fully cover the difference in the
cost of labor that exists between this
country and Belgium in which the labor
in this line is the lowest paid in Europe.
as the following statement on a selected
quantity will show:
United States. Beaium,
Raw material .$4753 Raw material. .s4s.4
LABOR cost..... 1896 Labor vcost...... 1853
Total .!..... 1914 Add 10 per cent. e.2s
Total ........ 9.26
1t Will thus be seen that the duty,
according to the Mckinley law, was 122
per cent and that provided by the pres
ent tariff 81 per cent more than sufficient
to make UP the difference in the cost Of
labor. 1t Is not Of record that out of this
surplus protection in either Of the cases
cited labor has been the beneficiary of
any dividends. yet 1t was in the name Of
labor that this protection was invoked.
Verify 1t would be we'll If the Repub-
lican party would oppose the continual
ton of the Industrial policy represented
In the tariff legislation of the present
and Of the last thirty-flve years. 1t is
a policy that finds neither recommended
tion in political economy nor justifica-
tion in equity. ..
The herald., 1896-09-13

Mark Hanna says he thinks he may
venture to state that Major Mckinley
will not meet Mr. Bryan In JOINT discus
sion. He thinks 1t would be indecorous.
Mark would rather arrange personally
conducted excursions to Canton ani
foot the bills, than have his precious
protege come out and try conclusions
with the man who talked Senator Thurs
ton to a standstill. Marcus Antonious
Hanna Is right.
The herald., 1896-09-13

All the gold monometallist papers are
not as frank nowadays as was the Lon
don Economist thirteen years ago. when
1t was commenting on Mr. Goschen's
statement, that any increase in the pur-
chasing power of gold is a benefit to
creditors. NEARLY every nation on
earth," remarked the Economist, 'is
indebted to US, and the result of an ap-
probation of gold Is that we obtain a
LARGER QUANTITY OF THEIR
COMMODITIES IN SETTLEMENT
OF OUR CLAIMS"
The herald., 1896-09-13

It is reported now that Mark Hanna
II anxious that Mr.. Mckinley should
take the stump. but Major Mckinley is
said to personally prefer to receive at
his front door specially selected delega-
tiols. whose expenses his plutocratic
sponsors are ready to meet. There can
be no doubt that il Mark Hanna wishes
Mr.. Mckinley to take the stump, he will
have to take 1t. While it would perhaps
lie cheaper than sending daily delega- =
tions to Canton. Ohio, it ,"ould be gen.
orally regarded as but feeble imitation
Of M-. Dryans campaign and sorry
confession that Mr.. Mckinley is still
losing strength.
The herald., 1896-09-13
The Passing Of the Tim IS

From a reliable source we are toll
that the Los Angeles Times has lost
1000 subscribers from this territory
since the conventions. We are doubt
full if it ever had that number, but its
attitude on the financial question
should cause it to lose every subscriber
everywhere except the six it sends to
Wall street.-Arizona Republican
The herald., 1896-09-13

IT am certainly Of the opinion that
gold and silver, at rates fixed by con-
gress, constitute the legal standard of
values in this country, and that neither
congress nor any state has authority
to establish any other standard or dis
place this standard."-Daniel Webster.
The herald., 1896-09-13
Incurah'e
IuGuEdp'C
I.ns Angeles Times out HerodS

The Los Angeles Times out-Herods
Herod in it's abuse Of Candidate Bryan.
1t even goes the orators of the Indian
apolis convention some better. 1t Is 10
be hoped the editor will take something
to work off the bile and make him feel
better before Bryan gets in.-Petaluma
Argus. - q q - 81 3 -@'-'f q
The herald., 1896-09-13

An inquirer ;ias written The Herald
asking whs. percentage of the member
ship % tile labor unions of Los Angeles
are native born. We have investigated
chs matter and And thai a. least 81 Ger
cent are native born citizens of the
un:tod States. In Los Angeles TIE per-
nsntass II probably higher thaa 1t would
BE- In any city n tie country. The ma
The herald., 1896-09-13

It is really remarkable how careless
human nature is concerning posting let
ters. The excellence of the modern mail
service is such that many have come 10
regard the post office as a deus ex
machina. The annual report Of the
British postoff1ce shows that the letters
which reached the dead letter Office dur
ing the year contained $2,400,000 worth
of vaiuables. This proves that the
English are as careless as Americans in
this respect at all events.
The herald., 1896-09-13

Webster defines a dollar as being "a
silver coin in the United States worth
100 cents" The goldbugs would have
us believe that they are better lexico-
graphers than Webster.
The herald., 1896-09-13
DRxAN AND PENS.Vx.,

Los
The wu
distortion
The herald., 1896-09-13
(From Mr.. Bryan's letter Of accept

(From Mr.. Bryan's letter Of accept
ance.)
No nation can afford to be unjust to
Its defenders. The care of those who
have suffered injury in the military
ano naval service OF the country is a sa-
cred duty. A nation which. like the
United States. relies upon voluntary
service rather than upon a large stand
Ing army, adds to its own security when
1t makes generous provision for those
VINO have risked their lives In its de-
upon them,
The herald., 1896-09-13

The Prohibition party is complain
ing that, like the Democratic party. it
has no "barrel'-not even a keg.
The herald., 1896-09-13

Joey Bagstock Foraker, of Ohio, takes
It upon hin to grid at Mr.. Bryan's
speeches as shallow" This Is decided
ly good as an emanation from the bab-
bier of fust;an of whom Governor Camp
bell made such monkey" in the cam
peaign of 1889. Foraker made such a
fool of himself that he was the only man
on his ticket who was defeated and that
by a majority Of 10, 900 for his opponent.
The herald., 1896-09-13

OMAHA. Neb.. Sept. II, 1895.
Herald, Los Angeles: -..
Bryan became editor Of the World
Herald Sept. l, 1894. Prior to that time
he never wrote line for the World
Herald. The man who wrote the edi-
torial, Great Deficiency" November
/ eighteenth, ninety-two, severed his
connection with the World d-Herald two
years ago, and Is now employed on New
York World. gold organ.
G. NJ. HITCHCOCK.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-07-15

three watches and one Of the rings
stolen from the residence OF Mrs.
Elizabeth Coyne on Nineteenth street
the day Buffalo Bills show was here.
Louis Hartman. the new proprie-
tor Of the Hotel Gordon, is now in
possession, although he has not yet
moved his family to this city from
Andalusia. He is enterprising and
broad minded and is certain to
make the hosiery of which be has
assumed control inviting and sue
cessful.
The Homo Cooking company's Bos-
ton baked beans, Boston brown
bread. white, rye, corn, black and
CIR ham bread. buns, biscuit, rolls.
coffee cake. cold tongue, ham, veal
loaf and spring chickens, small cakes.
cakes for dessert, macaroons and
doughnuts will be delivered at your
door IL you will leave your order
with c. j. Long. the popular Second
avenue grocer.
j. ID. Medill. OF Yakima, Wash.
made Tng ARGUS q pleasant call yes
terday afternoon. Mr.. Medill is an
old Rock Island county boy who by
dint of pluck OF industry has carved
out fame and fortune for himself il
the far west. He has a great stocl
of literature relating to the state
which he believes is the garden spot
of earth and is prolific in his glow
ing description of the country
virtues. Mr.. Medill has been at the
Chicago convention and will visit il
Rock Island county awhile before re
turning west.
Last evening j. j. Richardson
started on trip which he has hat
in contemplation for some time:
run across the Atlantic. Next Satur
dav he sails from New York on tn,
steamer Campania, Of the Cunart
line. for Liverpool. 1t is his inten
ton to spend some weeks in England
and the island along the coast, anl
then cross the channel and travel OF
the continent. He is accompanied
by his daughter, Miss Belle Richard
son. Jus. were they will 60 or whe'
they will return will be determine,
later Democrat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-07-15
PRISONERS IN COURT.
Indicted jail Birds Arraigned Before
Judge BigelOw.


Judge BigelOw.
The prisoners in Jail whose cases
were passed upon by the grand jury
NJ its recent session were marshaled
into the circuit court by the sheriff
and his deputies this morning to re-
ceive copies of their indictments, to
be arraigned and plead. And bad
looking, i'll favored lot it was, most
all OF them strangers, buns, pick
pockets and thieves, and the commu-
nifty should breath easier when their
cases are disposed of. All plead not
guilty as follows:
Ed Williams, alias Ed Shevlin, one
Of the Buffalo Bill show pickpocket
gang, indicted in three cases for at
tenn ptiDg to relieve Charles Walker,
of Davenport. Of a diamond stud,
picking the pocket of Sievert Rob-
weder, of Davenport, and taking
1925 from him, and burglarizing the
home OF Mrs. Elizabeth Coyne. all on
show day; j. NJ. Beardsley. attorney.
James O'Herne. Indicted for sodo-
my and buggery in two charges;
William McEniry, attorney.
George Lambert for larceny, Sec
ond offense, charged with stealing
from the ice box of David Brown;
Looncy g. Kelly, attorneys.
Frank Dooley, indicted jointly
with William Thomas for stealing
from Willms' saloon, and also on two
other charges Of attempt to steal and
assault with intent to kill; expects to
employ his own counsel.
John Rice, alias Thomas Clark, and
James Wilson, alias Thomas Duffy.
two cases of pickpocketing; Charles
Buford and w. F. Ludolph, attor.
neys.
Frank Harvey. alias Yellow Henry,
, charged with burglarizing Baker
Mcneil & Sessler's store; S. Ken
/ worthy. attorney.
, Frank Parker, William McNeal ant
Harry Hines. charged with attempt
, ing to burglarize A. Boro's home
Peck, Rank and Allen, ATTORNEYS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-07-15
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-07-15
VIII Form q club.

The Stevenson club has called o
meeting at the Office of Hoeft &
Detjens Thursday evening for the
purpose Of taking into consideration
the formation Of a campaign club. So
far the republicans have been doing
all the marching. 1t is time now for
a rafting club of the order the Stew
enson club creditably proved to be
in the last campaign.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-07-15
stevenson Ciuo Attention.

The members of the Stevenson
club and all democrats who inderse
the platform adopted by the national
democratic convention held st Chi
cago are requested to meet at the
office Of Hoeft & Detjens Thursday
evening, July 16, at s o'clock for the
purpose Of organizing democratic
club. BY order of
A. ID. HUEsING, President.
LEO DETsENRoTH. Secretary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-07-15
Paw Your Paving Tax.

The special taxes for 1896 are now
due and payable at the office of the
CITY collector at David Don's store.
II. A. MCDONALD,
City Collector.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-03-07
Story OF a TITLED spendthrift.

In Vienna a man has Just been buried
who, though be lived in great poverty,
was closely connected with the royal
house of Wurttemberg This was Count
Eberhard Won Wurttemberg. grandson of
Duke William of Wurttemberg and the
Baroness Tunderfeld. In his youth he
made himself SO disagreeable to the
reigning house by his eccentricities that
he was kept prisoner in the Ulm for
tress. His escape was romantic affair.
He swan across the Danube and fed to
Austria, never TO leave it again until
death.
He had few wants and succeeded in
living on next to nothing until the king
of Wurttemberg gave him an annuity.
But he regularly spent the whole of it
during the first half OF the month and
had nothing to live on during the rest.
Part of his small income was spent
upon his daughter. who survives him.
Count Eberhard composed music, and
his one Joy in life was to hear military
bands play his compositions, of which
the Alexander, Tegetthoff and Emperor
William marches are still on their roper
tory. His purse was empty, as usual.
after his three days. illness. and this
cousin of the king Of Wurttemberg, with
his fine physique and noble bearing, had
third class funeral and no mourners
except his poor Iandlady. He reached
the age OF 81 and had lived 90 years in
Austria. London Standard.