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The herald., 1896-07-30
THE EASTERN QUESTION

Peace can never be maintained in the
Christian dominions of Turkey until the
cruel and unspeakable Turk is expelled.
The Christian population could and
would long since have freed themselves
mad it not been for the interference of
the great European powers. This in
reference on their part is due to the
greed of some for territory and TO
the jealousies and rivalries of all.
The condition of the people in Turkey
IS everywhere uncertain and miserable.
The system of government with a CEN
trail, absolute sultan, and without rep
resentation or local responsible govern
ment. is in this age an impossible gov
ernment. No people can be satisfied
with such a system. 1t is even worse
than our boss city system in America.
In Turkey dishonesty is lord chamber
lain, cruelty is the general oppressor
and tyranny is always sultan. The re-
suit is stagnation or decay. The grand
OLD Greek empire, from whose Justinian
we get our Roman codes of law and the
basis of our equity practice, has come to
this living death of semi-slavery. a
Christian in Turkey dares not say his
soul is his own. Lying has become a
necessary accomplishment of the SER
vile people. The Christian has the
choice in Turkey of smiling when he is
robbed or lying to save himself from
extortion or abuse, or dying if he does
not If the Greek empire with its COM
merce, wealth and warriors could come
to be ruled and ruined by such bar
barous set of herdsmen Turks, we may
well look to ourselves and see, at
least, that we do not follow the Greek
example of building up class and mo-
nopoly domination, nor permit, like
them, the insidious and slow conquest
of public officers by Driberies and cor
ruption.
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pricks became intolerable. in the hour
of Bryan's exaltation at Chicago.
Imagine for moment parallel case.
Let us presume. for the sake OF example,
the remote contingency of Mr.. Mckinley
being elected president of the United
States We will further stretch the
power of Imagination and dream that
the major selected Colonel Harrison
Gray Otis as secretary of war. An
enterprising freak journal of New York
has neglected to include the colonefs
personality in its museum, and with an
avid thirst for knowledge telegraphs to
Captain H. H. osborne, not only fellow
journalist. but also a fellow-officer and
a fellow Republican. This last consid-
Grafton, however, transgresses the par
allel, for Mr.. Rosewater is bitter po-
litical opponent of Mr.. Bryan, and it is,
of course. notorious that Col. Otis and
Captain Osborne nominally at least be-
long to the same party camp. The New
York paper asks Captain Osborn for a
candid opinion of Col Otis. Alas! the
resultant picture is too horrible to con-
template. One has merely to turn over
the files of the papers for which these
gentlemen are responsible to discover
what they think of each other, generally,
it must be confessed, expressed in terms
that would be a credit to the invective
of a Billingsgate fish wife.
There is no straining a gnat to swal-
low camel in tracing such parallel;
the conditions would be distinctly SIM
liar, but it is certainly to be hoped that
under similar provocation Captain Os-
borne would not fall a victim to such an
exhibition of envy, hatred and malice
and all uncharitableness" as has char
acterized Mr.. Rosewaters behavior
towards his rival and more successful
fellow editor, Mr.. William Jennings
Bryan.
The herald., 1896-07-30
IN THE POLITE WORLD

Although many miles from Los Ange-
les there occurred yesterday at high
noon wedding that is of the deepest
interest to society people OF this city ow-
ing to the many friends of the groom
here, and a number will have most
pleasant recollections of the bride, who
visited here some four years ago, and
Immediately became great social IA
Vorite. The contracting parties were
Miss Eckley Blasdel and Mr.. Joseph Bu-
miller The wedding took place at the
home of the brides grandmother, Mrs
j. H. Murphy, sic Jackson street, ST.
Paul. Rev. Mr.. Andrews of Christ
church officiated The bride wore a
beautiful gown of white organdie over
white satin, and carried brides roses
Miss Marguerite Blakely was maid of
honor. and little Lucy Mae Dunham, the
niece of the bride, made charming
flower girl. The responsible position of
ring bearer was allotted John Henry
Gale of st. Cloud. Mr.. Frank p. Blakely
acted as best man. A wedding break
fast followed Immediately after the GER
emony. The bride and groom left yes
terday for Lake Minnetonka where they
will remain few days before starting
for this city, and will be at home to their
friends after September 18th at 447 South
Olive street. The wedding was very
quiet one, only the relatives and most
intimate friends being present. Among
them were Mrs Bumiller Hickey and the
Misses Edna and Stella Bumiller, who
nave been absent for the past year.
The herald., 1896-07-30
A CANDID CANDIDATE

The interview published in this issue of
The Herald with the Hon. l.. J. Rose.
whd is one of the three Democratic can
didates to come before the Ventura con-
vention next week on the Democratic
ticket, defines very clearly and very cam
didly that gentlemans position on sew
eral questions of supreme Importance.
Mr.. Rose has been regarded, in COM
mon parlance, as a railroad man,"
end it was to this point that The Her.
AIDS interrogations were chiefly direct
ed. Mr.. Rose eschews any temporizing
or fencing with the question, such as
might be prompted by political pru-
dence, and prefers to declare himself
fairly and squarely. He processes no an
tagonsm to the railroads. rather a feel
ing of friendliness for their important
share in the development of the country:
Furthermore, he confesses that he has
had reasons to be grateful to them for
special favors, which, however. he as
serts have been equally available to
other shippers; but on the question of
the funding bill Mr.. Rose does not mince
matters. He is emphatically opposed to
the passage OF any such preposterous
measure. though he phlosophically and
very rightly maintains that this does
not affect his feelings toward individuals
who are connected with the management
of the railroad.
Mr.. Rose is avowedly champion of
the free silver movement, and in his in
terview states his attitude. again of
pacific nature, toward the bankers and
the creditor class. To quote Mr.. Rose
when he announced his candidacy. Il
recognize. in common with the party,
that the free coinage of silver, 16 to l,
is the paramount issue, and that our
standard bearer, w. ]. Bryan, is one
whom I am proud to follow
Mr.. Roses integrity has never been
questioned. and Senator White pays a
well-merited tribute to his former col
league when, in writing to him, he says:
Il considered you not only thoroughly
honest and honorable member of the
senate. but likewise thought and think
that your record was most excellent"
For thirty-six years Mr.. Rose has
been a resident of California, and all
his interests have been bound up in the
welfare and progress of this state, and
particularly of this district. In the ca
pacity of both farmer and fruit grower,
Mr.. Roses experience has been so extern
sive and thorough that his ability to
judge of the requirements of those in
dustries, upon which the progress of
Southern California SO largely depend.
is indubitable.
Every delegate to the convention will
do we'll to carefully weigh the claims
of this candidate with due considera-
tion, and, should Mr.. Rose be chosen and
subsequently elected. The Herald be-
lieves his constituents would never have
cause to regret the choice
The herald., 1896-07-30
The rlckinley Club

Editor Herald: BY invitation of q
member the undersigned attended a
meeting of the Mckinley club last
Tuesday night AS an eye-opener to the
workingmen whose votes the club Is
straining after, 1t was a decided success
A few office holders who had delayed
enrolling themselves were taken into
the fold, and few speakers attempted
admitting that their knowledge was
tor of a newborn sheet called Gold and
Silver. He said he was free trader but
was willing to advocate protection and
the gold standard for a cons Liberation,
which he named. He said he "sabed"
all about it, and was able to convince
these silver Republicans of the error of
their ways. He offered them 10000 cop
les of his paper at cost every week. But
whether his services are paid for by
the English syndicates or whether his
kind neighbors brought victuals into
his home he did not state. Then MEM
ber arose and wanted to know what
they were going to do with McLachlan,
who advocated silver at 16 to 1. He got
no answer. A profound silence then
ensued, which was broken by member
who proposed that a gentleman from
the seventh ward should tell a story
The latter in response stated he would
tell all he knew about silver and De-
mocracy. He then related a story that
for nastiness and filth has no equal. 1t
fell like pail on the assembly, and the
chairman promptly adjourned the
meeting.
The herald., 1896-07-30
SOURED ROSEWATER

The morning Mckinley organ, IN its
issue of Tuesday last, reproduced the al
legged candid opinion" from Editor
Rosewater as to the quality and charac-
terof William Jennings Bryan which was
originally published in the New York
World. 1t is highly probable that other
Republican journals will be in the same
hurry to copy the opinion as they were
to father the unfounded fable that Bry-
an had discarded an original o from his
name, and the equally groundIess fab
rication that Mr.. Bryan had been the
salaried servant of a large corporation
However, Mr. Rosewater has given his
opinion of MI Bryan, and the latter will
not probably condescend to retaliate
But as previously pointed out in The
Herald, Mr.. Bryan and Mr.. Rosewater
have for some years been competitors
in Omaha, and it is interesting to dag
nose the malady from which Mr. Rose
water was suffering when he penned
those lines, which have already been
characterized as sample of gorgeous
mendacity." 1t is enlightening to re-
call certain circumstances which nave
further turned RoseWater sour. AS soon
as Mr.. Bryan occupied the editorial chair
of the Omaha World Herald, the cir
culation of that paper began to gain very
rapidly, and finally to surpass t1at of
RoseWater's paperA tie Omaha Bee. The
city printing, which in Omaha amounts
to O. very considerable sum, consequent
ly passed from the Bee to the World
Herald, naturally much to the chagrin of
Mr.. Rosewater, who is said to have him
self Introduced the ordinance which en-
forced the rule that the city printing
should go to the paper with the largest
circulation. Mr.. Rosewater, moreover,
had the bitter disappointment of twice
Witnessing the defeat by Mr.. Bryan Of
the candidate whom he espoused with
the utmost zeal and vigor. 1t was Ger
tainly severe test for Mr.. Rosewater's
truthfulness and magnanimity to re-
spond to the New York Worlds request
for candid opinion of his successful ri
val. Bryan's triumph was Rosewater's
rout. Bryan had long been a thorn in
the side Of the Bees editor and the
The herald., 1896-07-30

coming down to the present time, in
stead of Il ounces of silverit now takes
81 of silver to buy one ounce of gold.
And the worst of it IS. that each fall in
the value of silver, below that of gold,
simply marks the measure of the fall
in the value of labor and the fruits OF
labor of every kind and character.
In view of this constant rise in the
value of money, and the ceaselesS de-
preciation in all other values except
money, is it any wonder that neither
the owners of land, nor the owners of
factories, are willing to either borrow
money or invest what money they may
have on hand in raising produce, or run
ming their factories? Can any sensi-
BILE man be expected, with his eyes open,
to take a property that is daily rising
in value, and exchange it for one that
is constantly sinking in value?
Mr.. Editor, for the last rs years the
times have been growing harder and
harder; our gold specula tors have been
growing richer and richer; and our in
dustrial, our mercantile and our profess
sional classes have, as rule, been grow
ing poorer and poorer. Multitudes have
been driven to want. Many have sought
relief in begging, and many in CRIME
against society; while not a few have
perished by their own hands to avoid
the dreaded alternative of the prison,
starvation.
In view of the rapidity with which the
ranks of the destitute are being daily
recruited from our recently prosperous
classes and in view of the further fact
that the leading thinkers of all political
parties now concede that the all import
ant political question of the hour is the
money question; and that upon the
proper solution of this question depends
the prosperity or the ruin of our coun-
try. it is devoutly to be hoped that every
patriot every friend of our country. to
whom the law has confided the high
privilege of vote, will study well how
to make the best possible use of that
great privilege before venturing its
exercise al the coming election.
For more than fifty years, Mr. Edi-
tor has the undersigned been an Amer
lean voter, but never until now did he
feel so deeply the awful responsibility
coupled with that exalted privilege.
Unless my reading of history my po-
litcal philosophy and my estimate of
human nature are all at fault, the COM
ing election will decide whether the
masses of our people are to have liberty,
peace and plenty without the hazards
of civil war, or whether they are to be
driven to the terrible alternative of
either sinking down into abject bondage
or of appealing to the god of battles
to save them from the fruits of their
own folly in using their ballots as rivets
for their chains.
There are other questions and ans
wers in the Otis catechism that might
be noticed if my time and your space
would permit. But upon careful an
The herald., 1896-07-30

Bryan and free silver. Up to within the
last few months Mr.. Newport had stuck
to the tenets of the Republican party,
and was firm believer in
high protective tariff. but
lately his views have radically
changed. He has found out that pro-
tection does not protect him to any ex-
tent, but, on the contrary. is tax, and
that his grain sacks cost him cents
apiece less under the present tariff than
under the Mckinley tariff. and that in
a season he is enabled to save in this one
item alone from $500 to $500. The farm
ers generally are coming around to Mr..
Newport's way Of thinking, and believe
that something besides tariff tinkering
is needed as panacea for their ills.
The herald., 1896-07-30
Nining-Lane Wedding

Miss Marion Lane and Mr.. George Ho-
bart Nining were married yesterday at
4 o'clock, at the home of the brides moth
YER, Mrs. A. I. Lane, on West Twenty
third street. Mrs. Lane and family are
recently from Waterloo, Iowa. The af-
fair yesterday was a very pretty one.
The house was beautifully decorated
in pink and white, carnations and La
France roses being used in quantities.
The dining room. where the tempting re-
past was spread, Gas in charge of Beatty
Il Atwater. and was entirely in pink and
green. A frleze of green was formed of
peppers; roses covered the mantels and
were scattered over the table. Pink and
white blossoms beautified the library.
and in the drawing room, where the GER
emony occurred, white was used eXclus-
iVely Rev. Conger of Pasadena Off
ciated. Miss Cora Lane acted as maid
of honor, and her pretty gown of peach
blow silk was in charming contrast to
that of her sister, the bride, who was
attired in a handsome toilet of white
brocaded satin; the skirt was full and
with q demi-train; the bodice was cut
decollete and richly garnished with
point applique lace; the bouffant sleeves
We're met by long gloves, and in her
hand she carried cluster of white car
nations. A reception was held from 5
to :, to which only relatives and inti-
mate friends were present. Mr.. and
Mrs. Nining will visit Santa Barbara for
a short time, and will return to Los An
seles. Their future home is as yet unde-
cided 1lpOD
The herald., 1896-07-30

I An atmosphere of gloom pervades the
poor little Times building. Yesterday
morning, at an hour much earlier than
is his ancient custom, Harrison Gray
was seen to slowly climb the stairs that
lead to the swearing room. He was
clothed only in his wrath and a becom-
ing suit of sack cloth and ashes, dis
tastefully trimmed with a wreath of woe
and a garland of grief. The donning OF
these gruesome habiliments is due to the
fact that the Times, owing to famine
in the advertising field and a drought in
the subscription pastures in this neck of
the woods, has had to reduce it's size to
ten pages Only a short time ago, less
than a month at the most, the gold-bug
organ which, by the way, is issued from
the only rat" office in Los Angeles, was
printing from fourteen to sixteen pages
during the w5~k. But with all his griefs
and faults snd miseries poor Papa Otis
is to be admired for his pride and pluck.
While he prints a paper which is no
larger than The Herald, and only worth
about Edlf as much as this great Demo-
cratic journal, the price remains at 70
cents month, While it costs but 80 cents
a month to read The Herald.
The herald., 1896-07-30

The Times having failed to print a
sworn statement of its declining circula-
tion yesterday morning, The Herald was
the only daily newspaper in all califor
mia, except the San Francisco Examiner,
which dared to publish an affidavit Of
its circulation. Probably the Times
pressman forgot to print the usual 1000
sample copies. Or the Colonel may have
sworn so violently about his daily loss
of subscribers that the wheels of the
head of the president and general mana.
ger, got so badly mixed that they didn't
s'know where they We're at"
The herald., 1896-07-30
Birthday Party

Miss Myrtle Bradshaw entertained a
number of her little friends yesterday
afternoon al the home of her parents on
Estrella venue in celebration of her
eleventh birthday. The decorations We're
OF pink and green, ribbons artistically
blending with the vines and flowers.
Games of many kinds were enjoyed, and
each guest carried away small soap
bubble pipe, decorated in brownies, and
a miniature tin pan. The occasion was
a very delightful one, and greatly en-
Joyed by all present. The serving of
dainty refreshments concluded the aft
ernoon. Those present We're: Lille Ar
mold, Ethel Walker, Mamie Bayns. Ruth
Davidson, Aggie Philips Myrtle Philip,
Frances Livingood, Willie Bradshaw,
Hattie Melsy, Mary Ward, Hazel Brad
shaw, Mrs Livingood and Mrs. Walker.
The herald., 1896-07-30

Republican editors are not taking pro-
portionate notice of the fact that John
Most. the prince of American anarchists,
has declared himself as absolutely op-
posed to the free coinage of silver. And
yet these same scribes continue to main
tain that anarchy and the Chicago
platform are synonymous.
The herald., 1896-07-30
National Democratic Ticket
For President,
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
OF Nebraska.
For Vice-President,
ARTHUR SEWALL
OF Maine.

The Herald's presidential poll remains
open only few days more; the last
ballot will be published in next Sundays
issue. Every elector of Los Angeles
county is invited to thus express his
choice of ticket. 1t should be clearly
understood that the names of voters
will not be published. Ballots must be
ct The Herald office by August 7th, and
the result of the poll will be announced
as soon afterwards as possible.
The herald., 1896-07-30

The Republicans of Los Angeles are
in distress over their newspapers. On
one side they have the vulgar crudities
of the Times, and on the other the super
serviceabl sunset Express, which ar
sion of an economic question. The
Times is not only out of touch with the
masses, but revolts all kindly and fair
minded people with its personalities and
brutal coarseness. AS for the sunset
limited-well, this Express now has the
pay car attached. Those who want full.
sair and uncolored news must look to
The Herald or the Record.
The herald., 1896-07-30

Both Sewall and Hobart are reported
to be expert fishermen. Whether Wat
son is similarly an angling adept or not
has not yet been discovered, but his pro-
ficiency in gaffing his fish and sticking to
his prize was sufficiently demonstrated
last week
The herald., 1896-07-30

The briefest and most comprehensive
epitaph for Ex-Governor William e.
Russell was written by the New York
World in saying: 1.-The republic is poor
er in manhood, in conscience and in
capacity for high public service by the
death of William +. Russell"
The herald., 1896-07-30
Here and There

Miss Ella Giles. the we'll known and
clever writer, will start Friday for her
old home in Madison, Wis, to be gone
until the 1st of September.
Mrs. +. f. Donnell is sojourning at San
Diego for a number of days.
Mr.. Joseph Wilmer is at home again
much improved in health, after a stay
of several weeks in the mountains
Miss Charlotte Sherwood, who has
been the guest of Mrs. RaZe at her home
on West Twenty-second street, has re-
turned to her home in Duluth
Mr.. Wilt Norris has returned to Los
Angeles, after a delightful visit of
number of weeks to his home in New York
city.
Miss Rie Anderson Is at home after
visit of over a year to friends and
relatives in Texas.
Mrs. NJ. II. Sherman is a guest of
Mrs. e. p. Clark at her home on West
Twenty-third street.
Mines. L. w. Blinn, VIM. Reed, Barry,
Jones and Eleanor Patee formed a
pleasant party that enjoyed yesterday
al Santa Monica.
The Misses Ryan have just returned
from their ranch home at Glendale and
are at home to their friends again at
their home on Westlake avenue
Mrs: Eshman entertained informally
yesterday afternoon at her home on
Figueroa street
Miss Fannie N. Harrow, teacher in
the high school, has just returned from
a few weeks visit to friends in Denver
Col
Mrs. Geo. ]. Cochran entertained the
Queen Esther Circle of Simpson tab
ernacle very delightfully."- Tuesday after
noon at her home on South Pearl street
Call tel: 24S for ambulance. Kregelo &
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Permanent Arbitration

The establishment Of a permanent ar
bitraton commission for the settlement
of international disputes should be one
of the triumphs of the nineteenth GEN.
tury, which has done so much for peace.
humanity and civilization. The CEN
tury could not more fifty round out its
glorious mission than by making a repe-
tition of the Venezuelan message impos-
sible.-NeW York World.
The herald., 1896-07-30

Senator Hills recent caustic criticism
of the women who lead in Washington
society will certainly have less founda-
tion when Mrs. Bryan adorns the White
House. The Democratic candidates s
wife is talented and entirely fitting
helDmeet
The herald., 1896-07-30

the Tammany chief. has discarded this
role In favor of the square -jawed manip-
ulator of Republican wires and William
Mckinley, Marcus Aurelius Hanna, and
will. for a season. call himself THE
Ruler of Ohio" There is truly remark
able and appropriate significance in the
sequence of Mr.. Ransone's impersona-
finrc
The herald., 1896-07-30
WiiIKnow Soon

With the disappearance of the insight
ly and voluminous boomers the sleeves
of the fair sex are decreasing in size. so
that we may soon be able to discern
from the natural lines just what the
figures are.-Louisvile Times.
The herald., 1896-07-30

The Examiner champions the cause of
Mrs. Lease by saying that she "can
have the comfort of knowing that the ra-
ito of 16 to l holds good as to her brains
and those of the average smart man who
a
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Soc,aI pIeaSantries

He-I suppose, now that the London
season is coming to an end, that you've
been very gay?
She--Oh, yes-I haven't had a dull
moment since 1 saw you last!-London
Punch.
The herald., 1896-07-30
TO THE EDITOR
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(The Herald under this heading prints
communications. but does not assume re-
sponsibility for the sentiments expressed)
The herald., 1896-07-30

alysis they will be found as illogical and
as devoid oil fairness and truth as those
above mentioned. Respectfully,
ZACH MONTGOMERY.
Los Angeles. July 29th, 1896.
The herald., 1896-07-30

San Francisco will have no carnival
this year. II would have been impossi-
BILE TO successfully rival the glory of
the Los Angeles Fiesta of '96, and the at
tempt has for the time been abandoned.
The herald., 1896-07-30

The New York papers state that John
w. Ransone, who recently appeared at
a local place of amusement in the char
acteristic makeup of Richard Croker,