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The herald., 1896-04-13
THE APPROACHING CAMPAIGN

The ensuing seven months will be q
period Of extraordinary interest and in
tellectual excitement to the people of
the United tSates. Never before were
the masses more inclined to discuss and
investigate questions Of q political or an
economic character than they are to-
day. And their inclination in that direc-
ton will become stronger as the various
political and quasi-political combina-
tions assemble in conventions to for
mulate platforms and nominate candi-
dates for office.
Nearly every shade of political
thought will have a separate and dis
tinct representation in each national
assemblage called for the purpose of
propagating a certain set of principles
deemed essential to the welfare of the
country. Among the national conven-
tfons to be held in the near future in
various cities are those of the Demo-
Gratis, the Republicans, the free silver
men, the Prohibitionists, the Populists
and the single takers The latter, how
ever. will assemble more as confer
ence than a convention. as they do not
contemplate putting a national ticket
in the field, but are massing their
strength on Delaware, with the idea
of capturing that state for an "object
lesson" At each of these great gather
ings there will in all probability be very
spirited and interesting discussions.
The delegates assembled to make nomi-
nations will entertain such conflicting
opinions on public questions that every
inch of ground is likely to be hotly con-
tested. so that in the general battle for
supremacy truth and justice will be
alternately triumphant or overpowered.
Every patriotic citizen will entertain
the wish that in each case right will
triumph over wrong. and the best in
terests of our common country be pro-
NOTED.
In order for such to be the result
however. honest and intelligent voters
must not shirk their duty, as thousands
have too often done in previous cam
paigns. 1t is almost criminal, from a
moral standpoint, for the better class to
permit political wirepullers, unscrupu
lous schemers and professional heelers
to control the caucuses and conven-
tions. So long as this course is pur-
sued the people may expect political cor
ruption to be the rule in all departments
of the public service. This government
purports to be a government of for
and by the people" 1t was so in
tended by its founders, and the organic
laws were framed solely with that end
in view. If the government is today
out of harmony with that design the
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1t is to be hoped that every good citi-
zen, no matter what may be his party
affiliations. will do his whole duty fear
lessly in the endeavor to purify the
muddy stream of modern politics, so
that none but good men will be nomin-
ated by any party.
The herald., 1896-04-13

On the 7ad Of this month The Herald will
Issue . special La Fiesta number Of $4,000
copies. It will be the most attractive news.
paper ever published In Los Angeles. both In
contents and appearance. Profuse Illustrations
ef In Fiesta snd other important and interest.
six or more pages. The cover. which will be
the production Of the best efforts Of the artist,
the enRraver and tile printer, and will show
the three La Fiesta coiors, red, green and
yellow, In most pleasing and artistic manner.
will be printed on the best quality Of heavy
white, unprecedented book paper.
Every copy will be souvenir which would
be greatly appreciated by eastern people.
Psrties who wish to please. and at the same
time enIlghten friends and relatives in regard
to Los Angeles and Southern California, should
send them a copy Of THE HERALD'S MAT.
MOTH ILLUSTRATED LA FIESTA EDITION.
Single copies SC. postage sc. Orders accom-.
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from The Herald office.
The advertising space in this issue, which
will be limited, owing to the volume OF import.
ant illustrations and special features. will be
Of great value 10 merchants, as the edition will
be larger by several Thousand copies than
other Issues of The Herald, and each paper will
be preserved many months.
Newsdealers and agents should order largely
q once
The herald., 1896-04-13
SENATOR WHITE ON HARBOR S

The San Francisco Examiner of the
11th instant contains an interview with
Senator White, obtained by its special
correspondent in Washington, regard
ing the contest now being made by Mr..
Huntington to secure harbor at pub
lie expense. 1t is plain from what the
senator says that he is still with the
people in the harbor matter, and that if
the advocates of a monopoly harbor are
counting on winning even in the slight
est degree any favor from him they are
very badly mistaken. Senator White
says:
II have always favored San Pedro as
a harbor site. My preference includes
not only the inner project, but likewise
the deep harbor. base my preference
upon the superior merit of San Pedro,
and the evidence upon which 1 have
reached this conclusion is, briefly, as
follows:
"First-For many years, reaching a
period prior to American occupation,
San Pedro was recognized as preferable
to all others by early shippers who trad
ed in hides, ETC., the early produce Of
the country.
"Second-When Los Angeles COM
menced to develop commerce steam
ships which piled up and down the
coast touched at that point exclusively
'Third-When Senator Jones COM
menced the Los Angeles and Indepen-
dence railroad and built the same from
Santa Monica to Los Angeles, he also
constructed a wharf at Santa Monica,
and when the Southern Pacific railroad
purchased that property it provided for
the destruction of Santa Monica wharf
and traffic was exclusively confined to
San Pedro. This condition of affairs
lasted until the Terminal Railroad COM
pany obtained access to San Pedro
Thereupon Mr.. Huntington for the first
time became satisfied that while San
Pedro was good place for the Terminal
railroad people it was not adapted for
his purposes, and reversing his pre-
ious decision, he moved to Santa Mon
lea. But he did not adopt the location
there which Senator Jones had select
ed when the town was established. He
proceeded along the sea shore as far
north as it was possible to get and at
the foot of a bluff between 100 and 200
lccI HlSu, dSdluSt WiliCl lLlc WAVES
dashed, he located his present wharf
which he claims is universally accept
able. Mr.. Huntington moved from San
Pedro because he found the other To-
cation better adapted to his exclusive
ness.
FOURTH favor San Pedro because
the engineer board, over which Colonel
Mendell, veteran of the corps, pre-
sided, settled upon that location as bet
ter; because second board, consisting
of five members, over which the present
chief of engineers presided, reached a
conclusion, differing, it is true, in de-
tails, but substantially in accord with
that of Mendell's.
"Fifth-Because my own judgment,
after careful study and comparison
with personal information, accords
with the result reached by the agents
of the government.
"Sixth-Because common sentiment
Of the intelligent community conver-
SAINT with the surroundings and famiI-
lar with the entire matter has determ-
ined that San Pedro is the proper place
for governmental expenditure. 1t is
The herald., 1896-04-13

true that many good people, many busi-
ness men, have recently resolved that
they prefer Santa Monica to nothing,
but this announcement only means that
while San Pedro is preferred, there is
general fear that the community can
obtain nothing from the government
without the concurrence OF Mr.. Hunt
ington.
The facts stated by the senator re-
garding the shifting of the Southern
Pacific from Santa Monica to San Pc
dro and then from the latter to the
former again. are more or less notorious,
and the motives suggested by the SEN
ator for such frequent change of base
are SO apparent as to make argument
about them superfluous. 1t is clear, to
use an expressive bit of contemporan-
eous slang, that Southern California's
senator is right next" the Huntington
game and that when the time comes he
will be prepared to copper it.
Mr.. Huntington's harbor preference
has been something like the British
Guiana boundary line-portable. 1t has
moved from Santa Monica to San Pedro
and San Pedro to Santa Monica again
as the Unsuitable spirit Of monopoly die
tated. The thing with him has been to
find the place at which his company
would enjoy the exclusiveness that
comes with the sole mastery of situa-
ton. There Is little doubt about the
purchase of the Jones Santa Monica
railroad and wharf, adverted to by
Senator White. being inspired by a de-
sire to avert possible competition in the
handling of the trade that came to Los
Angeles county by sea. The wharf
that Senator Jones had built at Santa
Monica was destroyed in order to force
vessels to San Pedro, where the South
ern Pacific then reigned solitary and
alone. But the coming of the Terminal
railroad to San Pedro. bringing as it did
the promise of competition at that
point. disarranged calculations and a
change came over the spirit of the
Huntington dream. Discarded and
dismantled Santa Monica was again
taken to the Huntington bosom and has
been coddled ever since. From the time
that Mr. Huntington discovered that
the monopoly jig was up at San Pedro
deep sea harbor has been persistently
advocated by him for Santa Monica
bay. And the location selected by him
for the building of the breakwater is
not, as Senator White points out, the
one had in mind by Senator Jones when
he built his wharf, but one that would
be under the Southern Pacifics COM
plete control
The herald., 1896-04-13
THE COUNCIL AGAIN

AS the city council convenes in reg
ular weekly session today the members
of that body will enjoy splendid op-
portunity to set themselves right on
two propositions that relate to odious
monopolies. They can reconsider the
vote by which the scheme to build
Southern Pacific harbor with public
money and at the expense of the peo-
pies choice of free harbor at San Pc
dro, was endorsed last Monday, and
they can show that they are not tied
hand and foot, owned body and soul by
the disgusting trust in sim that ope-
rates in the vicinity of Alameda street
and Ferguson alley. There have been
rumors to the effect that most of the
members that voted aye on the South
ern Pacific Santa Monica resolution de-
sired a reconsideration of the vote.
The Herald hopes that these rumors
are not baseless, except as to the
councilman from the Eighth ward,
Thomas Savage, for it would be folly
to entertain any hopes of his doing
anything contrary to the wishes of
either of the monopolies interested. By
this time all the councilmen but Mr..
Savage must be convinced that they
will serve their political fortunes best
by standing with the people in the
pending harbor controversy.
AS regards the trust in SIM" The
Herald makes it's appeal to the Demo-
cratic members of the board other than
the member from the Eighth ward. 1t
is plainly the duty of the latter to in
itiate an attack in the council on the
outrageous use of police authority that
is being made in the interest of har-
lotry combine 1t is also plainly to be
seen that he does not intend to perform
that duty, that he is in the same condi-
ton of studious Indifference to the SUBJ
ject that the Republican members, the
representatives of the party of great
moral IDEAS" are. Whether the rea-
sons that influence him are similar or
the same that influence the entire Re-
publican majority of the council is i'm
material; they are just as effective.
The duty of doing what the Republi-
can majority and the Eighth ward rep
resentative will not do. now devolves
on the remaining Democratic members.
They are:
NJ P. SNYDER,
G. D. PESSELL,
JAMES ASHMAN
These gentlemen are men of family,
Of good standing in the community,
professedly interested in maintaining
The herald., 1896-04-13
The Lemborn nurder

LEAVENWORTH. Kas.. April 12.-De-
have forced the Lamborn children to con-
fess to having planned the murder of
their father: ]. F. Lamborn. and fixed the
crime on Thomas Davenport has, disap-
peared. Annie Lamborn. in the presence of
her accused brother. confronted Alfred C.
Lamborn, a half brother Of the accused
children, and demanded to know why he
had forced her to swear to a falsehood.
Alfred admitted. it is said. that he aided
Schaeffer in obtaining her signature to the
confession but claimed that he did not tell
her to write down the name of Davenport.
TO this she answered: mo you did not, but
you permitted that detective to do it, and
by keeping still gave your consent"
Annie and Charles Lamborn and Daven- :
port are still in jail. Sensational develop
ments are promised when they come to
trial.
The herald., 1896-04-13

Editor Herald The outcome Of an open
discussion with a fair-minded person.
through the secular press of this city upon
the pros and cons of spiritualistic phenom-
ena, seemed to me proptious and highly
desired opportunity to all parties con-
cerned. For this reason l replied to Ed
wald L. Hutchisons first brief attack
upon the physical manifestations of a pub
lie seance in Music hall.
But the initial paragraphs of his re
turn" opened my eyes to the fact that to
disagree was my opponents first and best
card, and his entire missive but one long
TRADE against something he evidently
knew nothing about.
His only attempt at logic (relating to the
will and judgment was but a direct con-
tradiction of statements. and his highest
intellectual flight to the realm of bonn
bastic and meaningless onslaught against
truth. the first principles OF which, IL
rightly applied, takes the conceit away
from . sincere Investigator.
The herald., 1896-04-13
A Warning Prom History

Bigger booms than McKinley's have come
to naught. Recall Blaine. The woods
were ablaze for him. He was the great
American of Americans. He was nomi-
mated and yet he was defeated by Grover
Cleveland, then almost unknown to fame.
-Birmingham Herald.
The herald., 1896-04-13

Southern delegates to ST. Louis should
bear in mind that the presence of coin in
the pocket is readily detected by x ray
photography. Paper money is by far the
safer.-NeW York Journal.
The herald., 1896-04-13

The Mckinley advance agents are now
engaged in soliciting delegates on Cover
nor Bradley's preserves. They carry a
large line of Mark Hanna's crisp SAM
pies. .''-feew York journal.
The herald., 1896-04-13
Was Better EmpIoyed


Chauncey NJ Depew has been having 4
high time up on the California mountains.
1t is more healthful than booming Morton.
Buffalo Times.
The herald., 1896-04-13
LETTER BAG
Closing Words

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sponsibility for the sentiments expressed.)
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My prices for wallpaper beat all the city.
A. A. Eckstrom, 324 South Spring street.
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City subscribers to The Herald will confer .
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Aelivery or any other Negligence on the part Of
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Write the Truth as you see it;
Fight the Wrong as you find 1T; Pub
lish all the News and Trust the
Event to the Ju6sn,ent Of the People
MONDAY. APRIL q. ISo6
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These gentlemen are men OF family,
professedly interested in maintaining
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A MAMMOTH EDITION

MONDAY. APRIL -. 1896
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-19

old, Is getting newspaper attention as
an investor, managing her property
without assistance, and, il is said, so as
to make money by every venture. Mrs.
Pratt, whose maiden name was Sally
Gardener, was the daughter Of John
Gardener, fisherman and small farm
er at Poland, and when 23 years old she
married Jacob Brown, the young couple
settling on a small farm in Poland. By
industry and frugality they acquired
considerable property, including real es-
tate and two country stores. Mr. Brown
died in 1850, and his widow managed
the business for ten years, at the end OF
which time she married Zebedee Pratt,
@ pensioner of the war Of 1912. Soon
after she sold her stores and part OF her
real estate, investing the proceeds IL
bank stock, etc. AS an instance OF Mrs.
Pratt's industry in her younger days, II
is told that one winter, during her hus
bands absence in Aroostook, she tool
care Of 20 cattle and horses, did the
homework for six boarders and ran
country store that did business enough
to employ two clerks. Lewiston Jour
nal
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-19
Mr.. Beecher on Fashions.

Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher thinks that
many of the prevailing fashions are alb
surd What can be more disgusting
over small. delicate face than the
most absurd and troublesome headgear
worm she SAID II a recent article.
1--WE turn from this ridiculous structure
to the dress, which surely should by
simplicity modify the absurdity OF the
other.
But. alas, the deformity Of the head
gear sinks into insignifcance when one
sees a dress flounced. pulled and sweep
ing the streets with long train But
what calculations are strong enough 70
express the surprise and disgust when
one looks at the sleevesl Surely absurd.
ity can go no farther. But fashion Is
tyrant. and volumes written about the
harm she does will be Of little use until
women DEFY her and make her subordi'
nate.
1.-The efforts and admonitions OF age
and long experience have but little II
any influence toward checking the long
established control that fashion for years
mas held over her followers The old
look sadly on the vagaries Of the young
but If they should look back TO their
own early days they might recall alb
surdities Perhaps even the dress and
style to which for long time they have
pertinaciously adhered will be thought
by the young liable to the same crit
| icism "
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Packing Away Furs.

This is the time when furs are being
relegated TO summer seclusion. 1t IS
well known that the hot sun is more
disastrous to a seal sack or cape than
a whole winters wear, and it is the
wise woman who does not expose her
handsome fur garment to its ardent
beams An excellent plan TO keep furs
and woolens from the invasion OF those
destroying pests. moths, is to look them
over in a strong light and beat them
thoroughly till not an egg can remain.
Then pack away in clean. tight bar
rel, whose interior has been carefully
pasted over with newspaper. When the
barrel is full, paste over the top dou-
BILE thickness Of newspaper, taking care
that no single aperture is left anywhere
for the entrance of the insect. A board
or stiff pasteboard may be laid over the
top, merely to protect the paper cover.
II the barrel can stand where nothing
will be likely TO fall upon it, the extra
cover is not needed. New York Times.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-19
To Re a Museum Of Fashion.

Paris, long reputed to be the center
of fashions in feminine attire, is now
about to have an institution called the
Salon National de la Mode. This will
be a sort of museum. exhibiting within
its precincts all the styles Of dress worn
by the ever changing followers OF the
fashions during the close of the present
century Everything used for the adorn-
ment Of the female form is to be visible
in the new institution. and it is intend
ed to make the collection OF lace en-
broidery, linen. dresses. parasols.
gloves, hats, jewels and perfumery com
prehensive and unique. All exhibits
will be accurately classified and dated.
so that the visitors to the fashion show
may be able to wander from the hat
which went out in 1895 to the orna-
mental head covering by which it was
replaced in 1896. and so on with regard
to the other articles of attire.
There is also to be an exhibition OF
the divers adjuncts of masculine dress,
and the ties, hats. canes and coats IA
vored by the male exquisites OF the END
of the century will find prominent
place in the new salon. The institution
| is TO be a very serious affair. for the Sa
lon National de la Mode is 10 exist. &C
cording to the determined design OF IT:
organizers and patrons, for arts sake
| alone, and no vulgar requirements are
| to be gratified inside It's hallowed por
| tails Paris Letter
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-19
New England women's Society.

The first year Of existence of the Ma
tional Society Of New England Women
recently closed in a manner auguring
well for its future. Organized a year
ago last March, its membership has
steadily increased, reaching now consid-
erably over 200. with a large waiting
list. Success has attended all its en-
deavors socially and financially, and its
prospects indicate even greater useful
ness and prosperity another year. A
most interesting feature OF its method
Of work is its historic day, held ev-
cry month. At these meetings pro-
gramme made up of special colonial pc
RODS is presented. The ground has been
carefully covered to the close of the sew
enteenth century. and many delightful!
papers have been included in the out
line.
The last historic day Of the season
held short time ago, was one OF TIT
most brilliant. 1t included luncheon
and reception at the Windsor hotel. be
sides the literary programme. The occa
sion was called Mayflower day. anC
the papers treated of that historic ship
1t was hoped to decorate the tables a
luncheon with arbutus. the typical New
| England flower, but the late spring We
toed this plan, none Of the blossoms be
| ing found Mrs. E A. Greeley presided
as chairman of the literary portion o
the day Delightful papers and address
es were presented by Mrs Theodore f
Seward, Mrs. j. f. Scudder and tn
| Rev. Phebe Hanaford.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-19

The Peerless, OF the L. NJ. & l.. S. trans
portation line. met with serious break
down Sunday evening, but was lucky. IN
the place in which the accident occurred.
She left Closes dock on schedule time to
90 I'D the lake. When about 500 ieet
this side OF the south end OF the canal,
her main shaft broke. She was, OF course,
under check at the time, but her Roadway
carried her a little way into the canal,
where she tied up. She remained there
all day yesterday, while kilograms passed
between Agent Haddock and the owners
in Chicago regarding repairs and ina
disposition. 1t was thought that tenn
porary repairs might be made, but II
new shaft is necessary and the Calumet
and Hecla company, the only concern II
this section likely to have one large
enough, could not furnish one, towing &c
Duluth would become necessary.
During the night, one OF the crew wal
working with a pinch bar about TIT
broken shaft, when the bar slipped ant
came down with full force on his ioot
badly smashing several toes.
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Athletic Girls Attire.

For athletic purposes, such as golfing.
tennis and cycling. the jersey is quite
the proper thing They are of any con-
ceiyable color and combination, plaided.
striped and woven in lozenge and other
fancy patterns These useful waists are
worn with substantial leather belts and
are becoming, comfortable and econom-
ical. Cyclers suits are made in more
fanciful manner than formerly, and III
London are frequently seen of white
serge or mohair The shapes are vari'
Gus, one of the latest being the empire
which is so constructed that either
man . or ladys wheel can be used. II
consists of divided skirt, which is pro
vided with flap front, concealing the
division and falling gracefully over thu
wheel Exchange.