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The herald., 1896-12-04
M'KINLEY'S NIECE AND BRYAN's
COUSIN.

Echoes from the recent stirring cam
paign are still vibrating. Party feeling
at the various colleges for women ran
high. and at Mount Holyoke there was
unusual excitement this year by the fact
that the class of 1900 contained Miss Nc
Kinley. niece of our new president
elect and Miss Bryan, who is a cousin of
the Lincoln gentleman whom last week s
vote decided would not enter the White
House next March. Both young women,
of course. belonged to one or the other
of the campaign undergraduate clubs,
but both declined either to hold Office
therein or to speak on party issues. Miss
Bryan, however, did consent to write
two songs for the free silver organiza-
ton. one of which was sung Justify on
the eve of the election, to the tune of
Paradise Alley.
Although repeatedly the subject of at
tempts, mischievous and sincere, to de-
clare in public for their respective rela-
tives and candidates. neither girl was
provoked to give her opinions through
the canvass.-New York Times.
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with an expensive staff. 1t is the first
national committee that ever wound up
the campaign with something left over,
and for the reason that there was no
way to spend 1t ALL
Aside from the innumerable expenses
of the two headquarters and the regular
campaign work throughout the coun-
try. 1t is notorious that in Illinois, Indi-
ana. Michigan. the Dakotas. Missouri,
Nebraska and Iowa, the sum of $4,000
was given for special work" in each
congressional district. That amount
was also sent into ex-Representative
Towne's district in Minnesota and ex-
Representative Sibley's district in Penn
sylvania. Mr.. Hanna was particularly
anxious to beat Towne. Sibley and Rich
ard p Bland. because of their interest
in the silver cause.
How will all those heavy donations be
receipted for? The presumption is that
the distinguished contributors will re-
ceive appointments helpful in social
way. For Mr.. James p. Van Allen was
appointed minister to Italy. and he only
gave $4,000 four years ago.-New York
Journal
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CLEVELAND AT PRINCETON

President Cleveland has wisely chosen
Princeton, N. j., for his home after his
retirement from official life, and, accord
ing to published reports, soon after the
expiration of his term Of office he will
take up his residence within the shadow
of "Old Nassau" and in an atmosphere
of learning, refinement and Christian
fellowship he will no doubt find that
tranquility which is the fit reward of his
capable and patriotic service to his
country. Princeton is an ideal town for
the home of a student and philosopher
Within easy reach of New York, Phila-
delphia and the seaside resorts of the
Atlantic coast. it is a quaint and quiet
old town, in which peace and plenty have
always had a habita ton With the
matchless library and magnificent tra-
ditions of the college. the president will
find congenial employment for his we'll
earned leisure. Princeton is a becoming 2
retreat for an ex-president. yet in the
prime of life, whose ambition Is to serve
his country by wise counsel after he has
amply served it by arduous labor.
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SENATORS ON CUBA.

Senator Lodge has finally come to the
conclusion that a recognition of Cuba S
be!ligerent rights would be direct
help to SPAIN" and he is quite willing
to let the matter go over to Mr.. Nc
Kinley's administration. Senator Proc
tor says much will depend upon flu
ture events" Senator Carter questions
the wisdom of action by this country.
Senator Mitchell of Wisconsin, says we
Ought not to take steps which may
lead to war with Spain without first
looking up the possible consequences. -
Senator Vest is undecided; Senator
Faulkner opposes haste Senator Per
kins advises against rash action. OF
course the fire-eaters. like Chandler and
Blackburn. insist upon prompt inter-
ference" but the better balanced men
on both sides Of the senate treat the
question as matter of executive initia.-
tive and are determined to wait for a
recommendation from the president, and
not attempt to force his hand by per-
emptory joint resolution. - Chicago
Times Herald.
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HANNA HAD s16,000,00O.

Various stories afloat relative to the
recent Republican campaign fund have
created amusement in political circles.
because the sums alleged to have been
furnished Mr. Hanna are so far short
of the actual cash amounts cOntribut-
ed. Repuorts from the same source diff
fer, one stating that the Republican
national committee had 81, 600. 900 to eX-
pend, another raising these figures by
a million.
AS matter of fact, Mr.. Hannas COM
mittee had upward of s16.0G0.000 at its
disposal. If reports of Republicans and
Republican organs are to be credited.
This is only four times the sum usually
spent by the national committee during
presidential election. and not partic-
ularly large when it is considered that
all the financial institutions, railroad
companies. mercantile establishments.
protected industries and wealth in gem
eral were opposed to the Democratic
ticket and anxious for the success of the
Republicans.
Chairman Hanna. who is intensely
practical. and has frequently said that
he conducted the Mckinley campaign
as he would a business, suggested that
assessments be levied upon states The
agents in the various states were in
structed TO divide prospective contribu-
tions into classes. In this way perfect
system of taxation was secured.
TIE institutions asked for contribu-
tions We're national banks, state banks,
savings banks. trust companies, railroad
companies, firms representing foreign
financial interests, and all kinds of man
ufacturing concerns having an interest
in high tariff legislation.
Divided by states. the list of Republi-
can contributions looks something like
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IN THE WOODS"

l. walked alone in the depth of autumn
woods
The rutniess winds had left the maple
bare:
The fern was withered, and the sweet
briars breath
The barberry strung its coral beads no
more;
The thistledown on gauzy wings had
flown;
And myriad leaves, on which the summer
Her blushing farewell, at my feet were
strown.
A loneliness pervaded every spot:
A gloom OF which my musinG soul par
took;
"All nature mourns," said; November
wild
Hath torn the fairest pages from her
book"
But suddenly wild bird overheard
Poured forth a strain so strangely clear
and sweet.
1t seemed to bring me back the skies of
And Wake the sleeping vioets at my feet.
Then long pondered DER the. poets words
1.-The loss of beauty is not always loss,
Till like the voice of love they soothed my
pain,
And gave me strength to bear again my
cross.
murmuring heart! thy pleasures may
Thy faith grow cold, thy golden dreams
take wing:
Still in the realm o6faded youth and joy,
Heaver, kindly leaves some bird of hope
Albert Laighton in New York Times.
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STUNNING IN BOSTON.

The latest Boston fad is a Summing
expedition, as it We're, to the Boston
public library to see a semi-intoxicated
young woman with child in her arms
capering about and wearing upon her
bronze features joyful invitation to
have another" That venerable organ
ization of white hair and broadcloth.
the congregational club, has INDUCED
in this frivolous pastime, not in friv-
olous spirit but in the interests of high
morality. The clubs report has min
utenesS of detail which indicates that
the self-sacriticing moralists fingered
long over the hated task of inspecting
the Bacchante's wicked loveliness.
They neither admit nor deny that they
were pleased. But they do say vigor-
ously that the young woman should be
taken in charge and shut away from
public view. They find that she 'slor-
ifies intoXication. The eyes are not
bloodshot nor the hair dishevelled. The
joyousness of intoXcation is set forth.
This mask upon the hideous features OF
the drink fierd only adds reason
against it" There are other objections
the modelling of the back" for in
stance, but the light hearted way -
which the young woman carries her
jag" is the real clincher
Heading this report and the account
of the vast crowds that watch the antics
of this perpetual drunk and disorderly.
one can but wonder what the Boston po-
lice are about. Suppose that Mr.. Roose-
Welt were to find a young woman insult
ficiently clad with child in her arms
disporting herself in a public place
and drawing a crowd to watch her do
skirtless skirt dance. can there be any
doubt as to what he would do? Within
few minutes the mother would be in
a station-house and the child would be
sobbing upon the broad, warm bosom
OF Mr.. Gerry.-New York World
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CANDIDATE MARTIN

The graceful thing for Mr.. Martin to
do would be to publicly express sorrow
to the "drunkard makers" of Los An
geles for having edited and published
the Wave Mr.. Martin owes it to the
"drunkard makers" to give some evil
dence of change of heart toward them,
now that he is begging for their sup
Fort. If he is really sincere, and has
evolved a genuine affection for them,
then 1t must be that he is in love with
their vocation: but how can there be any
sincerity in his expressions of admira-
tion for "drunkard makers" and their
business when he sustains confidential
relations with the Ministerial union and
the Parkhurst inquisition? In his in
sane ambition to be mayor of Los An
geles. Mr.. Martin is making most
laughable spectacle of himself. In the
act of all things to all men he is ridic-
ulous failure. Try the cap and bells, Mr.
Martin.
But it is in beholding Mr. Martin,
fresh from the holy atmosphere of the
Parkhurst inquisition. as he reclines up
on the heaving bosom of vice that makes
one glad that he is alive to drink in so
turesqueness in the Wave" editor lean
ing upon ''drunkard makers" for sup
port, with that beautiful sentiment,
vote as you pray" sticking out of his
coat pocket. These are object lessons,
simple and complex, in the uneven cogs
of the wheels of Martins campaign ma
chnery. Only the great genius can
draw Bibles and whisky and vice and
prayers from the same Fountain; but,
spread out mighty thin as mayor of Los
Angeles-so thin indeed, that the South
ern Pacific and water ring could be seen
| wiggling toward the city's cash box and
| franchise depository from any and every
point of observation.
| 1t is in consorting with "drunkard
makers. however tIldt MdTtlH ; KnOWl-
edge Of practical politics gives the
strongest exhibition of the mans gen
ius Only a truly great man would
| feel secure in the company Of drunk
ard makers with his pockets more or
| less full of vote as you pray" votes and
| the ghost OF the Wave" calling his
companions dealers in damnation and
| brothers of the evil one." But of course
when a man has soulless combine like
| the Southern Pacific Water company
| ring at his back he can afford to be a
| trife bold; still, he is no slouch of a
J mixer who can fetch vice. whisky, piety
| and heartless monopolies together and
make them work in harmony for his
good Is Martin doing all that? In his
mind, yes, but in fact, 1t is mere Punch
| and Judy show. In trying to concea
himself behind tricks Martin resembles
| the ostrich whan It hides in a bunch a,
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THE HERALD
;As-t
Has the Largest Paid Circulation
in Southern California
A WORD OF WARNING

Today and tomorrow should be busy
day, with every voter who does not
want to see the municipal government
turned over to the tender merces of the
water-.ailway combine. There is evil
dence upon every hand that Martin is
to be elected if money will elect him.
The ccrporati tions are not counting the
cost of victory; nor need they, for IL
they can elect the Martin ticket they
will be reimbursed by the city thou
sand times over. The combine is not
working to secure that which is right
fully its own. 1t wants something tc
which it has no legal or moral right
The combine is after the peoples mon-
ey 1t wants the people to pay it two
prices for water. 1t is not the purpose
of the combine to sell its water supply
system to the city if it can help it. 1t
wants its franchise extended. with ad-
ditional privileges. for a quarter of a
century or more. but if it should fail to
do that it wants an administration that
will take it's plant at about S2,000,000
more than 1t can be duplicated for
1t is of the utmost Importance thai
the taxpayers especially take personal
interest in the campaign during these
two days. Nothing is being left undone
by the combine to perpetuate its hold
upon the city. and unless those who
foot the bills against the municipality
are willing that their taxes shall be
unreasonably high for years to come
without having added dollar to the
value Of their property, they had better
bestir themselves or the combine will
certainly be able to do about as it likes
Unless the combine were after some
thing which it knows it is not entitled
to on the ground of right or justice, it
would not have paid agents ransacking
the slums for votes. 1t would come out
openly and lay its case before the people
If its purpose were honest. bu.Nlnowing
that its scheme oontemplates a still
stronger and more exacting grasp on
the pocketbooks of the people, it dare
not take them into it's confidence. A
mighty wrong will be done Los Angeles
II the people permits this water-railway
ring to triumph.
But there are still other reasons why
Mr. Martin should be defeated. His
election would serve as a notice to can
ital seeking employment in real esta te
investments to avoid Los Angeles. Not
because Mr.. Martin isMr. Martin. bu,
because his election would mean that
the municipal government was owned
and controlled by the Southern Pacific
railway and water supply monopoly
and that franchises were likely to be
granted to them that would enormous
" increase the tax levy without bene-
fiting the city farthing. Captal. un-
Outstanding that to be the case, would
make haste to pass by on the other
side OF Los Angeles, as it should. Times
are getting better all over the country
ana money that has been in hiding for
the- last three years is coming out and
looking about for localities to engage
In business enterprises. and Los Angeles
should not greet 1t with the informatio
That 1t would have to pay tribute to a
railway and water monopoly without
eeeeivanS anything Nike adequate CON-
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THE GOVERNMENTS DUTY

The field tactics which General Wey-
ler has been employing the past fort
night ought to satisfy the president and
congress that the time has come when
all neutrality treaties and agreements
with Spain should be abrogated, ana
substantial aid and comfort extended 20
the Cubans. There is no doubt at nll
that public sentiment is decidedly op-
posed to further shilly- y-shallying in the
premises. Weyler has outraged civil.
zation itself. Modern history gives no
account of another such brutal and mur-
derous ruler The semblance of an ex-
cuse might be made for the massacre Of
Armenians by Musselmen on the ground
of religious prejudice, but Weyler is
actuated by the lowest instincts of the
human heart, and there can be found
not even thread that might ultimately
lead to justification of his acts.
If Weyler were seeking out and CIV
ing battle to armed revolutionists he
might say he was fighting desperate
characters and that extremely harsh
methods of warfare had to be employed,
but he appears to avoid men who are
armed and ready to dispute his advance.
and displays his military genius in
numbering non -combatant men and sub
jecting unprotected women to the las
civious demands of his brutal soldiers,
and he destroys whatever could pos
sibly give shelter or food to the enemy"
an enemy he carefully avoids meeting
In the last ten days hundreds Of defense
less men have been shot down in their
homes and by the wayside, and scores
of women have been assaulted and sub
sequently murdered. No massacre Of
Christians in Turkish-Asia by Kurds in
recent years would surpass Weyler's
treatment of the Cuban country folk in
flendishness, brutality and in frightful
consequences. Undoubtedly Captain
General Weyler is the most infamous
character the nineteenth century has
produced in all the Christian nations.
1t is not now so much a question of
Cuban independence as it is a question
of putting a stop to brutal treatment
of human beings by the Madrid govern
ment, for, after all, Weyler was sent to
Cuba because he was known to be a
man who would cheerfuily commit anv
act of cruelty that was suggested to his
fiendish mind The president and cou
gress should lose no time in calling upon
Spain to wage war after the custom Of
the nineteenth century civilization, and
make armed intervention by the United
States the penalty for refusing. 1t would
be a disgrace to our flag to longer toler
ate Weyler and his methods. Better
have a dozen wars than countenance
such brutality. 1t is to be hoped that be-
fore the holidays an envoy from the
Republic of Cuba will have recognition
as such by the authorities at Wash
ington. ~
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A TRUE WOMAN.

1t can be said to the credit of Mrs.
Scott -Siddons, who died few days age
in Paris. that she did not stoop to win
as an actress and reader by cultivatins
an unsavory reputation. Mrs. LanStry
has beauty and a clouded reputation to
depend upon-and these have made her
moderately successful with but indffer-
ent hstrionic abilities. Mrs. Scott-Sid-
dons was also beautiful, and might have
been spared retiring to obscurity so
early if she had kept up continual flow
of gossip. She lived aud died true wc-
man, the greatest epitaph which could
be written.-Nashville (Tenn.) Ameri-
can
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a further extension is asked for.--St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
That is to say, the right to exercise
the franchise should be determined by
the way folks vote. IL wome:! vote for
gold they are splendidly qualified to cast
ballot; but if they vote for silver they
are not qualified even a little bit. This
logic would Nmost qualify the disfran
chisement of the 5.000.0 eco men who voted
for Bryan. Now, the only way to salts
fly people who talk this way is to stop
popular elections altogether.-Spring-
field (Mo) Republican.
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RUSSIA AND GOLD.

Russia has decided to introduce the
gold standard. There will be no agita-
ton by the "overeducated farmers o,
the anarchists of the Russian work.
shops, and the formality of voting on
the proposition will be dispensed with.
The manner in which Russia slides on
to the gold basis will be sure to challenge
the admiration of the gentlemen who re-
Gently subscribed so literally to the fund
to perpetuate the reign of the gold ring
in this country.-New York Journal.
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THE SUGAR TRUST.

The enormously wealthy sugar trust,
which enjoys the protection of q DIFF
ferential duty, is criticised because it
has thrown 1000 men out of employment
for fortnight just as cold weather has
come. But it is part of the business of
trusts to throw men out of employment.
There is in St. Louis a great building,
once used as sugar refinery, which tes-
tfies eloquently to this melancholy fact.
st. Louis Post Dispatch.
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pensation in return. As plain, conf
nonsense business proposition. Los
Angeles cannot afford TO let X be said
that her public affairs are under the
control of. and her legislation is shaped
by, these two souliess monopolies.
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If any one has a doubt as to how the
bosses and the employees of the water
ring stand on the election question, just
let him ask them who they think should
be elected mayor. The name Martin"
will be sung as if by one voice. so unani-
nous is public SO timent" for Martin
in and about the rings quarters.
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THE ONLY WAY.

In the three states where women voted
for president the aggregate majority for
Bryan and the Chicago platform is not
less than 100000. This Is the record
woman suffrage has made for itself in
the presidential election of 1885, and up
an whiah It will be .1,Htly Judged when
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Times man. SO he skipped the town to
avoid the necessity of voting for him.
which party loyalty would oblige him to
do were he here on election day.
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Senator Quay of Pennsylvania advises
against an extra session of congress to
tinker with the tariff. He is afraid an
extra session would send the country
back into the arms of the Democracy.
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A featherless brood of chickens has
been discovered in New York. Per.
haps Palmer and Buckner know some
thing of them
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Major Mckinley has formally offered
the treasury portfolio to Hanna, bu:
Hanna wants time to think about it.
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If the district attorney is disposed 20
do his duty he will have ''But~ Price an
dicted by the grand jury, which is now
in session, for felony which he has COIL
fessed to have committed
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Our export trade in manufactured
goods is growing rapidly, but it will
grow the other way after the Mckinley
idea gets under full head of steam.
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Perhaps it is true that Snyder is not
up in spelling. but he can read his title
clear to the mayoralty three days before
the election.
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Martin should get UP "drunkard
makers parade. But that is the fact,
they are liquor merchants after
election.
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Martin should not think of throwing up
the nomination Let him stand up and
take his beating like man.
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If owners of vacant lots want to be
made to pay for the use of water when
they use none, they should vote for Mar
tin
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OF coures. Tom Watson has perfect
right to enter the lecture field, but that
is no reason why he should do so.
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Taxpayers should be up and doing if
they do not want to support the water
ring in princely style all the days of their
life.
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1t is mean Of the underlings on the
Republican ticket to want Martin to gel
down and out
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In considering these lists it may be
recalled that the states contributed
through some trusted agents. and that
the firms mentioned acted as collecting
agents for Mr. Hanna.
There is some controversy as to the
Vanderbilt contribution. One authority
says William K. Vanderbilt gave $1O0, 900
and Treasurer Bliss denied the state
ment but it is generally accepted the
family gave the sum credited-$250, 900.
Relative to Connecticut, Ex-Governor
Morgan G. Burkley declared, prior to the
election. that he had obtained the s.. 900. =
600 he was expected to collect. His state
ment was printed in Connecticut news
papers at the time
New Jersey gave literally and did it
through Garret A. Hobart. who, as a
member of the coal trust, had unusual
facilities for securing contributions.
Pennsylvania had for it's collecting
agents such successful managers as
Senator Quay, Andrew Carnegie and H.
c. Frick. The venerable Coils p. Hunt
ington acted for many of the western
states, while Mr.. Hanna himself looked
out for Ohio. and Henry Cabot Lodge
for Massachusetts and the rest of New
England.
The immense sum thus collected has
not all been expended. There Is a sur
plus Of about $4,000. 900. 1t is because of
this surplus that the national committee
continues its narnnanAnt headquarters
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grass. He leaves some of him exposed
to sight.
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