The herald., 1896-02-19
CALIFORNIA POLITICS

the able direction ana tutelage of Col.
! Otis, is doing nicely in Washing ton so far.
He has done no harm, and this was really
all that was expected of him. Congress
man Mac is not an intellectual giant, but
this district never had any such parsonage
in congress. Therefore the seat is not un.
easy when he fills it.
The San Jose Herald is greatly frightened
lest the sugar trust headed by Claus
! Spreckels and. his able sons captures the
Republican party of California, bag and
baggage. The apprehension of the Herald
! Is not altogether without foundation. But
if Claus wins he will first be compelled to
get C. P. Huntington out of the way.
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The Republicans OF Riverside have about
decided not to place ticket in the field at
the approaching city convention. The de-
nand for good, stable, honest admins.
tration, of municipal affairs in the sister
city is very strong. 1t is estimated that
the A. P. A. will cast 600 votes in the COM
ing municipal contest. tF
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The beautiful battle now on between the
newspaper organs of the Southern Pacific
and Congressman w. W. Bowers is a
charming spectacle. Thus far Bowers has
come off first best in his fight on the fund
ing bill. The railroad company will be
heard from either convention time or at
the polls.
Up at Santa Barbara city election will
be held April 9TH, and warm contest is
promised. The Good Citizenship club
already has ticket in the field. Every
member of the present city council is, of
course, candidate for reelection.
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The reflection of the Los Angeles Times
that 1.-THE whole west is afame with Mckin-
to remark that some ''new man on the
Times don't know about tire mud voIceroes
in this country"
The National City Record is out for
Thomas B. Reed for president. The editor
has the audacity to claim that Reed is Cal
ifornia's choice. He did not dare to say
this while Col. Harrison Cyay Otis wes in
the state. ter-
The good people of Stockton have al
ready started out to capture the Demo-
cratic state convention. This is mistake,
the next Democratic state convention is
going to be held in the south.
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The Pasadena board of town trustees are
all torn up over the idea of City Attorney
Arthur resigning. They don't know who to
select in his stead. Los Angeles can loan a
lawyer if he is needed badly.
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The Riverside Reflex wants a solid dele
CATION sent to the Republican National con.
vention from California. "Delegates must
be instructed" says the Reflex.
A Hard Worker
Mr.. Cleveland is fond of writing messages
to congress. 1t is said he has written a
greater number of messages than all bis
predecessors combined. He set the pace
during his first term with his numerous ve-
toes of pension bills, breaking all records,
and during the present term he has found
it convenient quite often to "communicate
his views in writing" to the national legis-
lature. Mr.. Clevelaad writes all his mes
sages with his own hand, and every bit of
manuscript turned out by himis as neat hs
any schoolgirls essay. His writing is very
regular. and he is careful to put in all the
punctuation marks. In writing messages
he likes to use small tablets of paper. Mr..
Cleveland never dictates. He does not
even dictate letters. These he either writes
himself or tells Mr.. Thurber the substance
of what he wishes to have said, the private
secretary supplying phraseology of his
own.
This refusal to adopt modern methods of
work is one reason why the president finds
his task 80 laborious. He could save him
self many hours of drudgery if he would
learn to dictate, but he says he is too old a
dog to learn new tricks. General Harrison
used a stenographer every day while he
was in the White House, and even now
takes with him whenever he leaves home
his private secretary and shorthand writer,
Mr.. Tibbetts. The presidents messages to
| congress are never sent to the capitol in
the original manuscript. They are tran.
scribed by Major Pruden and Mr.. Young
of the White House staff. Even if printed
before going to congress. the handsomely
engrossed copies are always sent to the
senate and house, while Mrs. Cleveland
takes possession of the presidents original
manuscript and has it bound up in book
of her husbands state papers which she is
preparing. Welirnan in Chicago
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