The herald., 1896-11-27
WILL BE TALKED TO DEATH
W. R Hearst Will Watch the Matter at
Washington
Bierce's Health Shattered at the Cap
ital-1e Is Now Coming Home
to Recuperate

Ambrose Bierce, the we'll known liter
ary light and Examiner correspondent
spent yesterday in this city. He is on
his way home to San Francisco, after
spending year in Washington as spe-
cial correspondent for the San Fran
cisco Examiner. While in WASHINGTON
Mr. Bierce also acted in the capacity Of
lobbyist in the upper house and did
some very effectual work against the
Southern Pacific funding bill. During
his stay in Washington Mr.. Bierces
! health suffered from the constant men
tai strain which he was called upon to
endure. and now he has found it neces-
sary to return to California in the hope
that there will be a change for the bet
ter
Regarding his work at the capital, Mr..
Bierce said that the life Of the average
street car horse is placed at two and a
half years, and he is sure that the aver
age life of the Washington correspond
ent Is not much less.
This is his first visit to Southern Cali
fornia, and he expressed himself as high
~ pleased with Los Angeles and vicin-
ity. Yesterday he spent the greater part
of the day driving about the city in
company with his daughter, who makes
Southern California her home.
When asked for his opinion as to the
probability of the Southern Pacific fund
ing bill passing the next congress, Mr.
Bierce said that he felt confident that
1t would never succeed. During the last
session the bill was never brought for
mally before the house. One reason for
this was the unwillingness of members
who for a large part were candidates
for reelection to place themselves on
record as favoring the funding bill. This
consideration will not, perhaps, be such
a patent factor in the next session, but
there are other influences that will bal
ance this. The next session of con-
gress will be a brief one, and there is
a large amount of business to come be-
fore the body. 1t will therefore be a
difficult matter to introduce the fund
ing bill. and if it's introduction can be
delayed until late in the session it will
then be talked to DEATH If an attempt
is made to bring the bill into the lower
house, it will meet with a determined
resistance from that quarter. The
Southern Pacific company will of course
through its agents, make desperate
effort to push the bill through both
houses of congress, as this is the last
chance to have it passed upon before
the maturity of the bonds
Mr.. Bierce says that there is a strong
feeling in congress against the govern
closing of the mortgage is looked upon
with disfavor by some, on the ground
that it would necessitate the govern
ment owning and operating the road.
However, there are a large number of
able men in both houses who will op-
pose the measure to the very last, and
it is altogether improbable that the bill
will ever become law
Mr.. Bierce left yesterday afternoon
for San Francisco, where he will con-
tinue his connection with the Examiner
While he will not be able to attend the
next session of congress personally, the
interests of the people, so far as they
relate to the funding bill, will not be neg
1ected. w. r. Hearst of the Examiner
will take care that the measure is prop
erly looked after at Washington.
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