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The herald., 1896-11-20
JOHN DRAIN, RISE UP.
A Bicyclist Wishes You to Explain Dis
crepancies of Registration.

A well-known citizen signing himself
for publication "A Wheelman," writes
the following pertinent communication
to the Herald:
LOS ANGELES Cal, Nov. 1s, 1896.
Editor Herald: This is a time when
the candidate for the city office is quite
willing to become "all things to all men,
if by any means he might gain some"-
votes. Pledges and promises are made,
often without any intention of keeping
them. Like pie crusts they are made
only to be broken.
Voters should be thoroughly convinced
in their own minds that theacandidate
is man of his word and that he can
and will make good his ante-election
promises.
In this way only can we obtain a
"better city government"
One way to determine mans sin
cerity Is by the character Of the prom
ises he makes. For instance, Mr.. Mr.
tin promises the ministerial association
that he will do anything they ask of him
If they will assist in electing him mayor
and at the same time he pledges him
self to the saloon men not to interfere in
Any one can readily see that he can
not keep his promises to beth parties
and that he is playing fast and loose with
one or the other.
Another way is to examine into a can
didate's record and see if he Is a man of
his word in private, every day matters.
Does he keep his word and respect his
sacred oath?
We find one Of our candidates for an
important city off1ce-street superin-
tendent-on two occasions, 1888 and 1890.
takes oath in registering, that he is
native of New York, and on two other
occasions, 1892 and 1896, he solemnly
swears he was born in Canada. In 1892
he says "Of American parents; in 1896
he swears he is a citizen "by naturaliza-
ton of his father"
1t has been said, Eye must be born
again." and perhaps Mr.. John H. Drain
has obeyed that injunction by being
born once in New York and "again" in
Canada.
He evidently has not obeyed that
other commandment, Thou shalt not
bear false Witness" for he certainly
has made himself out a liar, and, like
one of old, has sworn to it.
Mr.. Drain promises to do great things
for the bicyclists if they will support
him, but if he has so little respect for
his oath as to his nativity how can he
keep his word with us or have any re-
gard for his oath of office if he were
called upon to take so solemn an obliga-
tin?
We certainly have no foundation for
faith in the promises of a man who cam
not be believed under oath.
A WHEELMAN.
The herald., 1896-11-20
ARE EARNEST WORKERS
Silver Republicans Labor
for City Ownership
WANT 10D0NN THE WATER MONOPOLY
Will Give a Reception to Snyder
Saturday Night
AN INTERESTING PROGRAM
It Has All Been Arranged for the
Occasion
A Nhceman Asks Mr.. Drain Some Pertinent
Questions
Young Mems Republican League Has
Meeting, But the Rain Dampens
the Ardor-C. e. Day Prints
Card.
A Y hcelman Asks Mr.. Drain Some Pertinent
Questions

The Silver Republicans will on Sat
urday evening next at the then club
rooms, No. 3lS West Second street. ten
der receptions to M. p. Snyder and to
the nominees the club has endorsed for
municipal offices.
The club is energetically at work in
this campaign for municipal ownership
prevent the people from being robbed
and do ample justice to all parties con-
cerned.
The members are working enthus-
iastically to bring about this end. They
realize fully that all other issues in this
campaign are secondary to the saving
to the city of about S2.000000 and are
working along those lines. At the same
time they are earnestly laboring for
an honest, economical administration
of the city government and for the
candidates in whom they have faith.
All of the members Of the club are
earnestly requested to be present at the
reception to be given Mr.. Snyder and
the other candidates on Saturday even
ing. The club rooms will be specially
decorated for the occasion and an invi
tation is likewise extended to all citi-
zens to be present and meet the next
mayor of the city
There will be a special program pre-
pared for the occasion which will be
printed tomorrow morning. The affair
will be one of the most pleasant events
of the municipal campaign.
The herald., 1896-11-20
YOUNG REPUBLICANS.
The Rain Spoiled the Meeting Of the
League Last Evening.

. The Young Mems Republican League
met in convention last evening at Ma
sonic Temple. on South Hill street
The rain dampened the ardor Of the
members, and they failed to turn out.
Nevertheless there were about nifty
young men present.
President Kinney called the conven-
ton to order and Secretary Francis
read the call.
c. A. Hough was elected permanent
chairman and George Francis secretary.
Committees were appointed as follows:
Committee on redentials-George b.
Mclaughlin, l.. V. Youngworth, A.
Caldwell, c. c. Bonnell, c. E. Cargill.
Committee on platform-Frank Do
mnguez, chairman; b. L. Oliver w. O..
Dow w. II. Haas. C. w. Lee.
Committee on order of business-W.
T. Blakely chairman H.. Heinch, P. j.
Kennedy, c. E. Smith, e. Booth.
Julius II. Martin made speech. He
took for his text general topics and dis
cussed them pleasantly.
Messrs. Cressey Haas and Dow were
appointed q committee to walt upon
Congressman Henderson when he ar
rives, and the league then adjourned
until next Tuesday evening.
The herald., 1896-11-20

San Francisco could not manage to
initiate Los Angeles Fiesta with any
hope of success, but she is preparing
to vie with New York for horse show
honors. AS long as no one goes to the
San Francisco show with a dress suit
on in the afternoon and no one omits
to wear his best togs in the evening the
northern metropolis will no doubt be
satisfied of it's superiority to New York.
Another point of advantage that they
will have over their eastern rivals is the
fact that in the west those who at
tend a horse show take as equal an inter-
est in the horses as in the costumes of
their neighborS
The herald., 1896-11-20
A FEW PLAIN FACTS

The vulgar and irresponsible attack
upon certain members of the Ministerial
union which appeared in yesterdays
Times was offered to the Herald, but
we refused to give it space. 1t bore the
earmarks of fraud and hatred, and no
doubt 1t was intended to besmirch the
character of men who have gained the
displeasure of parties who are not them
selves unspotted. If the Times wishes
to circulate stories for the sensation they
may create in the community, it may
do so, but the Herald has hitherto and
will continue to refuse it's columns for
any such purpose. The line which sep
is broad and distinct. The miserable
stuff referred to was so glaringly inap-
propriate for a respectable newspaper
that the plea that the copy" slipped in
without the usual scrutiny will not do.
The Times printed it because it believed
it had a vile scandal to dish up to its
readers, and it gloated over the oppor-
tunity.
AS to the efforts of the ministerial
union to create a better and clearer
moral atmosphere, no doubt number of
its members are actuated by an honest
purpose, but, in their anxiety to see
crime bridled and vice driven out many
of them are transcending the functions
of their calling and trespassing in the
domain Of law. At yesterdays meeting
of the union a minister suggested that
"Chief Glass should have a chance to
testify in his own behalf" The pre-
ing. The ministerial union is not court
of Oyer and Terminer to administer law;
nor is it any other kind of an agency of
the government to hear and pass upon
testimony, and when it assumes the
right to arraign Chief Glass, or any
other officer or citizen of the municipal
ity it becomes itself a lawbreaker.
The quicker the ministerial associa-
tion ascertains that this is the nine
teenth century the better it will be for
it. The methods of the Spanish inquisi-
tion and the Salem witch burners will
not be tolerated in Los Angeles in 1896,
but the authority the union assumes
when it proposes to condescend to ac-
cord citizen an opportunity to testify
before it concerning matters over which
the law of the land alone has jurisdiction
it takes long stride back toward the
middle ages. There are few members
of the ministerial union, however, who
realize that it is their mission on earth
to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ, and
not to sit in judgment upon their neigh
bors.
If there are resorts in Los Angeles that
are maintained in violation of law, as
some of the members of the ministerial
union say there are, it is the duty of
those possessing such information to go
before the proper authorities and swear
out warrants for the arrest of the guilty
individuals instead of indulging in abuse
Of the officers of the law. If there is a
member of the ministerial union who
knows of place of vice or other un-
lawful resort of evil doers, and he does
not invoke the strong arm of the law to
suppress it. he is not good citizen. II
the machinery Of the law fails to de-
moltsh such places after he has fastened
The herald., 1896-11-20
THEIR OLD TRICKS

No patriot will stand in the way of re-
turning prosperity, but the fact cannot
be overlooked that in many cases where
manufacturing establishments are be-
ing opened they are the ones which were
closed down before election in order to
give the employees the so-called object
lessons. The same thing is true of many
of the concerns which announce ad-
vance in wages. The wages were cut
with the announcemnt that they would
be restored in case of Republican sue
cess. These are old tricks of the Re-
publican campaigners.-New York
Journal
The herald., 1896-11-20
A WORD TO WOMEN

The W. T. c. u national convention
has strengthened the lines of it's work
at every point by refusing to indorse and
recommend for general use the so-called
Woman's Bible. While it is true that
a good many women who are closely
identified with the w. c. T. U. are con-
spicuous advocates of the political equal
ity of tn, sexes, there cannot be said to
be anything in common between the two
organizations
In fact, the w C. T. U. could not exist
O da5 without the Bible, while the po-
liticai propaganda does not find much
in 1t to justify the cause of woman suf-
frage, and to attempt to revise it so as
to make it read right was a mistake
which weakens rather than strengthens
the cause. No political organization
that attacks the citadel of the religious
faith and belief of a very large majority
of society need hope to gather large
following.
Even many of those who do not con-
slider such twisting about of the text"
altogether sacrilegious would hesitate
to take so bold step, especially as there
is no connection between the commands
of the Bible and political rights for
women.
1t certainly must follow that If the
Bible is the revealed word Of God no
human being has the right to alter or
amend it in any part, place or particular.
But in any event, if it was foreordained
that what Moses wrote down" should
be revamped from time to time to suit
new conditions of the human family
the chances are that Cady Stanton and
her confreres were not foreordained to
do the job.
Until Mrs. Stanton and her iconoclas-
tic coadjutors announced that they
would revise the Bible and show by
their translation of the original text
which would be the correct translation
Of course, that the political equality of
the sexes was intended by the Almighty
to be the basis of human society, it was
never suspected that she or a single
one OF her colaborers were sufficiently
equipped with scholarly attainments to
undertake such mighty work.
The way they set about the work of
revision, and the satisfaction they ex-
press at the success they have had in
proving from the Original manuscripts"
the political equality of the sexes, rather
confirms the belief that there are people
who would not hesitate to advertise a
picnic to be held on grounds which an
gels would hesitate to invade.
1t may be weakness of our civiliza- =
ton, but 1t is fact that while we may
be willing that male Ingersolls shall go
up and down the earth calling Moses a
fraud and the Bible compilation of his
torical absurdities and religious fables,
we are not quite highly enough civilized
to look with favor upon female Inger-
soils doing that sort of thing; besides,
II 1t is necessary for woman to have the
Bible retranslated by women. If it would
not be considered impertinent, the sug-
0estion might be made that the work
The herald., 1896-11-20

At the meeting in the City Of Mexico
of the Pan-American Medical congress
this week DR.. Holmes Of Denver ex-
planned the methods of prevention,
rather than cure for consumption. The
doctor believes that by catching the dis
ease in its earliest stages while yet in
the blood before 1t has attacked the sys-
TEN, it's danger can be entirely de-
stroyed. The successful prevention CT
the most dread disease to which flesh is
heir will be the greatest boon to human
itY.
The herald., 1896-11-20

Lightly He blows. and at his breath they
fall,
The perishing kindreds Of the leaves;
they drift,
Spent flames Of scarlet, gold aerial,
Across the hollow year. noiseless and
swift,
Lightly He blows. and countless as the
falling
OF snow by night upon a solemn sea,
The ages circle down beyond recalling,
To strew the hollows of eternity.
He sees them drifting through the spaces
dim,
And leaves and ages are as one to Him.
Charles G. D. Roberts in the Independ-
The herald., 1896-11-20

guilt upon them, he will be held blame
less by God and man. but resolutions
and loud protestations Of virtue and
honesty from the housetop is merely
tale full Of sound and fury, signifying
nothing
The herald., 1896-11-20

Mckinley wants a wool and wooden
goods tariff that will make clothing cost
consumers about $5O,O00,OO0 year more
than they are paying under the present
Democratic tariff
The herald., 1896-11-20

The Times and the Ministerial associa-
ton appear to be working together 20
divert public attention from the water
question, but it will not work. The peo-
pie cannot be fooled out of municipal
ownership of the water supply system.
The herald., 1896-11-20

England seems very we'll satisfied
with Mr.. McKinley's election; it is
doubtful if she will be able to keep up
that tune until the expiration of his
presidential term.
The herald., 1896-11-20

President Harrison left the treasury
with a deficit of about 100000, and
President Cleveland will leave 1t with a
surplus of nearly 5000, 900, 600.
The herald., 1896-11-20
WHOSE MONEY

the Prince of Wales during the last
thirty-three years has spent more than
$50,000.0 900. but neglects to mention
whose money 1t was.-Chicago Times
Herald.
The herald., 1896-11-20
ENGLISH INTEREST IN OUR POLL
TICS

English interest in our elections still
continues at high pitch, and it is now
believed in London that having carried
Chicago and Delaware, the Mckinley
ties will have a majority in the New
England assembly.-Detroit Tribune.
The herald., 1896-11-20
KANSAS SETTLES A POINT

After a man has consented to take the
medicine a woman thinks he needs, she
feels that he is as good as landed-At-
Gibson Globe.
The herald., 1896-11-20

Keep it in mind that Los Angeles
wants a municipal water system, deep
water harbor at San Pedro and a rail-
way to Salt Lake.
The herald., 1896-11-20
A GENERAL MOVEMENT

There is a general movement to be
seated on the part Of those who have
been standing up for our liberties.-De-
troit Tribune.
The herald., 1896-11-20

Hanna's advance agent of prosperity
is getting lots of glory from the opera
ton of the Wilson tariff.
The herald., 1896-11-20

Candidate Snyder is as good as elected,
but let his majority be so large that the
water company and the Times will sur
render without further trouble.
The herald., 1896-11-20
A CRIPPLED ADVANCE

The advance Of prosperity may be
slightly hindered by the fact that one of
it's legs is longer than it really ought to
be.-Detroit News.
The herald., 1896-11-20

Gold keeps pouring into the treasury
which means that the money syndicatas
have eased up the thumb-screW little.
The herald., 1896-11-20

The report that General Weyler wants
to go home and has resigned the posi-
tion of captain-general of the Spanish
army in Cuba sounds too good to be
true.
The herald., 1896-11-20

Henri Watterson has great faith in the
stability of our institutions, but he takes
very little stock in the honesty OF the
The herald., 1896-11-20
OPENING THE MILLS

Will the election Of Mckinley start up
the mill between Corbett and Fitzsim-
mons?-Atchison Globe.
The herald., 1896-11-20
Republican party. Henrrs head is
THE LEAVES AND THE AGES

The rain yesterday was q very well
come visitor.
The herald., 1896-11-20

Happily ex-Mayor Workman's, excel
lent reputation in public life Is out of
danger of damage from the irrespon-
sibles, who, for their own purposes.
posed as his most ardent admirers and
faithful friends. Mr.. Workman has
promptly refused to be made a catspaw
of by Sackett Cornell and vultures of
that ilk. The scheme by which these
political pariahs sought to undermine
Mr.. Snyder's certainty of election was
conceived in impudence and brought
forth an abortion. Mr.. Workman has
absolutely repudiated the officiousness
of his friends" who. next time they
banker after a job of this sort, would
better select for their catspaw a man of
less integrity and backbone than the
worthy ex-mayor.
The herald., 1896-11-20
SUNDAYS HERALD

The sunday Herald or the Z2Q instant
will be even an Improvement on its pred
! ecessors. abounding In timely and lively
interest for every reader. Besides the
fullest telegraphic reports and special
cable letters from London and Berlin, a
number of exceptionally interesting ar
ticles will form the features of The
Herald's Sunday magazine.
The subject that is now engrossing the
minds of politicians, the constituent
parts of Mr.. MoKinley's cabinet, will
be fully and ably discussed by Wash
ington authority, who, writing from
Canton, explains the difficult problem
that presents itself to Mr.. Mckinley
eight places to fill with at least fifty
candidates who may deserve and ex-
pect prominent recognition.
The most complete description that
has ever been published of the Rands-
burg gold mining district, covering its
early history, information as to reaching
the camp. necessary outfits, etc, will
prove a very readable and valuable ar
ticle.
John Shirley Ward contributes an in
terestirg article on the Wright irriga-
ton act.
Grace Wynne, the we'll known writer
on feminine affairs, contributes couple
of very entertaining articles; the first a
description of the crusade which certain
good Gotham ladies have instituted on
low necked gowns, and the second deal
ing with the subject Of disposing of old
clos, describing an interesting and
somewhat obscure traffic.
The grand fete which the Duke and
Duchess of Marlborough are preparing
for the entertainment of royalty at
Blenheim, to be paid for by the Wander
bilt millions, is another article Of in
terest.
The proper way to carve the Thanks
giving turkey is another discourse which
will, no doubt. attract the attention Of
masters of households, while valuable
hints as to the cooking and dressing of
the bird are also given.
The Idols of Odd Races is the title Of
an article that describes some very curl
Gus religious beliefs and practices.
Full of brave adventure is the story
of The Life Saving Service, with thrill
ing anecdotes of wreck and disaster
along the Atlantic and on the lakes.
The interesting series of articles on
philosophical and psychological subjects
will be continued by dissertation on
The Universally of Being
The regular Sunday features, The
Drama of the Day. the Musical Column
and A Literary Review by Judge Enoch
Knight will complete an entirely inter-
esting and attractive paper
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-04-18
dRB0R DAY.
.GoFerRor Issues Proclamation
Ewing III on Mar Sth.

.GoFerRor Issues a Proclamation
Ewing II on Mar Sth,
Governor Mcconnell yesterday issued
his Arbor Day proclamation. 1t is as
follows:
ExECUTRE OFFICE, Boise, April IL.
With the advance of civilization the
attention of thoughtful men and women
is being directed more and more to the
elects Of surrounding influences, The
refinement and social status OF q com
munity, town, or city may be judged
with correctness by the roads, streets,
homes, churches and school houses
which the people have constructed.
Nothing adds more TO their adornment
than The planting of trees, and, with
the view OF encouraging such efforts TO
make the country more attractive, the
legislatures of most, if not all, of the
States have wisely named day to be
devoted to that purpose.
In line with the legislation enacted
" thC s'eeitS Vi Au1fAV ESIht4uE " tALttt
subject hereby proclaim Friday the Sth
day Of May, legal holiday, and rec
ommend that the provisions enacted by
the first session of the legislature,
known as IAN act to encourage arbor
culture" be strictly complied with, and
suggest that the children of our public
schools and colleges be assembled on
that occasion and allowed to assist in
the planting of trees for the decoration
of their school grounds.
Perhaps. in after years, weighted, it
may be, with the cares of manhood or
womanhood, when many of those who
will participate in the exercises of the
coming occasion will have scattered
out upon the world and lost themselves
IN its busy turmoil, some may return.
and with their former schoolmates who
remain viii enjoy seat under the um-
brageous branches of the trees their
childish hands assisted in planting.
Let us, therefore, with view OF incul-
eating in the minds of our children a
love for home and its surroundings,
and for the purpose OF adding to the
comfort Of those who will come after
US, devote the day named to the occu-
patton of tree planting, and such other
exercises as those in charge Of our pub
lie schools may deem proper.
Given under my hand and the great
seal Of Idaho, this 18th day of April,
in the year Of Our Lord, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-six.
WILLIAM j. MCCONNELL,
by the Governor: Governor.
l. ". GARRETT, Sec'y. of State.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-04-18

Thecoming campaign Ia this country
win be the same old story over again.
II viii not be a fight in which the three
parties are essentially involved. 1t
win not even be union men against
scabs, as it was said TO have been two
years BY one of the successful candi-
dates for Office, for there must be many
men, some at least, in all the Ceur
d'Alene union who are not in favor Of
violence and outrage. 1t win be crime
and turpitude on one side and decency
and integrity on the other. 1t will be
men who despise the laws of the land ar
rayed against those who revere their
ceuntry's dag and their country's laws.
1t will be those who favor ruin and an
archy in preference TO order and pros
perity, opposed TO those who would fol-
low the golden rule OF life and protect
every man in his inherent rights. 1t
will be those who view homicide with
Indifference and rejoice over the es-
cape of murderer, in line against
men who look upon crime and criminals
with aversion. Those who would
destroy against those who would
build up. Ii is useless 10 dodge the
issue. This is precisely how the mat
ter stands in Shoshone county. Ward
ner News.