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There is generally no mercy
shown the boilers in a national
convention. The fellows who. stick
1t out on the old floor and fight
till the last and then go to the ma
tional committee for recognition,
are the ones who generally deposit
their votes In the hat when the
nominations are made.
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The Rebels are Smart,

MADRID, Jan. 20.-A dispatch
from Havana says that the rebels
have cut off all communication
from the Interior. The telegraph
wires are all cut and the railway
tracks torn up, and the only means
Of official communication with the
outlying provinces is by steam
ship.
The principal insurgent leaders
are said to be. moving westward
accompanying conveys of arms
and ammunition.
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Captured a Supply Of Water.


ROME, Jan. 1S.-The government
has received advices from Abysinia
that another attack was made by
the Abysinians upon the italian
stronghold as Makalle on January
18th with the result tnat the ma
tives were repulsed with greater
loss than thatwhich they sustained
in their assault upon the place on
January 18th. When the enemy
fell back, the Italians pursued
them, and taking advantage Of the
state Of things the troops remain
ing within their Notifications were
able to obtain from the fortress q
new supply Of water, Of which the
Italians were in great need
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There will be a great deal of dis
.cussion over the recognition Of the
belligerents before it is accom-
plfshed. Not because the United
States people do not sympathize
with Cuba, but because the United
States government is on friendly
terms with Spain. Simply this
and nothing more.
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The fine Italian hand Of William
E. Whitney is seen in the shaping
of matters for the denomination OF
Cleveland, but it will not effect
anything. There is hand writing
on the wall which is more potent
than the fine chirography OF any
third termer, dead or alive.
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Jan. II, 1885,.
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The herald., 1896-06-03
Consider the Facts

Mr.. Crisp and his free silver associates
want to restore the condition prior to
'I3." The Missouri Democratic conyen-
ton reminds US that Democracy in the
Jefferson and jackson days favored BIZ
metallism and gave free coinage to sill
Yer.
But let us see. From 1892 to 1860
covering the Jefferson and jackson DAYS
the average production of silver in this
country was only the triile of $24 264
per annum. From 1892 to 1872 inclusive
it was only $l,650,000 per annum. From
1913 to 1892 this country's average an
nual production of silver was $49 $50, $50.
For the whole world the average year
ly production between 1892 and 1873 was
less than $35,0000O0. Between 1873 and
1892 inclusive the worlds average pro-
duction was $113, 214,350 per year.
These facts make great practical
difference. 1t was one thing TO give
free coinage of silver at 15 or 16 to l
when bullion was worth 81. 80 an ounce;
it is quite another thing to give free
coinage to silver when bullion is worth
only Is cents an ounce.
1t was one thing to permit free coin
age when before 1860 this country pro-
duced only $25, 900 worth of silver a year,
or even when before 1873 it produced
only $l,650,000 worth year; it is quite
Il different thing to decree free coinage
when our average output has been
about $4,000, 600 a year for twenty years,
rising to $73,000,00 in 1892 and $50, ,000,-
600 in 1894.
1t was one thing to give free coinage
to silver during a period of eighty one
years when the whole worlds produc-
ton of that metal averaged only $35,-
100000 per annum; it is quite another
thing to grant free coinage when for
twenty years past the worlds produc-
ton has averaged more than S113 900, 900
per annum, increasing steadily until
now it approXimates 5000 900 600
To ignore these startling facts in cit
ing history is simply dishonest It is
so to state truth as to make falsehood
of it.-New York World.
The herald., 1896-06-03

indicative Of pride that is all very we'll
in it's way, Is under the circumstances
foolish, II not actually heartless. 1t has
as a rule emanated from people who
have been little affected by the storm
and still have comfortable homes with
well supplied larders. Hundreds of peo-
pie who have been incapacitated for
work because of injuries received in the
disaster, and other hundreds who have
been rendered homeless will be for
long time supplicants for aid, and 1t Is
safe to say their most reasonable de-
mands will amount to more than can
be met by any popular subscription con-
fined to ST. Louis. The empty stomachs,
we'll nigh unclothed bodies and house
less heads of these people need in the
aggregate tremendous assistance, and
they need it Immediately. 1t is simply
inhuman to stand on points of dignity
and pride. st. Louis should take all she
can get from anywhere and everywhere.
The herald., 1896-06-03
GOOD ROADS
party.

The subject of better country roads
continues to receive the attention it's i'm
portance deserves. The recent conven-
ton of supervisors in San Jose gave
most careful and intelligent considera-
ton to the ways and means best calcu-
lated to promote the good roads move
ment Great progress has been made in
some parts of the east, but practically
little advance has taken place in Cali
fornia. Yet the people stand as much in
need of good roads in California as they
do in any state. A system of highways
we'll constructed and maintained in pas
sable condition the year round, would
go a long way toward making the rail-
roads less independent.
The following from the San Francisco
Post regarding the value of good roads
Is eminently sensible:
cat present millions are squandered
annually in this state upon it's roads
Intelligence in constructing them seems
to have been long since abandoned
The average country road, especially in
summer, is a delusion and an inconven-
ience, even if it is not always a positive
disgrace to the supervisors responsible
for 1t. There is no question that if the
making roads passs. BILE were spent in
pursuance of some organized plan in a
very short time the state would have the
best highways in the country. The
damage that might be inflicted upon
them by the elements when they are
properly built would be infinitesimal.
and roads in California could be main
tanned at about half the expense neces-
sary in other states where the seasons
are more unruly.
Country highways are the arteries of
the state. 1t is through them the blood
circulates and the commonwealth is
kept alive. They concern intimately the
happiness of every citizen, and there is
no excuse for having them at any time
impossible. To squander public money
in building or repairing them according
to the whims of every politician who
may be temporarily in charge of each
county's public work is little less than a
scandal. If the supervisors convention
will devise a bill to bring intelligence
and uniformity into this business nc
doubt everybody will support it,
The herald., 1896-06-03
Hiss Phoebe Couzins

The report from Los Angeles that Miss
Phoebe Couzins is lying ill and desti-
tute there should provoke a hearty re-
sponse to her necessities. Even though
in her admirable pride she may refuse
to acknowledge her condition or accept
assistance, there are men in California
of sufficient tact and ingenuity to make
their generosity effective in her behalf
That woman must be incorrigibly hard
and utterly unlike an ideal Phoebe Couz-
ins to rebuff a kindly and delicate mani
festation of that noble sentiment which
establishes the cousinship of mortals
to the gods. Although. according to the
suffering woman's account, the Woman
Suffrage club of San Francisco may
have had a more urgent use for its
funds in advancing it's cause than in re-
lieving her distress when she appealed
to it for aid. Her illness may have
made her temporarily forget her recent
unfortunate declaration that woman
suffrage in Kansas had proven a failure.
San Francisco Examiner
The herald., 1896-06-03
The Free Silver falIacy

A free silver contempory attempts to
answer the statement that the increased
production of silver has caused its de-
probation, by arguing that since the
discovery of gold in California the in
crease in the gold product has been
greater than that of the silver; conse-
Quently the gold ought to have depre-
ciated.
The argument fails to take note of an
essential truth of the monetary ques-
ton. The great new output of gold was
soon found to have supplied the world
with a superior money to the silver,
long so much used. Its advantage as
the money for great dealings stimulated
business. Silver has no such advantage
and when the great increase in it's pro-
duction came on top of great gold
stock and annual yield, instead of hav-
ing the effectof gold to stimulate busi-
ness it simply caused glut of silver,
and consequent disinclination for its
use. Then naturally followed demone-
tization which emphasized the depre-
ciation.-San Jose Herald.
The herald., 1896-06-03
rlcKinley and Foreign Investors

The course of events in the United
States is not reaSsuring. and the public
does we'll to leave American securities
alone. Nearly G1.000,000 of gold has
been exported from New York during
the week, principally to Russia, and
more is expected to be sent next week.
Further the selection of Mr. Nc
Kinley as the Republican candidate foi
the presidency by so many of the Re-
publican state conventions is a bad
omen, as that gentleman is sitting on the
currency fence and is understood by his
silver friends to intend to assist therh
Were the popular candidate of the Re-
publicans to declare his intention of
maintaining the gold standard. some in
ducement might be given to highly
speculative investors to buy shares
when things appear as bad as they can
be, but with the prospect of the pres
ent uncertainty being prolonged beyond
the presidential election, there is no in
ducement even to the most intrepid to
hold for an improvement-Lon Sta
tiSt, May 9th
The herald., 1896-06-03
Senator Whites Work

We echo the sentiment that Josiah
Aliens wife was wont to express, when
we say that Senator Stephen NJ. White
has risen twenty-five cents in our esti-
nation" by reason of the vigorous and
uncompromising manner in which he
has called to book" Senator Frye, on
the harbor proposition That subserv-
ant tool of c. P. Huntington is entirely
unworthy of the high position he holds,
and into which he is huge misfit. Leg
islators are elected to perform the will
of the people, and not as the paid attor-
neys of corporations: and when they so
deliberately defy public sentiment,
should be relegated to merted obscur-
ity Senator White deserves the thanks
of the entire Union for his actions in
the matter of rebuking Frye of Maine
Long Beach Breaker.
The herald., 1896-06-03

1t is greatly to be regretted that the
United States supreme court adjourned
without deciding the cases involving the
constitutonality of the Wright irriga-
ton act The courts neglect to render
its opinion is somewhat surprising also.
The cases were among the most impor-
tant before the bench both because of
the vast amount of bonds that have
been issued and sold and the irrigation
enterprises which are in a state of sus-
pension pending the settlement of the
litigation. An adjustment of the ques-
tion is certainly to be desired by Califor-
MIA. Irrigation is absolutely indispens-
able in the development of an immense
area of the state, and if it cannot be had
under one system it is very necessary
that the people shall know it, so that
they may devise some other. In fact,
a large part of the western and south
western section of the country is inter-
ested in the result of the supreme court S
deliberations, for Colorado. New Mexico
and Arizona can only reach their full
AGRICULTURAL and horticultural develop
ment with the aid of extensive irriga-
ton systems, and they are interested in
knowing whether the latter can be
organized in accordance with the condi-
tions of the Wright act.
The herald., 1896-06-03
THE RESULT

The vote polled at the Democratic
primary election yesterday. though by
no means indicative of the strength of
the party in Los Angeles county, was
fairly representative and shows that the
party is very much alive, despite the
protestations of the Republican breth-
ern to the contrary.
Although complete returns for
the county have not as yet
been received, it is plainly evil
dent from such as are in that
the programmes of the Buckley-South
ern Pacific trust have suffered the signal
defeat so well merited, and in conse-
quence the delegation to be sent to Sac
ramento from Los Angeles county will
not bear the trade mark of that delect-
able combination. A delegation will be
sent representative of the decency. hon.
esty and intelligence Of the Los Angeles
Democracy, and the vote and influence
course of the state and congressional
district conventions in the interest of
the people and not in furtherance of the
designs of a dethroned and disreputa-
BILE political boss and a greedy con-
scienceless railroad corporation. The
appeal of the Herald to the respecta-
bility of the party has been effectual.
Upon the result the Herald feels that it
can justly felicitate both itself and the
The herald., 1896-06-03
Equivocai Evasion

In regard to McKinley's evasion of a
definite declaration of his financial
views the Providence Journal says: "A
strong campaign could be made against
him here in the east if an unequivoca
gold-standard candidate should be pu
in nomination at Chicago on an equally
unequivocal platform" The Philadel
phia Record says: He is on top of the
fence. with one foot on the sound money
side and the other foot on the silver side
He wants votes in Colorado and he
wants votes in Massachusetts" The
Memphis Commercial Appeal says.
There can be little doubt that Reed
Mckinley and Allison are all afraid OF
the silver vote, and it is with them sim
ply problem of how to harness the
OK and the ass together so as to get
some work out of the team
The herald., 1896-06-03
The LAST PARADE

They were days to be remembered
When, at sound of trumpet call.
Young recruits we left the village
Bent on glory one and all.
And the music round us flashing
Made us feel that eVermore
Our lives were worth the living
AS they never Were before,
j remember the day
When we rode all away
To the dreams that the music made
And our hopes, one and all.
When the Old trumpet call
Rang out clear for our first parade.
1t was glorious while it lasted. -
But the years went by too soon.
Youth should stay little longer
When lads a bold dragoon
Then, like shadows from us drifting,
Comrades fen in foreign land.
Home again the roll cali found us
But a broken little band.
AS we rode down the street
To the old measured beat
1t was tears that the music made,
And ii seemed like a PRAYER
For the lads who would ne'er
Stand again by our side on parade.
But the marching days are over.
Veterans, now at ease we stand
Till the order comes for marching
To the last and reStful land.
Only, when the troops are passing.
Our ninety years we all forget,
And the old familiar music
Makes us feel were soldiers yet.
And we're young once again
AS we hark to the strain
Till the sounds in the distance fade.
SO we wait one and all
For the last trumpet call
That shall sound for the last parade.
y. L. Molloy in Temple Bar.
The herald., 1896-06-03

The defeat of the Santa Monica job
and the shelving of the refunding
scheme show that the. hand. of Hunting
ton in congress has lost either it's
strength or it's cunning.-San Francisco
Call
No, the defeat of Huntington in his
schemes before congress does not show
that Huntingtons hand has lost its
cunning so much as it does that public
opinion has been aroused and exerts a
pressure that even the power of Hunt
ington, chicane and millions cannot
overcome. The Southern Pacific mag
nate is only more powerful than the
people when the latter are too indiffer-
ent to their rights to insist on their main
tenance,
The herald., 1896-06-03

The Louisville CourierJ Journal is
nothing If not explicit. and the follow
ing pointed expression Of its view of the
proposition to admit silver to free and
unlimited coinage at the 16 to ratio is
worthy of close consideration by Major
Mckinley, who seems to have had diff
Guilty about expressing himself so that
all people who have read his utterances
on the money question can understand
him alike. 1t says:
"There is nothing free silver for poll
ticians but defeat; there is nothing in it
for the people but ruin. 1t is an exploded
fallacy in economics. a failure in dem
agogy, the destroyer of harmony in pol
itics, the menace of r;!iI an2 bankruptcy
in business