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The herald., 1897-05-27

demands. II It were. the bill. II enacted
Into Law. would stifie commerce. and
starve the people. Each section wants
to get the better OF all the rest. While
the sslfsh and odious struggle for ad-
vantage IL going on the importers are
taking advantage Of the situation by
importing . years supply Of goods
The revenues viii thus be reduced to
the minimum. and the bill. when 1t is
finally enacted into Law. will utterly
fail in its principal purpose. which was
to stop the treasury deficiency by re-
plenishing the treasury funds. The
Herald has said all this before. but the
facts cannot be brought too often to the
attention Of the American people. who
are, through the monstrous policy of
the Republican party. already threat
ened with the necessity for another bond
Issue.
The herald., 1897-05-27
THE RIDDLE OF THE SPHINX

The conference upon the sundry civil
appropriation bill has resulted in an
agreement Among the amendments
agreed upon is the following, which
explains itself: "The appropriation for
the Improvement of the lower Missis-
sippi river is increased to $2,933,333, and
made Immediately available, by con-
tract or otherwise, in the discretion OF
the secretary of war"
Here is Secretary Alger's golden op-
portunity. The amount involved is
practically the same as in the case OF
the San Pedro harbor appropriation,
and the authorization for the expendi-
ture of the money is in terms the same.
Will congress be notified by Alger. at
the instance Of the president, that the
act is unintelligible, that the engineers
in charge do not know how to draw
proper plans and specifications, or that
he can't find out exactly whether the
Mississippi bottom is composed of mud
or boulders?
Will there be a fifty-times million-
aire whose adverse interest will CO.
incide exactly with the trend Of the
administrations perplexity, as outlined
above, and who will prove both liberal
and confidential toward all his stanch
friends? Will all these details be found
to At into the forthcoming expenditure
under this new appropriation also?
These are reflections that force them
selves upon the stage of economic spec
ulation, as embodying considerations
that may claim attention in obedience
to the esta blished doctrine that history
repeats itself Here is the riddle of our
presidential Sphinx: and he that can,
let him guess it.
The herald., 1897-05-27

One word more. An asphalt street
should never be sprinkled. It should
be washed-washed exactly as = man
O. wars deck Is washed-scrubbed, II
you please. , tf4e .tfa
Our present method Of making no dis
tinction in treatment between streets
paved with asphalt and those
paved with gravel Is ridiculously alb
Surd. There is TO dirt or duet
natural to an asphalt street. ALI
such materials are foreign, and are only
found when brought there from graveIed
streets. or arising from horse droppings.
Let the asphalt streete be treated as in
Paris. Use water from fire hydrants
with fire hose; have a gang Of men
with street brushes to augment the
force of the water, and 1t don't take
many minutes for a block to be abso-
lutely clear Of dust and dirt. The slush
should be turned into the sewer. ~ in
Paris, and here is where possible DIM
Guilty will arise until we build our storm
drains.
Sprinkling an asphalt street Is q
farce. The dust, which should never bs
there in the first place, is temporarily
turned into foul-smelling, danger
ously slippery slime. only to be turned
back into dust again almost before the
watering cart Is off the block.
Asphalt is found in such abundance In
California, and when clean IL such an
ideal pavement that 1t is not q wild pre-
diction to say that some day all the
streets Of Los Angeles will be asphalted.
To appreciate it. however. It must be
clean. When dirty, either from mud
or dust. 1t is inferior to an ordinary
graveled street. Witness Main street.
Except during a heavy rain 1t IL not
nearly so pleasant driving street as
it was before the asphalt was laid. It
is a choice now of being blinded with
dust or spattered with mud, and =
chance Of a slip up on the greasy sur.
face. ALFRED SHAW.
May 1s, 1897.
The herald., 1897-05-27
A SIGNIFICANT ADMISSION

Here is very significant and truthful
statement, taken from the American
Economist of May IA, 1897:
at is impossible to recognize any
other condition than that the Dingley
tariff, as presented for the consdera-
tion of the United States senate, fails
to meet the approval either Of the
friends Of protection or of the Repub-
lican press of the country
This statement, coming from one of the
most hide-bound of the protection or
gans, is one that should be needed. The
Economist of course, wants protective
tariff and a very high one, and seeks to
take the edge off it's surprising con-
demnation by speaking of ''the excellent
Dingley bill' and "the good senate bill. y
What the Economist means is that the
bill does not meet with the general ap.
proval Of the Republican party And
why doesn't it? Simply because every
section is not given. the protection il
The herald., 1897-05-27
FIRST ROUND FOR CALIFORNIA

In the senate yesterday occurred the
first passage at arms over the tariff ON
California products. Borax and bo-
racic acid were under consideration and
Senator Vest attempted to force a re-
duction in the rate reported by the COM
mittee. Senator White came to the
rescue with the reasonable argument
that if high protection must result from
tariff legislation he would not consent
that California should be taxed for the
benefit of other parts Of the United
States, without receiving her due share
of special favors in return. And Sena-
tor White, as usual, had his way about
the matter. If he succeeds as well
with the fruit and other tariffs which
affect California, we shall be able, in a
certain sense, to fight the devil with
fire.
The herald., 1897-05-27
Street Paving

To the Editor Of the Los Angeles Her
aid: That the streets in our American
cities are disgrace to our civilization
has become proverbial saying. The
question Of reform has been threshed
out so many times that 1t would seem
an almost hopeless task for one to shed
any new light on the subject. 1t does
appear to me, however, that we in Los
Angeles should be able to arrive at one
common point of agreement namely.
the breakdown of the contract sys-
tenn as applied to street paving.
am convinced that the opportunities
for swindling in street paving Il refer
particularly to asphalt paving), are SO
easily embraced that. as long as II ie
to the interest of the paver to swindle
swindle he will Even If the inspector
don't stand in with the paver there are
unlimited chances of fooling him. The
question as to whether the cement, the
gravel, or the asphalt is quite up to
standard of quantity or quality is often
a very delicate one to determine, and
the inspector has on the one hand the
paver present in person with every ar
gument ready for acceptance, while on
the other hand he has that evanescent
being, 1.-The public good" urging him tc
reject. It is not difficult to see the i'm
mense advantage possessed by the paver
as against the public, even when that
rare bird, 1.-The honest inspector" is on
the job. The honest inspector, however.
need not be counted on. He is like the
dodo, extinct.
There is but one sure method to pre-
vent ewindling, and that Is to remove
the motive for swindling. How? In
stead of the city's contracting out the
paving let it do the work itself. There
is no great art in laying good streets.
The essential thing is honesty.
There can be no great variation in
computing the estimated cost of laying
a certain amount of paving under GER
tain specifications The various quanti-
ties of asphalt, cement, ETC.. that must
20 into the work If the specifications are
lived up to are arrived at by sum or
simple addition. The market price is
known, and so the cost of these items IS
aleo equally easy of determination. The
item of labor IL possibly a little more
difflcult OF exact computation, but the
mareir, of extreme variation is not great.
Our city engineer could give right now
almost an exact estimate of the cost of
pavirg a street. and II the city took up
the work itself there Is no doubt but that
he could, after little experience. figure
out to cent the cost of any proposed
work. The only possible way the private
contractor could do the work cheaper
would be by scamping the job.
It may be said that the city engineer
would be as likely to swindle as the pri-
vate contractor.
I reply that the motive is infinitely
less and the likelihood of detection
Infinitely greater.
A great advantage that would accrue
from doing the work direct is that it
would put the city in possession Of a
complete paving outfit, so that 1t could
attend itself to repairing the asphalt
when worn out or dug up for water
and gas pipes, etc. AS soon as break
appeared in the street 1t would be the
duty Of the city to Immediately repair
1t. and not wait year or 90. as is the
present custom.
The herald., 1897-05-27
Representative Dockery's Cigars

Colonel Joe P. Johnstone, who has been
postmaster inspector at st. Louis ever
since 1887, and has just been transferred
to the New Orleans district, Is In the city,
and was yesterday renewing his old
friendship with Representative Dockery.
Colonel Johnstone is quite Joker.
Stepping up to the cigar counter in Will
lard's, he said:
Let me have some Of the cigars Mr..
Dockery usually buys"
He was handed out a very good but not
expensive quality of domestic cigars.
Selecting three he handed them to the
congressman. a
'4Take them ALL" he said. II bought
them for you" Then turning to the deal
er. he continued: "Now give me good
cigar for myself"
The herald., 1897-05-27
Bowed to the Cattle Trust

The Dingley bill went to the senate
with raw wool taxed and outrageous
duties on woolens. but with hides on the
free list. The cattle trust did not propose
20 stand that, and through two or three
western senators threatened to kill the
bill If duty was not put upon hides
The Republicans in the senate respond
ed to this hold-up by giving the cattle
trust what it asked. So it turns out that
shoes and all other manufactures Of
leather must be taxed because wool IL
to be taxed and the duty on woolens
Observation-Disclosures Journal.
The herald., 1897-05-27
Still the Golden State

California is still the Golden State.
The output of the yellow metal from it's
mines for 1896 was $17. .1s1, 1852, gain of
nearly $2,000,000. or IL per cent, over the
previous year, and of $500. 900, or 26.5
per cent, over the yield of 1884,. The
California mining districts are all old.
with the exception of the Ranosburg,
but that they contain enough treasure
to keep her miners busy for scores of
years is positively known, and the
chances are that they are practically in
stible.--Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal 80. .---
The herald., 1897-05-27
WILD LEGISLATION

There have been some wild flights
past three months, not all of which were
peculiar to the state of California. OF
course we had our share, and if all the
bills that were passed at Sacramento
during the months OF February and
March had been approved by the gov
ernor We should probably have lapsed
into the patriarchal form of government
before December But there might be a
worse form of government than patri-
archal, and Arizona's legislature has
made a daring attempt to prove it. The
citizen of Arizona is proverbially handy
with his pistol, as an evidence Of which
there were upwards Of seventy murder
ers awaiting trial in the several jails of
the territory when the legislature con-
vened. But the law-making body would
seem to have been modelled somewhat
after the manner of our late coyote legis-
lature, as a reeult of which the murder
ers will not be tried. The law fixing the
penalty for murder was repealed with
out rcserving saving clause in the
substitute enactment. The people and
press of the territory accuse the law
makers of deliberately perpetrating the
legislative fraud for the expreespurpose
of shielding a CLASP of influential homi-
cides' who might otherwise be compelled
to expiate their offensa upon the scaffold.
AS it stands now the greatest offense for
which the prisoners can be tried Is man.
slaughter and the penalty a limited
period Of imprisonment. Among the
prisoners who have baff1ed the hand OF
The herald., 1897-05-27
CALIFORNIA OPINION
stockton's Applicatiou on File

SsOc4soa's ApPlAceuoa on E1lo
The gentlemen who have It In hand
to make Mr.. Bryan's appointments in
California will commit grave tactical
error II they omit Stockton from the
program. 1t ID understood that Mr..
Bryan can spare time for but four
speeches. They should be made In Los
Angeles. San Francisco. Stockton and
Sacramento. We cheerfully admit the
charms Of Bakersfield. visalia. Tulare.
Firebaughs and the regions adjacent
thereto. But Mr.. Bryan's coming to CAL
ifornia Is state AFFAIR. To confine him
while here to the lower end of the San
Joaquin valley would be a blunder so
irritating as, to ceaee to be ludicrous.--
Stockton Mail.
The herald., 1897-05-27
Good Point to Establish

If these two representatives of the
most oppressive and arrogant Of ali
he trusts in the United States (Have-
meyer and Searles) are. convicted and
sent to Jail that action on the part Of
he court will at least convince the peo-
lie that millionaires as we'll as poor men
are amenable to the laws of the land.
which will be mighty good point to es-
ablish.-Cleveland Leader
The herald., 1897-05-27
The Pure Food Problem

: The San Francisco people who are en-
gagged in the pure food crusade have re-
ceived assistance from an unexpected
source. A grocer who was recently
fined for selling an adulterated COM
modify has turned about ana brought
suit for heavy damages againy: the
manufacturers who supplied nim with
the article that got him into trouble.
If this retailers example were TO be
followed generally, the problem Of
reaching INSCRIPTIONS manufacturers
will have been solved.-San Diego
Union.
The herald., 1897-05-27
Good Material

Gertrude Atherton says that she can.
not understand why the Mechanics L.
brary of San Francisco refused, admis-
eion to her latest book unless 1t is be-
cause the. work is too good and deep.
Gertrude's imagination should recon-
mend her to the Examiner as good ma
terial for war correspondent in Cuba.
Pasadena Star,
The herald., 1897-05-27
Los Angeles Is Willin,

If Chairman Afford wants to gain IA
vor with about twenty thousand Of
Southern California's citizens he had
better stop Mr.. Bryan for a couple OF
hours at San Bernardino. OF course
Los Angeles and the railways will be
against it, but just now 1t is not ever
policy in the west to hearken with too
much interest to incorporated selfish
ness.-San Bernardino Free Press.
The herald., 1897-05-27
Jerry Then and Now

Jerry Simpson is bright enough now,
but when he first went to Washington a
friend asked him to step into a store a
minute to buy pair Of pumps. Hold
On. you idiot" said Jerry. you are 60
ing into shoe e!"-Wichita, Kan,
Eagle
The herald., 1897-05-27
Stumbling Block to Prosperity

There is only one thing that stands
between this country and revival Of
prosperity. 1t is the United States SEN
ate, which. taking care of the interests
of the sugar trust and other private con-
Germs, commits the government to con-
tinued bankruptcy and the people to
prolonged poverty.-New York Press
The herald., 1897-05-27
THE PUBLIC PULSE

(The Herald under this heading prints
communications but does not assume re-
sponsibility for the sentiments expressed.
Correspondents are requested to cultivate
brevity as far as Is consistent with the
proper expression of their viewso
The herald., 1897-05-27

The New York Times says: "Platt is
trying to keep Organism alive among
the Democrats of New York and tel
make it the controlling force" 1t is
only necessary to say Bryan" to gold
bug to make him hide under the bed
Bryanism and Boss Platt have nothing
IL common, nor can the free silver prin-
ciple be used by its enemies to further
their own purposes. Silver does no.
need the selfish aid of political Weylers
to keep it alive.
The herald., 1897-05-27
What will You Havep

In boring for oil in Los Angeles last
week a strike of mineral water was
made. If they could locate a supply of
natural bourbon conveniently to that
we'll the spot would become the paradise
of the political push of the dominant
party in Los Angeles.-Fresno Expoe-
itor
The herald., 1897-05-27
Worthy of His Investigation

If Socrates were alive he would now
probably be concerning himself with the
great problem as to why 1t is that
bicycle lamp always goes out at the
moment when the policeman on the
beat is approachins.-Ch Chicago Record.
The herald., 1897-05-27

Don't swear at the weather. It nigh:
snow" pleads the Buffalo Times of May
18th. What a punishment it is to be
forced to live in a barbaric country
where the people dare not grumble
about the weather for fear of being
punished with worse dose. The South
ern Californians never know the full ex-
tent of their climatic blessings until
they are brought to attention by the
eastern atmospheric fetish worshipers
The herald., 1897-05-27

pshaoss ~ ~ troubles 1t wss dsaisnsd
20 NEST, but, u It provse ateE IN the
direction Of briaStnx 20 punishmert the
evil-minded Oho debauch young girls.
It will be hailed with great xatisfaction.
The herald., 1897-05-27
Pathological

News comes from Buzzard's Bay that
ex-President Cleveland is having great
luck fishing and is catching tautog in
large quantities. AS a tautologist Mr..
Cleveland has few equals and no supe-
riors.-New York Tribune.
The herald., 1897-05-27
Texas in Need of Sympathy

Ex-Governor Waite says the country
is going to the devil and he is going to
Texas. We sympathize with the coun-
try, but we especially sympathize with
Texas.-Louisville Courier-Journal.
The herald., 1897-05-27
An Empty Compliment

The nearest approach TO true
vacuum seems to be the space formerly
occupied by David Bennett Hill OF VOL
fert's .Roost in; the Democratic party
New York Commercial Advertiser.
The herald., 1897-05-27
The Langtry Desertion

Mrs. Langtry has secured divorce
in California, whittier she went to be
deserted by her husband. who re-
manned quietly at home.-Chjcago
Times Herald. ss,,.
The herald., 1897-05-27
Sticks to His Last

The St. Louis man who proposes 10
devote his time to saving BOD insef-
soils soul will probably be wa!kins on
his uppers before the colonei becomes
spiritually healed.-St. Louis Hepuphc'
The herald., 1897-05-27

justice BY THE remarkable trick Of leeis-
lation appear the names Of Black Jack
and his band Of outlaws. ana Apache
Kid and his train Of assaeegns.
The herald., 1897-05-27
Who Pulls the stringsr

The San Francisco postoffice and San
Pedro harbor appropriations seem to
have had strings attached to them
Santa Ana Blade.
The herald., 1897-05-27

Look out for big row when the house
committees are appointed. Rebellion
is in the air. and Speaker Reed is dan
gerously near the limit of his czarish
despotism.
The herald., 1897-05-27

Henry Watterson views with alarm
the Scylla Of Bryanlsm and the Charyb-
dis of Clevelandisrn. Mr.. Watterson will
vet be reduced to the extremity of or
ganizing a new Democratic party from
Republican materials.
The herald., 1897-05-27

Ex-Presdent Harrison tends the ba-
by while hie wife goes shopping. The
residential horoscope for 1900 is getting
more and more confused.
The herald., 1897-05-27

An epidemic Of jail-breaking seems to
have developed. but We manage these
things better in Los Angeles than in
Fresno Two desperate criminals con-
trived yesterday to escape from the
Fresno county jail, but the versatile.
Mccarthy, who apparently has as many
ways of getting out of Jail as intoit, was
again disappointed.
The herald., 1897-05-27
Sunbeam and Star

The love that played a sunbeam's part
Still shines for me, though faint and far
And in the nighttime Of my heart
Has turned to passions polar star.
William H. Hayne in Leslie's Weekly.
The herald., 1897-05-27

"How to escape what passee current
for poetry" says the New York Eeven-
ing Post, is problem that vexes many.
The solution is easy Don't write 1t.
The herald., 1897-05-27

Havemeyer is on the gridiron. A
term in Jail is said to be an excellent
remedy for contumacy and loss Of men,
ory.
The herald., 1897-05-27

"The tariff is not properly sectional
ISSUE" says the Times. But it actually
is sectional issue. The difference be-
tween the fact and the theory is going
to cost this country millions Of dollars
within the next twelve months. If the
Republicans don't know what they want
and, having the power, are unable to get
what they want, they should step down
and out and leave the making of the
laws and the administration of the gov
ernment to more capable hands.
The herald., 1897-05-27

The Whale and the Franchise
The Terminal got the whale. Now
will they get the franchise ?-Paeadena
News
The herald., 1897-05-27

Some of the senators are said to be
putting too much sugar In their coffee.
The herald., 1897-05-27

The excellence Of the Long Beach Eye
as an advertising medium is shown by
the following, extracted from the edi-
ton of Monday Lost, strayed or sto-
ien-On Sunday, May 23d, two brown
water spaniel pups. with white feet. A
liberal reward will be paid for their re.
turn to Seaside inn, Long Beach, CAL
IMr. Bolter will find his pups al the res
ldence of S. .Townsend.)"
1t is to be hoped that the advertiser
did not kick because the pups were nov
delivered with the paper.
The herald., 1897-05-27

But the law will soon go into effect and
what will be the result? The future can
only be gauged by the past. The law
has not Disseminated between violence
done to the person of an innocent child
against her will, and the precocious child
who willingly submitted herself Since
Clifton Mayne received a heavy sem
tence for outraging Elsie Shipton-or at
least is said to have done So for the mat
ter of her age and other considerations
are involved in much doubt and are now
before the supreme court-there has
been a veritable epidemic of this form of
crime 1t has been worthy of note that
in almost every case, too, the girl was r
willing victim. This, while in no sense
excusing the offender before the law, is
of Importance as Illustrating the abso
lutte ignorance of the girls themselves.
and the Grass negligence on the part of
their mothers. The purpose Of law is to
punish an offender and to prevent others
from committing offenses.
ENLIGHTENED MINDS GUARDIANS
In Southern California the cases that
are almost constantly being brought
before the public notice are manifest
evidences of the ignorant when not
rrurient minds of the young girls. Edu-
cation, in the highest sense. and along
lines generally tabooed by mothers will
tend to enlighten the daughters of the
country and make them know them
selves as their mothers know them. Then
will they be protected with safeguards
that the law can never supply, and that
will render them ineensiole t. the wiles
Of the opposite sex. who are themselves
held in bondage by debased if not dis
eased minds.
| 1t will be seen that for variety of
reasons the new law IS not regarded. by
the frequenters OF the cour. house, as a
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-19
Ell DORADO COUNTY.

GEORGETOWN. CAL, March 1S-In
the section known as the Georgetown
Divide, lying between the middle and
south forks of the American River, El
Dorado County, very little grain is raised.
except that which is cut for hay, of which
a considerable amount is harvested each
year.
About the average acreage was sown
during the past fall and early winter, ard
the climatic conditions to the present
time point to the average yield. 1t is a
little early as yet at this attitude (2700
feeD TO predict with any certainty wnat
The yield will be, as much depends upon
the later rains, which in this locality su-
ally continue through the month OF April,
and even into May.
The cold weather now prevailing and
the recent fall of snow, which reached q
depth OF sixteen inches. has had ten
dency TO check the swelling of fruit buds,
and present indications point TO a favora-
bic season for all varieties Should late
frosts not prevail the yield of all kinds OF
fruit will be heavy, as most varie les have
had rest since the season of 1895 owing
TO the disastrous late frosts last year,