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The herald., 1897-12-30

pose that the electors OF this county OF
Of this state will vote for any man who
| is placed in nomination, supported and
controlled by the very worst element in
q party?
The only hope of success for any party
in the coming election lies In the direc-
ton of candidates of spotless characters
and unimpeached honor-men of stand
ing and prominence, whose lives have
been above reproach, in word, men who
in themselves shall be credit to party
and a platform. If any party has not
the moral strength and the moral cour-
age to purify itself. it cannot long retain
the following of it's members; and If it
does not weed out Objectionable men
and prevent Objectionable practices, it
cannot hope for success.
The coming election will be contest
of men. The Independent voter Of this
day will not, in local affairs, vote to the
Jingle of party platforms nor march to
the polls to the crack of the party whip.
1t will be contest of men, honest men,
men of sterling character; and that
party which nominates such men will
secure their election, to the advantage
of the party and for the benefit of the
county and state.
This resolution is but the first step to-
ward securing the nomination and elec-
ton of good men to public office. and it
is hoped that the party man will be able
to reconcile himself with this worthy
work and join in the attempt to redeem
the state and county from the spoils-
men, rather than to assist in placing
them again in power.
The herald., 1897-12-30
The Inspiration

An elderly gentleman had waited while
the audience passed out in order to have
word with the scientist who had lec-
tured.
ITS a relief " he remarked cordially,
.'after so much discussion of political econ
omy to listen to you. What pleased me
most about your discourse was that its
subject was not money"
NO" was the answer, after some con-
sderation. Its subject was not money,
but its object was."-Washingto Star.
The herald., 1897-12-30
No Such Luck

The yellow journals of New York hav-
ing exhausted every earthly sensation are
declaring that the big sun spot now visible
is new planet being torn off the sun and
that when it is finally cast loose 1t will be
hurled against the arth with sufficient
force to destroy this body. If 1t destroys
the yellow journals all will be forgiven
Louisville Times.
The herald., 1897-12-30
Parental WEAKNESS

'Is there any necessity of your having
quite so many young idiots hanging around
here, Mabel?" asked the father in the prop
erly deferential tone of modern parent.
II am studying human nature, papa"
answered the sweet girl. "You know the
proper study of mankind-or womankind-
is man."
"Mebbe 1t is but 1 must say don't like
the way you keep the house Uttered up
with your specimens. En-
Quirer
The herald., 1897-12-30
Full of Meat

The Los Angeles Herald of last Sunday
was the best Sunday edition that paper
has ever gotten out. Besides the hand
some cover, it contained thirty-six pages,
which had more good, solid news than Is
usually found in the big Sunday papers.
The Herald is now one of the best daIlies
on the coast. and the leading one in South
ern California.-San Pedro Times. n
The herald., 1897-12-30
He Isn't Talkinr Now

The advance agent" refuses further to
assume the responsibility for the wages of
employees in the cotton mills at Fall River,
Mass. The advance agent travels about the
country only every four years, and then
Just preceding the presidential election
Columbus Press.
The herald., 1897-12-30
SUSPICION

do you remember that girl who came
here and said that what she most desired
was a good homer" asked the housewife.
what Is the matter now?' responded
her husband. Have you missed something
else?'
"Yes I guess she has good home pretty
nearly paid for by this time.
ton Star.
The herald., 1897-12-30
Another Endless Chain

"Why do the politicians give that fellow
money!"
"He has influence in certain labor cir
cles."
But how does such a chap get infiu-
ence?"
with the money the politicians give
him. ."-Chicago Journal.
The herald., 1897-12-30

The new autonomous government for
Cuba is to be inaugurated next Satur-
reform their old habit of giving autono-
my the horse laugh.
The herald., 1897-12-30

Atchison earnings for November show
a handsome net increase of s36S656, and
for five months Of nearly million. Full
crops in Kansas and California mean
much for the great system.
The herald., 1897-12-30
Library Trustees Inconsistency

To the Editor Of the Los Angeles Herald:
What explanation have the library trus-
tees to offer for their inexcusable PARTIAL
ity in ordering general examination OF
the library force, and yet at the same
time arbitrarily exempting several mem-
bers from such examination?
It is well understood thAt the board linz
mediately preceding the present one open-
" disregarded civil service rules: but Il
has been supposed that the present board
members should not forget that impartial-
ity and fair play lie at the very foundation
Of the merit System: and the taxpayers.
who support our public library are In no
mood to tolerate favoritism In any form
ii the conduct Of an institution that q
gradually becoming the pride Of the city.
Los Angeles. December ..
The herald., 1897-12-30

The Republicanslin the house are said
to be hopelessly united upon all bills for
salary and allowance. postage stamps,
and other things of like national i'm
portance.
The herald., 1897-12-30
THE PUBLIC PULSE

(The Herald under this heading prinA
comm unications. but does not assume re-
sponsibility for the sentiments expressed.
Correspondents are reQuested to cultivate
brevtty ~ far a. II consistent with the
proper expression OF their viewsJ
The herald., 1897-12-30

Colorado coal diggers want more
wages. They have heard something
about the return of prosperity, and de-
mand a slice for themselves.
The herald., 1897-12-30

In Cuba is presented the anomaly of
a country without a government and a
government without country. The in
surgents have the country and the in
vaders the government.
The herald., 1897-12-30
THE MESSAGE

Strong"
"Too long"
''The same old song"
Another ring of the golden gong"
Weak"
Check"
"'Tain't the way to speak"
Nothing there that the people seek"
Frank l.. Stanton in Atlanta Constitu
tiOD
The herald., 1897-12-30

The business interests are beginning
to discover that. whereas they are in on
the ground floor all right, as promised.
there is cellar. The protected trusts
hold all of the preferred stock.
The herald., 1897-12-30

If Blanco expects to get any more au-
tonomous proposals before the rebels he
will need to rig up a pneumatic tube for
their transmission. Messenger boy serv-
ice in Cuba has been discontinued.
The herald., 1897-12-30

The president and Secretary Alger are
said to be in perfect harmony on the
reindeer proposition. The reason for
this. in all probability, is that it is wholly
impracticable.
The herald., 1897-12-30

The encouragement which the pope
has seen fit to give the Spanish govern
ment in it's struggle with rebellious sub
jects, domestic and insular, is in line
with the long established policy of the
holy see. of sustaining constituted au-
thority and looking with disfavor upon
revolutionary movements, when the
government is friendly to the Catholic
religion. The action of the pope in this
The herald., 1897-12-30
Looking Forward

Every patriotic American is now glad
that San Domingo was not annexed. If
the present speculative craze can be tided
over there will be equal satisfaction twenty
years from now that Hawaii was not an
nxed.-Boston Transcript
The herald., 1897-12-30

1t is not surprising that the banking
interest in New York is opposed to the
postal savings bank scheme. And being
opposed, it is not likely soon to be
adopted.
The herald., 1897-12-30

Port-au-Prince has been devastated
by fire and shaken by an earthquake,
the two Affections coming simultaneous
ly. Doubtless the natives thought it
a return Of the German fleet.
The herald., 1897-12-30

Judging from. the way the deficit
grows during these midwinter months,
the inference is plain that the whole
United States is semi-tropical.
The herald., 1897-12-30
Los ANGELES DAILY HERALD
SWORN STATEMENT CIRCULATION

State of California. County Of Los Ange-
les.-ss.
L. NJ Holt, superintendent Of circulation
OF the Los Angeles Daily Herald. being
first duly sworn. deposes and says: That
for the five months from February !. 1897.
to June 80. 1897 (inclusive), the total circu-
lation Of the said Daily Herald was 1,2S0. 63o
copies, being an average daily circula-
ton of sOO4.
That the weekday circulation during the
above time was 1.07l.5s7 being daily
average of S3O6 copies.
That the Sunday circulation during the
above time was 21s.059 being an average
for each Sunday of 1O.431.
L. NJ. HOLT.
Superintendent of Circulation.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
18th day Of July, 1897.
FRANK ]. COOPER.
Notary Public in and for the County OF
Los Angeles State of California
The herald., 1897-12-30

Secretary Wilson is still protesting
his innocence of the late bulletin ignor-
ing California's fruit interests. But he
fails to recall the damaging circular.
The herald., 1897-12-30

OF course, if Mckinley cannot get
along with his secretaries he can re-
sign. Office holding is not compulsory
in this country.
The herald., 1897-12-30
Great question still Unsettled

Two Presque Isle checker players re.
Gently had game ito decide whether the
world is getting better or worse" They
tried 1t twice and each game was draw
Lewiston (Me) Journal.
The herald., 1897-12-30
Rapidly Taxing the Lead

The Los Angeles Herald continues to
make great strides for public favor, and we
are pleased to see The Herald rapidly taxi
ing the lead in the morning field, ,-s9nta
Monica outlook.
The herald., 1897-12-30

Wholesome and instructive political
addresses, like that delivered here the
other day by Mr.. Altgeld. are as accept
able between campaigns as during the
heat of political contest. People have
time to carefully analyze them, and the
seed usually falls upon fruitful soil.
The herald., 1897-12-30

Senator Chandler's prophecy touching
the effect of currency legislation, in
splitting the Republican party in two,
is a trihe faulty. He should have said
it will split it in three. It's first step to-
ward the gold camp split it in two, and
split it SO badly that it would not now be
in power had dependence been placed
will be official, final and irrevocable, If
we may employ the language of the ulti-
matum. and thence will go into history
as the most magnificent political wreck
of the century.
The herald., 1897-12-30
10 me, and to a thousand others on the
Rome, a different notion of the beauties

Of floating cold storage warehouses.
But only one-eighth of the dimensions
of icebergs are visible above the surface.
Old Badly, transformed into solid ice,
and set adrift in the Pacific. would meas
urably describe this leviathan which the
Rome skilfully lodged on that June day
in the long ago. ANASTASlA.
The herald., 1897-12-30

Great Britain adheres to her conten-
tion that reciprocity and all other mat
ters pending between the two govern
ments be determined together in sim
gle omnibus proposition. and It 10 DIM
cult to see why this il not as advan-
tageous to this country as to England.
If all disputed points can be disposed Of
by single commission. opposition to it
upon our part can hardly be Justified.
The herald., 1897-12-30

quarter. nor n itNIikely to eject tho
pending struggle In Cuba one way or
the other,
The herald., 1897-12-30

The nomination of Charles Page Bry-
an to be minister to China has called
forth savage protests from the newspa-
pers all over the land, and there seems
to be no end to the young mans troubles.
The latest calamity that has befallen
him was an endorsement for the posi-
tion. unanimously adopted by the Illi-
nois legislature.
The herald., 1897-12-30

But a greater danger menaced. nor
was it necessary to name 1t in terms.
The earnest faces of the chief officers,
on duty or off. told the story to expert
enced travellers, who asked no questions
Those who were making their initial
journey across the deep were all bliss
fully ignorant of what was transpiring
or what might possibly happen. They
had not been able to interpret the Ian
guage of the little flags run up on the
mast of an outgoing steamer passed the
night before, nor could they analyze the
significance of the steadily falling tenn
perature Of the sea through which the
vessel was plowing. In the seaworthi-
ness of the staunch craft itself, and in
the skill and fidelity of it's officers, they
had come intuitively to confide, for the
latter were sturdy Scots, whose magnifi
cent physique and lofty bearing admit
ted of no doubt and forced unwilling con-
fidence from the most timid. Yet the
stoutest heart was not without it's mis-
givings, and the fact that ten, eleven
and twelve o'clock came, without mate
rial thinning out of the crowds on deck.
indicated the anxiety that pervaded all
classes.
The herald., 1897-12-30

Charles Page Bryan should HE himself
to China without delay, or he may find
himself without country to conquer.
He may, however. be delaying his de-
parture in the hope that Mckinley will
send the white squadron with him, even
as Prince Henry sailed out of Kiel.
The herald., 1897-12-30

Meanwhile the ships log made most
discouraging exhibit of distance trav-
ersed, scarcely more than half the pre-
vious days record. All night long the
fog horn sounded its weird warning to
possible passing vessels. Only for mo-
ment at a time would the captain sur
render his place on the bridge to mate
or second officer, SO heavily did the re-
sponsibility for the ships safety rest
upon his shoulders. One mans eyes were
as good as another's in such an atmos-
phere, it might be supposed, and yet the
master seemed unwilling to trust any
but his own to detect the lights of an ap-
preaching vessel. were any SO unfortu-
nate as to be caught in the embrace of
the insinuating and unyielding enemy Of
navigation.
The herald., 1897-12-30
THROUGH NIGHT
INTOLICHT

The most beautiful spectacle ever
witnessed was at sea. was cabin
passenger on the Anchor line steamer
the City OF Rome. The vessel had made
an unprecedented run from the last
light at Tory island, and the passengers
were fiattering themselves at the pros
pect of reaching New York somewhat IN
advance of the schedule time. But the
erratic nature of sea and air on the
Newfoundland banks had not been ad-
equately discounted. When In north lat
itude 45.12. west longitude 54.55. we found
ourselves involved in fog of extraor-
dinary blackness and impossible thick
ness. This hung over the vessel like a
pall stubbornly blocked its pathway
pursued it like Nemesis, and forced
its intangible presence into every open
port and unprotected hatch. For nearly
twenty-four hours we were thus impris-
oned between four black walls that
came out Of the infinite deep and were
lost in infinite space above.
The herald., 1897-12-30
THRILLING WITH A CRISIS

The president is earning a reputation
for adaptability that may Will provok-
the envy of aspiring Washington states
men. He was only last week credited
with having declared to Mr.. Wolcott that
now more than ever was he in favor of
continuing the latter's efforts to secure
international concert on the silver ques-
ton, and the language of his message
warranted the assumption that he had
not entirely dismissed the chimera. But
in a published interview on Tuesday
Secretary Gage is reported to have de-
clared that "the president and I are in
substantial accord" on the money ISSUE
And now comes Senator Fairbanks of
Indiana with a statement that the presi-
dent had very recently assured him of
his purpose to keep the bond and to
vindicate the financial plank of the ST.
Louis platform.
Just how the executive is going to keep
faith with both elements of his party, as
represented by Wolcott on the one side,
and Gage and Fairbanks on the other
is neither apparent nor comprehensive,
silver and the preservation of the ma
tional currency practically as it exists,
while the other represents the demand
for the complete substitution of national
tablishment of the gold standard. He
certainly cannot long maintain this dual
attitude, for the exigencies of the crisis
that is shaping itself will render it un-
Monday, and the irrepressible conflict
will not long be delayed. The country
will have much more respect for the
president if he shall take a decided
stand one way or the other and embrace
an early opportunity for it's definition
Any further attempt on his part to strad-
die the issue will only serve still furth-
er to bring his high office into con-
tempt. He is destined to defeat and dis
comfiture whichever horn of the dilemma
he may grasp but he still has the choice
of going down like warrior statesman
on the right of the line with plume wav-
ing in the breeze, or of being ambushed
while endeavoring to escape to cover.
Mr. Eckels will retire from office
badly smirched official, and the admins
tration will shift the discredit to the
Cleveland score. Up to the last fort
night of his term he escaped serious ar
raignment, but the leniency, it is now
certain, he displayed in the case of
tottering Philadelphia bank, by which
depositors were deceived as to it's true
condition, compels him to back out of
office with apologies and explanations
upon his lips that ill-befit a man who
has so long been shouting for honest
money and honest methods, and defam-
ing all men who have failed to agree
with him as repudiators and anarch-
lists.
The herald., 1897-12-30
Suggestion

Is offered you to come and select one or more Of
those ODD SUITS AND OvERCoATs-too many
to price here-too many to give absorption Of
them We know we can fit you; we know the
price is right; we know we want to get rid Of
them, and we want you to know just as much
as we do. We can post you when it comes
j. To Values
The herald., 1897-12-30

Nothing but the cabin clock indicated
the transition from night to day. The
darkness of midnight pervaded every
part Of the ship. The breaking waves
could not be seen ships length ahead
of the prov. The atmosphere had grown
perceptibly colder, the water was be-
coming frigid. Official anxiety increased
as the mercury fell, for the season was
almost midsummer, and it intensified as
it neared the freezing point. Thus, with
alternating hopes and fears, upon the
part of officers and passengers. the day
gradually wore away. No single ray of
light had once in twenty -four hours
pierced the somber pail that hung over
the noble vessel, and through which
passage was only reluctantly yielded.
But, glory to God. deliverance came at
4 o'clock in the grandest transformation
mortal eye ever beheld.
The herald., 1897-12-30

apparently in an instant of time, the
City of Rome shot out of the darkness
and gloom into the gorgeous, dazzling
light of a matchless sunset! The fog
bank, from which the vessel had just
emerged, and which apparently reached
from ocean to sky, was cut vertically as
smooth as a sharp knife would cut a
fresh dairy cheese Wonder at this phe-
nomenon did not at once yield to the nat
ural explanation Of it, although it was
there plainly to be seen and mountain
high! Only few miles away looking
off from the lee side of the vessel, was
seen majestically riding the waves, a
monster iceberg, variously estimated to
be from a half to three-quarters of a
mile in length, quarter of mile WIDE
and apparently a thousand feet high. 1t
had the appearance of a gigantic castle
upon the summit of q mammoth hill,
it's myriad spires and pinnacles and
domes tipped with golden fire from the
sun that had just fallen below it's loftiest
crest, and giving to it's more massive
body below a softened, lustrous glow
that shifted and changed, as the sun
dropped lower on the horizon and it's
rays gradually penetrated the interior.
all the colors of the rainbow being re-
flected from it's virgin sides and slopes
and ambitious pinnacles stretching out
into the very heavens.
The spectacle was destined soon to
fade away, though 1 fancy it will live
forever in the memory of those who
witnessed it. After many years, have
now but to close my eyes to see it again,
as the devout soul of the Christian fan
cies he sees in times of trouble and
darkness, the streets of the New Jeru-
salem, paved with gold and curbed with
pearls! The sun soon dropped below the
horizon, the celestial fires faded from
spires and pinnacles and domes and tur-
rets, and the crystal palace of the gods
was transformed, almost in a breath
into a grim, forbidding menace, bereft of
beauty yet grand and magnificent and
awe-inspiring. quite beyond human i'm
agination to conceive.
Just before the curtain went down the
phase presented to us was doubtless
identical with the imaginations Of the
officers Of the vessel through the long
night watch when they were nervously
expecting to see the monster lying in
the vessels pathway and offering stub
born If not insuperable resistance to
further progress. The average Atlantic
skipper may be pardoned for lack of
sentiment in connection with bergs. I'm
consciousness Of the warnings received
the day before Of the presence of large
bodies of ice at different places on the
banks might have given
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