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Evening star., 1897-07-31

to go abroad is what brings them here
If they are able to do good work in a coun-
ty 1t is not much trouble to get the back
irg of their representative in the lower
house OF Congress. He signs anything and
everything which comes along. They don't
know this. as they haven't become as willy
as he has. and they think with his sigma
ture they can break into the White House
for interviews with the President. and talk
independently TO cabinet officer. 1t Is
long time after reaching Washington that
they conclude that they ought to have some
other Endorsement besides the backing Of
Representative Smithfield. They try one
or both of the senators from their state,
and these officials likewise sign most any
paper presented.
The foregoing is not descriptive of a ma
jority Of the office seekers. but there are
many of this class who will be a long time
In learning the little tricks Of politics.
They practice these tricks in an uncouth
way at home on their followers, but they
think they are too important and cute to be
made fools OF here or anywhere else.
Another class gets Endorsements from
senators and representatives and from
everybody The petition they present at
the White House is formidable enough to
scare prospectors away from the Yukon
gold fields. They are of the opinion tnat
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ture of VIM. Mckinley, and it informs the
writer that his very encouraging letter has
been received, for which he must accept
many thanks. This shows whether Nc
Kinley knows me-. he says. with an inn
perous wave of his hand and disdainful
look at the man who smiles in a knowing
way at the letter. All this and much more
he tells to those who will listen. He likes
to tell it to newspaper men. Why shouldn't
he? Doesn't he think all of them are like
Mr.. Johnson. who edits the Spriggs Pun
Bazoo? Hasn't Mr.. johnson given him n any
red hot notices. and can't he show those
notices? They are on mis- application. and
they say that he has gone to Washington
to see the President. who will he forced to
recognize him las man fit for the emil
rent position to which he aspires. He is q
lifelong friend of the President"
Just after the Inauguration of the Presi-
dent the office hunters began their visits to
the White House. Their representatives
or senators took them and introduced them
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the party seem 10 agree that they look bet.
ter on the wheel than any kind OF skirt.
which always threatens Oo the minds
eye) to catch the wind or the wheel aad
which has an inverted sail look that is for
ever out of drawing, so TO speak.
Breadth of B~am.
or the wheel there can be no doubt that
the effect of the bloomers is of.en-oh. so
very often. with the forms Of these Pari-
siennes-grotcsaue TO degree Breadth Of
beam. TO say the least. should not he exag-
gerated by dress. especially with a waddle
which Is far from sll poetry OF motion
Some OF the m-ie costumes are scarcely
less grotesaue to the mental vision of the
American man. although here. too the
American woman is apt 10 differ with him
Their oancboH trt'aness wins her heart just
Is the French girls brilliancy. like a fiow-
er. makes him look upon her kindly
Here is fine young man riding up with
white gloves on HIS hands and with whit,
duck ereeches as full as the girls bloom
sfarched. as the angles I'm which they hav.
broken show. A neat dark sack with the
latest thing I'm coiored shirts ari summer
cravats.. straw hat with tri-colored rib
o"Ii. and black stockings ending in low
Strapped shoes and white CATERS complete
his attire. How should he not look well
anywhere-even on the stage? But then
mere In Paris. more than anywhere else in
ue "iue world. all the worlds stage,
we repose our vision by contemplating a
New York clubman he should seem to
be. who is ogling the bloomer girl from his
place With tall hat of the latest style.
eye glasses In a good-natnred resolute
face. white vest comfortably settled over
a swelling abdomen and faultless trousers
and shoes, he looks on the scene with the
grace OF an easy conscience backed by
money Even the French men and women
iook admiringly at his distinguished pres
ence But he would not do ON tho vba..l
just as not every one can be a poet.
STERLING HElIIG
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to the Pre- President. Oh. what a proud mo-
ment. The congressman says: "Mr. Pres
ident. this is Capt. Peters. He is an appli-
cant for the consulship at Toulong. He is
a great and good republican" The Presi-
dent smiles. grasps his hand, and Capt
Peters departs. He is satisfied he has won
the day. The President is introduced to an
other man in the same way and forgets
half the time. that he has met such q man
as Capt Peters,
Capt. Peters finds this out in a few weeks
He doesn't see his name among the nomtna-
tions. He wants to see the President again.
The congressman consents to make one
more trip. Again Capt Peters comes in
contact with the warm handshake and
genial smile of the President. He edges up
and says something TO remind the Presi-
dent who he Is
"Ah," says the President. your papers
are now at the State Department"
The Same Old story. .-5,..
What pleasure floats over Capt. Peters.
Or course his papers are at the State De-
partment. That's where they were intended
to go. but the President hasn't seen them
He simply knows they are there. He doesn't
tell Capt. Peters so, but he will probably
think that the papers are among a thousand
others; In three more weeks nothing has
been done. Capt. Peters tries for another
visit to the President. but the congressman
tells him his matter will be attended to so
soon as 1t is reached. He has hankering
Suspicion tndt ne naQ better look alter the
case himself. and he goes to the White
House. He sits around day after day. He
Is sure that if he sends in his card the
President will rush outside to greet him.
The card falls into the hands of Secretary
Porter, who knows the President is busy.
The card lies on table, forgotten.
The same old story Is repeated day after
day. Peters varies the program at times
by going to the State Department and try
Ing to see Judge Day or Secretary She rman.
But every day he is at the White House
something goes wrong. Some of the rumer-
Gus signs are hoisted to rhe effect that the
President is engaged on public business and
won't be able to see visitors. He knows
that sign isn't meant for i,im, and he stays
on.
He stays until everybody has gone to
lunch and then he an.bles of. At last
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sibi. 10. the public to realize that there is
more OF pathos than of fun in many of
these cases. Often the office seeker is a
man of means. but more often he is not,
and while he is criticised for killing time
IN the pursuit of what appears to more
sensible men to be a phantom. he begins
with good intentions and with the hope of
lettering himself or his family.
The departure of President Mckinley for
his summer vacation has left a class of
these tenacious but unfortunate aspiranrs
in the city, still with a lingering hope that
the President will do something for them
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The Frolicsome Searchlfsht.

FROM the New York SUI.
Several of the big passenger steamers
tnat run on the Hudson river have been
equipped with big searchlights. and every
ngnt, whether clear or foggy. the men who
operate these lights flash them along the
shores with results that are sometimes
startling. When these lights come FASH
Ing up from the river into rooms In the big
apartment houses along the upper West
Side of town the effect Is such that one
suspects the building Is on fire. Recently
several of the superintendent OF hosni,ais
along the river between New York and AL
bany have complained that the searchlirhts
have been thrown into the wards and sert-
ousIy alarmed the patients. These lights,
however. have added greatly to the nic
turesqueness OF river travel by night.
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Not Even II Her Case Were STRONGER.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
A gentleman had left his corner seat In
an already crowded railway car to 90 IN
search OF something to eat. leaving a rug
to reserve his seat. On returning he
found that in spite OF the rug and the
protests Of his fellow passenger, the seat
had been usurped by one in lady's gar-
ments. 10 his protestations her lofty
reply was: do you know. SIR, that am
one Of the directorg' wives!"
Madam, he replied. were you the a.
rector's only wife should sti1 protest"
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Lost His Authority.

From the Chicago Record.
"Mr. Chubbs. your little boy doesn't obey
you very WE'LL
mo. he has never respected me since
tried to show him how to fly a kite"
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she-"I am quite sure you had too much
champagne when you called on me yes
terday afternoon"
He-"Yes: 1 thought I'd just look in to-
day and see If I was engaged to you
Tid-Bits.
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A SOFT Answer.

From the Indianapolis Journal.
Minnie-'T have had the same dress.
maker for three years."
that diess only two seasons"
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carry the county, and didn't Mckinley
write him letter Of thanks?
Only One of Many.

The poor. uninitiated fellow doesn't know
that Mckinley received thousands Of let
ters. and that he saw none of them. His
name was signed with a rubber stamp or
by some secretary. Perchance. in great
triumph. he will produce a letter OF some
what ancient date, postmarked at the fa-
nous town of Canton. 1t bears tine sigma
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Secretary Porter. to escape further per-
sistency, agrees to give him an interview
with the President. Mr.. Porter instructs
the doorkceper to admit him just as soon
as the President is at leisure. But the
President doesn't have leisure. Before he
finishes with some senator in will come q
cabinet officer. The badly pestered candi-
date stays outside and waits. He goes
away late in the afternoon, satisfied that
when he comes back the next day c0ndi-
lions will be more favorable. He goes
through this fer months. There are many
cases of men who have been in Washington
three months and have been able TO see
the President but once. 1t is not the Pres
ident's fault. He Is always busy and sees
whoever Is pushed in on him or whoever
has the right to walk in.
This Is not an exaggeratiOn of the trials
n,eager and incomplete story of what they
undergo for weeks. At night they go to see
their senator or representative. He puts
them OH with some story which brightens
them up for few minutes. They discover
the next day that what they heard from
the senator doesn't make things any bet
ter. and really amounted to nothing Then
they go to the hotels and stand arou:sa and
pick their teeth like city boys at camp
neetfngs The story is that a sure way to
get an invitation to dine at q camp meet
Ing Is to pick your teeth. The man who IL
living at the camp ground thinks you
and have dinner with him. When YOU ac-
cept he nearly loses his religion.
still He Hangs On.
The President goes away for the summer
without the ccnsulship at Toulong being
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THEY LIVE ON HOPE
Office Seekers Who Are Never Will
ing to Admit Defeat.
ARE SURE OF SUCCESS IN THE end
The Pathetic Side of One of the
Features Of Washington.
On THE TOBOGGAN SLIDE
ARE sure OF SUCCESS In THE end
On THE TOBOGGAN SLIDE
.2 H E s AID D E S .

H E s A D D E S T
sights in Washing
ton are the faces of
the men who have
haunted the White
House since the 4th
of March, or soon
thereafter. There's
no joke in that state
ment. The unfortu-
nate side of this
class Of men is so
often made to do
duty for jokes that
il Is almost impos-
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He still has the passes but the office has
passed to another man. His application
now is for something else Of a less extern
sive character. He is still sanguine. He is
built that way.
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when a man signs a thing he means Just
what he says. and that the President will
be Obliged tc recognize the formidable sig
natures of sam Brown. the county sheriff
of Bill Jones. the village editor. and of
people OF this class. Why, didn't they
work hard for Mckinley and elect him? lie
thinks. Why, Sam Brown wrote to Nc
kinley last fall and told him he would
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sim He Hanws On,

The President goes away for the summer
without the ccnsulship at .Toulong being
settled He win make an appointment IA
The herald., 1897-11-14
SMALL FARMING

Americans generally are quite unable
ropean countries on their small hold
ings can earn living and besides pro-
vide against 'rainy day" and old a ge
In Scotland, according to a recent
government report, there are 1927 agri-
cultural holdings of one acre and less:
90 $50 of one to five acres: So. .921 of from
five to fifty acres; 25,56S above fiftv
acres and under one thousand. and but
76 above one thousand acres. In France
the holdings generally are small. there
being more than 5000 900 land owners in
that republic. In fact. small holdings
are the rule in nearly all European coun-
tries, England being the most prominent
exception.
1t has been the ambition of Americans
to possess large tracts, and to farm on
large scale. While a few have ar
quired considerable wealth in times past
.he aggregate production has been i'm
mensely less than if holdings had been
smaller, cultivation more thorough and
less waste of land and crops.
Times have changed population has
increased and wages in this country are
so high that cultivation of large tracts
cannot be conducted with very nucb
profit to the owners. Economy and
thrift are as necessary in agriculture
as in any other industry. Tracts. no
larger than can be cultivated by the
owners and their families, yield far bet
ter aggregate results and produce more
general happiness.
The time is not distant when the ener-
gies of our people will be taxed to pro-
duce sufficient to supply domestic con-
The herald., 1897-11-14
THE PROJECTED RAILROAD

A correspondent writing from Selig-
man. Arizona, desires to know through
what part of Antelope valley any pro-
jected railroad is going to be built 1t is
hard to tell just where railroad companie:
are going to build new lines until they
are built The Santa F'e people are
building a branch line northward from
Kramer to Randsburg, but this line does
not touch the Antelope valley.
Rumors are af1oat also to the effect
that this branch line is to be extended
through the mountains to Bakersfield
to connect with the San Joaquin valley
road In this case it would go through
a pass in the mountains northeast from
Tehachapi.
Another rumor sends it through Te-
hachapi.
The old line is via TETON pass, in which
event the new line would branch from
the old road few miles east of Mojave.
going westward, crossing the Southern
Pacific at or near Rosamond and thence
via Manzana to the TETON pass; thence
to Bakersfield
Another railroad rumor which looks
feasible is that the Southern Pacific
will build from Mojave to Randsburg.
thence northward to connect with the
Carson narrow gauge road which VIII
be converted to a broad ,auge. making
through standard gauge line from Los
Angeles to Reno, Nevada, via Mojave
Randsburg and the Owens River valley
in Inyo county.
These are about all the railroad ru-
mors affecting the Antelope valley and
the surrounding so-caled desert counr
try
The herald., 1897-11-14
UNDER WHICH FLAGP

The Colorado Catholic, one Of the lead
ing Roman Catholic periodicals in this
country. edited by the Rev. T. H. Malone
and published at Denver, takes what
seems to be advanced ground in discuss
ing the case of Monsignore Schroeder.
The latter, it will be remembered, is a
German priest, who has been professor
of dogmatic theology in the Catholic
university at Washington, and has
made great deal of trouble by his un-
American views and his persistence in
trying to force European methods upon
an American university. Recently the
directors of the university voted to call
for Schroeder's resignation. But the lat
ter did not resign. and he stays, as he
himself expresses it, ION account of let
ters from Cardinal Steinhuber. in which
he expressed his own will and the will
of the holy father" The Colorado Cath
olic does not mince words in condemn
ing such condition of affairs. 1t SAYS:
The two main facts of the univer-
sity's recent history are these: Bishop
Keane was removed against the will of
the majority of the directors of the
university: also against the directors
Will. through the influence OF the Ger
man Jesuit cardinal Steinhuber. Mon
sisnore Schroeder has been kept in his
place.
These two instances clearly establish
the fact that the Catholic university at
Washington is a strictly papal institu-
tion the policy of which, with a possible
exception Of furnishing bonds for its
support, is to be determined absolutely
and solely by the vatican. To all this
the Colorado Catholic has no objection |
but it has every objection to Monsig-
more Conaty, the universitys new
president, or any one else. endeavoring
TO make it appear TO be what in reality
it is not, purely American institution.
That there is sturdy Americanism
among the Roman Catholics in this
ountry is we'll evidenced by the fore
,oing extract. and by the fact that there
vas only one vote in the directorate of
he university in favor of retaining
Schroeder.
Such of the Catholic clergy as Cardinal
Archbishop Ireland and Father
1alone best represent American Roman
The Vatican will make a
rave mistake if it insists upon Euro
ean methods in this country.
The herald., 1897-11-14
SUCCESSFUL SURGICAL OPERA
TONS

The San Francisco Bulletin present.
this pertinent query:
Isn't it getting little monotonous to
be told so often that this or that sur
sical operation was successfully per-
formed but that the patient was una
Bile TO recover from the shock and con-
sequently died?
The Bulletin asks a very interesting
question. which laymen, as well as the
medical fraternity, should have voice
in answering. because the subjects for
the "successful' operations are fur
nished by the former.
1t is not sufficient to administer a GER
tain medicine or perform a certain op-
GRAFTON, and then to say to the patient:
There, l have performed my part sue
cessfully, you must do the rest" An op-
GRAFTON may be a skillful piece of work,
but it is not successful unless it accom-
plishes the intended purpose. 1t is
claimed for surgery nowadays that it is
an exact science, and it is certain that
many wonderful operations are per-
formed. Nevertheless the tree must be
judged by its fruit, and if the patient
dies, the laurel of success must be be-
grudged
a few people have, indeed, gone so far
as to assert that unnecessary surgical
operations are performed for the pur-
pose of experience and experiment. In
deed, soul narrowing story was writ
ten few years ago based upon this
view. The Herald does not for a mo-
ment accept this theory. 1t is the mis-
sion of the medical fraternity to cure
with as little suffering and injury as pos
sible, and the vast ma jority of physicians
are true to the ideals and the laws of
their profession. There is more or less
pretense about the ethics of medicine. as
there is in all ethics that men attempt
to put into practice, but even doctors
and the clergy are human.
Nervous people are sometimes inclined
to rebel at the cold -booded manner in
which the patients of physicians are re-
garded by the latter as cases" Yet
how long would a physicians vitality
endure if he entered into the condition
and the spirit of all his cases, and SYM
pathized with the family besides?
That a surgical operation should be
successfully performed should go with
out saying; that is what surgeons are
for, and if they know their business thev
will not fail; but the operation cannot
rightly be classed as success unless the
patient RECEIVERS.
The herald., 1897-11-14

sumption. Subdivision of our great
! duce the number of our dependent peo-
pie as we'll as add to our aggregate
productions. 1t will enable a larger
number of people to become their own
employers and consequently to be more
Independent. Our cities are becoming
dangerously congested. Relief must
be sought through dispersion into the
country. At least subdivision of large
landed estates will check urban concen-
tration. No country is so we'll adapted
to small farming as Southern Califor-
mia. Productions are in such variety,
abundance and value that people can
subsist and gain some wealth upon
smaller tracts than in any other part
of the nation. The true public policy is
to encourage small holdings which will
assure thorough cultivation and proper
care of crops.
A sentiment should be developed that
it is not beneath the dignity of Ameri-
cans to engage in raising small fruits
and vegetables. This is now for the |
most part the work of Chinese, whose |
presence retards the growth of civiliza-
ton, who are but meager consumers, |
and who send their surplus earnings
out of the country. 1t would be better
# consumers had to pay a little more
for their small fruits and vegetables.
that white labor might be encouraged,
han to pay less to those who add neither
% the general wealth nor to the i'm
of social conditions. Cities
Will grow more rapidly and substantially
f the country is prosperous.
The herald., 1897-11-14
WHY rs 1T THUS?

1t is not easy to understand why the
detective department should be so re-
luctant to disclose the facts when a vic
tim is fleeced by the Poker Davis
gang. a man was relieved of a sum of
money last Wednesday. He at once
complained to the police but does not
seem to have obtained any satisfaction.
He went to the district attorneys office.
but that department refused to issue "a
complaint. Both the police and the dis
trict attorneys Office failed to give pub
lcity to the facts.
Why should they not have told the
story? No arrests We're made. and it
does not appear that it was the inten-
tion of either department to make any
trouble for the Davis gang. Is it to be
the rule that nothing shall be saidp
Does not that policy afford additional
protection to the gang? All the protec-
tion the public has, because of the i'm
potence of the officials, is the punlluit,
The herald., 1897-11-14
Los ANGELES IEAID SUNDAY MORNING NOVEMBER a. 1897

given by the newspapers. Why should
the detectives and the district attorneys
office seek to spoil this safeguard?
1t looks as if the Poker" Davis gang
would run the city until we have a set
of officials able and anxious to cope with
crime of this character. The bunco
men ought to be arrested every day un-
til ther are forced to leave the city for
good. The police stopped the tape
games and the Chinese lotteries. They
should be able to squelch the confidence
men.
The herald., 1897-11-14
Fearing Americas Pauper Labor

German bicycle makers are complain
ing that their market is flooded with
American wheels. And just as Ameri-
can manufacturers would do under the
same circumstances, they have rushed
to the government, demanding more tar
iff protection, and more tariff protection
has been promised them. And presum-
ably the petition will be given in the
name of high living and paid German
labor against pauper American competi-
tion.-Springfeld (Mass.) Republican.
The herald., 1897-11-14
LOS ANGELES DAILY HERALD
SWORN STATEMENT CIRCULATE

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 Cnclusive), the total circu-
lation of the said Daily Herald was 1,290 655
copies, being an average daily circula-
tiOn of SGO4.
That the weekday circulation during the
above time was 1071, being n daily
average of S3O6 copies.
That the Sunday circulation during the
above time was 219,O59 being an average
for ench 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., 1897-11-14

1t is estimated that out of a nossible
bicycle-rding population of 5000 in Hon
olulu, 1900 own wheels. Fourteen makes
of American bicycles are sold in the
city, European makes not having gained
Il foothold. This interesting informa-
tion is CLEANED from the advance re-
ports issued by the government at
Washington. The document is, how
ever, rendered almost valueless by the
failure of the consul to report whether
the Honoulan ladies wear bloomers
While riding the Wheel