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interest to the county OF $2l5.s4s. not
counting the cost Of the election.
The debt Of the county is not large
one in proportion to it's assessed wealth,
its population and its excellent pros
poets. The only reason for the desire
to extend the term for payment of this
debt must be to AFFORD very desirable
investment for capitalists. who will be
glad enough to furnish this county with
all the money 1t wants, and for as long
a period as desired. at fixed rate of four
per cent interest.
No showing has been made that the
prosperous county Of Los Angeles will
be unable to retire it's obligations as
they fall due. and when the people once
realize the fact that the proposal to re-
fund for a term of years is but pre-
text for furnishing employment to idle
capital for a long time at profitable
rate at the expense of, and injury to, the
taxpayers, we think the scheme will be
voted down.
Those of our readers who desire to
study this question are referred to the
analysis to be found in the Investor col
umn above referred to.
The herald., 1897-11-26
Lawlessness at Home and Abroad

We are accustomed to congratulate
ourselves on the observance of law and
order, yet we are about the only country
in which violence takes the place OF
law. Lynching is American: even Mex
leo will not tolerate it. 1t is confined to
no section. 1t may break out tonight In
seemly Massachusetts and make that
excellent people cease to vaunt them
selves, as the outbreak in Indiana did q
few months ago. Some of the atrocities
practiced in lynching can be studied with
profit by the frenzied Turk who may
desire new methods of cruelty.-Indian-
apoliS Journal.
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OF NATIONAL CONCERN

The San Francisco Call hits upon an
important phase of the harbor contest
when it says:
Every community in California
should regard this issue as a matter
Of concern to itself as we'll as to Los
Angeles. The wrong threatened to that
section in this instance may have its
parallel in similar wrong to some 9TH
er community later on. California is a
long way from Washington. Members
OF congress from the populous east
know little of It's needs and its Just
claims for public improvements. With
that handicap the state will always be
loser unless all its people act together
in pressing every Californian claim to
a successful conclusion.
The matter is of more than state in
terest; it is of national concern. If the
secretary of war may destroy the intent
and action of congress in the matter oi
the San Pedro harbor. he may do the
same with appropriations for improve
ments elsewhere in the country.
The herald., 1897-11-26
Reflections Of q Bachelor

A wedding is life's prize package.
If eyes were the windows Of the soul
there would be more people that squint.
Marriage is a lottery in which men
have to wear the blanks hung around
their necks.
If some men were in business for their
health they'd take the doctor into part
nership.
The average man doesn't know much
about women; if he did he'd think he
knew more.
Babies are helpless little things; every
woman that comes along can grab them
up and kiss them.-New York Press.
The herald., 1897-11-26
Il silver : Dead rssus

To the Editor of the Los Angeles Her
ald:-So the executive committee OF
THE National Sound Money League
has launched their proclamation declar
ing International bimetallism dead and
that hereafter we are to have the single
gold standard! With all the assumed
authority Of an absolute monarch they
say:
The situation demands definite,
clear. uneQuivocal declaration that in
ternational bimetallism Is q dream of
the past. The United States must pro-
claim their acceptance Of the world
fact and plant themselves firmly on
the single gold standard.
We invite the friends Of sound money
and all who would contribute to the
well-being and safety Of our commercial
life. to Join in bringing about the un-
mistakable declaration that now and
henceforth the monetary system of the
United States shall rest on the single
gold standard.
What sublime audacity! Everybody
knew when the Republican convention
declared for International bimetallism
that 1t was not made plank in the plat
form in good faith. but was intended
only as 'vote-catcher." The Repub-
lican leaders well knew that, while this
masses Of the people Of Europe favored
bimetallism, the money kings would
not consent to 1t. Having finished that
little piece of political double dealing
the party bosses now boldly proclaim
that "bimetallism is q dead ISSUE" II
now remains to be seen how many vot-
ers can be humbugged by these new
tactics. Judging from the result Of the
November elections. bimetallism does
not seem to be very dead, nor even Sleep
ing, but is very wideawake and lively
The gold bug crowd Is evidently badly
scared, and they have good reason to
be. On all sides and in every state OF
the Union there Is plenty Of evidence
that the silver cause is growing. The
"yawp" that gold only is honest
money has lost its terrors. I predict
that the majority Of members Of con-
gress elected in 1898 will be bimetallists.
If the administration carries out the
scheme of Secretary Gage and calls in
and destroys 100000 900 of non-interest-
bearing government paper money, and
issues in their stead interest bearing
bonds and confers on national banks
authority to issue all the paper money
allowed to circulate, and reduces the
tax now levied on banks, the Repub-
lican party will in 1900 be swept from
power by the most overwhelming vote
ever cast against any party In this
country. r. A. DAGUE.
Santa Paula, Cal. Nov. Is.
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Somewhat Rabid

The Los Angeles Fiesta and Fiesta
managers, that aggregation of fakirs.
that combination and consolidation uf
diseased intellects, that elimination and
climax of idiocy.that apex and apothegm
of thimbleriggery, that jaundiced jowl of
jackassery, that incarnation of organ
lied immortality and concentrated nasti-
ness, that abortion of hog and dos, the
Los Angeles Saturnalia Of lewdness and
crime, is being discussed again. 1t took
$10O 900 out of this county and made busi-
ness dull here for three months. Its i'm
moral effects can not be measured
Cotton Chronicle.
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Let EN- Meander

Eastern newspapers continue to mis-
quote the California law concerning the
purchasing Of supplies for state institu-
tions and to gravely denounce thing
which exists only in their weird and
wobbly Imagination. AS they derive q
lot Of comfort from 1t, and pay no At.
tention whatever to the denials ana proc
tests made by the California press, noth-
ing remains but to let them meander
along at their own sweet will. their ears
meanwhile wagging sagaciously In uni-
son with the solemn music OF their chinss
san Jose Mercury.
The herald., 1897-11-26
CALIFORNIA OPINION.
! rhoro,iuEhly Tired

Attorneys representing condemned
murderers may think that they can CONF
mand public approval by raising absurd
and trivial questions continually in the
hope of prolonging the lives Of their
clients. But they are very much mistak-
en-. Before long the judge-baiting by
criminal lawyers will be stopped, and
stopped by the courts in a manner that
will give the legal pettifoggers much to
think about. The people Of California
and of the nation are thoroughly tired of
this legal pettifogging and it's contin-
uance will be an incentive for the re-
sumption of business by Judge Lynch,
although such an extreme would be de-
plored by all law-abiding citizens.-San
Diego Tribune.
The herald., 1897-11-26
Where Were the Other Twop

The wife of the late Prof. Agassiz was
one mornig putting on her boots. A lit
tie scream attracted the professors at
tention. Not having risen, he leaned for
ward anxiously on his elbow and in
quired what was the matter.
"Why, a little snake has just crawled
out of my boot!" cried She
''Only one, my dear?" interrogated the
professor, calmly lying down again.
There should have been three
He had put them there to keep them
warm.-Pearson's Weekly.
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necessary. The whole proceeding in
dicated a disposition to side with law
breakers rather than with the officers
Of the law. 1t is not strange that the
police department should be angered and
discouraged over the treatment accorded
its representatives by an official who
should stand shoulder to shoulder with
it in the enforcement Of the law.
The herald., 1897-11-26

w. D. Bynum, chairman of the Gold
Democratic party, processes to believe
that the tail will wag the dog, and that
the very weak caudal appendage calling
itself the National Democratic party
will again dominate the party. 1t is
possible that Mr.. Bynum will change
his mind as the years roll by. He is
somewhat noted for the facility with
which he right about faces on the cur
rency question, being eXcelled only by
the only Uncle" Horace Boies.
The herald., 1897-11-26
Hint to General Miles

General Miles is one of those amiable
but unfortunate individuals who never
know when they are talking too much
and who can never regulate their opin-
ions by the positions they hold. Our ad-
vice to General Miles is to leave the
management of civil affairs to those who
know something about them.-Atlanta
Constitution.
The herald., 1897-11-26
The Herald's New Home

The Los Angeles Herald has moved
into it's new home, where all departments
of the business will occupy portions of
the three floors Of the Hellman block,
corner of Broadway and Second streets.
This move gives much better accommo-
dations, and among other improvements
of the paper will be that Of the art de-
paMment. The Herald is the best IL
lustrated daily in Southern California
today, and this department will be mate
rally improved in future.-Santa Mon
lea Signal.
The herald., 1897-11-26
The Hawaiian Question

Moorefleld Storey has made pointed
speech in regard to the Hawaiian annex
alton: ut Is said we need the islands in
case Of war. But defy any one to tell
what nation threatens us in this war.
The statesmen who now threaten our
peace are no foreign governments. The
preachers Of war are all to- be found un-
The herald., 1897-11-26
Suggested by Durrant's Case

A lawyers right to resort to every
legal means in behalf of client sem
fenced to death is a delicate subject for
interference by courts. Ordinarily It
will be presumed that the attorney 10
simply doing his duty. 1t may be sug-
gested, however. that there should be
some limit to proceedings which can
only be regarded as triiing with the
courts; and where frivolous appeals are
repeatedly. brought for the sole purpose
Of delay, it would certainly seem that
courts have q right to discipline the
lawyer who brings them.-San Diego
Union.
The herald., 1897-11-26
Qualified Franchise in the South

The enfranchisement of the masses Of
untutored blacks in the south was one
of the greatest political crimes ever per-
petrated on civilized communities. It's
effect would have been sitting in those
communities where the negroes have
large majorities, If it had been tamely
submitted to on the part Of the whites.
The means used to prevent this Ill effect
has been in itself necessarily deleterious
and demoralizing and the time has come
when a remedy must be found.-Nash-
vile American.
The herald., 1897-11-26
Struck a Key Note

The Los Angeles Herald struck key
note when it took q decided ground
against the all-night saloons of Los An
geles. The Herald does not believe that
two or three "high-toned' places
should be allowed to keep open at all
hours, when all saloons are supposed
to be closed. In that opinion The Herald
is right, and it showed it's fearlcssness
in coming out and saying SO in plain
every day English.-Ontario Record.
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ANGELES EaaFi%2Nq fssa s,i,;,ss ssa' ~: ~;

der the dome of our own capitol. If we
take these islands weshall have to be-
gin by sending enormous sums for for
tifications. think the opinion Of ma
val officer on the subject expresses the
situation. He said to me: IF we do
not have the Sandwich islands and we
have a big fleet we can take them; II
we have them and no fleet, we cannot
keep them"
The herald., 1897-11-26
Not So Easy as of Yore

The stories of the great gallantry of
the British troops in the frontier war in
India are thrilling indeed, but they tend
to impress one also with the amount OF
fight the mountaineer natives possess.
The forward policy" In India Is proving
very expensive in money and men.
Moreover, the hostile tribes seem to have
learned how to wage war to better ad-
vantage than in bygone days.-Spring-
field, Mass, Republican.
The herald., 1897-11-26
The Duty Of the Hour

The duty of the hour is to instill into
men in public life higher regard for,
their responsibilities, higher ideals and
ambitions. Nothing will help the attain-;
ment OF these reforms like the netting,
out of the severest penalty to all caught
in dishonest and wrongful acts.-Fresno,
ExpositOr. A
The herald., 1897-11-26

The Herald is indebted to it's good
friend, John +. Francis, for a significant
reminder. "Sir John" recalls the fact
that today is the anniversary of the dis
covery of San Pedro. Can we hope that
the date may be fraught with a happy
coincidence. If only General Alger be
forced to discover San Pedro on Nov
g. 1897, we shall feel like celebrating
another Thanksgiving tomorrow.
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Will Mr.. Huntington please state pub
licly what he thinks Alger should do?
1t would perhaps tend to dissipate q
cloud Of suspicion that has enveloped
the secretary's course in connection with
the San Pedro harbor matter.
The herald., 1897-11-26

The plans are all ready for the pro-
posed government armor plate plant.
AS Secretary Alger does not have control
over advertising for bids to construct
it, it is reasonable to suppose that the
advertisement will soon be issued.
The herald., 1897-11-26
Reciprocity

A San Francisco paper says there 's
scheme on foot to can California air
and ship it east for consumption" Chi
cago is willing to reciprocate; no better
paving material can be found than we
are breathing here.-Chicago Times
Herald
The herald., 1897-11-26

Premier Sagasta announces that the
the policy OF autonomy. Perhaps the
Cubans will have something to say
about that.
The herald., 1897-11-26
Advertising for a Statesman

The San Francisco Call Is advertis-
ing for a statesman to lead the Hepuo-
lican party to victory IN the next state
campaign. While the Call seems 70
think the Republicans can elect any
real good man they may nominate Tor
governor 1t sees the ghost OF 1884 hover
ing around and fears repetition OF the
Estee and Burns fiasco-Visalia Times.
The herald., 1897-11-26

About this time the too ardent
Thanksgiving devotee claps both hands
to his fevered brow and exclaims:
My aching head! My aching head!
/ VOW l will abstain
From eating and from drinking till
Thanksgiving comes again.
The herald., 1897-11-26
THE PUBLIC PULSE

CThs Herald under this heading prints
OmmunicAtions. but does not assume re-
sponsibility for the sentiments expressed.
Correspondents ere requested to cultivate
orevity - Tar - h conslstent With the
proper expresaion Of their views.l
The herald., 1897-11-26

Distance lends enchantment to the
view" of the Copper river country. One
look from the deck of a steamer sat
istied young Angeleno who started
from this city several weeks ago. Even
Alaska will not yield it's treasures t.
such method of prospecting.
The herald., 1897-11-26
McKinley,s Ambiguous Remark

Mr. Mckinley has not yet told us what
he meant by saying that he is highly
gratified with the result in Ohio. Such q
remark is calculated to make Mr.. Hanna
feel Observation-Disclosures Constitu-
ton.
The herald., 1897-11-26
Los ANGELES DAILY HERALD
SWORN STATEMENT CIRCULATION

State Of California. County Of Los Anse-
1es.-ss.
L. NJ Holt. superintendent Of circulation
Of the Los Angeles Daily Herald. being
hrst duly sworn. deposes and says: Tnat
for the five months from February l. 1897,
to June 80. 1897 Gnclusive) the total circr-
laton Of the said Daily Herald was 1890. 635
copies, being nm average daily circula-
tiOn of S6O4.
That the weekday circulation during the
above time was 1.o71.567. being a daily
average Of $500 copies.
That the Sunday circulation during the
above time was 2l9059. 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., 1897-11-26

No matter what Mr.. Bryan does, the
people enjoy seeing and hearing him.
in the football game at Columbia, Mo-,
has gained him large and enthusiastic
constituency among the mass play ex-
DertS
The herald., 1897-11-26
REPARTEES

A young girl was taken in to dinner
by solicitor. who probably. consider
ing her too youthful for it to be worth
his while to make himself agreeable.
barely spoke a word to her during the
meal. 1t SO happened that she had be-
fore dinner asked him to explain the Diff
ference between a barrister and solic-
itor, which he did by telling her that as
the latter was not permitted to speak in
court the former had always to be en-
ployed for that purpose. At the conclu-
sion of the dinner, as the ladies were
leaving the room, she sarcastically ad-
dressed him in the following words:
What a pity, Mr.. X. you omitted to
bring your barrister with you this even
ing"
The herald., 1897-11-26

Poker" Davis is still doing the best
he can," and is making a success of it.
Can as much be said for the police and
the district attorneys office? The form
rounding up the confidence men, but
they too may be doing the best they
The herald., 1897-11-26

Richard Mansfield, the actor, Is both
versatile and intrepid. He has taken to
writing poetry.
The herald., 1897-11-26
Applied Reason

'There are things in this world more,
valuable than money. my son."
IT know it. That's the reason want.
money to buy them with."-Detroit Free
Press.
The herald., 1897-11-26

Mixed drinks are said to be more pro
ductive Of nervous and gastronomic dis
orders than straight turkey.
The herald., 1897-11-26

The liars club seems to be greatly in
terested in the welfare of Durrant.
The herald., 1897-11-26
At the special election held in the Hi.

AT the special election held in the Hill
nois sixth congressional district, Tues
day. Boutelle, Republican, was elected
by 800 plurality. At the last previous
election the Republican nominee had u
plurality of 6579. We may now listen to
a few remarks from the Republican
papers about this being an "off" year.
The herald., 1897-11-26
Playing in a cutthroat. Game

If the kaiser were as full Of wisdom as
trouble he would realize that he is play
ing the short end in a game OF freeze
out. Germany is still in the dreibund,
but is clearly case Of two pluck one
Detroit Journal.
The herald., 1897-11-26

Old Languet. the celebrated cure OF
st. Sulpice, was remarkable and disa-
greeable for the importantly with which
he solicited subscriptions for finishing
the church, which is not yet completed.
One day at supper where Cardinal de
Fleury was, he happened to say that he
had seen his eminence's portrait at some
painters. The old cardinal, who was as
stingy in private as well as economical
in public expenditure, was glad to raise
a laugh at the troublesome old cure,
and replied: II dare swear, then, that
you asked it (the picture) to subscribe
to your new church. "Oh, no, my lord"
said Languet, 'it was too like"
The herald., 1897-11-26
"R. s. v. r."

On invitations oft we see Hi.
In letters plain, "R. 8. v. p."
For silver weddings they're to state h
You should "Respondez silver plate;.,
--Judtas
The herald., 1897-11-26
Sir Nicholas Bacon had once to

Sir Nicholas Bacon had once to SEN
tence number of malefactors to be
hanged. One of these, by name of Hogg,
pleaded hard for mercy, and, among
other pleas. put in that of kinship.
Nay" says Bacon, how do you make
that out?" Says the prisoner: MY
name is Hogg, and yours is Bacon, and
Hogg has ever been kin to Bacon"
Not" says Bacon, till it has been we'll
hanged" and forthwith confirmed thte
sentence.
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reform the currency. 1t will be recalled
that Mr.. Gage has been sitting on =
little plan OF his own. which is supposed
to be about ready to hatch out.
The herald., 1897-11-26

Secretary of the Treasury Gage de-
clares that the present is the time to
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-28

Carson. New. January S.-The glove
contest bill was Introduced in the seDafe
tpdsy and referred to the committee on
! publ.c morals.
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the FIVE tribes was reviewed a number OF
objections to the Choctev agreement from,
individual townsiters and others were read
and counsel for the Kansas and Texas Coal
company which had considerable conces.
sion in the territory. was given a hearing.
The companys object is to protect its rights
to sufficient surface territory necessary for
the operation of its mines. the language OF
the compact being contended to be not so
specific as to avoid possible misunderstand-
ing, with n consequent infringement of 1t.
rights. The agreement has been forwarded
to congress for It's Information. 1t can not
be acted upon In its present form, as 1t is
drawn up as between the government and
both the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes
though only the Chootaws have signed. The
Chickasaws have sent a delegation here to
protest against the agreement. but have
not so far officially communicated with
congress. the interior department or the
Dawes commission. The latter body is re-
naming here under the direction OF Sec
rotary Francis. to be available for furnish
ing information that may be called for by
congress.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-28

London, January GA Vienna dispatch
to the Daily Mail says that telegram just
received from Milan announced that the
Princess lie Chimay, formerly of Detroit
and Janos Rigo, the Hungarian Gypsy mu
stefan, who recently eloped with her. have
quarreled violently. The screams of rage
from tn Princess de Chimay and the forci-
Bile language of Rigo disturbed tho resi-
dents OF tho hotel where the two were
stopping aud they complained to the land
lord hecaute OF tho noise occasoned by
these outbursts of passion. At the end Of
one of these quarrcls tho Princess de
Chimay packed her trunk and quilted the
hotel, leaving at once for Monte Carlo. She
paid her own bill but left RIGGS bill un-
settled. Rigo is said to be in an awkward
position since the departure Of tho prln-
cess, for he is seid to be without funds and
has no immediate prospect OF securing
tban1
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GAGE WENT TO CANTON.
Claim Tint lie Has bccn OGcrcd the
Trensury IpnrtfnIio.

Treasury Portfolio.
Chicago. January 27.-Thc Times Herald
says that Lyman j. Gage left tonight for
Canton. Tho Chicago finaucier, who has
been offered the portfolio OF the treasury,
went In answer to n telegram from rrcsi-
dent elect Mckinley, ashing him to Can
ton. Having made diplomatic tender OF
the secretaryshlp of the treasury TO the
Chicagoan. Mr.. Mckinley naturally wished
to discuss with him matters Of policy II Is
known that MIR Gage has been making ar
rangcmonts to close UP his affairs in Chi
cago in order to be free to take a position
in the presidents cabinet. II VIII be nee
cssary for him TO relinquish all connection
with the First National bank. and II was n
matter of common knowledge about the
bank today that he had begun to shape
his business to retire from that institution
to go to Washington. MIR. Gage left at
II 30 and is due at Canton tomorrow af-
ternoon.
There is nothing TO be about my trif
except that | am going down to Canton Il
have n talk with Major Mckinley in re-
Spouse to an Invitation from him." said Mr.
Gage. lust before leaving for Canton THE
matter Is stu open and Mator Mckinley
| Is still as free as the day of election Il
select anyone he chooses for secretary 81
| the treasury. He asked me to come ant
talk matters over with him. that's all. II
is his duty TO net cautiously and to con-
vince himself he 10 not making mistake
No will not talk about my views on pub
lie or political subjects at this time"