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The herald., 1897-03-06
An Able Defense Of Cleveland

To the Editor of the Los Angeles Her.
aid: Grover Cleveland is private citi-
zen. He has retired from his great Of
flee and his official career is ended For
twelve years he has been the central
figure of the republic, three times a can
didate for and twice chosen to fill the
highest office created by our constitu-
tion. His public life is forever ended.
The question may now be calmly put:
What of the man and what of his adj
ministration? Is he entitled to the
gratitude or condemnation of his coun-
trymen? If these questions cannot now
be answered without passion, they soon
will be.
When they are SO answered. 1t will be
understood that he has. in the face of
honest and dishonest opposition, main
tanned the public credit unimpaired
through one of the most troubled peri
DDS of our history.
That he brought about the repeal of
the Sherman silver-purchasing act.
That he has extended civil service re-
form.
That he suppressed mob violence at
Chicago.
That he advocated honest tariff leg
islation, and Is not responsible for the
unsatisfactory measure passed by con-
gress
That he has earnestly recommended
economy IN all Drancnes OF the govern
ment.
That under his administration was ne
gotiated the arbitration treaty with
Great Britain, which will rank with the
greatest achievements of the ages
Party spirit, envy and passion cannot
long cloud the glory Of the courage, pa
triotism and statesmanship that ac-
complished these results. What course
will the Democratic party pursue? VIII
it adopt the policy of its great ex-presi-
dent and share in the renown OF his ad-
ministration, or will it condemn him
and continue its unnatural alliance
with Populism? Will 1t forget the
teachings of Jefferson, jackson, Sey-
mour, Tilden, Lamar, Ben Hill and Rus
sell, and reject the counsels of its wise
and one-time trusted leaders, Cleveland.
Carlisle, Olney, Whitney, Patterson of
Tennessee and Turner, that its policy
may be shaped by the brilliant but i'm
mature Bryan. the selfish Stewart and
the brutal Tillman?
Stern old Thomas Carlyle said that
"Experience was the best teacher, only
the school fees were SO high" The
Democratic party has had experience,
but 1.-The school fees were high" Its
Populist platform adopted at Chicago
The herald., 1897-03-06
THE PASSING TURK

Unless all signs fail, the few closing
years of the nineteenth century Will
have added a chapter to the political
history of the world that will dwarf by
comparison the most startling achieve
ments of any sirgle decade since the
Christian era began. The scene is very
appropriately laid in the Aegean
archipelago, a region whose influ-
ence has left the most enduring
impression upon all history for
so many centuries. 1t is felt that the
Turk is dying. ard already the Giauor
vultures of armed Europe have assem-
bled and are ruthlessly lowering
among the islands of the archipelago,
ready to pounce upon the inevitable car
cass. The most marvellous game of mod
ern diplomacy is that which is being en-
acted there, between England and Rus
sia. Constantinople is the objective
point of each, ard the prior possession
by either one will forever defeat every
uIdlueu tllOIl oi tHt part VI tlle OlHti
Not the slaughter of unarmed Armen-
ians, nor the lying and perfidy of the
Turk, nor the misgoverrmen of Crete,
will be the incentive for final action by
either of these principal contestants in
their diplomatic game fer empire, but
opportunity alone. Let either seem but
for day to be materially weakened by
the detection of assumed alliances, and
the Turk will be promptly assisted by
the other out of the sphere of political
existence. The seizure of his capital
would be his first notification of the
crisis. This would be a simple matter
for either of these aspirants for the con-
troll of the Bosphorus, and both have
left behind them on the scroll Of his
tory the records of essentially similar
deeds.
Russia has a powerful fleet in the
Black sea, which is kept manned and
ready for immediate action, and which
is always within striking distance of
Constantinople. The Crimea swarms
with her soldiers, and her idle trans
ports hang to their anchor at Se0astopol.
Or the other hard, the Mediterranean
squadron of Great Britain is scattered
all the way from Gibraltar to the Dar-
The herald., 1897-03-06
Los Angeles, March 4. 1897.
Great Register Charity

To the Editor of the Los Angeles Her
aid: The worthy poor. Who are tney
only the men who have wives own OF
rent property and have homes In Los
Angeles city?
The noble-hearted men who have
made business transaction OF nelplLS
the worthy poor have, unwittingly,
let us hope, forgotten very needy class
of humanity in their midst.
Sons of widows and helpless fathers
are rot few in this city. No provision
has been made for them. Many mothers
are dependent on these sons for pit
tance to hold the home together. The
majority of these unfortunate sons are
minors. between the ages of 13 and 20.
These young "trampN" politely so
termed by the reporters, are frequently
run in as "vags," and given from ten
to thirty day "foaters," or perhaps sert
in to "do time among the refinements
of city prison life.
These young sons of Los Angeles are
unfortunate, and being ashamed to nave
their names in the papers, where their
mothers or friends would blush to see
them, give wrong names, take their
medicine" and many times float out or
the life of home and friends, rather than
face the shame of being forever dubbed
as hobos and vagrants in the town where
they were born.
They are poor, very poor; out OF work.
hungry, clad in rusty, half-fitting. sec
ond hand clothes. with cheerless, smile-
less faces. Who will give them steady
job? Nobody. They tramp the streets
of Los Angeles, doing what odd err
rands they can; trading odds and ends
given them by sympathetic men ana
women; earning here and there dime;
living hard; sleeping hard; daring not
to stop and talk lest noble policema I
escorts them to the city jail. adding to
his personal glory and to the painful
items in the morning papers
That these miserable sons Of unfortu.
nate mothers are ignored in this great
upheavaL Of business to help the needy.
is not surprising, when they have 90
long been scorned. Most noble fatner9
of Los Angeles, it Is for these sons
appeal. Have mercy upon the weary
young feet just beginning to tread litei
paths. Open some avenue OF help Tor
them. Keep them in our beautiful city
Soon you will need their votes. Their
hearts are broken!
Los Angeles, March 4, 1897.
The herald., 1897-03-06
THAT OIL ORDINANCE

The special committee of the council,
with joint committees Of the proper
ty owners and oil men, to frame an or
dinance for the regulation of the oil
industry. held another session at the
city hall last evening, when the draft
of the ordinance to be submitted to the
council was adopted. The measure
is substantially on the lines as pub
lished in The Herald in the report OF
the first meeting, with, however, several
important amendments. The loading
of oil wagons on the streets is prohib-
tied, and the provisions for doing away
with the smoke nuisance were very
materially strengthened. The regula-
tions for the stringing of cables or wires
across the streets are such as will reduce
that nuisance to a minimum. Council
man Mathuss insisted on the removal
of the unsightly "goosenecks" from the
sidewalks, and offered an amendment
providing that no oil well should be
sunk in block where none now exists
without a permit from the fire commits
sioners, such permit only to be granted
on a petition signed by a majority of
the property owners on the block Mr.
Mathuss insisted that it was within the
power of the council to pass such law,
and that 1t was absolutely necessary
for the protection of new territory. Mr..
Mathuss was backed up in his position
by Messrs. Grider and Eaton, the latter
being the only representative of the
citizens committee present, and As
sistant City Attorney Crutcher drafted
such section. After a lengthy debate
vote was taken, and this provision was
defeated, the three oil representatives
and Councilman Baker voting against
it. Mr.. Mathuss gave notice that he
would bring the matter up in the coun-
Gil and insist upon its incorporation in
the ordinance. AS The Herald has
stated, any ordinance which does not
contain this provision will be failure.
Let it be inserted, at any rate, and al
low the courts to pass upon a question
in which every citizen of Los Angeles
is vitally interested. Every member of
the city council should support Mr..
Mathuss in the stand he has taken.
The herald., 1897-03-06
CUT UP THE BIG RANCHES

The location of the deep water harbor
for Southern California at San Pedro
opens up new field of material develop
ment which should not be overlooked
by those who are interested in the ad
vancemert OF Southern California. Be-
tween the foothills and the ocean, within
a triangle whose points touch Santa
Monica, Anaheim Landing and Pasa-
dena, there are thousands upon thou
sands of acres of untitled soil, good for
the production of alfalfa, sugar beets,
community by reason of this neglected
acreage is something enormous. The
land is owned in large tracts by people
who are not dependent on returns from
1t for a living, and they can afford to
let 1t lie fallow because its constantly
increasing value is good return of in
terest to them. But these rich land own
ers owe duty to the public which they
should no longer fail of performing. The
San Pedro harbor affair is already at
tracting attention in all parts of the
country, and Southern California is OBJ
tanning great advertisement as desir-
able point for the investment of capi-
tai and for the making of homes. AL
ready there is a demand for lands lying
between this city and its future harbor
xrrhn ha1d he 10
should prepare to meet this
demand in the right spirit.
The days of the old Spanish ranches are
past in Southern California, and, while
there may be little sentimental regret
over their departure, there will be re-
ioicing among the enterprising settlers
of the newer age that this is so. The
dolce far niente days of the early Latin
settlers have passed away, and the vigor
of the Anglo-Saxon has superseded it.
In Difference to this the large ranch,
barely paying taxes, must be cut up into
small holdings. Under the old order Of
things a thousand acres keep the owner
poor; under the new order twenty acres
will easily support a family in comfort.
The owners of the large ranches can
afford to survey their lands, cut them
Up into twenty and forty acre tracts,
grade decent roads, set out shade trees,
and then sell every alternate tract at a
reasonable price to actual settlers.
five years, If the plan here out
lined be followed, one-half their present
acreage would be readily worth more
than the present value of the entire
ranch.
Nearly all of the land contained within
the limits of the triangle named con-
tains an abundance of water near the
great water courses which carry off.
the melting snow from the
ops of the Sierra Madre mountains
Much of the land will produce magnifi-
cent apples and pears. Some of it ad-
oins land which now grows as fine ber-
les as can be found on the coast, and
here is only tritiing percentage of it
which is really waste land. There is sure
TO be an early and persistent demand for
land of this character from men of small
means who want to create homes near
this growing city, and some early ar
should be made to satisfy
The herald., 1897-03-06

brought to its support Colorado and Ne
vada, but placed New York, Califor~ l.
Kentucky, Maryland and West Virgin.;.
in the Republican column. Tennes Sc
and North Carolina among the doubt
full states. 1t gained Stewart, Teller
Peffer, Newlands and the Populist I lr-
ty, with all its wild notions and imp1s-
sble theories, but it Loot Cleveland, ca
Isle, Cochran, Patterson of Tennes lee
and a host of earnest Democrats in "
cry state in the union.
The policy outlined at Chicago car
only lead to continued defeat. Let the
great party of the people stand BY Us
ancient faith OF
Sound money,
Honest and economical government,
Opposition to monopoly and special
privileges,
Civil service reform.
Religious freedom.
Commercial freedom with all nations.
entangling alliances with none. returl
to the safe, conservative, wise leacS:-
ship of its great men, and 1t Will reg.-i"
the confidence of the country.
WILL A. HARRIS.
Los Angeles March 4, 1897.
The herald., 1897-03-06

city will find employment when the new
works are ready for business.
The citizens Of Los Angeles are in
debted to NJ. Welsh. superintendent OF
the Southern California Packing COM
pany, for the locati here of this new
branch Of industry, as he has worked
faithfully and persistently for many
months in order to secure this estab-
lishment for Los Angeles.
The herald., 1897-03-06
Academia IN Los Angeles

To the Editor of The Los Angeles
Herald: The pictures OF two DEAD met
in The Herald today remind me Of the
need there il here for an "Employers
Liability Act" like that in force in Great
Britain. with such law in force you
may be sure you would have less dead
men to photograph.
The "act" can be got from Eyre q
Spottiswoode, the queens printers.
London, England, and suggest that It
he obtained and published In The Herald.
CIVIS BRITANNICUS.
Los Angeles, March 4. 1897
The herald., 1897-03-06

Francis 3. Thurber says that trusts
are blessing. Francis has been for
years at the head of trust whose busi
ness 1t is to make imitation honey, and
he is in a position to know just who are
blessed by trusts.
The herald., 1897-03-06

The Philadelphia Record claims to
know that President Mckinley said that
his administration would be governed
in foreign relations by International
law ard treaty law. and not in the least
by sentimental considerations"
The herald., 1897-03-06
Composition q Bsr to Trusts

The most effective check upon vast
and monopolising combinations in this
country is competition, not merely in
field which they can largely cctntrol, but
in the world at large. whose market they
cannot fill, and whose competition they
cannot resist-New York Times.
The herald., 1897-03-06

The primary object of securing an
at San Pedro was not that boomers
should be able TO sell lots in front OF
the new harbor, although this seems to
be the opinion strong in the minds Of
some of these people.
The herald., 1897-03-06

1t is great pity that King George of
Greece is not the ruler of a nation as
large as Russia. If he were. the festive
Turk and good many others of the
royal tribes of the old world would walk
chalk line in the matter of behavior.
The herald., 1897-03-06
Cannon, Teller. Martfe and Jones OF
Nevada). SO Democrats and Populists.

The dark hint that the Southern Pa
ciic will build a branch line from San
Pedro to Cotton, making short cut to
New Orleans and giving Los Angeles
the go-by and the marble heart, has
not yet unfavorably affected the price
Of business property in Los Angeles.
The herald., 1897-03-06
Everybody Wrong but cb.nd,e,

A summary of Senator Chandlers re-
cent remarks in the senate is: Bryan Is
wrong. Palmer Is wrong, Mckinley is
wrong. Leverlng is wrong, Bentley is
wrong; the only real right person is
Chandler.-Des Moines Leader.
The herald., 1897-03-06

Our pert and clipper little evening
contemporary-The Record-has just
put in two Merganthaler linotypes and
a new Goss perfecting press. and acts
very much as though 1t had come to
stay on this mundane sphere.
The herald., 1897-03-06
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 views)
The herald., 1897-03-06

1t is entirely due to Coils P. Hunting
ton, of the Southern Pacific company,
that San Pedro secures the three mil
lion dollar appropriation for deep
water harbor. and it is the irony of fate
that this is so. The efforts of the friends
of San Pedro to secure an appropriation
resulted only in getting a promise of
something like nine hundred thousand
dollars, but Uncle Coils went down to
Washington and had the appropriation
for Southern California harbor
changed to three millions, expecting to
secure its location at Santa Monica. But
the scheme slipped a cog somewhere
and San Pedro gets whole big plum
pudding instead of only a small slice
For all of which, o Lord, make us truly
grateful.
The herald., 1897-03-06

The National City Record distin-
guishes itself and inaugural day with
an issue printed In red ink on yellow
paper. It's neat but not gaudy, as the
monkey said
The herald., 1897-03-06

While the powers are sending ulti-
matums to Greece. King George is get
ting his soldiers in trim to attack the
sultan. Go it, George, and make Europe
tremble.
The herald., 1897-03-06

Cincinnati is consoling herself by the
fact that the ice gorge in the Ohio river
is double discounted by the office-seek-
ing gorge in, Washington.
The herald., 1897-03-06

Only few of us are glad that Nc
Kinley is president, but that is no reason
why we should not boom the Salt Lake
railway project as one man.
The herald., 1897-03-06

John Milton did not get as much mon
ey out of Paradise Lost" as Carson
saloon keeper takes IND on one Sunday
these days.
The herald., 1897-03-06

The silver service which the state of
Texas presented to the battleship bear
ing the states name cost $4,000, and the
ship stuck in the mud at Galveston, too.
The herald., 1897-03-06

Elder Cannon of Salt Lake wants the
resurrection day made legal holiday.
Is 1t in the interest of some Of the Re-
publican party?
The herald., 1897-03-06
Telling ncKinIey . Plain Truth

When a Philadelphia contemporary
tells Mr.. Mckinley that the way to open
the mills is to smash the trusts 1t only
states fact that is attested by the cur
rent news.
The herald., 1897-03-06

ID has been so long since we have had
news from the front" that any kind of
a war would be welcome.
The herald., 1897-03-06

The vacancies in the new United
States senate are three-one from Ore
gon, one from Kentucky and ore from
Florida. The membership is AZ Repub-
Iicans, silver Independents Qncluding
The herald., 1897-03-06

Anyway. Mrs. Cleveland carries away
with her from the White House the re-
spect and regard of every American
citizen
The herald., 1897-03-06

The San Pedro News celebrates the
harbor victory with a red-white-and-
blue edition.
The herald., 1897-03-06
Grandest Winter Resort on the Pacific Slope
BEAUTIFUL SANTA BARBARA
THE ARLINGTON HOTEL
Never Closes
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The herald., 1897-03-06

The supposition is that hereafter II
will not be prudent for Weyler to shoot
Americans just for fun.
The herald., 1897-03-06

Sand is still washing down First and
its parallel streets, onto Broadway and
Spring streets, and is still shoveled up
with care and hauled back again by the
employees of the city. If business man
attempted to manage his affairs in this
like manner he would soon
be in the hands of the sheriff.
The herald., 1897-03-06

The Springfield Republican says that
1000 bobolinks have been killed in Penn
sylvania; that in parts of Florida the
heron has been nearly extinguished,
and that 100000 song birds have been
slaughtered, all to put feathers in wo-
mems bonnets and hats. And yet we
call them the gentler sex.
The herald., 1897-03-06
TEE
BEAUTIFUL
HOTEL ARCADIA,
SANTA MONICA

hshn.
all winter
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OMPANY 2a2 Spring Angeles cal
The herald., 1897-03-06

WI! reopen February 1st, thor
oughly renovated and newly
equipped.
Hot and cold Salt Water Bath,
in the house.
The herald., 1897-03-06
A MAGIC ISLAND
SANTA
CATALINA

animals, eto. 30. Pacific and Terminal
daily except Sunday, to conn, ,ct Mt san !
pamphlets from BANNING COMPANY
The herald., 1897-03-06

these days
The herald., 1897-03-06
THE TRANSyAAL RAID
Col. Rhodes continue5 to Testify without
diving Information


LONDON. March 5.-The inquiry Of the
parliamentary committee into the Trans
vaal raid was resumed today in West
minister hail. with the attendance smaller
than usual. Colonel Cecil Rhodes con-
tinred his evidence.
He dwelt upon the relations between
Germany and the Transvaal which he
reiterated he believed indicated nat
ural attempt to make a treaty. He
added that there was no revolutionary
movement a Johannesburg, until every
effurt to secure necessary reforms had
failed. Mr.. Chamberlain, secretary of
state for the colonies. ELECTED further tes-
tlmony as to the harshress of the Trans
vaal law toward the Uitlanders.
Colonel Rhodes gave instances prior
to the movement OF 1895, when serious
conflicts were threatened in the Trans
vaal, adding that a similar outbreak
would recur if the Uitlancers did not
get their rights.
Replying to a question as to whether
he thought the present government Of
the Transvaal was dangerous to the
peace of South Africa. Colonel Rhodes
said dryly: What do you think"
Great laughter).
Further evidence showed that Colonel
Rhodes personally paid the fines of the
members OF the reform committee of
Johannesburg. amounting to $250,D00.
This completed the examination Of Col
Iihodes.
Two Afrikander members Of the par
lament OF Cape Colony testified that
the administration of Rhodes was op-
posed by the imperial government and
1t must break in the hands Of the British
Chartered company.
The herald., 1897-03-06
ON THE FLOOR
Very Slow Progress Made With Bills on the
File

Associated Press Special Wire
SACRAMENTO, March 5.-A move
ment was started in the senate this af-
ternoon to compel the assembly to take
up the senate bills. When the time
came to take up the assembly file. With
ington moved that all the bills be passed
on file. The motion did not prevail. and
Dickinson rose ard stated that the as
sembly was overlooking the senate bills
to attend to it's own business. Only four
bills were finally passed. They were
as follows:
BY Ennis, relating to the duties or
boards of supervisors respecting ROADS;
by Guy, an act to amend Sec. 2003 of the
political code relating to the National
guard; by Dibble. amending the act
to provide for the burial of ex-union SOL
diers, sailors and marines; by Way
mire. to enable any county, city or town
to lease property to associations of ex-
soldiers and sailors.
The following senate bills were pass
cd: Repeating Sec. 2 of the act to en-
force the educational rights of children;
by Morehouse amending the political
code relative to insurance.
The following bills were lost: BY
Langford, to amend an act supplement
tary to an act concerning crimes and
punishments; by Dickinson, relative to
the officers of municipal interpretations
Of the sixth class.
IN ASSEMBLY.
The assembly this afternoon instruct
ed the committee on rules and regula-
tions to prepare a special urgency file,
to consist of one bill by each member,
the file TO be considered daily at $3.50
o'clock. commencing tomorrow.
The senate special file was taken up,
and number Of bills read second
time. The bill relating to pawnbrokers
was defeated.
The appropriation bill was then taken
up and passed in its amended shape.
There was hot fight against the ap
propria tion of 500 for encampment
purposes of the Ma tional guard, but the
appropriation carried.
The following bills were passed to-
night: BY Cutter, deficiency bills in
the attorney generals office; La Rue,
prohibiting the adulteration of wines;
Sims requiring the owner of real prop
erty to give notice of completion of i'm
provements thereon; Dibble, changing
the grades of public streets. lanes, al
leys and courts; Damon, to purchase
gasoline launch for the board of fish
commissioners. 4e