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The herald., 1897-11-20

Senator Caffery of Louisiana has de-
clared against the annexation of Ha-
waii, and in a recent letter presents CO.
gent reasons in support of his position.
He well says that Hawaii would be
nothing but rotten borough, and the
rottenest of rotten boroughs, at that"
The herald., 1897-11-20
Alien Iaborers

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Nov. 19.-Foreign
laborers, arrested several days ago and
Jailed, through their attorneys applied
today for release on writ Of habeas
corpus. The writ was made returnable
Monday. They claim to be illegally
deprived Of their liberty.
The herald., 1897-11-20
Argentine Wheat

NEW YORK, Nov. ia special to
the Herald from Buenos Ayres says:
Several cargos of American cereals
which recently arrived here could not
be sold and will be taken to Europe.
This refusal is due to the fact that Ar
gentina's crop is more than sufficient
for home use.
The herald., 1897-11-20

in wholesale denunciatlon OF the chiet
appellant tribunal of the state. They
will discover that sufficient showing
was made before the court, and that
IL was therefore, under it's oath bound
to grant the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Record Union.
The herald., 1897-11-20
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: ina,
for the five months from February /, 1897.
to June 80. 1897 Qnciusive), the total circu~
lation of the said Daily Herald was 1.29O. 6So
copies, being an average daily circ"l"-
tiOn Of SG04.
That the weekday circulation during the
above time was Lei, ,567. being daily
average of S30G copies.
That the Sunday circulation during the
above time was 2l9G59, being an average e
for each Sunday of 1O,431.
l.. NJ. HOLT,
Superintendent of Circulation.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
10Th day Of July. 1897.
FRANK ]. COOPER,
Notary Public in and for the County OF
Los Angeles. State of California.
The herald., 1897-11-20
Trying Literature Usages

Trying Literature Usages
These patent-medicine firms are
growing quite independent"
what now?'' sss. 40.
II sent testimonial to one Of then
last week. and It waa rejected. -" Qhio
State Journal. y < 4. " Is
The herald., 1897-11-20

The report that Seth Low intends to
run for governor of New York next year
on an independent ticket is probably an
invention of the enemy, designed to
worry poor, dear Papa Platt, who has
old man of the sea about his long suffer
ing neck
The herald., 1897-11-20
Torpedo Boat Dangers

ALGIERS, Nov. 19.-The French tor
pedo boats No. 1873 and Doudart de Le-
gree, while manoeuvring yesterday even
ing, collided. No. 1873 sank four minutes
later. The crew was saved. The Le-
gree was badly damaged.
The herald., 1897-11-20
Defending the Supreme Court

Those OF our contemporaries who are
SO bitterly and persistently abusing the
supreme court for Interfering with
Durrant's execution should take time
to think upon the matter. and to as~
certain the exact facts before indulging
The herald., 1897-11-20

The proceedings at the state fruit
growers convention were very interest
ing and must be of great benefit to those
growers and horticulturists generally
are finding it to their interest to get to-
gether and keep together.
The herald., 1897-11-20
THE PUBLIC PULSE

(The Herald under this heading prints
communications. hut does not assume re-
sponSihtlity for the sentiments expressed.
Correspondents are requested to cultivate
orevity a. far ms Is consistent with tho
proper expression OF their views.l
The herald., 1897-11-20
Attachment Filed

BOSTON, Nov. ia $4,000 attach
ment against Thomas Lawson, of Law
son, Widenfeld and Company. by James
and Isaac Seligman Of New York, was
fled in the Cambridge court today.
The herald., 1897-11-20
Discharge the Cook

NEW YORK, Nov. ia special to the
Times from Poughkeepsie, N. Y, says:
Sixty students at Vassar College are re-
ported seriously ill. all having been taken
sick two days ago from eating improp-
erly cooked veal
The herald., 1897-11-20

The weather bureau thermometer in
this city registered SO degrees of heat
at noon Thursday, November IS. 1t
is not strange that the oranges are
ripening earlier than usual. Think of it,
ye blizzard-stricken people Of the east
SO degrees in November, with the air as
soft and as balmy as June zephyr!
Come and enjoy it with US.
The herald., 1897-11-20
No Better Sign

There is no surer sign of better times
than the fact that people are paying
their debts.-Riverside Press.
The herald., 1897-11-20

A recent cablegram from London as
serts that Senator Wolcott has become
so embittered by the failure of his mis-
sion in England that he has become the
unforgiving enemy of that country. 1t
further declares that the senator re.
turned to the United States ito immedi-
ately enter on a canvass against great
Britain in all matters pending between
this country and the United States"
Have our English friends so soon forgot
ten the Cousin Ed speech, which So
warmed the cookies of the British heart
during the dubious days of the Venezu-
elan controversy? They gave Senator
Wolcott poor return, but courtesy
does not make an obligation in politics
or in diplomacy. 1t may be depended
upon that whatever Senator Wolcott
does first will be feeler thrown in the
direction of Colorado, and it is the silver
question and not the English question
that most interests the people OF that
state.
The herald., 1897-11-20
Dargai and Weyler

ANGLOMANIAC (Mojave, Cal.)-The
inspiration is yours. Why not pursue it
yourself?
The herald., 1897-11-20

The New York Journal of November
II devotes five pages to the Thorn trial
out-yellowing the yellow journalism in
the studied effort to bring the minutest
detail of the trial before the public.
Then, as if conscience-stricken at its
own work, it devotes it's leading edi-
torial to defense of it's sensationalism,
saying that ito show crime in it's vul-
garest and most revolving aspects is to
perform service to law" What rot.
Still, it is encouraging to see the Journal
conscious of it's own degeneracy. 1t in
dicates that the case is not hopeless.
The New York World of the same date
also devotes five pages to the case, but
it does not apologize. The World is,
therefore, for the nonce, the leading yell
low journal of the age.
The herald., 1897-11-20

Up to 1893 section 1879 of the Political
Code provided that the acceptance of
tent, by any member of board Of edu-
cation was a felony. In 1898 that sec
ton was changed so as to make the Of
fense misdemeanor. The punishment
which is intended to cover all charges
of misdemeanor in which the punish
ment is not specified. This statute fixes
the punishment for misdemeanors at a
fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment
wisdom of our legislators is once more
exemplified; the punishment does not
fit the crime.
The herald., 1897-11-20

The thirty-first annual meeting Of the
California Teachers association will
convene in San Francisco December %
next and remain in session four days.
Among the speakers will be President
Draper of Illinois university, President
Kellogg of the University of California,
Professor Griggs of Stanford university,
ington, and others equally prominent.
There will be no less than fifteen round
tables conducted by some of the best
known educators in the state. Reduced
rates have been granted by the rail-
road and steamship companies, and
there should be the largest attendance
in the history of the association.
The herald., 1897-11-20
GIVE THE BOYS A CHANCE

The visit of the Hungarian boy band
to the Whittier Reform school Thursday
was a pleasing diversion from the every
day life at that institution. and an ex-
perience that was doubtless profitable
to all concerned.
The little Hungarlans are just like
other boys, although possessed Of musi-
cal genius. They enjoyed the excursion,
the luncheon, the drill, the football. all
the good things provided for their enter
tainment at Whittier, as if they were to
the American manor born.
The hosts of the occasion, for the in
mates Of the school were the hosts as
much as the officers Of the institution,
were given treat that was doubtless a
revelation to many of them, and which
must have had a very beneficial effect.
The inmates of reform school are of an
age peculiarly susceptible to good and
evil influences. 1t is fair to assume that
the visit of the Hungarian boy band
sowed better seed than week of the Sc
verest discipline.
Would it not be good idea to have
a similar red-letter day at the Whittier
school at regular intervals? Doubtless
many well-known artists would gladly
volunteer their services for half q day
once in the season, in order to give
the charges of the state an hour or two
of enjoyment. Such holidays could be
made conditional upon the good behavior
Of the inmates of the school, which plan
of itself would be no small factor in the
discipline of the institution.
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-12
LANDVOIGT & VADAKIN,

City, Arkansas.
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-12
The Ohio Shepherds.

The political shepherds from Ohio are wolves in sheep's clothing. They frankly said before the Dingley com mittee that the tariff they demand is intended to shut out foreign wool al together. They admitted that their purpose is to double the price of domes- tic wool and give it monopoly. They did not deny that this would greatly in- crease the price of warm clothing. They confessed also that their schedule is not intended to produce revenue. but rather to prevent it. This is all the public cares to know about the howl of the wolves for more protection" If their demand shall be granted the voters will do the rest. as they did in 1890 and 1892. N. Y. World.
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-12
Protection Is What They Want.

The republicans are determined upon an extra session for the purpose, they say, of perfecting tariff measure which will increase the revenues of the United States. If this indeed be their purpose then they cannot reenact the Mckinley statute of October, 1890, because that act was called an act to reduce the rev enue. The republicans will go into special session to perfect a tariff bill on the excuse of increasing he revenue, but will take no sort of means to that end. They will meet for the purpose of increasing the protection already ac- corded overabundantly to American manufacturers. Their policy is to make not revenue tariff, but tariff for pro- lection mainly, and they are to-day, as they were when Harrison was nomi- mated in 1888, in favor of levying pro- hibitive duties. Under such a tariff bill as the republicans in the extra session will pass exports will fall off and the tariff will not yield the desired rev enue. There is pertinent and emphatic objection, therefore, to the republican hypocrisy involved in the statement that they desire an extra session of con- gress for the purpose Of passing a tariff bill to increase the revenue. The party does not want tariff for revenue. but tariff for protection, and that is why it will have a special session of congress early in the new administration cago Chronicle.
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-12
Hurting Themselye..

American manufacturers are con- stantly complaining of their inability to compete with the manufacturers of Flu rope, and are demanding protective tar ifs to shield them from European com petition. The nations of the world ac- cept their statements for truth, and when they have need of manufactured goods they avoid America and Ameri- can manufacturers, because Americans have proclaimed to the world that they cannot make goods and sell them as cheaply as Europeans eau. They do not tell the truth when they make such statements. and the American people know it. but the people of other coun- tries do not.-Springfeld (O.) Demo crat.
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-12
THE SELECTION OF SHERMAN.
Boss Hanna's Fine Hand Again Becomes
 Apparent.


 There is considerable criticism of Maj. McKinley's selection of Senator Sherman for the post of secretary of state. 1t is a well-known fact now that the selection was made solely for the purpose of making place for Mark Hanna, who aspires to be a. senator or the United States. and while it may be presumed that the president-elect feels that Mir. Sherman IS in every way elig1- ble for the position to which he will without doubt be appointed, it is still a fact that serious question is raised as to his fitness for the very delicate work he may reasonably expect to be called upon to perform. Of course, there may be spice of partisanism in the criticism that is leveled at the proposed appoint ment, but it is doubtful that it can be fully accounted for in this way. The Washington correspondent of the St. Louis Republic says among other things:
 "The selection of John Sherman for the secretaryship of state creates the most profound surprise in Washington, and es- pecially among the senators who have had to do with Sherman, day in and day out. for years. It is rather ungracious to say anything regarding a man as venerable in years as Mir Sherman, and one, too, it must be said, who has rendered such con- spicuous public services. But 1t is a matter of common notoriety here, well known to all the senators of all political parties, that Mir. Sherman has by no means the intel lectual strength he had years ago. He has been failing for two years with great rar r1t1 IfO hA Ia Gt at active. Mentally he has been growing feeble for some time and notably since the last session of congress"
 It would seem, in view of this, that the exigencies of Ohio politics fall short of justifying the selection Mir. McKin- ley has made. There is a possibility that the real purpose of MT. Sherman's appointment will fall, as it is far from clear at present that MT. Hanna can succeed in his efforts to reach the sen- ate, but the Mansfield statesman will doubtless receive the honor intended for him in spite of the miscarriage of the plans for MT. Hanna's eXaltation. If the worst shall be realized in respect to MT. Sherman it is to be hoped that the presdent-elect will be found to have been more fortunate in his selections of men to fill the other important places in his official family. It was broadly hint ed some months ago by an eminent re- publican that Maj. Mckinley is weak, an impressionable man, and if this is true, the president-elect ought to have some strong men about him. Weakness from top to bottom of the ad- ministration would prove most unfor- tunate.-Binghamton (N. Y.) Leader,
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-12
HOW ABOUT THE REvENUE7
The Reciprocity Theory of High Protec-
 ton visIouaries.

ton visionarles.
 "Reciprocity." says a protection or gan, "is free trade in dissimilar and non-competitive products" That is, one country will admit free articles which it does not produce in considera- ton of the others letting in free what the latter does not produce.
 Then why was the third section of the Mckinley bill called a reciprocity section? This section threatened retail iation by taxing sugar, molasses, coffee, tea and hides, unless the countries pro ducing them let in our exports at rates which the president thought were fair.
 Are sugar, molasses, coffee, tea and hides commodities which we do not pro- duceP On the contrary, we produce sugar, molasses and hides, three out of five of them. As no retaliation was att tempted against countries producing tea, we may eliminate that and say that three out of four were articles which we produce. The definition quoted shows that the so-called Mckinley reel procity, devised by Senator Aldrich, was not reciprocity at all. since it was not mainly in products which this country does not produce.
 But suppose we let in free all the com modities which this country does not produce in sufficient quantity to SUD- ply the wants of the people. That lets in sugar free. both raw and refined. It lets in wool free, because we produce but little more than half the wool need- oA txrv 4ha, other articles to which the same remark will doubtless apply. but these two are imported in large quantities. None of this class of articles will yield dollar of revenue. Of course, then. you must get all the customs revenue from ar ticles imported that compete with our domestic products.
 What is the result? Having put the noncompetitive article on the free list, you must get revenue by taxes on com petitive articles. "So much the better" says the too nasty protectionist, "since we can thus tax competitive articles all the higher" But they are already taxed well-nigh up to the point where importations cease. Ifyou put on more tax importations will be smaller. and if you go as far as the protected inter- ests demand you will stop importations altogether and cut off all the revenue.
 The notion that higher tariff means more revenue is obsolete to a large ex- tent. Many of our tariff rates prohibit importations in any quantity worth naming. Others are very near to the point of prohibition. and another turn of the screw will make them quite so, The theory that higher rates mean more revenue applies only to noncompetitive articles. or others taxed much below the point of prohibition. and even they may be so high that the people will buy them in smaller quantities. As to articles produced at home, when the rate is al- ready high. an increase of the tariff will be more likely to reduce revenue than to raise it. Then whence comes the everue?-Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-12
PRODUCTION OF WEALTH.
The Protectionist Idea of Bringing Abou
 Better Times.


 "The immediate mission of the re- publican party" remarks a republican organ, lis to start up idle factories, to encourage investment and produc- ton, to furnish work at good wages to unemployed labor"
 An excellent mission, but how is it to be achieved? Simply by the exer- else of the taxing power of the gov ernment. Nothing could be easier. Taxes are to be levied on things that the people need, for the benefit of the men with factories who can convince the leaders of the party that they should be helped. By the simple proc ess of placing tax on articles manu- factured abroad, the people are com pelled to buy at home and the home manufacturer can charge the value of the article plus the tariff and thus be encouraged by huge profits to keep at work. These profits, of course, for the public welfare he will divide with the men he employs.
 The production of wealth is merely a matter of putting governments fingers into the pocket of one citizen and transferring the money there to the pocket of another. Prosperity can be made by forcing all citizens to chip in and pay for the running of a fac tory which another citizen would like to run, if big enough profits are as- sured. Hundreds of prosperous citi- zens, with millions. can be pointed out who are living proofs of the effective ness of the tariff as a promoter of pros perlty. With bounty on goods and premium on idleness, factories will be shut down, now and then, by wicked combines, but the taxing power is un- limited and the favored manufacturer never suffers for prosperity while the substance of his fellow citizens. who must buy from him at his price. holds out. He can live in a castle, ride in a coach and have money to burn.
 But if it is the mission of a party. through the control of our govern ment's taxing power. to start factories and keep labor employed at good wages. why this indirection and the trouble and annoyance of making up discrimi- hating duties? Why not have govern ment factories for the unemployed?
 If we must have paternalism. let us have straight, honest, up-to-date pater- na4ism. freed from the ancient folly and wrong of monopoly privileges. Let us be rid of the tax-made millionaires ana give the money to the tax-supported iaoorers.-St. Louis Republic.
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-12

Trade suppression is the Dingley iden. as it was the Mckinley idea. But it is not the American idea, and the American people will not be long in showing it.-N. Y. World.
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-12
1t is estimated that tb. .o.o

It is estimated that the total ap- preparations of the present congress will be considerably in excess of S1 .ooo.- OOO,Ooo and will overtop the highest ex- pendltures ever voted by any previous congress by from S20,0oO. 900 to SAC, ,Ooo.- ooo. What the republican policy will be and what the republican howl for more revenue means are foreshadowed Tn these appropriations. Tie bigger the deficiency. the better the excuse to lay on the taxes for the favored bounty grabbers; the heavier the appropria- tions. the richer the plucI1Ing for the party jobbers.-St. Louis Republic.
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-12

Chairman Dingley declines to % into the cabinet because he could not personally supervise every branch of work in the department, and his con- science would not permit him to as sume responsibility under other condi- tions. A rare bird is Dingley. He is wise enough to know that he is not built for executive station.--Utica Ob- server.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-03-02
City Council Last Night.

The Council met in regular session last evening. Present and presiding, L. E. Goldsmith, Mayor; Aldermen Atkinson, Johnson, Fox, Howell and Hightower.
 The regular monthly accounts were allowed.
 Chief Senyard reported all fire plugs in good condition, except that they need flushing.
 The Water and Light Committee reported, recommending the pay ment of January water bill, less $40 for hydrants out of condition, and of the gas blll, less $l7 for poor ser vice.
 Alderman Howell suggested that the Chiefs report, regarding needed flushing of hydrants be complied with by Water Company, and in event of their failure, proper deductions would be made next month.
 The Water and Light Company s bills for electric light fIfrlisli'd the City Hall and Fire Deialrtment were referred to Board pf Public Affairs, with di csra,ta to settle and con tra for future rate.
 X petition from A. B. Grace, ask ing that alley back of block 2S be opened for public use, was granted
 An ordinance appropriating SlOt for street improvement was read one time.
 An ordinance requiring the St Louis Southwestern Railway Com pany to place stone stepping blocks on Third avenue, at it's intersection Pine, Main and State streets. was read one time. Adjourned.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-03-02
TELEGRAPH BREVITIES
The Cream Of the News Complied for the
 Perusal of Busy People.

It is announced from Carson City that both Corbett and Fitzsimmons are in fighting trim.
 Senator Sherman, who will be the next Secretary of State, announces that the foreign policy of this Gov ernment, under the next adminis- tration, will be vigorous and that Americans will be protected.
 In the State Senate Monday morning the bill appropriating $65, GOO for the relief of drouth sufferers was passed by vote of 27 to B. The afternoon was devoted mainly to discussion of the Rail- road Commission bill and a barley between Senators Manning and Grace, the former for and the latter against the bill. The House passed bill dividing Arkansas county into two judicial districts.
 President-elect Mckinley and party departed from Canton for Washington Monday evening amid the booming of cannon, the playing of bands and parades of military organizations and political clubs.
 Gov. Dan Jones has telegraphed Speaker Reed that he will veto the, Arkansas settlement resolution passed by the Legislature, and that it cannot become effective without his signature.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-03-02

afraid of her as the very old d-l himself, and the husband is very powerful man, physically, but he admits that his wife can whip him, and by the way, has often done it.
 The gambling-house keeper is much exercised over the way the woman entered his place of business. He says that he pays q license for the privilege Of conducting his busi- ness, and that this license carries with it police protection. He says that today he is going to swear out a warrant against the woman fer breaking open his door. When this warrant is issued the names of the parties will be made public to the few who do not already know them.