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The herald., 1897-09-01
ANGELES HERALD, MORNING, SEPTEMBER s.

destruction Of property they had almost
attained their object when a discrimi-
mating court issued Its Injunction. prac-
tically nullifying the constitutional
guarantee Of free speech and peaceful
assembly.
1t is needless to ado here what every
citizen either lfnows or ought to know,
that no act Of congress, couched in the
terms of this injunction order, could
stand the test of constitutional interpre-
tation for an hour.
And, now the exhausted miner must
bow to form Of law where there is no
other law than baseless precedent. If
he yields he is assured of starvation at
35 cents per ton, and If he does not yield
he is equally assured of starvation. His
case is very similar to that of one of
Kipling's heroes who sits in the pres
ence of the poisoned cobra while the
latter adopts human speech to say. IF
you move strike andif you do not move
1 strike" A return to the despotio
methods of the middle ages is not IA
vorable omen viewed in the light of
modern government. Brutality under
the forms of law is apt to generate a
course of retaiatory brutality with even
the forms of law left out.
The herald., 1897-09-01
CHEAP-JOHN TAKINd

Sensational journalism has been at
pains to make great deal of capital for
itself out of the case of young Cuban
woman named Cisneros, who was
charged with trying to inveigle Span
ish officer into a certain place for the
purpose of getting him assassinated. II
was reported that she had been sentenced
to twenty years imprisonment in vile
convict prison in the Spanish penal col
ony at Ceuta.
A New York paper, the ekirts Of which
under its present management have
at no time been free from the tain'
ing a great how-de-do over the case Of
Miss Cisneros. By methods we'll known
to the initiated 1t has succeeded in ex-
citing a vast amount Of gullible public
sentiment over the affair. 1t claims tc
have secured,the intercession Of the pope
and the columns are filed with the names
of prominent women who have been in
duced by the representations adduced tc
sign ready-made petitions to the queer
regent of Spain asking her to interes;
herself in the case Of the young woman
together with an amount Of self praise
that is positively sickening.
1t is we'll to know both sides Of the
story. Consul General Lee has tele-
graphed the state department from Ha-
vana to the effect that the case OF
Evangeline Cis'neros has been greatly
misrepresented and, exaggerated, and
that he could not ascertain that there
had been at any time an intent tion to de-
port her. General Weyler says that SEN
tence has not even been passed on the
woman.
That is all there is apparently to the
New York papers attempt to get little
cheap advertising and an opportunity
to pose as a professional benefactor tC
the human race. 1t also illustrates the
great willingness of well-known people
to sign petitions that will get their names
into the newspapers.
Such things do great deal more harm
than good. They will injure the Cuban
cause rather than help it. People do not
like to be fooled and deceived in cases
where there is an appeal to their sympa-
thies. 1t Is apt to cause a revulsion OF
feeling and Cuba cannot afford to lose
public sympathy. The situation as II
actually exists is bad enough without
being made the decoy duck OF yellow
journalism. This paper yields to none
in genuine sympathy with the Cubans ir
their righteous struggle for liberty, and
it dislikes to see their cause jeopardized
by Cheap John newspaper taking.
The herald., 1897-09-01
THE "GLUT OF GOLD"

It will be remembered that a few
weeks ago when the first wave of the
Klondike excitement was at its height,
The Herald published an article pur-
porting to come from Dawson City. 1t
was dated a year hence and told Of
houses and breakwaters built of gold,
of streets paved with the yellow metal,
and was in general way a burlesque
on the big stories then current.
1t now appears that the article was
not so greatly overdone, after all. AT
that time no receptacle for the gold
cleaned up by the miners had been men,
toned that was larger than tomato
can or at the very biggest kerosene
oil can. Recent dispatches disdain
such small things. They speak Of gold
in sacks piled up like bags of potatoes,
and of bags of gold lying on the docks
like cordwood," waiting to be shipped
down to civilization. Kerosene cans are
heard of no more. Nothing smaller
than washtub is now used as a recep-
tacle for the yellow metal. With ordi-
nary mortals, to whom a $50 gold piece
forms the limit of intimate acquaintance
with the money of ultimate redemption,
it would seem that the bounds Of accur-
acy had been slightly overstepped; but
the season is young, and the profession al
liars have hardly had time as yet to size
up the situation from their point of
view.
Seriously, these rich discoveries near
the Arctic circle may have vastly
greater influence upon the monetary
system of the world than can be meas
ured by the few millions that may be
brought out Of that country within the
next two or three years. The Alaskan
discoveries may point the way to sys-
tematic development Of the worlds
richest gold resources. 1t may show the
actual processes, the natural law by
which nature deposits the precious met
ais. When these are made known to
man there will have to be readjust-
ment.
If, on the other hand, the Klondike dis
coveries are merely an mplification
of the common rule that gold is simply
where you find it," and the product,
rich though it may be, is limited through
the obstacles that nature has placed in
the way of man, the addition of few
millions more or less is not going to
make any great difference in the worlds
financial economies. 1t may, however,
serve as an object lesson to the hysteri-
cal individuals who have tried to make
the world believe that there has been an
"overproduction' of silver.
The herald., 1897-09-01
WHAT OF WHEAT Te

Prior to the demonetization of silver
in 1878. the price of wheat was hardly
ever below a dollar a bushel It fire.
quently went up to two dollars and
sometimes considerably higher. On rare
occasions, as on the failure of crops in
this or in other wheat-growing coun-
tries, the price rose to three dollars a
bushel. In those days of silver and gold
no farmer thought of letting his crop go
for less than a dollar bushel, and all
other farm products, such as corn, oats,
rye, pork, beef potatoes and, in the
south, cotton and tobacco, were worth
just about double what they have been
fetching during this period of the single
gold standard. There is not a farmer
whose memory runs back thirty. forty
or fifty years but will confirm this state
ment. In those days of bimetallism the
farmers were forehanded; their farms
were not covered by mortgages and each
had, not only the comforts of life, but
money in his pocket; and so it would be
again If we could slip the yoke that the
gold standard money kings of Europe
have put upon our necks. All that the
country needs to insure real and lasting
prosperity Is to get back where we were
before our prosperity was bartered
away.
Neither temporary scarcity Of wheat
nor a trust-ridden tariff law will give
permanent relief. These are no more
than stimuant to very sick patient
They do not touch the seat Of the dis
ease. Persons may prate about prosper
ity as much as they will, but it is mostly
sham, so far as the common people are
concerned. We must get at the root If
the evil. We must retrace the fatal step
of destroying half of the lawful money
of the country. This is reason, this is
philosophy. Unless we reinstate silver
as lawful money, wheat will fall back TO
half price again, as soon as the present
scarcity subsidies, and everything else
but gold will remain down and
go lower and lower. The only
redemption money, gold, will go
up, until the money barons of the old
world can handle and control it even
more completely than they do at the
present time.
The farmers and producers must learn
that there is only one way to their tenn
poral salvation, and that is to get back
where we were before our fall. Any per-
son endowed by his Creator with lit
tie reason, who will use his reasoning
faculties, must see that these views are
ipcontrovertible. A little temporary
relief may come from time to time, ow-
Ing to special causes; a tonic for the sick
person may afford little relief, but the
The herald., 1897-09-01

patient Is not cured. nor can he be cured
by any such means.
The single standard people propose no
remedy; they only excite our hopes by
administering tonics, and that is all that
has occurred thus far. There can be no
reformation or prosperity until there is
a cause for 1t, and no cause has been
shown. Self-delusion Is more pleasant
than profitable. No good can come from
falsely proclaiming prosperity when
disappointment is sure to follow. If real
prosperity ever comes to this country
1t must come from change in our finan-
cial policy. We are now in the firm
clutch of the gold manipulators of Eu-
rope, and all the dollar wheat" we can
raise will afford but little relief.
The herald., 1897-09-01
THE MODEST HEROES
We often hear Of heroes

We often hear Of heroes
Who rescue maidens fair,
BY catching them, as swiftly
They are falling through the air;
And then the papers tell us
How these men, so strong Of heart,
Wait until crowd has gathered,
And then modestly depart.
But II you will just take notice,
You will generally find
That the noble hero hasn't
Failed to leave his name behind.
We often hear of people
Who indulge in noble deeds,
Looking to the orphans comfort,
Wiping out the widows needs,
Whose philanthropy in many
Splendid public works is shown,
And who always have it Published
That their names shall not be known.
But II you will just take notice
You will generally find
That the noble benefactor
Leaves little clew behind.
cleveland Leader.
The herald., 1897-09-01
CAPITAL AND LABOR

It would be the part of wisdom to call
halt in the suppression Of free speech
under the forms of law A most startling
condition in the affairs of the striking
mine is just now presented in Indiana.
The condition Is doubiy startling mas
much as the principle of suppression has
received the direct sanction Of the federal
courts operating by the process of in
junction. Upon the one side Is asso-
ciated capital, represented by the very
perfection Of combination and counte-
nanced and encouraged in the prosecu-
ton of it's plan of coercion. Upon the
other side is ranged the complex power
of confederated labor. The former con-
tends for unconditional submission on
the part of the laboring army, while the
latter struggles for the privilege of ex-
istence.
That the foregoing Is not an over
statement of the facts as they exist is
made apparent by the report of the spe-
cial commissioner appointed by the gov
ernor of Indiana to examine into the
condition of the coal miners. The re-
port which has been submitted by Judge
Terhune, acting as such commissioner,
says, among other things. that there
are 5000 families in a state Of destitution
sc, 900 people who are literally starving.
A few years ago they received $1.25 per
ton; now the average price paid is about
! 80 cents per ton. A good miner can make
81 a day, and is allowed to work two or
three days each week They are COM
PEELED to trade at company stores, and
the prices they pay are left entirely to
| the mine operators. The miners admit
that they cannot live on the present
scale Of wages
| The decrease in the wage scale from
| SIPS per ton a few years ago to IS cents
| per ton-the rate which precipitated the
present strike-ters its own story. The
average miner earning less than 81 per
day and allowed to work two or three
days each week, and being then COM
PEELED to expend his scant earnings at
the company stores, could not, of course,
much less for his dependent family.
Under such circumstances the strike
was simply the last recourse-the ulti-
mate protest against the rule Of inevi-
table starvation. To attain success in
this most reasonable endeavor co-opera-
tion among the miners became matter
of the first necessity. The effort to Sc
cure this end was peacefully made. Just
as street parades with attendant music
and oratory have ever been the popular
method of propaga ting any desired pub
lie sentiment, so the striking miners
sought to cement their coalition by the
me-honored' method of public assem-
bly, and parade.
By this peaceful method, without any
violence to persons and without a-u
The herald., 1897-09-01

Lincoln April 14th, 1865. In this case
the weapon used was the pistol, and Ser
geant Corbett, who died in Kansas last
year. avenged the president by fatally
shooting John Wilkes Booth two days
after Mr.. Lincoln breathed, his last.
It is a far cry from a land of liberty
like the United States to the home OF
the tyrant and infldel, Turkey but the
next event Of really world wide import.
ance in the list of assassinations was the
death Of Add ul-azis, the deposed sultan
Of Turkey, which took place June 4, 1876
The sultan was distinct failure as a
ruler, and created nothing but dissen-
lsions at home and trouble abroad. Sc
great was the objection to his methods
that finally he was removed by a council
OF ministers and few days afterw ard
found dead in his apartments in the
Yildiz Kiosk. At first 1t was said he
Icommitted suicide, but lat ter it was learned
that death had come to him at the bid
ding of the bowstring, the favorite ORR
entail method Of causing Objectionable
persons to shuttle off this mortal coil
Abd-ul-aziz was no worse than many
Of those who have occupied the first posi-
ton in the Turkish empire, but in his
case the time was out Of joint and he
was not the man to right 1t.
The United States furnished the assass-
ination sensation following that of the
Turkish sultan. From Guiteau's pistol
came the shot that was heard around the
world and fatally wounded President
Garfield, July 2, 1881. The story of that
time is as familiar to the American as
| the battle of Lexington. Not since the
death of Lincoln has this country ever
been disturbed so profoundly as by this
action of a man who, clearly insane in
a degree, nevertheless represented that
same socialistic element which runs
through the entire chain of deaths a,
the assassins haud
The next year came a dual tragedy
which, while alleged to have been com
mitted from patriotic motives. created
the most general indignation. Lord
Frederick Cavendish and T. H. Burke,
two thoroughly inoffensive English gen
tlemen, who were Office holders at Dub
lin and held prominent places, were
murdered in Phoenix park, Dublin, May
g. 1882. The assassin atoms were com
mitted by Irish conspirators, although
they were afterward bitterly denounced q
by both the Irish press and the home
rulers. The assassins were all capture i
and punished.
France furnished a victim for the
assassin June "a, 1884 when Cesario
Santo fatally stabbed Sadi Carnot, pres
ident of France. At the time of the
assassination President Carnot was in
his carriage. Santo dashed out from the
line Of people along the street and
stabbed the president before any one
could interfere. He was Immediately
captured and afterward guillotined. He
was a confessed anarchist. and, like the
assassin Of Canovas. an Italian.
question which naturally arises after
one has digested the information given
is. What has assassination accom-.
plished?" In 80 per cent of the instances
referred to innocent men have died, theil
assailants punished If captured, and tn.
world made no better off. Perhaps tht
answer may be found in those famous
words of Victor Hugo: THE assassin's
knife never yet righted wrong-it never
will"
The herald., 1897-09-01
A Memorial to Darwin

A statue Of the late Charles Darwin,
the great scientist, was unveiled last
week In his native town of Shrewsbury
The cost was $4,000, which sum was de-
frayed by the Shropshire horticultural
society, whose president, Lord Kenyon,
performed the ceremony of unveiling
and subsequently presided at a public
luncheon in honor Of the occasion.-Lon-
don Morning.
The herald., 1897-09-01
A Reason

why were you discharged from YOUR
last place?" asked the merchant of the
applicant for situation.
Il was discharged for good behavior,
SIR"
Wasn't that singular reason for
discharge?"
well, you see, good behavior took
nine months off my sentence" Life.
The herald., 1897-09-01
Changed Conditions

"I hear, cap'n, dat you needs a waiter
on board dis man-o'war?"
: Eyes, silas, but did you not ask for
your discharge about year ago""
$50 did, cap'n; but de ship was goin'
to de West Indies, an was engaged to
my GAL"
"Well. the ship is going to China now,
Silas"
$50 I heerd, cap'n: but Use married,
noW"-Life.
The herald., 1897-09-01
His Status

1nquiring Drummer-What kind of
man is that fellow. Slicksmith?
Squam Corners Merchant-Well, he is
continually Dragging that he is as hon
est as the day is long; but I'd advise all
interested parties to keep an eye on him
during the night.
The herald., 1897-09-01
BRYAN Is ON DECK

Mr.. Bryan has returned home. There
is nothing rema rkable about that except
in the minds of the goldbugs, who appear
to think that the great young commoner
should remain in hiding because wheat
is worth in the neighborhood Of 81 a
bushel.
But that is not the worst Of it. Mr.
Bryan actually has the temerity to as
sert his belief that the cause of silver has
received an impetus during the past few
months, and that three years hence bi-
metallism will be a much more powerful
factor in securing the ballots Of the
masses than it is now.
Mr.. Bryan Is both wise and prudent in
his estimate Of the situat ton. No intelli-
gent man can honestly believe that one
year of good crops, one year of high
prices for wheat is going to give the peo-
pie of the United States confirmed and
permanent belief in the desirability Of
maintaining the single gold standard.
The friends Of silver rejoice that cir
umstances-extraneou circums tances
are such that the American farmers,
after many years of low prices, are go
ing to receive a decent remuneration for
some of their crops They are glad that
there are some evidences of prosperity in
the prevailing conditions. The silverites
need prosperity as badly asanybody and
will welcome it, whatever the source be
that it comes from. But their belief in
bimetallism is founded upon rock that
cannot be shaken.
Our goldlbug friends are shouting be-
fore they are out Of the woods. 1t will
be nearly three years before there is an
other presidential election. 1t is possible
for great many things to happen in that
time. Mr.. Bryan will continue to be as
prominent before the people in the fu-
ture as he has been in the past. All the
talk and all the maneuvering of the ad-
vocates of the single gold standard can
! not keep that man down.
The herald., 1897-09-01
CALIFORNIA OPINION
Level-Headed Boatmen

A sea marriage has been prevented Oft
San Pedro because the boatmen de-
clined to perform it. In view Of the re-
cent court decision declaring sea mar
riages Illegal this action by the boatmen
is encouraging and in striking contrast
to the advice of four Los Angeles law
yers, who told the would-be groom that
although he had been divorced from a
previous wife less than year it would
be legal for him to marry again.-San
Diego Tribune.
The herald., 1897-09-01
This Is Too Much

We must wait till the next session Of
the legislature to have the school vaca-
tions changed. Again we are convinced
that the legislature has too much to do
with the laws of this state.-Santa Mon
lea Outlook
The herald., 1897-09-01
Expert Opinion

Il hear" said the Fat Lady, "that you
were out with the boys last night"
The Two-Headed Gent groaned dis
mally. II was" he admitted. "And I
want to say to you," he continued,
that in case of this kind two heads are
not better than one."-Cincinnati En-
Quirer.
The herald., 1897-09-01
Saving the Youngsters

The practice Of placing on probation
offenders who are not hardened in crime
is a very usual one in some eastern cit
les. and there Is no question that by this
method hundreds Of young people who
have been guilty of only single slip,
have been permanently rescued from a
growing tendency to lawlessness-San
Diego Union.
The herald., 1897-09-01

The Davis will case, which originally
involved property valued at $4,000, 600,
was in the courts seven years. The law
yers have left just 81, ,463,OO0 for the con-
testants to divide. 1t is hoped that the
contestants are duly grateful. Some
lawyers would have gobbled the whole
estate and then sent in bill for extra
services rendered.
The herald., 1897-09-01

The Herald received yesterday its
third installment Of that little ten
cent book called "Klondike Nuggets"
All the accumulated orders will be
promptly filed, and then "first come
first served"
The herald., 1897-09-01
Like q Social Leper

Russell Ward is to escape San Quen-
tin, but he will find that the republican
maxim Of liberty and equality will not
apply to him. He is being "cut" by all
the men, and as 1t is needless to say no
woman recognizes him, he must feel
good deal like a social leper.-Oakland
Tribune.
The herald., 1897-09-01

The average maximum temperature at
Yuma, Ariz., for the week ending August
25th was 104. When Yuma citizen de-
clares that 1t is hotter than Hades he
means just what he says.
The herald., 1897-09-01
An Amendment

Sanders (quoting)-"We'll never miss
the water till the we'll runs dry"
Colonel Lexington-"Bosh, sub! Well
nevah need the watah till the dudgasted
Prohibitionists triumph!
American.
The herald., 1897-09-01
The Accounts Were o. K.

"They say that Lester fell in love with
his wife at first sight"
Il guess he did. They met just after
he had finished serving as member of
an auditing committee that had been
appointed to examine her fathers ac-
counts.-Cleveland Leader.
The herald., 1897-09-01

President Mckinley dined with Sen
ator Hanna last Sundey. If Hanna goes
to board at the White House next VIM
ter he will only be- paying back the
presidents visit.
The herald., 1897-09-01
What Is Needed

The thoughtful citizen looked grave
II have gone through this Dingley bill
from beginning to end" he said, land /
must say that 1t is very incomplete"
whats wrong with it?"
"Why, there's no export duty on heir
esses."-Chicago Post.
The herald., 1897-09-01

The Louisville Courier-Journal says
that the cellar of Representative w. B.
Hooker is the best equipped with Ken
lucky red liquor of any in Washington
Did anybody see that the congressman
wanted for nothing during his stay in
Los Angeles?
The herald., 1897-09-01

that President Mckinley had appointed
lot Of scalawags from Illinois to office,
and to prove his repentance he has given
up trip to Europe that he may take
meantime the scalawags are hanging on
to their Offices
The herald., 1897-09-01

Chilcoot pass and Klondike pass are
most prominently before the public just
now. 1t is choice between getting
killed and starving to death.
The herald., 1897-09-01

A man was convicted yesterday of
selling milk which was below the proper
standard. The police justice fined him
81 only. Perhaps the lacteal fluid is not
among the magiSterial beverages.
The herald., 1897-09-01

The man who tries to be a Democrat
and gold bug at the same time is try
ing to ride two horses going at full
speed In opposite directions
The herald., 1897-09-01

1t is we'll to mention now that after Gu
ba wins its freedom from Spain the Re.
publican administrat ton will claim the
credit Of it.
The herald., 1897-09-01

1T has come to a fine pass" says the
Salt Lake Tribune, "if a man can't go to
Jail without going to church." Suppose,
Judge. you try going to church without
going to Jail.
The herald., 1897-09-01

w. r. Greenwood, who has been max
ing good paper of the Pomona Saturday
Beacon, has sold out to w. r. Cree Of
Ontario, who will take possession at
once.