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The herald., 1897-11-09
THE ANTI-HITCHING ORDINANCE

The first days enforcement. of the
nti-hitching ordinance was productive
of greater results than the most san
guine friend of the measure had antici-
pated. Nearly 100 arrests were made be-
tween daylight and dark, and the police
office accomplished the biggest twelve
hours work on record.
1t seems that the ordinance has either
been misinterpreted or reaches much
farther than was expected. The police
arrested drivers of delivery wagons who
had ventured within the dead line for
the purpose of delivering goods and had
hitched their horses for the short time
necessary for their errands. If this con-
struction is accepted it will be neces-
sary for two persons to accompany each
delivery wagon within the prescribed
district. 1t is doubtful if such a require
ment was in the minds of the trainers Of
the ordinance. On the other hand, it
may be asked how are the police TO dis
criminate? Here is involved the OBJ
lection of q time limit to hitching, and
the impossibility of detailing policemen
for the express purpose of watching
hitched teams.
Proper adjustment and latitude seems
to be still among the requirements of the
ordinance.
The anti-hitching ordinance was cer-
tainly demanded in the best interests of
the municipality. 1t is not of such char
acter that it is necessary to get rid Of
it by over strict enforcement.
1t is, perhaps, to be regretted that no
provision was made for hack and eX-
press stands. The hack and eXpreSsmen
pay a license, and they are required to
provide hitching apparatus which they
may not now use. The ordinance does
not take effect against them until jan
uary 1st next. VIII they be obliged to
pay the same license that they paid
when they We're permitted to stand in
| the downtown streets?
| The Herald does not wish to be under
stood as opposing the anti-hitching ord-
nance. 1t has consistently maintained
| that such a law was necessary. ard il y
] glad to see it enforced. 1t wishes, how
The herald., 1897-11-09
DON'T HITCH your BICYCLE

A bicycle is q vehicle. The bicyclists
contended that such is the case for
many years before the courts finally
accepted that view. Now, however. the
standing Of the bicycle as a vehicle is
|unquestioned.
The anti-hitching ordinance provides
that no vehicles. accompanied or unac-
companied by animals. shall stand on
the streets within a prescribed district.
either hitched or unaccompanied by a
driver.
The question that arises is. shall the
bicycle vehicle that is left standing
alone on the business street be run I'M
by the conscientious and faithful off,
GERS of the law?
The query is a puzzling one. and 1t
may yet arise to the dignity Of an issue
that nothing short Of an opinion from the
city attorney can settle. In the mean
time the bicyclists would better watch
out"
The herald., 1897-11-09
A FALL FROM GRACE

Editor c. NJ. Shortridge of the San Jose
Mercury has for several weeks needed
The Heralds advice and allowed the rest
of the staff to do the editorial writing for
the paper. The results have fully borne
out the wisdom of the policy suggested
but the election was apparently too
much for Mr.. Shortridge's good resolu-
ton, for he has fallen again, as the fol-
Mercury, Of November 3rd, will show:
Would We had a photograph of the
nerve of the Democratic party. Isn't
it a beauty! Who would have thought
one year ago to see it alive today No
body! Remembering all it's mistakes,
its gross errors both in form and sub
stance. how does it happen it is not
dead and forgotten? There must be
something to it, or it would have been
dead and long ago have faded from
the minds of men. But it lives on. 1t
succeeds in many ways and in many
places. 1t lives and prospers in spite of
itself 1t has stood for everything
which was not. Now tell us,
ii you think you are smart enough, why
the Democratic party acts as it does?
Why is it always pretending TO believe
something which it does not? OF course
our Democratic friends will furnish an
excuse and they will give a reason also
some kind of a reason. Any old thing
will do. But good comes from all this.
You can't fool all the people all the
time. A man cannot fool even himself
all the time and about the same thing.
The Herald would respectfully renew
and repeat it's previous advice to the
editor of the Mercury. He would not be
a wise man by keeping still.
The herald., 1897-11-09
IMPERATIVE JUSTICE

Durrant must hang. The federal
application of his attorneys for writ of
habeas corpus. The last of the laws
interminable delays has been invoked
in vain.
No more celebrated case has graced,
or rather disgraced, the annals of crime
in this country for many years past. The
nature of the crime committed. the SEN
sationalism of the local newspaper re-
murderers counsel, the delays secured
through technicalities, all these feat
ures, and others that might be named,
have given the case unprecedented no.
toriety.
The most important, and at the same
time the most dangerous phase of the
Durrant case has been the loophole dis
covered by the attorneys for the de-
fense, whereby longer lease of life was
given to condemned murderers, through
appeal to the federal supreme court.
What one condemned criminal had done
another could do. Hence we have had
the spectacle of five condemned mur-
derers lying in our penitentiaries, wait
ing for the decision that was certain TO
be against them, but the Invocation of
which gave them prolonged respite
1t is needless to say that the effect of
this condition of things has been dele
terious. But now that the cases of
Durrant and Allender have been decided,
and inasmuch as the same adverse re-
suit may be expected in the cases of the
other murderers, it is fair to presume
that the practice of appealing to the
supreme court in such cases will soon
cease. If it does not, bill will be in
troduced at the coming session of con-
gress by Senator White, which will un-
doubtedly be passed at the earliest pos
sible moment and must settle the mat
ter in short order
An enforcement of the law against
murder is imperative. Let the peniten-
tiary be emptied of the condemned mur-
derers who have so long been protected
by the very agency that was intended
for their punishment
The herald., 1897-11-09
ENFORCE THE LAW

The law should lay swift hands on the
wretch who was guilty Of the unspeak-
able crime near Manhattan junction
last Sunday. No delay in the operation
of justice will be tolerated. 1t is not Il
! question of the color Of the guilty
wretch, but of the crime itself.
Our city streets and our country roads
should be equally safe and secure
against the preparation of such an
abominable crime. The circumstances
of the case at Manhattan junction were
particularly eXasperating. and it is not
strange that the entire community
should be aroused to a high state of rage
over the crime committed.
There should be no danger of lynch
ing, when the man is caught. Such
methods do not make person or property
any safer, which fact statistics of similar
crimes prove to be true. But if the
promptly given fair trial and then
punished, without any Of the perver-
sions and delays that have made the law
a by-word in this state, the moral effect
will be greater than that Of dozen
lynchings. The disgrace Of lynching has
several times been narrowly averted in
this state of late. That the law is not
properly enforced and therefore not
properly respected might have been ad-
vanced in excuse. .
1t is hard for persons, who are directly
affected by the commission of unspeak-
able crimes, or who feel that their own
mothers and sisters and daughters may
be placed in danger to put by the fierce
impulse to take the law into their own
hands; and yet the spirit of revenge and
retaliation Is not the spirit by which
to govern an organized and civilized
community. We must look to principle
rather than to its perversion for proper
guidance.
The herald., 1897-11-09
A LEGAL TRIUMPH

The city attorney, with the sharp knife
settled the two-headed issue that threat
ened for u time to create a state of cruel
war between the city council and the
fire department. 1t will be recalled that
la week age he decided that the boiler
inspector had the right to inspect the
boilers of the fire engines belonging to
the city. The question as to whether
the board of examining engineers had
the right to pass upon the qualifications
of the fire department engineers pre-
sented more difficulties. 1t was not
possible for politics or pulls to get
into boiler, but they might easily enter
into question of employing engineers
SO the city attorney holds that since the
engineers are'under the sole control and
direction of the board of fire commits
sioners, this body is the sole judge as to
their qualifications and efficiency; he de-
cides that, should this power be dele
gated to the board of examining engi-
neers the city council would indirectly
| exercise control of the appointments of
engineers, a power that does not belong
to it. Therefore the board of examining
engineers has not the authority to deter
mine the fitness or unfitness of the en-
Sineers of the fire department.
The opinion of the city attorney upon
this point is fine illustration of starting
logical conclusion through the process
of reasoning, and The Herald congratu-
lates him upon it. A desperate crisis
has been averted. The council, through
the boiler inspector, has the boilers, and
the fire commissioners, through the fire
department, have the engineers. Let
them both be happy and call it square.
The herald., 1897-11-09
ANGELS UNAWARES

figure by my fireside stayed,
Plain was her garb and yelled her face;
A presence mystical she made,
Nor changed her attitude nor place.
Did l neglect my household ways
For pleasure wrought of pen or book,
She sighed a murmur of dispraise,
AT which methought the rafters shook.
Me young delight did often win
My patient limits to outgo;
TIasreafter when | entered in
That shrouded guest did threatening
show.
The SHOWS of life to chill me fell
Where many gracious mate lay dead,
And moved my heart to break the spell
BY that ungracious phantom laid.
Now, who art thou that didst not smile
When l my saddest jest devised?
Who art thou stark and grim the while
That ne'er my tune and measure priced
Without her pilgrim staff she rose,
Her weeds of darkness cast aside:
More dazzling than Olympian SHOWS
The beauty that those weeds did hide.
Most like solemn symphony
That lifts the heart from lowly things.
The voice with which she spoke TO me
Did loose contrition at its springs.
o. Duty. visitor divine!
Take all the wealth my house affords,
But make thy holy methods mime:
Speak to me thy surprising words!
Neglected once and undiscerned,
pour my homage at thy feet,
TIL thy sacred law have learned
Nor LAY ror iifis cam be completes.
--Independent.
The herald., 1897-11-09

vina IL estimated to have 10000 to H. ,00(
boxes on the trees and they have never
had much irrigation.
The Southern California crop will sur
pass any previous record for both quail
ity and quantity. The weather since this
time last year has been ideally perfect
and the trees are loaded with an unusu-
ally handsome crop of fruit.
The markets ought to be fairly good.
Florida is still hors de combat and likely
to remain so for years to come. Refer
ring to the condition of the groves in
that state, the Florida Fruit Grower
says:
After the cold wave of February. 1895.
Florida certainly did present a COM
pete picture of desolation. Not only
the loss of crop for one year but four
years. If again Florida was ever to
become the famous and prosperous or
ange producer she had been. reinvest-
ment of both time and money must be
made. Dazed by the great and unparal-
eled disaster. the orange growers felt
the pangs of hopeless despair. Gradu-
ally it dawned upon many that the
roots of the trees had life. and they set
about the work of resuscitation: so that
today, not yet three years since our
groves were cut to the ground. MANI
trees are fruiting, and there is every
prospect that by the year 1898 the or
ange crop of Florida will be of COM
mercial Importance. In fact, this years
crop is not less than $50, eco boxes. Twen-
ty per cent of the old area will cover the
groves partially cultivated and new
groves planted. So not more than 20
per cent of the old orange grove area
will be in bearing say within the next
ten years; or in other words, it is more
than probable production of 100000
boxes annually will not be reached be-
for 1907. During the intervening years
supply will undoubtedly be below de-
mand so that remunerative prices can
be relied upon. This, taken in connec-
tion with the better knowledge of cul-
tivating and fertilizing a grove and
selection of fruit, certainly looks to
greater profits in the future than were
realized in the past.
The herald., 1897-11-09
ORANGES MOVING

Shipments of Southern California or
anges have begun. Forterville. in the
San Joaquin valley has been sending on
fruit for ten days past in small lots. and
a few have left in the same way from
this side Of the mountains But the
first carloads We're moved at the end Of
last week. The cold nights and warm.
dry days now prevailing are putting a
high color on the fruit, and by the end of
this week the movement will be quite
large. Eastern markets will enjoy more
Thanksgiving day oranges this yea,
than ever before. BY the time the
Christmas holidays are here there will
be plenty of oranges unless the weather
between the 10th and o0th of December
should be wet.
Prices are better this year than for
many preceding seasons. True, navels
are not procurable at less than s2.75 per
box. Buyers seem to have confidence
in the market, judging by what they are
doing. One crop at San Dimas on a ten
acre grove has been sold for $780, Last
year the crop from the same trees sold
for $4,000, and the year before for $35OO
The oranges at San Dimas are unusu-
ally early. "A forty-acre grove at Co.
The herald., 1897-11-09
TURN 1T DOWN

The application for a license to estab-
lish saloon in the armory building will
come before the police commission for
final decision today. The members of
the National guard, who are directly
interested. supported by public senti-
ment, which is generally interested in
the matter, are strongly opposed to the
granting of the license, and the commits
sioners should have no alternative.
The Herald has already presented the
salient facts in connection with the case,
and it is unnecessary to go into details
again. There is no reason whatever
why the license should be granted.
The herald., 1897-11-09

The enforcement Of the anti-hitching
ordinance has created new industry
from which the ubiquitous small boy
reaps the benefit. 1t is the holding of
horses. One youngstef made $1.95 yes
terday and he did not claim to have the
business down fine. Let man drive up
to the sidewalk and stop preparatory
to getting out. Hold yer hoss, mister? %
is the cry that greets him. mo, guess
not" may be the reply. "Yer'll git rest
ed f yer leave 'im," and the nickel is US
ually forthcoming. 1t is cheaper than
paying a fine.
The herald., 1897-11-09
GOING AHEAD AT LAST

1t is now safe to say that Spring street
will be resurfaced and that the work
will be done very soon. The city coun-
ell adopted an ordinance of intention to
resurface at it's meeting yesterday, in
property owners. AS the frontage rep
resented in the petit exceeded the re-
quired majority by over 1000 feet, it is
hardly probable that there will be any
further opposition from those who will
be called upon to pay the bills.
One improvement leads to another.
The resuwacing of Spring street cannot
ail TO exercise stimulating effect in
the right direction. There are other
The herald., 1897-11-09
ANGLES EhaRS%2Hq fs2 'i;;;ss ssS! ST.: ~; -

showed his individual cleverness; Sou
sa's STARS and Stripes" followed, and
although not given Sousa reading, was
none the less admirable and even gained
in. places. "All Coons Look Alike to
Me-" with it's infectious rag-time chorus
was extremely we'll played, and was
the last on their program, but the audi
ence applauded wildly, the dress circle
split it's gloves and the gallery clam
ored and bravaed for more band until
the young hussars, headed by their
drum major, came back, stood in the
'center of the stage, making brilliant
picture in their dashing uniforms of
scarlet, gold and black. and, without
a director, played stirring military
march. Again they were recalled, and
again responded. And SO, the Knaben
Kapelle having come, have also con-
quered. and will be heard tonight in the
following change of numbers:
"Ein und Auszug" March. .Doppler
Overture, prince Methusalem" Strauss
"Die Lautenschlaegerin" Gavotte komzak
walters Orpheum'' March ....Schilzonyi
To be selected.
Of the other new people this week are
Hayden and HethertOn, team who ex-
change pleasantries and sing songs; Ar
ther and Jennie Dunn, who give clean,
clever turn with some very funny nov
elites in the way Of business, and Miss
Ola Hayden, who has a phenomenal
contralto voice, a very clear enunciation
and very stunning clothes.
The hold-overs are J. J.Welch who APP
pears in black-face this week and does
some new eccentricities as to dancing;
|O'Brien and Harvel, who repeat their sue
cess of last week; Press Eldridge, in the
same ingenious negligee. and a new
stock of jokes, and Weston and Her.
bert, who extract music from a desk, a
typewriter and a bicycle.
The orchestra does particularly good
work, appropriately introducing the
boy band with some Hungarian czardas;
and bill which is, altogether, the
strongest and best that has been given
for months, will continue through the
week with usual matinees.
The herald., 1897-11-09
A Shortage Of Drinking Water

To the Editor of the Los Angeles
Herald: Does the city council know
that there are but three public drinking
fountains in the city, one at the Plaza,
one at Ninth and Main and one at Sixth
street park?
Do they know that the only other place
to get a drink of water is saloon or
restaurant?
Do they know that / walked from
Sixth and Spring to Second and Main
street before found restaurant with
a water tank in front? JOSEF.
The herald., 1897-11-09
Where the Trouble Came In

"Talkin' bout them fur off yaller fever
gold fields" said the old Btllviile IN
habitant, what's the matter with the
land all roun' my neighborhood?"
"Rich, is 1t ?"
II should say SO! Why, thar's more
gold in it to the minute than you could
find in Alaska to the mile"
"Then, why don't you get some of 1t 2"
"Well, my friend" he said, In whis-
per, the truth Is, you've got to jerk yer
coat an dig fer it!"-Atlanta Constitu-
tiOn. M
The herald., 1897-11-09

The first Luetgert trial cost Cook
county nearly $4,000, of which more than
$4,000 was for expert testimony. The
evidence Of specialists in cases like the
Luetgert trial may be described as some
thing that is very expensive, but is worth
comparatively little. AS Luetgert is to
be tried again soon, the prospect is not
encouraging for Cook county.
The herald., 1897-11-09

Fire Chief Moore says that one-half
the fires occurring in the city are caused
by the use of inferior oils. Competent
inspection should be provided by the
city council. One serious fire would
cost more than the entire expense of pro-
viding fire marshal and oil inspector.
The herald., 1897-11-09
Just the Thing

Mr.. Goodheart-Regarding those kit
tens, my dear, the president of our
society says the most humane way to
drown kittens is to put them in an ordi-
nary earthen flower pot and then sud-
denly turn the flower pot upside down
in a pail of lukewarm water.
Mrs. Goodheart-Why, yes, that is q
good idea, isn't, it, because you know
there is hole in the bottom of the
flower pot for the poor little things to
breathe through.-New York Weekly.
The herald., 1897-11-09

The United States, Russia, and Japan
have signed a sealing agreement. The
United States and Great Britain will
next confer together, and if the latter
country is not too suspicious of what has
already been done the seals and the seal
skin sack may yet be preserved to pos
terity,
The herald., 1897-11-09
TUESDAY. NOVEMBER .. 1897.

The business office Of The Herald has
been moved from the Bradbury build
ing on Third street to The Heralds new
home at 1873 South Broadway.
The herald., 1897-11-09

The Rev. James Doty. Baptist min
lister, has been driving the street sprink-
Ter in Cotton recently. He must have
left his theology at home. Brother Doty
ought to be disciplined. If it had been
running bathhouse, now.
The herald., 1897-11-09
An Important Point

Mrs. Coldwater (reading)-On election
night, If the returns indicate a Demo-
cratic victory, the Daily Hustler VIII
flash a white light; II the Republicans
are ahead, red light"
Mr.. Coldwater (eagerly)-What sort
of light If the Prohibitionists VIM
Puck.
The herald., 1897-11-09
Committing Herself

Mr.. Mushley-How young looking
Mrs. Dewinks is.
Miss Oletimer-(a -(abstractedly)-Yes
she doesn't look a day older than she did
twenty years ago (suddenly)-so mains
| my tells me.--Judge. 5a
The herald., 1897-11-09

Fifty cents day is pretty poor pay in
these halcyon days of Republican pros
perity, but it seems to be all that Mr.
Huntington can afford to pay his en-
gine wipers.
The herald., 1897-11-09

streets that need repairs. With Spring
street and Broadway in good condition
may we not reasonably hope that Main
and Sixth streets win be similarly ia
vored?
The herald., 1897-11-09

The sanitary condition, or rather the
unsanitary condition. Of the city hall is
to be investigated. 1t should have been
attended to long ago. The Herald has
frequently called attention to the dan.
gerous unhealthiness Of the municipal
building.
The herald., 1897-11-09

The San Jose city council is consider
ing an -high-hat ordinance. 1t
should insert clause prohibiting
Charles M. Shortridge from talking
through his headgear
The herald., 1897-11-09
THE PUBLIC PULSE

(The Herald under this heading printa
communications. but does not assume re.
sponsibity for the sentiments expressed.
Correspondents are requested to cultivate
brevity as far as Is consistent with the
proper expression of their views.l
The herald., 1897-11-09
Los ANGELES DAILY HERALD
SWORN STATEMENT CIRCULATION


State Of California. County of Los Ange-
les.-SS.
L. M. Holt, superintendent Of circulation
of the Los Angeles Daily Herald. being
first duly sworn, deposes and says: That
for the five months from February /, 1897
to June 80. 1897 Qnclusive), the total circu-
laton of the said Daily Herald was 1920, 6S5
copies, being an average daily circuln-
tiOn of SOO4.
That the weekday circulation during the
above time was 1,07l,567. being daily
average of S3O6 copies.
That the Sunday circulation during the
above time was 2l9O59, being nn average
for each Sunday of JO.431.
L. NJ. HOLT,
Superintendent of Circulation.
Subscribed and sworn TO before me this
18th day of July, 1897.
FRANK j. COOPER.
Notary Public in and for the County of
Los Angeles. State of California,
The herald., 1897-11-09

Real estate in Los Angeles is looking
up. That is a mighty good sign.
The herald., 1897-11-09

ever, to see an equitable enforcement.
and hopes that no unreasonable or un-
fair advantage will be taken Of anyone.