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The herald., 1897-02-11
there was a senegambian in the wood

there was Senegambian in the wood
pile.
The fact is, recent investigation OF the
printing department revealed a good
deal of what looked like crooked work
1t was shown to the satisfaction of the
governor by the investigation that just
prior to the last election the force in the
department was largely increased with
out there being any demand for extra
men, and the governor could come to no
conclusion other than that the state
printing office had been run in the in
terest of certain candidates. and that
the appropriation asked for was to cover
the extra expenses then incurred.
But had there been legitimate de-
mand for an increase of the payroll the
state printer had no right to increase it
beyond the sum of moneyin hand for the
maintenance of his department, and
hence he not only exceeded his author
ity when he increased the expense ac-
count, but in withdrawing his claim
when under the fire Of cross examina-
ton he admitted as much. 1t is very
evident that the governors vigilance in
the premises will not only save the state
a large sum of money, but reveal a very
rotten condition of things in the print
ing bureau. The friends of the steal,
for that is the proper name for it, are
declaring war against the governor all
along the line, but it will avail them
nothing, for the veto message reveals
too much contemplated corruption to
make opposition to it popular with the
people.
The herald., 1897-02-11
AS TO CIVIL SERVICE

Mr.. Mckinley insists that civil SER
vice reform has come to stay" and
Speaker Reed Is equally determined that
there shall be " complete reorganiza-
tion of the civil service as soon as the
Republican party comes into power"
To fully appreciate the meaning of Mr..
Reeds pronunciamento, it must be re-
membered that Mr.. Reed waited until
Mr. Mckinley had his say before he
issued his own proclamation. No doubt
Mr.. Reed wishes the president-elect to
understand that the speaker of the
house considers himself a more power
full factor in legislation than the presi-
dent, and that he proposes to have his
own way in good many things.
Theoretically, Mr.. McKinley's posi-
ton is right, and as a matter of senti-
ment the people are with him, for there
is no doubt at all that Mr.. Reeds theory
that to the victors belong the spoils
has been in the past and would be again,
if put into practical operation, the most
damaging and dangerous influence in
the nations life; but, on the other hand
it is equally true that there is danger
in building up an office holding aris-
tocracy Naturally, long service gives
efficiency, which in turn insures
thoroughness in the conduct Of the af-
fairs of the government; but it appears
to be human nature to grow insolent,
dictatorial and disgustingly disagree
able when an official is made to feel that
heads of departments may come and
heads of departments may go, but he
abides and draws his salary forever.
1t is fact which has become notorious,
that in the interior department more
especially, the railway influence is all
powerful, and that thousands of acres of
government land have been patented to
railways under circumstances that
would not bear critical investigation.
The secretary of the interior is obliged
to depend upon such information and
data as the chiefs of the several de-
partments furnish, and that sort of
thing has been running so long that a
precedent" is at once forthcoming
when the secretary appears to hesitate
1t is said a railway president once OBJ
served that it was of little consequence
to the land grant roads how often they
made new secretary of the interior if
the heads of the several departments
were 'held down or the civil service
plan"
However, there should be no revision
of the civil service law until a Demo-
cratic administration is in control of the
government.
The herald., 1897-02-11
THE REWARD OF INTEGRITY

The career of the late George B. Rob
erts is an object lesson in honesty of
purpose and business integrity which
the youth of the United States might
study to great advantage to themselves
and their country. For sixteen years
president OF the Pennsylvania Railroad
company, the largest corporation in the
United States. but he had been identi
fled with the company in active service
from his youth up.
The actual mileage of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad is 9017, with a total mile
age of 1900 miles, and its entire length
is crowded with mining, agricultural and
Industrial enterprises. There is not an
other such system of railways in the
world. either in earning power and op-
portunity. or in geographical location
with reference to the natural currents
Of traffic movements. This is evidenced
by the capitalization of the company,
which was at its last annual report the
enormous sum of 5000 600 600, bonds and
stock, representing actual value. The
same report, 1895, shows that $50. 600, 900
was disbursed under the item Of wages,
and that the total gross earnings
amounted to 1350O0, 900. The rolling
stock equipment of the system includes
over 300 locomotives and 10000
cars, and the daily coal consumption is
nearly 10000 tons. In addition to the
Immense car and locomotive equipment
the company employs 24O water craft
of various kinds.
1t was with this wonderful system
Of transportation lines that George B
Roberts began his business career in
his youth as a rodman in tile engineer
ing department, and by his own worth
Integrity and faithfulness, he advanced
through practically every department
~f traffic, operation and management
.sil he reached the top. is said that
The herald., 1897-02-11

Mr.. Roberts never owned share more
Of the stock than was necessary to per-
NIT him to be director. The stocks and
bonds of the company are held as an in
vestment in nearly every country in the
world.
But Mr.. Frank Thomson, who sue
ceeds Mr.. Roberts, furnishes an exam
pie quite as valuable. Mr.. Thomson
entered the service as an apprentice
in the machine shops thirty-nine years
ago. The rule of life that Mr.. Roberts
and Mr.. Thomson adopted in their
youth, and to which they rigidly ad-
hered, was to do right for rights sake.
There is always room at the top for
those who will climb thither by honest
effort
The herald., 1897-02-11
Opposed to an Orange rsrln

To the Editor of the Los Angeles Her
aid: There are orange growers opposed
to a protective tariff on their industry.
One of them writes this note to be on rec
ord as Democrat steadfast to Demo-
cratic principles and opposed to using
the great power of taxation for private
enrichment, even though he be a bene-
ficiary. There are citizens here who
will not stand In on a robber tax, even
though promised part of the plunder.
The exercise Of the power to tax is only
justified when the good of all Is to be
served. A public tax is just only when
levied for public use. A public tax for
private enrichment is robbery. 1t Is
worse than ordinary robbery. for 1t is
the forceful transfer of one citizen S
property to another under the cover of
law, backed by the whole national power.
1t is. in fact, prostitution of govern
mental forces to private ends. Any ma
ton or people in the world long subjected
to so demoralizing scheme must dete-
riorate. 1t will lose strength indus
trially and morally. The American peo-
pie have lost strength under the system.
Free men make a country. A nation Of
dollars and slaves, of bullies and thieves
too cowardly to steal openly and seeking
their plunder under the forms of law
can not remain a great nation.
ONE TRUE TO THE FAITH.
Los Angeles, Feb. 10.
The herald., 1897-02-11
Pasadena, Feb. Q.
Stronger Than Ever

The Democratic party today Is more
aggressive and buoyant than any defeat
ed pcrty ever was before. Without in
timi6a tion, coercion or corruption a
vast majority of the voters of this coun-
try today are in accord with 1t. Having
divorced itself from the present admin
istration, it is building near the affec-
tions and the interests of the masses.
The Democratic party must and will
continue its aggressive fight for both
gold and silver as legal tender money,
and against special privileges to trusts.
combines and orations.-Porterville
Enterprise
Referring to TIE above the Fresno Ex-
positor says: 1t only requires enough
such brave and earnest encouragement
as the foregoing to mould the uncounted
millions of those who are protesting
against an American aristocracy, into a
patriotic host of ballot-wielders more
powerful than the world has ever known.
The struggling and long-abusedi masses
need not expect succor from the columns
of the great eastern metropolitan press,
which is owned and controlled by the
money power. The modest but independ-
ent country press, which stands near the
firesde of the peoples homes, is the
weapon for public agitation. and the eX-
ample of our Porterville friend is an ex-
cellent one to emulate.
The herald., 1897-02-11
SONNET

o leaves that crimson lie upon the ground
AS II the blood of all the year was shec.
Although the sun shines golden over
head.
Ye sigh as if some new-made grave ye
crowned:
Ye cannot sweep to signing more profound
Than shakes my soul, whose every joy is
fed;
Nor sighs nor weeping can arouse the
dead,
For my beloved hears no falntest sound.
Sigh on, for sighs or music, 1t Is one.
If autumn withers or If spring shoots
start.
The year to me was dead when just begun.
And not ray of light has reached my
heart
Though l have challenged every morn
ing's SUM-
Sigh on, o leaves. and let the year depar.!
Mrs. Wilton Stone in the Boston Even
ing Transcript.
The herald., 1897-02-11
THE GOVERNOR DID RIGHT

Nothing more is needed to justify
priating $4,000 for the state printing de-
partment than the withdrawal by the
state printer himself of the claim that
meet the expense account of his bureau.
1t is very evident that ha6 State Printer
Johnson believed he could make it ap-
pear there was a necessity for SO large
a sum, he would have urged the claim,
but by withdrawing it when pressed for
reasons for such an extrayagant appro-
priation, he practically admitted that
The herald., 1897-02-11
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY II, 1897.
HARRISON'S MISTAKE RE
PEATED

In the makeup of his cabinet Presi-
dent Mckinley is paying very lit
tie attention to the politicians VINO
nominated him at St. Louis. In other
words. it will be the Harrison admins
tration repeated as far as practic pol
itics and appointments are concerned.
Harrison is said to have broken faith
with Platt and other prominent politi-
clans in choosing his cabinet, and as
a result he had hard fight for renom-
ination, only to be badly defeated at the
polls May history not repeat itself :
With possibly two exceptions the men
already chosen for cabinet portfolios did
little, if anything, toward contributing
TO McKinley's nomination and election.
Five of the members so far named are
millionaires of the most pronounced
gold standard type, which is hardly in
keeping with what many Republicans of
the west claimed for Mckinley before
the st. Louis convention, i. e., that the
president-elect was friendly to silver.
Lyman ]. Gage, a Chicago banker, as
secretary of the treasury, will voice the
sentiments of the next administration
on the money question, and it is scarcely
necessary to mention that he has no use
for silver or any one friendly to the
white metal. The prospects for silver
for the next four years are, to say the
least, not favorable, and the Re-
publican ante-election talk about bmet-
allism will prove, as The Herald pre-
dicted, a campaign scheme to hoodwink
The herald., 1897-02-11
The Sermon That Never Came

To the Editor of the Los Angeles Her
aid: For the last few weeks I have
looked at each Monday morning paper
to find in the sermons preached the day
before some words of commendation and
rejoicing over the great peace treaty
between our government and that of
Great Britain. which If it shall be ratified
by the United States senate will be the
crowning glory of the century.
But while l have found sermons upon
almost every imaginable subject under
the sun, l have not seen the slightest
allusion to this greatest landmark of real
human progress-this practical achieve
ment and illustration of that gospel of
peace on earth and good will to men"
which the humble Nazarene carpenter
spent his life in teaching.
Suppose all the ministers of Los An
geles, and Pasadena too, should devote
one Sunday to showing how good it
would be for all the nations of the earth
to dwell together in peace. What do
you say, gentlemen?
c. F. H.
The herald., 1897-02-11
THE BRADLEY.M MARTINS

For several days the newspapers of
the country have been commenting on
the Bradley-Martin ball. and from the
date of its first condemnation by DR..
Rainsford there has been a disposition
on the part Of nearly all editorial writers
to regard the occasion as being bless
ing in disguise for the poor Now this
would be a thing to laugh over were it
not so pitiable and provoking to see how
far astray supposedly intelligent people
can wander from common sense. That
waste is a good thing for the poor-this
is the monstrous proposition; something
that we all know in our hearts is too ut
terly foolish and untruthful to require
any logic to disprove.
That s250o0o spent in luxury and ex-
travagance on ball is good thing
paying no regard to its moral effect-for
people of common sense have forgotten
that to support luxury an immense num-
Der of men must be withdrawn or kept
from useful labor in the production of
necessaries? Take the amount ex-
pended for flowers alone, which certain
ly cannot fall short of $50, 900. To pro-
duce that amount of flowers, consider
ing the laborers' work at $40 per week,
would require the labor of three men for
ft-1 p1 Think
of it, Three useful men giving up
twenty years of their lives in luXury's
service that the Bradley-Nfartins may
dance one night. And because of these
mems wasted lives-and there are others
and who, because of luxury's demands,
are removed from producing necessa-
ries, others who are producing necessa-
ries must toll and slave the harder to
produce enough for their brothers who
are working in the service of luxury.
But the florists are comparatively few
and innocent beings compared to the
Jewellers, the dres smakers, the makers
of silks and fine raiment and thousands
of useless gewgaws. Let us suppose,
for instance, a community of 1000 men.
Let 900 of them be concerned in raising
crops and making bread, and 100 in max
ing jewelry. Now let luxury step in and
remove 900 to making jewelry and other
gewgaws. and 10. there are only 100 left
to make bread for all the rest, while the
Bradley Martins dance with rings OIL
their fingers and toes!
Now this Is TO farciful picture, and the
justice and reason Of it any ore may
carry out ad infnitum to suit the case.
In this country thousands Of people are
without work and on the verge of
starvation, and because of this the Rev.
4. De Witt Talmage. we VIII say, comes
forward and says: Behold, what a
splendid opportunity for the people to
go to work for luxury The which, of
course. is utter nonsense, and only goes
to show what simpieton a man may be
when he looks ma-ely at the surface Of
things. Such fallacy, such trucking,
perhaps, is disgrace to American man
hood. and the sting is none the less keen
that the wholecome ard sensible rebuke
comes from Dr.. Ralnsford, an English
man
The herald., 1897-02-11
High Tariff No Longer In Favor

While the Republican orators and or
'gans breathe out denunciations. of the
Wilson tariff law, as they are expected
to do, they are at the same time conced-
ing the force and logic of the Democratic
position concerning commercial free
dom by their silence regarding a renew
al of AIcKinleyism, for the rejection of
which the Democracy twice appealed to
the people, and neither time in vain The
coming of Mckinley is now hailed with
acclaim. but no peans split the air in fa-
vor of the ultra protective doctrine with
which his name was formerly so closely
linked that in the public mind the one
meant the other-Detroit Free Press.
The herald., 1897-02-11
Beginning the Era OF Peace

The good effects Of the arbitration
treaty just ratified by the senate is seen
in the revival of the negotiations with
France for treaty on similar lines, but
going further in its safeguards against
war. The signed and sealed compact
between England and the United States
will be to all the world a lamp lighting
the way of peace.-Burlingto Hawkeye.
The herald., 1897-02-11

Lyman ]. Gage, the next secretary os
the treasury, is a mugwump of the old
school who left the Republican party
when Blaine was nominated for presi-
dent in 1884. The Republican press
made considerable sport of the Democ-
racy when Cleveland appointed Gresh-
am secretary of state, but the tables are
turned now and the fact that an anti
Blaine man will have charge of the most
important branch of the new cabinet
must be a bitter pill for the average
Republican to swallow.
The herald., 1897-02-11
Alcer's Ambition Partly Realized

After the expenditure of enormous
sums of money and experiencing numer-
Gus diaappointments Russell Absent AL
ger has succeeded in getting into pres
itlential household. II Is true that AL
gers ambition to become the head of an
official family of this sort has not been
appeased but it is better than contin-
uous residence outside the breastworks.
New York Jorunal.
The herald., 1897-02-11

Rev Thomas Dixon jr.. a New York
preacher who has made some reputation
as a ''reformer." whatever that means
in that city, said in q sermon the other
sunday, the text being the Bradley
Martin Iall: III I should have $l,o0o,oo9
and the public should attempt to dc
tate to me how shoulG spend it, would
say, as did 4 certain member Of the
Wander bilt family, The public be id.
Who is this public. that they should at
tempt to dictate to me? Who are these
people that propose to give this ball"
Their ancestors We're patriots, and they
acquired their wealth honestly. If l
had millions would l spend ali in char
ity? No. Would you? No. Why, the
proposition IS norsensical. If / had mill
lions 1 would build boat that could
go around the world and spend solid
years of my life in rounding out my ed
ucation, that / might perfect myself a
a teacher of men. A man would be
fool to give away fortune"
The herald., 1897-02-11

The Los Angeles chamber of COM
merce voiced the sentiments of every
thinking man yesterday when it passed
resolution condemning a bill now
pending in the legislature to reduce
street car fares to 21s cents. Such re
duction on the Los Angeles lines would
simply bankrupt the corporations, de-
stroy or restrict valuable service, and
throw hundreds of worthy people out
Of EMPLOYMENT
The herald., 1897-02-11

When the time came for him to be in
augurated, Thomas jefferson mounted
his horse, and unattended, rode to Wash
ington, took the oath of office and started
right in to do business on Democratic
principles. But Jefferson lived before
the days of the Hannas.
The herald., 1897-02-11
sberman's Turn riay Yet Come

Alger says ne is now on excellent terms
with Sherman. Just wait until the Ohio
pl emier gets a chance to drop bent pin
in the chair of the secretary of war. John
has not yet forgotten who planted the
colored gentlemen in the woOdpile of the
Repu blcan national convention of 1885,
Minneapolis Journal
The herald., 1897-02-11
Starting Innovations in Kons-s

With Kansas sending an ex-confed-
crate soldier to the United States senate
and John ]. ingalls, receiving but three
votes in the Republican caucus. 1t would
seem that things are wonderfully out Of
Joint in the Sunfiower srate.-Washing g.
ton Post
The herald., 1897-02-11

The manufacturers of Los Angeles
who made such a commendable exhibit:
tion of their handiwork in the recent
Home Products exhibition, should follow
up the advantage gained by frequently
calling the attention of the people
of Southern California to the fact thas
it pays to patronize home industry. The
manufacturer who keeps his name and
p business constantly in the public eye
through the medium of a good daily
newspaper will only be using ordinary
intelligence in keeping up the good work
so we'll set in motion by the exhibition
which closed Saturday night
The herald., 1897-02-11

1T is a serious thing to take human
life, even under the process Of law. but
there are times when public opinion JUS
tifies and applauds it. The circum-
stances under which Express Messenger
Summers killed an outlaw We're forced
upon him. He was the custodian Of
money and other valuables in transit
He defended his trust, and one less
enemy Of society is in evidence of that
fact. That Messenger Summers already
The herald., 1897-02-11
One of the Inmortals

The whrligig Of politics continues to
bring about queer happenings. The new
Populist senator from the state of Wash
ington was one of the immortal '30C
who voted first, last and all the time
for a third term for General Grant. -
boston Herald.
The herald., 1897-02-11

Mr. Bradley Martin appeared at his
wife's fancy ball last night in the role of
"Looy" the XIV, but all the same, to the
people-thinking, common, plain. every
day people-he appeared more like the
charger that Baalam rode-the animal
that talked.
The herald., 1897-02-11

The board of health will meet at noon
today to elect health officer to succeed
DR.. Steddom. 1t is understood that the
friends of DR.. Stoner have conceded that
he is ineligible under the charter. and
his name will not be presented. tits also
stated that DR.. Powers, former health
officer, has been agreed upon for the
place. While its first choice was Dr. H.
S. Orme, The Herald has no criticism
to make of the appointment of DR.. Pow
ers, who was a painstaking and efficient
officer and is fully qualified for the posi-
ton
The herald., 1897-02-11

stands acquitted before the bar of pub
lie sentiment there is no doubt. The
express company should try to supply
all its cars with men as near like Sum-
mers as it is possible to get them.
The public hearing by the committee
Of the council of the Main street paving
matter was concluded at late hour last
evening. Never before in the history of
the city has there been as careful and
systematic investigation OF any public
work. OF course it Is impossible to say
just what the result will be. but one
thing has been accomplished at least.
Contractors will understand that they
must do their work according to the
specifications, If they expect to get their
money. The facts brought out in the
investigation make interesting reading,
from which the taxpayers can draw
their own conclusions.
The herald., 1897-02-11
AbsuYJ,,v of prohjbjtorv Tariff

The raising of revenue by means OF
protective tariff prohbitory in its scope
is an absurdity which may soon he
forced upon the nation. Protection and
revenue are not easily furnished in the
same act. Peoria Journal.
The herald., 1897-02-11

1t is reported that Senator-ele
Hirshfeld, Populist, of Idaho never
makes a speech. We are inclined to be-
lieve this is a move in the right direction
However, if the example of the Idaho leg
islature becomes general the Smooth
individuals at Washington who are en-
gagged in writing speeches for congress
men will have to seek fresh fields Of
usefulness
The herald., 1897-02-11

A New York preacher says that wealth
is a trust given to man. That is all right,
but let the number of trustees be largely
increased.
The herald., 1897-02-11

An Indiana court has given a woman
a divorce on testimony that her hus-
band went to sleep every day at the
dinner table. No doubt the judge first
satisfied himself tina; the wife was not
an amateur biscuit maker.
The herald., 1897-02-11
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
brevfty as far as is Consistent with the
proper expression of their views.)
The herald., 1897-02-11

Bourke Cochran has gone to Europe
for five weeks. He need not hurry back
The country can manage without him.
The herald., 1897-02-11

The congress iii joint session yester-
day formally declared that Mckinley
and Hobart shall be president and vice
president for four years, commencing
The herald., 1897-02-11

The Nicaragua canal bill will not b.
heard of again until next winter.