The herald., 1897-09-19

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brevity as far as Is consistent with the
proper expression Of their views.)
Some Sarcasm
To the Editor of the Los Angeles Her
aldy-What a most fortunate event the
election of Mr.. Mckinley was. to be sure!
The prosperity 1t has brought shows con-
clusively that it was nothing short Of a
godsend. Truly, the major was the ad-
vance guard, and his inauguration was
the inauguration of full flood Of good
times. We are lucky people, we are,
and no Salvation Army can be more so.
No other event, human or divine, could
have shortened the wheat crop in Aus
tralia, Russia, India and Argentina.
The considerate inhabitants OF those
countries, observing the absolute neces-
sity of bringing about prosperity II.
America, and to justify the Republican
sympathies, must have foreborne T.
plant the usual quantity of cereals.
Some of them, 1t is said, ever plowsd less
deep than was their custom on our ac-
count. and the result is short harvest
in them ALL to our unbounded rellef.
Such devotion on the part OF mere for-
eigners is commen da Bile to the last de-
gree. and simply foreshadows the mil
lennium which was so freely predicted
a 8 one of the results of McKinley's elec-
ton. Their kindness will undoubtedly
be recognized by us in good time. The
least we can do will be to put our shoul-
der to the wheel and assist them, one
and all, in reaching sound money pa
sis. They, like ourselves, are in neeo OF
an honest system of finance, and MAJOR
Mckinley can be depended upon to the
fullest extent to render this just re-
muneration for unexpected aid. 1t is
thought by many that the genius OF Sen
ator Hanna can be traced in this timely
reduction of the foreign grain crop, but
exactly in what manner his powerful in
f1uence was exerted in the case can only
be explained. by that gentleman him
self. 1t is suggested, and not without
reason, that the senator's fast friend, the
Baron Rothschild, whose potentiality In
Argentina and India Is well understood,
may have lent him helping hand. But
no matter about all this now. 1t is SUI
ficient to know that the thing was done.
and that we have prosperity in conse-
auence. The agency that brought 1t
about-except Hanna, perhaps-is of sec
ondary consideration.
And then we have still further evil
dence of the wisdom in electing Mr.. Nc
Kinley in the wonderful klondike dis
coveries Who believes that the rich
gold fields away up in that inhosplta Die
region would have been found out under
any other administration, or even under
this but for the loud and unusual call for
prosperity? There is every reason to
conclude that the golden treasures OF
Alaska, which, according to Darwin,
had evaded the scrutiny of mankind for
nearly six thousand years, would nave
remained locked up in everlasting frosts,
but for the melting influence of the Re
publican party. 1t obviously required
the irresistible tactics of that party to
thaw it out. It is British gold, and
only Mckinley men could have brought
it to light. The contemporaneous and
wise utterances of the Honorable Lyman
Gage drives one irresistib,y to the con-
clusion that his magnificent intellect
had more to do with the Yukon discov-
cries that the public know anything
about. At all events, 1t must be con-
ceded that Mr. Mckinley has had the
shrewdneys to surround himself with a
class of financiers Of wonderful ability
for invention, and upon whom he can
rely to produce prosperity at any time,
on short notice, and without breaking
trace or slipping yoke.
Further evidence of the dominating
purpose Of the powers that be to bless
the people with genuine prosperity is
seen in the Dingley tariff bill, the only
drawback to which thus far developed
Is the distrust of certain class OF
troublesome coal miners, mostly aliens,
who, owing to their gross Ign orance OF
American politics, think themselves en-
titled to share in the benefits Of that
tariff; whereas it's object, as clearly un-
derstood by the congress who made It
was to promote the prosperity Of mill
and mine owners only.
All the trouble about wages evidently
comes from the inadvertence of stupid.
ity of certain poorly informed politica
speakers who thoughtlessly proclaimed
from the stump that protective tariffs
are needed for the wellbeing of laborine
men-a most pernicious and incendiary
doctrine, the PRONUNCIATION Of which car
only be excused if at all, on the grounC
of obtaining votes for SO good a man as
Major Mckinley. The public has beer
reminded also that during the election
numerous huge colored posters were Sc
up all through the mining region repre-
senting Mckinley as opening the mine!
and mills for the benefit of operatives
These flaming pictures may have con
tributed somewhat to the mischief; TO-
on coming forth from their dark retreats
the poor, deluded miners could reat
these brilliant placards If they coult
read nothing else, and their hasty con
clusion was that the success of McKinle.
boded some good to them. The blint
rashness Of spreading abroad such 90
cialistic literature is only equaled by tn
stupidity of the shallow -pated orator
already referred to. That the smootl
current of prosperity should be ruff1e
i by little misconception Of this sort i
indeed annoying. but good may come O
it. The poor deluded wretches of tn
labor unions will, in the outcome, b
made to know their places and strike
will be less frequent. The poor as we
as the rich will be taught by courts
obey the laws, no matter who make
them, or for what purposes they ar
made 1t is true enough, as claimed, tha
many of these malcontentS supporte
the Republican ticket, but it is equal
true that they had no alternative but
| vote for the major, or else throw ava