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The herald., 1898-09-13
THE OLD SOLDIERS AROUSED

On the motion Of Supervisor Davis,
who is doing politics and camping with
the veterans at Long Beach, series of
resolutions was yesterday adopted by
the assembled ex-soldiers and sailors
roundNy denouncing the movement to
test the validity of the vote Of the Sol
diers' Home. This action is denomi-
mated "unholy, unpatriotic and un-
American"
We fear that some of the veterans
are allowing politicians to lead them into
an illogical position. To ask for a judi
cial Interpretation of the laws of the
land surely cannot be unpatriotic, un-
American or unholy. If those laws,
designed manlfestly as a safeguard of
American institutions, should be held
to debar the guests of the nation from
participating In local politics, then the
old soldiers are certainly too patriotic
to desire to override the laws. If it
should be decided that, while residing
at the home, they have a right to par
ticipate In state and county elections,
then the privileges which they have
hitherto enjoyed will be confirmed to
them, and they will feel secure in ex-
ercising the franchise. If it should be
determined that they have a right to
vote In the various precincts where they
! formerly resided then they will have lost
The herald., 1898-09-13
Shall and Will in the Protocol

The use of "shall' and will" in the
protocol is now arousing the curiosity Of
linguists. Here are some examples: Spain
will renounce;" Spain will recede;" 'The
United States will occupy" Spain will
evacuate;" Each Of the two governments
will appoint" '"Those commissioners shall
meet" Each of the two governments shall
likewise appoint" commissioners who
shall meet" Spain and the United States
shall appoint" ''The commissioners shall
meet" This treaty shall be ratified;'
"Hostilities shall be suspended" "Orders
shall be given by either government to the
commanders" The steady progress from
will" to "shalr' in the course of the doc
ument can hardly escape notice. An ex-
ponent Of the higher criticism" would
have a reasonable basis for saying that at
the middle of the fourth article there Is a
change of authorship. Or is 1t that the
strenuous effort TO keep the velvet glove
of will" on the iron hand Of "shalr' failed
at the point and that the ruder word un-
consciously slipped in? II the action Of the
two countries had been consistently ex-
pressed by "wll' and the duties of the
COMMIT ssioners by shall" the distinction
would have been logical; but there Is no
such consistency.-Springf Mass. Re-
publican.
The herald., 1898-09-13
FATHER o'FLYNN

OF priests we can offer a charmin' variety,
Far renown'd for larnin and piety;
Still I'll advance ye, without impropriety,
Father O'Flynn as the flower of them all.
Here's a health to you, Father O'F!ynn;
Slante, and slainte, and slante agin;
Pow'rfullest preacher and tenderest
teacher,
And kndliest creature in ould Donegal!
Don't talk of your provost and Fellows Of
Trinity,
Famous forever at Greek and Latinity;
Faix. an the divils an all at Divinity,
Father O'Flynn d make hares Of them all.
Come, l venture to give ye my word,
Never the likes Of his logic was heard,
Down from Mythology into Thayology,
Troth. and Conchology, II he'd call.
Och! Father O'Flynn, you've a wonderful
way wild you,
All ould sinners are wishful to pray wild
you,
All the young childer are wild for to play
wild you.
You've such way wild you, Father,
avick!
Still, for all you've so gentle soul.
Cad. you've your flock in the grandest con-
troll
Checkin' the crazy ones, coaxin' onaisy
ones,
Lftin' the lazy ones on with the stick
And though quite avoidin' all foolish friv-
olity,
Still. at all seasons Of innocent jollity,
Where was the play-boy could claim an
equality
At comicality, Father, wild you?
Orre the bishop looked grave at your lest
Till this remark set him Off with the rest
'Is it lave gaiety all to the laity?--
Cannot the clergy be Irishmen too?
"A. p. Graves in Kansas City Star
The herald., 1898-09-13
RAILROAD POLITICAL CLUBS

The railroads and corporations are
gradually becoming bolder In their
methods of political procedure. Hith-
erto they have contented themselves
by forcing Individual employees to vote
the monopolistic ticket, but now they
are openly compelling all their laborers
to form political clubs for the purpose
of forcing every man in their employ
ment to cast his ballot for carefully
selected railroad candidates of the
George Arnold stripe.
Two clubs Of this character have al
ready been organized in this city hav-
ing a membership, 1t Is claimed. Of sew
eral hundred. In Sacramento and San
Francisco and in every other city and
town In the state where there are suffi-
cient numbers Of employees to organize
a club, the railroad agents have been
actively engaged enrolling members
and using means for this purpose which
amount, in effect, to coercion.
Every citizen ought to know the
meaning of this, Mr.. Herrin's latest
move to elect his railroad ticket, which
he permitted the Republican state con-
vention at Sacramento to ratify short
time ago. 1t means the railroad pro-
poses to make slaves of its employees and
force them to vote for the Arnolds and
McFarlands upon the Republican ticket.
The lot of the railroad employe Is an
unhappy one indeed. He knows full
we'll the meaning of the railroads gen.
tie invitation to join its club. A re-
fusal is tantamount to discharge from
its employment, and a consent is con-
strued as yielding up his political free
dom.
Does Mr.. Gage hope for his election by
votes wrung from the laboring men of
this state? Does he countenance the
procedure of Mr.. Herrin by which he
hopes to give bread to the honest labor
ing man who tolls for his corporation
only on condition of bartering with their
votes?
Let Mr. Gage answer. The honest la
borer who sells his muscle to the octopus
will answer by the Australian ballot
Mr.. Herrin and his kind will answer al
the pearly gates if the devil does not
catch them before.
The herald., 1898-09-13
Santiago De Cuba
Girls smoke.

Girls smoke.
No trolley cars.
Forest of mahogany.
No wild animals except dogs.
Everybody takes a nap at noon.
Here Is the highest land In Cuba.
Lottery tickets on sale everywhere.
Most Of the houses are one-story builds
ings.
Santiago Is the Spanish form for 81
James.
Inhabitants, 40,00O-less than most Phil
adephia wards.
The bellies plaster their faces with pow
dered egg shells.
The harbor of Nipe embraces sixty-fve
square miles of deep water.
Copper mines have been worked since the
seventeenth century.
Tobago island was so called by Columbus
from its fancied resemblance to the tobac%
co or inhaing tube Of the aboriglnes. Our
word tobacco" Is thence derived.-Sts
Louis Globe Democrat.
The herald., 1898-09-13
lJEl3d5:L1X!Ssl EXcIlA8S2IEY:

for which he is hired and padd, and leave
the sovereign people to mind their own po-
litical affairs In their own way. If he does
not do this he Is guilty of offensive par
tisanship," and Is not only subject to re-
moval under the civil service rules. but he
ought TO be removed instanter.
The people Of California are competent
to manage their political affairs without
the assistance Of the Federal brigade, and
the time is not far distant when they will
demand the right to so manage them, and
in the resultant melee somebody Is like
ly to get hurt.
AS was Stated in these columns few
days ago. 1t was the high-handed and in
solent Federal brigade at Minneapolis In
the pathway to defeat, and that same ele-
ment Is still sticking it's nose in where 4
has no business, with another disaster like
ly to follow. unless the pie-counter gans
can be side-tracked and compelled to at
tend to the duties for which they are draw
ing salaries from the people whose serv'
ants they are.
Il is not long since that some Of the Dem.
ccratic Federal officials In California were
superseded by Republicans, but let US as
sumo that they were still in Office and doing
Democratic politics. how long would the
Republicans Of the state stand 1t without
entering a vociferous protest to their su-
perlors? Suppose that Nick Covarrubias
and Mr.. Finlayson were United States
marshal and district attorney respectively
and suppose that they and John P. Irish
raval officer at San Francisco. had gone C
Sacramento to make fight for Mr.. Ma.
guire, and were taking hand In the Dem.
ccratic politics of this county. how long
would 1t be before the president would be
deluged with kilograms protesting against
their offensive partisanship? We know
that withdn forty minutes every Repub
licar in the country with money enough tc
pay for a telegram would be bombardine
the White House with the yellow missives
and to an effective end. If 1t were wrong
for Mr.. Covarrubias and the other gentle
men referred to to do these things, 1t wer'
wrong for their successors to do them
this Is a fact that admits Of no denial.-Los
Angeles Times (Republican).
The herald., 1898-09-13
Effect Of Cold on Seeds

Experiments with plant seeds subjected
to extreme cold have shown that the power
OF termination is not destroyed, bu, mere
ly suspended by :hc cold By the use of
liquid air seeds Of barley, oats. squash,
cucumbers, peas, sunfower and some 9TH
er plants were recently kept for 40 hours
at cold of from 1873 degrees to 1872 degrees
centigrade. They were then carefully and
slowly thawed for 30 hours. They were
then planted and sprouted as we'll as II
hey had not been frozen. The experime en- IS
were made by Messrs. Browne, Escombe
and Horan in London.
The herald., 1898-09-13

We had an astonishing conjunction OF
news items yesterday. Announcement
was made that the battleship Oregon
would return to this coast by rounding
the Horn again. Herewith was a dis
patch stating that the terrible Spanish
torpedo boat Temerario was reported
at Ascension, Paraguay. The Teme-
rario Is in luck. If she had met ths
Oregon on the other voyage she would
be In descension now.
The herald., 1898-09-13
Los ANGELES HERALD. TUESDAY MoRFmvc SEPTEMBER Is, 1898

nothing and their consciences will be
clear.
The old soldiers should be the last men
to appeal to sentiment or prejudice to
forestall q legal decision wherein a
serious issue has been raised. The
courts are abundantly able to protect
them in their rights. They should not
ask to enjoy a questionable privilege,
and should reject 1t II offered.
The herald., 1898-09-13

The Letter Carriers association, In
session at Toledo, resolved "to present
letter carriers who have been in the
service for thirty-five years" The car
riers are a deserving class Of workers
and the service limit would probably
prevent a very formidable list. The
scheme must be objected to, however
for principle and precedent sake. The
government has million pensioners
now.
The herald., 1898-09-13

Tha wretch that killed the Empress OF
Austria disclaims connection with any
committee of anarchists, though ad-
mitting that he belongs to the herd.
The case is very much like that of
Guiteau who assassinated President
Garfield, except that the miscreant In
Geneva struck down woman who was
not directly clothed with political
power. Abnormally vicious minds
wrought to extreme tension by devilish
inspiration, may account for both
crimes
The herald., 1898-09-13
Etiquette Of the White House

Custom does not require that the wife OF
the president of the United States should
return official calls Exception Is made In
the case of visiting royalty. The wives OF
the foreign ambassadors should make the
first calls upon the wife Of the vice presi-
dent, as should the wives OF the cabinet
officials At functions given by officials Of
foreign governments at Washington the
wife Of the secretary Of state takes pre-
cedence over the wives OF the foreign arn-
bassadors.
The herald., 1898-09-13
Elints Are Still in Use

It may surprise you to hear that in spite
of the millions of modern guns and rifles
nowadays turned out, the ancient fntlock
is not quite a thing OF the past. There Is
still in England at least one mnnufactory
of flints for this use. The fiints are all
made by hand, being placed on the oper-
ator's knee and Clipped with hammer
to the proper shape. OF course number
Of these fiints are used for fire-making.
These go principally to countries like Spain
and Italy, where the duties on ordinary
matches and wax matches are so high as to
convert them from the absolute necessity
they are in Great Britain to positive lux
ury, so that flint and steel are used.-New
York Herald.
The herald., 1898-09-13
The Federal Brigade

When the government Of the United
States pays a man salary to be collector
of port, naval officer, collector Of internal
revenue, United States marshal, surveyor
CT port, United States attorney. or to per-
form any other duty to the government.
he ought 10 contine himself to the business
The herald., 1898-09-13
Mustard and Cress
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The present war between the police and
the papers Is one that delights the heart
Of every reporter who has ever had the
criminal detail. For years the police forces
with some happy exceptions. has had tho
impertinencs to look upon reporters from Z
most offensive point Of view. The action
Of Reporter Taylor. in causing The correc-
ton of Auble for his ill-bred vituperation,
and the consequent taking UP Of the res
sultant differences by all the papers. 10 like
ly to introduce a more civilized way Of
conducting the police department and q
proper appreciation Of their own station
In life and that Of other people by the po.
lice. When Aubie abused Taylor he was
simply following the example set several
times by other officers who disliked
n. wspaper men. He was not to blame for
his act; Chief Glass is not to blame for his
attitude, nor any Of Them. Their sins are
those Of ignorance, but It does appear as II
they were all about to receive a liberal
education.
Helen Dare, the accomplished newspaper
woman Of San Francisco. Is in the city, on
a mission from the Examiner. Miss Dare
is a dainty little feminine bit OF attractive
humanity, yet she can write with all the
inclseiveness and vigor that are usually
ascribed alone to the masculine mind. and
at the same time with womanly perception
and sentiment. Miss Dare has accom-
plished some Of the most notable feats in
newspapering on the record Of the coast
being probably the most successful Of her
sex in the profession In the west.
DR.. Talmage has some most peculiar
ideas about Russia. In a conversation
had with him recently he said: Russia II
the mos. misrepresented. maligned coun-
Try in the world. The other European ma
,ions are jealous Of It's size and progress,
and certain commercial interests fear that
| its attractions to tourists will draw people
from other resorts Of travellers. The re-
| suit is that syndicate has been formed
for the purpose Of disseminating false re-
ports about the country
You probably read an account recently
in the papers about the Nihilists filing =
house with gas and exploding It when they
thought the czar was passing. 1t was q
| lie. A lie out of whole cloth. You can de-
| pend on 1t. A man Is kept at Berlin and
another at London to send out these lies
| II anything d1sagreeable happens in that
country 1t is magnified and distorted. and
| If nothing happens they manufacture a lie.
| Why, when 1 started for Russia the papers
were full Of stories about thousands Of
people dying there Of cholera. I tele-
graphed to our consul at st. Petersburg
and he said there was not case Of that
disease; and there was not.
'"There is as much civil and religious lbs
erty In Russia as in any other country
| This talk Of sequestrating people and sends
| ing them to Siberia Is all nonsense. Russ
| sia has the same system Of Jurisprudence
| that we have; every man has jury trials
and every man can follow his own religious
ideas without any interference"
GINGERICUs.
The herald., 1898-09-13

Our morning contemporary says that
lican ticket this fall. or even a majority
Of the Republican officials, they will
have taken long step toward recogni-
tion for admission to statehood" Yes,
II they expect admission by Repub-
lican congress they must expect to
climb into the houdah on the &c. o. P.
elephant
The herald., 1898-09-13
President schurman on imperialism

1TeSIueHC 0CHuTmHu Oh 4mperIHIISm
Though Manila has fallen, the Philippines
with several millions Of barbarous .nhabi-
tants still belong to Spain. With Spain they
should remain.
This republic. whose soul Is self-govern-
ment, does not want Asiatic dependencies
or the military despotism they would en-
tail. The proximity of Cuba made its
msgovernment our affair. But we are not
called upon to rectify the tyrannies OF Az
rica or Asia. Nor are we under any obli-
cation TO Aguinaldo and the insurgents.
Let us keep to our own hemisphere. seek
Ing only naval stations in the old world
Jacob Gould Schurman, In New York
World.
The herald., 1898-09-13

There were no sessions held In either
Of the justices courts this morning. Jus
tices Owens and Morrison being at the
Republican convention at Hazards pa
vilion to attend to their political inter-
ents.-Evening Express.
Talk about the federal brigade" and
offensive partisanship!" Here ID q case,
equally fragrant, OF local judiciary and
fence building. If justice must wait on
a Republican convention then she is in
Door service
The herald., 1898-09-13

1t Is said that IAN ominous war cloud
Is appearing in South America" 1t is
probably the same old one that has
shifted about In the South American
armament ever since the brood Of quar-
relsome little republics was born.
They have got so used to that cloud
that If it should wholly disappear they
would fear something was going to hap
pen.
The herald., 1898-09-13

The news that Mount Vesuvius is in
a state of eruption might have been ex-
pected. Since her young namesake and
understudy got so much praise down at
Santiago the veteran has probably
chafed to show that 1t Is not too old
yet to do its turn.
The herald., 1898-09-13
Water Pipes Full of Eels

The water board of Boston is at loss
to know how to get rid of the thousands OF
wriggling ellis which infest the clty's water
pipes. The eels pass through the intake
strainers when young and small and grow to
great size, obstructing the flow of water In
small street mains and sometimes stopping
1t altogether in the house service pipes.
The herald., 1898-09-13

AS the president seems to have great
deal Of trouble in filing his Algerine
commission we suggest to him that Los
Angeles has a whole woods full Of just
the sort Of men that seem to be wanted.
II he should send telegram addressed
Alphabet Parker, Los Angeles" rela-
tive to his dilemma and his needs, a
prompt and satisfactory response would
be elected
The herald., 1898-09-13
Russian Fortune Telling

Russian girls try to ascertain their pros
poets of matrimony In the following man.
per: A number Of them take of their rings
and conceal them in basket OF corn. A
hen is then brought,in and invited to par
take OF the corn. The owner Of the first
ring uncovered will be the first to be mar
ried.
The herald., 1898-09-13

With the exception of General Blanco's
weakness for appearing Sin full uni
form" everything seems to be very
quiet in Havana. The American COM
missoners have made themselves quite
at home. They landed Saturday morn
ing, and dispatch dated the same even
ing said they had already taken a
drive through the city,"
The herald., 1898-09-13
dynamite Guns for Russians

The Russian government has been i'm
nressed nv the success of the American dy-
Mantle guns, and is considering the ques-
ton of Introducing them In the Russian
navy. Four ships will be provided with
these guns experimentally. and they will
be placed on other vessels II the experiment
proye satisfactory.
The herald., 1898-09-13
Prophets in Java

A man In Java makes good living as a
prophet. He has been paid $500 year for
the last fifteen years "for not predicting
tidal wave which will sweep clean over the
island" The credulous natives believe that
he has the power to- attract the wave that
will oyerwhem the country.
The herald., 1898-09-13

Riverside contributes unique ex-
ample of liQuor-traffic law. A restau-
rant keeper was arrested for selling
wine to an Indian and escaped on
showing to the satisfaction of the court
The herald., 1898-09-13

Secretary Alger has already boiled
down his defense to a spoonful. He
says the whole trouble has been In
the volunteer troops not knowing how
to care for themselves and carelessness
in warding off disease" OF course the
secretary could not control the wild
yearning of the volunteers for fever.
The herald., 1898-09-13

the party OF discomfort. Let the govern
ment be SO absolute that 1t can stiie
free speech and circumscribe individual
thought and action-let It be strong
enough to stamp out the discontented
elements as fast as they disclose them
selves-let 1t Danish or imprison or tor
ture or execute its troublesome subjects
without restraint-and that government
and that people Immediately enter upon
the downward path to decay and dissolu-
ton. That is natures method of elm
mating the unfit. Praise God for IL!
A people who cannot or will not throw
Off the yoke of bondage and rise to the
full stature Of manhood should perish.
for they cumber the earth.
1t is such a system Of inevitable and
hopeless repression that has destroyed
the peoples of Turkey and Spain and left
their governments tottering on the
verge of utter obliteration.
Now, the point that we want to reach
is this: In a country Of such assured
liberty and such broad tolerance as
ours, 1t is not nberal-minded, 1t is not
statesmanlike, it Is not even decent
Americansm to use as reproach
against any political party the fact that
it is the refuge Of the discontented ele-
ments. When a party Of this sort re-
cruits a large following 1t should be the
task of craftsmanship to consider. not
how 1t may be repressed or thwarted,
but rather to inquire whether there may
not be serious causes for such general
acknowledgement evils that need to
be removed. To taunt such people with
their discomfort and give no ear to the
grievances which they bring forward is
merely adding fuel to the flames. 1t rs
only a warped intellect-a mind out
Of touch with the struggling masses
a spirit imbued with shoddy aristocracy
and cropping toward the iron-hand OF
strong government-that would con1ure
up such figure Of speech as "a cesspool
of discomfort"
The herald., 1898-09-13

Following In the wake Of disaster and
casualty from storms. railroad acci-
dents and the like, we now get, as shown
in yesterdays Herald, terrible array
Of reports telling of destruction and
death from fire. There will have to be
great deal Of good in the remainder
of this year If the average is to be reputa-
bile
The herald., 1898-09-13

But what will the people do?" asked
somebody Of Foulon just before the out
break of the French revolution. Foulon
was a member Of the dominant class
"a man grown gray in treachery. in
gripping, projecting, intriguing and In
iquity."
Let them eat grass" said Foulon.
That was an unfortunate expression
for the elegant French gentleman.
The riff-raff, the bankrupts and social!
outcasts of France who then happened
to be wallowing in cesspool OF discon-
tent did not forget it. What they subse-
ouently did to M. Foulon Is matter Of
history.
The herald., 1898-09-13

Republican Secretary Of State Palmer
Of New York has views about the at
tempt to head off Roosevelt from the
nomination for governor. He says that
If Roosevelt doesn't get the nomination
1.-The Republican ticket will be sunk so
deep that 1t can't be raised with marine
derrick"
The herald., 1898-09-13

q very weak decoction Of wine, contain-;
Ing . very small percentage of alcohol" :"
The defense in this instance is a re-
minder Of the story involving case OF
feminine indiscretion
The herald., 1898-09-13

The matter that is written, and
spoken from platforms. about "the
worth of the war;" and the like. might
give foreigners the impression that we
are so "tickled" that we would like
another one. To guard against such
misapprehension it may be well to
state We would not.