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The herald., 1898-03-23
NEwsPAPERDoM

Mr.. r. A. Thompson, late of Santa Rosa,
has purchased an interest in that sterlin6
publication, the San Francisco Pioneer,
and will act as editor. Mr.. A. p Murgot.
ten, for many years the proprietor Of thu
Pioneer, will continue as assistant editor
and manager. The Pioneer occupies a dis.
tinct field among the papers of the state.
Mr.. Thompson will have q good field for his
well-tried capacity.
The rural editor-God bless him!-is the
most persistent of teachers. Like charity,
las described by st. Paul In the thirteenth
chapter of Corinthians I, "he suffereth long
and is kind; he envieth not himself, Is not
lpuffed up; doth not behave himself un-'
seemly; seeketh not his own; is not easily
provoked, thinketh no evil; rejoiceth not
in inquity, but rejoiceth in truth; beareth
all things, hopeth all things. endureth all
things He is the packhorse Of
every community, the promoter Of
every laudable enterprise. the worst
underpaid laborer in the vineyard.
Counting his space as his capital. he
gives more to charity, his means consid-
cred, than any other member OF society.
He is power in politics, pillar OF the
church, a leader in the crusade for better
morals. He is pre-eminently the friend Of
humanity.-From a speech in congress by
Champ Clark Of Missouri.
There is a good old story of general
whose death was announced In news
paper by mistake, circumstance which
ANNOYED him very much. He called on the
editor and demanded that contradiction
should be inserted in the next issue. "That
general" was the editors reply, "is quite
out of the question. We never apologize
and we never withdraw statement, but
I'll tell you what we'll do for you. Well
nut YOU in the Births next week."-6an
Francisco Argonaut.
The Mirror of saltwater, Minn., has sus-
pended publication for lack of printers and
editors. 1t was published by and for the
convicts in the state penitentiary. For the,
first time in twelve years, no newspaper
men are in the institution.
The herald., 1898-03-23

bitration the determination Of fresponsi-
bility for the Maine disaster. The exam
ination made byits naval authorities has
been notoriously superficial. with no real
purpose Of arriving at the actual facts.
It's report could as we'll have been made
UP before the Spanish divers went into
the hull Of the Maine. 1t will be formu-
lated with the sole object Of offsetting
the report Of the United States naval
board. and thus completing the issue for
reference to European diplomacy. In
which game Spain would expect, Of
course. to hold the joker. Can 1t be
possible the administration will consent
to be led into such trap?
The herald., 1898-03-23
IN THE PUBLIC EYE

Olive Schreiner, the noted woman writer,
Is one of the most consistent advocates OF
the emancipation" Of women.
Mrs Eliza A. Lowell, a descendant Of the
first settler of Hallowell, Me-, has made a
donation of $4,000 to build wing Of the
library building in that town.
President Eliot, in his last annual report
to the overseers of Harvard university.
expressed the opinion that athletics and
high scholarship do not harmonize.
Mrs. Louisa Jackson Arnold. the only sur
viving sister of "Stonewalr Jackson, is a
resident of a water-cure institution on the
outskirts of Columbus. Ohio.
Shigetsuna Furuya, a young Japanese
newspaper man, who was regular corre-
spondent in Hawaii during the revolution,
is now studying law and politics in Ann
Arbor university.
Frau Cosima Wagner has in her possess
sion four unpublished completed plays by
her husband entitled Luther" "Freder-
ick the Great" "Hans Sachs Second Mar
riage" and Duke Bernhard Of saxe-Wei-
mar"
The new French commander in chief is
Gen. lamont, who is Breton. He is Ct
years Of age, and served in the Crimea,
Lonibardy and Mexico. He was also at
Metz in 1870 and in 1885 commanded the
Tonquin expedition.
William Henry Domville, who has just
died in London, was associated with Hux-
ley, Tyndall and others in the formation
of the Sunday Lecture society and the
movement for getting the national muse
ums and art galleries opened to the public
on Sundays.
At a recent sale Of autograph letters in
London an original plan and survey entire
ly in the hand of George Washington and
made by him in 1850, when a surveyor in
the woods of Virginia, was sold for $50. A
fine letter written by William Penn. dated
17O7, brought $685..
The Cherche Midi prison in Paris. where
Dreyfus and Esterhazy were confined, was
once the home of Nine. Recamier. It was
built in the seventeenth century. 1t became
a prison early in this century. and 1t was In
1t that Victor Hugo married his wife, who
was the daughter of Foucher, who lived
there.
Rev. A. J. D. Haupt, pastor Of the Memo
rial Evangelical English Lutheran church
of st, Paul, Minn., has raised commo-
ton by accusing members of the national
guard, whose armory Is next to the church,
of spending more time flirting with the
vounp women of the congregation than
they spend at their drills.
r. A. seynave, resident of Philadelphia
for over forty years, has been decorated to
the order of Leopold, and his insignia for
warded to him through the consul general
n the United States by King Leopold, in
consideration of many years of labor and
activity in relieving the destitute and dis
tressed citizens Of Belgium.
The herald., 1898-03-23

The rechristening Of the new battle
ship Amazonas, in honor of Louisiana's 3
metropolis. will doubtless meet with gen.
eral approval. More reasons than those
which prevailed with the secretary Of
the navy might have been urged. It's
foreign origin may not with propriety
be urged. The title Is sufficiently eu-
gestive Of its fitness. The Abrouall will
be renamed the Albany. in honor of the
capital Of the Empire state. That is
not 80 ominously thunderous, but it will
do
The herald., 1898-03-23

needs OF the hour BY appointing the re-
organisation committee: It now remaina
for the committee, andthen the party, to
make the cause of these reforms their
own. II they will do this q glorious tri-
umph is assured for Democracy and its
allies next November.
Retrenchment. economy and ef1ciency
will be served II the people will but in
dorse and support the efforts of the
Democratic party to redeem Los Angeles
county. Just so soon as the party shall
off1cially make the cause of the suggested
reforms its own, the harvest will begin.
The herald., 1898-03-23

The speaker Of the Ohio house Of rep
resentatives, supposed to be in close
touch with the president, thinks matters
have gone so far that diplomacy cannot
avert a conflict; that it will be short;
that Cuba will be free. and that the
United States will secure from Spain all
it demands. But has the gentleman not
overlooked the potency Of Wall street,
in the last heat as at the scratch?
The herald., 1898-03-23

may rest assured that the Republican
party viii be held strictly to account
IL the San Pedro harbor appropriation
fails. There will be reckoning days in
the future. and we shall still get the
harbor. II
The herald., 1898-03-23
Legal Tender or Promissory Notes

Legal Tender or Promissory Notes
To the Editor of the Los Angeles Herald:
What was the first money issued by the
government during the civil war-legal
tender or promissory notes?
P. H. CONDON.
Los Angeles.
BY the act OF July H. 1861. the secretary
of the treasury was authorized to issue
$50, 900, 900 in treasury notes, without inter-
est, payable on demand, the denominations
of not less than $40. which should be pay
able for salaries and other dues from the
treasury. By another act, August s, 1861,
the lowest denomination Of these notes was
fixed at S. and they were made receivable
for all public dues. February IL, 1862, $l0,-
900 600 more Of these notes were authorized.
BY act Of March II, 1862, these notes. known
as demand notes." were made legal tender
for all payments and receivable for all
public dues, including imports; they are
the only notes given the full functions of
money, the so-called legal tender notes or
greenbacks not being receivable for duties
or payable for interest on the public debt.
AS consequence, when gold went to a
premium of $2.85 these demand notes went
right along with 1t. The first legal tender
notes authorized by the United States were
issued under the act Of February 25 1862,
when $150, ,00O, 900 in greenbacks were author
lied.
The herald., 1898-03-23
STILL IN THE SADDLE

Mr.. Huntington is still in the saddle!
"A special dispatch from Washington to
The Herald this morning indicates that
grave danger exists that the San Pedro
harbor appropriation win be defeated in
the senate. The subcommittee of the
appropriations committee has already
voted against it, and should the COM
mittee as whole report it adversely it
will be extremely difficult to get the
appropriation through the senate. Mr..
Huntingtons agents are said to be hard
at work. and every influence that can be
brought against the measure is being
vigorously employed. The California
delegation is, Of course, doing every
thing in it's power to prevent the con-
summation of the proposed outrage, and
1t may yet be prevented. 1t must be ad-
mitted, however, that the outlook this
morning is somewhat gloomy.
1t is now almost year since The Her.
aid exposed the latter day conspiracy of
Huntington against the harbor, and
placed the responsibility where it be-
longed, on the shoulders of the Repub-
lican administration. The progress of
events has proved the exactness and ac-
curacy of the charges then made, and
the present situation only emphasizes
the shameful policy that has prevented
Justice from being done.
Mr.. c. P. Huntington is one of the
heaviest creditors of the Republican
party. For years he has been a very
large contributor to the Republican
campaign fund. He is one of the engines
of the money power that placed Mr.. Nc
Kinley in the presidential chair, and
which has, in most things, controlled the
policy Of the administration.
When Mr.. Huntington, therefore,
makes sight draft upon the Republican
party it is promptly honored. The great
commercial pirate drew on the admins
tration last summer, and the requisi-
tion was quickly accepted by Secretary
AIger, who, by his sneaking do-nothing
policy, delayed the harbor project placed
1t in the hands of congress, after the
matter had practically been settled, and
paved the way for the renewal of the cor
rupt practices of Huntington's agents.
Speaker Reed has been hostile to the
measure all along. President Mckinley,
despite his protestations that he would
see that justice was done, omitted to
say the word that would have insured
the beginning Of the work last year.
From every point of view, in every
phase Of the situation, and at every stage
of the game, the Republican administra-
ton has been the plant tool of the
Huntingtonian interests.
For six long years the influence Of the
arch monopolist has been sufficient to
defeat the will of the people and the ends
Of justice in the San Pedro harbor mat
ter. And now. after all the old obstacles
have been cleared away and the end
seemed to be in sight, the right is again
threatened through the meek subserv-
lency of the administration to one of the
party's political creditors.
Such q monstrous state of affairs is
D menace to the people of the whole
the republic. OF one thing the public
The herald., 1898-03-23

The Pacific coast is in proper evidence
in the naval appropriation bill, reported
to the house yesterday. One Of the three
new battleships provided for will be
built here, while $S5O0OO is set aside for
a dry dock at Mare Island.
The herald., 1898-03-23

General Montgomery Moore, COM
mander of the British forces in North
America, was interviewed in Boston yes
terday, and gave 1t as his opinion that if
any servant of Spain blew up the Maine,
"the law of nations would compel her to
make reparation and discipline the Of
fenders." The suggestion that the Of
tenders should be disciplined" is good.
1t sounds as II General Montgomery
Moore had been coached by General
Marcus A. Hanna. That great American
chieftain Is also in favor Of disciplining
the Offenders.
The herald., 1898-03-23

The administration very strongly as
sured the country that the recent with
drawal Of number Of war vessels from
the Tortugas was In conformity with a
long cherished desire to form flying
squadron at Hampton Roads, and had no
reference to the suggestion that came
from Madrid. that the mobilizing Of ma
val force so near to Cuba was menace
likely to have its effect In encouraging
the insurgents. The explanation was
very plausible, but 1t will be observed
that the Spanish government recognizes
1t as an act demonstrating the cor
diality existing between the two coun-
tries" and to be credited to Polo's ef-
forts. 1t is this sort Of thing that makes
the average American patriot wroth.
The herald., 1898-03-23
The OPPOSITION

"Why," the member from Wayback was
asked, "do you think the measure would
bring calamity upon us?'
Because" he replied, ut was not intro
duced by member Of the party to which l
belong."-Chicago News.
The herald., 1898-03-23

The army appropriation bill, which
will be reported to the house today,
seems to be properly safeguarded in the
matter of increasing the effective
strength of the regular army. 1t limits
the presidents prerogative of filling the
skeleton regiments to times Of war, after
hostilities have actually begun.
The herald., 1898-03-23
rhe views of Sir Charles Duke. alway

The views of Sir Charles Dixie, always
worthy of respect, are peculiarly inter-
esting at this juncture. He takes the
ground that in the event Of a conflict
with Spain, Japan is the only power that
would be likely to take hand, and only
to the extent of seizing the much coveted
Philippine islands. Her ambition in that
quarter will meet with no opposition from
this side of the water.
The herald., 1898-03-23

Another vessel in the Klondike trade
is this morning reported lost, with all on
board, more than forty in number. This
is the fourth marine disaster involving
human life since the first Of the year,
nor is it likely to be the last, any old tub
that will clear the headlands being
deemed fit to carry passengers to the
Cold folds
The herald., 1898-03-23

Blanco, it is said, threatens to re-
sign if the Spanish torpedo fleet Is de-
tanned at the Canary islands, "in obe-
dience to the demand of President Nc
Kinley," Notwithstanding the claim that
several vessels have been withdrawn
from the Dry Tortugas, Sin obedience
to the demand Of Senior Polo" Blanco
evidently takes little stock in recip-
rocity.
The herald., 1898-03-23
Not Yet

Mr.. Larimcr-How is 1t that don't hear
you shouting for war, Ellsworth?
Mr.. Ellsworth-Oh, my time will come
when one of the war shouters hires me to
go as his Notwithstanding Chronicle
TELEGRAPH,
The herald., 1898-03-23
Gould Rides''

A devilfsh recently killed at Portland,
Ore, was found to have a vermiform ap-
pendix. And the doctors are all blaming
themselves because he died without their
assistance.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The herald., 1898-03-23
THE PUBLIC PULSE

cine Herald under this heading prints
communications. but doe6 not assume re-
sponsibility for the sentiments expressed.
Correspondents are requested to cultivate
brevity ~ Tar - ID consistent with the
proper expression Of their vieWs.)
The herald., 1898-03-23
Au Imposing Appearance

Honesty is fairly written upon that
mans countenance."
IT suppose that is the reason he has
found it possible to get in debt to nearly
everybody in this town.''-Chicago News.
The herald., 1898-03-23

The country is safe. Speaker Reed
has finally concluded to allow the house
of representatives to act. The president
is grateful.
The herald., 1898-03-23
A Pleasant Change

Softleigh-You must excuse me, Miss
Cutting; I'm not quite myself tonight.
Miss Cutting-How delightful-how de-
lightful; introduce me to the other fellow,
will you?-Chicago News.
The herald., 1898-03-23
THE PASSING OF MORTON

"What to do with our vice presidents"
is a problem that has never been forced
upon us for speedy solution, for until
now none who have ever occupied that
exalted position has given us occasion
for solicitude. All but the few who have
found in it stepping to even greater
distinction have, at the end Of their
terms, dropped unobserved into the rela-
tive oblivion of private station, pursuing
unostentatiously the paths Of pleasant
ness and peace, and doing naught to pro-
woke our serious concern.
The single exception Is Levi P. Morton,
singularly honored in the past, by not
too discriminative people, with the chief
magistracy Of the Empire state, with
the mission to France. and the second
place in dignity and responsibility
in the nation, who now, in the plentitude
of years and honors, should at least be
rejecting them upon his country.
Instead, however, he has lately
emerged from his obscurity to-look
after the honor of the nation? No, but
to safeguard the interests of a syndi-
cate of shylocks, who have become pos
sessed of a large block of Spanish war
bonds, how it does not so much mat
ter. Their investment will need to be
charged off to profit and loss in the event
this government shall be involved in a
war with Spain for Cuban independence,
in the event of the failure of the scheme
Of autonomy, If Spanish sovereignty
over Cuba shall be withdrawn, and de-
pendence for the payment of the securi-
ties shall be had upon Spanish honesty
and Spanish ability to pay.
Mr.. Morton's visits to the White
House have been frequent of late. Mr..
Hanna has discovered ways for often in
PRODUCING him into the presidential pres
ence. Even Mr.. McCook has yielded to
the ex-vice presidential advances. AS
consequence we have heard much
more than we have wished to hear about
the purchase of Cuba, about the guar
antee of Spanish war bonds, about the
partition of the island, and about inter-
vention to compel the patriots to lay
down their arms.
The herald., 1898-03-23
An Artists Efforts

"TIow long was your friend, the artist
working on that canvas?'
Eight years. Six months to paint II ano
seven years and half trying to sell IT,
Yonkers Statesman. ,....
The herald., 1898-03-23
Retribution.

It would be the irony Of fate II some N.s-
braskans were to offer Editor J. sterline
Morton garden seeds on account TOR SUB
scription or Observation-Disclosures
Star. - ~ I
The herald., 1898-03-23
The New Charter

To the Editor of The Los Angeles Herald:
read in yesterdays Herald an editorial
in which you criticise the attitude of the
Times regarding the framing of the city
charter. But the Times says, and you agree
with it, that the board of freeholders who
will draft the charter, should represent as
far as possible all legitimate shades of pub
lie opinion; let me add, and practical ex-
perience.
Where and how do men become experts
in the science of city government? What
class of men becomes expert? Is 1t the
man who attends to his business at home.
or is 1t the man who is elected to do the
business Of the public at the city hall? I
believe 1t is the latter. 1 believe also that
an amended charter Is better than one
framed by board Of freeholders. The first
is revised by the committee of the council.
which is composed of practical men, while
this condition does not always obtain with
the latter.
Look at the inequality of the present city
charter. The city clerk who is the hub of
the city government, so to speak, and has
seven or eight deputies to look after, gets
$24OO year. The city auditor, who does
not have one-third as much work to do
gets $4,000.
The present method of electing the school
board is failure so far as this city is con-
cerned, at least. One of the present board
suggests that the school directors be five
in number, to be appointed by the mayor.
l move to amend that there be one director
from each ward as at present, to be ap-
pointed by committee of three composed
of the mayor, the city clerk and the city
engineer. The city clerk should be elected
by (he people. Salaries are altogether too
high. They are as large as those paid by
the great state of California to her officials
The street department should be under
the immediate control of the city council
and its superintendent appointed by that
body. Some attention should be given to
the city irrigation system There is too
much leasing to private parties.
M. T. COLLINS.
The herald., 1898-03-23
Unprohtable

A woman's club in New York IL ddscuSsS
ing the Civilization Of leisure" A nuue,
ber Of people out Of Jobs are woEsvaao
about that. too.-G Galveston News
The herald., 1898-03-23

Spain's ends will best be subserved by
ar agreement to refer to European ar
The herald., 1898-03-23

Mr.. Gage spoke at Cleveland Friday
night but his utterances lacked virility.
Indeed, he spoke as a crushed states
man, painfully conscious of his inability
to impress his financial views upon the
people. He whined over the attitude Of
the senate, deplored the fact that the
minority in the country threatened to
reopen the question settled in 1896, as If
afraid to again submit it, as now under
stood, to the judgment of the country,
and then insulted the intelligence of his
hearers by holding up to them the prom
Use of an international agreement for the
free coinage of silver, as if that achieve
ment would not fundamentally unsettle
the settlement Of 1896. Mr.. Gage is GER
tainly entitled to share with Secretary
Sherman the compassion which the pub
lie always has for imbecility and inanity.
~
In our dispatches this morning Senator
Chandler is made to promise a presi-
Dental proclamation regarding famine
and sickness" in Cuba, and that it will
not be delayed many days. But there are
other phases of the Cuban situation
which, it is hoped, will not be ignored
by the president. There Is the matter Of
their independence from Spanish rule,
that should not be neglected. No relief
short of that will be lasting. No other
settlement will be approved by the
American people. Food and clothing
and medicine have already gone there,
and its distribution has been sanctioned
by the Spaniards. What the people of
Cuba most want is not included in the
promise of the president, vouchsafed by
Mr.. Chandler.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-09-15
Fairfield.

The corn shop was shut down, Mon
day.
All the town schools opened Monday
morning.
Mrs. Duren, mother of Charles Duren.
died, Sunday morning, at her home ON
Railroad street.
A team driven by Mrs. Guy Edwards
ran away, Monday morning. The car.
rage and harness were badly damaged
but Mrs. Edwards fortunately escaped
injury.
The Fairfield junction Mills Water
Power Co.. has begun the work of re-
pairing its dams. The portion of the
dam on the canal just above Purington
& Pratt's shop is being replanked.
At a business meeting of the Baptist
Society held, Sunday evening, Messrs.
Blakney aud Brown and Mrs. John
Hatch were chosen MS representatives of
the church at the annual meeting of the
County Association to be held, Tuesday
and Wednesday of this week.
The grading of the Benton Il Benton
Falls Electric Road route is now being
done at the Benton station. A large fill
Is being made from the end of the Meek
Road" to the Maine Central tracks. The
grading across the Meek" is about
ready for the rails. There are still a
few lodges to he blasted.
The Floral Co. has concluded that it's
no use to fight the government any far
Their. As one member of the firm ex-
pressed 1t, I'VE have been beaten fairly
and that's the end of the whole husi.
ness.' The affairs of the firm are being
settled as rapidly as possible.