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The herald., 1898-08-04
THURSDAY. AUGUST 4 1895.
TO THE COUNTRY DEMOCRACY
WARMING!

Inc county democratic central COM
mittee has called primaries for August
9Th, for the purpose of electing dele
gates to a county convention, to be held
in Los Angeles August 10th. The prin-
opal purpose for which the county
convention will assemble is the election
of eighty-one delegates from Los An
geles county to the state convention, to
assemble at Sacramento on the 10th of
August, to nominate a governor and
state ticket.
1t is highly desirable that the country
Democracy should be informed that an
insidious, but none the less concerted and
powerful effort is being made to send a
delegation from this county to Sacra
mento which will not be truly repre-
sentative of the wishes and desires of
the overwhelming majority of the Dem
ocratic party in this county.
1t is beyond question that James G.
Mcguire is the choice of ninety-nine out
of a hundred of the Democracy of South
ern California. His candidacy is being
violently opposed by the railroad COM
pany and other allied and powerful in
terests. A small element in the Dem
ocracy of Los Angeles city is lending
itself, as 1t usually does, to further the
efforts of the last-named corporation
and influences. Fortunately, this ele-
nent has only recently so exposed its
rottenness that there is no possibility
of its deceiving any considerable num-
Der of city Democrats. The respectable
element of the city Democracy may be
relied upon to render a good account
of itself at the forthcoming pri-
maries. The hope of the marplots and
conspirators lies in the possibility of de-
ceiving the country delegates, or of prof
iting by indifference on their part. To
thwart this effort, let every honest DEM
ocrat in the country precincts attend
the primaries between 4 and o'clock
p m. next Monday, August Sth, and see
to it that a delegation of honest and
representative Democrats is sent from
his precinct to the county convention.
There will be great effort made to
secure proxies from country Democrats.
Let each delegate elected from a coun-
try precinct either attend the convention
in person, or only surrender his proxy
to a delegate from his own precinct,
with instructions that the same must
not be used to further the schemes of
those who are endeavoring to set at
naught the overwhelming wishes of the
Democratic party in favor of James G..
Mcguire for governor. Let country dele
gates attending the county convention
carefully refrain from committing them
selves to any line of policy until they
have had ample opportunity to consult
with their friends and those among the
party's leaders who have always been
with them in their contests hitherto with
the noisy and disreputable wing of the
city Democracy, which has exercised a"
influence altogether out of proportion to
It's numbers.
little care at this time upon the part
of country Democrats will result in the
utter rout and defeat of the schemers,
and of placing the control Of the party
machinery of Los Angeles county in the
hands of the representative members of
the party.
The herald., 1898-08-04

manager, land, besides, he was the best
paid man in the mill. Why should he quit
Has he a better 1ob?"
II tank he quit" repeated the Swede'
toggedly. Then, motaoning to he manager
to follow him, he led the way to place IN
the boom from which the logs had been re-
moved. The water was clear and deep, and
on the bottom of the river lay the body of
Johnson, the foreman.
There" said the Swede, triumphantly,
pointing to the drowned form. you tank
Johnson he quit?"
The herald., 1898-08-04

Colombia has settled its little score
with Italy, and the war vessels Of the
latter have been withdrawn from Co
Iombian waters. The presumption is
that it was an honest debt that should
long ago have been discharged. The Of
Tending debtor not only delayed pay
ment, but pleaded the baby act. by ap-
pealing to the United States for pro-
lection. The award having been made
by President Cleveland, 1t would have
been obviously absurd for this country
to interfere. The Monroe doctrine has
not been seriously fractured.
The herald., 1898-08-04

Merry war in Ohio is promised Mr..
Hanna's personal organ at Columbus has
undertaken to show that Foraker is a
member of a senatorial syndicate which
last year agreed to put through congress
resolution recognizing the Cuban re-
public, in consideration of certain val
liable franchises to be given later-in
other words, that he is a bribe- taker
This little episode may warrant Foraker
in reversing his decision not to have any
thing to do with the legislative charges
of bribery against Hanna. 1t may in
duce him to make some inquiries of the
president Of the senate as to the probable
location of the memorial that was sent
to him last winter by the Ohio general
assembly.
The herald., 1898-08-04

The Hooley investigation will have one
good effect at least. The lords" who
lent their names for consideration Will
no longer be able to turn nimble penny
in that way. Their names will not be in
great demand for directories. In fact,
prospectuses bearing them will be heav-
notable personages are likely to be lower
before they are higher. They can in the
future be had for the asking, or not at
all.
The herald., 1898-08-04
: SPANS SAGASTA :
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Sagasta the present Spanish prime min
lister, is stiffly built. frog faced man, with
a strong jaw. wide, ins!ncere smile, and
black, hlmy eyes, as of an Arab or gypsy.
He has the glib word. the expansive man
ner. and the exuberant gesture of the
south. There is one charge which his
most embittered enemies dare not bring
against him-that Of cowardice. His con-
victions may be centered upon himself, but
most emphatically he has the courage of
them. Over and above his vast astuteness
of thought, he is a man of acton. If for
many years he has proven himself as sup
pie a S serpent, his earlier history showed
him to be as brave as lion. He fought
against O'Donnel in the streets of Madrid
in 1856 at the head of regiment of militia
o o O
Before that, as lad OF IS. when stu
dent at the college of engineers at Logrono,
The herald., 1898-08-04
Setting Himself Right

"Hooray," exclaimed Senator Sorghum
as he met friend on the capitol steps.
What are you cheering about?"
We've made all the arrangements for
annexing Hawaii"
But you were wholly opposed to that
program"
mo, sir. I decline to be misrepresented.
decline to have my sentiments misunder-
stood by posterity. You've no idea of the
trouble and expense it cook to keep me
from coming over long DECENTRALIZATION
Star.
The herald., 1898-08-04
FRENCH FRIENDS

The old saying, There's reason in
roasting eggs" finds partial exemplifica-
ton in the consistently bitter hostility
evinced by France toward the United
States since the beginning of the war
with Spain. Arnold White, the London
correspondent of Harper's Weekly, in
a recently published letter In that paper
discovers the true inwardness of the I'M
friendly disposition toward us manifested
by France and of her desire to see Spain
victorious in the present contest The
grounds of this French enmity are far
from being sentimental, and, 1t would
seem, for the most part are based upon
French respect for the almighty dollar
Mr.. White states that he had just re
turned from a visit to France, where he
had conversed with people of all classes,
and that he found, without single ex-
ception, antipathy to America most
marked, especially among the property
owners In the rural districts. Contin-
uing, he says:
France has invested $500 900, 900 In
Spain. The war, therefore, hits France
almost as hardly as II she were bellig-
erent For obvious reasons the, Paris
shopkeepers can scarcely be taken as
representative of the French nation.
The burden of sustaining Span's credit
virtually falls upon French capitalists,
and as Spain is bleeding to death, tine
task of sustaining her becomes intol-
cradle.
In addition to this mercenary plea in
confession and avoidance, filed In the
case for France, Mr.. White contends
that there is no longer, If there ever were,
any affinity between the French and the
American peoples; that France Is in a
moribund condition, state of political
if not industrial atrophy, and that there
can be no true friendship between a de-
cadent and rising and triumphant
race"
Curiously enough, Mr.. White attributes
French decadence-which he says Is ap-
parent to any one with eyes in his head,
and capacity for observation-to the
lever increasing use of alcohol in its most
fiery and dangerous form" However
this may be, the fact of French sympathy
for Spain confronts US, not as theory,
but as a condition. 1t Is well, however,
that we are informed of the real grounds
of French antipathy to us in our war with
Spain-grounds In no sense derogatory
to the American people. The raison
d'etre of French enmity touches us not.
But we should regret indeed to be forced
to recognize the historic accuracy Of the
broad hint made by Mr.. White in his
criticism of Chauncey M. Depew's late
Grafton in Paris, that the friendship of
France to the United States, in revolu-
tionary days was dictated less by love
for Americans than by hatred for Eng
land. There are memories, sacred and
revered, that, however based on myth
or fairy tale, we would prefer remaining
intact, and we cannot, or will not, be
persuaded that the France of 1776 had
not a higher sense of political morality
and nobler views of justice and civil lib
erty than the pretentious semi-royal
France of 1898.
The herald., 1898-08-04
The Fleur-de-Lis DESIGN

Don't think that the fleur-de-lis can ever
become too common to wear. 1t is the most
beautiful combination of mere lines in the
world; and. however degraded, is always
royal. 1t has several mystical meanings
and whole philosophy could be interpreted
from it. The origin is unknown but being
in one sense a symbol of the trinity, 1t is
found in the ornaments of nearly all res
lgions.-Edmund Russell.
The herald., 1898-08-04
Her Trouble

understand she has had an attack of
nervous prostration."
"Oh. dear, no; not at ALL"
'But the doctor said"
L know he did at first, but just as soon
as he learned the sizs of her husbands
income he changed his mind and said that
she was merely overcome by that tired
feeling. "-Chicago Post.
The herald., 1898-08-04
Difficulties of Auuexa ton

The eastern question seems to us im~
measurably more formidable than the
western one. There may be objections to
the annexation of Cuba, but that action
involves no change in our form OF gov
eminent, while what has been done in the
Sandwich Islands and Is threatened In the
Philippine Islands amounts to revolu-
tIon there.-Boston Herald.
The herald., 1898-08-04

Miss Schenck has raised sufficient
money, by means of the endless chain
letter device, to send to Cuba large
schooner laden with ice and vegetables
for the sick and wounded soldiers Why
may not some humanitarian miss thus
assemble enough dimes, from the people
of Los Angeles. to provide ample free
bathing facilities for the children of the
poor of this CITY?
The herald., 1898-08-04
Whv He Quit

A Swede who was one of gang of men
employed In large planning mill in a north
western town, went one day to the manager
of the min and remarked that he thought
Johnson, the foreman, hadlquit, says Short
Stories.
What" said the manager, johnson
quit? Why, man, he has been In our en-
ploy for twenty years.
well, I tank he quit" said the Swede.
HE has never complained" said the
The herald., 1898-08-04

The primary is what its name i'm
plies. 1t is the initial step. 1t is where
genuine reforms must be incubated.
Well-meaning Democrats must not
complain, either of candidates or plat
form, if they neglect the obvious duty
of attending the primaries and assist
ing the party in putting it's best foot
forward
The herald., 1898-08-04
Musical Effect

The Manager-This battle piece is all
right except that you seem to have omitted
the groans of the wounded
The Orchestra LEADER expect those to
be furnished by the Observation-Disclosures
lis Journal.
The herald., 1898-08-04

The only open question now is the dis
position of the Philippines. Upon that
more light is needed. 1t may be forth
coming before the commission to which
its labors.
The herald., 1898-08-04
Vaudevillanv

The Gentleman in the Bald Wig-Got that
thread tied around your finger to help you
remember something?
The Gentleman with the Green Whiskers
That is not a string. 1t is horse hair, TO
help me remember the mane.-Indianapoli
Journal.
The herald., 1898-08-04

Neither President Dole nor Minister
Sewell will thank General Otis for the
suggestion made to them the other day
that Hawaii will have no governor for
while. Each had ordered a dress
suit for the inaugural ball.
The herald., 1898-08-04
Anxious to Know

Gave up your Sunday school class of
young women? What for?
"They kept telling me how sorry they
were because they were not men, so they
could go to fight their country's battles.
Chicago Tribune.
The herald., 1898-08-04
Calculation

Wife-Here's a letter from the Scots
asking us to spend a week with them In
Elmsville.
Husband-Lets see. Fares SIS. II they'd
make 1t two weeks, or pay fare one way.
we could do it.-Brooklyn Life,
The herald., 1898-08-04

The Fifth Illinois has been ordered to
the front. This is the regiment that
last week rebelled against being detained
at Chattanooga. When Americans enlist
they assume that they will have an
opportunity to shoot There is an i'm
piled obligation to give it to them
The herald., 1898-08-04

A country big enough to thrash Spain
should be able to easily knock out few
dangerous enemy to the people than the
Spaniard. In our search for evils be-
yond our borders let us not wholly over
look the evils at home.
The herald., 1898-08-04

The silver forces of Nebraska yester-
day united upon a strong fusion ticket,
sure to win. The silver question may
be dead, but it is developing into an
extremely lively corpse.
The herald., 1898-08-04
Too Personal

Old Gotrox-I don't wish you for a SON.
in-law, sir
Young Man-No? You haven't any
other good position you could give fell
low, have you?-Truth.
The herald., 1898-08-04

The suggestion Of the navigation bu-
reau that the fight in which Cervera's
fleet was destroyed be known as the
battle of July 3d." is everywhere adj
versely criticised and ridiculed. The
idea is not original, anyway, 1t being an
old French custom now more honored in
The herald., 1898-08-04
Not the First

Mr.. Bryan is not the first man who has
enlisted to fight for his country and re-
ceived the sneers of stay-at-homes whose
partisanship Is much stronger than their
patriotism.-Omaha World-Herald.
The herald., 1898-08-04
Differentiated Again

what is the difference between an opti-
mist and a pessimist?
AN optimist believes in mascots and
pessimist In hoodoos. "-Indinanapolis
Journal.
The herald., 1898-08-04

the breach than in the observance.
Twenty July" and Fourth Sep
TENDER" mean much to the Franks, but
are unintelligible to the average for
eigner.
The herald., 1898-08-04

Mrs. Nelson of Wisconsin has found
her lost hat pin. 1t was discovered by
Roentgen rays in the stomach of her
1S-months- old baby.
The herald., 1898-08-04

Start an endless chain collection for
free bath houses for the poor. The
scheme will bankrupt no one and will be
a sure winner.
The herald., 1898-08-04

War news will have to be RELOCATED
to inside pages now. Peace news only
deserves featuring.
The herald., 1898-08-04

Blanco might as we'll prepare for hi:
farewell reception. He can easily haz
ard the date.
The herald., 1898-08-04

We shall get nothing from Spain we
do not definitely ask for. We do not ask
for the Philippines.
The herald., 1898-08-04

Camara has at last discovered tina
he hasn't much of fleet after all.
The herald., 1898-08-04

For Cuba libre, substitute annexation
That Is the drift.
The herald., 1898-08-04

California put a cool million into
Uncle Sans war chest last month, In
the way of stamp taxes.
The herald., 1898-08-04
SAGASTA

stand the behests of the dreaded Nervaez.
Whenever the time came for fighting, he
was ready to take his share. yet, without
1mpeaching the undeniable physical pluck
of which he has given many proofs, it is
not surprising to find that he made it his
first duty as a soldier to prevent himself
from being unnecessarily killed. Hence in
the summer of 1866, while many of his COL
leagues stuck to their barbados in the
streets of Madrid, and were massacred,
Sagasta underwent the much more con-
venient fate of being condemned to the
uncomfortable death of the garrote-in
his absence.
Thenceforward, for two years, London.
Paris and Ostend were the centers of his
activity. and, if walls could speak, a GER
tain restaurant in Bshopsgate street could
tell some strange stories. He engineered
the revolution of 1866, and drove Isabella
II. from the throne and this time fortune
favored him. When Topete and the fleet
had been won over and most of the army
was squared, the signal was given. Sagasta
and Gorilla Gas pure patriot as ever lived
but too honest and consistent to be sue
cessful modern Spanish politician,) with
Prim as a servant in livery, sailed under
assumed names, In the steamer Delta, from
London to Gibraltar, early In the Septem-
Der Of thirty years ago.
O 0 O
cannot be surprised at our American
cousins for loathing the very name of Sa-
gasta with the keenest of Ihatred-second
only to that which they have for Gen. Wey-
Ter. 1t was because of his direct action In
1873 that the infamous Gen. Burrill shot
eight Americans in one day, and four days
afterwards shot Captain Fry, General
Ryan and fifty-eight more. Indeed. of all
prime ministers that Spain has ever had
Sagasta has been the most merciless and
unreliable He is Tallyrand-Bismarck
with a strong flavor of Torquemada.
O O O
Even now the old mans astounding good
luck may be depended upon to bring him
to the surface again. although he has just
exceeded mans allotted span. But there
is a more patient and logged enemy than
the paltry politicians who are in opposition
to Sagasta. This is no less person than
General Weyler himself. The two men
have clashed for years, and when Sagasta
dismissed his enemy and put Blanco in his
place, as captain-general of Cuba, he made
a most unwise move. for his own interest
and for the peace of his closing years.
Weyler has too much of the slow-moving
Dutch blood of his father to act without
discretion. So he watches and waits.-T
P. O'Connor in M. A. P.
The herald., 1898-08-04

II nave come back from the kondike to
get into politics, for / have considerable 10
The herald., 1898-08-04

Before that, as a lad OF IS. when a stu
dent at the college of engineers a Logrono
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-12-21
ROXy'S Christmas Check

::s ~! :: ::: :: t; $ &. S:
rich. The Fultons lived out west
and were poor. Aunt Mary had adopted the
plan of sending them check every Christ
of each new baby. She would also occasion
ally send box containing wearing apparel,
which Mamma Fulton, with genius for that
kind of work, would make over for herself
and the children.
One day there came box of stuff, and
among it was a velvet cloak Aunt Mary said
she had worn but once, and as uncle did not
like it she sent it along. The stuff was all
piled upon the table when the younger
children came in bunch. Roxy helped car
~ the articles away and she sat down to
look them over. Having finished, she found
Cd the floor breastpin. She did not con-
meet it in any way with the things from
Aunt Mary, nor did she think it was of any
value The metal was dull and the stone
looked like common piece of glass. Roxy
thought i. would make good pin for her
favorite doll, and in this way it was used
for nearly two months, no one taking any
uOtIC3 OI IL OT thinking IL Was WOTCu caring
fer.
The letter that came with the box con-
tanned bad news. Aunt Mary said that uncle
had been having business troubles, and it
was doubtful if she could send the usual
check for the coming Christmas. This was
sad blow to the hopes of the Fulton chill
d1en, for Aunt Mary's Christmas check was
about the only great pleasure they ever
| had.
Sure enough, about week before the
great event letter came from Aunt Mary,
confirming the fear that she could not give
the usual present, and added that she felt
particularly poor over the loss Of valuable
diamond pin. This did not suggest anything
to Roxy until she went to play with her
doll, and then she formed no connection
between the pin her aunt had written about
and the one which had been lying so care
lessly about the house. But it did occur to
her to write her aunt letter, saying how
sorry she was and to send the pin she had
found. She did this, and few days after
ward there was great excitement in the
Fulton household. Another letter had come
from Aunt Mary, and in it was the usual
check.
Roxy was the heroine Of the day, and it
was all joy and gladness where it had been
sorrow and disappointment. Aunt Mary
said the pin Roxy had sent was the one she
had lost, and that it must have been in some
way fastened to the velvet cloak. Anyway,
getting it again had made her feel 80 much
better that she sent the usual Christmas
check, and everybody was happy.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-12-21
'IT MUST BE BURGLARS"

them by now-and mended them up, and
have dressed two small dolls which will do
quite nicely. Now, don't look that way,
jeff, dear! The poor little McCarthys
around the corner will have nothing at all.
If we died in the poorhouse the babies"
eyes, yes," her husband broke in, hasti-
". "All right, then"
He had another lucky stroke in the in
terval before Christmas, and on Christmas
eve he could stand it no longer. He went
out and bought recklessly, determined to
give his children Christmas which would
demolish their infantile standards.
It was II o'clock when he let himself soft
" in and slipped huge package into the
dark and quiet parlor. Then he went into
the sitting-room. His wife was there, with
the children's toys spread out. There was
| anxiety in her eyes, but sic strove to be
| calm.
"They do look sort Of poor, don't they? l
| Il meant it for the best, and the little Nc
Carthys-"
"'M-yea," her husband replied. "Say,
Ethel, I'm hungry. l think III 60 down
and investigate the pantry. Hullo! that's
Daddles crying, isn't it,"
1t was, and if her parents had ever found
any weakness in her lungs it was dispelled
now.
When Mrs. jerks came downstairs, Is
minutes later, her husband was hunting,
rather nerpously, in the potato bin. IL
was looking for piece of cold chicken" he
said, "but-"
Il think you will be more likely to find
Il in the pantry" bis wife replied. Jeff,
/ believe l felt draught as came past
the sitting-room door. Did you open the
window? No? Then it must be burglars!
Quick, hide in the coal cellar! Maybe"
"And the babies?"
| Mrs. jerks was upstairs almost before
her husband. though somehow he got into
the sittingroom first.
''I'll stay out here and protect the babiesl"
she groaned.
The window was up and everything save
the toys was untouched they had van
| ished.
Mrs jerks began 70 cry. 'Oh-h. my poor
habies!" she cried. "No Christmas at all,
any more than the little McCarthys! W.why
didn't let you get something for them?"
Goodness me, forgot" cried her hus-
hand. ''The fact ia, that l did get few
things for them to-day!" and he brought
| them out.
oh, jeff, all these! II we end in the
poorhouse-"
1.-The babies VIII at least have something
10 brag about to the other poor children"
We'll, I'm glad. anyhow" said Mrs.
| jerks, land maybe we will recover the 9TH
ers, too"
Perhaps 50, said her husband, quietly.
After the toys were all laid out he put on
his best hat. Guess III step over to the
police station and tell them to keep an eye
en- the house, he said.
When he got outside he executed a war
dance on the pavement. Then he slipped
| around to the rear and got basket which
was hidden under the back steps, In the
morning Mrs. Mccarthy found basket ex-
actly like it filled with toys at her door.
She announced that the angels had sent
it; only Mr.. jerks could have proved that
they had nothing to do with it-and he
didn't dare! ELISA ARMSTRONG.