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The herald., 1898-09-28
Names Greeting to Her Sick Soldiers

Harper's Bazaar: They do some things
very we'll in the State of Maine There was
a Maine regiment in the camp at Chicka-
mauga that suffered very seriously from
the change of climate and the perils Of
camp life. 1t had lost fourteen men from
camp fevers. had a large proportion of It's
members in the hospital and was losing
one man a day. The surgeons said that the
best chance for the sick men was to take
them home. The government gave the in
valids thirty days furlough, and the
State of Maine hired big engine and seven
Pullman sleeping cars to bring them home.
One hundred and twenty Maine soldiers
sick with typhoid and malarial fevers and
other diseases were loaded into that train
and started for the north. OF they went
to Cincinnati, to Cleveland. to Buffalo, to
Albany. Boston, and OF TO Portland and
the country Of pine trees and granite. Sup
plies, ordered ahead by telegraph, were fur
nished for them without money or price,
chiefly by the Red Cross. Delayed ten
hours at Cleveland by break down, their
train was sent to the lake shore, where 1t
got the cool lake breezes. All those sick
soldiers got back to Maine alive, and most
of them improved very decidedly on the
journey. good job that, and well done,
and an incident Of the war worth remem-
bering.
The herald., 1898-09-28
A NUT FOR REPUBLICANS

It Is announced that General Barnes
will be the chief speaker at the Repub-
lican mass meeting Thursday night, not
withstanding the presence of the candi-
date for governor. General Barnes is
we'll known as one of the regular attor-
neys of the Southern Pacific railroad
and while he is going about the state
a chief Republican trumpeter he is nc
doubt earning his salary as fairly as If
he were conducting a case in court.
Now, Republicans of Southern Cali
fornia have not forgotten that their can
didate for governor four years ago was
Morris NJ. Estee. In a recent speech Mr.
Estee, who knows what he Is talking
about. says:
1t is known to every public man,
Democrat or Republican, that the
Southern Pacific Railroad company has
for many years tried to control the
politics of this state. Its vast influ-
ence and unlimited capital is used in
politics full as much as In business. 1t
places money ahead of men, and its
own greed In advance of public morals.
If this thing is longer permitted to con-
tinue it will imperil alike the rights of
liberty and property. 1t is menace
to the republic, and good men of all
parties sohuld unite in defeating its
influence.
The herald., 1898-09-28
FROM STEAM TO ELECTRICITY

During his recent stay in Los Angeles,
as noted in The Herald yesterday, Mr..
Huntington gave an intimation of I'M
portant changes in the operation of the
Southern Paciflc's suburban lines.
Vague outgivngs Of similar kind have
at times come From officials of the
Southern California railway. Additional
Importance attaches to the matter be-
cause two of the leading railways with
termini at Chicago are contemplating
similar action. Farther east the plan
has been In successful operation for
sometime on one prominent railway,
and others are moving toward its adop-
tion.
This plan Is the use of either cleo
tricity or compressed air on the grea
railways for what they call suburban
transit. In its local application this
would include all towns from the ocean
eastward to San Bernardno and Red
lands, and also Riverside and Santa
| Ana. Ever since the beginning Of the
The herald., 1898-09-28
An End Of Hair Powder

The noblemen and gentlemen who agreed
to the Duke of Bedford's cropping pro-
posal q few days ago at Woburn abbey.
when general cropping and combing took
place. were Lords William Russell. Villers.
Paget Sir H. Featherstone, Mr. Lambton.
Mr., Ant. Lee, Mr.. r. Lee, Mr.. Trevers, Mr..
Dutton, Mr.. Day and Mr. Vernon. Tney
entered into an engagement to forreit q
sum of money II any of them wore their
hair tied or powdered within certain
period. Many noblemen and gentlemen
in the county Of Bedford have since Ioi-
lowed the example 1t has become general
with the gentry in Hampshire ana the Ia
dies have left off wearing haAr POWDER
London Chronicle, Sept. 26 1885.
The herald., 1898-09-28
AN ADMIRABLE SPEECH

So far as argument Is concerned the
union parties might confidently rest
their case, as the lawyers say, on the
mastery presentation Of it by Judge
Mcguire on Monday night. An address
so lucid, congruous and convincing is
seldom heard in political campaign. AS
reported stenographically. and printed
in The Herald, it is so admirable an ex-
position of the ti-Republican posi-
tion that it deserves to be distributed
broadcast over the state. There could
be no more effective vote-maker for
the union ticket.
There is nothing In Judge Maguire's
speech that any Republican can object
to, excepting. of course, the cogency OF
his reasoning and the aptness of his ex-
preston. There is not a vituperative or
abusive word, from beginning to end.
Neither the Republican party as whole
nor any Individual member of 1t Is as
sailed. Judge Maguires competitor, In
such allusion as is made to him, receives
decorous and dignified treatment.
AS the managers of the Republican
campaign affect to be we'll pleased with
the oratorical efforts Of their candidate
for governor it might not be amiss to
suggest that Judge Maguire's speech be
printed side by side with Mr.. Cages
most admired address, and that the joint
product be sent to all the voters in the
state. There could be no better method
Of placing the merits of the two candi-
dates squarely before the people
The herald., 1898-09-28

ed to squeeze the moneyed institutions
of this country and Hannaize the state
| of California, which. interpreted In Re-
publican political economy, means to
thwart the will of the people Of this state
and steal another election for monop-
oily.
The word has gone out from Repub-
lican headquarters to the administration
at Washington and to the trusts and syn
dicates of the nation that unless steps
are taken at once to turn public atten-
tiou from Mr.. Mcguire and the reforms
which he and his parties advocate, the
result in November will be disastrous
defeat for the whole Republican ticket
The election in California is mat
ter Of great Importance to the Repub-
lican party. 1t Is but few days ago
that Maine and Vermont registered
their disapprovals Of the Republican ad-
ministration by reducing the Republican
maJorities of those states by nearly
half, and California. Judged by pres
ent indications, will soon follow with the
largest Democratic majority in her his
tory. The national administration does
not relish these rebukes.
But it Is not alone to save the national
administration that 1t is proposed to i'm
pord men and methods from the east.
The Southern Pacific Is making the bat
tie of a lifetime. 1t has at Its command
the monopolies and wirepullers of the
state, but these combined are appar-
emily helpless in opposition to the de-
termined will of the people to rebel
against the most disgraceful and high
handed political tyranny ever attempted
to be fastened upon free people by any
corporation.
1t has, therefore, hoisted the corpo-
rate flag of distress. That has caught
the eye of Marcus, and he or his repre-
sentative is coming. He is coming to
save Gage, to protect the national ad-
ministration against a sure antidote for
Algerism, and finally to place in power
in this state for another four years the
Arnolds, the McFarlands and the other
railroad tools who live, move, act and
speak only for their master, the octopus.
What should be the answer of the vot
ers of this state to the importation of
this corrupter of men, briber of legisla-
lures, stealer of states-this uncrowned
king of all that is bad in politics and
dangerous to free institutions?
The herald., 1898-09-28
ESTEE ON RAILROAD CLUBS

The Herald has already called atten-
tion to the fact that the Southern Pa
cifc company is in politics. 1t has also
mentioned the fact that the railroad has
organized its employees into political
clubs with the avowed intention of vot-
ing them for railroad candidates. Re
publican papers and Republican stump
speakers have hitherto attempted to
refute the former and to apologize for
the latter.
Hon. NJ. M. Estee is one Of the fore
most Republicans of this state. He has
had political aspirations, He knows
from his sad experience the power and
influence of the Southern Pacific in the
politics of this state. He has kept him
self posted on the machine methods of
the octopus and knows, perhaps, as we'll
as any other man in this state what it
is doing in politics.
In his speech at San Francisco last
Saturday Mr.. Estee referred to the rail-
road and the organization Of its employees
into political clubs, and said:
herald the fact that they support GER
tain candidates a nominating conven-
tions when they do not. This is openly
done to make the candidates feel they
will be under obliga tions to them if
elected. They openly declare they con-
troll from 1000 to 600 votes in this
state-men in their employ. If this be
true, 1t is a humiiating and disgrace
full thing to admit. and the people must
make q new declaration of independ-
ence. This question arises above party.
1t reaches the honor of all men of all
parties.
If these conditions continue 1t may be
that the question will ultimately come
whether or not the government will
have to own the raflNuads. 1t WIN be
safer for the government to own the
railroads than for the railroads to own
the government.
Mr.. Estee is right. The question Of
railroad domination arises above party
It reaches the honor of all men of all
parties. But for what party, let it be
asked, does the railroad propose to vote
It's employees? Mr.. Estee did not dis
cuss this question. He assumes that the
people Of this state already know of
the Republican state convention and of
its railroad nominees. The silence of
Mr. Estee upon this important matter is
significant. If Mr. Mcguire were the
favorite of Mr.. Herrin, would he hesi-
tate to advise the voters for whom TO
vote?
The testimony of Mr.. Estee, however,
is to the point. The railroad clubs are
being organized in the interest Of the
Republican ticket. Mr.. Estee, as good
citizen. is sorry about it, but as good
Republican he sugar-coats the bitter
pill and swallows 1t. Will the lndepend-
ent voter follow his advice or his humili-
ating example, which?
The herald., 1898-09-28
SOLDIERS DAY OF RECKONING

The bitter feeling Of the soldiers con-
cerning the conduct of the war appar-
emily intensifies in proportion to the
increase in their returning numbers
From many points we hear of the most
outspoken denunciation, not merely of
the war department. but of the admins
tration. Not only soldiers but friends
Of soldiers, heretofore staunch Repub-
licans, are loudly proclaiming that they
will never again vote the ticket of that
party. AS an illustration of the in
tensity of this feeling here Is an extract
from the Springfield (Mass) Republican.
The writer is soldier who says he has
been a stalwart Republican that never
bolted a ticket:
Nothing shall induce me to vote tick
EFT loaded down with Alger and "all that
that implies" 1t Is too heavy for me.
Sinbad the sailor with the old man of
the sea had an easy task compared
with the administration, II 1t continues
to carry this old man of the land. I
am not alone In this resolve. There
are others" The Vermont election
suggests what is to follow.
The New York Evening Post has pub
lished a letter from the father Of SOL
dier whSein the writer says he has been
a lifelong Republican, but |f an cleo
tion were to be held tomorrow, and the
Democratic nominee were Bryan, I
would swallow Democracy and free sill
yer, much as hate both, rather than
cast ballot for the accursed politicians
who now control the Republican ad-
ministratiOn."
Perhaps the most striking of all re-
ports of this character comes from Den
Yer. in a news dispatch. 1t tells Of a
soldier who died at the home of his
uncle in that city. of fever contracted
in the Santiago campaign. The dispatch
says:
Before dying he said he had been
Ill treated and neglected ever since he
was taken i'll, and so intense was his
feeling against the war department
that he made a dying request that he
be not buried in his uniform.
We have many reports Of bitter ex-
pressions from soldiers, but will here
give only one more from a letter writ
ten at Jacksonville, Fla:
No administration could play into
the hands of contractors as this has
done and have at heart the best in
terests of the so7dierts. I have kept m
close touch with the Second Illinois
boys. ard I am satisfied there are now
few Republicans in Colonel Moulton's
command.
The herald., 1898-09-28

great work in Santa Ana canyon, for the
generation Of electric power on large
scale, there have been rumors that the
"kite-shaped track" would be electrified
as soon as the power was available. We
presume 1t is this power that Mr.. Hunt
ington has in mind for the prospective
change on the Southern Pacific.
The primary object of such change
is economy, of course, but there are
other advantages in substituting elec-
tricity for steam. The difficulties In the
way are apparently trivial. The plan
that finds most favor in the east is a
third rail, which takes the place Of the
overhead trolly as an electric conductor.
This rail may be laid in the middle of
the track, but If on the surface 1t is
as dangerous as the trolly wire. This
danger Is overcome, however, by de-
pressing the central rail.
The Illinois Central and the North
western are likely to adopt the new sys-
tenn for Chicago suburban transit within
short time. The officials of the Central
say they have been experimenting two
years with this purpose In view. All
question as to the feasibility of using
electric power advantageously in such
manner has been satisfactorily settled.
The cost of electric power Is the only
important factor, but even where the
cost is at the maximum 1t is economical
compared with steam.
The power for suburban use here will
probably be available early next year,
though it is promised earlier than that
The officials OF both our railways are
doubtless watching this development
sharply. as the intimation from Mr.
Huntington indicates. 1t may not be
long. therefore, until we shall have, not
only horseless carriages, but LOCOMOTIVES
less trains for travel in the suburbs OF
Los Angeles.
The herald., 1898-09-28
Log Cabin One Hundred Years Old

On the farm now owned by Mr.. Ell Logan,
just over the Lincoln line in Boyle. a log
cabin was built 100 years ago of ash tim
ber. This cabin was recently torn down
and put UP again on another portion Of
the farm, and Mr.. A. e. Logan says from
the appearance of the logs they will last
at least another hundred years-in fact.
they are about as sound looking as when
put into the cabin a century ago. On the
same farm worm fence that was built
In 1861 (about the time the three Logan
brothers, DIR. Dave, Col. r. D. and Mr.. A.
E., enlisted in the rebel army was In fine
state of preservation, and good for ten or
fifteen years yet, as Mr.. Ell Logan discov-
cred when having it removed last week.
If the logs Of the cabin above mentioned
could talk they would tell tale. The
cabin when erected originally was In q
dense forest. through which savage In
dams traversed and maybe within Its walls
streams Of blood flowed and many scalps
were taken.--Somerset. KY, Reporter.
The herald., 1898-09-28
VERY MUCH WORRIED

Our Republican friends seem to be
greatly Mortified at the alleged political
somersaults Of Judge Mcguire. Instead
of assailing him, if what they say is
true, they ought to commend him In
justification of their own ground and
lofty tumbling." In no circus was there
ever more astonishing acrobatic feats
than that performed on the money
question by the Republicans of Cali
fornia.
Judge Mcguire in all his political ac-
tions, whether with or against his party,
has been on the side of the people. The
Republican party unerringly flops to the
side of class interests and against the
masses when it changes at all. 1t can
not be that somersaults are what they
object to, but the direction which they
take.
We notice that when member OF that
party sewers connection with 1t he is
denounced as dishonest or a nobody, but
when a Democrat or a Populist leaves
his party and enters the Republican fold
he is described as a patriot and a man
of distinction. Going over to them they
seem to regard a a metamorphosis from
la lower to a higher order of existence.
It is the infallible g. o. p. whether 1t
is for goldism, bimetallism, greenback
retention or retirement, or engaged in
favoring monopoly and trust-in short in
whatever the party may do.
They seem to forget that there are
such things as judgment and conscience
ventions dictated to by Dan Burns and
the push, which is in politics for pelf.
The herald., 1898-09-28
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My Dear Mr.. Hammel:
OF course. l will support you, though I
do not like some of the appointments you
contemplate making. Still, 1 will aid you
all can In just the same way that Mosher
Is assisting the election Of Gage. Hoot.
mon!
Yours, with an ak.
My Dear Mckinley:
You will have to fire Osborne and Flint.
They are doing politics, and visit the Ar
cade depot. and do not mind the orders Of
the Times.
Yours. for the general
l.. E. MosHER.
Dear Flint and Osborne:
Inclosed find copy of letter from Mosher,
I regret I did not send him to Manila with
the general If you keep California from
joining the Bryan column you keep your
offices; otherwise, nit. Mark sends re-
CARDS to H. e. and Herrin.
Yours,
MKINLEY.
L. =. AhOSueIs Eld6Ic . 1NcSts 1<OD AHSeI0Oy
Dear Mostly:
Yours received. Say, old man. you raise
more Cain than the general. will forward
you your commission as governor Of the
Ladrones in few days. Please start at
once.
Yours.
M'KINLEY.
O O o
Adjt Gen. Corbin, Washington, D. c..
Dear Sir: The people Of California de-
regiment be sent at once to Manila. 1t IL
absolutely essential It should depart before
the Democratic city convention is held
here.
Yours.
M. P. SNYDER
do not fall to assign DR.. Choate to a warm
er climate. NJ P.S.
MY Dear Mr.. Mcguire:
too bad. Your election was assured. Alb
solutely. But now 1t Is lost. AS secretary
of the county committee, I could have won
you out easily, for was not particle dis
comfited when the tiger sat down upon me.
But now, James, I have been turned down.
Deprived of my directing mind, you cam
not hope for success.
Yours In sympathy.
LOUIS HERZOG.
The herald., 1898-09-28
Deceived by the Resemblance

THAT first balloon you sent up" said the
captured Spanish officer, gave us a great
shock"
How so?" queried his American enter
tainer.
''Why, 1t was this way. One of our staff
had been inside your lines, and the instant
he caught sight of the balloon he jumped
to his feet and yelled: Blessed saints !
there goes Shafter! "-Cleveland Leader.
The herald., 1898-09-28

The sorrows OF the Seventh regiment
are as interminable and as aggravating
as the trials of Tantalus. Every other
day the tempting bait of active service
has been dangled before their eyes, only
to be cruelty withdrawn before the next
sun rises. Alger has proved himself the
apostle of procrastination In other mat
ters relating to Southern California in
terests, and In far wider sphere has
turned the glory of the war into re-
proach. But how long Is the secretary
of war to be permitted to roast the
Seventh regiment on gridiron Of de-
ferred hopes?
The herald., 1898-09-28
Hard to Please

They say that Spain amt got enough
Of what her folks call glory"
She wants a rockier road and rough
sequel to the story.
She's powerful unsatlsfied!
Done lost the whole plantation,
Yet amt content to know she's chased
Clean off the whole creation.
Atlanta Constitution.
The herald., 1898-09-28
Los ANGELES MORNING SEPTEMBER 2s ts,a

in Lyons Is diminishing.
because of large importations of cheap
grades from America. England is an
unwilling market for nearly everything
American except coal. Our surplus poll
ticians seem to be about the only stock
that we are unable to work off in
Europe
The herald., 1898-09-28

That representative of Aguinaldo who
talks with the volubility of a phono-
graph, will be a difficult person to sup
press If he gets the floor before the
peace commissioners. IF such takers
are common among the Flipinos We
have another objection to making them
American cousins. Dangerous competi-
ton should be avoided.
The herald., 1898-09-28

When all Of your debts are settled and
paid.
And returned are the troubles borrowed
When the ghosts of the sins you have
sirned are laid,
With the wra1ths Of your sorrows sor.
rowed;
When, after the days of toll. comes balm
To soothe the soul abraded,
And cen for the angushed heart there.
calm,
For all hates and hopes have faded
Why,
You're
Dead.
Roy l.. McCardell in Examiner.
The herald., 1898-09-28

That demonstration of colored voters
at the meeting Monday night only means
that successors of the emancipated men
of the civil war time will not be vassals
Of dominating political party now.
No slavery for the fathers, no political
vassalage for their sons.
The herald., 1898-09-28
Enjoyed It Thoroughly

"wot's de use o. walkin' up dis way at
5 o'clock in de mornin'?' inquired Plodding
Pete Indignantly.
"Well," answered Meandering Mike, II
take so much comfort out O. doin' nothin'. !"
-Washington Star.
The herald., 1898-09-28

The champion of anti-monopoly speaks
to the people so that they do not lose
single word of his argument. His sledge
hammer sentences at the pavilion
on Monday night were driven home with
irresistible force and will remain In the
minds of his hearers long after his vic
tory next November.
The herald., 1898-09-28

The harvest is past, the summer Is
ended, and the circus is coming. Life Is
worth living in Los Angeles, no matter
what the pessimists say. There is no
need for despondercy and no excuse for
being devoured by trouble. Life is nor
mally sweet, but you can add a little
sugar If need be.
The herald., 1898-09-28
HAN MA IS COMING

Hanna and his sack have been sent
for. He has been invited to lend his
aGroltness as a political manipulation
to the confedcrated corporations and al
lied push of California to assist them In
their desperate efforts to win a doubt
full political fight. He has been petition
The herald., 1898-09-28
A,Minfnr Deal

PRESCOTT, Ariz. Sept. N-Negotla-
tions which have been IN progress some
time for the purchase OF the Little Jessie
mine at Chaparral. fourteen miles from
Prescott, were closed today whereby J. 3.
Jones, owner of the mine. transfers the
property to an English syndicate the pur-
chase price being $65O,OOO The purchasers
will increase the force working In the mine
and will Immediately erect two HUNDREDS
ton cyanide plant for the reduction Of ore.
The herald., 1898-09-28

If Secretary Alger Is sufficiently "de.
lighted" with his tour of camp inspection
it would be we'll for him 70 give attention
to the appalling sickness Of the soldiers
in Porto Rico. Nearly one-fourth Of the
twelve thousand soldiers there are ir
hospital. Their condition is as bad, ap-
parently, as was that of the soldiers al
Santiago when Colonel Roosevelt sue.
ceeded in arousing the war department
The herald., 1898-09-28

A congress Of mothers Is announced to
be held at Omaha October Sth, 9th and
10th. by invitation of the exposition Of
flcials. The three days Of deliberation
and discussion will doubtless result in
much useful information about the
proper management Of other peoples
Chtldren.
The herald., 1898-09-28

you cannot fool all the people all the
time" said the great emancipation, and
you cannot fool colored Lincoln Repub-
licans to the extent of converting them
into Hanna Republicans.
The herald., 1898-09-28

In the category Of why's" addressed
by the war Investigation commission to
who is mourning the wanton sacrifice
of nearly score Of her brave sons, would
ask:
Why was a camp organized IN the
most unhealthy and disadvartag geous
location in San Francisco?
The herald., 1898-09-28

Mcguire must be a musician. He
heard the keynotes struck by Gage and
Barnes and has exposed to ridicule their
woful lack of harmony.