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The herald., 1898-02-14
Somewhat After Aesop

A chrysanthemum and a cabbage met
by chance at the door of a house where
they had been left by florist and a gro
Ger, respectively.
.what part Of the mansion are you
about to visit?" asked the cabbage.
1.-THE parlor," replied the chrysanthe-
num- "And your
"Alas. fair cousin" rejoined the cab
bage, II fear am on my way to the cell
lar
"Call me not cousin" said the other ar
rogantly.l 1--WE are not related at all. The
cellar is a good enough place for such as
YOU"
The humble cabbage said no more; but,
a few days later, they met again, by aeci-
dent, for one brief moment. The cab
bage reposed in the center of large plat
ter The chrysanthemum was in q coal
bucket.
s"Whither are you going?" feebly asked
the chrysanthemum.
ITO the dinner table," answered the cab
bage "And you?'
"Alas." responded the other, II am on
my way to the garbage box
Concerning this incident It may be re-
marked that pride still goeth before q
fall, even as 1t did Of old.-Youth's Conn
panion.
The herald., 1898-02-14
Russia,s budget for This Year

Another important document OF the sea, Ca
son is NJ. Whites financial estimase III, aos
1898. Briefly, the budget is balanced WIN
a total of /, IA, ,O94. 1923 rubles, with surplus
of 14OoO,Oo rubles ordinary revenue: ana
deficit of lOsooo,ooo rubles estraordlnafy r. ordinary;
ture amounts to nearly. 124,00o,0Oo rubies'
all Of which, with the exception Of Il Co.,
600, is for railway construction; A aoarad denclf
~, "+ha available resources Of the treas
uy ,yv " which some critics interpret as in
dicatng new loan M so,m,nos Whites e1Olana to aaa
with by telegram. He elucidates at length
the Transformation of the paper currency
and silver standard into gold coinage, and
touches upon the bad harvest last sum
mer. which is likely to reduce the income
of the peasant and land taxes by some
= mn 0OO rubles. In the present report the
economical well-being of Russia is not
renresented in the same favorable light as
In the budgets of the last few years.
London Times.
The herald., 1898-02-14
SHOULD BE MODIFIED

A congressional measure that is at
tracing considerable attention Just
now, especially in view of Germany's
retaliatory course, is bill introduced
by Representative Barlow, ordered
printed and sent to the committee on
agriculture.
The bill provides rules and regulations
governing the importation of nursery
stock, and regulations for the inspection
of nursery stock grown within the
United States which becomes subject to
Interstate commerce or transportation
1t requires that all plants, trees, shrubs.
vines, gratis. cuttings and buds offered
for entry at any port in the United
States shall be accompanied by cer-
tificate of inspection by officials of the
government from which the eXporta-
ton was made, which certificate shall
be made in a manner and form pre-
scribed by the secretary of agriculture.
All nursery stock imported in accord
ance with such regulations to be free
from all inspection, quarantine or re-
strictions in interstate commerce. The
secretary of agriculture is empowered to
establish quarantine against any sus-
pected nursery stock sent from abroad.
All nursery stock grown in the United
States subject to interstate commerce
must be inspected by qualified ento-
mologist under the direction of the sec
retary of agriculture, the inspection to
be made prior to September l of each
year, the certificate of inspection to re-
lease such stock from further quaran-
tine or restriction.
The bill is undoubtedly intended to be
in the interests of the fruit growers of
this country, but the manner in which
the desired end is sought to be achieved
is open to criticism. Inspection by the
officials of foreign country that is ma
turally interested in securing as large
exports as possible would be more in the
nature of a farce than anything else
and would not secure the protection de-
sired. After the stock had once passed
The herald., 1898-02-14
EPIaRAlrs BY
CHARLES A. TowNE

= The campaign of 1900 began the day
= after Bryan's nomination in 1895, and
\ 1t will go on until the day Of his elec-
4 tfon in 1900.
4 The single gold standard is the
= greatest trust and monopoly in all
= this world, and comprises all others.
o o
4 The Republican party said in 1892
+ that nine-tenths of the American peo-
7 pie were bimetallists. They told the
= truth. 1t was true in 1892; 1t was true
+ In 1896; 1t is true today, and 1t will be
= true In 1900.
= There Is absolutely no excuse for
= any man who declares under any cir
+ cumstances for the free coinage of
Z silver to put up with the maintenance
= of the gold standard.
The gold standard has been indicted
+ ever since 1t was mistakenly en-
throned in the world for high crimes
and misdemeanors, and has pleaded
Z geilty at the bar of public justice for
four and twenty years.
+ An appeal to the mercy, to the gem
shhsy VI thC iOObCI, is always Ill VAIN.
+ You must assert your own rights, or
4 you will not have any.
+ The senate of the United States is
+ today the bulwark of the safety of
+ these United States. The house is no
<longer representative body.
+ The people of the country have
learned that psychological prosperity
= Is myth and an impossibility.
+ In the United States today there are
+ until this great question is settled,
7 only two political parties. those who
+ are for the gold standard. the trusts
= and the monopolies, and those who
+ are against them.
= 1t is the boast of our opponents that
Z they are united. 1t is their hope of
7 success that they may divide us, in
order that they may conquer. Let us
take wisdom from our enemies.
= O o
= Hon. Stephen M. White is one of the
y acknowledged leaders of the United
+ States senate. He is a man of very
= great ability as a lawyer, as a par
= liamentarian and as a debater in the
= councils of the senate; a man who
= stands absolutely true absolutely in
+ corruptible, absolutely fearless in this
= great cause now waging before the
= people of the country, and who en-
y joys the confidence of all the men fol-
+ lowing that common banner.
= O o
= When they say gold has intrinsic
7 value. we retort that intrinsic value
4 is intrinsic nonsense. We say that
+ value is simply the ratio between the
= demand for a thing and the supply
= of it.
= The demand for money is equiva-
= lent to the demand for all other
= things. 1t is the all-powerful finger
\ of the law which gives us the right to
= use a metal as money.
O O
What France was able to do from
= 1903 to 1873, the United States of
= America can do from 1898 until the end
= of the world.
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The herald., 1898-02-14
THE LOCAL SCREW AT FAULT

You must add s45,00oo 900 per annum
to the circulating medium to keep pace
with the natural growth of the United
States, shouted Bryan in 1886 And you
can only accomplish this result by free
coinage of silver, yelled Bryan in 1896.
In 1897 the money of the country was
increased S96,041, ,SS2 $76,02S.4S5 of which
was gold coin, receivable at its face
value the world over. Will Mr.. Bryan
or The Los Angeles Herald explain
which particular screw was loose in
Mr.. Bryan's wheeis.-Exchange
The statement of Mr.. Bryan that
S45, 100000 must be added to the circu-
lating medium annually to keep pace
with the natural growth of population
in the United States and maintain the
per capita of available money in the
hands of the people, is based upon a
mathematical calculation. MI Carlisle.
in his last annual report as secre-
tary of the treasury, conceded the neces-
sity, as well as the correctness Of the
estimate.
Mr.. Bryan believes it better and safer
to maintain the per capita circulation
by the coinage of gold and silver, of
which we produce scarcely more than
Is sufficient for the purpose, than by
the issue of more promises to pay
money. upon whatever scheme or basis
OIL redemption. The decreasing sill
yer product, if all were converted
The herald., 1898-02-14
ALREADY FIGHTING 1T

The campaign against the primary
election law has already begun, befor,
the opportunity is afforded of putting il
into practice. 1t is little significant
too, that the opposition to the law is be.
ing manifested by those who are hand ir
glove with the Push and Pull element ol
the several political parties.
Thomas " Gator, for instance, self
assumed leader of the Populist party ir
San Francisco, who trained with tbs
Rainey crowd in the recent freeholders
election, is engaged in litigation before
the supreme court, in an effort to have
the law declared unconstitutional.
Now comes the San Francisco Post,
which espoused the cause of the Solid
Six in the Los Angeles board of educa-
ton scandal, and says:
If we are to judge by experience, it
is safe to say that nobody except the
political classes will participate at the
primaries established by the law The
selection of delegates, therefore, will
be left entirely to the political bosses,
and inasmuch as the law provides that
no candidate can go upon the official
ballot with a party designation unless
he has been nominated by convention
created according to law, the power to
control party labels and party nominal
tions is thus confided entirely to the
political bosses. The new primary law,
moreover, is contradictory and confus-
ing. No one but traditional Phladel-
phia lawyer will ever be able to tell
exactly what 1t means. But if it is ca
pable of practical operation, it can, In
our judgment, have but one result, and
that is the almost complete destruction
of the Independent system of voting set
up by the Australian ballot
AS the law has never been tried. no.
body can be cocksure as to it's effect.
The fact that it is so vigorously con-
demned by the Post, tends to throw sus-
picion upon the character of the oppo-
sition, and to convey the impression that
the corruptionists and the bosses in pol
itics are afraid of it. 1t will be recalled
that The Herald recently called atten-
tion to the experience Of Colorado few
years ago. There a law was passed to
insure clean, honestly conducted pri-
maries; it worked so well that the Push
and the Pull secured it's repeal at the
very next legislative session.
The new law may be a failure; but let
us not condemn it until it shall have been
proved to be so.
The herald., 1898-02-14

paIgn OF next fall. and specifically In the
elections for United States senators IN
the states of California. Utah and Me-
braska. Fortunately for the cause he
advocates, since it serves to facilitate
his plans, 1t is desirable to secure the re-
turn from those commonwealths OF a
Democrat, Silver Republican and a
Populist, in the persons Of Senators
White. Cannon and Allen. The re-elec-
tion of these three senators, so essential
to the silver cause, would Of course be
endangered in the event Of division In
their states. No less imperative is 1t
that bimetallists should stand together
and subordinate all other questions to
the main issue in the congressional elec-
tions Of this fall, and to the organization
of them into one compact body of voters
Mr.. Dubois proposes to direct his best
energies.
The herald., 1898-02-14
NOTES OF THE DAY

The graphophone Is being utilized by the
bureau of ethnology to preserve a record
of songs and languages that are likely to
soon become extinct.
Women in France have just secured
slight addition to their legal rights. They
may henceforth be valid witnesses to reg
istrations of births. marriages and deaths,
and to the signatures in legal documents.
During 1897 the sum total of losses paid
in Kansas by all the life insurance COM
panies doing business there was $413,900
During the same time $3.50 ,262 was paid by
one fraternal society. the A. o. u. w.
The Delaware and Hudson railroad has
adopted a competitive system in dealing
with employees. with the view Of enhancing
efficiency, eliminating favoritism and
making merit the reason for promotion.
Twenty-Five business men who acted az
the coroners jury in the investigation OF
the recent great fire in London and served
for fourteen working days received
pence q cents) each as compensation.
A shoe dealer in New York says that on
account of the newspaper ridicule women
have almost entirely discontinued the
practice of sending slippers to their pas
tors at Christmas.
Five is the sacred number of the Chi
nese, who have five planets, five cardinal
points, five virtues, five tastes} Ave
musical tones, uVe RANKS OF noDluty anu
five colors.
Two glasses of a temperance drink served
to a London doctor by a teetotal family
contained so much alcohol that the doctor
was unable to walk straight across the
room. He is now lecturing against ginger
ale and root beer as intoxicants.
A European has been sentenced at Bulu-
wayo to six years imprisonment with hard
labor for defrauding the natives of their
cattle. He pretended to be a government
inspector and seized the cattle for sup
posed violations of law.
A paper read before the British associa-
tion at Bath in praise of corsets, declared
that reasonably tight" lacing increased
mental and physical activity by causing
a more liberal supply Of blood to the brain,
muscles and nerves.
In report to the state department
United States Consul Monohan, at Chem
nitz. shows that workmen wounded by ac-
cident in Germany have been paid In the
last eleven years over and above their
wages nearly s12O 100000.
Arrangements are being made in England
ciety for Promoting Christian knowledge
of the day on which the society was
founded in 1893.
The women of Seattle. Wash, have in
stituted a Society of Klondike Widows.
The lists are exclusive, being restricted to
those whose claims to "Klondike widow
hood are indisputable. Only the wives
and .sweethearts of men Off to the gold
fields are eligible and no others need apply.
The herald., 1898-02-14
PLATFORM

The Herald believes that the city OF
Los Angeles should own and control
complete system of waterworks.
Tho Herald believes that the city
should acquire such system at the
earliest date possible and on the most
advantageou terms possible. consistent
with contract obligations and fair deal
1ng.
The Herald believes that the con-
tract with the Los Angeles City water
company should be enforced to the let
ter. and that, at tho conclusion OF the
vending lease. the plant should be taken
over in accordance with the provisions
.nf that contract.
The herald., 1898-02-14
Millions For Charity

The Rev. c. T. Ward of the Sheltering
Arms has prepared comparative tables
showing the amount of money left for
charity or benevolent purposes by testa.ors
throughout the United States during the
last three years. He finds that these be-
quests for 1897 are 81, 100000 in excess of
those for 1896. In 1895 the bequests amount
ed to s940l 800. in 1896 TO sl3, LIP, 300, and in
1897 to sl4,374, 500 OF the more than four
teen millions bequeathed last year s62O4,-
900 was designated for charitable purposes,
s.. SIS, 900 for missionary purposes. and
s., ,292, 200 for educational purposes.
The following table shows the amount to
be devoted 10 church and missionary pur-
poses, according to religious denomina-
tim.
The herald., 1898-02-14
LA TABLE D'HOTE.

OF all that gastronomic art has done,
Both recent and remote,
No greater plague 1t sent to man
Than that called table d'hote.
Its courses long and mixtures vile,
Too numerous to note.
Have indigestion brought to me-
This horrid table d'hote.
I've Travelled far DER land and sea,
BY rail- by stage and boat,
And still find whereer roam,
That same old table d'hote.
In northern lands or sunny climes,
Round Capris Isle 1 float.
And still it comes-that phantom fiend-
The ghostly table d'hote.
I walked on board the Paris deck,
I've 'scaped him now" l tho't;
The captain smiled and said to me:
Come let's have table d'hote."
In dreams I scaled the walls of heaven,
But scarce had crossed the moat;
st. Peter said: You're just in time,
We're taking table d'hote."
1 fed through space, a fiend pursued
And grasped me by the throat;
"And who are your 1 gasped in fear;
He screamed: I'm table d'hote.'
And now. dear captain, list to me,
A moments time devote:
I'm fond of you and all your crew.
But damn your table d hote!
Charles Gilbert Davis in Chicago Times
Herald.
written on board the steamship City o
Paris while returning from trip to Eu
rome
The herald., 1898-02-14
Russian Gold Product

Russia holds the third place among gold
producing countries. Gold is only found
in large quantity in the Ural mountains
and East and West Siberia; the very linn
tied output of washed gold in Finland is
not of any Importance. 1t is only natural
that the Russian government should do
all in it's power to advance the gold mining
industry. Its plan is to train up a staff Of
mining engineers and to let these experts
visit North America, South Africa and
Australasia. 1t is also proposed to attempt
a second extraction of gold from some of
the vast quantities of residue, ETC.. in the
various mining districts.-Philadelphi
Record.
The herald., 1898-02-14
MR.. TONNES SPEECH

Copies of last Sundays Herald,
containing full stenographic report
of Hon. Chas. A. Towne's great speech
at Hazards pavilion, can be had at the
Office Of The Herald. Friends of the
cause should send them where they
will do the most good. Wrapped, ready
for mailing, 5 cents per copy.
The herald., 1898-02-14

The striking Colorado coal miners
have been vindicated by the state board
of arbitration, to which they agreed to
submit their grievances. Every demand
of the men was justified. They could
hardly have expected to secure so much
by prolongation of the strike. 1t in
deed threatened to cost them the whole
thing. The outcome is another splen-
did victory for the principle of peaceful
arbitration,
The herald., 1898-02-14
ANXIETY Aroused

dispatch from Pomona to the Los An
geles Herald by special leased wire says:
TWENTY-FIVE ladies are organizing an ex-
pedition to Dawson City" This Is news,
indeed. Can it be that there Is being or
ganized in Pomona a maiden ladies' expe-
dition to Klondike in quest of husbands?
Impossible! The unmarried Pomona ladies'
are too young and winsome to go on any
such observation-disclosures Progress.
The herald., 1898-02-14
energies.

AS foreshadowed by this journal the
other day, the reorganization committee
of the Kansas Pacific road will bid 1t
in at the forthcoming sale at the upset
price fixed by the government. This
will be disappointing only to those who
hoped the United States would come
into forced possession of the road and
have an opportunity of putting to test
the ability Of the government to auc-
cessfully operate it. But the people gen.
orally, wholly independent Of this con-
sideration will be disposed to felicitate
the country upon being at last rid of a
gigantic problem that for twenty-five
years has vexed the souls of statesmen.
The herald., 1898-02-14

Ex-senator Dubois has already begun
the work of organizing the silver forces
for effective work in the next campaign,
operating in conjunction with other
champions of the cause from the WASH
ington standpoint. He, of course, places
the highest Importance upon a close
fusion in the general congressional cam
The herald., 1898-02-14
Had His Troubles

Seedy Individual--Can't you give dime
to poor homeless wanderer?
Well-dressed Individual-No home?
Why, man, you're In luck. I've got bill
in my pocket for 5000 taxes on mine. six
months overdue. that can't pay.-Somer-
VILE, Mass, Journal.
The herald., 1898-02-14

The Consummate Idiot, who. upon the
slightest pretext raises an alarm of fire
in theaters, attended the Orpheum yes
terday afternoon. Two boys got to
scuff1ing in the upper part of the house,
and of course the Idiot began to yell
Fire! FIRE." at the top of his voice. A
panic was averted, but that was not the
way to prosecute and punish such cat
The herald., 1898-02-14

1t is now announced that unless Spain
sends over bundle of regrets that De
LONE accidentally crowded so much
truth into single letter the president
will not be satisfied. The country will
much deplore a break in the heretofore
chummy relations existing between
Madrid and Washington.
The herald., 1898-02-14
The Silk Hat Epoch

Mrs. Greathead-"I want a silk hat for
my husband and one for my son."
Hatter-"I didn't know they wore them"
Mrs. Greathead-"They haven't hereto
fore, but now my son is growing his first
mustache and my husband is taking an
interest in politics. s."-Philadelphia Record.
The herald., 1898-02-14
Go Slow

II isn't everybody who can aspire to be
a Tod Sloan. Editors, lawyers. physicians,
preachers and others who are not bow
legged and who are working In humble ca
pacities should remember this and not
make the mistake of endeavoring to reach
out beyond their capabilities.-San Jose
Mercury.
The herald., 1898-02-14
An After Thought

After having confessed the truth In refer
ence to killing his brother and sister py
poison, 1t occurs to Frank Belew thaI ne Is
very, very insane.-Santa Rosa Fress-
Democrat.
The herald., 1898-02-14

Rank bimetallists, popularity known
as "silver cranks," have been given the
postoffices in the two leading cities of
Colorado, Denver and Pueblo, by Presi-
dent Mckinley. This is not because he
loves silver men more or hates Demo-
Gratis less, but because of the al
most complete failure of the crop of ad-
lninistration Republicans since the re-
turn of the Wolcott commission.
The herald., 1898-02-14

"Bryan, No One But Bryan" is the
stereotyped heading now used by the
New York Journal for it's department of
political correspondence. The acclaim
is so unanimous as to render the COM
munications monotonous. Arthur Nc
Even should be given another assign
ment
The herald., 1898-02-14
Cologne Used In Viands

1t is no secret that the French culinary
expert employs eau de cologne to produce
with other essences that subtle, mysterious
but delicious flavor so often tasted in fruit
salads and other cookery confections. In
the genuine cologne there is a compressed
extract of rosemary and lemon thyme.
The herald., 1898-02-14

We incline to the
opinion that Mr..
Towne will find
more pleasure in
d h S weatherless,
winterless land, and
in contemplation of
the green things
growing, than he
will in politics. He
will observe that
our people do all
things in season.
While the politi-
clans who are look
ing for office may
feel the quickening
of ambition in Feb
ruary, the people
are busy with the
pruning hook and
plow. In fact. Mr..
Towne comes in the
close season for pol
itics. and while his
audiences will chill
and fever by turns
as he "views with
alarm" or points
with PRIDE" their
minds are on their
wheat fields and raj
sin plantations and
orange groves.
The herald., 1898-02-14
r.ne Queens English

'Englishman-I say, ye knaw, what's
the bookage to Boston?
Railroad Ticket Clerk-The whatage?
Englishman-The bookage, We knaw-
the tariff What's the tariff?
Ticket Clerk-I haven't time to talk poll
itics.-New York Weekly.
The herald., 1898-02-14
Did What He Promised

'How about that bill you promised to
introduce?" inquired the constituent.
IT kept my promise" replied the MEM
ber of congress- II introduced it, but no.
body appeared to desire it's further ac-
Quaintance." ce."-Washington Star.
The herald., 1898-02-14
His Part

little Katie-Papa, what did you say to
mamma when you made up your mind you
wanted to marry her?
Mr.. Meeker (visibly reluctant)--I said
,.yes," dear.-Chicago Tribune.
The herald., 1898-02-14
The Foolish Virgins

The demand for garden seeds furnished
the Californian for distribution has set In
with a grand swing. The seeds. however,
are all gone.-Bakersfield Californian.
The herald., 1898-02-14
Too SprY
on earth

"Jinks is the meanest man on earth"
"Why?"
81 told him good story on the way out
to dinner, and when we got there he
worked it off before 1 had chance
Chicago Record.
The herald., 1898-02-14
To BE Put Out

Trying to prevent smoking at the city
hall offices under penalty of dismissal ID
an illustration of the theory that where
there's smoke there's fire.-Philadelphia
Times. :