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The herald., 1898-06-15
FUSION IN THE COUNTIES

The several county conventions already
held throughout the state, with barely an
exception, have agreed upon a plan OF
coalition and have adopted union ticket,
made up of Democrats, Populists ard Sill
yer Republicans. Among them are San
Bernardino, Orange, Tularc and MERGED
Judging from present indications, coali-
ton in this county is an assured fact
We believe that seventy-fve per cent of
the counties in the state will agree UPON
some plan of coalition. If we are correct
in our premise, 1t shows that the senti-
ment throughout the state is overwhelm-
ingly in favor of coalition, and If this be
true, then the committees, or some of
reform parties in this state must mis-
represent or misunderstood their con-
stituencies.
1t may be that some of these commit
tees misrepresent their parties because
they misunderstood them, and that this
misunderstanding has arisen from the
failure of the committeeman to acquaint
themselves with the facts, or because
they have obtained their information
from local party leaders who do not re-
fleet the sense Of the rank and file of
their parties. Or, again, 1t may be tina,
some of the members of these committees
perfectly understand their parties ard
know that they are in favor of coalition
and Intentionally oppose coalition from
selfshness or other motives.
The means are at hand to ascertain the
sense of each Of the three parties upon
this question. Let the several county
conventions throughout the state adopt
resolutions for or against coalition and
instruct their delegates to the state con-
vention accordingly. The state conven-
tion whose delegates reflect the sense OF
Its party can then decide the question Of
The herald., 1898-06-15
WAR AND BUSINESS

The war with Spain has now been in
progress for sufficient length Of time
to enable some estimate to be made as
to the immediate and ultimate results
with reference to the various departments
of business and labor.
To begin, war has thrown into circula-
ton enormous sums of money. The man
ner in which this has been done robs the
people of the final advantages that would
otherwise accrue, because much of the
money was borrowed, and more will be
borrowed, all Of which will have to be
paid. OF course there will be compensa-
tions, depending on the final settlement
with Spain. Our investments may not be
Improbable in the end.
A large proportion of the $4,000, 900 ap.
propriated for the national defense By
congress was spent abroad because thu
The herald., 1898-06-15
IN THE PUBLIC EYE

The wife of Maxine Gomez was Miss Pink
Martin of Nails Creek, Tenn. Her wild
owed mother went to Havana after the war
because her brother was in business there.
Alfred de Rothschild appears to have
horror of London water. He has every pint
of water used in his London house brought
up every day In special cars from his wells
at Trng, in Hertfordshire.
Governor Powers of Maine is an ecolom-
ical executive. Rather than call an extra
session of the state legislature 20 make an
appropriation for the mobilization of the
militia, he is defraying the expenses out
of his own pocket.
Miss Caroline Kane Mills, who will soon
marry Leo Everett. a grandson of the late
Edward Everett Of Boston, is one of the
best-known portrait painters in New York,
and will not give UP her studio after her
marriage.
Captain Don Louis Cadarso, commander
of the Spanish warship Reina Christina.
who was killed in the battle of the fleets
at Manila, was an authority on naval and
colonial matters, and as such frequently
wrote for Spanish papers and reviews.
In q letter written to a friend on the eve
of his departure for Texas to recruit his
regiment of rough-riding cavalry. Theo-
dore Roosevelt said: Il have got about
twenty Harvard men in my regiment who
are real Americans, and this offsets the fact
that there are at Harvard two or three pro-
essors who are not"
The length of Mr.. Gladstones political
service can be measured by the fact that
he entered parliament at time when An
1rrt of 40 MI ad
States, and retired from it when Mr.. Cleve-
land began his second term. He held his
first cabinet office when Daniel Webster
was also first serving in Ike capacity
here
Ex-senator M. c. Butler of South Caro-
lima, who has just been appointed major
general, is a Confederate veteran, and was
a acknowledgement at the close of the war.
He held the seat in the senate for three
terms, until defeated by Tillman. He comes
of a famous family, being nephew OF COM
modore oliver Hazard Perry, the hero OF
the battle of Lake Erie.
Miss Lille Reason, who has just grad
uated from the high school at Charleston,
ILL.,, has attended school for thirteen years
and has never missed a day or been tardy.
She is a good looking girl of 10 and won first
honors easily. The board o: education pre-
ented her with four years scholarship
certificate in the Illinois Female college
and College of Music and Art at Jackson.
Vile.
A Kentucky woman, whose maiden name
was Alyina jackson, recently buried her
saventh husband. The dear departed all lie
in a row in the cemetery at Bolivar, and the
manv-times widow has erected monu-
ment to the whole lot. 1t consists OF
marble hand with the index finger pointing
upward. On the base instead OF the usual
name, dates, ages, etc., are the two WORDS
"seven Up"
The herald., 1898-06-15

things Memberships, arms and NUM-
tions of war could not be secured at once
in the United States; but more than
double that amount has been expended
in this country since. The war is costing
Uncle Sam more than 100000 a day.
Enormous contracts for food supplies,
arms. ammunition, clothing, ETC., have
been made, giving employment to thous-
ands of men and women. A volunteer
army of over $4,000 men Is in the field,
leaving positions that have been filled by
others who needed work. The railroads
have been given a vast amount of busi-
ness, increasing the amount of labor en-
ployed in that line. What the govern
ment pays the railroads this year will
have no small effect on the railroad divi-
dend list. The price of many farm sta
pies and the price of meat have advanced,
the producers reaping corresponding
benefit.
Whatever we may secure from Spain in
the way of territory, it is certain that the
foreign trade of the United States will be
greatly stimulated. We are learning our
commercial strength, as we'll as our ma
tional strength, and the possibilities Oh
our gigantic resources. If our commerce
is not shackled too heavily by the antag-
onisms caused by the odious protective
system We may expect great results from
this direction.
1t is too early now to- talk about booms
1t Is better to face the fact that we must
pay the fiddler for our warlike dancing.
Already we are feeling the burdens of
increased taxation. We know what the
evils of gigantic national debt are from
experience, and we must, in measure.
repeat the lesson over again. War is a
costly indulgence. The cost, however,
cuts no figure with patriotic Americans,
so long as the humane purposes of tho
nation remain unachieved.
The herald., 1898-06-15
Beyond the Original Purpose

1t is feared that the executive authorities
at Washington are not abiding strictly by
the spirit which animated congress and
the people in entering upon this war for
humanity. Our armies are being prepared
on a scale suggesting permanent occupa-
ton of former territory Of Spain. In other
words there are signs that the war fever Is
about to carry US far from the original
purpose for which we took up arms and to
which we stand pledged before the world
st. Louis Republic.
The herald., 1898-06-15
CALIFORNIA OPINION
Populists for Tuscon

The Populist county convention of Kings
county, in session at Lemoore this week,
almost unanimously Endorsed the course
of its committee which made arrangements
with the Democrats for fusion on the
county ticket. The convention adjourned to
meet the same day the Democratic conven-
ton is to meet in Hanford. The delegates
elected to the state convention are In
structed to favor a fusion with the Demo-
Gratis on the state and district nominations.
-Visalia Times.
The herald., 1898-06-15
Furnishing With Postmasters

At this period Of universal patriotism and
intersectional good feeling there is jar
ring note in the discrimination practiced
by the postofflce department against south
ern communities in the appointment of post
masters. The practice of appointing COL
ored postmasters to serve white commu-
mites is confined to the south. Colored
postmasters are not appointed in northern
towns, out of regard for local conviction
and sentiment. No more ought they to be
appointed in the south.-Baltimore Sun.
The herald., 1898-06-15
Wolcott as a Fraud

What fraud Senator Wolcott Is! He
is just as much of q goldbug as Secretary
Gage, and when the people of Colorado get
at him they will tear his hypocritcal mask
off and retire him to private life and send
a man who is true to bimetallism and
against bond issues as the colleague Of
Senator Teller.-San Diego Vidette.
The herald., 1898-06-15
Progress of Patriotism

The war with Spain may bring many SUBJ
|stantial advantages to this country, but
none better than the present disposition to
reunite completely the once divided sec
lions of the country and to obliterate all
useless and irritating memorials of domestic
strife-Washington Star.
The herald., 1898-06-15
A Warning

Ciotilde-He only married her for her
bicycle. He wanted 1t ter learn ter ride
on. After marriage he found out dat her
bicycle suit wuz only bluff, an she never
had wheel in her life.
Madeline-Ah, wot q warnin' dat is never
ter love anybody fer anything except love-
Judge.
The herald., 1898-06-15
Shared None

The Woman who Had Just Moved In
The first thing we want to do is to tear
down those old curtains those people nave
left.
erence. for the shades Of the departed
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The herald., 1898-06-15
Mckinley AS a War President

Mr.. Mckinley will not take his place
alongside Abraham Lincoln. There are two
other war presidents with whom he belongs
and both Of whom he intellectually resem-
bles in some degree. In the catalogue of
American presidents Mr.. Mckinley will
rank with James Madison and James K.
Polk-Stockton Mail.
The herald., 1898-06-15
A Modest Frenchman With Us

A French ''nobleman" who has just ar
rived at New York advertises for wife,
stipulating that she must be "a tall, hand
some woman of large wealth." We fear
that the gentleman has arrived at a bad
time Most Of our tall, handsome women
of large wealth have recently been exhibit
ing unmistakable signs of human intelli-
gence.-Cleveland Leader.
The herald., 1898-06-15
The Editor and the ASS

Some anonymous correspondent. painting
his Fighting-Bob- Evans language in sew
enteen colors and forty-seven shades of pro-
family. refers to the editor of the Bee as an
lass" Thanks! An ass is a noble and pa
tient animal, despised 1t may be by great
many, but loyal and true to his duty. Man
may not know what the ass is hero for, but
God fitted him into the harmony of the uni
verse, and he Ais his humble place I'M
compainingly and well.-Sacramento Bee.
The herald., 1898-06-15
Reed Steadily in Opposition

However puzzling Spanish tactics may
be, there is never any doubt about Gear
Reeds exact location on all matters in
which the administration is particularly in
terested. He is on the other side, and armed
and equipped.-Kansas City Star.
The herald., 1898-06-15
Southern California Exhibit

The Southern California display Of fruits
and other productions at the Omaha expo
sition is attracting general attention. How
ever, Northern California has the commits
sioners, although they have nothing to do.
The result of Southern CALIFORNIA; enter
prise will be the acquisition Of thousands of
excursonists and settlers in that section
which will we'll deserve it.-San Jose Mer-
curry.
The herald., 1898-06-15
Late Raisins Did Good

Those who thought the recent rains came
too late to be of much benefit to the farm
ers can be agreeably surprised by reading
the official crop report for the California
division. 1t shows that good pasture land is
now assured all over the state and that the
grain has freshened up SO remarkably that
the yield will be fairly good. The second
crop of fruit will be large, vegetables are
plentiful; in fact, everything agricultural
is doing well.-Oakland Tribune.
The herald., 1898-06-15
Merited

searcher After Information-Wha do
YOU think ought to be done with the vivl-
sectionists?
Anti Vivisectionist Earnestly - They
ought to be cut up alive.-Somerville
(Mass) Journal.
The herald., 1898-06-15

whole the cabinet is not the very best for
times when there is war, and other grave
matters are on hand. Gage is bothering
with his financial schemes all the time,
and favorites are dinging the presidents
OF their sons and nephews to places they
are incompetent to fill. Mckinley would
get along better if he would have less to
do with politics and more with bringing
Spain speedily to her knees, and straight
ening out the general affairs of the
country
The herald., 1898-06-15
A Mark for the Arts

Now the would-be wits will attempt to
twist the old saw to fit into the recent he
roic achievement 1t was Hobson's choice,
tits true; but what splendid one 1t was,
to be sure.-Sacramento Record-Union.
The herald., 1898-06-15

Prof Hudson, discussing vcracity, say
we may grow so accustomed to a fact
that It gradually loses it's meaning to US"
On the other hand, some people tell lie
so many times that they come to believe
it themselves.
The herald., 1898-06-15

The results of Lieutenant Hobsons he
roic deed are not to be comprised in a
day. 1t actually caused patriotic thrill
in the cold and clammy bosom of the New
York Evening Post
The herald., 1898-06-15
A Suggestion

"Could you suggest some suitable badge
for our Don't Worry club?" asked tho
typewriter boardsr.
GLOW would pine knot do?" asked the
Cheerful Idiot.-Indianapolis Journal.
The herald., 1898-06-15

The vote on the Hawaiian annexatio
question will be taken today. Gear Reed
will give his crown a few hours' rest, but
even that does not prove that Hawaii
will be annexed.
The herald., 1898-06-15
A Hint to Los Angeles Republicans

When Los Angeles gets the Republican
League convention in 1900 we trust that she
will set a shining example of hospitality by
furnishing one free Of expense to visiting
delegates. The man who spends his time
and money to go away from home to con-
vention ought not to be assessed for the
privilege after he gets there. The city that
gets his patronage in other ways can well
afford to furnish hall, lights and attend
arce.-Pasadena tSar.
The herald., 1898-06-15

Over thirteen thousand carloads of or
anges have been shipped from Southern
California thus far this season. This Sec
ton is headquarters for oranges, and we
don't care who knows it.
The herald., 1898-06-15

Great Britain and France have once
more concluded not to fight it out just yet
They will not disdain, however, to take
notes In the art of war from the United
States during the continuance Of the pre-
vailing unpleasantness, to be filed for
future reference.
The herald., 1898-06-15

Pastor John L. Scudder says it Is the
others. We are doing the best We can for
Spain, Brother Scudder, and the end IL
not vet
The herald., 1898-06-15

The Seventh regiment is not to go with
the second expedition to the Philippines.
The boys are disappointed, but there are
some thankful hearts in Southern Cali
fOrnia.
The herald., 1898-06-15
Information the Public Wants

The courteous exchange Of staff appoint
ments between federal and confederate gen.
erals may teach us that the old war is over,
but what we want is information that the
new one has begun.-Minneapolis Times.
The herald., 1898-06-15

Captain Miller of the Merrimac ran
cused Lieutenant Hobson of being &C.
tuated by selfish motives in the perform
ance Of his recent daring feat. There was
not much left of the presumptuous icon-
had ceased his verbal castigation. Some
men have souls too small to be located
with a microscope
The herald., 1898-06-15

He (feeling his way)-I-I wish we were
good friends enough for you toto call me
by my first name.
She (helping him along)-Oh, your last
name Is good enough for me.-New York
Weekly.
The herald., 1898-06-15

The various deciduous fruit crops will
begin to ripen in few days. The har-
vest Of the piratical deputy constablea
will begin at the same time.
The herald., 1898-06-15
OF a Large Glass

"Is he man whom you can trust?" asked
Canaan of Maddox, speakingl of Twitters.
"He is a man who is willing to be trusted"
Detroit Free Press.
The herald., 1898-06-15

There is great deal Of pocket picking
in the public library at Boston. The
learned delivers in classic literary treas
urcs must be a trifie absentminded.
The herald., 1898-06-15

That President Mckinley is worried
and worn is not to be wondered at. for
he keeps Alger in the most important os-
partment of government at this time.
The management of the war department
was never more slipshod. Taken as a
The herald., 1898-06-15

The Incline ministry was defeated in
the chamber of deputies yesterday, and
France is now enjoying another cab
met crisis. The South Americans now
quite at home.
The herald., 1898-06-15

Word comes from China that the gov
crnment is passing through a crisis.
That is nothing new. Just tell us when
the crises take their vacation.
The herald., 1898-06-15

The military strategy" that allowed
Cuba to be invaded by force of six hun
dred marines is little too deep for the
average layman. The gallant fellows
cannot be reinforced by the regular SOL
diers before Friday. We can only hope
that they will be alive then.
The herald., 1898-06-15

Sheriff Burr has apparently plucked up
sufficient courage, despite district at
torney's opinions and decisions in the po-
lice court, to exterminate the tape game
turn his attention to those nickel-in-the
slot machines that openly pay money
at q one-to-ten chance-there might be.
more hope for the rescue of the salaries
Los Angeles.
The herald., 1898-06-15
A BAD BREAK

The action of the board of education in
allowing Webbs notorious bill of $423.22
cut down from s551 12-for expenses as
a delegate to the Milwaukee convention
of 1897, will not be regarded with general
approval.
The bill as a whole is grossly exorbitant,
and it is also believed to be false in
some particulars. Prof. Foshay's bill of
expense for the same convention was
less than one-third theamount presented
by Webb. Many of tkcl items in the ac-
count of the latter are questionable. The
Herald shows this morning that Webb
travelled on a pass, yet turned in a bill
for the amount of his fare, thus securing
money from the city under false pre-
lenses.
1t is expected that the county auditor
will again refuse to approve the warrant
for Webb's claim. The matter would
then be referred back to the board of edu-
cation, and it is to be hoped that the
directors will reconsider their action O..
Monday night in approving the bill.
Colonel George Stone Of San Francisco
Is a full Pledged candidate for the Re
publican nomination for governor. He
relies on the support Of the Republican
league clubs, and is now in this city look
ing after his fences. 1t is not known
whether Dan Burns supports him or not,
and Dan proposes to be a power in the
next Republican state convention. 1t is
reported. however that Burns intends to
bring out Estee again and force him on
the convention as he did four years ago.
Estee would be good candidate for the
party of fiops. Estee has always been a
supporter of silver, and, about two years
ago, he wrote and published an able paper
In support of free and unlimited coinage
of silver and gold at the ratio of 16 to l.
Perhaps it may be thought that Estec on
gold platform would draw support from
the silver Republicans. If these are Dams
tactics we suggest that he had better re-
wise them.
The herald., 1898-06-15

The Prince of Wales, Boss Croker and
Chauncey M. Depew were rival attrac-
tions at the Ascot race meeting yester-
day.
The herald., 1898-06-15
To Blow Them Up, Of Course

II this Is not a war for revenge why
should so many amateur brass bands be
sent to Cuba kansas City Times.
The herald., 1898-06-15

President McKinley's recommendation
to congress that liberal appropriation
be made for the Paris exposition of 1900
should be favorably considered by that
body. We should hurt ourselves far moro
than we should injure the exposition by
failing to make a national exhibit.
The herald., 1898-06-15
When He Wakes Up

It Is funny that a man is never really
alive till he Is dead In earnest RICH
mond Dispatch.
The herald., 1898-06-15

Will the San Francisco Call now have
anything to say in defense of its former
protege, Walter L. Webb, who was NOR
ally convicted of corruption in the school
board, and who is actually convicted Of
gross immortality with certain teachers?
w. L. Webb and H. w. Patton formed
a precious pair for whom a reputable
newspaper should waste it's powder. If
paper is known by It's friends the Sar
Francisco Call must be in a grievous
plight.
The herald., 1898-06-15

The management of the Santa Fee Rail-
the CALI of Kansas for laborers would
be of no avail if the ordinary rates OF
transportation were charged. has made
timely reduction for parties Of working
vest. The ordinary fare from California
would have made preposterous hole in
any wages that Kansas could offer. The
reduction to rate of one cent mile
should be an encouragement td the man
who is looking for work, and is healthy
sign when the popular complaint Is that's
railroad corporations have no souls.
The herald., 1898-06-15

The Honorable Charles A. Towne is still
on earth, as the St. Paul Dispatch has
just ascertained. Last August the Dis
patch charged Mr.. Towne with having
sold his convictions on the money ques-
ton. Mr.. Towne promptly sued the
paper for libel, with the result that the
Dispatch published full and complete
a
retraction, admitting it's charges to be
untrue. The st. Paul paper knows more
than it did, and Mr.. Towne still has the
courage of his convictions.
The herald., 1898-06-15

The Democratic candidates who would
like to succeed Senator White are Judge
w. T. Wallace and ex-Congressman Clunie
of San Francisco w. w. Foote of Oakland
and Abbot Kinney of this city. The Re-
publican candidates for the same office are
U. S. Grant and State Senator Bulla from
the south and M. H. de Young ex-senator
C. 3. FELTON, and perhaps Claus Spreckels
The herald., 1898-06-15

The Silver Republicans of this county are
taking steps to hold a county convention.
This is a step In the right direction and
probably preliminary to their state conven-
ton and coalition with the other reform par
ties.
The herald., 1898-06-15

Judge Conley of MADEIRA has been Endorsed
by the Democratic committee of MADEIRA
county for associate justice of the supreme
court He will probably have solid dele
cation from the San Joaquin valley back of
him.
The herald., 1898-06-15

The Silver Republican club of Florin, Sac
ramento county, has adopted resolutions in
favor of county and state coalition and has
taken as it's motto, United we stand, d.
vided we fall
The herald., 1898-06-15

Congressman Loud of San Francisco is
one of the latest candidates for the Repub-
lican nomination for governor.