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The herald., 1898-10-13

Sec. S9k. Every omcer ana mombor OF
any board or committee. provided for in
this charter, concerning any matter or
thing pending before any such board. off,
Ger or committee. shall have the power
to administer oaths and afhrmations, to
issue subpoenas, to compel by subpoena
the production OF books. papers and doc
uments, and to take and hear testimony.
II any person so suppoenaeo neslect or
refuse to appear. or to produce any book.
paper or document as required by such
subpoena, or shall refuse to tesetffy be-
fore any such board, officer or commit
tee, or to answer any question which any
oficer or majority OF such board. ofn-
Ger or committee shall decide to be prop
er or pertinent, he shall be deemed In
contempt. and any such board. onicer or
committee shall have power to take the
proceedings in that behalf provided by
the general laws Of this state. The Chief
Of Police must. on request of such of1cer,
or Of any member of any such board or
committee, detail a police officer or off,
GERS to serve such subpoenas.
Sec. 1885, Every assistant. deputy or
other subordinate, Of any board. depart
ment. or officer. shall discharge such OF
the duties pertaining to such department.
board or office as his CHIEF may assign
him TO.
Sec. $685. No member of The Board Of
Police Commissioners and no member OF
the Board of Fire Commissioners. and no
ofYicer, subordinate or employee Of the
Police Department or of the Fire DEPART
mont shall be a member of any partisan
convention the purpose Of which is to to
either Of them directly or indirectly cleo
tioneer, by soliciting votes or otherwise.
for or against any candidate for office at
any election, or for or against any candi-
date for nomination before any political
convention, or for or against any candl-
date for delegate to such convention at
any primary election; nor shall either Of
them be member Of any committee.
IL 70 nominate or endorse candidates for
ONCE at any election; nor in any way at
tempt to influence or control such COM
mittss. club or organization. while nomi-
Mating or endorsing said candidates: nor
take any part in the control, manage
ment or distribution Of the political pat
ronage of any public officer; nor shall
any member Of either OF said boards. or
any officer. subordinate or employee Of
ether ot sad departments directly or In
directly attempt to control OF in any
The herald., 1898-10-13
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. sana,dats shan be esrs,nsd sce r,ls sHse
{lns1nent q the Grade Or class s ros t;msa.
u . eligible NOT less than =. snrcS, n,ace % q;
90 ne candidate she'll a.. ioie t,er ma and Se3ec-
6(sfks OF names Of candidates i frIm sSereon eUe
@oss thsn sn'e two s years. , At or before tns es
head Of department Or ONCE iss.dn.rao n MIi him
candidate II employed, my ris reasons
thsn discharged his appointm.snnas .na .tonnaTe snn
oee,;H ce r,,ritc hnsiness or TO meet extraoro,-
nary nj exisencies. the head Of any any oenadl Snnder
mcnt or any oficer OF board ,,,,ssion may, un may
SucI Sy its Fuies prescribe, make temporary
appointments in the classified isssa,nr Slxa sixty
ics. 10 remain IN force not e1ceeu, e1cen,ntment
6sys. and only until regular appo,in, app,n,s can
u under the provisions Of this article can
be made.
The herald., 1898-10-13
CERTIFICATE.

we. the undersigned, members Of tho
Board Of Freeholders Of the City OF Los
Angeles, elected at the special election
held on the 9Th day Of July. 1893, have
prepared and do hereby propose as a
charter for said city the foregoing. con-
sisting Of IS articles and 406 sections.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have
hereunto set our hands in duplicate, at
the city of Los Angeles. this 9Th day of
October, A. D., 1898.
H. T. LEE,
President.
ALBERT NJ STEPHENS
Vice President.
]. H. DAvJSSON.
r. Fl r. vAR1EL.
J. B. MILLARD,
HENRY Il. HAZARD.
M J. NEWMARK,
OCTAvIUS MORGAN.
KASPARE COHN.
M. l.. GRAFT,
ALBERT Fl. CRUTCHER.
II. w. OMELvENY,
LEWIS A. CROFT.
Attest:
GEO. N. NOLAN,
Secretary.
Filed with me the 9Th day OF October,
n p. SNYDER, Mayor
The herald., 1898-10-13
THE PROPOSED CITY CHARTER

ulation Of said authorities, whether in the
court Of original Jurisdiction or In any
appellate court. II shall be unnecessary 70
plead the contents Of the same: but the
court before which the prosecution shal!
be pending shall take judicial notice Of
such ordinance. resolution. rule or other
regulation. and Of the contents thereof; /
and. In any civil action or proceeding to
which the said corporation 10 a party,
either as plaintiff or defendant. the adop-
olution. bylaw. rule or regulation may
be. prima facie. proven by the introduce
tion Of the original entry thereof on the
journal Of the proceedings Of the Coun-
the City Clerk to be full. true and cor
rect copy Of such original entry. or by
the introduction Of a printed copy
thereof.
Sec. l01. The fiscal year mentioned In
this charter shall commence on the Int
day Of July Of each year and end on the
30th day Of June following.
Sec. 4os. In all matters pertaining to
municipal affairs, concerning which Spe-
cial provision Is not made in this char
ter. the general laws Of the state in force
at the time are hereby declared to be.
and shall be. part Of this charter, 80
far as the same are or may be applica-
BILE to the class Of cities to which this
municipality may belong
Sec. 4o4 All ordinances and resolutions
Of the city, and all regulations or rules
adopted or prescribed by or for the gov
ernment Of any Of its departments. off,
GERS or employees. which are In force.
at the time of taking effect Of this char
ter, and which are not inconsistent there
with, shall continue in force until altered,
amended or repealed.
Sec. 4o5 All rights, actions, proceed
ings prosecutions, claims and contracts
Of individuals. corporations. or OF the
city, or any of its departments. officers,
or employees, begun, in progress. or IN
existence. at the time Of the taking ef-
feet Of this charter. and not inconsist-
ent Herewith, are hereby preserved ana
shall continue to be valid, and the same
shall be enforced, continued or completed
in all respects as though vested or begun
hereunder.
Sec. l06 This charter shall go Into ef-
feet for all election purposes on the day
of its adoption by the Legislature ana
for all other purposes on the nfst Mon
day Of January. 1900.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-06
AuapohisiH.

What is anarchismi What are the lines of
demarcation that separate it from socialism on
the one hand and radicalism on the otheri This
Is tho question which Mr.. L. V. ZENKER has
undertaken TO answer in q book published by
the Putnnms. The task. it seems, was not an
easy one. because what little literature exists
on the subject OF nnarchism is almost exclu.
sively hostile to it. Layc!eye, for instance, has
apparently not even heard OF Proudhon; for
him Bakunin is the only representative Of an.
archism; socialism, nihilism, and anarchism are
mixed in wild confusion in his mind. Garin,
who wroto n big book, entitled THE Anarch.
list" WAS not acquainted with n single Anarchist
author, except some youthful writings OF Proud
hons and come few placsrds and manifcstocs.
Tho result was that he identified anarchism
with collectivism, of which, philosophically 1t
10 the Rntithesis. Prof. Enrco Ferri exposed his
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-06

The uniformity of education among all classes
higher than those brought up In elementary
schools has one result that bears a superficial
aspect OF equality. Mr.. Bodley has remarked
that 1t Is often difficult in France. even for
Frenchmen, TO recognize by means of a brief
conversation on different topics to what social
category a man met casually belongs. An agree.
able companion on a railway journey who. in
admirable language. discourses on the European
situation, or on art and literature. may turn out
to be n person of such social surroundings that
an Englishman of corresponding situation
would express himself crudely on those subjects,
and with unrefined pronunciation or accent.
Such an experience %exemplihes the truth that
civilization descends lower in tho French
nation than in the English. On tho other
hand. Frenchmen OF the highest social rank
take pains to assert that they stand
lowor In the scale of civilized humanity than
Englishmen Of the corresponding class. by in.
HiStinE. that the more nearly they approach In
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-06
Ill.

In connection with the authors fundamental
views. which are outlined in the introduction,
1t might he convenient to consider here what he
thinks OF tho chances OF u restoration of the
monarchy or Of the empire. His opinions touch
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-06

Bodlcy finds q persistent source OF the malady
which has q moro distressing effect than the die
tant memory Of q sharp grief; to his mind. the
steady growth Of possimism IL q suro sign that
there In something essentially wrong In the
government Of the country. It is tho primary
purpose OF this book 70 show that the root OF tho
evil IL TO be found not in the republican form Of
the French Government, though the democratic
basis Of the regime extends tho area OF tho OWL,
but in the parliamentary system. Previous
French experiments In representative iilstitu-
lions wero too short.lived, and wero founded on
too artificial q basis to AFFORD material for
Judgment. Since the establishment OF tho Third
Republic they have boon made during n period
Of perfect peace and domestic tranquility on q
democratic foundation, under the most durable
regime OF the century; yet, out OF these favor
ing circumstances, the parliamentary system
has emerged irretrievably discredited. To what
should tho miscarriage DO imputodf In Mr..
Bodley's opinion, the temperament Of the French
people Ia not the sole Cause OF the failure. A
fundamental obstacle to the working OF the var
liamentary system In France Is It's combination
with a centralized administration, constructed
TO DO manipulated by ono strong hand; moro
over, instead of modifying tho defects Of
tho Capitalization, parliamentary govern
ment agRrnvates them. To demonstrate the
fatal incompatibility 10 q main purpose
OF these volumes. On0 result OF tho cOm-
bination IL mentioned In the Introduction An
essential feature OF n centralized bureaucracy
is the profusion Of offices held directly from the
State; the French have found out that, what
ever tho evil Of vesting their patronage in a
strong central power, 1t Is still more harmful to
the commonwealth to transfer It to tho elective
representatives Of the nation. For thus each
member OF Parliament not hostile to tho Gov
eminent becomes o Wholesale dispenser of
places, controlling the administrative and fiscal
services In his constituency and supervising
the promotion OF the Judges. Then again, to
augment his popularity. q legislator likes to
have as many posts as possible to bestow;
so the tendency Of representative govern.
mont is TO effect not n reduction in the
number of State paid offices. but a multiplied
ton of them which ruins tho finances of the
country and turns the industrial French people
into a nation of needy place-hunters. Under
previous parliamentary regimes this evil was
not patent, as tho electorate was extremely lin.
tied. and. il every man qualified to vote in
France under Louis Philippe had obtained q
post, the bureaucracy would not have bccn UNI
duly swollen; whereas, with ten million con-
stituents encouraged to regard their members
OF Parliament as dispensers OF office. tho rich
resources OF the land are strained, and citizens
are drawn away from callings which increase
the national wealth, are deferred from colonial
enterprise. and diverted from ambitious pur-
suits which elevate the standard Of q nation.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-06

Let us turn. now. to a more interesting do.
ure. that of Elisee Reclus. tho son Of a Protest
ant minister. Educated in Rhenish Prussia, he
attended the Protestant University at Montau.
ban and then the University of Berlin, where
he studied geography under Ritter. 1t is we'll
known that Reclus is regarded as one of the
best geographers; he 10 the author of the much
admired "Nouvelle Geographic Universelle." in
nineteen volumes. and of the great physical
geography. LA Teyre." He was one of The
Frenchmen who. during our War OF the Rebel
lion. z~ealously advocated tho cause of the
Union and defended Lincoln. The American
Minister in Paris strove to attest his gratitude
by Offering a considerable sum of money to
the savant, then living, in extremely mod;
est Gircnmstqnees, ReSlus ansrily 5e5h Led
was one OF the crew Of the balloon under Nadar.
who undertook to convey news outside Paris.
was Condemned By eonrl.martiai 70 TRANSPORT:
one OF punishment. at the earnest request OF bar
WIN win Wallace and other English scientists. In
later, he was appointed Professor OF Geography
al Brussels. but In 1893, was deprived OF, his
R RSSS wS Ss p %Sius,iy OF s AnaesetS' to- beR imn lH @hiSn
The students. therenpon, left the university
and founded q new one, in which RS.
ew. tho engineer Pau. RIeeigs, was accused Of
being an qSs,Go On Of valiant, but it is F Grr-
s,'' ~'t 'bAo'c hitioSAi tIt hIo ~ '"Nf
the eminent anthropoloGist. are learned
dreamers. who have nothing in common with
the folly OF the dynamitarus. THE idea OF an
archlsm is beautiful. is great" says E;isee:
- but tncse miscroants sully our teaching: no
who calls himself an anarchist should be one OF
q good and gentle sort. II is a mistake TO
believe that the anarchist idea can be pro-
NOTED by. acts of barbarity." In the pref
ace to the last volume Of his Universal Gcogra'
ply. he says of his travels: II have every.
where found myself ut home. in my own coun-
try. among men, my brothers. have never AL
lowed myself to be carried away 10y sentiment,
except that of sympathy and respect for MI tho
Inhabitants or tho one great Fathcr!and,, On
this round earth that reyolves so rapidly s. -
| space. u grain OF sand amid infnity. is IL worth
! while for us to hate one hnOtherF Ne
have said that Roclus generally shares mo
views Of his friend K,ropotkin. but his rro4ter
Prouthon md Bak7lnin. Tho - economy OF To
heap appears 10 kcclGs. at any rate IN i1o
province of agriculture, 10 be unworknblc, lie
prefers n distribution OF land among family
groups and communities, The Russian mr., or
village is always before his thoughts
as the pattern of peasant organization. 10
does not explain how II comes 10 pass that. in
the very country where the mir, or system OF
village communism exists. famine is never alb
sent, while, on tho other hand. the, Cars oY
feaporacy and CosSack tyranny nourtAh eIoOS1
tngly.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-19
THEJOURNAL's PRONOUNCEMENT
ANAIy/ED

Many Of our readers were no doubt
startled yesterday at the extract which
we reproduced from the New York Jour
nal. in which that paper said that IN
some portions Of tho Caroliras the negro
stands to-day on higher moral and
mental plane than the poorer classes Oh
the white people"
Let US analyze that expression. what
does the Journal mean by the poorer
classes" OF the white people? Evidently
evidently the plain PEOPLE" whose
cause It pretended to champion In the
contest Of 1896. The New York Journal
was one Of the most pretentiOus Of al
those who made war on the money aris-
tocracy," and the burden Of It's song was
the plain people against the money
power. 1t was that sort Of talk that ar
rayed class against class. that raised
the class issue in this country where
there Is no class. And now too years al
ter its great fight in 1896, when II strutted
as the great champion and defender or
the rights of the plain people, it comes
forward with the announcement that in
many portions of the CarOlinas the negro
stands on higher moral and mental
plane than these same plain people whose
faces are white.
Now let the plain people get their eyes
omen. Let them see just how much sin
certify there Is with those demagogues
who have been posing as their champion
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-19
TO TEST THE BANK TAN.

a special from Atlanta says that a bill
has passed the Georgia House OF Repre-
sentaives providing for a test of the con-
sututionality OF the 10 per cent. Federal
bank tax. The bill provides that COM
mission. composed of the Governor,
Treasurer and Comptroller General. shall
issue to any bank on it's request notes TO
the amount of not more than 70 per cent.
OF the bona fide paid up capital stock
Of the bank These notes are made lien
on the banks property next 10 taxes or
other money due the State. The cost Of
issuing the notes is to be borne by the
bank receiving them. II any bank refuses
to pay the Federal tax on its notes the
Attorney General will be required on be
half of the State to appeal the case 10
the United States Supreme Court and
test the constitutionality Of the tax.
We are gratiiied TO see that this action
has been taken especially by the Georgia
Legislature, inasmuch as Georgia has
been accounted a free silver stronghold
II the bill becomes law. as already inti-
mated. a test case will be made up and
taken 20 the Supreme Court OF the United
Staes for decision.
Our readers are familiar with the fact
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-19
THE LAW AND THE LADY.

A widow in Louisiana, being n large
property owner. Is seeking an Injunction
against the Texas and Pacific Railroad
COMPANY to restrain the company from
laying a track over the property on
which her property IS located. En-
ployes we're set to work to lay the track
despite the widows protest, and she has
sought the only sufficient remedy at law
to wit. a court injunction.
We do not know all the facts in the
case. The widows objection may be
cautious and It may be right and proper
10 condemn the land I'm order that the
railroad be built. Generally speaking.
an individual citizen may not arbitrarily
stand in the way Of a great public en-
terprise. But We will suppose that the
widows complaints are just. that the
act Of the railroad company is an un-
warranted act of trespass, and that to
lay the track proposed would be 10 de-
stroy the value of her property. II may
bo that the track can be DETECTED in
such a way as 10 remove the objection,
but that with the track once laid the
damage could not be repaired. We say
that we will suppose the facts to be as
thus stated.
What shall the widow DO? Shall she
be made to wait until the track has been
laid and the damage done, or shall she
get a restraining order from the court
until such a time as the cause may be
finally a1iudicated according as the equi-
ties Of the case demand? We say that
the injunction is the only remedy that
this defenceless woman has against a
are those who have denounced so-called
government by injunction" and would
destroy this great instrument Of a free
people.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-19

Recent events showed that a camp is
more dangerous than a. battle. Not only
in the army but n ordinary life. more
lives are lost by Needless disregard of
tina beginnings OF poor health than by all
other causes combined.
Dyspepsia or nervousness is absolutely
inexcusable now There is no more rea-
son for a man or woman eating with
poor appetite or sleeping poorly or suf-
fering continually from neuralgia or
rheumatism to-day than there is OF his
or her going without the necessities of
life
Every candid person who has dragged
along under the depressing effects of
nerve and brain exhaustion. needs to take
10 heart the words OF such unbiased per-
sons as Senator Tabor "hO cannot at-
ford to attach their guarantee OBJ any-
thing they have not themselves inFesll-
gated.
DENVER. coll. Sept 90 iHS.
Messrs. Wells. Richardson a. Coz Hlr-
llngt0n. VI.
heartily recommend your Pnnes cei-
cry compound.
10 is the one remedy which should Doe
widely used. I have used iL and j there
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-19
STEEL IN ALABAMA.

We have referred more than once 10 n
statement recently made by Mr. Andrew
Carnegie that the Pittsburg district Is
the great steel-making district of the
world and that it can defy competition
at home and abroad, indmating, how
ever, that Pittsburg may eventually have
a rival in the South. In reply to this
the Birmingham Age-Herald says:
No one should quarrel with a Pitts
burg man for clarifying his own town
and works, although Mr.. Carnegie knows
just what Birmingham iron is. lie has
purchased many a ton of 10 and turned
IL into steel He knows the price of
birmingham pig iron. He knows that
where the cheapest iron IS made there
the cheapest basic steel can be made.
He knows that Birmingham to-day makes
the price Of iron the world round. and
he must therefore know that as soon as
tho needful capital can be gotten to-
gcther. Birmingham will make the cheap
est steel and will make the price Of steel
as Il now makes the price of iron.
Mr. Carnegie is, however justified IN
eXaltng his own town and works. as
things stand lie is entitled to his spell
OF Growing. He crows while he may
Birmingham would do likewise. and
when the new Ensley mill is completed
this town will begin at once 10 make
few remarks as TO cheap steel, and after
a while il will challenge even Pits
hurg's position as the Steel city, just as
It formerly challenged its position IN the
pig iron market.
our Birmingham contemporary does
not claim too much. We are familiar
with the conditions in the Birmingham
district and we say that Birmingham
can make steel that it will make steel.
cheaper than It can be produced I'm the
PittsDurg district and that Mr. Carne-
gie's intimation will soon be a living and
impressive fact with which the steel
70 reckon.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-19

If sustaining Anglo-saxon rule. but 20
carry ont his ideas ~ realism.
A negro preacher from Norm caro- una
called "Dr j. \. Scott delivered "a
harangue fun OF vile Institutions against
the white girls OF the South The Ne"
York Sun says: ~.t-
..Near the sun reporter sat southern
bred man. Before the speech was over
he was pale 20 the lips and said % the
reportcr. You can put this down: Iiat
II he'd made those insinuations in the
South he would never have lived 90 hh-
fish the speech.
The sun says further.
Mrs T. y. Grannis. or Social fufiiy
League fame. followed and treated "a cei
tain subject I'm such manner or speed
that few OF her remarks are printable
without such modification as would alter
the meaning a young colored woman
named Frazier. arose in the audience ana
thanked Mrs Grannis'
What such unseXed creatures as me
Grannls woman says. of course amount
10 ltte but the way IN which her re-
marks were received indicate the charlc-
ter OF the assemblage.
ANGLO-SAXON.
Richmond. Va. Nov. Is, 1865
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-19
The Afro ManiacS.

Editor Of The Times:
Sir:-FrOm the reports which reach here
from New York the negro mass-meeting
held in that city last night TO protest
against the refusal Of the North Caro-
Ina whites TO submit to negro DONNA
ton. was Il thing Of beauty and Joy
forever" more or less.
DR. Parkhurst has ceased his efforts 10
reform New York and evidently wishes
10 set the South right according to his
peculiar notions He was not present al
the meeting. but sent a letter OF regret
which expressed sympathy and the opin-
ion that the Federal government should
Interfere. The leap-frog reformer TO be
consistent in his methods should have
Joined the white citizens OF Wilmington
and shot few negroes. not for the sake