The herald., 1898-12-08
DOWN THE LINE


ernor Cages admin
istration. Every effort has been made by
the reporters to get photograph of this
far none have succeeded. Look here"
Foley said to me yesterday, showing me
huge letter box eighteen inches thick,
that is full of applications and indorse-
ments of people who wish office. A few
weeks ago that file was only half an inch
thick, now it is as large as you see." "Who
are some of the fellows?" / asked. 81 did
not feel very well this morning." said Foley,
"and when l got up thought of some god
to worship. l always make selection of
divinity when l get up in the morning, for
use during the day, and it happened this
morning l took Harpocrates, who, if l re-
member rightly was noted for his silence,
and was usually portrayed with his finger
on his lips; therefore consider me devoted
disciple of him and save your questions.
don't know but l will keep at his altar dur
ing my term of service as private secretary;
it would save me and the men of your cloth
much trouble"
''Well, that is all right, COL Foley" l
began, but he Clipped right in with as sin
lister an expression
Gosslper on his face as his
Gets Tired amiable features are
capable of assuming.
"Now you have done yourself up" he con-
tnued. eff you wanted to find out any
thing, and | felt in relenting mood, that
colonel would have queered you at once"
But, Mr.. Foley, man of your high intel
lectual attanments-' "Why, | did not
| think for moment that you would use
| such, well, let us say, raw believe that
is term reporters apply sometimes-meth-
DDS in trying to work me. The
phrase high intellectual attainments'
was used as soon as my APP
pointment was known. 1t has lost any
persuasive powers of fattery it ever had
by long wearing use." But, Foley" l
said, "a man with your extensive classical
knowledge THAT will do on that
line he replied, that is as big and moss
grown a play as the other" And the secre
tary smiled, a rather wan, tired look came
over his face and as | began to realize the
infinite resources of the hundreds who have
been and are trying to work him in innum-
cradle ways | gave up and came away with
out his picture. If any other newspaper
man succeeds in getting it l willingly will
doff my hat to him and proclaim him non
pareil
Lieut.. II. c. Miner has received very
complimentary letter from the secretary of
| the navy in reference
Good Work to the report the
Recognized young officer made
| on his part in the
feat of towing the Monterey to Manila Mr.
Miner has made study of several matters
of naval Importance and is engaged in pre-
pairing further data for the department as
to his theories on naval reserves and other
points. Some of these in brief will soon ap-
pear in The Herald. Mr. Miner has COM
pleted an Illustrated article for Harper
Magazine on his trip to Manila as executive
officer of the tow steamer, The Brutus,
which will appear in an early number.
| o O O
Some few weeks ago I quoted Dan Kevane
in this column as saying it would surely
rain by Thanksgiving
| Wait Till day, but his storm
| It Comes seems to have gone
astray with other
hopes during the city election. However,
an equally good weather prophet told me
Yesterday that he would bet his whiskers,
and he has lots of them, that downpour
would come inside of three days, and this
with a high barometer. While one man
may not know anything more about the
likelihood of rain than another, did you
ever notice that those who are sure that
it is coming all right are much more con-
genial and better fellows than those who
predict dry year?
Judge Lamme is not usually pessmistc
but in a talk with him yesterday he seemed
| to take a decidedly
The s. P.'s dscouraging view of
Heritage the senatorial mat
ter. He said:
"Why are so many goody goody Republic
ans bowling about the Southern Pacific for
naming Dan Burns for United States SEN
ator? Did not the company buy the place,
and now do they not want to deliver the
goods? 1t is well known that the Southern
Pacific wanted certain things:
| "M An Endorsement of the company
means and methods in the past.
"(2) The right to name the United States
senator.
"(3) The right of bribery without this
leternal caustic criticism for so doing.
go The defeat of the Nicaragua canal.
90 No appropriations for San Pedro.
"(6) A breakwater at Santa Monica with
exclusive right of way to the same forsthe
Southern Pacific.
"G) Refunding the Central Pacific debt
on terms dictated by the company.
"The people gave an emphatic vote of
confidence to all these propositions.
Therefore the members of both houses
of congress from this state are, under all OF
the laws, legal, moral and divine, bound to
| advocate the following propositions:
"U The defeat of the Nicaragua canal.
"(2) That they should by all dishonorable
and corrupt means prevent any appropria-
| ton for San Pedro.
| "(3) That they should use all means OF
any kind or character to get a breakwater
at Santa Monica.
40 Extend the payment of the debt by
the Central Pacific to the government tol
100 years at per cent per annum, non
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